assurance, he stated in a letter to the editor of the British Magazine, that the dedication was only intended to apply to the eighth volume of the work. Now, if this were true, it would only implicate Dr. Murray more and more, for the eighth volume is the worst of all. But, how is the bishop of Norwich exposed by Dr. Murray himself? By his own pastoral letter! by his own admission! It is as if Providence in its dispensations determined upon fixing truth and falsehood within their proper limits. We have the admission of Dr. Murray, that he assented to the publication of the seven volumes first, and thus we verify the words "ejus cum approbatione susceptam." We have thus the seven first volumes assented to, and after Dr. Murray has assented to these, then he says that Mr. Coyne called upon him about the eighth volume, and he gave his assent to the eighth volume. These, then, are the two separate assents-first, to the first seven volumes, and the second assent to the eighth. I hope that Dr. Stanley will learn a lesson from this, how he implicates his name in the first place, and secondly, his most sacred office, with the defence of a theology which he has sworn before God and his country that he would use his utmost efforts to banish from the land. I spoke at another meeting upon this subject, with, I hope, no severity beyond what the truth demanded; but still with severity against the work of the Rev. Mr. Stanley; and in proportion as I respect, and revere, and venerate, (and no man in the church venerates more highly) the holy office of a bishop, so will I faithfully bear testimony against any man, whatever be his station, who would sit down with popish doctors, to corrupt the word of God, and hide it from my countrymen. I will bear my testimony against any men, whoever they are, or however high they may stand in office, whether civil or ecclesiastical, who will patronise that awful theology. I feel it to be my duty as a minister of Christ-I feel it to be my duty as a minister of the Established Church, to bear my testimony now, however poor and humble it may be, against such a system: and with all humility, but I hope, with all fidelity, when I lay before Dr. Stanley the proof, that his attempt at the defence of Dr. Murray has been disproved by Dr. Murray's confession-I call upon him, since he has been placed in such a high and holy office, to recollect that "it is required in stewards that å man be found faithful." I verily think that the highest office in the world is that of a bishop of the Established Church. But if a man, instead of discharging the holy duties of that sacred office, will so abandon them as to implicate himself with the enemies of the cross of Christ, then, the higher his office, the greater is his guilt, and however it may be sought after by ambition for the poor advantage of temporal aggrandisement, the robes of a bishop will prove the most awful dress in which a sinner shall ever stand before the bar of his Almighty Judge.

I have now to call your attention to some other important facts connected with this statement. Dr. Murray says, that "In the progress of the work Mr. Coyne called upon him a second time to say, that there was an appendix"-mark! "an appendix!-to another highly useful work, and that if this appendix were added in the shape of an eighth volume to his publication, it would, in his opinion, much increase its value." What is that eighth volume? That eighth volume is a code of the canons and laws of the Church of Rome. The canons from that eighth volume were laid before a meeting held here* on the 2nd of August last; and the documents contained in that volume are the most important, by many degrees, that have been yet exposed, connected with popery in this empire. With some of these you are acquainted, and there are some of a most awful description, that as yet you know nothing about. But it is a code of canon laws, including all the doctrine, discipline, and principles of the Church of Rome. And this code of laws, Dr. Murray would pretend, was introduced into Ireland upon the suggestion of a bookseller. They were, it was said, to have this appendix in the shape of an eighth volume. Can you suppose that the appendix was introduced in that way? I knew that the thing was impossible, and every man of common sense must have known that it was beyond the reach of possibility. Dr Murray proved, in evidence before the committee of the House of Commons, that bulls and canons, &c. so published, were to be obligatory on the consciences of the Catholics of Ireland, and this code of canon law was to be smuggled by a bookseller into the end of a work, merely to increase its value! I knew that the thing could not be true; but I was at a loss how to prove it. I was anxious to make out to what work this appendix could belong. It is stated in the preface to the eighth volume of Dens, that this work was a collection of the bulls of canon law and moral theology of Benedict XIV. made by Mansi, archbishop of Lucca. I was very anxious to find out where this work of Mansi's was to be got. It was at last suggested to me that Mansi had edited the Concilia; and had died in the progress of the work. The Concilia were continued by Cossart, and in the beginning of the continuation, upon the death of Mansi, there was given an account of his writings and life. The following is an extract from the preface by Cossart, to the 19th volume

These laws are published by the Protestant Association in their Report of the Meeting on the 2nd of August: they consisted of a law for the restitution of all forfeited property in Ireland, in which it is stated that no agreements with heretics can be valid a law by which persons accused, were to be compelled to confess by torture -a law by which heretics were to be dragged even from the sanctuary of the church to be put to death-and a law by which bishops are bound to exterminate heretics from their dioceses under the authority of the third canon of the fourth Lateran Council, which Dr. Murray declared in his evidence was not in force in Christendom.

of the Concilia:-" He also published a new edition of the most excellent Anacletus Reiffenstuel, enlarged with additions from certain theologians, at the end of which work he added a neat Epitome of the Moral and Canonical Doctrine, chiefly from the bulls and other works of the immortal Benedict XIV." I found here, then, that this work was the appendix to the theology or canon law of Anacletus Reiffenstuel. I was most anxious to know where an edition of this work was to be found. I searched the College Library in Dublin for it.-There was no such book there. I requested of my friend, the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne, to look for it in the British Museum.-It was not there, nor was it in the King's Library. I could not make out a copy of it. But then, it occurred to me to be very odd, that Mr. Coyne should have been even acquainted with this author, much less make a selection from him, the work being in Latin, and then bring it to Dr. Murray, as he states; I then requested of a reverend brother to call upon Mr. Coyne, and ask him a few simple questions. This is the letter I have received upon this point :

Agreeably to your request, I called on Mr. Coyne, and asked him, as you desired, the following questions, to which he gave me the annexed answers:"Have you got the Theology of Anacletus Reiffenstuel?' Answer-No.' Have you got the appendix to that work?' No.' Have you ever seen it, or do you know where it is to be had?' No.' " Was it ever published in Ireland ?'Not that I am aware of.""

Dr. Murray says, that Mr. Coyne apprised him that there was an appendix to another very useful work, and if it were added to the seven volumes in the shape of an eighth, it would increase the value of the publication ;" and yet, when Mr. Coyne is asked if he has got the work? he says that he has not got it-if he has got the appendix ?-that he has never seen it-he does not know where it is to be procured-he does not know where this useful appendix is taken from-he has printed it as a Supplement to Dens-yet to his knowledge, it has not been published in Ireland!!! So much, then, for the eighth volume of canon laws. I leave Dr. Murray and Mr. Coyne to settle it between them. I requested of my friend, also, to ask respecting the Diocesan Statutes. This is what he says on that point:-"I then asked him-have you a copy of the Rev. Dr. Murray's Diocesan Statutes, or where can I get a copy of them?" Answer: "I print the number prescribed me, and send them to the bishops as ordered." So this is Mr. Coyne's statement "I print the number prescribed me, and send them to the bishops as ordered." These Statutes are not to be entrusted to this "highly respectable bookseller," Richard Coyne, to keep, but as soon as they are printed they are sent to the bishops, and in their custody they were to be kept, to be given to the priests, and you cannot get a copy of them for £50 in Ireland. I shall detain yout a few ents longer, but

it is necessary to refer to these statutes, because there are important points connected with them. The Diocesan Statutes state thus :-

"Ye have received now, very reverend and most beloved brethren, these Diocesan Statutes, which we, having implored the Divine aid, have prepared with the greatest care after diligent and mature deliberation. We have willingly undertaken this no small labour, since we were placed in this station, that the glory of the Lord may may be more increased in the earth, that the discipline of the Church may be preserved according to the strict rule, (ad amussim servetur,) that our clergy, most beloved in the Lord, may be perfected in every good work, and that the faithful people, committed to your apostleship, may be instructed and assisted in attaining everlasting life. In preparing these constitutions, we had it at heart so to adjust salutary discipline in all things, that it might be accommodated, as much as possible, as well to the present state of the church in this kingdom, as to the sanctity and perfection of the sacerdotal office. We have, therefore, strictly commanded nothing except those things which experience had taught to be necessary."-Diocesan Statutes, pp. 185, 186.

The Statutes go on to state, that unless they shall be strictly observed, pains and censures are to be incurred. These Diocesan Statutes were carefully prepared, as you perceive, and, as it is declared, were "suited to the present state of the church in this kingdom." This was in the year 1831. These Statutes were contemporaneous in their enactment with the republication of Dens's Theology, and the addition of another volume, in which was this canon law, to which Catholics are obliged on the oath of Dr. Murray to pay obedience. In his evidence before the House of Commons, he declared that it was binding upon the conscience of every Roman Catholic in Ireland. Now what was the state of his church at that time? Imposed upon by papal professions, deceived by papal promises, beguiled by papal oaths, the Protestant government of the united empire had removed all restrictions from the members of the Roman Catholic Church, and admitted them to a full participation in the British legislature. That was the state of the Roman Catholic Church at that time, and to suit that state of the church in that year, these statutes were enacted. In that year this theology and this system of canon law were published, in which every promise was broken, every profession was rescinded, and every oath was violated; for this system of canon law is set up for the confiscation of Protestant property, the destruction of the Protestant religion, and the utter extermination of the Protestants of Ireland. And now, that you may not consider this, and that it may not be represented as mere declamation, you have but to refer to the oath of the Roman Catholic bishops, signed with their names, with Dr. Murray at their head; and which Roman Catholic editors themselves have published in the Dublin Review of last month. They have called the public attention again to this oath, and it shall be attended to. Mark the reason which they profess for giving their public oath.

Declaration of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.

"At a time when the spirit of calm inquiry is abroad, and men seem most anxious to resign those prejudices through which they viewed the doctrines of others, the archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, avail themselves with pleasure of this dispassionate tone of the public mind, to exhibit a simple and correct view of those tenets that are most frequently misrepresented. If it please the Almighty, that the Catholics of Ireland should be doomed to continue in the humbled and degraded condition in which they are now placed, they will submit with resignation to the Divine will. The prelates, however, conceive it a duty which they owe to themselves, as well as to their Protestant fellow-subjects, whose good opinion they value, to endeavour once more to remove the false imputations that have been frequently cast upon the faith and discipline of that Church which is entrusted to their care, that all may be enabled to know with accuracy the genuine principles of those men who are proscribed by law from any participation in the honours, dignities, and emoluments of the state."

This is their declaration-then follows their oath, in which we find-

"Article 11.-The Catholics of Ireland not only do not believe, but they declare upon oath, that they detest as unchristian and impious, the belief, that it is lawful to murder or destroy any person or persons whatsoever, for, or under the pretence of their being heretics;" and also the principle "that no faith is to be kept with heretics,"

They further declare, on oath, their belief, that "no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatever;" "that it is not an article of the Catholic faith, neither are they thereby 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, though the pope or any ecclesiastical power should issue or direct such an order; but on the contrary, that it would be sinful in them to pay any respect or obedience thereto."

Again, in the next article, we have as follows:

They do not believe that the pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm."

Again

"They further solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that they make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words of their oath, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever, and without any dispensation aleady granted by the Pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, or any person whatever, and without thinking that they are or can be acquitted before God or man, or absolved of this decla ration, or any part thereof, although the Pope, or any persons or authority whatsoever, shall dispense or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning."

"After this full, explicit, and sworn declaration, we are utterly at a loss to conceive on what possible ground we could be justly charged with bearing towards our most gracious sovereign only a divided allegiance."