Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 9

Irish News

GENERAL

ANTRIM— An Enthusiastic Reception

Mr. Johtn Dillon, M.P., and Mrs. Dillon met with an enthusiastic reception in the United National Club, Bellast, en June 6, the occasion being the opening of a bazaar for National purposes by Mrs. Dillon. Mr. Dillon delivered a speech in which he congratulated the Nationalists of Belfast on the honorable conclusion of their struggle with the local Catholic Association. The aspirations of %he Irish race were, he said, gradually coming nearer fulfilment because the Catholic people in every land were beginning to see that the Irish race was the mainsitay of the Catholic "Church. All they asked was fair and equal treatment for every man in Ireland, irrespective of his religion, and let the best come to tn"e top. ARMAQH— The Landlord Scores

The Duke of Manchester (says the ' Freeman's Journal ') has secured an enormous price for his Tanderagee estate,. For a gross rental of £9124, some of which was first term, he is getting £229,046, together with a bonus of £27,480, or a total of £256,500. The net rental of the estate could not have be'en more than £7300 a year. Allowing £6500 to the negotiators and lawyers, the purchase money will produce £10,000 a year, an increase of £2700, or 37 rer cent. CORK— A Memorial

An imposing memorial to the late Rev. C. O'SulliP.P., who was for eighteen years pastor of Dromatariffe, County Cork, has been erected by his sorrowing parishioners. The monument, which stands nine feet high, is surmounted by a Gaelic cross of elaborate design. The Auxiliary- Bishop of Portsmouth

The Right Rev. Dr. Cotter, Auxiliary Bishop of Portsmouth arrived at Cloyne, County Cork, his native place, on May 31, for a short holiday. This is his Lordship's first visit to Ireland since his elevation to the episcopate. On the following day he celebrated Mass in the parish church in which he formerly ministered as a curate. The Gaelic Athletic Association of the district, of which he was a member in former days, presented an illuminated address to his Lordship. Death of a Priest

The Rqv. Thomas Palmer, parish priest of Cahejnagh, County Cork, /died on May 31, at an advanced age. Deceased, who was a relative of the Most Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan, Bis-hop of Cork, took an active part in the land agitation and was greatly beloved by the peasantry for the sacrifices he so ungrudgingly made on their behalf. He was an eloquent preacher, a distinguished priest, and will lon£ be remembered in the districts in which his carecT in the sacred ministry was spent. A Popular Priest Passes Away

The Very Rev. Canon Hegarty, P.P., Glanmire, Cork, died unespectoSly on June 2. Deceased, who was seventy-fhe yearis of age, was for nearly twenty years administrator of St. Paul's Church, fn -which he made many improvements. In 1886 he was appointed parish priest of Glanmire. The splendid new sdhools in the ■village bear striking testimony to his efforts in the cause of education. In the recent land dispute at Waterftrasshill he spared no effort to bring about an amicable settlement between landlarW arod tenant, and when these efforts did not succeed, he warmly supported the tenants. The municipal flag was lowered to halfmast and many shops closed in Cork on the announcement of his death. DUBLIN— A Priest Honored

His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin has received from Rome the announcement that his Holiness Pope Pius X. has been pleased to confer on Very Rev. Father Ryan, P.P., Dolphin's Barn, the distinguished author of a very able Work on the Gospels, the distinction of Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Ryan spent clo c -e on thirty year? professing Sacred Scripture in Holy Cross College, where he was held in the hignest esteem by bOjth professors ar-d students, not only for the amount of solid knowledge he possessed on all Scriptural subjects, hut also for his masterly skill in imparting it. A Long Drawn-out Case

In the Chancery Court, Dublin, recently Mr. Maxwell applied in the case of Phelan v. Byrne for an order for the transfer -of a stun of £-160 in Consols and £796 in cash from the credit of the present suit to the credit of the Official Assignees in Bankruptcy. Tne money

stood to the credit of the estate of Robert Smith, a merchant, who carried on business in Smock Alley, Dublin, and who was made a bankrupt in the year 1797. The money in court was brought into the suit which was instituted in 1822 by a man named Phelan against Michael Byrne, who was the sole surviving assignee of the original bankrupt. Debts against the estate of Robert Smith had been proved to the extent of £4400, and the creditors had already reteived £3800, and there were perspns still living who were receiving dividends from the Coprt out of the estate. Ihe Master of the Rolls made an orSer directing that advertisements should be issued and published three times in two Dublin papers, stating that an order for the transfer of the fumd, as sought, would be made within a month after publication, unless cause was shown to the contrary. The Late Member for Cork

The funeral of the late Mr. J. F. X. O'Brien, M.P., which took! place from the Pro-Cathedral, Morlborough street, to Glasnevin, was attended by a large gathetihg of Dublin citizens. The. Rev. Clare O'Brien S.J., son of the deceased, celebrated JVlass for the ' repos3 of his soul in St. Kevin's chapel, previous to the removal of the remains for interment. QALWAY— Slanderfng the People of Cfifden In the course of a letter to the ' Daily Express,' protesting against calumnious statements which appeared in its columns regarding the people of Clifden, Very Rev. Canon M 1 Alpine, P.P., V.G., says ; ' From an intimate knowledge of the district, from a vjs.it paid to the tihree ptolice stations in the parish, and from an interview with Mr. Glasgow, D.1., R.1.C., I am in a position to state that there is not the smallest particle of truth— 'that there is absolutely no ground whatsoever for what appeared in a recent issue of your paper, that herte in Clifden a large grazier had to unconditionally surrender his grazing farms because his cattle and sheep were found drowned in trenches every day, a,n.d his herds refused to work Jor him, and that other petty little outrages 5 , such as wall-razing, breaking of gates, etc had also some to light.' KING'S COUNTY— A Successful Bazaar

The Very Rev. Philip Callary, P.P., Tuilamore, is to be congratulated on the success of Uhe grand bp,zaar organised in support of the building fund for the new Church of the Assumption. He had paid £15 000 ro the contractor already, leaving £8000 due, and it was to wipe out this latter sum the bazaar was held. TIPPERARY-The Late General Ryan Major-General Thaddeus Richard Ryan, of Scarteen, K'nocklong, County Limerick, J.P., D.L., late ot the Royal (Bengal) Artillery, who died on January 4 lasv aged 67 years, left personal estate valued at £13 679 arid prcttate of his will of September 1, 1902, has fcieen granted to his widow, Mrs. Gwendolin Ryan, the sole executrix named. The testator left the Normanton estate in trust for his scm, John Joseph Eyan, charged with an annuity of £100 in favor of his wife. WEXFORD— A Redemptorlst Passes Away

The Rev. Thomas Power, C.SS.R., a well known member of the Redemptorist Congregation, died on June 1 at Mountstewart, County Tyrone,, while engaged m conducting a mission. Deceased, who was born in New RoiS, County Wexford, spent several years on the secular mission. In 1877 he joined the Redemptorist Community, and since that time was engaged in giving missions in various parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, doing good everywhere he went. While ptfeaohmg he became suddenly ill and never rallied. His remains were interred in Dundalk. Faith and Patriotism

During the progress of the recent competitions at Kilnuickridge Feisin, the hour of 6 p.m. arrived, and with it the tolling of the An-gelus bell. The hall was crowded with spectators, and the platform thronged with a clars undergoing examination in Irish. At the first toll of Ihe bell the proceedings were suspended as if by magic. Heads we^re bowed, and young and old joined in silent prayer. It was a beautifully striking incident in Irish life. The pastor of the place, who pr<£ sided at the Feisin, is our esteemed and gifted friend the Rev. Father Browne, one of (the most popular priests in Wexford County. His people are evidently well trained. ~ ' WICKLOW— FataI Motor Car Accident

A shocking motor car accident occurred on June 1 at Ballymacrow Hill, near Ashford, County Wicklow in which a Dublin lady, Miss Molly Byrne, was killed, and her mother and four other occupants of the car, including the chajuffeur, who is an Englishman, were injured,

White Gloves

At the summer quarter sessions at Carlow, Killarney, and M&norhamilton white glaves were presented to the County Court Judges. A Denial

The Press Association is requested by Mr. J. Redmond, M.P., to s/late that he has received a letter from the Marquis MacSwiney at Rome characterising as ' absolutely falste,' and as ' a fautastic invention,' the story widely circulated in newspaper paragraphs to the eilect that the Marquis had been removed from his office as chamberlain to the Pope, in connection whh Mr. Redmond's recent visit to his Holiness. The Cromweihan Feeling

Mr. Balfour numbers among his colleagues five men who, in this twentieth century, preserve towards Irelaud something of the old Cromwellian feeling. They are the Lord (Chancellor of Ireland, Lord AshbDurne ; the President of the Board of Education, the Marquis of Londonderry ; the Secretary of State for War, Mr. Arnold Forster ; the Solicitor-General, Sir Edward Carson ; and the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. Atkinson. This group formed the lever with which Ulster dislodged George Wyndham and has since manoeuvred round the sturdy figure of Sir Antony MiacDonnell. Defeat of the Government

In Committee of Supply in the House of Commons on Friday, after Mr. Long, Chief Secretary for Ireland, had explained the scheme for expediting the work of the Irish Land Commission, Mr. Redmond moved the reduction of the expensas of the Commission. The amendment was carried by 199 to 196. "The Nationalists were frantically delighted, and the Liberals cheeked wildly. Sir H. CarapLell-Bannerman asked the Government's intentions. Mr. Balfour replied that it was impossible to say at present. Mr. Redmond said it was unbelievable that the Government would swallow tfuch humiliation after two years' incessant rebufis by the electorates'. Mr. Balfour replied that he was unconscious of humiliation. Unless he was able to conduct the biusin-ess with dignity he certainly woiuld not try. After consulting his colleagues he would make an announcement on Monday. The ' Times ' saj s the incident is not necessarily riecishe. Unquestionably it is serious, since it was not a (-nap \/ote, although the majority was almost certainly accidental. A Distinguished Surgeon

One of the most prominent and distinguished members of the medical profession in the North of England passed away recently in the death of Dr James Murphy, M.A , M.D., oi Sundcrland. He was the youngest son of the late Dr. Win. Chapman Murphy, and was born at BaLlenahow, County Tipperary, on July 27, 1855, and recehed his medical education as a student at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Paris. He was a nepliew of Mr. Justice Murphy, Judge of the Supreme Court in Ireland. Dr. Murphy gained a great refutation as an operating surgeon. At the time of his death Dr. Murphy held many important iappointments, chief amongst them being lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence at Durham University, and consulting surgeon to several public hospitals, and he was ex-Vice-President of the British Gynaecological Society. He wrote articles on surgery and gynaecology. Emigration Statistics

The emigration statistics fcr 1904, "which have just been published, continue the story of the depletion of the Irjish population. The number of emigrants was 37,415, or 8.5 per 1000 of the estimated population in the middle of the year. This, however, according to the? figures, showed a d>crease on the pre\ious year. Vnfor<tu,n|ately this decrease has not continued, for this year, up to the present, the emigration has been much larger lhan for ma,ny 3 ears past. Of the 36,902 natives of Ireland who left the country la?.t year, 1517, or 3.9 per 1000 of the poptlation, -were from Liinsl<r , 12, C00, or 11.7 per 1000, were from Minister , 10,150, or G. 4 per 1000, were from Ulster ; while 9623, or 14.7 per 1000, were from Crnnai'g,ht. Tie figures show , in comparison with the previous year, that the emigration from Connaueht and Munsier, respectively, marked a decrease of 1431 and 2098 ; while in the cases of the other two provinces, Leinster shows an emigration increase of 227, and Ulster iin increase cf 486. These figures are rather remarkable.