Southern Christian Advocate

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

FOREIGN.

Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P.—On Sunday evening O'Connell was admitted a member of "The Holy Order of St. Joseph and Mary" by the Rev. John Moore, at Virginia Chapel, Ratcliffe-highway. There were present about 300 members of the order the females being habited in green dresses, with sashes and white leghorn bonnets, the male in green cloaks, trimmed with fur, white collars, and caps similar to those worn by undergraduates at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Mr. Moore said, he was happy to see amongst them one of whom the supreme pontiff had said, that he was the most illustrious lay member of the Church of Rome. The investiture then commenced. Mr. O'Connell advanced to the steps of the altar, on which he knelt and Mr. Moore placed on him a magnificent green silk cloak, lined with silk, and trimmed with rich ermine. He also presented him with a solid gold cross, and placed on his head a Genoa velvet cap. A procession was then formed, and marched in order to the Philanthropic Institution, Shadwell, where an address was presented to Mr. O'Connell, who acknowledged it in a brief speech. Reference was made to the progress of the Catholic faith in England, and to the numerous conversions which had recently taken place. Wesleyan Chronicle.