Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 22, 29 May 1902, Page 9

Irish News.

CORK.— Dedication of a Church. The beautiful new church which has been erected at Ballymore, near Queenstown, was solemnly dedicated to tho Sacred Heart recently by the Most Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Cloyno. After the first Gospel the Rev. Paul Murphy, Bagnalstown, /Preached the dedication sermon, which was a brilliant discourse. There was a large and representative gathering of prominent Catholics present, amongst whom were the residents of Cork, Midleton, Ujueenstown, etc. The village an*} roadway leading to the church were gaily decorated with bunting and evergreens , and the sanctuary presented a beautiful appearance. The new church, which is in the early Gothic style, of architecture, is situated in a historiq district, where O'Connell received some of his early education, and close to it are a cave and altar stone where Mass was celebrated when there was a price on a priest s head. A Wise Judge. It is too much to hope that certain judges(saya the Freeman's Journal ') will take a leaf out of the book of Mr. Justice Johnson. He opened the Commission for tho County of Cork in a brief oddress. It is not a political address He did not attack the United Irish League ; he did not defend landlordism and all its ways , he did not take police statistics, and base on them an indictment of tho people of tho county of Cork, and a lamentation for the state of law and order tin the whole country. No, he took the highest view of his functions as a judge, and spoke by the calendar, saying that so far as he had judicial information on the subject the county is peaceable. How refreshing in these days is this pronouncement 1 from the Bench — ' I have received from the authorities — I suppose tihat is the right term — the usual returns that are made up, but if 1 am to judge, the only judicual means of kjnowing the state of the country is the calendar that is before me as a judge, and I do not intend to travel outside my own duties, and you gentlemen of the juiy are empannelled now for that pui pose and no other, anil 1 do not intend to addles-, any obsur\<itions to von outside your own duties DONEGAL.— A Prison for Sale. It is very rarely that a real genuine prison finds itself m the w a.v of going to the highest purchaser This, however, is the prospect at present at present before the county gaol of LifTord. Tenders for its purchase are invited by the Donegal County Council . eath of an author. To Mr Scumas AlaoManus, the well-known Irish novelist, the synv pathy of many friends has been extended on the death of his young wife, who was also well known in the Irish literary world as Ethna Carbery. The funeral, which took place from Bevin House, Donegal, was attended by a large concourse of people. The chief mourners, with her husband, Seumas MacManus, included her father, Mr. Robert Johnston, Belfast , her mother, Mrs Johnston, and only sister, Miss M Johnston , Mr and Mrs Patrick MacManus, parents of Scumas MacManus, Miss MacManus (siister), and Mr John MacManus (brother). At Frosses Church and at the grave Father Blako, Adm., Killymard , Father McCafferty, Adm , Inver, and Father McLoone, CC , officiated Amongst those present or represented were the Most Rev Dr O'Donnell, Bishop of Raphoo , the clergymen of the surrounding parishes, and the professional and business men of Moaintcharles and Donegal.

DUBLIN — For the Hospitals. It was announced some time ago that through the munificence of the late James Weir the hospitals of Dublin and the vicinity would benefit to the extent of over £100,000, being the anticipated residue of the estate after payment of legacies, debts, and expenses The estate has now been finally wound up, and the amount actually distributed aanong^t the hospitals came to £.122,000. Between 40 and 50 hospitals have benefited without reference to creed, the most necessitous being most largely assisted. Freedom of the City. In the early part of April the freedom of Dublin city was formally conferred on Mr. John Redmond, M.P., the ceremony taking place in the City Hall, under the presidency of Lord Mayor Harrington. The Lord Mayor, in making the presentation, said the Town Council of Dublin desired to mark especially tho enormous s'uecess which tho Irish party had attained under the chairmanship of Mr. liedmond. Following tho presentation of the freedom of Dublin to Mr. John liedmond, he received the Freedom of Cork a ,cw days later. In his speech, Mr Redmond alluded appreciatively to the action of Irish constituencies in recent bye-elections in exacting pledges for regular attendance from the new members cfaosen Mr Redmond went on to point put that, notwithstanding the habitual absence of the few absentees, the attendance of the Irish Party last session was exceptionally good, and better than it had been at any time previously. Speaking of the new Land Bill, MiRedmond said it would never have been introduced had it not been for the United Irish League agitation, So long as the clause remains in the Bill which prevented tenants obtaining fair rents under the Act of '81, so long would the Irish Party oppose it He did not belie\e, ' howex er, that the Government seriously intended to go on with tho Bill, and a safe attitude for the Irish Party and the Irish people, if the objectionable clause were retained, would be an attitude of uncompromising opposition at every stage. A Contrast. Mr Mclliugh, M. P , whose determined stand against jury-packing got him six months' imprisonment, was recently made an honoi at y freeman of the city of Dublin Jn acknowledging the honor he deliveied an able and pointed address, in tho course of which he dicw a striking contrast between government by force and government by consent Here,' he said, addtessmg the Lord] Max or and members of the Municipal Council 'you h.ixe government by consent , next door, meaning Dublin Castle, \<iu have government by fotce, with its niachmeiy ot pai tisan nidges-, [Kicked nines, and pennied policemen The government by consent confers on me the highest honor m its gift, the government by force.sends me to prison as a lawbreaker ' The contrast was not less striking than true, ajul points a moral 'which tho Government might ponder over. Curious Discovery. Wlnle making- alterations recently m a public-house in the vicinity of Conciliation Hall on Buigh Quay , Dubllin, some woi kmen discovered a largo number of Hags and letters between the ceiling and the roof One of the former contains a (me painting of Daniel O'Coimell, and underneath (it tho following inscription : ' This day comniemoi ates the monumental fame of Ireland ' The banner cost £120, and was only used once, namely, at the lav ing of the foundation stone of tho O'Coimell monument m IHGI Among the lettei 9 are se\eral wiittenby Rosa Kdgeworth, a relative of Maria Edge-worth, the novelist Why and when they were, secreted can only be conjectured.

KERRY.- Missed White Gloves. At Klillarney (quarter Sessions Judge Shaw missed getting a pair of- white gloves owing to a case about tho stealing of periwinkles! coming up for trial. He complained of the grievance as he was accustomed to receiving these presents! emblematic of crimelessness, and added jocosely that this case did not indicate any distmbed state of the county. KILKENNY. The death is reported of Mr. J. J. Comerford, Kilkenny. He began his career as a journalist upon the 'Munster Press.' For some time he represented tho ' Freeman's Journal ' at Limerick, but his health failing, ho proceeded to South Africa in tho hope of its restoration. He was at Graaf Reinet when the war broke out, and his letters from that place, which were published in the ' Freeman's Journal ' during the early stages of the war, gave a graphic and reliable account of tho stoto of Dutch feeling an Cape Colony. LIMERICK. The will bears date Ist April, 1899, of Mr. Aubrey Thomas De Vere, of Curragh Chase, Limerick, poet, who died on the 21st January last, aged 87 years, son of Sir Aubrey De Vere. The testator bequeathed £100 to tho Abbot of the Monastery at Mount Melleray, and £100 to tho Catholic Poor Schools Committee, and £.'iOO and the copyright of 'My Recollections ' to Elinor Vere Monsell. He appointed as his literary executors Wilfred Ward and Wilfred Meynell and Eleanor Towle and Agnes Lambert, and he bequeathed to them £50 each , and he left the copyright of his works other than ' My Recollections ' to the Archbishop of Westminster, in trust for the religious education of Roman Catholics, and especially of Iri^h Ilonuui Catholi.es, m England Subiect to some other legacies, Mr De Vere left his propetty to his brother (Sir Stephen Do Vere), and he appointed as executor of his estate, other than his literary property, his nepjiew, Mr. Robert Vere O'Brien, of Ballyalla, Ennis Tho late Mr De Vere's personal estate has been valued at £.'{B7.") H)S 3d, including £799 12s lid in England. The Papal Brigade. Mr. Thomas Ryan, gilder, Little Vvlilliam street, Limerick, who recently passed away, was the first of Limerick's citi/ens who lomed 'The Papal Bi lgatie ' The Limerick Brigade, to which main xoung men attached themselves for the defence^ of Pope Pius IX and the Papal States against the attacks of Victor Emmanuel, was organised by the Rev T. Shanaha.ii, then of St. Michael's parish, and now parish priest of St Munchin's, and his call was heartily responded to The late Mr Ryan was the recipient of a medal from Pope Pius IX. in connection with his service, and in 1891 he was presented with another medal and a certificate by Pope Loo XIII. High=handed Proceedings. The police in many parts of tho country (says an Irish exchange) are apparently coercion-mad. If not, lioxv is the disgraceful case reported from Di umcollogher to be explained"? A young man, the son of a trader in Bi o.ulford, is leaning against a wall near his own home. Policemen come along, and one of them — a sei geant — orders him to go home The .young man properly refuses, and is at rested for drunkenness and taken to the lockup and kept there all night. What are tho facts of the young man's condition *> That he had not tasted a drop of intoxicating liquor that (lay Thjis was sworn to by a doctor, who examined him There wei c no signs or traces of di ink on the accused. With rare courage the Removable and a brother magistrate dismissed the

case with costs. But why was this respectable young man arrested and thrown into gaol ? White Gloves again. In receiving what he accurately described as ' the traditional gift of white gloves ' as an emblem of a crimeless calendar in the city and county of Limerick, Judge Adams said : 'Ho drew no inference and made no conclusions, but he repeated that there was not within the. dominions of thengood lord the King a city or county more free from serious crime than the city and county of Limerick.' Yet it is necessary to have recourse to coercion to govern the county. MAYO.— A Distinction. The Very Rev. James Daly, President of the Diocesan College at Ballaghadereen, has received, through the Most Roy. Dr. Lyster, Bishop of Achonry, the degree of Doctor of Divinity, conferred on him in Rome. MEATH.— Death of a Priest. A venerable priest died in the eaily part of last niont'h m County Meath in the person of the Rev. James Owens, of Mornington, wh<> passed away at the ripe old age of 85. Father Owens was a Roman stludent, but ill-health beset him so early m life that he was never able to undertake any missionary duty. lie spent his years in Mortningtun," ministering to the poor and educating the young and devoting a great part of the private means he possessed to the charitable institutions m the district. MONAQHAN. At the Monaghan Quarter Sessions during the hearing of a ease, his Honor Juidge Craig, K. C, ns-ked the Sub-Sheriff (Mi Vv Tl Swan) for an explanation ns to why ho had been absent on the opening day of the sessions, and had failed to' present him with the customai\ pair of white glo\es on the occasion of theio being no criminal business TIPPERARY. The death is announced of Mr. John Hunt, D C . Lanally, father of the late lamented Re\ T. Hunt, of Dublin. He was a successful farmer, and was one of the oldest and most respected members of the Clonmel Boarid of Guardians. The funeral was one of the largest that ever passed through, the town. A Venerable Nun. There died recently the oldest Sister of the rojnmunjpty of Nuns m 1 he Convent of Mt rc\ , Cahir, at the patriarchal age of S.! years Her name was Miss Cat her me O Connor, m religion Sister Mai v Augustine, a native of the County Y\exford r \ he deceased laxly was one of the first nuns who made the foundation of the Mercy Order in Cahir .

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