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VOL..1X.
the guardian, and sole expositor, of the revealed
word of God—that she “ is the pillar and the gro’
of truth,” and that * “he who will not hear the Church
- ig to be considered as the Heathen and the Publi-
Therefore swintove she defines and propo-
oO me asana of Faith; to that | bow down
o that T subser re as to the voice, the autho ority,
the mandate of Jesus Christ himself. “ How is it pos.
sible to feel conviction out of the pale of this Catho-
lic Church ? cone ie is preposterous for any tan
to employ his © his voice aguinst t the?
: lid, immutable rineiles of this ancient and v tenor 7
edifice—much s' may we stop the sun in its
cour, or set limits. to “the fury of the tempestuous
ocean, than impede the progress of the Church of
Jesus Christ. os whe work of man shall suller revolt
of God must stand--and whilst
“whieh the hand of novelty erec' cted
ottom, gradually and daily: gives ways
the Catholic Church will stand firm on its basis.
lid in all its principles, and even inajeatic anid the
darkhess. of the storm in which it may be occasional-
ly enveloped. No doubt this Chareh may be
times s assailed by Nations and Powers, and at
her own elukiren, an unfortunate, . “nthe
like myself may be occasionally i—she may,
like the suir whtich shines in the Howrens, be some-
times shrouded in the transitory gloom, but she will
come forth from the cloud more resplendent than
eyer, giving a new brilliancy to the nations which
she enlightens, and proclaiming to the world the
Majesty of that God, by whose providence and pow
e proceeds triumphant in her cours se. To live
in the bosom of this Church mu happiness ‘in
deed ; :yet, oh dreadful thought [ ‘tre voluntarily
severed m myself from its cominunion, ‘and in addition
to my perfidy brought aillietion and scandal on the
flock of Christ. —-May the Almighty, grant that this
melancho! ly oceurrenee “ma ys erve as a less o ali
Ecclesiastics, to and whilst othe sor-
rowful history orthis period “of ‘my life sinks deep in
the hearts of the feeling and compassionate, nnd’
draws forth the tear of Christian sympathy, let i
: convey to our minds that concise, yet important and
the: airy ib,
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UNITED STATES CATHOLIC MISCELLANY.
| who may chance. to read this sincere. apology, to
| commit to the flames all these wicked productions, |
|should.they be in their possession, that the very name
the remembrance
nsions
heartily ask par
dal which Pare so
my -dear Brethren, 'T ‘humbly and
levously occasioned, ‘and .re-
I take the yberty of Subscribing m
Fr contrite Brothe ee
ICHAEL Bnewwan, 0. 8. F.
Dublin, 5th Nov. 1829, ‘ i :
seoumnieneats
The resolutions pasced at the meeting held in the
Roman Catholic Ch apel of Corofin, on Sunday last,
say, tat, before the introduction of Proselytism un-
di e Hibernian and Kildare place societies, no
part or the empire was more tranquil than the baro-
ny of Inchiquin—and that the few dutrages recently
committed were without the -sanction. of the e gre eat
mass of the peasantry, rovoked by an exertion
coerce their comscene ‘Two other Fesolutions
call on the house-holders to co-operate be sup-
pression of outrages, and ploilge the the theeting to
protect then against per ersecution or fanat icism—Li-
merick Chronvele.
so far as to eject such of their tenantry as refus
send their children to ihe schvols estab in the
espéctive neighbourhoods ;- and refus
owing to the objection “tele by the pleats tb the nye
tem-oftinstruction pursued. ] ..
A Waterford Paper says that several stands of
arms were given tp to-Mr. Otway Cave by the peo-
ple about Castle Ouway during his stay, there ;' and
that two factious parties on the day of his departure,
| reconciled their differences in his presence.
§
Sa
to the e. priests of Bisho:
ly tran-
3
ucen’s cou
tranquil, but will continue so.
v. Mr. O°Connor, having been
is county—thanks
the Qi
of scripture, ‘¢ Let him that Boyteta diocese
sande, take heed lest he fall. "Yet, God in his
tende! rey has been
t a vconscionce, that inward monitor, was not
sured to pe silent,.and une at intervals I endea
red to drown its n the tumult and variety |s
or earthly: pursuits, et “his awful accuser still up-|1
arpened that ‘he were some arms concealed in his
parish, addressed his flock last Sunday in a persua-
sive and feeling appeal on the improprety of hoard:
up these weapons for any purpose whatever- In
braided me, and in its own proper season, wh hether te course of his address he took occasion to say,
in the 1 d rint at the Government, by whose .mcans the ey had ob
presente: dal ilege| tained the blessings of einancipation, was entitled to
and apns' aey. Surely the Lord face have cut me their support and ‘gratitude, so long as ever is:
off in the midst of my care’ suffer my |sition appeared on their part toc’ into pi tical
eat 3
Gatholie ‘Church, the hour of death should be to
me iod of anguish and terror unuttecable, for
there never ‘has been an "instance a fallen Priest,
who, having spent his oy a wander an out
cast. from the Church
of death, and in sight of eternity, feel within him-|*
self, horror, anguish, and J shall ‘freely add, despair.
for there have been alas! too' many instances of.th
appalling {roth to permit it to be questioned. M ay
a warning to all, and more parti-
‘ospec ots of re
‘age, or by any such consideration ; through “the
s
tual Sup
my poser in emoving the scandal which I have oc-
casioned, urpose to devote the remainder o
my life to the fervent exercise of penance, and to
the exact and undeviating service of my God. All
T have written, all T have preached againat the Ca-
tholic Church, J retract. I reject. nce,
condemn 5 and earnestly implore all Christians
;| appeale
ne | By follow
-| arms t
m
undoubtedly say to him=-"* My Li
f}e
ry
effect the inestimable benefits ofthat measure. That
in the Queen’s County the heneficial consequences
emancipation were felt in the kind and good
feeling which began ‘to prevail among all parties, he],
d to themselves as furnishing suflicient evi-
dence of the fa ct. It was his-duty to tell them, that
they ought to second his feeling, and in this senti-
ment he was jained by the Catholic Clergy of Ire
religion'to be gra ateful to the givers of temporal g gilts.
wing this precept, they ould but consult
their own in and the peace ‘and prosperity of
their countr “Afior a variety of other observations,
the Rey. Gentleman implored them to give their,
ceded: to his utmost wish.
He obtained all the t arm in the parish, and had the
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vernors of the
edsat the quarter sessions at
at Marsborough, —Dublin Evening Post.
THE EARL OF MOUNTCASI EL.
The Times says—-‘¢ The Bishop of Ferns caught
what j is vulgarly called ‘* a Tartar,” when he chal-
|jlenged Lord Mounteashel to debate with him the
.| question of the Irish Church Reform.. Voble
Karl ras punishes a rine to the last attack of
the v. Bishop, and if we were confidante
or authorised. ailvisers or ‘Dr. Elrington, we should
ord, you have me
uch of it--- -depart i in peace, while you have
a ‘Vee to stand upon.
Ye (Courier) derive ‘the following alarming in-
telligence from the most authentic source—the very
fountain head of ‘all dangers to the ‘Church and
late :—
and existence of them may ‘be banished for ever from!
n of you for all the ‘pain and scan- | Holy
commending myself most, cineerely to your prayers, a
self
{plotting of the men who bet:
to
{ft appears that some of the landlords have gone m
Quer: ; *s Counry .~-'Thanks to the Catholic Cler- |
victed ; w
ast, the remainder in compliment. to human
le:
, tiowal Gazette,
ger—the Protestant cause is threatened—a plan (we
blush to state the fact,) plan has been matured by
the apostate Bishops themselves for the spoliation of
the Church. i
in twain—and to pollute the
f Holies with .idolatrous‘mockery. “This i
not a time to. conceal from the Protestant party that
the ean Church thee the, un bought portion
of the Bench of Bishops i is in constant and anxious
‘communication—and that they do not so much fear:
the open hostility of thelr enemies as the secret
trayed their ‘sacred trust
_{and disgraced their high calling.”"---Morning Jour-
al,
IRI SH CONSPIRACIES.
Tho Montreal Irish Vindicator has the following judicious
remarks upon the proceedings ofa special commission lately
held in the County of Cork, tho Tovolting dotails of which
we have read with shuddering,
ast. number we gave some account of tri-
als going forward in Cork, by. special commission,
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for a conspiracy said to be entered into, to assassi-
nate three Magistrates. ‘The manner in which this
business has been set forth in the papers would
ore as one of those Mi
°lunfrequent in Ireland than a busine
reality. and tlt of twenty men accused, the first four
only were convicted on testimony, which the Jury
afterwards discredited.
e following paragraph leaves us to consider the
matter i inthe light we men
C hich }
opened to try and condemn to death upwards of
twenty-four poor starved Irishmen, for conspiracies,
has closed its labours and .has found four guilty,
nich are left for ¢ execution on the 1th. After the
iul three more
were e put upon their trial, and after goimg through the
ences, the Jury c could not agree in their ,
verdiet ; ; “althon igh they: were confined to the i iniary
of their health thirty-six, hours without food, they
were then discharged, and the e prisoners | trial. ‘order-
till I the. Assizes: the.trial of: three
with the same evidence, wd were ac-
quitted, the commissio! abandoned and:
the prisoners set a ‘ibert upon bail ! still leaving
the, four for exec
The Go ernment, we understand, bas roprioved
the four who were sentenced to execution; thus
resting is unwillingness | to jbecome participators in
the ivance, that bas town so much agitation
over the face of the c
Nothing could display. ‘nore depravity than'the
evidenc n approver, on whose testimony these
en were con ¢ gave 2 portion of it in our
an nature
wwe suppressed. [Tt i e, the people and the ma-
-[gistraey b have no love for one another, and it some-
imes occurs in Ireland, that the minds of the latter
e
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come’ so alarmed by the conjurations of an imagi-
nation, ever dreading evil, that, they not only readily,
but anxious] themselves to any designing vil-
sly lend
Jain, who would wish 0 profit by ‘traffic in human
bloud. We make no doubt but such was the ense,
skhrough this busines
Lireratune. .
arn » from the editor of the Pili Na-
that Messrs. Carey ani e re-
iyed a nd sent to press Sir V Waler Scotts ‘3 JBistory
of Senta in two volumes. 9
succeeded ir James Maekintosh 8 tory of
ngland, in ‘three volumes, and a Ilistory of Ireland,
by Thomas Moore.
ee
The better thou disposest thyselt be sufferings
the more wiscly tat how act, and ore dot:
thou m peri + and thou wilt bear it nore re easily, tly
mind being, well prepared for it, and aceuste pt
te
Heth i is not a (rue patient man, who will suffer
no mare than he ‘thinks good, god from whort ho
"i ple
But. on inuch soever and how often soever any
adversity happ im from any mine created, he ||
takes itall with oauelty 0 of mind a: the hand | of
od’s sake, can pass without merit in: the sight of | r
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