ARMAGH—Tandragee Castle

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 28 November 1907, Page 27

ARMAGH— Tandragee Castle

„. Mr Eugene Zimmerman, the Duke of Manchester's father-in-law;-" has .taken a lease from His Grace for twenty-one years of • Tandragee Castle and demesne, and has purchased all the furniture and effects in the castle. For the fixst time during four generations the Duke of Manchester has now no residence in Co. Armagh. CLARE— Heroic Fishermen The story of the rescue from a watery grave of the crew "of the French sailing ship Leon XIII. deserves to be enshrined in letters of gold (writes a Dublin correspondent). For cool, deter-_ mined bravery on the part of humble men, under circumstances - that well might chill the ardor of the most? daring, it has not been surpassed in the history of maritime disasters. The ship having been driven by a hurricane upon the rock-bound coast of County Clare, after a voyage from Portland, Oregon, there seemed no hope of even one out of the crew being saved. The storm broke over the ill-fated boat with all the fury shown by the Atlantic Ocean in tempestuous rage. - Twenty-two poor souls v huddled together, without food or drink, sheltered in the forepart of the craft at low water, and sought shelter in the rigging when the tide rose and submerged the only spot of her deck upon which they could seek a resting place. To attempt a rescue in the frail coracles possessed by the fisher folk of Quilty 2 off which the fine vessel struck, seemed like courting death. But the brave fishermen were not to be daunted under any circumstances when fellow creatures were in dire distress. Again and again they put off to the rescue, although driven back by the storm. One canoe got upset, and her crew were thrown into the raging surf. Another canoe, at great risk to the occupants, saved them. Nothing daunted, the crew of the overturned craft proceeded again to the rescue amid the cheers of the onlookers. One by one thirteen of the crew were rescued under circumstances of unparalleled heroism. For forty-eight hours the work of rescue lasted, and only came to an end when a naval cruiser arrived from Bantry Bay as the storm was abating and took off the remaining seamen, including the captain, whose leg was badly broken. Throughout the two weary days and two dreary nights during which the French sailors were in peril and suffering the shores were lined with men and women whose hearts were breaking at the pitiable scene before their eyes. Too much credit cannot be given to the relatives of the rescuers, who bade their husbands, sons, and brothers to try again and again} and encouraged them while their own hearts must have been breaking at the prospect of losing their nearest and dearest; The captain- of the lost ship, in an interview -with a Press representative after landing, paid a warm tribute to the brave Clare fishermen. 'As I clung on the craft for forty-eight hours,' he said, ' and saw wave after wave sweeping down upon me, and heard the roaring windr and the seas rolling over me; I gave up all hope ; but were Itogoto my doom, I think my parting moments would be made, happy by the sight of the intrepid Irishmen who were calmly facing death in their mad efforts to rescue me.' CORK— Land Purchase The tenants on /the estate of Mr E. B. Livingstone, comprising the townlands of Corrin NortE and South, 1 Knuckmore, and Keelnaclohy, near Leap, Co. Cork, have purchased the landlord's interest in their holdings at reduction of 5s in the £ off second term (twenty-three years', purchase), and 7s in the £ (twenty years' purchase) off first term rents, all arrears to be wiped out. The negotiations were carried out on behalf of the tenants by the Rev. Morgan J. Sheehy, Leap, while Mr Carbery, agent, acted for the landlord. DUBLIN — Parnell Anniversary The Parnell Anniversary Demonstration took place *n Dublin on Sunday, October 6. A procession started in the afternoon from -Rutland Square, and proceeded to Glasnevin Cemetery. Bands attended from- Limerick, Bray, and Dublin, and payed appropriate music on the way. Amongst those present v. ere Mr William Field, M.P., and Mr Augustine Roche, M.P. At the cemetery a number of -wreaths were placed on the grave .)£ the Irish leader. Among them was one of heather, sent by Mr. John Redmond,. M. P., from Aughavanagh, County Wicklow. Wreaths were .also sent by the Town Tenants' Association, Irish Nan onal Foresters, and by Mr J. J. Clancy, M.P. Mr John

Redmond, M.P. , also sent a wreath to the Royal Hibernian Academy, where the Parnell statute and exhibits are on view. A Warning At a meeting of the Hierarchy > at. Maynooth, on October, 8, the ■ following resolution was unanimously adopted : — ' That fiom iiiformation they have received, the Archbishops and Bishops, of Ireland'- deem -it their duty' to warn Irish J. girls against allowing themselves to be induced by certain plausible advertisements which appear from time to .time in Irish newspapers to go to Manchester or other large towns in. England in the hope of obtaining situations under favorable ; terms ' in English houses. We are assured that unprotected- girls •are exposed to the greatest dangers in many of those places, and "nob unf requently have been utterly ruined. They never - should ' accept such situations, Tior answer such advertisements without consulting the local clergy, from whom they will obtain the necessary information and guidance:' - -' -- Preparing to Meet a Crisis '„ The distribution of prizes to, the successful students for the . academic year took place in the Aula Maxima, Maynooth," on October 8. There was a large attendance of the bishops." His Eminence Cardinal Logue delivered an address, in which he said this was an unblieving age, and the students should prepare themselves to meet the crisis that faced the « Church. It was one of the revenges of time, that though the authors of the defection known as -the Reformation made the" Scriptures the sole rule of belief, the Catholic Church was now the only protector of the Bible. He assured the students that they would have to meet dangers to the Faith, such as those who were going down the vale of years had little experience of. These dangers were already creeping in, and from two' or three 'papers published in Dublin by Catholics a priest had sent him. extracts which were not only not Catholic but anti- Christian. KERRY— The Ventry Estate A very largely attended meeting, under the auspices of- the local branch of the United Irish League, ~was held in Dingle on October 6 to arrange to have the rents adjusted by the Land Commission with a view to subsequent purchase on equitable terms, the bulk of the tenants, owing to the heavy load of arrears hanging over them, having been hitherto debarred from entering the Land Court. Lord Ventry has now consented to • allow all his tenants — future tenants included — to enter the Court, and to sell his estate to them on the basis of the abale- " ments allowed by the Court. KILKENNY— An Advocate of Home Rule A notable addition is made to the ranks of Home Rulers in Ireland in the person of Captain the Hon. Otway Cuffe, who was recently elected Mayor of Kilkenny. Captain Cuffe is a. brother of the Eai'l of Desart, the King's Proctor, and heirpresumptive to the title. He_ is an ardent supporter of the Gaelic revival, and has endeavored to popularise a distinctive Irish costume for men. The Hon. Otway Cuffe was Groom of the Privy Chamber in Ordinary to the late Queen from 1893 tothe time of her death, and he has been Gentleman Usher to His Majesty the King. In association with his sister-in-law, Ellen, Countess of Desart, he has been instrumental in -establishing in Kilkenny City, for the benefit of the people, a very-, pretty theatre and a woollen factory. He is a son-in-law' of Lord! St. Levan. LEITRIM— The Judge's Congratulations ; County Court Judge Drummond, K.C., in addressing the 1 Grand Jury at Carrick-on-Shannon Quarter Sessions on October 7, said there was only one case to go before' them. x He congratulated them on the state of the country. LIMERICK The University Question The Bishop of Limerick is very outspoken in the article \oxt the Irish University question which he' contributes to the ' Irish Educational Review.' Conservatives and Liberals alike have,, he observes, been misleading and deceptive in their promises with regard to the Irish University question; but so far the insincerity of the Conservatives pales into insignificance when compared with that of the Liberals. 'Mr Bryce in January last, when bringing forward his scheme," stated emphatically that' it represented the Government's convictions. Seeing how unstable - the convictions have proved, the Bishop has come to the conclusion that the University proposals were merely intended "to serve as a lubricant for the passage of the Irish Council BilL He is of opinion that Mr Birrell does 106 serious!? intend to bring forward a University Bill next year, the session being too

heavily mortgaged. The Bishop inclines to the belief that the Chief Secretary is playing with the subject in order to create the impression that a boon is in store for Ireland, and thus to prevent the Irish members from seriously opposing the English Elementary Education Bill. It is to be hoped His Lordship is too severe on Mr Bifrell. If the Chief Secretary courts another great failure in legislative projects, he will gain a. unique reputation for himself and will raise in Ireland" a storm which will not soon subside. WEXFORD— SaIe of ah Estate The tenants of "the Molyneux estate, situated at Kilmuckbridge, Enniscorthy, have agreed to purchase their holdings at a reduction of 5s 6d in the £ on their net rents, there being -a previous abatement of 3s in the £. There are forty tenants on the property. GENERAL Ireland's Interest in Live Stock The President of the Department of Agriculture in Ireland, Mr T. W. Eussell, M.P., speaking at the session of the Royal Veterinary College in Dublin on October 2, said : — The attention of the veterinary profession in this country has been largely, devoted in the past, and naturally devoted, I suppose, to horses. I don't believe in the ..theory that "horses are going to disappear. I know the motor bus, I have heard it. I back the r horse. But even if the horse were to largely disappear, let me point out to the students before me that here in Ireland there is a very large field outside horses. You have cattle, sheep, and swine'; it is of enormous importance to the farmer and people of Ireland. And I for one state distinctly here that the department would greatly rejoice to see an extension of work in the direction of live stock. - Mr Gill : And poultry, too. Mr Eussell : What I want to point out to you is this : that Ireland has a tremendous interest in the live stock of ,this country, and I am perfectly certain that thousands' and tens of thousands of pounds are lost annually by the farmers of Ireland from the want, first of all, of veterinary services. The Poultry Trade v In the course of a lecture recently delivered in London Mr C. Armstrong, the well-known poultry expert, said that the trade in table birds is now so large that it is impossible to get the numbjer of birds required for fattening in England. Ire-* land is now the chief source of supply. In 1901-02 the Irish Department of Agriculture started a scheme for establishing egg *distribution stations. Before the year 1900 such stations were unknown in Ireland, but in 1905-06 no less than 52,409 dozens of eggs were distributed to farmers, and "the. 1905 census of poultry showed that there were 18,549,051 fowls in the Emerald Isle. In 1904 the fowls sold to English f atteners were worth £625,870, while in 1905 the bill had increased to £677,435 ; so that it will be seen that the trade in poultry between the two countries is an enormous one.- In 1900 it was possible to buy Irish chickens at from Is to Is 6d, but they were of poor quality. To-day, however, some of the finest table fowls in the world come from Ireland, and this says much for the way in which the poultry question has there been taken in hand". To show the quantity of Irish fowl that- reach the fattening districts of England, Mr Armstrong pointed out that one man in Heathfield pays to the railway company from £70 to £100 a month for carriage alone. Tree-Planting Writing on the necessity of encouraging tree-planting in Ireland, the 'Freeman's Journal' says : — The present acreage under wood in Ireland is calculated as 300,000, or about 1^ per cent, of the entire acreage of Ireland. These figures must, however, be received •with a certain reserve, as the returns, like the other agricultural statistics of Ireland, are prepared and supplied by the police, who have neither the facilities nor the responsibilities that would tend to the accurate discharge of the work. The return is, however, probably near enough to the truth to serve as a useful comparison with other countries.^ According to the evidence of Mr Forbes : — Comparing Ireland, as a whole, with other portions of the United Kingdom, England is found to possess 5.3 per cent., Scotland 4.5 per cent., and Wales 3.9 per cent, of their total acres-trader wood. That is to say, England, in proportion to its surface, has very nearly four times as much land under trees, Scotland has just three times, and Waleifwell over twice as much. No one contends that England is overwooded, and the English proportion might be fairly aimed at in Ireland.

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