The Irish standard., 1892-07-16

buted by it out of the rates for instruc-
ton in subjects unaided by the Depart
ment of Science and Art. The pro-
gramme Of instruction must be approved
by the department., and the efficiency OF
the teaching certified by their inspector.
GALWAY.
The Court of Appeals has delivered
| judgment in the case Of Lord Clanri-
carde Y. Costelloe and others, in which
the Rev. Patrick Costelloe and twenty
three other defendants, among whom
was Mr.. Roche, NJ. p, appealed against
an order of the Vice. Chancellor direct
ing the removal of the Land League
huts erected on the lands Of Looscaun,
on the Galway estate of the Marquis of
Clanricarde. The court affirmed the de-
cision of the Chancellor against all
the defendants except the Rev. Mr.. Co.'S
telloe, as it had not been proved that he
had taken part in or sanctioned the cree
ton Of the huts, and granted him his
! costs.
In the Monastery of the Presentation
Order, Killarney, on June 14th, the re-
mains of Brother Patrick Alphonsus
GaYnor, who died on the 18th, aged u
years, in the 49th Of his religious life,
were inferred with all the solemn pomp
which the Church puts forth on such
occasions. On the previous evening they
were placed in the coffin and removed
from the death-chamber to the Monas-
tory Chapel. The coffin was of oak,
highly polished, and decorated with
brass mountings. The ceremonies COM
menced at half-past 10 o'clock, when the
solemn Office for the dead was intoned,
under the presidency of the Right Rev.
DR.. Cofey, D. D., Bishop Of Kerry.
Solemn Mass began at 1870, the cele-
brant being Rev. D. O'Keefe, PIP, Kill
larney; deacon, Rev. J. Brick, G. c., and
sub-deacon, Rev. T. Sullivan, G. c.,
Rev. David OTeary, President of St.
Demands Seminary, was master of cere-
monies.
KILKENNY.
On Sunday, June 18th, the remains of
Mrs. O'Hanlon, relict of the late Walter
O'Hanlon, proprietor of the Imperial
Hotel, Kilkenny, were inferred in st.
Johns church. Deceased had not been
very strong for some time past, but up
to few days before the death her ILL
ness was not such as to cause serious
alarm to her friends.
LEITRIM.
In the Nisi Prjus Court, Dublin, on
June 18th, before Mr.. Justice O'Brien,
the case of the Irish Land Commission
v. O'DonneN and others, which had been
tried by Judge O'Brien without jury,
stood on the list for Judgment. The &C
ton, it will be remembered, was brought
by the Land Commission to recover pos
session of certain glebe lands in Carriok-
on-Shannon, on account of non-payment
of arrears of instruments on foot Of a
mortgage. When the case was called,
Mr.. Matheson, on behalf of the plain
tifffs, stated that consent had been
drawn up between the parties, by which
the arrears were to be paid up by nine
teen annual instalments. The case was
allowed TO stand to enable the consent to
be made rule Of court
LIMERICK.
At Limerick Petty Sessions on June
18th, strong comment was made on a re-
recent resolution passed by the Limerick
Corporation, declining under certain cir
cumstances, to contribute towards the
support of children committed to re-
formatories. The discussion arose out
of case in which boy was convicted of
larceny. A deputation from the Bench
undertook to bring the matter before
the next meeting of the Corporation.
LOUTH.
A beautiful Celtic cross has just been
executed by Mr.. John Gibney, of Drog-
heda, in commenaoration of the late Rev. |
George Taaffe, the patriotic P P, of
Colon. The cross is of rich blue lime
stone, from the quarries of Mr.. James
Shannonbridge, and stands if |
teen feet in height from cap to base, the
cross itself being ten feet high. The
base IS embellished with intricate Irish
interlaced work. The shaft is carved in
panels; the top one representing the
wheat and the grapes, as symbolical of
the bread and wine with a chalice in |
bold relief. The arms contain some
bosses, bearing the shamrock-leaf. The
centre bears the monogram II. H. S.
On the left panel of the base is an ex-
quisitely wrought crownless harp, sur
nominal with a wreath IF eharrool>s