1 MARCH 1884, Page 13

AN ENGLISH CATHOLIC ON IRELAND. (To rim F.nrrox or THE

" SpEcuroa.") SIR,—I am glad to know that Mr. Orby Shipley has not left the Catholic Union, as that body could ill spare a zealous worker; but I saw it stated in a Catholic paper that Mr. Shipley had resigned, and no contradiction had, when I wrote, appeared. I hope Mr. Shipley will consider this a sufficient apology. That attempts have been made to move that society in a Nationalist direction, happily in vain, I deliberately and distinctly affirm.