atant, and blasphemous Protestants.

MR. LUCAS confirmed MR. MOORE'S statement as to the virtues of the
Irish, and the wickedness of the English, and made an animated attack
upon the Church of England, adding an affecting history of the
persecutions to which Catholics were exposed in Protestant countries.

MR. DUFFY, MR. SCULLY, CAPTAIN MAGAN, and other Irish Members having
dilated upon this branch of the subject for about two hours, LORD
PALMERSTON suggested--he hoped that as--a--a--an Irish proprietor, he
might be permitted to offer a hint to Irish gentlemen (_laughter and
cheers_), that they were a little departing from the points which
perhaps offered themselves most prominently; at any rate--a--a--so it
seemed to him. (_Hear._) Perhaps it might be advantageous on the present
occasion to--a--a--sink the POPE. (_Great uproar on the Irish bench._)
Of course he meant nothing offensive to His--a--a--Holiness.
(_Laughter._) Honourable gentlemen had certainly travelled very far, but
they seemed to have avoided Hudson's Bay. (_Shouts of laughter and
cheers._) He thought, really, that as the Hon. Member for Sunderland was
present, he might be asked whether he had anything to say for himself.
English gentlemen were not in the habit of acting harshly or
inconsiderately. (_Loud cheers._)

AN IRISH MEMBER (_indignantly_). "Are Irish?"

LORD PALMERSTON (_laughing_). "_Qui capit ille facit_", you know."

There were then calls for--

MR. HUDSON, who rose and said, "My position is noways pleasant, and I
shall not intrude long upon the ouse. In the first place I never said,
exactually, that I had bribed members of the legislature, but only that
I had applied shares in a way calculated to promote the interests of a
certain company. What I've said, I've sworn to; and what I've sworn to,
I stick to, of course. I don't see anything to be ashamed of in what I
have done; but people differ on these points, and every man has a right
to his own opinion. The ouse can do as it likes. But one thing I do mean
to say, and that is, that if the ouse has a bad opinion of me, I've a
precious bad opinion of a good many people in the ouse, and out of it
too. What was I? A provincial shopkeeper, who was lucky enough to make a
deal of money. Very well. Did I court Dukes, and Markisses, and M.P.'s,
and orficers in the Guards, and dowagers, and debbytarntes, and all
that? Not I. They courted me. They came to my ouse, and ate my dinners,
and flattered