The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-01-24
IF THEM THAT BRING GLAD rIDINGs OF GOOD
NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY "a, 1876 +

built on the site of the famous old church of
that name, and will be one of the most
beautiful structures of its kind in Ireland
The great eminence of Father Kseffe and his
brilliant services to the cause of Irish tenant
right and nationality-he was one of the
two Callan Curates" who suffered ecclesiastical
censures in 1852 in their Efforts to punish
Keogh, Sadler and Co. for traitorism to the
popular cause-and the splendid history of St.
Canice's will, NO doubt, secure Father Keeffe
all he wsnts; and he appeals to his country
men abroad as we'll as at home. Finally,
funds are coming in great abundance for
the bailding of the new college church in
Maynooth. The children of that Alma Mater.
wherever they may be settled, are coming for
ward with liberal subscriptions, and the
leading lay Catholics of the country are also
sending contributions to the President, the
Very Rev. DR.. Russell. should not be sur
Spring or early Summer.
The political events of most Importance just
now are the legal appointments just made by
Disraeli in Ireland, the election for Drblin
University consequent thereupon, and the pro-
ceedings of the Irish magistrates in regard to
the Coercion Act. Let me say word or two
on each OF these matters. ssAs
DR.. Ball, NJ P. for Dublin University, has at
last been promoted from the Office of Attorney
General to that of Lord Chancellor. He there
by vacates his seat in the House of Commons;
and for this there are at present three serious
candidates, all of whom are pure and simple
Conservatives, and two of whom are lawyers
ready to take Office as soon as they get the
chance. I need not say o word moro about
them. It is hard to say which one Of them an
Irish Catholic Nationalist would most dis
like. The election will take place probably
about the middle of next month, though DR..
Ball will formally vacate his seat this week
Consequent on Dr.. Balls " elevation to the
woolsack, there have been two or three other
appointments. Mr.. Ormsby, wooden-headed
barrister, who, it is said, never made two hum
dred pounds q year at the bar, has been made
Attorney General and Mr.. Plunkett, junior
N. P. for Dublin University, who is D good
speaker but worse and more impecnnious
lawyer even than Ormsby,' bias been made
Solicitor General. Ormsby's appointment the
Tory lawyers were prepared for, he had
been Solicitor-General in the last Tory Govern
ment in 1868, bat Plunkett's they cannot stand.
They see too clearly that the eminent members
of their body have been passed over simply
because they have no seats in Parliament, and
that in order to be promoted the greatest emil
hence as lawyers counts for nothing in COM
parison with the possession of a seat in Parlia-
ment. Nevertheless Plunketts reelection for
Trinity College will not, it is understood, be |
opposed. He is sort of Pet N. P. with elect
ors of that constituency, which is the only one |
IN Ireland now content to be the mere slaves +
Of the Tory governments of the day.
A bit of newspaper gossip to conclude with.
Sir John Arnott-a Scotchman, who set up his
household gods in Cork many years ago, and
las made an immense fortune, owning, as he
loes, soft goods warehouses and shops in all
The principal towns in Ireland, besides a brew
Try, distillery, and 1 know not what else in
1ork-has just purchased the Northern Whig
newspaper of Belfast for about Gls, 900. This
5 the third newspaper he has become the
'wner of within few years past. The other
wo are the Cork Constitution and the Irisk
Tines of Doblin. He has thus Liberal paper,
Tory paper, and . paper-the Irish Times
which lie neither Conservative nor Liberal, or
erhaps should Say, which strives to be both
nd moro all together. He bought the Irish
Imcs for ES5, 600, and it is paying pretty well;
rbether the Northern Whig will continue to
sy is rather doubtful. J.J.C.