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London, England, 1818-07-11 00:00:00

was issued, a 'letter appeared from Mr. Coyne, of Parliament-
street, Dublin, the puhlisher of the Bible in question. As
this is rather a. curious document,' we shall transcribe it from
the same numiter of the Dublin Correspondent -which con-
tained the pt (A est of Dr. Troy. It is as follows:

TO HIS GRACE THE MOST REV. DR. TROT.
" Parliament-street, Oct. 2fi,_1817..

" e Most I-lonOnred Lord,—lt is with pain and difficulty
that. I am obliged to controvert, for a Moment; any stateMent
cum; from your Grace; hut the character which I :have.
earned and maiutairred these fifteen si•ars, unsullied, in the
opinions of the Catholic Clergy and Hierarchy of Ireland, as,
the only Publisher and Bookseller in the kingdom of works
exclusively Catholic, pots me under the - inilispensiable ne-
cessity of addressing your Grace' in public. The declaration
which your Grace firs published leaves no alternative, but
that of either subinijting to the imputations which it fastens
upon me, or of gialog, as I:now do, a siitip'e sthtenient of
facts, for theitroi hrof which I appeal to your Grace's can-
dour,—and which shall. I trust, substantially remove the itn-.
presidia' that sour Grace's Deolaration is calculated to pro-
duce no the public mind with regard to me.
" ' On Monday, the :13th inst. your Goace sent me a,
message by your servant, ii•ipiesting to see me at Cavendish-
row, at the hour tif two o'clock. I had scarcely entered your
Grace's apartment, when - the Very Reverend Dr. Hamill,
your Grace's Vicar-General, and the Reverend Mr. Kenny, of
Clongowes College, appeared. Your Grace then produced and
read a paper, purporting to be an extract from the British
Critic, and containing animadversions on the notes of a late
Edition of the Catholic -Bible, beating, in the title page the
apt ,nation of your Grac •. Youaben observed, 'l' that you
were sure I had no bad intention in putting- your Grace's
name to the work, but that very bad cooSroatences had fol-
lowed; that finding its way-into England, it had armed our
enemies against us, and this at a time when we were seeking
Emancipation.' Upon these remarks, I asked, ' Did not
your Grace approve and sanction the pablicatiou of a Bible
by a Mr. M`Namara, of Cork ?' Your Grace replied, ' I did.'
I then asked,- Did not your Grace depute the -Rev. P. A•
Walsh, of Denmark-street chapel, to. revise, sin met, and ap-
prove, for-publication, -in your Grace's name, the said Bible
eft 111•Nanirara ?' Yonr Grace answered, did.' Then, my
Lord,' said I, ' that is the Bible now in your hand.' I
ntver authorised,' replied your Grace, the Rev. Mr. Walsh
to approve a Bible Stith the Ithecuish Notes.' t Ot any pri-
vate understanding,' said I, between your Grace aiid Mr.
Walsh, I know itothiug; but this 1 know, that Mr. Walsh is
accountable for.your•Grace's approbation, which is-now in the
title-page.' But,' said your Grace, are not you the per-
suit who published this bears yOUrbatne. ?" No,
my Lord,' said I ; ' lam neither the printer DA publisher ;
and I shall now relate to your Grace how it conies to hear n:y
name :—NPNatnara, the Publisher of the Bible to which your
Grace gave yobr sanction, became a bankrupt before the
work was completed. Mr. John Cumming, of Omuta-quay,
Assighee to the Bankrupt, purchased the unfinished part; Mid.
to cover his own losses, resolved upon perfecting the Publica
tion. Having gilled upon, and requested of me, to allow him
to put my name to the work, I refused, except Oa- the'Collth-
tion that the Clergyman, deputed by your Grace, continued
to correct the uiltitiishn part. This I did, without any in-
terest whatever in the transaction. Mr. Cottoning accord-
ingly applied to the Rev. Mr.- Walsh, to Whom he paid 201. on
ciimpleting the revision of the work, and took his receipt for
the amount. When I 'had finished this narrative, your Grate,
in the presence of Doctor Hamill, and the Rev. Mr. Kenny,
acquitted me, in the most unequivocal -terms, of having haul
any thing- to du with the publication. I then remarked, that
your Grace having in different conversations disclaimed your
approbation ; arid certain individuals having its consequence
denounced me as the forger of it, I should, in my own de-
fence, publish the whole transaction ; upon which your Grace
pkomised me to take every opportunity of disabusing those to
whom you had spoken on the subject. For the truth of what
I -have now related, touching the interview of Monday the 13th
instant, I appeal to your Grace, to Doctor Hamill,,and to the
Iter. Mr. Kenny:
" Did I not afterwards send your Grace the Numbers of
this said Rhemish Testament, on the toYers of which are
printed these words :-•••' Now publishing by M'NaMara, the
Catholic Bible-
elegant, copious, and instructive Notes or Annotations Of the
newish Testament-will to. inserted
_of his Grace, -Dr. T.. Troy, Catholic Lord Primate oflreland,
this work is carefully revising, by the Rev. P. A. Wald], Den-
mark-street, Dublin. Printed by Cumming?—Moreover,
dirt I not accompany these Numbers with a letter, call-
ing on your Gr-we to make good your promise of clear-
ing my character filial the imputationi it bad lain uraer,
through your Grace's misconception of the facts ? This' lei-
ter, my Lord, I-suppress, from the sane motives of delicacy
whicb have kept die silent, until your Grace's declaration
forced nie tints to state' the facts : nor shall Ladd one single
cionment, 'hut leave the public to draw their own con-
•ciusions.

l'am, most honoured Lord, your Grace's very bumble
in
and most obedient se'vant,

"' RICHARD COYNE.'

" From this letter of the bookseller, it would appear that
Dr. Troy hail actual y given his sanction to' the Bible pub-
lished by NPNamara, of Cork; that Dr. Troy deputed Mr.
Walsh to re%‘i,e, correct, and approve it in his name; and we
bare shewu that in the title-page of the number published in
1813, the Ithemish Notes were promised, and that in its body
the Ithemish Preface was actually printed. It Would appear
that upon these circumstances being represented-to Or. Troy,
he fully acquitted Coyne 'on-the lath of October, but that
after such acquittal, by his subsequent,protest of the 24th of
October, be passed upon hint the severest censure. It would
also appear, that Dr. Troy allows on the .13th, that he had
sanctioned and approved of I hc.edition in question, but that
on the 24th, he utterly denies ever having given ariy such sane.
tion or approbation.
Our readers are in full possession of the-evidence and the
documents, and we shall leave it to them to determine upon
the merits of the ease. We have not heard that Dr. Troy has
published any rejoinder to Mr. Coyne, which may be calcu-
lated to do away the impression which his letter uiay eSaite.—
Should any such document come into our hands, in justice to
Dr. Troy we shall certainly give it publicity. As the circum-
slances of the ease now Shim!, the letter of Mr. Coyne remains
nueontradieted. The bookseller indeed appears to feel that
his character as an honest man is at stake, and is desirous of
defending it to the utmost of his power. It is not a slight
cause that would induce the sole Bookseller and PUblisher of
works exclusively Catholic, to fly in the face of the Titular
Primate of Ireland, and that primate Dr. Troy. •
• " Such are the circumstances attending the protest of Dr.
Trov. It was, iodeed, rather unfortunate that the volume
itself ' found its way into E.ngland,' as it has certainly told a
tale, which, for the sake of the Catholic hierarchy, would bet-
ter have been suppressed. Of the inflammatory tendency of
the Notes in question, no one who has-but cast his eye over
their contents, can for a moment doubt. Yet Dr. Troy,
though he does not deny that he has react them before, as-
serts, that be has now only for the first time considered than.
Our reader's; who reinember the specimens which we gave,
• will be probably of opinion, that-they required very little con-
sideration either to understand, or to reprolve their ten-
dency. Little as we akrprove of a baSty and rash determi-
nation, there are cases in which we should still less apPiove of
a cool and deliberate consideration.'
" As our feelings are not so much alive as those of the
poor BOokseller,.and as we are unwilling to make any obser-
variOn which May be considered disrespectful, upon the con-
duct of Dr. Troy, we shall not enter any farther into the cir-
cumstances attending the foregoing transaction. It is suf-
ficient for us, that after four years circulation of the offensive
volume, throughout the whole of Ireland, Dr. Troy\ thinks
proper at last to enter his protest against its contents. It
mast certainly he allowed, that Dr. Troy has shown a large
Share of liberality in meeting so readily the opinions of the
times, and in dispatching his pastoral disavowal so speedily
upon the heels of public condemnation.
" :ouch as-we respect Dr. Troy, we must confess, that upon
the-subject of recantation, his 'opinions and ours do not en-
tirely coinoide. If we were convinced that we had formed an
impriper judgment, or maintained an erroneous` principle,
we would readily retract our Words and frankly disavow our
error. But we would not therefore disown in one place the
opinions which we maintain in another. Dr. Troy has en-
tered a strong protest against the doctrines contained in the
Notes of the Rhemish Bible, but will he enter-a similar pro-
test against those General Councils in which rue self-same
sentiments are maintained ? What does Dr. Troy himself
say, in the Second Edition of his own Pastoral Instruc-
tions ?.

. We wish that Protestants and others may judge of our
civil and religious principles by our Catechism, by our
Books of Devotion-an:l Religious Instruction, by the Pastoral
Letters of ()Lir BMus, by the Dogmatical Constitutions of
Popes, by the Doctrinal Decisions of our General Councils',
and by our gniform conlinct.'—P% 103.

" X.nd again,
" ' It is likersiSe an article of Catholic faith, 'That the
Church 'Of Christ is infallible in her .Drictrinal Decisions and
Canons, on points of faith and morals, because he _promised
to be with her to the end of the world. Catholics, therefore,
are obliged to adhere implicitly to such Decrees and Canons
of-the-Church assembled in General Council, and confirmed
by the Pope, as to rules of Lith ; they are ,also.ohliied in like
manner to submit to atntilar decisions and decrees of the