The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-27 00:00:00

fiIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THE EXTRAORDINARY ACTION BY A
SISTER OF MERCY.
In the House of Lords, Feb. 22, the Duke Argyll gave
notice thet he should introduce a bin for theof improvanuent Thui• remarkable and protracted ease was resumed
of edustion in Scotland. on Saturday morning for the fifteenth time, when the
. garl Granville announced that instructions had been re- same learned counsel were engaged.
mired from airborne, stating Mum, on account of Prince Dr Conntimaite, Rotnan Catholic Bishop of Beverley, en.
Leopold having been attacked with the dismiss that had &Mined by 11r. Russell, said . The convent of Hull and the
wire before !Mead his life in jeopardy, her Slajeste re- one that wite at Clifford were under my jurisdiction. As
gneted that she was unable to receive the Audi 055th ot tile oolniary lam superior of the convent. I lea to the oh'
Loris and Commons, as mmointed this day at Buckingham eervance of the rules and to the removal of any member of
palace Ile therefore moved that the Addresses be t•e- the community if her conduct Is such as to tend to the die-
turned Iny the bolds of the White Staves, which was union of the community life, even though in the individual
agreed to. there wa. not neceenarily any great fault. Habitual disregard
Esrl Russell merest for an account of the sums voted by of the rules woultt be a aufficient cause, 1n that it tends de
Parliament for the peewee. of national educatien in Frig- tartly to the destruction of unity and the extinction of the
und sad Wales between the 15t of January, 155.1, and the community; that would apply where the irreaehes did not
Ist of January, Mod. an estimate of the smlll derived from involve grave moral fault. Mere stall appeal from tiny de-
. temexiptions, school pence, and other sources for the vision or judgment to the metropolitan, and from him to the
same purposes and during the same period in England and Holy See. I must determine for myself the means, by
wale', stet a similar account and estimate for Scotland and judging of the evidence, and that might be obtained in ally
Ireland. manner I thick proper. Subject to the two appeals I
na, Karl de Grey and Ripon undertook to produce the have mentioned, I am the judge of the &WM:tenter of the
returns, and the those adjourned. cause of expulsion. I elesuld prefer to use the word the-
I n the House ssf Commons, notices were given on behalf of missal rather than expubsion, because the latter necessarily
Sir II palace that he will on an early day call attention to info'''ss a penalty.
the state of our relations with the United Ratner ; and by The Lord Chief Justice: Our old law term removal or
31r. Knatelibull-Hugemon, of a hilts introduce the prince amotin expresses everything.
pie of retire. ...Mete. int., Candy Finance , and Mr. Forster, Witness: The power of removal has nothing whatever to
while ruse eriug a ifuestion from Mr. limnilem, Mentioned do with Repents'.n of vows.
• 411eMeetelly that the grivernment would bring in • Kill I 0 The Lord Chief Justice: And that, I suppose, leaves her
prevent the spread ef Coutagiotts Diseases among Cattle, free to enter another convent, if she can obtain atimiesion
haluslieg otker diseases Weider. the Rinderp.st. elaewhere it—Witness i It prevents her coutinuing iii that
Sir . Ilmee announced that his Bill for the Better Preven- Meese, but It leaves the possibility of her entering another.
ton of crime, which he Was to have brought in that night, The vows taken by the sisters ere declared by the Holy See
would be transferred to the Lords, and would be moved to be simple vows.
In a few nights by the Lord Privy Seal, The Lerd Chief justice: What does that meant—Witness:
. The °Totter yDon Inquired of the Chief Secretary for It means that lithe vows are what are called solemn the dis-
Ireland whether the Government intended to navies her Destination is reserved to the Ilely See; but if not, and are
Majesty that the Royal clemency should be extended to temple, then they remain under the power of the bishop.
persons 'anew imprisonment or penal aservitude for The vow of chastity, however, is reserved to the Holy See in
offences of a political character In connexion with Ireland. every case. Obedience and poverty I can dispelsae with for
eir C. Fortescue mei thstt the qumtion had received the suftleient cause, and without any special restraint or
careful attention of the Government. The circumstances enthtnrisy from Rome. I was appointeti bishop of the
.of ate whole ef the convicts bow undergoing penal servitude diocese in le6l. The first important point—the clandestine
fur felenS and trea,glefdossP ils eminegion with the Fenian matters—was brought to my knewledge in the spring of
movement has been examined with a view to ascertain 3,1162. Father Mathews called on me respecting Sister
whether the clemency of the Cr,nwu should be ex- elary Scholastic,- first in March, and afterwards iu May.
tended to ally of them. The general result had been I set off for Rome on the 15th id May, and returned on the
to show there were some who could, with perfect 15111 of June. I don't remember ally negociattons up to this
safety, he discharged forthwith. The clams to which he time for removing Miss Semen to Bagut-street. Oil the 4th
referred tuight be described as partly young men, hot-headed of August, 18132, I received a letter from Mrs. Starr com-
ma easily led, literally the dupes md tools of others, and plainiug of the plaintiff's conduct, and stating that nego-
incapable, as far as call be ascertained. of doing mischief to elation& for her removal from the convent had failed. In
the public hereafter, if undirected. Altogether there were July, 1862, I was at the convent relative Go the reception of
el Fenian prisoners now under sentence; of these, 42 were a sister. On the 24th of September I received a letter from
in Australia and 39 ill Great Britain. Guided by the Sister Mary Scholastic. l the letter was remit in it she
tale he lead described, the Government had resolved, expressed a hope that she might be ab'e to get back to
after cleats scrutiny, uncomlitionally to pardon 411, of Begot-street, and complained that the mother had made
owel e 4 were in Australia and 15 ill Great Britain. mauy fatse charges against her. She denied that she took
' The remaining 32, of whom nine were In Australia and the anything from children, or interfered with novices, or cum-
lei at home, Mantled almost all the chief leaders and plainest of her dress; and that, although she loved her
"mews of the Fenian movement. and, as they must be 'went., she had &Indented from writing ttn them for two
. deemed responsible for the attempted revolution during the years, in Mahone° to the rev. mother. She admitted she
lest two or three years. the tiovernmeut did not believe it had acted wrong in writing the letter to her uncle ; said
could, consistently with flute and a due regard for public site had done her best to attnle for it, and she expressed a
. estfety, recommend their discharge; indeed, the Govern- hope that when the bishop had heard her explauation he
' meet had . reason to believe these men would refrain, if would forgive her, and that she would, undergo any
liberated, from attempting to renew their enterprise penes.° 'the letter showed several inaccuracies in mei-
' Mr. Hardy asked whether the prisoners to he liberated ling. I never showed the letter to anyone until May, 1868.
Is Austral& would be left there or brought back to this Upon its receipt I determined to make a visitation, and I did
emintry at the expense of the Government. so about the 25th Novemeer. I went with thedetermination ,
Me C lorteseue said he would prefer answering that mem- of not letting them miner that I hatt any other object than ass 1
ties to-morrow. fletuelder. ordinary visitation. Ordinarily speaking a visitation oecupies
Mr. Gladstone explained that, owing to the serious illness two half days and the while of the intermediate day. The
of Prince Leonetti, lier Majesty would not be able to come visitation consists first in seeing they have all the apirituall '
to town, as proposed, to receive the House of Commons, and requirements for celebrating worship ; autt, secondly, to
it would he necessary, therefore, that the Address should be know lithe rules are being kept by the whole of the sisters ;
presented in the usual manner. and, thirdly, whether there are any complaints. I see every
lu Committee of the e hole House leave was given to Mr. sister by herself, and hear what rho has to say. I came to the
Gladstuue to bring in Is 13111 to amend the Political Pen- conclusion after that visitation that, I had heard nothing that
sems Act of 1e34, and to Sir W. Lawson to iutroduce a could authorise me conscientiously to takefurther steps then.
Bill to enable owners and occupiers of property In cer- I was satisfied with the general observance of the rules, and
tam districts to prevent the common Sale ot Intoxicatieg on all points excepting one, about which I welded to know
Liquors the most, vie , in reference to Sister Mary Scholastics. I was
A drat reading was given to two Bills introduced by Mr. unable to come to any conclusion Menet her, and I hoped
Reaches to provide for Uniformity of Assessment of Rateable things might mend. In 1063 1 had all enormous emount of
Property in the Metropolis, and for a eentmen basis of value other 'Motu, in 160.1 and 150 I was ill. 11l 1864 1 wrote
tor the purpose. of Government and local taxation in Eng- to Sire Starr to allow the brother to see hie Mater. .1 re-
land caved an tumwer from her but I have out been able to find
Mr lil'Evoy re-introduced his Bill for the repeal of the it. )A copy was read in the courae of the trial made from
Ecclesiastical 'titles Act, with 110 opposition except a brief Mrs. Starr's notes, in which, in vindication of herself, she
but vigorous protest from Mr. Newdegate. made complaints again of Miss Saurin.) 1n April, 1865 I re-
Sir W. Lass-sea, in committee of the whole Ihalse, moved ceived a letter front Mrs. Starr offering her resignation. 1
that the chairmen be directed to move the House that leave answered it Cu the 30th, asking what the potints of difference
he gives to bring ins bill to enable owners and occupiers of were, and she replied on the tat of Slay. I received a letter
property in certain districts to prevent the vommon sale of front Father 31athews informing me that he had received a
ntomeating liquors within such districts. note from Sister Mary Scholsetica, asking him to visit her,
The motion was agreed to, and the Rouse afterwards ad- and complaining of Mrs. etarr's conduct. In the letter of
plumed. the lot of May Mrs. Starr mentions breaches of the vows,
and her conduct with regard to the school children. I wrote
in the HOW, of Lords, Feb. 23, the Marquis of Clanth her that I was going to visit Ireland on the Ilth of elay,
etude rose to ask what measures relating to Ireland, and ,and that I would try and see Father Mathews. I hoped
more partieularly to law reform, her Majesty's Slinieters in- during the time I was in Ireland I should be able to me
tena to propose to Parliament in the present Resat n. After Father Mathews awl arrange for her resew." My health
referring to several Acts requiring alteration, the noble was bad there, and I was unable to do anything. I received
Marquis proceeded to speak of the Inankruptcy law, and on the Bth of August, 1865, a letter from Mrs. Starr, stating
argued that Mr. Motfatt's bill of last session ought to be ex- that Father Saurin siesuld see his sitter as often and for as
Weed to Ireland. long a time as he wished, and that if she had all opportunity
Earl Urmville stated it was not the intention of the Irish of speaking to him she would advise her removal. 1 also re-
department to Introduce any measure relating to the laws ceived by the saute post letters from the slaters at Hull. (The
of bankruptcy; but there were one or two other bills welch letters have been eireatly read.) I wrote on the tills of Aug.
had Peen prepared, such as affected the gratei jury laws, and to Mrs. Starr. and I received the letter of the 15th of Aug.
&leo erne relating to the prisons in Ireland. If It were possible fnen her in which she charges the plaintiff with theft, alai
to do so, those bills would both be introduced into this desirml the sisters to make notesof their individual experience.
.house. The noble lord concluded by introducing a bill for I heard that Father Saurin was about to visit Hull, and 1
carrying Into effect the recommendations of the Corn- wrote him on the 21st Aug., asking him, as it was desirable
mistieners concerning the law courts; in Ireland. his sister should leave, that he slionlii take charge of her, and
The Earl of Kimberley stated that a hill which had been thatherdowry would be repaid her. On the eOlll Aug. I received
introduced into the House of Common, had been withdrawn the steps:stabiliser the sisters, but not Mrs. Stare's, and I wrote
to give their lordships some occupation, and he therefore to her to forward it to me with all the notes and papers that
Aare notice that en Friday next he should call the attention could be got. I had gravely considered the matter before I
of the Home to the necessity of further meatures for the re- wrote the letter of the 21st August to Father Saurin. I
'Weskit' of crime, and he should take the opportunity of ex- thought that if I could stutetly arrange with her friends for
efplaining a Intl on the subject, her removal I could conscientiously do so, ea the peace of
• Their lordships then adjeurned. the community seemed to require it. On the 14th of Sep-
. In the House of Commons, Mr. Maguire gavenotice that at tember I received a letter from Father Faurin, asking for
..an °nifty date he should ask the chief Sessretary for Ireland my merciful care Mr his sister. I was away in the north,
.pbether in the case of the prisoners who have not been and did not see him when he came to Hull. On the 15th of
eve...tied to the Royal clemency, giving their amnrance September I wrote to lather Ste enews regretting I was un-
that they would Cot again disturb the velem peace, the able to see him when in helms', and stating that it was
government would recolinnend that the Royal clemency be necessary I should take the initiative with regard to Miss
ectended to them. Sanrin's renewal, it being necessrry for the peace of the corn-
Sir 0. Jeinkinson asked the Secretary of State for the Home I munity. I received a letter on the 15th of September from
Departmens whether he had obtained further infonnat ion in I Mrs. Starr stating that lether Saerin theileed the diap.sa.
reference to the case of a girl under fourthrut years of age, j then of his sister, and Isis refusal to take her away, lett would
who was taken away LIM, week tram the Girls' Refuge at prehr its being settled by her uncle. tither eornespondenee
White by the sheriff's ullicers, for a suppesed debt of paseett. I had nestle up soy mind slut it was 1 eeessary for
'153 Ils 2.1., anal eon, eyed to Wisitecrom-street Prises., and the seise of tee imminently that Mess Sturm should leave.
detained there : and whether, if that statement were true, on pith of september, 1e65, I received the following letter
Any person had committed a breach of the law in so arrest- front Father Sanrin 5
ing mid detaining such girl: and, if so, whether he "My
intended to take any further steps iu reference to the Lord—l waited two days at Hull, and received your
letter. Mrs Starr assured me the crimes of which you
matter. absolved my darling sister were grave faults against vows
Mr. Bruce sail the gal had been arrested under a mistake and rules, as If coarse they would be. Of course. alm, they
as to her age. With respect to the large nitnestien involved ot were known to you, and from you I was to learn them ; bet
this nether, he could not speak with autherity himself, but in the uncertainty as to ehether I theuld see yea, I saw my
_he had cuusulted the text hooka and found that all infant poor darling, awl interrogated her, under the Secresy of my
could he arresetd uns a writ of capiatt, and might be outlawed priestly charac en, when she revealed a mystery that exceeded
Ii above the age of twelve years, and below that age if a all the horrors I ever heard or knew. iler stems is equal to
female. 'treater'. anything I saw in the lives of the sends, and the horrors
Viscount Bury asked leave to bring in a bill to repeal see- of whielt she has been nude the victim far maimsa my-
tem twenty-six of the Act of the sixth year of Queen Anne, thing that has entered the minds of the moat fanatical
chapter sevesn, ratedilg to the re-election of manners accept- enemies of the convents. Under one operation, which w.
tug °like under the Crown, repeated four Unless, ' I hesitated tot. a moment,' add she,
Mr. Whe e thought the preposition a very mischievous ...hell Chnst, es it were, eppeeresl to see, hound and It ipped
one, anst prejudieirl to the poetic interest. It would inter-
at t
fere with the rights of the people, and prevent them ratify- 1 he pillar. I relied my eyes to heavese and the reverend
I mother steel, 'See how her eyes turn.' I thought my hotly
. log their choice. If the bill were to he passed, he thought, i was falling to piecce, and I cried aloud, ' Yes, 1 wIU, 1 and—
with %noble lord, that it would form a " Mater for tergiver- 1 ain mem, ow saerifice. ' While telling me this, my lord, I
sateen, sad a shield for apostacy." saw she was falling against me, and you may guess what
Mr. Vernon Harcourt expressed his vehement dissent was my struggle and nip pain to seem unmoved. tier crimes
from the proposal. lie could not forget that the principle are those of n brist, my lord, by whom she is ever physically
was coeval with the system of Parliamentary Government. sustained. Sine is starved and naked, for her covering Iny
The pretend° was laid in WS. He trued the progress of I mght and by day lege.. She has hews watched, lest she
.the leis relating to re-election, aed add he was at a loss to I might eat the breed of the poor children, and, altlmegli
',conceive u hat were the groinwis for the change prepused to i starved, she made up her mind to Re rather than taste a
be tutroduced by the noble lord What he proposed was that ! morsel of it. She has been dexterously kept away from any
aehmsge of Government should take place without re-election. interview with your lordship, and she knows she is dying.
Tle slid it was in the statute of Queen Anne that they hails for of course she would rather die ten thousand times than
guarans see against the iutrod eaten of political intrigue into leave the convent or commit one single stn. She has hue
the House of Commons, and he considered that a stifficimst kept in absolute silence, my lurd, anti no one allowed to
esteem why they ahould not abolish the principle. The speak to her during two years, her greatest dread beiog lest
principle, he thought, ought to be jealously maintained, she should loose her reason under tills cross. The train is
. Atter sowe remarks frmn. Mr. Locke Itleg, Colonel Sykes, going my lord, and you will pardon this scrawl. slrs. Starr
Sir 11.1,4, mid Mr. Kinnaird. has too solid reasons to try and keep poor darling sister net
Lord Bury corrected ssnme misstatements made by some of of Begot-street, and the has scrupled snot to murder her soul
the hon. members In referring to the primary introduction and body to gaiu that eat. Adieu, my lord, protect my
of such a hill, awl he trusted the House would allow him to poor darling saint—Ever yours truly,
lay the bill upon the table. " MATHEW SAURIN, S. J.
Mr Gimlet.° recommended his noble friend that he "Leeds, Springfteld, Sept. 16, 1865,"
should not press the nestion at the preeent moment.
The contents of the letter conveyed to mean absurd made-
L. est Bury then withdrew his motion.
Sir ST L spes
present mo u moved i asm Royal Commission to inquire up story. There was a passage in the letter that eirs. Starr
Into the ant and incidence of local taxe4 with a , had not scruWed to murder his dear sister in body and
view to their readjustment At the outset Sir Massey s smile After dos I thought of a mnmnession, because Father
entered at length into the statistics ..if local taxes, which he Munn had disputed the ditheneation, atM from the strange
traced through their grasitial increase from year to year. statements he had masle tin loq letter to me. Afterwards
The Per Rete and County Rate, for instance, had risen from Father Swain returned mc. the tiMiz Mien, and refused to
11.727,000 in 1776 to £10,805,0e0 in 1867. The whole amotmt satin the thr matter. I afwar Mre • 'lva. a letter from Mrs.
el local taxati 5.2
on he calculated at 1,000,000—just half of Starr, dated ISth of September, int whicbut thrtt the facts will
h she Mated that the
the aatioimi expemliture setting aside the payment of the commim
tterion will be paim ainful for them,
dated that th isters w p ying
Befit d— an this he showed was levied exclusively on stand." )The le ife sere ra
.03,000,0055, or on one-seventh only of the annual income of daily for Miss Sanrin's speedy and secret removal to tee-
the courdty. He dilated with much force en the it4ustice a vent a scantiale),,_(The. cerreeteoTndence
end totter
latt f it
h already put its and
placing all these chargee on the lansl—the result td which, reed was again r seen to the jury., e er os:
he maintaineel, way to discourage the investment of capital Father Alathews called
bacag k upofrom b
nme at Leeds. i felt it neces-
in the land, to the improvement re and entry to keep nothing hint, ut to tell him the
•if the cotnditiocheckn of the lab of agri cultu
ouritng cheses. The effect of a whole of th a e ecueations ainst his niece, anti I rea dtnt o hi
Cutumission, he expected, wonld be to prove the grievance tointeowilxilegff thwl e 1 p sitions now in court, except a short one
1 t'it!tinf left hecause a third perm. was
and to suggest a remedy. mentioned. I did not consider the charges with reference
Themotton was semnded by Mr. C. Se Read.
" Mr. Goschen, replying for the Government, maintained to the priests ether than for...Riess of manner. After I
u_ Father Mathews said it was a gsnt-up
that local awl Imperial taxation could sent he separated, and
that to refer local taxation M a R sysal fewnna.ion would hcoan'srepiVetykein tr
ig.hinn nteSl teett we would have a commis-
virtuaily i.e Wenner the Chancellor of the Exchequer's eion, awl we !tte'fest'):lit'eltly. s'ettled there theuelim one. lather
Mathews asitml If he might hrom one or two Irieh orients
ulget to that tribunal. 'the House of ['anemone was the
whom he mentioned, Dr. Ghanian. being one. I said he
onlYtorly to decide on such a question of policy, and returns
Now int preeeeration would shortly put the House in a better Ini.ght have either. . Ile then, to my astonishment, naked (nor
thee frappe, a priest at Hull I granted it. I had named
posltles to unaentand the Incidence of local taxation. It It
In'i a member, but when he was written to he replied that
ehosibi turn out that eil) kind of property wee taxed for Meal
he a. obliged to go that day to his niece's marriage In
pupeees unfairly 1n relation to its contributions to Impena
uld be the duty f Pszliament to
consermence of my intention of appointing Father Piirter net
hardens, it wo o apply a
thought it onl fair to Miss Sanrin that Father Mathews
remedy. Mr. GeSchen admittesi that the question which
ffect...tit town and etruetry equally, must be dealt svith should name Lothar friend. }either Mathews suegested
e
speedily. It oceupied now tho attention of the Government that as lather teatimes.° was the confessor of the convert,
not to en the eommsiso renn.i .
hut It must be dealt with by Parliament. and not by an lore- Ii
silt
er Port he
er's uanne baler meleeis ... . Id not et
I do not believe the
sponelhie teibunel like a Reyal COnalliallion
After a few remarks from Mr. Liddell, Mr. Whalley, and subject of Imw the examination was to hoeonducted was
mentioned—that the witnesses were to be examined on oath
Sir. NoWitairate, and that rather Mathews was to have liberty to cross-
Mr. GlAistme said that if the Government had desired
:amine the sisters. To the best of my recollection nothing
to shelve the quertion for half-aelosen years they tvi-iuld eof the kind took place. On the 2nd Nov. I received a letter
have made no difficulty in assenting to a Royal Commis-
from Father Mathews stating that Dr. O'llanlon would act
elen ; tut, on the contrary, they were conscious that this
th o
eriesets,n stood early on the list for settlement, and as noon s, on
the e cmmis
Mathews tsion, and I replied. accepting him, and asking
Far o make arrangements for Inc removal of
the Irish Church question was settled it would be one of
his niece should the decision of the commission he adverse
their first duties to deed with it, to her I gave him notice in November that Father Porter
Ale Ward limit reconusended Sir M. Lopes not to press
would:he mi the COMMIS9IOII, awl I have no recollection of
Ids motion, as his object was virtually gained after the
hM ever tedecting to him. I should have had no objection to
imPostant declaration just Made by the 'lender, and the
name another. In December I was constantly nervier, about,
rention was conseq
ght a Bill for t
uently withdrawn. but M January I wrote tel Father Slathews naming the
Mr Monk Inreu ill exensible to those
employed in the Poet-oftice and Customs the same electorial members of the commission.
prinleges as he Mat year obtained for the Excise officers. 3fr. Justice H
Hannan having come on the bench to confer
A first reading'as Oven to the Saaiester-General's UM- wih t the ford Chief Justice,
trashy Testa Repeal Bill :to a Bill brofight itt by Mr. His Lordship akesi when the evidence for the .1 to was
Oelateitsty to extend to Ireland the provisions of the eth of likely to close t
tee. IV. cap. 6, prohibiting the issue of pthinsissery betel Mr. Mellish; Not to-day; and I understand there is evi-
m ,
under a limited sash' awl Mr. Baines reintreductel the Libel deuce to be called in reply.
Bill, ~f which Sir C. taughtco had charge last year, and the 'the Solicitordieneral said that was so.
The lord thief Justice mid his rearon was to arrange
House afterwards adjourned.
smeemg emeee public businees at Guildhall. The two learned judges now
In the Houle. of 1:0111111011S, S'elr. 24, 31r, II Prnidiess hail to go on circuit early in the week
for leave to bring in a bill for the assimilatbrin id the law for
Mellish Said be ilid not think the case would he
the relief of the poor In Ireland to that of England, by gut,
finished before the end of next week.
stituting an uniou ratting for the Meseta eystesu of rating by
The Lord Chief Justice said the misfortune was that this
electeral dwell ~,, s. ot only stopped the
Leave wall given, and the bill was Introduced and read a case hail n Madness In this court, but .01
Guildhall also. He supposed they must shut up shnp in the
first time.
On tile motion of The °Toner Don, retorns were Ordered City laughter).
4.1 all the official appoitstmenta made by the lutegovernMelst Witness continued : I framed a course of proceedings for
the commtnity to adopt. The seat.tary nettle by direction
ine Ireland from the Ist to the loth day of December, 68 lB,
an analyst. of the case. The seceettuy took the °v
b ier of pro-
. tabular forte ; the name t d the persons appointed ; the
edure
The cusumunity with the exception of Father
the depositions, and the analysis of the case to the
nti natitre a salaries of the office.; the slates of the several nt
appointments 1 the names of the previous holders of these 'd the
,
by Porter
noth, did not know the purposes of the commission. I
felines ; how the vaetalcies worn created ; and, if emoted
knew ing of Father Pm tee's connexion with the convent,
rmiguation, the date of the reeignatenn. ot aware that I ever intended logo to the 00515115i1051
lon the motion of Mr. Loeh, rarer. were ordered to be
11:cmatun I wietwd to leave it entirely free. The eons:Masi.
ma Is by the silien•iff Clerk of ...may in Motland, of the
number of petitions fer fiesinestration tor rent of altrienl- met e'en the 100 of Jallllary , awl I received the report on the
Itch. On the 13th I communicated the result to lather na-
tural subject. since the passinf sd the Act e 0 and 31 Vic. c.
41, for amending the law of lypothee ;of the number of t.newe, it•itli a request that he would greedily remove her
see It petitions on Marmots for sale had been granted ; and, according trs promise, and spare tile the necessity' of acting.
tot Gm number of case. in wbich the amount of rent in ar motions reference to another
_ If slm Mullett the convent without diapensation. Mel it had
tear at,ettled £lOO, hetweets 450 and I:100; between 42e he en nec,essary to consider the
awl eeo : between 0,10 and e 25 ; mai below .ElO iluicese, I should have had no power In the matter, but the
lint the motion of Mr. T. einambers, the following members other bishop would have Mel t I had
o Inquire Otto it. no
feeling whatever afeaMst the plaintiff.
~1 the selt•et comunittee to insethe as to the alleged parts- Iny the Solicitor-General: It might he my
meintssey distpialthcatien of Sir Sydney Hedley %Valerie w
duty to remove a peson from a Community for the sake of
easier the statute 22.1 Geo. erd., c. 4 nmm
5, were oated .
ace, upon charges of which she was not guilty; lint In that
.
The Lord Advsseate, Sir. Thomas Chm abers, Sir. Brand, pe
cam it would he to another community, but if she was not
ele Ileadlara, Mr. Hathorne Hardy, Mr. Henley, and Mr.
received she would have to remain. It would be difficult
Pemberton. o remove her then, Some risk to the peace of the cont.
On the motion of Mr. Corrance, the ((Allowing returns Were
t ruunity in that case would have to be run. I am the Bole
ordered ;--Of the number of married persons aged sixty
judge of those matters, as superior. There is no rule about
years and upwards who may have occupied common apart-
it, hot tradition.
me during 1867 hemo withM any µMon home, in pursuance of the
num Act 10
Ihe bent Chief tine :It equally follows that without
afel 11 Vie. c 109, 1. 27, ;et t total ber of
23 Toner Coll9Bllt a member gould be put out without your know-
t :timer children receiving education ander the Act 22 and
Vic. c 29, a Ifl. ; unt of the compel-Wye number of i _es 7
e:tiltne. : Ves eimply removing her without dispense-
paupers retie,. in the borough and county unbein houees
smee the Acts 21 and 25 Vic. c. 1-.% a. 2te and 29 ss ie. c. s 9, tMn, and withold provision for the future, emetic:Lily dis-
qualseed her from entering another convent. I dispensed
s 0; exclasive of the metropolis, and the House afterwards
her from her Vows for her future goed to give her freedene
adjourned. My desire was to put her lea favourable position if I essubt.
I implied to Kome in June for power to dispense her, be-
" Mew I should proheirly require to use it. Ido not remem-
ber that I told Father btathewa that I had reproved Mr.

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Why Sin-sin-naughty, to be sare.—Pussch.