The New York herald., 1870-05-09

the neighboIing clcrgymen offered 10 do dty Tor
hia one IN the morning tne Other in sha evening IL
upoa the tistitutin OF the Last Suppe. d on he
werds ms y my body" The preacher III Tho
morn ng took the Catnoiic view ami preached a ar
mon up - Mo truth or he real presence, and that
Christ wa5 70 be adored in lhe sac aneDt Of no
~ haIl,t. the preacher IN the evening not hag.
preached CAV 04t disc lr 0 TINT tho mos ultra
Protestant could not but admit aud denoune ed the
40 trne OF The r al p esence a. ''tne most utterly
soui-desti oying heresy which mad ever ured sous
iato he'll" raese " re h : exact words as told me
by nearer on whose estate tie church IS ouit Well
coming out Of church Ia the eveung ''Them oc tw o
rare good sarmons, 81, but l should ike TO know
which doctrine was the right one." woa
WHERE TOi
In fact the whole phase OF religion In England Is
now We'll worth studying, Within the last few years
sal ing has arisen Into vogue which, In 4 Jew
think upon this subject. "Iura inadel turn Ca,ho-
lic or 90 mad.n Is al Expression which needs but
think they must ether rely entirely upon their own
lud slnent ana take TO what Is called "natural re-
Lslon" a or else has ihey must give up entirely all
private judgment and rely NJ on the aching OF an-
other, otherwise The controversies OF The day win
drive them denented. Fashion has certainly taken
of that sham Catholicism which 10 called Anglican
rituaitom but reaI Catho fcisni certainly holds ITS
own and something more even IN the regions Of
tended, and curious enough, none az which the pro-
portion o. me:i - women ls 30 great. .. the
hpuldu tbtuouC CHuICucS ~ rbEm SLTctu
spanish place, the Oratogy, Bayswater, che sea-
Great Ormond street and others. AMI, srange
to say. some u tne leading Cahoic priests IN me
converts ffom Anglicanism to the Roman Church
There are IN England. as Catholic paper informed
last week. upwards OF 200 Ca hOlc priests, OF one
eighth Of the whole number, who were once minis
tiers OF the Churen OF England, as by law established;
and among the leading men OF the laity among
Roman Catholics, II is the same. There are
no fewer than ten peers-namely, Lord Beaumont
the Earl or Buchan the Marquis Of Butte the Earl or
borousn' The the E Earl Z Of aranaa, I Lord % Howden the
Earl OF oxford and Lord Louth-who are all converts
to the Catholic Church. and have become so within
the last twenty years Among the haronets of Eng
land there are no less than eighteen who have
joined the same Church from Angiicanism during
the last quarter Of century.
All this, to say nothing OF the host of men With
out titles VINO have travelled the same roai, inai-
Gates the bent OF the public mind In England at the
spirits among the comic journals or London have
each Of Them gentleman VINO is y % convert from
Punch, and Arthur a. Beckett OF the Torndhd,ok. 10
these may be added the leading speaker and reader
OF best if the best dramatlst Of the present
day. Surely all tnis indicates that change Is CON-
ing over the spirit OF our dream ere very long In re
m IRELAND AND THE IRISH.
During the last week an Old report has been re.
to VISIT Ireland this summer. / doubt very much
whether there Is any foundation for the same. Ire
land Is not yet in condition to be visited
by the royal family. We have behaved too
badly to the country. Even now what
does our much boasted legislation in the land
amount tos Sooner or later we must let Ireland
have her own Parliament and then, but not TILL then,
she will be prosperous and cOntented. The Prince OF
Wales Is 80 people say fully convinced as are many
OF the highest In the land that 1t IL only after re.
peal OF the Union that the sister Isle can ever be
properly governed. rL
THE PREMIER.
1t is curious TO observe how Mr.. Gladstone who
year ago was certainly the most popular man in Ire
land, may now be said TO be exactly the reverse
do not believe that from Belfast to Cork there IL now
more unpopular name throughout tho whole cOun-
trump card in his hand with which he win yet sur
prise us. believe 1t; and am OF opinion that when
t turns up that card Will be Irish Parliament for
Ireland. IL only be the intense and stupid
hatred which Englishmen Of all classes have for real
reforms which can delay that measure.