The Irish standard., 1886-09-25

Waving beside Harp and Shamrock.
Streams now the banner Of right,
ANTRIM.
The Belfast Magistrates Executive
Committee have ISSUED statement an
nouncing that at a special meeting held
on August "a they had under consider
atiod the reports which had gone forth
regarding certain alleged outrages upon
members of the Albert Street Presby-
terian congregation, on the preceding
Sunday. They also had before them a
letter received by the resident magls-
trates and other officials charged with
the preservation of the peace in the
district in question. The committee
were unanimously of the opinion that
the statements in regard to the occur
rences were in most cases exaggerated,
and in many caaes altogether un-
founded.
CAVAN.
The tenants of the Most Rev. DR..
Finegan, Bishop of Kilmore, have ef-
fected purchases of their holdings near
the town of Cavan on terms that give
them reduction of Is per cent off their
judicial rents.
CLARE.
One of the largest meetings held in
East Glare this year assembled at Kill
tulla on August 10 under the auspices
of the Thadaree National League, to
build three ..'sentry boxes'' for evicted
tenants on the Stackpoole-Mahon pro-
perty. The Newmarket, Tulla, and
Crusheen bands attended. Two of the
tenants were undergoing Imprisonment
for the second time, one for three
weeks, the other for fortnight. About
5000 persons came, with 800 horses and
cars, were loaded with stones, sand,
lime, timber, straw and turf. When
the boxes were finished, a large fire was
lighted in each, and the families of the
men in Jail were put in possession amid
enthusiastic cheers for the National
League, and groans for the landlords.
H CORK.
The funeral of the late Rev. Father
Magner, of Dunmanway, took place on
August "a, and was largely attended by
clergymen and prominent citizens.
Justice Monroe August 24 admitted
the nine policemen in custody on COR
oner's warrant for killing man in the
Belfast riots to bail, each of them IN
GlOO personally with two sureties OF
ESQ each.
meeting of the Cork corporation,
on August u, a letter was read from
Mr.. G Gladstone intimating that he would
be prepared to receive the freedom Of
the city of Cork with some other Irish
presentations at Hawarden on Septem-
Der 50.
DOWN.
On August 21 the sherlff's assistants
attended and put into execution the
ejectment decree obtoined by Earl An
nesley against Mrs. Bingham, a respec-
table shopkeeper in Castlewellan. I'M
mediately on the expiration Of her
lease, the officer prepared document
for the renewal Of the tenancy. The
conditions of the document were such
that the lady refused to sign it. The
rent was not a material question with
the lady, who was prepared to meet an
exorbi itant demand to allow her the re-
tentionSand habitation Of premises oc-
cupied by herself and her family for up
wards Of 40 years.
8Si si3 DUBLIN.
5si .At@@the Trades Council meeting on
August 81, number Of subscriptions
from q ifferent trades to the stone cut
;ters, now on strika, were handed in.
Ssrhe reunion Of the National Teach
I $ers spending their vacation at Tramore
was held atS Mr.. Powers Strand Street,
1 Dublin, on August 26. Representa-
tiYes,attended from Kilkenny, Water
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