The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-01-09
From Our Own Correspondent.l
OUR IRISH LETTER.
DUBLIN. Dec. 2I. 1875.

question of University education in Ire
land. 1t is contained in q telegram in the
(London) Central Ne,rs, and lie to the effect
that plumber of graduates of the Catholic
University have associated themselves with
q number Of graduates Of the University of
Dublin Trinity Coilege) in celebrating a
scheme whereby justice is to be done to
all parties, Catholics. Professionals, and
Presbyterians alike. 1t is added that the
graduates in question have discarded "
or, according to another account, Gig
nored" the Catholic bishops. Now,
believe that, this last statement excepted,
the rumor Ia well-foUnded, and, moreover,
some persons very high in authority have
given in their adhesion to the plan to
which l have referred aud if l am right l
venture to say that very important crisis
has arisen in Ireland and very great OBJ
stacie has been placed in the way of the
accomplishment of the design of the mixed
Tor lDfdeD educationists whose object
it is to prevent at all hazards young Cath
olics from receiving a Catholic education
the Catholic bishops have been "discard-
ed or "ignored in the matter will pro-
pably turn out to mean that the gratlua tes
have simply gone to work without con
suitlng them and. therefore, without com =
promising their lordshps in any way. AS
far as the Catholic University graduates
are concerned, l may safely say that
nothing will be done in opposition to the
fundamental principles the bishops have
laid down, and say that for this reason
amongst others that any plan which has
not the express OF tacit sanction of the
Catholic bishopeis sure not to be success
full. may add that l have myself heard
that more will he heard of this matter in u
short time. A regular bill hear, has
been prepared for introduction to the
House of Commons next session, embody-
ing the final results of the deliberations of
the graduates of the two Universities, and
should not he surprised to hear that it
was entrusted to the care Of disting-
uished and prominent member of the
Home Rule Party.
Mr.. P. j. Smyth and the few insignti-
cant persons who follow his anti-Home
Rule Standard in Dublin have just tried
the experiment of holding public meeting
and they have reason, to be anything bu {
satisfied with the result. The meeting WAS
called to hear a poem read by ~ contrib
utor TO the irishmun newspaper for which
the author bad been awarded u gold medal
by an enthusiastic and thoroughly honest
weak minded and misguided nationalist
lady of high rank, the Dowager Marchion
ess of Qaeenshrrry. Mr.. p. j. Smyth
presided and seized the occasion To deliver
an aut1 Home Rute speech. A resolution
was then proposed denouncing tho Home
Rule movement as anti national, but it
was not carried. A party Of - advanced
hSIISAttISt5 DaO COLIS 10 SS-
pose tho false pretence of Smyth ana Co.
that they were tue advanced DationaIists.
They had not done much wien amidst cries
OF "who cut the tracesf'' Mr.. p. J. Smyth
fled III hot haste from the room! He and
hls men Were, III fact, IN Il ridiculous min
GRITTY, and after he had left the chair two
resolutions were adopted denouncing seve-
rely the whole proceedings of the aseocia-
tiou which he has founded This shows
what little harm he has done the Home Rule
movement by his secession, and it will
| probably teach him the wisdom of having
his meetings in future private, as they
| were up to Sunday. He or his handymen
had never before ventured to ask the pub
| lie ut large to their little gatherings they
| had hVsd their assent bites with closed
doors and IN that safe position, eucnt
| thcr time chiefly in hiHgi8g 0pprobrf0us
cpithcts at the Home Rule League. The
very first moment they do venture, to ask
/ tie public TO come To them, 10 the pub
! lie takes IL into its head to denuuDce tht IN
as a number Of humbugs and traitors.
The clergy vi the dlOct Sc of Ferns rrn
Ctttled on "Wednesday last il the Cnthcd
lal at EnuisCorthN To make their cla.icU ul
u successor to TIE late Iamentcd (hshcU
! DR.. Full"ng. TIE niejouty OF tho parish
priests voted for DR.. kckards, a Wexford
man who has long been n missionary
! hishop mt the Cape of Good Hope. III,
| Very Rev. Michael Warren, Superior ct tt"
! Huuse OF MISSIONS at EunIsCUIthy stood
digHiUr. ;sud the third on the }at is the
Very Rev. ID. Fortune, PRECEDENT at the
Missionary College If All Hai!owa, nea,
the city OF Dublin. DR.. Fortuno war
, some time Slice chosen to fiji an Anatra,
Iran See, but hts tetith, l believe, forbade
his gong out and the Holy See then APP
pointed another instead. Aly own upin
ion formed from a statement made 10 mt
10y respected Clergyman is that DR.. Rick
| ards Will be selected hV the Holy See. &c
rule over Wexford; and SO a good aelec-
ton in every sense will have been made
l may add that the months mind Of
the, late bishop was celebrated on this day
week and thai the sermon on the occasion
was preached by the Bishop of Ardagh
DIR. Conroy, who did every justice to his
noble theme. j c.
DUBLIN, Dec. l4'h, 1879.
This evening n meeting of the Home Rule
League was held IN the ROtundo, at which
one or two important speeches were deliv