The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-17 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

Freemason Government in Portugal.

LETTER IV.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TABLET.

Sir,—l see by the public papers that the resignation of
the Loule Cabinet in Portugal has been accepted. We have
no details, and know not how the thing took place ; to me
it seems probable, as Saldanha was expected in Lisbon
very shortly, when my last letters and papers left that
capital, that the arrival of the late Ambassador in Rome
may have had an influence in the change of Ministry. We
shall soon know how that happened ; but certain it is that,
however the partners be changed, the game will continue
to be the same—viz., Freemason war more or less dis-
guised against the Church, its institutions, and its most
worthy ministers.

By the Portuguese papers I find that my correspondent
at Covilhau was very moderate in his letter, copied into
mine, last week, when he spoke of the scandalous case of
the Rev. Dr. Grainha. The particulars and manner of the
occurrence are more important and significant in-showing
the Masonic rage and bitter animus against all those who
do not favour Freemason rule, than the arrest itself. Such
particulars I find in a letter addressed to the Nacao, No.
5,162, by a gentleman well known who signs it. The letter
fills a column and a half of the paper, and is full of indig-
nant reflections and severe animadversions against the
ruling party ; I shall only give its substance and facts :
"To the Editor of the Nacao,—There is a fact which
your journal and other papers have mentioned already, but
which will never be too severely stigmatised as it deserves,
and whose circumstances are still very imperfectly known
by the public—l mean the- rancorous persecution against
Dr. F. Grainha, now in prison at Castello-Branco. I do
not know which contributed more to this despotic act,
whether it was prompted chiefly by political rancour, or
by hatred against religion ; as the convictions both poli-
tical and religious of our friend are well known, and he
has always been the samo, an exemplary priest, an in-
trepid defender and preacher of the truths of Holy Gospel,
and a Legitimist of the rather breaking than bending sort,
qualities now become rather scarce, and such that cannot
please the powers that be.

" The Rev. Dr. Grainha had understood in his conscience
that he ought not to give his vote to a man fora deputy
of the Portuguese nation, unless the same man professed
sound religious convictions. Mr. Barros Lima:was presented
to him as a fit candidate ; the doctor scrupulously investi-
gated about the qualities and principles of the candidate,
and finding them satisfactory, he used his advice and influ-
ence to secure the election of the gentleman, who succeeded
and was elected. This aroused the ire of the dominant
party, who determined to wreak their vengeance on the
doctor, and taking advantage of some expressions in a pri-
vate letter of his to a fellow priest, regarded as his friend,
they determined to prosecute him. They brought also
against him the charges of preaching gratuitously (!), re-
ceiving from his auditory great demonstrations of attach-
ment, and of having called some Liberals Freemasons. On
such grounds he was declared guilty. The moment h 9
heard of it at Rome, he hastened back home in order to boar
all the consequences, not wishing to belie by his conduct
the doctrines he had constantly preached and inculcated.
"As soon as he reached Covilhan, he wrote to the two
principal authorities, acquainting them with his arrival,
and begging the prison to be designated where he was to be
detained, as he would at once proceed there and enter it.
They did not deign to answer him, and the second of these
functionaries even told Dr. Grainha's family that no order
of the sort existed, and that should it be issued, they might
rest assured he would inform them of it. Thus was Dr.
Grainha denied the courtesy customary to be granted to
any decent person in similar circumstances. And imme-
diately after all this they sent their sbirri to arrest the rev.
doctor publicly, when coming out of church from saying
mass ; this in order to give the insult more eclat ; and, at
the same time, they made also on the occasion a most
wicked attempt at provoking resistance from the people,
and then punishing their sympathy for the doctor, by a dis-
play of military force without any necessity for it.
"No greater demonstrations of attachment and affection,
however, could be shown to anybody than those mani-
fested to the rev. prisoner, both on the day of his arrest,
and on that of his removal from Covilhan to Castello-
Branco. They seemed days of general mourning, and
then it was not only the persons more attached to Dr.
Grainha that took part in those demonstrations of sor-
row, but even the formally indifferent shared in them,
as if ashamed of not participating in the general feeling.
The clergy came in a body to take leave of their colleague.
The streets he passed through when leaving the town
were encumbered with people, exclaiming in loud lamen-
tations, and denouncing the shameful proceeding of the
authorities.

" One person, whose conduct was the most honourable
and praiseworthy, proved to be the officer who commanded
the military escort, ordered to conduct Dr. Grainha to
Castello-Branco ; he obeyed, of course, his orders, like a
soldier, but in every other respect behaved like an honour-
able and kind gentleman, treating the doctor throughout,
not as a prisoner, but as a worthy and respected friend.
Honour, therefore, to this officer, Mr. Antonio de Campos,
whose behaviour exhibited such a contrast with the pro-
ceedings of those above him.
"At Castello-Branco (where the doctor had never been
before), he was treated with great respect by the municipal
body, by the clergy, and by almost everybody. There I
saw him receive attentions such as had never been offered
to any prisoner. Not only the Municipal Council offered
him for his habitation the room of their sittings, but there
he was visited by almost every person in the city and its
neighbourhood; the people flocking in crowds, eager to
behold the apostle of God,' as they call him.
" These demonstrations could not please the devil, 'nor
did they please the Freemason superior authorities, who,
seeing this, forbade any person being allowed to visit Dr.
Grainha, except those who should come well-dressed, and
should be known to the gaoler 0 By these means they con-
trived to exclude from seeing the doctor by far the greatest
number of visitors—who enjoy not the honour of the gaoler's
acquaintance; this happening especially to those who come
from without the city, often from considerable distances,
with great inconvenience, as well as with sacrifice of time
and expense. , These are obliged, therefore, to content them-
selves with having simply a look at the doctor when he ap-
pears at the prison window. I have myself seen some, in
such case, actually shedding tears both of sorrow and an-
noyance. I heard that the superior authorities at Castello
Branco, had received from Colvilhan, a telegraphic des-
patch, announcing them, that a large portion of the people
of the town, including all the clergy, were preparing to
come in a body to the chief city, and pay a solemn visit to
Dr. Grainha ; but that an order was for warded from Cas-
tello Branco for such demonstration to be authoritatively
prevented. •
" Dr. Grainha with true Christian resignation certainly
bears all this patiently, and without murmuring ; but it is
not less certain that he deeply feels the regret of not being
allowed to see dear friends who come to visit him ; above
all, however, he feels the deprivation of celebrating the
Holy sacrifice, even on sanctified days, permission for which
has been asked most pressingly and refused by his perse-
cutors (!)
" There is a specimen of the persecution to Catholics
who do not fear earthly powers, who only look for the re--
wards that are eternal, and who, in spite of all, pray fer-
vently for their bitter enemies. •
" If the above is worth appearing in your paper, I shall
feel thankful for your giving it publicity.—Yours, &c.,

"JOSE DE PINA CARVALHO FARIA FALCAO.

"Lousan, Feb. 11, 1865."

The above abridged letter shows, I think, as good & speci-
men of the blessings of Freemason Government as even the
most fastidious Catholic can desire. The facts do not re-
quire my comment to recommend them to the attention
and reprobation of even serious Protestants. I shall only
add this remark: the gentleman who writes the letter
guarantees what he says with his name and address ; I do
not know how to write anonymously. Would the Free-
masons, who so scandalously calumniated here my party,
my King, my country, dare to append their names to their
infamous slanders ?

Aprill2, 1865.

A. R. SABAIVA.

OUR COLONIAL GOVERNORS.—Commenting 011
the Shenandoah affair, the Times thus speaks of the
position of our colonial governors :—" The berth is not
easy, the pay is scanty, and service is no inheritance.'
There are most excellent and accomplished gentlemen
in our streets such objects of compassion that they will
certainly be one day caught up by the police and sent to
casual wards, who have been so unfortunate as to bo
British viceroys over large populations, with the power of
life and death, the command of fleets and armies, holding
levees and drawing-rooms, and all that sort of thing. These
people, who are kings to-day and nobodies to-morrow,
without even the formality of a deposition or the chance of
a glorious decapitation,have now to take share in the sternest
from
matters of international life. Twelve thousand m a
home, they have to distinguish between a
ship of
relvviaLnd a
pirate ; the present position of a ship
and
thpoomserts,lves and.
;how
his-
tory ; the right of a peaceful refit, and thefar their warrant
wrong of hostile
equipment ; humanity and neutrality
owtihllerrucinueosntiotnhse
,dvehcikohofanayfohreoingrnemr
ainy
theli•own
present
We will not suppose that they have needlessly aggravated
their difficulties by suffering the growth of a sympathy.
For the future we fool sure that anybody ambitious of colo-
nial sovereignity will most carefully deny himself the
luxury of an opinion. But if he has none, ho will never-
theless find the surrounding atmosphere not so favour-
able for impartial justice as the calm of his own mind.
While the Governor and his Cabinet are carefully analys-
ing the grammar of acts and the logic of despatches the
enjoying an ovation within
be person most concerned may
night and sound of the Government House. All this is
delightful to colonists; but what is to be done for the poor
governors ? The position itself is fast becoming impossible.
Not even the fertile genius and prolific humour of a com-
petitive examiner can hit upon all the cases in which a
governor will have to prove himself perfectly and imme-
diately at home. We will not venture to anticipate the
next dilemma ; but no doubt it will be something quite dif-
ferent from the last. Meanwhile we may say a word to
the Victorians and all the other Australians themselves.
They are assuredly not prepared to bite, and they had bet-
ter bark as little as possible,"

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

!,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES.—Tms DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CRAVEN PLATE.

1

Pirate
Sir Roger
Wingrave
Five ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOT'S.

Grinder
Mongrel

MATCH—Emma beat Ambrosia filly.
HANDICAP PLATE.

Pantaloon
Viceroy

Fourteen ran.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agst John Davis (taken)
TILE TWO THOUSAND.
Bto lon the field (offered)
40 to 1 agst Joker (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Victorious (taken freely)

DURHAM RACES—THIS DAY.
TRIAL STAKES.
Roderick Random
Lady Abbess
2
My Mary 3
Five ran.
ELEMORE STAKES.

_
Split the Difference
Flora
Honesty
Five Tan.
DURHAM HANDICAP.

Alice ... 1
Wangle Eye
Gaily
Seven ran.

The above are all the telegrams which had been received
up to the time of going to press.

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SUN OFFICE, QUARTER-PAST 8 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENC—This Day,

NEWMARKET RA.CES-THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
SWEEPSTANF.S OF 10 SOVS.

Cobweb
•
Fury 2
Kinghorn
Five ran.
FIFTY-FIRST RIDDLESWORTH.
Jack o' Lantern 1
Cantata
I,:SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS.
Catalogue 1
Puritan 9
Brahma...
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES,

Verdant
Golden Dust

f i
t 2
six ran.

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
3to 1 agst John Davis (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Liddington (taken)
sto 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
50 to 1 agst Joker (taken)

THE DERBY.
7 to 1 agst The Duke (taken)
7to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
10 to 4 agst Liddington (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken)

DURHAM RACES—Tins DAY.

SELLING SWEEPSTAKES
Star of Evening
Deerfoot

DURHAM HUNT PLATE.

Cragsman
Rod Robin
The Queen 3

Seven ran. Winner ran under protest.

SPORTIN G NOTE S.

The Newmarket Handicap, the principal race at the
Craven Meeting, will be decided to-morrow. The running
of John Davis at Northampton has entirely spoilt the
betting. In fact, bar accidents, he cannot lose ; but now--
a-days it does not depend on a horse's merits, but on the
amount of metallic that can be got on, or got out, as the
case goes, that makes a horse win. 'He has been rather •
fishy for the last day or two. If he goes to the post with
winning orders, he must pull through; but there is a
whispering that the Metropolitan will be his journey, and
in that case I shall look to Grace Darling or Accident to
furnish the winner. Olmar will win the Sweepstakes of
100 Sovs. ; Puritan the 50 Sovs. ; Fille de l'Air the Derby
Trial Stakes ; Cambuscan or Ely the Sixth Newmarket
Biennial ; Fille do l'Air or General Peel the Claret Stakes,
as Scottish Chief is an uncertain starter; and the Sweep-
stakes of 25 Sovs. is at the mercy of Mr.Pardoe,with either
Chapel Royal or Macdonald.
Breadalbane and Liddington still occupy very doubtful
positions in the betting for the Two Thousand, more
especially the latter, who may be almost said, in turf slang,
to be a " corpse ;" but this week will see those occupying
doubtful positions in the betting completely restored to life
again, and some of those occupying prominent positions
completely knocked out. The Grinder occupies the place
of first favourite for the City and Suburban. His perform-
ances certainly do not warrant it. He has been backed for
all the great handicaps, and those who have invested on
him should get out of their money as soon as they can.
Lampoon looks a more likely horse to carry off the race
than either of the Days', viz., Mail Train or The Grinder.
If meant, he will be steered by that accomplished artiste,
Jemmy Grimshaw. A FRESH MAN.

SIGNOR GIUGLINI.—We have good authority—
no less than that of his medical attendants—for stating that
this eminent tenor is being rapidly restored to health.
Although his illness has been severe, it has not in the least
injured, or even impaired, his vocal powers, and there is no
reason whatever why Signor Giuglini should not be enabled
to fulfil his engagement at Her Majesty's Theatre, though
it may be advisable that he should not appear early in the
season. Musical World.

PAINFUL SCENE IN A CHURCH.—On Sunday
afternoon, while the Rev. John Burton, incumbent
of St. Margaret's Episcopal Chapel, Meigle, was engaged
in reading the service, a female, elegantly attired in a blue
silk dress and fashionable bonnet, entered the church in an
excited state, and, proceeding rapidly towards the reading
desk where the rev. gentleman was officiating, she threw a
small cord over his head, and seizing the prayer-book, shut
it violently, exclaiming in a loud voice as she did so that she
would not allow him to read that book. Mr. Burton imme-
diately descended, and disengaging his head from the cord,
attempted to pass her, when a struggle ensued, and she
again attempted to get hold of the prayer-book. The congre-
gation, paralysed by the suddenness and extraordinary
nature of this sacrilegious interruption of the solemn ser-
vices in which they were engaged, made no attempt at first
to interfere, but at length some of the gentlemen present
left their pews, and succeeded, not without difficulty, in
ejecting from the chapel the unhappy originator of this
painful scene. Mr. Burton then proceeded with the service,
which was frequently interrupted by renewed attempts on
the part of the intruder to re-enter the chapel. When the
service was concluded, the reverend gentleman gave out
the Evening Hymn, and intimated that, in conse-

quence of what had occurred, he trusted to the sym-
pathy of his hearers for dispensing on that occasion
with his usual sermon. After singing the hymn, the
benediction was pronounced, and the congregation dis-
persed to find outside the unhappy woman walking to and
fro, still in aotate of great excitement. She proved to be
a dressmaker living in the neighbourhood, whose mind
for a considerable time past has been in a very unsound
state. On more than one occasion before, by threatening
letters and otherwise, she has annoyed Mr. Burton, and one
of the poor young woman's hallucinations is to fancy her-
self the proprietrix of several of the estates in this district,
more than one of our resident gentry having received
formal notice from her to quit their possessions. On the
Sunday afternoon she was removed in the custody of a
policeman to Perth, where the mental malady under which
she labours will doubtless receive eyery atteutlon.—Pondof
4clvertiacr.