Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 27

Irish News

CARLOW— The Judge's Congratulations Lord Justice Fitzgibbon, in opening the Spring Assizes at Carlow, said he had again to congratulate the Gramd Jury on the peaceable condition of the county. ' Ordination The Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, ordained a number of ecclesiastical students of St. Patrick's College in the Cathedral, Carlow, recently, The Order of Deacon was conferred on the Key. M. O'Brien (Wellington). CORK— The Commission of the Peace Mr. James J. Russell, Mitchelstown, has received notification of his appointment as Justice of theTeaqe. He is a member of the Cork County Council and Cork "" Asylum Board, and an extensive com merchant and - auctioneer in Mitohelstown, where the appointment is regarded as a most popular one. DOWN—A Memorial Hall Newry was the c%ntre of a great demonstration on March 17 on the occasion -of the opening of the John Mitohel Memorial Ball, which has been erected tfy the Irish National Foresters. The attendance was the largest and most representative at any public demonstration for many years past. Contingents were present from all the adjoining districts, with bands and banners, and the scene, as the procession passed through the principal streets of the town, was very imposing and picturesque, the Emmet costume being worn by many of those taking part. DUBLlN— University Reform In the Mansion House, Dublin, on March 14 a public meeting was held to support the Government scheme for University reform. . Vigorous speeches approving of the proposals were delivered by Mr. William Magennis M.A., Sergeant O'Connor, K.U., Surgeon M'Ardle, Dr. Cox, and others. The committee of the Catholic Menjbers of Convocation of the Royal University of Ireland, at a meeting on the following day, Dr. J. C. MlWalter, M.A., presiding, adopted resolutions urging on the Government the desirableness of giving effect to their scheme of University settlement at the earliest possible moment, an,: commending the action of those Senators of the Royal University who approved the suggested settlement as- thereby acting in the best interests of the University. Charitable Bequests The late Mr. James Considine, of Lambay Castle, Rush,- County Dublin, H.M. Consul of Palma, Majorca, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, amonc; other bequests left the follov* ing : £100 to the General Hospital at Salamanca, £50 to the Weymouth Eye Hospital ~£25 to the Society for the Preservation ol the Irish -Language, £35 to the Chief Hospital at Calais, France ; £25 to St. Joseph's Little Sisters of the Poor at Nothing Hill, London, W. ; £100 to tihe executors who are to idiistriibiute the same among such of the testator's struggling tenants as they should determine ; £50 for the benefit of poor .tenants on his estates in County Tipperary and County Clare ; £15 for the poo* cotters at perk, and £250 to Rev. Daniel Considine (in chanty). *■ St. Patrick's Day The fact (writes a Dublin correspondent) that Ireland s national festival, fell* on a S.upday this- year enabled many to participate fully in the religious celebrations who would otherwise be debarred from doing so. The result w,as that everywhere, in city, town, and qountry, unusually large "congregations occupied the various churches which adorn the land, striking witnesses of the Faith which St. PaVick brought to Erin. A leaidanjgv feature, in the religious devotions was the preaching of sermons in Irish, which were' followed attentively t/y those who know the old tongue and with sympathy by those Irish men and women who, owing, to no fault of their own, unfortunately do"' not. The latter are. evidently a diminishing quantity, as shown 1 by the number who everywhere took part in the rosaries, the litanies, and the hymns, which were recited or chanted in the sweet tongue of the Gael. Sympathy with Prance A great feature of St. Patrick's Day in Ireland 'writes a Dublin correspondent) was the wonderful de-

mottistration of sympathy with the persecuted Catholics of France, whicih was held in Dublin. It was spontaneous in the truest sense of the "word, for there was little or no preparation worthy of the name. Indignation at the odious con ".uct of the iniidels and ' Freemasons, "who for the moment rule France, is so strong -in the -metropolis of Ireland that, at' very short'notice, in bitterly cold weather, more than fifty thousand Catholics, wearing the Papal colors," assembled in the centre of the city and marched in processional order to the Phoenix Park, where they gave voice to tihe opinions of the Irish people in no uncertain manner. Along the route ' Faith of Our Fathers,' « liail Glorious St. Patrick,' and other appropriate hymns were sung -by-" the processionists and thousands of spectators. The grand gathering of sturdy men who faced the elements-- was compose i largely of members of sodalities, confraternities, boys' brigades, and young men's societies from, the city and suburbs, bearing religious" banners and emblems symbolising the Faith they hold clear. An impressive -sight wasi that presented when the imposing gathering' arrived in the Phoenix Park, only to find the place of/ meeting crow ©d with sympathisers no less earnest- than; they themselves. Three platforms had been erected,' but, so immense was the concourse of people that not 'one - tenth of thlom could hoar the speeches that were" 7 delivered. Death of a Fenian Leader Mx. JJohn. O'Leary, the well-known Fenian -leia'der, died at his residence in Dublin on March 16. Mr O'Leary was! horn in Tipperary on Jul/ 23, 1830, and" was educated at the Erasmus Smith Schools there, and later on he. entered Trinity College, and studied medicine. Mr. O'Leary wias connected with all advanced political ino.ven.ents in Ireland. He joined the Young Ire-landers in 184S, and later on the Femiajn organisation, and edited for the latter their special organ in the~ press 'The Irish People.' la 18tj5 he was sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude, for participation in- the movement, but was released after serving five years, and was exiled for the remainder of the period of his sentence. These years of exile were spent mostly in Paris, where Mr. O'Leary engaged in literary work. He published ' Recollections of Fenians and Fenianism ' im 1896, ' Young Ireland Old and New 'in 18«6 f as well as several other volumes in the" intervening period When the term of his exile had expired Mr. O'Leary returmed to Dublin. He took a . keen interest in general literature, and was an indefatigable searcher* after rare volumes at book auctions and bookstalls. For soir.ie time past he had been in failing health, and his death was not unexpected. , MAYO— Over the Century During the early part of March two men over 'loo years died in Westport district, viz., Mr. James - Malley, Roscahill, Kilmena, aged 104 years, and Arthur Browne, Derrygorman, Westport, aged 103 years. "Both these men were very active and retained their "intellects unimpaired up t o a . very short time ago. MONAGHAN— A Memorial A fine memorial in the- shape' o f a Celtic' Cross has just been erected over the grave of the late Mr. Daniel MacAleese, M.P. for North Monagban. TIPPERARY— Bequests for the Poor The late Very Rev. Dean White, Nenagh, by this will left £50 to the Nenapjh branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and £50 each to the parish priests of Tulla, Ennis, Miltown-Malbay, and KMlrusfa for the deserving Floor. He left his residence in- Nenaeh to the parish priest for the time being, on the understanding that £20 per year is paid to the Convent P o or Children's Clothing Fund. WlCKLOW— Absence of Crime Tlhe Lord Chief Baron, addressing the G.rand Jury at the Wicklow Spring Assizes, said the business to go before thism was very light, and the cases were of a U'gfht nature. With regard to the state of the county; he thought it strange of a person in the position_of a -judge who knows nothing personally of the county telling his opinion to gentlemen resident there, who know it perfectly well ; but on this occasion hie wished to make a-n exception from his usual course so as to b«rini£ before them a statement from the County Insoector, because it was so peculiarly satisfactory. The County Inspector says : ' I have the honor to inform you that every portion of this county is. very peaceful and .lawabiding, as the accompanying returns will show.' And certainly, said his Lordship, these returns entirely bear out the Constabulary report, and he was hapnv to congratulate them upon that state of the county, which, " for thirty years, had been similar.

GENERAL The Intermediate Examinations The number of students who have Riven notice of their intention to go forward to the intermediate examination this year is the* largest since the establishment of the system in Ireland. 'lhe numbers are 12,549, an increase of 845 over last year, and 2251 over 1905. Emigration Statistics Twenty-seven thousand Irish people landed in New York in 1906 (writes a Dublin correspondent). It cost them £160,000 to get across the Atlantic, and when they landed they had in their pockets £100,000. In ofner words, Ireland lost for evermore 'during Lhe year 27,000 of her best and bravest children and £260,000. Enough people to make a city 1 about as large as Limeriok, and enough money to start an industry that would give work to hundreds of people in Ireland, and help to create a home market for home produce. America gained 27,000 full-grown and God-fearing; citizens and £100,000 without a cent's worth of expense on her part. The money that it cost to take the 27,000 people over went, of course, into the pockets of the gentlemen who own the steamships. rish National Celebration in London The Irish National banquet, over which Mr. John 'Retimpind! preside^ in the Hotel Cecil on Ma\rch 18 (writes a London correspondent), proved an unqualified success, and in every lespect worthy of its forerunners. This function has from small beginnings grown into, the largest gathering of its kind in the world. About six. huii, red guests sat clown in the Grand Banqueting Hall. The committee of arraninioments had discharged their duties admirably, and even in the smallest details the proceedings went through without a ■hitch. 'There was a large muster of Irish njemblers of Parliament, and the gathering was characterised by great enthusiasm!. The various speakers were listened to with close attention, and the musical programme was, as usual, of a bigh order. Repeal of the Coercion Act The motion brought forward in the House of Commons by Mr. Hogan on bjehalf of the Irish Party for the repeal of the Balfour Coercion Act was carried by a majority of 169. The case for perpetuating the enactment was made or attempted to be made by Mr. John Gordon on the usual lines. He rehearsed all the discredited reports which his colleagues have been endeavoring to foist off on "the House for the past few months, and he dwelt in melodramatic tones on the horrors and sufferings entailed by manufactured examples of boycotting. This dish he served up with a sauce piq,uantly provided by the addresses of certain members of the Judicial Bench whjose delivery coincided so strangely with the parliamentary campaign of sla'nde: started_ with the Ulster Landlord Party. He then reverted 'to the stalest old trick of all — the attempt to show that there was nothing in the Balfour Act b)ey-ond what was provided by t(he ordinary law ,of England and Scotland. Mr. Cherry said he and the Government had' decided on taking office to rely on the ordinary law, an|di thpy had done so, with' the iwost satisfactory results.