The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-14
FOREIGN NAIL NEWS.
dates to April 22.l
IRELAND.

| lrlsh politics. 1t was one of the mos
splendid popular displays witnessed in re
cent years in the City of the Violate,
Treaty.
The Home Rule leader and his collesgu.
IN the representation of Limerick were
welcomed on their arrival at the railway
station by an assemblage influential no
only by reason of it's vastness but also be
cause of it's representative character. The
people were present literally in their thou
sands, and as the procession, with it's four
| teen bands and it's " forests of banners,
swept amidst volleyed cheers through the
principal streets to the site of the O'Connell
Monument the proudest memories in the
history of constitutional agitation in
Ireland were irresistibly recalled to the
mind.
| This splendid demonstration, however,
was not allowed to pass off without come
disagreeable incidents. A few men describ-
! ed as " extreme Nationaiists," had openeIy
declared few days before that they would
break up by force any meeting that might
be held In Limerick in support of the Home
Rule movement; and accordingly, when the
head of the procs ssiOn on Monday had
reached the O'Connell Monument a savage
ATTACK was made on it by q small body of
men, forty ar fifty in number, posted there
and armed with bludgeons. Taken by
surprise, the foremost ranks wavered, but
in few minutes the great mass of men
behind swept in upon the bludgeon men
and effectually crushed the disturbance.
The whole melee lasted only about ten or
fifteen minutes, and after it had ended the
main body of the processionists, who knew
nothing of it, moved iato their places, and
the programme agreed upon was carried
out to the very last item.
The speeches of Mr.. Butt and Mr.
O'Shaughuessy which were, as might have
been expected, adequate in every respect
to the occasion, were received with an en-
thus!asm all the greater, apparently, be-.
cause of the attempt made to prevent their
delivery. Those addresses spoken, the
Home Rule leader and his colleague were
driven to their hotel, on arriving at which
they again addressed the assembled thou
sands. They were followed by Mr. w. Fl.
O'Sullivan, the patriotic member for the
county, who took occasion to express in
emphatic language the shame and indigna-
ton he felt at the wanton attempt to dis
turb the proceedings and then the mighty
multitude dispersed, and the demonstra,
ton came to an end.
AS to the defeated bludgeon men, sever
al of them Seem to have received in the
course of the melee which they 80 wantonly
provoked, rather serious wounds. Some of
them, indeed, were 30 seriously Injured
that they were carried to the hospital, and
as we write, one man's life is said to be in
danger. Late in the evening on Monday
four OF five persons were arrested charged
with having been ringieaders in the distur-
bance, and these were to have been brought
up yesterday before the local magistrates 1t
remains to be added that 30 strong was the
feeling in the mind of the general public
against the bludgeou party that on Tues
day the rooms which were supposed to be
their headquarters were attacked with
stones by the populace.
On Monday night Mr.. Butt. and Mr..
O'Shaughnessy attended the anniversary
supper of the Odd Fellows Society of Linn
erck, and were heartily welcomed by an
assembly which included some respected
Catholic clergymeD, the president and
other members of the Farmers Club, Mr..
R. M'DOnnell, j. P, who occupied the
chair, and other gentlemen of influence
The proceedings were conducted in the
most harmonious manner; aud several
speeches were delivered which did not,
indeed, touch on the domain of party poll
tics, but were nevertheless highly patriotic
in tone and sentiment.
MISUNDERSTANDING we should cay re-
fresAed-by his visit TO Limerick, Mr.. Butt
proceeded on Wednesday to Belfast to re-
ceive another ovation, and to add one more
to the list of his public services. That
evening he delivered lecture Oh Curran
in Music Hall, under the presidency of the
patriotic Bishop of Down and Conner; and
on Thursday evening he was entertained
by the local Home Rule Association at a
grand banquet in the Linen Hall Hotel on
each occasion a vast and enthusiastic au
dience having assembled to do him honor,
and thereby manifest their devotion to the
National cause.
TEsTIMoNIALs,-The progress which
the Butt Testimonial movement has
made during the last few months
has been of most gratifying character.
Not to go back further than the pre-
sent week, we find that the committee
in Cork have sent up the large sum of $500
as a first instalment of the collection made
in aid of the testimonial in that district,
while we ourselves acknowledge in our
present issue @ munifcent contribution
from gallant Wexford.
The movement for presenting an address
to his Grace the Archbishop of Cashel Gull
minated in most gratifying scene in the
Cathedral at Thurles on Easter Sunday.
The address was read to Dr.. Croke and the
reply delivered in the presence of an i'm
mense assemblsge. Tho former document
testified literally to DR.. Croke's virtues,
requirements, and success as an ecclesias-
tical administrator the bishop, in turn,
acknowledged the good qualities of his peo-