Glasgow Courier. — 1863-08-27 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MALINES.  In the afternoon meeting of the Congress on Friday, Cardinal Wiseman—styled by the correspondent of the Independence "Archbishop of London' - delivered an address "On the Civil and Religious Condition of the English Roman Catholics." The Cardinal did full justice to the liberal spirit which actuated the British Parliament. He admitted that trouble, fear, and anger had been excited by the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England; but he was anxious to express his thanks to his fellowcountrymen for the noble and generous amends they made to the Roman Catholics, and to declare that the first transports of passion were for ever forgotten. He then spoke of the increase of the Roman Catholic population, of the priests, bishops, churches, convents, religious houses' and in the number of conversions in England. With regard to the establishment of convents the greatest prejudice prevailed, but when the people saw the good done by the Sisters of Charity those prejudices gave way. In England the people were full of prejudices with respect to the Roman Catholic religion, but in addition to having confidence in the justice of their cause, he had confidence in the justice of his fellow-countrymen. Speaking of the Belgian Catholics, he said--" It is not for the weak to encourage the strong. We are weak: but you have the strength of a great nation. It is often said that the Belgian Catholics have a struggle to carry on. Against whom? Not against the throne; for your King and your royal family are models. Not against the nation; for you are the majority, and enjoy entire liberty. Against whoni, then, do you struggle? Against yourselves! who would believe it? Is this strength? No. To struggle against yourselves is division—is suicide. You have nothing to fear. Be united and at peace. M. de Montalembert then spoke on the subject of religious liberty. Addressing the Catholic party he said— "Catholics who listen to me, if you wish liberty for yourselves you must wish it for others. If you do not wish it for yourselves it will never be granted to you. Give it where you ass masters, in order that it may be given to you where you are slaves." Of M. Renan the orator spoke as follows —" This sacrilegious novelist, this protege of Cresar, who has just re-written the gospel in the fashion of his unsophisticated learning, and who has personally outraged all Catholics in outraging the divine person of Jesus; this new doctor, who has represented Christ as a charming impostor, a young democrat, is fastidious communist; who has converted eulogy into the most repulsive form of blasphemy; who has pleaded extenuating circumstances for Judas ; and who has discovered that in sincerity there are many degrees, which gives the measure of his own." . . _ .  Among the resolutions adopted by the Congress were, that the Lord's Day should be more rigorously observed; that education was inseparable from religion as its basis; and that the religious instruction of schools should be dogmatical and not general. The last meeting of the Congress was held on Saturday, when several speeches were made. The Congress broke up with cries of •‘ Long live Pius IX., the father of the Church !" "Long live Leopold 1., the father of his country 1" and finally "Praise be to Jesus Christ !"