The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-14
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attorney general has, contrary to all prece-
dent, refused to fiat the writ of error in the
cases of Messrs. Sullivan and Pigott:. The
effect of this decision is to prevent the OBJ
jections to the conviction taken by Messrs
Butt, Heron, Molloy, and Cream from being
argued before court of appeal. This is
certainly very extraordinary stretch of
authority. Were there no precedents on
the subject, we should have expected that
in case Of the kind, Of rare 0ccurre0ce and
peculiar in the issues involved, the fat
would have been given as matter of course.
But, as q matter of fact, there are strong
and direct precedents against the arbitrary
decision of the crown official.
The Dublin Irishman Of recent date
says: AS announced by "our own corre-
honor of knighthood on the Lord Mayor of
Dublin civilian Carroll). The occasion
selected for the performance of this act was
the presentation of the address of the Dub
lin corporation sympathizing with her ma
jesty on the attempt on the life of the Duke
Of Edinburgh, and congratulating her on
his escape.
The Freeaan's Journal of the 18th ult.
says: Within the last few days the ships
Granite State and Cutwater arrived at
Kingstown from San Francisco with wheat
for Dublin. The first named had fifteen
hundred tons on board.
WExFoRD.3The Wexford People saysE
On Sunday morning, 10th ult., in the chapel
attacked to the Convent Of Mercy, the Lord
Bishop conferred the holy order of priest
hood upon Rev. jeremiah O'Connor, Adams
town, and that of deaconship on Rev.
Thomas Roche, Levitstown, nephew of Very
Rev. Canon Roche, SIS. Michael and Johns,
Dublin. Both gentlemen received their
preliminary education under his lordship's
Immediate care at st. Peters College, the
Rev. Mr.. O'COnnor having subsequently
gone to Maynooth, and Rev. Mr.. Roche to
Louvain. =
K1LKENNY-The Moderator announces
with regret the death of John De Montmo-
rency, Esq, of Gastle Morris, in his fifty
fifth year. t,u..e...
K1LpARE.-The Lord Chancellor, on the
recommendation of the Duke of Leinster,
has appointed Robert Archbold, Esq,
Davidstown House, to the commission Of
the peace for the county Kildare.
observation-disclosures. Algernon w. F. Gre,
pointed deputy lieutenant for the county
Westmeath, in the place of the late Mr..
Featherstone Haugh.
LoUTH.-The Dublin Freeman of the 18th
ult. says: We sincerely regret that we are
called ON to record the death of the Rev. DR..
Dardis, Franciscan Convent, Drogheda.
For long term of years DR.. Dardis was
well known, not only in Drogheda, where
he has been stationed for considerable
period, but throughout Ireland, for his great
piety and the beautiful, transformations
character of his magnificent charity. Those
who We're honored with the acquaintance of
the Jealous and modest Franciscan will long
deplore his death, which took place yester-
day morning in the Franciscan Convent of
Drogheda.
On Monday, 18th ult., the new bridge at
Drogheda, first on the river Boyne from the
sea, was formally declared open for public
traffic-the mayor, accompanied by Alder
man Mathews, driving over it.
CoRK.-The Examiner announces the
death of Sister Mary Augustine Guam. of
the Convent of the Sisters of Charity, in
Peacock lane. For the last eight and
forty years she might be seen daily visiting
the abodes of the destitute, bearing comfort
and relief to the victims of sickness and
poverty; whilst by herearnest, heart-touch-
ing remonstrances she brought back from
the way of evil hundreds who had lived in
utter neglect to every moral and religious
obligation. The deceased lady was daugh.
ter to the Merchant of Waterford" to
whom the celebrated Bishop Miner ad-
dressed some of his " Letters on Ireland,-
and aunt to- the late deeply lamented
Thomas f. Meagher.
The same paper also announces with regret
7 the sudden death of Nh. John Peter Hardy
one of the leading members of the old es-
tablished firm of Simeon Hardy & Sons, OF