The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1875-04-30 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

IPRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS TO  CARDINAL MANNING. On Sunday afternoon Cardinal Manning re- ! ceived an address, signed by forty-eight Catholic • members of the House of Commons. The acbiress 1 spoke if the elevation of the Cardinal to the Sacred i College, as a recognition of his learning and virtue, at a time when violent persecution was assailing religion over a wide area in Europe, and congratulated his Eminence and themselves that no such conflicts disturbed society in this country, where a more enlightened public opinion proved strong enough to restrain , evils so deplorable. The CARDINAL, in replying, thanked them heartily, not only for the address, but for entertaining the idea of presenting it, because it came to him fro,n a large body of the Legislature, from which he thought he could take the assurance that they believed that whatever be could do for the good of the commonwealth, in whatever part of the country, he always had hitherto rejoieed to attempt; and that whatever he could do for the welfare of Ireland he had always especially desired. This was no new desire on his part. From his youth, ever sir 30 he understood the history of Ireland, he had had the strongest sympathy with that country, which had greatly increased since he had had a flock of Irish blood and Iriah faith. They would, he hoped, not suppose that he was insensible of the great duties which England still owed to Ireland, nor of the many inequalities of lesser order which still remained to ha redressed. He believed he might say with truth that the material prosperity of Ireland was never greeter than now. There was never, he believed, a time when Irishmen, as a people, were so united as now. The people of Ireland never possessed so wide an extent of its soil since the day in whieh they possessed it all. They never yet possessed such abundant commercial wealth. The towns of Ireland were never more numerous and flourishing, its villages never so thriving, its agriculture and its pasturage never more fertile, its public intelligence never so much developed, its public opinion never so articularly expressed by its public journals, and its literature and the public opinion never so powerful upon the mind of England, being reproduced as it is in all the large centres of English political life. Finally, be might say that the influence of Ireland in the Legislature was never FO weighty, never so highly intelligent, and so thoroughly appreciated, as at this moment. Such was his firm conviction, and it seemed to him that the future of Ireland might be incalculably great—the Church of Ireland had ever been independent of the world, its spiritual jurisdiction, its 3rganisation, and liberty complete and undefiled, its faith immaculate, its fidelity to the Holy See proved by generations of I martyrdom. It had lived in absolute poverty, yet ont of its poverty it had endowed itselid Twenty-five years ago in England they had no] vicars, apostles, a scattered clergy, no organieation. no dioceees, no parishes. They had, by the mercy of God, at this time all these things. They were re-organised by the authority of the Holy See, and placed side by side with the Irish Church—reoovered and restored to life by the side of the great ()beech in Ireiend, which had never failed. He thought they sympetbieed at this moment with the Church in England. seeieg it elevated, and thus engrafted with the Seceed College. They also congratulated him that no such elaflicts disturbed society in this country, where a more generous and enlightened public opinion proved strong enough to reetrein evils so deplorable. He did not believe that the shadow was likely to go back upon the dial. He did not think it al.} in the power of any man to turn back the tide of legielatica which now for half a eentury bad eteadily advanced. IT.e was confident that the man who attempted to introauce an„e limits. tie. upon the faith of ars, man in England would begin the disintegration of the British empire. I His belief was tLet if the German empire did not retract its legislation aga'nrt the freedom of conscience, it would disintegrate itselt. The Cardinal concluded by thanking the members again for teal,: address. ---•  Last week, in Olasgow, a collier, named William Kilpatrick, while very drunk, murdered his wife. Thu was the semmd murder iu Glow that week, during which period four murder trials have token place in the Circuit Cuurt.  A