The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-18 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
A journal, zealous in the cause of tithes and plu-
ralities, which lately uttered a biting Philippic against
your Dublin correspondcut, for stating a few truths
about some "portly divines, ?zees pour la digestion,"
has unconsciously made a desperate attack on the
constitution and establishment of the Church. Facts
more demonstrative of culpable neglect and indifference
to the preservation of the Protestant faith, could not be
brought forward by any avowed accuser of the esta-
blishment, than those which are related in the follow-

ing simple narrative, which appears in the Limerick
Chronicle

" A fact of the parish of Kihnoiley, in the diocese of
Ardfert, county of Kerry, is worthy of being more generally
known. Upwards of a century ago a number of Protestant
families were located in the parish of Kilmoiley by an an-
cestor of the present proprietor of the land, Silver Oliver,
Esq. ; and from the period of their settling there to the
present they have had neither church nor minister in the
parish to attend to their spiritual necessities ; in conse-
quence of which, many have from time to time forsaken the
communion of the Church of England. There are, how-
ever, at the present several Protestant families in the parish,
contiguous to each other, but far distant from any church,
who have memorialed former bishops for a church and cler-
gymen to reside among them, but without success. It is,
therefore, with much pleasure we have learned that our ex-
cellent diocesan is anxiously desirous to effect something for
them, to have a church and a school-house erected in the
parish, and to establish a resident clergyman there. To-
wards the accomplishing of an object of such importance, it
is earnestly hoped that many will be forward to contribute ;
for, doubtless, this is no time for neglecting either the spi-
ritual or temporal wants of our Protestant brethren. Now,
especially are the members of the Church of England and
Ireland called upon, and bound to stand up and help one
another ; and a large debt is evidently due to those poor
Protestants in the parish of Kilmoiley, who for such a
lengthened period have been utterly disregarded."

Yes, indeed---a large debt is due ; a debt large
enough, if it should be computed, with compound in-
terest, to provide for the spiritual wants, as far as cler-
gymen are sufficient for such things, of all the Pro-
testants in the diocese of Ardfert. The tithes of a
century rise in judgment against those by whom these
Protestant families have been " utterly disregarded,"
and condemn them as unfaithful and incompetent.
Will it be believed that Kilmayly (or Kilmoiley) is an
appropriate vicarage, annexed to the see of Limerick
and Ardfert—that the bishop for the time being has
been the vicar, who, according to the above conserva-

live account, only visited his flock at shearing time,
and uniformly rejected their petitions for a Protestant
minister to keep them in communion with the church ?
Towards that parish the Bishops of Limerick stood
" in double trust," as parish priests and as general
overseers ; yet in both relations do they appear to

have been found wanting. What, therefore, must we
suppose them to have been with regard to parishes to
which they were not bound by any private or particular
obligation ? Is it not wonderful that there have been
any Protestants at all left in the South of Ireland ?
The three last occupants of this See are remark-
able names—Warburton, Ebrington (now of Ferns),
and Jebb. The first is famous for his wealth ;
the other two for their college learning and zeal
for establishments. Yet the forsaken condition of
the poor Protestants of Kilmayly does not appear to
have taken much effect upon their hearts. So different
a quality is the zeal of a schoolman from that of an
apostle. It remained for a Whig-made Bishop, who
with all his political trimming or timidity, is a devoted
and humble minister of the Gospel, to repair the de-
fault of his predecessors, and make tardy amends to
the flock which they " utterly disregarded." Such
exertions may yet do much for the true " Protestant
cause ;" but they come too late to uphold the vitiated
system which is dignified by that name. The steed
which bore that pompous corporation to Court is gone
—it is of no avail now to lock the door.