"_Can_ Lord John Russell be _sincere_ in his new-born zeal against what he pronounces the 'mummeries of superstition,' when he allows one of his _subordinates_, Mr B. Hawes, M.P., to attend a meeting of 'Catholics of the London district,' for the purpose of moving a resolution," &c. He adds: "Let me ask his Lordship, is it true that his Under Secretary for the Colonies, besides speaking at the meeting, has publicly subscribed £10 towards procuring one of those said 'mummeries'--a Cardinal's hat--for Dr Wiseman?" To this, the only answer given by Mr Hawes is, that he declined signing the Popish resolutions, but that he spoke, and offered to give his tribute, &c., from friendship to the Doctor; which this Papist, however, graciously condescended to receive. Now, if Mr Hawes were attending to his parental trade on this occasion, there would have been nothing to say, but that it showed the smartness of an expert trafficker. But, as a fragment of the Ministry, he had another character to sustain, and he ought to have been aware of the conclusions which would be drawn, by both Papists and Protestants, as to the degree of approval under which he might have acted. The "Cardinal's hat," too, by no means mends the matter. If his _friendship_ for Dr Wiseman must overflow to the amount of £10, could it have taken no less official shape? Might he not have made it up to the Doctor in teacups or teaspoons, in a dozen of pocket-handkerchiefs, or in an addition to his shoes and stockings? But the hat is a _badge_: it has the effect of a _cockade_. What if it is a thing of red stuff? What is a cockade?--a thing of ribbon--which, however, makes the difference between armies! Without any particular respect for Mr Hawes' shrewdness, we cannot believe that he was unacquainted with the natural conclusions; nor do we believe that it _can_ be passed over, when the day comes for national inquiry into the whole course of Papal politics in England for the last half-dozen years. Meanwhile, the spirit of the people is high, their determination is decided, and the time is at hand for a great restoration to the principles of England. INDEX TO VOL. LXVIII. Abinger, lord, 563. Adelaide, madame, and Chateaubriand, 44, 45. Adolphus, Mr, 553. Afghanistan, Peel's conduct on the disasters in, 359. AFRICA, NORTH, MILITARY LIFE IN, 415. AFRICAN SPORTING, 231. Agdolo, colonel, the case of, 343. Agricultural Interest, state and prospects of the, 109. Agricultural produce, comparative value of, 112 --amount of depreciation in it, 617 --direct and indirect burdens on it, 614. Agriculture, capital invested in, 119 --and manufactures, comparative importance of, 115 --relations of small farming to, 675, _et seq._ Alderson, baron, 553, 559, 569. Aldossar, captain, 311, _et seq._, 317. Alexander, the emperor, and his father's dethronement, 338, _et seq. passim_. Alfieri, specimens of eloquence from, 649.