The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-02-14

From Our Own Correspondent
OUR IRISH LETTER.

| DUBLIN, Jan. 10Th, 1875.
| The chief event of this week is the holdip
of the National Conference on the Land Que,
ton in the Rotundo. The Conference wi
meet for business tomorrow at IL O'Clock, an
will hold private session. The day after til
| session will be public, and the resolution
agreed upon will be formally promulgated
Butt and several other members of Parliamen
will attend, and the various Farmers Climb
| throughout the country, Boards of Poor La,
Guardians, and the like, have appointed dele
gates to express their views. The demand will
De for such an amendment of the land laws a
Will secure fair rents, fxity or security o
tenure, and liberty for the tenant to sell hi
interest in lis farm but hoao this demand will
be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by regular parlia
mentary bill, or by a series of resolutions. O,
by series of instructions to the Irish members
OF Parliament, do not yet know. fancy the
way chosen will be by resolution though the
leading men amongst the farmers are clamor
ing loudly foF the adoption of a regular bill as
the basis of parliamentary action. One thing
is certain that the landlords are raising rents
to an exorbitant figure on all sides. eyictino
the people from their homes, and taking away
from them privileges they have hitherto en-.
joyed, and that all this is happening despite
perhaps, indeed, because of-the boosted Land
Act of Gladstone
Another Conference is being held in Dublin
this week-a Conference of the Catholic
Bishops-to consider and decide upon some
and ecclesiastical matters which
their lordships found it impossible to arrange
at their last Conference in summer On Thurs
day several Bishops will attend the second
annual meeting of the Catholic Union of Ire
land, which is to take place in the Church of
The Catholic University, under the presidency
Of the Earl of Granard. Amongst the speakers
see announced the name of the Earl of
Oenbigh, the author of the now famous phrase
-" Catholic first, and an Englishman after
wards" And here 1 sm reminded of a version
If this phrase by an humble Irishman in Eng
and which think worth noting. al am a
first" said he, "and an Irishman
llongsidc that"
The nomination of candidates for the seat in
he House of Commons, left vacant by the pro-
notion of DIR. Ball 10 the Office of Lord Chan
ellor, took place on Saturday forenoon in the
Hall of Trinity College. The
legislature has specially retained the old
respect for the superior intelligence of sucb
onstltuencies and in consideration of their
ocular crcumstances-that is, candidates are
OF nominated in such constituencies by
ectors speaking, and not, as in the case of all
her constituencies, by electors filling up a
rlnted form and depositing it with the return
g officer; and candidates are still allowed in
Universities to make speeches-if hsy can make
emsetres heard But the proceedings at the
lstngs ON Saturday have not been surpassed
? any similar proceedings elsewhere for
olence, confusion, noise, and general disturb
ices. Three candidates were proposed-Dr.
rail-, a Fellow of the College; Mr.. Gibson, O.
, an Irish barrIster aspiring to the seat in the
ne that it may be stepping-stone to the
dicial bench; and Mr.. Miller, Q. c., an Eng
Ii barrister, though Irish born, who seeks the
at with the same expectation. All three are
re Tories, ready to support the present gov
nment, and two of them are prepared to sup
rt the Temperance party in Parliament Yet y
ey have been fighting amongst themselves =
IT they differed toto Gallo in political m alters
:. Miller is extremely unpopular with the
Idents of Trinity College, who, accordingly,
used to listen to him on Saturday, and even fl
empted to drag him off the platform. Mr. b
oson they treated somewhat better. Dr.
liII was accorded fair hearing enough t,
poll opened yesterday at 10 O'Clock, and P
Il not close till Friday, and so close is the a
ing that it is impossible to tell who will be d
winner. To return for q moment to the a
dents. On Saturday, they dressed them .
res for regular row-in old, torn clothes y
battered hats, and armed themselves with T
ks, squibs, explosive crackers, whistles, and v
y other instEumsnt BY which uneaEfhIy =.