The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-23

Last Census Of Dublin County and City,
The census just completed gives the
following figures I'm the county are 3D.
754 houses Inhabited by 405 ,262 persons.
During the last ten years there has been
an increase in the number of inhabited
houses to the number of nearly 5000 and
a decrease of the population of 1890; or
nearly LAG per cent. The number OF
Parliamentary electors for the county and
city Of Dublin is estimated at lT,ll3, OF
which the Dublin Parliamentary borough
claims l2, $780, Within the Dublin muhici.
pal borough there are 25,O42 houses of
which ,059 are stated to be /uninhabited,
and population of 246, 326 persons. In
the rural and civic districts of the county
Dublin 81 ,6S6 families occupy 26, s59 houses,
whilst in the city of Dublin Sc, 1897 families
occupy 23,S96 houses. Of these 5,033
families occupy first class accommodations,
10, 523 second class accommodation. 16,Sl9
third. class accommodation, and fourth
class accommodation falls to the lot of
%, 952 families. This is the lowest class OF
accommodations, and is described as con-
sisting of au apartment with one door and
and one window; OF third. class house
with more than one family, or second class
house with four or more families, or first
class house with six or more families. AS
to the religious professions of the inhabi-
tants of the county Dublin, Catholics num-
Der III 1854; Episcopalians, 80, 2e9 Pres,
ny IcI1ou5 ~,COc nCVuouloGoS ob0
all other denominations, 1884. In the city,
the Catholic profession numbers 195, $50 ;
Episcopalians, 3S,es7; Presby terians, 4,5l7;
Methodists, 1928 and all other denoninl
ations, ,904. With regard to the illiterate,
five years old and upwards belonging to
each religious persuasion in the county and
city of Dublin, as compared with the census
of 1861, the percentage is-Catholic, $50
against ISL !; Episcopalian GA against GA !;
Presbyterian, so against Al Methodist,
3.5 against 81 and all other denomina-
tions, s.5 against 70; the total percentage
ofilliterate in 1871 being 1875 as against
2O7 in 1861. The total number and pro-
portion per cent. of all persons receiving
instruction in educational establishments
in the county and city of Dublin in 1861
! and 1871, being as II .0l to l2,4s per cent.
or as 5,O6l to so, 57l of the population.
During the last decade emigration has also
increased. During the ten years ending 3ist
March, 1861 25, 755 individuals left Dublin
for the Colonies, and in the last ten years
that number has increased to 3O,772, the
males preponderatingt to the extent of nearly
one-third over the females in number.
FRANCE.
Jules iSimon.-The Red Republican, ules
Simon, is the only member of the provis-
ional Usurpation of the fatal 4th September,
1870, who still holds Office in France. He
is and always has been, an unbeliever in
religion and something very closely re-.
sembling Socialist or Communist in poll
tics. Yet he is q member of the Cabinet of
NJ. Theirs, who say 8 he is still q Monarchist
principles; and worse and more paradox
cal than this-he is the Minister Of Public
Instruction of a Catholic nation. He is
hated by Gambetta, because it was he who
went to Bordeaux to strip the Dictator of
all power; and he is naturally repulsive to
| IN ISo sfxy thn Aoe, III &c,
his anti Christian sentiments. Yet he
holds his ground, because the President
supports him, and the Left, though dis
liking him, vote for him to show their en-
nifty to Monarchy and the Church. A re-
cent bold act of his so exasperated the
Right that they moved vote of censure.
We must say that we approve of what lie
did, though the way lie did is reprehensible.
BY an order issued without the sanction OF
the Council of Education, the Minister
altered the curriculum in the higher schools
He directed less attention to be paid to
Latin versifcation, and more attention to
modern languages and topograghy-oi
which the French officers in general showed
lamentable ignorance during the late war,
and in which the Germans showed them
selves good proficients. Nobody attempted
to defend the minister's mode of proceeding
and he even confessed his fault; but the
feeling of the Assembly seemed TO be in his
favor on the main question, and a vote to
this effect was defeated only by the Austen
ton of the Right from voting, which pre-
vented the requisite number of votes being
taken.
| POLAND.
a Voice for Poland.-We have great
pleasuse in giving insertion to the fol-
lowing letter, says the Dublin Nation, hav-
ing reference to an article which we pub
lished some weeks ago, on certain state
ments contained in an address delivered
by Mr.. d. C. Heron. Our readers will,
We are sure, appreciate without words of
ours proof SO touching of the intensity
and purity of the political faith SO often
consecrated by the blood of heroic Poland.
We need hardly assure the patriotic men
from whom it proceeds that nowhere is
Poland moro honored, or its cause moro
deeply syupathized with, than amongst
their rivals in suffering and MISFORTUNE
the people of Ireland:
THE INSTITUTE OF THE POLISH NATIONAL Mt
scum AT RAPPERswYL, SWITZERLAND.
Chateau dc Rapperswyl, Zurich.
goth January, 1873
ME. EDrToR.-The Board of Directors of the
Polish National Museum have been made aware