The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

IRISH DRAY ON
_THE IRISH CHURCH

LSTION AND THE GOVICILWILVT .POLICY.

he Dean of li/lphin has published in the' Times
reply to a letter from the secretaries of the Dublin
'..tent Defence Association soliciting his aid and co-
itien in support of the Irish church. After expressing
:.7,ret that he cannot units with the association in
• .7 offorts to prevent the clisestablistment of the Irish
t-: -11 of the united church, remarking at the
time incidentally that he does not altogether
: -ve that measure, he proceeds to say "I am of opinion
..: :he state has the right, as it certainly has the power,
• ding with church property so far as it is national--
where it has not been the gift of individuals. I
• . at willing to admit that the act of union, as firmly
7' act of parliament can, unites for ever the Irish with
English branch of the united church ; but I do not
LI that any act of parliament can bind posterity. So
3, an act of parliament is unrepealed, it remains,
nurse, the law of the land • but it
competent for the legislature, consisting of
• . 4, lords, and commons, to repeal any act of parka-
.,and to dispose of national property, including. that
• t, established church in England or Ireland, as in its
m. or its folly, it may think At." In the course of
,hurate argument which follows in support of his
the dean asters into the question whether the in-
:> of the established church in Ireland would be
ted by the continuance in office of the present
• ...ry. He says—Hy opinion is that they would not.
•:.e leading members of the conservative party, in-
,nily. entertain a sincere respect ; I give them credit
• moat upright intentions; but lam also persuaded
. • • their aeceptsoe of office without power, and to
roacner in winch they have carried on the government
• must be attributed the immediate danger
the l.i.anch of the united church. Assuming the
of go.ernment when pledged against a moderate
....Lae • reform, they pained one of household
...:..• the paaaing of this measure must be attributed
• ,t iieed in which the Irish establishment is now involved.
_ .tarn with or without foundation, there is an opinion
i that the enlarged constituencies will be in favour
...1,11,1i-liment, and hence the candidata% for their
. • .4 have adopted it as an election cry. Had the pre-
: ..overninent accepted the 61. franchiae, the question
...:hoowment would probably have been postponed
• • • hie years, and during these the Irish church might
set her house in order," not that she might die
• • ye. She might have promoted those measures of
-*-•• Ad reform which every one now admits she impera-
requires, and she would then be in a bett.:r poaition
• .at the assaults of her foes.

Tyrteriows Persian gentlemen who has re-

in Paris for twenty.six years died there a few days
;. • His habits of life were precise, but peculiar; he
.• • icgular Opera goer, had an English secretary, and a
.errant, who was neves allowed to enter his hod-
. He kept two carriages, and hired his horses ; and
• ever ki.own to open a letter addressed to him.
I:. Detstulx.r, 1851, a poor country tailor was
end deported to a penal settlement in Algeria for
••• the sign of a Phrygian cap over his shop. On
: it was found that the so-called Phrygian cap
.• .!....-nded to represent a cornucopia.
l! v • • noticed that on the arrival of the Count
I • • .‘ad the Duke d'Aumale the other day at the
• t'i' turiu in Baden, some close and mysterious ob-
. • ti.:ele their appearance there at the same time. A
.iu chronicler remarks—" This is very possible ;
ire 40 many curious people in the world!"
ilk LATE CARDINAL D'ANDREA. The late
real d'Andrea, who was supposed at one time to have
•-. Lis faith, maintained his charity to the last. His will
eludes with the following paragraph I leave to
Holy Father, the cardinals, the prelates, and my
tnemies my sincere and complete pardon."

vITED OR ARREST= F.-1114 Paris papers
.t ',ned a day or two since the arrest of a jeweller's
Madame Fandard, for having sold ornaments for

chains in the shape of Lanterns. The Minister of the
Las addressed • severe communication to the
•'T.'tb which had reported this arrest, to the effect that
n AO' Fautisird had been simply "invited" to attend
Pi, lettere, aecompuuied by two or three agents of

NATIoNAL TEMPERANCE LEAOPE.-(THIS
Tic friviale of the temperance movement as-
to the extent of man
_y thousands this morning,
dperaeded to the Crystal Palace for their annual fee-
val. an immense number of children who are enrolled
• Menders of the I.ague and who are known as "The
•'"1 of Hope," accompanied the party. The proceedings
e operissl with a conference in the Lecture-
,a ou the subject of the progress of the movement
-s,l le. pee year, and that steps should be taken to
•r d still more prosperous during the next. This
i'Alosted by processions, with banners and music and
• .0 iost7 amusements of the palace.
GLOP-GE CHUIRMHANK AND VOLUNTEER
..is.sa.—A contemporary publishes a letter from Mr.
Cruikehank relating to the causes of his retire-
, t•oin the command of the 48th Middlesex Volunteer
Ile denies that he resigned in consequence of
ral of the decision dispensing with the
*' • of the bite officers of the corps,
.1 not true that the decision of the lord-
' ...at with regard to those gentlemen has been
I.:.tid concludes as follows : " I retired from the
snout the slightest feeling of constraint, only too
• Icing so fortunate as to find a friend qualified to
• Ira from duties which for a very long time have
•ly interfered with my professional engagements.
• ..thinan being a nior major in the ' 48th,' was,
neonauesidation to the Lord-Lieutenant, pro-
to lit command."