The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

win have to meet levy of Sl.soo. awarded the other day, e1,ooo being in respect of the famous Baiiyphilip cat- tie drivers, in which no fewer than 2fs animals wore Involved. At Naas (Kildare) Quarter Sessions farmer named Cunningham was granted es6e for the destruction of . quantity of hay and straw, and W. E. H. Fawcett obtained t5s0 for the burning of out houses. In January last Faweett was awarded t1.soo for the destruction of his hay. and three days later his huiid- ings were set alight
 One of the aims of the Sim Fein So- ciety is to discourage by every possi- bie means the enlistment of Irishmen in any of the forces of the crown. Hence the Wexford corporation griev- ousiy offedended that organization by passing resolution requesting the war once to re-opsn the military bar racks in town, and to re-establfsh there the stan of the Wexford militia, now stationed at Kilkenny and Clon- mel. t
 At e meeting of the sim Fein coun- ty Committee the action of the cor poratlon was denounced in the strong est terms, and the following resolution was unanimously passed;
 sThat we view with indignation and disgust the action of the Wexford corporation ip soliciting the English war office to establish garrison of Enxland's trained hirelings in the town. and we cail upon every Wexford man worthy of tho name of Irishnan to disassocfate himself from this iL- famous action. and also call upon the Gaelic Association and other bodies. as well as on the farmers of the country, rigidly to boycott the town until such time as this banefui resolution of the corporation has been expunged from the books"
 This action was subsequently, en- dorsed at at public meeting Of farm CTS. Iaborers and artisans. presided over by e priest .<and at the same time the postmaster general was denounced for employing ex-soldiers in the ser- vice of the pdstoffice. The war omce has refused to reopen the Wexford barracks.
 The Provost of Trinity College. nov ing the adoption of the report of the representative body at the meeting or the synod of the Church of Ireland recently, gave full exposition or tne financial position to the Church as re- veaied In the report.
 He desired to call special attention to the paragraph as to the grasslands in County Meath belonging to the rep- TeSEntAtlNG 0VN& SSN' ~-f~ synod had expressed strong views with regard to the desirability of pianting some Protestant farmers on these lands. The Bishop of Meath subsequently, described to him how he had seen such farmers relating. with tears in their eyes. that they were unable to obtain even for the season lands the grazing of which had been in their hands for several htm mi indignation as they spoke. !
 The clergymen and gentry of the County Meath were pressing to have something done 10 remedy this griev- ance, and the Estates Commissioners had notified the Representative Body that they would buy three lands for $is6.0O0. with bonus of 12 per cent. and that if the Representative Body accepted these terms they would at once proceed to find suitable persons to>Splant upon the lands. That. of course. meant evicted tenants from other parts of Ireland. Before the traDsactiou was concluded. he asked the commissioners to reserve two lots. containing 2e1 acres. for Protestant fnrmors. and they had done SO.
 The offer of the commissioner for the lands they took was. with the be- nus, S175.5s5. and this was fn.t', ac- cepted by the Representative Body indeed they had no option in the niaf- ter. us the commissioners could hava taken them compulsorily. in which case the Representative Body would have lost the bonus. One of the re- served lots. containing. 1f3 acdes. had been sold by the commissioner, but remaining lot of i4s acres was stiii on their hands.
 Farmers were willing to take it. but could not produce the full money. and the Representative Body could not see theft way to take any new mort gageE on their lands. Tn the mean. time these unsoid lands had been let for grazing for the present season, as In the last eleven years. pending a future sale, but he regretted to say