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London, England, 1860-06-14 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14.

ON Monday last the Norwich magistrates were
occupied all day in investigating the details of an
extraordinary attempt recently made by certain
Romish priests to withdraw a boy of good family
and large expectations from the control of his
friends and natural guardians. The case well
merits investigation, not only for its own
sake, but as an illustration of a system
which there is too much reason to be-
lieve is extensively pursued in this country by
the more determined and unscrupulous agents of
the Romish Church. The inquiry into the facts of
the case la indeed not yet concluded, and we have
no wish to anticipate the decision of the judicial
tribunal on these facts, so far as the legal question
at issue is concerned. But quite enough has been
already disclosed to enable us to form a decided
judgment on the general merits of the case. Whe-
ther the legal offence be fully proved against the
delinquent& or not, their moral guilt will remain
the same. On this latter point we apprehend there
will be little difference of opinion amongst right
thinking Englishmen, Catholic as well as Pro-
testant.

The facts of the case are soon told. Mr. VAX.
auras;, the member for Windsor, has an only
son, now between fifteen and sixteen years old.
In his evidence before the magistrates his father
describes the boy as being naturally weak-minded,
always delicate in health, and easily influenced. He
is also, we believe, the heir of considerable pro-
perty in his own right. This youth was originally
intended for the navy, and his father had obtained
• nomination for him, but the preliminary exami-
nation proved too severe for his slender powers,
and he broke down, " not being able," as his
father pointedly put it, "to grapple with the
" mathematics and double decimals." He was that
(upwards of a year ago) sent to a military school at
Brighton, where be remained till the middle of last
month. Up to within • few days of that time Mr.
VANstrrser seems to have had no suspicion what-
ever that his son had been subject to any Romish
isdlessees or had any leanings towards the Routh&
Church. During the Easter holidays, indeed, he
noticed that the boy looked disturbed, was
" restless and uncomfortable ;" but still he sus-
pected nothing. Soon after his return to Brighton,
however, he received a letter from the master of
the school stating that "his son showed imp-
" tome of having imbibed Roman Catholic grin-
" cipke, which he was afraid he must have obtained
" in Ireland." Mr. Vaearrrsat is himself a decided
Protestant—" a very strong Protestant indeed, if
" anything, Low Church, having a perfect abhor-
" rence of anything like Puseyism or Roman
" Catholicism." It is pomible that the strong
Protestantism of the father may at times have
manifested itself in forms repulsive to the delicate
sensibilities of his weak-witted son. However
this may be, Mr. VANNITTART has relatives in Ire-
land, some of whom are Catholics, and amongst
these the boy spent his last winter holidays. Here,
apparently for the first time, he came under
Boarish influence, and was secretly tampered with
by Romish agents. They imbued his weak mind
with certain Roman Catholic notions, and " in-
" duced him to go to mass once or twice without
" the knowledge of any of his relatives." On
his return to Brighton the new influence began
to work, and his new friends still took a lively
interest in his welfare. He was not only intro-
duced to certain priests, amongst others an Italian
priest named Gteoixt, but induced clandestinely to
leave the military school and put himself wholly into
their hands. Early last month a telegram informed
Mr. Vaesrrraar that his son had left the school.
Hu immediately went down to Brighton, and
discovered that he was with Mr. Ctesay, a Roman
Catholic priest, either living in his house or
secreted by him elsewhere. When Mr. VAN-
aITTAKT called to demand his son, Mr. CLIARY at
first demurred, " hemmed and hawed a little,"
but on being threatened with a mandamus
by at once gave the boy up. Anxious
to avoid toy recurrence of such painful
scenes, Mr. VANSIITART looked about for some
good Protestant clergyman with whom he might
place his son, and fixed on the Rev. H. S. HOW-
ors, Tiearof Itackheath, near Norwich. The boy Wita
placed under his care about three weeks ago, and re-
mained there till Saturday morning last. When left
to himself young VVIRITTAST SNOW to have been
perfectly satisfied and happy at Mr. Honcsoies.
So far from evincing any repugnance towards
Protestant notions and Protestant worship, he
manifested, according to Mr. HomitioN's testimony,
a strong liking for them, and even took the sacra-
ment at his own special request Indeed he
plainly states " that he was not thinking of
" being a Catholic then, hut had dispelled such
" thoughts from his mind, as he had been ad-
" vied."

At this point begin the proceedings which are
now the subject of judicial investigation before the
magistrates at Norwich. Last tuesday week
Mr. H.n.c.m.)N waa sway from home 'for some
hours celebrating a marriage. During his tem-
porary absence, according to the boy's statement,

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