The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-04-25

NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 50, 1875.

Cloutarf. The committee appointed to make
the arrangements meets very frequently under
the presidency either of the Lord Mayor (Al-
derman Macswiney) or of the late Lord Mayor,
Mr.. Brooks, NJ. P; and last week some of the
members went down to Wicklow to see whether
the match could not be fought there. Although
they met with every encouragement from the
local authorities, who offered several valuable
prizes for competition Tin the expectation, no
doubt that the Influx of visitors in June would
recoup them). yet they seem to prefer Dolly
Mount to Wicklow. The American gentlemen,
however. will be- taken down to Wicklow on d
pleasure excursion, and will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing the vale sung so sweetly by
Tom Moore.
Saunders Ne,csletter-the Oldest Dublin news
paper, having been established in 1853, and
once the most fourishing-was to have ceased
publication on Wednesday last. Public notice
to this effect was duly given, in consequence
of the impossibility of the propretors finding
a purchaser but late in the afternoon a pur.
chaser was found in the person of, as some say,
Sir John Darlington, and in, others say,
Messrs. Smith and Sons; and the paper, &C.
cordingly, is still alive. Messrs. Smith and
Sons are the great news agents, and the chief
member of the firm is Mr.. w. H. Smith, NJ. P.
for Westminster, and a member of the present
Government. He is, therefore, Tory. Sir
John Darlington is Tory too, who Joined the
Home Rulers when the Tories went out of
Office and left them when the Tories returned.
He is rich merchant and no donbt good
business man, but in politics humbug and an
imbecile; and nobody knows why he got a
title. He is not likely to galvanize the mort
bund Saunders back to vigorous life.
Here is an instructive story of the late Tip
perary election. sub Constable of police
named James Costigan, who is native of
Temp1emne in the county Tipperary, was
speaking in the barrack in Bruree, county
Limerick, to another sab, Constable on the sub
ject of the election. He was not very reserved,
and, in fact, suspect, he had drop in" for
he dared to say that John Mitchell would win
Gin spite of Disraeli and the DEVIL" and that
whoever opposed him deserved to be shot.
Whether it was the mixing up of the name of
Disraeli with that of the devil, or something
else in this statement that gave offence, don't
know, but the sub Constable has been dis.
missed. But if it is any comfort to the Gov
eminent to know, they may be assured that
there are many Costigans in the service of the
Crown in Ireland who sincerely entertain the
opinions expressed rather incautiously by this
particular civil servant; and they may have
yet practical experience of the fact.
A return which was ordered by the House of
Commons on the motion of q Scotch NJ. P, and
which has just been issued, throws some inter-
estiDg light on the mode in which the Protest
ant church in Ireland has been disendowed.
This is a return of the number and names of
the bishops, clergy, and curates who have
commuted under the Irish Church Act" On
one important point the return is defective.
1t does not give the present residences of
the olergymen who have committed. If
this information had been given, it would
have shown not only the number of clergymen
who have compounded, but the number who
have "cut THAT is, pocketed their money
and left their benefces; but, as it is, the re-
turn affords great deal of valuable informa-
tion. The total number of Bishops and incum-
bents who have communicating is, exchanged
their unearned salaries for q bulk sum-is
1 1882; the annual value of their 1ivings is
E493 26l; and the amount of Communication
paid is 95 Sic, 223. The number of curates
who have committed is 900, and the sum paid
to them 91, 730, 5sl, making the sum altogether
paid in Communication 97,546,0O up to the end
of July, 1874. Ten Archbishops and bishops
and to these Fright rev. fathers in
God" the handsome sum of ESQ, 700 has been
paid, or an average of nearly 100000 each.
DIR. Beresford, Archbishop of Armagh" re-
ceived Ssa, 4a2; DR.. Trench, Archbishop of
Dublin" e93,045; and so on. DR.. Routledge,
rector of Armagh, got 915,O7O; DR.. Dixon,
Vicar of Clogher, 419,12 Rev. E. Bowen,
e22, 033; and 30 on. From the fact that the
residences given ct the date of the oommuta-
ion were not, in . largo number Of cases.
hose Of the bens9ses, IL Is to be inferred that