The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-29 00:00:00

IRELAND.

ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.
The following is a copy of the memorial proposed by the Roman
Catholic Bishops of Ireland, in accordance with the resolution
agreed to at the late synodical meeting in Dublin :
"To his Excellency Lord Heytesbury, Lord Lieutenant. General
and General Governor of Ireland.
" The Memorial of the Roman Catholic Archbishops and
Bishops of Ireland,
" Humbly sheweth—That Memorialists are disposed to co-
operate on fair and reasonable terms with her Majesty's Govern-
ment and the Legislature, in establishing a system for the further
extension of academical education in Ireland.

" That the circumstances of the present population of Ireland
afford plain evidence that a large majority of the students be-
longing to the middle classes will be Roman Catholics; and me.
morialists, as their spiritual pastors, consider it their indispensable
duty to secure to the utmost of their power the most effectual
means of protecting the faith and morals of the students in the new
colleges, which are to be erected for their better education.
"That a fair proportion of the professors and other office.
bearers in the new colleges, should be members of the Roman
Catholic Church, whose moral conduct shall have been properly
certified by testimonials of character, signed by their respective
prelates. And that the office-bearers in those colleges should be
appointed by a board of trustees, of which the Roman Catholic
prelates of the province, in which any of those cAleg.s shall be
erected, shall be members.

" That the Roman Catholic pupil; could not attend the lectures
on history, logic, metaphysics, moral philosophy, geology, or
anatomy, without exposing their faith or morals to imminent
danger, unless a Roman Catholic professor shall be appointed for
each of those chairs.

" That if any president, vice-president, professor, or office.
bearer in any of the new colleges shall be convicted before the
board of trustees of attempting to undermine the faith or Injure
the morals of any student in those institutions, he shall be imme•
diately removed from his office by the same board.
" That, as it is not contemplated that the students shall be pro.
vided with lodging in the new colleges, there shall be a Roman
Catholic chaplain to superintend the moral and religious instruc.
tion of the Roman Catholic students belonging to each of those
colleges; that the appointment of each chaplain, with a suitable
salary, shall be made on the recommendation of the Roman Ca.
tholic Bishop of the diocese in which the college is ituate, said
that the same prelate shall have full power and authority to remove
such Roman Catholic chaplain from his situation.
"Signed on behalf of the meeting,
" X D. MURRAY, Chairman.

" Dublin, '.10.3c1 May, 1845."

The first vessel direct from the West Indies, with sugar, that
has for several years arrived at Gal way, is the Paths, Leggett, from
Trinidad, now discharging there.

A Limerick paper ;ay;:—" The extraordinary progress of the
crops, notwithstanding the continued prevalence of dry weather,
has been the subject of general remark and thankfulness to Divine
Providence. Not a single failure has been reported in the potato
crop; on the contrary, so rapidly is it shooting forth, that the
trenching of them up is going on with general celeri:y. Should it
please Providence to continue the same favourable prosperity, the
next harvest will be one of the earliest and most abundant ever
remembered in this country. The rain of Thursday evening last
has produced a most beneficial effect in field and garden. The
growth of grass, even on light soils, was never better so early inn
the season.

THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
MONDAY, Mar 26.—Government Three per Cent. Consols,
98M ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1011 101/; Na.
tional Bank, 23/ ; Steam.ship Building Company scrap, 54 ; Great
Southern and Western Extension, 13 12ai; Dublin and Belfast
Junction, 10;/; Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone, 4ia; Dublin
to Galway, 41 4 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 81 ; Dundalk and En-
niskillen, 5 ; Waterford and Limerick, 7 8 ; Wexford and Car.
low, 44 ; Cork and Bandon, Eli , Deny and Enniskillen, 4/1 ;
Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 247 ; Limerick, Ennis,
and Killaloe Junction, 5i ; Limerick and Ennis, 3/.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,--1 see in The Sun of the 14th current, an extract article
from the Times, headed " Kirkmichael and Cullicudden," beginning
with—" The minister writes," and concluding thus "He states
that none of the heritors contribute anything to the poor funds,
except an occasional small contribution on the Sabbath."
Will you permit me, as one who ought to feel, and does feel,
a deep interest in the poor of Kirkmichael and Clillicuthlen, to
correct an erroneous impression, which the concluding statement
in this paragraph is calculated to make, and which might prove in.
jurious to the poor.
The paragraph bears to be in reply to an address of the House
of Commons, inquiring into the " Management and Support of the
Poor, from 1836 to 1841 inclusive." I was not minister of Kirk-
michael and Cullicudden until 1843, and would not advert to any
statement made by its former minister—it being but fair to as.
sume that he knew what he stated, as he is responsible for its accu.
racy—did I not suspect that many might read the statement, as
showing 'not only the present condition of the poor, but also as
proving heard-heartedness and cruel indifference its the owners of
the soil to their present privations.
In justice to them, and with the confident hope that I may have
continued proofs of their charity in benefactions to the poor, whilst
they depend, as they do now, on the contributions of the charitable,
I have to state that the heritors of this parish do give more to the poor
than an " occasional small contribution on the Sabbath." Most of
them, In proportion to the extent and population of their estates, have,
regularly, since 1 became its minister, made very liberal money
donations to the poor. The principal heritor, besides his money
donation, annually, give. meat and fuel to the poor; and from two
heritors, whose estates add only one to the number on the poor•s
roll, I have regularly had donations for general distribution.
These are facts which justice demands of me to state, and which it
might be injurious to the poor to suppress.

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the same time, to release the soil and to relieve its owners from the
heavy *pressure of pauperism—whether a legal assessment be, or
not, the best means to accomplish that important end ; but surely
this may be set about, and ought to be effected, without denying
the merit which really belongs to any set of men, or injuriously
affecting their character.
If the proprietors of other Highland parishes were so heartlessly
indifferent to the state of their poor as those of this parish are
said once to have been, I have had the good fortune never to have
come in contact with such. For twenty years that I have been
minister of a parish, forming a part of the Duke '
domains, I witnessed the most munificent liberalito y f
to the poo Sutherlandrs
and to many representations in their behalf I never recei ,
ved an un.
favourable reply.
Hoping that you will, in justice, give a place to the above few
lines in your intelligent and talented journal, I am, Sir, your obe-
dient servant,
JOHN MACKENZIE,
Manse of
Minister of Kirkmichael and Cullicudden.
Klrkrnichael and Cullicudden, May 19.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV.
SIR,-I should be much obliged if you would be good enough
to correct two: errors which have accidentally crept into an
article, in The Sun paper of the 224 inst., connected with the
Austrian and Sardinian Railway, the original line, and which,
for the sake of distinction, is called Parken's Original Line. The
error's consist in my name being given as Parker, instead of Mr.
John P. Parken, and in the name c.f the Ambassador being tailed
Count Pillon, instead of Count de Pollon.

I am sorry to give 3ou so much trouble, and remain, Str, your
most obedient servant, JOHN P. PARK-EN.
New BoswelLcourt, May 24.

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.—Tuesday being the
day appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the
Landon District and General Postmen, in accordance with annual
custom, shone forth in all the glories of new hats and coats. The
mail-coach guards and the few remaining coachmen
mwe
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l.sgimuialarr:
decorated. Theprocession of mail coaches through the City has al
late years been discontinued, in consequence of their number being
reduced by the powerful competition of railways.
We understand that A. Macpherson,
between Thurso and lielmsdale„ stands fully committed far trial,
on the serious charge of opening the mail-bags, and abstracting
money therefrom.—Roys.shire Adveratter.

DUBLIN, MAY 86,—The weekly meeting of the Repeal Asso.
ciation was held this day in the Conciliation Hall.
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the chair was taken by Conti.
sellor Moriarty.
The SECRETARY read a letter from the late Lord Mayor, which
acknowledged, in suitable terms, the vote of thanks which had
been passed to him on the last day's meeting, for his patriotic
conduct during his year of office.
On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL it was inserted on the
minutes.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN, having handed in his own subscription for the
current mouth, and several contributions, proceeded to address the
meeting. After a few preliminary observations he commented se-
verely on the conduct of Mr. Hume in persevering in his inten.
tiun to more a call of the House, and accused him of ingratitude
towards the Irish people. The motion of Mr. Hume, however,
was useful in one respect, for it had been the means of deciding
that the law gave the British House of Commons no power
over the Irish Members. The Whigs were annoyed at the
Irish Members, because they would not lend themselves as
an appendage to an English faction, and he himself had been
taunted by the press of that party with aspiring to the crown of
martyrdom. He would tell the English press, that when lie joined
the Repeal Association he had made up his mind to encounter any
extremities or danger that might arise when acting in the service
of his country. But he considered these taunts, like a great deal
that came Pram the other side, as mere idle vapour. He then pro.
ceedcd to condemn the Academies Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL would not remain silent any longer. He came
there to denounce the New Colleges Bill from end to end. He
spoke authoritatively in condemning this execrable Bill. They
were all united on the point; there was no dissension among
them. He admitted the value of education. The foulest part of
the penal code was that it prevented education; but he saw no
redeeming quality in the new Bill, except merely that it recognised
the importance of education. He s 'tight nothing for the Catholics
that he would not concede to the Protestants. He did not under-
stand mixed education. Education, if religious at all, must be
exclusive. A more atrocious Bill was never attempted. He
would not bid at all for it. A fouler attempt at public pro-
fligacy was never made. It was a Bill to bribe and corrupt.
It was replete with horrors and abominations. He pronounced
his emphatic:al denunciation of it. It was altogether a graft from
the French system of Louis Philippe. He read the resolutions
agreed to by the Roman Catholic Bishops at their synod held in
Dublin last week. He thanked the Catholic Bishops for the ex-
plicit manner in which they had condemned this abominable Bill.
He beard a great deal of German education, and then pro.
ceeded to read a report on education in Prussia, to show the pre-
vailing ignorance of the people, particularly on the subject of re-
ligion. Education, he insisted, must be religious; any other might
corrupt, but could not enlighten. He would go to London, if ne-
cessary, to oppose the Bill. He objected to every part of it except
the money part. As to Trinity College, he repeated his opinion
that the Protestants ought to have it to themselves. He wished
the Catholics to have one also for themselves. Under present err.
cumstances, Trinity College proved a sort of snare to many Catho.
lies, who were tempted to recant by the good things which it had to
offer As to Lord J. Russell, his political hardihood—not to say
impudence—was unmatched. He was himself the first repealer;
for it was his unjust partial Reform Bills which had
first greatly excited the repeal agitation. No living statesman
had done such injustice to Ireland as Lord John Russell. They
were all agreed about the Bill. The Government refused to alter
the Bill; this he knew ; but they would all unite a 4 rally—all
Ireland together—to defeat this atrocious measure.
Mr. Gaerrsw next addressed the meeting im a tong speech. He
denied that they were hostile to British connexion ; they were
only hostile to British tyranny. They would be on their guard
against a desperate Minister, who wanted no more than to reduce
them to perfect captivity, The people of Ire'and were not agita.
tors. They were only too quiet. If they were agitators they
would be up in arms against their oppressors.—(gear, hear.)—
They would not, at all events, be deluded by any insidious bribes
horn Ministers. They rejected the colleges Bill--eay, they would
kick it over the bar of the House.— (Hear, hear.)
Mr. O'CoNxsth deprecated the idea of turning out in arms; it
was quite contrary to his system. The people of Ireland would
continue peaceable.—(Hear.)
Mr. J. O'CONNELL spoke against the new colleges, and parti.
eularly was very hard against the system of mixed education.
German education he looked upon as equivalent to sheer infidelity,
and such was the system which he argued it was sought to intro-
duce here. He contended, with his learned sire, thht Trinity Col-
lege should be left to the Protestants.
Mr. BARRY, a barrister, also denounced the Bill, but was favour.
able to mixed education, providing there was a sufficient guarantee
for the religion of all parties receiving it.
The rent at five o'clock amounted to 3004, and was not likely
much to exceed that sum.