The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-05-23
From Our Own Correspondent.J
OUR IRISH LETTER.
DUBLIN, Nav Sd. lS7

| DUBLIN, May Sd, 1875.
| Kilkenny" the city of the confederation. !,
| and long supposed to be a stron ehold of Irish
nationality-has disgraced itself. In the place
! of the late Sir John Gray, it has elected as its
Parliamentary representative Mr.. Benjamin
Whitworth, who was cast out of Droebsda
(where he built q factory to give the people
employment) for not being a Home Ruler. Mr.
Whitworth actually obtained more votes thar
his two Homo Rule opponents did together
He bribed tho constituency wholesale with
promises of factories and so forth and the
bait took. The miserable shopkeepers and
| tradesmen of Kilkenny truly sold their princi.
pies for mess of pottsge in prospect. How
splendidly the Drogheds people contrast with
theml Well, only hope they may get what
they bargained for. The return of Mr. Whit
worth is the first real blow the Home Rule
cause has got since the movement was first
started four or five years ago.
The Home Rule members are, and have been
making q splendid fight in the matter of the
Coercion Bill. That nefarious measure having
passed its seoJnd reading before Easter, the
Government set it down on the 22nd April to
be considered in committee. They thought
they would be able to get it through commit
grievously disappointed. Ga the 22nd inst.
Mr.. Biggar, NJ P. for Cavan, made a speech of
four hours duration to delay the measure, and
the consequence was that at the close of the
sitting no progress whatever had been made.
1t was then taken up on Monday, 2Gth, and the
Government, to buy off the Home Rule OPPOSE
tion, consented to some of the most important
Of the Home Rule amendments. Bat the Home
Rnln yuhi Ia fhaxr IL. r
the Government, did not forego one atom of
their opposition, and fought the bill clause by
clause and even line by line. The matter was
not finished on the 26th nor even on the 18th
April! This protracted fight angered the Gov.
ernment and determined them to try to weary
the Home Rulers into submission. They gave
q morning sitting the merit day TO the further
consderationsof the bill, feeling sure that that
at all events would suffice to dispose of all the
amendments the Home Rulers had prepared
But they were again mistaken, and last night
the Government and the Home Rulers were
once more engaged! Nay, the contest did not
close last night. There was morning sitting
again to-day devoted to the same interminabIe
business. And am not sure that there will
not be two or three more. The fact Is, there
never was such fight for ireland in Parlia- |
ment before, and the Govern meut are thor
oughly alarmed at the prospect of having to
experience such opposition on each occasion of
their introducing q measure suspending or
the liberties of Irishmen. In this |
good fight the Irish members have received |
most notable assistance from some English |
Liberal members, and especially from the two
English working men" representatives,
Messrs. Burt and Macdonald both of whom
have voted with them in every division. AS
with the strength of the Irish
party in the old times-before the Home Rule
began-the numbers led by the Irish
opposition into the division Hobbies on this
are quite large and respectable; and
Z remains but to add that of the Home Rule
members who have most highly distinguished
themselves in debating the whole matter with
he Government, Mr.. Butt, Mr.. A. M. SULLIVAN,
captain Nolan, of Galway, and Mr.. MCCARTHY
Downing, of Cork, OCCUPY decidedly the fore
most place
The Court of Common Pleas-that is, Judges
dOrris, Keogh, and Lawson, the three most
otorious lads on the Irish judicial bench :
ave virtually decided to give the seat to
7hich John Mitchell was elected in Tipperary I
o Moore, the Conservative candidate who was !
o Overwhelmingly defeated at the polls. t
IitOhel got over 1000 votes, Moore only 700; :
ct Moore is to be declared the legally elected :
representative of Tipperary Moore presented I
petition against Mr.. Michele return after '
Cr. Mitchell had died. The cleo ors asked the =
curt to set aside this petition on. the ground t
nat petition could not be presented against o
dead man, but the Court have refused, and q
10 consequence is that KeOgh will try the D
after ct ClOnmel few days hence, will then y