Washington telegraph., 1851-08-20
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,.s,,ng case, involving the question whether a
ps.,nd can compel his wife to return to him alter
nu lsv have separated by mutual consent, the one
hscome Catholic priest, the other nun. has
'Ir hen argued before the British privy council.
r. S,'. 'nartes interested Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
H., formerly of the State of Louisiana. In
rOi rpO,i beiug then in Rome, the lady and her hns-
70 sJ reouested from The Pope dsp-asatiOn from
u'u .S.r matrimonial vows for the purposes above
.''.n,ioped 1t was granted, and Mrs. Connolly
w.. .f,er took the following oath:
'0on ~. .Imigbty and Eternal God, 1, CorneIia, the
:. fnI xile of Peter Connolly, trusting in thine
ct. goodness aud mercy, and animated with
-. d.sre of serving thee more perfectly. with the
'". Nnussp, of nv husband, who intends shortly to
eOhs Oh. hov orders, do make to thy Divine Majesty
''~ a., Of perpetuaI chastity, at the hands of the
D., Father Jean Louis Rozaven, of the society
- Iesus. delegated for that purpose by his Emil
O'anc. the Cardinal Vicar of his Holiness for the
";,v of Rome, supplicaling thy Divine Goodness,
rs the prrcious blood Of Jesus Christ, 70 be pleas
ID to accept this offering ofthy unworthy eaure,
..a sweet smelling SAVIOR, and that as thou has
oiv.u me the desire and the power to make this
.,;nn to thee, so thou wOudst also grant me
On,ndsnt grace to fulfil the same. Rome, at the
Sod Heart of Jesus of the rinitY of the Mount,
1sh June, lS45.
Subsequently, on founding community OF nuns
-, Darhv. in England, she took another oath by
nav of supplement- It ran thus:
..Imiuhty and Everlasting God, L, Cornelia
con,oIv. being must unworthy Of thy divine re-
aard but copfiding neyerhe less in thy infinite pity
snd m.rcv, and moved by the desire of serving
,bse VOW. in the presence OF the most blessed
Virciu Mary, and of all the heavenly court, to
,bv Divine Majesty poverty and obedience IRE
<,r oh. {,,r,,, ,arIx, ol
IN the congregation of the Holy Child Jesus; and
nroms- to enter it, to live and die in it. intend
inc to do all things according to the constitutions
of this congregation
After a time, Mr. Connolly thought better, or
rather thought worse of his vow of chastity, and
wanted his wife back: bu she refused to return to
his bed and board, declaring that she "would
rather die than break her VOW" He then appeal
ed to the Arches court, which decreed that she
should be restored to her husbands arms, nolens
roIens. Thereupon she appealed 20 her majesty
privy council. and the judicial committee OF that
body have This strange case under Amusement.
Lrave has been given to Mrs. Connolly 10 amend
her allegations for the purpose of obtaining inior-
nation OH two ponrs-frst, as to what the law of
Pennss lvania (where the parties were marred)
would have directed, had the Case been brought
before the courts of that State; and secondly,
where the legal dorpice o: the parties was when
the transaction took place at Roms: These points
sscertained the case will be remitied to the
Arches court Tor reconsideration.
In the meantims, We hope Mrs. ConneIly will
reconsider the Case herself. She perform her
duties to society and TO her God much more ac-
cepaby in her own household than in the cloister
Her second vow, however solemn, was the result
of delu>ion, and should not take precedence OF
the first. which made her of ''pne fesi," with
her husband Both husband and wife we've the
sclms of mononlana. Tie has recovered, il
seems, and We trust she will soou be convalescent.
A few connubial kisses through the conVent bars
might tend materially to promote an object SO de-
trabIe. The case ough. to be transferred from
the Arches court TO the court of the little archer,
Cupid