The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-04

this Bill may be but tentative, to DO inn
proved on bereafter-the thin end OF
wedge to be driven home by-and-by.-
Cork Examiner, April IA.
Tyrone-tbe first Irish county election
under the ballots over, and has had
curious ending. 1t appears majority OF
the polled electors voted for Mr.. Mccartney,
but An ignorant blunder on the part OF
one of the Sheriff's officials "invalidates"
the votes of nearly two hundred Of them
so that Captain Cory is technically declared
the elected candidate. 1t is stated that in
addition to the votes allowed by the Sher-
itf Captain Cory had sixty Others, and
Mr.. Mccartney $50 others which were held
invalid. 1t is further stated that the maj :
GRITTY of these additional votes were invalid
only because the presiding officers made
the mistake of putting the register number
of the voter on the back instead of on the
face of the voting paper. Finally, MT.
Mccartney is credited with the intention
of-getting legal advice on the question
whether in these facts there are any grounds
for presenting a petition against the return
of Captain Cory. The Catholics do not ap-
pear to have put forth their whole strength
in this contest, and there would be little
cause for wonder if this were the case, since,
except on the single question of tenant
right, there was not much difference bet
ween the political programmes of Captain
CORY and Mccartney. A correspondent,
writing from Omagh on Monday, represents
Father Clifford, Parish Priest of Trillick,
as maintaining this view, and credits that
Rev. gentleman, in addition, with an in
tention which we hope he really entertains.
"He stated that beyond voting be had not
interfered in the election. He described the
candidates as six of one and half a dozen
preaching general election he would pro-
pose q Home Ruler to represent the coun-
ty."-Dublin Nation april IL.
ENGLAND.
The Prince Of Wales and the Templars.-
The Prince of Wales has been severely
handled by the London weekly papers, for
his participation in the absurd masquerade
at Willis rooms where he was installed
Grand Master of the order of Temple in
England and Ireland. The Saturday Re
rieW says it may strike some people perhaps
as the oldest part of the affair that a real
Prince should find any enjoyment in play
ing at being sham Prior, and proceeds to
warn his Royal Highness that Prince who
allows himself to be associated in the pub
lie mind only with the pursuit of mere
amusement, and that not of the highest
sacrificing large measure OF his legitimate
influence. The Spectator asks whether
playing the principal part in such an ut
terly fantastic extravaganza is fit occupation
for the Prince of Wales. The Spectator
says: Seriously, is playing the principal
part in such an utterly fantastic extrava-
ganza, fit occupation for the Prince of
Wales7 What warrant can tue Prince of
Wales conceive that he has for comforting
the decorations of Knight Grand Cross and
Knight Commander of what after all, was
military monastic order of the Roman
Catholic Church, VIGOROUSLY suppressed
(rlghtly or weighty, it does not signify by
the same authority that created it-that is
to say the Pope-many centuries ago
These sham Templars already assume, it
appears, the specific title, the Sir" of
British knighthood. The Queen, it was
stated by his Royal Highness, sanctions his
proceedings, and owns herself Patroness
of the Templars as an Order of England
and Ireland. What do Her Majesty's Min
listers, now and then afflicted by the sad
struggle for real coronets and authentic
there is great fund of dormant loyalty
curiously combined with somewhat slack
reverence for royalty. Royalty obliges-it
is perhaps it's most essential obligation in
the present rather irreverent age not to
make itself ridiculous. Nobility obliges-
if the heir to the Crown is to be seen with
the Crowns sanction giving away trumpery
Rooms, real nobility and knighthood will
lose somewhat of their worth. There can
not well be conceived anything more alb
surd than the mingled mnmmery and mer-
ryandrewsm, tinged by sort of sickening
solemnity, of such proceedings. When
Lord Granville was recently questioned by
Lord Houghton in regard to the principle
of permitting British subjects to wear for
eign Orders, his reply was pitched in
very high key indeed. What would he
say If he were questioned as to the propri-
ETY., or not to put too fine a point on it,
the legality, of the Prince of Wales con-
ferrins not merely foreign, but Papal
and monastic Order at Wilis's Rooms? -"
"Papa" here is good, considering that the
Order iteelf has been under the ban of the
Church for many years.
England and Spain. "A committee
has been formed for the purpose of
assisting Don Carlos with money if not
with arms, and an appeal for sub
scriptions from this body had Just been the
subject of one or two questions in Parlia-
ment, and one or two articles in tho Times
and other journals. A Mr.. Stapleton asked
MIR. Gladstone few days ago whether he
would interfere to prevent the soliciting eff
the subscriptions, avowing that his motive