Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 17 January 1907, Page 27

Irish News

ANTRlM—Toleration in Belfast Representatives of ~ Protestant thought" and opinion .; from the North seldom tire of dilating > on. the vir 7 ; fiies of toleration - .(writes a DuWin correspondent)', '* -They pa<int in lurid colors the alleged intolerance of-. Catholics, and proclaim * loudly; the gjeneroms ■ spirit , which animates ., Protestants towards those who differ, from them in religion. -- The '■ following statistics 'quo- • ted by Mr. John .Gore, solicitor, in the course of a , lecture delivered in the Boys' Brigade Hall, Fallsnroaid, . Belfast, throws a flood of light on the question. The ', average amount pafcd yearly in salaries by the Belfast/ CorporafUon is £77,000, out' of; which ' Catholics x.gat?x '.gat? - 1 £3600. The Belfast Poor-Law Guardians spend £10,865 yearly in salaries, of which Catholics get £170. .TheBelfast Harbour Commissioners pay £210 to Catholics ' out of £7908, ' which they spend " yearly ; while the .. Belfast Water Commissioners, to show the spirit of religious toleration with .which they are' imbued, actually \ pay £150 yearly to Catholic employeees out of £3524 ' which they^ expend. " .. - ■ ARMAGH— Death of a Religious Deep regret was felt in Lurgan it became^ known that Mother Mary de Sales- bad passed away. Mother Mary de Sales had spent the twenty-nine years of her religious profession in . Lurgan Convent, and as a token of the respect in which she was held by the Sisters of the Community of Mercy, .she was selected to fill the responsible position of Superioress n,oi less than; four times. Deceased was a t&ster of Very Rev. Canon M'Geeney, P.P., Cr.ossmaglen, County Armagh. A Vivid Picture Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., tells with brief emphasis in the ' Manchester Guardian ' the story of the North Armagh election— -content it cannot be called :— What " does it mean ?'• Simply this— the old dread of Home Rule has been revived. All the machinery of. 1886 has been furbished up afresh. Men were told- that the dreaded " Papists ' were to be put over / them, that their farms would be divided up amongst their bors, that their religion would be proscribed, arid the -Irtqwilsitdoai" revived. It is hardly understandable outside the Orange area. But there it is. Mr. Crawford and Mr. Sloan have never once been allowed to address a meeting;. Terrorism has everywhere prevailed. > DERRY— Nationalist Gains A report issued by the Derry Nationalist Registration Association shows the result of the late revision to be highly' satisfactory. lri x every ward there is a Nationalist gain, varying from. 139 in the Westward to 397 in the. Waterside. Before 1 the revision the. Unionist majority in the borough was 2087. That majority has -beeiP'cut down to 545,- a net Nationalist gain of 1542. - DUBLIN— Dean of Faculty At a meeting of the Medical Faculty of the Cal-h- - olic University "School of Medicine, Cecilia street, Dublin, recently, Dr. D. J. Coftey was unanimously elected Dean jof Faculty for the year 1906-7. The Unemployed . - Owing to lack of employment in" Dublin, close on 16,000 persons are receiving relief under the poor-law system, while many thousands are being helped by th« Roqmi'veepcrs' Society and other^charitable bodies. A Bequest from New Zealand The Trustees of the Irisli Parliamentary Fupd acknowledge having received through the High Comimissicmer for New Zealand the sum of xlO2 12s 2d, : a bequest, with interest, under the will of Mr. Thomas Gartland, Wellington, New- Zealand. , -' ' Bequest to Dublin Charities "' " The late Mrs. Lewis Hill, widow of Mr. S. Lewis, •~^the London money lender j has, among other bequests, left a sum of £10,000 to the Lord Mayor of Dublin to. found a. V winter distress fund.' . v .- A New Zealand Visitor * We take the following /from an Irish exchange :— The Rev. Father Mamane,' S.M., Christchurch,, New Zealand, who has been enjoying a well-earned holidayin Ireland after an absence, Jrbm it of twenty years, will leave Qucenstown on December 30 for his distant mission.

Mitigating the Vice of Intemperance , . x Addressing -the Grand -Jury at :the Dublin Quarter Sessions the Recorder ,said the cases to go. before them were ail . of a class inseparable from the- life of greai communities.- /-There -was" "a freedom fronv/the grosser ■and. '_mofe serious forms of „ crime,. . arid his. Lordship urged that the surest and best mo.de' of mitigating the vice of~ intemperance was the decent '.housing an<d the betterment of our tolling masses . v GALWAY — Ancient ' Monuments In "&• recent lecture at Manchester University Vn the ancient ecclesiastical; civilisation oF Ireland-- Profes- - sor-Kuno, Meyer spoke of the wealth of the monuments • scattered over the- country. Apropos. of this, a-corres-pondent of the l Manchester Guardian;'" who- has recently spent a holiday .on -the west. . coast, expresses ' his astonishment at what -he- saw on 'Aran Mar, one.' of the Aran Islands, - iri . the -, mouth of Gal way-/ 1 Bay. 'Up -to the seventeenth- century', 'utie writes, • Aran was a great centre- '.of-- Ohxisttan- light and learning. Ruins of ancient oratories - and oburcbes'' are scattered here awl- there— usually structures of bare, massive walls, with high-pitched gables. 1 There 4s ; " one on , the top of the limestone, hill r aboy.e the Bay of Kill.Enda. More' extraordinary and -fair- older- are the mysterious forts of Aran. They are described in Lord Dunraven's book on Irish architecture as the earliest examples of architecture known to exist" Western Europe, .excepting those .whose primary object was sepulchral.' There are great walls of Cyclopean masonry continuing the line of the, mighty walls of cliff that stand as bastions to the battering of the Atlantic. LIMERICK— Death of a Priest - - " The death has occurred of the Rev. James M'Coy P.P., Bulgadan, Kilmallock. The deceased priest was over seventy years of age, and ha-d, been" ill for a considerable time. , MAYO— The Cause of Much Disturbance Mr. W. Duffy, 'M.P., % in the House s>\ Commons on November 28 introduced the Clanricarde Expropriation Bill, providing for the 'compulsory acquisition of the Clanricarde property. He said Clanricarde, , since his succession to -the property; had been cruel and a constant scourge to tenants and to the whole district where his property is Situated. The Premier said"' he Vas not surprised that" such , a /Bill hail "been introduced. The most, extreme advocate' of the -Rights of Property, could not (justify Clanricarde's conduct, .which had undoubtedly contributed" to" disturbance and envenomedTthe relations of parties. It -was obvious that at this time^ of the year the Bill \ could go no .further, but it would serve, to ventilate -tlfje feeling l which undoubtedly existed. It would b* for' the House to _ deal with "the Bill as it thought best. »0n the question being put permission was given,, with' only three -dissentients— Messrs. Moore, Craig,- anjj Lonsdaler-who i response "to the Speaker's request rose in their places, amidst loud laughter. - JVIr. Duffy "was loudly cheered :as he brought in' the "Bill. - v „ .MEA*H— A Gift from the Holy Father Mr. Michael - Smith, of Pcterville House, Moynalty, County Meath, and Charleville Avenue,'- Dublin, who was recently the recipient of a letter from' Pope Pius X. witih a special blessing for his charity and generosity in connection with Church matters, especially in regard to the new chapel at his native place, has received a further .expression of the Holy Father's goodwill. This takes ihe form of a massive virgin gold ring set with diamonds and rubies, with bust of the Pope in relievo on the seal, and bearing the inscription, ' Pius X.' ROSCOMMON — Complimentary Banquet The Rev; Dr. Cummins- was the ■■ guest pi- the parishioners of Roscommon parish on November 21- at a banquet in his honor ' in the Council- Chamber* of the Courthouse in -recognition of his services in behalf of the New Church" Funds „in America, which he had .visited for the third time with^the 'same object, collecting in all a sum of £10,000. 'The Right Rev. Mgr.' M'Laughlin presided, and there were almost 100 guests present, including the priests ~*of" the Deanery and representative men of town aritl country.- -The dinner was in charge of a committee oMocal ladies. Mr. T. A. P, Mapbther, D.L., read an address" to Rev. Dr. ■ Cummins. : - . . . - - "■ " .. ~SLIGO — The Commission of the. Peace. The Lord Chancellor for Ireland has -appointed to the Commission of the Peace" for County Sligo Mr. John S. Gallagher, son of Mr. James Gallagher, Cloonrone, Curry, County Sligo.

. WATERFORD— Death of a Schoolmaster The death is announced at Slieverue, Waterford, of Mr. Willia*m J. Dowling, Principal of - the Slieverue National School, and president of the Waterford National Teachers' Association. Though lately enjoying but indifferent health, he attended 'his duties till a few 'days before his death. WEXFORD— Military Barracks to Let In connection with the withdrawal. of from the town of New Ross, 1 Wexford, the War Office are now advertising New Ross Cavalry Barracks' to- let, _and .tenders for the occupation of these now disused military buildings are being invited on behalf of- the authorities by the Commanding Officer of the. Royal" Engineers at Fermoy, County Cork. ■ " ' WlCKLOW— Proposed Memorial - .At a meeting held in Wicklowit' was decided to erect a stained-glass window in the parish church to the memory of the late Very Rev. Thomas Carberry, P.P., V.F. •. f