The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-16

College. two Queens Colleges, Belfast and
Cork-Galway being sentenced to be- wound
up by January is76-the Catholic Univer-
sity and the Magee College. About ono
fourth OF the present revenues OF trinity
College, which already contributes about
that amount to University purposes, are to
be handed over to the new University,
and with this and some of the surplus
arising from the Disestablished Church, ten
university fellowships of GOO year tenable
for five years, fifty five University scholar
ships of ESQ year, tenable for four years;
and, 100 burses of eos year are to be
founded. These prizes may be competed
for by members of any of the Colleges in
the University, and the successful candi-
dates will take them with them to their
own colleges. The new university is not
to teach theology, mental and moral phil
osophy. or modern history and though it
will examine in philosophy and modern
history, no student need take up these
subjects for his degree unless he chooses
to do 80. The new University is to be
thus governed 1t is to have Chancellor,
an ornamental officer" named by the
Lord Lieutenant, and a Vice-Chaucellor
elected by the governing body; this body
Is to consist of twenty eight ordinary mem
bers, who are to form the principal por-
ton of the council, and are be selected for
the first time by the Government without
distinction of creed ; and the Senate of
Cue Queeu'S Is W NO
into the Senate of the Dublin University.
These are the principal features Of the
measure, the second reading of which ia
fixed for Monday fortnight. Catholics
gain the chance of obtaining University
degrees and University emoluments after
studying 10 their own institution, and de-
grees are also thrown open to those who
can show that they have attended the
courses of the Catholic University at any
time during the last ten years. The Col
leges are left full liberty, not only of inter
nal organization and discipline, but to
avail themselves or not to avail them
selves of the University lectures on the
subjects for which chairs are to be founded;
instruction on the subjects already speci
fled being altogether excluded from the
University curriculum and confined to
that of the Colleges.
The Terrible Northfeet Disaster-.The evil
dence of the three Engiishmen on board
the Murillo leaves no possible doubt as to
that steamer having been the vessel which
ran into the Nortbfleet. Mr. Bethel, the
chief engineer, Mr.. Goodeve, the second
engineer, and Mr.. Bell, a passenger, were
| all eyewitness of the collision, and declare
that the ship struck had very brilliant
light burning at the foremast the second
engineer and the passenger further declare
that they heard cries of "Don't leave US
send boats !" to which they answered ono,
we shall not leave YOU" and MI. Bell de-
poses that the captain aud boatswain of the
Mnrillo were all the time on the bridge,
| aud that a few moments afterwards they
were steaming down Channel "without
stopping to make any enquiries or to rem
der any assistance" The chief engineer
also states that, feeling that they ought to
| have waited, he spoke to the captain the
next day on the subject, and the latter re-
marked that he did not believe they had
done much injury to her. 1t is curious, as
| Of in,it
of strength possessed by iron ships, that
the Murllo bears no traces of the collision,
| except little paint which has been scraped
| off the wood. Lord Carnarvon raised on
Friday the question, whether conduct such
| as that of the commander of the Murillo in
deserving the Northfeet did not come IN
der extradition treaties as granddaughter,
aud whether there was any extradition
| treaty or convention with Spain? Lord
| Granville replied that there was not; but
that one was in course OF negotiation, and
! that treaties with several other countries
were in progress and he quoted that with
| Portugal as an instance of the difficulties
which sometimes delayed these negotia-
tiops. There is no capital punishment in
Portugal, aud the Portuguese Government
has asked US to insert clause that no one
given up under tue extradtion treaty
should be hung. Lord Granville " did not
feel justified" in inserting such an under
taking; if he had, Lisbon would have had the
advantage of becoming the point which all
our runaway murderers would have tried
to make. Lord Granville further stated
that the Board of Trade was occupied in
considering what steps should be taken to-
wards diminishing the frequency of such
disasters-Lord Carnarvon had mentioned
the necessity of q new code of signals aud
a larger number of boats for emigraDt
ships: AS to the liability of the authors of
such a collision to punishment, the iSatur-
day ReuietU mentions a case of forty years
ago, in which it was decided that, if there
was sufficient light and the captain was in
situatisn to be giving the command, he
was guilty of manslaughter. If he was not
on deck, the criminal liability might de-
volve on some one else. But subsequent
desertion is visited with a special penalty
by the Merchant Shipping Act-tf1ut OF toss
of certticate-fnd would, therefore, thinks
the writer, exclude any other. If this is
the law-and we zee no reason for cues
tioning that it is-mOst people will proba-
bly, share our opinion that the penalty
ought to be increased.
Catholic Children an Workhouse Schools
Lord BuckhursJ deserves the thanks of
Catholics for having brought before tue
House of Lords the case of those children
of Catholic parents who are bcinp hrou obt