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4. That it was distinctly admitted by the principal wiiness
for the plaintiff, that " it is within the province of a priest of
Roman Catholic church to prescribe to a member of his flock
penances for his sins," and that these penances are" a matter

left more or less to the discretion of the priest ;" that the
most casual reference to the Brieviary, a portion of which

every priest is bound to read daily, under pain of mortal
sin,—and to the authorised " Lives of the Saints," canon-
ised by the Roman church, and that even so lately as in the
the year 1839,—wi1l prove that that church holds up to the
,mmendation and imitation of its disc' the ;

apses —.action of
penances, similar in kind and severity, to that alleged by the
penitent, in the present case, to have been awarded to him
by the plaintiff ; and that it is a matter of common notoriety,
that, within 18 hours' distance of the town where the trial
was held,—in a country upon which the public eye is more
closely and constantly fixed than upon any other potion of

the empire,—the infliction of penanCes, by.Crawline upon the
hands and knees, and so as to lacerate the persons of the
penitents, is the daily and unblushing practice of the Roman
Catholic priests, who derive an infamous profit from the
system. _

in which the witnesses for the plaintiff gave their evidence on
the trial ; and appeals to every candid reader of that evidence
for an unbiassed opinion upon the character of the principles

such principles must inevitably have on the minds of the most
respectable and conscientious of their professors.
• 6. That this committee, consisting of Protestant Chris-
tians, and bound, therefore, to render a cheerful respect to
the laws of the land, and to their authorised administrators,
alludes with the greatest pain and reluctance to the sentiments
reported to have been uttered by the judge who tried the
cause, upon certain tenets of Popery admitted and avowed by
one of the witnesses for the plaintiff. His lordship, indeed,
is reported to have said, that "he did not think that the
portion of the remarks, now alluded to, " bore very closely
upon the subject," and that it " was really beside the subject,"
and yet took occasion—regretting that the Church of Rome
should have such a feeble advocate, if they wanted one, or
one so little inclined to advocate Roman Catholic tenets—to
explain away, as his lordship was best able, the monstrous
doctrine of the priestly power to forgive sins, which had been
plainly and boldly avowed by the witness, a person far better
qualified, on his lordship's own admission' to state the true
opinion of his church. Against such conduct, if correctly
represented, on the part of a judge of this Protestant land,
unprecedented as this committee believes such conduct to be
in the history of this country, since the glorious revolution
of 1688, this committee most solemnly and indignantly pro-
test; and the committee is only prevet tel from recording
that protest in stronger terms of disapprobation, by the con-
viction that their views on this subject, even thus feebly
stated, will meet with the sympathy of every lover of purity
and impartiality in the administration of justice.
7. That a fund be forthwith raised, distinct from the fund
employed for the ordinary purposes of this association, to be
appropriated to the payment of the expenses already, incurrede
in the defence, and of any further proceedingsw r.

Stowell may be advised to take ; and that this committee
confidently appeals to the Protestants of the empire at large
for such liberal support as will at once meet the exigencies of
the case, and demonstrate the determination of the Protes-
tant public to withstand the efforts of the Roman Catholic
Institute ; and t" It this committee grounds this appeal on ti-

, _
onvious considerations, that the attack made upon Mr. Stowell
is made upon him in his character as a well-known and active
advocate of the Protestant cause, and with the view of dis-
couraging and depressing the Protestant interest generally.
8. That this committee cannot conclude the expression of
its opinions upon this most important occasion, without con-
gratulating themselves, and the friends of Protestantism ge-
nerally, upon some circumstances connected with the case.
It has been openly avowed by the plaintiff's counsel, acting
under the instructions of the Roman Catholic body, that the
cruel penances, constantly inflicted upon our Roman Catholic
fellow-subjects in Ireland, are penances the infliction of
which, in this country, " would degrade " the inflicter " as a
gentleman," and dishonour him " in his calling as a minister
of the gospel." No witness, called for the plaintiff, dared to
admit even his knowledge of such abominable Practices.
Public attention has been directed to the absurd
?of.
the Church of Rome. The nersn..l
.

, anti nip at-
tainments of one of tne ablest defendersunaracter of the Protestant
cause have been fully vindicated and allowed ; and the impu-
tation upon a Roman Catholic priest, of having inflicted a
cruel and degrading penance, has been valued, by a jury of
English gentlemen, as having damaged him to the extent of
forty shillings only.

9: That tuffs committee takes the opportunity thuS afforded
of calling the attention of the British public to the nature and
operations of Protestant and Reformation Associations, and

earnestly entreats continued and increased support to these
societies, whose sole objects are to vindicate the gospel of
Christ against the assaults of its great antagonist, Popery ;
to maintain the rights of conscience ; and thus to secure, to
the latest posterity, those blessings of civil and rel.
liberty which we now enjoy.
Donations in aid of the fund will be gratefully received by
Mr. William Read, treasurer, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester;
at the banking houses of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, & Co., Lon-
don and Manchester; at the office of the Protestant Associa-
tion, Exeter Hall, London;_ and at the Record and Watch-
man newspaper offices, London.

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their patronage

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