INTELLIGENCE. THE REV. J. EAGAR AND THE EARL OF MOUNTCASHEL. The following correspondence between of this parish. This circumstance, I am the Rev. Mr. Eagar, a Roman Catholic sure, will not make my application less Priest, and the Earl of Mountcashel, effectual. I have not the honour of discriminates so clearly between Romish knowing your Lordship, but rely on the and Protestant principles, as to render it assertions of your friends, who say your every way deserving of the most extensive charity is not exclusive. You view this circulation. virtue as I do,-not as one which may THE REV. MR. EAGAR TO THE EARL be exercised at discretion, but as a OP MOUNTCASHEL. virtue on whose blessings men of every My Lord,Men differ on many sub religion have a claim. The request I make jects, according to the peculiar bias of is the grant of a piece of ground, on their judgment or prejudice. 'Tis, how which to build a school-house, or if this ever, cheering, that such discordance is be not convenient, a subscription for the not universal. There exist some truths building of one. . that appeal so forcibly to the feeling and I am aware there are schools to judgment, as not to admit a refusal of which the children are encouraged to go, assent to them. If no religion enjoined but the principles on which they are the practice of charity, every feeling established do not meet our approbaof man's nature would enforce it. Who tion. I respect the religious feelings can view with indifference the various of every man, and I expect the same species of human misery, or listen to a indulgence. tale of distress, without offering some I am sure your Lordship will apprerelief? ciate the justice of this application. I This truth, which reason and senti apply in the name of those poor chilment establish, is the basis of our dren. To the rich they look for the common religion. Our religious creeds education they have not in their own may differ, but we agree that the duty power to provide. of charity is indispensable. The Divine No more essential benefit can be reoFounder of Christianity has adopted dered to them. I shall expect an answer this virtue. 'Tis the favourite virtue from your Lordship as soon as posof his religion, and the mark by which, sible.- I remain, my Lord, yours most he says, we can know his true followers. respectfully, The virtue of which I speak must not J. Eagan, R. C. Curate.. be narrow in its operations. 'Tis not Kilworth Inn, Oct. 11, 1828. an exclusive virtue. Its blessings must not be confined to clime or sect. The THE EARL OF MOUNTCASHEL TO THE deluded worshipper of the sun in Persia, REV. MR. EAGAR. is as deserving our compassion as the Moor Park, 13th Oct. 1828. professor of Christianity in Europe. Sir,—The letter you favoured me This virtue, which includes within its with on Saturday was not received until pale men of every country and religion, after my return from the petty sessions, is equally extensive in its objects it and it was then too late to send an ancontemplates every species of wants. swer. On Sunday other duties com The object to which I now wish to pelled me to postpone writing until this direct your charity is the education day. I agree with you that charity, of the poor children of this parish. which in the Gospel sense is love, ought There can be no difference of opinion to be manifested to all God's creatures. about the necessity of education. No Man is not only commanded to refrain man of sense can think lightly of it. Its from injuring his neighbour, but to supeffects on society are so beneficial, and ply his wants, and to show him every the absence of it is so injurious, that 'tis act of kindness. And the parable the interest of every one to assist in its of the good Samaritan proves, that they promotion. Besides, the instruction who differ in religious opinion are as of the ignorant has the sanction of charity, much our neighbours as others. Where 'Tis dignified by the title of a Christian no doubt exists in the mind of a Chrisvirtue. tian, as to the effect of what some may The children for whom I wish to call a charitable action, there he can procure education are Catholic children have no scruple in doing it. But there are many cases where men differ in their Socrates and Eusebius (and you know views of right and wrong, of good and how ancient their authority is) show in evil. For instance, a pagan would tell their writings that it was the practice the person who gave a sum of money for with the early Christians to teach their the support of his religious institutions, children the Holy Bible. Sozomen, that he had done a great act of cbarity. who lived so far back as the 5th century, A man who may give a large sum for de has recorded in his writings, according fraying the expense of sending the infirm to Valerius, that the boys of Edessa got poor of the Jewish persuasion to the by heart the books of Sacred Scripture, Holy Land, that they may die there, will according to the usage (as he says) of be called by the Jews a most charitable their ancestors. In St. Jerome's 7th man. Whoever ereets convenient baths letter, which he addressed to Læa, the in Turkey for the religious washings wife of Toxotius, ainong other direcof the lower orders of Mahometans, is tions for the education of her daughter praised by them for his charity. And Paula, he advises that she be taught all even at this day, as you no doubt know, the canonical books both of the Old and if a father of a large and helpless New Testament. And Mosheim's own family in Spain or Italy, on his death words, which you will find in his Ecclebed, leaves all his possessions away siastical History (Cent. 1, part ii. chap. from his children, and gives them to jii. sec. 7), are these, at the Christians some convent or monastery, this will (remember these are not my words) be called a charitable act. But my applied themselves with much care to ideas of charity differ from these. I instruct their children in religion, and think we ought to feed the hungry, to to render the Sacred Scriptures familiar clothe the naked, to assist the sick, to to them; and for this purpose schools comfort the desponding, to protect the were erected even from the commenceoppressed, to teach truth to the ignorant, ment of Christianity." These authors to reclaim the wicked, to avoid as much from whom I have quoted, you will not, as possible to give offence. These are I think, call Protestants. Alas ! times real Christian duties, the genuine off- are now changed, and the old customs spring of Christian charity :-- and if I and doctrines of the First Christians, love my neighbour as pryself, as I ought together with the holy word of God, to do, I am bound to point out to him are now little respected by those who what is right, instead of carelessly suf- tell the ignorant their church is the fering his mind to be led astray from only true one. truth. The everlasting happiness of his When Gregory, the apostle of the soul ought to occupy my attention as Armenians, first converted that nation, much as his bodily comforts. it is said in his life that he set up schools I now proceed to answer directly in every city, and masters over them, your application. . I regret I can neither by the King's command, to teach the give ground for your intended school. Armenian children to read the Bible. house, nor can I subscribe towards it's But I have quoted enough to prove that building, for the following reasons : the will of God and the practice of the · First, because the Roman Catholic true Catholic and Apostolie times are clergy have openly opposed the Holy opposed to your endeavour to hide Bible, and will not suffer it into their God's holy word. Remember Christ's schools. You, sir, cannot deny that own declaration, " Suffer the little the Bible is the only inspired book in children, and forbid them not to come the world that God has given to men. to me.” Matt. xix. 14. You know it was given to Christians to Secondly, I feel no inclination to teach them the true religion. You can encourage a school which is avowedly to show no other book that God ever gave be established in opposition to those under you for this purpose; and though you my own care, and which have already fear the people may read it, you are done so much good. After declaring always forced to try as well as you can so recently, that as soon as your school to support your new doctrines by it. was built, there should not be three That God's word should be taught childreu in iny schools, it is rather to children, you know is expressly odd that you should apply to me to commanded in Deut. vi. 7, and xi. contribute towards its establishment. 19, and that Timothy knew the Holy Nothing was done for the poor children, Scriptures from his infancy (see 2 Tim. who were suffered without pity to grow iii. 15.) you cannot deny : and I ask up in vice and ignorance, until I had you, did St. Paul find fault at this ? compassion on their helpless situation, Since that period every endeavour has small sin (it being disobedience to him) been used, though often, and still in as well as by a great one; and the vain, to prevent their receiving educa. Almighty will never forgive a venial sin tion from me. Then, and only then, to those who continue impenitent:opposition schools sprung up, and let class sin as you may ; teach the people the parents of those children wbo have as many ways of obtaining remission as attended them show what benefit the men please to inyent; there exists but little creatures have since received. one means in the Holy Scriptures. In the third place, as I consider a “The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth bad education worse than no education, us froin all sin.” (1 John i. 7.) And and as it is natural to judge of future this can only be applied to the believing things by past experience, I much fear and repentant sinner, who looks to his a great number of children may be blessed Redeemer alone for pardon, not collected together, only to keep them only for mortal, but for those called out of harm's way, as some may call it, venial sins. but who will learn habits of idleness; Fifthly-I cannot conscientiously being taught nothing, as was the case support an establishment, where youth with many of the poor children, who for would be confirmed in error, where the a long time attended the school in the commandinents of men will be preferred chapel. I have had frequent opportu- to God's commandments, where, I nities of remarking the conduct of these believe, in the words of Seripture, that children, and it was strange how much the blind are leading the blind. Were more inclined they were than my school I to do so, convinced as I feel of this children to lie, to curse and swear, to fact, my conscience would justly upquarrel and to fight, and to throw stones braid me with acting a treacherous part at cars or carriages as they passed by. towards the people whom I love and It is a bad education that does not wish well to. If I believe a thing is for check these evil habits. their welfare, then it is always my wish Fourthly-As experience proves that to do it where I have the means; but, the steps towards vice are gradual, and if I consider it injurious and hurtful, I that a small deviation from the path of shall never from motives of policy or virtue often leads to the blackest crime, popularity, uphold that which I know I consider the distinction you teach to be wrong. between venial and mortal sins most I now conclude, hoping I have given dangerous in its effects. You yourselves a full answer to your application. Had are often puzzled to draw the line be- I applied to you to assist my schools, tween those two classes of offences you would, I am sure, have sent me a against God's holy law, and yet in your refusal. Though I may respect your catechisms you endeavour to teach these private character, I openly disapprove things to little children. * Small thefts of what you teach, because we can show you will tell a child are but compara- it to be wrong tively trifling matters—such as the I consider those who live upon my stealing of an apple--yet a small theft estate to be my people. Their anceshas often led to a highway robbery. tors have long lived under mine, and a A lie, you may tell your pupils, reciprocal attachment has long existed is a small offence; yet lying leads between us. They love me, and I love to perjury, and the devil is called them. As generations pass away, their the father of lies. An idle word you children will be, I hope, united in the may teach to be a small matter, yet often same way to mine. It is therefore has an idle word ended in the ruin of a natural that I should feel anxious for family, and even the loss of a life. their welfare. And now, excuse me for Though you may tell the children you saying it, you are but a stranger bere can absolve them from it, remember among them, * making, perhaps, only a these words of our Lord and Saviour short stay. We know nothing of your Jesus Christ : “ But I say unto you ancestors in this place, nor do we expect that every idle word that men shall you will leave us any posterity. Your speak, they sball render an account love for the welfare of this people is thereof in the day of judgment." (Matt. not, therefore, likely to spring from such xii. 36.) If sin is a transgression of motives of attachment as I entertain. God's law, we forfeit his favour by a I have the bonour to be, &c. MOUNTCASBEL, • See an Abridgment of the Christian doctrine • The Rev. Coadjutor has only just been ap for the use of Children, revised by Dr. Doyle, pointed to assist the priests of the parish, and he p..44 is still abiding at the resort of strangers-the inn. CAMBRIDGE DEGREES. Two Hundred AND SEVENTY-THREE Gentlemen took the Degree of B. A. at Cambridge, on Saturday Jan. 24, after the usual examination, when they were arranged in the following order, according to their respective merits, Trin. Philpott, Cavendish, Murphy, Thurtell, Smith, White, Shadwell, Phillips, Mallet, Lyons, Scott, Phillips, Fell, Hoare, Tillotson, Parkin, WRANGLERS. Martin, Joh Emm. Sid. C.C.C. Trin. Qu. Pearse, SENIOR OPTIMES. Jes. Phillips, Pet. | Butler, Joh. Clare Joh. Hildyard, Pet. Clarke, Cath, Barlow, Trin. Ellis, Jes. Netherwood, C.C.C. Williams, C.C.C. Doria, Joh. Withers, Trin, Howard, Joh. Hodgson, Jes. Walker, Trin. Burnett, Pemb. C.C.C. Cautley, Pemb. | Abbott, Qu. Baldock, Joh. Butler, Trin. Stone, Joh. Whiting, Joh. Valentine, Trin. Soames, Trin. Paget, Cai. Middleton, Qu. Jones, Magd. Jackson, Clare Bowman, Clare. Newby, Trin. Macaulay, Pet. R. Smith, Joh. Dickinson, Cai. Cox, Watson, Cath. | Sampson, ] Tr. H, Tyson, Cath, Trin. Sadler, Joh. Betts, 7 Qu. Aislabie, Trin. Smith, s Pet. O'Brien, Trin, Devey, Trin. Ross, Trin. Raven, Trin. J. Foster, Joh. Rose, Cath. Hayes, Joh. Croft, Emm. Sumpter, C.C.C. Chafy, Sid. Blackburn, Joh. Templeton, Trin. Blofeld, Trin. Carr, Sayer, Joh. Crawford, Trin, Cobam, Trin. Bates, Clare Holder, S Emm. Boyes, Qu. Rochfort, Trin. Dampier, Chr. Boggis, Joh. J. M. Brown, Qu. Gordon, Cai. Clare Nott, Joh. Tr, H. Clarke, C.C.C. Kemble, Trin. Trin. Broughton, Chr. Calvert, Qu. J. Bostock, 1 Joh. Southwell, Trin. Fox, Chr. Babington, Trin. Blackwell, í Trin, Middleton, 7 Trin. Thompson, Trin. Tudor, Trin. Alderson, Cath. Fawcett, | Trin, Bond, C.C.C. Lloyd, S Trin. A. Smith, Trin. Liveing, Pemb. Ball, Joh. Burnett, Joh. | Ethelston, Pemb. Sampson, C.C.C.| Cupiss, 1 Qu. Greene, C.C.C. J. Smith, Joh. Trin. C.C.C. Clare Eaton, Trin. Tucker, Pet. Eve, Cassells, Joh. s Qu. Trench, J Trin. C.C.C.| Taylor, Qu. Magd. | Holley, Cai. Drake, Pet. Fagg, Chr.. Ware, Hale, Jes. Taylor, Clark, Trin. Owen, Qu. Chr Rocke, Down. Hughes, Down, || Peareth, Trin. | Allfree, Joh. Trin. Ludlow, S Pet. | Child, Sid. Abbott, Qu. Nutting, Tr. H. Fenton, Trin. Williams, Joh. Robinson, J Chr. Mawdesley, S Emm. Steward, Tr.H. Chapman, | Qu. Mackecknie, 1 Joh. ÆGROTAT. Lingard, Chr. Waymouth, Trin. Tottenham, Trin. Jackson, Cath. | Taylor, Cath. Stapleton, Trin. Coles, 5 Joh. Purvis, Cath. Boodle, Trin. Adams, Joh. G. Bostock, Joh. Matthews, Chr. Mayers, 7 Cath. Moore, s Pet. Jos. Brown, Qu. Joh. Willyams, / C.C.C. Heathcote, Clare Chamberlayne, Joh. Rodd, Trin. Courtenay, Pet. Spurrell, Joh. Charlesworth, Cath. Stephens, Joh. Dundas, Trin. Holden, Chr. Syer, Jes. Reeves, Trin. | Attwood, Pemb. || Horsfall, C.C.C.) West, Walton, Trin. I West, Jes. Jenkins, Trin. | Whitworth, Chr. MARTINI'S ITALIAN BIBLE AT NAPLES. The following Prospectus of a new the truth, renews his attacks every day edition of M. Martini's Bible has been with increased energy and artifice, with we understand extensively circulated at the hope to expel for ever from the Naples, and throughout the Italian hearts of the faithful the sentiments of States. This is, at least, a hopeful religion. But the Holy Scriptures are symptom. a shield of defence against all attacks, a sword of keenest temper powerful to Vecchio e Nuovo Testamento Secondo resist the assaults of the enemy. Whola Volgata, tradotto in lingua Italiani ; ever will furnish himself with these e con annotazioni dichiarato da Mon sufficient weapons, shall be sure of vicsignore Antonio Martini, arcivescovo de Firenze. tory. The promise can never fail. Meditate then on the Holy Scriptures : PROSPETTO. endeavour to understand their fullest Monsignore Martini's Italian version meaning: feed daily on the divine of the Bible is so well known, and in word—you shall thus fortify your faith, such great reputation, that it is quite and advance step by step in piety and unnecessary for us to , praise it. The holiness. object of this learned prelate was to These are our motives for the present collate the various translations, and to publication. The necessity of the case avail himself of the aid of all who had demands it. Other places are exerting treated the subject. The result of all their power in promoting the good his labours has been eminently suc- work.' It would be a disgrace to cessful. This elegant translation en- Naples to be backward. The book will riched as it was with most valuable be printed in the cheapest possible form notes, had scarcely issued from the consistent with correctness, that it may press, when it was sought for and re come within the reach of all. printed in all the principal cities of Here follow the conditions :-It is to Italy. The Book was soon in every be in sixteen volumes. The price of hand, and the immortal Pope Pius the each volume according to the number Sixth was so much pleased with it, that of sheets; at three grains a sheet (about he distinguished the work and the author a penny farthing, or not quite three by his decided approbation. halfpence). The present are times of great diffi AGNELLO TEAMATER, Editor. culty. Man, more than ever enemy to Naples, March 20, 1828. MURDER. EDINBURGH-HINDOOSTAN. The public mind has been recently ing persons to Burke's house, stifling very much excited by the discovery them, and selling their bodies as subof an awful system of murder, which jects for dissection. The general horror was developed at the trial of a wretched has been very much increased by the man in Edinburgh, of the name of idea that the same system may possibly Burke. It appears that this miscreant, have been introduced in other places, in connexion with another of the and even in this metropolis; and some name of Hare, and their respective have attempted in this manner to wives, had adopted a plan of entic- account for the disappearance of indi |