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him their prisoner. A council was held to examine the charges preferred by the insidious Dominican against his too confiding opponent. They were such as form the principal quæstiones vexate between Papalism and its antagonists. Hamilton refused to retract any of the leading doctrines, and was formally condemned as an obstinate and determined heretic, and ordered to be delivered up to the secular power.

The latter command was fulfilled with indecent haste, with a barbarous, merciless eagerness, quite in keeping with the tenour of the whole tragedy. It was feared that if the king were cognisant of his fate, he would interfere and save his young relative from the fangs of ecclesiastical revenge; now the king happened to be absent on a pilgrimage to Ross; "Speed the plough," was the cry; "let not the sun go down upon your wrath, noble bishops, worthy priors, reverend priests; but feed that wrath at once with the blood of the opposer of your luxuries and your ease; no time like the present; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!"

That same day, then, witnessed his condemnation and his death. The faggots were heaped around the stake with wild celerity; and the spectacle-loving crowd soon were present to struggle for front places at so short a notice.

Stripped of his clothes, Hamilton gave them to his servant, affectionately bidding him farewell, and saying that he had nothing more to leave him but the example of his death, which, bitter and painful as man might esteem it, was yet needful to be endured by one who held the hope of Christ to outweigh the littleness of time. The powder being lit did not catch the fuel, but only scorched the martyr in parts of his person. This caused some delay, and while more powder was sent for, the friars were cruelly zealous in distracting the attention of the sufferer from his fervent prayers. What most stung his spirit was the busy malice of Campbell, who outvied them all in his. appeals to his victim.

"Delay gives you a last chance," he cried, "hush your obstinate Lutheranisms and cry to the Virgin. Who knows but she may relent at the eleventh hour? Now-now; cry Salve Regina, Hail! Queen of Heaven; hasten, call on her sovereign love; invoke her gracious-"

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"Peace, as you value my salvation, peace; entreated Hamilton with mildness such as in that terrible season would seem impossible; "let me depart unhurt by the clamour that can nothing avail; let my soul breathe its flight from earth in quietness at least. Jesu! amor meus! Lord Jesus, into thy hands

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"Heretic!" cried Campbell, "yet once more I adjure thee, look to Mary and be saved; plead with her infinite compassions; beseech her celestial aids; seek pardon; die not blindfold-" "Again. I entreat your silence." sunnlicated the hoarse voice

of the dying man; "Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication! UNTO THEE will I cry, my King and my God!"

"Proud, reprobate sinner," again shouted the friar; "I warn you by the perdition you are hurrying to, now to turn and repent. Cry Salve Regina! She will hear you, Ave Maria!” Hamilton had hitherto forborne to remind Campbell of his treachery, or sternly to forbid his outcries. But he could forbear no longer.

"Wicked man," he solemnly addressed him, "thou knowest that I am not a heretic, and that it is the truth of God for which I now suffer. So much thou didst confess to me in private; and therefore I appeal thee to answer before the judgment-seat of Christ!"*"

Ŏne petition for his country followed, and "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" was his parting cry.

There is a place where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest. There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of our God. Patrick Hamilton hath shared that rest, and drank of those crystal waters. To him that overcometh will Christ grant to sit with him on his throne, even as He also overcame, and is set down with his Father in his throne. HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT HE SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES.

FRANK.

* It is well known that these dying words haunted the mind of Campbell, till miserable despair overcame his reason, and he died in frenzy within twelve months of this time.

NATIONAL CLUB.

ESTABLISHED JUNE 17, 1845, IN SUPPORT OF THE PROTESTANT PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND FOR RAISING THE MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.

THE following Address has been recently issued by the above newly-formed Society, the chief objects of which are thus set forth by them:—

GENERAL OBJECTS.

"I. To maintain the Protestant principles of the Constitution in the administration of public affairs.

"II. To uphold a system of National Education based on Scripture and conducted by the ministers of religion.

"III. To preserve the Church of England and Ireland in its truth and integrity.

"IV. To use every effort that the government of Ireland may be conducted according to the principles of the British Constitution; and for the establishment, in Ireland, of civil and religious liberty.

"V. To endeavour by every means in their power to raise the social condition of the people.

"VI. To communicate with all who hold these principles, and to diffuse them, by forming Local Associations for these purposes, and by presenting in the metropolis a central place, where all who hold the same views may meet, and may devise the fittest means of promoting their common end.”

[For ourselves we could have wished to have seen the banner of Protestantism fearlessly unfurled, and a more bold and uncompromising stand made for the cause of Divine truth.

Satisfied as we are that in the contest which daily thickens around us, the pole-star of eternal truth alone can be a safe and infallible guide from the rocks of Infidelity on the one hand, and the quicksands of Popery on the other, we should have been more rejoiced to have beheld a spirit-stirring Address-such as to arouse our slumbering fellow-Protestants to a sense of their dangers and their duties. We trust that we may yet see such an one.

Meanwhile, we indulge the hope that all who can, will join the ranks of this new Club,-the prudent and cautious, because the Address put forward seems to be the work of cautious and prudent men,-the ardent, that they may animate and infuse their own ardour and spirit into the operations for carrying out the designs of the Club.]

GENERAL COMMITTEE.

Chairman.

HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER.

Vice-Chairmen.

His Grace the Duke of MARLBOROUGH.

His Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE, K.G.
The Most Noble the Marquis of DownShire.
The Right Honourable the Earl of CHARLeville.
The Right Honourable the Earl of EGMONT.

The Right Honourable the Earl of ERNE.

The Right Honourable the Earl of MOUNTCAShel.
The Right Honourable the Earl of RODEN, K.P., P.C.
The Right Hon. the Earl of WINCHILSEA and NOT-

TINGHAM.

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The Right Honourable Lord Viscount HILL.

The Right Honourable Lord Viscount LORTON.
The Right Honourable Lord Viscount O'NEILL.
The Right Honourable Lord KENYON.

The Right Honourable Lord SOUTHAMPTON.

Committee.

Colonel ACTON, M.P., County of

Wicklow.

NATHANIEL ALEXANDER, Esq., M.P.,
County of Antrim.
Colonel AUSTEN, M.P., West Kent.

WILLIAM SHIRLEY BALL, Esq., Abbey
Land, Longford.

JAMES BATEMAN, Esq., Biddulph
Grange, Congleton.

ROBERT BAXTER, Esq., Doncaster.

PHILIP BENNETT, Esq., M.P., West

Suffolk.

WILLIAM BERESFORD, Esq., M.P.,
Harwich.

ROBERT BEVAN, Esq., Bury St. Ed-
mund's.

ROBERT C. L. BEVAN, Esq., Trent
Park, Middlesex.

W. S. BLACKSTONE, Esq., M.P., Wal-
lingford.

Sir BROOKE W. BRIDGES, Bart.,
Goodnestone, Park, Wingham, Kent.
ANDREW CLARKE, Esq., Comrie Castle,
Culross, Perthshire.

Admiral Sir JOSIAH COGHILL COGHILL,

Bart., Lansdown Villa, Cheltenham. J. C. COLQUHOUN, Esq., M.P., Newcastle-under-Lyme.

E. J. COOPER, Esq., Markree Castle,
Collooney.

WILLIAM DAVIS, Esq., Leytonstone,
Essex.

JAMES DEARDEN, Esq., The Orchard,
Rochdale, Lancashire.

QUINTIN DICK, Esq., M.P., Maldon.
Admiral DUFF, Drunmuir by Keith.
JOHN FFOLLIOTT, Esq., M.P., County
Sligo.

SACKVILLE LANE Fox, Esq., M.P.,
Ipswich.

G. W. FRANKLYN, Esq., Clifton
House, Bristol.

THOMAS FREWEN, Esq., Brickwall
House, Northiam, Sussex.
CHARLES HAY FREWEN, Esq., Cold
Overton Hall, Leicestershire.
EDWARD GROGAN, Esq., M.P., Dublin
City.

J. H. HAMILTON, Esq., M.P., Dublin
County.

G. A. HAMILTON, Esq., M.P., Dublin
University.

The Right Honourable Lord EDWIN
HILL, M.P., County Down.
HENRY JULIUS JONES, Esq., County-
terrace, Camberwell.

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J. P. PLUMPTRE, Esq., M.P., East Kent.
R. B. SEELEY, Esq., Fleet-street.
R. SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Birmingham.
ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., Broome
Hall, Surrey.

The Honourable Colonel WINGFIELD
STRATFORD, Addington, Maidstone,
Kent.

EDWARD TAYLOR, Esq., M.P., County
Dublin.

J. TOLLEMACHE, Esq., M.P., South
Cheshire.

CHRISTOPHER TURNOR, Esq, M.P.,
South Lincolnshire.

Sir J. T. TYRRELL, Bart., M.P., North
Essex.

Colonel VERNER, M.P., County.
Armagh.

THOMAS WEST, Esq., Lewes-crescent,
Kemp-town, Brighton.

The annual subscription to the Club shall be five guineas, except in the case of clergymen, who shall pay one guinea. Any gentleman recommended by the Committee of a Local Association organized with a view to the same objects as he National Club, shall be eligible as a member upon such terns as shall be arranged between the respective Committees.

Any gentleman desirous of becoming a member of the Club may apply to a member of the Committee, or to the Secretary, 13, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, where also the General Statement issued by the Club may be had.

Subscriptions will be received on account of the Treasurer of the National Club, at Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co.'s, 16, St. James's-street, and Messrs. Strahan, Pauls, and Co.'s, 217, Strand.

FIRST GENERAL STATEMENT, ISSUED Nov. 22, 1845.

The National Club have no desire to enter into party cabals, but to seek in concert the objects which have led to their union. These are the maintenance and diffusion of those great principles of the British Constitution on which they believe the national welfare to depend.

I. They hold it as a fundamental principle of the British Constitution that there ought to be no connexion between the State of England and the Church of Rome, that such connexion is opposed to our civil polity, and to our religious principles. At the Reformation, the State and Church of England renounced their alliance with the Church of Rome. The English people recorded then, their deliberate protest against its errors and encroachments. It was a protest made calmly, it was meant to be final. To grant, therefore, endowments to the Church of Rome, to make the Romish priesthood pensioners of the English State, to recognise their influence as an instrument of our civil Government, to tax the people of England for their payment, are all contrary to our great national protest.

II. The National Club hold it to be the duty of the State to provide for National Education; the practical question is, to what parties the charge of the popular education is to be intrusted? There may be various views on the subject of National Education, but one system of education has been long in practice in England, and has for the last twelve years obtained the sanction of Parliament; that namely, by which it is provided that the children of the people of England should be taught scriptural truths along with secular knowledge under the superintendence of the religious guides of their parents. Now, whatever objections may be raised to this system, it is at least greatly preferable to that by which it is proposed to displace it; a system which would withdraw the conduct of schools from the ministers of religion, and commit them to the ministers of State. This plan is of all the most to be dreaded as fatal to our popular character and subversive of the national faith. It should be resisted by all who cherish moral habits among the people and religious truth, by the Churchman as well as by the Dissenter. The duty of all such is to rally against it, to declare that the taining of the hearts and consciences of our children ought not o be regarded as a civil function, nor intrusted to official servants; that Parliament should adhere to the present system, which in practice works fairly, and which only requires greater

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