Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 24 April 1902, Page 9

Irish News.

CORK.— Over a Century. For the past few years several old people passed away at the district hospital in Mitchelstown who had touched the century. The latest and oldest died early in March in the person of Michael Mohcr at the great age of 106. He first joined one of the early East Indian Companies over 80 years ago, and witnessed many a strange adventure in jungle and mountain pass. He subsequently joined the regular army and went through many engagements in the Crimea, Egypt, and Hindoostan again. The '98 Memorial. At a general meeting of the members of the Cork Young Ireland Society a report was received from Mr. J. MacMullen, C.E., on 10 designs submitted to him for the erection of a monument at the junction of the Grand Parade and South Mall to commemorate the men associated in the '98 and subsequent Irish political movements. On the report of Mr. MacMullen, the design sent) 111 by Mr. D. J. Coakley was unanimously approved of, and he accordingly was awarded the sum of £20 offered by tho committee for the best design. The Freedom of the City. During the Easter recess Mr. John Redmond was to visit Cork for the purpose of receiving the freedom of the city voted to him by the Corporation some time ago. DUBLIN. — Prospective Peerage. We learn upon good authority (wriites a Dublin newspaper) that Mr. W. E. H. Lecky, M.P., the junior member for Dublin University, is likely to be raised to the peerage next summer. In case of such a vacancy arising, it is the intention, we believe, of Mr. A. W. Samuels, K.C., to stand as a candidate for the suffrages of the electors. QALWAY. A cable message received in the early part of last, week stated that Mr. Arthur L\nch, the Member of Parliament for Galway City had obtained decrees against a number of his tenants in County Clare for non-payment of rent On Thursday came the following explanatory news item : — Mr. Lynch has presented each of his tenants with his holdmig. The recent action, in which Mr Lynch obtained decrees for non-payment of rent, was only taken because one tenant disputed Mr. Lynch 's ownership. KERRY.— An Old Identity. In the early part of March Don is Curran died at Corrigrour, a townland within three miles of Cahirciveen, at the patriarchal age of 102 years, having been born on the Ist March, 1800. He was at the first cattle fair held in Cahirciveen, established by the Liberator, Daniel O'Connell, on the 13th of December, 1814, being then nearly 13 years of age. KILKENNY.— The Mayoralty. The election of Mayor of Kilkenny, which proved abortive in January, owing to the voting being eqjial between Alderman P. H'oyne and Alderman E. Nowlan, and the senior Alderman, who had the casting vote, being absent, was decided the other day, when Alderman Hoyne was elected by 13 votes to 10 for Alderman Nowlan. Three- bye-elections took place in the meantime which resulted in the return of three supporters of Alderman Hoync. Tho new Mayor is a prominent member of tho United Irish League and vicepresident of the City Executive. KING'S COUNTY.— A Distinction The Bishop of Kilaloe has invested Mr. Hugh Bergin, of Birr, and 34, Gardiner's Place, Dublin, with tho

insignia of the dignity of Camariere di Cappa c Spada, recently conferred upon him by his Holiness tho Pope. The rank includes the stylo and title of ' Chevalier,' and confers on Mr. Bergin tho office of one of his H'oliness's private Chamberlains. LIMERICK. Seldom has a more thoroughly practical step been taken for tho promotion of temperance than that adopted by the County Limerick magistrates at the suggestion of Very Rev. Monsignor Halloran, P P Newcastle West. In -\iew of tho largo and wholly unnecessary number of new licenses which were being granted, the very rev. gentleman decided to convene a meeting of tho county magistrates, to consider tho advisability of adopting a united course of action in reference thereto. County Court Judge Adams, who from the Bench has consistently denounced the multiplication of public houses, presided at the meeting. After hearing an eloquent and convincing speech from the Monsignor, tho magistrates unanimously resolved to refuse in future under all circumstances new licenses in purely co,untry districts, and furthermore not to grant a new license in any town or village in their jurisdiction until three exixting licenses have elapsed. This action of Uio County Limerick magistrates is certainly in the right direction, and redounds to their credit, as it decidedly does to the credit of the venerable priest who inspired it. If only similar steps were taken elsewhere much good would accrue to the temperance cause, which every genuine Irishman should have at heart. Land Purchase. Following fast on the Ellis Estate victory, the Nationalists of Abbeyfeale, headed by their devoted pastor, Father Casey, are to be congratulated on yet another signal success. The tenants on the Bateman estate at Port Abbeyfeale have signed agreements to purchase their holdings, on terms equal to 18 years on the adjusted rental. A number of the tenants on this estate had been evicted some time ago, win lie for the past three years they frequently applied for abatements to Judge Ross through the Recener, and were several times decreed wholesale for non-payment of arrears before Judge Adams, who, on the last occasion, recoinmundecl them to the consideration of Judge Ross. MEATH.— The Criminal Calendar At tihe County Meath Spring Assizes Mr Justice Gibson had only two cases to consider — one for tho stealing of calves and the other the larceny of some hay. In one case a sentence of six months was passed, and m the other the accused was sent! to gaol for three months. These were all the cases sent up from a populous county. Death of a Priest. In recording the death of Rev. James MlGlew, P.P. of Chelsea, Mass., tho 'Boston Pilot ' says :—: — ' The Rev. James M'Glew had attained the patriarchal age of 82 years. Ho was a native of Naviui, County Meath, Ireland, and was born on January 17, 1820. He was educated for the priesthood in All Hialltows College, Dublin. There ho was ordained a priest by Archbishop Murray, in the Archbishop's private chapel, on September 27, 1844. In 1849 he went on a mission to Hindustan, India, and in 185.") he came to the United States. He labored in various parts of what is now the diocese of Rochester, N V., and then came to Massachusetts. He wap assigned to St. Patrick's Church, Lowell, in 1865, as an assistant, remaining there about six months. Ho then went to Randolph and Avon During his stay in these places ho built a church in Avon and purchased land for a cemetery in Randolph. He celebrated his golden jubileo on September 27, 1898.

MONAGHAN. Mr. James Daly, M.P. for South Monaghan, has applied for and been gazetted steward and bailiff of thq Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Daly who has been the Nationalist member for So-uth Monaghan since 189.") is a son of Michael l)al.\ , County Councillor of Monaghan He is' a merchant and farmer, and is chairman of tho District Council of Carricknmcross, whero he resides. The vacancy created has boon filled by the unopposed return of Mr J McKean, B.L. Bishop's House. Bishop Owens, in a Pastoral Letter addressed to his Hock, announces that ho has secured a very suitable sic for a Uishop's house close to tho beautiful Cathedral in Monaghan. ihe cathedral stands on an eminence at the outskirts of the town and is situated to singular advantage in the matter of surroundings •?k 1 " th erto, although provided with a beautiful environment, it has lacked tho necessary adjunct of a Bishop s house. This was owiing mainly to the difficulty in procuring a suitable site. Now this difficulty has been overcome, as Bishop Owens has secured from Lord Rossmore on a lease of 199 years, a plot of five acres on what his Lordship considers tho most desirable site in the whole diocese for a bishop's residence. Pie proposes to erect on this a structure, costing about £5000. Even a humbler dwelling would have contented Bishop Owens had he nobody but himself to consult, but in his letter his Lordship states that the dignity of the diocese rrrust be considered and its prestige maintained. Already the priests of Clogher have contributed almost half the cost, having raised among themselves the sum of £2000 for tho project. GENERAL Emigration. The Irish emigration, statistics for 1901 have just been issued. The total number of emigrants was 39,870, or 9 per 1000 of the population, of whom 18,343 were males and 21,527 females There was a decrease of 4952 111 the number of males and 2285 m the number of females As icguids the ages of the emigrants, SO 5 per cent of the total were between 15 and 35, tho percentage o\er 35 being 10 ; and under 15, 9.5. The number between tho ages of 15 and 20 wore 3952 females and 1594 males, and the number between the ages of 20 and 25, 16,927, of whom only 245 were married . Catholic Sailors. Tho London ' Tablet ' says that the best thanks of all the Catholics of tho Empire are again due to tho Irish members for their persistent advocacy of the cause of the Catholic sailors in the navy. Irish Embroidery. The Irish embroidery industry has formed tho subject of some contro\ersy in the Ulster papers recently, owing to a statement attributed to the Belfast merchants to the effect that they had to send work to various countries abroad because they could not get it done in Ireland. Miss Milligan, of Belfast, in tho course of an interesting letter, says she is in a position to give this statement a most unqualified denial. A gentleman representing a firm which, probably, gives out more work for embroidery than any other in Belfast, and work also of a high class, has just assured her that they can get all their work done in Ireland and that they have applications frequently for more work than they are able to supply. Work equal to the best French, he said, is done in freland, and no firm that ho knows of requires to go abroad to get any work done. He further stated that monograms that would cost from 2s 6cl to 3s to get done

by French workers in London who are employed there by some of the large houses, can be equally well done at home for about half the money. This industry has been located in Ireland for more than half a century. An immense amount of employment was given in it during the early fifties both by Glasgow and Belfast firms over all Ulster. fcSinco then the Swiss embroidery machines have interfered with medium and low-class work, but highclass work is still done by hand. In the vicinity of Belfast, commencing, at Bangor and going round the coast by Donaghadee, Ballywalter, Kimj'bbin, and Portaferry, there are workers who can do the most beautiful embroidery of the very highest class. First-class work is still' dona at Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, and round Ardara, in the County Donegal. The trade has been actively, carried on in these districts for upwards of fifty years and the workers there are highly trained and can execute the most difficult and highest class of work. Mr. Morley on Loyalty. In the course of a speech delivered recently in the House of Commons Mr. John Morley said : — The charge against the people of Ireland is thatl they are not loyal, and it is said even (by Lord Rosebery) that they cannot have Home Rule till they show their loyalty. But how can you expect a community to be loyal when this can happen, that tho mostl learned Judge in Ireland' — and I have heard great English judges say that he is one of the most learned and competent common law judges in tho kingdom — says distinctly that these proceedings are from their inception and in every stage of them illegal, void, and ought to be quashed — when he says that, and nevertheless you find some of the Irish representatives in this House are taken and locked up, aaid others are, asi 1 .hoar, in a fair way of being taken, how can you expect the population, when they see a spectacle of that kind, to feel any loyalty towards the system ? A Government Expert. . Tho Government expert is gonerally an individual who is full of theories but has no practical ktnowledge of the subject which he professes to teach. One of the Agricultural Department's gifted lady poultry experts went to the West of Ireland recently for the purpose of initiating the people of a particularly poverty-stricken district into 1 the mysteries of fowl-breeding on scientific principles. An interested audience assembled, and the young lady delivered a learned discourse. Having given her opinion as to tho merits of the olden problem as to the precedence of the hen and tho egg, she asked her hearers to imagine a flock of merry little chicksi running about. Upon what should they be fed ? Various dainties would agree with their healthy appe-* tites r but the young lady sweetly assured her hungry audience that at a certain stage of development tho most acceptable food for chickens is fresh beef minced to a nicety ! This information created a profound impression on the minds of people who do not see a pound of beef, fresh, minced, or corned, between Christmas and Christmas.