total and effectual redress. There was, to be sure, a moral superiority in every thing English that reached even to an English Papist, and placed him above every thing Irish.-God and nature had intended the English for our masters every way, and however painful the inferiority might be, the only prudent course was to submit to it, if not with cheerfulness, at least in sullen silence and despair.The melancholy reflections which this topic furnished he would therefore spare, and would simply read to the Meeting, the draft of a Bill, for which the Catholic People were first and principally and almost exclusively indebted to their Chairman. property to Catholics in as ample a manner as Protestants enjoyed the same. It was preferable to the act of 1793, in this, that the act of 93 made such right to enjoy pro perty only conditional, and to depend on the previous taking of many oaths. A con dition, the casual omission of which had prive of their property innocent children, operated in more than one instance to deand the devisees of Catholic testators; and this condition would, to a certainty, become still more injurious to Catholics if the rolls, on which the evidence of their having taken those oaths depended, should happen in any case to be lost. An accident which the state of the county records in Ireland may render not very improbable. The second section would enact, that the Roman Catholics should not be subject to any disqualifications from offices or franchise, or from any privilege of voting, or be liable to any pains, penalties, disabilities, restraints, or incapacities, save such as Protestants were liable to any statute, charter, bye-law, or usage to the contrary in any wise notwith Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to read the title of the Bill, it was- -An Act for the effectual Relief of the standing. This section Mr. O'Connell said Roman Catholics from all the Penal with these advantages, however, that it con was also in part taken from the act of 93and Disqualifying Statutes. The pre- tained no exception whatever, nor any use amble asserted shortly and pointedly less condition, and that it expressly nega that it was just as well as expedient to tived the effect of charters, bye-laws, and repeal all those statutes and to restore of the former acts in favour of the Catholics usages, by which so many of the provisions the Catholics to the full enjoyment of had been eluded and baffled. Indeed it wa the Constitution.- -Mr. O'Connell deemed right to conclude every section of said, that for his part he would infi-stroy the ill effects of any hostile construction this draft of a Bill with similar words to de nitely prefer a Bill which should asof the existing statutes, charters, bye laws, sert generally the principle of reli- and usages. gious liberty, and enact universal freedom of conscience. He would prefer a Bill which would at once include and emancipate all the Dissent ers. But it was deemed prudent to confine their application for the present to their individual case, and he was the more ready to acquiesce in this prudence, as if the Catholics were emancipated on their claim of justice there would be both a principle and an example established, of which every Protestant Dissenter would have a right to avail himself, and it was impossible to conceive that any sect would be suffered to remain un-0 der persecution after full freedom of worship had been obtained by the Catholics. He next read the enacting part- of the first section of the act of 1793, and it The third section would go on to enact, in bled to sit and vote in Parliament, to hold express terms, that Catholics should be ena civil, judicial, military, and naval ofices, to take degrees and be students and lay fel Sheriffs, &c. &c. in Corporations, and to be lows of Universities, and to be Mayor, governors, deputy-governors, and dire of the banks of England and of Ireland, upon taking the declaration and oaths set out in this act and then the new declaration with those in the act of 1793, with this dif The fourth section would provide for the mode of taking the oaths required by this act, and the faciliating the obtaining and them, so that no difficulty could arise on preserving the evidence of having taken those points. The fifth section would regulate the mode lish Catholics. The seventh section would make a provision for the safety of Catholic chapels, schools, and hospitals, and for all other IrCatholic works of piety and charity, so as to place them on a footing with the Protestenant Dissenters at present. This is a proviession, the want of which is most grievously Ortfelt, and this section appearing so very reasonable, ought, if nothing else was done for the Catholics this Sessions, be certainly Prot passed. He thought it right, however, to add er that he expected full relief in the present Vw Sessions. O The eighth section would inflict a pecu- The ninth section would inflict a similar erypenalty on any officer or other person who should, within or without the realm, compel le or use threats or violence to compel any Catholic sailor or soldier in his Majesty's service to attend at any worship or place of woronship, save according to the rights and ceremonies of his own church. Davi sa be And the last section would provide that this should be deemed and taken as a remedial act, and should be beneficially and largely construed in all Courts of Law and of Equity, to extend the relief thereby intended to be given. and without allowing any interference directly or indirectly with our religion. Let them (he said) emancipate us thus or not at all. Let them give us such an Act as this or leave us as we are. We desire, because it is the right of every human being, leave to follow the religion we deem in our consciences the best. --We desire to be admitted oaths and our principles bind us to into the Constitution, because our that Constitution as in itself a most rational scheme of political liberty, and if restored to its native purity, not to be equalled perhaps by any other in its protection of individual property and liberty, and in its public and general security.-Let them give us the constitution, and we will die, if necessary, in its defence. After Mr. O'Connell had concluded several gentlemen expressed themselves in warm terms of commendation of the draft of the Bill. The Catholics of Ireland have been busily employed during the last and present month, in holding public meetings on the subject of their grievances. Waterford and Roscommon have adopted the Cork petition to Parlia ment. At an Aggregate Meeting of the held at the Sessions-house, Loughrea, Catholics of the County of Galway, on Sunday the 7th of May, pursuant to public notice, Edward J. Beytagh, of Heathlawn, Esq. in the chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to: Mr. O'Connell, after reading the draft of the Bill, made several obser vations on the nature and tendency of its provisions, and the effectual relief it would confer. He said, that if it passed the Houses of Parliament, it might indeed be called a Charter of Emancipation. It would shew both sume, it is the interest of Government to the friends and the enemies of the Ca-tholics, firmly attached to our Religion, and, listen to our prayer; -we, therefore, as Catholics, and what it was which would satisfy and content the people. It was full faithful Catholics ever ready, even in their and complete relief from all civil in- enslaved and degraded state, to lavish their capacities. It was full and complete wealth, and to shed their blood, for the supemancipation from civil incapacities port and the dignity of the Crown and Gowithout interfering directly or indirectly with the established religion, That in the present state of distress and agitation, which again unhappily pervade the Roman Catholics of the County of Galthroughout the greater part of Europe, we, way, in Aggregate Meeting assembled, feel it no less our duty to petition, than, we pre more implore the Legislature to receive into the bosom of the Constitution the millions of vernment. the Catholics of Ireland, be adopted as the That the form of Petition approved of by Petition of the Catholics of the County of Galway, and that the Right Honourable the Earl of Donoughmore be requested to present it to the Lords, and that our worthy Representatives, the Right Hon. Denis Bowes Daly, and James Daly, Esq. be instructed to present it to the Commons. That the Right Hon. the Earl of Donoughmore is entitled to our everlasting respect and gratitude, for his honest, indefatigable, and unceasing zeal in our cause. That Sir Henry Parnell possesses our entire confidence, and that our particular thanks are due to the Committee who selected a Senator already so distinguished by the spotless purity of his character, and his independent and patriotic principles, and under whose auspices we look forward in the fullest confidence of ultimate success. That the warmest expressions of our respect and gratitude are eminently due to the virtuous and truly pious Clergy of Ireland, for their animated zeal in opposing the insulting Rescript of Seignior Quarantotti, and that no consideration whatever shall alter our determined resolution to oppose an evil calculated only to mislead and divide the Catholic Body. That our respect and admiration have never ceased, and still continue, for the patriotic and successful exertions, at all times evinced by that truly virtuous and dignified character Daniel O'Connell, Esq. in the cause of Catholic Freedom. That our animated Thanks be offered to George Lidwill, Esq. Counsellors Phillips, Finlay, and the rest of our patriotic Fellow Subjects, who so nobly and generously interested themselves in our cause. The following letter, transmitted by Mr. Carew, the independent representative for the County of Wexford, to Mr. Hay, in answer to one from the latter gentleman, as Chairman of the late Meeting held in the aforesaid county, deserves to be recorded, as exhibiting that good understanding which should subsist between a faithful representative and his consti tuents : "New Bond-street, London, May, 1815. "My dear Sir, I have this day been honoured by the receipt of your kind Letter, inclosing a copy of the Resolutions agreed to at a Meeting of the Roman Catholics of the County of Wexford. I shall, at all times, feel it an honour to be entrusted with any Petition from so respectable a part of my Constituents, but, more particularly, in the present instance, when my sentiments so fully coincide with theirs, on the justice and policy of granting an equal participation of the benefits of the Constitution to all classes of his Majesty's Subjects. I have only to add, that the great justice of Catholic Emancipation shall command every exertion in my power. I am, my dear Hay, your obliged and sincere Friend, ROBERT SHAPLAND CAREW. To Edward Hay, Esq. Ross." The following is the answer of the Sovereign Father to the Congratula tory Letter of the Irish Prelates,- PIUS THE SEVENTH, POPE. Venerable Brothers, greeting and aposto lical benediction. The pleasure which we received from your letter to us, in date of the 28th of May, has been such, Venerable Brothers, as we cannot sufficiently express so fully did that letter abound in the choices sentiments of love and duty to us and the" Apostolic See. We therefore desire you to 0 be persuaded, that the respectful part which you lately performed, on the happy termina tion of our great sufferings, has proved to us most acceptable in every sense. Moreover, our Venerable Brothers, the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, and the Bishops of Italy, as well as the entire Body of the Clergy of this capital, are indebted in deep and lasting acknowledgments to you, four those high expressions of praise, in whic you mention the fortitude, constancy, an allegiance of them all.-Although it is to th interposition of the Divine Power we shoul wholly ascribe the silencing of the storm which cruelly and fearfully was beatin against us and the Catholic Church; ye amongst the natural causes of that unexped ed and wonderful Revolution, Britain, b yond a doubt, obtains the commmandi place; as with her treasures, by her armie fare, which she effected amongst the allie and fleets, and by that confederation of wa Sovereigns, she scattered the impious de signs and wore down the resources of a Ty rant, who was desolating Europe from end to end. May the good and great God bestow upon that People, so illustriously the Bene factor of the World, a reward in those ble sings, by which they may attain to happi ness, at once genuine, solid, and perfect We doubt not, that the Catholics, entruste to our charge, correspond well to their dut ties towards the Government to which they are subject; and, generally speaking, it wen superfluous to urge, where great alacrity shewn. However you will persevere still Venerable Brothers, unremitting in exhort ing them to avoid at all times, every impre per act, for which they might be just blamed by that Government. Since, with equal zeal and spiritual success, you suppor every part of the Pastoral Office, we remai assured that you will also scrupulously a quit yourself of this duty. In the meantime, and as the pledge of our paternal and singu lar affection to you, we impart most lovingly to you and to our Flocks the Apostolical Be 400 lates re in da n the 021 de of t Dediction. Given in Rome, at St. Mary Ma- | every demonstration of joy and regard jor, under the signet of the Fisherman, the was exhibited by them, such as cheer twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, of our Pontifi-ing, burning bonfires, and firing shots. cate the fifteenth year. DOMINICUS TESTA. To our Venerable Brethren, the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland. On Sunday the 12th of March, the POPS Most Rev. Dr. Kelly was consecrated in the Roman Catholic Archiepiscopal Cathedral of Tuam. An immense Fe concourse of persons attended from all ntly quarters of the country, and suitable arrangements were made for the accommodation of all the respectable ul persons of every religious communion pp who obtained admittance. At nine Po'clock the ceremony commenced. The Most Rev. Dr. Troy was the Consecrating Prelate, assisted by the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, and the Right Rev. Dr. Marum. There were also in attendance the Right Rev. Dr. Flinn, Right Rev. Dr. Costello, Right Rev. Dr. Waldron, Right Rev. Dr. Plunket, and Right Rev. Dr. Ffrench, Warden of Galway. The coup d'ail was most brilliant, when those venerable personages appeared vested in their superbly-ornamented habits. The Rer. Mr. M'Cabe, Prefect of the Provincial Academical Institution, preached the Consecration Sermon ; and, in the progress of a truly Chrisplan and eloquent discourse, pointed Out, in a very happy mode of expression, the duties of the episcopal station, and, in most emphatic terms, Pressed the performance of those duties, earnestly enforcing the obligation asumed by an Irish Prelate, to preserve and protect the ancient doctrine and discipline. The music was particularly well adapted to the occasion, and was arranged by Mr. Bowden, Organist of the Cathedral.-On the Whole, the ceremony was conducted With a splendour and solemnity seldom qualled on similar occasions. In the Evening the inhabitants of the Metropolitan See, anxious to testify their Congratulations, assembled opposite the house of their Archbishop, and -cei ope The whole town was also illuminated with great brilliancy, and transparencies, appropriate to the cause of the festivity, were seen in several windows, in these manifestations of attachment. All the respectable Protestants of the town, including the venerable Archdeacon Burton, most warmly joined-and the night concluded without a solitary accident. On the 23d of April, the Most Reverend Dr. Everard and the Right Rev. Drs. Murphy and Toohy were consecrated in the North Parish Chapel, Cork, by the Right Rev. Dr. Coppin ger. Several thousand tickets had been circulated for some days previous to this most interesting ceremony, and at a very early hour the avenues to the Cathedral were filled; a short time before nine the outer gates were opened, and the crush for admittance became most alarming, but fortunately no material injury was sustained. A great number of Ladies and Gentlemen of different religious persuasions attended; among whom we noticed the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the the Sheriffs, General Forbes and Staff, Lady Forbes and family, the Hon. Mrs. Beamish, Mr. Beamish and family, and the Rev. Mr. Campion, Rector of Tulla. The ceremonies commenced about eleven o'clock. The Bishops elect, attended by the Most Rev. Dr. Murray, and the Right Rev. Drs. Sughrue, Power and Marum, as assistant Prelates, headed the procession to the great altar. The Master of Ceremonies, Sub-deacon, and Deacon came next, and the venerable Prelate who presided, the Right Rev. Dr. Coppinger, filled up the order of the procession, attended by his Domestic Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Taylor, Econome of Cove, and the Rev. Dr. Hurly, Parish Priest of Kinsale, who officiated as special Chaplain to his Lordship. The usual ceremonies of consecration were then performed in a most solemn and interesting manner. The language and deportment of the Consecrating Prelate was most impressive, and excited general interest and admiration. The ceremonies did not conclude until two o'clock. OBSEQUIES FOR THE RIGHT REV, DOCTOR MOYLAN. On Thursday, April 20, a solemn Office, High Mass, and Obsequies for the late Right Rev. Doctor Moylan took place in the North Parish Chapel, Cork. This extensive building was hung in black, and decorated with escutcheons, &c. &c. as on the day of the interment in the centre of the Choir the representation of the tomb was placed, as before. Two Archbishops, five Bishops, one Archbishop elect, with their Chaplains and attendants, and the Deacon, Subdeacon, and Master of the Ceremonies, occupied the remainder of the Choir; round which an inclosure was made, which was occupied by the Clergy and the Students of St. Mary's College and the Fransiscan Convent, to the amount of about two hundred. home on the dispersion of the religious by the Emperor Joseph. The character he soon acquired of an excellent Missionary, not less than his mild and affable deportment, endeared him much to the Most Rev. Dr. O'Reilly, as well as to all the Clergy of his acquaintance, particularly those of his own Institute, who, in July, 1811, unanimously elected him to the important dignity of Provincial Minister. In this high station, conscious how much the Catholic Church of Ireland had ever been indebted for her preservation to the zeal and ability of the Regular Orders, and seeing that Antichristian principles blisemad rendered desperate the re-esta of the Irish Franciscan Colleges of Rome, Prague, and Louvain, he applied himself, during the four years of his Government, to the creation of those resources at home, that seemed for ever lost abroad, and succeeded at length in erecting, through the munificence of the late Right Rev. Dr. Moylan, of the Right Rev. Dr. Murphy, and several of the Clergy of the Diocese, as well as through the unbounded generosity at large of the Citizens of Cork, a Seminary of his Order in the Convent of Broad-lane.-It was to this his anxiety for Religion, that the wor On the right side of the Choir were the thy Priest owed his unexpected dissolution. Right Reverend Doctor Coppinger, of Cloyne For, on his way from Drogheda to make the and Ross, who presided; Right Rev. Doctor usual visitation of this establishment, he was Murphy, elect of Cork; Right Rev. Doctor suddenly taken ill, in Kilkenny, just as he Murray, Archbishop of Hierapolis, and Co- had stepped from the Mail Coach, and ex adjutor of Dublin; Right Rev. Doctor Ma-pired a few moments after in the Capuchin rum, of Ossory; and the Most Rev. Doctor Everard, elect Coadjutor of Cashel. On the left side of the Choir were the Most Reverend Doctor Troy, Dublin; Right Rey. Doctor Sughrue, Kerry; Right, Reverend Doctor O'Shaughnessy, Killaloe; Right Rev. Doctor Power, Waterford; Right Reverend Doctor Toohy, elect of Limerick. After the Office, the solemn High Mass was commenced: it was sung by the Right Rev. Doctor Coppinger. When the Gospel was sung, the Rev. Mr. Collins, P.P. of Saint Finn Barr's, preached the Funeral Oration, which was the most apposite and eloquent discourse ever witnessed on such an occasion. After the Sermon, the High Mass was concluded, and the Obsequies were performed by the Most Rev. Doctors Troy and Murray, and the Right Rev. Doctors Sughrue and O'Shaughnessy: after they had gone through the usual ceremonies, the Right Rev. Doctor Coppinger, as officiating Prelate, came down from the Altar, and performed the concluding part of the obsequies. The whole ceremonies, &c.occupied from ten till four o'clock, Convent, Walkin-street, in that city-W would in vain attempt to describe the feelings of his Friends at the fatal shock, which has thus bereft, Society of an Ornament-the Catholic Mission of a zealous Labourer, and the Franciscan Order of a paternal, prudent, and efficient ruler. As the debate on the question of our Emancipation will this year become more im portant than any other which has hitherto preceded it, in consequence of the subject belig now limited to a claim for UNRESTRICTED RIGHTS; and as it will be impossible, in the confined limits of the ORTHODOX JOURNAL to give even a summary of the speeches which probably will be delivered on the occasion; the Editor proposes publishing about the 15th of June, a SUPPLEMENT, containing the best selected report he can make from the public papers, together with a correct copy of the Bill which the Irish Catholics wish to have introduced for the discussion of the Legislature, and, hopes it will meet with the approbation and encouragement of his numerous friends. on DIED. On Friday the 21st of April, at May 31.-At one o'clock this morn- è Kilkenny, in his 58th year, the Very Rev." divided James Flynn, of Drogheda, Provincial of ing, the House of Commons the Order of St. Francis in Ireland. This on the motion of Sir Henry Parnell, pious, learned, and zealous Regular, having for the House to into a Committee run, with applause, his Theological course the Catholic claims, when the numbers in the Irish Franciscan College at Prague, were, for the motion 147-against it and filled therein, for several years, with credit, the chair of that faculty, returned 228-majority 81. W. B. ANDREWS, printer, 5, ORANGE-STREET, RED LION-SQUARE. |