The Sun.
London, England, 1811-12-12 00:00:00

THE .GATHOLIC QUESTIoN.

The ((Owing observations on s reeeni.parniel-
.- let or.titled " Thoughts •on the. Egisneipation of
Rn 'an Ca:holies, by Mr. his CitowLay, for-
' , !".4tucittnt 'in tile. College of Maynooth," wo.
Nelec.ted from. "The New Quarterly: Review
and Br tish Colooial Register." .

now direct t our attention to igri Crowley's
,pam:),ll4 t, which is indeed a produetion equally.no-
vti and ,s I raerdnry. If any thing coulni reconcile
tts the anornaloils measure of supporting a Popish;
vt, scoult be the, circumsiaciccs wbich. bave
;lately oce.itred. there we mean, to-:, abjuration of
the Romish religion, by a theologieal ' professor of
IVl..tynooth, and the conversion of Mr, Crowley, who
was formally a sauilent .tt the same place. In re-
Syll of the professor, the fa!-.t wild slightly noticed
itt he Irish ,)at:ers, most of -.which being the property
Of and eotnittcLed by Papists, itudiously !brew a- veil
over thi. eurieustransaaion, It is, however, a faCt
'of some imponance,' that a prnfessor whose busi-
.tlCSS it was to give lectures on theology, and who,
'tlivrefore,'must have made the scriptures the objets
of hitipeculiar`studv, should have beery led by. such
inveitigalion to discard the errors of the Church of
Tlorne, and to embrace the purified creed of the re-
loot-lied Protestant Church. The result, indeed, was
‘,
natural, when the understanding bad ta.o scope, for
exertion. - And the mend of a professor was less-
likely to be subjeCled, to. the :tramwels of infallible
uuttuarity loan that of a studeut. On this account
the case of 'jr, Crowley iR more exttaordinny than
the other.. This. gentleman offers iome, jildicions
relleCtions, at the opening of his tract, on the causes
'which fix the tuinds of youth in the principles of
their parents. And these causes operate more
powerfully on the children of Papists than 'on
others.

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Thq,orotess tolotina their religion On the bible,
and yet --forbid Ilteir flocks 'to look into the bible,
even " as translated' nnller the inspeaion and con-
troll of Roman 'Catholic divines." "And they assigh
this reason, that, without tire aid of the clergy, the
people cannot understand it.. Now, that our blessed
Lord stiould have dire&ed his disciples to preach the
gospel to thepoor, and, should have taught,others to
search the. scriptures, if that gospel and those scrip.
.tures were not perfectly intelligible to the plainest
underatanding, it will require the •.tmost stretch of
popish credulity to believe. Indeed, as Air. Crow'.
ley shrewdly'and pertinently, observes, the assertion'
is false, with respect altnbst every passage
-en which the articles of • the Romish faith ate' ••
founded.,
' • "The meaning of, these passages, with a sittgle
excePtion,is, as you will presently see, ao very plain,
that no child of. fifteen years old, if not an idiot,
can possibly mistake it. This, in NCI, several
Roman.: Catholic 'coutrovertists.-have indirectly ad-
fl ;' but, to guard against exposure,' they have.
added, that, although the articles which distinguish
the Itomish comaitution wet e found to be totally tin=
supported by texts of, Scripture, they 'yet must be
received as ttue, because the true chord-has al-
ways held-then), and the Church is-infallible,"
Thy here beg the 'question, 'assuming as • a fail,
that the Ramish:Church.is the true church, to the
exclu,ion of all other Chrktians, Whirch: we all
kno, to be false. Neither is it true that till We te-
- nets, -,ot the, Romish. Chtirch were iilWays held by
"that,.-chyr,rih. itself, some of them having been in-
trodosed sever.il 'centuries after the- first uStfrpativ)
of the atipreinacy But it there were -arir
itt this 'monstirins position, • a true chord.
might be raised Ull human foundatibns, wholry- in.
dependent.oi scripture, and without taking for its
guide the gospel: of truth, which Clirkt came to
preach and to' publish. En -other Words, -1-1 true
chutch might be formed vvithout Christ •at its head ;
an infallible church raised -by human workmen..
Christ heitig the head 'of the church (of which cer.
tairtly" the l'omanists fortrt a part, though a corrupt
part) its, foundations, its do6lriues, and its-tenets,.
must be stria!), conformable with his gospel;• the ,
scriptures, 'therefore,' are the test,- by which the
'truth' of any, or of 41.1, of these, must be-tried.•
they ;prink from*that test,, or if, submitting in it,
they fail in the trial, they ITIUSt be rejeded, as form-
ing no part of Christian-code.'

(To be continued.)

IRELAND.

4.—Yesterday; Thomas Eg In, Sub-
'Constablo, conveyed to this town, and lodged in
put sprint to a. committal frenn Andrei%) Wat-
son, Esq. Margaret'Sexton,, Mr a chafge of felony.
Ve,uerday, being the day for holding the fair ot-
Clonro Id, a good shew of stack was exhibited on;-
the
Gieenand a great deal of 'business transaCted.
It was infetidel to • have closed the day with a fa),
mote; battle belweeti. two rival clans., They mus-
tero, we ate well assured, npwards of one hundred
on each side, and Were all well appuinted as any
troops ever assembl6d for a "similar- ptirpose 5, but
dwy were but-generaled, and the, heads; 7legs,,,and
arms of Many a fittli.,r, brother, and near relatiye,
sieved front i'ra6ture, dislocation', and coniusion,. by
the adivity of, our Vice-Provost, ftided4y.',fohn
Stackpoole, and Pat. Mahon, Esqrs. who, .with,a
parry of the arrny, dispersed the entlre, and secured
the tranquility. of the evening. .
GAL WA?, the long catalogue. of ca.
lannions consequences, ptoct..eding from a want of
proper caution in selling gtibpowder, we are.con-
cerned to add one in this 'town. About eight
o'clock last night,' the neighbouthood of High.
street, aIICI the adjoining Parts', were alarmed by.an,
explosion in the shop of Me. 'Edward; MiArphy,..bra-;
zier, at the LoWer I'o6r:corners, 'ivbich- injured.
many, and shriek most the ..contigueus houses,
On repairing to the spet from whence the ilarrn,'
proceeded, it appeared that the accident w,is occa-
sioned by Om? poSiuthi-Of gunpowder having taen
tire, while some person ira the shop laud been pur4
ehasittg.'a Small Inaotity of that article. The houkt
is greatly injured--the iloor itnaat di ately
,over the
shop: basing. been completely' destroyed ; 'their wallS
considerably Shake'n, and tile doors ineWindowo
eotirely demolished, Though 'twiny other housei%
sustained much damage, and though tln most ,me-
Linchnly effect ef.;" he aeCiderit remains still to be
told, yet, 'we are happy m'being able to state, that
,the idndost Miraculous interposition of- Providenee
itiffered4no more than onehlainart 'being to fall a
victim on the occasion ;' for, nit only the person
who had been selling the powder, and the ..persoi,
who had been buying it, but al4kevery person ia
the lionise,' escaped unhurt. An ,nit oncerned loct-
vidual, however, who had been, at ,list nionteat,
passing by the' house', iiinot eXpeaed to linger•maiu
than a, few hours, in consequence of the injuriel tee
hlts.4o,staine4 .big thighs. arc 'bruised, his
friidtored, and other paris of hii body severely
:bruised, and mangled. The unfortunate stifferer,
:we are informed, has not been satisfaelOrily recdg-
'nised, hot is supposed by some to be nian moated
Takby titissi,ini who resided at Ahascrai!;iv-, in this
aseraiT, where he kept a smolt shop. He is a
-yttting man, and married ; but 'Whether he hat% a 13,-
104 or notr. We leave; not learned. We understand
that tWenty,iiii,. guineas and tome silver were' fotind
u, leis pogliets. •rhere was a considerable quantity
.So* povier in the house, ex.elOsive Of, Chit Whieh.px.
duelthough very near it, it: prOYidenually
;diet not-take fire ,tf Hitt, top, blown
the'calamity would h*.iVe endc(l is heytnid specula-
Lion or cfilljeaurp,.
low.days ago, a,young woman was 'foetid
suspended from a Joist of a house in Abbey,- and on
being cut down, was found to belifeleSt.—GaPpay
(jive/ride.

"Nov.. 30.—. Wt IVlonday eyejilnoplis
t \At) soidilts of the regitnent weY6
walking, unarined, near S'oanakill, county:ooNa-
terfordo:vhero a Serjeant's de!achment is quatteied,
they perceiVed a man coining along tine road,. who
had the appearance of a, deserter. Upon
6
'W/in him, .he. acknowledged lie had 'recently'ile...
"serted, -andimmetkately ran
.otr: wps,
slopped by a II:1aq oil 1101:Silbilek, ,the scittirtyrc
took' him into custody:; hat_as they ixere coriddirt
,
ozrtuei
r Jioll.ters, a large bOdy at wommen

frritt the Melds ,cattle tipbii Attactml ihdrit
with Stones, and beat- them so' severely that the
were soppo•red to be (Mad. They were broght in'
h eti: on.Thersclay to the Generdl itespital-for Tilt;
dleal assistance. Their abtrse is the mere to be
regretted, as they were remarkable peaceable and
well--conduaed men, and belonging to a regiment
which, after a residence of nearly two years atnen4st
us, has justly merited the approbatikniAA all descrip-
tions of the inhabitants.

About half-past on the Morning of Wed--
nesdaflast, from ten to twelve desperadoes attacked '
the residence of Mr. Cornelius O'Neill, at Lis-
noragh, about three miles 'frotn "rhis:-tovin. After
discharging four shots; to "intimidate Mr. O'Neill's.
people, they bariorwt in the,barn door, and having
'found there two small.bays, they inquired of -thetn
where Thomas Murphy (who was employed asa
thresher in the house) was to be found. On being
informed he was in the 'dwelling-house of 'Mr.
they assailed the back-door with huge
srones,',and having: shivered• it to atoms, entered,
and wept up stairs in search of. Murphy.. Having •
ford him, they:threw him_OCkwrt the flight;'and.
beat him unmercifully., In the mean. tittle; Mr.:
O'Neill, hiving had no tieing, and•the men •in. the;
house 'refusing to assist him in-defending it, from
terror of being shot, made his escape, and came
into Clonmel. Having got his brother. and some
friends to accompany him, he returned to Lisro-
nirgh ; but on their arrival the .party had dispersed,
and no trace remained of them but some horses,
s;!lrtned much heated and ;fatigued, , ;Mr.
O'Neill and his friends then went to,the. house of a
ii&ighboor who .had threatened him wish,vetigesoco
tue day before, and finding him pnclrs4sitig,himseif
to go' to bed, took him. into. custody., :-They..then
went to the house of .another person, whom.they.
supposedro have beep of the party, and finding him
completely tgolt.him also.. The y,Akere
both, brought to our countrgaol!—;but the latter his
. been Sinte tiberdted,• no direct. charge lying.tigainst
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Committed to our c,,uni-y- gaol, ob. Saturday last,
by the most noble the. :441trqns :of Waterford,
,'Thomas Kenna, charged witA, being. a caravat, 'end
It wing" committed 'divets,:irtibherios..-7. Into:ford
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On the evening,ol Monday se'nnight, about eight
o'clock, a banditti of five fellows armed with blun..
derbussesand pistols, attacked the beuse.of,the Rev.
John Averill, of Mothill, thesourny of Water-
ford, the door:ot which.they .burst in y without any
'cerenieny 'or' any .pret ions notice. they immediately
rushed into the. parlour where Mr. - Averill • and his
family were sitting, - and the:Revs, Langer Carey
(son of the Rev. R:tchard.Carey of this town), who
was on hi's return to Waterford. One of tlie-ruf-
flans presented' a blunderbuss at
.Mr.. Carey, who
with great resolution and coolness ran at the fel.
low, and thie.v up/the blunderbass tefore he could
fire, but iohnediately received- several violent blows,
which stunned hitt. The 11{44 proceeded; ,to
search tar arms, but not finilingany, were rontent
with the little money which was irta desk that they
broke °Ten; and then aeparted.—Heruld..
We ar.e,sorry to itiform the pnbliC of the'foliow-
ing and sacrilegious aei :—On the night of
• Sunday, the ult. the Roman Catholic Chapel
of Kihea Ohm ll:lrish Priest of which 'is the Reif.
Mr. Diatuotid,
.a learned, accomplished, and up-
right 4iwine—who, i he' worst' ot times, with
honour =tu himself, condutted his' flock with safety
through the tempestoons' sea Of public commotion),
was 'set on fire, and alt . its. timbers reduced to
ashes. k'so? tar are yet discoverablel as haying
run down the walls, and trace, of the same com-
busttble have been found ac.l.kent to the build-

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iag, a symptom but too Convincing that this °tit- ,
1 z:ge was. tint the et set of accident. - We have great ,
picatite in obiervink, that such disgraceful. orb.?
ceedingr are by 'no Means encouraged hy.any resped-
able Pfotestatit Of that distrid ; on the coutfary, Ave.
are Well informed. that 'a.liberal and Reverend MaT
gisirate in the. town of Kilrea has shewn't Ire greatest
'alacrity In Utfering his actvice and assittance.towards
the deteiiion'of the perpetrators,,aud the Tecovery
'of the damages,--Vercy,,./uninel. .
- `Oa Monttly evening. between 6,and 7 o'clock.
Michael M'Carthy, confined' for horse-ate:ailing, and
Terence O'Brien,,contined
.for rioting:(and who has
been for years a most, notorious °gentler), and who
inade.his escape once before from Jail, made an. at,
trript to escape from this-.:CoPnry 144. M, which
NlT:frthy-. succeeded, They procured a.atrong rppe,
v..!lidi was conveyed. , to them-from..nurside.o.o. yard
w-,11 by means-ot twine, and having sawed the bats
of one of the upper windows, M'Carthy descended
in safety to, his titends, in a field °inside:the -jail',
yard wall; O'Brien prepared to follow, ..and had'
, actually begun his descent, when the .sentry giving!
'the.:atarm, the people outside .immediately.iql, go
the rape, and he was precipitated from a.conbider.--
able height into the jail yard, without.rrceiving atiy
injury, except a few sprains and- byui.ses, 0144 was
imoiectietely secuied. ,N,lcCas thy., 'nal wit 4stand 10g
an immediate and brisk search, after him, got clear
on The. iron ,bars of the!-window,through ;which
they escaped, are cut clean through, it is said, with
a spring saw, trade for the put pose.---Outfinelli4dv.

The seizure made at the Custom-liause,
time ago, of.the valuable articles intenned•for the •
Enipetor 9t•tTaytt, -excited much curios:ty. • A list'
of them has been !nide out,• of:which the follow
follow-
,/ • •
• ing is a copy
:•
r. A•crown, set with diamonds', rubies, and einerattia.
2. A 0111,1411,1 g Iwu breaVtrpiatPS, ;1114 3 pativt drop
ear-ring 'set with diamonds and einerald4..
, A, case, containing a gold cup.
4, A ditto,,containing a gold salver.
s. Aditto, containing diamonds anti robics.
6, One, at gol4 tillagree stand, kt with amethysts,
7. Oue pair ni gold sPurs. • •
S. A'gold and silver pliiine; set with Aibies, amethysts,
and toptges. ;
AOlO crown.
One. row of goldpe-44.1111d tassel*,
i. One dianiond cu ear,., •
12., ()ritf row of,riebtile beads and crucifix.
13; One chrystal, with tassel, arid ;elle.
. 14, me boxy._ containing sundry diamond and gold pins;
br ear,. rings, crosse, and warche,s.
ZflifTveti diz•iiiond tldLaa.
17; 'lg. 19. xv. Diantorid lockets, pins, and rings,
The
,ffix utillS in. kiotinfiloW, belonging to Mr.
,
&‘.tveH
,weere yelterciak discovered to he on lire, but
by the prOtdpt tiststance of the troops in, the bar-
-was got linda bolore anY veiy material
in-
Jury was done to the prerritses:.,
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