The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-18
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4uite9 ~ industry are, In q large measure,
M!ansasfsSd 70 another, can enjoy. compare
Passed ananimously, after which the pro-
ceedi1gs terminated.
a Fair FSeld.n-A competitive exami-
nation for the medical service Of the ROYAL
DAyX came OF on the 9TH, 9Th, 9th and 10th
oeZMovember. It was the first occasion on
1icn the.candidates were not subjected to
4 twelvemonth's /" training" at Woolwich.
circumstances which had the effect of pre-
venting lrish candidates, except the sons
OF wealthy men, aud these are very few,
rom entering the list. However, this i'm
Pediment being removed, Celtic talent vim
2cated its old prsstige, and every single
aacelyss carried OFF BY Irish candidates.
81 sware Of Irish superiority, the gov
sing bodies hitherto attached conditions
4ich the slender purses of most Irish ia
1t were unable TO fulfil; but no sooner
this object removed, and fair field
red, than England and Scotland fell
the background, and the pupils of our
colleges showed them the way.-Ros-
sos Messenger.
he recent pastoral of his Eminence
1inal Cullen goes fully into the question
be pretty clearly what the country
T. pc and what it must have. The Es-
lshment asoendancy has been done
~ with, and now that of education
|st vanish. Poor and rich are equally
ected In the matter, and the large sums
W given up for the educational training
RIotestants only must be made available
the edncstion of all classes of the COM
hunity. simultaneously with his Emil
Aence's pastoral, Monsignore Woodlock,
lpetOr OF the Catholic University, has ad-
gpeaeed his annual letter to the Catholic
eaergy OF ireland respecting the collection
Tor the institution.
:'.ss Of Rss,.''g +
Etween Russia and England, and the immi-
!nence of war, if the arrogant demands of
the CsAr be not withdrawn, give point and
urgency to the question, is England pre-
pared, and what has she been doing to
make provisi0n for enforcing her Treaty
rights We lately called attention to the
AbeOlute failure Of the recruiting scheme
in Ireland, and mentioned. some circum-
stances TO accOuntsfor the fact. We regret
10 cay that no Improvement whatever has
peen since made, and We have to repeat
hat there is no enlistment worth speaking
II going on.
An important meeting was held in the
vestry-room, sBarr0nstrand street, Water
fsEd, on Monday. The Most Rev. DIR.
OBrien, Lord Bishop, presiding, for the
purpose of peyfeeting arrangements to hold
public meeting here to express sympathy
with his Holiness Pope Plus TX, in his
present affections, and to protest against
the brutal invasion of the Papal territory
by Victor Emmanuel. A reQuisition with
1000 signatures attached, was handed to
sk;s@ axdsl,ip, asking him to call a public
meeting. 1t was then decided to hold q
public meeting on Tuesday, the 9th of De-
cember.
The Irish Volunteers in Fyance.-Sauu-
ders publishes the following extract from
the letter of an Irish lady, written in Caen
on the 18th -" Poor France is making a
supreme effort now. Our countrymen,
nesday for Chateaudun. They were very
fine, able bodied men, and beautifully
drilled but they are supposed from this
and other circumstances to have been Fe-
mans. One reason is, they threatened to
attack Humby's Hotel and put down the
Queen's Arms.
Died.-At Clara, Kings County, on the
Sd November, 1870, James White, an
earnest and Jealous worker in his country g
cause. Dying ON the very threshold of
manhood, his hour of dissolution was EN- :
Uttered by the one regret-that he had not
lived long enough to witness the triumph
of the principles of which he was fear
less and consistent advocate during life.
The epitaph of James White is q simple,
and. withal, an eloquent ohe-he was u
true Trshman and an honest man.-Iftsh-
man.
Arrest of Alleged Fenians.-A telegram
from London states that two Irishmen,
named respectively John Walsh and Thos.
Boucher, who were unprecedented at the
Victoria Railway Station, Manchester,
while entering the train for Leeds, were
brought mp at the Manchester Police Court
charged with being Fenians. They had in
their possession when arrested 300 cart
ridges and number of secret documents
in cypher. They were remanded for III
quiries.
Other Meetings.-On the Goth inst. also,
simultaneously in all the parishes of the
diocese of Killaloe, at which the proceed
ings were of q nature similar to that of the
meetjpps referred to above. Next Sunday
we understand, several other meetings for
the same purpose will be held; and before
another fortnight shall have elapsed, every
county of Ireland shall have spoken out
cmphatically and strongly in sympathy
with the Holy Father and in condemnation
of the gross violation of international law
of which he has been the victim.
The Political Prisoners.-A special meet
ing of the Municipal Council, convened by
a 1umerously signed and influential requl-
sition, was held on Wednesday in the City
Hall Ito consider the propriety OF appeal
ing to the government to carry out, before
The rioors of winter set in, what was con
sidered to be their promises to ioerate tne
. Irish political prisoners before the close %
the present year." There was large a1,
tendance of memb ers of the Council, ana
tha galleries were crowded with citizens.
The London Irish ambulance Corps.-A'
the Central Criminal Court, on Monday,
the Grand Jury returned true bill against
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