Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 23, 5 October 1894, Page 21

Irish News.

(From Contemporaries,) Armagh.— A slight conflict took place on the night of July 11, in the Shambles, Armagh, batween the followers of an Orange band and coma opponents. In the skirmish one or two persons on both sides were struck with stoneß, but no one was injured. The police eacceeded in checking the scuffle, and arrested one man, a Catholic, the other party although conß derab'y more to blame, being allowed to go free,

Clare.— la reply to the petition forwarded to tbe Lord Lieutenant by the Einis Town Commissioners praying that he would order an inquiry on behalf of the Crown to investigate the right of Lord Leconfiald to levy tolls in the town of EanU under a patent, alleged to be unlawfully and illegally obtained in 1833, a communi-' cation has been received from him declining to order any such inquiry.

On Friday Major F. G. Cullmai, Sub-Sheriff of Clare, carried out an eviction, under the eviction clauses of the Land Act, on the estate of the Rev Hyacinth Skerrett, Old Quay, Burren. The tenant ■evicted was Bridget Fahy, and possession was banded over to Pat Gaynor, the landlord's representative. The proceedings were of the quietest character. A force of police was in atten lance. An attempt was made to carry out an eviction, ia tbe same district, on the estate of Lord Annally. The tenant was Denis Sweeny, of Muckinieh Wes», against whom was an ejectment on the title for non-payment of rent £7 10i was the yearly rent, aad eig'at years' rent was due. When the evicting party arrived at the hous- it transp'red that a son of the tenant's, also named Denis, was suffering from fever, and a medical

certificate having been produced, sign d by Dr E. Heyns, Ball), vaughan Union, that it would be dangerous to attempt the icmoval of the sick man, the Sheriff deemed to proceed wrh the eviction The previous day a iinn named Daniel Neyton, who occupied a farm on the eßtate of Major-General Crowe, at Annefiili, neur K-ishaory, was evicted. The yearly rect of the ho'ding was £GO, aid two years' rent was due. P .eseasion was q netly given to the ag-nt.Mr H. Armstrong, junior, Limerick, a caretaker being placed in p >c. BtSßion.

Cork.— A municipal elec ion to fi'l the vaciacy in the Nor b Centre Ward was held to- lay. ani the result shows tha' the co ihtion between the Unionists and the ReJmon lues still exists. There are 169 voters in the ward, of whom lntle more than a score arj Rjdmondites. Even ia the days of the united Natiooalist Party, owing to the restrie'ed municipal franchise, the ward was only held from the Nationalists by a small onj mty, so tiat a em ill number of Redmondites retained their power for mischief, while unable to return a candidate of their own. No Redtnondita went to the poll and the Unionist ciodidate, Mr B.ble, J.P., received the full RedmondHe vote, With the result that he was elected by a majority of 23 over Mr John O'Donnell, Home Ruler, a large Redmoadite crowd filled the room at tbe declaration of the poll and vociferously cheered the Unionist when the result was announced.

Two evictions for noa-pajment of ons year's rent wero cairied out this week ia the townland of Carriggjn, near Barry roe, at the Buit of the landlord, MiF. G. Bannett, wao resides at Gregane Manor. Bosscarbery. The lsada are of a poor character, and the annual rents were £11 and £9 10s respectively, whilst the decrees tj possesB ion were obtained for one year's rent due up to May last. The

evictions ware carried oat by Mr Sobers. Cambri jgs, sheriff's officar, and hia assistants, in the preaenca of District-Inspector Walsh and a possa of police. The Rev T. M'Oartby, P.P., and Rev J. Kearney, 0.C., witnessed the evictions. Toe tenants evicted were Patrick Geary and Patrick Flemming, but Geary's wife, who wa B not fit to be removed, was left to occupy portion of the dwelling-house. Fermanagh.- Justice Mnrray sat in the courthouse at Enniskillen on July 7 and opentd the Commission of Aas ze for Fermanagh. Addressing the jury he said : " I congratulate you on the peaceful condition of your county. It maintaioß its usual charaacter, and the bills to go before you at the present assizas are few ia num-' her— l think five in all. There are none of them of an important nature as calling for any observation from me. The calendar and the return of tha county inspector satisfy me that crime in this county is very trifling indeed."

Gal way.— An Egyptian coin was recently dug up by a workman in the vicinity of Duo Conor, on Iniahmaan, one of the Arran Isles, The coin is evidently one of great age, though the hieroglyphics both oa the face and reverse of it are distinctly legible. Kerry.— Justice Harrison opened the criminal business of the Kerry Bummer Assizes at Tralee on the 11th ult. Addressing the gra-jd jury, he said he was very happy to tell them that the number of cases of a criminal nature to go before them was very light, light in nuxber and light also in the class of offence. There were three cases remaining over from the last assizes, in which the juries disagreed, and with which they would not now be trouble!. But the new cases that had arisen since were only four or five iv number. He found from the County Inspector's report of crime, specially reported sioce last assizje, that the number had considerably diminishei since, compared with the corresponding period of last year.

A number of Koglish Catholics will m September m.ike an excursion to Killainey and Ardf -rt Card nil Vaugtian will grant his blessing to all thcs3 who will tak • p\rt in the trip, which, under the auspices of the Guild of OurLiiycf Kaasom, is now b2iag organised. MrO'Leary the travelling and organising secretary, is receiving letters of inquiry from all parts of Great Britain, aid in order to broaden the b^sis of the enterprise, it ha? be>'n arranged that the trip shall be an excursion rather than a pilgrim*^', as was at first intended by the Council of the Guild of Our La ly uf Ransom. ■■-&

Kildare.— lt is rumoured that a Catholic institution for soldiers is about to be established at the Ourragh Camp. The piec3 of ground has, we understand, b-en granted by the War Office, and a committee of representatives from the various corps, etc , formed to carry out the suggestion-). An appeal for funds will shortly be issued , and Major-Geneial Ljrd R. D. Ksrr, C.8., will contribute £50. Limerick.- The will of Bight Hon William Monsell, first Baron Emly, late of Tcrvoa, who ieft personality of the gross value of £0,244 7s 3J, and of the net value of £3,023 4a 4J, has been granted to the sole executor, the only son, G »9ton Thomas, now second Baron Emly. The testator b>quaa hed £20 a year for the Catholic poor of Tervoe, and deßired th*t a Masa for the repose of his soul might be said weekly in hia private chapel. He devise! to" the use of the parish priest of Tervoe for ever a freehold house of the value of £10 a year ia order that Masseß might continue to be said for the repose of the souls of the Ladies O.ivia and Isabella Acheson. Lord Emly bequeathed £200 a year, io addition to her jointure rent charges «f £800 a year to his wife, for whose residence at Tervoe, if she survived him, provision had been made. Ha settled the Tervoa estates in favour of his son, the present Lori Emly, and his issue, with

remainder to tes'ator'a daughter, the Hon Mary Augusta Olivia de la Poer, and her issue ; and all the residue of his property Lord Kmly left to his son.

Mayo.- During Michael Davitt's visit to Castlebar on July 12 after arriving from Achill Island, he proceeded to Mayo piison', accompanied by the parish priest of Castlebar, Father LyonP, to ascertain the condition of Honor Gallagher, who is undergoing a sentence of twelve months for a trivial assault on a sheriff's bailiff when seizing her pig for seed rate. The prisoner presented a miserable appearance, and when spoken to in reference to the Achill disaster, she seemed deeply affected. She also stated that the pig was the only Bounce of means she possessed for herself and family, as she was utterly destitute. Since her incarceration she has been under medical treatment.

Thomas O'Brien, a harvester, of Westport, County Mayo, was killed by lightening at Walton, England, on July 8, in a shed on the cricket field.

RoSCOmmon.- The summer assize for the County Roecommon commenced in the County Courthouse at Roscommon, on July 11, when the commission was opened by Justice Andrews. Addressing (he grand jury, he said there were only three cases to go before them, in which the charges are, aggravated assault, larceny, ■nd embezzlement, and he was gratified to learn that the state of the county at present is peaceable, and he was able to describe it in no other respect but as being; very satisfactory. He understood there were protection posts in the county, and almost thirty persons were voder police protection for one thing or another. However, although that was an undesirable state of thingp, yet the county, he learned, was in a very peaceable Btate.

This morning an elderly man named John Hunt was admitted into the Union hospital here, having had the thumb and small finger of the right hand cut off, the result of an extraordinary accident. It appears that Hunt is a farmer, and resiles at Tully, abont fire miles from Athlone, and was returning thence from the market. In order to lessen the distance he went by the railway line. About a mile or so from town he lay down to rest himself in the space between the two lines of nil and fell asleep. According to his own statement he remembered nothing more until he awoke at daybreak and found himself minus the two fingers and bleeding from wounds on the arm and face. The arm of the unfortunate man has be^n amputated, and be is now progiessicg favourably.

SligO.— Addressing the grand jury at the Bligo Asslzea, nn July 7, Justica O'Brien snd ona siDgle case expressed the quota of criminal business which they had to deal with, and it bore testimony to the state of uniform trarquility that existed within the county, He had great reason to congratulate them on the state of public tranquility and the absence of crime, which was attended by an extraordinary indication of prosperity.

Tyrone. — At Dungannon for the past year and a half boring operations for coal have been carried on, and at length a seam of bituminous coal 5 feet 11 inches in thickness has been s'mck. The "find" is on the property of the Duugaunan Collieries Company, Limited, who will, wo understand, commence operations on it at an early date. The company own 180 acres of land in tha neighbourhood, and the mining engineer in charge is of opinion that coal lies under the whole of this area.

Justice Johnson opened the Commission for Tyrone at Omagb, on July 10. Addressing the grand jury, he said : " The Crown busineßs ie exceedingly light. There are only, five cases, of which one was adjourned from last assizjs, and iv which a bill has already been found. The other four are of the ordinary character— larceny, wounding, etc."