The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

Association had to encounter, and exposed
completely their utter hollowness. Mr.. A.
II. Sullivan seconded the resolution. Pro-
fessor Galbraith spoke next, IN his usual
6orcible style, proposing q vote of thanks to
the Rev. Mr.. O'Malley, for the speech
which he had just delivered; and the mo.
tion was seconded by another Protestant
clergyman. A vote of thanks to the chair
0an having been passed, the meeting broke
up.-Nation.
The public mind was not a little startled
when, on Friday week, the newspaper
the Marquis Of Harrington, our new Chief
Secretary, had given notice in the House
oof Commons Of his intention to move for q
Secret Committee to inquire into the ma
ere, extent and effect Of certain unlawful
eojnbinatiOns and confederacies existing in
VVestmeath and the neighborhood, and the
best means Of suppressing the same"
Here We have, we suppose. the fulhlment
Sf&.ord Spencer's threat, delivered q month
agoin Mullingar. On Monday night Lerd
motion; but he moved for a t'Se1ect," not for
a ssSecret" Committee. The fact 10, we
believe, that the opposition to the Govern
ment proposition as unconstitutional and
al reminding one of those inauspicious,
nre-Union years when Pitt and Castlereagh
managed the affairs OF ireland, became 90
general that the Government had no choice
but to substitute "Select" for "Secret."
Lord Harrington, in introducing his mo-
tion. commenced with the curious and sug-
gestiye observation that he was totally I'M
acquainted with lrish affairs, and then pro-
-eeeded to show that "the condition Of Ire
land, as regards crime, has very greatly
and sensibly improved" But Westmeath,
lhe said, was an exception to the rest of Ire
land, and he, therefore, wound up by NOV
ing for q committee which was or was not
to be secret, as the House might determine.
- Afc
perhaps, the most curious of all. In reply
60 the taunt of the Opposition, that he had
not dared to propose measures for the sup
preston of agrarian outrages in Ireland, he
proudly pointed to the fact chat last year
lie had proposed measures 4" more strin-
proposed at any time within the memory
of man" Mr.. Fortescue, having thus COM
pletely freed himself from the odious i'm
putation that had been cast upon him by
the Opposition, proceeded to show that his
measures were "most eficacious in their
memory has Ireland been so prosperous, SO
calm, SO confident of the future, 80 content
ed, 30 loyal as she is at the present mo-
ment; but" well, we need not quote the
remainder of the sentence.-Ibid.
We observe that the Very Rev. DR..
Spratt, of Dublin, q venerable priest who
hos toiled for several dozens of years in
the eause of temperance, and, indeed, In
every movement calculated to benefit So
eiety, has called attention to the manner
I'm which the Catholic churches are de-
ecribed in "Thomas's Official Directory for
Ireland" They are, it seems, all designa.
ted " chapels," which was their title in the
LIN one of Cardinal Wiseman's lectures
there is an account of how his Eminenct
was rebuked sharply by an English touris
one day in Rome for calling even st
Peters o church. 1t seems that even tn
zine Catholic Cathedral in Dublin is Sc
rectories this error is avoided. The Yer
Rev. DR.. Spratt forcibly says: sit is Ger
calmly hard to understand how an educate
man could commit the blunder of calling
church a chapel, any more than he coul
call q house room, or mansion q chan
Ter. In most Catholic churches there al
several chapels; for instance, in our churc
IN Whitefriars street We have two chapel
-1iZ., tire Chapel of the Sacred Heart an
che Chapel of st. Joseph. The same al
plies TO all the principal churches of oil
city, indeed of every country. OF conri
in the Directory the Protestant church,
IN all cases receive their proper design
ton; and this fact imparts an apparent
unpleasant significance to the incorrect d
ocription of our churches. 1 am sure IL
only necessary to call attention to th
mater in order to secure its being prope
ly dealt with in future issues of the @
6cial Directory Now, at oil events, the
can be NO excuse for applying diaParagi'
designations to our churches, which, ev
in an architectural point of view, are a
aaitted to be among the finest ornaments
this city"
We mentioned last week that the lad
ct ireland were about to follow the e
ample of the Catholic ladies of 9th
sands, and to present IN address to
Holy Father in this his hour Of misfortuE
A "Ladies' Papal Address COMMITTEES" I
Dublin has, we observe, been formed, a
has held its first public meeting, which to
place on Thursday week in the Cathedr
Marlborough street. 1t was numeroul
ahtended. The Very Rev. Father Curt
ST., detailed come of the atrocities
Gently perpetrated in the Eternal City
che name of the Italian Governme
pointed out the dangers of Catholicity
ehe dethronement of the PontiGF, a
urged the ladies present to oppose to I
violence to which the Holy Father "
subjected the strongest moral force til
oaxid exert. Very Rev. Father Burke,
p, followed, and pointed out that I
EFHfy Father and the Church had been