The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-24

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bright ornament to the hierarchy and great
pillar Of tho Catholic Church, has quit the
scene of his ardnOps episcopal iabors, anu 10
n issv;na Behind. in the erection Of churches,
religious houses, and promoting
other works Of charity throughout the diocese
Of clonfsr many enduring 81 81 t me
glory Of God and the advancement of His
heavenly kingdom. The deceased. venerable
peslate was born in the parish OF Moor, withih
@our miles of Balinasloe, where he acquired his
preliminary classical education at the school
u MT. John O'Farrell. At comparatively |
early age he was ssnt to the college Of May
Most Rev. DR.. Costello. HIS collegiate course |
Us pre-emipently distinguished: He bore
away ct the close of each academtcal year all
ply, SCIENCE theology, Scriptures, and, having
Obtained first premium all through, at the end
of his third years theology he was promoted
his wonderful talent, genius and ability, COM
bined with the most unceasing unremitting
industry. Here, also, he bore away all the
Competition in his class, having completely
thrown into the share students who were two
wears in advance of him as to time on the es-
tablishment. After twelve months having Re,
second Junior dean at the college, which he
filed for two. years, when, after passing
through the ordeal OF competitive a M eaam Raa
eursus between himself and the late Rev. Hugh
Colgan F. Carraoane' ne was an1 Gn 10
.tSSh. On the death OF Dr. Coen, chosen by
the almost unanimous vote of the clergy and
on the strong tas Mnaa Rsv DR. p Maeaale
and the suffragans of the province, he was ad.
vanced by the Holy See to the bishopric OF
Clonfert, which he uniformly administered
with warm ZEAL great prudence and sound
jndoment. up to November last, when, in
obedience to the cal, of his Holiness the Pope,
he went to Rome to join and take part in the the
Eternal City. Finding his health breaking
down and his constitution giving way, he re-
turned, and spending short time in Dublin
under the care of Sir Dominick Corrigan, the
lamented prelate went down to Cam, county
Roscommon, the residence of his sister, Mrs.
Burke, widow of the late Walter Burke, ESQ.,,
where he fingered for the last month, until
sinking under o broken constitution, he calmly
resigned his pure, unblemished spirit into the
hands of his Maker at one o'clock, p. NJ on
Monday, in the midst of a circle of clergy, and
the bosom of his nearest relatives, who sur
rounded his dying bed at the awful moment of
his dissolution. A deeply learned, truly de.
vout, unaffectedly pious and unostentatiously
charitable bishop Of the Church is now gone
from his devoted people, who will long cherish
and revere his memory for his manageable
Derry has departed from amongst us, but it is
to inherit that glory, which, in the words of
the apostle, neither eye hath seen nor ear
hath heard reseat IN
saan.
THE LAND BILL IN THE LoRDs.-The Lords
have made nice havoc in the way of amend
ments with the Land Bill. The discussion on
clauses ended ON Tuesday night, but many i'm
Dortant points remain still to be discussed Oh
the report. On the whole it is perhaps as well
tinc a " Had they but made slight reductions
I'm the modicuna Of Justice given to the tenants
-unprotected by custom, the Commons might
for peace sake have allowed the changes to
1,o~Nuna law INIT thew have made such
sweeping "amendments as to render the
bill the merest mockery as regards the ordina-
s1 doubt Ct bu tsss
reject their amendments" IN globe. Having
on Thursday night mutilated the third clause
70 20 tnsn sas in the same spirit the fourth
clause. by which the tenant claims compensa
tion for improvements, and q number of small
changes were made in the clause, all directl,
: against the interests of the tenant. The mos
important amendment of the night was, how
ever, that moved by Lord Cianricarde to tn
sn. clause ss nsrisy es se
foct that the presumption shall still be that al
the improvements were made by the landlord
This amendment would, II allowed ss 1 TO stane
render it worthless as regards the ordinar
tenants. 1t was supported by the Duke G
Richmond, Lord Cairns and Others, who argue
fact been effected by Irish landlords, as if th
was ever denied, OF had anything to do wit
the question. 1t was CppoSeQ ny Sucn lriS
landlords as the Marquis of Lansdowne an
Lord Besborough; and, as far as argument
were concerned, every one advanced by til
demolished by the able and logical speech
our own Lord Chancellor, Lord OHagan.
is no question of making q landlord pay IL
his own improvements, it Is simply que
ton in the balance of Justice. Heretofore tt
law has decreed that every Improvement,
matter by whom made, belonged to the LAM
lord. This law, which Lord Clarendon
whose loss the empire has had so recently
Ieplore--are declared to be "felonious," is
F,e repealed and now the question is to who
are the improvements, pftmd tdcie, to be pr
aumed to belong, and on whom is the 0nas pr
6ondi to be laidf 1t is plain that the hndlol
has his books, his accounts, aud his records
sshow any improvements he has made III
moor illiterate tenant has none of these, an
consequently, to presume that the improv
ments are the landlords until they are prov.
not 70 BE SO by the tenant, is practical
: etfaloniouslyp to confscate the tenants prope
8y.-{bjd.
PETER BARRETT.-For the third time! Pet
Rarrett was, on Thursday week, put on tri
in the Court of Queens Bench for shooting
Captain Lambert. The process OF careful
selecting" q jury was gone through, as usna
q the Crown freely exercising its privilege
orSerinr iurors to "stand aside" Owing, no
ever. to the paucity of jurors in attendant
the exercise Of this privilege was on this c
easion limited; and when only ten Juro
were left unchallenged by the crown, it
found necessary to put on the jury Two
those who had been ordered to "stand aside
The case against the prisoner was stated
the Attorney General. When Captain Lal