place had never seen. The child was astounded into quietness.

Mr. Trumpeter took the chair--believed by many to be, next to the
Queen, the most powerful defender of the faith in the three
kingdoms. I never could understand why the newspapers reported
his speeches--I cannot.

When he had done, Lord Evergood, "a popular, practical peer, of
sound Protestant principles," as the Daily Banner alliteratively
termed him next morning, rose to move the first resolution,
already cut and dried by the committee--

"That the infant so happily rescued from the incubus of a
delusive superstition, should be remitted to the care of the
Church Widows' and Orphans' Augmentation Society, and should be
supported by voluntary contributions."

Before Lord Evergood could say a word murmurs arose in every part
of the hall. He was a mild, gentlemanly Christian, without
guile, and the opposition both surprised and frightened him. He
uttered a few sentences in approval of his proposition and sat
down.

An individual in the gallery shouted-- "Sir! I rise to move an
amendment!"

Cheers, and cries of "Order! order! Sit down!" &c.

The Chairman, with great blandness, said: "The gentleman is out
of order; the resolution has not yet been seconded. I call upon