Royal Visit to Ireland.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 77, 9 April 1885, Page 2

Royal Visit to Ireland.

Undeterred by tho open disloyalty- m Ireland, H.R.li. tho Prince of Wales has orabarked with tho Princess for Dublin. When tho announcement of this visit, was first made, it produced an outbreak of atitiBi _ti.li feeling in nil tho wards having Homo rulo representatives in Dublin Council and Councillors woro solemnly warned by resolutions that If thoy voted for doing homage to tho "foroign potentato" who was- coming to Ireland they need never look for ro-elee-tion by their Irish constituents. Mr Parnoll issued a manifesto advising tho municipalities of Iroland to observe respectful neutrality regarding the approaching visit. Mr O'Connor, tho Lord Mayor of Dublin, throw his influence on the popular sido, and nt a mass meeting in Plnonix Park declared that he would haul down tho flag on tho Mansion House whou the t'rinco landed at Kingston, and would ask Nationalist shopkeepers to boycott any medal commomoratiyo of the visit. O'Connor was afterwards challenged with the disloyalty of tho apoech by tho loyalist members of the Municipal Council. He said "I was impelled by tho heat of the excitement to uso language which I at once regretted in calmer moments that followed tho enthusiasm. My friends recalled tho excited speech, and oxprossed rogrot at what I had said. Tho throat to lower tho Hag from the Mansion House has been misunderstood. What I meant was simply in view of tho political antagonism oxisting botween Ireland and England, I, as Lord Mayor of tho city of Dublin, should not bo at homo to tho Princo of Wales when ho arrived in tho capital. The flag is only raised over the Mansion House when the Lord Mayor is in that, his official residence" The addross of welcome could not bo carried through tho Council^ but; tho loyalist mombirs, in defiance of throats and 'intimidations, rocoived to present un address on thoir own behalf. The visit will thus bo a most memorable ono. It is 30 years sinco tho Queen visited Iroland, although sho makes such long stays overy year in Scotland and occasionally extonds her travels to the continent. Tho Prince of Wales visitod Dublin in 186S, and was installed thoro as a Knight of St. Patrick.