, 1866-11-06

tells us, WIS the Property of ak masters
Ser dornini sernisssM AFRICA 1,o.xidebert. The
eame may be said Of 1telani. aud If like
causes produce like results, it is easy 10 pre-
dict the future fate Of this country.
began this letter in Killarney. I am
finishing on board the steamer which plies
between Cork aud Bristol, and what Is the
scene before me: The captain tells me that
al With cattle, pigs and sheep, and that the
s1ean, conveyance IS at present inadequate to
meet the demand for the freight of live stock.
So closely arc the animals packed In the
vessel TINT some Of the cattle aud sheep have
@ dled % On the short short passage from port to port.
packed and huddled together, ut the risk to
themselves of the loss By death that mar be
thereby accustomed. When compare the
facilities given for the transportation Of the
agricultural produce Of Ireland with the
care that Is bestowed on protecting the
| game OF the country, I cannot help dwelling
on the contrast with pain. The stock which
would aud should feed the people whose Ia
bor produces It, Is taken away In hundreds
there are 800 On board the Apollo and
them little amusement, Is steadily pre-
served for the casual visits Of thcir masters
| or their friends. know, Of course. IT will
1 be said these cattle and this agricultural
produce Is paid for, but rnaintain that IN q
properly constituted society the necessasies
Of lile would never be exchanged By the
producers till their own wants we're flrst sat-
jsacd, and It Is notorious fact that As a
rule the Irish peasantEy do not consume
their own meat The Irish peasant sweats
money, that is given for this prodnce will
suon find It's way into the pockets Of the
great land holders. SIC ros non sobts.
There is q recent. If not new, feature IN
lscland, Of which wish to say few wosda
In conclnsios-the growth Of nona=tic and
conycntual establishments. 1 haze nerel
been able to learn what advantage 1t has beer
to Ireland in remote times to be tue "1slanf
Of Snints," an1 when hare endearored Il
thow IrIslmcn Of tue present day tue evil
converts, and that are likely to be produced
by their extension in Ireland, have bee,
regarded with sinister eye. The fact
strange that, whilst in other Catholic couu
i tries Of Europe the popular feeling Is agains
These estaollsnm5n5ts, thsy are l1ossa Esa o
+ diate advantages are seen, but the people d
!, not calculate on the remote effects. Begin
1 ming, as in the middle ages, with n desire t
promote good, and with a VOW Of porert,
they will end as they have always dom
with an accumulation Of property, and Wit
! atIordipg example Of lazy Ignorance. Th
!. is a question which affects the Catholl
: laity much more than 1t does the Protc
tAnts Of Ireland or the Government Of En-
: land. The Instances already orc not few
c Lequeathcd from the natural heirs to tt
c "pfous uses'' Of the church. The industl
n Of lawyers and the acuteness Of Jcsuits fl
:, many c1pedicnts Tor erading tho statute
;, I MoEsnsn!n. and with the power which Gath
lie priests possess over the will Of dyi!
c members ofthat church, 1t is safe to predi
z that considerable portion Of the property
2 tho country will be inalienably tied up
; copycntual establishments. Some Of I
r more intelligent Of the Roman Catholic p,
psietors have their eyes open to this ey
e but as rule they are Blind to 1t or they 9
Is Aflaid to speak. The complete anarchy
II opiuion Which exists In the country Is
~ mirably illustrated by the election Of a me
IS her tor the county of TirpetnEy, where !
d Waldron, the Catholic candidate, has I
SUPP ort Of all the Tory 1andlords, whilst ,
T. Willie, the Protestant candidate, has t
, support Of the great body Of the Rom
:. Catholic priests and population. The el
y tlon takes place to-day, and rioting is
0i n4rtt6.