He would have written sooner, but he was waiting to see Mrs. Hassett, which he was able to do a short time ago. He was in Cork a week ago and stayed with Mrs. Hassett, who is not bearing this dreadful climate very well and stays indoors most of the time. He dined at her sister's in Cork where he met Bishop William Delaney, who is a charming man and the only Irish prelate he had met who appreciated the Irish officers of the Pope. There is great indifference in Ireland regarding the Pope's position, with the exception of the Diocese of Dublin, where Cardinal Paul Cullen keeps interest alive. Most of the people, clergy and laity alike seem to think the Lord will set things aright without help from the faithful. They seem opposed to the temporal power or totally indifferent on the subject. All they know is what they read in the Times or Daily News, both of which are enemies of the papacy and the Church. Such other news as is received from distant Catholic papers is taken from London papers in whose veracity they can have little faith. Not until the Cardinal places a man of his choice in every See in Ireland will things be right. Doyle's friend Miss O'Keefe is to be married to a very young police officer named Redmond. He dined with a young lady who met Doyle at Loreto and she asked to be remembered to him. Doyle is fortunate to be in Rome rather than in Dublin where it is always raining. If the writer once gets back to Rome, he will never leave. He read of the demonstrations at the opening of parliament in Rome. The Emperor of Brazil showed bad taste in assisting at the ceremony. The illness of the Prince of Wales is causing great consternation among the loyal subjects, but his loss would not be noticed, since he was good for nothing. Miss Ella B. Edes is still at her correspondence and must be doing an immensity of good in America. IN the James Alphonsus McMaster papers. :: I-1-o A.L.S.incomplete 4pp. 12mo.