The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-28 00:00:00

THE MAYNOOTH ENDOWMENT.

On the order of the day for the resumption of the
debate on this question,
Mr. MAGUIRE said the discussion of the Maynooth
question from time to time had been forced upon the
house by the hon. member for North Warwickshire (Mr.
Spooner), who, when asked the other evening to with-
draw his proposed measure, declined to do so ; thereby
signifying his intention of taking the opinion of the
house by a division. He (Mr. Maguire) was not un-
anxious that the house should express its
opinion in that manner; but in the meanwhile the
matter involved was so important not only to the
Roman Catholics in Ireland, but also to the
welfare of the -United Kingdom, that he felt it to be a
duty imposed upon him as a Roman Catholic member of
that house to enter fully into the charges made against
Maynooth, with a view to show that those charges were
baseless and without foundation. Reverting to the
period when the College of Maynooth was first esta-
blished, the bon. member observed that the Marquis of
Camden, when he laid the foundation-stone of that edifice,
said they had that day inaugurated the commencement of a
wise institution for the education of the Roman Catholic
clergy at home ; and a Protestant King, and Pro
testant Ministers, a Protestant Parliament, a Pro-
testant Clergy, and a Protestant people all at
that time concurred in the wisdom, prudence,
and policy of an establishment which bad of late
been the object of so much intolerant and unjustifiable
abuse and misrepresentation. He contended that those
persons who were the uncompromising advocates for the
abolition of the grant were actuated by motives of pan-
dering to the very worst feelings of humanity and mor-
bid religious feeling ; and were, moreover, impelled in
the controversy by a most unchristian spirit. If all
that had been stated against the doctrines inculcated at
Maynooth were true, if it were true that her object was
to prevent all oaths, compacts, and allegiances, then he
would be the first to demand its extinction from exist-
ence ; but he called upon those by whom these charges
were brought forward to prove them. (Hear, hear.)
Before proceeding to the consideration of the charges,
the hon. member adverted to the cry which was formerly
made, by the hon. member for North Warwickshire
and his supporters, for an inquiry into the Maynooth
system. (Hear, hear) Well, he proceeded, an
inquiry took place, and the assertion these gentlemen
now made was that the evidence, simply because a por-
tion of ;t had been sent to Rome three months afterit had
been printed in England, was garbled and unreliable.
(Hear, hear.) At the same time this inquiry was con-
ducted by persons of the highest possible character and
probity—men who had character to lose, and he felt
bound to say, after a deliberate perusal of all
the documents contained in that blue-book, that a
more searching or complete investigation could not
have been made. (Hear, hear) The hon.member then
went on to notice the remarks which bad been made re-
lative to the power of the Pope to absolve Roman Ca-
tholics from their oath of allegiance to the Sovereign,
and quoted several Roman Catholic divines, amongst
them Dr. Furlong and Dr. Moriarty, in order to show
that allegiance to the Sovereign was held in the light of
one of the first principles of morality, and that the Pope
under no circumstances whatever had power to influence
a Roman Catholic in violating his oath of allegiance. As
to oaths and contracts in general, the bon. member cited
the writings of Dr. Hanlon and Dr. Murray, in which
it was laid down that an oath or contract with a heretic
(so called, he observed, in a religiously technical sense),
or any other person whether baptised or not, was of
equal validity as if made with a Roman Catholic. (Hear,
hear.) The hon. gentleman next referred to a catechism,
in which the principles of the Roman Catholic
religion were inculcated amongst the children
of persons of that persuasion in all classes of
society, and pointed out, amongst other things, that the
youth of that church were taught to love their Lard
above all, and their neighbour as themselves ; the latter
term including all men alike, even their enemies, and
those who differed from them in religion. (Cheers )
He afterwards dwelt in feeling terms upon the
fidelity and loyalty of our Roman Catholic soldiers,
notwithstanding the baneful influence of Maynooth.
Of the 29 archbishops and bishops in Ireland, 2 arch-
bishops and 22 bishops were educated at Maynooth.
1,222 priests had been educated there, and she sent
about 60 missionaries annually to the colonies, and there
were 24 missionaries in England educated at Maynooth.
He contended, on account of the poverty of the clergy .
and people, ncthing would be so unjust to the people of
Ireland as the withdrawal of this grant. Ireland was
sought to be treated in this question as if she were a
prosperous country like England and Scotland, but hon.
members appeared to forget that terrible social revolu-
tion that bad taken place in Ireland, whereby 15 mil-
lions of property had been brought to the hammer, and
24 millions of people deprived of the soil they once pos-
sessed. Owing to the parsimony of the house. and the
Government Maynooth was in an incomplete state, and
to that was to be attributed the condition of the library,
and there being no catalogue of the books. The com-
missioners, in speaking of the results of the discipline at
Maynooth, said there was no imputation against the
moral character of the young men, and no reason to be-
lieve their general conduct was other than irreproach-
able. The honourable member proceeded to enforce the
necessity of an additional grant, to place the college
in an efficient state instead of the house attending to the
miserable agitation going on out of doors for the with-
drawal of the present grant. He detailed at some length
the dilapidated condition of the buildings, and dwelt on
the qualifications of the Irish Roman Catholic
clergy, who, he said, were eminently suited for the
scene of their labours in Ireland, and none were more
bold and conscientious in the discharge of their duties
than they were. The friends of education in Ireland
were the Roman Catholic clergy, whilst the clergy of
the Established Church in Ireland were its opposers.
(Hear, hear.) He deprecated the taunts thrown out
against the,Roman Catholics of Ireland, of their being
disloyal, and reviling them in no measured terms, and
asked had not the Roman Catholics of Ireland shown
their bravery and loyalty in their recent engagements
with the enemy in the Crimea ? As sure as they withdrew
the grant to Maynooth and the regium donum to the
Presbyterians, the downfall of the Church of England
would be certain.

Captain STEWART entered into the origin of the
grant, which he said was to assist the Irish in erecting
this college, and not for an endowment. This college
was under the direct control of the Pope, from which
missionaries were sent to eery part of the world ; so
that the grant was not for the purpose of education, but
propagating the Roman Catholic faith. They
must guard against bequeathing this legacy to their chil-
dren, seeing it had increased of late years.
Mr. B. STANHOPE opposed the grant. If the
house was prepared to carry out the freedom of
election, he called upon them not to make a grant that
would strike at the very vitals of so important an object.
Mr. P. O'BRIEN supported the grant.
The debate, it being a quarter to six o'clock, was then
adjourned till to morrow.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed afterlsome
observations from Mr. ADDERLEY, withdrawing the
clause he had proposed.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND).
The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was read a
third time and passed.

UNION CHARGE ACT CONTINUANCE BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
DOWNING-STREET OFFICE EXTENSION.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER it was agreed that the house would
upon Thursday resolve itself into a commit-
tee to consider of authorising the exchange of
any lands vested in the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Works, under the Acts 14 and 15 Vic. c. 42,
and 16 Vic. c. 18, for any lands of the Crown, required
to be taken for the purpose of providing additional
offices for the pubic service in or near Downing-
street, and of making provision out of the Conso-
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, or out of the Land Revenues of the
Crown, for the payment of the difference in value (if
any, as the case may be) of the lands of the Crown and of
the lands now vested in the Commissioners of Works in
trust for the Consolidated Fund.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the house adjourned at 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock to-morrow.

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