IRELAND.

Archbishop Crolly, Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland, has addressed a letter to Mr. O'Connell, in contradiction of O'Connell's assertion that a letter sent to the Archbishop from the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide was not a canonical document In his own Dr. Crolly incorporates that letter- which is written in Latin, and is dated the 15th October 1844. We translate and in part abridge it. It begins by reminding Dr. Crolly, that in March 1839 a letter was addressed to him by the Congregation in the name of the Pontiff, strongly condemning the active interference of certain Irish clergymen in political affairs, and desiring him to persuade them to a more discreet conduct. It is assumed that the Archbishop exerted himself in the matter as diligently as the grasity of the case and his re- spect for the Apostolic See demanded. " But that the issue has not fully answered to the exertions bestowed by you, appears from the journals of those parts; in which are reported addresses by some of the clergy, and even by some of me Bishops, sometimes at meetings and public dinners, sometimes in church; which,

if the fact is so, would little show them to be intent solely ri the safety of sou* the good of religion, and the honour of God, or withdrawn political studies

and worldly affairs." It is not safely to be dissembled that this has happened most mischievously, as it may entail further detriment and discredit upon the clergy; and it occasions great &Lief to the ApostolinSee. The Primate therefore, is reminded of the doctrine, not newly entertained by the Catholic Church,. that thane who are intrusted with itaspintuarnaratgement "should in nowiatinapli- cideetitemsolvea in secular affairs; should sedulously foster that quiet, tranquillity, aret peace which are the bond of Christianity e should teach by example and wont subjection teethe temporal power in all that pertains to, civil matters; and, shoving emeat prudence and moderation of mind, solely preaching Christ cruci- fied, should. most caudou.sly avoid whatever may lightly excite or move the flock committed ter them, or lead it from the meekness of the evangelical law." The Primateis called upon *stand upon these ancient ways of the Churen. and to declare the judgment prenounesit. by the Holy Congregation and the Pontiff on avow opportunity ; anti "especially to admonish in all charity and patience sack of the clergy in the Episcopal rank ash° shall know behave erred in that respect."

On this document Dr. Crony- observes--

".1-considerett homy duty. ta lay this document befine the assembled Prelates at our kest.general meeting. in Dublin; who- not only acknowledged it to beauthentic and eammicale but te be a document of such importance that they entered it on thin/minutes [am extract from which he quotes] and unanimously resolved that they would. regulate.their (=duct according to. its. injunctiuus, and use their in- fluenee with their clergy, in their respective dioceses, to prevail on them to follow its salutary, instauetions. You Iniverepeutedly declared that you would. be guided bye thedecision of the.assembled Prelates, and I am sure that you will not wonder stray astenhelunent when. I found that you had publicly denounced a document. which met with their unqualified and iumnimoue approbation.. Knowing the hanesty of your heart, and the: fidelity with which you adhere to the authority, of the. Holy Catholic- Church, I deem it my duty *subjoin the entire letter which I received froin the Propaganda, together with the resolution of the Prelates at their late. meeting, in order that yeuinuty not be misled by unsatisfactory informs- teen, but may have these genuine documents fairly placed before your own impar- tial and pawed& understanding."

At the. close of his letter the Arebbhhop, touches upon another subject- "' With regard to the concordat between the Pope and the British Government, which has so justly excited alarming apprehension in the minds of all the clergy- and: laity of Ireland, I can only state, in the most-solemn manner, that! know no' thins' of it directly or indirectly, except by- public rumour; and that I shall join the Ptelacy of hellind by using every inflaence in my power to prevent. any such insidious scheme, whisk would be dastrteetive of the independence and purity of our-holy religion."' Correspondents conjecturally suggest how- the incorreet passage in. the apocryphal copy of the Rescript printed in our last number might makeit intelligible, by the emendation of very probable errors. As. one of the ex- planations takes little room, we give it; though the. document is of authen- ticity too uncertain to justify much ado about it: it is probably a forgery founded on the letter from the Apostolic See quoted by Dr. Crotty-

' Change nrultat ' and ' into mate and. habila, and 'ant' into. Crtid., and farther, divide subditione ' into salt ditioae, (those who have paid any attention to earls subjects will at oncesee how easily the mistakes here assumed might havebeen made by a careless, or ignorant copyist.) and. we then have the. sentence= Sed hoc stamina' contra continue multa gum &tin eras Anglia sub ditione sediS. Apostolical. pro lege. habitssunt: Thetis, Rot, on the contrary, that this statute contains many things, which, while. England was under the authority of the Apostolic See, were helst as law."

The Dublin Evening Post reports the- business transacted at at meeting of the Charitable Bequests Commissioners, on the 9th instant— "Arrangements were made respecting the charities of the various religious demominations, by which questions allecem,g- Roman Catholic bequests are to be refinted to the Commissioners of that faith; whose certificate is to be received by the hoart as conclusive. The same regulation, naunderstand, applies to the.bm. quirts of the Established Church; and in. regard to those of the Presbyterian ammiunion, references are to be made to the Reverend Dr Henry. We have.alser been informed, II:. tin reference to trusts to Roman Catholic clergymen, the Com- miss' loners of that faith are to act merely in a ministerial capacity; that they, are *ascertain from the Archbishop, Bishop, or Vicar in each diocese, who is the. wish-priest-entitled to any trust; mid that the certificate of the Prelate in every such case is to be received as conclusive evidence of the fact."

The Dublin Pi Lt of Friday completed the publication of O'Connell'e letter to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath.

Mr. O'Connell continues his objections to the Charitable Bequests Act The ninth objection, like the eight which precede he is directed against the connexion between the Roman Catholic Prelates and the Government. Eleventhly, he ob- jects to the act "because it purports to give jurisdiction by act of Parliament to Commissioners, eight of whom are Protestants and two of whom are Catholic laymen, over the usages and discipline of the Church of Rome and over the title of every bishop, parish-priest, or other ecclesiastical incumbent in Ireland. I object to that jurisdiction as being Protestant. in principle, namely-, emanating from an act of Parliament—an act of the lay Legislature." The next two ob- jections ring the changes on these points.; and Mr. O'Connell contends, against a suggestion- by Dr. Murray, that there is nothing hr the ad. to secure, that the cer- tificate of the diocesan shall be taken as conclusive evidence, of a priest's title to be lee. The fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth objections are directed against the clause limiting the time for bequests of real property. Seventeenthly, he OciS that the act gives absolute and irresponsible power to the Irish Govern- ment over the Catholic Commissioners, in the power to appoint and supersede them. Eighteenthly, the act. gives. an insulting preponderance to the Protestant Commissioners—eight to five. Nineteenthly, the statute was carried in an in- sulting manner,, without consulting the Catholic clergy and Iaity. "It was car- ried, I need not!say, when my son and I were...unjustly imprisoned. Ifl had been 'lathe House, I think I would. rattier have. perished on the floor than hula allowed such an act to pass at the period it did—the close of the session." Twentlethly, the statute, by its nature, must have tended to create a schism among the Catholic Prelacy and clergy of Ireland. Twenty-firstly, it asserts the right of the Legislature to give to the Government the appointment of Commissioners with authouty over Catholic spiritual matters. Twenty-secondly, it imposes duties on Catholic Commissioners which they cannot in conscience perform; obliging them

"to adhere. strictly to the education of Protestants in Protestantism, of i Presby- torians in Presbyterianism, mid of Unitarians in Unitarianism.' " There s another duty which this statute imposes on the Catholic Commissioners—that to sue for and recover property belonging to the regular clew, and to apply Heel' property to other charitable purposes." Mr. O'Connell recurs to the conspiracy " against the- independence of the Irish Catholic Church, as he calls the negotiations imputed to Mr. William Fetes, at Rome. He preaches, and practises, the most dutiht submission to the see of Line in spirituals, morals, discipline, and' doctrine; but he and all the Irish Ca- tholics have sworn that the Pope has no tent put al or civil jurisdiction in this land. "But we nmat be vigilant "— We have flung off teforn and we will fling off again, Please God, all vetoistical arrangements."

Be promises a second letter to Dr. Cimtwell, on the regular clergy; in which he wilt submit some suggestions as te the propriety of a lay deputation to Rome on these most interesting subjects. "The proposition which I shall most respect- fully submit as a. rale in future would be, the establishment, by a Synod of the Catholic Church in Ireland, in the most canonical' manner, of some law or regu- lation which would effectiudly prevent any minority of the Irish Prelacy from m-

solving themselves in any. statiatable commission or board, without the canonical aseentof the mujority of the bynod. Can and ought this to bedew?"

The Bishop of Month has. replied to this letter, in one of warm concur. rence-

" Illustrious and belayed Libeastcr" ia.theinvoeation with which he.begins acknowledgment of Mr. O'Connell's " powerful and unanswerable expose of the Anti-Catholic provision of the insidious Bequests Act"- and he hopes that it will induce the Bishop Commissioners to resign their office. lie then makes. some statements offset.

All the Biehopes concerned in the resolution adopting the letter from the.Propo- gandit; hat there was a material difference of opinion among them as to the. is- terpretation of the letter. Someunderstood it to imply prohibition to attend any public meeting; others, relying. upon such qualifying phrases as " nimiura acte. dicti," " minus prudenter " " relate subsisterent," " ha eat," understood him censure " only violent and intemperate language in either priest or bishop," whe- ther in church or at public meetings Those who adopted that interpretatian. " thought such conduct and language at all times unbecoming"; but. " we con- ceive that our duty of loyalty to our beloved Sovereign, priestly decorum, anima due-regard to the best interests of religion, are not incompatible with the clergy. taking a moderale and prudent part in meetings. convened for the purpose of prose meting the temporal and spiritual welfare of their flocks, or being present ate banquets intended to mark the nation's. gratitude to her best religious and civil benefactor."

Theinemorial of the Bishops in 1840, to Lord Morpeth, [pmyingforsome alteration of thelaw of bequests, and described. by Be. Murray as asking what has RCM beat given,] was not the net of the Episcopal body, though Dr. Cantwell was a party to it. It was forwarded at a period when publicopinion hart not acquired sat- cienteinfluance to secure the favourable decisions which have lately been obtained in Irish courts of justice. Besides, the memorialists expected to obtain the advan- tage of hlr. O'Connell's Parliamentary influence, and never dreamed of sanction.. ing the present measure; about which they had not been consulted.

Theresolution passed at the last meeting of the Bishops [leaving each free * adopt his own course in respect to the. Bequests Act] was. not adopted. without. strong opposition. Two Bishops" solemrdr declined before the assembled Prelates,

that in the event of any, Prelate i aemeptingthe odious office, they would never wit- Jingly hold any communication with:hint n his capacity of Corninissioner." And tothe resolution was appended a " condition "'to this effect—" That.the regain. lion did not imply any approval of the act, or directly-or indirectly restrict, in the- slightest degree any Prelate from resorting to every constitutional and canonicat' means in hie power to prevent its being brought into operation." "Such," ex- claims Dr. Cantwell, " was the condition under which, to avoid the appearance disagreement, the resolution was permitted to pass. Why has it been withheld r The insinuations and. affected triumph of some suggest the idea that its suppress non was.notentirely accidental."

After the annual conference of the clergy of the Dublin diocese, ea' Tuesday, some My of the iriemleces. held a separate meeting, at which.a petition. to Parliament was unanimously adopted, urging the, total repeal of the Charitable. Bequests. Act, and the substitution of Mr. O'Ciumers.bilL in its stead; also praying that the clauses, in. the Emancipation Act affect/ea the regular clergy might be.expunged- An address, has been presented to Archbishop Crolly, signed by My' priests of the diocese of Dublin, declaring their faithful adherence to hi* and reverent obedience to his counsels.

They recognize him as being," under the Vicar of Christ, the pastorof wall!" They allude with admiration to his long and brilliant services to the Catholic re- ligion: it is more than half a century since his career in the ministry began, nearly forty years since his elevation to the Episcopacy; religion has flourished with. inoreasing vigour and purity under his. counsels and example; churches have been raised, missions, the sisterhoods of Charity and of Mercy, the Brotherhood of the

Christian Schools, have been founded in Ireland by him; and if his clergy hare acquired aught of a good name, it is owing to the model of priestly virtue which,

they have had in him. They mention wi01 indignation the attempts made to di- minish his authority, and the attempts to overawe themselves into particular opi- nions and a particular line of conduct, by popular clamour and the dread of en- countering: the odium and distrust of their beloved people. " Alas !" they exclaim, "how daring is the spirit of disobedience ! It is no longer content with aseirllife the venerable successor of St. Lawrence; it is no longer satisfied with appealing to the passions of the most ignorant and excitable portion of the people, to over- awe the canonical authority of the Bishop in his own diocese; but it is now openly endeavouring to engender a feeling of disaffection even towards the common father of the faithful, Gregory the Sixteenth, and to diminish the love and reverence. of

the, trials Catholics for the Apostolic See, the centre of Catholic unity, to which they have clung with desperate fidelity for 1,400 years. It is in this way the crafty spirit of impiety always commences its attack on religion. It first alienates their affections from the clergy, and then robs them of their faith. The, eeserilt upon the successor of St. Peter and visible head of the Church is commenced-in." the same manner and conveyed through the same channels as that which ha' been directed against your Grace."' A majority of the Bishops of the Established Church in Ireland txma., issued a pretest, of which the substance follows, against the National Spy. tern of Education.

The modifications introduced. by the Commissioners have e'riven them no reason to withdraw or qualify the. condemnation which they had before deliberately ante repeatedly pronounced. "The grounds on which One opposition was made to rest, were various. The undue prominence given to secular to the depreciation of' Ju- lie-ions instruction, the disregard shown. to the position and claims of the clergy of the Established Church, tending to throw the direction of national education- into the hands of the- priesthood of the Church of Rome, and other defect& asesd! evils both of the system itself and the machinery by- which it was to be worked, were urged asgrave.ebjectiosis against the proposed plan of education. While ita opponents differed as. to, the importance which was to be assigned to some of these objections, there was one upeatheparamountimportance of which all were agreed. The rule by which the Holy Sereptares were to be excluded from the schoole during the hours of general instruction was treated by all as so. fundamentally objectionable, that while this should continue to be the principle of the sy,stent they could not conscientiously connect their schools with it, even though all the other grounds of opposition were taken away." Before the new system, there was in school a Bible class; but now the Mlle is excluded from the hours of education. "And, morearer,, this great change was avowedly made. as a concession to the unlawful authority by which the Church of Rome withholds the. Holy Scriptures from its members. • • • The principle of the sufficiency. of Holy Scriptures; salt is maintained by our Churehoo a fundamental prin- ciple of the most momentous importance. It is by means of it that truth hasheen guarded and handed down to us by those who have gone before us. And it is by means of it we are to preserve this deposit of truth, and to defend and transmit it pure and unmutilated to those who are to come after us; while, on the other hand, it is by rejecting this principle that the Church of- Rome is able to retain and to defend its errors, its superstitions, and its usurpation% * * * They [the Bishopsi could not doubt that if they connected their schools with the Nite tonal System, and thereby entered into a compact to dispossess the Bible of the place which it had hitherto oectipied. in them, they would be, in the eyes. of the young net the old of both conunumens, practically admitting the tithe principles of the Church of Rome, and submitting to its tyranny, and abandoning the great Mind* of their own Church concerning the sufficiency and supremacy of God's y Word." The Bishops discum at some length the degree of deference to be shown to parental authority. At one time, they say, Roman Catholic parents were pre- pared to waist the prohibition to read the Bible; and they regret that success was not secured for that struggle by the countenance of the State. Parental authority is derived from God; and they cannot lend their assistance in positively enforcing it when contrary to the Word of God. They contrast the deeds of the Church Education Society with the results of the National System. "The immediate and chief object of this Society is to afford the means of religions education to the poorer children of our own communion. But an earnest desire being felt to ex- tend the benefits of the schools to other communions also, not only is the freest access given to all, but everything is done which can be done consistently with principle, to take away every hinderance to their availing themselves of the ad- vantages which they afford. While the reading of the Bible forms a portion of the business of the schools, in which all children, when qualified, are expected to take a part, the formularies of the Church are required to be learned by none ex- cept. the children of its own members. And although the attendance of Roman Catholic children at the schools of the Church Education Society fluctuates con- siderably, as ecclesiastical authority is more or less actively exerted to restrain it, yet on the whole there appears no room to doubt that united education has been effected in a much higher degree in the schools of this Society than in those of fee National Board.'

This protest is signed by the Archbishop of Armagh, Lord Primate, the Bishop of Kildare, the Bishop of Clogher, the Bishop of Kihnore, the Bishop of Down and Connor, the Bishop of Cork and Cloyne, the Bishop of Killaloe and Chenfert, the Bishop of Ossory and Ferns, the Bishop of Cashel and Waterford. The Bishops whose signatures are not appended are, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Meath, the Bishop of Lime- rick, the Bebop of Tuam, the Bishop of Derry.

Of the absent Prelates it is remarked, that

"Tim three first received their appointments at the hands of the Whig Ministry, and were of course notoriously favourable to the principle of the National System. The Bishop of Limerick (Dr. Knox) is, I believe, abroad, and has been for a long time incapacitated by ill health from taking any part in public affairs. The Bishop of Alsweb owes his elevation to the present Government; and, as Dean Stopford, was always considered to be hostile to the Board. On the other hand, it will be observed that Dr. TOnSOLI, who was raised to the see of Killaloe during the Viceroyalty of Lord Nornaanby, has appended his name to the protest."

Dr. Murray has transmitted the subjoined communication to the Dublin Evening Past-

" Viceregal Lodge, 15th January 1845.

"Lord Heytesbury presents his compliments to Archbishop Murray, and begs to inform him that he has been instructed to give to him and to Archbishop Crolly the strongest assurances on the part of the Government, that there has next resisted the slightest intention of entering into any negotiation with the Papal See, upon the subject of a concordat."

The usual meeting of the Repeal Association was held on Monday. The Secretary read a letter from Mr. O'Connell, enclosing, among other contributions," 11. from another little cherub of a granddaughter of mine, Bee. O'Connell, (Charles,) whom I forgot in my last list." He intended to be in Dublin on the 19th or 20th; "Yost may therefore announce the Liberator will attend:" He went on to discuss the "ludicrous state of ignorance of the public miters in England," as exemplified in the assertion that the fervent anxiety, of the Irish for Repeal has cooled down. "A nation wills itt A moral, a faithful, a persevering nation, wills it," &e. &c. 'The- first hour of England's Mfirrnity, from domestic or foreign causes, will assuredly he the last of Ireland's servitude." Next, a. letter was read from. Mr. Steele, announcing that as he had succeeded in tranquillizing Leitrim, he would direct his efforts to the county of Tipperary; also denying the, right of the Pope to make temporal laws for Ireland. Mr. Smith O'Brien moved scene rules for Repeal reading-rooms, with an allusion to Ireland's having in former ages been. the centre of civilization and learning. The motion. passed. Mr. O'Brien and others angrily alluded to the communi- cation from Rome produced by Dr. Crolly: some of the language that passed is worth quoting— Mr. Reilly, a. Town-Councillor, seid—" The Ministers, of England are sworn to hold no communication with Rome; and yet in the face of that oath ne- gotiations had taken place. Why had this intercourse with the harlot of the seven hills taken place?" The same speaker had the most profound veneration for the Pope" in his spiritual capacity"; "yet although he was a firm but very un- worthy member of the Roman Catholic Chnock, no. Protestant in the land would stand up MOM determinedly against his usurpation- of any temporal authorityy. In temporal matters, he vaned the opininn of his Holiness as little as he did that &tile Wert Peek" Mr.. Nugent declared,, that if the,Pope or any other foreign potentate. dared to interfere with his temporal allegiance, he should lift his hand in such a cause, and would oppose the aggression of the tyrant in every shape that opposition could be given. /th-. l'irlikvin asked of the Rescript„ was it "the voice of Peel, diluted through the lungs- of a Petre, that was governing the councils-of the Vatican?" 011tiont Neill said—" The questaon now is between the Pope and Repeal: give' me then Repeal at once, and no. Popery. I make no subtle distinctions-about temporal-amid spiritual matters: if the Roman Catholic. Church- will not 'go for Repeal,' down with her at once." He could tell them, thatif the Catholic priest- hood, who had speung from the people, werele desert, the cause of Repeal, their iinfiketice over their flocks would not be worth five minutes' purchase; and the people, no longer having respect for them, would instantly desert them. He did not say this by way of threat to the clergy. He concluded by likening thee Rescriptof the Pope to a mandate issuing from the bureau of the Grand Turk.

The rent of the week was 2W Seventh peer persona in the county of Kerry have recently been converted from Clatholieism-tethe Established Church; and the Dublin Staesmans a Tory paper, says that they have been shamefully persecuted. Lord Vestry, says the same joule* haebeen denounced from the altar; and has-been served with a notice that he will be shot "unless he removes the Reverend Mr. Gayer from Dingle," and discountenances the converts.

Six men have been arrested by the Ennis- Police, charged with the murder of Mr. Arthur Gloster.

The-widow of Mr. Samuel lifIern„ who was murdenel by a gun-shot wound as he was tealre,ssing, in his own house at bed-time, a short time since, has been ar- rested,, charged with aiding, and abetting, in the murder of her husband, and come mated to the, county-prison of Sligo.

It has been erroneonsly announced that there is a vacancy in therrepresentae tion of Desvispettrielt; Mr. Daviti tier, who died recently, having been confounded with his ses, the Member fir that borough.