Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 32, 8 August 1901, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM.— The Belfast Riots. Mr John K-dmond move! the adjournment of the House of Counnons in order to call attention to the Belfast riots. He said that .")()() Catholics were diiven by violence out of the works on Queen'n Island. As many as I.SOO Catholics were afraid to return Lv Lueii eiii^lu/uii i.t. Mr C!a*:cy. *"ho <>«v»nmlf»rt the motion, saii that if the Government continued their policy of inaction the only tiling ihui would v .. i . fcr the Catholic of Belfast- would bp to procure arms to defend themselves against these murderous assaults. Mr Wymlhain deprecated discussion on the subject, eaying that that was not the best occasion for a discussion on the riots>. Unnecessary Relief. The King's Bench confirmed the 'order of Mr More O'Ferrall, Local Government Hoard auditor, surcharging Mr Thomas Ferguson, Chairman of the Antrim Board of Guardians, in the sum of £1 8a for outdoor relief unnecessarily granted. The fighting of the order must have cost Mr Ferguson some £100 or so. A Brave Deed. Mr James M'Douald, Harryville, Ballymena, haa been presented with a testimonial by the Royal Humane Society for saving, under circumstances of conspicuous gallantry, three children from drowning at Leighinmoher on Tuesday, 21st April laßt. ARMAGH. — Death of a Private Secretary. The death is reported of >>ir Wm. B. Kiye, C.B , who for many years held the office of Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland, After his retirement under the aire rule he was appointed Private Secretary to the present Lord Lieutenant, but shortly afterwards failing health compelled him to resign that position. Sir William was born at Markethill, County Armagh, 1831. He was a member of the Irish Bar and practised his profession for a number of years prior to his appointment as Assistant Under-fiecretary. He unsuccessfully contested Armagh City as a Liberal Unionist in 1875. CLARE.— Death of a Landlord. A well- known Clare lai.dlord, Mr. R. W. C. Reeves, D.L., died suddenly of apoplexy in the Kildare street Club, Dublin. CORK.— Fatal Overdose. Mr. John H Browne, the Strand Hotel, Youghal. died from an undue dose of a patent medicine, taken to cure an affection of the heart. Dr. Twomey said the concoction contained strychnine to such an extent that two ounces of the mixture would prove fatal. The jury deplored the practice of selling such dangerous drugs without proper control and authority. DONEGAL.— A Tribute to the Bishop of Raphoe. Speaking in the Presentation Schools, Letterkenny, on June IS. Archbishop Keane paid the following eloquent tribute to Bi->hop O'DonneU's services to Ireland : — ' When the history of the present is read some 50 y^arn from now its pages will have a great many things to say of people still living who will be dead by that time, and many pages of that history are going to be given to Bishop O'Donnell, of Raphoe, and one of the inof>t glorious chapters of that history will tell of Dr. O'Donnell's life a-s aa Irishman and an the leader of restored union amongst Irishmen. You must aim for a united Ireland, for you know that our separations and divinions are the cause of the greatest injury to the dear old land. You mu»t learn to wield the sword of moral power by loving truth, justice, and Erin. Learn to do all this ; stay here at home in the land of your birth ; you will find plenty here for your energies to do, and you will become model Irishmen; and use all the qualities of body and mind to promote the cause of unity — in union to find strength to wield the sword of justice and truth until our country has attained all the beauty and glory which from the depths of our souls we heartily wish her.' The New Letterkenny Cathedral. An event in which the deeoest interest was taken throughout Donegal took place on Sunday, June I<>, when the Cathedral of Raphoe, consecrated on the previous Friday by the Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of the diocese, in the names of St. Eunan and St. Columba, was noletnnJy opened in the presence of Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, ani other representatives of the hierarchy and a vast gathering of people. The Archbishop of Dabuque. U.S.A., who is a native of Ballyshannon, came from America for the occasion, and was a most honored visitor. Australia sent Bishop Dunne. The Bishop of Raphoe received a letter from Madrid from his kinsman, Don Carlos O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan, expressing his great regret that he was unable to attend at the opening of the Cathedral. The Duke of Tetuan is the direct representative of the princely houne of O'Donnell. The O'Neill, another grandee of Spain, who claims to be the head of the O'Neill family, wrote in similar terms. A representative of the O'Neill family, however, was present in the personjof Mother M.EugeniusO'Ni-ill, Superior* h.s of Loretto Abbey, Dalb y. Th« Superior-General of the Oner, Mother M. Francis Corcoran, was also present. The National Party was represented by three of the members for the county, Mr W. O'Doherty, M.P,Mr M. MFadden, M.P., and Mr Boyle, M.P . as well as by Mr John Dillon, M,P., who was accompanied by Mrs Dillon. Mr Swift M'Neill, the fourth member for Donegal, was unfortunately unable to attend owing to indispoßition. The vast majority of those who thronged the Cathedral were the Donegal people themselves, reinforced by friends from Derry, Tyrone, Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast. At thb Pontifical High Mass his Eminence Cardinal Logue, Primate of All Ireland, presided. The other prelates present included, besides the Moat Rev. Dx. Keane,

Archbishop of Dubuque, U.S A., and the Most Rev. Dr. Dunne, Bis-hop of Bathurst, the Most Rev. Dr. Lys^er, Bishop of Achonry ; the Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Cloyne ; the Most Rev. Dr. O'Doberty, Bishop of Derry ; the Most Rev. Dr. Henry, Bishop of Down and Connor; the Most Rev. Dr. Clancy, Bishop of Elphin ; the Moht Rev. Dr. MacCormack, Bichop of Gal way ; the Moat Rev. Dr. Hoare, Bishop of Ardagh and Cloninacnoise ; the Most Rev. Dr. Gaffney, Biehop of Meath ; the Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe ; the Most Rev Dr. Owens, Bishop of Monaghan ; the Most Rev. Dr. Magennin, Bishop of Kilmore. The Most Rev. Dr. Keane. Archbishop of Dubuque, preached a most eloquent discourse. The Racred music of the Mobb was beautifully rendered by a special choir compoHed of local ladiea and gentlemen, reinforced by a number of ladiea from Dublin. The Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell was happy in securing the talented services of the Rev. Father Bewerunge, Professor of Music, Maynooth College, aa conductor, and those of the Rev. Dr. Sexton, Maynooth College, as organist. A collection for the building fund realised close on £3000. The Cardinal headed the list with a subscription of £50, and Mr Patrick M'Menamin, J.P., Strabane, subscribed £200. When the collection had closed the Bishop of Rapboe ascended the pulpit and expressed gratitude to his faithful people who rallied to his side in the great work he had accomplished. There was a orowded congregation at Vespers to hear the sermon in Irish preached by the Moat Rev. Dr. MacCormack, Bishop of Galway, and the attention with which his eloquent words were followed showed that the old tongue is still a power in Donegal. During the afternoon there was an organ recital by Mr Telford, the builder of the organ. In the evening addresses w^re presented to Archbishop Keane and also to the Bishop of Raphoe. The latter read the address to Archbishop Keane, who in replying said he would be more or less than human if he were not profoundly touched by this manifestation of will and good-will from the people of Douegal. The ways of God's providence were very strange. Over 50 years ago God wa» plea-ed to carry him away from Donegal, and there that day He brought him back to shake hands with the noblehearted people, and to congratulate their noble Bishop on an achievement that would hand his name down to history. DUBLIN— A Protest. Two jurors refused to be sworn on the Protestant Testaments at an inquest in Dublin, and demanded Catholic Testaments. One of them said that Catholics were called idolaters, and that they felt called upon to protest. The two men were dismissed from the jury. Protecting the Public. While fining a trader at the Dublin Northern Police Court for selling margarine for butter, Mr Wall, K.C., intimated that if the defendant were brought before him again hei would be sent to prison without the option of a fine. A Successful Cyclist. Mr C. Pease, a well-known Dublin racing cyclist, won the English Amateur Mile Championship at Bristol on Saturday, Jane 15. Mr. R. Reynolds, of Dublin, took second place, GALWAY.— lnteresting Visit. The Royal Society of Antiquaries visited Galway on July l,and from thence they proceeded to Arran, Ross Abbey, Roscam, Cranmore Castle, and Drumacoo and Kilnaconnell Abbey. MAYO.— Completion of a Church. The new Church of St. Mary, Castlebar, is completed. The dedication was to take place about the end of June. TIPPERARY.— The Gaelic Revival. Lieut.-General Sir William F. Butler, in a letter to the president of the Clonmel Gat be League, pays : ' I am ve>y pleased to hear of the continued progress of the study of Irish. After all, the passing of the old language was only a temporary eclipse. It was on every mountain, lough, plain, river, and castle ou the land ; it still lived in the thoughts of the people, and it was bound to find its vo.ee again.' The Roscrea Mills. Bishop MeGoldrick, of Duluth, U.S.A., has sent a contribution of £10 with a sympathetic letter to the Lord Abbot of Mount St. Joseph's Monastery, Roscrea, to help to repair the damage lately done by fire. WESTMEATH.— The Farmers and the Hunt Club. Writing to the secretary of the Mullingrnr Horse Show th° Most Rev. Dr. Gaffney made an appeal for the closing of the controversy between the Westmeath farmers and the Hunt Club, which haa stopped hunting in the county for some time back. GENERAL. A Contrast. At the. annual meeting of the Dublin County Council on June 13, Mr Clay, a Protestant and a strong Conservative, was unanimously chosen vice-ohairman, although the members of the Board are overwhelmingly Catholic and National. There is nogreat oredit due for this (nays a Dublin c Trenpondent). To my mind it in a practice that should be f< I'cwed wherever Catholics are in the majority. It is not because our opponents did wrong in the past that we should follow their example now. Two wrongs do not make a right, and, moreover, we will be showing to the world by acting with toleration that we are fit to be trusted with larger powers than we at present possess. Another case to which I may refer is the election of a matron for Barrington's Hospital, Limerick, A Catholic named Mi«B Doorley had been doing the duties for five weeks, sinoe the previous matron resigned. Four out of five members of the medical staff warmly recommended her for the position. No one could deny her ability to fill it, yet the Protestant members of the managing committee brought a Protestant

lady from London and unaimously voted for her. They are in a majority, and elected her to the position. The great majority of the patients are Catholic, of course. In like circumstances no Irish Catholic body would act thus. The Tide of Emigration. It is satisfactory to note (says an exchange) from the Board of Trade returns that the number of emigrants who left Ireland during May showed a considerable reduction a<? compared with the corresponding month last year. The numbers given in the return are :— May, 19<)O, <>24 :■> ; May, WO I, 6H04. Taking the hrst hve months of the year now passed, there is also a reduction as compared with the same period last year, the figures being— First hre months of 11)00, 23 047 ; first five months of 1901, 18,197. Intermediate Education. The Commissioners of Intermediate Education have issued their anxiously expected programme. The entire system is thoroughly recast, and time alone can tell whether for better or worse. The feature of the new rules which will commend itself strongly to many is that which difcourageß cramming. The school which produces a good all round average education will in future reap a better reward than that which turns out a small number of brilliant prize winners. The Catholic schools and colleges may be relied on to hold their own under the new system. The Land Question. Mr. T, W. Russell was on the evening of June 11 the principal guest at a dinner of the new Reform Club at St. Ermin's Hotel, Westminster, Mr. C. P. Scott, M. P., presiding, and Mr. Lloyd George, M.P., Mr. George White, M.P., and Mr. R. Cameron, M.P., being present. Mr Russell said the English Radical Party had n^ver helped any single Land Purchase Act for Ireland, although Irishmen were solid on the land question. England would have to give a bonus to the Irish landlord, and it would pay to do it, as a settlement of the land question would pave the way to peace and contentment in Ireland. The last five or six years had seen a great change in Irish opinion over the land question, Catholics and Protestants being now at one. He wished to emphasise the danger of the present state of Irish feeling towards England. He hoped the land movement would be conducted on constitutional lines, otherwise he would have nothing to do with it. Ordinations at the Irish College, Paris. The Most Rev. Dr. Clancy. Binhop of Elphin, raised the following students from the South of Ireland to the different orders in the Irish College, Paris, on June 2 : — Priesthood — Rev. Henry M. Oashel, Cloyne ; Rev. John O'Doherty, Cloyne ; Rev. David Flannery, Killaloe ; Rev. James J. Cowhey, Cloyne ; Rev. Patrick Spain, Killalee. Deacons — Rev. James O'Brien, Cashel ; Rev. William Holland, Ross ; Rev. William Crowley, Cork ; Rev. Edmond O'Flynn, Cork. Sub-Deacons — Rev. James O'Brien, Cashel ; Rev. William Holland, Ross ; Rev. Daniel Crowley, Ross ; Rev. William Crowley, Cork; Rev. Edmond O'Flynn, Cork. Minor Orders — John Collins, Rons* ; Thomas Horgran, Kerry ; Daniel Hickey. Dublin ; David Browne, Cloyne ; John Lynch. Kerry ; Timothy Flaherty, Kerry ; Nathaniel Smyth, Cloyne ; Thomas Buckley, Kerry ; David O'Riordan, Limerijk. Tonsure — Thomas Horgan, Kerry ; John Lynch, Kerry ; Timothy Flaherty, Kerry ; Nathaniel Smyth, Cloyne ; Thomas Buckley, Kerry ; David O'Riordan, Limerick. Irish Taxation. Mr Thomas Lough, M.P., has issued a second edition of his carefully gleaned tables, bringing the figures with regard to Irinh taxation bince the report of the Royal Commission in 189.> up to date. The figures of the seven years show an increase of taxation in every department, amounting altogether to £1,y.">2,3i>1. The local grants given to Ireland show an increase of nearly a million. This is mainly the cost of the agricultural grant and the Local Government Act, and perhaps, to some extent, is a result of the Financial Relations agitation. The population is also given for each year, the figures for the 31st March, 1901, being from the censue returns. In the-e narrow bounds Mr Lough tells the story of the Financial Relations "between Great Britain and Ireland in its two tragic features — a burden that id ever increasing, and a population that is ever declining. In the year ending the 31st March, 18D4, when the total taxation of Ireland was £7.068.649, the Royal Commission decided that at least 2:} millions too much had been exacted. Up to the 31st March, 1901, the population had further dimirished by 144,0.")3, and the taxation had been increased by £1,952,351. On April 18 the second War Budget was introduced, and the new taxes placed on Ireland which will probably amount to £600,000. With the increase yielded by the taxes put on last year, the total taxation in the year 1901-2 will amount to about 10J millions. 'Therefore,' nays Mr Lough, ' instead of making any reduction in Irish taxation, the effect of the last six years of British government is that a further addition has been made to it of exactly the the same amount as that by which, in 1895, it was declared to be excessive.'