Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-08

| In witness whereof the respective Plenipoten.
taries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto
| the seals Of their arms.
Done at Londsn, the 7th day of February, in the
year of our Lord, 1910
w. CANrUAR PALMsRsroN,
CorrENHAM, c. MELBoURNE,
LANsDowNE, f. II. Barring,
NORMANDY, STOcKMAR.
j. RUSSELL,
Owe THE BEAUTIES OF THE NATIONAL SYs-
TEM-The following has been communicated 10 us
by trustworthy correspondence Not far from the
niently located m the neighbourhood Of mixed pc
puatOn of Roman Catholics, Professionals and Pres
byterians The Protestant parents, living at
siderable distance from a parish school. naturally
enough avail themselves Of the nearest National
School for their children The master being a Roman
Catholic asks large class Of Roman Catholic chill,
dren-' Can the priest forgive sins :? sYes, SIR
readily answers the boy to whom the question was
put; and the master, patting the boy on the back,
encourages the lie, and adds, Yes, he can Again
to another child Which is the true Church q
The Holy Roman Catholic Church. responds the
cAild, and the master again adds Right, Sir The
above questions took place, and were demanded, in
the presence of both Protestants and Presbyferians
Londonderry Sentinel.
RoMAy CATHoLrc CHAPELs, Sc.-A map has just
been put forth by the British Reformation Society,
showing the exact position of every Roman Catholic
chapel college, and seminary wthia the boundaries of
Engl ind Scotland land ales from which appears
ing increase in ten years of 49, In the county oLan
caster alone there are many "A chapsls and
schools; in that Of York there 80 chapels and
schools; in that of Stafford there are % chapels and
7schools; whilst in Middlesex the chapels are 20
only, and the schools colleges l3 By this state.
ment, it will be remarked, that although the num-
Der of places of worship is considerably larger in the
provincial districts, yet that the nurseries by
far the most abundant in and to the seat Of Co
vernment.
COMPARATIVE BUSINESS OF THE BRITISH PoRrs.
I'm the year 1889, of the twenty three millions and
half paid custom duties at the various ports of
the United Kingdom, London paid 49, per cent or
very nearly one half of the whole; Liverpool contr
bued Is per cent; Bristol Al per cent; Hull 81 per
cent; and Dublin 81 per cent L:ith paid p per
fast II per cent; Greenock rather less, and Cork
per cent. Gloucester paid about two.thirds per
cent; Sunderland, Whitehaven, Plymouth, and Lin
about one third per cent; Chester, Exeter, Lynn,
Portsmouth, Southampton, Stockton, Yarmouth,
Aberdeen, Dundee, and Port Glasgow, each above
one quarter per cent OF the whole.
ROMAN CATHOLIC DEVOTIONAL striking instance
of the gross and absurd superstition sreyailing
amongst Roman Catholics is Drought under notice
in the current number Of the Dublin University
Magazine. The order Of Noun. Carmel, or Of
other order in Ireland; and Of the nature OF this
order, and the virtues Of the holy Scapuar we
have abundant information in a work published for
the use of Roman Catholics by Messrs. Grace and
short Treatise on the Antiquity. Institution, Excel
lency, Indulgences, Privileges, &C., Of the most ia
nous and ancient ConfratsrnitY Of our blessed Lady
OF Mount Carmel, commonly called the Scapnlar;
with brief account Of the design rules, and condi.
tions thereof To which added, a short relation
OF some OF the most notable miracles wrought by d.
vine power in favor Of them that were vested with
that honorable and sacred badge Also the life of the
blessed Virgin Mary" The Scapular is a small bit
of cloth, worn about the person charm; and we
are solemnly assured that the history Of our Lord
w ia " u0 nean rpUa riedV wit tha
feeling Of generation the LEGENDS connected
with this badge The following pa sage from the
treatise just mentioned, will show what sort Of le
gends these are -
"The singular prerogatvss Of this holy cenfrater-
nifty Of the Scapuar, above all Others are, fir t. that
it il no human invention but, the dvnes say, de
lure D'rino; having its institution immediately from
heaven Secondly, that il 10 favored with the sim
gusr protection OF the Queen Of Heaven who 10 the
patroness and advocate of this conraternity Third
y, that II hath the promise of eternal salvation.
Fourthly, il avals much to abrevate the expiating
flames OF purgatory. Finally ever since its first in
sttution it hath been favored by Almighty God with
many graces and miracles, insomueh, that by means
Of the sacred Scapuar the sick hath frequently been
restored TO their former health; persons bewitched
and possessed by the devil, have been delivered,
women in travail have been tremendously assisted
his sacred habit hath also aPpessed violent tenn
pests when it hath been cast into the sea by those
that were in danger. Briefly, il is known by daily
experience that the Scapuar is a sovereign prsser-
vative and remedy against all the evils OF this life,
both spiritual and ;insomuch that the devil,
II
many Vres have been heard to howl and cry most
misersv y, saying, WOE to Ms = by reason Of The sa.
cred ScaPular Of the blessed Virgin Mary, of Mount
! Carmel"
10 impossible to suppress shudder at the awful
ignorance OF thoe who can be imposed upon by this
monstrous cheat. "The promise Of eternal saliva
ton" through the wearing Of bit Of rag The &C
count OF the institution Of the order is less dis
tinsushed for its bold dis regard for truth
"The ancient and most famous order ofthe blessed
| Virgin was begun and founded on the Mountain OF
Carmel, about nine hundred and thirty years before
the coming OF Sa viour Jesus Christ; for which
called Carmelites taking their denomination Gas Il
hath often happened 20 other order) from the place
where their institutes were first founded The in
sttutor OF IL was the grea, prophet Elias who three
times made fire to come down frem heaven TO punish
the dolaors who, by his prayers hindered rain for
the space Of three years; who carried away in
6ery chariot, an is yet preserved alive and
preach before the day Of Judgment the faith of Jesus
Christ against Antiehrist and his adhercnts.
This holy prophet, praying on Mount Carmel,
(as is related, Kings iv, 1S), little cloud arse
from the sea, which he knew, from propheticai no
ton, to signify the glorious Virgin Mary, who was to
spring forth out Of the infected bitter Of
rupt nature, without any corruption /; aud, like
suspiciou, cloud, being resolved with the force Of
this barren world with the heavenly dew of the
pecied Messiah. Wherefore, by the express com
mand OF Almighty God, he presently began TO inst
tute religious congregation, which to be dedi
Gated TO the honor of this sacred virgin as il s at
large related by John the forty fourth Patriarch OF
| Jerusalem, de eruf monochorun, chap 30
"These disciples and successors Of Elias are ma
med, in the Holy Scriptures, sons OF the prophets
And they so much multiplied in short time, that