The Express.
London, England, 1858-11-22 00:00:00

THE GUARDIANSHIP OP MINORS.

A PROTESTANT AND ROMAN CATE
DISPUTE. OLIC
An interesting cue has been heard before ,k
Irish Court of Chummy. Some years ago job, o.la
a Roman Whole eonstabla, resident in Tout, married
Jameson, a protestant. They bad eight children, and
er
O'Malley wee not a very rigid Romaa oatholic, wig miii7
brought up the ohikbea in the protestant faith. The.
baptised at the Roman catholic chat
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hag list the possomate
But they fewer adored tirmte°4l again,
were
the eiteellint. theiblem: the Ibis reed; boy wog ,j,.._-114
as prelmistegistr Mom eatholie WNW /C..,
school Alha
aliscliallegand his eigke4
sit his to the ohs* 1.1
ribs The Alibirlimt The mother
Mil La watithemes. WillimuuMp til
sad, by diresiltes of a Father Coyne, cushy cirlet.„
Whims. At ids death O'Malley protested to
beerflagiase, end Elmbeatly approved of
iieksalla i his * that " hottot at they
OM Vire I other.." On the psi clams
atuk a miser, the restitution of the thane. tiO
wee sothpred by the Lad Chancellor ia flegsgggy Cv,
O'Malley thee applied to has this order sot aiss, or.is
ore vas hord at great length last week.
Oa Saturday the Lord Chancellor tihridesed the asii,
dos, aid ordered O'Malley to deliver to Jaw SelgenaZ
might misson, she undertaking to provide for theft:
nothing, sad support of the said minors until farbegoar:
end to abide by such further order sa the amt se.i.
pissed to make, sad refer It to Edward Mks,
miler la the matter, to Menke and report the ages ni
mid Edam re=dvely, and to state in what roman n
reread they be supported and wisated,
whoa they sheald reside ; and let the master funks
repast the MOM and amount of say prevision tomb g. 1,31
made be their maintenance and education, eat the ink
applicable thereto. " Mary Bums has in hr Neldarit,"
the leg Cheasilier, in concluding his judgrems,2
may rewarkable aresent of what took pions
after Mr. Coyne bed left the house. If the pro=i
102,4iths ddithea, nothing can be more natural, wfa fts eaksbass than the account give by esa
him
guni=of what she saw sad beard. The honied el
at the OM of mirth; the wife, with au it
Infant, the aser-bont babe, baptised is her own
and all her albino d leader yaws. Nome se yet hidhag,
withdrawn by her coalllisi husband free the iedaun
of the mother's Seething sad the methods them—tbst
when she would be lest a widow she should ewe op bra*
rem, eerie and all, to acclesiastioal cuatedy.
kart been mid es done in the presses el We per
ry,
the Shies ef Maw, when nature resold bar nothet% ee,
ease to the of the haelooll sod Mr,
.snot themes
pithy setenat, aceduesed Sees slat '
elate earadisi War is bar eider, wrists mesa lOW
bereasseel whore she arab ef.lartr a priest sad teed%
now think to ems toad me ha prams of my piriel.
husitied. bid Wed Ikea einglidely. Jobs Mange;
me kr whet I Mid Mims, der after they went away, he labelsee MStag if the Slid. in the way I slwaye
these up.' The Rye. Mr. Seymour states, in his amte
' TINA at the hot taiorstew with the said Mrs. (nub" sin
days posies to her death, she indignantly chain ea WA
of the report eat 11111 Intended to have them boughs 44
the Rama sibs* faith ; and alleged, u one of her seems,
that her hubeses dying wish was, that they Amine
brewed up la hie own persuasion protestant.; mg
be, indieng heneestly, on previous occasions, expresell
nog guise Mega thee, we have the dying welbWe
ace of what were the last wishes of the dying me_
• doable lostimeity, given in the presence of dent id
sand with all the adman sanctions of Meshy. lati
the awe el spires so situated, there most at het iota
power of having them publicly maintained as dellitete
entitled to he seemed in their oonstitutioual rights, shill
aubjacse a the OMB, If no relative can be found agi gg
willing to support sad edwate them under the toed, II
subject to its control, or if no stranger ma be deed bee
tend the hand of charity without being abissemi M hash al
ungenerous imputadtes. In ease whey tbe
open, It is a rule which I always adopt, to pot am aft sag
the religion of the parties altered, and wneti firm fir i►
dam I should pronounce. Had John O'Mslley lea ahis
protestant, and his wife a devoted member ribs Bows&
thole church ; had he allowed his children hoes theireallei
years to learn the language of its ancient titan sod he he
premiss invocations ; had he left his widow to fight Mew
battle of life with a numerous and helpless offioWClfie
had kept them together to the last until she had wads le
share, but her prayers and her tears; sad if she bit Id
this In the Church which hallowed the serlin Lee
of their Wang ; and If a board of gurediess sail
be found who would consign them to • cos* *a
Protestantism should be let loose upon them, end her
d.c. of this court should be sought for their ddirame,
on the application of some humble but honest Rama mite
Ile relative aided by any generous stranger, mall I, tha
shrink from a duty so sacred and so palpable t—Oad
It is a mftsfaction to me to know that if I have erred le is
view which I have taken, my decision can be mimed by
the Court of Appeal, both here and in Embed. I not
WWII this application, with costs. William O'Malley In
availed himself of the misuses of the poor law gsolim
to deprive these children of their lawbl Oita
He asks of me to believe that his food
brother wee a hollow hypocrite, who bartered sly
the faith of his children for some unworthy, It
undefined motive. I have no authority here, witted al
against evidence, to imptaoh the motives or eceden d
either the living or the dead. The children have a pop
In their father's good name, and so far as it rosy Is la ay
power to mourn I will see that they be taught to raped to
unwary of both their parents, and not to lora that We
has been a castaway. John 0 Malley, in his His, use, a alt
appears, ea affectionate husband and a tender father; ea Ib
death be received reverently from the meet of Meows**
bee lest sacramental rite; with the winker ed his WWs
church he joined in fervent prayer, end widowed abitlidik
Mr. Lynch insists to be Roman catholic, Mr Fowler emai
to be Protestant, and of which I will only add, it se tie
simple faith of • Christian. In this responsible jeridisthe
I Mel how solemnly I am bound to act without fare fns.,
or Shone& The duty, on the present «omen, innate a
it is, bee ha mode the more painful to me from the eats
toe of the parties having been too much leeward iriA es
bitterest of controversy, and toe little with the 11W ml
gentle spirit of charity, so congeniel to the cam of per
imitate orphans. The religion of the Redeemer is t rib
eke of love, and not of strife or hatred. Like his wale
=t the trembling touch a hith may, from the vey
extract a healing virtue. In the true spirit of the
religice, I trust these children may be educated so that the
law of this land may be honoured, and the last whirs to
pressed by both the parents righteously totalled."

An advertisement in the Dublin papers states that
the correspondence of the lets Duke of Wellingtoe, has
September, 1806, to April, 1807, is missieg. His gram ew
of opinion that he had deposited these papers seaman I
Dublin, on miuming, in 1807, the °flies of Chid Siteief
for Ireland. They are supposed to bs a bates in sow
public store, or bank, or in saes private homes
Any intimation that may lead to Me dissever, of
papers will be liberally rewarded by the Imola deka.
The New York Times says :—" Mr. Irving is*,
engaged apse the fifth and canaille; velum of the 'Wei
Weehingtes,' sad if he had not been almost daily, end dm
many times a day, compelled to pay the paialtyolistra,k veal
now be ready for the press. Mr. Irving le besieged by alai
mast of whom ere unknown ta him, and who do Dana I
think that they are acting unreasonably in making ace lie
minds upon his time that there are but few hours d the dg
that he °ea call his own. To such an extent is this Baer
aloe added that he can scarcely venture to walk is Mgr
den, lest be should be seised upon by some stray laid ff
Inquisitive nob:day-hunter."
Among the MSS. which will be offered fee rain
to-morrow amongst the late Mr. Harley's &Ms ere the MI
ledgers of Covent Garden Theatre, with the week), aids
and autograph reocipts of the adore and cameo Sr aid/
three-quarters of a century, occupying thirty-fire Saab
green valeta. Timm Is also • gold enamelled kola we
some of Mrs. Siddons' hair, sod autograph peeneilke
letter; hair of Mrs. Jordan, hair of Charles 1., hair ii Saul
and hat of Nelson, "with authentic testinecay." Cast
seem to have been Harley's weakness, and his triads sow
1 to have known it; otherwise it I. impoodble to mond fir
1 the number recorded in the catehgue, many of a wet Of
kind, and expressly described as presentation. Om
colsrlimi OM "the splendid ivory walking-stick, wishlZ
carved red coral handle, gold mounted, in can, presetWa °
Mr. Harley by his late royal highness the Duke of Bites."
The recent Lyceum company, including
Rae Saxon, Mrs. Wades, Mies Dormer, Mr. IL Vadat
hot, Mr. Emory, Mr. J. Rogers, to, ocenmeeee se allpir
meat to-night at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan commence rasa
garment of six nights et the Theatre Royal Liverpal
lift
evening.
The Christmas show of the Ramsey Agnealla.
Society is flied for Thursday, December ff. The @Wm
' dinner will take place at the White Hone Heidi de .%
tt will be receinebered, Viscount Pahneretoe prwilea
The foundation stone of tie monument at PPlo
marty to the late Hugh Miller will be laid at WOW
next. The procession will include the provost,
end town connell, and ft is expected almost e 8 fie 1""'
Maas of High Mllisi's Dative town.
Mr. Alderman Andrewa, of Southampton. ea'
liana, we regret to say, Ia • very precarious ceettition
• CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL TOR Dina. Or
van Crier, VICTORIA-PAM—The Dumber ef pilot
relieved at this teiniattion during kit week wee I,IM,
"Ida 110 were new arse.
BOTAL FttlE HORPITAL, GRAT'S-1/41t-ROAD•r:
The amber of patinae relieved et this hcepital dui( n°
Meek sadist Nov. ID, was 2,158, of whichiai wire aer era

LAW LNTILLIGENCE.
MIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH.
littisp Is Baseo.—(Bekee Led Oelapboll sad Testier
Wiststaaa, Effs4 wad SW.)
THE QUERN (ON THE nwescurioN OP THE
REV. ALFRED POOLE) V. THE ♦RCHBIBROP
OF CANTERBURY.

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lis horned lath" smil not maw Mr. Bova pesent, mid
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hie, "obi le the lee end the fog.

Lod mid Nsr soy daileshie thee the elltinge
of the Coot of Celia Appeal amid sot be postponed, se
the wiles whose seem woo beim It were sow is Mess
wan the decioos of the must an the legality of their
sessisilses.

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Y aloe art thin ohoeld be so daisy is the doefoion of Ur

Yr ore as Ass hid be to-morrow at tits @Mai of tho
wane.

40030 r TO raosscrytor OF TOO POOl LAW
WALD) I. TEI DIROCTOM OF TWO POOII OF AT. WOW%
VIOTWIIISTIL.—APFOINTWANT OP AN Avalon.
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