Frater John Heyne, Abbot of the monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Novan. Frater John Pakkere, Prior, St. John's, juxta Trym. Rector Ecclesiae Sti. Patricii de Trym. Mr. Richard Fitzsymon, Vicar of Rathmeleghan. Dnus. Wm. Scroghan, Chaplain of Moyemete. Dnus. John Nongle, Chaplain. Dnus. Edmund Corre, Chaplain. Dnus. Richard, Parochial Chaplain of St. Patrick's, Trym. Dnus. Simon Brune, Chaplain. Dnus. Jno. Rede, Chaplain. Dnus. Jno. Orum, Chaplain of Churchton. Dnus. Richd. Kenwelke, Chaplain of Rathtayne. The Archbishop was present at this Visitation of the deanery of Trim on January 19. He gave a receipt (Pateat universis) to Walter Cruys, Rector of Ardmulchan, and Walter Prendregaste, Perpetual Vicar of Scryne, for 35 marks, 3 solidi and 6 denarii, part payment of the 40 libra due on such occasions. The remainder was paid on February 4. On January 22 the following clergy were appointed to continue the Visitation in the other deaneries of the Meath diocese : John Prene, Officialis of the Curia of Armagh. John Blyssote, Perpetual Vicar of Ardbrakene. Nicholas Allexaunder, Rector of Clonmore, Co. Louth. Richard White, of Kylmone. Walter Cruys, Rector of Ardmulcher. Among the certificates of title exhibited at this Visi tation, the following are found in the Armagh Register :1. Certificate of the institution and investiture of Joh Barynton, Canon of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Prebend o Stegonell, in the same diocese, to the parochial church of Rathwere, in the diocese of Meath, vacant by the resignation of Thomas Donegan, for the purpose of exchange of benefice 2. Dispensation from Pope Martin to John O'Kenan, from an impediment of defect of birth (de presbytero et soluta genitus), and an absolution from certain poenae, sententiae et censurae incurred through simony of which he had been guilty, in order to obtain the Rectory of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Louchseudi, in the diocese of Meath. 3. An order from the Primate for the reinstatement of William Yonge as Archdeacon of Meath, pending appeal. 4. Presentation of John Ardagh to the perpetual vicarage of Athboy, vacant by the death of John Bonudevyle. It is probable that these were cases referred by the Commissioners to the Primate for his decision. On Several cases of matrimonial dispensations were also forwarded to the Primate, but none of them call for any notice. We find a peculiar case concerning the rights of the Vicar of Termonfeckin, in Co. Louth, against the fishermen of Colpe, near Drogheda, in the diocese of Meath. The case may have arisen out of the report of the Commissioners, as the Vicar of Termonfeckin had been one of those appointed to assist in making the Visitation. May 24, 1480, the Primate commissioned Mr. Henry Logan, U.J.Bac., at present residing in the diocese of Armagh, to adjudicate (cum coercionis canonicae potestate) on the complaint of John Prene, Perpetual Vicar of St. Feighin's de Termonfeighen, that the fishers of Maremerton, of the parish of Colpe, in the diocese of Meath, had been accustomed to catch salmon and other kinds of fish within the limits of the parish of Terfeckin, but had refused to pay to the Vicar the portio decima due to him. Mr. Logan's decision is not recorded. On June 22, 1429, the Archbishop again presided over a meeting of the Meath clergy, in the parochial church of St. Mary's, in Drogheda. On this occasion only the members of the Meath Chapter were present, and the purpose of the meeting is described as ad finem diffinitionem Visitationis instantis faciendam. The list of those cited follows: Edward, Bishop of Meath. Dnus. Wm. Yong, Archdeacon of Meath. Dnus. John Stanhyhurst, Archdeacon of Kenlys. Frater Wm. Scurlag. Fr. Phrus. Mofafend, Abbot of Duleek. Fr. Robert Braynok, Prior of Mullingar. Fr. Nicholas Cristore, Prior of St. Thomas, juxta Kenlys. Dnus. Wm. Englonde, Rector of Gernoneston. Dnus. John Mordagh, Perpetual Vicar of Mora. Dnus. Thomas Androwe, Perpetual Vicar of Kylpatryke. The report of the Commissioners concerned the following points: (1) Visitation of (a) Religious, (b) Clergy, (c) people, (d) monasteries, (e) priories, (f) churches, (g) other pious places; (2) enquiries about crimes and excesses, their correction and punishment; (3) inspection of letters of title, orders, etc.; (4) proceedings in certain lawsuits, etc. Nothing further is stated about the meeting, but we may infer that the Primate made disciplinary laws concerning whatever abuses had been reported, and gave his decision in those difficult cases which had been submitted to him for his judgment. LAURENCE P. MURRAY. AN IDEAL CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE HOL BY REV. E. CAHILL, S.J. MOUNT, so called from the trees that once covered the face of the hill, before the buildings now known by that name had arisen to replace them, is situated on a spur of the Pennine Chain near Bury in Lancashire. It is a large and flourishing Catholic institution, in which more than 300 poor children are being brought from infancy to womanhood-a kind of oasis in the heart of a Protestant district, and probably destined to become in the not distant future the centre of a strong Catholic settlement. The writer of the present sketch, coming from Ireland to conduct a retreat, spent some 1 days recently in Holly Mount; and was so much impressed with the work done there by the good Sisters, mostly Belgian and Irish, who own and conduct the institution, that he thought a short account of its history and character would have some interest for Irish readers. It was the late Cardinal Vaughan, then Bishop of Salford, that first conceived the idea of the work. Up to that time no adequate provision existed in the diocese of Salford for bringing up the destitute Catholic children in accordance with Christian ideals. Multitudes of these poor waifs and strays, mostly of Irish parentage, were to be found in the slums of Manchester and other large cities of the diocese, without home or guardian worthy of the name. Large numbers also of poor children who should be Catholics were being reared, practically without any religion, in the ordinary Poor Law institutions of Lancashire. We are familiar with the nature of the workhouse training. Even a Catholic environment, such as exists in Ireland, cannot eliminate the defects which are ingrained in the unchristian character of the workhouse system. But when you add to this the fact that the English workhouse, in which these children were brought up, was completely Protestant, or at best nominally undenominational, one can understand how sad was the lot of the poor Catholic outcasts. It was not possible for the clergy to provide adequate religious instruction for them, much less to secure them Catholic training as long as they remained in these uncongenial surroundings. There existed in the diocese some voluntary organizations devoted to the work of saving the faith of abandoned Catholic children, notably the Lancashire Catholic Rescue Society. This society busied itself mostly with the Catholic children of the slums, for whom the committee found refuge in Catholic institutions here and there, or under the care of Catholic foster-parents. By a provision of the English statute law, workhouse children have to be brought up in the religion of the parents, when that can be ascertained: and Poor Law guardians are bound to grant facilities for this, even by placing the children when necessary under the charge of foster-parents of the same faith, paying them from the Poor Law funds. It was, however, very difficult and frequently impossible to find suitable foster-parents, especially as the Protestant guardians, who had little or no sympathy with Catholic ideals, were unwilling to allow the foster-parents a reasonably adequate sum for the child's support. The consequence was that large numbers of poor children of both sexes were lost to the Faith in the diocese every year. Dr. Vaughan, full of zeal and initiative, is said to have made a vow that he would never rest till every destitute child in his diocese was provided with a suitable home and Catholic training. In 1888 the Bishop set to work to raise funds; and he soon found himself with a sufficient sum to make a beginning. He realized that a special institution under the conduct of religious devoted to the work was necessary. Failing to find any religious congregation in England ready to take up the work, the Bishop travelled to Catholic Belgium, where he knew there existed numerous |