Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 47, 21 November 1907, Page 27

Irish News

ARMAGH— The Cathedral. Chapter , His Eminence Cardinal Logue has appointed the Rev. James Crimes, P.P., Portadown, to, foe a Canon of- the '• Armagh Cathedral Chapter. CORK— Only a few Cases The Recorder of oork, Sir John Chute Neligan, in opening, the business of the Cork Borough Sessions on - October i, congratulated the Grand "Jury on the small ' number of cases to go before them. Sale of an Estate The tenants on the Midleton portion of the estate of - Sir Arthur ac Capel Brooke, Bart., have completed negotiations with their landlord for the purchase of their h'oldingjs. The terms agreed on were :—2l£: — 21£ years' purchase on first term rents, and 23 years' purchase on second term rents, with interest to be paid by the' tenants at the rate of 3£ per cent, on the purchase money pending completion of vie sale by the Estates Commissioners. Wireless Telegraph Station A wireless telegraph station is to be placed on Corkbeg Island, about eleven miles from Midleton, and not far from the mouth of Cork Harbor. DERRY— Consecration of the Bishop -The ceremony of the consecration of the Most Rev. Dr. M'Hugh as Bishop of Derry took place on Sunday, September 29, in St. Eugene's Cathedral. It was seventeen years ago since a similar ceremony marked the opening, of the episcopate of the Most Rev. Dr. O'Doherty, who dieu -in February of -this year. His successor, who was oraained some 25 years ago, was born in the parish of Termonamongan, and opened his missionary career as a curate in Inishowen. He " was subsequently transferred to St. Column's College as Professor, and, with an interval as curate, he returned to the college as president. For ten years he presided over the destinies of the college, which he advanced to me iront rank of educational institutions in the country. Iwo and a half years ago he was appointed parish: priest of Strabane, where he labored with characteristic zeal for the interests of the people. The news of his appointment to the See of Derry was received with feelings of the liveliest satisfaction throughout the dio- . cese of which he has now assumed spiritual charge. His Jiminence Cardinal Logue was the consecrating -prelate, 'hw nl °/5?» Slolu S sermon was preached by the Most xiev. ur. v Jjonnell. Cardinal Logue on Socialism In replying to an address from the people of Derry £ n If ce T T OC^ asi - < ?n? n of the consecration of the Most Rev Dr. McHugh, his Eminence Cardinal Logue referred to the spread of socialistic ideas in England and the Continent. His Eminence said :— Our people should keep their eyes open, and take care that they do not, by any influence whatsoever, be induced to make common cause with wiT id!*?!, vS? 1c1 ci + ther nOW Or at some time, UhriJK«itv M^erest enemies of holy religion, and of Christianity in general. We can judge them, I think the LSI fr T - th , ci . r Co ' lle ag«es, J the Communists o ™ ?? n * lnent ' and J ud S ln S by that test they are a • rery dangerous commodity here in Ireland or in Iny of these kingdoms. I mention these tratters because I cnirrPdiw something J see-something that has occurred—that our people, especially in England are being dragged into the kfca that in voting for those FToTot^™™? thQ7 are P^ot7ng g Home Rule Rule • and b 22T 8 ,, xt , ," P ro . mot *ag the cause of Horn* JK+rS jj P U i c )Oner sacrifice the Faith of St brfffEtesWem^n o^ 110110 s P iri * at ha^ alw^ s *"* «« origntesT; gem> in the crown of Ireland. - DOWN— A Memorial ,fWw ce + BaS e! US i b . een erected in the burial ground r£k I FhtS* ' Patrick>s Meirorial Church, Downpatcharge of of Down'ofoverYif a centur^DUBLlN— University College s n Tfi^ utK <> rf ties of University College, Stephen's Green,: Dublin, have had completed for them a number oi new lecture ropms. This addition to the collece bSld nigs 1S the outcome of a suggestion by Fathe/FiSay'

Proposed Presentation , The friends of Mr. Lennox, the newly-appointed Professor of English Literature in the Catholic Univer sity; Washington, U.K. A. /have decided to"make him a presen-' ■ tation on the eve of his departure for his mew sphere 'of labor. - .. ~ - - KERRY— Drowning Fatality '. , • A sad boating disaster occurred on September 30 on the Lower Lake, Killarney, some distance > from Darby's Uarden, involving the loss of three lives— two boatmen and a lady tourist. It appears that a party consisting of Mr. Hodgson, a tourist, a lady, and two boatmen named Michael Gleeson and James Fent'pn7 were out trout fishing. . They visited Glena, and were returning, and after passing Darby's" Garden they decided to stop fishing. While the lines were being -pulled in Mr. Hodgson states that Fenton stood up in the boat, which immediately overbalanced, and all four were thrown into the' water, Gleeson disappeared at once, but Fentoir struggled to catch the "boat, and Mr. Hodgson held him for some time, but ultimately " ' he , went down. Mr. Hodgson endeavored to save the lady, but faileti to do. so. ' Unprecedented Exodus An unpfecedentedly large number of emigrants left the Castleisland, Brosna, Scartaglin, and other East Kerry districts recently en route for America. The exodus tnis year from those districts has been enormous, and its effects were being very materially felt, especially" by the farmers, who, in several instances, were unable to get the necessary labor for work on the land. «-, LIMERICK— The Peace and Order of the City At- the opening of the Limerick City Quarter Sessions on October 1, Judge- Adams congratulated the Grand Jury on the peace, order, and quiet that prevailed. _ F A Trade Mark ■ Limerick Corporation has decided to permit the use of the city arms as a trade-mark for the local-manu-facturers of Limerick lace. Application has been made to the Patents Office, trades mark section, but the applicants were referred to the Limerick Corporation as the authority to grant the permission in question, with power to have it registered as a trade- mark. Ihe Corporation has decided that the permission should also be granted to their .local manufacturers. ' LOUTH— The Judge's Congratulations His Honor County Court Judge Kisby opened the Dundalk Quarter Sessions on September 30, and addressing the Grand Jury, -said he was glad to observe there, was very little criminal business to be transacted. It was a pleasant thing to be able to say to the ]ury that the criminal business in the country had during his experience, extending over 21 years, fallen off m a most remarkable degree. ROSCOMMON— Absence of Crime His Honor County Court Judge Wakely opened the Koscommon Quarter Sessions on September ou. ■ The" Grand Jury having been sworn, his Honor congratulated ' the jury on the fact that there were only two ordinary bills . to . go before them. ' SLIGO— A New Diocesan College -. . ;.. n*n Th £ ? ev - P V J> o>Ghc *dy and the Rev. M. Connolly;' ' iJallaghadereen, have gone so America at the request' of the Bishop of Achonry witff the object of collecting lunds for the erection of a new^ diocesan college. TIPPERARY— Dedication of Church S . The parochial church, lemplemore, County Tipper? ' for the completion of which credit is- due tb Very Rev. Canon Meagher, JtM\, was dedicated on Sim day, September JJ7. ' WATERFORD— The Ashtown « Outrage » The editor of ' Answers ' (London) .\nd Lord Ashtown are not at present playing in the same backyard, boon after the explosion at Glenaheiry Lodge an article dealing, with the c outrage ' appeared in « Answers.' 'The editor's statement, which is supported by an affidavit from the representative of the paper who interviewed Lord Ashtown, is that the article was dictated by his Lordship at the Euston Hotel, that he was told the article was for publication in that journal, and that he gave his signature to be appended to it. Lord Ashtown, in reply, says that he has no recollection of ever having given his signature to any one except to a representative of the • Daily Mail ' * that till after the article had appeared in • Answers ' he did not know there was such a publication, but that he

had since been informed that * Answers : is under the . same management as the ' Daily Mail.' Manifestly there is a fault of memory on pne.side or the other. The interviewer affirms on oath that Lord Ashtown was informed when dictating the article that it was intended for publication in ' Answers ' and that he gave his signature to be placed beneath it; and -Lord Ashtown has sworn that he did nothing of the kind. It is difficult to imagine that he forgot the incident, because he is no novice in press "matters, being the.editor of a periodical called ' Grievances from Ireland,' which is circulated in- England. WEXFORD— Proposed Memorial Nearly £1000 have been subscribed for a memorial to^ the late Venerable Archdeacon Furlong, P.P., Gorey, which, will take the shape of schools for the boys and girls of the parish, whose welfare he ever, had at heart. GENERAL The King of Portugal The King of Portugal has expressed his intention of offering a prize at' next year's Oireachtas for an Irish marching tune. 'King Carlos has .been interested in Irish affairs by ,his Excellency The O'Neill of Lisbon, who has for years past been a generous friend of the Irish language, and who is the King's secretary. The particular shape which the King's interest takes is due to Dr. W. 'H. Grattan-Jtvlood, whom, by the way, Gaels have been congratulating on the degree ' honoris causa ' recently conferred upon him by the Koyal University. Seeing Ireland The ' Daily News ' refers rather sarcastically to an enterprising party of one hundred Londoners who have undertaken to go to "Ireland, ' do ' Killarney,- and return to Uockneydom within forty-eight hours. 'Still,' says our contemporary,' c the experiment serves to show how near to, London the Kerry Lakes are brought. The nr-an who has a fortnight to spare can now spend' more than twelve days between Killarney, Glengariff, and Dingle .Bay, and in visiting Blackwater, Parnasilla, Derryn-ane, and a few other of the Beauties of Kerry.' Our 'London contemporary (remarks' the ' Irish Weekly') ignores the most serious possibility of this forty-eight hours' ' there-aiKHrack ' trip. What about the newspaper articles — perhaps whole hooks— on all Irish affairs which may be expected from many of the scurrying 'explorers ' when they have finished their adventurous journey ? There is not a man amongst them who will not hold himself better equipped "to write about Ireland— or to igovern " it-^than 99 per cent, of his countrymen when he returns home, and very • justly, too. The Commonwealth and Home Rule . .. The London ' Times ' of September 21 published a * letter from Mr. Richard -n.. Crouch; dated Parliament House, Melbourne, August 7, ..criticising a letter published in 1 the '■ fTimes ' last* Ma|r,' from a nuimti'er of mem-^ bers of a body called the Protestant Electors' Committee, which was written to show inter alia that the resolutions of both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament in favor of Home- Rule for Ireland were . not representative of Australian public opinion. Mr. Crouch says : — The universal Australian support of Home Rule flows from the democratic instincts of its people, and from its. sympathies with all developments of. Imperial unity. With us the Home Ruler is the true Imperialist and loyalist, because his efiorts are directed to the attainment in Ireland of looal contentment and its consequent Imperial loyalty ~ and stability.-^ Referringdirectly to the resolution passed in favor of Home Rule, Mjr. Crouch-* says : — ' The motion was carried not only in the Senate, but in the House of Representatives by a majority of 39 to 27 out -of a total rrenibership of 75. Of the 39 wHo voted for it, only five were Roman Catholics, and only two of these Irish-born. The majority included the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) and twelve -Ministers or ex-Ministers of the Commonwealth. The minority at the succeeding election used every effort to raise sectarian feeling, and tried in every way to make Home Rule an election issue. The self-appointed Protestant Electors' Committee advertised daily - the names of* those who had voted for Home Rule. With what result? That out of the 39 who had voted for Home Rule, including as . they did two members who were appointed to the High Court Bench., and did not seek re-eleoffion, 31'- were again returned by the- constituencies at the general election last December. Of the 27 members who voted against Home Rule, 17 only were returned to the new Parliament. '__ Mr. Crouch adds that he himself, as a Protestant and a Home Ruler, was returned by the largest majority he had .ever received.