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guardianship has been as prosperous as it was disinterestIf I have not the power of a Cincinnatus, or a Washington, at least I possess some of their feelings.-I have no ambition for uncontrolable power, when it ceases to produce a public good. The same integrity which withstood persuasion, calumny, personal danger, threat, and corruption, bids me to inform you, that your Christian Cause has acquired too much importance to be conducted any longer by an individual. You will, therefore, oblige me, and promote the endangered interests of Catholicity, by meeting me at seven o'clock on Friday evening, May 27th, at No. 9, in the Old Hay-market, to choose an Orthodox Catholic Board, for the future management of Petitions from this County.

"J. J. G. HAMILTON."

CATHOLIC MEETING-LIVERPOOL.

At a Meeting of the Roman Catholics, held in St. Anthony's Chapel, Liverpool, May 29, 1814, the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted

Resolved-That we cannot describe our feelings of indignation and horror at the unwarrantable dominion which those persons, styling themselves the Catholic Board of England, have dared to assume over our Political Rights and spiritual Interests.

Resolved-That, confiding in the zeal, integrity, and disinterestedness which conceived, prepared, and so prosperously conducted' our unequivocal Petitions to the Legislature, (which we hereby fully approve of) we indulge gratitude, repel hostility, and promote the dearest inteTests of our Holy Faith, by requesting that Mr. J. J. G. Hamilton do continue the management of our Petitions, as Vice-president in conjunction with such of our Communion as he may conscientiously conceive to be most eligible to assist him; and we cherish the gratifying expectation, that amongst our venerated Prelates, he may prevail upon one of their number to become our President

Resolved-That a Subscription be opened for defraying the expences of these Petitions; and that if Mr. Ila

milton shall persist in refusing indemnity for the expences he has already incurred, he be presented with some appropriate Token of our Catholic gratitude."

Resolved-That Mr. Christopher Dugdale be requested to act as Treasurer.

Resolved-That an Orthodox Subscription be opened to support the wishes of our respected Prelate, who calls for our assistance to complete the college at Ushaw, and to educate Clergymen competent to the mission.

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Resolved That the powerful advocates of our cause, the Right Hon. the Earl of Donoughmore, and the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, be requested to present our Petitions, to their respective Houses of Parliament, and to accept our grateful acknowledgment for the information they have so politely communicated.

Resolved, That the Thanks of the Orthodox Catholic of Lancashire are eminently due to Mr. J. J. G. Hamilton, for first meditating and preparing the Catholic Petitions, now lying for signatures, at No. 9, in the Old Haymarket, and that the active. energetic, and laudable zeal he has since manifested for the success of the same, deserves our most cordial approbation.

Resolved, That the expression of our warmest grati tude and esteem is hereby offered to the Rev. John B. A. Gerardot, for his eloquent and useful Sermon on Sunday the 15th inst. as well as the polite offer he has made to us of the use of his Chapel, and that he be requested to act Chaplain to our Board.

Resolved, That our grateful Thanks are justly due, and hereby given to Mr. F. G. Hamilton, Mr. John Wright, Mr. Christopher Dugdale, and the other CatlioTic Gentlemen in Liverpool, Manchester, and other places, who have assisted in the management of our Petitions.

Resolved, That our grateful Thanks are due and hereby given to Mr. J. Baines for his early and disinterested offer of the use of his rooms, as well as his marked atten tion to our Petition.

Resolved, That our Thanks are justly due, and hereby given to the Propri-tors of a Liberal Press, Messrs. Eger ton Smith and T. B. Johnson, for their honourable resist-ance to that tendue influence which would close a Public -Press against a Public Body.

ADDRESS

To the Right Rev. Dr. Milner, &c. &c.
MOST DEAR AND REV. LORD,

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We the Roman Catholies of the County of Lancaster, beg leave to approach you with esteem and reverence, as the zealous and uncompromising Champion of our Faith

Our silence has been unbroken, because we wished to avoid the semblance of division, but our wishes have been with you, and we have not slumbered before those altars where our prayers could serve.

With disgust and surrow we beheld that boasted Jockeyship which deceived the Shepherd to divide the flock and though the seductive tongue of an angelic Being should recommend a change of ancient doctrine, we will not hear him, but believe him curst.

We have arrived at the afflicting period where silence is a crime, and clinging to the faith which you defend, we shall preserve communion with our Irish brethren, and cope in zeal with the most emulous,

THE GALLICAN CHURCH.

The Metropolitan Chapter of Paris was admitted on the 11th to an audience of his Majesty. The Abbe Jalabert, Capitular Vicar General, delivered the following Address.

"SIRE-What a glorious day for the Metropolitan Church of Paris was that when it had the honour to receive your Majesty, and to stand in your presence as the interpreter and representative of the Gallican Church! When accompanied by the Princes of your blood, and in the midst of the Chief Officers of the State, and of the acclamations of your Subjects, you entered the chief temple of your kingdom, to commence the great acts of your reign by laying at the feet of the King of Kings the Crown which the Divine hand had fixed on your head, by prostrating yourself before the Divine Majesty, and by calling down benedictions from above on your august person, on your reign, and on your people.

"STRE The Chapter is desirous of consecrating the memory of this religious and nationsl epoch, so happy for France, for Europe, for the Church-which secures the peace and the repose of so many Empires, and the

most memorable of all those that the annals of the World contain. In our thanksgiving for so great a benefit, we have deliberated on celebrating the anniversary of it every year by a solemn Mass in honour of the most holy Virgin, the ancient and constant Protectress of France, and of our Kings. The Chapter supplicatės your Majesty to atlow us to place at your feet the homage of the resuit of this deliberation. Son of St. Louis, of Henry IV.of Louis XIV. tenderly beloved brother of the Martyr King! wheir the people of God found, in the Temple of Jerusalem, the blood of David, miraculously preserved in the person of Joas, their transports did not exceed those felt by us that day, on the restoration of the august blood of the Bourbons, our only legitimate and well beloved Sovereigns.— Sire, for six years the M tropolitan Chapter of Paris has been without a Chief Pastor. The Metropolitan Chap ter and the Clergy of the Diocese will behold with double joy the termination of this long vacancy. They expect with confidence, from your Majesty's high sense of religion, and the wisdom of your Councils, the choice of an Archbishop, who shall prove a Minister according to God's own heart. Sire, may the days of your Majesty be prolonged, and may they be blessed with the success of your paternal views for the extinction of the memory of the deep afflictions of France, and of the Gallican Church, the duration of which woes was that of the absence of your Majesty."

His Majesty's Answer.

"I receive with true satisfaction the deliberations of the Metropolitan Chapter. May the festival which you propose to celebrate for the anniversary of my arrival at Paris, be always a day of joy and happiness for all the French. I will make every exertion to give you an Archbishop worthy to govern you."

Extract on Instructions, under the Sign Manual so Lieutenant-General Sir Geo. Prevost, Bart. as Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in and over the Province of Lower Canada; dated at Carlton House, the twenty second day of October. 1611, in the fifty third year of his Majesty's Reign. Paragraph 424.

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Whereas the establishment of proper Regulations in matters of Ecclesiastical concern, is an object of very. great importance, it will be your indispensible duty to take care that no arrangements in regard there to be made, but such as give satisfaction to our new subjects, in eve y point in which they have a right to any indulgence on that, head; always remembering, that it is a toleration of the free exercise of the religion of the Church of Rome only to which they are entitled, but not to the powers and privileges of it, as an Established Church, that being a preference which belongs only to the Protestant Church of England.

Paragraph 40.-Upon these principles therefore, and to the end that our just Supremacy in all matters Ecclesiastical as well as Civil may have its due scope and influence, it is Our will and pleasure:

1st. That all Appeals to, or Correspondence with any foreign Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, of any nature or kind soever, be absolutely forbidden under very severe penalties.

2d-That no Episcopal or Vicarial powers be exercised within our said Province, by any person professing the Religion of the Church of Rome, but such only as are essentially and indispensably necessary to the free exercise of the Romish Religion; and in these cases not without a Licence and Permission from you under the seal of our said Province, for and during our will and pleasure; and under such limitations and restrictions as may correspond with the spirit and provisions of the Act of Parliament, of the fourteenth year of our Reign, for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Quebec; and no person whatever is to have Holy Orders conferred upon hin, or to have the cure of souls, without a license for that purpose first had and obtained foom you.

3d. That no person professing the religion of the Church of Rome be allowed to fill any ecclesiastical benefice, or to have or enjoy any of the rights or profits belonging thereto, who is not a Canadian by birth (such only excepted as are now in possession of any such benefice), and who is not appointed by Us or under Our authority; and that all right or claim of right in any other person whatever, to nominate, present or appoint to any vacant bene

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