Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 17, 10 February 1893, Page 9

Irish News.

Cavan.- The following have been appointed high aheriffa for 1893 in this County :— Edward Patrick Smith, Esq., Bellamont Forest, Oootehill ; Joseph Pratt, Esq., Cabra Castle, Kiogscourt ; Maxwell James Boyle, Eeq, Tullyvin House, Tullyvin. Clare.— Clare Castle fair was well supplied with stock, but prices were low for every description of stock. There were not many buyers present. The prices were :— Year-and-a-half-olde, £4 to £7 ; two-and-a-half-year-olds, £7 to £9 ; and three-year-olds, £10 to £14. Beef fetched 48s to 60s aewt, and an inferior descrip'ion brought 42s to 445. Springers went from £12 to £16. Cork.— Amongst the recent changes made by the Bishop of Boss is the appointment of Rev D. O'Brien in the parish of Rath (Baltimore), in succession to the late Father Davis. This appointment makes Father O'Brien ex-officio a governor of the fishing school, and he bas been elected secretary pro tern. Father O'Brien is regarded by ths governors as a valuable accession to their body, because of his business habits and his sympathies for the suffering poor. Donegal.— The Fermanagh Timet is informed that J. A. Hamilton, Sea Tiew House, Bundoran, is building a town ball and reading room in Bundoran. It is hoped it will be an encouragement and inducement to visitors to stay longer in that improving and healthy watering place which is only in itb infancy. Arthur O'Connor, M.P., for East Donegal, was lately presented with an address and a purse well filled with sovereigns by his constituents. This is highly generous conduct on the part of the honorable gentleman's Donegal friends, as they also paid his election

expenses a few weeks ago. The interesting evant took place in the Literary Institute, Letteikenny, Father McGlynn, of Strauorlnr, presiding. Dublin. — At recent meeting of the National Leae;u9 in Dublin, John Redmond, M P., who presided, said his party wished to have the name of every supporter of their piinciples in Ireland whom it would be difficult to induce to join the other organisations. They were instituting a roll of followers Cilled " Ireland's Army of Independence." J. J. O'Kelly, Andrew Kettle, and himself would be trustees, and the sign of membership would be a silver badge. The reeult of the election for Blderm&nship of Mouoijoy ward, DubliD, was declared a few days Bgo. The candidates were A. C. Tynan and John Kennedy, both of whom are professed Parnelhtes. Mr Tynan, however, had the support of the Redmondite leaders and their organs the Daily Independent and Evening Herald, and his defeat means a serious blow to them after they had exerted extraordinary efforts to secure his ieturn. Mr Kennedy beaded the poll by a majority of forty-one votes. Fermanagh. — The farmers lament every day tbe depression in the price of farm product 1 . To add to their grief the potato crop around Derrygonnelly is a total failure with few exceptions. Tht poor men are not able to pay rentß, if they hope to support a family, and put in a crop next spring. Gal way.— The Galway Convention was held in Tuam and was a splendid success. Delegates from all parts of the County attended, and the proceedings were most enthusiastic. P. J. Costello of Clohansmore House, Clohans Hill, has granted his tenants a reduction of twenty.five per cent, on this year's rents.

This recognition of the gloomy 6tate of agricultural and farming affairs is much appreciated, and it is hoped that the timely example set by Mr Oostello will be extensively followed. Kerry. — The County Kerry Convention, held recently in Tralee, under the presidency cf Eugene Crean, M.P., for the purpose of inaugurating a collection for the evicted tenant, proved & great success. Sir Thomas Esmonde and J. D. Sheehan, M.P's., were in attendance, and delegates, lay and clerical, from all parts of the country. A remarkable feature in connection with the proceeding! was that, an the delegates passed through the streets to the place of mee'ing, there was not the faintest show of hostility, affording a striking contrast to the stormy street scenes enacted some months ago, when a convention was held. A subscription list was opened and large Bums subscribed, Sir Thomas Esmond giving £10. Sir Thomas Esmonde addressed a large and influential meeting from the window of Lee's Hotel, Dingle, last week. The brass band of the Temperance Society paraded. The people poured in in groups by the different roads leading to the town, and when the proceedings commenced there was not a parish in the whole of Corkaguiney promontory that was not represented by a strong contingent. Kil dare*— George B. Bonaldnon was attacked by a bnll in his farmyard at Stonebrook a few days ago. Mr Bonaldson wai knocked down by the furiouß animal, which was about to gore him on the ground, when the servant-girl rushed out with the greatest courage and literally took the bull by the horns. Mr Ronaldsonwas then enabled to rise. The bull drove tbe girl against the wsll, into which ooe of bis hornß entered, the other tearing her dress and injuring her knee slightly. Assistance now arrived, and the animal was secured. Mr Ron aid eon escaped with a few scratches, thanks to the prompt heroism of the girl, whose feat deserves the recognition accorded to acts of supreme bravery by the Royal Humane Society.

Singularly enough, the name of this heroic girl has not been given by the chronicler. Limerick.— On Sunday Thomas O'Gorman, president, and John Crow, vice-president, Limerick Amnesty Association, left Limerick for the purpoae of visiting John Daly, J. F. Egan, and other political prisoners, having obtained the necessary permits, They will be joined at the other side by Mrs Bgan and Mr Terley of Glasgow, who will also pay visits to the prisoners. Rev M. Biordan recently delivered a most interesting lecture on this subject in the Catholic Literary Institute, Limerick. The at'endance was numerous. Father L°e presided. During the discount* tbe reverend lecturer said :— " Most of the Matrimonial and Baptismal Registrars of the Church of Lincoln's in -fields, London, were destroyed in 1780 during the Gordon riots. But some escaped. Those that have been preserved go bck to the middle of the century. When attached to that mission I occasionally looked over them and remember having traced in them Irish aamea — of persons married and of children baptised — back all the way. The registers of old Virginia street chapel go back to 1773. They are now kept in the magnificent cburch at Commercial road, which has succeeded tbe old hidden away chapel in which the last generation worshipped. When attached to that mission, curiosity also led me wandering through the names of the married and baptised, and I found them nearly all Irish. For April 16, 1800, 1 found the following entry :— Married, Jm. Wiseman and Xaviera Strange — Witnesses, Lanrence Strange, Obas. McCarthy, Edward Murphy. Tben the priest's signature— B. Ooob. They were tbe parents of Cardinal Wiseman, I believe it was not known during his life ime that his parents weie married there, he having been born in Spain and passed his childhood in Water*

ford. The mission at Soho squart was opened in 1792, and its chapel was dedicated to 8t Patrick ; which also shows that the Irish element was strong in that quarter of London then. It is, moreover, a tradition amongst the people that the celebrated Father Arthur O'Leary used to preach in it to immense congregation! of bis countrymen. Edmund Burke, in bis address at Bristol after tbe Gordon riots, said that there were 4,000 or 5,000 Catholics in London. His estimate is thought to be too low, It is thought that at the beginning of the present eentnry there were about 15,000 Irish in London, about 10,000 in Manchester, and about 12,000 in Liverpool. The number of Irish in all England at that time must be considerably over 100,000.

Queen's County*— Maryborough recent fair was the first held in that town since September 4, because of pleuro-pneumonia. The removal of cattle being still prohibited from tbe electoral divisions of Ballysarroll, Borris, Shaen, Emo, D&ngans, Mountmellick, and Rosenalis, limited the fair. Tbe attendance of buyers was small, and tbe demand — except for fat cattle— very poor. Three-year-olds, Lll 10a to Ll3 10s ; two-year-olds, L 5 10a to L 8 10s ; yearlings and ■tores sold bad, at prices ranging from L 3to L 5 ; springers, LlO to Ll6.

Mayo* — Lord Leconlield, through his agent, J. W. Scott, Ross, Lewin, Bnnis, bas granted to tbe tenants on his extensive estate in the Kildysart district a reduction of fifteen per cent, on the rents due. Captain J. Scott has, through his agent, Francis Morrice, Springfield, Six-mile-bridge, given a very liberal rent reduction to the tenants of tbe gallant gentleman's property in the Kildysart district, amounting to twenty-six per cent., and has in most instances wiped off all rent arrears. The representatives of tbe late Rev G. Ros.s Lewin, havt allowed tbe tenants of the Roshill and Coolsipeen estates a very liberal redaction.

The circumstances surrounding the Ballyhean evictions will be fully investigated by the Commission now sitting in Dublin for that purpose. Miss Gardiner was the owner and Miss Pringle the agent Those evicted were Thomas Ward, John Garvey and Oliver Canton The evictions occurred in March, 1885. Meath.— The petition of J. J. Dalton against the return of Patrick Fulham, M.P, for South Meath, came on for hearing before Justice O'Brien and Justice Andrews. The grounds relied on by the petitioner are, broadly speaking, " Clerical Intimidation." Mr Fulbam bas been unseated and a new election will soon be held. The unseated member, however, cannot bs a candidate, as the law prevents him from becoming a Member of Parliament duiing seven years. Xipperary. — It has been rumoured about Cashel lately that Mr Power, tobacco manufacturer, is about to give up business. This would throw about thirty bread-winners out of employment, which would be a deplorable event in such a small town as Cashel. Tb« business it is stated, gave Mr Power a clear profit of 10,000 dule. per annum. Tyrone* — A large aod enthusiastic meeting was held in tbe Town Hall, Strabane, in connection with the convention for the two divisions of this County, North and Mid Tyrone. On tbe motion of Edward Gallagher, seconded by Mr Murraghan, tbe chair was taken by Swifte MacNeill, M.P. On the motion of Father Doherty, seconded by James Kennedy, Rev John McConoelogue and Father McGlone were appointed as secretaries of the meeting. The meeting was called primarily to devise means to assist the evicted tenants, and incidentally to declare the people's confidence in the Irish party led by Justin McCarthy. Swifte MacNeill M.P., in coming forward was received with loud applause, and in the course of his address said they were assembled to uphold the first law of tbe Christian religion,

to bear one another's burden. They were here to do what they could to mitigate the distress and misery of the evicted tenants, who, by their action, bad done much good for the people of the country. Mr Balfour said he had framed the Act of '91 to enable tenants who had been evicted to buy out, but in order to benefit the landlords aod put them in a position to get a higher pries for their derelict farms from those evicted tenants. They did not bay, but by the aid aod sympathy of tbe people of Ireland and people in other and distant lands those evicted tenants were kept here watching the turn of events. They were not only supporting the cause of tbe evicted, but their own cause, for by reason of their noble stand they have secured that safety which has kept so many others secure. For every one evicted tenant ten Irish tenants would have been sent across the deep, as so many thousands of their forefathers had been, had it not been for the manly stand, action, and sacrifice of the noble soldiers on whose behalf they had met thete. The speaker then referred to tbe evicted tenants in Donegal, but especially to the Gweedore prisoner*.

'Wateriord. — No small excitement was occasioned lately by tbe sadden appearance of a fox in Church lane, Lismore. Reynard was hotly pursued by the lane folk with a number of dogs, and being closely pressed, attempted to jump over a wall near tbe cathedral gates, but his attempt was frustrated, and he eventually plunged into the area of the deanery, whither he was followed by one of tbe dogs and killed.

Quite recently J. Redmond, M.P., as president of tbe Young Ireland Society, Ireland, delivered his ioaugoral address at tbe City Hall. A small charge for admission was made and there was a large attendance. Mr Le Strange, as vice-president of the society, introduced tbe honourable gentleman to tha audience. He said he thought Waterford was to be congratulated on the resuscitation of the

Young Ireland Society, lor already its position was s'rong unl impregnable. Mr hedmond spoke on the condition of Irelan • generally, and also about John Daly and the other political prisoners