Date: July 16 1840

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL
THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1840

BIRTHS

At Rock Hill, county Galway, the Lady of William Johnson of the Seven Churches, King's County, Esq. of a son.
At Paris, in France, the Lady of the Rev. Samuel Medlicott, Rector of Loughrea, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES

On the 16th instant, at the College Road, Galway, by the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, R.C.B., Henry M'Dermott, Esq. son to the late Dr. M'Dermott, hereditary Prince of Coolavin and cousin german of the O'Conor Don, M.P. to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Myles M'Sweeney, Esq. Droumquin, county Kerry, and niece to Daniel O'Connell, M.P.
At Lombard-street, on Sunday evening last, Mr. Charles Kain, of this town to Honoria, daughter of Edmond Leonard.

DIED

At his house in William-street, on Thursday evening last, regretted by his friends and acquaintances, by whom he was esteemed and valued, Mr. Patrick Sheridan.

DEPOPULATION SYSTEM- Upwards of 500 families were ejected at the late session; of Loughrea, off the property of Rahara, which on the demise of Mr. Blake fell into the hands of a person of the name of Knox. Many others on the property of Lord Gort were also ejected.

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Catholic Clergy of the Archdiocese of Dublin, headed by their venerated Archbishop, have entered on their annual spiritual retreat for one week.
The spiritual retreat of the clergy of the diocese of Meath will commence under the direction of the Very Rev. Peter Kenny, at Navan, on Monday the 20th inst.
The Right Rev. Dr. Fleming left Dublin yesterday evening for Liverpool. His lordship paid a visit to the House of Mercy on Sunday and celebrated mass at the convent there in the morning.
John L.O'Farrell, Esq, on his return from the assizes of Longford, having seen the extent of the foundation of the new Cathedral of Ardah (altho' not a resident of the county) most generously directed twenty pounds as a first subscription, to be paid by his agent towards the erection of the magnificent building.

ST. JARLATH'S COLLEGE

This excellent and admirably conducted institution is rapidly progressing in public estimation, and we have no doubt that ere long it will rank among the first Roman Catholic Colleges in Ireland. The annual public examinations were held in the last week of June and the correct answering- the intelligence-the religious, scientific & classic knowledge displayed by the young pupils, elicited the warmest approbations and general admirations of all those who were present. A list of the gentlemen who obtained premiums and distinctions appears in our advertising columns.

FATAL ACCIDENT

A few days since, a fine boy of the name of Walsh, about 13 years of age, and an apprentice to a Boatsbuilder, fell from a scaffolding and having violently come in contact with the end of a plank, received some severe injuries in the abdomen, of which he died a few hours afterwards.

MEDICAL PROFESSION

We are happy to perceive by an article in the Dublin Evening Mail, that Thomas Whistler, Esq., son of our late much respected and eminent fellow townsman, (Thomas L. Whistler, Esq., M.D.) after being duly and solemnly examined by the Medical Profession of Trinity College & Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, obtained degrees qualifying him to practice as a physician. This talented young gentleman has prosecuted his studies with great industry and from the perfect knowledge he has acquired of his profession, he promises to be a great acquisition to the medical department of this town.

A GOOD EXAMPLE

We have been informed that on the servants of Robert Power, Esq., Solicitor, taking the pledge, he gave the sum it annually cost him for malt for their use in addition to their wages. We mention the circumstance not only as being highly creditable to Mr. Power, but as an example worthy of imitation.


St. Jarlath's College
Tuam,
Under the patronage and immediate inspection of his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. M'Hale, Archbishop of Tuam
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At a Public Examination held on the 23d, 24th, 25th and 26th days of June, 1840, the following gentlemen obtained Premiums and Distinctions-
Dogmatic and Moral Theology- 1st Premium-M'Ginnis and Scully, Tuam; 2d do. Hughes and Gibbons, Tuam; 3d do. Heslin, Ardagh and O'Beirne, Elphin, next in merit-Flood, Meath; Burke, Tuam; Dunne, Meth; Geraghty, Elphin; Morris, Tuam.
Sacred Scriptures- 1st Premium, M'Guiness and Scully, Tuam; 2d do. Hughes, Tuam and O'Beirne, Elphin and Flood, Meath; 3d do. Dunne, Meath; Heslin, Ardagh; Gormly, Elphin; next in merit-Fitzsimons, Meath; Gibbons, Tuam; Geraghty, Elphin; Browne, Achonry; Morris and Burke, Tuam; and M'Murray, Kilmore.
Logic and Metaphysics- 1st Premium, O'Brien and Burke, Tuam; next in merit-O'Flaherty and Walsh, Tuam; and Smyth, Kilmore.
Tacitus and Livy- 1st Premium, Waldron and Fitzgerald T, Tuam; 2nd- Healy, Elphin; Green and Fitzgerald J, Tuam; next in merit-King, Tuam; M'Dermott, Elphin; Whelan and Cavanaugh, Tuam.
Juvenal and Pe????- 1st Premium, Waldron, Green, King, Fitzgerald J, Tuam; 2nd do, Kiernan, Meath; Healy, Elphin; Whelan, Burke T., Fitzgerald T, Tuam; next in merit-Gibbons, M'Girr, Cavenagh, Costello, Tuam.
Cicero's Orations- 1st Premium, Green, Fitzgerald J, Waldron, Tuam; 2d do., King, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; Fitzgerald J, Tuam; Kirenan, Meath; next in merit-Cavanagh and M'Girr, Tuam.
Horace's Satires, Epistles and Art of Poetry- 1st Premium, Kilgannon and Burke, J., Tuam; next in merit-Burke Thomas, Gibbons, O'Reily, Tuam; Carr and Lowe, Elphin.
Latin Compostion- 1st Premium, Waldron and Green, Tuam; Kiernan, Meath; 2d do., Fitzgerald J., King and Whelan, Tuam; next in merit- Healy, Elphin; Burke T, Tuam; M'Dermott, Elphin.
Virgil- 1st Premium, Moylan, Dublin; next in merit-Kelly, Killaloe; Corlis, New Orleans; Tully, M'Cormac and Hopkins, Tuam.
Sallust- 1st Premium, Moylan, Dublin; Corlis, New Orleans; Prendergast, Tuam; next in merit-Kelly, Killaloe; Hopkins and M'Cormac, Tuam.
Caesar- 1st Premium, Corcoran and Kirwan, Tuam; next in merit-Brenan, Costello, Kyle and Moran, Tuam.
Swaines Sentences- 1st Premium, Kelly Jasper, Tuam; next in merit-Hartnett and Moran, Tuam.
Latin Exercises- 1st Class-1st Premium, Corcoran P., and Kirwan, Tuam; next in merit-Brennan, Kyle and Costello, Tuam.
Second Class-1st Premium-Moylan, Dublin; Corlis, New Orleans; next in merit-Kelly, Killaloe; Tully and Hopkins, Tuam.
Prosody-1st Premium, Kelly Jasper, Tuam, next in merit-Hartnett, Moran, Kyle Thomas, Tuam.
Greek- Euripides- 1st Premium, Waldron, green and King, Tuam; 2d do., Whelan, Tuam; Healy, Ephin; Fitzgerald J, Tuam; next in merit-Kiernan, Meath; M'Dermott, Elphin; Cavanagh and M'Girr, Tuam.
Latin Grammar- 1st Premium, Kelly Jasper, Tuam; next in merit-Hartnett, Moran, Kyle Thomas, Tuam.
Homer- 1st Premium, King, Waldron, Green, Fitzgerald J, Tuam; 2d do, Kirenan, Meath; Healy, Elphin; M'Dermott, Elphin; Gibbons, Cavanagh & M'Girr, Tuam.
Longinus- 1st Premium, Green, Fitzgerald J, Tuam. 2d do, King, Tuam; Kirenan, Meath; Healy, Elphin; Whelan, Tuam; next in merit-M'Girr, Tuam.
Demosthenes - 1st Premium, Wadron and Green, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; 2d do, Fitzgerald J, Tuam; Kirwan, Meath; King and Fitzgerald V, Tuam; next in merit-Whelan, Tuam; M'Dermott, Elphin; Cavanagh and Gibbons, Tuam.
Xenophon- 1st Premium, Kilgannon; Burke, Thomas, Burke Joseph, Tuam; next in merit-Carty, Elphin; Costello and Hynes, Tuam.
Lucian-1st Premium, O'Reily, Tuam; and Lowe, Elphin; next in merit-Hession, Tuam.
Greek Exercises- 1st Premium, Waldron, Green, King, Fitzgerald J; 2d do, Kiernan, Healy, Whelan; next in merit-M'Dermott, M'Girr, Cavanagh, Fitzgerald T.
Testament and Greek Grammar- 1st Premium, Corlis, New Orleans; Moylan, Dublin; next in merit-Hopkins and Prendergast, Tuam.
French-Telemachus - 1st Premium, King, O'Brien, Burke J, Tuam; 2d do. Fitzgerald V, Whelan Tuam; Healy, Elphin; next in merit-Cavanagh and Waldron, Tuam; Kiernan, Meath; and Green, Tuam.
Sciences-Globes and Natural Philosophy-1st Premium, O'Mealy, Tuam; 2d do. Browne, Achonry; Cummins, Green, Burke M, Cavanagh, Fitzgerald J, O'Riely and O'Brien, Tuam; 3d do, Costello, Keary and Hession, Tuam; Corlis, New Orleans.
Algebra - 1st Premium, Whelan and O'Brien, Tuam; 2d do. Kirenan, Meath; Fitzgerald J, Tuam; 3d do, Cavanagh, Tuam; Tormey, Meath; Ingoldsby, Clogher; Walsh, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; King, Tuam.
Geometry - 1st Premium, Whelan and Green, Tuam; Kirenan, Meath; O'Brien, Tuam; 2d do. Cavanagh and Cullinan M, Tuam; Burke J, Costello J, Tuam; Ingolsby, Clogher; Tormey, Meath, O'Riely, Tuam, Kelly, Killaloe.
English Composition - 1st Premium, O'Brien and Burke J, Tuam; 2d do., O'Reily, Tuam; next in merit- Healy, Elphin; Waldron and Fitzgerald, Tuam; Lowe, Elphin.
Elocution - 1st Class-1st Premium, O'Reily, Tuam; 2d do, Burke J and O'Flaherty, Tuam; Carr, Elphin; next in merit-Tormey, Meath; O'Brien, Tully and Kligannon, Tuam; Moylan, Dublin; 2d class- 1st Premium Costello, Tuam; 2d do, Kirwan and Brennan, Tuam; next in merit-Moran, Daly, James, Keary and Kelly Jasper, Tuam.
Ecclesiastical History- 1st Premium, M'Gennis, Scully and M'Gough, Tuam, 2d do, Fitzgerald J, Whelan, Tuam; Ingoldsby, Clogher; next in merit-Cavanagh, Burke Thomas, O'Reily, Kilgannon and Waldron, Tuam; Tormey, Meath; Costello, Tuam and Moylan, Dublin.
Sacred and Profane History - 1st Premium, Burke J, and O'Flaherty, Tuam; Healy, Elphin; 2d do, Fitzgerald J, Whelan, Tuam; Ingoldsby, Clogher; next in merit, Burke Thomas, O'Reily, Kilgannon and Waldron, Tuam; Tormey, Meath; Costello, Tuam;and Moylan Dublin.
English Grammar - 1st Class-1st Premium, Burke J, Tuam; Tormey, Meath; Green Tuam; 2d do. Waldron Tuam; Snyth, Kilmore; and Healy, Elphin ;next in merit-O'Reily Tuam; Fitzgerald, Tuam; Carr, Elphin and Ingoldsby, Clogher; 2d class-Costello and Hession , Tuam; 2d do, Hartnett, Cullinan, Moran Kirwan, Tuam; Corlis, New Orleans; Keary, M'Cormac, Kelly Jasper, Kyle J, Tuam.
Geography - 1st Class-1st Premium, Hughes, Waldron, O'Brien, M'Gough, Tuam; Flood, Meath; 2d do, M'Guiness, Morris, Scully, Costello, Green, Tuam; next in merit-Healy, Elphin; Browne, Achonry; Whelan, Cavanagh, Hynes, Tuam.
2d Class-1st Premium, Keary, Costello, Hession, Tuam; 2d do, Moran, Cullinan I, Tuam; next in merit- Corlis, New Orleans; Kelly Jasper, Kyle Joseph Brenan, M'Cormac, Tuam.
Mensuration- 1st Premium, Cullinan M, Tuam.
Arithmetic - 1st Premium-Cullinan M, Tuam; 2d do, Costello, Hession and Keary, Tuam; next in merit-Cullinan, T. Kirwan, Hopkins and M'Cormac, Tuam.
Writing - 1st Premium Murray and Hopkins, Tuam; 2d do, Kirwan, Brennan, M'Cormac, Tuam.
Spelling - 1st Premium-Costello, Cullinan and Kirwan, Tuam; 2d do, M'Cormac and Hession, Tuam; Corlis, New Orleans, Kyle J. Brennan, Hopkins, Tuam.
Catechism- 1st Premium-Corcoran, Tuam; Moylan, Dublin; Corlis, New Orleans; 2d do. Hartnett, Tully, Kirwan, Tuam; 3d do, Hession, M'Cormac, Tuam; next in merit-Hopkins, Kelly Jasper, M'hale, Costello, Kyle Joseph and Daly James, Tuam.
WILLIAM CULLINAN,President
July 4th, 1840
Vacation will end on the 15th of August.