New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-26
IRELAND.
Agitation, General and Particular.

the one, & part OF Senera dSlCaClon, "htCH eX
tends over England and Scotland, as well as Ire
land; the other, which prevails in Ireland alone.
Both seem to have taken possession of the minds
of the people of these countries-with the excep.
tion Of the privileged and interested classes, the
ecclesiastcs and the landlords. According to
Carlyle, "There is other political agitation
worth naming beside this (education); which viz
tually includes all wholesale agitations whatever
and is the one means of securing a real improve
ment in affairs, q good issue to any agita
ton" He adds, ITO me it seems clearly the
cause OF all good citizens, far beyond any cause
within their horizon now And as if Goethe's
theory had got universal currency, AS the man.
SO the institutions in opposition to that of other
thinkers, AS the Institutions so the man, other
reforms are becoming secondary to the Educa-
tonal. Some time ago there was Conference"
at Manchester for framing plan of National Ed
ucation, universal and unsectaran; and now the
"New National Association" is fairly nhoat; for
that education that, while recognizing the divine
origin and paramount authority of Christianity,
leaves peculiar and special religious teaching to
the different religious bodies, and intripges not
upon the rights OF conscience OF any. In this gen
eral agitation Ireland is now taking her full share
while in the particular agitation for the rights OF
the land cultivators, as distinct from but quite
equal III Importance to, those of the land proprie
tors, she stands alone.
THE EDUCATION northumberland AND
IRELAND.
DR.. Bacon of New Haven Conn stated at the
Manchester Educational Conference, that the sys
TEN of united secular misunderstanding what is
strictly religious instruction to the parents and
the clergy of the different religious denominations
which is that for which England is TO be agi-
tated now, is that of the American Common
tran otl 10 oil
in favor of its admirable working. This is that,
too of the Irish National Schools and of the Col
| leges which form the Queens University in Ire
land. AL former attempts failed, because they
were upon different principle, and intringed
upon the rights Of conscience. And the present
English system under the Committee of the
Privy Council, fails for the same reason. The
direction, CONTROL or superintendent of strictly
religious instruction by any body or Committee of
all sects and for schools containing children of all
seCts which shall please all sects, is found mprac-
ticabe. And yet, as sure as the State undertakes
to educate, surely it must educate unitedly and
| in common. What remains, but to educate SIM
ply, and leave peculiar and specific religious in
struCtion alone. The real friends of Education in
Scotland, England and Ireland have come to this
| conclusion and this is now the grand object OF
agitation.
But there are those of all sects, in England,
Scotland and Ireland, that are just anxious
Plus the Ninth, or Drs. Cullen and MacHale, to
have all education under their exclusive manage
ment. But, at present, the education controversy
is with these high personages and it regards the
higher-that is. University Education. The rea-
son is that the Protestant population had the
Dublin University. To the Roman Catholics the
Colleges in the south and west-in Cork and Gal
way-mainly look for filling their halls; and to
supply the wants of the upper classes of that por-
ton of the community, these Colleges were main.
ly intended. The Belfast College will be main
tanned by the Presbyterians. Now to secure the
approval of the Bishops and Clergy of the Roman
Catholic Church considered as of high mo.
ment to the success especially, of these southern
and western Colleges; and hence the heightened
correspondence and discussions between the Go
vernment and the Propaganda; which, unhappi.
ly, ended i'll the condemnation of these nstitu-
tions by the Thurles Synod, countersigned at
! Rome.
However, only bare moiety of the Bishops
formed the condemning majority. a long series
of efforts had been made by Primates Bishops,
and influential Clergy, supported by nobemen,
gentry, and commonalty OF the laity, to obtain
equality. The Dublin University had been open
ed to Roman Catholic students, were all the
Medical and other Metropolitan Institutions; and,
finally, the National Schools were established, and
have taken firm hold OF the national mind. The
agitation, therefore, is in favor of the Queens
University consisting of these magnfcently en-
lowed, literally constituted and splend;dly erect
ed Colleges--or united, equal, and thoroughly ex-
tensye education. without any compromise Of
either Catholic or Protestant religious principle
on the one hand and the other, Catholic
University, directed and governed by the Catholic
Hierarchy, under the Propaganda, whose Chairs
shall be filled by Catholic Professors and whose
halls shall be filled by the Catholic youth of Ire
land
The present position of this agitation ia this
The Primate, Dr. Cullen, DR.. MacHae. with John
o'Connell IN " Cancellation HaI"-which still
opens on Monday with dozen or two straggers,
and collects few pounds from remote regions
where repeal is not extinct-with the Freeman,
and Iabfet, and portion OF the Provincial press
denounce the Colleges as goddess "a soubri-
Quet originally given by Sir Robert ngs, the Ill
tra'Protestant member for Oxford insist that no
Catholics can consistently attend them, since the
Pope has pronounced them dangerous to faith
and morals > and call upon all to unite in the pro-
Jected Catholic University. The Bishops who
wished the Colleges to be let alone nevertheless
do not oppose the SAID University; but with the
great bulk OF the laity, deny the dangers appre-
hended-decare that gratitude aud consistency re-
qulre them 10 uphold institutions for which thew
were long contending anu mportu0ing Paria-
ment-nslst that sustaining the schools they can.
| not condemn the Colleges-question The posi-.
bhty of raising a University adequate to the cir
cumstances OF the country, aud say that even if
| funds were forthcoming TO place it upon such
scale rs that it would supersede all other colleges
for science, literature, medicine, and law vet it
could not confer degrees 1t would not answer the
end-and declare their conviction, still further.
that even il it existed in Dublin, in all efficiency,
Provincial Colleges are necessity in the circum-
stances of the country and from the wants of the
| age
There have been no secessions of officials from
the Colleges; there has been an increase of stu
dents, except in Galway, and after the supple
mentary examinations in January, they who have
the best means of knowing expect mn increase
there, and further increase IN the others ami
The funds are flowing IN with greatly less LIBERAL
ty than the advocates OF the University expected