The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-08-01
from Our Own Correspondence
OUR IRISH LETTER.


"a DUBLIN, July 9Th, 1875.
"A The majority for the American team in the
ssife match on Tuesday last, at Clontarf, was
Dot four, a. I mentioned in my last hotter, but
hirty.four. The Irish, therefore, received .
uniliating defeat and the only consolation
70 have 10 that our conquerors are Americans.
Ne have also this TO say, that really, as have
bftsn said in these letters, the Irish team was
not representative one. As matter OF fact,
Dc has been drawn from q small clique of Dub
bin and Belfast Orangemen and Dublin Castle
aunkeya. To NO others is the use of the rifle
allowed in ireland.
4 On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
hay several other rifle matches were fought
Them, taking part in each, and carrying of
victory in more than one instance. The most
valuable of all the prizes-the one hundred
guinea cup presented by the illustrated Sporting
and Dramatic Netcs, of London-was won by
DIR. Coleman, of the American team.
The successor ofsthe eminent and beloved
fIr Leahy in the Arch bishoprio of Cashel is to
DE DR.. Croke, Bishop of Auckland, New Zea-
band. DR.. Croke is a patriotic Irishmsn as
well as o great prelate. When made Bishop
an 1870, he was parish priest of Charleville,
county Cork, and he had been President of st.
Olmsns College, Fermoy. He, therefore, pro-
erly belongs to the diocese of Cloyne. He
Burned from New Zealand last year for the
eneft of his health. and was in London when,
q Saturday week, the decision of the Holy
loo resched him appointing him to Cashel, and
Commanding his immediate presence in Rome
receive the pallium. I may here mention
hat since Father Burke will not DO able to
Preach the sermon at the religious celebration
pf the O'Connell centenary in Dublin, on the
9TH Of August next, DE-. Croke has been ap-
pointed and has consented to discharge that
uty, at the request of His Eminence, Cardinal
julien. Another ecclesiastical appointment
nade within the past few days it may be As
FELL to note here 1 mean that of the Rev.
Iobert Brown, of st. Colman's College, Fer
poy, to the vacant Deanship in the College of
asynooth. This matter, with others, came
nder the consideration of full meeting of
he Catholic Bishops of Ireland at Maynooth
Pm Wednesday last.
The preparations for the celebration of the
pconuell centenary are going forward steadi-
y. In most Of the country towns steps are
peing taken to have the inhabitants repre-
ented in Dublin by Populations. Flags and
Planners of all kinds are in great request
Seyeral persons have brought, and are selling
apidly, memorial medals. A great trade is
likewise being done in the scarf, sash, hat band
Fnd rosette line. In fact, every tradesman has
centenary something or another for sale just
HaoW' Money 10 coming in slowly bat steadily
% the Centenary Celebration Committee. The
Sstional Bank, which Was established by
Conneil and others, is amongst the latest
S0Scrioers, having last week sent in E105. |
no commemorative ode, by Denis Florence |
0ESrshy, has come to hand, and is beautiful
'e00 oA composition. 1t will be reoited with |
.'io@i accompaniment, and, by the way, the |
usoSi programme has been enlarged by the
uuiSl0n TO 1t Of Cantata expressly composed
~ Sne occasion by Vioomte O'Neill de Tyrone, |
n'h government official, whose name |
S@tes ms Irish lineage. As to the distin. |
-. su0o foreigners expected to be present, the !
>, OF Nantes will certainly como, the |
,n :. OF Orleans and the Observation-Disclosures |
IOuen (de Bonnechose) and the Bishops of |
'er and Breslau will probably come. And |
uOuOn that these two German prelatos may |
mas regularly frightened the English, |
0Af something may be said here in conse- |
S1SS OF the visit which may bring Bismarck |
On the heads Of the Cabinet. Finally,
~. election of orator of the celebration has
No., entrusted to the Lord Mayor, and It is
ff a. ii not probable that the Lord Mayor
T o"S man Mcswines) will chose himself or
M1, VHagan. Neither would be a good
sssS 4cswiney is very wretched speaker.
N.Y. S Hagan, though clever man, is a govern
saS.. pensloner, almost the whole of whose
49,, -esE mas been spent in serving himself and
H.L Sing those whom o'Conneil himself called
'A' Oass' bloody and brutal Wings" OF the