The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-01-04
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QUE IRIgH LETTER.


on Friday night in Dover, England-Lord Ath- |
lumRey. Sir William Somerville-fer that 10 |
the name by which he was best known-was !
born in Louth, and On tered the diplomatic SER
Woe of England at an early age, having been |
paid attachs to tho Bri tish embassy at Berlin in
1929. Tho next post he occupied was that Of |
Under Secretary Of the Home Departments in |
England, and from that he passed to that Of |
Chief Secretary for Ireland which he hold |
from 1s47-from the begin ming Of the famine, |
in fact, and the Young Ireland insurreetion to |
the end thereof. Hence he had q share with |
Lord John Rsssou and the other fell enemies |
of Ireland at that time in the unexampled |
cruelties and atrocities perpetrated during |
those dreadful years in the name of English |
law government in this country. He was we'll |
rewarded by England, having been made O |
peer of the United Kingdom in 1866; but he |
will be execrated by his fellow countrymen
till the end of time.
David Murphy, the ex-cashier in tho Irish
man Office, who was shot at last October twelve
months in North Great Georges street in this
city (under circumstances which have m ore
than once detailed in these letters(, has OBJ
tanned s20o compensation frsm the city funds.
He applied first to the Lord Mayor and cor
poration, and his claim was rejected, on q vote
being taken, by large majority. He then
appealed to the proper Judge Mr.. Justice
Barry-who, after having consulted his col
leagues of the Court of Queens Bench, has
awarded him the sum I have already mem
TONED. Murphy will now, suppose, take
himself of to America or Australia at least
he said himself long since that he would leave
the country as soon as he could do so. The
ground upon which he claimed the money from
the city was that the attempt on his life was
the result of conspiracy-meaning, I sup
pose, Fenian conspiracy; and the statements
he made-in support of this plea are that
he had been cashier to Mr.. Pigott, or the Irish
man that he had been summoned by his en-
ployer before q magistrate q charge of en-
bezzlement; that the evening before he was to
appear in court, two men waited on him repre-
senting that they had been sent by Mr.. Pigott,
requesting him to keep away from the court
and saying that they would bring an apology
in the morning from Mr.. Pigott, who did not
intend to proceed with the case; that he did
not comply, and that hence the attack on his
life. Even admitting all this, the corporation
held that there not evidence sufficient.to
connect the attempted assassination with Fe-
nianism or Whiteboyism, or the other isms
with which the Coercion Act has concern. The
Judge, as We have seen, has held the contrary.
should add that Mr.. Pigott has twice denied,
in letters to the Du5li~ daily newspapers, every
word srorn by Murphy and having reference to
himself.
There have been some further appointments
made to chairs in the Catholic University.
The Rev. Gerald Malloy, D. D., Professor for
many years in Maynooth, and author Of an
able work on geology, has been appointed Pro-
fessor of Natural Philosophy and Vice Rector.
DIR. Molloy brings with him. besides high
reputation q scholar, o lot of scientific ap-
paratus worth f600. Then the Rev. Abbe
Po1n, of the diocese of Strasburg and Univer-
sity of Paris, has been appointed lecturer on
French and German. This Rev. gentleman has
also high reputation as scholar.
Just now-when the bold policy of tho Cath
oils bishops of Ireland seems likely to consoli-
date the Catholic University q firm basis
and to wean away from Trinity College and
from the Queens Colleges the email Catholic
support they have hitherto received, these in
situations are doing not little to attract
Catholics to themselves. Thus, the Board OF
Trinity College the other day actually estab-
lished new professorship (of Greek and Latin
litersture) in order to find place on their
PROFESSIONAL staff for Mr.. T. J. b. Brady
most distinguished Catholic student, who
would leng since have got q fellowship but for
his religion; and last week the same Board
established another extraordinary professor
ship (of higher mathematics) and offered it to
DR.. Casey-the recently appointed professor of
higher mathematics in the Catholic University.
I am happy to say that the Catholic University
raised DR.. Caseys salary from $500 to .e400
per annum-the latter being the sum offered
by Trinity College-and SO kept him in it's
service. Again, tho chair of Materia Medica
in Queens College, Galway, lately vacated by
DIR. Mccoy, has been given to Mr.. P. J. Pye,
III. D.-a Catholic, a Galway or rather Con-
nemara man, a student of the college, and
quite youth--out Of q crowd of eminent can
didates from England, Scotland and Ireland
In other days Protestant Englishman or
Scotchman would certainly have been appoint
ed. But even still, 1 suppose, DR.. Pye would