The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-08
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
Our Dublin Correspondence.

The NeO Mayor of Dubhm-1hs In ,ug,1at,on
Banquet at the Mansion H,use-- Tire Lord Lieu
tenants Spesch-Aeetings Of Poi,ttcal and Reis-
gious Pcrties-Sm,th OBrien - The Pa7al Ques-
ttoN-Ihe Worids Far TN, Great Race in
-May-Rodp0y Property Mpksts = Weather-
Hea.th--Cathains Hayes, &c
The installation of Mr.. Guinness the celebrated
porter brewer, as Lord Mayor OF Dublin, has been
followed by banquet, to which my last letter al
luded. The press. for once, are unanimity ITSELF
when descrbil the tsts, which surpassed anything
Dublin has beheld for quarter Of century, and
more than justified the anticipations that the opu-
lent Mayor would sustain the dignity of his Office
with more than ordinary splendor. The recon-
strrcton Of the corporation, the election OF an en-
1irely new corporate body the enlarged po ers con-
frred upon them by the Legislature, extoguished
in mems minds the smoldering embers of amino
eity, and afforded an opportunity and excuse for
cordial determination. The dinner was superb in
abe fullest sense of the term. The tables were pre-
Pared for five hundred guests, comprising every
man in Ireland prominent for talent, position, or
wealth. The old mansion house, redecorated for
the event, was gorgeously fitted up with Irish da-
masks, which blended gracefully with the ancient
oak panelling, revarnshed and polished to display
the elaborate carvings. The speech of Lord
land, was received with applause; the Ian
guage he employed, and the sentiments he con.
yeyed were carefully considered beforehand,
yet it needed no slight caution the part Ut that
official, to shun offending the very sensitive politi
clans OF the day; more especially 10 extract fro m
them tokens OF satisfaction. | Can scarcely believe
it possible for an Irish lord lieu tenant to escape
woundng the prejudices of one other of the poll
tical parties. If he remain inert or passive, his
talents and abilities are decred, ne becomes king
log. and he muSt him aplf hp halted ke
badger, until he evinces signs OF animation and
activity. If he adopts any spe c,al line of policy
one party or other thwarts him, unul, IN despair,
he either throws up the Office in disgust or assumes
the leadership OF faction IL is TO be supposed,
that where go many able and amiable men have at
various periods been called to the high office, that
Ihey changed their natures IN removing from one
land to the other; that men who were conspicuous
for intellect, genius, honesty and political ability,
could suddenly be transformed ..o dwelling fools
or incapable guides. You must arch for the So
lutiop Of the mystery why such improbable trans
formations should be proclaimed. in the defects of
abe system The Lord Lieulenan, is not the elected
OF the people; neither is he the nominee of the
irish represt Rtaves he is Invested of every attr
butte which would recommend him to the conf
dence OF the masses; and II often occurs, that his
previous education had not been conducted with
any reference TO his failure position. He is but
TOOL in the hands of an English minister and the
policy OF England towards Ireland, whatever may
have been the intention of the En- slish ministry,
has almost uniformly been disastrous
The Lord Mayors banquet has been followed by
political and by religious meetings At the former
there was fusion OF parties, the purpose of the
meeting having been to protest against the medi.
tated reduction of Ireland 10 the condition of
an English county, and her consequent degrade
lion should the proposition of last session be car
Iied out, to abolish the office of Lord Lieutenant
The citizens do not cling TO the lord lleutenancy
for its sake, but they dread tina. its abolition
would be but the prelude TO the removal OF the law
courts. and all other public departments from Dub
lin to London, and the consequent fruition of the
policy oil GENERALIZATION, so fatal to the indepen-
dence and prosperity of the people. The popularity
OF Lord Clarendon had been on the decline preyi- |
Gus to the agitation OF this que stion trs from his
treatment Of Smith O'Bren Sc condly, from his |
conduct towards Lord Roden, both acc opted leaders
OF their respective parties but az his evse or re-
Ception this week there were fully as many-nay, |
more than might have been expected, console ring
The tcay which has fallen ca all classes OF society.
Speaking OF Smith O'Brier, reminds ice that he |
has az last consented TO accept ticket of leave
IN truth he had no ether alternative, for trained |
from his youth 10 the elegancies and refinements
Cf society," he must have passed through SUITE rings
cosrser natures cannot omprehend-compeled, as
he was, 10 conaort with the outcasts Of convict
population. lie chung TO the hope that some means /
of eecrpe nigh. be devised, until he saw the last |
and final efforts fade away and he yielded to an |
imperious necessity which those who know the |
details Of his convict life can appreciate.
The agitation OF The Papsl aggression question is |
conducted with much less bitterness of expression |
end feeling in Ireland than might be imagined. |
The feet account for thus;-The orange, or as |
cen5arcy faction, have been taught by the acts and
no logger 10 regard themselves the petted child
rem of England-that they mus, consent to tolerate
an equality, and possibly something more, on the
part a the Roman Catholic church, and the Roman |
Catholics, on the other hand, feel that. already
commanding the large majority of he population, |
with the rank OF the dgnilaries of their church re-
cogDized by Law in Ireland, they had no Interest in
emberking in controversy so interesting TO Eng
land The Irish Roman Catholic church merely
requires to be proclaimed the estab shed church TO
raise il to par with the same church in France-in
fru.h The church in France IL less free for the
clergy ere the snpendiaries there Of the govern
ment-whereas, IN Ireland, they are paid by the
people; and better paid, am informed, than II sa-
JARED. The Roman Catholic priesthood Of Ire
land have more 10 epprehend than gain from Papal
interference. Take, as sample, the nomination
OF the Prmate, Cullen. Here was a man drawn
from monastery, where he had passed thirty
years Of his life, fur away from his native land and
thrust by an "llallsn monk" "a the Times styles
ihe Pope, the heads of all the Roman Catholic
clergy. Had Cullen been man of rare genius
and eloquence, there might have been some excuse
for 70 evident a disregard Of the feelings Of the
clergy; but Cullen, far from beng Of the lights
of the age, is pronounced inferior 10 many Of the
bishops and priests whose names are familiar TO
Irish ears. His ideas, his language, and his doc.
Urine are ultra-montane; and men OF science sheer
nj his obsolete theory Of astronomy. The love Of
freedom lie implanted in the human heart, even
though that heart be covered with the serge ~ the
prest The assumption, BY the Pope, Of the
church, rs keenly felt as an injustice, when
such pri,nates as Cullen are elevated above the
crowds OF able and ambitious priests; and church.
men lock forward to the day when the selec-
tion will be INSIDE from their own ranks, and assume
the form Of an election In several recent instances
the Pope has nominated absolute strangers 10
bshcpncs, overlooking contemporary the supe-
rlor claims OF the local clergy He has thus created
party Of priesthood who favorable TO restric
lion Of the papl authority, and the English minis
try will probably take advantage of the opening, TO
introduce law whereby all bishops, before nomi-
nation by the Pope, must obtain the sanction Of the
crown. Such an enactment would be supported by
the bulk Of the Roman Catholics, and soften the
evaporation felt in England at papal interference.
You are, In the United States, 10 have a supply Of
cardinals, as II IL proposed to furnish you with two
or three for your spiritual guidance, but the in
tended prince cardinals will discover that your in
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