Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 42, 20 October 1904, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM— Death of a Well-known Catholic On August 27 Mr. McErlean, a leading member of tho Catholic body in Belfast, died after a comparatively short illness. Deceased was a prominent Nationalist an able solicitor. Notwithstanding bus strong political views, he was much esteemed by all classes for his sterling integrity. He was imprisoned m 1867 for his sympathy with the political prisoners who were incarcerated in large numbers at that stirring time For yearsi ho acted for the Nationalists with great ability in the Belfast revision courts. In 1885 he stood for South Belfast at the request of Mr. Parnell and the Parliamentary Party, but was defeated by the late Mr. Wm. Johnston, M.P. In 1896 he was the solicitor for the Catholic Representation Committee of Belfast before the Hybrid Committee of the House of Commons, as a result of whose investigations two wards were mapped out for the representation of the Catholic and Nationalist minority. Two of Mr. McErlean's sons are distinguished members of the Jesuit Order, one is a solicitor in extensive practice in Belfast,, and tAie youngest was recently called to the Irish Bar. The only surviving daughter is a mm at Rathfarnham. CORK.— A Note of Warning On Sunday, August 28, the Most Rev. Dr. Browne laid the foundation stone of new paro'chitil schools at Fermoy, the entire cost of which the people have resolved to defray, so that they may always remain parochial property. This they decided to do in view of the contemplated action of the authorities to introduce a new system of management. Dr. Browne in the course of an addarefes to the large gathering said the system of National education as we find it working at present is acceptable, but it was not always so In its time it has been a powerful agency for the destruction of national sentiments and ideals. Moreover, we know from the admission of one placed high in its councils in tho early stages of its existence that enemies of the Cathoho Church harbored the insidious purpose of using the system of. National education to" werak<m .lS>e hojd sof the Cat-holia Faith on the youth of Ireland. Within the past few years, his Loidship said, we may have observed indication^ of a desire and a determination, if only they <ould effect it, on the part of people high in authority at the National Boarti to turn back the hands of the clock, to alter the system which has been worked for many years to the advantage of the country, and to make it apa in a sounce of danger to the Kait'h and best interests of our Catholic people. It is indications of this kind that moved the Bishops of Ireland at their general meeting last June to sound a note of warning. The people of Fermoy at all events are determined to be on the safe side. They will not leave the education of their children dependent on the changeful temper and imsKlious wiles of those who aim at secularising our National schools. DOWN.— The Russell Family a lie interesting fact is not generally known (writes the Dublin corresipondent of the London ' Universe ') that, with t/he single exception- of himself, every member of the family of Ihe late Lord Russell of Killowcn, the illustrious Chief Just ice of England, pnttered the religious life. All his sisters became memters of the Order of Mercy, and his brother, Rev. Matthew Russell— the gifted writer and editor of the ' Irish Monthly '—entered the Jesuit Order. Mother M. Emmafieul, one of the devoted Sisters, died Rev. Mother of the Mercy Convent, Newry, County Down, and an exclusively beautiful chapel, erected there as a memorial of lior sanctity and devotion to duty, has just been solemnly dedicated by the Most Rev. Dr. O'Neill, Lord Bishop of Dromore. As the Russell family belong to Newry, the sacred occasion in question was quite an event in the history, of the town. DUBLIN.— The Horse Show The attendance at the Horse Show this year was 52,387, as compared with 53,777 last year. Among the New Zealand visitors were Messrs. Martin Kennedy, H. D. Bell, and Colonel Collins, all of Wellington. The Papal Legate's Reply Towards- the end of August the Lord Mayor received the reply of Cardinal Vannutelli to the address presented to his Eminence by the Dublin Corporation durinpi his visit to the city. It states that the address greatly pleased his Eminence because of the loyalty expressed in' it) to the person of the Holy Father He asks* the Lord Mayor to convey to the people of Dublin tl\at it gave great joy to his Holiness to receive this

testimony of t!he faith of his loving ctiikken. The people of Dublin had not failed to show their loyalty to tihe Chair of Peter by giving their generous donations every year as help to tjie Father of the Faithful. On Una occasion, howevgr, on the coming 'of 'the Cardinal Legjate to Ireland the people showed in an especial manner tjieir love ot the Pope. Dublin slpdelndidly distinguished itself on that occasion. The honor shown his Eminence in the Capital of Ireland would never leave hi« memory, and because of this he gave- his true heart's blessing to his Lordship, to the Corporation, and to ail the people. It was his prayer to Goid that every (happiness would come plentifully to generous, noble Dublin, and to all the other parts of Ireland. A Venerable Religious Passe? Away At Marino, Ciontaxf, on August 27, the Rev. Brother Maxwell, who for over twenty years filled the impp'rtant positron of Superior-General ot the Christian Brothers, passed away in the eighty-sixth year of his age;,, sixty-one of which were devoted to the advancement of Christian education. His death, altihoug,h at an advanced age, has caused deep regret among all classes of the coinmiunity. Deceased was a member of a well-known Dublin iamily that for generations had been engaged in the legal profession. He himself was we'll ajn,d carefully educated wiUi a view tp following the same calling. Having almost completed the term of apprenticeship in his father's office, he felt called upon to a higher and a holier state. In 18,43 he entered the Mo vitiate of the Christian Brothers ih Mount Sion, Coiunty Waterford, where Brother Rice, the foiuntier of tho Order, was then living. His life labor began in Preston, where he devoted himself heart and soul to his s-acred calling. Atter some years he was removed to London, where his powers of organisation and ability in the imparting of leligious and secular education combined! won for him goßten opinions. In 1857 he was recalled to Ireland and appointed Superior at MulI'ngar, where he earned tihe warm esteem of the Most Rev. Di. Cantwell, and later on of his successor, the Most Kcv. Dr. Nulty. In \SU2 he was appointed Assistant to the Superior-CJeneral and took up bis residence in Dublin. Since then the Institute has extended very much both at home and abroad, owrng to 'his zeal and energy. In 1880 he was elected Superior-General of the Order, a position which he filled with great ability, wisdom, and success until 1000, when the foundation si one ot the new Novitiate and Training College at Marino was laid by Ins Grace the Arohbisihop of Dublin. Shortly after this ho lesngnod Ins office, leaving to younger colleagues the completion of the undertaking. KERRY.— Declines a Testimonial Dr. Marvgan, Bishop-Elect of Kerry, refused to accept a testimonial from the people of Kenmare, who had formed a committee with the object o£ presenting him -with one on the occasion of his consecration. LIMERICK.— Death of a Sportsman Mr. Michael Hartigan, the owner of several wellknown steeplechasers, and a popular sportsman, died on A,ugiust 25 nil his residence, Crean, near Bruff, County Limerick. MAYO. — An Oratory for Croaghpatrick llis Giraco tihe A'r'chhisTlo'p of Tuam is 3,nxioltf3 th;at an oratory should be erected on the summit of Croaghpatrick, to which so many pious pilgrims make their way annually In a letter to the Rev M. McDonald, Westport, ho says : ' If I am to judge from the vast crowd of pilgi mis who made the ascent of the • Holy Mountain on the I It'll of August, and who saw foB themselves the crying need of a weather-proof oratory and a litilo room lor the priest, I believe you will have no difficulty in getting the necessary funds. An oratory, and, if possible, a suitable cross before it, will be a most appropriate and enduring memorial in honor of St. Patrick, on the holy hill which was tihe scene of his prolonged prayers and fasting a«id tears for all the children ot the Gael. From my heart I pray God and St. Patrick to s/ustain you in your efforts anti to bless all those who will m any way assist us to accomplish this work. i,n honor of our National Apostle.' The Language Movement At Ihe closing of the Diocesan Feis in Charlestown, the Mo&t Re-v. Dr. Lyster,- in the course of an eloquent sipeech, said the work of preserving and reviving the Irish language, in which the Gaelic League w a s engaged, Wvas a "hallowed cause. Tfoe Irish language was tho language spoken by St. Patrick when he trod the Very ground on which they were assembled. It was the lajigliago of their own St. Colman, and of all the great saints and scholars who by their piety and learning made Ireland illustrious. What the Gaelic League aimed ali was to place the Gael and his native language in a jppsition of honor in his own country— to lift up the

IriSft, jfcopte from the level to which they had been re-duSed-"hf ■ ttte system of foreign' education which had be£h saadlect on them. In this great work he and the priests of his diocese would do their part. WATERFORD.— A Brave Woman A Merman W. It. Ward, J.P., T.C., Wateiiord, has received a sum of £1 voted by the Royal IHunnane bociety to Mrs. Sheehan, Alexander street, for hear heroic conduft in mrntly rescuing four boys from drowning at WoddstowH. A Successful Choir me thief feature of the choial singing at the lecent Munster Feis, at Killarney, was the lemarkable success of the Waterford Christian Brothers' chou 'liiis excellent combination, winch wa>s eias.il y first a few weeks back at the Waterford Feis, deserved the highest enc,oinuums, and it is gratifying that the supremacy' so evident at Wateriord, and which elicited warm praise from Father Bewerunge anil Air. ({rattan Flood, was lepeated. at Killarney. Indeed, at all the provincial Feiseanna the choral singing of the boys taught by the Uhristian Brothers has been exceptionally goad, amply proving careful trailing. WESTMEATH.— A Serious Accident On August 26, whilst returning from a visit to the house ol Jus Mother-in-law (Mr. Thomas Tyrrell, killasihee), the Very Rev. Canon Columb, P.P., Ballmahoun, County V\estmeath, met \\ i t h. a serious driving accident His horse shied at some object on the roadside and took flight, overturning, the trap and pitching itb oc< upajnt heavily on the load The mishap was obscmed b\ neighboring farmers, who ran to his assistance), when it was found that the reverend gentleman was unconscious. WEXFORD.— The Anti-treating League Father Kosbiter, ot t,he House of Missions, Ennibcorthy, who is on a short holiday in America, has estab lished several branches «f the Anti-Trcatmg League there. GENERAL The Archbishop of Wellington The ' Freeman's Journal ' of September 3 repot ts that his Grace Arauo^uop Redwood was then on a visit to Ireland. Pan. Celtic Congress The second triennial Pan-Celtic Congress was held at Camar\on this year. Irish, Welsh, Scotch, jlan\, and Breton delegates attended, and the ceremonies wcie most picturesque and interesting. The first Congress was held in Dublin three years ago, and this year the Lord Mayor of Dublin attended at Carnanon A piocession, headed "by four Irish pipers m ancient diess, mart had from the castle to tjic station to meet bun and the Dublin Corporation. The ceremony of erecting the Stone of the Nation was performed in tiie presence ol immense crowds, and t-he Celtic peace pioclaimed by the Archdruid. A Liberal Response In an address to quite 1000 Irish-Americans at the Carnegie Hall, New York, Mr. J Redmimd, I\l P., asked for a, fund of £lU,OOO to carry on the Home Rule campaign Betore tiie meeting dispersed £2<>oft of the sum reqiuested was subscribed. In his vpeeeh Mr Redmond claimed credit lor the Land Act, which he regarded as a stepping-stone to the ulterior object of the Nationalist Party, Homo Rule. The meeting was thoroughly successful. At Mr. Redmond's meeting at Philadelphia, the Governor of Pennsylvania presiding, letteis were read from 25 State Governors approving of Home Rule for Ireland. ••

Nearly the whole of the estate of the late Bishop of BaKlarat (Right Rev. Dr. Moore) has been lelt to diocesaii institutions. The Empire Fair at Broken lhll came to a tlo^o nn September 27. The entertainment tendered as a benefit to Signor Borzoni was a signal saicccsK The total receipts at the Empire Fair were over £1100 The money may be said to be well earned, considering the devoted labors pt' the stallholders and their assistants, a nd the attractive programme each night under Hie conductorship of Signor Borzoni. Non-Catholics were to be found amongs,t the performers and the ladies and gentlemen assisting, and the generous patrons of the Fair I—all1 — all were so highly pleased with the three weeks' entertainment that' they would fain have it continue a few nights longer, but Signor Bor/oni had to leave for New Zealand to meet his engagements.