Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 41, 17 July 1891, Page 9

Irish News.

Antrim,— The Belfast branoh of the organisation reoenNy met in Bt. Mary's (Minor) Hall. Great enthusiasm was displayed in the oanse by those present. Father O'Connor presided. Amongst those present were :— Rev. Alexander Quinn, St. Bfalachy's, treasurer; Joseph Devlin, secretary ; W. J. McCormac, Professor St. Malacby's College ; Patrick Dempsey, W. H. Campbell, and Joseph Mulbolland. Tne representative of an organ which has been prononocedly antiParnell until compelled to go the other way by those who control it was not admitted to the meeting. Armagh* — The Nationalists of (the Derrymacash district severed their connection with the League bossed by Parnell and Harrington and established on its ruins a healthy branoh of the National Federation. A substantial subscription has been forwarded to the Central Office to assist in strangling Charlie's ancanny business. The excitement in connection with the retaking of the evicted farms on the Lurgan estate continues. About 2,000 people assembled •I Mr Hendron's house and cheered for him and assured him of popular support, and be was carried on the shoulders of several stalwart young men. They then proceeded to the residence of Mr Tnrkington and groans were given. The people are still in a state of the most intense excitement. Carlow.— There wasia limited supply of horned stock at recent Carlow fair, but sufficient to meet the requirements of purchasers. Three-year-old bullocks and heifers ranged from £11 to £18 per head ; two-and-a half-year-old do, from £9 to £11 per head ; two-year-old do, from £8 to £10 per head. There was a good supply of beef, with a dull demand, first quality realising 66s per cwt, and second and inferior sorts from 48s to 62s per cwt. Strippers rated at from £10 to £12 a piece. Milch cows varied in price from £14 to £18 apiece. The sheep fair was very well supplied. Mutton sold at 7d per pound. At Tullow fair hardly any business was done, and prices for stores were generally £2 lower than last year. Pork 40s to 42s per cwt. The first meeting of the Borris National committee was held on Sunday, April 19, in the old League Booms, Rev, Thomas Doyle presiding. Also present :— Rev. P. O Donnell, M. Waters, E. Joyce, M. Oittons, P. Breen, P. Aspel, T. Brennan, T . Doyle (Tinnecarrig), T. Tuite, M. Kelly, P. Dalton, James Joyce, T. Doyle (Rathanna), W. Nolan, J. Lawler, M. Brennan, P. Tuite, J. Heffeman, J. Stanton, T. Farrell, J. Culleton, M. Murphy. The following resolution was passed unanimously :— " That we oondemn the action of Mr Parnell and his followers in going into the Tory lobby againßt Mr Morley 's amendment, and are convinced that such course of conduct if the material outcome of Mr Pamell's secession from the Irish party." Cavan.— The Irish National Federation in Drumgoon and Glenexlin have forwarded substantial sums to the Central Office as an earnest of their determination to swamp Parnellism and its Tory and Orange allies. Tbe subscriptions were despatched by Fathers Brady and Fennelly from their respective parishes. A largely- attended meeting of the Scrabby and Columbkille East parishioners was held at Scrabby Bridge, Rev. M. Corcoran, P.P. presiding. The Reverend Chairman having explained the object of the meeting and of the Federation, stirring addresses wert delivered by P. S. O'Reilly, Swan, Lake, and Rev. D. Gray. The following resolution was unanimously adopted :— That we hereby establish for this parish a branch of the National Federation and contribute £lo to the funds of the Central Branch, and pledge ourselves to promote as far as possible the objects of the Federation." Father Flood presided at a great meeting in Kingscourt last week when the following resolution* were passed :—-That we, the Nationalists of Kingscourt, Muff, andiCorles— priests and people at public meeting assembled— reiterate the verdict of tbe parish against the leadership of Mr Parnell, pronounced by us on the 21st of December, 1890, and renew the fealty we then vowed to the constitutional party upon the leadership of Mr McCarthy. That we look upon a League made the tool of Mr Parnelljaa self-condemned, and on its dissolution, hastened as it has been by the scandalous utterances of Harrington and Co., &i a (matter of course ; and, voicing the parish, we, in union with the country, hereby sever all connection with the Office, 43 Upper O'Connelljstreet. Corki— Six families have been evicted on the Pomonby estate' during the past week. Sentences of death were carried out in the townlands of Carrigarassa, Knockraffagh, and Ballydaniel. A number of evicted farms in the neighborhood of Doneraile and Mallow, hitherto managed by emergencymen, have been taken, it is stated, by tenants within the past couple of weeks. The season of emigration set in as esrly as Bt.;Patrick's Day, and emigrants are departing for America, and will continue to do so till the Ist of June. Up to the present over forty young adventurers haye taken their leave of historic Beara, and hundreds of others are making preparations for departure in a few weeks' time.

A number of tenants on the Kerr Moßride estate,? Midleton, hare executed agreements to purchase their',holdings. There are now only four tenants who hare not signed their agreements. The basis of purchase ia sixteen and one-half years oo the judicial rente. An extensive farmer and publican in Olonmult, Bdmond Orooin purchased his two holdings at Oorbally, near Midleton, for £1,830 from his landlord, Pierce Power Ooppinger. Two branches of the National Fsderation have been inaugurated in the city, one for the Northern side and one for the South and Centre. Th« meeting of the former was held at St. Mary's Hall, and was presided over by Rev. Canon O'Mahony ; the other at the Assembly Booms, where Edward Fitigerald was in the chair. There was a great attendance Jat each meeting, and the proceedings were marked by great enthusiasm and perfect harmony. At the Kanturk Presentment Sessions on Thursday a resolution proposed by Mr Molony, and seconded by Mr Leader, J.P., was unanimously passed expressing the opinion that steps should be taken to relieve the cesspayers from the unjust and crushing taxation consequent on the working of the Kanturk and Newmarket Railway Mr Hegarty said it would be a great blessing to the cesspayers if the line were shut up altogether (hear, hear). Colonel Aldworth said that the line would probably be soon in the possession of the Great Southern and Western Railway, who were negotiating for its purchase. Several cesspayexs expressed themselves in favour of completely shutting up the line, and thereby relieving the ratepayers. Derry.— The Select Committee, John Morley ohairman, appointed to investigate the London Companies' management of the vast estates granted them in Ulster has rendered the following report thereon :— That the estates in question were conveyed by the Irish Society and the twelve Companies for public purposes. That the Irish Society has recognised the trust for public purposes in Ireland, but in a way open to improvement. That the twelve Companies have partially recognised it, but in selling these estates have ignored the local public duties which were implied in their possession. That the sale of the estates has been conducted on lines which would realise the largest sum to the Companies, in some cases involving severity, if not harshness, to the tsnants. That this has been done in spite of the fact that the property has been largely created by the tenants themselves. That these estates or their 'products (when realised) form an important Irish local property, which should be administered in the district where created and by Irish trustees. Down* — Considerable damage was done near Eillinohy by which several hundred acres of valuable moss were destroyed by fire. How the conflagration originated is not known. The following is a report made by Dr Cameron, of Dublin, on the quality of water drawn from the Newtownards pumps here mentioned—Bhuttlefie!d, Bast street, John street, and Mill street. Dr Cameron reports as follows :— " Shuttlefield— colour, yellow ; odour, nothing peculiar. This water contains an enormous amount of ammonia and is unfit for use. John street— colour, almost none ; odour, nothing peculiar. This water only second-class. The large amount of nitric acid indicates tainted sources. Mill street, new pump— colour, almost none ; odour, nothing peculiar. This water is clear and free from organisms, and a very good water. Bast streetcolour slightly whitish-brown ; odour, nothing peculiar ; under the microscope few organisms are visible, and is moderately soft, and only second-class." From this report it would appear that not much good water is obtainable in the town. Dublin.— The new bell turret-roof of Mount Argus, prepared for a peal of bells, is a remarkabla piece of metal work. It weight over 23 cwt and is entirely of best brass and copper. The main uprights are 2J inches Bquare, and the cross bars are 3$ x 1$ inches, with swells at the intersections. All the foliage is wrought out of solid copper bars and hammered into shape. A cross of eolid copper work surmounts the cresting. The whole of the work, with the four finals of copper, is richly gilt, connected, and properly mounted in a lightning conductor, the collector of which is tipped with platina; This piece of work i» highly creditable to all concerned. It was designed by William Hague, erected by John Tully, 101 Rathgar road, Dublin, and manufactured at the well-known Ulster Metal Works. An address has been published by the Irißh political Prisoners' Amnesty Association requesting the Irish people to aid them in attaining liberty for tin men now within English prison walls. James G. Mooney, Mountjoy square, Dublin, has given £100 to the funds of the Tenants' Defence Funds, and in forwarding it wrote :—": — " I regret to see a difficulty now raised about releasing the Paris moneys. I think that those who feel as Ido should now show that we have not been unmindful of the sufferings and sacrifices of the evicted tenants during so many years. I therefore enclose a cheque for £100 for the Tenants' Defence Fund, and hope the people of Ireland will show that no flag of surrender must be hung out in the dying hours of a Coercionist Ministry." Fermanagh* — Ennisklllen National Federation recently forwaided £10 to the Central Office as first installment. J. Gallagher, through whom the cash was sent, ia Secretary to the branch.

Fishermen of the Lower Brat recently dredged from the bottom of the lake a most interesting relic, now in the possession of Mr Plunkett, who intends reading a paper descriptive of it before the Royal Society of Antiquaries at their next meeting. This rare find is a very ancient shrine, seven inches long and about six and a balf inches high and four inches broad at the base, and belongs to the ninth century period. Kerry.— Caherdveen fair was well supplied with cattle of various descriptions, but no demand and ecarc-ly any cattle purchased. A few milch cows which exchanged hands realised only from £7 to £8 10s each ; a few two-year-old bullocks and heifers, fii to £4 10s ; sheep sold at from 13s to £1 2s, and bonhams from 5s to 13s. Kilkenny.— The Hngginstown Leaguers have gone over to the National Federation. They are beginning to realise how hollow were and are Parnell's pretensions to being a great leader. The Mayor of Kilkenny is constant in his visits to the Luggacurran Coercion prisoners confined in the city gaol. They are in excellent health and spirits. The complaint from which Mr John Oullinane, of Bansha, is suffering in Tullamore Prison ia stated to be a serious attack of typhoid fever, with inflammation of the longs. Mr. Patrick O'Brien, M.P., having received permission from the prison authorities in Dublin, visited Tullamore Prison in order to Bee Mr Cullinane, but the medical officers, after consultation, decided that it would be injurious for the patient to see anyone. It is stated that there are six or eight other cases of typhoid in the prison, and the cause is said to be the defectiveness of the sanitary arrangements. Latest advices state that Mr Oullina»e's condition shows a marked improvement. L,eitrim.— There was a monster Federation meeting held in Mohill last Sunday. The stain which the Drumshanbo rowdies left on South Leitrim has bten wiped out. The attendance was very large and the enthusiasm unbounded. Lrimericlt.— The Newcastle West annual retreat for the Arch-Confraternity of the Holy Family is being conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers, and Will occupy two weeks, one of which will be devoted to the male and the other to the female portions of the Confraternity. Both sections number about 1200 people. The Ordnance Survey Staff, which hitherto have been located in Limerick, have been now removed to Bnnis, sufficient accommodation not being obtainable in Limerick. The withdrawal /of sixty officials will be loss to the city's trade. Limerick's successful artist, J. O'Mara, who 'made so great a success as a tenor at Mr DOyly Carte's English Opera House, will continue to sing in " Ivanhoe," and probably in the new opera of " La Bascone," to be produced on an early date. Longford. — The Longford Board of Guardians have strongly condemned Parnell's treachery in .abandoning the Plan of Campaign tenants to the mercy of Balfour and the landlords. A land-owner named Ledwith has forty-three tenants on his Clongh property with decrees for rent due. The decrees were obtained at Ballymahon sessions. The position of the tenant-farmers in Ireland will not be improved until they possess their own farms. L,OUth.— The committee of the Irish National Federation, Dnndalk— Father Clark presiding,— recently passed the following resolution :— That Mr Parnell's conduct in refusing to release the Paris funds to aid the evicted tenants is base and callous in the highest degree and merits the indignation of all honest men ; that we rejoice to see that at the meeting of the Central Branch of the Irish National Federation it was decided to succour the evicted tenants in every possible way, and that we join in the hope expressed thereat that the generosity of the Irißh people will never permit these men to be sacrificed. At a meeting of the Collon.'.Syddan, Nobber, and Castletown branches of the I.N.L. the following resolation, proposed by John Bellow, seconded by John B. Balfe, was adopted :— Resolved— That we, the members of the Collon, Syddan, Nobber and Castletown branches of the I.N.L. in meeting assembled, hereby tender to Miss Kiernan, of Leggab, our heartfelt sympathy in her present affliction and beg to assure her that we will support her in her fight, not only for herself, but for the cause of the tenant-farmers of all Ireland ; and we further hereby record our emphatic condemnation of Sam McKeever in grabbing the property of Miss Kiernan, thereby constituting himself the most unscrupulous land-grabber in the county. Mayo.— The new church at Castlebar will be commenced immediately. The Pope has sent a gift through Monsignor Kirby and his special benediction for the good work. The walls of the new building will surround the present edifice, and it will be proportionately larger. The most satisfactory progress is beicg made with the church at the foot of Croaghpatrick in honour of Ireland's National Apo»tle. The walls are going up rapidly, and there is every indication of its speedyjt successful termination. The people of Westport are •howi n- eir appreciation of this grand undertaking in a manner

that does honour to the Catholic spirit. The/ are contributing very generously. * Roscommon.-On the King-Harman property the bog rents have been increased from 2s 6d to 10a on all the tenants who got abatements in the Land Court. The landlords are bound to hay« the tenants' money somehow. Tipperary.— At a conference of the clergy of the diocese of Emly, at Tipperary, a subscription was opened for the relief of the evicted tenants, and £353 was subscribed, Archbishop Oroke heading the 'list with £100. A number of priests of the Kerry diocese have also sent in subscriptions through his Grace of Caahel. The Tipperary Guardians passed a resolution supporting Pamell. It was carried with the open support of the magistrates, a class which has np to this with unfailing regularity resisted every motion of a national tinge. The proof, if proof were needei, of the soundness of Olonmel in the Irish National Federation, has been furnished by its splendid donation of £60 to the National fund, which was recently forwarded to Dublin by P. J. Condon, M.P., Mayor. Mr Parnell was to ha7e addressed a meeting in Thnrles on his way down to Clonmel last week. The Tipperary men feeling this was a studied affront to their patriotic Archbishop, mad* things hum for the local Parnellites, and the " Chief " did not go toThurles. Tyrone.- The majority of the tenants on the Lougbroy estate, who signed agreements to purchase their holdings, have been notified that the loans will be granted by the Land Commission. Those to whom the purchase money will be advanced are exceedingly well pleased. Waterford.— John Adair of Waterford is engaged in improving bakers' ovens. He has obtained another patent. An influential meeting was held in Lismore recently for the pur* pose of taking steps to establish a butter market ia the town. It was decided to print placards informing the surrounding farmers of the steps taken to get up the market. The 19th May was axed for the opening: day. Wcxford. — Patrick Meeban is negotiating with Oolonel Tottenham through the agent, Mr Boyd, for bis old homestead. It is considered likely that he will be reinstated in the home of his ancestors. At a meeting held lately it was unanimously agreed that a branch of the National Federation be founded in Newtownbarry, and a representative meeting of the parish be held for that purpose. John Aspell, a labourer of Tomfarney, near Clonroche, recently 6tole fifty yards of shirting. Instead of bringing it home he coolly i marched up Court street and entering the constabulary barrack set down bis bundle on the table before the astonished police. " Here is something," he cried, "that I stole out of Mr Burkes shop. lam starving, and send me to gaol." Fifty persons arrived at Enniscorthy railway station last week on their way to Dublin. About thirity of them were intending cmi. grants en route for America. It was a sad sight to witness and a sad thing to think of— about thirty able-bodied, healthy men and women and all of them under thirty years of age, leaving a land they lore and which could well support them if rightly governed. Great satisfaction is felt around Clonegal and Newtownbarry at the restoration of the Carragh tenants. Nine years ago these people were hurled from their homes. No sooner were they outside the threshold than the oil-can was brought into use, and there and then their humble dwellings were committed to the flames. Sustained by their own exertions they lived on, watching their farms through the long and dreary term, and their determination has been rewarded. They have obtained very favourable terms, and new homes will soon rise on the Bite of the old ones. A meeting was held in the Bullring, Wexford, on Sunday, for the puipose of giving Mr John B. Redmond, M.P., an opportunity of addressing his fellow-townsmen on the present crisis. Much actirity was shown in organising the meeting, which many Nationalists at* tended out of curiosity. Mr Bedmond arrived by the midday train, and met with a very poor reception. A noticeable feature in the affair was the entire absence of cheering for Parnell. The meeting was held at three o'clock, and was presided over by Mr Joha Redmond, T.C. The attendance was fair but most unrepresentative. A vcte of confidence in Mr Redmond was passed.