The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-01

being general favorite, there was great re-
luotance to proceed to extremities, and besides
it was not quite clear that he could be punish-
ed at all for crying Hear, hear" annoying
though the performance might have been so,
whom on Wednesday the Major did apologize,
the iEcidept terminated amidst cheers. Now.
for the cause of the Msjors wrath. His
nephew, Nioholss Purcell O'GormAn, has been
for several years lieutenant in the army and
long since became entitled to promotion. He
never ltheless left latt week for foreign service
with only the old rank of lieutsnant. He was,
manifestly, the victim of unfairness on the
part of the War Office, and, accordingly, when
the Major heard the War Secretary speak Of
the excellent way in which his department
was administered, be could no longer contain
himself, especially when-I hope it 10 NO harm
to hint it-he had little drink ION board"
1 am glad to say that II the Msjor designed to
make the War Secretary do justice to Lieut..
OGormsn, he has been completely successful.
for the lieutenant has just been gsz cited
captain. But the strangest thing Of sll 10 that
the night before last the Major was again near
coming into collision with the Speaker through
persistence in ohallen ging . division, although
he had not even q oo-teller, on every vote Of
money proposed during the evening. The
reason of this outbreak is alleged to be the ex-
pressed intention of the Government to give
facilities for the third reading Of the Sunday
Closing Bill, which the gallant member for
Waterford go cordially detests.
The announcement Of the death of DR.. Con-
roy caused great shock to Irish Catholic
feeling. He was looked to as the future Arch
bishop Of Dublin, and. it was thought likely
that he would also be made Cardinal. The
newspapers here-Protestant and Catholic
speak of him in the highest terms, and even
the London Times has had very laudatory
notice of his oareer-of his Writ ues and his
abilities. On Thursday the solemn office for
the repose of his soul and High Mass was
celebrated in the Cathedral in Longford. 1t
is supeIfuous to say that the ceremony wss
attended by vast congregation, and that
every shop in the town was closed for the day.
The facts of DR.. Conroy's life are, suppose
pretty we'll known in America by his time.
He was born in the County Louth. which is
within the Archdiocese of Armagh, and it was
when DR.. (now CardinaD Cullen occupied that
See that the young student, as he then was,
frst' attracted notice to his talents and his
piety. He was sent by the Archbishop to the
College of the Propaganda in Rome. He there
went through brilliant course, and finished
by winning his doctorste in theology. Having
rsturned to Ireland, he was appointed sncces-
sively Professor in ALI Hallows' Missionary
College, Professor in the Diocesan College of
Secretary to Cardinal Cullen and,
finally, Bishop of Ardagh. He was q brilliant
orator and writer and was thoroughly abreast
of the literary and scientific work of the day.
He founded the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, and
it was he who wrote most of the pastorRls of
the united hierarchy of Ireland in latter years.
/ believe that he had also chiefly to do with
the composition Of the st Amt adoptsd ct the
Council of Maynooth. He will be great loss
to the Church in Ireland.
The great annual attle show of Ireland took
place this week at B Balrs Bridge, near Dubln.
and was very successful from the point of view
Of the promoters, who aristocrsts of the |
purest water, aud who, therefore, aim merely |
1t having something to divert their lady |
friends and fellow aristocrats. They had q |
Swell" banquet on Tuesday night at the Ex-
hibition Palace, at which the Lord Lieutena ant
speech, and last night they had
heir "swell" ball in the same place. The ball,
really believe, was the ohief thing thought
,f, and none bot arietocrsts were admitted.
The speech of the Lord Lieutenant above al
uded to Was not, by the way, quite of the
,soal prosperity" type. 1t was, in fact much
less cffensive to Irish feelings than any similar
ltteranoe which can call to mind.
The Lefroy and Sa~nders' case was returned
'or trial an Saturday last by the police court
and the grand jury ef the city on
Wednesday found true bills against tae de
endants, but it will, nevertheless, not be tried
ill November. Application wss made by the
for Postponement to that time,
md the application was granted. SIC.
PROSPECTS, OF TIE SOUTH.