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PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

IRE DEZ;LARATIOV OF THE CATIIO
MC. LAITY.

Sir John Simeon publishes the following letter
having reference to. the Declaration of the Catholic
Laity :

" Swainston, Is'e of Wight, Doc. 19, 1859.,

• "Dear Lord Petre,—A. copy of the Declaration of the
Catholic Laity of Great Britain has been sent to me by
post, and as your name stands" at the head of the list of
subscribers to the document I trust that I am right hi ad-
dressing my reply to you.
" I regret to find myself differing in opinion from so
many of my fellow Catholics, and were matters of but
slight importance involved in the question at issue I would
gladly content myself with tacitly withholding my Eignat ure
from the Declaration. I feel, however, that such important
principles are at stake that I should not be doing justice to
myself if I did not briefly state the reasons which prevent
me from adding my name to your own, and those of the
other noblemen and gentlemen who have already signed it.
. .

" The great obstacle which prevents inc from giving my
humble sanction to any document of the kind, however
cautioutly worded, is the principle which it involves—that
the inhabitants of the Papal dominions stand in a different
position from that of the people of any other country, and
are debarred from the right that has been practically con-
ceded to all other nations of changing or modifying their
form of Government according to their own view of their
necessities, or their political predilections.
"Now, to this theory it is impossible for me to subscribe,
I can see nothing in the circumstances of their case which,
in my opinion, can justify a foreign intervention for the
purpose of compelling their submission to a form of Govern-
ment to which they may be disinclined.
"Taking this broad, and to my mind indefensible, prin-
ciple of justice u the basis of the argument, it becomes
unnecessary to go into the other questions which are raised
by the Declaration ; such as the necessity of the temporal
dominion of the Pope to the welfare of Catholic Christen-
dom, the character of his rule, or the means by which his
authority has been shaken in the revolted provinces.
"Still I would, with reference to these points, venture to
say that I cannot in all respects agree with you.
" I feel a great disinclination to any view which has a
tendency to confound tho spiritual authority of the Holy
See with the temporal power of the Pope, and I cannot but
fear that a danger of such a confusion lurks in the pro-
jected movement.
"Again, I cannot, as a liberal Englishman. honestly avow
any feeling of sympathy with a despotism, however admini-
stered ; and,ll cannot conceal my strong impression that
the existing state of things at Rome and in the Romagna
of itself affords a proof that the temporal administration of
the Papal dominions has not been in all respects such as to
instil an ardent attachment to it into the hearts of those
who have been subject to its rule.
" These are, however, matters which in no respect affect
the principle on which I base my decision, and on which I
feel bound to decline interfering in a question which, in my
opinion, ought, like others of the same kind, to be left to
be settled between the governor and the governed.
" Once more expressing my sincere regret at finding my-
self unable to agree with so many persons whose faith I
share and whose opinions I highly respect,
" I remain, dear Lord Petre, yours very sincerely,
"The Lord Petre, &c. " JOHN SIMEON."

RESCUE OF TWO WRITE FEMALES
FROM FRAZER ISLAND.

(From the Sydney Morning Herald.).

It will, no doubt, be fresh in the recollection of
our readers that a report wrs current respecting
the detention by the natives of Frazer Island of a
white woman and her three children, supposed to
have been thrown on the island from the wreck of
the Sea Belle, bound from Port Curtis to Sydney ;
and Captain Arnold, of the Coquette, on his last re-
turn trip, felt so confident from what he had gleaned
from the blacks in the vicinity that the report was
not without foundation, that he, together with his
owner, Mr. Sawyer, placed himself in communica-
tion with certain influential members of the Govern-
ment, which, led to the vessel being again sent down
for the purpose of rescuing the nnfortunatcs from
their dreadful position if possible. Mr. Sawyer ac-
companied the expedition, and weare happy to state
that his praiseworthy zeal in the causeof humanity
has been amply rewarded, he having arrived in Syd-
ney on Saturday night, Oct. 22, with two females,
whom he had succeeded in rescuing from th! tribe
with whom they had been captive so long. After
some difficulties in obtaining naval assistance, a
party was formed at Woody Island (called by the
natives Tudlewaugh), comprisine. Mr. Sawyer, Cap-
tain Arnold, two seamen, and Leant 50 natives, who
at once proceeded inland with plenty of arms and
provisions ; after travelling 60 miles, they came
upon the tribe encamped, and with them the two
children they were in search of. A rush was made,
and the children seized before the tribe had time to
make any resistance, who, being taken so completely
by surprise, scattered in every direction. The at-
tacking party at once made the best of their way
back, the blacks dodging them for many miles, but
only on one occasion was recourse made to firearms.
On reaching the ship she came into Newcastle, when
Mr. Sawyer brought the children to Sydney by the
steamer. The girls appear to be about the respective
ages of 13 and 6 years; and although great care and
attention have been bestowed on them since their re-
lease,theyare slowly recovering. Yet their appearance
is heartrending; their bodies, emaciated from long
suffering and exposure to the weather, arc covered
with a coating of hsir ; the skin, stained by their
tormentors to assimilate with their own, has become
spotted and wrinkled, as if from old age ; the nose
has been flattened by force, the limbs distorted, and
the vacant stare of idiotcy has left these poor crea-
tures scarcely in appearance human, and, although
enabled gradually to recognise such things as they
must have been in the habit of seeing hourly before
they fell into the hands of the natives, their ac-
quaintanca with their mother tongue is as yet ap-
parently quite gone. With respect to the particu-
lars of the wreck of tne Sea Belle, all that can be
gleaned from the natives is, that the boat came on
shore with the crew and passengers; that the male
portion were killed at night, the woman and her
children taken into the interior ; the woman died
about twelve months ago, and her son about the
same time. Mr. Sawyer has most considerately
taken the children to his own house at Balmain,
where they are receiving every possible attention.
Of the history of the elder child (who is supp ,sed
by many who have seen her to be about 16 years of
age,,but stated by competent judges to be nearer
20) no intelligence of the least weight has yet been
ascertained, though there does not appear to be a
doubt that she is of white parents, notwithstanding
that her face has been distorted into an expression
resembling in some degree that of the aboriginal
tribes, and that she has lost all knowledge of the
language of Europeans. She has a face rather long,
hair and complexion apparently once fair, with nose
and lips flattened and expanded, and her physiog-
nomical aspect would leave an impression that her
intellect was deranged or very weak. It is stated
that she converses freely with Charley, the abori-
ginal youth, who afforded the earliest information
regarding the existence of whites on the island,
and who was brought down from Port Curtis with
the hope of obtaining further intelligence from
him. The light as yet thrown upon the career of
the youngsr girl is very faint, yet affording more
hope that the mystery of her past life will be un-
ravelled. Though her lips are somewhat thick and
her nostrils broad, she has an intelligent coun-
tenance ; but, like the elder girl, the only lan-
guage she speaks is the dialect of the northern
blacks, in which she also talks pretty fluently with
Ch'arley; Any idea that these unfortunate beings
are sisters, or that they were part of the ship-
wrecked passengers of the Sea Belle, appears to
rest at present on the merest surmise ; as not only
does the age of the younger one, when taken into
consideration with the date of that vessel's last de-
parture from Port Curtis, involve circumstances
difficult to reconcile with the supposition that they
were passengers then on board her, but there is the
great anomaly of the total loss of a mother tongue
in less than three years, the Sea Belle having left
Port Curtis early in April, 1857. It is understood
the authorities in the north have been communi-
cated with, in order to obtain certain definite par-
ticulars connected with the Sea Belle, and the
assistance of some person able to interpret the dia-
lect of the blacks of Frazer Island, and that until
such assistance arrives the investigation is post-
poned.

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