The Irish Catholic Bishops complain very justly that Lord Mayo
chose to think their last letter on the University question final. There was nothing at all in the letter which produced on our minds the impression that the terms asked for were final, and we supposed Lord Mayo had had some private intimation that they could not be departed from. This, however, is now known not to have been the case. The truth clearly is, that the Government had hoped to satisfy the Roman Catholics, and detach them from Mr. Gladatone's party ; that finding this was not possible, and that they could not serve two masters, that either they mint hate the Catholics and love the Protestants, or cling to the Catholics and despise the Protestants, they elected the Protestant cry which Mr. Disraeli is now prosecuting with so much vigour under favour of the " awful dispensation of Providence" which he dwelt upon at the Merchant Taylors' dinner.
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