The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-11 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULTING TIIE POLICE.—TWO young men
named Charles Partridge Martin, a sailor, residing
at 33 A, Dean-street, Soho, and John Bennett, of
8; High-street, Kingsland, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with assaulting Police-sergeant Godfrey,
18 C.

After the examination of several witnesses,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was quite necessary that
police-officers should be protected against the vio-
lence of persons. Ho should fine Martin 20s. or
14 days, and Bennett, who had been cowardly
enough to assault the sergeant while he was down,
would be committed for 7 days.

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday afternoo4 a meeting was held in the
School-house connected with the Roman Catholic
church of St. James, Spanish-place, Manchester-
square, for the purpose of forming a Young Men's
Catholic Association.

The Rev. Dr. W. IL ANDERDON, formerly of
University College, Oxford, and a clergyman of
the Church of England, presided, and, in open-
ing the proceedings, said he had received a letter
from Archbishop Manning fully approving of
the scheme, and appointing him (Dr. Anderdon)
spiritual, director of the institution. A letter
had also been received from Lord Edward Howard,
ALP., accepting the presidentship of the associa-
tion. The noble lord reminded them that, while
during late years more consideration had been shown
towards Roman Catholics in England than they had
received in former years, they still laboured under
many and grave disadvantages, so that it was well
that they should thoroughly understand their posi-
tion as a minority in the community. No time
should now be lost, but everything should be
promptly and effectively done to protect and defend
that minority. The rev. chairman endorsed the
views of the noble lord, and added that until within
the last few years Roman Catholicyoung men had
stood at a great disadvantage with respect to their '
-fellow-citizens in point of education. To -account
for such a state of things would occupy too Much
time. He might say that they 11(1 scarcely fair
play with the rest of the community in respect.
of the educational institutions of the country.
Such a state of things, however, might not be alto-
gether a disadvantage, for he believed that the real
education of a man commenced when the period of
his school education had finished ; indeed it used to
be a proverb when he was at Oxford that the edu-
cation of a man did not begin until after he had
taken his degree. In the great Catholic Association.
of Ireland it was made a condition of membership
that everyone who joined it should promise to attend
the sacrament of confession once a month. It was
not intended to make that a condition of admission
to the new Loudon organisation--not at all events
for the present—and he was not prepared to say
that it would ever be one of the rules. Its great
object would be to develope a more energetic
Catholic life, and men would be admitted who
promised to aid in bringing about that result,
which, if accomplished, would be productive of
immense benefit to the Church and nation. A
library would he formed, lectures delivered, meet-
ing-rooms and recreation grounds provided, and
other agencies employed.
Dr. De Burow, Canon Hunt, Mr. Arundel, Mr.
Burke, and other gentlemen addressed the meeting,
some handsome subscriptions were handed in to-
wards successfully launching the new institution,
and a large number of members were enrolled.
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A vote of thanks to Dr. Anderdon for presiding
closed the business of the meeting.