The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-25
LETTER FROM IRELAND.

DUBLIN, August .. 1910.
The constituencies are beginning to stir.
I The Edenderry Home Rule Club held meet
n ing on Sunday last, ct which it had to consider
#a letter from Mr.. Bernard G. Molloy, asking it
Ito support bim as q candidate for the Kings
#County. Mr. Molloy stood as an advanced
Home Ruler at the last election, but was
&beatep. Whether he is efficiently advanced
<now-that is, WHETHER he will support the
Hactive policy of Mr Parnell-is q question
am not able to answer, and the Club have de-
fermined to know his views on this matter
And on others before giving any answer to his
'8Application. 1t has ALTO resolved to open up
eommunication with the leading lay and cleri.
bal electors in Kings County with a view to
unanimous selection Of national candidates
&t the coming contest. In the neighboripg 6
eounty-Queen's-the local Independent Club
have followed the example of the Wexford
dub and nominated q comMittee to select
candidates. The represen tation of the two
4enstituenoes is very nearly as bad as 1t can
N& Sir P. OBrien and Sergeant Sherlock
6le members for Kings County-and Messre.
Wikby and Dease-tbe members for Queens
GDnnty-are protesting Home Rulers, but they
shAve almost abdioated their functions as legis-
aSEtors for the past two years, and even when
.&key have attended to vote or speak in the
souee of Commons it has not seldom been
~ the wrong side. Nevertheless, Mr.. Desse
hst Tuesday bad the hardihood to attend the
betting of the Independent Club, and enter
&n a defence of his conduct! And, what 10
sill more extraordinary, q number of intelli-
Hent cleo tors net only ]istened to him with
Atiepce; b' agreed that fe was not 60 bad as
e was pajntedl fear the constituencies are
pit educated mp 10 the proper level. AS to
lare, there is nothing new about Mr.. Suli
Han's CON mi'ree: but in the expectation that
khe House of Ccnnops will order q new writ,
eeveIal candidates are mentioned for the va
ant seat Their rt mes are O'Gorman Mahon
Home Ruler) Mr.. Lysaght Fiuuigan (Obs true
ionist Home Ruler), Mr. MacFarlane "a Scotch
pnvert to Catholicity who will bs Home
nler merely in rsme), aud Capt. Burton "a
zeal Tory wssistrate) OF these Mr.. Finui-
IN has, 1 think, the best chance. He fought
sA the Franco German war on the side of
rance, and is now barrister and working
sne Ruler in London, while Mr. MoIloy,
pm have mentioned above, is slso a Lon
A barrister and an ex-Pontihcal Zouave.
he case of Lefroy rs. Saunders' News Letter,
put which l wrote at length in my last let
has reached it's first stage. It was opened
|s day week in the South ern Police Coort
re, the hearing was resumed on Wednesday,
to-day Mr.. Burnside. the proprietor of
s'adeTS', was committed for trial to the city |
sizeS. The chief point sought to be proved |
st Wednt sday and to-day was that Mr. Burn |
Ae was the proprietor of the offending news |
fper, and this was rather di16cult to prove |
although everybody knows Mr.. Burnside |
hs the proprietor, no one is able to offer |
gal proof cf it except by an extremely round |
Pot process. Tins several employees in the |
ce-includipg DR.. Shaw, F. T. @. D., the |
for-were examined to prove that they
eHe paid by Mr.. Burnside. That evidence |
&se not suffice, and then the Registry of Deeds
1ice-where every deed executed in the whole
antry Is copied and registered-was called
Produce and did produce, the documents
ating to the last sale of Saunders The
tier was then decided, and as there was a
"a tdcie case, the magistrate decided to let
whole sffair go before q judge and jury.
Ry one thought that the case would be set.
by the tender and acceptance of an apoIo-
Dut it seems, on the contrary, as if it were
pc fought out with bitterness by Mr. Barn.
e. DE-. Webb, Q. c., in his speech for the
lences indicated his intention to call several
snesses, including the secretary of one of the
mmissioners whose reports are in question,
% he said that this gentleman would prove
at there wss q premature publication. 1
add here a word about Mr.. LEROY. This
leman is one of three brothers, all of whom
n life as Compositors, and one of whom is
coupositoT in this city, another is a
estant minister in Liverpool, while the
d-tne person with whom we have to deal
e-has long been q leader writer on the
smGn and is now manager of the Queens
nting ohice at salary of 5000 year, be-
p retaining his newspaper connection. He