The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

VERY IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE

Several of our liberal contemporaries have published a
letter from Mr. Corballis to Dr. Murray, who styles him-
self Archbishop of Dublin, wishing to know how the
" faithful" are to understand the late synodical address
on the subject of the colleges ? " Are we hereby actu-
ally prohibited from sending our children to these col-
leges ? and, if so, how far is such a prohibition actually
binding on us, in foro conscientie 1" Mr. Corballis says,
further, that he submits his questions for the purpose of
" making known to the numerous persons who have
spoken to him" the answer of " his grace."
To this appeal, the oracle delivers his response, with
singular want of clearness, as follows :

" Mountjoy-square, Ist October, 1850.
" My DEAR FRIEND—I have received your interesting
letter? and I need not, I hope. assure you, that I participate
fully in the deep anxiety which you so justly feel; but I must
pray you not to press me to enter in this moment into details
on the painful subject to which you allude. I may. however,
mention that a petition signed by thirteen bishops has, pro-
bably ere this. reached Rome, supplicating our most holy
father, Pope Pius IX., to refuse his sanction to certain propo-
sals on points yet undecided, relative to the subject of acade-
mical education. To the decision to be given thereon, what-
ever it may be (though I still venture to hope that it will be
favourable to the petitioners), those prelates will be found
among the first to reverentially submit; but, in the meantime,
I am not aware that there is amongst them one who would
wish to extend the provisions of the pontifical rescripts, already
issued on that subject, beyond the strict letter of what the
holy see has prescribed.—l have the honour to remain, my
dear friend, yours most faithfully, t D. MURRAY.
J. R. Corballis, Esq.

As a sort of finishing touch to the above, the Dublin
Herald publishes the following letters as a further corre-
spondence between the parties :
" Rosemount, Roebuck, Oct. 1, 1850.
" My dear Lord,—lt may not be unknown to yon, that I
obtained a gold medal in Trinity College, and that astronomy
formed one of the studies for proficiency in which that honour
was awarded. Now, I have lately seen an extract from an
astronomical tract, by the Most Rev. :Qr. :Cullen, lord arch-
bishop of Armagh, and primate of all Ireland. I beg leave
most respectfully to inquire whether, by the terms of that
ecclesiastical manifesto, I am actually prohibited from believ-
ing that the earth goes round Ike sun, and commanded to

believe that the sun goes round the earth, and if so whether
such prohibition and command are actually binding in foro
conecienti ? Revemntly waiting your reply, upon which I
shall instantaneously act, I remain your grace's obedient
servant, &c. &c.

" I he Most Rev. Archbishop Murray, &c."
" Mountjoy-square, 2d Oct., IMO.'
"My dear friend,—l have received your interesting letter,
and may state that though I am not sure that his holiness
Pius IX. will not listen to the representations of those who
would wish the earth to go round the sun in preference to the
other arrangement at present in force; yet I consider it by no
means probable that his holiness will continue, as heretofore,
to send the sun round the earth. The matter has been sub-
mitted, along with other points connected with the proposed
educational institutions, to his holiness, and in the meantime,
which I hope may not exceed a few days, you may as well
believe that it is going neither way. I remain, my dear friend,
yours, &c."