The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-20

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Drogheda, Dundalk, Arklow, Wicklow, Don
| garvan. Carlow, Athy, and several other places
of Importance. The Executive Committee are
also maturing q plan for securing special
petitions from working men-a matter of yery
great Importance. The p1ebiscite of the large
cities and towns on the Sunday Closing ones
ton Is proceeding with vigor and unqualified
! Success. Dublin, Belfast and Cork have been
completed Limerick and Derry are nearly so,
ana waterford alone remains TO he done. Tn
our next Issue we hope to give full details OF
inns, the greatest piece of work ever under
sakep 1y any temperance nrgan'ZAt in Ire
land. In the meantime. il eoongh to say
tnab CORK mas given vote of more than sir to
one for the Bill Dubliu more than eight to one
beifast ten to one; aud Limerick and Derry
promise not to be behind this spendid perform.
ance. notable feature in the vote is that,
with the exception of Cork, the pubIicans have
polled majority for closing. The votes of
" the trade have been taken by means of a
paper differing in color from those issued to
the ordinary householders; hence the certainty
regarding this point. 1t is proposed to lay the
result OF the vote in each place before the
Parliamentary representatives of the city or
town, previous to publication, and with this
ohJect In view, interviews have been already
sought with the Ri. P.'s for Dublin add Cork
We shall be curious to hear what Mr.. N. ID.
Murphy, 81. p, has to say on the Cork vote
He aud Mr.. Richard O'Shaughnessy insisted
last session that the memorial to the Prime
Minister only represented q class. What will
they say to this vote of the peoplef
The campaign has also been carried into
England, concerning which the Banner says !:
Last week the campaign in England was
opened 10y great public meeting, held in the
Town Hall, Birmingham. Mr. Councillor
W Whlte presided, and Meesrs Charles H. Meldon.
M. =. Thos. PIN, Jr.; Henry Wigham, T. w.
Russell, and Rev. James Stephenson, attended
as a. deputation from Ireland. The meeting
was enthusiastic and unanimous, adopting
resolutions condemnatory of the course pursued
by English members in reference to the Irish
sunday Closing question, and demanding that
me opinion of all classes in Ireland should be
a aiiGwed to prevail upon this question. In ad-
Burgess, the Very Rev. Canon O'Sullivau, v.
G.; Mr.. j. s. Wright, Rev. j. G. Emmanuel,
Mise Surge, Mr.. Jesse Herbert, Mr.. Whit
well, and Mr.. w. Kirtou took part in the pro-
ceedings. Strongly sympathetic letters were
read from Mr. Bright, NJ. p; Mr.. George
Dixon, N; r Mr.; Alexander Brogden. n. p.
Mr.. b. Whitworth, NJ. P; and Sir Eardley
Wimot, M. p, all of whom announced their
intention OF voting for the Bill next session.
And it goes to mention that similar meetings
are to take place Immediately in Liverpool,
Newcastle on-Tyne, Shields, Bolton, Manches-
ter, Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Bath
Leicester, Norwich and Exeter, the whole
series concluding with an Exeter Hall demon.
stration Immediately before the second reading
OF the bill, at which it is hoped the Earl of
Shaftesbury will preside. As to Irish meetings.
l find the following paragraph:
a number of successful meetings in favor of
DR.. Smyths Bill have been held in Ulster
during the past month, nuder the auspices of
the Irish Temperance League. These have
been held q: Belfast, Armagh, Colerano, Lar-
gan' Baliymeua, Lisburn. and Bailymoney. and
amongst those taking part have been Lord
Taylor, M p, and Werner, N. p. To many this
work you'd appear to be one of supereroga-
tiou, the Ulster vote being safe. But this is
not our opinion. We believe very much win
depend xtssession upon tho stoadiae8s sHder
fre OF the Ulster Conservative members, and it |
will do them good to feel the pulse of their
now. Arrangements are already |
made, and In progress, for NEE ings in the |
south and vest these being confined to towns |
CURED
Finally, in two months q sum of no less than |
81 900 has been contributed to the treasury of
the Sunday Closing Association. This is not
bad work, and am very inclined to hope for
successful result. LJc