The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-22

nom the ''Penal Servitude Amendment act"
81 and % VIC, chapter A. section O. which refers
THE TIcKEr-oF-LEAvE SYSTEM.

nom the 'Penal servitude Amendment act,"
q and % VIC, chapter Al, section which refers
TO
THE TlcKET-oF-LEAvE SYSTEM.
When any license granted IN the form set forth
III the SAID schedule is forfeited BY convection or
any indlctable offence. or Is revoked III pursu
OF summary conviction under this act or any
Otner act OF Parliament. the person whose license
Is forfeited or revoked shall alter undergoing any
punishment To which he may be sentenced ior the
offence IN consequence OF which MS license Is for
1e!ted or revoked further undergo a term OF penal
seryltdJe equal - the portion o! his term penal
serVitude that remained uneX pired at the time or
his license being granted
II conviction for an indictable offence. re-
corded against The holder OF such license, places
him, Notwithstanding the interval which has
elapsed, in the position which he occupied at the
time at which his license was granted. or in
other words, II the Legislature declares that un-
DER such circumstances his term of penal servi.
tude ceases TO run from the day upon which the
license was granted. surely It is rather absurd
to maintain that the term OF transportation
does not cease to run In the case OF man who
by escaping has conferred the privileges
OF ticket-ol-eave- upon himself
In all other relations OF life this principle is
freely recognized ana acted upon. II man Ia
bound as an apprentice to an attorney in Ireland
he is not allowed to omit the performance OF GER
tain conditions during three years OF the term OF
his apprenticeship. ana to claim admission on the
fifth anniversary Of the commencement OF his
service. The same rule Is applied to all Kinds OF
service, whereby claims to pensions are estab-
lished. Vacation, OF course, Is granted, and leave
Is extended in cases or Ill health, but this Is con-
cession obtained by grace from the proper au-
thority, and cannot be insisted upon or taken by
force. Why ask, should statute be otherwise
interpreted? And why should man who has
brought himself within the grasp or the law be
accorded a privilege which Is never extended to
those whose acquaintance with it Is less familiar?
This may be considered 10 be a harsh reading OF
a penal statute, the principle being that such en-
actments should generally be interpreted IN the
direction OF clemency. The question Is, however,
whether 1t is correct one. II 1t is, 1t appears to
Inc that tue English government would have been
In a better position If they had vigorously asserted
their power from the first, while the dignity OF the
law would have been more amply vindicared and
the policy OF Cancellation better advanced, II they
had been able to say that they were unwilling
rather than unable to compel Mr. Mitchell to
undergo the neXhausted portion OF hts sentence.
AT any rate. they would have escaped the neces-
sity OF attempting TO answer various difficult
conundrums sucn as "When is q man q felOn and
not a felonr proposed to them by Sir W. Harcourt
and Others.
so far have discussed the statute law applica-
BILE to this curious case. Remarks upon the COM
ferred to q future occasion. JCRlDICUS
HONORS TO MITCHELS MEMORY.
MEETING OF IRISH NAT1oNALIsTs IN THIS CITY.
A meeting OF Irish natlonalists was held yester-
day afternoon at the Northern Hotel, to deliberate
upon the proper manner OF nonoring the memory
OF John Mi, cnel. The call ior the meeting was
signed by O'Donovan Rosa, John Dewey ana other
prominent Irish gentlemen. Among prominent
gentlemen present were the neutrality-suspicious.
Francis Bourke, Thomas Clarke LuDy, John J,
Bresin, Denis Burns, DR.. BrOsnan. Charles Spill
Ian, Thomas Stafford, Captain O'Brien and Neil
Breslin.
BY three O'Clock the parors of the hotel were
crowded, and the proceedings were commenced
by unanimously voting Mr.. John Dewey In the
CHAIR, DR.. Denis u. Mucahy was chosen secre-
tary and the meeting was formally organized. In
o brief speech the Chairman then stated the OBJ.
ject OF the meeting and paid an eloquent tribute
to the memory OF the deceased patriot
the following preamble and resolutions were
offered and passed.
Whereas hatred Of English rule in Ireland is the grand
Resolved-Frs, that in the death of John Mitchell
and
ing the only true lesson Of ,reisnds am il
and his dying while hurting defiance It our enemy,
him the most devoted apostles OF the Irish ma
TIEd.ihat we ,sssrrowfully sympath!.e with Mrs
Michel and her Shsrsn e ho m trns
s Ts arr ] Ss ssa By OF the ss
y nome exile and sorrow proud that
has s Son6 US his Of 1
sion in the ely q New York and that committee BE-
NEW YORK New Jersey and Brooklyn ana to make other
preliminary ARRANGEMENTS for the funeral
Ihe above resolutions were warmly discussed,
and the chief point or difference among the de.
baters was whether procession or q monster
meeting would be the better way or honorlng the
ppt2a ed n
the procession, and IL Is probable that ON Sunday
nexI grand parade wlll be made. equalling the
spectacle OF st. PatricK's Day.
The Irishmen OF New York are earnest and en-.
thusIastlc and leel that grand demonstration
has been the independence OF his native land. Al
additional resolution, after much argument was
Tas 20 s enc
tlemen were appointed committee to notify that
organization or the resolution ;mFfancis Meenan
J. O'Donovan Rosa, Thomas ]. GIL. Bernard
O'Reilly Michael 4. Griffin. william Melville, John
The Clan-Na-Gael Association will, It is under.
stood. accept the duty OF supervising the arrange
commenced. An important meeting win soon be
held, when the plans Will he perfected. After
some discussion Ol minor topics the meeting ad.
journec, subject to the call OF the Chairman.
THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PATRICK
will hold a meeting at the Sturtevant House At
ing an expression Of feeling relative to the death
OF John Mitchell. Mr.. Mitchell was at one time
time OF his death. 1t is understood that the
KuIgnts propose to have o funeral Grafton de-
livered IN his honor, but the details have not yet
been decided upon. The officers OF tho society
expect the demonstration TO be extraordinarily
large and enthusiastic.
The committee appointed TO wait on the Clan
NaGael Society subsequently reported that the lat
organization would cneerfuly accept the duty OF
making the necessary arrangements for the tune.
raj procession next sunday. line OF march will
be decided upon, marshais appointed, and suita-
BILE committees formed TO confer with the various
pating IN the demonstration. Until the pubic
announcement OF the Grand Marshal 1t has been
arranged that all CORES ondence on the subject Is
TO be addressed TO Mr.. John O'Connor, Northern
HOTEL No. 81 Cortlandt street. 1t Is expected that
the StXtynntn regiment Will parade, besides other
Irish military organizations.
ACTION IN BRooKLYN.
The following preamble and resolutions were
onered by Alderman Daniel O'Rehy at the Con.
ventton OF Irish Societies OF Kings County held