The Irish standard., 1891-01-17
CORK.

five town commissioners for Queens
town be set aside as illegal, and that
the respondents be compelled to pay
the costs Of the petition. has decided
that the election was clearly void, but
that the acts by which the voiding OF
the election took place were done BY
the presiding officer, Mr.. Farrell. and
except as regarded him it was not
case of costs. The respondents, who
are ousted, are the five commissioners
who were successful at the last election
viz: Matthew Ambrose, Peter Curry,
Nicholas English, VIM. Meehan and
John O'Sull1van.
DOWN.
Probate of the will of the late Most
Rev. John Plus Leahv, Bishop Of Dro
more, who died at Violet Hill College,
Newry, ON the 9Th September, 1890, has
been granted. BY his will the Bishop
bequeathed all his estate and the in
terest in this property to which he was
entitled under the will of John Courte.
nay, deceased, to the Rev. Henry O'Neil
and his successor for the time being,
Administrator of the parish of Warren
point, in trust, to apply the income to
arise from the said property, after the
life estate mentioned therein, towards
the establishment of schools in the town
Of Warrenpoint for the education OF the
Door Of the iowa OF Warrenpoint and
surrounding district; such schools to be
conducted and managed by the reli
gious community knowa as the Sisters
OF Mercy, and such other persons as
the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore
for the tirne being should nominate to
conduct Ghe same.
FERN
In the court OF Queens Bench, Dub
lin. recently. all action was brought by !
MIR. n. G.. V. Porter OF Lisbellow, TO |
recover damages from john Beatty. for |
SANDER, the defendant having stated |
chat the plaintiff had perjured himself |
before the land court, a. motion to
remit the case for trial TO Enniskillen
had been made on behalf Of the defen-.
dant, and refused; and the action came
for trial before Mr.. Justice johnson
and special jury. When the case was
called, Mr., &. V. HarEo, counsel for the
said settlement had been
agreed to on the following terms: The
defendant, admitting that he used the
words complained of without any foun-
1ation whatever. undertook to sign any
apology which the plaintiff might re-
,uire, and that the apology should he
published in three Dublin and Ennis
ELLEN papers, the defendant also TO pay
@ the churcn at Tempo e5, and the Z.
nti1e costs OF the action 10 the plain /,
iff. as between solicitor an client. :,
Inc consent WAS accordingly made a
ule OF court.
LIMERICK, 1
The death of Sir Peter TAFT, a we'll :.
.nown citizen of Limerick, occurred at :.
}antoum, On the Black Sea, on Dec. /.
5th. He was aged 81 years. Sir Peter
Nait, who was a Scotchman by birth,
vas the founder and for MANY years ::
ead of the great Auxiliary Army =
clothing factory at Limerick. formerly I,
;nown as Tait's factory, He was also
t one time the owner of the house of
}annUck & Co., of Limerick, and start
d line of steamers from Limerick to =
south America, He was an unsuccess
ul candidate for parliamentary hOnOrs
,ut Of late years had retired from pub i
ic life.
TIPPERARY.
At the winter assizes at Nenagh, OH :
he 10tn ult., before Mr.. Justice O'Brien, +
he five Tipperary traversers were ,
charged with riot, in Tipperary. on the p
18th September last, the opening day of I
he trial of MIR. William O'Brien, Mr. :
John Dillon and others, came on for :
fearing. The defendants were Messrs +
Michael Joseph Keatinge. Limerick; 4
Cornelius Breen, Michael O'Brien .
Dalton and Robert T. Gill. Mr.. Dial r
on, who Is at present undergoing a :
sentence of four months under the 9
coercion act, was brought up in GUS r
ody. The other defendants were out ,
N bail. When the case was called it 9
vas by consent adjourned till next as t
ICES owing to severe injury sustained Ii
" Alderman Dillon, solicitor for che q
lefence at his hotel, the previous night,
rom the breaking Of a water pitcher. t
~ which he received an incised wound q
n the knee that confined him to bed. {
WATERFORD. r
A very high food has been prevailing :
n the Blackwater, recently, owing to 7
he incessant downpour of rain. On .
he Is ult.. grave fears were entertained I
hat much damage had been done to 9
particularly between ..Fermoy :,
nd LlsmOre. !
WEXFORD. d