The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-18
LETTER FROM DUBLIN.

| DUBLIN, July 90, 1878
The town of Bandon in the county Cork
over the gates of which in former days wal
| the inscription, Turk, Jew or Atheist may
enter here, but no Palist," has just been the
scene of an occurrence which shows thst the
old spirit of hgotry still fingers in the place
though it can no longer exert it's old mastery
The story may bs briefly told. Mrs. Loane
the wife of the proprietor of the Devonshire
Arms Hotel, died on Thursday lest. She and
her husband and all their friends b ad belonged
to the Protestant communion, but some time
before her death she made it plain to those
who lived with her that she intended to join
the Catholic Church, and on her death bed
she was actually received into the Church by
the Very Rev. Canon McSwiuey, PIP, who
providentially happened to be ttAyiRg in the
hotel, pending the repairing Of the parochial
house. When the day of the funeral arrived
Mrs. Loane's friends from the country came
into town and With them two Protestant
clergymen '%bo insisted, Notwithstanding
what had happened, on having the last rites
of religion performed according to the Pro-
testant fashion. Canon McSwiney remon-
strated, but to no purpose. the response
challenge to him to discu in public
some theological question - challenge,
it is needless to say, which was not accepted.
The inierment was fixed to take place in the
old family burial ground, which is now Pro-
testant church yard, and it was intimated that
the gates Of that place would be closed against
the remains if they accompanied by
Canon McSwiney or his curate. No agreement
could be arrived at and at last the fu neral set
out, TIE Protestant clergyman preceding the
hearse, the Catholic following it, and follow
ing them large and continually increasing
crowd of excited Catholics, with here and
there still much excited Protestant. When
the cemetery was reached, the gates were
found closed, and the custoiians of the keys
could not be induced to unlock. At t bis point
however, the crowd manifested their deter
mination to break open the gates, and this de-
cided the question at Issue. Two magistrates
arrived at the ecene, and at their request
backed by the advice of the husband Ct the
dead woman, the mains were let pass and the
prayers we're read by Canon Mcswiney, beside
whom Mr. Loane took his stand. Aud the
which threatened at one time to be
1indered by an ugly fight ended by the peace
ntss remarkable funeral that hes ever taken
''ace in Bandon, and the conduct of the Pro-
estauts at it speaks volumes for the Christian
ty of that sect in Ireland.
The police court here was on Saturday the |
Gene of proceedings which have excited the
ak of the whole city. Nr Z. T. LEROY, |
manager of the Q1een's Printing Off ce, and |
member of the editorial staff tf the freeman,
applied for criminal inform alton against Mr.. |
burnside, the proprietor of what was till the |
ther day called Saunders Netcs Letter but 10
low depominsted the Irish Daily Neus, the
fence being the publication in this newspaper
( an article in which Mr.. Lefroy ives accused,
hough net by name, Of having abused his
'csition as manager of the Queens Printing
)fice to supply the freeman with early infor-
nation regarding two public documents. The
documents were the report of the Select Com
nittee on Fisheries and that of the Commits
ion which has been ipquirng into the opera
ions of the Board cf Works, on both Of which
be Freeman had articles day or two before
ny Of its contemporaries, and from which 1t
t the same time gave Heightened extracts.
he Irish Times Daily ErpreSs and SGMndeys' ct
nee gave EXPIRE ssion to their indignation, and
moving that Mr.. Lefroy was connected both
nth the Freeman and with the Government
rinting Establishment in which the reports
'ere printed, at once rushed TO the conclusion
hat he it was who enabled t Aeir cotemporary
D Outstrip them. From the evidence given on
sturday by &r. Lefroy and his witnesses il
TOuld appear that they were somewhat mis-
AIKEN. He wrote both the articles, but it was
L.: Mitchell Henry, II. p, one Of the Board
Works Inquiry Com mission ere, who so pplied
be material for one of them to Mr. d Eyer
ray, "a. P, proprietor Of the freeman } Who
snt it on from London to bis Sub-editor, wto, u