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


unfortunately are with the indecencies OF
bigotry, no one can have been prepared
for the blasphemors ELECTROMAGNETIC
use the performers own expressfon-which
was enacted in Seftonhall. A fellow who
calls himself a converted Jesuit appeared
before the sham alter, and after profane
introduction in the shape of hymns and
prayer, burlesqued the mass as celebrated
in Roman Catholic worship. We do not
care to go into the repulsive details OF his
incensings, his elevation of the host, his
drinking of the wine aud his recitation of
sacred phrases. all terminating IN his
"pitching the paraphernalia" behind the
altar. To everyone possessed OF spark OF
decent feeling the 'performancs' must be
inexpressibly revolving. The mass, how
ever we may dIsapprove OF 1T, expresses,
with differences, sacred truths common and
precious to all denominations of Christ.
iaps and even if it were not so, it would
be utterly horrible to publicly travesty,
under the pretence of a controversial lee
ture, u ceremony so sacred to millions OF
our fellow men. We should have thought
there were not ten people in Liverpool who
could have witnessed such scene with
patience. AS, however, it appears that
there are densely packed audiences who
can enjoy the outrage, and applaud it with
kentish fire, we beg to call attention to the
lead to a breach of the public peace, and,
! therefore, fit subject for the interference
Of the authorities.-Lirerpool Post.
The Catholic Bishops of England-par-
ticulerly the great Archbishop of West
minister, and the Bishops of Stafford and
Birmingham-are just now coming very
! prominently before the public in defence of
! ing q great, and, for the most part, a ia
! vourable impression DR.. Vaughan's re-
cent address at Manchester set all England
talking; and this week the speeches of DR..
Manning at Sheffield, and of DR.. Ulla
thorne at birmingham, have had a similar
effect. 1t would be impossible to sum-
marise these speeches in this place, and
| we, therefore, shall merely say that they
| were marked by unusual boldness, vigour,
profundty. and eloquence. The Arch
| bishop of Westminster, we should not for
get to add, took occasion, as he always
does when he gets the opportunity, to say
kind work of the Irish in London and at
home.-D3bli" Nation, Jan. 5.
SCOTLAND.
| The Edinburgh Catholic Young Mems So
ciety.-The annual general meeting of the
above society was held on the 10th ult.,
The report of the Secretary showed a
steady increase of numbers-more than 400
new members having been added to the So
ciety's roll during the past year-and de-
tailed at some length the great amount of
good accomplished in every department of
the Institution. Special attention was di-
rected to the large number of useful and
| instructive works added to the library
since last report, making at present a to-
tai of !, 262 volumes. The number of rea-
ders has doubled and the weekly circula-
ton OF books increased threefold as COM
pared with the previous year. The read
ing-room is we'll supplied with some of the
leading daily and weekly newspapers, in
GLIDING goodIy assortment of periodicals
Bank, established little more than o year
ago, under the direction and control of the
council, there are at present I,8I6 deposit
tors, and the amount paid into the bank
during the year was s719 3s. The Yearly
Sick and Faneral society was reported to
be in very fiourishing condition, and in
creasing in numbers and efficiency day by
day. The Treasurer-Rev. Father Han
non-reported that the general funds of the
society were now in q most satisfac-
tory state. The income for the year was
fS94 IS Sd, and the expenditure G6S5 I9s
I'd, leaving balance to the credit of the
society of f209 Gs I'd. This has been ap-
piled to the liquidation of the debt on tho
Institute-already reduced from CT 300 to
$3.50.
The following declaration on the subject
of education has been forwarded by the
Catholic Union of Ireland to Mr.. Glad
stone:
SIT is generally looked on as certain
that Parliament will, in the coming session,
be called on to consider the necessity of
making important changes in the condi-
tions of University education in Ireland.
"This subject being one of vital import
ance to the spiritual and temporal interests
of Irish Catholics, we think it is the duty
of the Catholic UDion of Ireland to declare
once again the principles on which the
coming legislation should be based if it be
intended to meet the just and reasonable
requirements of the Catholics.
1 "Ihose principles have been affirmed
again and again in authoritative declara-
tions of the Catholic Hierarchy and in the
resolutions adopted at the meeting of arch
bishops and bishops of Ireland, held at
Maynooth in August, 1860.
"Only two years ago they were endorsed
by the signatures of the largest body of
educated Catholic 1ayme1 which have been
attached to any public document in Ire
land.
"The two documents referred to are
appended. The principles embodied in
them are unchanged and Interchangeable.
"On behalf of the Council,
] GRANARD,
| President of the Catholic ITniou re Trnlo,a ,,