The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-20

Of their error Allow met my brethren, once more TO
say how sincerely llong Tor your welfare and 20
In the name Of the Bishops and Of the clergy oil the do
cese Of New York. the Christian love which we shall
ever bear towards the Scottish Episcopal Church"
So great, even at this day, is the Ignorance exist
and present. condition Of the Reformed Catholic
Church OF Scotland, that we dare say many persons
here never heard at all OF the interesting clrcum-
stance related by Mr.. Dowdney, and the lew who
are aware that 1t look place have probably only
very general impression Of the subject
We have the particulars Of the event SO Affect
ingly alluded to by the Rev. Mr.. Dowdney, In his
recent sermon at Greenock, and our principal OBJ
ject IN doing SO has been to place before the Eng
llsh public the obligations which the great cause Ut
Catholic Christianity owes to the Episcopal Church
Of Scotland That Church, exposed tor ages to
the virulence OF persecution, and then driven into
obscurity by the relentless operation OF penal stat
utes, has nevertheless preserved its apostolic sue
cesslon, its apostocal doctrine, and, we may truly
add, It's apostolical poverty and has, moreover,
been the means, under Divine Providence, OF Gre
atlng branch OF the Church Catholic, numbering
at this moment twenty-five prelates and twelve
hundred clergy, in a country where, but for that
Church, there would be no sanctuary from secta-
rianlsm and infideli'y In usefulness SO extensive
as this il has perhaps never been permitted to any
other Church to co-operate-ceTtainly 10 none re-
duced by violence to the powerless condition In
which, at the period to which we refer, the Epls-
copal Church Of Scotland was placed This body
stanoy in the good cause - and the same noble
pertfnaciy in we'll doing which carried il through
Its long and fiery trials, has, under the ceaseless ~
sy, not only enabled it to secure its existence, but
within the last few years, to double the numbers OF
lis people = London Post, Aug. 5.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AMERIcA.-The collection
in the United States In aid OF tine Free Church Of
Scotland has terminated, and the sum realized
amounts to nearly forty thousand dollars, which
would have been greatly increased had the reverend
members OF the deputat.on consented 10 accept CT
lndiscrimlnate subscriptions. This there was an
objection TO IN many OF the slave raising states OF
the south, which will account for much larger
sum not being at the disposal Of the Edinburgh
committees. dinburah paper.
Ireland.
NEW LORD LIEuTENANr--Lord Heytesbury ar
rived at kingstown, in H. M. steamer Merlin, Capt.
Keane, about seven o'clock on Friday morning
last. His Lordship was received. on landing, BY
Lord Donoughmore, and the Right Honorable +.
Shaw, two Of the Privy Council, accompanied by
the Solicitor General, Colonel Howes, the Dean o.
Ossory, and several ads.de-camp and members Of
the household. A considerable crowd had assem-:
bled,. as also the Lord Mayor, the High Sheriff.
and other municipal officers. procession was
then formed. There were marks OF disapProbatlon
at various points along the route from Wesand-row
to the castle, but when the procession reached
Cork-hill, loud groan was given, and on inqulrlng
among the dlssentients, we learned that this mark
Of disapprobatlon was distinctly proclaimed 70 DC
for the sole benefit OF Mr.. Shaw. The Right Hon
orable'and learned gentleman was then asked, IN 9
loud voice, what he had done with the jury lists
The pArty asking the question, forgettul Of the
cordeRs titles and dignity, famillarly called him
"Fred.' Some inquisitve persons .ascertained
that Lord Donoughmore materially. assisted IN al
tracing these marks of disappr0batiOn towards the
Vlce-regal carriage. so inauSpiciously occupied.
The usual ceremonies were afterwards gone
through, and their termination was signified by the
discharge Of rocket, followed by salute OF
twenty-0ne guns. The Orangemen are quite out
Of SORTS anticipating, how justly remains to be seen,
that his Lordship's advent Is the har6lnger OF i9r-
ther concessions TO the great bulk OF the people.
At Rotundo meeting the day before, the Rev.
Trash Gregg held forth in the following tcrms:-
Lord Heytesbury was just about to arrive, TO-
morrow was appointed tor his entree, ana now
wo0id he conel Not as the Viceroy OF Protest
ant Government, but as appointed to carry out the
policy OF Sir r. Peel-a policy quite as bad as that
Of Earl Grey or Lord Melbourne, In fact, Lord
Normandy deserved just as much Of Protestant
support as Lord Heytesbury."
REPEAL Association The usual weekly meet
ing took place on the 10th ut., Captain Broterick
filled the chair. Mr. OBrirn handed IN ECO frsm
the kepealers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, also E54
los 3D. from his own constituents Mr. Gordon
Withdrew his motion that the question OF repeal
should be brought before the present Parliament
He would bring the subject more fully before the
association on the next day Of meeting. Sir Y.
Blake, M. r., handed in the resignation OF the edi
had resigned at the request Of the association-who
were anxious that no member OF the press should
be connected with that body, in consequence Of the
doctrines put forward on the State trials Mr.. Nc
Nevin TO bring under the notice of the associ-
alton the estimates for the current year: He com
mented on Its various items and argued that il fur
nshed new arguments for q repeal OF the Union
Mr.. D. O'Brien, M. P.,. handed in various sums Of
Dungannon. He also stated that the repeal cause
was progressing in the north, and in proof OF his
assertion he said, that to Protestant anti-repea
petition there were only three Presbyterian sigma
toad rrrx,~ AZ
chester, handed in f6l 2s from that town The
rent for the week would be about El,6OO
The Rev. T. Tierney, one of the traversers in
the late trial, presided at the weekly meeting OF
this body on the 10Th ult. Amongst the contribu-
lions handed in was one Of E24 from Liverpool,
per q. Smyth. w. s. . Brien, M p, read letter
to Lord Wicklow, in answer to one from his Lord
ship, to the effect that Irish members Of Parlla.
ment than in the Cancellation hall. This was re-
spectfulIy denied in the reply. Daniel O'Connell,
jan, made his usual weekly return from the prison,
and announced that his father and fellow martyrs
were in the very best health and spirits The Hon.
gentleman then read the opinions Of his father on
dffrrentltoplcs. A, B. Molloy (barrster) brought
forward the report fthe committee Of the Catholic
Bequests Bill and then proceeded, at some length,
to point out the injurious tendencies OF the mea-
sure. Smith O'Bren moved resolution to the
effect that each repeal reading room in Ireland be
supplied with copy OF the Archbishop OF Tuam's
(Dr. Hale) different TRANSACTIONS IN the Irish lam
guage. Passed with reclamation. The amount
Of the repeal rent for the week was announced to
be Ei0O0 los. sd.
THE estate PRISONERS THE rules Of the
priton being further relaxed by permission given
10 erect gymnasium for the health and recreation
of the seven consplrators, M. Maccaud, the cele.:
brated professor II gymnastics, has been engag ed
whether at the expense Of the county or Of the
Corn Exchange, is a Secretion the purpose Of i'm
parting instructions in his graceful art to Mesers.
O'Ccnnell y Co: All his pupils are progresslng
expected, is far ahead of his competitors. HIS
feats Of strength and agility stated 70 have ex-
cited the astonshment OF his teacher. Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays being the days on which
strangers are excluded from visits, are devoted to
practice .-Dmbiin Letter IN the Times
The municipal protest against the trial and i'm
prisonment Of Mr.. O'Connell, has now received the
signatures OF 450 members OF the various corpora
tons in Ireland.
Irish state Trials.
t. he uouco If 0oric IN the 10Th ultiruo the