The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-03 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
The letter of Colonel Butler, in which he complains
of the repulses which his second son Edmond has ex-
perienced in his endeavour to be admitted to holy
orders in the Irish Church, has been already noticed
in the columns of The Sun. The Colonel was of
opinion that his known hostility to the tithe system
has been fatal to the prospects of his son, and quoted
an exclamation supposed to have been uttered by the
Bishop of Ferns, in confirmation of that impression.
A long correspondence has ensued, which is just pub-
lished. But that you have more important claims on
your space, I would venture to ask you to give inser-
tion to all the letters which have passed in this inte-
resting controversy ; but, crowded as your columns
now are, I will condense them, and with as much bre-
vity as may be consistent with justice to the parties,
merely state their substance.
The first letter to be noticed is one from the Bishop
of Ferns to Colonel Butler, wherein he denies, " as
far as his memory serves him, having ever heard of
Colonel Butler having a son who wished to enter into
orders," and consequently disclaims the expression
imputed to him. The Bishop demands the name of
the person who had given Colonel Butler that account.

Colonel Butler, in reply, says---" The gentleman
who said that you had made use of the remarks alluded
to is the Rev. Mr, Trench, Rector of Ballynakill, and
it was to my son that he communicated the same, when
he was applying to that clergyman to appoint him as
his curate."

The Bishop, in his next letter to Colonel Butler,
encloses a copy of a letter from Dr. Trench, who
" begs leave in the.most positive, distinct, and unequi-
vocal terms, to deny the truth of Colonel Butler's state-
ment." " Early in July last," writes the Doctor,
" when by the promotion of Mr. Moore the curacy of
Dysert Galen became vacant, Mr. Edmond Butler
applied to me, and stated that he was desirous of suc-
ceeding to the vacant curacy, when I expressed to him
my regret that I could not serve him on that occasion,
as it was requisite for me to have a gentleman in 'full
orders for my curate, and he was not then ordained._
From that time I have not seen Mr. Edmond Butler,
nor have I had any communication with him.—Stewart
Agar Trench."
In answer to this, Colonel Butler in a letter to the
Bishop encloses a letter from his son, Mr. Edmond
Butler, and says—" In regard to my son, I have only
to declare that I implicitly believe every assertion that
he has made ; and with respect to Dr. Trench, I regret
to say that it is impossible for me to credit any part of
his letter, which contradicts my son's plain narrative
of facts." The Colonel expresses at the same time
his unqualified conviction, that the Bishop had never
made use of the remarks imputed to him by Dr.
Trench, whose memory he charßcwrizes as 44 obviously
treacherous and imperfect."
The letter of Mr. Edmond Butler, enclosed in the
foregoing, asserts that he had two interviews with Dr.
Trench on the subject of the curacy. What passed
on the first occasion he describes nearly as the Doctor's
letter describes it, with this exception, however, that
Dr. Trench did not dismiss him entirely without hope,
as he took down his name in writing to show it with
some others to the Bishop, and promised to communi-
cate the result on his return from Ferns. The second
interview, which Dr. Trench seems to have utterly for-
gotten, is best described in Mr. Edmond Butler's own
words :—" I met him at Ballynakill, a quarter of a mile
from his rectory (although lie states that he had not
seen or had any communication with Mr. Edmond
Butler from that time, alluding to my first visit.) On
this second occasion we stood conversing on the sole
subject of my visit for above a quarter of an hour ;
and I assert to you in the most positive, distinct, and
unequivocal terms, that Dr. Trench did then and there
say that he had Mentioned my name and object to the
Bishop of Ferns since he had last seen me, and that
the Bishop said he would not appoint any person to a
curacy in his diocese who had not attended his son the
Professor's Lectures, (which I had, not, they having
been instituted since I finished my Divinity course
under Dr. Sandes). Dr. Trench also made use of
these precise expressions : " That indeed the Bishop
was surprised that Colonel Butler had a son wishing to
go into the Church. I considered these two impe-
diments conclusive, and we parted."

Oh, Day and Night—but this is wondrous strange !
Either Mr. Edmond Butler recollects too much, or
Dr. Trench and the Bishop plays non tni recordo to
admiration. With respect to the Bishop, Colonel
Butler exonerates him from any imputation, and in-
deed his blunt, straightforward manner forbids the
slightest suspicion of concealment or equivocation. It
is for the public, which must

" Decide when Doctors disagree,"
to settle the point of accuracy between Mr. Edmond
Butler and Dr. Trench. The former contends at
fearful odds. He is a young man, on the threshold of
life, till now unknown to the world, and with all his
prospects depending on his character. The latter is a
Doctor in Divinity, and beside that argument of merit,
has been so far successful in his profession, that he
enjoys two good preferments. He may also claim
whatever reflective excellence may belong to a brother
of Sir Frederick Trench, the well known Arcadian
Knight, who is now endeavouring to persuade the
electors of Scarborough to take him for better or worse,
as their representative in the next Parliament. Mr.
Edmond Butler must be a bold youth if he enters the
lists with such an antagonist, relying on any other pro-
tection than that of the panoply of truth. Every body
who has the pleasure of his acquaintance is convinced
that he is incapable of having recourse to any other
weapon ; and, happily for him, there are witnesses who
can prove that they saw him in conversation with Dr.
Trench in the street, on the 'occasion of their second
interview, which must have escaped that learned per-
son's recollection. The affair has made a great noise,
and though principally of local interest, it may be
worth noting in the London press, as showing how
little chance any person in a dependent situation has
' of succeeding in a strio .
9 that despotic institu-
tion, the Established Church of Ireland,

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