The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-21 00:00:00

THE WRONGS OF IRELAND.

The dontir National of yesterday, replying to
some remarks of the Siiele approving the Fenian
movement, nays
We have scandalised the Sat*. We experience sincere
serrow—sorrow all the more poignant because we are
probably about to scandalise it a second time. And
as our readers might not be able to divine
bow such • misfortnne can have happened to
na, let us hasten to inform them that it is • sentence of our
friend M. Elias Regnault upon FM/IWD= which hoe
wounded our rectilinear and estimable colleague. M. Reg.
unit has not shown very much sympathy with the Padang :
is be wrong That is • question, and if it is at all agree-
eh le to the Sietkwe desire nothing better then to discus, it
with that paper. We are in • good position to discus
to advantage. We have the same sentiments. We detest
every kind of oppression ; we love every kind of liberty. If
either of us consequently be mistaken en his views, he will
doubtless not hesitate to acknowledge it. As for ourselves,
we promise the Stick to import no amour propre into the
matter. The question must, however, be properly under-
stood. We want to know, riot what Ireland was two hun-
dred years ago, or even thirty pars ago, but what it is
now. With regard to the peat we are agreed, and all dis-
mission thereon is supetfluous. ]t is the present, and not
the past, which in concerned. It is Ireland seder the reign
of Victoria with Lord Palmerston for Prime Minister, and
not Ireland under Elizabeth with William Cecil for
minister, or the Ireland of Cromwell with Ire-
toe for lieutenant and executioner. Well, in the
must day we see that Ireland is free, free de
jure and de facto. We see that she has liberty
of every kind—individual liberty, general liberty. We are
far indeed from having as much. We do not ask for more,
and we do not desire more for our children. Oppressed
Ireland is • prejudice no longer current among sensible
people even in Irelaod. People who can speak, write, and
act aooordiog to their fancy, their humour, their caprice,
are free cilium, and not oily is Ireland free, not only is the
equality between the Englishman and the Irishman com-
plete, but as regards taxes Ireland is privileged ; she pays
no land tax, except for local expenses, and she
does not share all the indirect taxation which
weighs upon England. Primary instruction is free,
and is given, without distinction of creed, in every
parish. Each barmy has Its poor-bonne, in which
all the inhabitants who ask are received and fed. To these
houses are annexed hospitals and slmshoosoa ID DO place
that we know at doer society impose upon itself heavier
burdens in favour of the poor sod suffering classic Par-
liament in the Maloof distress kept up works which occupied
as many u three millions of persona. But this would lead
us into the question of facts that we do not wish to enter
upon just now. We condos ourselves to asking the diede
to inform us exactly what the Fenian, claim, mewl if it
knows to tell us if it approves of them. We beg of it
especially to specify the peewit wrongs of 'rebind. We
know °eV one. The Slick certainly knows it also ; it will
tell us, and we await its reply.

SNIITIP-TAILINO IV SOOTLAND.—We ire informed
upon the meat emispetast satboritf that dada( the last
two years the plaosios of laud prism has bees diame-
tinned is Sootle.d to an almost Maeda's enlist, sad our
tissue rapidly to dinsieisb. The eggrypha orders takes for
the 'apply of lM retail shops by several travellers do not
sow 00M•
hose.o tbr " lives" formerly booked with ease in
De rodNdiabrilds Swishy Courant.