The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

THE MAJOR EXCOMMUNICATION.

" May the numerous patriarchs and prophets accuse
him ; may he likewise be accursed by St. John Pre-
cursor, who poured the water of baptism over Christ.
May he be accursed by St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Andrew,
and all the apostles and other disciples of Christ, and
by the Four Evangelists, whose words has converted the
world !

"Be he accursed by the marvellous troop of martyrs
and confessors, who have been acceptable by their good
works; be he accursed by the chorus of sacred virgins,
who have despised the goods of this world for the sake
of Christ ! Be he accursed by all the saints who have
been acceptable in the eyes of God, from the beginning
of the world to the end of centuries. May he be accursed
by heaven and earth, and everything holy that dwells
therein !

"Be he accursed wherever he may be, whether in his
house or in his field, on the high road or the bye-path,
in the forest, in the water, or in Church !

" Be he accursed in his life and in his death, eating
or drinking, sating his hunger or slaking his thirst, fast-
ing, sleeping, watching, standing, working, or riding.
"Be he accursed in every part of his body, both
inside and outside, in his hair, and in his brain. . . .
May not one single part of his body be sound, from the
apex of his head to the sole of his feet.

"May Christ, Son of the Living God, curse him with
all the might of His Majesty ; may heaven rise up
against him with all the virtues that dwell therein, and
may he be doomed to eternal damnation unless he amend
and repent. Amen, Let this be done, let this be done.
Amen!"

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The Channel fleet has returned from Lisbon.
The deaths in London last week rose to 1,708.
Lord Aberdeen is well enough to receive visits from
his old political friends.
The committee on the organisation of the war
department is to be re-appointed.
We regret to announce the death of the Hon. Victor
Alexander, " Master of Kinnaird," eldest and only sur-
viving son of Lord Kinnaird.
Mr. Grant, late paymaster of her Majesty's ship
Britannia, will be attached to the suite of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales during the forthcoming
visit of his royal highness to Canada.
WRECKS.—According to the Skipping Gazette the
number of wrecks during the month of March was 166.
In the month of January there were 229, and in Feb-
ruary 154, making a total during the present year of 549.
On Saturday notice was received that, in consequence
of the illness of his family, Sir John Lawrence would
be unable to visit Glasgow on Tuesday. The presenta-
tion of the freedom of the city to him is consequently
postponed.
The Emperor of Russia has announced his intention
to convene a representative assembly for the Grand
Duchy of Finland in the course of 1861. This will he
the first assembly of a parliamentary kind that has ever
met in Russia.
The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada's traffic returns
for the week ended 10th ult. amount to £13,189 ls. 2d.,
over 970 miles open; the amount for the corresponding
week of last year having been £9,284 Os. 64d., over 880
miles ; increase, £3,905 Os. 8,1 d., and 90 miles.
" VERY LIKE A IVH ALE."—It is reported that over-
tures have been made to the men of the Tipperary
Artillery, the early disembodiment of which is expected,
to emigrate to New York, become United States citizens,
an
itd join a Papal brigade which is being organised in that
cy
The Right Hon. Lord Chelmsford, we (Essex Herald)
learn, with the same feeling for the town which induced
him to come to this locality for his title of nobility, has
signified his consent to become President of the Chelms-
ford Literary and Mechanics' Institution—a post left
vacant by the late Bishop of Rochester.
New York is not without its Spurgeon. A very
young preacher, the Rev. Henry Grattan Guinness,
preaches every Sabbath at the Opera House " to sinners
only." Some 6,000 people heard him on last Sabbath.
He did not fail to make good Spurgeon-like use of the
associations that belonged to the place of meeting.—
Letter from New York

A letter from Utah gives an account of a curious social
party, which began with a prayer by the Prophet Young.
Brigham then opened the ball by dancing in the first
quadrille, and closed it with another prayer. The party
was confined to the elite of the Church. Tickets, two
guineas, and the crinoline limited to two specimens for
each saint.—Letter from New York.

WAS THE MINISTER DRUNK ?—A libel has been
served on the Rev. Mr. M'lntosh, the minister of Kil-
finan, charging him with repeated acts of drunkenness.
There were in the libel eight charges of drunkenness,
extending over a period of fifteen months. The evidence
given in this case affords some curious instances of the
standard of drunkenness in the minds of some people.
One witness said, " I do not say he was drunk, but I
say he was intoxicated with liquor." Another says—
" He was not dead drunk, but he was certainly in an
unclerical state." And a third witness said, "He was
not what I could call drunk, as I suppose a drunken man
lies down and cannot stand, but I think he had drink
upon him." A minority of the Presbytery proposed to
find none of the charges proven.
LOVE AND SUICIDE.—A very melancholy event took
place at York on Monday morning. A young lady
njmed Mary Lowther, of Lytham, near Howden, was
visiting a relative, Mrs. Wray, of Heworth. It is under-
stood that she had formed an attachmet4 of which her
friends disapproved, and that in consequence she had
recently been in a desponding state of mind. On Sun-
day evening she retired to bed with Mrs. Wray, and in
the morning (about two o'clock) she was missed. It
was then found that she had dressed, and left the house.
An alarm was raised; and her bonnet and skirts being
found on the banks of the river Toss, near to Monk

Bridge, men V were employed to drag the river. Her
body was found about seven o'clock the same morning
in the river, and was removed to an inn adjoining.
STATUE OF GENERAL HAVELOCK.—The model for
the intended statue of Sir Henry Havelock, in Trafal-
gar-square, has been completed by Mr. Behnes, the
sculptor, and has been exhibited in his studio. The
figure stands about twelve feet high—and is calm, erect,
simple, and composed. The wonderful eye, dark and
full, that spoke the ardour, the fire and purity of his
soul, must be imagined, but there are the features of
the hardy and experienced veteran stamped in every
lineament with his characteristics, while the lofty head
and expansive brow denote the higher traits of piety
and intelligence. It is in truth a noble head, and in
every way worthy of the Lawrence of sculptors. The
statue is expected to be placed on its site, the eastern
side of Trafalgar-square, in the month of August.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Tuesday
morning, between twelve and one o'clock, a fire, involving
the loss of a child's life and a serious amount of property,
took place on the extensive premises of Messrs. A. & C.
Brown, tallow melters, 14, Wilstead-street, Sorrier's Town.
At the time of the outbreak of the fire the inmates were
in bed and asleep, but a policeman, named Pallet, noticed
the smoke and raised an alarm. He succeeded in getting
into the house, and awoke Mrs. Brown, and a servant.
In bringing them down stairs, however, they were
overpowered by the smoke, and fell. Two more police-
men were, however, by this time on the spot, and with
their assistance the women were rescued. A child, four
years old, belonging to Mrs. Brown, was burnt to a
cinder, the remains of the body being subsequently
found.

RIFLE SHOOTING IN SWITZERLAND.—On the 10th,
lth, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th of June next
,he first Tir Cantonal will be celebrated with more

than usual eclat at Geneva. Subscriptions and gifts
of various kinds for prizes have been and are in
the course of being collected for it. The committee
of the Carabiniers Genevois invite any of the Eng-
lish riflemen who may be so disposed to come and enter
into a friendly combat for superiority with the Minie
rifle. The whole will conclude with a grand fete and
ball, to which the riflemen will be invited, and it will
have all the characteristic features of a Swiss national
festival. I shall be glad to furnish all persons who may
be desirous of accepting this amicable invitation with the
rules and regulations of the Tir.—CHARLE6 VANSITTART.
3, Quai du Mont Blanc, Geneva, March 29.
GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.-Mr. Tom Taylor
occupied the chair on Monday evening, at a dinner at
the Freemasons' Tavern, attended by the supporters of
this fund. Amongst the company were Mr. Justice
Haliburton, M.P., and Colonel Lindsay, with Mr. Buck-
stone, Mr. Wigan, Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. T. P.
Cooke, Mr. Compton, and other distinguished members
of the theatrical profession. In proposing the loyal
toasts, the Chairman remarked that her Majesty the
Queen, who had sent, for the thirteenth time, an annual
subscription of £lOO to the General Dramatic Fund, was
in every. way a kind and liberal patroness of the theatre,
having inherited that taste for the drama which belonged
to her family; and by her frequent presence at the
London theatres, and by the performances at Windsor
Palace, she afforded it the countenance of her personal
example. Mr. Buckstone, the honorary treasurer, in
replying to the toast in honour of the institution, stated
that the capital of the Theatrical Fund now amounted
to £12,000; that during the last year eleven annuities
of from £6O to £9O had been granted ; besides which
the funeral expenses of three deceased members had
been paid, and sundry other small sums, and £260
had, been voted towards the building of the Dramatic
College .

The following is the tol.T ,Major
of the
individual
Ett ffms f
specially excommunicated flit Cittifflt
Rome. (It would seem, however, frhtri
letters from RoMe that the hull of excommtiiiica-
fidn up in Rome was general and declara-
tory ; it mentioned no one by name, but stated
that the actors, aiders, and abettors of the revolt
of the Romagna had incurred the censures of the
Church) :
" In the name of Almighty God, the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost, of the Holy Canons, of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of all the celestial
virtues, of the angels, archangels, thrones, dominions,
powers, of cherubim and seraphim, of the holy patri-
archs and prophets, of all the apostles and evangelists,
of the holy innocents, who alone were found worthy to
sing the new canticle in presence of the Eternal, of the
holy martyrs and blessed confessors, of all holy virgins,
and all the saints chosen by God.
"We excommunicate and anathematise this robber
and malefactor, and sequestrate him from the paths of
the Holy Church of God, in order that, condemned to
everlasting torments, he should be ingulphed with
Borah, Dathan, and Abiram, and with those who dare
to tell the God of Might, 'Withdraw Thyself from us,
for we will not know Thy way. And in the same
manner that fire is quenched by water, thus be his soul
quenched throughout the eternity of time, unless he
amends and come to resipiscence.
Be he accursed by God the Father, Creator of man-
kind ! Be he accursed by God the Son, wbo has suf-
fered for mankind ! Be he accursed by the Holy Ghost,
who has 'descended upon him by baptism ! May the
Holy Mother of God, Mary, ever virgin, accurse him!
May St. Michael, the guardian and protector of sacred
souls, accurse him ; and may he also be accursed by all
the angels, archangels, princes, and powers, and all the
heavenly host.