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''->; fin ^pp^Hl TO THE HONOUR AND GOOD SENSE OF PERSONS OF ALL RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS, WHO RESPECT THE SAl^&'ITY OF TRUTH, AND PURITY OF MORALS ; SHOWINC, AT THK SAME TIMK, THE BANEFUL TENDENCY OF FALSEHOOD AND MISREPRESENTATIOH At WELL AS THB EXISTENCE Ot BCCH EVILS AMOKG lOCIETT. It iHontteal: PRINTED BY LUDGER DUVERNAY, A^o. 5, St Jean Baplitie Street, 1827. TO THE PUBLIC, The following oonoiso statement of ""^"-'j-fl^.Sng'iri* is wont to lead; truth .s "«' f ™™ ''^ f jf' ""LV"" ,Tth difficulty SIS" ir.;r.*ir.r:'s=^^^^^^^^ ly hurtful to society. We rf ' '>°''^X> '^f ''..n^^hurt the feel- stood, that our meaning or mtention "f^^/ «» >"^^"^ '"^Pj ^, „, ^^^y, ings, to injure the character or the ^ fP-f .''™ ?i„^?f ort divrdual soci- and that we do not censure the acts of in't d' »i>^tc h\tv ync^ ^ iiNi'lpium server n^in exper^ ^icerii .' nt qui m' inj'fi vaims, rniYi hi) Irjitinn* : -Hon. Rolil) Ts ris.? l»y iiii^lil, that they niity ciii nii-n's fliroiits; aii'l won't you nwaki> lo >.-\t» yours'^lf ? but if you will not wlifii ymi an- in licallli, you will bt- I'orccd (o t^iko cmi; vvli^ii Vi)u are in a dropsy. Jnititia in qnd virtutii np'fixl'jv e4 mnximm, ex quA htvi vifi ntminnnlur ^ fiijulnmcntunie^t nutcinjuditia Jidcs, i. e. dictontm coiivciituruinque, cmUan- tin et I'erita^, -Cukko, a. off. iustici?, wliirli is inucli tliH most p! >rious and s|)l(Mi(lis»m et me- dicanduni? virbjniis estqiiis'} qui ajmu/ta patruiii qui /ei^cs juriiqi/e scrmt. llOK. Whom does fals!> honour delight, or lying calumny terrify, pxri>pt thn vicious and sickir minded ? Who is then pood ? He who obst-rves tho decrees of the Si.'iiate— who obierces Ui^ kiws and rules of justice. Justice is properly defined a constant and permanent desire of giving every man his own. — Coustans et pcrpctua voluntas Jus snain unicuique tribuendi. — Truth, as described by Plutarch, was the daughter of Saturn and Time, and the mother of Justice, and wna represented as a young virgin of a proper stature, modestly clad in a robe white as snow There is one unknown Being, said Pluto, exalted above and prior to all things, that which gives truth and reality to things unknown, and endues the knower with the pouer of understanding ; this call thou the ideaof the good One, the source of justice and truth. It will be much more easy to conceive, than duly appreciate, the high sense of justice, as well commutative as dis- tributive, entertained by the ancients, by the pagans themselves, if we only consider for a moment the detestation in which they held the contrary vices. The Athenians had the picture of Calunniy and Misre- presentation, drawn by the hand of the great Apelles, as follows:— Credulity, represented by a man with large open e^rs, invites this dei- ty to him, extends his hand to receive her; Ignorance and Supersti- tion stand just behind him. Calumny, the prinbipal figure of the piece, appears advancing, her countenance ruffled with passion, holding in her hand a lighted torch, and with her right, dragging along a youth, who lifts up his hands as supplicating the gods. Just before her goes Envy, pale and squinting ; on her right side, are Fraud and Conspiracy; behind her, follows Repentance, with her clothes torn, and looking backwards on Truth, who slowly closes up the rear. 1' " TluTC is nolliing," saiil Addison, " so lOtilrary ti) tlio nntiiro ^1' ti.t' Supreme Z/i '11^;, as error luiil falsi'litod. 'J'lit' iliirl and last ixtiisf," i-ontmiirs llic samu luitliDr. " wlilih iiicn rriaki- lor joining in u popular fulstliood, mitvullislanding ilii V know it to lu' suili, is llie doing jjood to h causo wliirh every person may lj« knpposi'd ti) look (;n as nurilorions. 'Ihe unsoundness of this ductrine lias l)een so often exposed, and is so universally nckiiowk'd^td, that a man must be an utter stran^iiT to the principles, liolli ol' natund reli>;ion and Christianity, who suflers liini- stir to he guided l>y it. — 31' a man wa. suppa^id to promote the good of his coun- try by calumnii's and falsehoods, it is to be ftart'd that a nation would very shortly abound more in patriots than men of principle." Is it not tlicrcforc every way extraordinary, tlint neither the sliamc oi' not excelling tlie very pi';';an.s ia the practice of Christian virtues, nor the glowing terms in which the learned of every age have pour- I rayed those vice*, nor the sanctity of triitli, nor the character of Christian, nor a sense of injury done, nor the hght of the gospel, nor the dread of the just judgment of God, nor any other consideration, whether human or divine, can he foiuul of sufficient weight with those who, at the shrine of falsehood and misrepresentation, make justice and truth tlie sacrifice of their venality ? Unhappy age ! When falsehood can he fondled under the mask of religion — error and infi- delity claim the hirth-right of candour and sincerity, — the fouKdutiou pncc shaken, threatens ruin to the whole edifice. In fabrica si falsa sit regula prima Omnia mendosa fieri, at que obstipa ncccssum est ; Prava, cubantia, prona, supina. Dr. Walton, the celebrated Protestant divine, after considering the incalculable evils arising in matters of religion, from a wilful perver- sion of those principles on which religion itself is founded, speaks as follows, in his preface to the Polyglot : — " Tlie bottomless pit seems to have been set open, from whence a smoke has aris- en, which darkened the heavens and the stars, and locusts are come out with stings, a numerous race of sectaries and heretics, who have renewed all the ancient heresies, and invented many monstrous opinions of their own; *.hey have tilled our cities, villages, camps, and houses, and our pulpits too, and lead the poor deluded pcopb with them to the pit of perdition. St. Paul, in writing to the Ephesians, marks his solicitude, lest they should be led away from the true faith, by the craftiness of those who lie in wait to deceive. St. Paul to the Eph., c. 4. " I, therefore, a prisoner, beseech you that you will walk worthy the vocation in which you ere called. With all humility and mildness ; with patience, supporting one another in charity ; careful to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace ; one body and one Spirit, as you are called in one hope of your vocation. Or.a Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of all who is above all, and in us all. — V. 14*. That we may not now be children tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine, in the wickedness of men in craftiness, in which they lie in wait to deceive." » If then we consider for a moment the very great injury which socie- ty in general sustains by the circulaticn of falsehood and misrepre- I I i T H'Mtuiion; ami tliat those who suppress the truth or pive u taUt- fo- louring to facts, in order ihcrchy more easily to rcah/e thiir iiifeiuled object, lire highly inimical to the comnuuiity in whidi tliey live, and that it is a right which society can justly claim, not to he misinform- ed concerning facts wliich may have a direct tendency towards its fu- ture well-being: we shall tlien, I say, at once determine' that it be- comes the duty, nay, it in imperatively the bounden duty oC every menibcr of society, not to pass by in silence (culpable in itself) any thing issued to the public attention, which he conscientiously believes to be repugnant to, and destructive of the j)rinciples of religion or morality, cr both : a consciousness of any existing evil renders an indi- vidual advertisement sufficiently warrantable, but does not ultimately authorize an individual, by his own private authority, to render a de- cisive judgment on the merits or demerits of such evil, but after giv- ing a plain unequivocal statement of facts sufficiently autlur.ticated, and already as such received. Thus, to allow all unbiassed mind; the privilege of investigation, that their judgment, when formed, may be every way consonant to the dictates of justice, of honour, of religion, and truth. Impressed with such ideas, and every way resolved, in the sequel of this explication, strictly to observe the maxims above laid down, I feel sufficiently authorised to call the attention of my readers, to a consideration of tlie acts and reports of the British and Foreign Bible Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, and more especially those existing in Lower Canada. Their acts I consider u direct violation of justice and truth ; and Ido so from the following reasons, which, whether sufficient, after consideration, the candid rea- der will have room to determine ; willing, at the same time, and even desirous, that any person would undertake to prove the contrary, pro- vided that he make unerring truth, the public good, a candid and an unbiassed discussion, the basis of his enquiry. 1st. They prejudge the entire body of their dissenting Catholic brethren, from an assumption of facts erroneous in their principles and never .naintained, but always disavowed by the Catholics ; it rests to know whether this be true, 'idly. Whether such conduct be fair or honest, &c. 3dly. They en- courage falsehood and misrepresentation. 4thly. They circulate false and corrupt translations of the Scriptures. Sthly. They refuse to re- ceive the explanations given by their dissenting brethren, and contra- ry to all kind of reason, justice and charity, they continue to malign and calumniate them. 6thly. Their intentions in circulating the Sa- cred Scripture, do not seem to be so much a desire for the public good, as to realize their own plans and their desire of proselytism. These are the principle heads which I now feel resolved to make aj)- pear in true colours, devoid of all falsehood, fiction, or {)r^>judicc, but leading every one to use his own liberty in determining. Now, in the first place, I refer the reader to a composition of tracts, wherein is contained the History of Afar^, compiled by a Minister of the Church of England. The name of the author is not given — the name of the parent?, of parish^ or place from whence M:u y came, is hill nu'iilioncil, uiul iiulccd jll^^tly so, bt'oius^t' ihe uliolc pierc U a t'ortt- (ilctc tissiiu of the most pulpabic falsehoods, of {^m-oss cahiinii)-, and larharoiis niisrcprestntalioii, as will be suHicieiitly Hecn in the sequel of this work. Ae- ry tract is fed with falsehood against their brethren — a pity the sys- tem Ijaving or heeding such support to maintain fts existence. In one of the tracts, we are told the Calholfc Priests sell absolution—- tJ)is is false. In a report we learn that Catholics do not permi' iie circulation of the Scripture — this is partially untrue. In a late re|>ori' of the iMontreal Bible ScKioty, we are told that those men who were temarkable for casting olf all legal authority, who plighted their vows, whose lives were most licentious, namely : Luther, Calvin, Knox, &c., were called by Divine Providence to operate a reformation. Now, I look upon this expression as trifling with the credulity of the Society itself, (who must be allowed to have read of the Hves of these men,) and insulting the good sense of the community ; since poor must btf the reformation, unstable the foundation, which claim its chief sup- port from ))iide, licentiousness and disobedience. Since, then, I dif- fer so widely and so materially from the Reverend Gentleman, who is reported to have thus expressed himself at the Montreal Bible Socie- ty, (6th Report, 1826,) 1 feel resolved to show my reason for differing with him in opinion. The Rev. Gentleman above alluded to, goes boldly to assert, that Luther, Calvin, &c., were called by Divine Pro- vidence to the work of the Reformation, or in other words, to cause such a diversity of opinions, as no\v exist amongst mankind; and far- ther, he adds, that whatever is valuable in the religious education of Protestants, is owing to these reformers. Thus placed, I say, in the words of St. James, that onme datum opfimtim ct umne donum perfec- tum desnrsum est, dcscoidcus a patrc luniinum. All that man can re- ceive of good here below, comes from the bountilul hand of AlmigI^• ty G( , who is the common Father of all. His bounty and his graces, he generally deigns to communicate to mankind by the agency of some of our fellow mortals who have been his faithful servants. The characteristic marks of the persons thus favoured by Almighty God tl it C( p£ viJ 9 wcvc Iminility, patience, obedience, n love of their neighbour, a strlet adherence to troth, and a resii^nation to the Divine will in nil t!iin;,'!« — not one of all those, through wliose agency Almighty Ciod made ids will inanil'st to men, wlui were not possessed ot these virtues in an eminent degree. Were such then the characteristics of those refor- mers, who, as we are asiured by the \{c\(.\. (Jentleman above meant, were gindecl by Divine l^rovidence. Surely not. The lives of these very individuals were cheipiered over with the r.iost shamefid excesses of all kinds, vvh'lo they wallowed in the mire of unbridled liccncious- ncss, till ut length they were lost in the mazes of that folly which they fondled. Must we then banish reason (Voni its own empire, and .judgment from its seat. Shall we confound the blessings of Heaven by allowing an indiscriminate intermixture with the poisoned elihivia of that baneful torrent oi' vic« and inicputy, by which the common enemy plana the destruction of mankind. Shall we with the most burefacetl eflrontery muke an assertion which is every way unwarran- table, as every way u:itrue. Some of these very individuals whom this Uev. Gentleman tells the public, were guided by Providence in the reformation, deny the fact, and go to prove the contrary. Luther himself as-uros us of his holding a conference witli the de- vil, concerning the religion he was then ahout to form. Ttu':^c arc his own words : " some time since, I awakened from my sleep, and behold the devil, who had made it his business to occasion me ma- ny sorrowful and restless nights, began a dispute with nic in my mind : dost thou hear, said he, most excellent Docior," &c. This, however, implies a material contradiction between the asser- tion of the Uev. Mr. , and the llevd. Mr. Luther. Is it not then clear, that if he were guided by Divine Providence, the de- vil could have no share in his counsels. Oh I folly, where is thy standard ? Oh ! impiety, where is thy blush ? The Rev. Gentle- man above mentioned, admits that whatever is valuable in their reli- gious education, is owing to this and such like reformers. Now, to this I answer, that Luther, in making the above assertion, has receiv- ed such information from the devil as to warrant it, or he has not re- ceived it from him ; if he has received it from the devil, it comes from the father of lies ; if he has not received it, he is then himself a liar. Hence, it must evidently follow, that according to the proposition of the Rev. Mr. , th y are indebted for whatever is valuable in their religious education, either to a liar or to the father of lies. I have no reason to doubt of this — no two amongst themselves can agree on the same points of doctrine — their divisions prove this — the man- ifest desire of calumniating their dissenting brethren, confirm this — it reminds us of the advice of St. Paul to Timothy. {T'tci.-, c. 4.) " Now the spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times, some shall de- part from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of de- vils, speaking lies in hypocricy, and having their conscience seared." Since, then, we have thus considered the foundation on which they Acknowledge the Bible system to bs founded, we must now pass 10 tr over an endless catalogue of charges and imputations of impiety, ilH- berality, iSrc, for wl'ich they unjustly accuse the Catholics, in order, after its foundation, to consider the oiganization of the thing itself. At the head of these Societies, to ourastoni&iiment, we find according to the report printed at London, a list of some of England's prime no- bility, and a lo.^g list of honourahle gentlemen of different religious persuasions, yet not one Catholic amongst either the Clergy or the Laymen. This system, however, encouraged religious education of all kinds, so that Catholics and Protestants were to receive instructions at those Religious School Societies, though not one Catholic member composing it. This I candidly acknowledge was my principal motive for enquiry, because here, I found room enough for surprise and con- jecture. I considered it really astonishing, to find all those, who, though they differed one from another in point of religion, were still unanimous in teaching the Catholic the tenet of his own religion, which materially differed from all their forms of belief, not conceiving that the Catholic children would be so invited to comn^it the tenets of the Protestant Religion at such an easy rate. I considered it er.tra- ordinary in a Protestant, after swearing to the observance of the 89 articles of his Creed, that he could find himself at liberty to inculcate that religion, which those 39 articles pronounce as idolatrous and blas- phemous. This is found in all their common prayer books, articles 22 and '28 — and yet it appears more wonderful that the Presbyterian* would, in any sense, deviate from their profession of faith, and solemn national covenant, made and subscribed at Hoty-rood-House, on the 25th Feby., 1587, by the King, Lennox, Huntly, the Chancellor, &c. all which tended to hold the tenets of the Catholic Religion in the utmost abhorrence. Indeed, on the whole, considering the sacredness of an oath, in matters of religion or otherwise— the respectability of the characters, the delicacy of feeling, &c., I felt at a great Joss to conceive how any of those could be compromised, all having protest- ed most solemnly against the encouragement of the Catholic Religion ; but to tea'jh or cause to be taught that religion which they have ab- jured, must evidently be a partial compromise. I read ovef number- less tracts, I diligently examined the reports of the different Societies, and in almost all those, 1 found numberless unjust and unmeanhig as- persions thrown out by degrees, by some of the Rev. Members of those Societies, jSgainst the doctrine and form of worship used by Ca- tholics, whivh aspersion, some of these acknowledged to myself to be highly unjust. These assertions, as being every way unfounded, re- ceive but little of my attention. However, notwithstanding all my enquiries of the different members composing those Societies, all of whom I enquired have itold me indiscriminately, that they teach the GathoHc children their own religion, and allow them the use of the 3ible without note or comment. I could not yet discover the key to this double difficulty, of Protestants teaching to Catholics a religion which they were by all means m* abolish. Jn fine, I was very near pronouncing upon their cond^ ct. and saying, tliat tiiey were acting 11 contrary to the belief thry lielcl — contrary to tlieir own lionour — to their allegiance — and contrary to the then established laws of the land, which went to put down completely, all instruction given to Ca- tholics, whether public or private, as may be suflicicnlly collected from the following acts, nwr &c. EDUCATION. tth W. III., s. 1., c. 4. — Sending a child to be eduoated in the Popisli Relijjion — either in a pifhlic Sennrnary or in a private family— or sending any thing for its majntenince, wa^ punished with disability to sue or prosecute, in law or equity, for ■ny wrori|^ or any demand, or to l)c guardian or executor, to take any thing by 'e- gacy, deed or gift, or to bear any dffice, with forfeiture of goods and chattels, land, tenements, hereditaments, annuities, offices and estates of freehold during life ; and a single Justice, upon suspicion, might summon and examine the person suspected, to have evidence against ihc-niiielvcE, and summon witrtesses upon oath ; and, if the evidence seemed probal)le, bind th* suspected party to the i.ession's, and there he was bound to answer instantly ; and, should the offence, upon trial, seem probable, ttren the offender is bound lb pVoVe Where the chiu^ was — for what the money was t«nt-->atid the fact was to be presumed unlawful, until the suspected party prove the negative; and being entered on record, shall be a conviction, not only of the stippQSei'. sender of the child, but of the ab&eiit child. And the infant convict shall incur t'ie like disabilities. 2d Anne, 4- !•> c. 6. — Sending, ok- suffering to be sent, A child under 21, except ■aitors, ship boys, merchants' apprentices, or factors, without special licence of the Queen or chief Governor and 4 privy Counsellors — like penalties. 8tb Anne, c. 3. Protestants cotiverted from popery njust tducate tlieir children, under fourteen, in the established religion, or forfeit all offices of trust or profit, ahd be disabled from sitting ititiithcr house of parliament, or being barristei* or attorney, and be for ever disqualified. — 2d Anne, s. 1., c. 6. Where either father or mother is a protestant, tJ'B Ciianeellor is to make an order for educating the child a protestant until eighteen, appointing where and how it shall be educated, alid also by whom — the father to pay all the charges directed by the court, atid the child may b6 taken away from the popish pareilt. — 7th Wil. III., s. 1., C. 4. Papists are forbid to instruct youth in any public school, and even in private houses, unless those of the family, under paia of fine and imprisonment. — 8th Ann, c. 3, 16. A Papist teaching publicly or pri- vately, or entertained as af Usher to a Protestant School-Master, to be esteemed a Popish regular clergyman convict, and to suffer all the pains inflicted upon such, that is, 1st. to lie imprisoned in the coinmon gaol. 2d. to be transported. 3dly. if he return to his friends and native l.ind, to suffer as a traitor : the following is bis judgment, 1st. to be dragged alotig tho ground to the place of execution. 2d. to be hanged by the neck. Srd. to have his entrails taken out, and burned vvhile he is yet alive. 4th. his head to be cut ofi'. 5th. that hi* body be quartered or divid- ed into fbur parts; 6th. that his head and quarters be at the pleasure of the Queen. - - ' - M.VRRIAGE. - dih WU. 3, c. 28. If a Protestttnt Maid, being heir apparent, or havihg intcriefst ih- lands, or a personal estate of ^£500, marry any man without a certificate fi-om a Minister, Bishop, and Justice, attested by two creditable witnesses that he is a knhwh Protestant, the estate shall go to the next of kin, and all Popish intervening hpirs, deemed dead and intestate, and the Protestant Maid to be dead in law, and husband and wife to be forever disabled from l)eing guardians, executor?!, &c., and the per- son wlioniarrled them, to be imprisoned a year, aild foifeit JtlO, hrtlf to the Kingj hments-, there was not one solitary Ca- tholic to be found ! in the office of Custpms, there were 296 persons employed, and only Jl of them were Catholics; in the Excise, there were 265 persons employed, and in that number, only six were Catholics ; of Coroners in Counfie?, there were 108, and only 14 of them were Calliolics : of Commissioners of Affida- vits, there were 262, and only 29 of them Catholics ; of Gl officers under the Linen Board, three wereCatholics ! in fact, on an aggrea;ate of the public establishments, the list of which he held in his hand, there were 20,459 pi-rsons holding offices, paid by the public money, and of that number only 106 were Catholics! To show tliat the exclusion was not solely in the inferior offices, but extend equally to them all, he would raentirn, that there were 31 assistant Barristers, but not one of them a Ca- tholic ; there were 106 offices in the Law department of Ireland, which must be filled by barristers, the salaries and emoluments of which exceed ^G 150,000 per an- num ; and Roman Catholics are admissible since 1795 to 83 of these offices, pro- ducing an income of ^50,000 a year, but there was not one solitary instance of a liom^n Catholic holding any such profitable and honourable appointment. Now, I put the question to the feelings and the honour of every conscientious man ; — let him answer me if he can, by what means could the Catholic, while labouring under the penal force of the above statutes, procure the ordinary channels of instruction or information while they existed ? He could only procure, what with life he woulc maintain — the sanctity of his faith. With what degree of consistency can he then be reproached for the want of that knowledge from which he found himself constitutionally debarred ! 'Tis only to the good- ness of the Almighty, and the clemency of our moat gracious Sove- 14 reign, that we stand indebted, not only for the abrogation of some of those penal statutes, but also for the relaxation of those which are not yet erased. Has the bible-vender considered all these points? — has h{. weighed them in the scale of charity? — has he ever consi- dered the force, or the legal weight of these statutes which we merely transcribe to show the deception, the folly of his argument — to prove the uncharitableness of his assertions, when he affirmed, that the Catholic was an enemy to education ; that the circulation of the Scriptures was entirely prevented by the priests ; when he lost no opportunity to falsify and misrepresent those very Catholics, whom, under the plausible and specious pretext of religious instruction, he piously endeavoured to proselytize ; — ^why not rather charitably en- treat the abrogation of those which were yet a burthen ? Recent experience has sufficiently proved this, since we can see that some of the above statutes have lately been acted upon : — the case of the minors, Eliza and Anne Pirn, sufficienty shows their penal force. In the above case, which pended in the Court of Chancery, the Lord Chancellor ordered that these young ladies should be brought up in the Protestant religion, contrary to their own wish, on oath, as their counsel in that case made appear ; and contrary to the express wish and intention of their mother who was a Roman Catholic lady. Hence we can easily discover from the most unquestionable proofs, and the purest sources of unsullied authorities, that, in teaching the Catholic children in these, the persons I suspiected have not only act* ed in conformity to the above statutes, but also according to theilr oath, their covenant, and the plan which they have adopted ; and these societies even go farther, by seeding to obta,in by proselytism M'hat the law was not adequate to effect by all the severity of its sta- tutes. To be convinced of the truth by which this assertion is sup- ported, we have only to peruse the following statement of facts, which in themselves will more than sufficiently show not only a desire for proselytism, but also a desire to malign, to defame, to falsify, and misrepresent the Catholics and the religion they profess. We shall here perceive how the good sense of some of rt^ owa members is abused by a show of what could meet their sanction, if pure, but which, w hen they understand, they regret with indignant disdain, from the speech of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex at the H. P. Catholic Charity Schools. In speaking of the Irish poor, he asserted as follows : — Recent experience liad shown, that they are lometime^ deluded by those whosf object it was, to make their criminality subservient to their own base purposes. (Hear ! hear !) In alhiding to these circumstances, which was fresh in the minds of tliose who heard him, he could not but offer one observation on the conduct Of the individual by whose exertions the unfortunate victims of* a foul conspiracy were saved from an untimely death. That individual, though scarcely able to speak • word of the English language, succeeded by his diligence and attention in re^uing his unfortunate countrymen from the fate that awaited them. His Royal Highness then conclude^, by drinking the health of Dr. foynterand tbe Cfttbollp Clergy. 15 Hcrp, from the mouth of that noble personage, comes the Icadinpf features of my assertion. In speaking as l-.e diii, ho had no mind to deceive his heare/s ; nor, if he had, could he possibly liavc done so, since they were living witnesses of the fact. Here is mention made expressly of tlie desire to nu'srepresent, in order to realize their own base purposes — mention made of a foul conspiracy to destroy. By whom made ? — by the enemies of Catholics, and some of those who teach them the Bible. To destroy whom ? — to destroy the Catholic in chains — to misrepresent him in order to keep him so. May IQihi in ike House of Lord^, the Earl of Donoughmore spoke as Jhlloxvs : Th« Catholics had to rompUin that they had hoon most «»rossly calumniated, and that wliile the'rlf claims were refused, they themselvfs had been most cruelly malig:>- eJ. He himself, and probably otliers of their Lord-^bijjs, bad received tracts, written and published Hi^ainsl tlie Catholics, that mi^hl make the b.iir of any liberal man stand on an end. Every en;j;ine had been set to work to prejudice the public mind against the unfortunate Catholics. House of CommonSf July StJi, copied from ike Speech of Sir Henry Parnell. It had been said, and very boldly said, that the Catholic Clerpy were the fore- hiost ill obstructing the efforts which had lately been made to introduce the improv- ed system of education adopted here, into the dilFerent parts of Ireland. Nothing was mora unfounded. A supposition had been genfrally entertained, that there were no means of extending moral instruction among the poor in Ireland. He had been informed by one Catholic bookseller in Dublin, that he had sold, within a few years, 20,000 copies of a small work, entitled " The Path to Paradise ," nearly the same number of a work of Dr. Challenor, oOO.OOO copies of Dr. Butler's Cate- chism, which, not only inculcated the moral duties of a good Christian and Catho - He, but also their civil duties as subjects. The same bookseller had sold 2000 copies of Gahan's History of the Old and New Testament; 20(X) copies of tbe New Testament itself, and 10,000 small tracts on different sulyects. The assertion that ihe Catholic priests were averse td their subjects reading the Bible was wholly un- founded. Much had h;en said of the opposition of the Pope to the Bible Societies in Po- land, but that bull did not prevent the reading and distfibution of the bible, but merely counteracted the spirit of proselytism by which these societies were distin- suished. In Ireland, they had exerted themselves in a similar manner, and were not content with giving moral instruction, unless tliey Converted tlie children to the Protestant religion. Here then the fact must be admitted, or they shall be reduced to a very great absurdity ; but the above are unqiiestioj^able authorities, if then proselytism be the intent, wJiere is the charity which seems to i^ecotnmend the system ? — 'tis here uncovered. The following declaration, made on oath, goes sufficiently to main- tain the argument of Sir Henry Parnell : — Counlt/ of Armagh, to wit, Patrick Q,uirt, of Ne^ry, in said county, came before me this day, and made vo- luntary oath, ^hat he bad his child, now a girl of eleven years of age, at Miss Alco- ran's school, in tl\^s town, for the period of six or sevexi years, as near as deponent recollects, un,til October last, when deponent caused bis said child to be removed from Miss Alcoran's school, in consequence of her, (bis child,) having got the fol- 10 H5 ,i ; i lowing inMruclioni, in class, from Miss Isubeilrt Alcoran, bisfcr and assistant to the sHJil Miss Alcoran; — Isl. Tlint the Pope gave the people printed indulj^encivs to sfll, for committin<; murders, and all sorts of crimes. 2tl. Tli^tt Queen iVIary was a cruel woman — she burnt all the Protestants in England, and that it was her glory to SIC them in pain and ajionv, hecause they would not be of her religion. MisH Isabella Ali'or.in said, that every person should be of whatever religion they pleased. 3d. That Queen Elizabeth was a prudent, wise, and good wohihu — there was not a stain on htr character but one, viz. that of having put Queen Mary to death with- out trial. D'.-ponent furt!icr saith, that he was not asking his child any c^aestions whatever, when she told hint what is recited above, and that said instructions were tbd hole and entire cause of deponert's removing her from Miss Alcoran's school, bworn before me, (his2'ithdiiy of November. P. COllUY, Justice of the Peace fur the C. Down. Translation of the BuUagnhist Bihte Societies, issued June 29^,1 81 6j ly Pope rins VI I. to the Archbishop of Gnesii, ; Phimate OP Poland, Pius VII. P. P. 7. Venerable brother, — Health and apostolic benediction, In our last letter to you, we promised very soon to return an answer to yr-urs, in which you have appealed to this Holy See in the name of the other bishops of Poland, respecting what are called Bible Societies, and have earnestly required of u«l wli.it you are to do in this afiair. We long since, indeed, wished to coinply with your nquest, but an incredible variety of weighty concerns h.-id so pressed upon us on every side, that until this day we could not yield to your solicitation. We have hceu truly shocked at this most crafty device, by which the very foundation* of reli- gion have been undermined," &c. &c. ; and so continues this spurious bull, which is evidently of English manufacture. It is dated as follows: — Given at Home, at St. Mary the Gieater, June 16ili, 181G, aud the 17th of our Pontificate. . ' ■ ., , Pius, P. P.. 7. ., TJie following is from the Orthodox Journal, p. 163, Maiji 1817. I before alluded to the bull against the Bible Societies, a copy of which I insert- ed in my last numl)er, and gave my decided opinion of its being a spurious instru- ment. On the Olh inst. the Ilev. IMr> Gandolphy published a letter in the Day and New Times paper of that date, respecting the genuineness of this bull, in which thiit respectable writer says— Having a decided aversion to what is surreptitiously obtain- ed, or falsely advanced, for the purpose of practising deceit towards the public on any point of religion, I beg leave to call the attention of your readers at this critical moment of Catholic affairs, to an instrument lately printed in your respectable paper, purporting to be a bull, addressed by Pope Pius VII. to the Archbishop of Gnesn,, Primate of Poland. History, Mr. Edi'.of*, furnishes us with many examples of forged documents, which, for a time, have produced an impression, but, in theendi have never failed to disgrace the party that could venture to support a cause by such desperate and forbidden expedients. To bring forward a forged and invalid voucher, which every one is at liberty to question and expose, and to rest a defence upon the same, is to prepare a certain verdict against ourselves. The multitude may not be always able to detect the deception which is attempted ; it iS different, howevcrj with the learned, for there is a peculiar style and form in all original documents, and particularly in papal bulls, that render imitation easy in one sense, but difficult in another, and the learned generally carry about them the key of detection. There is no better mode of proving the authenticity of papers, in the tirst instance, thaii that of comparison. I will not enter into a minute investigation of the style and' contents of this bull before us, and addressed to the Primate of Poland as it is said to be, but merely observe that it carries on the very face of it all the evidence of. Airgery, and of English niaD«f«cture } whilst, on the other band, I think I can tliovT i 17 fialibfdCttviily U'»t i( is not of Romflu oHj^iii. I happeneJ U)I)e in Rome, Mr. E6tribution of the Scriptures ? If 18 Mr. Foster will iakc o survey nmonpit his Protwlant brptlirfn. lie will find as Moul declaimerB aguinst his noMe associnlion '* in tht epiHcopal ordt-r of tiu' «stalili<>lied lliiiiR," as in any of llif Catliolic Clt'r}»y. lias not Vr, Ilfil/crt Rlarbli l)fin re- warded wiih a mitre, for liis defence of theCiiurch ajfainsl Popery and Hiblianism ? did not the Bishop of Lincoln charge his ('lerjr/ jjrainst the evil tendency of IJible S«)cietie8? the Bishop of Kly too has openly uvt wed his hostility to thwHpiiii of the Bihiiasts, at the second quadrennial visitation of h's diorcoc in the present yciir. His lordship delivered a ehiirr;c wliich has been published at the request of the Clergy ; he therein snys : — "Lit it not he supposed that we have sufficiently provided •• for the poor and unlearned members of our Church, by merely giving them a " Bible and enabling tJiein to read it. We are indeed, persuaded, that the doc- " trincs of the established Church are fountled upon the Bible; but wc also know, " that they who, in their religious opinion, differ most widely from us — Anabaptists, •' Unitarians, Socinians — all mention that the tenets of their respective sects are de- " rived from the same source. It is therefore necessary that you should guard " your respective flocks from the pernicious errors of those who have swerved from " the right way. You are admonished in the words of our ordination service, never " to ceuse your labour, your care and diligence, till you have done all that lietli in " you, to bring all such as are committed to your charge, unto that agreement in " the faith and knowledge of God, that there be no room loft for error in religion. " Many excellent persons have connected themselves with the Bible Society, allur- " ed by the specious and llattcring prospect of the conciliating which this union '* could not fail, as they supposed, to produce; but if we examine its proceedings, " we shall be at a loss to discover any symptoms of conciliation— on the contrary, " the acrimonious and irritating language, which, at the meetings of their Auxiliary " Societies, is commonly used towards those members of our establishment, who *' have not joined them, affords too [ilain an indication of a very different temper, " The discord which has been introduct-d amongst us, is, in my opinion, of itself, suf- " ficient to induce every Churchman, whose endeavour it should be to keep the uni- " ty ( ' the Spirit in the bond of peace, to decline connecting himself with that So- " ciety." Now, it is impossible not to be struck with the strong concurrence of sentiment in the language adopted by this prelate of the establisiied Church, and the words which Mr, Foster bus imputed to the Bishop of Rome — one would almost imagine that a copy of the spurious bulls had been sent to his Lordship of Kly, and that he had borrowed this part of his charge from them. What more has the Pope or any Catholic Clergyman advanced against the Bible Society, than we find in the above extract, delivered by a Protestant Bishop, ex Cathedra ? The Ely Clergy are exhorted to guard their respective flocks from the pernicious errors " of those who have swerved from the right way;" the Primate of Poland is commanded to do the same, the Protestant Prelate recommends those who have unwittingly join- ed these Societies, to decline the connexion ; the ct devant Archbishop of Malines, is advised to follow the same steps. — Now, if Catholics are still to be deprived of their rights and immunities as British subjects, because the Pope thinks it necessa- ry to guard the Poles and Flemings against the dangers of Mr. Foster's noble as- sociation, '< why, on the sanae principle, should not the Bishop of Ely, and all those Churchmen who think with him, be likewise disseized of their civil privileges for cautioning Englishmen to beware of the mischief likely to ensue from this brilliant ornament of our times?" To act with consistency and justice, one party ought to suffer on this ground as well as the other ; for my part, I am glad to see the Clergy of the Established Church, awaken to a sense of their danger ; and I agree with the British Critic of last month, " that no good can arise to the Church of England, (and I will add to mankind at large,) from the exertions of the Bible Society, but that much evil has already resulted, and that much more may be expected to result from its operations." The downfall of the establibbed Church, and the murder of our first Charles, was principally occasioned by the baneful circulation of the Scrip- tures, and the still more baaeful doctrine of self-interpretation ; from hence sprung all the seditions, tumults and rebellious, which characterised the reign of that ill- 19 fated mo'inrcli ; from this source orij^Iniitcd ;ili tlio iinpioiie and Indecent frolici of tlio ArialM|»tii.t3 in Germany ; ilic civil w.us "f tlie Covenanters and F*iiritan« of Scotland and F.nnhnd ; t!>« o jniin^j hy|»()cri«i)' jf the Indopendent.-j ; the extrava- gancies of the (^iial(i>rs, and llie annrcliicnl r.tvi'';r" r ' '20 IVoni the above roimrks, wlilrb, for tlx^ sari.-duttion of our readers, wc have c()i)Ie(l from tlio Ortlunlnx .loiirr.al, wo can iliul (Iclincatcd, the entire nicchatMfiin of thi:? nefarious bi!)lical system. We feel as- toiiislied how sueii shameless proeei tliags can be tolerated. A person would iniagiiie that there is ro ioi-.^er anj' r<'j;nrd to be had for the sanctity of truth, or the holiness of religion. Surely we must say so, since that system can be tolerated — wherein piety is abused — chastity insulted — division fiup[)orted — society unnerved — calunujy ui^d false- hood allowed to wanton in all its native licentiousness. Surely, all wise men require only the knoAvledge (vf the evil, so as to avoid it — a detection of falsehood, of hilidelity and irreligion, so as to discourage them. VVe have already sliown that the doctrine jiropounded by the liiblicals, vvao the essence of impiety, nurtured in falsehood, and sup- j)ortcd by misrepresentation, forgery and slander; or will the Bibli- cals pretend tliat the illustrious ciiaracters, whose proofs we have al- ledged, are forged or wIt!iout founcUition ? They will not, cannot say they are forged; but wc can justly say in the words of the Rev. Mr. Wlutakcr, " Forgery, I blush for the honour of Protestantism, while I write it, seems to have been peculiar to the reformed; 1 look in vain for one of those accursed outrages of imposition among the disciples of Popery." VVe here subjoin the following extracts frori) the i)ublic journals, in order to show to what a degree of fana- ticism thcBiblicals aspire, and what foul means they resort to, in or- der to establish the system of auto-didactic piety. Judge Blackstone, in explaming the rights of persons, said, " that no man that thinks " for a moment, would wish to my in tain the absolute and uncon- trouled power of doing whatever he pleases — the consequences would be, that every other man would have also the same power, ' and then there would be no security to individuals in any of the enjoyments of life." Surely the auto-didactic saints cannot be much obliged to the learned Judge for the pronmlgotion of this theo- rem in civil policy. Since they must conceive that its force is aug- mented in a quintuple ratio, when there is reference to religious mat- ters, as the following extracts will prove. SUNDAY SCHOOL AND TELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETII'S IN IRILAND. FnoM the reception of the Honourable B. Noel, and the Scotch naval Captain Gordon experienced, in their late missionary labours to enlighten Ireland, by the establishment or Baptist Schools, for inter- preting Scripture in that island, we thought the bible mania was on the decline, and that our well meaning, but credulous countrymen, on the other side of the Atlantic, were becoming sensible of tlie de- ceptions which a few designing fanatics have been practising upon them these twenty years past. Our conjecture we find has been fal- lacious, and there are still some people as ready to be made the dupes of religion as in the most frantic days of scriptural inspiration. Amongst our provincial papers received, we find the Norfolk Chro- nicle. Tliis paper gives a report of a meeting, held in the hall of tlie Ilors, as- [rsoii thu Istity jakc:- y, all lit— u 21 market at Nor'.vich. of iho friotuls to tlic oppiMti:)im of th.' Smuliy School and RcIigioiH Tract Society in Ireland, for tlic purpose of foriniiif^ an auxiliary to t))ese societies in tlic city of Norwielj. Now, our rcnider? must know, that tlio city of Norwich is the county town of Norfolk, one of the njost liberal counties in Kngland, in politics n;^ well as in religion. Tl\e celebrated Mr. (!okc is returned ro Parlia- ment as one of its members, and the most liberal and cnli[;htened l)ishop the protcstants can boast of belongs to the .same place ; a narno which no Catholic can prouourjcc without fcclinn:s of respect for hi.i uniform independent coiiduet, in the Mouse of Lords, on every (pus- tion connected with lli)inan Catholics. Vv'e alhule to the ve'iera')!o Bishop of Norwich, oi;eof the very \'cw of tlie bench of bislxjjvs who Vote for Cathulic emancipation. It is, therefore, with regret, that we find the city of Norwic;h the scene of the most barefaced credulity, and, we may add, bloat(\l stupidity, ever exhibited by meji, layini; claim to rationality. The chairman of the meetinj^ was Mr. T. T. (lurney, {brother to the celebrated Mrs. Fry,) a goitlcman conspicu- ous at the religious societies, being a great scripture enthusiast, and one of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. From what he is .stated to luive said, the meeting was " large and resj)ectal)le, and was assem- bled for a good purpose," — that "of aiding the sister country (Ire- land) with the means of obtaining a knowledge of divine truth." These are really very captivating words, and have often dwelt upon the lips of the speakers of these as3end)lics, but hitherto they h.ave been given to the winds, for no other progress has been made in Ire- land by those and such like societies, in disseminating what they are pleased to call the truth, than when Mr. T. T. Gurney and his com- peers began their labours ; and, were they to continue (or a century, they would make no more progress than they have hitherto done. We should like to know how much this gentleman has given away to aid the scheme of the bible-mongers, and school-promoters, to enlight- en the Irish, and moralize the English, He has, to our kn«)wle(igo, been a great contributor, and did it ever occur to him that the Irish are as deeply involved in the darkness of Popery as ever, while the English are as deeply involved in crime ? Did it never occur to him, that before they put their heads together, to .spread the light of the gospel through the whole of that beautiful, but unhappy country, (Ireland,) they had better direct their labours to their own country, to that mass of vice and dishonesty which stains the character of the lower classes in England. Bibles have been distributed in profusion, and schools have been erected without number, in England, and yet the official report de- clares, that n6t more than one female in nine of tlie peasantry pre.sei-vc their respectability untd marriage — while it is notorious that the cities and towns in England abound with improper characters, and the pri- sons are filled with tliese and such other ottenders. The weekly jour- nals in Norwich are constantly lamenting the increase of crime there, and we believe there is not a place in England that does not furnish 'J2 H ! I cases or peculiar depravity. At tlu- last Salford (iunrtcr S(w.sion8, tlitf cliairmun, Mr. Spurkie, made tlic followiiij; iMmcntablc coiiCcs.sion to th(! f^rand jury on the state of morals: — The present calendar, he said, contained no less than one hundrtd and ninety two cases of felony, nlthoujrli the interval between this and the last quarter was shorter than tlie ordinary intervids fVoin session to session. This fact uuint convince every one of the progressive increase of crime. At the end of the calendar they would find an annual account of the nund)er of convictions from the year I7!)t, and that for the last twenty years the number had been (luadrupled. In 1801-, there were 2 H- ; in 1814^ 41. 'J; and in the last year, there were 818. This shows that in every ten years they had been doidding in amount, and no doubt they would still increase in the same rapid progression, unless some decisive steps were taken, both in court and out of court, to prevent it, since the same causes would be still in operation. What then would be the state of society if this alarming progress was sufl'ered to continue? In the next ten years, we nu'ght expect the number of offenders to amount to 1 ()()(), and in ten more, to 3 or 4000!" Now, we Mill venture to assert, that there has been no lack of bible- schools, and bible-reading in Salfordj yet what a scene of immorality is here exhibited — a scene at which the heart sickens — yet are there men, laying claim to common sense, occupying themselves in the fruitless attempt to eradicate the Catholic religion out of Ireland, which religion is alone capable of stennning the torrent of vice, and reclaiming the sinner. In Salford and Manchester, there are not less than iJO,000 Catholics, chiefly natives of Ireland, or descended from Irish parents. Now, we would venture to tell Mr. Gurnty, that not one of the numerous offenders at these Sessions was a practical Ca- tholic ; they may perhaps have been nominal ones ; men bearing thei name, but neglecting the precepts of their church. But what other system of religion could have induced men, women, and children, to have endured so patiently the horrible miseries of starvation to which the Irish peasantry have lately been reduced, while ship loads of provisions were sent from that country to glut the English markets? what but a divine system of morality, inculcated by men divinely connnissioned, could effect such an unparalleled scene of calm endur- ance amidst woworn wretchedness as Catholic Ireland exhibited in 1812, under a bible-reading ascendancy I Mr. T. T. Gurney said, in concluding, he should leave it to the zealous agents of the society, who attended the meeting, to give a more particular statement of the ground on which this great and good cause really stood. Well, let us see what the zealous agents have to say; but, in the first place, let us know vrho they are. Some pious and self-devoted ministers of the church no doubt. But our readers will be a little astonished to learn that these pious persons are hone others than two jolly tars, who, finding half pay not sufficient to supply them with grog, fell upon the lucky expedient of " raising the wind," under the pretence of instructing the Irish; who, by the by, are better 2J ubK- to instruct iUcac l:\ri)!iuliii ntismioimrit". Tho " /lahms .ifront " *V the School iSocicty is stated in thi' paper to h(! a Captain Ha/alf^ctic, U. N., and the other " /i sdons servant," is Licutinant Cook, fur the KcH^iouH 'I'r.ict and Ho.)!* Society. As a captain, ot' course, he takes rank before the lieutenant. So n»issionary Hazal|^ette took ,i c-eilenco of missionary Cook, in btuting the (grounds uf the tt( .iety \.h,ch liu represented. Here Captain rJazalgctto c\i)lainrd the object of the SocietVi — tho number of persons receiving instruction, he stales, amount to l.>7,0{)() jn Ireland, i^'C. &c. Here, then, uc have the f:;rounds upon which thi-? f;reat and f^ood cause really stands, " so far as the Sunday School Society is con- cerned." We have no doubt there was scarce a pcrsin present at this meeting, who did not feel the greatest contempt for the Irish Ca- tholic, who is represented as pinning his faith vipon the sleeve of his Priest ; what epithet does that n>an deserve, who gives credit to the tale which this zealous ami valiant half-pay Captain told? Through- out the whole statement, there is not one particular fact named, l)ut the whole is a fumble of assertions, improbable in theniselves, and un- worthy of credit — Were we to believe all the tales we have heard told of the exertions of these societies, every house in the villages of Ireland, must be by this time converted into Schools. Here arc se- venteen hundred and forty Schools established by this single society, at least so it is said. The Baptist Sehoola have, no doubt, on paper, their thousands. The Kildare Street Society, to which the British Parliament grant a sum of the public money, must have their thou- sand also; then there are the diocesan and charter schools; and when wc come to take into account the many schools really establish- ed by the Catholic Clergy, it must be confessed, supposing all the statements to be true, that Ireland cannot be in want of schools, and the Irish ought, by this time, to be a very learned people. But why does the Captain not tell us where these schools are established ? The jname of a town or village would add some weight, and carry some reality with it ; but from what the Captain has said, we are as much at a loss to discover the real grounds on which this cause stands, as ever. Now, could we have been present to hear him, we should have called upon him to explain how the Society could extend itself, with- out an augmentation of its funds. At one time, their receipts, he says, were merely able to support the Schools with spelling books ; and yet the annual increase of the Schools was estimated at 200!!! Thus are the people of England gulled by a parcel of flowery, but empty speeches. Again, the Society had distributed during the 14« years of its existence, 150,000 copies of the Scriptures, and 100,000 spelling-books ; but then so reduced were the Society, that they were compelled to call upon the poor ragged half-starved scholars, for a subscription of a penny each a year, by which £625 had been placed at the disposal of the managers. Is this creditable ? £625 wrung M !1 from the chiMrcn vi' the poor peasantry of Irchind, wljo arc conipcll- ccl to give a tcn'-h of their jjotutoe crop to nuintaia a rich and pam- pered Clergy. And for what? Wluit arc tlie benefits of the money tl'Ua raised? Wh'it are the operations performed? Have they con- verted one Catholic to the I'ible system? had any thing of the kind occm'ed, would it not have been trumpeted forth to the world ? Here we have a captain begging under the patronaj^e of a Bishop of the csta])lished Church, for more to support the Sunday Schools in Ire- land, whiehj after 14 years experience, have not been the means of shedding a ray of ligiit on oi^e imjjuted benighted Catholic ; and here we have the credulous people of Knglund listening to this fanatic, not only listening, but parting with their money wiih a facility almost in- credible. How true is the saying ; a fool & his money are soon parted. Let it not be supposed that we are averse to the education of the poor; quite the con "ary — it is the greatest blessing that can be be- stowed upon them ; but then the education we should give them, is a real religious education, as well as a knowledge of letters. To teach boys and girls to read, without implanting in their tender minds the precepts and practices of true religion, and tlie necessity of shunning bad books, is only to prepare them to receive the deadly poison vend- ed by almost every bookseller in England, in ilic shape of romances, amatory letters and epistles, and by too many in grosi- obscenity and blasphemy. Here are die quicksands upon which so many innocent souls are wrecked, and ultimately fill the gaols in England, TheXaptain is also staled in the Norwich paper, to have adduced several facts to convince the meeting that there was a willingness on the part of the Irish population to receive education, and that they were a people thirsting after instruction. To be sure they are, and, their pastors are as eager to give them the instruction they thirst for, as they are to receive it. T3ut why did not the Captain tell the peo- j)le that the cruel code of penal laws, enacted to prevent the growth of Popery, deprived the Irish of the means of receiving the instruc- tion they sought for? And why did he not inform the meeting, tliat since the partial repeal of that diabolical code, the fruits of Protes- tant tolerance, more than 3,340 schools have been raised, and are &v:pported solely by the contributions of Catholics, in the two pro- vinces of Munster and Connaught? Why can the Captain, good pi- ous soui, not let the Irish choose their own mode of instruction? why does he become the itinerant beggar, to force a node of education on the Irish, which they detest? The Society for which the Captain solicits the charity of the simple and good naturcd people of Nor- wich, he modestly says, does not the meddle with the political evils that encompass Ireland, but were only desirous of effecting an im- portant moral good, by pure and simple means." Simple enough, Heaven knows, but not so pure. And what are those pure and sim- ple means ? the Bible, and nothing but the Bible. When will we cease to hear this cry about the Bible ? Christians of all denomina- tions might be assured that "the best balm for the wounds of Irelaod* 25 would be fodiul in tlie Bil»Ii\'" Wluit matclile-is oifrontory ! When will the ll'in;;lisli people awakou tVom llie di-'jim of tlolusioii ? Is tliore u njind that is not iiiiane, that Relieves thiypieacliing Captain andliis crew? Can it 1)H possible that this Biblical Captain of an oullandish name, ob- tain a hearing among the citizonfl of Norwich? Wiiat ! could the men of Norwicli, who have taken so deep, and liberal a share in tlu; politics of their country, suffer a man to tell them to their face, that the Ilible was the best balm to restoie peace and plenty to the impoverished people of Ireland ? that die Bible Avould solace iha poor cotter for the \o^?. of his cow or his >heep, seized by Ihe iron grasp of the proctor, for the tithe to a person be never sees or liears of, but when it is to deprive himself and family of the yearly pittance he has provided to keep them from starving. If the Bible be capable of producing such balms; in God's name, let it be put into the hands of the orangemen to subdue their ferocity and blorid- thirsiiness — let it be put into the hands of theSenecurist in Ljigland, that he may bo induced no longer to prey upon the country — let it be put in- to the hands of the*' x-gatherers, that he may avoid living upon the sweat and misery of his lellow-crcatures- '..^^ it, in fine, be put into the hands of the Captain and Lieutenant, to learn them to tell truth and shame the de- vil; anJ when we see it capable of removing these and such-like evils, which help to encompass unibrtunate Ireland and England too; then will we be inclined to believe, tliat there will be a balm for the wounds of Ire- land, in the Bible; but until then, we must be excused, if we say that we are so incredulous as to disbelieve in the Captain and his crew's pro- posed remedy : we consider his balm as savouring as much of quackery in the jiresent instance, as the celebrated medicine denominated the " Balm of Gilead." .,,. , . , . ., ,.,, ' ; BHITISI! CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION'. Lord Donougbmore said be never was so mucb suprized, as lie had been by tbe sentiments of some of bis Majesty's servants ; he was shocked at the denunciation that there was little hope of the Cathol- ics ever obtaining tbe eod desired. The speeches that had been ut- tered had created disgust. His Lordship Concluded, by adverting to the part the keeper of his Majesty's conscience had taken respecting the question, and sat down amidst repeated cheers. ^ , , ,- FANATICISM AND IMPOSTURE. On Thursday, several of the parish officers of Newington, attend- ed at the Union-hall, before the Magistrate L. B. Allen, Esqr., in or- der to state facts which had come to their knowledge, relative to tlie ill treatment of a young girl named Sarah Holman, by her father, who had turned her out of the house into the streets, in consequence of her refusal to become a convert to a sect of which he was a mem- ber, who denominated themselves " the true believers in the faith of Mary Joannah Southcote, auu the coming of the young Shiloh." It appeared that about 3 years ago, her father's barbarity commen- ced by turning her mother and herself out of doors, after which, she D I! 26 rrnt Into service ; but on arccnnt of ill lieallii, n-as obliged to leave n!)out five weeks ago ; licr Ihtlier was a master tailor, in comfortable circumstances, having two houses in which he alternatively rcsitlcd, at Walworth. The officer v^ho went to ascertain tlie truth of the g'lTs story, found in a room in Ilolinan's house, a most extraordinary inoking man, a cripple, sitting at a table, busily engaged in writing to tfe dictation of equally an extraordinary looking woman, of frightful aspect, having only one eye, and being disfigured with a hare lip, which extended so far up her face, as to divide completely her nose in two parts. This personage, on enquiry, they learned to be the real Mary Joannah, and upon asking what the old man was doing, they were told that he was then writing the dreams of his mistress, "who was to brin^ young Shiloh into the wr.rld," and was considered to have been specially sent into the world for that purpose, as well as for the per- formance of some other prodigies, before she made her exit. The parish officers also saw two or three other women in the house, one of whom, on being questioned respecting an infant she carried in her arms, said that it was her child, that Mr, Holman was the father of it, but that she was not his wife. In the other house, they found se- veral other women, all of whom, it was said, cohabited with Holman, the forms of whose systems of faith, admit of a plurality of wives, without the necessity of marriage in any of the cases. The girl said she was surprised at the scenes she daily witnessed in the house. A Mrs. Brown, who appeared to be at the head of eve- ry thing, called her on one side, telling her she was the real Mary Jo- annah, "that she was sent upon earth endued with the Spirit of the Lord, and that she would perform miracles before she would be trans- lated back to heaven again." The poor girl then began to relate to the Magistrates, the ridiculous fanaticism of Mary Joannah, " her fa- ther," she said, " some time ago, v, ent to considerable expense, in making up a most splendid red coat, richly embroidered with gold, and letters worked in gold on the back of it, to this effect; — " this Coat is for the Young Shiloh." This coat, she said, was given to IMrs. Brown, otherwise Mary Joannah, by her father, who, on presenting it, said, what am I to do with this coat? Mary Joannah's reply was, " let it be given where the Lord's Spirit dvvelleth in perfection. " Then said her father, placing the coat over her shoulders, it dwell- eth in thee." Mary Joannah then got off her seat, with young Shi- loh's coat thrown over her shoulders, and marched out of the room : this coat was now in pledge for liquor drank by this very woman, who was considered an object of adoration by those of her sect. She had frequently seen her father leave the bedrooms of different women who lived in the house with him, early in the morning, and she was convinced tl \t he treated them all as his wives ; she was never permitted to enter the room where they were congregated, because she was an unbeliever, and her father ultimately turned her out of doors, and refused to allow her any support. Holman said he did not consider the female as his daughter, for her mother abandoned '27 him, and was a coinmon prostitute; the magistrate havinsj h'^rcncd tf) him a h)i)g time', said he must givi; the parish some security for tiie UKiinteiiance of his daughter, as it apeared tliat she was aiVaid to <;o biick. Au arrangement was ultiiuately entered into, and the parties left the office. Meeting of the Protestant Clergy at Bcverh/, Yorkshire, to petition against Jkturc concessions to their Catholic B.'cthrca. The following is the Speech of tlie Revd. Sidney Smitli, attlie above Mooting. Mr. ARcii'—.Aitxv, It is very disagreeable for me to diflfer from so many worthy and rcspccta!)le Clergymen licre assembled, and not only to difl'er from them, but (I am afraid) to sland alone amonpfil lliem. 1 would much rather vole in majoritii's, and join in tills, or any other poiiiical chorus, than to stiind unassisted and alone, as I am now doing. 1 dislike such meetings for such purposes — 1 wish I could reconcile it to my conscience to stay away from them, and to my temperament to l)e silent at them; but if tliey are called by others, I deem it riglit to attend ; if I attend, 1 must say what I think; if it is unwise in us to meet at taverns to discuss political su!)jocti, the fault is not mine, for 1 should never think of callinj; such a meeting; if tlie subject is trite, which wa are to discuss, no blame is imputable to me ; it is as dull to me to handle such subjects, as it is to you to bear them — the customary promise on the threshold of an inn, is good entertainment for man and horse. If there is any truth in any part of this sentence, at the Tiger, at Beverley, our horses, at this moment, must certainly be in a state of much greater enjoyment, than the masters wlio rode them. It will be some amusement, howercr, to this meeting, to observe tiie schism which this question has occasioned in my own Parish of Lonilrsborough. My excellent and respectable Curate, Mr. Milestones, alarmed at the cflcct of the I'ope upon the East Hiding, has come here to oppose me, & there he stands thrta- tening war and vengeance upon the Vatican. We had some previous c; aversaiion upon this subject, and in imitation of our superiors, we agreed not to make it a Ca- binet question. Mr. Milestones, indeed, widi that mildness and delicacy wliich be- longs to his character, expressed some doubts on the propriety of voting agai.iit his rector ; but I insisted he should come and vote against me. I assured him nothing would give me more pain, than to think I had prevented in any man, the free asser- tion of honest opinions: that such conduct on his part, instead of causing jealousy and animosity between us, could nut, and would n Wl to increase my regard and respect for him. I beg leave. Sir, before I proceed on this subject, to state what I mean by Catholic Emancipation — I mean eligibility of Catholics to all civil offices, with the usual ex- ception introduced into all bills : — Jealous safeguards for the preservation of the Protestant Churches, and for the regulation of the intercourse with Rome ; and lastly, provision for the Catholic Clergy. 1 object. Sir, to the law as it stands at present, because it is impolitic, and because it is uujust. It is impolitic, l)ecause it exposes this country to the greatest danger in the time of war. Can you believe, Sir, can any man of the most o'-dinary turn for observation, believe, that the monarchs of Europe mean to leave this country in the quiet possession of the high station which it now holds? is it not obvious that a war is coming on l^etwecn the government of law and the governments of despotism? that Iho weak and tottering race cf the Bourbons will (whatever then our wishes may be) be compelled to gratify the wounded vanity of the French, by plunging them into a war with England. Al- ready they are pitying the Irish people, as you pity the West India Slaves. Alrea- dy they are opening colleges for the reception of Irish Priests. Will they wait for your tardy wisdom and reluctant liberality ? is not the present state of Ireland a preuiium upon early iuvasion ? does it not Uold out the most alluring iavitation to r" 28 your •nemies to lifgin ? and if the Cap of any hostile power in Kurnpe i» urfdiLd in that unljuppy coiuitry, is tliere one Iiisli pea'taiit wlio will not iiiistci) to join it? •nd not only tlu pt'usantry, Sir — the prasantry begin thee ihin/rs, but tlic iJt.u>,;nUry do not end then — they are soon joined hy nn order a little above them— and Iht-n after h triflinj^ riki-css, a still superior class think it worth while to try the ri\k. Wen are hurried into a rehtllion, as the o?;en were pulled into the rave rf ("atns, thil foremost,— the mob first, wlio iiave nothing to lose but their Jives, of whi. h every Irishman has nine ; tlien cnmes the Shopkeeper, then tht Parish Priest, then t ho Vicar General, then Dr. Doyle, and lastly, Daniel D'Connell. Phu if the Preiiih were to make the same blunders respecting Ireland, a^; Napoleon did ; if wind aiul weather prebervid Ireland for you a second time, still all your resources would be crippled by waieliir^ Ireland, 'i'iic force employed for this, niii.';ht liberate Spain and Porlu;rul, proieel India, or acconiplinii any great purpose of cfl'tJjy;e or defence. War, Sir, seems to be almost as niiltiral a stale to mankind, as peace. JJnt if yoii could hope to escape war, is there a more powerful receipt for destroying the power i)f any country, than these eternal jealousies and disiinrtions between tlie Uvo reli- gions? Wlinl man will carry his industry and his capital into a country where his yard measure is a sword — his pouncet box a powder iiaik — and his return a list of killed and wounded? Where a cat will get, iheie a cotton spinner wiil pinetiate; but let these gentlemen wait until a few of their factories have been burned dow n ; till one or two respectable merchants of Manchester have been carded, and until tluy have seen the Cravalists hanging the Shanvests in cotton twist. In the present fer- vor for spinning, Ourang Outangs, Sir, woulil be employed to spin, if they could be found in suflicient quantities. But miserably will those reasonevslx' disappoint- ed, who repose upon cotton, not upon justice; and who imagine that this great question can be put aside, because a few hundred Irish spii-.ncrs are gaining a inor- cel of bread, by the overflowing industiy of the English market. 13ut what right have you to continue these rules, Kir, these laws of exclusion ? what necessity can you show for them ? is the rei j^uing Monarch a concealed Catholic ? is his Successor an open one? is there a disputed Eueeession? is there a f'afholic pretender? if some of these circumstances arc said to have justified the intioduc- liun, and others the continuation of these mtatures, wliy does not the disappearance of thtse circumstances justify the repeal of the restiietions? if you must be unjust, if it is a luxury you cannot live witliout, reserve your injustice for the weak, and not for the strong ; persecute the Unitarians, muzzle the Ranters, be unjust to a few Sec- taiies, not to six^millions, — galvanize a frog, do not galvanize a tiger. If you go intia Farsonage-bouse in the country, Mr. Archdeacon, you see some- times a style and a fashion of furniture which does very well for us ; bi;t which has had its day in London. It is seen in London no more ; it is banished to the pro- vinces ; from the gentlemen's houses in the provinces, these pieces of furniture are (as soon as they are discovered to be unfashionable) doomed to the farmhouses, then to the cottages, then to the faggot heap, and then to the dunghill— as it is with furniture, so it is with arguments. I hear at country meetings, many arguments igainst the Catholics, which are ne- ver heard in London ; their London existence in J?arliament, is over. They are on- Jy to be met with in the provinces, and there they are fast hastening down, with clumsy chains and ill fashioned sophas, to another order of men ; but, Sir, as they are not yet gone where I am sure tliey arc going, I shall endeaTour to point out their defects, and accelerate their descent. Many gentlemen now asseml)led at Tiger Inn, at Beverley, believe tliat the Ca- tholics do not keep faith with heretics; these gentlemen ought to know, that Mr. Pitt put this very question to six of the leading Catliolic Universities in Europe. He enquired of them, whether this tenet did or did not constitute any part of the Catholic faith ; the question received from those Universities the most decided ne- gative ; they denied that such doctrine formed any part of the creed of Catholics. Such doctrine, Sir, is denied upon oath, in the bill now pending in Parliament, a copy of which I hold in my hand. The denial of such ductriuo upon oath, is tlvc 29 only mpaiis Irf.'.-.t.'i viu'j; the strictest iuiuirliality, that, lihy liave chfseu a Ji.-.v for their Sic'r(.tai;,-. 'i'lieir conduct has l)een unimpcaclinble and uninipenclicd, — the tvvo cecls are in pe.ue v.'iih each other and the doctrine, that no faith i-^ kept with heretics, wv warm phrases to ei;mpensa'e the lc;;al nriss.uie of a iniliion of Irishmen, are not unworthy of ojr pardon. AW this hardly de erves the eternal incapacity of holding civil oflices. 'J'hen ihey quarrel with tlio JJible Soei- fty — in other words, they vindicate that ancient tenet of tlieir Cliurch, tliat tlie Seiip- turesare not to be left to the un^cuardcd judjjment of the Laity. The objcit'.,u to Catholics is, that they did what Catholics ougiit to do — and do not many Prelates of our own Ciiureh object to the EiLle Society, and contend that tlie Scrijiluies oiy.',ht not to be circulated without the commen., and the articles? If they are ri/iht, tb.e Catholics arc not w ron/^, and if the Catholics arc wrong ; they err in such pood com- pany, tfiat we ought to resjieet their errors. 'Why not pay their Cleijiy? The I'resbyterian Clergy in the North of Ireland, are paid by the State; tb.e Catholic Cler^jy of Canada, are provided for ; the Priists of the liindoos, arc, I believe, in pome of their temples, paid by the Company, — you nuist surely admit that the Ca- ' tholic religion (the religion of two thirds of Ei rope) is better than no religion. I do not re|_!;ret that the Irish are under the dominion of the Priests. 'I\'ie Irish are deserted by tlieit jiatural ariitociacy, and 1 should wish to make their Ckigy res- pectable in their appearance, and easy in their circumstances. A government pro- vision has produced the most important change^, in the opinions of the I'resbyterian Clergy of the North of Irebind, and has changed thetri from levellers and jacobins, into reasonable men ; it wyulJ net fail to iiuprcve inoit luateriaKy, the political opin- r I I SO iijn«; of ihe Cut!io!ic Priesfs — lliis cnnnot, liowevc*, be Jono wlilioiit the fmanrlpaticn t)t' the Itiity, iiu I'riest would dure to nccept a salary from Governaieiit, unless litis |)rclitniiinry were seltltd. I nm aware it would give to j;ov"rnin»'nt a tremendon-i |)OWiT in tlint country ; but I must cbuohe tbe least of two ctIIh. Tbc great point, as the Physician!) say in M^nie dibcnses, is to rer'ist tbe tendency to death. 1'hu gte.il (liji'ct uf our day, in to prevent the loss of Ircbmd, and (he consequent rniri of England, to obviate tbe teiultnry to death. Wo will llrst keep tbe patient alive, and then dispute about bis diet and mediiine. Tliose who pretend not to fear now, would be first to fear at tbe approach of danger ; it is always tbe case with this distant valour— mofit of the concessions which have been given to the IriMb, have been given to fear, Ireland would have been lost to this countrj', if the Briti^b Legislature bad not, with nil the rapidity and precipitation of the truest p;uiic, pnss- cd those acts which Ireland did not ask, but demanded in the time of ber armid ns^-ocialion, AVe preach to our congregation, Sir, that a tree is known by its fruits ; by the fiiiits it produces, I will judge your sjstein. What has it done for In land ? New Zealand is emerging, Dtabeite is emerging, Ireland is not emerging, she is Hiiil veiled in davkntss; bir chiklren safe under no law, live in tbe very shadow of di-ath. Has your system of exclusion made Ireland rich? has it made Ireland loyal ? has it niade Iieland free? has it made Ireland bajipy ? Ilovr is tbe wealth of Ireland proved? is it l)y the naked, idle, snfl'ering people, who are slumbering on tbe mud- tloors of their cabins ? In what does the loyally of Ireland consist ? is it in the ea- gerness with which they would range themselves under tbe hostile banners of any invadirs for your destruction and for your distress? is it liberty, when men breath and move among the bayonets of Engli.-.h happiness, and their history any tl)ing but such a tissue of murders, burnings, hangings, famine and disease, as never existed before in tbe annals of the world? This is the system which I am sure, with very diO'erent intentions, and different views of its efTec', you are met this day to uphold. 'Hiese are tbe dreadful consequences whicli those laws, your petition pray, may l)e continued, have produced upon Ireland. From the principles of that system, froiu the cruelty of those laws, I turn and turn with the homage of my whole heart, to that memorable proclamation, which tiie bead of our Church, the present monarch of tliose realms, has lately made to bis jiereditary dominions of Hanover, tl:at no man should be sul>ject to civil incapacities, on account of bis religions opinions. Of the Catholic Emancipation Bill, I will say tiiat it will be the foundation of a lasting religious peace, that it will give to Ireland, not all that it wants, but wliat it most wants, and without whicb, no other boon would be of any avail. When this bill passes, it will be a signal to all the religious sects of that unhappy country, to lay aside their religious hatred, and to live in peace, as equal men should live un- der equal law. When this Bill passes, the orange flag will fall — when this Bill passes, the green flag of tbe rebel will fall— when this Bill passes, no other flag will fly in the land of Erin, than that flag which binds tbe lion with tbe harp — that flag, which, wherever it does fly, is the sign of freedom and joy— the only banner in Eu- rope which floats over a limited King and a free people. In the above speech of the Rev. Sidney Smith, he has given to the world a model of high wrought eloquence, beautiful precision, unri- valled purity of diction, a manly specimen of the powers of reason, matured by reflection, sanctioned by justice, emboldened by the uni- ted efforts of ethical acuteness and physical energy. Here in the words of this learned gentleman, the Biblicals, may ask themselves if the Catholics have been doing what they ought to be doing, in re- fusing our system, what have we been doing, when forcing it on them? Let Ministers read it and learn to be wise — as Legislators, let them karn to be just — as Councillors, let them be open to conviction, in Older to see the danger^ and tlicreby to guard agaiustit. The BritisU ^1 nnd Foreign Bible Society liave, before now, founil it to prove tbe dentli knell of the pious system ; in a word, it is the open aiitl niiinly ileve- lopemcnt of the trulli, wiiicb, tliougb often represented, h:is, notwith- standing, been so long ul)sent from the hoiirts of the enenii^-s of Cu- tholieity, that it is witli dimculty they recognize it, either in shupe or form, thougii painted in the most lively and glowing Ci'lourn before the eyes of their undorKtanding. Ma. O'COXNELL AND THE LONDON IlinEIlNlAN SOCIETV. The following is a correspondence which took place between Mr. O'Connell and the Secretary of the London Hibernian Society, when J>.Ir. O'Connell was last in London. 48, H.VTTOV r.ARnTW, Mvv 13, IHI'i. Sir,— The charges preferred by you, a^^aiiist the London Ililnrnian ."ocitfy, at the meeting of the Foreign School S.jclfty, on 3Ionday last, in Free- Mason's Hall, have induced the Committee to request that you would be as good as to favour them with information upon the following heads: — 1st. Whctlier your observjition res- pecting the misapplication of funds, was intended to apply to the London Hiberni- an Society, or to any other institution? 2dly. Whether there be any cliar in.sko fit tlie l}ilti',!i ar.cl I'orei^^n Uililir .Stitution3 yet established, there is none so peculiarly adipted to tlie moral, nnd consequently to the social feelings of the Irish nation, as this very society which you calumniate. In proof of these asstrlions, they appeal to the Nobility, Clergy and Gentry of Iicland — they appeal to all who have actually examined the Society's Srlioo!, and carefully observed its progress — they invite the strictest investigation, and they repeat their invitations with more contidence, in con- sequence of the continual increasing testimonies from various quarters, that the Lon- don Hi! rnian Society's Schools are strictly contined to its prescribed objects, are eminent. y successful in promoting Scriptural education ; are highly valued, and iti general, earnestly desired by the Irish population, wbelhe:* Catholic or Protestant, and are continually increasing in number and in efficacy, notwithstanding tbo deter- mined, and in some instances, the violent .opposition with Avhich they have been as- sailed. I have the honour to be, Sir, yours most faithfully, THOMAS WEBSTEH, f-:cc>-clary to the Londjn Hibernian Sucic/j/. Tii Baniel 0'' Connelly Esquire^ Dover Street. Dover Street, Mvy 2S, 1833. Sir,— Whrn I received the first communlcatton from you, I really was simple enough to belieye that there was a sincere desire on the part of some of the psrsons '■; >; 3:5 concorncil in the management of tlie London Ilibcrnijn Soclity, fo investigate tlio innttiTs I tlircw out in gentral terms agiiinst tliem. 1 own I was not surprised tu find by your lellor of llio 18ih, lliat I wus mistaken, and tlint care is still taken to prot-ct the calumnies in your reports from being communicated and cx|)osert to the pood sense and good feeling of tlic Dritish people. And what a paltry excuse is piven for refusing the means of exposing their calumnies :— it is to be found in your second paragraj)!!, viz: you are afraid to expose (be names of your informants, least their persons or properties should be injured— an insinuation founded, l)y-the bye, in that bitter spirit of sectarian hostility from wliich nil your other misstatements, E think, have originated ; but how fertile does it become, when it is recollected that I did not ask you (o publish the names of the informants, further than by conimujii- eating t*iom to me. Oh ! shame upon that unfortunate disposition to unciiaritable- ness, which makes your Society blind to every thing like fair play, where Catholic Ireland is concerned ! — but I return to my charges ; they wore in substance these : — 1st, That you published gross and scandalous falsehood respecting the Catholic Clergy of Ireland. 2dly, that your Society deviated from its understood principle of not seeking to proselytize the Irish Catholic children. lidly, that you liad re- turnt'd on your books, as paid for, many more children than really received educa- tion from you. And 4tbly, (for you seek in vain to avoid it,) that your preachers have uttered the most unfounded calumnies against the Clergy and people of Ire- land. I begin with the last. You endeavour with characteristic sincerity, to throw your preachers overboard ; but I have in my possession, your card of admission to your iRst meeting on the 7th of May, to admit a lady and gentleman, or two la- dies! I ! on tlie other side of which, is printed your serm(>ii card for the 27th of April, the Rev. II. Macneil, A. M., Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, being your preacher! Olj ! you have no preachers— -not you ! Now, I nm ready to prove these things respecting that gentleman. 1st, that in his sermon preached for you on that very 27th, he stated, that the Catholic Clergy of Ireland, were in the ha- bit of giving out charms for violent diseases, and in particular for the tooth-ache. 2diy, that he also grossly misrepresented the Catholic doctrine of absolution, by de- nying its efKcacy to depend on our opinions on the condition of sincere repentance ; .'uid to s'.iow that we deemed it an absolute power, he stated, that the Catholic Priests in Ireland, gave absolution to the dead, {ir.->t causing the diad body lo be iJog^id ; but that if the bot cvidence^if you decline to prodncu these documents, your Muricly may vapour as it pleases nhoiit " Scriptural Kducu« tion ;" but it evinces utter inattention to the very first principles of christian mor- ality. The 2d charge I make against you " of cndeavourinjj to proselytise." I . am quite ready to prove without any of your dorumcnto. The Sd charj^e bein^ matter of pounds, shilliu<:^s and pence, as connected wiih the local situation of . Hchools, and the numliiT of scholars, requires the production of your documents iji order to cstiibli!r these your services? Answer — Three hundred pounds a year. CJueifion 2. — Mr. l}randr>im, you are well known to be favourable to Apocryphal circulation; you afe honest, and do iiotcoaced your predeliction ; you are bold and fervent, and ne- ver cease to advocate the cause of Susannah and the Elders.— Pray bow mucli do you receive for hiring anotlierof the Secretaries? Answer— Three hundred pounds a year. (iuesiion M. — Dr. SteinkopH', you are the staunchest supporter of iho Api>- cryphal proct'edin<;s; ani'^ since the famous resolution of 1^21, which was prof»'Ssi»d by your Committee, and believed by your too partial friends to be an anti-apocry- jiird resolution, you have puhlislied a pamphlet, one ;^rcat object of whicli, is to ar- pie tiie great nece.->sity of still circulating the Aptcryphal, and to press upon us the (liristian duty of doin^; so ; as heretofore, you are stiil anotlicr of the Secretaries. — I'ray how much do you receive far your official work? An^^vt•'• — Three hundred j)ounds a year. Question 4.. — Mr. Jackson, you are assista\U Foreign Secretary, }in1 an Apocryphal jnan, and very useful in many ways you !:no\T, in ti»e I'orcign Oflice. — llow much do you gel for this a-.sistantsidp and usf'TuhiLSs? .'vnswer — Two hundred and fifty pounds a year, and (ccaslonally a ^rrttuity in addition of fifty or a hundred pounds. Question 5. — Mr. Tarn, you hold the situation of ac- untant and ass!.-,tant Secretary, and no doubt have a great deal to do, wliich the Auxiliary Ciimni'ttee and A.?^oci.»fi.ins expect shall be done by the Secretary.— llow much have you, being also of Apocryp'.iid bearings, for the duties you ])erform i;i tlieir behali? Answer — Tiirce hundred pound-i a year. Question G — Mr. Cockle, you arc the deposit uy, and tike charge of the spurious as well as of the pure Bibles isiiusd L> lilt' Coramiltee — lul that is no fjult tf yours. — Tray Iww much do they I! V. I 36 pfivp you ? Answer— Two humlrnl nn«l lil'iy pout lU n year. <)ii#«tii>n 7— Dr. I'iiikvrton, yoii ari' an Apienl for tliv Socivly in lorcipn piirls , ynii luive, wo licli«»(.', bci-u I'Xtri'mvly nctivt* in diiii'linr^iii^ the t'dnrtioni iiH>>iuni'(l you hy tlit* ( nriiiniltee ; you did aiucli r»r titu A|)(u'rypliui uh wi'li iih tor lliu lliMc ; ymi niadf urcut cxfitinLH uiul recvivL'd grcnt priiine fur gcttin*^ up tli« Scliivoniitn Scriptiirtn, ^tliiiii nru idtrit- Apocrypi;ftl ; n nnv n Socit'ty ubroad lin%e yon liilpi-d lo form, to support, and in. I'iturngi) ; busy, thIume to ho a rtvehition from God." This was all right and true; but you know that ihu practice of tlio Commitiee was contrary to its system, anti that it ciuulaled lyin;; f.diles ub well a* inspired book^. ; and knowing this, you were active in siipporlitr { and applaiaiiii}; the concern ; you had recourse to domiciliary visits ond other extraordinury nieann, ctlensive in themselves for levying money, and said not a woid aliout t!ie dehntiut..- ces of your honourable brethren in London.— And wiuit ri'tniiiurati.ui do tiny be- stow on you fur all your cotisistent ell'orts on their hi hall", as their lioinc a^'ent V Answer— Three hinu'rid pounds a year, and expenses to boot. (Jmstion I o— -Clerks in Secutaries' and Accountants' Departments, we know ndt what you have t«» do, but of coun.c you must now and then handle the pen when the three Scc-rctaries aru awiiy at their ministerial duties. Have you any p.iymeiU for wrilin;'; n letter or ndd-- ing together the salaries of your .superiors, and what i>. it. ? Answer- Two iiiin* dred and thirty-five pounds. Question 1 J— Professor I.eaiuler VaHCS!*, you aro discovered lo have been acting for many years as one of llie liriilsli and I'orei^n iJi- ble Society's Agents on the Continent; you have been employed in circiilaiiiijr Hi" blcs, having the Apocrypha intermixed ; and Dr. SftinkopfF said t^f you in ]b~], that in all your labours for the Uible Society, you son;:lit not earthly emolnnienls, and desire no treasure which the rust and moth consunietli. — Permit us to ask you if you have any reward for those disinterested acts of yoi > ;, and in what the reward consists? Answer — Three hundred pounds a year, which is equal to seven or ei^ht hundred in Germany; but that has bitjetto been a secret, and is not to lie found in the Society's cash account:— it u-as liiat inqiiisiiotial Coimnitleu of Kdinbiirgli that found it out, by putting the deiMiiiiiion from London to the tortitie — cim-l barliarians ! Question 15 — Professor KielFer, (of Paris,) you are, it seini, ano- ther of the Foriign Agents for this Society, though they have carefully conceded that circumstance froni their coristituenfs, and besides {.'iving help «s un otienlal scholar, you have taken the trouble of circulating in France, many copies of De Sacy's Bible, which had the Apocrypha interspersed, and being ready to do any job of tl'.at kind for the London Conuniltcc, — pray how do they pay you ? Answer — ^Vith the annual sum of two hundred and ten pounds, and aixfy pounds for a i lerk, I put the sixty pounds in my own pocket. Queslfoti IG — Genikmeii of the Lon- don Committee, your concealment of the salaries of these two iinlividuiila incon- spicuous, and warrants us in asking if there be any moie underhand and well paid Agents of Apocryplial circulation? Answer — These questions are inconvenient, and ought not to be pushed any farihtr. Question 17— Well, but gentlemen, what 37 «lo you pay for wlmt you c\\\ trav(>llino( rxpornc^, in rormiii'^, ni.linp, iinrit'rios in l'ii(i{liml m>iiu' tiiiifs twflvv luitnlri'd, uinl lomotitiu'n fif* tfcn hundred a yuar. (iin.'siioii IH— Arc tluTi- «ny otitur N.iluriuit niul i>xpi-nH«M« lo Im.' uddi'd i(» tliu Humsi olruHdy contossvd? Aiitwir — Yo«, inftiiy, hucli as cidlcciorn, wiirfliuuHC-nu'ii, porUrn, ri-pairiTH, tuxes, postii[;i>t, hi'., nuioiintin^ to not less tlwiu two tliaud poundtt. (Iticstion I!) — Wliat, on ii inodoratu LnlcuLi- lion, art* tin* c'xpi'nst>«» of your estiiblislmuiit / without iru'Iuiliii.' it fiu iliin;; in the form o( IliliK's, Hteroolype, p:>pcr or priulin;;, or witliuut includiu;^ a f.uihin;' bi-stii.T- cd on I'ort'i(i;n Sucii'tii'st, or luid out on monthly I'xtractH, annual ri'purt% «ir any lliiiif^ of that doscription? Aniwi'r— Nearly fi^Iit thousand pouyds, wliicli is a third murw than all that is collocti.'d and suhscrihcd in Siolland, tor tlio IhitiNli und Foreli^n HiUlu Society, and as much us the whole of tho itiociety'H fundu tiiul ute un* nuully produced in that part of the Uniu-d Kinp^dom. Thus, A mendKT of tin* London Ilihio Society han no remorse at holuij one of 20 or 30 who can Hpend upon Secretaries and their Assi-,ianl», th^ir ('Icrks and Iheir A^cnt'', whom they ^end lo rainlile nhout the country in (ri;^s and cc icliet, .nut on urn luu'utal furniture provi.lcil hy tlio most fasluonible traik'MiU'U at the hl^;ln^t price, n ^rint deal more cash lliuu all this country (Scotland) reiuits to (Ikmu lor ]jurc!iasio^» lilhies, and spreading' the knowK'd^ti of S;dvation. It will M.-ai.-Jy ho heliev'd t!iat titose wiio have hi'cu nocustomed to hear iiuiiiiii^* hut utKjualilK'd prnisus of the Untisli and Forei'^u Dihle S;iciuly, that, with the oxceptiou of Mr, 'rhornlon, l)ank('r, who acts as Secretary, all the olHcers who act ihrou,4lioul its wiiio eslablishinent have lar;;o reniuneralious. Willi tiiat solitary exception, tli>re is not a labour of love in any one of its departments; its object is not characltiised by tiic pi:reit aiMl nK)>t divine benevolL'P.ce ; it is called tl;e uoMisf. insiiciiion vhlc i Hod has ever been pleased to raise up and honour. IMoii of every r:itik, uuil char- acter, ami condition, Inive ut>Ited in extolling it ns a work worthy of tuiivcrsal sup- port, and calling for the most disinlercslvd sacrillces— and yet none of its servaius, from the higiiesl to the lowest, uill woik v/ilhout ^;onteel waj{es ! ! ! — lOviU the S>.'- cretaries, wiio have other occupations and other stipends, must he paid f».r wliat lliey do in Eiul-stiier. The fiiiiiments of lime winch they can sjjarc from their profes- sional duties, fetch their prici- in thai workiiwuse of charity, and are better recom- pensed tiian any ihiii;^ else that t!ioy may be capable of doing. Strunj^e, that in a place such as London, where woh'.v often told there arc so ninny christian |)hilan- tropists, theie should not be fouivl ..iree jjentlemen to serve a favorite and beprais' ed Society, without the siimulus of i*300 a piece, per annum. Ileally, when wu look to the noblest of inslilutions, and olrsetve the mercenary spirit wliich pervades it — the worldly and commercial chaiacter whicli overspreads it— we lose our coii- tidcuco in its spiritual elncaey, and (hoc oot ..oticipate success to its movenieiiis,— wlmt witli SHiaiies and lucrative a;j;cncies, and Jernptin;' itatronai^e, consistiti'* in the ri^ht of nominating to various odicial ^itUltI(»^s, and if e'uplayinf^ typtfonnde' , and paperm.ikers, and bonksellers, and otlitr mercantile people to a lar^c extent ; and what \\'t\i U relatii ntiti:tion, perhaps, o( a sacred name in the Diitisli K^K' pirc. We are aware that U'-is will he a very i.bnoxious doctriie ; but it is not ra li • ly embiaced, nor unadvisedly proouil jc.ted — it will b;ingdcn\n upon us in.uiy a bit- ter reproaclr ; but if. is not on that lucount the less true or t!ie le-s iniuortuit — we would ratlit r consider such reproacii, to l.'e air ai'diiional proof of tire eoirectiiess of ouropinion— for we scarce'y know a nrore fatal symptom of tlie ileijentracy urd cor- ruption of tho noblest of institutions, than the utter rej^ardlessnu^s of truth and charity, and principle, by some of tlio Coirnriilleo Members, and ntost of tire avow- ed advocates of the l>ritis!r •and rocc';j;ri Dlble Sociaty.— iitio(6t4.''jj'/j Chiistiun Iii- slrui^tor, V. 25, No. 0, p. iW, S/<:. — June lhi'(J. fir 38 ^if llli From the above reportf , there is no subterfuge. It must be at once coiifessed, that e'n\wr the Bible Society is most destructive in its oiHsra- tions, and irreligious in its iiiode of acting, and highly dishonourable in liA systematii; plan;<, or that tlie foregoing reporir< are without foundation. Now that we may rome to a fai- and just conclusion on this head, let us pive the matter an impiirlial consideration. And Ist, As being destruc- tive in its operations, — they tre given to understand as well by learned Pro- testant Divines, as by Cath Mies in general, thatlheir mode of circulating thrt Scripture wuhout note c comment, so as to allow tliemoststupid, the most immoral, and the most irrehgious, to risk what meaning he pleaded irom the Sacred text, has been the cause, avowedly so, ofthe most glaring impieties, in a word, of the most unheard of abominations ; and hiive they proved die contrary of this essertion, though it shakes the founda- tion of their systt^m ? No, nor have, they attempted to prove the contra- ry ; tlieir desire of prospljtism, dis!ionep; in itself, deceitful in its lentlen- cy, has bten laid to their clif»rge, and more, that it has been })rDved upcn' outh — has this been denied? not a worJ. They are told that their So- ciety give immense salarii's (and this lias been proved) to persona who hold other ofhces, ni.l who do little or nothing in the way of educnting the poor — has the public received a succinct account to the contrary ? hy no 'neans. When invited to produce their reports, they modestly declin- ec to do so. Silence cannot be warrantable in such iin|jurtaiit cases, while" ihe-e accusations stand unimpeached ; while there is said to lurk in soci- ety and fondle on tho folly of the people, an evil genius breathing but di- vii^ion among the people, inspiring fanaticism aud lolly, ar.d almost prt-' suming to lead the best and wisest into error. What excuse will the London Hibernian Society give for refusing the document;'' so earnestly required by Daniel O'Connell, Esquire, in order that the world may see whether the accusation be true or f^se? How will they reconcile with their conscientious notions of charity, the unfair und slanderous account which we find given of Canada, in the annual re- poit of the Society for promoting Education and Industry among the In- dians and Destitute Settlers in Canada. — Surely we have reason not to be Rurprised, why, in England, they hold such out of the way, and highly erroneous opinions, as Englishmen daily manifest of Canada and 'ts peo- le, when we find, under the veil of piety profaned, the most barefaced mis- prepresentalion of a religiously peaceable, a loyal, good, and worthy peo- plr. Surely the following extract, whiih 1 here copy from the {3>h page of the abovemenlioned report, must excite the iTidigna'ion, and exasperate the leelingsof all tiiose having a reg.;rd for trulli and jusiice, and who h^vt* been but slightly acquainted with the morals ofthe Canadians their taste for litieralure, & their unwearied exertions lor the promotion of Education. ANNUAL REPORT — FORMATION OF THE SOCIETY. Pape 6.-—" Though different Societies and t)enevolent individuals hate Jone ■ometliing towards expelling the ir.oral darkness from th.dt ex^t-iisive region,— yet Tery little lias b«ren doiic in proporcion to tlie wants of thai interebting colony, &c. It has brea ofieu ubked, whether any thing can bu doue fur the ludlaus," &c. 59 Now, I rail this falsehood, in evp-y sensft of tlie word, and downright miii«represent:ition— it is an insulting libel agiinst (he people of Canada — it is an injustice to England to conceal from her protecting and her re- munerating hand, the industry and the manly exertions of a people, who, if loyaiiy be rewarded, if industry encouraged, if education patronised, if truth tolerated, can justly rank among the most steadfast and faithful subjects thic moment belonging to the British Emp're; 1 therefore arraign .the authors as guilty of it. ^dly. It is an insult and an injury done lo Englishmen, to be ihu'i guUeJ by false reports, led away from the truth, , deceived in matters of great importance, not permitted to acknow- ledge the work of a portion of the'i fellow-subjects, in order that their ,work may be appreciated, and their exertion, if not acquitted, at least lol- lerated. "Very little hab been c' ne in proportion to iha wants of that interest- ing Colony," says the report. — This is utterly untrue — and be it remem- bered that the Montreal Society know all this slander to be freely circula- ting, — this very same Society » that lays a strong claim to charity as its foundation stone. The Montreal Bible Society, .solicit jtlie Catholics to become members, '"n order to be deceivers, in order to learn such chari- ty as tliis, or in other words, ia order ta learn the system of calumniating each other. The people of Canada must {eel highly indignant at this. — Surely we owe it to Englishmen as a tribute of justice, to say, that they will expose in due form the entire cheat, when th« system be snfficicot'y brought to light in all its bearings. little done for Canada 1 1 ! (says the report,) little. done for the religious and moral education of the growing . youth of. Canada ! ! ! -^ Oh, monstrous assertion I — unheard of impu- dence ! — more than anti-chrisiian ! ! Little done for the youth of Cana- da !!! ! ^ What do you say to this, you City of Quebec, with all your respectable and enlightened Clerry at your head — with all your chari'aMe and distinguished citizens arouncl you — v/ith your Collegesand your H ••- j)itals, and your luimberless other establishments?— after havwig receivrt.l and protected the wandering stranger — after having instructed the poor gratis— after using every exertion to proaiote the wellheing of ycur peo- ple, by the indefatigable zeal and exertions of your.Cleigy in allbrding nufficiert means of instruction to all tlie vguIk of their respective parishetj — the Society tells you, that you have done but little.— They have stood . on the rOck of charity, and looking on your labours in the valley, hold- ing the Bible in the leff hand, and the purse, take care, in tho right ; th< y : tell you, you bavt not taken \iie right steps, according to the late system , of education, — you; have in a word done but little. When this sad and , deplorable dereliction of. duty on the part of the Canadians— as stands on the indictment drawn up by the Bible Society— or in clearer terms, by the .Sacred Society for raising money, (to be sure for charitable purpo^o,)— I say, when the report of the Canadians having done so little —alter scouring round the confines of New -Brunswick — winding through the ii t -rior, end visiting the different establishments for education there — then ascending lo Three-Rivers— turning in towards the College of Nicolet— bending vnoTM »iA tbf «Qulh and visiting the College of Maska—r^titig a mo.inent po^iyt If iO May at tlie picturesque .ind salubrious spot called Clianibly, wlicrc is • lately built another College — reaches all tbose places — those, from whose exertions these institutions have been raised, on bearing this said, must feel indignant, — their sense of religion being yet the same. . (So far from retorting in the same uncharitable manner on their adver- Hfiry, they praise in silence the goodn(>ss of God who gave them wliercH ithal to be serviceable to their fellow-mortals, without having recourse to the base and insidious means of falsehood and misrepre- senfalion, in order to realize their views. Her proud College, her jiunierous scbools, gratuitous or otberv/ise, have not exempted the City of Montreal from her part of this bitter re})roacb, viz : of having done so little, or cf leaving so much to b'^ yet done by the charitable nunnbcrs of the 13iblc i^/jciety; — and do not mistake them — it is a branch of such a Society you have in Montreal, h\ your own city, who demand your children to go to these schools, in order to learn iiuch charity as this, theCitnadian will soon learn toknow them, — the ni'ist remote v\ ill laugli at the deception, — the Savage will soon give more certain mark of real philanthropy, and of more genuine charity, than the specimen which a more enlightened biblical seeks to exhibit to his better understanding. '* It has been often asked whether any thing can be done for the Indians," said the report. This problematic apostJ'ophe, I now mtii to answer; — yes, Sir, may it please your unlimited charity, and ihe purity of that Scripture or Bible version, which you carry about, — there can bo a great deal done for the Indian ; but unfortunately, or fortunately, as it happens to be, not much in your way. The only way you can eifectually serve the Indian, is to instruct him well, ''f you give him sonif. lectures on the Scripture, Itt it not be corrupt — let me not find in pUic^ of the lla]y Church, the Holy Congregation — Jet him not be led astray in thinking that. What have I to do v>'ith you vvoman ? is pure Scripture, whereas we all know why this change, and that it should bo, — What is it to me and to thee, woman ? John c. ii, V. 4. Tills is tlie way to serve the Indian, nor to set him mad, not to make him a lanatic, since v. e have examples of both from your way of interpreting the Scriptures. — Teach him to be grateful for acts of kindness, in order that he may learn how to appreciate the unwearied labours of the Catholic Missionaries, who brought him through all diiiiculties and dangers — from the darkness of infidelity ; who continues to instruct him — to whom he owes what he possesses of literal acquirements — and whose labours for the instruction of the Indian, have ornamented the historian's page in full ''etail. These in- trepid champions of Christianit}', by spililng their blood for the salva- tion of the Indian, have a-agmented the 'ist of Martyrs, and swelled the catalogue of faints, beibre there was mention made in society of such a thing as this syiitem of yours, cr to express myself more clear- ly, before the enemy of mankind formed the secret project of their destruction, by such means as your system seems to sanction. This then, Sir, is the v. ay .to be serviceable to the Indian ; but not to tcU 41 him that those who Under God, were instrumental to hiis talratioa, who continue to instruct him — who have sealed their devotedness with their blood, — tliat those have done but little. Oh ! shame, shame ! it is an impiety to express it, — it puts charity to the rack, and makes our feelings shudder. Hastening to quit this subject, I come to the point at once, and am now about to make an assertion, which I will submit to the most scrupulous investigation. If I be wrong, it will be grateful to the bi- blicals to be victorious ; but if I be right, it will become disgraceful for any conscientious person to countenance their proceedings, so far from bearing a part in them. . < .> Now, I assert, that the Bible Society, draws its chief strength from their own falsehood and the folly of the people, as well as from their calumny and gross misrepresentation of the Catholics and their reli- gion. First, from their own falsehood and the folly of the people ;— is it not egregiously false, that little has been done for Canada in the way of education ? let us consider the matter for one moment, min- utely bearing in mind that the extraordinary Bible mania has made such a bustle among the people, and has been so long wearing a reli- ous appearance, us to deceive some entirely, and to cause others to forget what they are really conscious of when brought to their recol- lection. According to the last and most correct census which we have found of the inhabitants of Canada, the population is stated to be 420,6*^9. Now, I say, that in any part of Europe, there can- not be more ample and convenient means of conveying religious and moral instruction to an equal number of people, than there are this moment 'n Canada- -their number of Colleges and Semina- ries, and of their parish schools, exceed by far, those of Europe, res- pecting an equal number of persons. It is true enough, that some of them are far in the recesses of the woods ; but let the Bible Saint confess at once, with something like a good grace, and say he does not go to their succour — he lets the poor Catholic Priest go into the forest before him, to trace out the wandering stranger — the homeless widow — and the dying orphan,- .10 Bible Saint is then to be found — not one for love or money ; but the moment he finds the village form- ed — the people someway comforted, after the exertions of the Ca- J)olic missionaries, — then he comes, pious man ! the preface of all his tracts is, " lei everi/ man read the Bibley" and thus he fattens on the labours of the Catholic Missionary, as well as on the folly of the peo- ple. In winter, his residence is in the city, fatigued after his sum- mer exertions, spent out in the cause of religion and holy zeal — pious man ! however, I have never heard of any yet, who, through charity for their brethren, departed this life in the exercise of their functions — • oh ! not one* We have, however, sufficiently found that some of/, those pious souls have been translated to another world, from sdMif other physical causes; but very littlei religion to accompany them,'^ 2dly, that they draw their support from their calumny and misrepre- •eaUition of the Catholics and their religion. My former assertion/ HBB'?!?' ihough «lrt dy sufficiently clear, rnn he itlenltficd by a slight inttijli- ^tioQ-— > in ignorance. Stitly, that theur I^iests opposed the circulatun of tlie Scriptures, (ithly, that they were persecutortk 7tbly, that they believe in tenets oppoeed to civil liberty. Now, 1 consider the only means of determining this matter, as Well itiB of shewing that they were aware that it was falsehood they circu* lated, would be to give for the satisfaction of my readers, the declara* tao« of the Prelates of Ireland, respecting the sacred dogmas of theii* fiaih* Now, from this, there can be no appeal, since it has been given on oath.^^In this, every enquiring man^ill find abundant proofs and suf< JWently satisfactory.— This is the death blow the Bible Saints avoid- ed so long — this is the proof they never dared to meet — from this they tS^W never rise in that society, where justice has room to reign, and truth allowed the privilege of self-vindication. There never yet was an argument brought so completely to the point on such an important ■nbjeet, and which the adversary sought to decline with such inven- tive intrigue, as the one we are now about to adduce from the declara •<' tiea — this perfectly answers our purpose, and goes clearly to provt ^e calumny of the allegations. PASTORAL ADDRESS OF THE ARCtiBISHOPS AND B!S«OPS, TO TUB CLERGY AND LAITY OF THEIR COMiMUNK>N THROUGHOUT IRELAND. ll a v ataiMb Bfti^ACK,— B^xoved Cmzmvax, '""^ Vflta a trembling sense of the obligations which the natui'e-of oui^trffiiefl ntipoMV «p tl^ yre hayp come together, after the ejumple of our predecessors, to doliberatBin cbtt» WBCCa thife aWful Wtereists with which we are' charged, — we have ta^ea ioto OQDsidecaUen ^ArtMli 8Ul$edts Which are intimately (ionneeted with the weli^re of i^*gioD ; aid -nHiM m bv^e souebtmth jealousy to guard the sacred dqposit ^< committedto' OUT tr4* iif^» BQl^'Ghosty' 2 Tim. i, 14, we have also esteemed it a duty to be ^* reaif tfi^mtitfy «n»f m«1l!K«t MKel^ OS areata of that hope whidi is in us," 1 Peter, juU 15,— that vou. ^<^UMgrM«Y«<» Q«r joyMdovtf 6r«wQ,xnB7fiUQ4 fa»tia4iiel^*» lW| ir, l,*^nA 4» r lat 70U1 «' that h* wha Isoa the contrary part m«y be »fVHid, hiving rto evil to iaj- df u»,**' THim^ ii, S^ -we kiiow, dtiarly b«-'loved, the fiUA duty wiili which jrini are solicilious to haar tb« voice of thasa '* who watch as beiaer to rc-iideran act.'ount of Vijur souLs," Hcbi^ aiii, 17,— ■ we hasten; therefore, to mako known to you our luiaiiimous deciHioi.s, on such matters as ar« of cammon cooccru^ tiiat you on your part, may futlili *' our joy; that being of ooa ac- cord, you stand fast in one fipirit, with one uiiud labourinir together for the ftUth of ttt* gospel," PhiL ii, 2 and i, 27. 1st hciolutian — Having considered attentiv.^Iy a plan of national eduration^ whic^i )wi« bsen submitted to us, — r^-aolved, that tlic admission of Protestants ami Cutliolics into lJt« vxme schooU for the purpase of literary instruction, may, under existing circunistaup^9S| be allowed, provided sutficiont care be taken to protect the religion of the Rorn.in C'athniie children, and to furnish tbem with adequate means of inKtnirtion. 3t/ Resalution—tkai in ordor to secure sufficient protection to the rilipion of IJoman Catholic children, undev fucha system of education, we deem it necessary that che master of each scliool, in wUqli tiw majority of the pupil? profess the Roman Catholic Faith, be a Roman Catholic; and that in scliools where the RomanCatholic children form only a minority, a permanent Ro(n(va Catholic assistant be emidoyed ; and tliat such mast'^p or assistant ])e appointed upon th^ (;»• c;v>mmendation, or with the express approval of the Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocesa In which they are to be employed; and flirtlier that they, or either of them be cenioT.e4 upon the represientation of such Bishop. — The same rule to be observed for the appoint" mcmt and disn^ ^sal of mistresses or assistants in female schools.. 3^ licaoluiion — i^tt we consider it impropsr, that masters and mistresses intended for the instruction of Ca- tholic youth, should be trained, or educated by, or under the controul of persons possiessboc «^ different f^ith ; and that we consider it most desirable, that a mala and female tnodnt •chojl ^all be established in each province in Ireland, to be supported at the public expenst, for the purpose of qualifying masters and mistresses for the important duties which tbe]^ shall be appointed to discharge. \ih Ha jUiti'jn —\.\\i\i in conformity with the priuciplQ of protecting the Religion of the Roman Cutliolic children, the books intended for their pitr- ticular instruction in religion, shall, be sel^'cted or a]>proved by the Roman Catholic Prelate*, and that no bpok or tract for common instruction in literature Bball be introduced iota any' •chool in which Roman Catholic rliildren are educated, which book or tract may be object- ed to on religious grounds, by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the diocese in which such ■ohool is established. 5//t liesoluH!)7i—i\\a.i a transfer of the property in several schootb which now exist or hereafter may exist in Ireland, may be utterly impiraeticable from tlio nature of the tenure by which they are or may be hereafter held ; and from the number of persona having a legal interesi' in them, as well as from a variety of other causes, ao ccssary condition for receiving parliamentary support, would operate to the exclusion of ma- ny useful schools from participation in the public bounty. Of A Resolution — that appointed, as we have been, by Div+RC Providence, to watch over and preserve the deposit of Catholio> Faith in Ireland, and responsible as we are to God for the souls of our flocks, we will, ia our respective dioceses, withhold our concurrence and support from any system of educa- tion, which will not accord with the principles expressed in tlie foregoing resolutions. 7£ilfc Resolution — having taken into consideration the project of a provision to be made by Ihd law, for the support of th? Prelates and Clergy ofthe Roman Catholic Church in Ireland — resolved, that no such legal provision forouB support and that of our Clergy, will be M- Qcded to by us, until the Catholjcs.of Ireland be Emancipated ; and that at no period caa we accept any such legal provision, unless our acceptance of it be found by us consistaot,. with the independence of our^ Church and the integrity of its discipline, as well as with th« cordial union and affectionate attachment which has hitherto subsisted between the ClergjB and that faithful people, from whoso generous contributions we, and our predecessors, liave for centuries derived, our support. 8 the recital of a canonical office, which comprises, in the course ef a year, almost the entire of the Sacred Volume; and her pastors are required, on Sundays and on Festivals, to expound to the faithful, in the vernacular tongue, the epittle or gospel of the day, or some other portion of the divine law.— 3d. Catholics beh'eve, that the power of workinsf miracl?s has not been withdrawn from the Church of God. The belief, howe- ver, of any particular miracle, not recjrded in the revealed word of God, is not required as a term of Catholic Communion, thouph there are many so strongly recommended to our belief, that they cannot, without temerity, be rejected — 4th. Ttoman Catholics revere the Blessjd Virjrin, and the Saints, and piously invoke their intercession ; far, however, from honourinor them with divine worship, they believe that such worship is due to Cod alor.e^ and that it cannot bo paid to any creature without involving the puilt of Idolatry.— 5th. Ca- tholics respect the imapes of Christ and of his Saints, without believing that they are er- dowed with any intrinsic efficacy; the honour which is paid to these memorials is referred to thos> whom they represent ; and should the faithful, through ipnorni ce or any other cause, ascribe to (lH»m any divine virtue, the bishops are bound to correct the abuse, and rectify their misapnrehensions. — Gth. The Ciitholic C hurch. in common with all Christians, receive and respect the entire of the ten Commandments, as they are found in Fxcdus and Deuteronomy. The discordance between Catholics and Protestants, on this article, sirisea from the differont manner in which tlicse divine precepts have been arianped. — 7th. The Catholics hold, in ord?r to attain Salvation, it is necessary to belnnp to the true Church ; " and that heresy, or a wilful and obstinate opposition to revealed truth, as tauf ht in the Chlirch of Christ, excludes from the Kinpdom of God. Theyare not, however, olliped to believey that all those are wilfully and obstinately attached to error who, haviiip imbibed it from their parents, seek the truth with a cautious solicitude, disposed to embrace it when suffi- ciently propossd to them ; but, loavinp such persons to the riphteous judgment of a merci- ful God, they feel themselves bound to discharge towards them, as well as towards all man- kind, the duties of charity and social life.— 8ih. As Catholics, in the Fucl'arist, adore JC" tUS Christ alone, whom they believe to be really, truly, and substantially present, they conceive .they cannot be const-^ntly reproached with Idolatry by any Christian who admits the divinity of the Son of God. — iJth. No actual sin can be forgiven at the will of any pope, or any priest, or any person whatever, without a sincere sorrow for having offended God, and a firm resolution to avoid future puilt, and to atone for past transp resMons ; any per- son who receives absolution without these necessary conditions, far from obtaining the re- mission of his sins, incurs the additional guilt of violating a sacrament.— 10th. Catholics believe, that the precept of sacramental confession flows from the power of forgiving and retaining sins, which Christ left to his Church ; as the obligation of confession, on the one hand, would be nugatory, without the correlative duty of secrecy on the other, they believe that no power on earth can supercede the divine obligation of that seal which binds thecon- fsssar not to violate the secrets of auricular confession. Any revelation of sins disclosed in th9 tribunal of penance would defeat the salutary ends for which it was instituted, and would deprive the ministers of religion of the many opportunities which the practice of auricular confession affords, of reclaiming deluded persons from mischievous projects, and causing reparation to be made for injury done to persons, property, or charrxter. — 11th. The Ca- tholics of Ireland, not only do not believe, but they declare, upon oath, that they detest, as tinchristian and impious, the belief, <' that it is lawful to murder or destroy any person or persons whatever for or under the pretext of their being heretics." They further declare, on oath, their belief, that no act in itself unjust, or immoral, or wicked, can ever be justi- fied or excused, by or under the pretence or colour that it was done, either for the good of the Church or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever; that it is not an article of the Catholic faith, neither are they required to believe that the pope is infallible, and that they do not hold themselves bound to obey any order in its own nature immoral, thougb the pope, or any ecclesiastical power, should issue such an order, but^ on the ^ntrary, tb^i it wo\i|d be sinful in them to pay any respect or obedience (hereto^ 45 as ^ ■if -4 "Whilst we have, In the forfco'mp dccbnition, pndrrivcnirpd lo strte, In the simnliclty of truth, such doctrines of our Clmreh as are peiiurally misundorstocd »>r mi!irfpri.>soiitfd amotigst our foHow-subjeflts, to the Rr^at detrimiMit of the publir welfaro, and of (..'hristian charity, and whilst we have discliimL-d anew tliofif errors or wicked principles which havo been imputed to Catholics, we alsi avail ourselv»;s of the present oeeasion to expr.ss our readiness at all times, to i^ive, when roipiired hy the competent aiitliority, authentic and true inf.)rinati()n upon all subjects connected witli the doctrine and discipline of our Churrli, and to doprecat? tlu injustice of havincc our fai(hand principl >s judped of hy r 'ports n^ade of th'im by p'rsons, eitlier avowedly ignorant of, or impjrfectly acrjujiinted with th • i.a- ture of our Church covernniont, its doctrim,', laws, usaces, and discipline. This declara- tion we approva, suhscriho and publish, tl)at thos' who have f)rmL'd erroneous opin- ions of our doctrines a.id our principles, may b.>at iMitjth undecived. as that you, d.-arly heliv-d, be made 9tr,)np in the faith which you havo inherited as the children of th« Saihts, who look f )r that liT? which God will pive to tliose that never chanped their faith fio n hi n, (Tob. iii 18.) —Rev. brothers, beloved children, " praoe, mercy, and psuce| l»2 to you, from edings, and to speak a good word for them when opportunity may serve. W ill he sa^ that his cliarity favoured the suppression of the truth ^ — can he ulead ignorance of facts f — but the fakehood was proved— the explanation was too clcari if then there be no reaaoo given for the suppression of truth, how cvn we say that these societies are founded on priii'* ciples of charity or justice ? — how can these be any feoger called Societies for Promotiug Christiaa Knowledge among the poor ? since, to merit this title, they must be fouudcd on diristi^n principles, and not upon falsehood and misrepresentation — their maxim sboukt be ta establish the triith, and not to suppress it when evident — to preveQt the progre«i of error and deception, and not to encourage them by silence, — what conclusion are men to draw from such societies, sutih principles, and such transactions ? — in order to answer thi* question, we may with propriety ask another. — While men retain the same powers of judg- ing, can thev property say that justice is iniquity — that darkness is light — that right rea<^ son is downru2[ht folly— 'that the purest religion is an in^uU to the Deity — and that fi^ty it blasphemy ? if not, then let us decide at once, and say what good flense and reason wiU oblige them to say, viz : that the ejittire machine of this Bibnc?! system of education, i« neither more nor lew, than what we in the foregoing remarks have more than sufficientljr pvo.ved it to be, an attempt to 'effect by proselytism, what the severest penal statutes wer» not able to realize. I can fee) warrantable in making this assertion, since a Minister of the Word allows his Catholic brethren thus to be maligned, and having discovered the truth, he minded not, but allows the members of these societies to exuk in tbeir calumny ; and further, he adds in his letter to the Herald, that all those who wisli to call at the societies'* room St. Paul-Street, will there find a Catholic Bible, with the Protestant ones not difFer-k ing so much in the text as in the price, for the one, that is the Catholic one, he 8a)r8 he has. paid $5, and for the other only ,^^2, or 10s currency. Now, since he has established that there is not the difference of ISs between the translations, and that I differ with him «x widely, it rests with me to. show the contrary, — 1st, respecting the priee. — I do not mean t», bkime the Rev* Gentli^naaa for his want of knowledge in politics, when I say that he might: easily have discovered whence arose the difference in the price, had he taken the trouble of looking to the tenor of the minutes of the famous Colonial Trade Bill, which received the Royal assent on the 97th of June, 18^ and was to be in force on the 5th of January, 1826, and begins after this manner : — *' ^Vliereasan Act was passed in the present Session of Parliamenti eptitledf an Acitok repeal the several l^w$ relAting to the customs," &c. &c TABLE OF DUTIES^ Duties payable vfoa goods, >vares and merchandise, not being of tke jjiprowth, produce tion or manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the British possessions in America, imported or brought into any of the British possessions in America, or the Is« land of Mauritius, by sea or by inland carrijige or navigation, &c. — CkKks and watches,, leather manufactures, linen, musical instruments, wires of all 9ort$, and book^ aod papera. — for every IQQ/. of the tr^ie and real value thereof, 30/. Hence it will be eanly seen that the Catholic Bible is sold with less advantage on the pari of the vender, than is the Protestant one — Consideratia ! Considei-anais .' — because it is with his own money he buys them, and not with money raised by subscriptions among the poor, and collected by ladies. From this, it also appears evident enough, that the Cat thoUc community, $o far from preventing the circulation of the Scriptiure, offer them to bo sold at a disadvantageous rate; — but tkis, the Rev. Gentleman does not re<]uire us ta prove, since he has bought one himsehV If then the Catholics sell their Bibles in Canada something dearer then Protestants do, it is by no means from th^ consideration that supcrin or qualities require more advanped prices, nor from a desire to enhance the value of theii; own } but from the above reasons — and these reasons considered, will lead to a convictioi^ that they seH them even cheaper than the Protestants do. — 2dly, respecting the translation, after giving some examples from both, I shall leave the candid reader to ju^e for himself, or conscientiously to determine whetheir tbc difiEereno)} t^ere arising, cai^ o$ esteetfted.it tit%. rate of 1^ or more« i PROTESTANT TRANSLATION. CATHOJ^IC TSLANSIATION. John ii, 4. What have I to do withyooy. What is k to you and to me, woman.. Woman. Mat xzTi, 26. Jesus took bread, and when Jesus todc bread, and blossed and brok«» he had given thanks, he brake it, &c. and gave to his Disciples, &.c* Tliey haye corrupted the Bible on almost all points of Catholic doctrui«i« m WWiT*8Ti>rf TftAM- CATHOLIC TRIM- LATIOS. Congrcgutiuii) 1-ovc, EldtT, Thanksgivings Gift, MysterjT) pro. LvnoN. Cliurch. C'harity. MiiiiHtcr. KuchiirisU Hrace. Sucrument. PnOTESTASt TRANi- riTllOUr TRANI- LAI'lUN. WasIiiiijT, rii'iienliiiico, M'.'sseiipcr, Amhnssndor^ Aiioiiitoil, Holy Wind, pi'o. LATtON. Iluptihlll. Penance* A ngel. Al>OHtI(S ("firiat. Holy G])u«t< To these^ we could add a thousand othrr changes which the Greek tett cannot ad- ttJt — for instance, " What have t to do with you, toomanf" is by no means the trans- lation of the Greek, in any sense of the word. Wliy has the word which, not been clianged to Ut/io, since it no longer refers to persons, but to inanimate things. Why nut change this as the rest, or why change any ? Why give translations from the teit, which the Greek will by no means aflord? Why do these changes appear no Where else, except where the Protestants wish to justify by a perversion of the text, their revolt from Catholicity? not one single change which is not to this eHcct. Let it not be imagined that I put these questions to the Revt Gentleman above meant,— I expect a more ample explanation of these and other corrupt texts, from the Nag's Head Convention, at Cheapside. The following are answers tu the above ifaestious. — Canto 8, p. 7. But, bifethren, a greater matteif t must to all your graces utter, Pope Damasus, I understand, ,;- Gave to St. Jerome a command. The scattered Scriptures up to gather. Into on? volume, which the father Was willing here and thei'c to seek. And turned to Latin from the Greek And Hebrew, tongues in days of yore, t think twelve hundred years and more^ And Rome this version does alloW) For most authentical and true, But verily from end to end. It does the Roman Faith defend, Nor Contradicts in any place, ^, One single point that they profess. Of which 'tis fitting we Consider, And therefore why we are called hither ts, tu adapt a new translation, to this new faith we teach the nation. Join all your wits in one to do it, Mine shall not fail to help you out i But mind what Copies you translate^ That of St. Jerome, now, I hate, "Take therefore some Gfeek Copy, which You noay with greater freedom stretchy Because but few afe skilled so weM, In Greek or Hebrew ae to tell. When from th' originab you vary—* f bus Tindai did in days of Harry. Pray, therefore, abo i^d well o'er^ That version Tindai made before. Be oritteal, nnA evefy line Of the originals r<>fin(», • • From what may favour Popefy, Or with our own sect disagree — For cjmmas, sometimes, periods change, A letter may the sense estrange ; Wor(b add, words alter) words transplaCP, And the words which yoU like not 'rase ; Whole sentences you may transplant. And new ones make when then you wanty Blot chapters out, cast books away. Or brand them with Apocrypha. One thing especially I pray. Let not the word Church come in play, Or Catholic, hut turn tht oni; From Church to Congregation, • , The other into General. For it is ridiculous to call Ourselves a Church, or make pMenCe, To Catholic In any sense ; In short, our Bible must be made, Y'\i for all Protestants to read. Till growing quick by freqiSent reading, As practised Lawyers are by pleading ; . May Papists now add then confute, Or, at least match them in dispute^ Nay, I assure you, this transbtk>n. May so be made as to turn the nationy From ancient Popery Unto What faith we please to set tip now ( Or let them their religion draw From thence, it matters not a straw^ For if but Popery they miss, All's one to xa whate'er it is. It mvftam be titne that the tiattdid reader, after eonstddrthg the abote differ* •noes, wonld sum up the estimate ad valorem. On my part, I feel authorised to say, that the Rev. Gentleman above meant, either knew that such material diflferencM ivere between the twp traotlationt, or did not know it ; but if he had a knowle^ of such differences, and to aaaert the contrary, luch mutt have been unwarrantablj inconsistent, dangerouf to aociatjr, and every way untnie,<~^nd if he knew it nolt he is in the latter case much more to be pitied than censured or blamed, for having Httdcrtaktn tueha hMvy and inportant charge as to conduct others, having acquired 1 1 i i$ ' ''i but lueh a •uparficial knowlvdge of (hoac things which relate >o nearly to ih* mI- vatioii of all mankiiid, and on wliicli tlicir vulu happineav ticpi-nd*. And thia is th» individual who h bo actively ;ictin{{ af^iMit for those societies in I.owtrr Canada and elsewhere— ngent, I kuy, for those nocit'tic* for I'mmoting Christian Knowledge, to- wards which, the people of Canada have done so little, which in evidently so much wantttd, and for which tliis gentleman will spcHk a good word, when opportunity may oiler. Will it now be necessary to give our readerii any further explanation rcHpecting these societies? totiching their ardent zeal fur the spreading of religious education? their philanthropie exertions? to reclaim the ignorant poor, and tho rude ■avage? 1 hope not — itincesiich be the conduct of some of the illuminati, what may we expect from the l»ss enlightened of the body? It may not, however, h« mlsplnced to advert here to the calumny we find in some of the la»t reports, wearin« such a semblnnce of truth, as to render them more apt to deceive* the unguard-.d. Jt is really admirublc, how the invvniion of man can carr^ things to such a ^itch of mihreprvscntalion, as the following will make appear. MONTREAL BlIiLi: SOCIKTV REPORT FOR I82G. Pajrf! 17. — "Tiiniutih tho centrul ami iiortliern cDuntrics of Europe, sticietiesarc in cn- " liirj!" (I and siicc .'..sCuI ojnTiiti )n.s ; many of the Catholic Clergy aro f'uuud amongst tha <' suuIjus dislributjrs oi" tlie tiacrjd VoUinii." If it ho meant here, tliat in Europe tho Roman Catholic Clergy allow thepuro Catholic iTTsionof the S;'riptnroa to bo rirculatcil amoiicst thoso over whom their juriMliction tx- tc'pds, ihi; pro]v,»«Tti()u ill this fi(M;a:', is tni(!.- If it he meaat lliat the Catholic CL rp-y go band in hand with thir Hihlicjils in caiisiiip; to b • circuLted corrupt texts of tho Scriimiros, the assertion is an iiisoh'iit lil'dat^ainst the Catiiolio Priesthood. ♦• In the Roman Catholic districts of Ireland, the Hibli* it> working its way" — /{<7i'>/Y, p.l6— tliis is meant to deceive such as are not acquainted with Ireland, the Hible lias always been in those districts, — let me tell you, Sir, it is from it the Catholic holJs his faith, wiiieh nothing ran taint. But let me tell that the corrupt text circulated by the fanatical Piblicals is loosing ground ft.st — it was opened —the peopl" saw it -the north wind from I'dinburch has caused a great change. —liep'jrt, p. 13 -»♦ It is with much pi ■astin; we r-cord one ii.stance, to obtain a I'ibl'j by a f.-'inalo; but it was taken from her by the Catliolic" — crro— they do i ot admit tlte cir- culation of the Protestant version of the llillj— i|uery.— ^Miere did that dreadful acci- dent happen? what was the girl's r.ame ?-- was it u Catholic Bible? — oh! poor saints! this 13 a narrow retreat you have allowed yourselves. ^ FBo\f TUB First Annial REronr of tiik Society.—** One of the Roman Ca- ♦* tholic Bishops of CaiiaJ;i invited Mr. Osgood to his tabb-, and contributed liberally to- ♦ ♦ wants the instruction of the poor. This Roman Catholic Prelate has purchased 100/^ ** worth of Bibles *br distribution, and at hia own expcnce has supported two schuol- ♦< jnasters*'* Thera is not a Roman Catholic Bisliop in Canada, who docs not contribute largely to- wards the instruction of the poor. Some wo have known ourselves to have supported from their own private funds, two large establishments, where the poor are taught gratis — this is actitally the case at Montreal,— in fact, it is to the patronage and to the mdividual exer- tions of the Catliulic Prelates and their Clergy, that the rich .ind poor of Canada are in- debtetl for what learning thoy jx)ssess. Why woidd not that Rev. GeutL'man have tho candour of adding this to his report for the satisfaction of the Committee — far from it — he would wish to make the Committee btlieve, that he bought 100/. worth of Protestant Bibles, to circulate them among the people,— bt him not deceive the Committee by insin- uations of that kind. The very venerabK* Prelate alluded to, has spent many hundred pounds for the poor, and for the instruction of youth ; but let us beg to assure the Rev. Mr» Osgood, that no corrupt version of the Bible wasever circulated by a»y' of the Pre- htea of Canada. We have never before experienced such insidious means as the I'ibltt men resort to, in order, by every means, to come to their purpose— it would seem as if tha enemy of the human race, had invente