The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-28

who we are sorry to say, was an English,
man, threatened the Italian Commander of
the AnthioD, and nearly got the Numancia
to fire on him. The Italian officer, how
ever, boldly addressed the insurgent crew,
and told them that he knew they could
sink him, but that he had the whole Italian
nation and twenty ironclads at his back.
BY this GOODNESS and courage he succeeded
in taking his boats out safely with those
women and children who had come on
board, and was thanked and apologized to
by Rogue Baroia, the insurgent leader,
Two French boats went in, but no English
in order that we might preserve an I'm
questioned neutrality-but some English
officers volunteered and went. The Military
Commissioner of the Madrid Government,
with whom the armistice was arranged,
empowered the forei gn officers, in case the
Junta should propose to negotiate, to pro-
mise that the lives of all che leaders, ex-
cept Contreras, should be spared, if the
surrender was immediate and uncon dition-
al !; otherwise, no leader would be spared.
cATHoL1c1TY IN MADRID.
The Tempo of Madrid contains the fol-
lowing :-"Madrid has witnessed this af
ternoon a scene at once grand and consol-
ing. AT about half-past four in the after
noon; the snn was still shining brightly,
when several battalions returning from
parade were coming from the Gate of AL
Gala, past the Church of San Jose. Sud
denly the majestic notes of the Marcha
Real' burst forth in truth majesty was
there, the Majesty of God in tue Blessed
Eucharist, the King of heaven and earth,
who, leaving the above mentioned Church,
was conveyed in humble carriage, and
followed only by few candlebearers.
The troops lowered their arms; the null
titude, initiating the Catholic Spanish SOL
der knet PROSTATE on the ground !; those
who were passing in carriages alighted at
once to adore tho Blessed Sacrament, and
n complete silence reigned along the line.
Faithful hearts beat fast with emotion
tears of tenderness moistened the eyes OF
all, and we felt more than ever convinced,
that whatever contradictions may arise,
there is fortunately in Spain Catholic
spirit strong enough to endure to the end
of time" The Epoca, quoting the above
paragraph, adds :-"Our Carlist contem
poraries will do US the justice to acknow-
ledge that neither tho army nor the num-
Gallo de Alcala could be partizans of the
Pretender, and yet the Catholic Faith re-
ceived from them the most entire homage"
IRELAND.
The annual election of Mayors took
place in the various Corporations of Ire
land on the end. inst. In five places
namely, Limerick, Wexford, Londonderry,
Belfast, and Clonmel-the outgoing May
ors were re- elected, and the gentleman
-olSSCSu Ill y" SAlOluj <AIASA olCOAOJ
had held the Office five times before. OF
the ten new Mayors abou. five are declared
Home Rulers, and only two appear to be-
long to the Tory party. Tho present
Mayor of Drcgheda, Mr.. Nicholas Leech,
is, and has for long time been, the trca-
Three of the new Mayors are proprietors
of newspapers.
Procurement Of Orangcmcn against
Home Rule.-On Wednesday evening, Ord
inst. a meeting of Orangemen was held in
the Rotundo, at which, according to the
Daily Express, "Home Rule received it's
quietus." At the momentous meeting
Brother Caldbeck, J.P., presided and the
speakers were the chairman, Mr. Johnston,
NJ. P. Mr.. T.G. Peel, an Armagh coroner !;
a "Professor" from Glasgow, and two Or
three clergymen, whose names, We arc
ashamed to say, are not very familiar to
our ears. One of the resolutions reiterated
condemnation of the Home Rule move
ment, and declared it to be the unanimous
determination Of tho meeting "to resist
with the whole force of the institution any
attempt to disinteGratetheB British Empire"
Any ono who rGcollects how n similar de-
termination vas come to and carried out
in the case of the Dis establishment of the
Protestant Church, will feel convinced
that tho Rotuudo Orargemen are thorough
ly in earnest. Other resolutions were
passed "eXpressing qualification at tho at-
tltuGe assumed by those parties who re-
sisted during the recent Session of Purlia-
menu the attempts of the Ultramontane
party to get control of education in Ire
land, protesting against further conces
sions to the party, and denouncing the
tyrannical conduct Of the Irish Executive
as established in the Cvalisland and Porta-
down cases 5" and on the whole, the de-
monstration in the Rotundo, if it does net
overturn tho Gladstone administration and
put an end to the hopes of the Home Rul-
ers at once and for ever, cannot be far
from achieving both those ohjects.-Na-
lion.
The Constitutional LawS an FRANCHISE
opposed are parties to each other
in the National Assembly, that at the end
Of fortnight, they have been made un-
able to fix upon the thirty members who
are to compose tho Committee to whom
the task of considering the Constitutional |
Bills shall be relegated. The fight is SO
close, that only two or three are elected |
any day, after several ballots, and some
days no election takes place. The MAORI
ty already is decidedly with the Right and |