The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-08

DUBLIN, August II, 1878.
zsspx Morning Star:
am glsd to say that both the Sunday
f54oaing Bill and the intermediate Education
N received the Royal assent before Par
tznent was prorogued on yesterday. The op-
eition to the former measure collapsed sud-
My on Saturday last, when it was seen that
k9 whole day, if necef sary, was to be given
e~ 10 the business; and ON Monday evening
ne secularists exhausted themselves in . four
A1trs' fight over the other measures, during
ich they gained not o single point. The
thes Of the members of the new education
I'D were announced at the commencement
~ he contest, and no dissatisfaction was ex-
.SrelDed ON any eide. OF the seven, three are
sasholios, three rotesssnt, and one is q Pree-
1yt6Eian. This is not quite fair to the Catho-
Aips@f Ireland, who outnumber the Protestants
and Rresbyterians together In the proportion
~ more than four to one. To the Catholics
<eted by the Government, however, there
<sN be no objection. They are Chief Baron
Sslss, the O'Conor Don, n. p, and Rev. DIR.
5y, the vice-Rector Of the Cathedral and
~ Vice President Of Mayneoth. These
&elemen will, no!doubt, be able to hold their
s5a in any contest with their colleagues. Mr..
:,
terick, seeing that there was only one Pres
hyterian appointed, expressed bis regret at the
1ss and, in fit of generosity not easily to be
scounted for, euggested that, to make up for
"a " "ipjnstice," one of the two paid secretaries
ould be Presbyterian. All I can say is
Hepe the suggestion will not be adopted. The
kesby yterians have been the very biSterest of
80 the foes of the Catholic claims in the mat
6e of education, and they were the real source
the opposition to the Intermediate Educa.
en Bill.
The remains of the Bishop of Ardsgh reached
aneenstown on Monday morning, with the
6gt Rev. DR.. Power, Bishop of Newfoundland,
oharge, and were Immediately conveyed to
thS Cathedral in this city, where yesterday the
eAn Office and High Mass proper to such
AZ aoesson were celebrated in presence Of q
large congregation Of the clergy and the
~. The Bishops present were His Eminence
inal Cullen, the Bishop of Kildare and the
scp of Gadara. The Bishop elect of Kerry
Mccarthy, was also present. The funeral
engford will take place on Tuesday, and
no doubt, attract n large concourse from
6Ey part of Ireland.
ne Dublin newspapers for the past three
contain scarcely anything but reports of
hk meeting of "the British Association for the
s7pshce ment Of Science" On Wednesday the
sHangural address-on Mathematical Science
prtled to Art and Literature-was delivered
~ No President, Mr.. Spottis woode, to an audi.
of some two Thousand ladies and gentle.
in the Exhibition Palace, but it was 30
use that nobody understood a word of il,
vas delivered. As it appears in print it
re Ineligible, but even saill it is difficult
tERt for a chosen few to follow the writer.
I'D not, however, like Professor Tyndsll's
ast address it does not aasail the Chris
faith. Amongst the other speakers at
equent meetings has been the great Dar-
san, Professor Huxley, who, of couree, once
expressed his belief that there was as
SD reason for believing that man had de-
ped" as that the horse had done 80 which
saying much, perhaps, after all. Amongst
spers read there were two suggesting in
Sd facilities for the purchase of their
3ings by the tenant farmers.
se members of the Association have not
ent all their time leOturing and reading
berB. There have been Conversation pro-
aed for them by the Royal Dublin Society
"a by the Catholic University, both of which |
titutions exhibited q large and wonderful |
rtmert of scientific apparatus worked by |
peteut hands; and the University besides |
dejeuner Of q most recherche character to
hundreds who thronged it's halls. Then |
mas been garden party at the Vice.
Sl Lodgf; the Lord Mayors dinner, to which
Thousand persons have been invited, is
ng on 80 write, and, finally, there are the
,nrsions to the COUNTRY, which commenced
day, end viii reeommeuce and conolude on |