The New York herald., 1870-01-02
The Irish Land Question, or Tenant
Right and English Troops.
Earl Granville on Colonial
Empire.
The Anti-P Papal Council in Naples.
Its Principles and
Platform.
ENGLAND.

Battle Ground--M Misery Wo0lwich-Re.
duction in tho British Army-The Marines
The Guards.
LONDON, Dec. IS, 1862
without intruding upon the mission which your
Irish correspondents have In hand may be permit
ted to make some remarks upon the Fenian organi-
cation as 1t now exists IN London. was told yes.
.erday by friend of mine, who himself belongs to
the brotherhood that In this metropolis no
less than 100 900 enrolled ablebodied Irishmen who
each contribute, regularly Saturday night comes
round one shilling 10 the fund. Divide 100000 shil.
lings bv 20 and you have $1,000 sterling; or II
mistake not-Ior 1 am not good hand at cal
cuiatlng American coins and invariably get
into rnuddle between many dollars in
currency and SO many In gold-somethIng
like $25, 900 OF your money. Multiply a2ain $4,000
by So, the number or weeks ia the year, and you
have the astounding sun OF G26oo00 sterling. up
wards OF a million and quarter OF dollars sub
scribed every year In London towards the Fenan
Innd There arel tell the tale as IL was told to
some thirty or forty public houses and taverns in va.
rlOus parts OF the town In which the money OF the
brethren IS collected for the district ana the VIA.
rious then taken to a certain central place.
not very far from Fleet street. and paid to the head
treasurer, VINO, on the following Monday, banks the
whole amount with o foreign banking drm, where 1t
stands to the credit OF three trustees II in any OF
shilling for the week 1t Is Immediately subscribed for
him by the Others present. l have often asked my
Informant what his friends intend dong with this
amount, ana his reply confirms the opinion have
more than once expresses IN my letters 10 the
HERALD-namely, tnat the Fenian plot, rather the
Fenian conspiracy s n0s dead but merely asleep:
ana that, false and delusye as those hopes may be
and no doubt are, the Fenlans hope and trust, and
beeve and Will yet struggle to establish republic
to nil ion, hnfx
country and Engl~nd
Win they succeedS In common with every man in
England, do believe they can Ut least not for
many years to come, and by that time 1t TO be
hoped that Dir. Gladstone Will have so far estab-
lsbed fair ana honest government In Ireland to
enectualy stamp out the spirit OF revolt, by showing
tho people that they can be much more happy as
peaceful subjects OF the crown than as rebels. But
we cannot disguise the fact that there rough,
very rough, times in store for The worst ene-
mics Irelana had the Fenians; for they are
actually dong their Uest to prevent any just mea-
sares being earned through the Legislature. men,
toned last week that the government in pos
session OF information that caused 5000 regular
troops In addition 10 those now quartered there. to
be sent to Ireland. To-day learn that two more
regiments are TO proceed immediately TO the same
DESTINATION and that rs last as the regiments now
on tneir way from India arrive In England they are
to oe garrsoned III this country, wnle the corps
they relieve are TO 20 TO Ireland. II Is proposed
TO have before st. Patrck's Day, the l7tn March,
those now doing garrison duty Inere These 10000
men are to be divided into live flying columns OF
1000 men each. Every column IS to be under
general officer, and is to be complete III cavalry,
artillery, infantry ana commssarlat as well tents
II needfu. Win this display oil force Mr. Gladstone
Is OF opinion that IL will not be needful 70 suspend
the Habeas Corpus act. Now Is not this state OF
things very mucn like retrlDuti0n upon England for
the evil she has worked both IN Europe and America
during the last twenty yearsy Where has there
been rebelon, where q revolution, where an armed
resistance to lawIul authority tnat we have not
sympathzed with, and has not been nounded on by
tne English pres5Y
AS tue present Emperor OF the French when living
In England, some twenty odd years ago, as private
genteman) SAID to u friend OF inInc You EngisI-
men seem really to rejoice and make merry wnen-
ever any other government IS III trouble; but you
may rest assured that your turn Will come some day,
ana tnat when 1t does you will suter more than any
country has done before you rms anecdoIc was
told me very lately by the gentleman TO whom IN
1874 or lo45 the present Emperor spoke these
OF Napoleon Ill. It seems really to be one
OF national taliings, that OF exaltiny
into heroes every one That attempts to overthrow
authority If JEFF Davis had landed in England
during your great civil war he would nave been
made more OF than had an angel from on high
VISITED us. But we don't like revon home. We
growl at the United states because she allows tne
Fenan leaders 10 have habitatlon on her land;
but we quite forget how we not only give shelter
but actually help To Seedy perSonages wnO come to
England TO consplre against nearly every govern
ment in Europe, and VINO are actually made heroes
OF because from their places Oh safely III this land
they conGrive by their plottines and writings TO
water The presence OF our Meet, ana the Well
known wishes or the English government on TINS
hand cost tue King 81 Naples ais domlnGns. o, 10
Hannibal that worked tue guns by which the tate OF
Caprera was turned. The revolution In SPAN was
brought aoout by English Rol0. Would the south
nave neld Out for SIX months against the Nortl
except that the Coniederates believed that help
would reach them from Englandf No. And l fear
that We nave not yet seen or heard the ast o the
retrlbutiou when VIII be nhicteu upon Us or what
we have done.
Parliament is to meet In February, and already
there are signs OF the polcal struggle which Will
take place during the next SESSION. AS told you III
a former letter, the conservative party are deter
nlned to do battle with the Ministry upon four ques-
tons. First that OF secular educatlon, Dy Wnich
they will appeal 10 the regions feelings Of very
large number of ali denominations. Second upon
the irish Church question revived, by saying tnat
disestaDishment and disendowment hAye made Ire
land more disturbed than ever Third, upon the
colonial question, by which they viii appeal TO tue
national pride OF John Bull, aud attempt to show
That the Of allowing the coionies 10 snt Tor
themselves must emf III breaking up OF tue empire
oSs cass~or Ought 70 say ciasses-that has been
injured In pocket by the immense Reductions that
hays taken place In ali our public establishments
The nrst OF these four questions as | have good
reesen to believe, Mr. Gladstone WI avoid alto
gs:her and IN spite oil numerous and NOISY section
education bill, ne VIII take steps TINS
session to introduce any education bni. The
second, about the irish Churcn, VIII only be
cry but cry which may do the Ministry harm
with the more unrenecting OF the community: anu
am sorry to say tnat III England TINS category
one OF when very great deal can be made by those
who want to raise good political battle cry. And
the fou th that OF the reductions winch have taken
place III our public departments, Is one which Will
also give ministers great deal OF trouble.
happened the otner day 10 20 down the river to
woolwcn, where lis situated one of the dock yards
tnat mas been shut up and was quite amazed TO
rnd the enormous amount VI misery existing every
where and in every direction. Of the small, four
roomed houses formerly inhabited 0y shipbutders
and others of the better class OF mechanics there are
now 800 uninhablted. Or men and women who 4
year ago were the receipt OF good weekly wages
there are now upwards oil 500 In the w0rkhouse and Of
the small trade5men who used To supply these people
with what they ate, and drank and wore more tnan
nfty have become bankrupts Moolwich used To be
one OF the most thriving places IN England. The
inhabitants had always good wages and were
certain OF WORK. Now itis the most utterly mi5er.
able IRsolvent LOOKING town ever was IN. And
wnen we remember tnaI this has been entirely caused
by shutting up the dockyard and that the sei-saint
thing has been done at Pembroke, in South Wales
at Plymouth. ut Deptford on tue Thames, IN grea
measure even at Portsmouth, and still more a Green
wich tt may easily be imagined that, although Mr