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... ntent at http://about.jstor.org/participate--jstor/individuals/early-journal--content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not--for--profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. FnneMar 18, 1888. THE CATHOLIC LATMAN. *r preparing to seal their testimony with their blood. When that part of the process showing the grounds of Sheir conviction had been read. *he .rand inquisitor onsigned them to the hands of the corregidor of the city, beseechinm him to deal with the prisoners in kindness acud mherey-a honeyed. but most hypocriea l phrase, since no choice was left to the civil magistrate but to exenute the terrible sentence of the lawe against heretics, the preparations for which had been made by him a week before. The whole number of conviets amounted to thirty, of whomr asteen were recncited, and the remainder relaxed to the seenlar arm; In other words, turne-I over to the civil magistrate for execution. There were few of those thus condemned who, when brought to the stake, did not so far shrink fom the dreadfutl doom that awaited them as to consent to purchase a commutation of it by confession before they died; in which case they were strangled by the garrote, beforetheir bodies were thrown into-the Oames. 'b The above sketch will, perhaps, give oar readers an easily intelligible reason why Protestants were not as awueroas in Spain as in England or Germany. REPLY OF TEEE BISEIOP OF OSSORY TO THE MEMOVIA&LISerTS OF KILKVNNY. A memorial having been presented to the Lord Bishop at Oasory Leighlin and Ferrs, by certain Protestant imhabitants of the city of Kilkenny., praying him to withdraw his sanction from the Irish Church MissionsSociety ia thkt place. on grounds which will be easily co leeted from what follows, his lordship returned the following reply, which we need scarcely recommend to our readers as deserving of most serios attention in the presentstage t the eentroversy in Ireland:-Ge.Vrtr cN,--n the letter which you have sddressed to meayou leqnest my assistance in the remaival of the branch-of the Irish Church Missions Society which has been for some time in operation in Kilkenny, and the grounds upon which you make this application appear to be the following:--[ His l"rdship proceeds to enumerate seriatim the grounds st forth by the petitioners against the further ministrations of the agents, and then proceeds:--] I will set aside all consideration of results in the case, partly beeause the evidence on which I take a much more favourable view of them than yon do is of a nature that cannot be publioly brought forward; and partly beeause I do not feel that the question ought to be made to tarn upon resalts Theqsetiam whether ws are to persevere in any ourse in which we see en-Si at to be determined by the asnat of gkMl whisk ea proved to have resulted from it in a given time If we sI