, utratiait tatpur /min. SUBIACO, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1877.
No..33.-VoL. III
PRICE 6D.
constitute an offence tinder the Vagrant Act 1 likely to result from such practices-misehiefs and in concord in the combat, cannot but And, second, did Slade do what he is alleged which those who remember the case of Home, gain the victory over the many enemies who to have done? The offence defined by the also a professional medium, cannot consider persecute them. . And, in fact, this great movement of conBRITISH IRONCLADS FOR THE MEDITERRA- Vagrancy Act is professing or pretending to unsubstantial-I feel I cannot mitigate the tell fortunes, or using any subtle craft, punishment the law imposes, and, therefore, tinued pilgrimages itself gives me a secure of the unity which reigns among NEAN IN CASE OF NEED. indication to three I sentence or otherwise, the defendant calendar device, by palmistry or means, Her Majesty's months' imprisonment in the House of cor- the sons of Jesus Christ and of the Catholic On Wednesday week, says the Whitehall to deceive or impose on any of ; they likewise tend in concord to Church Review, -the " Peter the Great," the most subjects. I think that in order to constitute rection, with hard labor. rl'onsidersble_ sensation was created in unite still closer different nations with bonds powerful ironclad in the Russian Navy, and this offence two things are necessary-viz., of charity, thereby to combat with greater siotilto sot:sin:aloe ut the" Devastation," using some subtle craft, means, or device court by this sentence. advantage heresy, unbelief, indifference, anti our most powerful ironclad in the Mediterra- like palmistry, and an attempt to deceive or Mr. Munton gave the usual notice of ap- the perverse wish of conciliating Christ with Pahnistry is de on some' person. nean, sailed front Cronstadt for Turkish impose peal. Belial. You, then, who have come to venerwaters. Having received an early intimation tined in " Richardson's Dictionary," thus, Mr. Flowers said he should require two ate the tomb of the Prince of the Holy of her intended departure, the British Gov- " Divination by inspection of the hands, sureties of that the defendant demonstrate also by this act the £200 each ernment have, to guard against eventualities, from the roguish tricks of the pretenders to would appear to abide by the decision of the Apostles, bonds which unite you one to the other, and ordered the " Thunderer," an ironclad this art to palm is to trick or play a trick, Judges of Appeal. unite you equally with all the other pilgrims superior in every point to both the " l'eter to impose, to pass, or practice a trick, imDr. Wyldc and Mr. Enmore Jones, the who have preceded you from all parts of the the Great" and "Devastation," to be pre- position or delusion." More restricted, to to hold and keep palm, to touch palm is in the previous bail, renewed their responsibilities world. anti with the immense multitude of pared at Portsmouth for immediate departheir adherents, because you all direct your ture to the East. Since the fatal explosion with the palm, anti to handle. The defini- in the larger amount of £200 each. looks towards this centre of unity. this ship has been at Portsmouth, and by tions given by Johnston and Webster are The trick to Slade very similar. imputed In this case, also, there is verified the putting on relays of workmen, she is now fulfillment of the Divine precept of love, on ready 10 sail et a moment's notice to join the consists in falsely pretending to procure TILE " TIMES" ON THE SITUATION, which we have meditated in the Gospel of fleet. Alt feeding and steam -pipes connect- from spirits messages written by such spirits ing the disabled boiler with the other have upon a slate held under the table by Slade It is now beyond a doubt that an armistice last Sunday. Jesus Christ being asked for the purpose. such message having prebeen stopped up; and holes have been cut has been conceded by the Porte in accordance which was the greatest commandment between the turrets just above the water-line, viously been written by himself. Such a with the Russian demands. and that, the pre- amongst all in the law, answered that on one on each side, front which Whitehead trick seems to me to be'' subtle craft, means, vious assent of Servia having been declared, account of dignity, of efficacy, and of greatt.,ri -tit 'es are to be tired. The openings are or device" of the same kind as fortune-tell- hostilities wil-1 at once cease at every point. ness, the chief commandment was to love with thick iron armour-plated doors, ing. In each instance the impostor pretends The latest incident has had a starting God with all one's strength, with all one's kept dint when not using the torpedoes. to practise a magical, or at least an occult character. While General Ignatieff was ex- mind, with all one's heart ; and the second, isorkmen at Messrs. Ilumphrey's and art, I am confirmed in this view by the changing ideas with Ambassadors, indicating similar to the first, to love one's neighbour Tel :1,111's factory are working day and night language of another statute to which refer- his demands upon the I'orte anti preparing as oneself. In the first commandment there gel 111:g the new aer ready, so that it may ence has been made in the course of these for a solemn interview with the Sultan, the are no limits, nor can there be danger of he l aced on board at once if the ship can proceedings- the 9th George II., cap. 5. Turkish Minister of War was urging the exaggerations and this is clear and evident wait or it. Whether it be ready or not, This Act repealed the 1st James I., cap. 12, Commander of the Sultan's troops to strike a since one can never go to excess in loviug within a few days the " Thunderer " will fol- by which witchcraft was made felony, and rapid anti decisive blow. He was obeyed. God, the Sovereign Good, In the second, Peter the Great" through the prohibited prosecutions for the offences of The Turkish forces had recently been rein- then, we will always he sure of loving accordlow the Straits of Cilealtar, and the fleet, under " witchcraft. sorcery, enchantment, or con- forced by several thousand men ; the General ing to the Divine precept, if in our neighbour Adnerel the Honorable Sir James Drum- juration," which apart from the statute of had the means of a prompt advance, anti we we regard the image of God. Now, the niond, E.C.B., will then be still more supe- ,lame;, were punishable by the Ecclesiastical may suppose that he hardly needed to be fulfillment of this double precept is that Courts. and perhaps at Common Law. It rior to the combined fleets of Europe. The Turks which constitutes concord and peace in the the importance of it. then enacts that For the more effectual told and gained the great success which world, and they cannot be found except in attacked preventing and punishing any pretences to made them, in a military sense, masters of the Catholic religion. such arts or powers as are before -mentioned, The works at Djunis were captured r. A RCT1C ExenDrnoe. In fact, if I should ask of all those who whereby ignorant persons are frequently de- Servia. as a consequence, Alexinatz has fallen into are not with us-heretics, Protestants, luded and defrauded. any or if person prefrom Captain H.M.S. !Cares, m and to -clay there To teen hands of the Turks schismatics, unbelievers, and five -thinkers, of tend to exercise or use any kind of witch- the A b rt. Valentin, to Secretary of ,1(11eiralty, comes a report of the occupation of Deligisei. all the sects which make so monstrous a war reeeil ed ;27th ()ember. 1876 :-'' Arctic Ex- craft, sorcery. enchantment. or conjuration, The Turk, however, with all his courage and upon us, and of certain ill-advised Catholics to tell fortunes, or pretended pslition returned. Alit reached limit, of or undertook subtlety, cannot gain any great advantage -if 1 should ask all these : Are you united iea. ion, the seuth shore of impeneitable Lola his or skill or knowledge in any occult over the formidable champion who stands amongst yourselves ? Ali they could only er science crafty to discover goods supposed leder Sea. and ,inteied eff open coast, hit behind the Servians. The Russian Govern- answer this one thing: " We are united, but sossiO from cape Sabine to north extreme, to be lost or stolen, he shall, upon conviction ment is suddenly roused by the imminent only in blaspheming, the Catholic Church ; Boles -on channel. constantly struggling with or on indictment, be liable to a year's impri- danger which threatens its friends, the cry We ate united, but only in hating and perice. President Land has no existence. sonment, and be set in the pillory four times.' for help cotnes from Belgrade. the Servian secuting Catholicity." And, indeed, in other The punishment of the pillory is abolished, A tier very laborious journey. sledges unable Militia is detnoralized, the Russian volunteers respects, there is a new Babel, such a conrest bet the of the section remains in force, to advance more than one mile daily. so rugare cut to pieces the career of the Turks fusiou that if the great author in whom ged was the ice, reached lat. 51.44 dee. Sun and I refer to it only to illustrate the mean- must be stopped instantly at all costs. 'The France so deservedly glories were to return absent 112 (lays. Four deaths---N,ils Peter- ing of the Vagrant Act. It seems to me that Czar would have but one course if the Turks amongst us, he who wrote the " History of sen. interpreter, frost -bite George Porter, Act forbids substantially the same thing were to occupy as zonquerors the country the Variations," I say that he would be obgunner, Alert ; lames Hand and Charles "the produce of occult and crafty sciences," which Russian instigations had exposed to liged to add other tomes still to complete hill, :omen, Discovery, scurvy, which at- to use the words of the Act of George IV. war the honour of his Government would his work, as we see it in our days. tacked all the travellers. Remainder of For these reasons I think that if by the trick demand an intervention, and this would Praise be to God, then, that so many Expedition all well. Continuous land on I have described Slade tried to impose on equally be called for by the clamours of his Explored to I'rofessor Lankester and Dr. Donkin, he com- people. Hence the Ultimatum which startled millions of Catholics in concord and union American side of channel. North Point, Cape Colombia, lat. 83.7 deg., mitted an offence against the Vagrant Act. the world two days ago. The negotiations respect and turn to this Holy See as the long. 70.:10 deg., and onward to lat. 82.12 And this brings me to tie second question- about the armistice were looked upon as con- centre of unity. So persevering, there is no deg., long. 8e.:10 deg. It then continues Did he do so or not ?-a question which lies cluded the points were settled, and the doubt but that all the enemies of the Church tending south-west. Greenland extends to in a narrow compass. Much time has been formal signature was to be given in a few in France, in Italy, in Germany, and in 82.:.1 deg., long. 48.33 deg., then pro- occupied in its discussion. I was unwilling hours. Yet, as the instrument had not been America, will be discomforted with the bably tUrII, towards smith. Lady Franklin to exclude evidence to which the parties at- actually executed, and as it was just possible sight of such beautiful concord in the Church Sound is a deep fiord. Petermann Fiord tached importance, and I accordingly admit- that the Turkish Ministers might find an of Jesus Christ. obeeel by glacier. Ilaye's Sound retrains ted a good deal which, when given, appeared excuse for deferring the act until another and When the youthful Rehoboam succeeded unexplored, and is very narrow. The Polar to me at the time, and still appears to me, a more deadly blow was struck, the Court at Solomon upon the throne of Jerusalem, Ordinary ice averages irrelevant. On the one hand, I attach no Livadia took its sudden resolution. is never navigable. hardly had he assumed the crown upon his hu feet in thickness. Animal life, and importance to the evidence of Mr. Maskelyne, The crisis was one of real danger, for the head, than the people of the kingdom, asked northerly migration of birds, end south of given on the summons for conspiracy, because Cape Colombia. Memorial tablet erected to it proves what no one can doubt-namely, Porte might be strongly tempted to resist certain graces from the new King, who beRus- fore answering them desired to take counsel Ilall at. Polaris Bay. Eskimo traces cease on that some things done by Slade might be such a demand at such an hour. in The substance from the elders and from the young men ; west shore, lat, 81.52, whence they cross to done by any conjuror. On the other hand, I sian Ultimatum was imperious came when and it at a time cannot attach importance well as form, the as to evidence of and the counsels of the first should thus have Greenland. The impractibility of reaching Unfortunately, Rehoboam gave North Pole proved. All neighboring lands the witnesses for the defence, because they the Turks might be naturally elated by the prevailedand consider that it of their arms, only prove that on other occasions strange- success ear to the worst party, and amidst the disexamined. Expedition returned,hotne. Rich dictate and not to receive please, for them to if you very strange-things was a tumult easily spring happened opinions of turbance natural history observations. Numbers of good sense and a just view of up amongst the people, which afterwards scientific observations. Excellent coal near in blade's presence. and that they did not terms. have prevailed. This ended, God so disposing it, in the loss Disco. Very (many 1) fossile corals extreme perceive he caused them. I forbear, however, their situation seem to by north. Experienced coldest weather ever to speculate on these matters, and confine Ultimatum from the Power which stands of the greater portion of the kingdom insur- Rehoboam. registered temperature, deg, below zero to what happened between Slade, Lankester, dark and mysterious behind the Slav for thirteen consecutive days. Lowest tem- and Don't". The whole case turns upon the rection may be offensive to a victorious State, Yes, dear children, I tell you here present, perature, 104 degrees below freezing point. evidence of the two last named persons, but it invites the consideration of a State and I would wish to tell the whole world During gale off cape Farewell A kris rudder - which, in a few words, is to the effect that which knows that success may only bring Union gives strength. The world looks upon head batty sprung. Steered home by rudder they saw Slade's hand moved as if he was new perils. If there be any ground for the us, and recognises us as the disciples and pendent. Intend proceeding to Queenstown writing, and that on snatching the slate from Russian Ambassador's complaint of Turkish followers of Jesus Christ by this sole distincwhen rudder shifted. Sighted Pandora, all him immediately afterwards, and before it procrastination and of an intention to defeat tion, by the bond of union and of charity well, south of Cape Farewell. on 11lth. was placed in the position in which the the object of the Powers, the Turks must see In hoc cognoscent emcee quod discipuli mei Screw slighly damaged by ice. She visited spirits were to write, and without any sound that this policy must soon come to and end. eels, si dilectionem habuentis ad inmate. stations at Littleton Island, Cape Isabella as if of writing, they found words written If, on the contrary, they had already conLet us turn meanwhile to Jesus Christ, our is able (unable ?) to reach Cape Sabine. Ex- upon it. is this be true, it involves the in- ceded the substance of what Russia deman- advocate, in order that He may renew the pedition did not call at Littleton Island re- ference that Slade wrote the words himself. ded, and if the Ultimatum Was intended prayer He made when He conversed with turning. Has missed letters left there by and that therefore he could not think the rather to allay Russian fanaticism than to men upon this earth : Pater Sancte serva Pandora. Parted company with Discovery spirit of his wife had written them. I must gain any real advantage front the Porte, then cos . . . ut sint un urn. If in this number on 111th. Ordered rendezvous Queenstown. decide according to the well-known course the acceptance of the new Russian Armistice the present Revolutionists should be included shot the two wit- will make no practical difference in the (laptain Nares proceeds to London viA Kil- of nature. and if it who boast of a foolish philanthropy, will be nesses saw ti:;, motions that they describe, course of events. larney." told by the churches profaned, sacred proand feeou the writing on the slate immeperties robbed, hatred to persons consecrated 'Lately afterwards, it is impossible for me to to God, and to that infernal mania of every doubt, whatever happened on other occaTIIB SLADE PROSECUTIOr, sions, Slade did on tliat occasion write those DISCOURSE OF THE HOLY FATHER TO THE day afflicting the Church with new outrages and new spoliations. words on that slate in order to cheat ProPILGRIMS OF NANTES. At Bow -street, on Ttostemy, 31st October. fessor Lankester and Dr. Donkin. It is true In fine. may God raise His hand to bless Mr. Flowers gave 1:).is decision in the SUIA- that Simmonds said there was nothing to pay, If it is true, as it cannot be doubted, that you, and may it be a benediction of concord. mons against" r/1'." Henry Slade, the spirit as Lankester and Donkin were not satisfied, union and concord render peoples valiant, May He bless you, besides, in your families medium. Th efelourt, was, if possible, more but the question is whether subtle craft, and furnish them with strength and vigor to and in all the pious works to which you have crowded than previous occasions. Both Mr. means, or device were used toimpose on these resist, nut only the unjust attacks of the dedicated yourselves, in order that through Munton, who defended Slade, and Mr. Lewis. gentlemen. and it clearly was, as the money common enemies, but to repulse and gain a His grace and your labours they may fructify who appeared for the prosecutor, i'rofessor would have been paid if the trick had not victory over them ; it is likewise most true to the advantage of your neighbour. May Lankester, were in attendance. been discovered. Upon the whole. I think that these many millions of Catholic Chris- lle bless you at this moment and at the hour Mr. Flowers said The questions in this an offence against the Vagrancy Act has bees tians who fight under the banner of Jesus of death. and 'nay you be made worthy of case are two :-First, do lire facts alleged proved, and considering the great mischiefs Christ, while they continue always united blessing ilia' in Heaven for all eteest
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