Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-02-13

do not even pretend that 3 y
known 10 ireland tifl the ~ "a
hence, though publicly eraa1( Z
emn inves;iture. as John e. 3 !
testimony would imply. and ~
record was deposited 10 tie putl -
Of the kingdom, this BalI. = ~
interests Of the Irish Church, =
remained dormant for twenty !.
noticed ia Rome. uunoticed II
courticrs. still more, unnotiood
ish Bishops. and viii add. pn@
the Continental sosereig1s. =
the power and prspondsrsass
iish Monarch. For such suppositioul p g
is indeed no parallel in the whole 1kdy
of iuves.iturcs. u
1t is seldom. too. that the hand tlc
impostor may not be detected in u}s Z
least of the minor details of the soTioua
document. In the presant ins.au6 nors
than one ancient Ms. preserves tteon-
cluding formula Of tho Bull: .stsm
Rom@." dated from Rome. Naokhis
simple formula would suffice of 311f 10
prove the whole Bull. to be forrd.
Before the news Of the election cf lope
Adrian to the Chair Of ST. Pete Suld
reach England. that Pon.iff was oteed
to seek for safety in fight from, IL kspi-
tai. Rome was in revolt. and Ard OF
Brescia sought to renew there aslctre
of the old Pagan Republic. Joha qSal-
isbury. in his POlycraticas. faishfat at
tests that on his arrival in Italy. tie opal
Court was held not in Rome. but inSen-
eventum: it was in this city he prsDted
to Pope Adrian the congratulhaio, oil
Henry H.. and he mentions b saurn
there during the three months that re-
mained in Italy. This is fur.hcr coirm-
ed by the Italian chronicles. BaAius
saw the Inconsistency of the formula Da-
tuns Rome, with the date 155. end hsee.
in bis annals. lie entered Adr)kn's Ball
under the year 1859 ;16 but i(shis .a,s
be correct. surely then that. ~ ,uld
not have been brought to HenrJ Jon ei
Salisbury. and the passage oft8 Aalo-
gicus referring to it. must at coee b ad-
mitted forgery. Other hissesianshavc
been equally puI1led to end . yef for
this supposed Bull. For insianes. (Hal.
loran. in his History Of Ireland. thilss
admitting that the Irish people slwts re-
garded the Bull as forgery. refers ! date
to the year 1l67. that is. eight yefs sf-
ter The death of Pope Adrian Nv.
There is only one other refeetia with
which I wish to dc.aiu the reade. The
condition Of our country and heielatioas
keswes. Ersaund uae -siss xioe.
which are set forth In the>dppossd a5ycI,
are precisely those Of tie year Ii2; ous
it would have required more ,so pre-.
phctic vision to have anticipat '"e" -
1i55. In 1l55 Ireland wa. ~ h..s.;.a' ~ a'.
OF turmoil or versing toX,lv nroar..s;no
,nd r.ror;no Il. =, IN to religious and
moral rrocm;ne,I l will add. that
pasa ".a' I,;.n S had studied under Ir.
rope @ Aal,an' '.new we'll this furnishing
.an,;,;n" sn nr Sur country. In ll72. how
s""u'''o" d change had come over ouI
:.,. 80 -Four years Of continued warfare
.s' n e ravagcs Of the Anglo Norman fil.
:. ".ters, since their first landing in 116s
!ad well.nigh reduced ireland to state
# barbarism, aud authentic letters Of Al
,xander Ill, in 1l72. faithfully describs
to most deplorable condition. Moreover
IN expedition Of Henry to Ireland. which
would not be an invasion. and yet wouli
aeri. the homage Of the Irish princes. wa.
imply an impossibiliiy in 1855. But ow
ug to the special circumstances Of th.
kingdom. such in reality was the expedi
ion Of Henry 10 1172. He set out fol
Ireland not avowedly to invade and con
,uer it, but to curb the insolcess and 4
punish the deeds Of pillago ofhis own Nor
man frcebooters. Hence. during his sta,
IN ireland be fought no battle and made
no conquest; his first measures Of fseverit,
we're directed against some of most law.es
Of the early Norman adventures. and thi
more than anything else reconeiled th
native prices to his military display. Il
return. be received from majority Of th'
irish chlefsaius the empty title Of Ard-fsh
or Head sovereign which did not sup
pose any conquest on his part. and no
involve any surrender Of their own heied
itary rights. Such state of things coul'
no, have been imagined in 1855 (; and ye
it is one which is implied in the sPurisu
Bull Of the much maligned Pontiff. Adna
the Fourth p. f. NJ.
10 "Macariae Exriaium." p. 247. II Eede
Hist. iv. 22s.
II Nozzoui "Tavole Cronologiehe," Ron'
ad. an. li7e.
ID "opera Giraldi," vol. ", page 3le.
Il De Priacip. IEsirset., page So.
Is Cotton, in Fasti Eee. Eib., gives his nan
as Ptecenior 1873 10 1927.
Is The learned Bishep Of ossory has insdst
ten,ly On pposed Baronius attribuiiug this Dips
ina. NOS Bull, 10 the year il55. That year y
The last OF Pope Adrian w. and che --latest
his Authentic acts bear Gate 1859. Aftsr givss
all that he eoiid fad Of these, Cardinal Berorf
ssicks in, after fkera, this extraft fron Nafsff
OF Paris, net as Of A. D. if5s, but saying
''DipfoRG, sed qrsRfo snso tseerfsm. Here
q Diploma, but !, is uncertain what year IL u
be t.ribu,ee to.-Ep N. 7. FL.
r. A humorous young nsn sss dfi
ing horse which was i'm the habit OF stn