The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-16

iate Harenc property deferred until ~.
night any public expression Of joy A. ~ =
great victory achieved on Thursdsy is.s sIo 1s'
the Landed Estates Court. Immense ~, =
fires blszed in all directions over this ,sva.
and valuable estate, which extends froS.
Ballybunion on the banks Of the Shsnnon !
to Lixnaw, the ancient seat Of the EsrIs -
Kerry, and on to Dusgh, towards the en- -
fines of Cork and Limerick A mons.ss
fire was lighted on the top Of Knockanos00t
and was plainly visible from the conr,;s,
of Clare, Galway, Limerick, Cork w.
Kerry. 1t was at Ballybunion, hovasaaAa ~
that the people put forth their whole mj.Ss
This beautiful watering place was litsIs litsrssiIss
illuminated, a huge bonfire burned :, ~ ~
Castle Green, tar barrels blaEed from .Ss Ss
top of the old Castle and shed q glov;rsa
light on the joyful scenes beneath. TLss
people assent bled in Thousands from III.
towel, Lixnaw and all the surrrondir.
country. When the entbusiasm was at ts
height the immense multitude, headed ~
q band of music, proceeded TO the prieas;s
ling language by Father OConnor, Father
Michael O'Sullivan, James r. Lsonnrd ana
others. Three cheers were then river
for the priests of North Kerry, for NJ
Leonard, for Mr.. Lombard, and for Judcas
Ormsby. The name of Judge Osmsby Va
received by the coDgregated multitude
with the most rapturous applause, ana
loud and fervent were the biessines ia
voked upon his head. Not . single unto.
ward incident occurred 70 mar the proceed
ipgs; everything passed OF In the happiest
and pieasantest manner. After the people
had given full expression TO their feelinRs
Of joy and happiness for the auspicious
event, and enjoyed the festivities TO their
hearts' content, they departed for their
homes in the most peacesble and orderly
and thus terminated scene which
will be long remembered in Ballybuniou
and North Kerry.
This case has been in court Some time. By
the will of Mr.. Hsrenc the tenants desirous Of
purchasing their holdings and Offering fir
price, were to have the preference. The tfus.
tees, however, seemed disposed to sell to out.
side parties, to q Mr. Hussey particularly, who
wished to purchase all the lands in Kerry.
Hus,ey offered ESQ 500, and the trustees com.
mitted themselves to him, although tho agent
acting for the tenants Immediately after Hus-
sey's proposal offered Es1 600, The question
presented to the Court was whether Hnssey,s
offer or that of the tenants should be finally
sccspted. That grand old patriot, Isaac Butt,
represented the tenants, and, as usual, won his
,ase. That there was good reason for the IN.
bounded joy and enthusiasm reported by the
Kerry journal is easily understood by The fset
that 105 tenants become owners of their homes
rom which they might have been evicted
had the decision been otherwise and the
sstste passed into alien hands.
The Cork Examiner of May Goth an
nounces the death of DR.. Gregg, Protestant
Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. He had
attained the p atriarchal age of eighty and
ifty years. It is told of him that when
appointed Bishop of Cork he proceeded 70
learn Irish in order to be able to address
the people in the vernacular tongue, an
for which, one would
:hiDk, Protestant bishop would have few
occasions. He has left in his diocese at
east one magnificent monument in the
inc church that stands on the site Of the
Did Protestant Cathedral. The creation Of
his noble edifice he regarded as the crown
ng work of his life, and lite completion WA
he epgrossiug occupation of his declining
lays
RATES oE WAGES AND STATE OF LABOR IN
IRELAND.
The American consul at Londonderry
eplies to the recent wages circular of the
Department of State, that farm laborerB
ire usually engaged in that vicinity, from
.bout the fourteenth of May or November,
or the six mon tbs following, at E7 for the
summer season and rather less for the
Einter. Girls get nearly as much and
perform the same labor as men. Food and
odgine are included. Cotters receive
sight or nine shillings q week, and day
aborers from one to two shillings Q day
4 teamster may receive Is shillinRs q week
Without perqoisitee, and q factory girl
employed steadily gets as high as shil-
,iece. Little or no change has occurred
n the coat of living during the last ave
Tears, although the wages of household
Iervauts have materially advanced. The
listrict of Londonderry is mainly agricul-
ural, and in a fair degree prosperous. LES
actories are merely dependencies on
English capital, receiving raw material
rom England and returning the manuiae"
tured goods thither. They are all working
Few things are more comforting in this