The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1879-02-02
IRISH MAIL NEWS.
publin Nation Ian. IL


The death is announced of Rev. Thos Ke.
! ran, r. r, Swords. On Sunday morning as be
| was about to leave bis house to celebrate Mass
nS..t ne was E stricken with apoplexy Deoeassd wss
| about 20 years Of age and had devoted so years
| TO the datfeS OF his sacred ministry, forty oil
which he passed in the s words parish.
The KokhAm testimonial committee have
resolved TO appeal for aid outside Ireland. At
their last meeting an address } the Irish peo-
pie OF America wac adopted asking them to
bear part In the good work ofpreveating q
! man Of suoh "varied talents, stainless in teg-
rity, aud great moral WORTH" as Charles
Hickman from being overwhelmed by adverse
foItune.
The death.rate in Dublin last week has ex-
oited general alarm. 1t was 81 per thousand,
while the highest rate in England was only 81
Three hundred and six deaths were registered
the respiratory organs and SO from zymotic
diseases. The deaths from email -pox alone
numbered %, and We may add that the num-
Der of new cases admitted to the hospitals in
creased to 70. Thus this terrible disease is
once more epidemic in the city.
The irish Association for the Prevention of
lntem peranoe presents this week q report
vhich has some noteworthy features. Lord
O'Hsgan, it 10 announced, has accepted the
presidency of the association, and the Dublin
closing bill has been signed by Sc Catholic and
20 Protestant olergymen. 112 doctors, SO mag
istrstes, and AZ town councillors and poor Ia v
g"aEdians. No doubt, many more signatures,
Will be added before the canvass is com pleted.
As to the working of the Sunday closing act,
the most satisfactory reports continue to come
to hand: Mr.. LEROY, Q. c., County Court
quarter sessions. and Mr. FersO Oson, Q C., pre-. @
siding at Msoroom, simultaneously auuounosd
. few days ago that the Act had produced the
best results.
THE DUBLIN POLICE AND THE "NRw pRpAer-
URE."
We understsnd that q considerable smou Mt
OF disoontent at present exists in the Metropo.
Titan Police Force. 1t arises ont of two causes
"A tart aud stringent system of foes and an
onerons increase of duties. The grievance will
be best illustrated by an example. It appears
oity having the nature Of pronouncement
from lriAh Nationalists in reference to "the new
departure This publication. when iS was
brought under the notice of the authorities
was by them classified as "ssditious" 1t was
ascertained where and in how many places the
piacard was stuck mp. and every policeman on
tnese beats" was fned for not tearing it down.
MOE was the fine merely nominal one. 1t
amounted in the cases of interior constsbles to
30S and it ranged up to 40s.
Now, in tue first place, a very nice distinc-
tious" and that which borders on sedition, bat
Is not actually within the range of the law. If
. constabIeSor any other man pull down q
poster that is legitimate within certain space
of time he subjects himself to q penalty under
the common law. But here We have an oydi-
nary policeman supposed TO have the acumen
OF Praotioed lawyer, and to be able to pro-
nounce upon matters regarding which Chief
Secretary of State was considered at no very
distant period by a learned judge to have vio-
lated the constitution. As o matter of fact,
about forty sergeant to and constables are sub
jeoted to dolly regulated deduction from their
weekly pay by this trivial omission, rather
mistake, and, TO boot, it scores against them 8
black mark telling to their detriment when
their promotion comes TO be aonsidered.