The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-30

Dr. Butler, Bishop OF Limerick, have, not with
standing the uni ted declaration of their col
leagues, in which the latter at least joined
written private letters to members of the gov
eminent approving of their scheme. l dom
believe this; but it it is at least possible tina
It may be true of DR.. Moriarity. That ania
Die prelate has long been unenviably distin.
guished for his love of the connection with
England, and with the main tenauce of the ac.
cursed Union, and also, am sorry to saw for
having been at one time the only Irish bishop
VINO DID not condemn the mixed system of edu-
! cation. He has been so often on the wrong
side, that it would not be quite wonderful to
see Th linn non. on the wrong side once more.
! 1be other events of the week are not of much
Importance. The criminal calendars at the
Assizes continue to be almost entirely blank.
Inc country has been for the past six months
sa arest;ny free from crime. Amongst the in
Montgonery-thc sub-nspector of police who
s5anos charged with the murder of the bank
clerk at Newtownstewart. He was tried last
summer when the jury disagreed, and he is once
more upon his trial in Omagh (Tyrone) before
Mr. Justice Barry. Sergeant Armstrong is the
leading adng counsel for the prosecution MI Nc
ing correspondence has just passed between
Or. Dnggan the Bishop of Cionfert and MI
Butt. 1t appears that Mr.. Butt prepared by
SPECIAL request q digest of the University Bill
for the use of the Catholic Bishops, and at the
conclusion of their deliberations last week the
Bishops passed him vote of thanks for his
service: The Archbishop of Cashel, DR.. Leahy,
IL
Limerick, seconded it; and to the vote was
ADDED request that DR.. Duggan the Bishop
of Clonfert should BIO requested to convey the
intelligence to the honorable and learned gen |
tieman. This really amounted to vote of
thanks for his defence of the Bishop of Glen
fert in the late prosecution. DR.. Duggan in
writing to MIR. Bntt says ~ deeply and |
gratefully appreciate the feeling which caused |
my brother prelates to select me as the me. |
dunn whereby this expression of their obliga-
ton was to be communicated to YOU" And !
then, the prelate remembering how lately he |
has beon the client goes on to say, "It is i'm
possible that can ever forget the splendid
services you have rendered not alone to my
Acknowledgements and myself in the late men OF
able state prosecutions but also to interests
lncomparably dearer, higher and more sacred
or that any of us can ever cease to remember
with admiration and gratitude the devoted
ness, the unmeasured ardour, with which you
flung yourself into vindcatien and by the
some of the most memorable moral victories
our country has ever celebrated. Mr.. Butt in
reply shows the humility of all true greatness
by making light of the work he has performed.
II can only ask you to convery to the cardinal
Archbishop and the prelates over whose meet
ing he presided, the expression of my most
sincere and respectful gratitude for the far
too generous appreciation of a service which it
was "a matter of the highest pride in me to
perform. MI Butt concludes by declaring that
he sympathzed with DR.. Duggan in the "cruel
Jected, that he exultcd in the triumph of truth
and justice which branded that persecution as
1t deserved, aud that to the trust and conf
dence reposed in him by Dr. Duggan he owes
1T that his name may be in after times ASSOC
clated with that splendid triumph. J.J C.