Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-05-17


There satay regulations put forth in each diocese
speeding church dues and church discipline and put forth by
episcopal and synodica authority Specific laid down
for mass marriage, and the administration of the Eucharist
These AUTHORIZED payments moderate enough but every
priest spite of these rules makes the most he can of his
ministry, and the strage discrepancy prevails in the
diocese in the demands made upon the people,. The
priest and his flock continually coming into collision ON ne
sion money under the denomination Of Christmas and Easter
offerings He selects in every neghbohood or two houses
in which he holds stations of confession Very
scenes take place when additional money demanded or
when additional time for payment crayed The first thing
done when there question OF marrying couple make
bargan about the marriage money. The wary minister
watches the papaons puts shilling for every sigh, and
twopence every tear and maddens the mpeuosy Of the
young up pound sterling The remuneration pre-
scbed by the diocesan statutes thought OF for
ment the priest makes hard bargain ne cam and the
bed the poor peasants TO lie sold to make their con-
cubnage lawful But every present at the marriage Is to
contribute the minister after begging and entreatng some
time little purpose gets into violent rage, abuses and Is
abused and this way is celebrated of the sacramen
the Catholic Church The Of alteration and
abuse take place when gosspmoney refused at bapsms
but the most painful take place at extreme uncioa
ceremony to which the people Ireland attach the
Importance " Pay betoehard-ths is enough
insist upon more know you afford til insist upon
larger fec And all this before the dying man, who feels he
has not hour to live and believes that salvation depends
upon the timely application Of this sacred grease.
Other bad consequences out of the present system OF
Irish Church support Many of the clergy constantly
deavong to oveeach and undermine another Every
man looks to his private emoument regardless Of all
enants, expressed implied The does not make
fair return the parish priest the parish priest to the
rate. There is universal scramble every gets what he
cam and TO think he would be almost justified in APP
propratng the whole to himself And how all this be
otherwise How the poor wretched clergy to live but by
setting high price their theological abors and using every
incentive OF fear and superstition to exto from six millions Of
beggars the little payments wanted for the bodies Of the poor
nd the If
wicked to leave the religious guides Of millions Of people
in such state OF destiuton to besow thought up
OF them than upon the clergy Of the Sandwich Islands If
were member of the Cabinet and met my colleagues
week. to eat birds and beasts and to talk the of the
world, should begin upon Ireland before the soup I'm
shed go through fish, turkey, and saddle of mutton and
end till the last thimhefu of caet had passed down
the throat of the ncreduous Haddngon but there they sit
week after week there they come, week after week the
Pccadly Mars the Scotch Neptune, Thems Lyndhus the
Tamworth Baronet dear Goody, and denrer GLADLY, and
think Of paying the Catholic clergy than Of
real fashion does of paying his tailor And there
for this in anacsm There only in the Cab
met who objects from purely natica because the
Pope is the Scarlet Lady, the Seventh VIAL the Little
Horn All the rest entirely of opinion that ought to be
donethat is the thing needfu but they afraid Of
bishops and county meetings newspapers and pamphlets and
reviews all fair enough objects of apprehension, but they
must be met, and encountered, and put down. II imposs
BILE that the subject be much longer avoided and that
every year to produce deadly struggle with the people,
and long trial in time of peace with Somebody the patriot
for the time being or the general perhaps in time Of for
eign
If Bishop, living beautifully in Of
pleniude, don't think could endure the thought of
many honest pious and aboous clegyen of another faith
placed in such disgaceful circumstances could get
into my carriage with jelly springs, my two
every day. without remembering the buggy and the bacon Of
old Catholic Bishop, ten times laborious and
with much perhaps Of theological learning than myself
often distressed for few pounds, and burdened with duties
utterly disproportoned to his age and strength think il
the extreme comfort of my condition did exnguish
all feeling for others, should sharply commisera,e such
church, and attempt with ardor and perseverance, apply
the proper remedy. Now let bring and well known
before the English reader give him clearer notion
Of what passes in Catholic Ireland. The living Of Saint
Georges, Hanover Square, is bcnefice of Gl 500 per
and good house. 1t is IN the possession OF Doctor
Hodgson, who also Dean Of Carlisle, worth believe about
FL 500 more. comfortable existence hardly be
conceived Doctor Hodgson is very worthy amiabe man,
and very glad he is rich he but suppose he had
but what he got off his own bat suppose that
instead Of tubng through the sky-gh his income
does, procured by Catholic methods The Doctor tells
Mr. Thompson he win not marry him Miss Simpson under
thirty pounds Thompson demus aod endeavors beat him
down. The Doctor Miss Simpson, finds her very pretty
thinks Thompson hasy and, after long and undgnfed
collation. the Doctor gets his Fee Soon after this he receives
message from Place, the tailor, to come and anoint him
with junction. lie repairs the bedside and tells
Mr.. Place that he will touch him under of Clothes
equal TO ten pounds The family resist the alteration goes
on before the pershing artisan, and the price is reduced
day the child of Lord b. is to be chrstened the goahes
and godmothers will only give sovereign each the Doctor
refuses to do il for the money! and the church Of
camor and confusion. These the which, under
similar circumstances ,c0ud take place here for the congre
CATION want the comforts Of religion without fees, and will
cheat the Clergyman if they and the clergyman who
TO live, meet all these articles with resist
And this is the wetched state Of the Irish Roman Ca
thoic clergy miserable blot and stain the English
nation What blessing to this country would real Bishop
be who thought it the first duty of Christianity to
aay the bad passions of mankind and TO reconcile conendng
sects with each other What peace and happiness such
the Bishop Of London might have conferred the
empire it. instead of changing black dresses for white dresses
and administering to the frivolous disputes Of foolish zeao
he had abored to abae the hatred Of Proesans the R
Catholics and had dedicated his powerful understanding
TO promote religious peace in the two countries Scarcely any
Bishop Is sufficiently Of the world deal with fana
les The way not to with them but ask them 10
dinner They armed against logic and Temonstrance
but they puzzled in the labyrinth of wines disarned by
facilities and concessions, introduced new world come
away thinking Of hot and cold and dry and sweet than
of Newman, keble, and Pussy So mouldered away Ham
nbals army at Capua So the primitive and perpendicular
pg of Puseyism is soened practical wisdom and coaxed
into common sense Providence gives Generals and Adj
miras and Chanceors Of the Exchcquer but never re-
member in my time real Bishop, grave elderly man. full
Of Greek, with sound views Of the middle voice and prefer
perfect tense gentle and kind his poor clergy, Of powerful
and commanding eloquence in Parliament be put
down when the great interests Of mankind concerned
leaning to the Government when right leaning the
People when they right, feeling that if the Spirit Of
God had called him to that high Office he was called for no
mean purpose, but rather that seeing clearly and acting
boldly and intending purely he might confer lasting benefit
upon mankind.
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