The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-30

Before part with this matter of Home Rule,
let me give one or two proofs that the move
ment is making no unimportant strides in
Great Britain. This week the Irish papers
have published letter from Professor Harold
Rogers, of the University of Oxford-one of
the Radical leaders of Englaud-in which that
eminent man argues for q separate Parliament
for Ireland in truly philosophical STYLE Then
in Edinburg last week, at an election of q
member for the Town Council, the candidate
supported by the local Home Rule Associations
defeated his opponents by an overwhelming
majority; while in Nottingham, actually four
members have this month been returned to the
Town Council solely because of their having
espoused the cause of Home Rule This is carry
ing tho war into the very heart of the enemy's
camp.
A final decision has been come to in Father
O'Keeffe's case |; final, mean, 80 far as the
present Board of Education 10 concerned. His
application to be restored to the msnagership
of the Callan schools has been rejected by o
majority of nine to seven. Three members of
the Board were absent, and one-Mr. John
O'Hagan, Q. c., the son-in-law Of the Lord
Chancellor and one of Cardinal Cullen's csun-
sci in the O'Keeffe csse-was present, but did
not vote through sense of delicacy. The
only change in the personael Of the majority
and minority is to be found In the detection of
the Marquis of Kildare to the side of Father
OKeefe. Previous to this vote, four or five of
the minority lodged q protest against the delay
in proceeding to g. decision and generally the
action of the majority. But although the Board
by majority of two thus refused to restore Fa-
Their OKeeffe, yet as their Inspector, who was
sent to examine into the state of his schools,
reported that they had q sufficient though
small attendance of pupils, the Board proposed
to give support to them-that is, to pay the
salaries of the teachers, if the management Of
them was resigned by Father O'Keeffs and en-
trusted to the land agent of Lord Clifden.
Father O'Keeffe has accepted this proposal, but
has intimated that he accepts it only for the
present-that he will once more appeal to Gov
eminent and Parliament; and such 10 the
hatred of the Catholic Church in the London
Parliament, that be will in all probability not
appeal in vain A vote of ceusure will almost
certainly be passed upon the Board and then
all the members OF it who could by any
stretch of imagination be supposed favorable
to Catholic interests will resign. When this
latter event comes to pass, We may we'll ask,
what nextf
The Inman Company are about to make
Galway a port of call, like Queenstown, for
their Atlantic steamers. This is strange con-
sidering the very general impression that the
reckless navigation of the Atlantic Company
by which the Galway packet station project of
seven and eight years ago was knocked on the
| head, was caused by brides given by the
INT
Galway is the nearest port to America, and the
| interests of commerce would appear to have
conquered jealousy of Irish prosperity in the
breasts of at least one British company. An ex-
| traordinary marine disaster occurred on Sunday
| night in Kingston Harbor An East-Indaman,
the Nagpore, bound from Calcutta to Liver
pool, with q cargo worth 5000, and herself
| one of the finest iron chips of her GLASS, shot
| almost like q rocket into the harbor-all on
fire. She took fire in the Channel, after hav-
| ing had o most favorable and successful
voyage of over 400 days. Nothing was ever
beheld-at least in Kingston-so grand and
terrible as the spectacle of the hugo East
| Indiaman careeriDg heRdlong at full sail be-
| twixt the Jaws of the breakwater, sinking the
luckless craft-and they were four in number
that barred her course; while black smoke
enveloped her from hull to main-deck, and
flames burst out now and then that illumi-
| mated not only the waters far and wide but
| the streets of Kingston. Although four yes"
| sels were sunk, no lives wore lost but one
that of the captain of o little smack, who hap
pened to be asleep at the time of the collision.
The utmost exertions of the Dublin Fire
! Brigade could not get tho flames under, and
| at last the costly remedy was resorted to Of
submereinp the vessel sufficiently by opening
her sides with cannon-balls. OF course, the
money loss to the owners will be immense,
even though the cargo was insured. Jute