The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

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(frP Ai Achill Missionaryllaroldd
The priest of this island, wllo is now in England seekirig
to raise funds for the alleged purpose of erecting chapels,
continues to circulate the falsehood to which we alluded in
our last number. The following reply to two letters which
appeared in the Tablet, a Roman Catholic paper published
in London, will be found worthy of an attentive perusal:—
To the Editor of the Tablet.
Achill Island, Sept. 25th, 1841.
Sir,—l am indebted to the kindness of a friend for a copy
of your paper of the Bth instant, in which you have published
two letters, signed James Dwyer, P.P., and t John, Arch-
bishop of Tuam, and as these documents cast grievous asper-
sions on my character, I claim the insertion of my reply in

your journal as an act of justice.
As to the calumnies contained in Mr. Dwyer's letter I
need only inform you that similar statements appeared in the
Dublin Monitor of September, 1840, when, with the advice
of eminent counsel, I took legal proceedings against the pro-
prietor of that paper for the publication of the libel. The
course which my counsel pursued left the proprietor of the
Monitor the liberty of justifying his statements by proving
their truth. Reluctant to admit to the humiliation of ad-
mitting that he had published what was not true, and yet
apprehensive of incurring the penalty which the law inflicts
on those who attempt to injure their neighbour's character
by the publication of what is false, the proprietor of the
Monitor wrote to Mr. Dwyer to know if he could enable him
to prove the charges which he had published to my prejudice
in his paper. Mr. Dwyer informed him, in reply, that he
could not ; and the proprietor of the Monitor, in his next
publication, inserted the following retraction of the slander
44 REVEREND EDWARD NANGLE.—An article having
appeared in our publication of the 3d September last, reflect-
ing on the personal character of the Rev. Mr. Nangle ; and
as we are now convinced that the observations in that article
are entirely without foundation, we feel it due not alone to
the reverend gentleman, but to our own character, to retract
the same in the fullest manner, and to apologise to him for
the unfounded assertions, with a request that he will accept
such retraction, and stop all further proceedings in the suit
which he has instituted."
Hence, sir, it is manifest, that so far as I am concerned in
the letter which appeared in your paper, the Rev. Mr. Dwyer
is chargeable not merely with the indiscretion of stating what
he cannot prove to be true, but with the guilt of having at-
tempted to wound the character of his neighbour by the pub-
lication of statements which he must have known to be false.

So much for Mr. Dwyer's letter.
The eminent position which Dr. AV Hale occupies entitles
his composition to a more lengthened notice. In order that
your readers may form a just estimate of its merits, I tran-
scribe the whole of it as it appeared in sour columns.
The Archbishop of Tuarn to the Rev. Mr. Dwyer.
Of the many Catholic clergymen in Ireland who are occa-
sionally under the necessity of appealing to the public for aid
towards the erection of dhapels, it must be confessed that the
parish priest of Achill is one of those most justified in making
such an application. The inhabitants of that remote island
are so poor that it was the very wretchedness of their condi-
tion that first attracted the venal mercenaries, who hoped,
by the aid of English money, to make merchandise of the
souls of the people.
To counteract the increasing efforts of those deceivers,
their present pastor, Rev. Mr. Dwyer, finds it necessary to
Milarge the number and improve the condition of the Catholic
schools, as well as to erect more suitable houses of divine
worship,
In this pions undertaking he suffered much obstruction
from the spirit of the fanatics, and a chapel fit for roofing
has been considerably injured.
It is now, however, on the eve of completion ; and to place
the people beyond the snares of the enemy, he is laying the
foundation of the second chapel.
To all who feel zealous for the preservation and purity of
the ancient Catholic faith of Ireland, uninfected by the poi-
sonous breath of the strangers to our holy religion, we
strongly recommend the person and the object of the rev
bearer of this our letter

Von's, Archbishop of Tuam.
St. Jariath's Tuam, July 27. 1841.
N.B.—A monthly mass in perpetuity will be offered for
the spiritual necessities of all persons subscribing towards
the promotion of the above laudable objects.
This letter, it appears, is addressed to the Rev. James
Dwyer, and is circulated by him. Bearing this in mind, let
me request your particular attention to the following sen-
tence :—" In this pious undertaking he suffered much ob-
struction from the spirit of the fanatics, and a chapel fit for
roofing HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY INJURED." Yon, sir,
are not, perhaps, aware that the injury complained of has
been the subject of legal investigation. Mr. Dwyer charged
two persons in my employment with havir g injured his
chapel; his complaint was beard before the magistrates at
the petit sessions of Newport, and dismissed by them. A
second investigation was held in reference to the same charge,
by Daniel Crnice, Esq., stipendiary magistrate, at Achill
Sound ; when the decision of the Newport magistrates was
confirmed. Yet Dr. M' Hale still persists in connecting the
alleged injury with us. Farther, Dr. M`Hale asserts that
the chapel was " CONSIDERABLY INJURED ;" and as this
statement constitutes one paragraph in a short letter, and is
evidently made a plea for the pecuniary aid which the letter
solicits, a person not cognisant of the fact must conclude that
the injury complained of must be considerable indeed. Yet
the sergeant of police who was examined at both the inves-
tigations alluded to above, swore that the only injury done to
the chapel was the breaking of two splinters from the casing
of one of the window frames; and that those splinters were
so small that they quite escaped his scrutiny and that of
another policeman (a Roman Catholic) who accompanied
him, with the view of ascertaining and reporting the alleged
outrage to the government ; and on the same occasions the
Rev., M'. Dwyer himself admitted ON OATH. ON HIS CROSS-
EXAMINATION, THAT ONE SHILLING WOULD REPAIR THE
INJURY DONE TO HIS CHAPEL.

Now, sir, mark the predicament in which Mr. Dwyer
stands before the public. He swore distinctly on two occa-
sions " that a shilling would repair the injury done to the
chapel ;" and then in a few weeks after, when he wants to
spur the liberality of English Roman Catholics in supplying
him with funds, he circulates a document stating that his
chapel was considerably injured. In a word, Dr. Nl' Hale
states what Mr, Dwyer has sworn to be false, and yet Mr.
Dwyer lends himself the willing agent for circulating the do-
cument which his recorded oath has branded with falsehood.
I say, sir, his recorded oath, because as Mr. Cruice, the sti-
pendiary magistrate, held the investigation to which I have
alluded, by special direction of the government, he took ac-
curate notes of the evidence. I therefore refer your readers
to him for confirmation of what I have stated. His address
is Daniel Cruice, Esq., S.M., Ballina • and 1 the more
gladly refer to him, because, being a Roman Catholic, his
testimony must be free from every suspicion of partiality so
far as I am concerned. _ _

In conclusion, permit me to ask, what is the specific benefit
to be received from " the monthly mass in perpetuity," the
premium which Dr. M`Hale holds out in the concluding
sentence of his letter to those who give their money for the
furtherance of the object which he recommends ? This much
is clear to my mind, that a spiritual benefit is offered on one
condition, viz., the payment ;of money. We read in the
New Testament (Acts viii. 18, 19), that St. Peter was so-
licited to bestow a spiritual endowment for a similar consi-
deration, and the feelings with which the holy apostles re-
ceived the proposal is also recorded—" Thy money perish
with thee, because thou halt thought that the gift of God may
be purchased with money," verses 20, 21, 22, 23.
I need not inform you that Dr. M`Hale claims for the
body to which he belongs an exclusive connection with St.
Peter; but so long as the Doctor continues to promise a
supply for the "spiritual necessities" of professing Chris-
tians on the terms proposed in his letter, it seems to me that
the holy apostle disclaims the relationship.—l am, sir, your
faithful servant, EDWARD NANGLE.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)

The Rev. Walter Augustus- Shirley, M.A., late Fellow of
New College, and Archdeacon of Derby, is appointed to the
Prebend of Uffton, in the Cathedral of Lichfield. _ _

._____
His Grace the Archbishop of York has appointed the Rev.
StephenCreyke, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, and Vicar
of Sutton-in-the-Forest, to a Canonry in the Cathedral
Church of York.

The Rev. Thomas William Weare, M.A., Student of
Christ Church, has been appointed Under Master of West-
minster School.

The Rev. William S. Lendon, M.A., of Christ Church,
has been appointed Rector of Newton Bromswold, North-
amptonshire, void by the death of the Rev. John Cooper;
patrons, the Warden and Fellows of All Souls College.
Rev. John Hutton. Rector of Knipton, to the Rectory of
Thorpe, Arnold, void by the death of the Rev. John Cleath-
hig ; patron, the Duke of Rutland.
Rev. T. Pitts, to be Curate of Sowerby Bridge, near
Halifax.

Rev. W. Green, to the Incumbency of the New Church of
St. Georr, at Woodsetts.
Rev. . Fielding, to be Chaplain to her Majesty's ship,
the Illustrious.

Rev4P. Somerville, to be Chaplain to her Majesty's ship,
the Warspite.
Rev. George C. Boughton, to the Curacy of Chiswick, and
also to the Chaplaincy of the Kensington Union.
Rev. E. Gurdon, to the Curacy of Reymerston. Norfolk.
Rev. G. Morris, to the Curacy of Morvah, Cornwall.

Rev. G. Murray, to the Rectory of Presion, Suffolk ; pa-
tron, Rev. J. T. Bond.
Rev. G. Proctor, to the Curacy of Attleborough, Norfolk.
Rev. E. Roberts, to be Chaplain to Lord de Manley.