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

Thursday next. On the whole, Dublin need
not be ashamed Of tie way in which it has
received the Association; the only doubt 10
| whether the visit OF tho Association will do
Dublin any good in return.
Mr.. p. ]. Smytb, N. p, has written to his
only supporter amongst the Clergy of West
| meath-Father Luke Barton, Of Castletown-
l Geoghegan.-stating that he will not seek re-
election for that county. He says he will not
state his reasons for this step, because to do so
would only lead to q pro6tless political oontro-
versy. He adds that ain the present state of
opinion in Irelapd-if opinion 1t can be called
-he prefers not to be olassed amongst the
representatives of his country. This means
that he WILL at the close Of the present Parlia-
ment, retire into private life. Although he
does not state his reasons for Withdrawing
from Wessmeath, everybody knows what they
are. One great and sufficient reason is that
the Westmeath priests and people have no
confidence whatever in Mr.. Smyth, and have
had none since be turned against the Home
Rule cause which he was elected to support.
The Bishop and clergy actually made o deola-
ration to this effect some two years since, and
there can be no doubt that they only gave ex-
preston to the feelings Of their focks. The
other member for Westmeatb, Lord Robert
Montsgu is almost in as bad odor with his
constituents. He has, IL is true, voted for
Home Rule and tenant-right as he promised to
do, but to all intsnts and purposes he is never
theless, British Tory, as he always was, for
on every occasion on which the present Gov
ernment required help he has given it to them
without consulting his fellow Home-Rnlers,
and he actually sits on the Government benches
In ~ tha
of n. P. is Sir George Bowyer, the senior men,
ber for Wexford County. The English could
not think any Irish constit uency which would
choose such representatives earnest in its de-
mand for Home Rule.
The judges of the Court of Appeal-Lord
Chancellor Bull, Lord Justice Deasy and the
Master of the Rolls-have rendered the British
clauses of the Land Act Of 1s70-the clauses
which John Bright introduced into the mea.
sure for the creation of peasent proprietary
"A dead letter. They have reversed the order
of Judge Ormsby, who sold the Hareno estate
in Kerry to two Dublin capitalists in trust for
the tenants, and have given it instead to
Samuel Murray Hussey, the tyrant agent Of
Lord Kenmare and other tyrant proprietors,
and land speculator to boot, who will take
care to raise the rents ct onoe and screw the
last farthing out of his unfortunate depend
ents under the threat of eviction. He offered,
1t is true, to cell to the tenants their holdings
but under conditions they could not possibly
fulfil.
The half yearly meeting of the Great South
ern and Western Railway Company of Ireland
the biggest railway concern in the county
was held to-day, when q tale was told which
shows we'll what little prosperity there is ct
present amongst the Irish. The chairman an
nounced that there was decrease the lsst
half year, as compared WITH the previous half
year, in every item of business done by the
company. The usual dividend was maintained,
but it is q puzzle after you have read tae
ohairman's speech, how the thing was done.
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