The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-25 00:00:00

hut, Hite manses only a port, he ought still to be regarded
ea guilty of the whine, since what he has confined proves
lim to be capable of guilt as to the other poitits of ineu-
Aad here the precept is to be kept in view, No 1.
us Is oblged to °oedema himself ; nese° tintuiprodere se
ipausit. Nonetheless, the judge ahou.d do a.l in his power
to induce the culprit to confess, since confession tends to the
glory of God. And, as the noised doe to the glory of God
I requires that no one particular should be oisitted—aot even
• mere attempt—so the judge is boned to put in force, not
only the ordinary means which the lequisition affords, but
whatever may inter into his thoughts as fitting to lead to a
confemaioe. Bodily torture has ever been found the most
salutary and efficient means of leading to spiritual repent-
ance. Therefore, the choice of the moat befitting rude of
torture is left to the jugs of the Inquisition, who determines
unrest, to toe age, the sex, and the constitution of tie
party. He will be prudent in its use, always being mindful,
at the same time, to procure what is required from it—the
(*erliegen°, the deliequent. If, notwithstanding the means
employed, the unfortunate wench still denies his guilt, he
is to be considered as a victim of the devil; and, as such,
deserves no compassion from the nta of God, nor the
pity er indulgence of holy Mother Church; he is a 800 of
pirditiu. Let him pe.isb, then, among the damned, and
let his place be no longer found among the living."
This most astounding page is followed by another, in
which is giving the mode of obtaining • conviction. Various
means are pointed out to establish the guilt of the prisoner,
and to declare him deserving the oondamnation of the
tribunal. For 'wimple, Talus is envied of having eaten
meat on Friday or Saturday. The Inquisition does not per-
mit the name of the aces..er to appear, neither those of the
wanner. The accusation is laid that Titius has eaten meat
in the house of Caine. &improving is the accuser, and he
summonses the family of Csius :o give evidence ;but at these
have been accomplices in the same affair, they cannot be
induced to depose against Taint; perhaps other witnesses
may be brought, who may be 'guilty incompetent. in
which cue the wary judge endeavours to draw (aim
the prison. r himself sufficient to inculpate vim. He
will first inquire respecting several other families the
points wbieh hi willies to know with regard to 'hat of Caine
He will try to learn at what other houses Tinos has been
accuetoseed to eat, in order to know concerning the house of
Caius when the meat was fano. Ihe aecusation sets loch
that on such a day, at each an hour, Titian wan to the
house o' Cans, when the wh de family were prevent, and
that all sat down to table, &e. If Titius admits all the
I.II4II.IIMAVILtiIIa Matters brought forward by the accuser with
inspect to time, place, and persons, but is silent, or denies
metirely, the only crime imputed to him, he stands convicted ;
UN accuser has no necesiity to bring forward witnesses ;
judgment is pronounced.
Whether English archbishops of the Roman
church are more tolerant, will appear in the subjoined
passage. Cardinal Wiseman has claimed the sanction
of the Almighty for the spirit of persecution.

CARDINAL WISEMAN'S TOLERATION.
I do not know what to think of the impudence of a vrtain
writer, unquestieashly not en ordinary perionage, who. e
short time ago, published an article in ti.e Dublin R. 'dem
(July 1850), entitled " The Icquieitioe," the object of which
wee to grenade the world that, after all, this I, quisition,
respecting which so esseh slim! clamour had ben, raised,
contained nothing but what might honestly be wondered
necessary for the present state of tacit ty ant the interests of
religion. Every religion, it wee stated, had been intolerant.
What by us, in the present day, it denominated intolerance,
"entered into toe very spirit of the Jewish religion."
(P. 4.13.) The learned writer, who by tno way, we vetity
believe to be at this present time a cardinal, and, to his
shame, en Englishman, leads the reader to the *orchid in
that the A.ni,stity himself, the true founder of the Jewish
religion, has countenaaced intolerance. He then grotty ds to
observe, "Of the five great religions which divided the
Gentile world—the Greek, the Roman, the Etyptain,
the Persiso, sad the Indian—there is no: •
which can claim exemption from the charge." (Th).
Ilia intereno., therefore, is, that it is no wonder that
Christianity also is in a similar state ; and this involves the
further conclusion that Christianity itself, in this respect, is
a system of religi is similar to these live great religious
systems which die ited the pagan worn. This is the doctrine
held out to no by a cardinal archbishop. Like the pre-
siding relinions,Ctrietisnity, according to him, has always
been more or It ss Intel, rant. With respect to papacy,
it is newt true that in practice it has always been more or
low so; but in theory it hn been always the same. In tact,
Thomas Airier, the leading theologian ant doctor of the
church of Rome, lays down the following doctrine, which
his eminence and others of his school Hem very ready
to act upon. "It is," says ho "much more grievous
to corrupt faith, which is the source and life of the soul, than
, to corrupt money. which but tends to the relief of the body.
Hence, if coincrs and other malefactors are justly put to
death by the arcu'er authority, moth mere may h• reties
cot only be excommunicated, but even justly put to &ails,"
For example, if you, reader, a Christian of Intelligent mint,
should deny that the bread and the wine, in conc.:pence
of a few words uttered over them, should cease to be actu
ally bread and winc,—yon, in that case, have corrupted
the faith of the Thoniesine whorl, which 111 that of the
Church of Rome; and the reverend inquisitor spretily lays
hold of ru, with sufficient tegument before Ida to condemn
lout, death for the giory of God.
In the course of Achilles residence at Viterbo, the
Inquisition vent to him no less than five women to
denounce their husbands. It is necessary here to ex-
plain that when dennliciatioce are enjoined under
circumstances where resort to a known inquisitor
would awake the suspicion of the victim, and perhaps
thwart the plot, the Inquisition grants to other per-
sons the privilege of receiving an accusation, coned.
Luting them sub-iaquisitors for that single case. Oa
one of these occasions a lady, of the wealthier class,
came, bringing a letter with the seal of the Inquisi-
tion. He is deep in the perusal of the letter, and is
aroused by a deep sigh ; the lady weeps. " Why do
you wee?, signora?" Tears and sobs are the only
reply. the reading goes on as she grows calm. The
letter begins : " In the name of God, Am., a certain
woman presented herself." (Proper names do not
appear before a temporary inquisitor.) "What mo-
tive boa induced ycu to denounce a person to the
Inquisition ?" "To save me from a hell." " What
hell ? " " The hell I experience on entering a church.
Not every one who enters finds it Paradise. God is
there, Jesus Christ, the most holy Madonna, saints,
angels, holy water, but I have no share in them."
" How is this ? " Hi re the lady prepares to beain
her tale of sorrow ; but was there no other price at
which to purchase peace—the privilege of confession?
to be a Christian most she consent to betray
another,—to betray the person whom in all
the world she beet loves, enjoined to do so by all
, law, human and divine ? She glances at her mar-
riage ring, and asks where in future she shall place
confidence. Can aul contradict himself ? Are there
two sets of laws, one natural and the other contrary
to nature? How could she return joyfully to him
who little suspected what the was doing, and call
him by the tenderest of names, until the day, or per-
haps the night, when the officers of the Inquisition
should stir.° him and take him sway to their dun-
geons. Bat if she refused? Then she was los' ;
neither pardon nor absolution for her ' • and her hus-
band lost, too; both excommunicated, and that be-
oam's she dreads to subject him to the bodily discip-
line of the church on earth! To his honour, Dr.
Achilli, not yet relieved from his conscientious diffi.
amities, still a true son of the church, yet refuses to be
a party to the system, advises the lady to return,
live with her husband, and change her confessor, and
then prays that she will not betray him for the ad-
vice he bad given. He afterwards learns that she had
come with the desperate resolution to obey the barba-
rous law of the church and then cemmit suicide,
leaving behind her a letter explaining to ter husband
the motives of the act. The lady lived with her hus•
band till death, and died heartily abjuring the errors
of Rome.
Soon after his appointment as rector of the monas-
tery called the Minerva, Achilli was called to act as
visitor of the convent of San Sabina. The subjoined
passage shows not only how faithfully he discharged
this duty, but gives as the impression of simple devout
minds on making an acquaintance with cloister life
W it is.