Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 15, 16 April 1908, Page 27

Irish News

ANTRIM—A Remarkafcle Tribute ; . .; ; A remarkable, tribute was paid to the •memory . of the late Very Rev. Father Macauley on. the occasion of . his obsequies in St. Matthew's Church, Ballymacar- '■ retit, Belfast, of whtieh -he haid- 'been- pastor for; (pv^r - twenty years. The immense attendance at the solemn ; Office and Requiem Mass showed how high- was the * esteem in which deceased . was ..held • in the Northern -capital. Father Macauley,' who- died, at; the age of 79, was a native of Rahangan, County .Antrim. In _St. Patrick's College, Armagh, - and' St. 'Malachy's College, ■ Belfast, he received his early education.: In Maynoqth he completed his theological course, and in "1853 he was ordained in St. Teresa's Church, Clarendon street, Dublin, by the Most Rev. Dr. Wbelan. - His zeal as- a priest* was conspicuous from the -first." He -collected money with which he established a Home for; orphans, iaitro- ' duced the Sisters of Mercy into the city, and diid many other meritorious deeds which will long, remain monuments bearing witness to Ms energy. CLARE— FataI Accident r A terrific storm swept over the whole of Ireland on February 22 and 23. Considerable damage was done in ; all part 9 of Clare. In Kilkee a young man named ; Hioul'iihan was killed by a gable of a new unroofed' - house falling in. \-<v, DONEGAL— An Exciting Experience ~ , An extraordinary accident happened on one of the Balfour railway lines, County Donegal, during the height - of the gale which swept over the country on February - 22. The line, which is narrow gauge, crosses a valley > a t Owenearrow, within sijyht of the famous Gleriveagh : Castle. Great storms occasionally sweep down the ] ravine. When the early train from ' Burtonport was crossing the viaduct a terrific gust blew the carriages - off the rails and dashed them against the heavy para- '< pet, which fortunately stood the strain, otherwise- --the train would have gone over, into the river, a hundred .' feet below. The engine remained on the line. " • • DOWN— A Rebuff Mr. Thomas Lorimer Corbett- m-et with a rebuff ■ 'on February 25 (writes the parliamentary correspondent of the Ulster ' Ex a miner '). The Speaker sent for him, and intimated that the House had heard the Convent Inspection Bill and' the speech several times, a rad that he was not disposed to allow the performance to- be repeated. Crestfallen and dejected, the -hero of North Down returned to his place, crushed into his pocket the notes of an oration that might have commanded the attention of the" listening ' Senate, and formally proposed the Bill. The Nationalists challenged a'divi- _ sioh, which resulted in the refusal of leave .to introduce the measure. The division was characterised by some remarkable cross-voting. Between thirty and. forty Liberals voted in the minority, ' some because ot ingrained religious bigotry, and some because they think a first reading should be given to every' Bill. About a dozen Tories voted in the majority, as did all the members of the Government. DUBLlN— lreland's Past Dr. Cox, the eminent Dublin physician, delivered a most, interesting lecture at a literary conference in University College, Stephen's Green, the other day. ' 'ihe - Influence of Ireland on Early European Civilisation ' was the subject. Dr. Cox's remarks were replete with valuable inform-attion., They had it, he pointed "out, on. the testimony of the principal scholars of the present day that the old Irish language and literature bteen. carefully studied in various parts of Europe. Having dealt with Ireland's influence abroad, which embraced a wide scope and extended as far North "as Iceland, Dr. Cox referred in glowing terms to the -work of Irish " missionaries, " including St. Columba, St. Aidan, and. St. Colm-an, in various parts of Scotland and England. . QALWAY— The Clanricarde Estate . SpeaMng In T the House, of Commons on the. supplementary vote' for the expenses of the Royal Irish, Con, sjbabulary* Mr. John Redmond said : — There is at this moment. -in" London a gentleman from the County Oralway—one of these so-called disturbed districts. v He is' engaged in the task of endeavoring to get the people in this country to believe th a t that portion of the country that he comes from is In a, state of outrage, of crime, and disturbance, -^.nd therefore that extra expenditure of this kind is necessary. I refer to Mr. Henry Persse, of Woodville, County Galway. There are

two matters connected with his campaign tikat ought to stand out- very prominently. The first, is, and 1 I , am' sure that it is realised, as it ought to Ue, that this is Lord "Olaiiric&rdei's estate again. This is the estate that for ... generation's, has been the cause of untold trouble and disturbance apd anxiety to various Governments and various ■ parties. ,1 will show conclusively that there, ib no real 'outrage in this district, and . that the sorcalled' outrages were bogus ; but there is " no us© blinking the. fact that so long as the law : which • you passed " in 1903 " proves, as it ' has at present" proved, incapable of. dealing" with the estate of Lord Claririearde,"\so lonj», will you have agitation and disturbance there". The" second fact which ought to - stand out" prominently in -connection • with this case of Mr. Bersse is that according to his own statement' his trouble commenced dui'ing the regime of the late Chief Secretary, the right hon. gentleman the rr ember 'for Dover, and continued throughout the Chief Secretaryship of the right hon. gentleman the member for South Duiblm. •.'->;.--- ■ - LEITRIM-^The New Member Mr.. Francis E. Meehan, , who has been elected M.P. "for Leitrim, springs from, a very old Celtic- family, which, has held " its ground in the County ' Leitrim?'. for centuries. A parish running- along Fermanagh is named after it — Ballagh'ameehan. ' The late Father Meehan, of - Dublin-, James -Clarence Maiigan^s^ .friend f *was a:>~C£iusfn "of Mr. Meehan.' s,- .and -another cousin.,- Mr; lj. iMOSCpe^ han, who lives at Bath, - has written, a remarkaßleVMs-, tory of Bath City.--- - -■: • — \S")i-^; Threatened Evictions -- ;'/*:'££■ A very grave situation (says the- Freeman's-Z-iToiuiv ~ nal ') has arisen in* the Ballina&lera "district, ...JSTprtfa Leiitrim, owing to the- opening of the eviction campaign, on the Marshal, Peyton,- and West estates. Negdtlar tions for purchase under the Land Act of 1903 hadStoSgn proceeding between ther' tenants and. the agent, Mrs^jew--spn., of Dromahalr, but they were, broken off owin%!j.to ; the inability of the" 'parties to ""agree as to^erins. Eviction proceedings were', subsequently, taken agalnst^a. large number of the- tenants,- .aifd" over, fifty of:^th,ena have lived under the threat of eviction for some time past/ " •--•■-'-_ . ._. _, '■'',■■ LIMERICK— Golden Jubilee Rev. Brother Collins, - Limerick, a "highly esteemed member of the- Christian Brothers' community, - liad the pleasure of celebrating his golden jubilee,- when ho received the Apostolic Benediction from, the" Holy Father-. SUGO— Technicial Education „ The Right Rev. Dr. Clancy, Bishop of Elphin, in the course of an address at the annual distribution of ' prizes in -connection with the' Sligo Mu<nicipal Technical . Schools, said :— lt is well to know that the studies conducted in bur Technical School, while directly and im* mediately under the guidance of the Department, -bring us immediately and indirectly into touch with the great central educational bureaux of: the British Isles. For instance, we' take our- diplomas -in Science and Art- under the Board of Education of South Kensington, on whose behalf the Irish Department conducts the examinations. We take our diplomas in technological subjects under the City and Guilds of London Institute,, the value of whose examinations is recognised in every pait of the world. Our commercial studies are Carried on in connection . w.ith- the Society "of Arts, the - London. Chamber of Coirimerce, Pitman's "Institute for Shorthand, and the National Union- of. Teachers— four of the most prominent educational bureaux in the United Kingdom. The work carried- on in coaineeHLbn wdtto these examining bodies is of the most varied compass, as may be inferred 'from the fact that, we have at present 317 different classes in, our school, attended by as many as 402 pupils, who made 815 class entries in our books. And the^ success that has attended the^vork of the school will at once be manifest when' 1 - 1-. -roll you tbja-t - this year oux pupils have won 23 certificates junder the Board of " Education, 16 certificates under the >City and Guilds of London Institute, and 78. certificates under the Royal College of Arts, making as many as 117, certt- - ficates in all ; and of these I observe "that 43 are in the" advanced stage. On iraking a comparison between these successes and those of other schools in- the United Kingdom, I find that these two Sligo institutions have won a foremost place, and have" secured, a ;^ij?her percentage, of successes in commercial subjects than- any other schools in the United Kingdom. " ■ ' . -" •!. WICKLOW— A Survivor's Story One 'of the survivors of the wreck of the- l Dtmdonald ' on Auckland - Islands in Match of last- year, John Grattan, gave a thrilling account of the crew s

experience on 'Disappointment Island to a representative of jbhe • Freeman's Journal ' when passing through Dunlin on his. way to his native - place, .Arklow. • GENERAL In Memory of Michael Davitt Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P. addressed .a big meeting of Irishmen at HasHngdea, England, on £ ebruary 22, in connection with the unveiling of a memorial to the late Michael Davitt in the Church of the Immaculate Uonceptton. The memorial takes the -shape of a mural tablet and an organ costing £400 subscribed by the . Irish residents in the district. It was this church which Davitt attended as a boy, and which he also sturdily defended during the outbreak known •' as, the Murphy riots. Michael Davitt came to Haslingden with the principal members of his family after they had been evicted from their home in M a yo about 1850. Being but in poor circumstances,' Michael was sent to - work to a local mill as a half-timer when but ten years of age. It was whilst engaged in this work that he had the misfortune to get his arm caught in the machinery and crushed so badly as to render amputation necessary. Minor Products / It may come as a surprise to many (remarks the 'Weekly Freeman.') that ouc exports of what are called the oninor products of the farm, such as eggs and poultry, butter and bacon, amount in aivnu a l value to £9,25&,000, and surpass the value of the "cattle exports, which are worth £8,927,000. Eggs and poultry, worth £3,400,000, fall very little short of butter, and exceed bacon by a m'ilHon. The Export ol Eggs Mr. T. W. Russell, M.P., writing in the London ' Globe,' contradicts a statement of Lord Londonderry to the effect that the import of Irish eggs into Great Britain had fallen off owing to defective handling,. He says : — Apparently the cattle-driving campaign in the English' Tory papers, having slacked off since • the debate on the Address, a new departure has to be made. At all cost the Irish people must be maligned and the country def a med. Fortunately the facts^ and- figures of the Irish egg industry are available. This, happily, is . a raipidly improving industry, not alo ne * n volume, but in the methods employed i-n handling, grading, etc. The v a lue of Irish eggs exported in, 1904-5-6 'was £2,205,526, £2,515,611, £2,706,589. The figures for 1907 are not quite. complete, two ports having to make their returns, hut a similar Increase for the pastyear has taken place. A Singular Statement The Attorney-General for Ireland (says the ' Irish Weekly ') made a singular statement in the House of Sommons the other day. A ' Supplementary Estimate' of £5000 for the cost of ' extra police ' in Ireland was asked ; and the vote was challenged by Mr. Hayden. Mr. Redmond and Mr. Dillon availed of the opportunity to complete the- exposure of the Persse Persecution legends, and did it so effectively that even the Ulster Tories were eager to deny all personal knowledge of the gentleman so highly honored by the Duchess of St. Albans. When Mr. Cherry rose to defend the application, be held that the employment of extra police was justifiable, because the Government were compelled' to do something in. response to the outcries of the Ulster Unionist members ; and a little later on he acknowledged that the reduction, of the Irish police force was just and- necessary, but could not be undertaken now, as the same all-powerful Ulster members would ~ say terrible things about the Government ! it costs 6s 8d per unit of the population to ' police- Ireland, the country ireest from crime in all Europe. The cost in. Scotland is 2s 2^d per head, and in England 2s~ "4d. But this scandalous disparity must be l maintained to please Mr. Barrte and Captain Craig ! It matters not what hue the English Government in power may wear : the results for Ireland are just the same. Lord Clanricarde's friends and backers rule the country. Mr. Cherry defers to them ; he trembles when the ' Carrion Crows ' caw.

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