FLOGGING AT STONYHURST COLLEGE.

THE Preston Chronicle of some days back gave the following communication from a correspondent relative to the scholastic discipline of the Jesuit College of Stonyhurst:

"We have learned with surprise that the practice of flogging is carried on in a college not far from this town, with a severity that calls loudly for reprobation. No fewer than six youths were very recently subjected to this degrading punishment in one day. One of the youths has preserved his blood-stained linen to exhibit to his parents. Another took refuge in the house of a gentleman in this neighbourhood, having found an opportunity to escape from his tormentors. It is not the rod, but the cat, to which we allude; nor are those subjected to the lash children, but youths, verging on manhood.”

One of the youths in question has come forward to confirm this statement. In a letter in the Times of Wednesday last, signed "A Victim," he states:

To the Editor of the Times. SIR,-Being one of the six youths alluded to in the paragraph which appeared in the Preston Chronicle, and which has been copied in the Times of the 28th of July, I beg leave to say that the whole statement is correct. Allow me to give you a faithful account of the treatment I have met with in this College of the Jesuits. I was called out of the play-ground by Mr. Clifford, a sub-prefect, and told to go to the room of Mr. Speakman, the head prefect. On entering his room I found the window-blinds down, and he immediately locked the door. He then desired me to strip, to receive a discipline. I asked him for what? He answered for cursing. I requested to know who had heard me curse? His reply was, "Never mind, you know that you are guilty." I acknowledged that I had on two or three occasions, when provoked, said "Damn it," but that was the only term I had used, and I defied any one to prove that I had made use of any other term. "You have," said he, "expressed yourself as hostile to the Jesuits." I again asked who had heard

me use any offensive expressions against them, for I was not conscious of having said anything that could or ought to give offence; but I received for answer, "Never mind," and was again ordered to strip, and kneel down against a chair placed in the middle of the room, while he adjusted the sleeves of his cassock, in order to use the cat more freely. If a boy wears flannel, he is ordered to remove it, that the force of the cat may not be weakened; he is also made to bind his braces round his waste, which was the case with me. The number of stripes I received was upwards of thirty. What I have stated can be corroborated by my five school-fellows who suffered on the same day, and for no graver offence than the one I have stated. We shall all remember Stonyhurst College and the Jesuits. I enclose, Sir, my name and address, for your private information. July 30.

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A VICTIM.

PRIESTLY INTOLERANCE.

Coachford petty sessions, J. Buckley appeared to complain of an assault committed on him by the Rev. William M'Carthy, a Roman Catholic priest. The prosecutor being examined, stated as follows:-Witness is a young man in the employment of the Rector of Donoughmore, the Rev. Mr. Cotter, as colporteur or distributor of Bibles and Testaments, was proceeding alone on Friday last, on his peaceful mission, when he met Mr. William M'Carthy, a Roman Catholic priest, who, after passing him, rode back and inquired what he had in the bundle? Witness said, "Bibles and Testaments, Sir." The priest then induced deponent to produce all his books, and as he got them together, he flung them in witness's face, dashing them about the road and saying, "I left the house this morning to horsewhip you;" the priest then called a man to hold his horse, and jumping off he ran at witness and struck him several blows across the face and neck, and when the lash of the whip came off he struck witness with the leaden end about the head, which but for the hardness of his hat might have killed

E. What is the doctrine of the Church of England on this point?

T. It says, in the 6th Article, "Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be regarded of any, that it should be be lieved as an article of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of the Holy Scripture we do understand those canonical books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.”

E. What does the Scripture itself say?

T. "These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."

John xx. 31. See also Luke i. 1-4; 2 Tim. iv. 2-4; Gal. i. 7-9; Rom. xvi. 25, 26; Jude 2, 3, 17, 20, 21.

E. What is the Third Article of Pope Pius's Creed?

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T. "I also profess that there are truly and properly seven sacraments of the new law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and necessary for the salvation of mankind, though not all for every one; to wit, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony, and that they confer grace; and that of these, Baptism, Confirmation, and Orders, cannot be reiterated without sacrilege: and I also receive and admit the received and approved ceremonies of the Catholic Church, used in the solemn administration of all the aforesaid sacraments."

E. What is the doctrine of the Church of England respecting the sacraments?

T. The Twenty-fifth Article says: "Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will toward us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our faith in him.

"There are two sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel,

Supper of the Lord.

"Those five commonly called sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God.

"The sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon, or to be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And in such only as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome effect or operation: but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves damnation, as St. Paul saith."

E. What saith the Scripture?

T. Christ said, "Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Matt. xxviii. 19.-"Baptism doth also now save us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God." 1 Pet. iii. 21.

"Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins."- Matt. xxvi. 26-28. See also Acts ii. 38, 39, 41, 42; Acts xii. 19, 17; Acts ix. 18; Acts x. 47, 48; 1 Cor. xii. 13; Tit. iii. 4-8; Mark xiv. 22-25; Luke xxii. 19, 20; 1 Cor. x. 17. E. What is the Fourth Article of Pope Pius's Creed?

T. "I embrace and receive all and every one of the things which have been defined and declared in the Holy Council of Trent, concerning original sin and justification."

E. When was the Council of Trent held?

T. It assembled A.D. 1545, held twenty-five sessions, and was closed A.D. 1563.

E. Where can I find a history of it ?

T. In a small book, published by the London Religious Tract Society, called "The Council of Trent: comprising an account of the proceedings of that assembly, and illustrating the spirit and tendency of Popery."

E. What did it "define and declare on original sin ?”

T. It says, that "the Spirit of Jesus Christ is applied both to adults and infants, by the sacrament of Baptism, rightly administered according to the forms of the (Roman) Church."

E. What is the doctrine of the Church of England on original sin?

T. It asserts, that "original sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk,) but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in the Greek, φρόνημα σαρκός, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire, of the flesh, is not subject to the law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin."

E. Although this 9th Article is almost wholly in the words of Scripture, yet give some references to other portions of Holy Writ.

T. See Gen. v. 3; John iii. 6; Rom. v. 14-19; Job xxv. 4; Ps. li. 5; Ps. lvii. 3; 1 Cor. ii. 14; Rom. vii. 18; Gal. v. 17; Eph. ii. 3; 1 Pet. ii. 11; Rom. vii. 1, &c.; 1 John i. 810; Rom. viii. 7; John v. 24.

E. What is the doctrine of the Council of Trent on justification?

T. There are many canons and decrees; but the following are selected as an example of the

doctrine as stated by them. "If any one shall say that men are justified, either by the imputation of Christ's righteousness alone, or only by the remission of sins, to the exclusion of grace and charity, which is poured into their hearts by the Holy Spirit, and which is inherent in them; or that the grace by which we are justified is the favour of God alone, let him be accursed."-Canon 11.

E. What texts of Scripture are opposed to this canon ?

T. Many-but take the following as an example:-"we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." (Rom. iii. 28.)

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E. What is the doctrine of the Church of England on justification? T. It affirms in the Eleventh Article, that we are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works and deservings; wherefore, that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification."

E. What are the homilies?

T. They are two books, containing a godly and wholesome doctrine," as the Thirty-fifth Article states, the first of which was "set forth in the time of Edward VI.," and the second in the time of Queen Elizabeth. They should be carefully read quite through by all who would understand and comprehend the tenets of the Church of England.

E. What texts have you to prove the Eleventh Article?

T. Read in addition to the above, Ps. cxliii. 2.; Eph. ii. 8, 9; 2 Cor. v. 21; Jer. xxiii. 6; Acts xiii. 38, 39; Isa. xlv. 24, 25; John i. 29; Phil. iii. 8, 9; Isa. xl. 1, 2; Ps. xxxii. 1, &c.; Ps. li. 1, &c. ; Is. i. 18; Isa. liii. 1, &c. ; 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17; 1 John ii. 2; 1 John i. 7; 1 John v. 8-12; Rev. i. 5, 6; Rev. vii. 14; 1 Cor. i. 30.

MISCELLANEOUS.

CHARLES SIMEON ON THE DUTY OF ELECTORS.-"Nov. 19, 1822. Old Mr. Grant (with Professor Farish) called on me and dined with me. It was great grief to me that I could not vote for his son on Tuesday next, but I told him that I regarded my vote for a Member of Parliament not as a right but as a trust, to be used conscientiously for the good of the whole kingdom; and his son being a friend to what is called Catholic emancipation, is in my eyes an insurmountable objection to his appointment. Gladly would I give to Roman Catholics every privilege that would conduce to their happiness; but to endanger the Protestant ascendancy and stability is a sacrifice which I am not prepared to make. Viewing this matter as I do, I could not vote for Mr. Robert Grant, if he were my own son."-Memoirs, page 576.

COST OF A ROMISH ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN IRELAND.-Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, a Roman Catholic barrister, in a tract lately published, has given this estimate of the probable cost of a Romish established Church in Ireland: Archbishops, bishops, and deans, 31,000.; 1,444 parish priests at 2007., 288,8007.; 2,888 curates, at 80%., 231,0407.; total, 551,5407. In the above estimate there is no provision for superannuated ecclesiastics, of any degree.

OATH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC REBELS IN 1798.-The oath taken by the rebels in 1798:-" I, A. B., do solemnly swear by our Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered for us on the cross, and by the blessed Virgin Mary, that I will burn, destroy, and murder, all heretics, up to my knees in blood: so help me God."-Sir Richard Musgrave's History of the Rebellion.

MORAL FORCE.-As some of the principal members of the Young Ireland party were recently returning from a meeting of the "Irish Confederation," they were attacked by a mob of Conciliation Hall Repealers some of them were knocked down, and all were maltreated. They escaped into a grocer's shop, and the mob immediately smashed the windows. A strong

party of police rescued the beleagured Young Irelanders.

THE VIRGIN MARY. - Notwithstanding the present poverty and misery of Ireland, her churches are ever thronged by her faithful children when called upon to celebrate the glories of her patrons and her protectors. Last Friday, the 16th inst., being the Festival of the Ever blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, the Carmelite Church, Knoctopher, was the scene of one of those holy gatherings of the pious votaries of Mary. Hundreds from all the surrounding localities participated in the Holy Sacraments on that day. High Mass, with the usual splendour, was celebrated by three of the secular clergy, and the sermon of the day was preached by the Rev. M. Scally. A rapid glance at the trials of poor Ireland during the past year; an enumeration of the glories of Mary, and an exhortation to undeviating confidence in her holy protection and patronage, constituted the discourse. After the sermon followed a grand Procession and Benediction of the Most Holy Sarament; and thus concluded the solemn and inspiring devotions of the 16th July, 1847.Correspondence.

CABINET.

PEACE.-Like the rainbow, Peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven! Heaven bathes in it hues of light-it springs up amid tears and clouds-it is a reflection of the eternal sun-it is an assurance of calm-it is the sign of a great covenant between God and manit is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.

POETRY.

WHEN Ireland breaks the yoke of Rome,

And takes her faith from God, Her land shall be as bless'd a home, As mortal feet have trod.

While at man's word she bows her knee,

And lays her bosom bare; Ill fated land! her name shall be, "The curse of God is there."