The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-20 00:00:00

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Very Reverend Father,—Deputed by a numerous
and respectable meeting of true Roman Catholics, many
of whom have, for a long seriesof years. been under your
immediate spiritual direction--we come to express the
deep sorrow your congregation have felt, and still feel,
at the most extraordinary speech delivered by Mr.
Thomas Shannon, at the St. Patrick's Chapel, on the
19th day of this instant month.
We shall not comment long on the false, garbled,
and slanderous statements contained in the speech al-
luded to, as part of them can be denied by incontro-
vertible facts, and the rest has excited the indigna-
tion, not only of your congregation, but also of all
honest men of different persuasions. Indeed, the
author and publisher of such libellous statements has at-
tempted to apply an antidote to the wound he has in-
flicted on you, in paying a well merited tribute of re-
spect to your private, virtues and character as a
Christian Minister, and for your pious and exemplary
conduct as the pastor of a Spanish congregation, as if
your congregation was solely composed of Spaniards,
whereas he knows that thn contrary is the case. This
shows the animus of the man.

6th. We have thought proper to make these few
prefatory remarks, and we now beg, very Rev. Father,
to assure you that as long as you shall continue in your
character of Vicar Apostolic, all true Roma❑ Catholics
shall consider and obey you, as the only spiritual head
of the Roman Catholic Chapels which now are, or may
hereafter be, erected and built within the limits of your
diocese.
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Allow us, very Rev. Father, to conclude with the
Very Reverend Father,
most sincere and fervent wishes of us, and of your con-
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(Signed) R. Roux, Francis Egan, John Harvey,
J. W. Semour, Richard Daly, John
Escoffery, J. B. Sorapure, Chas. Du-
Wm. Roux, C. R. Nelson, M. Mot-
tos, Peter Constantine, P. L. Duques-
nay, John White, Emanuel Leon, John
Auvry, Alexander Clermont, and J.
Douglas.

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lowing answer :
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" You, my dear friends, must be well aware of the
pleasure with which your kind Address ,literally over-
powers me.
" As a man, I feel grateful to you for your ex-
pressions of attachment, but, as a minister of Christ
and Vicar Apostolic, I am incomparably snore de-
lighted with your respect for our holy religion,
which has been insulted in my person. Though
unworthy of the situation to which the holy
See has thought proper to raise me, yet I cannot dis-
cover in
the motives by which I have been hitherto
actuated anything but sincere desires of advancing
mutual peace amongst the Catholics, the salvation of
souls, and the glory of God.
" Rest assured, that as long as I shall hold the
onerous office of Vicar Apostolic, I shall continue to
promote, to the best of :sly power, •the happiness and
welfare of all committed to my charge. To thii, my
time and life are devoted. ; in this consists my own hap-
piness.

" Gentlemen, I again thank you for your address."
N.B.—The signatures of 1,400 Roman Catholics
were obtained during the day, and attached to the
address.