The Augsburg Gazette of the 10th of July has a
letter from Dr. l3erclitold, in reply to Sir R. Blennerhassett'e protest in the Times against the appearance of his signature amongst those appended to the declaration of the " Old Catholics." Dr. Berchtold, who writes as the appointed re:ducteur of the document, deels,rea that "Sir Rowland attended the closing sitting of the Whitsuntide meeting, at which poin t by point the contents of the declaration, and the publication of the same, was resolved upon, with the further re- solution that after the final ,-eduction to zcriting, the names of all pre- sent should be forthwith affixed to the declaration. As Sir Row- land Blennerhassett never uttered any dissent from this resolution, nor claimed any exception for himself, we were not only," continues Dr. Berehtold, "entitled, but actually bound to add his name to ours." This statemeut has not as yet been contradicted, as far as we know, by Sir It. Blennerhassett, and if it be true, surely Sir R. Blennerhasselt cannot be absolved from a certain amount of Jesuit- ical reserve in his statement to the Times. The new Reformation will not do much if its leaders are not more heartily in earnest than reserve of this kind,—supposing it to have been exorcised,— would imply.
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