The New York herald., 1869-03-17
the Ru;hs of ekGLASO AND IRELAND.

Lecture BY Rev. DIR. AnderdOn.
small number Of people were gathered last night
at ST. Peters Han, Hicks street. Brooklyn to hear
lecture on "The Ruins Of England and Ireland,n by
Rev. DIR. Anderdon given for the benefit Of the
Brooklyn Central Dispensary. The RUNS OF England
and Ireland, the speaker said, may be divided
into two classes, secular and religious. the
1rst class Is made up Of the ruins OF baro-
nial castles and the second of the ruins OF
Church establishments. The speaker then said
that he would conduct his hearers to one Of those
old castles. for he proposed to consider first the
secular ruins and made as apology for 50 doing
that one born In this country and who had never
been out Of II had ever seen any ruins, for the
simple fact that there were none TO see. Two hun.
dred years ago, he said Manhattan Island was sold
10 the Dutch traders by the aboreines for the sum
OF twenty-iour dollars: but two hundred years was
but short space OF time in the life OF the older Eu
ropean peoples. The castles were built before the
Invention n',sr on, Of gunpowder, and werc accord
pons then used and they were called upon 10
resist nothing more destructive than the batterpQ
ram. here the lecturer dgressed from his subject
70 give an account OF the baftering and the i'm.
piements OF warfare In vogue In the days OF the
barons Of whom he spoke. The moment gunpow-
began 10 come upon tue old castles. The greater
part Of these ruins can be traced 10 oliver Cromwell
ana MS lronsides castle such a. the lecturer was
defence the moats the drawbrdge the portrulls
and the Keep. Some OF these castles NAV s,iil hc
found both On England and ireland just IA tbey
were when nrst built 80 that one In seeing them
yet n good idea OF the life of their occrI-
pants. The speaker ssid there was nothing
TO regret Is the destruction Of these old castles
But Il was s0t % with the religious houses. There
u something absolutely ghastly IN the sight Of re.
llglOu- house la ruins. A large number Of these
houses. devoted 70 PRAYER and study and the relief
OF the poor, had been destroyed BY wicked King.
The speaker said he would not malign Henry
WILL, but in less than four years he nad destroyed
no less than three hundred and sevenfy-lve OF the
smaller religious houses IN England alone In Ire.
land seven hundred and eighty Inopastcries were
destroyed. Afterwards In England, In the year
l540, came still more sweeping destruction, when
six hundred and thrtysix OF the larger religious
houses were destroyed. In addition these there
were many chapels where was said
daily that met the same fate the larger
establishments. Here the speaker alluded to the
fact that none OF the property on which their
scended TO the third generation. which he thought
TO be punishment for the sin OF sacrlege. What
| u religious house If the ordinary run OF hIs-
torlans were to be believed would think that
monk was one OF the LATEST men In the world. low
| had these monks anything 10 dor Were they lazys
| Iney were smart enough TO get up at midnight or
BY two O'Clock every morning and engage In prayer
| Tor TWO hours The monks had charge also OF the
education OF the youth. That was no idle work and
was performed In no idle manner. Each great mon
astefy was university az well as religious house
The speaker said that OF these abbeys were so
large that the buildings alone covered sixty acres OF
ground. zlch has been said by non-C Cafhoic
writer's about the Kitchens OF the abbeys with the
intent 10 give the idea that the monks were more
studlous OF the wants OF the physical than Of the
spiritual man; but these Kitchens were large, some