Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1908, Page 27

Irish News

ANTRIM— The ; Premier of Queensland " Mr. Kidston, the Premier of Queensland, visited Belfast last week as the guest of Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P. In a speech^ at a reception in his honor, he said that the one thing which would ultimately overcome English resistance to Home Rule would foe the conviction that Home Rule for Ireland was a necessary thing for England. On July 13 Mr. John E. Redmond, _ M.P. , entertained Mr. Kidston at luncheon in the House of Commons. Mr. Redmond invited to meet him Mr. T. P. O'Connor* M.P. ; Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P. ; Mr. Win, Redmond, M.P. ; and Mr. James Dalton, K.C.S.G. : CLARE— Recognition of Bravery' The French sailing vessel, Leon XIII., it will be remem-bered,--was. wrecked last October off the coast of County • Clare. For two days the sailors had takeW^reTuge in the rigging. ' -In spiie of the terrific hurricane which was raging, the Quilty fishermen made desperate efforts to rescue their brother sailors, and succeeded in bringing thirteen safely to land, but the captain, Lucas, who, in spite of his broken leg, refused to leave his boat before the entire crew were saved, remained" on boani, and the storm becoming fiercer, it was impossible for the lifeboats to approach the wreck. In the meantime, Admiral Sir Curzon Howe, the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, had been informed of the danger in which the remainder of the ' crew ;4j-cre placed, and had sent- the cruiser Arrogant to their help, and thanks to him the captain and the other unfortunate sailors escaped a walery grave. M. Lcfeuyre Meaulle, »ne Consul for France in Dublin, immediately wrote to the French • Ambassador in London, asking him to solicit from the French Government awards for the brave rescuers. The French Government, it is announced, has sent over 30 medals and various commemorative souvenirs for distribution aniongst them. Presents for the Holy Father The Most Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan has received a letter from Monsignor O'Riordan, Rector of the Irish College, Rome, acknowledging the receipt of a cheque for ,£125 and a beautiful vellum and gold album, engrossed with the subscribers' names, presented by the ladies of Cork in connection with the Pap\l Jubilee. The amount was made up of the smallest sums, ranging from one penny upward. Monsignor O'Riordan says: ' His Holiness was deeply touched by this act of generous loyalty on the part of the ladies of Cork, and conveys to them through your Lordship his grateful thanks.. and his Apostolic Blessing to all and each. He looked over the album, reading out many of the names, and "recognising* such names as he had heard already— for instance, " O'Callaghan," " Murphy," etc. He was amused at his own attempts to pronounce some of the names.' Sad Drowning Fatality A young man named William Hall -Moylan, 17, son of Mr. P. C. Moylan, Carrigtwohill, ex Vice-president of the National Teachers' Association, was drowned on. Sunday, July 5, near Queenstown Junction. Deceased, who was a clerical student, home on holidays, went to bathe with a couple- of young friends, got beyond his depth, and, not being V an expert ' swimmer', soon got into difficulties. Some men swam to his " aid, brought him to the bank- alive, and restorative methods were applied,' but he expired in. a short time. DUBLIN— A Distinguished Scholar .•Whatever,_may-be-Wtrue explanation of Trinity- College, for the first time in its history of 316 years, conferring an '• honorary degree on a Catholic priest and monk, the fact remains'•*(says the Freeman's Journal) that the recipient of the degree i 9'i 9 ' a most distinguished scholar and educationist. Right Rev"fs^MA^f , BUtkr> °- S - B " Abbot ° f inside 6 Colfegl, ' «-an M.A. of London; andr Cambridge Universities, and he'has" ofjsr;: : \ goo r T k as eduor ° f the *«*"*> :- of- Pal adms for the Cambridge ' Texts and Studies ' Series of '' B,bhcal and Patristic Literature. Abbot Butler is also a con - tnbutor.o the American Calholic Encyclopedia. Of COUr W*< " :i ,8-« btT 1 Abh ? Butier isan Irishman ( born * SSS

The New Universities. • In replying to a vote of thanks at a meeting held in Greystones on Sunday, July 12, with the object of raising funds for the erection of a new church, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin', who presided, made a most important statement regarding^ the University Bill as it has emerged from Committee. The scheme as it stands, he poinfed out, has one drawback of a ' terribly serious character,', namely, the absence of a residential college in Dublin. He hesitated to describe- it as of a ,fatally .serious character, yet it was all but that. Dr. Walsh, who has long been a' tireless and able Advocate of the claim of the Catholic majority to equality in the matter of higher education, .asked what respect would be commanded, what enthusiasm inspired, by a non-residential University College established in - Dublin, in .the same city as Trinity College, but standing in painful contrast to it. from the lack of those buildings for "the residence of its students, which, apart from every other consideration, add so notably to the dignity both of Trinity College its University in the eyes of the public at large.. There can be no questioning^he^fact that for the sake of saving one or two hundred/ "thousand • pounds to the Treasury, the new' University which, has been woa< by years of agitation is in danger of falling far short of "what was- anticipated.', _*- The Bishop of Auckland In the Church of St. Paul of the-CipsVjjMoJintJ Argus, Harold's Cross, on Sunday, July 12, a --Solemn 1 in honor of Blessed Gabriel Possenti, a Passionist , Father, who was beatified in May last in Sf. Peter's, Rome, ;carhe to -a close. The concluding ceremony consisted of Pontifical "High Mass, followed by a panegyric of the saint by Rev. Andrew MacArdle, SJ. The Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan, Bishop of Auckland, was the celebrant of the High Mass, which was attended by a large number 1 of clergy and laity. - KlLKENNY— Parliamentary Representation Mr. Nicholas Murphy has tendered to Mr. ' Redmond, his resignation as member of Parliament for South Kilkenny. The step is understood ta be due to the. state of- his business affairs.Mr. Murphy was elected exactly .a year ago in succession to Mr. James O'Mara, and some months ago he\at'tracted attention by leaving a sick bed at. imminent risk 'to. himself; in oVder to propose a motion for which, he',- had secured 'first -place -'in the ballot. Mr. Richard J. Ryan, ' Thoma'slown,"' hks: "issued an address -to the League branches -and public , bodies, - 1 appealing for support as a candidate for' the representation of "South Kilkenny at the coming. Convention. Mr.. Ryan, who 'is -a 'County ...Councillor for the ThomastpWn./district - and' a prominent local Nationalist, was a candidate at the last" Convention?-T>utVwith-drew in favor of. Mr. .Murphy. ■ '' - '<//'[ :/--•- ; MAYO— A Distinguished Vilife " v The Most Rev. Dr. Delan 5 V r Irchbishop of..Hobart, who is a native of Galway, was,, early in July, on a visit to Ballaghaderreen, when he was the guest of the Right Rev. Dr. Lyster Bishop of Achonry. - ' Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick v «.- -, : '. ' The Carmelite nuns at Lourdes sent "a costly C - banner of green, with the Sacred Heart embroidered upon it in gold, to float .over "the - pilgrims to Croagh Patrick. . , The pilgrimage was to take place on July 19. MONAGHAN—A Supporter of the National Cause ■ Mr.- Patrick Fitzpatrick, of .Corn, Co. Monaghan who has passed away at an advanced- age, was a 'cousin of the late Sir Charles Gavan. Duffy. For over sixty years he took a leading part in politics in his' native county, and in his time did yeoman service for the national cause. >VATERFORD— Ati American Visitor ~ <■ ■ The Right Rev. Dr. Prcndergast,' Bishop-Auxiliary of Philadelphia, visited Lismore early in 'July. ' His sister is a member of- the Presentation Order in that town. ; . GENERAL Irish Athletes at the Olympic Games •' - At. the Olympic Games, which opened on July 13 in London; 'the- Hammer-throwing competition was won by an, IrishmanJohn Flanagan, late of Kilrnallock; with the marvellous throw of 170 feet 4£ inches— a , new Olympic' and British record. M. McGrath, another Irishman, was second with 167 feet 11 inches,; and 'Con Walsh, late of. Macroom", Co. Cork, third, with 159 feet \\ inches. In the shooting contests the championship gold

medal has been won by an Irishman, Colonel Milner, with a,. ' magnificent score of 98 out of a possible 100. Another Irishman, Mr. K. Casey, from the United States, won the silver ; medal with -.93, and an Irishman tied with a Scotchman for third. ; place with 92. , Of the .first six competitors who headed the list four were Jrishmen,Qood Payers There is no topic (says the Catholic Times) so lovingly dilated on Tiot only by the Parliamentary representatives of the Belfast Orangemen, whose prejudices' against their countrymen are ineradicable, but by the British Unionists who know nothing whatever about Ireland than the unwillingness of the Irish i farmers to meet their financial obligations. The gentlemen who entertain this" distrust of such a large proportion of ihr- . Irish people are never anxious to submit their assertions to tests. They prefer the creations of lively imaginations to sober . facts. But facts are stubborn and cannot be' disposed of by fancy's arts. Some few of them to 'which, Mr. William O'Brien calls attention in a letter -that he has addressed to the Daily News prove that so far from being untrustworthy or dishonest •, the Irish farmer may be confidently counted onto pay /what' he owes. Of .£1,448,991 collectable in annuities under all the Irish Purchase Acts, the arrears on the Ist of July did - not exceed and at the same date not more than lO i 3 out of 116,992 payers of annuity were backward in their payments. Mr. O'Brien points out that the figures are even more gratifying as- to the-Wyndham Act 0^903 than- as to the previous Ash.bourne. and Balfour Acts, the success 1 of which was so notable. Of the 44,773 annuitants under the Wyndham Act only 305 were ' in arrear on July 1, and the sum total' of their indebtedness ' was only out of £561,858. Surely an unimpeacable testimony to the Irish farmer's sense of honor and duty. Bound to the Unionist Chariot Mr. Lindsay Crawford, Past Grand Master, speaking at a ..monster meeting of Orangemen in TJirkenhead on July 13 , said — For the first* 50 years of its existence" the Orange Institution, as he had pointed out, was not a Unionist organisation, and every Orangeman was as free, to^ reject the doctrine of Unionism as he -was to oppose Free Trade or vivisection. - Not only was that so, but in its early stages— when the first principles- of Orai geism were better understood— the Orangemen were opposed to the Act of- Union, and in favor of the Constitution or 1782— the King Loids, and Commons of Ireland. The formal recognition of . Unionism in 1849 was, as he (Mr. Crawford) would show, a crafty device to bind the .unthinking Orangeman by a solemn vow, whose true import he did not fully grasp, to vote ojv all ' occasions for .the Unionist party. That was Orangeism Tn the twentieth .century. Its members .were, not free-agents, and they" had presented to them the, spectacle of" a body of men on whose banners were emblazoned -the- watchwords of Protestants, bound hemselyes hand and foot to the Unionist chariot, and led to * ?Hpv P ,1 dumb-dnven cattle r" Not so" their -" forefathers; They, too, labored under the disability of Gr.and Lodge' government but like th Independents> they ■ J^^l .derate or order and -discipline to stand between them and their consciences. In ,Soo, when the arch-traitor- Castlereag'h had succeeded in bribing the Grand Lodge tissue an appeal to the Orangemen not to take any part in .opposing-, the Ac ' with "such °" ,? f° Und th ° InStUutio " had'nothing to do with such political matters, the Orandemen «,«, \ n fiT- • an attempt to deprive them of th? rights Z I rishnt" Migratory Laborers pr^ng year, and may pc e StitetcJ at app^^oo". ?""-