The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-19 00:00:00

THE HEBREW CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE.

The annual meeting of the Hebrew Christian Alliance
was interesting this year, on account of correspondence
concerning the conversion of the Jews which has appeared
in some newspapers. - The president was the Rev. C.
Schwartz, D.l). Letters of apology for non-attendance were
read from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of
London, the Earl of Shaf teshury, K. G. , &c. The chairman,
in addressing the meeting, said he could not refrain from
alluding to the correspondence which has appeared with
reference to the society, and characterised the letter
of a vicar of the Church of England as a disgrace and
a shame to the Church ; for, instead of each converted
Jew costing, as heel been said, £lO,OOO, the society
had, within the last twelve months, been the
means of the conversion of more than seventy Jews.
The secretary read the report, which states that the
objects of the Alliance are-Ist, to promote the union of
Hebrew Christians ; 2nd, to give testimony of the faith
towards their unconverted Jewish brethren ; and, 3rd, to
spread the Gospel by publishing- various books, and in
giving temporal assistance to Jews. The report also corn-
inents upon the different undertakings for the past year,
and expresses the thankfulness of the Alliance for the de-
liverance of the Abyssinian captives. Upon the motion
of the Rev. W. L. Rosenthal, seconded by the Rev. J. J.
Steintz, the report 'Vas ad. pled, with an expression of
thankfulness to Almighty God for the success which has
attended the society's efforts. The meeting was after
wards addressed by the Revs. H. A. Stern, L. Herschel],
G. W. Pierritz, and other gentlemen.

TILE BAND or norE MON.
The conferences of the Band of Hope Union, on Tues-
day, were closed by a large meeting held in Exeter Hall.
The chairman was Mr. Lucas Shadwell, J.P., who was
supported by Mr. Charle3 Reed, M.P., the Rev. Newman
Eall, and others. A pleasing feature in the gathering
was the attendance of between six and seven hundred
members of metropolitan Bands of Hope, who
rendered several 'sacred and temperance melodies.
The Bev. G. IV. 111`Cree presented a condensed statement
of the work done in 1£ 68, with total subscriptions less than
1760. The total receipts of the year amounted to
£1,55.5 es. 2d., and there was a balance in hand of
,£165 3s. 7d., this.balance including the sum of £lO4 Is. 6d.
to account of Prize" Tale Fund. Lectures had been delivered
throughout the country, dissolving views exhibited, and
bands organised in various districts.

IRELAND.

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The Daily iThcs publishes another letter from its special
correspondent in Ireland. In it a visit to the house of the
Dwyer's, who shot down Mr. Scully, is described. "At
first (the writer says) I was suspected—and naturally
so. Dwyer, the occupier, was absent at a neighbouring
fair ; but there were two women—one a daughter—and a
labeuring'man within. After a few sentences explaining
I why I came, suspicion departed and courtesy took its
place. ' The daughter chewed me over the rooms ; she
pointed out' the marks of the bullets. The centre pane of
the small window in front Las the mark of a shot in it, just
as it was made. It went clean through, only slightly
fracturing the pane. Lower down there is the impress of
another shot ; but a bit of glass has been put over the
hole. One of the chairs has a piece taken away by a
bullet, and the internal wall opposite the attacking party
has several indentures—some of them very large. The
window, I am told, was riddled to pieces, but the glass
has been replaced, with the exception of the two panes
which I have spoken of. The wall outside has been
recently whitewashed, but the bullet-marks are still dis-
tinct. To the right of the window the wall is literally
pockfretted with shot marks. Mr. Scully and his eight
assistants must have come well provided with ammunition.
But whilst they were firing into the ground floor the
occupants of the house were firing from the loop-holed
loft with more deadly effect. The exact spot
where Mr. Scully fell was pointed out to me, and
as he lay wounded on the ground, I am informed,
he fired some shots into the house. I observed that Mr.
Scully's conduct was universally condemned, even by the
landlords themselves, and was somewhat astounded by the
answer,, Sure, sir, he only went by the law after all.'
And I suppose you went by the "Lord.'" But the allu-
sion was only vaguely understood. ' I hope you will feel
more secure,' I observed, now that you are under Mr.
Moore.' God send it !' was the reply. The rent, I was
told, of the land about here averages from £2 to £2 10s.
an acre, but the recent addition to the police force
would raise it another pound or more; and
that, sir,' said another tenant on the land, 'is too
much. We cannot afford it; we Might as well leave
the country altogether. The police are not wanted now,
and I think they are sent to punish and not to protect us.'
This was regarded as a great grievance. This second tenant
invited me into his Louse- -I suppose I must call it so—and
desired his wife to fetch me a `basin of new milk, as I
.must feel tired after my walk.' -I took some that I may
have it 'to say I shared in Irish hospitality on the town
land of Ballycohey. The railway to Cork and Queens.
town passes by the farm, and I am told that there is not
a train of emigrants to America from which the shout of
Success to Ballycohey !' is not heard as it dashes along."
The- Rail of Derby's grounds were seen also by the
" special." " The houses on the estate are clean-looking
and comfortable. I understand he gives every encourage-
ment to his tenants, in the way of buildings and drainage,
but I have bad repeated to me on his own farms what I
heard in the town of Tipperary-7-that he gives a decided
and marked preference to Protestants and Englishmen
over Roman Catholics and Irishmen. There may be no
injustice in this, but it would not be made a subject of
comment if it was not a source of irritation."