GENERAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 9

GENERAL

The Rancor of Monopolists.

Sir Antony MacD.oamell (says ' Trutfli ') is not the first official in high place in Ireland wiho has fallen foul of the Ascendancy party through applying reasiotn and conimion sense to Irisih affairs. Let it be granted that all Kilng ttdwaird's subjects vn. Ireland halve equal rights as subjects, tihat eve,ry Irishman, like every Briton, is eoititled t|o hol4 whatever religious oelief he 'choioses to adiopt, it necessiarily follows that the State sho,ußd siwm tp every man of every creed toe same fair field and no favipr. Sir Antony MacDon'neirs axlviooacy of abs»ol|ute equality for all creeds in Ireland, strictly in line with ttoe (pplicy of the disestablishment of tjhe Irish Px,otesfcant Church, h,as brought on him the rancor o£ the m-cfnio/polists, who, notwithstanding disestablishment^ still managed to maintain an ascendency over the maj-1 ority ot their countryman. As a matter of fact Ire-i lainidi Ihias no Stiate Chardh ; all Churches in the qquntryi are legally on an equality ; the Archbishops and Bishops' of tlhe C,at|h.ohc and Protestaint CinuDches take precedence amongst each other according to seniority of appioiintment. During Lord Plunket's lifetime the Priotestalnt Archbishop of Dublin t'oak precedeince of the CathoLic,; now Archbishop Waikh, tjeing tyre sejnior, precedes the Protestant Archbishop Peacocke, The Favored Minority.

The Rev. Dr. Hogan, of Maynootih, writer a letter to tjhe ' Spectator ' which aught to carry cpmvictioo to the miinds of all w^o wish tio know tjhe true f,a,ct9 re-i ganding the relations that exist betweein Catholics in Ireland and the State. Dr. ll'ogan deals with the statements of Protessor Dowden, whose recently published article serves .up for the petusial of British reaiders the us)mal class pi sensational stories regarding t,he politifio-t religious situation in Lreland. Jjn refiutlng 'bhe Professor's cjtiarges Father Hogan gives figures tio show ithab foiom the highest official appointment dpwn to tjie lowest iln conriecti^on with the irisih (.i'dverjiment atod its administration Catholics are systematically excluded* Here are a few sipecimetas of tihem :— Loird Lieutenant atn'd Household— Protestants, £$6,2,3,0 ; Catjhplics, £65i0. Chief Secxetary's Office— Protestants, £14,200 ;' Oatlholijcs, £29,20. fudges of the His?h Co.urt—Prptestaints, £51,692 6s ; Catholics, £13,-112 8s 8(d. LaWj Officers of the Crown— Protesitianta, £90.5,0 ; dalftiolilcs, nil. Recorders and County Court Judges— Prottesftwits^ £21,500 ; Catholics, £10,000. Resident Magistrates— Protestants (49), £29,400 ; Catholics (19), £11,400. Qowmtiy Inslpeptlors of Police— Prk>te»stjalnts (33), £14,850 ; Catth'olilcs (4), £1800. District Inspectors of Police— Protestants, £29,876 ; Catholics, £1-1,640. Royal University Honors.

The brilliant achievements of Catholic students, as s'howtn by tihe honor lists of the Royal University for tiie past academical year (writes a Dublin corregpondetnt), entpthasisf! once again the galling injustice ijnflictejd u,p:o!n tihe. great majority of Irishmen fri the matter of higher edfueation. Debarred fr,om the advantages^ of a lumiversity Which they could con.scienti'ously attend,. tihey Ih'ave io rely on unendowed colleges conducted in acclorfdaince with the tenets of their Faith. Tims handLoaiptpeid in competition with their highly-fav,ore»d Protesitajnt fellow-countrymen, fhey have by their nattiral ability am/d perseverance far more than 'held their own, airid again shown clearly tfliat *he ancient religion,,

instqaji of having the narrow-mitfded tendency that - aome latiter^day statesmen attribute to it, helps most materially to develop in the young student the gifts witih which God has endowed him. An analysis of the results of the Royal University examinations shows thjat Unilversi-ty College, Stephens Green, obtained 31 first-class distHnctio/ns, while the Qucqn^s Collegies of Belfias|tjf v GjaJwfay,, anid Oork combiitned only won 28 between them. Loreto College, Stephens Green, Blackrock Culloge, Uo.ulity Dlublui, and St. Mary's, Donnybro o k, did remarkably well alsp, having won respectively 27, 15, a-nd 14 disitiiactiuns of all gratics. Sp,aoe will' iiot permit mention of all those who achieved brilliant successes, Uut t(tie namei ol a lew of the most highly distilnguisfhcd will not be out of place. The Rev. Michael Cr'otnin, M.A., secured the Junior Fellowship in Mejntal <m<i. IVXoiral Science. This is the third year in siiujces'sion that Clonliffe College has obtained this coveted distinction. The medical studentsihip in pathology Wa9 vfton by Dr. Denis Farnam, of the Catholic Medical Sohofcl, Oacilna strcjet. Mr. James A. Mutnagh/am, M.A., s|on of Mr. Murnagiban, M.P., won the stMdents'hip in anpient cliassios ; Mr. John M. O'Sullivan, M.A., one in mental 'and moral science ; Mr. John J. O'Reilly, B.A ome isa m|atfhemjati/cal science ; and Mr. F. W. Hackett, 8.51 c., one in ex/perimental science. All four are studeftits of I'niiversity College, Dublfn. Mr. Murnaghan an\l Mr. O'Reilly are old pupils of the Christian Brothers. Mr. O'Sullivan is a Clongowes- man and a native of Killarncy, where his father took an active part in farwartlimg tfhe National cause. He is a nephew of ttfie Very Roy. Canon O'Sullrv.am, P.P., Millstre-et. Mr. Hackett i^ qditlpr of '' St Stephens,' ifae college journal. •The Story of Ireland.'

The Commissioners of National Education have directed their ajeoretJary, Dr. Letoass, to inform tihe Rigjht Rev. Mgr. Kellei, P.P., Yo'ughal, that they have decided ,1/hat the ' S'lory of Ireland ' fty A. M. SullliVan is not fit fon use in Irish National Schools. This is the answer Ha a letter from the Monsi'onor requesting their sanction for the use of the widely known and highly popjuliar work in one of the schools of whicih he is ma/na'ger. Tjhe ' .Story of Ireland,' howcA'er, of her faith amd her will still be read, not only in Ireland, but wherever an Irishman finds <a home, notwithstanding the ukase of the high and mighty body at Tyrone! ll'o,use. Irish Taxation

Acjaording to a return recently issued the gross total revenue actually collected in Ireland during the yeai raided March last was £11,616,500, which is £356,000 less tihaii tihe previous year, but with one juher exception (1900-1) 'is the largest saim (Jver raised) in the country. Otf ttfiis £9,718,&00 is the ' estimated tine roveuiue,' as aglaiiist ajn ' estimated true ro\enue 'in Great Britain of £137,184.500. Ireland's "' true ' revenue tlnu repre«emts a percentage of 6.63 as compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, and is at the rate of £2 4s 3d pear head of the population. The amount expended im Ireland is ghen at £7,548,000, being} an excess of £1,85,0010 over the previous year ; and the remainder of £2,200,500 has gone to Imperial purposes.

The Rev. Father Ryan, of Burrogorang, while drvving from the Peaks met with a severe accident through his sulky capsizing. His leg was hroken, and he was badly bruised. The injured gentleman was conveyed over 30 miles to the Camden Cottage Hospital.

Tihe Right Rev. Mjgr. Mateu, -who has just joifned, the Betnddicti'ne m/otoiks of New Norcia, W.A., is well known in West Australia, hjaviing been many years in the Peith diocege, and for 27 years in c'barge of Albany, where Ins zeal anid untirimg labors fn the cause of religion were miudb, appreciated and mented for him tjhe dignity of Mjoiisi'g/nor conferred upon him by the late Supreme Pontiff Le!o XIII. T!ie Right Rev. Father had long contemplated retiring from tiie world, but ill health compelled him to p|ostppinie the stqp which he has now finally taken Besides Mansigrcor Mate'u, quite a nfcimbei of priests haive soiught admis I sio,n at New Norcia wittfii'n tjhe last year, s|o that there are now no less tJh'an six Irish priests in t|he commiunity, who find in the religious life eomibfcneid with retirement and prayer full sco»)e for tiheix mi'sisilonla.ry fceial.

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