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Lines on the Death of our Saviour.On the Murder of Mr. Longuet. 103

at the head of the catholic church in Sweden. He was appointed in 1805 by Pope Pius VII. with the title of apostolical vicar, to perform the functions of the ecclesiastical ministry among the catholics of Stockholm, and those who reside in the different towns of Sweden. There should be three, or, at least, constantly two priests. They then might, by turns, and at certain times of the year, visit the catholics of the interior, and administer the comforts of religion to them. The congregation of propaganda has been anxious. to accomplish a purpose as glorious as it would be salutary. They even did accomplish it for a short time; but the events of a later period opposed to their continued exertions obstacles which they have been un⚫ able to overcome.

Stockholm, Nov. 9, 1812.

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Haste with thy blackest veil to shut out light,

Tell not the world that such a day has run, Do all to hide the deed, earth's shameless sons have done.

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The tyrant rushes from his dark abode, Tracing, with hasty step, his hollow way;

Thro' mazy tracks, where light-wing'd phantoms trode,

He gain'd the landing of the realms of day.

'Mid the thick gloom of some umbrageous wood,

Or in the moss-grown covert of the glen, Or by the margin of some stagnant flood, He steals, with craft, into the hearts of

men.

At length, he views some hapless stranger pass,

Unconscious of the fate that hovers round A destined victim, to bedew the grass With purple floods, and kiss the humid ground.

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No pillar'd dome, or highly gilded beams, The frugal texture of his roof adorn: Always the same in fortune's sunshine gleams,

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Or lash'd by all the frantic waves of Mournful let the theme arise,

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Let the chrystal drop descend; Sweetly breathe your tender sighs, Gently falling on your friend.

Virtue's happy days are past,

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From her golden seat she's flown; There with monks* she breath'd her last, Vice has forc'd her from the throne.

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* At the dissolution of monasteries by Henry the eighth.

THE

EPITOME OF INTELLIGENCE.

HE news received this month, both from Rome and Ireland, is of so important and interesting a nature, that we feel an irresistible impulse to devote a large share of the columns of this number to the insertion of the documents communicated to the public, not only for the general information of our readers, but that they may be handed down to posterity for the profit and instruction of future ages. The leading article in the last Journal exposed the tricks and chicanery of those vetoists who profess themselves catholics, and hinted that our parliamentary friends were not altogether free from being actuated by party motives.That this is unfortunately the case has been completely developed by the exertions of the conciliating committee mentioned in our last, as appointed for the purpose of seeking an union of all parties in the cause of emancipation. A conspiracy, it would seem, was actually entered into by the whig party, those staunch friends to civil and religious liberty, to thwart Sir Henry Parnell's endeavours to obtain a discussion on the question of unrestricted emancipation, because, forsooth, the catholics of Ireland refused to entrust Mr. Henry Grattan with the care of their cause, after he had explicitly declined to advocate that cause on the only terms which would be agreable and satisfactory to his constituents. This is a fact which should never be lost sight of, and shews the degenerate state of public men in this enlightened age, when those who boast of venerating the maxims of civil and religious freedom, are not only disregardful of the sufferings and proscriptions felt by five miljions of their fellow-subjects, but are nimated with a spirit of revenge to

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wards them, in consequence of their having committed a supposed offence, by refusing to submit their opinions to that of one of their leaders. We have little room for comment on this disgraceful conduct, and indeed any remarks of ours would be quite unnecessary, as the facts speak for themselves; we shall therefore proceed to lay the intelligence of the month before our readers in the order received. The first act of the conciliating committee was to issue the following circular, under the sig nature of their chairman, Sir Thomas Esmonde, bart. as the basis of their future proceedings:

"SIR-At the present period, we should deem ourselves inexcusable, to procure unanimity; we are convinced, were we not to use our best exertions, that unanimity amongst ourselves is alone now wanting to insure success.

"We beg leave, however, to state, that the only basis which can be found for procuring unanimity, is the determi nation to exclude any species of vetorespect connected with our claims for istical arrangements from being in any relief.

"Vetoistical arrangements have been already condemned by the voice of the catholic prelates of Ireland.

"Vetoistical arrangements have also been repeatedly condemned by all clasthose who signed the Petition entrusted ses of the catholic laity, as well by to sir Henry Parnell, as by those who signed that presented by Mr. Grattan, in the last session.

"Whatever difference of opinion may now prevail amongst the latter on this subject, the great mass of the catholic all vetoistical arrangements; and those laity still persevere in their rejection of who are of a different opinion are so few, as, in point of number, to be quite insignificant, notwithstanding any individual respectability.

"There cannot, therefore, be any prospect of unanimity, unless the few, who are ready to tolerate vetoistical arrangements; concur with all the clergy

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nation.

"Whatever minor obstacles to conciliation amongst ourselves may have existed in the subject of intemperance and extraneous topics, have been al ready done away, and their recurrence, in future, all men will agree in guarding against.

"We wish to add, that it appears to us, that every catholic, who desires sincerely and honestly to promote the catholic cause, will now come forward to prevent the continuance of dissension and division in the catholic body.

"We respectfully solicit your senti. ments on those vital subjects, addressed to our chairman.”

On the 25th ult. the committee held a meeting to receive the report of the answers sent to the secretary, in reply to the above circular. Counsellor Howley reported the result, from which it appeared, that although some few individuals still refused all offers of conciliation, and adhered with a singular pertinacity to the veto, yet the spirit of unani'mity was almost universal. After the letters of adhesion to the veto and to dissension had been read, Mr. Hay, the secretary, rose and stated, that he was authorised to announce to the committee, by a great number, perhaps a majority, of the persons in Dublin, who signed the Trimbleston petition, that they would prefer any evil, or, as many of them expressed, to have their right arm cut off, rather than accede to the veto; and that they signed the Trim

bleston petition, conceiving it did not go that length; but finding that the contrary was asserted in parliament, they utterly disclaimed any such measure. This communication of Mr. Hay gave general satisfaction to the meeting.

On the Thursday following, the committee met again, when Mr. Mahon informed the members present that he had written to Mr.Scully, relative to a communication said to have been received by that gentleman from Sir II. Parnell, to which he had received an answer, "that as it was marked private," Mr. Scully did not think it would be right to submit it to a public meeting; but he stated to him, that Mr. O'Connell could give information upon the subject matter

of its contents to the committee.

Mr. O'Connell said, that Mr. Scully had only given him authority to state the substance of Sir Henry Parnell's letter, and to enable him to do so, he (Mr. O'C.) had taken extracts from that letter. He had no authority to read even those extracts, as the letter was marked " private,' but the contents of those extracts rethat, in his own discretion, he would lated so directly to public business, not feel justified in withholding them from the committee. They were as follows:

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Sir Henry Parnell, after stating the reasons which detained him from London, says, "I wrote to Mr. Brougham to name the 11th of March as the first open day, as far as I could judge. I intended to present the Petition some days before..

"My plan was to bring forward the question on four distinct occasions; the first, on presenting the petition, by entering upon the circumstances of the question, distinct from the general merits of it,as theyrelateto the conduct of the leading members of government and opposition; the second by going into the grievances in detail, on the motion for a se lect committee on the penal laws; the third, by moving to have Sir John Hippsiley's report taken into consideration in a committee of the whole house,

domestic nomination was the true practice of the church; and the fourth, by moving upon the general question of emancipation.

"Mr. Grattan having undertaken the last motion, and the endeavours to procure an union not being yet closed, I am obliged to re-consider what I had determined upon, and, for the present, to postpone any immediate proposition to

with the view of shewing from it that | to obtain the support of Mr. Grattan to the prayer of the petition to be presented by Sir Henry Parnell, moved that a letter should be forwarded to the right honourable gentleman for that purpose, which being agreed to, Mr. W. then produced the draft of the same, on which a long conversation ensued, principally on the wording of the letter, some of the members contending that one sentence therein seemed to imply disrespect to Sir Henry Parnell, whilst others insisted that it' had no such meaning.-The phrase. was at length expunged, and the rest being unanimously agreed to, the letter was signed by the chairman, Sir T. Esmonde, and transmitted to Mr. Grattan.

the house of commons.

"From what occurred last session, you must be well aware, that Mr. Grattan has such an influence in the house, as to deprive me of the power of obtaining a general discussion, and any support upon a motion to take the petition into consideration. I persevered last year against the opinion of every one in London in making the attempt, merely to shew the true state of this case; and after what happened I hope it will not be expected of me to do the same again. The use I am capable of turning my exertions to is, that of securing a discussion every session, so long as it is requisite to do so, and obtaining repeated debates, and also of canvassing for support, and obtaining information for you. But whenever Ir. Grattan choses to bring the question forward, the house will only attend to him, and come to a fair vote upon his motion. It is not correct to think that every one who supports him, supports the particular petition which we last presented; the petition itself cannot be the subject matter of debate, but the broad question of emancipation.-To act upon the principle, that he ought to be opposed because this petition is disagreeable, would be to carry the divisions which prevail into the house, and defeat all efforts of succeeding.

On Monday, the 3rd inst. the committee held another meeting. Mr. O'Connell said, he had seen a letter from Mr. Hayes, their delegate at Rome, which was addressed to Mr. Mac Donnell, and having stated its contents, Mr. Hughes observed he conceived the letter should have been officially addressed to Mr. Hay, their accredited secretary, and not to a private individual, if Mr. Hayes considered himself the acting delegate in Rome for the catholics of Ireland.-Mr. O'Connell agreed with Mr. Hughes. Some further conversation ensued, in which several gentlemen objected to the letter being read; Mr. O'Connell said he would not do his duty to the catho"If the petition remains in my lics of Ireland, if he did not bring hands, contrary to my opinion of the the letter before the aggregate meetpolicy of withholding it from Mr. Grating.-Several gentlemen having extan, I should be glad, before I go over, to know exactly what it is desired I should do, and I shall have the opportunity of talking the matter over in Dublin."

The reading of these paltry intrigues on the part of the whigs excited general indignation, and a letter was ordered to be sent to the worthy and patriotic baronet on the subject.-Mr. Woulfe being desirous

pressed a wish to have the letter read, Mr. Howley objected to its being brought under the consideration of the meeting. Mr. O'Connell said, if not suffered in any other way, he would read it as part of his speech,

which he did as follows:

Rome, St. Isidore's, Feb. 1, 1817. DEAR M'DONNELL, We have had strange scenes here since I wrote to you

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