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The Cork Examiner, a very trustworthy journal in such matters,

states that a few months since Lord Stanley requested Cardinal Antonelli to inform him whether the Irish Catholic prelates would accept an endowment. The Vatican professed indifference, but referred the matter to Cardinal Cullen, by whom it was submitted to a meeting of Bishops, who decided unanimously "that they would not accept a share in the present revenues of the Estab- lishment" or "a distinct and separate endowment," and by a majority that they would not receive an allowance for the main- tenance of churches and glebes. We have discussed this state- ment in another place, but may mention here that the Catholic clergy and prelates in India accept regular salaries from the heretical State.

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