The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-12
TRIsH NAIL MKWS.
rDublin Nation, nov. aO.I

fDublin Nation, Now 3D.
DIR. Mccoy, who for twepty-four years
held the chair of Materia Medica in Queens
College, Galway, 10 dead.
The death 10 announced of the Rev. Mic
olas Cantwell, P. p. Tramore. in the e9th
year of his age. For upwards of forty
seven years Father Cantwell ministered in
the important parish of Tramore.
The floods caused by the late rains in the
county OF Wicklow have produced great
ing to his home was overtaken by the water
and drowned. The Vartry reservoir was
last week eighty-fve feet deep.
The parish of Glendalough and Anemoe,
county Wicklow, vacant by the death of
the late Very Rev. Eugene Clarke, has been
conferred by his Eminence the Cardinal
O'Donnell. Father O'Donnell was for
many years curate in the parish of Dalkey,
county Dublin, and had previously been
curate in the parish of Blesinton.
FLOODS.
Reports come from all parts of Great
Britain and Ireland to the effect that great
damage was inflicted by the gales and
floods of last week. In the part of London
| bordering on the Thames great suffering
has been occasioned, and in other parts OF
England large tracts Of country were COM
pletely submerged. In Ireland we have
not 80 grievous tale to tell, though on
Sunday last parts of Cork and a consider
| able portion of the suburbs of Dublin were
inundated, while off the coast there were
several wrecks. It is we'll 1t - the Fiood
Year, as they are beginning to call it in
| America, has now come to close,
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
It ia pleasant to learn that as many as
I79 students matriculated last session I:
that, besides 266 students in the affiliated
| colleges (which now number 4l), l4O foi-
lowed the courses of the University that
there 10 every reason to expect that this
number will be much increased this year,
as already the entrances in arts are much
more numerous than they were during the
whole of last session that the Benedic-
tine College for the teaching of agriculture
in connection with the university is open
. and is steadily filling and finally, that,
exclusive of two or three considerable be-
ouests. the university received last gear from
the poor Irish Catholic people over seven
, thousand sterling! Such facts as these
, surely indicate progress.
SUNDAY CLOSING.
The house to house capvsss in Dublir
set on foot by the Sunday Closing Asso
citation was commenced last week with the
most encouraging results In the Roya
8 Exchange Ward-wbich, as it returns tt
n the municipal conncil three gentlemen
9 connected with the liquor trade, may as i
t is said, fairly be taken as test ward
n $50 householders and roomkeeps hav'
voted on the question of closing altogethe
q on Sundays public houses, beershsps, tav
Q erns. and spirit grocers' establishments
o and of theee no less than ], l,4lS voted II
IT the affirmative. Nay, of 80 licensed trader
II in the ward who voted, 26 also declared
4 for Sunday closing. Such facts as thes
will be invaluable in the next discussion @
b. the subject in Parliament.
~ rHB ENGLISH LIBERALS AND HOME RULE
" A remarkable statement in reference t
In. P1la haAn
90 the titular leader of the English Libera''
ID Lord Harrington, speaking at banqne
Ii | in Bristol on Saturday, frankly admltte
a what Mr. Mitchell Henry and other HON
Rulers have repeatedly asserted, ana VIVA
various Imperialist organs in Ireland an
he Great Britain have pretended to ignore
he that the Liberal party cannot, at least te
all an indefnitely long period, even hope
no regain the helm Of the State without tn
% assistance of the Irish Liberal member
=" and that those members are no longer
be relied upon to support any Engle
We party. This is no unimportant tribute
1st the Irish national policy of the past c"
,ry years, and shows that the English, ,Libera
"a are beginning to take serious account
No this poIicy. The Marquis's advice, und
the eIoomy circumstances depicted by hi
lys at Bristol, is-to- wait. Whether this a.
I'VE vice will be accepted by his followers
les, more than doubtful. Patient reslgnatit
sed ia Christian, but not political virtue
nly MUNICIPAL. ELECTIONS IN DUBLIN.
yer The annual M municipal elections for Du
the lin commenced on Tuesday. In. twel
led wards the retiring councillors were re {
N ected without opposition. In anoth
le'r ward-the North City-the retiring Tepr
on tentative, Mr.. w. F. Lawl0-. not offeri
the himself for re election, Mr. Ignatius Ke
wn nedy, the only other candidate, was chos
and in his stead, also without opposition:
H. this event the burgesses and the city
y general may we'll congratulate themseIv'
owe In the Rotundo Ward and in the MOI
Dock Ward the issue will be decided
ote- the a5th-Mr. Z. Dwyer Gray and Mr.. w
ltIy lis having been nominated in the form
His and Mr.. Meagher and Mr. George Carol
ID a Conservative, in the latter.
For Coon LIVING Oar energetic friend, Mr.
the Hacket of Nos and 3c7 Drya6O street is alw
this prepared furnish articles Of good cheer to his m
= n friends and customers but now that the holiday