The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-27 00:00:00

THE ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH

MR. GLADSTONE.

The Primate of Ireland has written a letter to Mr. Glad-
stone upon tha subject of the Irish Church. He states that
ou his return from holding his triennial visitations his at-
tention was attracted to a reference made to him in the
Wigan speech. For several reasons he did not answer it.
Mr. Gladstone having again referred to him at Preston, be
feels called upon to address him on the subject.
Mr. Gladstone, ho says, has evidently mistaken the
spirit and intention of his (the Archbishop's) speech.
He maintains that the propoSitions brought forward in it are
just and reasonable, and free from any tendency to excite
religious animosity. He argues that the overthrow of the
Establishment would cause an extensive emigration. His
observations had reference not to the inhabitants of towns
or thickly populated Protestant districts, but to those few
and far between. lie quotes the United States and Canada
to prove the inefficiency of the voluntary system. He sup-
poses that Mr. Gladstone, far removed from communi-
cation with the Irish Protestants, is unacquainted
with their apprehensions and plans for the future,
but the clergy who dwell among them are but too well
aware of the loosening of their attachment to their father-
land, and of their desire to remain in it, which is going on in
the scattered hamlets where Protestants are waiting to know
what is to be their fate as regards the continuance among
them of the kind and considerate friend whom they found
in their pastor, and who, in the absence of a resident gen-
try, has been their sole adviser, protector, and comforter.
These Protestants must of necessity yield to the attractions
of the majority around them as they did 150 years ago.
The Archbishop, therefore, thinks he was fully justified in
saying that the measure of disestablishment proposed would
Put before them the alternative of apostacy or emigration.
The Archbishop again quotes a sentence of his speech—
"it is very generally stated that if the Roman Catho-
lics are not satisfied with this measure, then Ireland
must be conquered over again. Can it be that there is no
remedy for poor Ireland but the sword and the gibbet ?
Would it not be better to leave tile Bible still open and the
sword undrawn ?" He now adds—" I trust that you will
see that this is very different, indeed, from the sentiment
you attributed to me. I cannot entertain• a hope that
yours will be a final or a healing measure. I believe,
on the contrary, that it will be received as a grievous
and uncalled for wrong by one party, while it will
neither satisfy nor conciliate the other, but will give
rise to fresh demands end renewed agitation, to the results
of which I cannot look forward without the liveliest appre-
hension." As for the tale of the Orange flag in the church
of Kilderton, the Rev. Mr. Green refused to perform divine
service because it was placed upon the church, and thus
some old and infirm people from a distance were deprived
of the sacrament. hi spite of the Archbishop's advice to
the contrary be still persists in his course, and proceedings
would have been taken against him had he not admitted his
error. No flag ever covered the holy table or hung over it.

INOTHER LETTER.

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Mr. Fielden is candidate for ghat is called the South-East
West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Fielden is a Conservative,
and is by no means impressed with admiration for Mr.
Bright. More, he has been doing what ho can of late to
show that the hon. member for Birmingham is "no better
than he ought to be." Among other things, he has charged
Mr. Bright with indifference to -the reform of our poor-law.
He says that once he made it his business to ask Mr. Bright
to help him to procure some reforms, but he would not
listen to him, was uncourteous, and finally told him that
Mr. Potter knew about that subject, and he knew nothing
about it. Go then, and talk to Mr. Potter. The story has
been brought under the notice of Mr. Bright. That Lon.
gentleman replies—"l hope your el, eters will not bo mis-
led by the falsehoods of the Tory candidates or their party.
If 1 have laboured to give the working men free access
to the harvests of the world for their supply of food ; if I
have laLoured to give them instruction by untaxed and
cheap newspapers; if I have done as much as any roan
living to extend to them the right of voting' for mem-
bers of Parliament, will any man believe that I am
regardless of the interests and comforts of the poor
Mr. Fielden knows, if he is honest enough to say so,
that his application to me ha 1 reference to some minute
point of poor-law regulation, which did not bear at sll on
the treatment of the poor, but rather on the duties and
position of the auditors of the Poor-law Unions, and that
I directed him to Mr. Potter, because Mr. Potter had paid
more attention to that point than I had, owing to the fact
that the auditor of this district isone of his constituents, and
had fully explained the matter to him. I gave all the as-
sistance to Mr. Potter that was in my Fewer, as both Mr.
Potter and the auditor would willingly testify. Mr. Fielden,
to my knowledge, did nothing for free-trade, nothing for
a free press, and nothing for the extension of the fran-
chise. 1 have no faith in a man who does nothing for his
follow-men till they are found in the ranks of pauperism.
For myself, I would prevent their becoming paupers ;
but, if that sad fate overtook • nun, I would deal with
them in a spirit of justice and kinduess. lam not d• fend-
ing myself from the slanders of Mr. Fielden, hut I am giving
you the explanat'on you ask for. I think Mr. Holden is ono
of your candidates. There was no more hon,st and inde-
pendent Liberal iu Parliament than Mr. Holden."

The death is announced of the Dowager Countess
Somers, widow of the first Earl Somers.

Great excitement prevailed in Liverpool on Tuesilay
consequent on the South-west Lancashire el, ction. A fight
took place in the Exchange news-rooms, but nothing serious
is reported.

Mr. Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Southern
Confederacy, was present at the Warwick meeting, last
week. By a curious coincidence he witnessed the success
of a horse named after a former enemy of his—President
Lincoln.

Amongst the gentlemen called to the bar at the
Inner Temple, we observe the name of Mr. Francis H.
Jeune, Oxford First-Classman, and the eldest son of the
late lamented Bishop of Peterborough.

The Queen of Holland, who has been staying in
London some weeks at Claridge's Hotel, and who has
taken great interest in the charitable institutions of the
metropolis, left town on Wednesday afternoon on her
return to Holland, vid Calais. The Queen is expected to
return to this country early in the ensuing year.

SCENE IN HASLINGDEN CIIIIRCLI—Some cause
of displeasure has arisen on the part of the congregation of
Haslingden against their vicar, the Rev. L. H. Mordacque.
The real reason of the disturbance has not transpired; but
it appears that last Sunday morning and afternoon the
principal part of the congregation, after the vicar had
announced his text, rose from their seats and left the
church. The Sunday school has been broken up, and it
is in contemplation to form another, to be held in the
town-hall.

The Broad Arrow, which at least has arrogated to
itself to be authoritative, says :—A novel kind of torpedo,
of extraordinary power, has been invented by a Mr. White-
head, of Fiume, and the Austrian Government has already
paid £20,000 to the lucky inventor of the secret. He offers
the exclusive possession, with a reservation in favour of
Austria, of this secret to our Government, for £100,000; or
the disclosure of the secret only for £20,000, to be paid
conditionally on the success of the torpedo, which will be
determined by a board of inquiry, and this will most
probably bo formed from the late floating obstruction com-
mittee. We believe our Government will accept the latter
terms, for there is little probability of the secret being
kept.

THE BISHOP - DESIGNATE OF LONDON. Dr.
Wordsworth will receive his new charge in a very diffe-
rent state from that in which it came into the hands. of
his predecessor. Bishop Jackson's prudent and diligent
supervision has been fruitful for good, and he may be
trusted to shew the same qualities in the sphere to which
he is about to be transferred. The points in which he
has sometimes been thought deficient—breadth of sym-
pathy, conciliatory manners, and the unvarying courtesy
which sets everyone at ease—are of especial importance
in the great see of London. These are things, however,
which a man fit to govern learns from intercourse with
men, and to a prelate of Bishop Jackson's sincere and
simple character they cannot have been difficult of attain-
ment.— Guardian.

ELECTION SCENE TN MASSACHUSETTS.—A corre-
spondent of the Nation, writing from Boston on the sth
inst., gives an account of the proceedings at Salem on the
day before the election of General Butler. The chairman
introduced Mr. Dana, who was greeted with derisive shouts,
requested to take off his gloves, or put them on, I hardly
remember which, and he began to speak amid loud cheers
fur the opposing candidate. lie spoke for five minutes—
or rather lie and the crowd spoke for five minutes —in
the following manner :—Mr. Dana : Fellow-citizens—
The crowd : We ain't yer feller-citizens. Mr. Dana:
Fellow-citizens of Essex— The crowd : You ain't from
Essex ; three cheers for Butler. Mr. Dana: I come from—
The crowd: Cambridge, Cambridge. Mr. Dana: Well,
now, what county is Cambridge in ? The crowd : Middle-
sex. Mr. Dana: And what county is Lowell in? The crowd:
Middlesex. Mr. Dana: Very good ; I come from the same
county from which your present representative comes.
The crowd Three cheers for him. It was evidently of
little use to attempt to make a financial speech, so Mr.
Dana contented himself with saying a few words and read-
ing a " telling" letter written by Butler some time in 1867,
in which he urged that Grant should not be nominated to
the Presidency, because he had "no head and no heart,"and
was impotent to govern." The letter, however, produced
no effect other than more cheering for Butler. and 11Ir.
Dana good-humouredly sat down.