giving aid to them? He, for one, thought that the word scripture' ought to include every regular version of the sacred writings, whether of the Roman Catholic or of the Protestant church, and he was never more astonished in his life than he was to find that any doubt ever existed as to the propriety of educating Roman Catholic children. They all knew that in England there were very few Roman Catholic schools of a class requiring government aid. Such schools were confined to one or two places, such as Liverpool, and Glasgow, in Scotland. In Ireland, where the great bulk of the population was Roman Catholic, no such exclusion was possible, or was attempted [hear, hear]. He could not allow the opportunity to pass, without expressing the sorrow he felt that, not in 1447 or in 1547, but in the year 1847, they should find, as appeared from what was going on elsewhere, the great question of education mixed up with all the embroiling of sectarian violence and bigotry.

Roman Catholic children were finally excluded from any participation in the grant of £.100,000 a-year, that formed part of the government scheme of education brought forward by Lord John Russell.

INDEX.

ANNE. low condition of Catholics at the commencement of her reign,
234-Dr. Sacheverel, account of, 236.

Babbington, account of, 105-his plots against Mary, Queen of Scots,
106-his execution, 107.

Ballard, notice of, 105-his execution, 107.

Bartholomew de Cavanza, imprisonment of, 22.

Bartholomew de las Cazas, account of, 22.

Bartholomew das Martires, reformation effected by, 15.

Begging scholars of Oxford or Cambridge punished, 63.
Bonner, Bishop of London, notice of, 82.
Buckingham, notice of, 182.

Calvin's influence in England, 71.

Campion, Edmund, his writings, 127 -ordination, 129 - arrival in
England, 129-apprehension, 130-is cruelly racked, 131-called
upon to dispute on religious matters, 135-brought before Elizabeth,
136-his trial and execution, 137-40.

Cardinal Pole, the Pope's legate, reconciles the nation through the
parliament, 80-his efforts to check the persecuting spirit of
Mary, 84.

Catechism of the Council of Trent, 20.

Catholic Relief Bill of 1847, 325-division on, 291.

Catholic Relief Bill of 1829, 311-divisions on the bill, 296-protests
against the bill, 295-petitions for and against the bill, 310-English
Catholics benefited by it, 310.

Catholic Question, state of, from 1823 to 1829, 248-272-proceedings in
parliament since the union, 287-relief bill of 1829, 311.

Cecil, Sir William (Lord Burleigh), his character and death, 161.
Changes in the relations of the Church of England with the See of
Rome, 42.

CHARLES I., commencement of his reign, 181-remonstrances of the
parliament against Catholics, 181-Buckingham's unpopularity, 182
-Archbishop Laud, 182-strife between the king and the commons,
183-first appearance of Oliver Cromwell, 183-state of the perse-
cuted Catholics, 183-proceedings of the long parliament, 184-
insults offered to the queen, 185-extreme rage of the Puritans
against Catholics, 186-death of King Charles, 187.
CHARLES II. restored to the throne, 194-proceedings at the com-
mencement of his reign, 195-intolerant act against Catholics_and
Dissenters, 196-many national calamities follow, 197-fire of Lon-
don, 197-Charles's dissembling and secret treaty with France, 199
-new penal laws passed, 200-marriage of the Duke of York, and
efforts of the parliament to exclude him from the throne, 201-the

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test act passed, 202-Mary, daughter of James, married to the
Prince of Orange, 203-Titus Oates' plot, 204-execution of priests,
211-death of Charles, 215.

Colleges founded for the education of Catholics abroad, 128.
Countess of Salisbury, execution of, 44.

Commonwealth and Protectorate, persecuting spirit of the, 188-acts
passed and proclamations issued against Catholics, 189, 192-forma-
tion and proceedings of a joint-stock company of traffickers in
blood-money, 192-death of Cromwell, 193.

Cranmer, his instructions to the visitors of the religious houses, 49-
appointed executor by Henry VIII., 67-violates his oath, 67—his
trial, recantation, and execution, 82-84-his fate as a persecutor, 160.
Cromwell Oliver, his first appearance, 183-his proceedings during the
commonwealth, 188-his death, 193.

Cromwell Thomas, appointed vicar general, 49-visits the religious
houses, 50-obtains estates belonging to suppressed monasteries, 64-
is created Earl of E-sex, 64-tried for heresy and treason, 64-his
death, 64-his fate as a persecutor, 156.

Division on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill of 1847, 291.
Dominicans, learned and holy men amongst the, 13.

Dudley, duke of Northumberland, his spoliation of churches, 75-his
character and death, 159.

EDWARD VI.-His accession, 67-roving ecclesiastical commission
appointed, 67-bishops made the servants of the state, 69-same
policy now pursued in Ireland, 69-public liturgy framed, 70-church
manors bestowed on courtiers, 71-pillage of shrines and destruction
of altars, 71-St. James's palace, 71-religious houses and churches
destroyed, and the materials used in building Somerset house, 72-
church property seized, 73-state not benefitted by the spoliation,
74, 75.

Education Question, 1847, 336.

Effects of the reformation on the national character, 185-on learn-
ing, 281-7.

ELIZABETH, her accession, 86-apparent wavering in her conduct
with respect to religion, 36-an ambassador sent to Rome, 87-Bos-
suet's opinion of the policy of the court of Rome, 37-the mass
abolished, 88-queen's supremacy proclaimed, 88-opposed by Bishop
Heath, 89-bishops deprived of their sees, 90-distracted state of the
country, 92-Leicester favours the Calvinists, 92-his profligacy and
rapacity, 92-unfrocking of bishops and disgowning of pastors, 93-
imprisonment and execution of Catholics, 95, 96, 107, 116-martyr-
dom of Cuthbert Maine, 116-sufferings of Francis Tregian, 121-
martyrdom of Father Campion and Father Sherwine, 127-savage
conduct of Walsingham, 145-expensive wars of Elizabeth, 149-
her cruelty to the poor, 150-her character, 151-appalling death,
164-8.
Executions in the reign of Henry VIII., 44, 45, 51, 60, 64-in the reign
of Edward VI., 70-Mary, 85-Elizabeth, 96, 100, 107, 116-the Com-
monwealth, 192-Charles II., 210, 211.

Fate of the persecutors in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and
Elizabeth, 156,

Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, opposes the suppression of the monas-
teries, 46.

Foscharari, Bishop of Modena, account of, 19.

Francisco Foriero, account of, 19.

GEORGE I., further degradation of Catholics in his reign, 238.
GEORGE II., no effort made to relax the rigour of the penal laws in
his reign, 239-new penal statute passed, 241.

GEORGE III.-Several penal laws enacted at the commencement of
his reign, 241-spirit of persecution relaxed, 243.

Glastonbury, account of, 57-execution of the abbot and two of the
monks, 51.

Gordon, Lord George, his connection with the Protestant association
and No Popery riots, 244.

HENRY VIII.-His first act of hostility to the Holy See, 42-assumes
the government of the Church, 43-effects that follow, 44-his
unbridled passions and exhausted treasury, 45-he determines on
appropriating the property of the monasteries, 46-prohibits the
circulation of the scriptures, 46-preamble of the act for the sup-
pression of the lesser houses, 48-enactments giving the whole of
the property to the king and his successors, 49-Cromwell and others
appointed to visit the religious houses, 50-treatment of the reli-
gious, 51, 55-number and value of suppressed houses, 52-grants
made by the king to courtiers and others, 59-destitute condition of
the poor in his reign, 61-they are treated as malefactors, 61-execu-
tions in his reign, 44, 45, 51, 60, 64-his character and death, 157, 158-
acts connected with matters of religion passed in his reign, 65, 66.
nstruments of torture, 131-2-frequent use of, 134.

JAMES I., his sentiments regarding the Catholic Church, 168-hosti-
lity of the parliament to Catholics, 169-several penal laws enacted,
169-the gunpowder plot, 170-further enactments against Catholics,
172, 181-marriage of Prince Charles, 179-puritan spirit of the par-
liament and people, 179-deplorable state of the Catholics during
this reign, 180.
JAMES II. discourages prosecutions on account of religion, 216-
Monmouth's rebellion, 218-Compton, bishop of London, suspended,
218-proclamation issued suspending the execution of all penal laws
for religious offences, 219.

Land, Archbishop, notice of, 182.

Leicester, earl of, favours the Calvinsts, 92-his profligacy and rapa-
city, 92-his character and fate as a persecutor, 161.

Leonardo de Marinis, 18.

Long parliament, persecuting spirit of the, 184.

Luther, his style of argument, 37-his mode of improving things and
persons at Rome, 37-his last will and testament, 42.

Maine, Cuthbert, first missionary priest who suffered in England
account of, 116-his birth and education, 117-his apprehension, 117
-charges brought against him, 118-sentenced to die, 119-his bar-
barous execution, 120.

MARY, commencement of her reign, 77—vindicates toleration of reli-
gious opinions, 77-rejects Bishop Ridley's offer to preach before
her, 79-marries Philip, son of the king of Spain, 79—renounces all
the lands and possessions of the Church, 81-the nation reconciled
to the Pope, 80-persons who suffered on account of religion in her
reign, 85.

MARY, Queen of Scots.-Walsingham's hatred of, 97-demands her
execution, 102-plots against her, 106.

Martin Bucer and Peter Martyr, brought to England to forward the
Reformation, 70.

Monasteries, suppression and plundering of the, 48, 279-many of the
inmates imprisoned, several banished, and some hanged, 51, 55–
insurrections that followed, 58-number and value of the suppressed
houses, 52, 280-number of the inmates, 281-demolition of houses,
54, 72-materials used in building St. James's palace and Somerset
house, 72-the spoliation of no service to the state, 74-5-character
of the spoilers, 156-the hand of Divine retribution on them, 156,
168-the injury inflicted on learning by the destruction of the
monasteries, 281-7.

More, Sir Thomas, his constancy under sentence of death, 83.

Neville, account of, 104.

No Popery riots, account of, 244.

Oates, Dr. Titus, account of his plot against Catholics, 204.

O'Connell, his appearance on the stage of Catholic politics, 248-
Memoir of him by Mr. Mac Cabe, 248.

Outlawry of the Religious orders in 1829, confirmed in 1845, 330.

Parry, Dr. account of, 103-his execution, 105.
Parliament, proceedings in since the union, 287.

Penal Laws against Catholics passed in the reign of Henry VIII., 65,
66-in the reign of Edward VI., 75, 76-Elizabeth, C3, 152-5-James
I., 169, 172, 181-Charles 1., 187-the Commonwealth, 189-Charles
II., 200-William III., 228-33-Anne, 235, 237-George I., 238-
George II., 241-George III., 241; outlawry of the religious orders
in 1829, 311-confirmed in 1845, 330.

Persecutors, fate of, in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., and
Elizabeth, 156.

Pius V., reforms effected by, 21.

Political opinions of St. Thomas Aquinas, 27-35.

Poor, destitute condition of in the reign of Henry VIII. 61-treated as
malefactors, 61-savage punishments inflicted on the poor in Eliza-
beth's reign, 150.

Prisons, filthy state of, 134-causes a pestilential malignant fever,
134, 135.

Protestant clergy, sufferings of during the Commonwealth, 188.
Protests against the Relief Bill of 1829, 295.

Rebellion of 1688, account of, 220.

Reformers, spirit that animated the, 36-42.

Reformation, evils that led to it, and occurrences that preceded it, 1-
seeds of it sown in England in 1342, 3-ditto in Germany, from the
division of the Roman Empire, 4-events of the Council of Con-
stance, 6-state of religion previous to the Council of Trent, 7-re-
formation ascribed by its authors and advocates to the revival and
diffusion of knowledge, 25-progress of, in reigns of Henry VIII.,
42 [See Henry VIII.], in the reign of Edward VI., 67-overturned
in the reign of Mary, 77-again proceeded with in the reign of Eliza-
beth, 88.

Report of Cardinals on the evils affecting the Church, 9.

Revolution of 1688, account of, 220.

Ridley sent to remonstrate with Mary, 77-desires to preach before
her and is rejected, 79—his death, 79.

Savonarola, his efforts to reform the church, 2-his death, 3.

Sacheverel, Dr. account of, 236.

Shaftesbury, Lord, his connection with Oates and Bedloe, 207-is