PERMANENT AND UNIVERSAL: ITS PRACTICABILITY, VALUE, AND CONSISTENCY WITH DIVINE REVELATION. A Prize Essay, BY H. T. J. MACNAMARA. LONDON: SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, CONDUIT STREET. 462. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON; THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST OBEDIENT AND MOST HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTION. THE present work was undertaken in consequence of the following circular: PRIZE ESSAY. The Committee of "the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace," offer a prize of ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS for the best essay, and another of Twenty Guineas for the second best essay, on the following subjects: First-To show that War, under all circumstances, is inconsistent with the precepts of the Gospel, and the spirit of the Christian Dispensation. Second-To point out the duties of Magistrates and Peace Officers in cases of Tumults, Insurrections and |