The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-03

sne porucos q the National Senate .-,I1id
INC x,0ssssc0k Rt6eoHSsy lNQWjrv.--A cor
resP0ndence which has taken place betweh
sne Royal Communication appointed 20 inouir
1.S t shS treatment OF tho political prisoner
ana tne Amnesty Association il not caIcu
lated TO impress the minds Of the Irish neo
PIE with tho belief that the prepOaed in
a@iry will be full, fair and satisfactorv
me Amnesty Association proposed sstha,
soMo gentleman of unexceptionable char.
The ra anu position, to be approved Of by
sue commissioners, should be permitted to
70 present at the inquiry, to put questions
~ tne witnesses, and to suggest to the
Sommissl0ners cases to be inquired into,
ana the names of witnesses to be called :
snls interference, of course, to be in all re-
OF the Commission" With this very rea-
sonable request the Commissioners declined
70 comply, but offered to take suggestions
from the Amnesty Association as to the
witnesses to be examined and the points to
pe inquired into. As, if the Amnesty Asso-
De lending themselves to creating the delu-
sion that they possessed any influence over
the inquiry, and'would be thought to have
sanctloned an investigation held with
crossed doors, they naturally enough reject
~ -. 80 ana now Mr.. Butt, in letter to the
Ear OF Devon, repeats the request of the
amnesty Association. To his letter no re-
ply has yet been sent. All we can saw il.
that we agree with all our Irish contempo,
rarles OF every shade of political opinion
when they assert that an inquiry without
~. the presence OF some trusted advocate of
cne prisoners will be pronounced by the |
whole country to be a "sham."-Nation.
Suspected Fenians in London.-The hear.
Ing OF the charge of treason felony against |
w lIson and Davitt, who were lately can
tured on the platform of q railway station
In London, has been resumed on two sew
erai occasions since we wrote last week on
The subject; and the tendency of the evil
dence adduced has been to prove that tha
prisoners had been engaged in the convey
ance OF arms and ammunition from Biz
nlngnam to London, Newcastle and Dub
IN. The only difficulty, apparently, in the
Hay OF establishing prim0 yjacie the charge
u felony, is to prove that the pris.
.ners have been connected with the Fenian
53rotnerhood, and, except the evidence of y
;orydon, nothing has yet been adduced bv
ne crown to establish such q Connection. '
! tne course of the evidence it appeared !
nat several casks containing arms and t
mmun1tion were sent to Ireland. and CON 8
lgned to merchants in the country towns n
me OF these "a Mr.. John Flannery, of Bal v
agaadereen,) writes to the Freeman to sav {
nat he knew nothing whatever of the con, p
enment, and that the consignor took adj a
antage OF his position as large country tt
ea!er, and directed the casks to him. Fol, c,
wing close upon the arrest of Davitt and tt
1llson, another arrest has been made of a ii
opposed lrlshman named John Leedom. is
!, charge OF firing revolver at three tt
ncers OF the Metropolitan Police. The al
count OF the prisoner is that the revolt
II went off accidentally; and probable he
Is explanation would be considered per. til
city satisfactory" were it not that the IT
lice found in one of his pockets a placard la
nouncing concert for the benefit of a tn
tr1otic Irishman.-7bid D,
The Meath Special Commission. sna.
Commission issued for the trial of ner- tn
as charged with the commission of agra stl
n offences in Meath was opened in Trim all
tn the usual formalities. The presiding pr
iges were Chief Justice Monahan and to
). Justice Fitzgerald. The Crown was tire
resented both by the Attorney General an
che Solicitor General. After the grand me
na9 been sworn, the Chief Justice de- dis
cred an address, in which he defended jud
action of the Executive in issuing an not
raordlnary commission on the ground of ems
great number of agrarian offences com iml
ted recently in the county. Bills, how cas-
F. were sent up to the grand jury against Of
Two prisoners, who were charged with Cor
oting at magistrate named Radcliffe. allie
intent to murder. They were subse. iha
ntiy put upon their trial. 4
'TtensiUe Seizure of Ayms and Ammmn;- en-,
in Cork.-About o'clock on Tuesday witt
ming, considerable quantity of arms Cat
ammunition, of miscellaneous char nau
r, was seized by the constabulary in a win
1 OF White street, in this CITY, The of Il
and ammunition having been seized. som
constables took MnD Coveny, the bro, The
tresss into custody. She assured them coul
sne was totally ignorant of the pres lock
or the arms and ammunition in the a
out as they had been found ON her bein
nlses, she was conveyed, under arrest, F.
10 bridewell, and will be brought before have
magistrates at the Police court this arri,
hing. The arms and ammunition were on s
wed to Summer-hill Police station. bled
then to the head station at Union Lod,
;. The search occupied nearly two whic
g, and attracted q large crowd of bows amu
women, who looked on with apparent Abo,
ference. Mrs. Coveny's son, who kent acco
'ublic-house in North Main street, was Bish
tied during the prevalence of the Fee the
excitement, but was subsequently, greet
aCed and is now in America.--Cork than
miner. cere
ange Demonstration in the North.-"A them
Protestant and Orange demonstra- poop
In connection with the Grand Orange Weic'
,e of Ireland came off in Enniskillen A
days ago, and there assisted at it ed, Il
OF the great guns" of the Orange Nash
Crichton, Mr.. w. Johnston, says
;, Mr. stewart Blacker, etc. For the ing Il
.anutn time they repeated the Orange succe
CLAIMED the maintenance of an Who'll,
Bable," denounced the Jesuits, recall at W.
le victories of their ancestors in large
eventeenth century, and declared that lent,