The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-07-10 00:00:00

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sin. other Apolog,i4ts l• explain their wishes, besought
tile abrogation .4 the laws enacted against them,
which pre rise to tfie dreadful persecutions which
took place in the Roman Empire. It may be allow•
ed to hope, that the day is not far distant, when a
la•-csorsespoudinc with the wishes of the Catholics
shalllse enacted, Which, however, be their right to
tlio-obt sinment of tiasaltiepitisitc WSitirritayi sewer,

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certainly, *ill pass, without our previously granting

The weight of those reasons. which we have long
nod duly, in proportion to their high importance,
considered has induced urt, after first hearing the
counsel of several of our Venerable Brothers, Car•
anal, of the Holy Roman Church, and examining
tl•.s opinion of other men, eminent for learning and
a knowledge •f British affairs, to propose the tem-
perament so fully explained to you, for the settle.
ment of this matter. We saw indeed, that an in-
fringement to a certain degree was thereby made in
the discipline of the Church. which claims for the
Reinert Pontiff a complete independence in the elec.
lino of Bishops. But with regard to discipline, who
is 'ignorant that changes may, by the legitimate an-
thfirity, be made, in compliance with the circum-
stances of things and' times. And this is a prin.
aisle which our predecessors h■►e uniformly main-
tained; es an in►tatnce of which, a noble maxim of
st, Leo the Great, particularly occurs to us, as ex-
pressed its a letter to Rusticus, Bishop of Narbonne:
" Arthere are certain things which can on no ac.
count be altered, so are there many which, from a
due consideration of times, or from the necessity of
tl.i'ogs, it may be right to modify." We had also
before our eyes the rule laid down by our prede.
cessor, Innocent the Third, who says—" It is nut
tube considered blameable if, in consequence of a
change of times, a change of human laws also be
effected, especially when an urgent necessity, or
an' evident utility, calls for such change." Now,
what more powerful reasons, what more women.
tons circumstsuces could ever he supposed to exist,
that► those by which we felt ourselves affected,
and which we have not hesitated thus to lay before
yor ? therefore, the privilege offered by us is
in itself harmless,and consistent also with all the rules
of .prudence ; since, from our refusal of it, heavy ca.
latbitiee, and from our grant of it the greatest ad-
vantages must result to the Church (understanding,
by.these advantiies the Emancipation of the Cob°.
DO, and the restoration, in the kingdom of Great
Britain, of liberty in all things pertaining to religion)
why should wt hesitate. What motive could have
retarded us from openly declaring our wish to grant
the privilege in question, or from relaxing somewhat
from the strictness of ecclesiastical discipline? We
unquestionably judged that we were bound to act on
this principle, and saw ourselves placed in such a
situation, that we might justly adopt the expressions
of our predecessor, Gelasius: 66 We are compelled,
by the inevitable dispensation of things, and by a
due regard to the maxims of Government adopted by
the Apostolical See, so to weigh the enactments of
former Canons, so to interpret the decrees of preced-
ing Pontiffs, our predecessors, of employing •all due
and diligent consideration, to regulate, as well as
way be all those things which the necessity of the
present times may require to be relaxed for the re-
storation of the Churches"
Vta, therefore, Venerable Brothers, entertain no
&tart, that you ell, having considered and duly
*retitled what we hive thus set before you, wilt se-
tt wiedie 'the measure adopted by us to be most
just; an sill, in ali respects, conform yourselves
to it. Let your hearts glow with that zeal for reli-,
gio'u; with which those truly Apostolical men were
Intl imed, who laboured with so much solicitude, to
twit the Irish nation from the erroneous celebretion
of .Easter, as prectised by them in the sixth and se.
veritl►'ages of the Cfiurch ; and at length, by much
labour and many cares, succeederl in establishing, in
yorilislind, the time of celebration so strenuously
vindleated by our predecessors, 'lotteries 1., and
John IV. No•w, if you shall show yourselves de.
strolls t•o see an example of docility to others ; and, as
yool Wisdom so powerfully enables you to instruct
the'People, and allay the rising emotions of their
minds. 'We are fully persuaded that, the benefit of
Emancipation being once granted, the long_ and
stoimy periods•during which • religion has antlered a
persecution so tedious and so severe, will tie followed
by days of peace, replete with tranquillity and all
other blessings.
Such dsys, Venerable Brothers, our prayers most
ardently solicit for you ; entertaining, as we do to-
wards you, all the tenderest feelings of lova and
charity, in return for your •merits towards the Ca.
tholic Church, and for the zeal and reverence you
have ever manifested to this Apostolical See. In,
pledge whereof, and with the strongest expressions
of our dearest regard, we hereby bestow on you, our
Venerable Brothers, and on the whole Irish Nation,
our Apostolical Benediction.
Dated Rome, atat..lllary lolaggioces, Feb. 1. 1816.1 a the
1614 year of oar Plntilleate. PIUS P. P. vii.
.EAS7' IN DIES.

MADRAS, FEB, 14.—The following extracts from
the Calcutta Mirror, of the '2Bth ult. contain the
latest intelligence from the Army in the field:—
" Letters from head-quarters the 15th January,
convey the agreeable news that Sir ‘Villiam G. Keir
bag fallen in with Cheetoo's durrah, and cut them
up in great style. Cheetoo himself made his escape
with about a dozen followers, and threw. himself
into a small village near Jawed. It is said that
Captain Caulfield, who is with Juswant Row Bow,
.vas going to surround the village, and seize the
Chief.
" Major• General Brawn, according to the same
letters, surprised some of the refractory Chiefs of
Ilolkar's army, and a rabble of fellows at Ram.
poora, and cut
.them up: Rosbutt Beg lost three of
his fingers in the fray, but contrived to Make his
escape. Three hundred of his followers were sabred,
and a number of camels anti horses take 9. The.sur-.
prise was comp(ete,"and so astonished were the fel..
lowa, that they.did not contrive to wound a single
m..n of ours. If Only remains now that we get hold
of the perfitlioul Peishiva. The power of the Pin,.
darees seems almost. annihilated by one short and.
hrilliane'campaign; and the subjogation of thigiates
that protected them, promises every security against
depredittuAs,

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