The Sun. — 1869-03-23 (London, England)

SECRET SOCIETIES, THE IRISH CHURCH. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Armagh likes Lord Oranmore and Browne writes to the Daily Fenianism as little as the Beresfords like it. The Telegraph giving his objections to the Irish Church Primate of Ireland could not denounce Fenianism Bill. "I object to its provisions," he says, " because more vigorously than his episcopal brother (or the powers given to commissioners are unprececompetitor ?) has done. He declares of Ribbonism dented and unconstitutional, because they are untrue that it was " conceived in darkness, nourished by to the preamble, dishonest as touching private intemperance, supported by violence, treachery, and endowments, and that, while they ignore the bloodshed, that the hideous monster spreads desolation claims of the Protestant laity, they deal more wherever it penetrates. It has been the most power- favourably with the interests of those clergy who ful instrument in the hands of the exterminator had no claims on Church funds than with the just —the most _powerful aid of the cruel petty tyrant claims of the clergy of the - Church itself." His —it demoralises society, and extinguishes the ' lordship chiefly addresses himself to what we generous instincts of our nature." He adds that may call the denominational objection. He points ftrtc_. se.loo_o, ..nat--u-" all secret societies are branded with the anathema out that reformat-nay i industrial i i 4 ss nf the Clowoh, and the crimes of agrarian outrage tions for training nurses, deaf and dumb asylums, and murder nre condemned by the natural and and refuges for those of weak intellect are carried Divine laws. Tho Church has always condemned on by the energy of the different sects ; the larger these crimes. Murder cries to heaven for vengeance, number of the population being Roman Catholics, a and agrarian outrages attack the fundamental laws larger number are tended by friars and nuns. The of society. Our rights and our liberties are not to end of the lives of these persons is- to convert to be promoted by violence and bloodshed. Evil is not Romanism. In giving the money to these people, to be done that good may follow. But what good Mr. Gladstone will be giving it towards the propagacould come from the violation of God's law ? Or tion of Popery. The preamble of the bill declares what services could the members of secret societies that the endowment shall not be used for the teachrender to their country ?" He concludes by caution- ing of religion. The measure itself disregards the ing the young men of Ireland how they are deluded preamble. Lord Oranmore goes on to say that the by emissaries who, pretending to be friends, are in measure will please the Catholics, but is a palpable reality-the worst enemies of the country. insult to Protestants. He finishes his epistle by THE LAST DRUNKEN DRAMA, abusing the Roman Catholic clergy and extolling the virtues of the Protestants. While the latter are Legman, a Sheffield rinder, said to be a very intelligent man, got drunk on Thursday night, and all that can be wished, the Roman Catholic priests, of tea by the hands of their lay in bed on Friday to sleep off his debauch. His as a body, and the lower orders of l I ish led by them, * wife sent him up a cup are now, as ever, religiously and ' politically youngest child, a boy four years old. A few to the English and Protestant connection. T hostile hey look minutes later the drunkard came down stairs, and for the establishment of a national and Socialist saying "Go and look at Harry—he is dead," went Republic, in which the Roman Catholic clergy expect out of the house. The wife rushed up stairs and to have a dominant influence. The more that is found the child, a few minutes before well and happy yielded to violence, the more will be demanded, weltering in his blood, and quite dead. His father' backed by still greater violence, which soon _will prohad all but severed his head from the body, duce feelings of bitter hostility between c class, and religion and religion, ud Great y '' W ass and _ This tale moves even the not very susceptible Daily Britain having again to reconquer endinglreland. Telegraph to ask, When will human creatures cease to put an enemy into their mouths to steal away