Dublin Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 27, 1 November 1895, Page 6

Dublin Notes .

(Prom Contemporaries.)

Intelligence has been received io Cork that the recommendation of the Sacred Congregation of Bites at its reoent sessions, approving and confirming the cnltus of the Venerable Thaddens McCarthy, Bishop of Cork, Oloyne, and Ross, haa been formally sanctioned by his Holiness Pope Leo XIII. The decision adds a new name to the Irish calendar. The Venerable Bishop was appointed Bishop of Robs in ÜB2. In H9O ht became Bishop of Cork and Oloyne. H« died on October 23, 1492, at Ivrae, in Italy, when on his way to Rome. He was interred in the grave of 8t Kusebius, and honoured in Italy as a venerable bishop and martyr, The ancient cnltua hat now been approved and extended. The news has been joyfully received by the Catholics of the dioceses over which the taint roled.

A recent despatch from Olonmel says— A Drombane correspondent sends an account of a very painful sequel to an eviction which has occurred at a place called Shanballyduff, near Thurlee, when the widow Corbstt bade a tearful good-bye to her four fatherless call, dren, and surrendered herself to the police to be conveyed to Limerick Prison, to undergo a term of seven days' imprisonment at the suit of Lord Norbury, for trespassing upon what was once her farm The widow's story is indeed a pathetic one. Bhe formerly lived in comfort with her husband, a respectable N S teacher, and after his early demise had only a few acres of land to support herself and her children. After striving for years against bad harvests and the exactions of the landlord, Mrs Corbett was evicted. The u ina l sequel to eviction— the prison— has now come, aad the widow lies in Limerick Gaol, far away from her young and fatherless children. The pass lists of the Intermediate Examinations held last Jun. have been issued. To all interested in Catholic education the eieni of striking progress revealed annually in the Intermediate returns mmh be exceedingly gratifying. Tne Christian Brothers' Schools have even we believe, surpassed their fine record of last year, and now in theirr aa number of distinctions easily surpass all competitors. In th« preDara tory grade the magnificent total of 76 exhibitions out of the numb likely to be awarded have fallen to studentß of the Christian Bchool ' Their success in the jumorgradeii alnaosttqually remarkable asmanv' as 58 exhibitions having been secured by them. In the senior eradfl three and in the middle grade two exhibitions are assigned to th* Christian Schools. The famous school in North Richmond street heads the list of Catholic schools and college in the numbar of dii tinctions gained. As many as 27 exhibitions between the junior and" preparatory grades were won by boys of this school. The Bjnee street Christian Schools have won 11 exhibitions while the Christian Schools, Limerick, have done excellently, carrying off in all 13 eX hbitions, one of which was in the senior grade and another in the middle. A pupil of the Limerick School also, we may note won *v gold medal for modern languages in the senior grade. A success « remarkable and general as this of the Christian Schools emphasises in

the most marked degree the high efficiency of the teaching ability und educatnnal methods of the Christian Brothers. Amongst the Catholic boiHing college?, the well-known inati tution, Rockwell Oollegp, Cashel, claims first notica, having no fewer than 19 exhibitions. Clorgowes has once more won the blue ribbon of the intermediate by securing the first place in the senior grade. The famous Jesuit College h»s in all secured 19 exhibitions, one being in the senior grale, four in the middle, and 10 in the junior. Belvedere College, S.J., likewise more thui holds its own in the lists. Blackrock maintains ita high position. It has won eleven exhibitions, b^ing an advance of three en its total of last year. Amongst other Catholic colleges whose dis'r ctions, both in number and character, challenge attention, must oe mentimed St Colman's College, Fermoy, and 8t Vincent's Coll'gp, Castlfknork. The success of our Catholic Convent Schools is remaikab'e. The Dominican Nuns in particular hava achieved excell< nt results. St Mary's University College wins twj middle and one j'intor grade exhibitions, while the sis er institution of the Dominicm Order at Eccles street has won six exhibitions. The Loretto High School, Stephen's Green, Dublin has also done admirably. ' aviog scored three exhibitions in the junior and preparatory grades. The Loretto Convents in Kilkenny, Navan, and Omagh also did very well. The TJrsuline High School, Cork, is the only convent apparently that has secured a senior grade exhibition. In addl'ion to this no'able distinction this excellent school has won a middle grade exhibition. We have been able but to touch on a few of tb« more striking successes of our Catholic schools. Whoever refers to the detailed lists will fiad that it is not on isola'ed distinctions, however noteworthy, but on the general excellence of Oatbolio teaching, that we have based our comments on its continue! progress, and its hope for the future. A special and distinct wori of commendation is due to the ftae record established by St Louis Convent, Monaghan. In the total nnmber of its distinctions this school stands at the head of all cur Catholic convents.