The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-05

| placed In O heerse and followed by one car,
| on which were four friends, aud left about
half past three for Moill, in the county
Lsitrim. On the breastpiate of the cofi1 n
was the brief inscri ption :-"JOhn W..
Macken. Died 2nd April 1878. Aged "a
years" He passed through Enniskilen
this day week along with his lordsbip, to
commence his duties as clerk in his lord
ships Office in Donegal, and to day he Ia
brought back corpse.
The correspondent of the Freeman tele-
graphs:
Two of the bodies we're removed for
interment to-day. That of the poor boy
Buchanan was buried close to Milford. The
funeral was not large, though commisera
tion for his unhappy family is universal.
Young Macken's friends from Leitrim also
arrived last night with q coffin, and to day
removed his body by the Rathmullen
steamer to Derry. The poor fellows friends
were "beside themselves' with grief. He
was only twenty four years sold-inteliigent,
quick witted and popular. The passage of
the remains from the Loughswil)y railway
terminus to the Great Northern terminus in
Derry, en- route to Leitrirn, was marked by
an eager demonstration of ofsympathy on the
part of the citizens.
Dublin Nation April 90.
The sensation of the week has been the
debate on Friday night, the 18th inst, in
the House of Commons, on the assassina-
tion of Lord Leitrim Mr.. O'Donnell, see
ing the attempt made by the English press
to hide the mi isdeeds of the murdered ty
rant, and to make the whole Irish people
sufferers for his death, determined to defeat
those nefarious ends by sho wing him to the
public in his true character. He ipgeniousy
put the matter suppositiously, asking the
House to imagine the case of Cumberland
earl attempting, through the terrors of
aviCtinn 6ahanCh mnrQiR of the
peasant girls of Cumberland village. This
appears to have been too much for the
sensitive soul of Mr.. King Harman, who
two or three times attempted to gag Mr..
ODonnell by calling him to order, and
who, when he failed ir that effort, did his
best to suppress the truth by "espyipg
strangers" A division was Immediately
taken, with the result that the reporters
were excluded and, for having in this
division thought it right to vote against
Mr.. King Harman and the other friends of
Lord Leitrim, the Marquis of Harrington
and Mr.. Gladstone were made the objects
of gross insult at the hands of the infuriat-
ed Tories.
In the secret sitting the debate waxed
hotter and hotter, MIR. O'Donnell continu-
ing his scathing speech, and being followed
by Mr. Parnell, who s said to have de-
livered one of his best and most argument
ative addresses. But the excitement cul-
minated when Dr.. Ward, amidst the fran
tic cheers which the English never fail to
bestow on such an exhibition of toadyism,
turned ferociously on Mr. O'Donbell and
Mr.. Parnell, and accused them of attempt
ing to win popularity for themselves by
apologising for assassination The recep-
tioa which this impudent and traitoross
pronouncemept met from the House was 30
warm that Mr.. Callan, Mr.. Mccarthy
Downing, Sir P. O'Brien, and some other
Irish members from whom different
nnfo ofi ifrhf hop hnan nvn tnd
followed, albeit longo interralIo, in the
wake of the member for Galway, Mr..
O'ConEor Power alone Of all present ven
turing to take the side of the members
attacked. That victory inclined, however,
to the latter every reader of the report of
the whole debate must admit Mr.. ODon-
nell and Mr.. Parneil did not withdraw a
single statement they had made, nor 'Cere
their contentious denied and the result of
all this TO day is, that the tide of calumny
which was poured on the Irish people
GpropoS of the Donegal murder has been
de inltely rolled back.
On the came night on which this exciting
scene " as enacted in the House of Commons
another debate on the same subject took
place in the House Of Lords. In was initi-
atad of course, by that venerable coerton-
list, Lord OFanmore, who strove by the aid
of some criminal statistics TO prove that
Ireland WAS as badly in want as ever OF
strn gent Coercion act, ard that for this
the Land Act, the Nation and otter Irish
national journals were responsible. The
old gentleman received more or less coun.
tenance and support from Lord Lifford and
Lord Inchiquin (who framed a special
indictment against the Catholic clergy),
but, strange to say, Lord Cairns, the Chan
cellor, threw him overheard, fatty denyiog
his statement regarding the increase of un-
detected crime throughout the greater part
of Ireland. After the representative of the
Government had spoken, the attack wsged
by the band of anti Irish Irishmen collaps-
ed. The final blows were given by Lords
Carlingford and O'Hagsp, who took up the
defence of the Land Act. The Oranmore
crusade, in short, resulted in fiasco, and
thus in both Houses of Parliament the
cause of truth and justice practically tri-
umphed.