The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-19 00:00:00

DR. LEE v. " VERITAS."

The following loiter his been addressed to the Globe :
Sir,—A frequent end well-known correspondent of the Guar-
dian, who now styles himself " Veritas," having been bold
enough in last Wednesday's impression to deny the
accuracy of certain statements made in my public
letter to Mr. Gathorne Hardy, I must request you to
be kind enough to publish the following extract
from the actual letter received by me from a dignitary of
position at Rome, in March of the present year. In the
note to my public letter referred to, I was content to give,
and I believe to give fairly and impartially, the substance
of it. Below, however, is the text, with a few names
(which I have not the permission of the writer to
make public) left blank. I have also inserted the word
"Irish" in brackets to make one sentence in it more plain.—
Your obedient servont,

FREDERICK GEORGE LEE.
19, Colesbill-street, Eaton-square, S.W.,
September 18.

" The Liberal party with you appears more disposed to do
justice to Ireland, England's difficulty, than my Lord Derby
and his followers. Even-allows this;---tells mo that
quite recently-spoke frankly to-on the present position
of Catholics there, and says that Gladstone, who can certainly
reckon on the support of Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville,
and possibly of Mr. Fortoscue, is fully prepared to endow
and give an established position to the Church. This need
only entail at present the partial disendowment of the (Irish)
Establishment. I know that the Cardinal distrusts this
policy (at least he did so when here), question-
ing the wisdom of the Whigs in making an attempt in
which it is known that they are certain to be opposed by
the Duke of Argyll, Sir It. Palmer, and Sir G. Grey. But
if the conditions sketched out by - (which were sub-
mitted to -) are unreservedly withdrawn, his Eminence
would sanction the scheme, and render every support in
his power towards accomplishing it. As for repudiating the
principle of Church and State, believe me that neither
here nor elsewhere has the Church ever done so, nor,
whatever may be maintained to the contrary, is she likely
to do so now for Ireland, if the people should, as
they would, be prepared to hail the boon with grateful
enthusiasm. - has misled you on this point by
giving more weight to -'s pamphlet than they or their
author deserved. Of course - could not have acted in
the matter, nor on the other hand could -, unless each
had been authorised to do so from head quarters, which I
feel certain was the case. We have no confidence whatever
in -. His opposition to the Plenipotentiary Bill or pro-
posal was a mistake which he is now said to feel,

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