The Irish standard., 1908-10-17
NEWS FROM lRELAND
Antrim.

The conservation of Rev. DIR. Tohlll
rs Bishop Of Down and Connor, took
place on Sunday, Sept. 20, in st. Pat
rick's, Belfast. His Eminence, Car
dinal Logue. was the consecrating pre-
late, assisted by the Most Rev. DR..
Hoare, Ardagh, and the Most Rev. DIR.
7O'Neill, Dromore A number of other
Bishops were present. The sermon
was preached by the Most Rev. Dr.
.O'Donnell, Raphoe There was a very
large congregation, and large at
tendance of the clergy.
- Dublin.
A summary showing the total adj
vances made out of the Irish Land
Purchase fund to June 30, 1908. is
published in the Irisn Land Commits
sion returns of proceedings under the
Land Law and Land Purchase Acts
just issued:
sS4 ~
Irish Land Commission-Direct
sales, landlord and tenant. e415,265;
direct sales, Land Judges Court,
6 537,916; Section 40 Land Law U1e-
land) Act, 1896, e156,225; Redemption
of Rent Ureland) Act, 1891, $4,000;
Congested Districts Board Urelard)
Act, 1899 (Section y, G4,633.
Estates Commissioners-Dire sales
OF estates to tenants, G17662,096;
Purchase Of Estates (Sections and
81 Irish Land Act, 1903. G2,19S,69S:
Purchase of Estates (Section y Irish
Land Act, 1903. s9SS,967; Congcsted
Districts Board (Section 79), Irish
Land Act, 1903, e1,117,9os; Congestetl
Districts Board (Section ~, Irish
Land Act, 1903, G92,4S9; Evicted Ten
ants Ureland) Act 1907. e7,s39. To-
tai, G23.1S5,O21 advances due to en-
lanced prices on resales repaid to Pc
serve Fund from Land Purchase Fund
Under Section 43 90. and to the Con-
gested Districts Board under Section
q: (3) of the irish Land Act. 1908.
G5,4s1. Total. G23,19O,5o2; Laborers
Nreland) Act, 1906 (Section 16).
E 366, 100. Gross total, G23,556,662
Donegal.
Gold prospectors will soon, says tho
Weekly Irish Times, be swarming into
the County of Donegal just as they dill
into Klondyke, that valuable little set
t!ement on the Yukon, in the extreme
north of America, few years ago,
when new Ell Dorado was discovered.
The Irish Mining and Development
Company, incorporated under the laws
o. the State of Nevada. has been
formed to work the mine of Glento-
CHER, Inishowen. The nominal capital
il $1,0O0,0O0. and the chairman of the
company is Mr.. Patrick Gallagher. a
New York builder and contractor. The
extent of the property acquired by tine
company from Mr.. James Johnston.
who holds on long lease from the
Earl of Shaftesbury is nearly 5000
acres. Mr.. Johnston is taking his In
terest entirely in shares. 1t is af-
firmed that "the new gold field Is
richer than Klondyke.'
Leitrin1.
The tenants on the estate of Lord
Harlech, which is situate in the dis
trict of Ballinaglera, County Leitrinl.
have signed agreements to purchase
their holdings. the frst-term tenant
at an average price of 12 Ia years
purchase of their rents. and the sec-
ond at an average of is 1-2 years prr-
chase. These terms mean for the first
term tenants a reduction in their pur-
chase annuities, as compared with
their rents, of IL shilling in the pound.
or so per cent, and for the second
term tenants a reduction Of shillinI:;
of turbary and minerals are to be
vested in the tenants, who have agreed
to pay interest at the rate Of 3h per
cent on the purchase money pending
the completion Of the sale. In the
negotiations which led to the settle
nent the tenants were represented by
the Rev. Philip King, P. p, Ballina-
glera, and the landlord by Mr.. Tatlow,
the agent. The estate is an extensive
one.
louth.
In County Louth, deep regret is felt
at the death Of Very Rev. Canon Pow
derby, P. P. Togher. When the Papal
Brigade was being organized, unde:
Major O'Reilly, many years ago, Ia
ther Powderly took an active part in
the movement.
Monaghan.
The Rev. F. McKenna, p. p, DoE-
agh, County Monaghan, while attend
ing Ewyvale Petty Sessions on Thurs
day, remarked that the magistrates
+ dealt far too leniently with cases Of
drunkenness. The magistrates. acting