New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-22
THE ToKONTON gUAEREL.

Toronto has rrr-utly 5-en tn. seems at one
OF ihu-. re- igiou.. or pcrhais Ne had better
SAY ecclesiastical. ,quai .irs. which VI commit
thfk 10 the least cradGcigc - tbr c-use Of en-
gbt..r-d pciy A .uc.i1ct barfarioo Of TIE
fate. which wr w II cn.easoa :" make ~ im-
par,,nl =. Io.sb.c. va! Ice .ltcrcsius d. iea't
10 portion 81 our r. ai'r. We gTe first tie
Protestant vcrfiou ct the afnf. The we'll
koowG 81 Al'su McNab. wlo rrcently died.
$50. during A.. hlr a constant attendant upon
a. Ch.rcb co. .nsand "a "mb,r Of that
rl.t.l.iua. Dr.. va,. aowcser during h's
he va. la.t.,. .nd were several oi ia
rcllt.us. lrc.gDing III. Dnyid McNah, tie
o,,c oi a. d,e,s "a b.otl,r. aad ~ innate ol
h, mnay. - Al.ou. i'w "eras b"iorc hi'
huc-s. rar'ruk oi The colnE.euhB III the An
sh,Ia ChlrcH. md Le Ms pre en- ~ his place
IA hat Ciurrn int ore w>-ek b-fre Nh.
t,c,.ar.. tie Protestant crrsyu4B, VISITED HIM
,n rridny preceding hls .tath.su saturday, but
MT r .lh tiibr was dcnird acres 10 hls bed
sid-, be-. lniorn.cI that SIR Alan had :" be-
coluu god Catholic and been received into
The bo,n,n Of he Roman Chu,ch." Onc of his
executors dccliuiDg /" act IN the matter, tue
other (Mrs. David McNab) took charge "i The
funeral. uhd ,hc dcc..n,,d VAS buried BY Cath
ole priests, and according to the Catholic rlt-
ual-nany Of Sir Allall's most distinguished
friends drcllning 10 follow b,m to the grave,
and the general public also refusing To partici-
pate 10 The ceren"nrs. The Toronto Gio5e
(Arglican) GAYS: Surely .he ianaiical q al
Of the Calhnlic Gle % nrser produced. IN this
country ut least, more distressing or more dis
graceful results" 81 The Toronto LtGder de-
clares that "tho feeling 10 all but Unanimous
that an Outrage has been committed tho out
rag. specifically bang tina. while in Il coId
ton oi mental nbcclliiy Sir Allan wa. received
uto the bosom OF tie Catholic Church, AID
participated, although unconsclously ~ it,
mott important, sol,uIn. and Affecting ceremo-
ME-. Tat -, Sir Milan tod Mr. Geddcs that
h. desired to DE III ihs faith Of the Church of
England. having few hours before embraced
Catholicism. But the question arises Why, Sir
Allan borg clearly in the article Of death, Mr.
Gcdd,s did not proceed to administer then and
there the last CONSULTATIONS Of hls own Church
Upon this point, We have seen no satisfactory
statement. Certainly, If SIR Allan was ia sach
extremity, it was clrahy the duty Of Mr.
Grddcs to celebrate the Offices Of his own
communion. II he had done ~, would Sir
Allan have Joined with HIM in the celebration ,
rhnt Is u qIest on which each person will an
swer according to his prcjudIcrs, and which
cannot now be juoicially answered ut all. 1t
10 proper to state that when SIR Adams legal
adviser called (aftcr the Catholic baptISm) for
the purpose Of making some changes IN tho
last testament Of the deceased, the attempt
was abandoned, counsel not deemlng the baro-
net TO DO Of sound and dlsposing mind and
memory; but on tho other hand. If he had
while ia full possession OF his intellect. declared
his intention Of embracing tho Catholic faith, o
received declaration Of that intention would DO
entitled to great consideration. however bis
mental faculties might have been injured by
ilnoss.
Wa have now TO turn to the defense Of Mrs.
McNab aud Of Bishop Farrell of the Catholic
Church. which 10 published in The Hamilton
Times. II 10 declared that Sir Allan McNab.
Z" while 10 tho possession Of perfect health. :"
promised tho Bishop Of the Catholic Church
that ho would Join that Church. and thst In