The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1868.

7IIE IRISH CHURCH.

On Wednesday afternoon a large and influen-
tial Protestant meeting was held in St. James's
Hall in support of the Irish Church Establish-
ment. The chair was taken by the Archbishop
of Canterbury. On the platform there was
a strong muster of peers and bishops of the
Irish and English branch of the Establishment.
The body of the hall was crowded with clergy-
men anxious to defend the outwork, as it is

called by them, of the Anglican Church. The
meeting was clerical in its character, and there
was a "No Popery " flavour in some of the
speeches. It was very comprehensive in its
composition, embracing in its religious brother-
hood every, section of the Establishment, from
Dr. Wilberforce to Dean Stanley. The Bishop
of Oxford, on seconding the first resolution, was
interrupted, and for a time silenced by a storm
of hisses. He grew defiant, and denounced
those " sibilant geese" who, for the sake of
miserable and paltry differences (do the
Ritualists think them paltry ?), would jeopar-
dize the great object of the meeting. At last
the Archbishop of Canterbury threatened to
leave the chair unless a full and patient hear-
ing was given to the Bishop of Oxford. But
the lesson of the " sibilant geese" was not lost
upon Dr. Wilberforce. He took the hint, and
spiced his speech not a little with "No-Popery"
ingredients. He expatiated with an unctious-
ness which he so well knows how to exhibit
on the " Supremacy of our Queen," on " Our
Reformed Church," on the " Open Word of
God," and contrasted these glorious results
of the Royal supremacy with the " Mediator-
ship of the Virgin Mary," the " usurped supre-
macy of a foreign bishop," and a "Christianity
as is now taught by Ultramontane Doctors.
The Bishop of Oxford argued that the funda-
mental error of holding the supremacy of a
foreign bishop in place of that of the national
crown made the Establishment of Catholicism
in Ireland a moral impossibility. But the
denial of the Royal Supremacy in Scotland
did not prevent the establishment of Presby-
terianism. " "We," says the Bishop of Oxford,
speaking of himself and his confreres, " are
the national Church. How can it," he asked,
"be an insult to the people of Ireland that
England provides that which she believes to
be the truth and God's way of salvation ?"
We notice the Bishop of Oxford's speech as
being the first symptom outside of the excited
arena of a party fight in the House of Com-
mons, of raising again the religious issue in
England between Catholicism and Protestant-
ism. Ireland is to have the Establishment
thrust upon her as a national Church because,
in the opinion of the Bishop of Oxford, it is
" God's way of salvation," and because the
Papal supremacy is an offence to English Pro-
testantism. The vast majority of the people
of Ireland are to be oppressed and insulted by
the presence of an alien and hated Establish-
ment to satisfy the Protestantism of England,
and to protect the English Establishment from
the attacks of its enemies. The answer of
the people of Ireland is simple. They don't
believe in the Bishop of Oxford's " way of
salvation" and don't care a fig for what be-
comes of the English Establishment, but
that, as a Catholic nation, they repudiate
now and for ever English Protestantism and
its Church, and that, if a "No Popery " issue
in the country and on the hustings is to be
raised, and it can only be raised successfully
by the Protestant bishops and clergy of the
English Establishment, then the people of
Ireland will, for every meeting, such as that
of Wednesday, in St. James's Hall, muster in
monster meetings like that lately held in
Limerick, in which the determination of the
masses was manifested in a manner not to be
mistaken, no longer to endure, for the sake
of English Protestantism, the oppressive and
insulting injustice of the Irish Establishment.
Indications, indeed, are not wanting, of which
the meeting in St. James's Hall was one, that
the Protestant party in the Government, in
the Established Church, and in the country,
will try as a last resource, in order to save the
condemned Irish Establishment, to raise a
"No Popery " cry. Such an attempt would
be most ill-advised on the part of the English
Establishment, and can only result in ulti-
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discussion of the terms of the treaty of peace
with Austria, a question arose, among others,
as to the ancient Order of the Iron Crown.
The Italian Government maintained that it
ought to pass to Italy along with the Iron
Crown itself. The Austrian plenipotentiaries,
however, declared that it was one of the
inherent rights of the Austrian Empire, and
could not be alienated. Upon this it was pro-
posed, on the Italian side, that Austria should
retain the rights to which she clung so tena-
ciously, but only as regarded the past. That
the order should continue to be considered
an Austrian order, but that the Emperor should
undertake to confer no new decorations, so
that it might in effect die out. Austria, how-
ever, resisted this proposal also, and handed
over the Crown of Monza, without fettering
itself by any conditions whatever as to the
order ; further, as an irrefragable proof of the
non-alienation of his rights in this respect,
the Emperor nominated an Italian to be
knight of the order within a few days of the
ratification of the treaty. Menabrea did not
fail to perceive how Italy had been outwitted,
and, on his accession to power, avenged her in
the best way he could by instituting the new
Order of the Crown of Italy. One of its crosses
has been bestowed on Rossini, who has at the
same time been misled by the Minister of
Public Instruction to put himself at the head
of a great musical association for all Italy, to
be called the " Societa Rossiniana." It must
not be forgotten that the great composer who
is thus called to preside over the harmony of
Italy is a Roman.
The unsettled state of the neighbouring
kingdom has many disadvantages, for, as
notably in the brigandage with which our bor-
ders are infested, it is a harassing influence
we cannot help deprecating, notwithstanding
that it certainly affords, to some extent, a
school of warfare for our young soldiers. True,
many of them feel it an ignoble exercise of
their powers, but it teaches them submission
to authority, alertness against surprises, hardi-
hood as well in sudden encounters as in the
privations of wearisome tracking and watch-
ing. The brave gendarmi are admirably cal-
culated for training them in all these exercises
of the military calling. Many a weary hour
is thus spent, and many an act of endurance
performed of which the world hears nothing ;
but now and then there is a brush redounding,
to the honour of our brave and patient de-
fenders. Thus one day last week our troops,
aided by a reinforcement of the armed pea-
sants called squadriglieri, succeeded in closing
round a small band of these desperadoes, whose
traces they had long been following up in the
woods round Monte Romano. The whole.
party was either killed or captured, and proved
to be disbanded remnants of the late Garibal-
dian hordes.
Numbers of idle and violent men are, doubt-
less, continually being lured from the pursuits
of industry by the spasmodic efforts of the
Revolution against Rome, and once thus un-
settled they are almost 'driven to pursue, on
their own account, the system of lawless de-
predation to whichthey have been called. The
Italian Kingdom, which must be suffering
much more severely at their hands than we,
ought to learn a lesson of the insensate folly
of creating nurseries of such foes to its own
order and coherence. The renewed strength
of these depredators is, perhaps, accounted
for in our hearing less of late of Garibaldian
gatherings.
We are threatened now by rumours of a
league between Prussia and Italy against
France, cemented during the attendance of the
Crown Prince at the wedding festivities. This,
as you may imagine, is far from disquiet-
ing us. Nothing, probably, could be a stronger
earnest of our security than creating a neces-
sity for France to defend the Roman border
on its own account. Arrangements are made,
it is said, at the Mediterranean stations by
which some five and twenty thousand men
could start for the Papal port at a few hours'
notice, and the formidable works so long in
progress at Civita Vecchia show that we are
by no means unprepared. In military circles
it is confidently expected that the autumn
will not pass without a call to arms.
The health ur flit Holy. r _ Ler t.,Viat:Txxxocr
excellent. On Mondayhe walked on the Pincio ;
on Wednesday, being the feast of St. Peter,
martyr, and the eve of that of St. Catherine
of Siena, both Dominican saints, he visited the
church of the Minerva, and presented it with
a handsome chalice. He knelt for some time
at St. Catherine's shrine, and addressed her in
a Latin prayer aloud in her character of pro-
tectress of the people of Rome.
On Monday he had all the wounded from
Mentana remaining in Rome, or near enough
to come np, presented to him. They were
thirty-five in number, and were brought to him
by General Kanzler himself, together with the
Sisters of Charity and surgeons who had at-
tended on them. They were drawn up in two
lines, arranged down the sides of the great
sala of the Swiss Guard. The Holy Father
went round, finding something kind and ap-
propriate to say to each. Every one. was
astonished at his memory. The moment a
man's name was mentioned to him, he recalled
at once all he had previously heard about him
in the hospital, the different engagements in
which he had served, and the manner in which
he had distinguished himself. He then ad-
dressed them together in something like these
terms—" Bear in mind, dear children, that the
Pope is ever grateful to you for all you have
done and suffered in his service. What more
can a son do fora father than to pour out his
blood and offer his life for him ? Well, this
is what you have done. May the Divine bless-
ing which I am about to pour out upon your
wounds overflow upon your families and upon
all dear to you ; and may it keep you always
in that straight path which you were follow-
ing so faithfully the day that you were wounded
in the cause of the Vicar of Jesus Christ—in
other words, in the cause of truth and jus-
tice."
I have already had occasion to mention that
Cardinal d'Andrea has been absent from all the
great functions. His health has always been
given as the reason of this abstention ; but, of
course, it has been ascribed to a contumacious
spirit. I hear now, however, that he is now,
beyond doubt, seriously ill.
There was a great funeral service at S.
Eustachio on Monday, at which a great alum-
, ber of bishops assisted, for Mgr. Pila, who died
rather suddenly of pleurisy.
A grand tridao was celebrated at S. John and
Paul, ending on Tuesday, being the first feast
of S. Paul of the Cross, canonized last year.
It was an occasion for a very brilliant cele-
bration, and was crowdedly attended. The
Mass was sung the first day by Cardinal Bar-
nabo, on the second by Cardinal Clarelli, and
on the third by Cardinal Bilio, on the even-
ing of which day Cardinal Guido pronounced
a panegyric. The music throughout was very
fine ; the parati or adaptive hangings magni-
ficent ; as were also the external illuminations.
The fine band of the gendanni played outside
in the evening. S. Paul of the Cross died
on the 18th of October, but that day being
already St. Luke's, his order begged to have
a day in the spring fixed for his festival in-
stead.

A similar fete is, I hear, being held, to be
closed to-day, at the church of SS. Cosmo and
Damiano, in the Forum, in honour of S.
Leonard of Port Maurice, canonized at the'
same time. This church was selected because
the neighbouring church of S. Bunoventura,
where it would naturally have been held, was
deemed too small for the occasion.
A very interesting retreat, intended for the
poor peasants of the Campagna, three miles
round Rome, has just been conducted by the
Freres de la Miserecorde of the Piazza Pia. It
was wonderfully well attended by men of all
ages. Many neglected lads came to it and
made their first Communion at its close. One
I of the meditations each day was led by a cardi-
nal. Cardinal Borromeo lent his assistance
one day, and Cardinal Milesi Ferretti, a near
relative c the Jloly Father, =other.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

(From the Anglo-American 2 Imes.)
The Secretary of the Treasury's account of the
United States' debt to Ist May has been issued,
and proves satisfactory. The total amount was
$2,639,500,000- against $2,642,000,000 on Ithe Ist
April, being a decrease of $2,500,000. The cash in
the Treasury on the Ist May was $139,000,000
against $122,500,000 on the Ist April, being an in-
crease of $16,500,000, making the gain to the
United States for the month $19,000,000, or, in
round numbers, not much less than thee millions
sterling. This is a most satisfactory return, but we
are not told what portion of the cash in Treasury
is in gold. The coupons due on the 5-20's of 1832
had to be paid after the Ist instant, and the large
shipments of specie lately forwarded to Europe
have been mainly for this purpose. The steamers
on toe 2,1 May took $900,000, on the 4th
,
$l, _ 000 000 on the 6th $625,000, and on the 7th
$1,100,000.
The Scotia brings news that a resolution hid
been introduced into the Ilouse, asking the Presi-
dent to take measures to protect American fisher-
men in Canadian water, and a telegram from
Washington states that, on the 7th instant,
the House of Representatives passed the resolu-
tion, asking the President to send vessels of war
to the Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect the rights of
American fishermen. This, Messrs. Neill's cotton
report of last Saturday, and Mr. M'Culloch's
Treasury statement, are the only other telegrams
received this week. According to Messrs. Neill's
report, the week's receipts of cotton have been
19,000 bales, and. since the Ist of September,
2,062,000. Week's export to Great Britain, 28,000
bales ; since the Ist of September, 1,111,600.
Week's export to France, 3,000 ; since the Ist of
September, 200,000. No export this week to other
foreign ports; since the let of September, 218,000.
Total exports for the week, 31,000 bales ; since
the Ist of September, 1,529,000. Stock at all ports,
220,000 bales.

It is pleasant to record the kindly interchange o
good feeling between the great military services o
the United Kingdom and the United States. Per
haps no sailor ever received such an ovation from
the British Navy as Admiral Farragut ; and we do
not doubt that General Grant felt the compliment
implied to the United States Army when he re-
ceived from the Ilead-quarters in Abyssinia a col-
lection of beautifully executed photographs of the
camp and positions of the Field Force in its Mag-
dala raid, sent to him by Sir Robert Napier. We
may here mention that the General expects the force
to reach the coast about the 25th inst. The head-
quarters were at Talanta on April 21, but the troops
were then leaving on their retorn, having burnt
Magdala and destroyed 30 guns and mortars, and
no political complications have arisen in Abyssinia.
•The widow and son of TheodOre were in the British
canal), under escoreto Tigre. The troops were well
and the wounded piogressing favourably.
It is :difficult • always, truthfully to report the
current of publicopinion in the United States.' So.
loud and Continued sa.t one time was the cry for
greenback redemptionthat we were deluded into the
belief that it gave expression to a general and growing
feeling, and some leading politicians did calculate it
to be a good cry with which to go to the country.
The question was fairly argued, and its iniquity so
forcibly exposed, that the honesty of the nation was
aroused against it. Butler's record is of that pecu-
liar character that stains fade quickly ; but Pendle-
ton is fairly suppressed—and we hope for life. The
Repudiator died the death of the dishonest, having
just lived long enough to stigmatize everything and
everybody connected with it, even St. Louis, where
the paper was started. It met with no support;
and how could it hope that anybody would keep faith
with a journal launched to advocate a great public
breach of confidence? Why, if anything could
justify people it was this in doing what we most
heartily disapprove—ordering advertisements and
subscriptions, and using this paper for their own
advantage, but repudiating payment. The fast is,
that trade and business are rapidly improving in
the United States, and the more marked the im-
provement, the less we will hear of any schemes for
defrauding creditors. The only great branch of
industry that remains stagnant is ship-building.
On the 21st April municipal officers were chosen
;n rani.' the DOMCW•rata al. ..AA their candi-
dates for judge and clerk of the. Recorder's Court
by a majority of 500, besides carrying their muni-
cipal ticket. The Council riot/ 'stands 20 Republi-
cans to 12 Democrats. This is the first election
in which the Republicans have been defeated in
Chicago for nine years ; at one tirn3 the Radical
majority reached 8,000. The Republicans of that
city will hold the National Convention in. the Crosby
Opera House, though a wigwam, after the Phila-
delphia pattern, to accommodate 12,000 people has
been suggested. The middle of this month is the
time fixed for nominating candidates for President
and Vice-President and adopting the platform of
principles. The delegates of 23 States are in-
structed to vote for Grant as President, but the
nomination for Vice-President is the difficulty—
Wade, Colfax, Curtin, Fenton, Senator Wilson are
named. The Convention when complete will num-
ber 450 delegates, being twice the number of Sena-
tors and Representatives sent to Congress. The
Democratic National Convention does not meet till
the 4th July, when it is to assemble at New York.
The Chicago Convention requires a majority of
the whole number for a candidate to be declared,
while the New York Convention insists on a two-
third vote before the Presidential candidate can be
proclaimed to be the nominee of the party.
Several outrages indicate more Indian disturb-
ances. In Nevada Mr. W. 11. Pierson, wife, and
daughter were murdered at Red Rock rancho, in
the Valley of Nevada; as well as John Sutherland,
another man, and a boy, the savages escaping. In
Arizona the mail carrier has been attacked, and two
of his escort killed. In Dacotah several outrages
are reported ; ranches burnt, and three or four sol-
diers and settlers murdered. A telegram from Fort
Macpherson says that a party of Indians, supposed
to be a part of " Spotted Tail's" band or Cheyennes,
made a dash upon a company of men, April 22,
killing four and wounding two, who were brought
in. The killed are James Brown, Gus. Hall, Geo.
Kline, and Joseph Vert. E. Hoffman was scalped
and badly wounded by an arrow. A boy named
Tanny, aged 11, was dangerously wounded.
The Virginian Convention having adopted its
constitution, with the iron-clad test oath, retained
against the advice of General Schofield, has ad-
journed. The time for the election is not yet
named, being postponed by the General until Con-
gress makes an appropriation for the expenses, but
both parties are working vigorously. The Missis-
sippi Convention has excluded press reporters from
the House, and twelve members resigned their seats
in one day. In Georgia and North Carolina the
reports indicate that the constitutions have been
adopted, and in the case of North Carolina and
Louisiana the news by the Scotia informs us that
the constitutions are officially announced as carried,
the former in a total vote exceeding that on the Con-
vention by at least 75,000. Both States choose
members of Congress, and the calculation is that
the Democratic gains will be five, and the Re-
publican eight, all whites. In South Carolina the
majority for the Constitution was 43,000, and the
whole Republican ticket has been chosen, headed
by General R. K. Scott for Governor. In
Louisiana three Republicans and one Conservative
have been elected. On the 23d April a disturbance
was reported in Georgia, but generally the elections
passed off quietly. It is asserted that Senators and
Representatives from Arkansas, South Carolina,
and Louisiana will soon be admitted into Congress,
but it is considered doubtful in each case except
that of Arkansas, but bills have been introduced
into the House not only to bring in these States,
but also North Carolina.
Frederick Law Olmsted has sent a letter to the
New York Nation, in which he relates a story to
show how charges of drunkenness are trumped up
against General Grant. In 1863, a few miles
above Vicksburg, he was in a steamboat with the
General and Mr. Frederick Knapp. Grant took
the opportunity of discussing some of his plans,
which he did, so as forcibly to impress his hearers
with the grasp his mind had of all details, diffi-
tult as they were at the time. While talking,