The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-02
OUR IRISH LETTER.
DUBLIN, October 16, 1873.

DUBLIN, October 16, 1873.
Editor Morning Star:
A very full meeting of the Irish Catholic
Bishops has been held this week in this city
Twenty -four of their lordships were in attend
ance. Their deliberations extended over Tues
day and Wednesday: 1t is generally under
stood that. it was business connected with
Maynooth College which chiefly brought them
together. The fact that tho President and
Burser of Maynooth were in attendance gives
an air of probability to this rumor. l have
reason to know that they also discussed the
| general question of University education and
the state and prospects of the Catholic univer-
sity, and that they had before them O proposi-
for that institution but for o charter simply.
l cannot say what decision on the matter the
Bishops have come to, but no doubt we shall
all soon know. But there is more to tell.
OF Home Rule was not formerly brought before
them at their meetings, Ghey still discussed it
informally, and that the result is that about
twenty. Of their lordships will pronounce in
favor of the Irish national demand at an early
date. All the Southern Bishops but two-one
of whom is, of course, DR.. Moriarty, of X erry-
Leinster Bishops will do likewise; and the
Northern Bishops, who are Home Rulers, will
do so individually. II this happens, Catholic
Ireland may be certainly said to be in arms for
the recovery of the national rights of the
On yesterday an important Home Rule meet
ing was held in Roscommon. 1t was chiefly for
the purpose of hearing the views of the two
Hon. Charles French-on the great question of
the day. The latter gentleman who was
elected only few weeks since, and spoke 30
IN n rss TO
a mere Wing by certain anti Home Rule or
gans, quite frankly and plainly declared his
adherence to the Home Rule, said he had
signed the national requisition, would attend
national COQferenCe. would
whatever decisions that body would come to-
Nothing could be more satisfactory. The
speech Of The O'Conor Don was quite the re-
verse. This gentleman has sat for thirteen
years for Roscommon, and has been very
good member. Like his younger brother who
sits for Sligo county, he is q good Catholic and
has nearly always voted against bad ones.
But he has also been more or less party man
has stuck pretty closely by the side of Glad
stone; and this fact inspired some persons |
with n suspicion that when be would come to
speak on Home Rule he would attempt to daily
with the question, or to attack the national
movement coveItly. He has done this very
thing. He professed himself an advocate OF
Ireland's right to selcgovernnent; but he
the Federal plan would not work,
without suggesting any other plan as his own
he I" bad no faith in Parliamentary action or
" in Parliamentary faction" as means for OBJ.
tanning Home Rule-tbat is, he, for one, would
not follow the policy of obstructipg legislation
in the English Parliament until Home Rule be
acknowledged to be the only useful one; and
although he would attend the national confer
ence, he would not sign the requisi!ion calling
it and he would not premise to abide by any
of it's decisons. Bot 10 him take care. lie
won't be let into the conference without nav
ing signed the requistion, and he may, for Al
the excellence of his past career, hnd that MS
diSiugenuous attack on the national movement
will cause him TO change his tack Or walk out
of the seat for Roscommon.
The agitation for amnesty was carried on on
Sunday last in Dray, county Wicklow, and IN
Cork. The meeting in Dray was, compare
lively speaking, q failure, only couple OF
thousand persons having attended and none Oh
these being men of much mark or influence.
That at Cork, on the contrary, was as might
have been expected, an immense success. AS
many as SO, 600 persons arc said by the Cork
Herald TO have attended It,, though the Cork
Examiner sets the number at only about ten
thousand. The trades turned out IN masni nu
cent style, marching in procession through the
streets aud, in fact, what have written In
this correspondence about the Clontarf meet
ing of last month, might be repeated, mu'GtS
mUtd ndis, Of this at Cork. Mr.. Ronayne, n.
p, was the chef speaker, and, As lie his wont,
a very good speech he made. The meeting
was not to support the amnesty cause alone.
Home Rule aud the labor movement were also
advocated at it. The introduction of the far
mer was, strange to say, objected TO by lew
extreme DatioDAlists, though tho resolution IN
favor of it was proposed by Mr.. Ronayne, ID.
p, an advanced Nationalist, and seconded by
q gentleman who was sentenced to be hanged
for high treason in 1867. The opposition to IT,
however, broke down very soon the over
whelming majority of the meeting having IN
sisted on passing the resolution. Towards the
close of the proceedings, Thomas Mooney, OF
London (lately of San Francisco, Dubiin eho
other places) attempted to speak, but be Was M
hooted of the platform. The reason OF tnls -
partly that on the previous Sunday ne spoko
unmitiIated communism ct laborer meetInB
in Maryboro; and partly no doubt because
he has long been known IS anything but
credit 70 any honest or respectable cause. he
Il 4 poaitige naisance from tho Home k3lees
Dointof view: for no has rot 9p . aham Home
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