The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-07-08

| Conservatism finds representative
When Dupgarvan has 30 many to choose
from-and two or three other candidate:
| are spoken of as we write-it is difficult to
say in whose favor it may ultimately
decide. But at least this much may al
ready be predicted that, with
such a man as the Very Rev. DR.. Cleary at
their head the electors will do nothing to
ipjure the national cause.
1t Ia long since there has been 80 Irish q
week at Westminster-if we may use the
expression-as that which closes day.
On Monday night, the subject of amnesty,
the constitution of the government boards
in Ireland, the distribution of the secret
service fund, and the manner of appoint
ment to the higher Offices in the Irish
police force, we're all ventilated, with the
effect, at least, of showing the unconstitu.
tioral character of British rule. The Irish
members. or rather some of them, succeed
ed, in fact, as hostile critic remarks, in
"appropriating almost the entire night.
On the following evening pretty much the
same thing occurred. The Eoglish Prisons
Bill was the principal matter set down for
discussion, and Mr.. Biggar, Mr.. Parpell,
Mr.. Mitchell Henry, and one or two other
Irish members, once more set themselves,
and not altogether unsucceasfully, to the
work of modifying it's provisions in the
interest of humanity and justice. On
w 6Onebudy, AL SSpSClaly B"Ou piece Oi
business was transacted in the carriage on
second reading of the Voters Registration
Bill, a measure which deals q fatal blow to
the great Conservative trick for disfrau-
chising Liberal electors. Finally, the
question of the Borough Franchise was to
be debated on Friday night, when it is to
be hoped the Irish party put forth their
full strength.
The promoters and opponents of the
Sunday Closing Bill have stripped to
their work" The publican party were
the first in the field in what, it is to be
hoped, is the last stage of the campaign.
Towards the close of last week, Mr.. Michael
Dryer and four or Ave members of the
Dublin Vintners' Society had interviews
with the Chief Secretary for Ireland, with
the leader of the Wings, and with Mr.. Butt,
to each of whom they repeated once more
all the old arguments or so called argu-
ments against the proposed reform; and
from whom they in turn received the con-
soiing assurance that their representations
would receive due attention. Ga Tuesday
Professor Smyth and his friends took
action, and, it will hardly be denied, with
greater chance of success. More than two
hundred members ofthe House of Commons
Expressed their intention either by letter or
by spoken words to support any policy
which might be adopted to secure legis
lstion this session, and Mr.. Sullivan and
Mr.. CORY were deputed TO state their
views t" the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
| The affair is evidently approaching a
crisis.
A paragraph in the Freeman aNudes to
the probability of one of the political
| prisoners being shortly released, chiefly il
consequence of the exertions of Mr.. A. M.
Sullivan. NJ P, in his regard. The Dali,
| Netra uf Tuesday makes a statement coDfir.
matory of that of our D lblin contemporary
d" We understand" says the Ners, "tha
| the Government have taken into their
favorable consideration the case of DAvitt.'
The council of the Home Rule League
adopted at its meeting on Friday week
resolution which cannot but be productive o
| good. Itinstructed the secretary to furnish tt
the press " weekly return of the attend
ances and votes of the Irish members O
Parliament upon all Irish questions upor
which division shall have taken place
| in the House of Commons" Members who
render themselves conspicuous by thei
absence will thus find their offanses expos
ed before the memory of those offences hat
died out of the public mind.
The murderer of Mr.. Young, j. P, neal
Castlerea, SCENE to have evoked genera
Indignation in Roscommop. At public
meeting on Monday, on the scene of The
outrage, expression was given to the pop
u!ar feeling by the Rev. T. Morris, P. P.
and other gentlemen, and a sum of near!!
81 COO was subscribed as a reward fund TO
the discovery of the murderer. Yet, a
the next assises, many of tho very persona
who contributed to this fund may, unde
the Coercion Act, be mulcted in an enormou
fine to compensate Mr.. Young's family
/ The good men and true men of Newr,
have juet set an example which thei
brethren in other towns that we coult
name ought speedily to follow. Under tn
presidency of the Rev. Bernard O'Hagan
Catholic Administrator of the parish,
meeting was held in the local Imperial
Hotel, on Monday evening, " for the pur
pose of forming an association to advance
the Home Rule movement and to endeavo
to improve the popular representation a
the municipal and poor law boards"
CHRISTIANS Nor PROSECUTED IN TUR
KEY.-The Earl of Denbigh who has bu