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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 43, 15 February 1889, Page 18

THB Meat Bey. Or. Moran will leave New Zealand Ifor Europe by the Kaikoara oa Thursday the 2Ut. His Lordthip will, therefore, take bia departure from Dnnedin by tht Wairarspn which leaves for Lyttelton oa Wednesday. A PEOOEBBI©N of the Blessed Bacrameot will take place in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin, on Tuesday evening next on the conoluaion of the meeting of the Confraternity of the Holy Family. It is anuouncsd that Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., has arrived by the Austral at Albany. The visit of this gentleman to the colonies should afford an opportunity to Irish Bottlers of showing by their reception of him their gratitude for the part taken in Irish affairs by his illustrious father—the Grand Old Man, with whom, also, Mr. Herbert Gladstone is fully in sympathy on the point alluded to. Wl have received from Greymuuth £86 and from Ross and Bimu £40 3s, for transmission to Dublin in aid of the Parnell Defence Fund. A sum of £13 16a 6d has also been forwarded to us from Milton in tjonnection with the collection initiated in Dunedin. Letters from the gentlemen forwarding the sums iv question, and expressing sympathy with Mr. Parnell and bis colleagues, will be found in another place. Wb are ad filed that some inaccuracy, no doubt quite accidental , occurred in a letter recently published by us from *n occasional correspondent at Westport. Previous to the appointment of a curate, mentioned by our correspondent, Mass was celebrated there regularly on two Sundays in succession, and it was only on every third Sunday that the celebration was omitted, and then there were generally Tespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament in the evening. The Catholic school also was assiduously attended to by thu Parish Priest, who had been r.ealous in promoting its interests in every possible w»y since its establishment. The Dominican Nuns have received art-umoa blocks and ltmittances from MesJames fcTsbit, per Miss M'Mulleu ; Muir, I'dttobello ; P. Fagan, Dunedin ; Bradley, Caverbbam. Miss Mountney, Qucenstown. Messrs J. Rat tray, Dunedin ; and W. CavanaghBalelutha. Owing to the small amount of the receipts aud the value of the priaes, the nuns are unwillingly obliged to postpone the drawing. Particulars of when this will take place, which must be decided by the progress made during the next few weeka m the sale of tickets, will be given by U9.in due time. Mb, Baltoub Is just vow amusing himaelt by the contemplation Of Mr. O'Brien's precarious state in piiaon. Mr. O'Brieu, we may add, baa been placed in the infirmary, where bis clothes have been restored to him, This tickles our male Canidia. and makes him feel Tery cheerful. Sympathy with tho sufferer, however, is being widely manifested. $*ATB£a McFaddbn has been charged with complicity in the killing of Inspector Martin. As to be charged with a crime, under existing circumstances in Ireland, means also to be convicted of it, we can have but little hope that the good priest will escape. The guilty party, nevertheless, )tt the Government, who are alone accountable for the riot in which the man was killed. The evidence of the delightful Mr. Delaney is being employed Againut Pat Molloy, whom, it appuars, they are actually trying to convict of perjury. We shall probably know iv a day or two whether the system of successful jury-packing extends blbo to London. AMOK 6 the items given by the Gaeettc is the promotion of Messrs. B. A. Dunne and Edward O'Neill as lieutenants respectively in the Dunedin Irish Kitles and the Paltnerston Bouth Rifles. We are happy in congratulating these gentlemen on the recognition thus medc of their merits. "St. Joseph's Almanac," published by the X Z. Tablet Printing and Publishing Company, Dunedin, and sold at the very Moderate price of 6d, is a book that must prove of great value iv

every Catholic household. The calendar not only gives, with excel* lent explanations in several instances, the fes'ivals and fast-dayi of the Church, but also names the saint or saints of each day , adding interesting particulars as to their various careers. The work referred to was done especially for thin publica ion by a ieliKiou« of ih« diocese of Dunedin, and ie reflects great credit on its compiler, The almanac contains besides a translation published recently by the Bisl.opof Maitland of the decrees of the Synod of Sydney. Itssacuiar contents include garden and farm calendars, ready-reckonew, and tables of measurements, and other matters of the kind, as well M a time table of the mails. The book, in short, is remarkably well compiled in every repect, and, as we have laid, a very good and oh« ful publication.

The Time* this we«k produced a great gun altogether against the National leaders. This is one Major Lecaron, a Fenian, a Clan-na-Gael, a Manitoban rebel, a dynamiter, an anything or anybody, ia short, that it is possible, or impossible either for the matter of that, for any one to be. Major Lecaron, swears that Mr, Parntll is an out-and-out revolutionist, who would be a Fenian if he were permitted to be so by the Brotherhood, and who looks for the freedom of Ireland to an armed rebellion only. He swears thnt several others of the prominent Nationalists are revolutionist* as we 1 ; that EgaD had paid Dutch officers to assist the Boers in the war against England ; that ha had declared himself ready to continue active warfare, and to support the murder policy. He says 90,000 dole, of the skirmishing fund was spent—and therefore, of course, thrown away — in arming vessels and preparing other offensive measures against Englani. He says Mr. O'Kelly bad employed Btrenty members of the Clan-na-Gael to ship arms to Ireland. He has, moreover, pass-words and cyphers, and secret papers of the League to produce. We see, therefore, that Major Lecaron is a very formidable pi r<jon indeed. Thbbm is, however, some slight danger that Major Lecaron may prove just a trifle too formidable, and by placing the condition of things prominently and vividly before tha English public may do as much barm as good to the cause he is meant to serve. Major Lecaron it appears has been in the pay of the English Government since 1868. since which time also he has furnished a thousand reports, having joined the Feniana for the purpose of betraying their secrets. The serious point is, meantime, that the Major, in the pay of the EnglUh Government, aa he says, has been accountable for deeds quite as bad ac any he accuses the Nationalists of countenancing or encouraging. He it was, according to his own account, who was head of the organization which sent Gallagher to destroy buildings in London with dynamite,— and who, consequently, waa responsible for the undertaking of the tool whom he betrayed, for he says he also revealed the plot and had Gallagher arrested. Ho says, besides, that he bad organised the rebellion in Manitoba and supplied the necessary funds to carry it on. Louis Riel, therefore, whose execution formed one of the illustrations given by Lord Salisbury ia bis Edinburgh speech, w.i 9 doubly the viotim of the English Government— seduced by their agent to rebel, and then banged by them fordoing so. Will the English public now that this detestable method of proceed* ing— bo long employed unknown, as we may h>pe,to them in Ireland — i 9 brought vividly before them, countenance its perpetuation, or will they not visit those who have made use of it with tbeir anger and save their own honour in the eyes of the world ? If Lecaron is corroborated au.l prayed to state the truth, it is not Gallagher and Louis Riel who were the crimh.ils ;— it is not even their tempter and be* trayer — this true son and imitator of the dcvil — but it is the Govern, ment itself that is guilty, and, it they sustain the Government, the people will aleo take upon themselves the guilt. This informer, therefore, has placed the honour of England at stake before the world, and is even more formidable to the Government in whose fcupport be is produced than to the men whom it is his office to destroy. Sib Richabd Websteb, nevertheless, even supported aa he it by Major Lecaron, appears to be backing down. He now declares that he will not connect Mr. Parnell personally with murder but will ba content with proving that he had deliberately allied himself to 1 persona whom he knew to be murderers. But the letters attributed to Mr. Parnell, if they were genuine, would connect him personally and closely with murder. It is evident, therefore, that the Attorney General has relinquished all hope of proving the authenticity of these letters, and is preparing to withdraw as plausibly as possible from making the attempt. The reason of the delay made in entering upon an examination of them is now very appaient. Mk. Pabmcll we perceive is not to be baffled by the dishonesty and cowardice of the Times. That newspaper has availed- itself of some technical po nt to prevent the hearing of the Scotch action, what poiut we do Dot as yet know, but it can hardly be that raised as to Mr. Walter's personal responsibility, which had been decided bj the Court of Session in accordance with Lord Kinnear's ruling, and in favour of the plaintiff. Mr. Parnell, therefore has resolved to

transfer bis case to Dub in, no doubt being aware that, even though the old trick of packing a jury miy once mor<* be pliynd — with all the particn'ar skill too of Pether the Packer, the exposure made by I the evidence will be sufficient for his purpose. Tukbb ia at le^st one weak point connected with Major Lee a r on 'b evidence. It is quoted with a contrary intention, bnt its bearing U, aevertheless, quiie apparent. Mr. Gladstone, it is said, although is Premier he had received Major Lecaroa's reports as to tbe dcings of the Land Le tgue, still proposed to entrust the destinies of Ireland to tbe members of that Association. But surely this means one of two things— titter Mr. Gladstone placed no reliance on Major Lecaron'a reports, or, if he did, he saw tbe only way of putting an end to the degrading and abominable system of which the informer was a minister, was to alter the plan of government under which it bad so long existed, and of which it formed a necessary part. In either case the interpretation tells in favour of the effort Lecaron's evidence is intended to quash, AND this ia that glorious and enlightened British rule of which we have he trd so much— a thing supported by plots and seductions; by •ending out into all parts of the world men who are not only spies, bat the seducers who f >rm the criminals and conspirators they are also hired to betray. The true-bora Briton has be n wont to condema tbe systems of secret police employed in certain f jreign lands, and to thank God that he himself is nut an oth^r men are. But if be is riot as other men are it is b. -cause he is infinitely worse. His own particular system fir sarpis es in its ha euess any that exists elsewhere Meantime, we see h>w infamy bring-) its nem sis with it. This) enslavement aud oppression of Ireland not only involve the utter degradation of British rule and its disgrace in the eyes of the world , but they impose besides on the tax-payer a heavy burden of expense. Ibe true*born Briton p*ys through the nose for the maintenance of a system that gives all bia honourable pretensions the lie, and degradts his country to the level of a strumpet. Mbyes and Co., Dentists, Octagon, corner of George street. They guarantee highest class work at moderate fees. Their artificial teeth gives general satit-f action, and the fact of them supplying a tern porary denture while the gums are healing does away with the inconvenience of being months without teeth. They manufacture a single artificial tooth for Ten Shillings, and sets equally moderate The administration of nitrous oxide gas is also a preat boon to those needing the extraction of a tooth. Read — [advt.] The Fjrmei'd Agency Company has been formal for the purpose •f aenngaa agents in tbe sale of grain, stock, and produce generally. The weli-kuown reputation of Mr. John Grindley, the manager, is a sufficient guarantee that in every lespect the business entrusted to the company will be no transacted as to secure the utmost satisfaction on the part of all who avail themselves of their services. Mr. W. R 1 Border's engine and boiler works Main North Road, Timaru, are conducted in a manner that testifies admirably to the experience gained by their proprietor during his long period cf service as foreman for Messrs. Scott Bros. Christcburch. All kinds of woik proper to such an aatabhahment are turned out in lirst-clais style and at moderate rates. Messrs. F. W. M'Gill and Co. have re-opened the drapery establishment lately conducted by Mr. Thomas M'Gill in the Royal Arcade, Duneiin. Their stock ii large and well fcli c ed, and the well-earned reputation of the house will be mmntaimd by the excellence of its goods and the reasonableness of prices.