New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-19
DEIAWARE.-IOyFrcIAL.
SKETCHES LECTURES
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE LECTURES.
Irish Emigration.
BY REV. BERNARD o'REILLY.

The second Lecture of the present sessos|
before the Catholic Institute delivered last eve
ing at the suyvesant Institute, by Rev. BEnxA1
OREILLY, of st. Johns College, Fordham, on the q
jcct of "Irish Emigration" The Rev. Speaker es{
menced his discourse by portraying, in vivid ecs,
the extent and ranges of the cholera and N
fever OH board the various ships laden %
emgrants, on their arrival on the sh0e1
of the ST. Lawrence about five years vi
also tho inspired energy OF the Catholic Priests q
Nuns In allevating the suerngs of the victims and
ministering to their wants. He then alluded, in sev
terms, to the heartlessnees of the British Governm|
In allowing ships to he overburdened with emigrsH|
by which disease was promoted that in fact the ds
geons which had been described by British writeri
exist In Naples and other places within that Kingds
sunk into the shade when compared with the horro
met with on board those emigrsnt ships; and So
toned, as il was, by that model Government Wild
sympathy extended to the downtrodden mssses
every natien its own. Amid ally the misery, n
titution and pcstilence of which he had been an 4
witness, he felt encouraged by tho hope that the n
mighty God would bring some good out Of 1t. lie n
not then touched the coil of America nevertheless II
felt convinced that deep feelings Of sympathy pervs|
the hearts Of American people toward the sons q
daughters Of Ireland. He felt assured that the ss
lencc Of ls47 was destined for some great end 81
making statement Of circumstances connected wlhk
HI toryolreland he should notdo 30 without somefe
onthesubject but he would promise that every fact ~
he should adducc he could substantiate He thsu
ferred back TO the time Of Queen Elizabeth, and ~
from that period the various prosecutions Of The CO
lies, and the degradation and poverty to which The ~
had been brought at different periods that at -
upward of eight millions Of her people were ssrH
While her grannries were filed to Overlooking "
ing described the situation Of Ireland he reveredne
fpring oil le47 when the tide Of emf grafton began
Tor the StLawrence, and soon the prison wsl eros~
hospitals, and old huks were emphed and Their o.
occupants thrown upon the Canadian sh0es-N
landlords with projections OF charity and bsnevde.
had induced the r tenants to leave their chenS
homes by giving them pretended checks on Cans
merchants lie then again portrayed tho spresa I"
pestilence which broke out amens the thousands
thousands Of enligrants during the summer Of -
when whole families were swept away, and no1
CATHOLIC Bishops, Clergy and Nuns sacriSced tna'
lives In afiordDg aid and comfort to the dying u
French Canadians then nobly contributed eight %
and pounds for the victims OF discase and destaN
1t also afforded him peculiar pleasure 70 refer 2.
NN'N-NN' VI iilo VI te-7 "a.
Hon. Earl OF Elgin, who regularly went dsTn
hospitals to examine the state Of things tesneS
cheerfully, and he adopted Whatever sugsesnoa'
made TO him that were calculated 10 alienS'
sufeIjngs Of the victims of disease and the sns
the Asylum OF the Province offered to goto the
tine to afford such relief there as they could ana
the spring brought with it the cholers, inc l
hearted Governor was seen going through 'ns
and examining their condition and wants, sn.
the conduct of descendant Of Scotands Rcya -
The Reverend speaker then made some ss's. 9
sions to the conduct Of Lord Pslmerstcn. ~ 1
course pursued by the British Governmsrf f'-
tie school system forced upon the Irish. he h'.
ceeded to chow that the Irish, with Their - ~
hearts, with their livery Of AFFECT gait aud W. -
accent, were possessed Of every virtue, eFe'y
every capability to stand forth conspicuorsH ~
legislative halls, also in the walks 81 pubic -
private life; that the daughters Of ireland M -
credit every position in which they were pi'er, y
their virtues and private worth were Prosc'< ~
they ever studied the interests Of their csfIap
The lecturer went on TO show tiist lreisns ~
birthplace OF freedom, that her sons Ia Con- -
by thousands would eventually have an '"l~' 1