The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-27 00:00:00

PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.

MANIFESTO OF ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS.
Under the regime of Dr. Cullen a new and dangerous
class of opponents of the system of national education in
Ireland has sprung into existence. This party, which consists
of a large proportion of the Roman Catholic bishops of Ire-
land, declares its intention to be content with nothing less
than a separate educational grant, and however unpleasant
it may be to record the fact, it is yet true that the adherents
of this school are increasing in number. Every one
acquainted with the history of the national education
question in Ireland is aware that Dr. Mac Hale and
the clergy of his archdiocese never gave the system their
willing adhesion; but during the life of the late Dr. Murray
their extreme'yiews were overborne at the Court of Rome by
the more liberal representations of that prelate. It is suffi-
ciently well known that with the advent of Dr. Cullen
ultramontane principles came into the ascendant, and the
sentiments of Dr. Mac Hale on education consequently re-
ceived a stamp and authority which they had never previ-
ously enjoyed. It is now positive that the Sacred College in-
clines to the claim for an exclusive grant,andit is conjectured
that the visit of Dr.Wiseman to Ireland may be in some man-
ner connected with the formal agitation on this point which
the document about to be quoted seems to be meant to in-
augurate. The western bishops have met under the chair-
manship of Dr. Mac Hale, and agreed upon a manifesto which
again repudiates the Queen's Colleges, and uses the strongest
language regarding the present system of national instruc-
tion. Already have the efforts of those dignitaries done
much to render the Galway Queen's College a failure, and it
is somewhat characteristic of the policy of the Roman
Catholic ultra clerical party to find them thus re-
tarding the national progress of this town, and the
west generally, at a time when the tide of fortune
seems to have turned in favour of that part of Ire-
land. In the document referred to they go further than
usual, in their censures of the Queen's Colleges, for they de-
nounce such Roman Catholics as have thought it consistent
with their faith to patronise these institutions. Imprimis,
the spirit of their manifesto may be judged by the following
sentence :

" We further solemnly declare that no system short of an
unqualified separate education for our flocks shall ever
satisfy us ; and in order to succeed in obtaining it without
delay, we request again of our people to use all constitu-
tional means in pressing their rightful claims, in every form
of petition and remonstrance, on the Government and
Legislature."
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fathers evinced such heroic fortitude, with the sword im-
pending over them, what are we not to hope from you in far
more favourable circumstances, strong in the conviction of
the victories already won over intolerance by a peaceful use
of those legitimate and constitutional weapons which even
the laws of your country put into your hands? If you
wield those weapons as 'become good Christians, good
citizens, and faithful subjects, with firmness, wisdom, and
moderation, you must obtain not only the justice f not
being forced from your dwellings for not sacrificing the faith
of your children, but you will even share in the public funds
that are granted for education, to which you are entitled
by your numbers, by your contributions in taxes to the
Exchequer, :and by your fidelity in co-operating in every
way to the defence of the State and the sustainment of all
its burdens. We now further solemnly declare that no
system short of an unqualified separate education for our
flocks shall ever satisfy us; and in crder to succeed in
obtaining it without delay, we request again of our belo%ed
people to use all constitutional means in pressing their
rightful claims, in every form of petition and remonstrance,
On the Government and Legislature ; nor shall we be want-
ing in lending every aid in our pawer to them and their
clergy in the furtherance of this complete liberty of educa-
tion, so essential to the full discharge of our episcopal
duties, and to the complete freedom of the Catholic Church.
" t JOHN, Archbishop of Tuam.
" t GEORGE J. P. BROWNE, Bishop cfElphin.
" t THOMAS FEENY, Bishop of Killala.
" t JOHN DERRY, Bishop of Clonfert.
"t PATRICK DURCAN, Bishop of Achonry•
t PATRICK FALLoN, Bishop of Kilmacduagh.
" t Jour; alAcEvn.Ly, Bishop of Galway.
" t LAURENCE GILLOOLY, Coadjutor Bishop of
" TEHloPathi.n.
tsKtcHALE, D.D., Secre'ary."

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