The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-26

81 - JopM GRAY ON THE LAND BnL--In an1
1aEa6raph, local Irish paper speaks
q M Of the Land Bill. The freemas'd
~ cs.tyu, views it as measure of nn7
nllxsd svil. We quote from long article onI

described as bpt another name for Danish
paltry concession has been taken from them,
and by this proviao of Sir r. Palmer, which Mr..
Mccarthy Downing SO justly characterized asI
- sI pssssSg Of measure BY the House cf
CONS Vhich, nominslly protecting them,
must $ te9Aty ultimately destroy them. 1t is
the 90 House Hon V Of Commons, should be plainly
known. It il this, according to our Judgment
that Ulster tenants are protected, as also
thcss holding under custom analogous to that
few Goothern members fought hard and
1oya11N dswere rewarded by the Northern
- - saying ono single too a on behalf
Tor them came on. Besides this positive good,
compensation for improvements is everywhere
secured, but here the benefits of the act
and The only real practical. penalty that we
can discover to be put upon the evicting land
lord il the sum of two shillings and sixpence
sterling stamp duty which he must pay on his
boon to the tenant is set off an overwhelming
temptation held out to the landlord to evictI
and consolidate. It is true that to evict with
blunt, straightforward and unscicntific way
heretofore In vogue. He must bide his time
and " disturb" according to the latest fashion.
tenants cattle die of the murrain, or his crops
are blighted by the visitation of Providence
and then "common prudence" and duty to
medistel sna to ms get ria Of future possible
claimant on his purse. But if this process be
too slo@-if the cattle do not die and the crops
meana,ef eviction is now provided for him. He
zcan ask reasonable" increase of rent, and
evict the tenant for refusing to pay it, or, If
he accepts, evict him for temperament Of rent
thus run his rent up to any competition figure
he pleases, and always have it in his power to
eyiot the tenant who refuses s to pay II, t6s
rent another man is willing to pays The
Court must take this view, more especially as
Mr.. Fortescue, who ought to understand his .
own Bill, says that the principle of valuation
is not contained in it, and therefore reason
able" rent, and Z" Obtainable" rent must be re-
garded by the Court as convertible terms. /
Any tenant, therefore, who fooishiy imagines
that this Bill confers even stability OH him .
should know as plainly as possible his own
position, and be told that, except he can defy
save compensation for improvement. In our =
opinion, if this Bill, which tonight is to be :
read a third time in the House of Commons,
remains law in it's present shape for the twenty
years for which it is proposed to be enacted,
the owner of q small farm will have become,
before that time is expired, positive curiosity
cd, and the twenty acre farmers will haveI
been exterminated But the people of Ireland|
have something yet to say to this matter, and
We trust that some means OF Ei7ing reaiil
G stability" to the cultivators of che soil will
he in operation.
TIN LATE ORANGE FRAcAs.-At the Belfast
Polioe-sourt, on the application OF Mr.: John3
Enniskillen and the Hon. Lowry Cole, N. p,
rs witnesses on the occasion of the late ffacasH
between the Masters of Lodges in the Orangel
Hall, Belfast. The books and documents of
the Orange Society are to be produced in the
case, which is to be heard in September. Mr..
Rea stated that the meeting of the Grand
Lodge held at Enniskillen was for the purpose|
of expelling Mr.. Johnston for advocating the
ballot. The independent Orangemen purposeI
sending representatives to sustain Mr.. John
ston. If expelled, it is said that he will joinI
the independent association as Grand Master.
There is considerable excitement on the sub
jeot among the Belfast Orangemen.
TEE Mosr REV. DIR. CoNTAY. = The Most
Rev: DR.. Contay, Lord Bishop of Fillmore, ar.
rived from Rome in Cavan to the great joy of
the diocese. His lordship is in the enjoy ment
of excellent health, and presided on Sunday
at charity sermon preached by tue Very Rev
John Mcguire, p. p, ". G., Glenfarne, in aid
of the Christian Brothers' schools in this town
DEATH OF THE VERY Rev. WIN. OBRIENI
p. p, VIC, LURGAN.-The diocese of Dromore|
has inst lost one of it's oldest and most vener
WIN. o'Brien, r. p, v. G., Lurgan, which took
place at the parochial house in that town at
AN early hour the I'd inst. The deceased
college of Maynooth in 1916. He was ordained
80 the holy order of the priesthood on the 18th
August, 1922 and was at once appointed to the
priest of the same mission on the 9th Septem-
Der, 1924, two years after his ordination. He
had attained the ripe age of seventy-four
years and very few of his college companions
now survive him.
VICEREGAL VIsTT TO THE MATER MIsERI-
CoRDLE HOSPITAL - Their Excellencies the
Lord Lieutenant and the Countess Spencer, at
tended by Captain Campbell, A. d. c., visited
the above institution on the I'd inst, and were
received by the Sister Superioress and the
medical officers. Their Excellences were con-
Quoted from the board room along the mag
nificent corridors, through the spacious wards,
and inspected the entire building including
the new wing, which, although partly COM
pleted, is not yet occupied by patients. Their
Excellericies appeared greatly pleased with
the appearance and proportions of the hos
pital-its thorough ventilation, its scrupulous
cleanliness, its admirable arrangements, and
the care with which the sick poor were tended
by the Sisters of Mercy: His Excellency made
many minute inquiries as to the number of
3atients in the hospital, their classification,
the mode of admission, the management and
Support of the institution, etc. His Excel
1enoy was informed that the hospital was
lions. That it was open to all classes and
creeds, and that the only recommendation re-
! quired for admission was the sad one of being
eick or disabled, which appeared to please him
very much.
\, ATHLoNE FAIR.-May 25th.-The character
which this ancient fair has always held, for
pnrity and excellence of stock, and the pur-
chasers are all well satisfied-sellers seldom
3ro-was fully maintained on this occasion, ii
we except the porcine department., in which
4here was very remarkable decrease, owing,
NO dORbt, in q great measure to the continued
prevalence Of that seourge of the poor mans,