The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-01 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1934.

We have received by express the Paris papers of
Monday. There is very little news respecting the si-
tuation of the Biscayan provinces. The war appears
likely to be protracted, and many persons consider the
intervention of France as indispensable, if reinforcements
cannot be sent. But, on the other hand, this interven-
tion is by no means popular, and it is said that several
provinces would make great sacrifices to avoid it.
Among them Catalonia is mentioned as offering to
equip two or three battalions to be sent to Navarre and
Murcia, which offer four. The company of chas-
seurs of the first battalion of the Urban Guards of
Madrid has asked to be incorporated in the army of
Navarre, to assist in the destruction of the Carlists.

If we were asked, among the many causes which
contribute to the eradication of notorious public abuses,
to point out the one which most expedites the uproot-
ing of the evils, we should immediately answer, " the
blind and baneful pertinacity with which all abuses
are defended by those interested in their continuance."
The avowed advocates of a bad system are always the
first to expose its rottenness and corruption ; the sworn
champions of misrule are ever the earliest in showing
the ruinous consequences of tolerating it ; and the
fiercest trumpeters of the dangers to be apprehended
from change, are continually the foremost to demon-
strate the necessity of what they themselves repudiate.
Where, for example, is there an infidel who could so
expose the monstrous abuses which disgrace the Esta-
blished Church in Ireland, as the Rev. MARCUS G.
BERESFORD has done in his correspondence with the
Rev. Mr. LYONS? Where the foul-mouthed conspi-
rator against the peace of the country, who could give
utterance to the bloody and treasonable threats of the
same reverend gentleman in his recent addresses to the
Irish Orangemen, thus demonstrating the culpable
folly of England in the part she has hitherto taken in
defence of an establishment whose worst enemy is her
hierarchy.? But England is at last awake to the imposi-
tions of which for centuries she has been made the dupe.
She now begins to understand the real character of the
hollow-hearted hypocrites whose " God was their bel-
lies," whose zeal consisted in persecuting their Catholic
brethren, and whose religion was a rite of blood and
plunder. This she never would have discovered, had
not her guides been beneficed churchmen, drunk with
wealth, and, in the fury of disturbed intoxication, bel-
lowing forth threats against all who would interfere with
the celebration of their bacchanalian orgies. The Pro-
testants of England, who have been so eloquently and
feelingly appealed to by the Orange parsons who figure as
political demagogues in Ireland, have now an opportu-
nity of forming a correct estimate of the character of
those who advocate a " war to the knife," in defence
of their unholy exactions—who would plunge Ireland
into all the horrors of a civil war to provide a main-
tenance for reverend fox-hunters, of infinitely less value
to their country than the objects of their cruel amuse-
ments.

But hypocrites the most consummate are liable to
overact their parts, and in the case of rectorial oppres-
sion, in which the Rev. MARCUS G. BERESFORD,
the Bishop of KILMORE his father, the Rev. Mr.
LYONS, and the Archbishop of ARMAGH, act such
conspicuous parts, the folly of the son is as conspicuous
as the hauteur, and the clerical assumption of his right
reverend sire. The attempt on the part of both to crush
an innocent man, who had more regard to the strict per-
formance of his sacred duty than to the observance of
passive obedience to the commands of an Orange parson,
is so obvious that a mere glance at the facts of the case
is all that is required to the fullest understanding of its
entire bearing. It is proper here to observe that the
conduct of the Rev. M. G. BERESFORD, which gave
rise to the correspondence which is now being pub-

lished, took place in the month of December last, and
that the appeal made to the Lord Primate by the in-
jured individual, is yet unanswered. And now we
come to the facts of the case.

Among the many pieces of church preferment
which an indulgent Irish Lord Bishop heaped on a
son, in all respects worthy of a name not unheard of
in the annals of the Irish rebellion, was the vicarage of
Drung, of which the do-nothing champion of
Orangism appointed the Rev. THOMAS LYONS
curate. This gentleman, who had imbibed
rather strict notions of the duties of a Chris-

tian Priest in a neighbourhood not overstocked with
intelligence, commenced a course of Sunday lectures
for the instruction of the young catechumens under his
care, which, in accordance with the ecclesiastical
canons, was delivered in the church. What there was
in this proceeding to alarm the Orange Vicar is
not known, but he commanded that the deli-
very of lectures in church should terminate,
and that all future instructions should be given at

the parsonage. This command was not obeyed by the
Curate, who remonstrated with the Vicar, on the ground
that, by the Canons, lectures could not be delivered by
a clergyman of the established church, save in the place
appointed for the celebration of public worship. This
was too much for the patience of an Irish Lord Par-
son. The Curate was instantly discharged, with-
out the shadow of a just cause being advanced

for the proceeding ; and without an hour's notice being
given by which the dismissed clergyman might have an
opportunity of providing for himself and his family.
But even this, bad as it is, displays not the ava-
rice of the reverend despot, to half the extent
which his cutting off the curate's last month's
salary, amounting only to 6/. Bs., to pay in

part for the rent of a wretched conacre of
potatoe-ground, for which the Orange Rector charged
71. 10. ! But, conscious of his own integrity, the
Rev. Mr. LYONS resolved not to submit to such an
outrage. He accordingly addressed a letter to the
Bishop of the Diocese, who being the father of the
Rev. MARCUS, dismissed the case in half a line,
which we give for the information of those who would
study brevity in letter-writing :
" It is now too late to apply for a license.

" I am, &c.

The persecuted curate not being satisfied with a

laconic answer to his statement of wrongs suffered i
the cause of conscience, wrote to the Primate, where,
as he states himself, he found that the door of justice
had been closed against him, in consequence of the in-
fluence that had been exerted by the humane and be-
nevolent BERESFORDS—father and son. However,
as his letter to the ARCIIBISIIOP contains a summary
of the case, we quote the following extract, to which
we direct particular attention
I must beg leave to make a preliminary statement of some
facts illustrative of the peculiar case, and necessary to the full
appreciation of its singularity.
" In the month of July, 1831, I came over from England,
at the request of my friend Mr. Martin, then lately appointed
to the parish of Killyshandra, by the University of Dublin, of
which he had been a Fellow, to assist him in the ministry
of his parish. In consequence of the want of a suitable resi-
dence, and finding, after the lapse of a year and a half, that
I could not be of much more service to him, I determined
to return to England. When it was known that I had re-
signed the curacy of Killyshandra, Mr. Buse, of Temple-
port, and Mr. Story, of Ballyconnell, solicited me to join
them in the ministry of the respective parishes, which, in
consequence of my previous determination I declined to do.
My friend, Mr. Martin, desirous that I should remain in the
diocese, mentioned to me that Mr. Beresford, Vicar-General
of the diocese, and son of the Bishop, had expressad to him a
wish that I should join him in the ministry of this parish. By
the advice of Mr. Martin, my principal objections to a farther
residence in this country being in some measure overruled, I
acceded to the proposal thus made to me.
" To have sought out a license under these circumstances,
to guard me against any improper advantage that might be
taken of the want of a protection so merely formal, seemed
to me, at the time, as involving a want of courtesy towards
one, whose station, and obligation to the church for every
thing which he possesses, appeared a sufficient guarantee of
the impossibility of his taking an unworthy advantage of a
brother clergyman. Of this impression other circumstances
were confirmatory. I was ordained a priest by the Bishop of
Kilmore. He received me at his house. He visited me at
the rectory house of Killyshandra, then my residence, and
likewise here, since my arrival. He appointed me Lent
Preacher the only two Lent seasons I have passed in the dio-
' eese. I was summoned to the diocesan visitations, and thus
recognised as a clergyman of the diocese. Added to all these
extrinsic circumstances, was the consciousness of a desire to
discharge my duty fully, and of an ability to discharge it well.
Having, accordingly, done my duty as a strict Church of
England clergyman, zealously, boldly, and efficiently to the
people committed to my spiritual charge for the past year, I
cannot find any terms to characterize conduct so .anomalous
as
that used towards me. To call it unclerical, ungentlemanlihe,
unmanly, would still leave much not expressed. Were this the
act of a good man and zealous churchman, if so absurd a sup..
position may be admitted for a moment, towards a clergyman
loose in his principles, irregular in his behaviour, and ineffici-
ent in his office, it would be unhesitatingly characterised, as not
only contemptuous of episcopal rule, but as one tyrannously op-
pressive ; alike alien to the spirit and principles of our ecclesi-
astical polity, and of the age in which it has been perpe-
trated; exceeding even the license permitted by the law, in
dismissing our menial servants. For I must beg leave to re-
mark to your Grace, that two hours' notice was given to me
of the suspension of my spiritual functions in this parish, and
of the deprivation of those means of subsistence, which the
church has allocated for stipendiary clergymen.
" As characteristic of the spirit of this transaction, I may be
permitted to mention the fact, that since Sunday, Dec. 8,
there has not been any catechetical lecture in the church of
Drung, although this violation of the law has been within
episcopal cognizance since Dec. 31.
" I therefore, appeal to your Grace, as my metropolitan,
trusting to your Grace's known character as a churchman,
that the consequences of an act so shamelessly oppressive,
shall not be permitted to fall upon an unoffending clergyman,
whose worst crime is a fearless determination to act according
to the obligations of his ordination vow."
It would be a waste of time to give a single word to
the discussion of the real merits of this case. An
Orange incendiary, whom a father, only intent on
loading his family with wealth, thrusts into the
church, and loads with benefices, appoints a cu-
rate at about 801. a-year to discharge the duties
of a parish, yielding the lazy incumbent an an-
nual income, little short of 2,0001. The curate
happens to be a man of talent, of character,
and, above all, a Christian intent on the spiritual re-
generation of his flock. He opens a course of lec-
tures, preaches, admonishes, instructs, and comforts
the poor people ; so that in a short time he begins to
he talked of among the Clergy as setting a dangerous
example, which threatens to multiply the labours
of an indolent dissolute priesthood. His superiors
know not what course to adopt ; but presum-
ing he is ignorant of the Canons, or what is more
likely, being themselves so, they instruct his imme-
diate superior to command the discontinuance of the
lectures, save where they knew the poor could not be
brought to attend them—namely, in the school-
house. The command is resisted on the ground
of a conscientious scruple, and the conspirators
against a good man, and the danger of a good
example among priests, succeed, by his instant ejection
from his home and hearth--from a spot in which his
labours had consecrated the very name of religion in
the ears of an ignorant and long neglected peasantry.
As the Primate of ARMAGII has not yet declared
his final decision on this most interesting case of clerical
tyranny, we trust it will so terminate as to satisfy the
public that acts of gross and palpable cruelty cannot
be performed with absolute impunity. At the same
time, it will warn English Protestants of the reliance
to be placed on the statements of Irish parsons bel-
lowing about persecution, and the danger of the Pro-
testant Church from the machinations of Papists.

Let them only turn to the gre;at captain of the
Orangemen, the nursling oltheqtrierarehy, and then ask
themselves how could any alum' L be popular of which
such men are the Main pillars "? No, no ; the Irish
Church neither will nor can star ad so supported. The.
whole foundation is one mass of filth, rottenness, and
corruption ; and those who will first overthrow it are
the Irish Parsons.

MAGAZII STE DAY.

NE TV MONTHL Y MAGAZINE.

Mixed up with much sm artuess snd flippancy, there
is considerable fancy and erterg y of description in Mr.
D'lsraeli's " Infernal Mania ge." He has thrown
more human interest into 'it than allegories usu-
ally possess. The sketch of :Elysium is capital, rising
almost to the poetical. " Gil hert Gurney "is a con-
tinuation of a clever series of papers by Theodore

Hook, in which we can pctroeive the ground-work of
more than one rich farce. The dialogue portion of the
story is sustained with all th e freedom and naturalness
of Foote. " Don and Roth er are from the pen of
the author of the " Corn l maw Rhymes," who, as a
" good hater," possesses qualifications that would have
endeared him to Dr. John; on. There is infinite

energy in this stanza :
" They love not God who do rt t hate man's foes
With hatred—not like mine— •
But deep as hell and blacker. 'To loathe those
Who blast the hope of freedom as it blows,
Is love divine.'
" Revolutions of the Nineteenth Century" is a brief
Parthian glance at the star ;ling vicissitudes that have
taken place in the social and political world since the
year 1800. The allusions to the departed glories of
Carlton House are conveyed: in a graceful and feeling
spirit. Mr. T. H. Bayley's stanza's " Why Don't the
Men Propose ?" are in that laughing, satirical vein in
which he so much excels.
Why don't the men propose, mamma?
Why don't the men propose ?
Each seems just coming t o the point,
And then away he goes !
It is no fault of yours man sma,
That ev'ry body knows;
You fête the finest men in. town,
Yet, oh ! they won't propose !
I'm sure I've done my Lest. mamma,
To make a proper maf ;eh ;
For coronets and eldest :sons
I'm ever on the watch :
I've hopes when some di:stingue beau
A glance upon me throws ;
But though he'll dance, and smile, and flirt,
Alas ! he won't propose !
I've tried to win by languishing
And dressing like a blue ;
I've Lought big books, and talk'd of them
As if I'd read them through !
With hair cropp'd like a man, I've felt
The heads of all the In aux ;
But Spurzheim could not touch their hearts,
And oh ! they won't propose !
I threw aside the boolo:, and thought
That ignorance was bliss ;
I felt convinced that m m preferred
A simple sort of Miss ;
And so I lisp'd out naui tht beyond
Plain "yeses" or plait " noes,"
And wore a sweet unmeaning smile ;
Yet, oh ! they won't .propose !
Last night, at Lady Rai nble's rout,
I heard Sir Harry Gale
Exclaim, "Now I propose again ;"
I started, turning pale;
I really thought my time was come,
I blush'd like any rose ;
But oh ! I found 'twas only at
Ecarte he'd propose !
And what is to be done, mamma?
Oh what is to be don e?
I really have no time tr. lose,
For I am thirty-one:
At balls I am too often. left
Where spinsters sit in rows :
Why won't the men propose, mamma ?
Why won't the men propose ?
" Recollections of the author of Waverley" have
somewhat disappointed us : though every recollection,
however imperfect, of this great and good man is sure
to be acceptable to the public. The various scientific
and mechanical matters at the end of the number are
well selected and condensed.