The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-09

for him not long since the degree of Doctor of
Laws henoris causa from his alma mater, has
been appointed to the chair of mathematics.
Mr.. ornsby, M. A. (Oxon) has been appointed
to the chair of Greek aud Latin literature.
And in connection with these facts I may
mention that honors have been conferred on
two others of the professors of the University.
DR.. Cogan, Professor of anatomy and physi-
ology, has been all but unanimously elected |
Fellow of the King and Queens College of
physicians, and Mr.. Robertson, Professor o. |
modern history, has had the degree of Doctor
in Philosophy conferred on him by his Holt |
ness, the Pope. A change has been made in
the condition upon which the Professors hold
their chairs. Hitherto they have simply held
them Internationally for life henceforth they
will hold them till the University Council,
after due investigation, shall have decided
that they ought to be dismissed. And here I
rily associated with themselves in this Council
no less than twelve laymen-three from each
| of the four provinces; great proof. is it not
of their desire-to adopt for q moment the
language of the infdel, anti-Irish party-to
youth of the country into their own hands
| Next week shall probably have more to say
| on this important subjeot-but, for the pres
| ont, hactenus.
| The Home Rule movement is really making
enormous progress The speech of the O'Conor
Don, shilful as it was, does not seem to have
checked its onward advance for moment. On
the very day 1 wrote to You last, Mr.. Butt was
meeting with most enthusiastic reception
from the people of Tuam, county Galway.
The honorable member was returning that
| way from Connemara, and as soon as he ar
rived he received an invitation to dinner from
His Grace tie Archbishop, and also from the
President of ST. Jarlaths College. He accepted
both invitations and in the college addressed
over one hundred and twenty students in q
stirring speech. He afterwards delivered q
brilliant speech in the Town Hall, in the pres
ence of all the Catholic clergy of the town
and fully We thousand people. On Saturday,
in Clifden, another part of the same county
Galway, Mr.. Mitchell Henry, the senior MEM
bcr, addressed an equally large and enthusiastic
assemblage on the great question of the day,
and was followed in similar strain by the
parish priest, the Very Rev. Dean MacManus ;
and the whole district was practically pledged
to support none but Home Rulers at the next
election. Then, last night, great Home Rule
meeting was held in Liverpool, with the result
Of making it certain that the Irish of that city
will return at least one of its three members
at..the next election. Finally, it is calculated
that about 10, 900 signatures have already been
obtained to the requisition calling National
Conference.
The Amnesty movement is also going ahead.
Last Sunday there was a meeting of 40, 900
persons OF Newry to demand the release of the
political prisoners. The principal speakers
were Mr. Martin, N. P, Mr.. Callan, NJ. P, and
Mr.. John Ferguson, the President of the Glas-
Cow branch of the Home Government Associa-
ton. 1 forgot just now, when speaking of the
Home Rule movement, to mention that last
night meeting of influential clergymen and
lsymen of the county of Kilkenny was held
in the City of the Confederation, to take steps
for bringing that constituency into line with
all the other patriotic places that have de-
clared for self-government.
am glad to say that the result of the re-
cent revision of the Parliamentary voters lists
in Bandon is most satisfactory, and leaves no
doubt that that borough is safe for the HON G
Rule party. The reader, of course, is acquaint-
ed with the fact that that Southern borough is
the place whose walls once bore the inscrip-
ton, "Turk, Jew or Atheist may enter here,
but not Papist." 1t was the Derry of the
South-the one Orange stronghold of Munster,
& and until the last election, when Mr.. Shaw,
the Liberal and Home Ruler, defeated the
Orange candidate, the son of Lord Bandon, it
never returned to Parliament any but deadly
enemy of Ireland and the Catholic religion.
Il As Mr.. Shaw won only by q majority of three,
it was feared that the triumph Of the popular
party would be but Short-lived; but am
happy to say that the recent revision has added