Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-17
IRISH AFFAIRS AND SYDNEY SMITH.


share OF abase--abusc, however, so witty tina,
ev"a the abused had to laugh. Indeed. as ,
political writer, his style was so racy, witty,
sensible. AMI downright. that an editor ITO
borrow his own joke) might wish to b. alto.
g"'hNr like him except these bonds" The
recent arrivals from England have brought, u.
fragment OF his on Irish affairs, which he
. lett unfinished, but which contains the genu.
inc marks Of his humor, good sense and a lib.
erality towards the Catholics of Ireland. that
IL highly commendable in clergyman Of the
established church of England.
! He thus describes the condition of rel;p;on
in the Emerald Isle;
The revenue of the Irish Roman Catholic
Church lie made up of half-pence. potatoes
rags, bones, and fragments Of old clothes. and
those Irish old clothes. They worship often
IN novels, or i'll the open air, from the icant Of
any place OF worship. Their religion is the
nhgion OF three-fourths of the population
Not far of, in well-windowed and well
rooted house, is well paid Protestant cler-
gyman preaching TO stools and hassocks. and
crying in the wilderness: near him the clerk
near him the sexton, near him the sexton's
wiie-inrlous against the errors of Pop,ry.
and willing to lay down their lives for the great
truths established AT the Diet of Augsburg.
There isa story in the l.. mister family which
passes under the name of L" She is not nell"
a Protestant clergyman, whose church was
in the neighborhood, was guest at the house
OF that upright and excellent man the Duke of
Lenster. He had been staying there three or
iour days; AMI on Saturday night, as they
Were all retiring to tbs If rooms, the Duke said
we shall meet tomorrow at breakfast, -
Not so lsaid our Mlesian Protestant \ your
hour, my lord, is a little too late for me am
very particular in the discharge of NV duty.
and your breakfast will interfer, with INV
church" The Duke was pleased with the
very proper excuses of his guest, and they sep
arated for the night; his Grace perhaps deem
ing his palace more safe from all the evils of
lille Tor containing in its bosom such an cxem-
plary son oil the Church. The first person
however, whom the Duke saw i'm the morninp
upon entering the breakfast-room was orr
pmctual Protestant, deep in rolls and butter,
ms hnger In an egg, and large slice of the
pest lipperary ham secured on his plate
Delighted TO see you, my dear vicar" said
the Duke; . but must say as much surprised
as delighted. cob, don't you know what
mas happened said the sacred breakfaster-
e" she IS not Ueu." "Who is not well ?" said
the Duke, "you are not married-you have no
sister living; I'm quite uneasy; tell me who
Is not we'll" "Why, the fact is, my lord
Duke, that my congregation consists of the
clerk, the sexton, and the sections wife. Now.
the sections wife is in very delicate health
when she cannot attend, we cannot muster
The number mentioned in the rubic: and we
nave, therefore, no service on that day. The
good woman had cold and sore throat this
morning, and, as had breakfasted but slight
ly, thought might as well hurry back TO the
regular family deieuner." don't know that
the clergyman behaved improperly bat such
church is hardly worth an instruction and
civil war every ten years.
This restitution of the Irish Cathoii., .ior,zy
Is described and illustrated in strong colors
and at length leads to the following:
maintain that it is shocking and wicked to
leave the relig ious guide OF six millions of peo-
pie IN such a state of restitution! to bestow
no more thought upon them than upon the
clergy oil the Sandwich islands, III were q
member OF the Cabinet, and met my colleagues
once week, TO eat birds and beasts, and to
talk over the state OF the world, SHOULD begin
upon Ireland before the soup was finished, 90
on though fish, tux ", and saddle of mutton.
and never end till the last thmblcful of clnret
had passed down the throat of The incredulous
Had;hnston; but there they sit, week after
week; there they come, week after week; the
PiccadiIly Mars, the Scotch Neptune, Themis
Lyndhurst, the Tamworth Baronet. dear
Goody, aud dearer GLADLY, and think no more
of paying the Catholic clergy than man of
real fashion does of paying his tailor And
there is no excuse for this in fanaticism There
is only one man i'll the Cabinet who objects
from reasons purely ianatical, because the
Rope IS the Scarlet Lady, or the Seventh Vial.
or the Little Horn. All the rest are entirely
oil opinion that il ought To be done-that il is
the one thing neediu; but they are afraid of
bishops and county meetings. newspapers and
pamphlets, and reviews all fair enough objects
OF apprehension, but they must BE- met and
encountered, and put down. Ii is impossible
that the subjects can be much longer avoided.
ana that every year is to produce a deadly
struggle with the people, and long trial in
time OF peace with O'Somebody. the patriot
Tor the time being, or the general, perhaps, in
time OF foreign war.
Ii were Bishop, living beautifullyina
state OF serene pleLiiude, don't think could
endure the thought of so MANI honest. pio IS
and laborious clergymen of another faith pla-
ced IN such disgraceful Circumstances. could
not get into my carriage with jclly-springs, or
see my two courses every day, without rcmem-
beTlng the buggy and the bacon of some poor
old Catholic Bishop, ten times as laborious
and with much more perhaps of theological
learning than myself, often distressed for few
pounds. and burdencd with duties utterly dis
Proportioned to hisage and strength.
9 In his Characteristic manner he points out
the danger that England herself may appre-
bend from the dissatisfaction of the Irish peo-
pie, and suggests that it can only bs prevented
by liberal relief to the Catholics. He says:
II thought Ireland quite safe, should still
object to injustice. ] could never endure i'm
silence that the Catholic church of Ireland
should be left in its present state but am
afraid France and England can now afford to
fight and. having saved little money. they
Will, OF course, spend it i'll fighting. That
puppy of the waves, young Joinville, will
steam over in high pressure fleet and then
comes an immense twenty per cent income
tax war a universal insunection i'm Ireland.