The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-10-28
IRISH MAIL NEWS.
dublin Nation. Oct a,

on Friday night week by q great meeting
in the Corporation Hall of Derry. Mr..
Parnell and Mr.. Bigger were both in at.
tendance, and, it is needless to say, were
both enthusiastically received. 1t is also
needless to say that their policy was ex-
plicitly and emphstically endorsed. In the
course Of the report of Mr.. Biggar's speech
there is at leaet one very important pas
sage. The hon. member for Cavan was re-
plying to the charge that the "obstructive"
tactics in Parliament had aliensted the
support of some English members disposed
to be friendly to Ireland, and aaid that
" one of the greatest men in the House of
Commons" had told him he WAS 'tairly de-
lighted, and hoped at no distant day to be
fighting with the obstructives."
Mr.. Lowe can hardly be the man alluded
to by Mr. BigSar. Of all the descriptions
that have yet appeared of the humiiatious
inflicted upon the House of Commons by
Msssrs. Parneli and Biggar last year, the
most frank probably is that given by the
article entitled "The New Reform Bill, in
the current number of the FOrtni9htly Re
riep. "The valiant volunteers" he tells
US, "in Foote'S Recruiting Sergeant
who, returning home from a review in
which they had highly distin guished them
selves, were all stopped and robbed by
single footpad, did not present q more for.
assembly in the bands of two or three Irish
members of no particular weight ex-
perience, or ability, but who, at any rate,
knew their own minds, and took perfect
ly just measure of the persons whom they
had to deal with, and the amount of risk
which they incurred" We believe that
this testimony will be read with infinite
pleasure by the Irish people. Mr. Lowe,
of course, goes on to advocate swift and
etrong measures agains st the "Obstructlves."
A London paper announces that Mr..
Gladstone is about to visit Ireland, and
that lis mission is of a political character.
He intends. if possible we read-to
bring the Home Rulers into the Liberal
camp, and that with a view to this end he
will offer the Irish people, on behalf of the
English Liberals, not Home Rule, indeed,
nor denominational education, but some
underlined amendment of the Land Act, the
assimilation of the Irish to the English
franchise, and county government reform
The whCle story sounds like joke, but if
there is any foundation for it. one thing is
ciear-viz., that the English Liberals have
at last begun to see that without the Home
Rule vote they can never regain power.
We hope that one other thing will become
clear to them as soon as may be, and that
is that the Irish will never be induced
either by Mr.. Gladstone or anyb body else to
unite with them, except on condition of
their making Home Rule part of the Lib
erat programme.
The Bishop of Kerry, the Most Rev. DIR.
NJ Moriarsy, died on Monday morning, at the
episcopal residence in Killarney, after only
about one days illRees. He was attacked
with paralysis on Saturday rs he was
engaged in blessing the foundations of the
chapel which the Earl of Kenmare is build
ing in connection with his new residence in
Il illorpau rallied MnriartC
was in the sixty-fifth year of his age, and
in the twenty third of his episcopata. He
W "a "a man Of no ordinary Intellectual abll-
ity he displayed great zeal In the discharge
oi his ecclesiastlcal duties and in the
social circle he was admired Cor his a,nia-
bity. 1t is scarcely necessary to add that
as d politician, throughout tue wholo OF his
later career, he ran counter to the dearest
sentiments and convictions of tie over
whelmiDg majority of his people.
A sketch of DR.. Moriarty will be found
on one Of our inside pagea.-Ed. Star ]
The Cork scboomaster in whose house a
large quantity of arms and ammunition was
found concealed last week, was brought a
eecosd time before the local magistrates on
Tuesday, and, after several witnesses had
Teen examined to prove that the arms II
question were some of those taken two
years ago from the MalloW Barracks and
from the Messrs. Airport OF Cork, wat
! committed for trial at the Assizes. Mr.
Gilman, who prosecuted for the Crown
gave some unexpected information in hi
opening statement. He produced numbe
of letters found in the prisoners hous'
from a man named Walsh, formerly pos
ter in the employment of the Messrs. All
port, and now in the artillery, at Atdershot
and read extracts which referred to ''ar
organization" ;" and to, as he contended, tn
arms which were the subject of investiga
ton.
As a measure of the success with whic
the Society for the Preservation of the Iris
Language is prosecuting its labors, it ma.
be noted that at the meeting of that bod
on Tuesday it was announced that the frs
three editions of the Irish Primer, latel
reviewed in our leading columns, had bee
exhausted. We observe that more tina
one of the branches of the Home Rul
Coufe deration of Great Britain have mad
} the study of Irish one of their leading oh
jects.
So prominent is the advertisement of tn
popular firm of K. h Adams & Bro on our fifth pas
oday that it is scarcely necessary to call attent