Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 41, 9 February 1894, Page 9

Irish News.

(From the Irish World.} Antrim.— The Liberal Unionists ol Belfaataro becorniDg ineoibfcrd of the Orange Lodge, The death is announced of Dr John S. Drennan, eon of the famous Dr Drennan, the gifted pcet and writer of the United Irishmen. The demise took place at Prospect terrace, University road, Belfast. The dece&asd was 83 years of age and wroie poems of some merit. He was what is called a Liberal Unionist in politics, and some time ago endeavoured to ahow that his distinguished father became reconciled to the Union in 1817, bat he could not and did not. Cavan. — The recent Registration Session in this country has added considerably to the voting strength of the Nationalists, so that all chance of the Orangemen or Tories capturing the county has completely disappeared. Cork. — A bronze medal for saving life was presented to Mrs Martin Flavin at her residence, Cork city. On August 10 Mrs Flavin saved the life of a young lady who was being carried out to «ea while bathing at Church Bay, and the local committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution directed their honourable secretary, Captain Usborne, to represent the occurrence to the Humane Society, and the bronze medal, with certificate, was unanimously awarded. The society desires that such presentations shoulJ be made in public when possible, bnt at Mrß Flavin's special wish the ceremony took place in private. Captain Usborne presented the medal in the name of the Royal Humane Society, and in doing so

complimented Mrs F.avin on the great presence of mind and courage displayed in swimming out in the heavy sea to aid a lady in danger or drowning. Mrs Flavin, in reply, modestly said she h.id done nothing that deserved recognition. She thought that she really had saved the girl's life, but ehe had only done what any other lady could have done under the circumstances. Mrs Elizabeth Forrest, aged 40 years, who formerly lived at Currabally, Blarney, and whose husband was evicted, died during the week from exposure under a bridge in Whitechurch. After the eviction her husband, Michael Forrest, went to America and ditd there. Her brother, named Walsh, with whom she was staying at the time, is also in nore straits. He waß evicted from his farm of sixty acres in Kilmona, G-enagh parish, by the Masses Peede of Midleton. Derry.— Government statistics containing the following in regard to emigratien from Derry have just been issued : 491 person* emigrated to the United Slates and 81 to Canada, against 728 to the State?, and 51 to Canada in October, 1892. The immigrants from the United States numbered 207. and fiom Canada 56. These figure* relate to the momh of October only. ° Down.— Considerable distress exists amon? the weavers in and around tne district of Newtown.rds, owing to the long-continued onainesi depression. Meath.— lt is an unique event in any country to find a judge charging a jury that included another judge. Yet this actually happened at the quarter sessions held at Trim laet week. The foremaD of the jury was Mr John McNamara of Park, who is a retired judge, of the United States. Judge Curran, upon ascertaining the fact, addressed him as " my brother judge."

Tyrone. — Higiit X v Dr O'Doherty, Binhop of Derry, has been legally summoned to B ston. U.S A., as a witness in a will cisc iivolving 12,000d015. Mrs Margaret Bradley stipulated in her will th.tthin sum should be devote.i 10 the purchase of land and the erecfi n of a memcrial church in her native village of Carndrine, Tyrone. Since her death no step has been takon to erect the building, or even to purchase the site. Carndrine is a little hamlet of nineteen families, and would be unable to support the church if it were built. Waterford.— Right Rev Bartholomew Fitupatrick, Lord Abbott, Mount Melleray, Waterford, Ireland, died lately in the 83rd year of hia age. Bartholomew Fiizpatrick was born at Trim, County Me&tb, and studied at St Sulpice, Paris. He was professor of natural scienoes at Carlow College, and served in the diocese of Dublin. He than joined the Trappists at Mount Melleray, and was elected abbot in 1848. He established the present monastery at Duboque, lowa, and was Visitor-General for the Order in this country, which he visited seven times, the last time being in 1888. The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone for artisans' dwellings waß gone through lately in Dangarvan, in the presence of a large number of artisans and labourers. The scheme was projected by the Town Commissioners, Wexford.— The railway f torn Wexford to Boslare will be in operation during the Bummer of 1894. Gangs of men are putting the permanent way in shape. At the Boslare end the station ib being renovated. The ascendancy class has given one more sample of their tolerance and fair play in connection with the eleotion of a high constable for the barony of Gorey. Strange as it would sound to an Englishman, it is a fact that in the County Wexford, even to-day, where an office is in the gift of the ascendency party, " No Catholic need

apply." And these aie the people who say that we must not get Home Rule because we would oppress and persecute them I One of the most perfect sp»cimeDs of Irish art in the nature of ecclesiastical work that has in recent years come from the hands of liish artificers is a presentation to the Immaculate Conception Church, Wexford, by the Confraternity of the Holy Family, of which the hey P. O'Leary is the spiritual dinctor. The work consists of a silver gilt monstrance in the Gothic style, three and one-half feet high and weighing 250 ounces, set with Beveuty-three real stonef, amethysts, c-irbunclep, KarnetF, cr\ stale, and aquamarine. The bate is hexagonal, richly moulded and ornamented in repouwe, from which the shaft very gracefully spiings. The latter is enriched with mouldings and jewelled knob, and surmounted by a foliated capital, from which spring six elaborately wrought pillars supporting a jewelled coronal. From the interior of this coronal springs a hexagonal spire wito richly wrought fiuiale, and surmounted by a croti. The tower is enriched at the angles by ihamrocks standing in relief, and is perforated by mullioned Gothic windows and quatiefoil ornamentation. The work is entirely wrought by hand. At a large public meeting on the Coolroe estatf, resolution! wsre passed 'hanking the people of the parish of Tintern for stopping the hunt, adhering to the resolution to prevent evicting landlords and land agents fiom hunting ; calling on adjoining parishes to assist in this resolve, and condtmuing the action of certain policemen on the occasion of the stoppage of the hunt neur Tintern.