those wretched priests, who, wanting the grace necessary for living up to the strictness of their obligations, have attempted to excuse their breach of them, by abusing the Church which imposes them upon them. His pungem-bryo was stifled in the birth, and he himself soon after his fall met with that awful end which has been the general fate, within our own memory, of this class of converts. Smith dropped down dead in Canterbury Cathedral about the year 1780."

SMITH, John, vide Sergeant.

SMITH, John, vide Warham; also Skinner.

SMITH, Richard, born near London, Dec. 12, 1725, son of John Smith and his wife Mary Jefferson; admitted about 1737; left for the English College at Rome in Sept., and arrived Oct. 16, 1741, and placed in lower schools; ord. priest Feb. 1, and left Rome, April 13, 1750, for the mission.

SMITH, Robert, vide Warham.

SMYTHE, William M., admitted Feb. 11, 1870; left June 6, went to Ushaw, and ord. priest Dec. 18, 1880; now at Berwick-on-Tweed.

SPAIN, George, born Jan. 9, 1778, son of William Spain, and his wife Eliz. Hertend, of Hainton, co. Lincoln, subsequently of London; admitted March 12, 1802; alumnus Dec. 16, 1804; ord. priest; left for England, Feb. 21, 1809; served Newport, Isle of Wight, July 5, 1810-Oct. 31, 1820; transferred to the Bavarian Chapel, Warwick-street, Golden-square, London, where died, Dec. 9, 1838, aged 60; an indefatigable missioner, and an eloquent preacher.

SPARROW, Anthony, born Dec. 17, 1776, son of Anthony Sparrow and his wife Anne Creven, of Harewood, co. York; admitted on Simon Geo. Bordley s Fund, Oct. 13^ 1790; left.

SPLAINE, Austin William, born in Liverpool, Sept. 4, 1836; educ. Catholic Institute, Liverpool, and St. Edmund s Coll., Douay; admitted Sept. 20, 1860; ord. priest June 19, 1863; left July 9, 1864; at Scorton, Lancashire, assistant to Dr. Ilsley, whom he succeeded in 1868, and so continued till death, Nov. 24, 1888, aged 52. Three of his brothers joined the Society, and a fourth died an ecclesiastical student.