The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-06 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Mo 0
Yesterday a pastoral letter from Archbishop
Cullen was read in all the Roman Catholic churches
and chapels of his diocess. He begins with reeolp.o,
mending prayers for the Pope, who, though.
vre-
iently assailed by all the enemies of God and 01
ligion, steers with a firm hand the bark of Pete,
While other princes and statesmen present a lame"d
able picture of weakness or perfidy and are tossed
about like fragile reeds, ho upholds the prinoW
of eternal justice and the rights of the Church awn,
of society with undaunted courage, at the same tiak.
edifying the world with the example of his lee-00.
ness and all the virtues that adorn Christ's Vicari
earth. " What a happiness," he exclaims, "that Go 6
has given to the Church so holy a Pontiff to gut
.to
her in these troubled times !" From the Vatican ,04
the workhouse is but a step with Dr. Cullen. P 11,4.
regarding the report of the Committee for ifiria.tie,
ing into the Operation of the Poor Law be re,lhe
rates his former statements ; that the diet of "sej
paupers is scanty and bad ; that they are ex,4l)„%ss
to many and dangerous diseases ; that in siez`",,ty
they are badly attended by nurses frequently tllt' t
from the most degraded classes in society;
the vicious are mixed with the young and inocen!
and that very little provision is made for their
)f
ligious worship. He complains of the exclusion ,9
Roman Catholics from situations in the v moll 4
For example, in all the workhouses of Ulster thef
is only one Catholic schoolmaster to 21 Protestants,
and five Catholic schoolmistresses to 34 Protestant
There are 40 Protestant clerks to five Catholics; 40
Protestant masters and 38 Protestant matrons
three Catholic masters and three Catholic matron
i
while there are 213 Protestant medical men attache
to the unions, and only 13 Catholics. The sB'l3lei
exists in the counties of Dublin, Wicklow, and Car:l
low. The Archbishop congratulates the priests ant
laity, that after centuries of exclusive enjoynlello
of persecuting power and Church property, then
are only 47,000 members of the Established Ctiorvnba
in Dublin, whereas the Catholics, who have sliffenreo,.
persecution and degradation, amounting to 194,%,
" What a proof of the sterility of Protestantl.6,/
and the vitality of Catholicity !" The praeil'o,
conclusion which Dr. Cullen draws from the Cebe
sus is that the Established Church ought
abolished. " Were:such an institution," he
"discovered in Naples or Modena, with what -1
cents of fiery indignation would it not be denoulied ?
by the very men who defend it here in Troia° ill
Let us hope that the liberal spirit of the age 1110
not tolerate the continuance of so frightful
abuse, and that the overwhelming majority, (14
Catholics in Ireland will no longer be cotoPel eat:
in despite of justice and common sense, to suPPio,
an establishment the existence of which is Ow.
suit to their feelings and their religion." of
Cullen hopes that the Census will open the eyes
°.
the subscribers to the Protestant Missionary die
cieties, and " teach them to put little trust in
stories fabricated by missionaries, sent, certs Lei.
not by God, who is a lover of truth, but the fatill
of lies ; fabricated undoubtedly for the purPesetbe
promoting their own interest, and concealing
signal failure of all their efforts."