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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 24, 5 October 1883, Page 16

A TELKG-BAM having been received in Dunedin on Monday last ?Ti , W ' Walshe> announ cing that Mr. J oh ,E. Redmond had left Sydney for Auckland in the Manapouri, a meeticg was held at Carroll s European Hotel on Wednesday evening, Mr. J. B Callan in the chair, to consider the preparation to be mads for the reception of the gentleman in question. A large committee was formed to make arrangements for Mr. Redmond's visit and addressee and a deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. B. Callan, J. p. Armstrong' F.Meenan, and J.Carroll, were appointed to meet him at Port Chalmers on his awiral, and conduct him to the city. Mr. J. J Connor waa appointed secretary of the committee. In connection with the concert to be held ia the Queen's Theatre Dunedin, on the 24th inst., in aid of the Cathedral Buildin* Fund' we may state that the theatre has recently been fitted up anew, and altered in several respects, among the most important of which is an ample provision for immediate escape in case of an alarm of f,vs

The most nervous people, in fact, need not, under the present circumstances, feel in the least degree timid about attending any entertainment held in the theatre in question. The wiseacres oE the telegram are divided it seems, as to whether they will appoint the Very Rev. Prior Vaughan, or the Most Rev. Dr. Murray to be Archbishop of Sydney. The wiseacres, nevertheless' must needs be wise if they would make a right decision, and their power of mind -reading should be very keen indeed. The election of aa Archbishop of Sydney is conducted by the Suffragan bistibps 1 selection of three ecclesiastics, whose names are forwarded to Propaganda. There, in turn, these three names are adopted, or altered as the case may be, and still three names are presented to the Holy Father, who does not necessarily select any one of them in appoint . ing the Archbishop, but may make a totally different choice if he will. We beg to remiud our Catholic friends in the Gjre district, that the church at Gordon will be formally opened and blessed by His Lordship Dr. Moraa on Sunday, 14bh inst., at 11 o'clock a.m.. Admittance by tickets, which can be had from the Rev. Father Fitzgerald. It was announced in St. Joseph's Church, last Sunday that a Mass will, in future, and until further notice, b? celebrated evfefe* Sunday at 9 a.m., in Kirk's Hall, North TSast Valley. Mass will be said there for the first time on Sunday next. On Sunday next, the Feast of the Rosary, Exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament will take place at St. Patrick's Church, South Dunedin, from the conclusion of the 11 a.m. Mass until Vespers. A COKBESPONDENT writes from Hawke's Bay to say that Willie the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan, of the Taradale Hotel, had one of the' largest funerals that ever entered the Napier cemetery. The Rev. Father Casstdy read the burial service, and both Protestants and Catholics say they never heard anything so touching as his explanations and preaching ou death. The Rev. Father Cassidy is a young priest, and only in Napier about three months. In the case of the lads James and Alexander Roy, tried on a charge of manslaughter for the shooting of the fireman Henderson the jury found a verdict of guilty. -The judge, however, dealt lightly with the case, and sentenced the elder lad alone to two months' imprisonment. -The ends of justice, we have no doubt, have been fully met by His Honor's decision, as it is quite evident the lads had no malevolent intention whatever, and that the lamentable occurrence in which they were involved was due altogether to thoughtlessness on tbeir part. " Albbrius Magnus used to recommend a hedgehog's ri^ht eye fried in oil for those who wished to see as well by night as by day • but no specialist of tote recommends it now." Sj, at least, says Mr E. K. Robinson in the Gentleman's Magazine for July. But as no such recommendation is to be found anywhere ia the works of Albertus Magnus we are led to conclude that Mr. E. X Robinson must have become possessed of this fact by a special inspiration or in some other mysterious way of about an equal value. It is a pity that some kind of oil or another, or something else, could not be found to enable writers to see how such profoundly nonsensical statements mar their writings. We have recently had examples of "dictionary Billingsgate" and Scnptnral Billingsgate," and now we find one, which, however is more common, of editorial Billingsgate,- but, then, to be sure it is of a worse than usual kind. It occurs in an article in the Otago Daily limea in connection with a lot of stuff as to all the enormities revealed by the Dunedin Gaol Commission, and speaks of the illtreated warders as the " wretched tools "of Mr. Caldwell An ugly name, we say, has hardly ever been called in an uglier manner Respectable men have bsen wantonly robbed of their characters and meaus of livelihood, and in steps ai airy individual— we never forget the prejudices of Miss Tox-with a scurrilous pen, and grossly insults them in their misfortune. However, there maybe somexcu 3 e for him after all. We have reason to believe^that no M. has been left unturned— and some most unlikely stones have baSf availed of-to coax or force the Press generally to side with Captain Hume in his onslaught on Mr. Caldwell. What can be expected then of the Government organs, except that they must swear to whatever the Captain says, and our contemporary the Otago Daily Times has m this instance, sworn very badly and shabbily indeed. We learn that the Rev. Father Rolland is at present busily occupied in renovating and enlarging the school buildings in Abaura, in which it is intended to open a first-class boarding school for young ladies.— The situation for an establishment of the kind is excellent, as it is about the centre of the West Coast district and easy of access from all the surrounding parts.— The air is also remarkably healthy, and there are extensive grounds in which the children can enjoy exercise and play. Part of the buildings will continue to be occupied as a boys' school, but this will be completely separated from ,that devoted to the girls, and corrugated iron fences are now beiug erected to separate the playgrounds and gardens. The teaching establishment is meant to be of superior excellence, and

young ladies will be prepared in it to fill the place of governess or teacher, as well as to pass the matriculation examination of the university. The school will be opened on the termination of the Christmas holidays. Residents on the Coast Swill, no doubt, appreciate the opportunity thus offered them of providiug for the education of their daughters in a school close at hand and of the highest character in every respect. In a debate the other day on liish elementary schools in the House of Lords, Earl Fortescue aired his liberality by opposing the extension of State-supported training schools to Ireland, on the plea that such a step would tend to promote the spread of Catholic education. This enlightened nobleman, at the same time, admitted that there was a want of properly -trained, or competent teachers in many parts of the country, from which we may gather that he would prefer to see the people kept in ignorance rather than that they should receive a good Catholic education— and, verily, there are many folk in all the quarters of the world who very heartily agree with him.— Lord O'Hagan, in the same debate, estimated the untrained teachers at 66 per cent., by which we are again reminded that the people of Ireland are much better educated than they might reasonably be expected to be, owing, no doubt, as we have already had occasion to notice, to the existence among them of many schools corseted by the religious orders. Finally, Lord Oranmore agreed witbVEarl Fortescue, and deprecated a step whose effect he said " would be to encourage religious antipathy in a country where that feeling was already too strong." But among all the people belonging to the country, let us remark, there is not one whose religious antipathy is stronger than Lord Oranmore's own, only his lordship would, of course, claim that it is on the right side. We see, then, how many and various the enemies of the Catholic education of Catholics are, and how they are spread all over the world— the highborn, proud, and exclusive nobleman of England, the aristocrat, par excellence, joining hands in this with the colonial democrat— whom otherwise he would regard as an insufferable vulgarian, and a fellow sprung directly from the mud, whose touch would be pollution. Sir William Fox is a bold man. It was a little thing for him to enter on a crusade against intemperance, but Hercules himself never undertook anything more apparently impossible than the reform of woman's dress. In fact, such a labour does not seem ever to have entered into the brain of Hercules, and if he had undertaken it he would have failed ignominiously. The Auckland Education Board may prose about women's attire, and the Wanganui Board may receive their prosing with the reverence due to its' recommendation by Sir William Fox, but long after both the Boards have gone to pieces, and are known no more, and when Sir William Fox with all his honours has become a name dimly known among posterity, lovely woman will trip across the grass, or, perhaps, around the monumental marbles tnat hide these mighty heads laid low, if not in high-heeled boots and pull-back dresses, for doubtless she will htill move from one fashion to another, and still progress, and retrogress, from broad to narrow, from heel to toe, and back again,— at least in something that Sir William Fox and all the Boards would find as much in need of amendment.— Men may come and men may go, and the brook may go on for ever, but lovely woman will still be found so attired as nobody but herself can possibly ever come to comprehend aright. Of course, however attired, always charming and always lovely, and capable ef, or wanting improvement by no mean 88 — whether by gymnastics or anything else, as probably even Sir William Fox _ and the Boards will allow.- Why, even Lady Harberton herself, although she tried by the invention of something still queerer than the sex had so far donned, has not succeeded in interrupting the natural course of the fashions, and nothing will ever do it, short of another deluge, or a universal conflagration, and that would only cause a temporary interruption after all. Sir William Fox is wholly gone astray. Thk atmosphere around about the Dunedin Press for the last week or two seems to have been pretty lively. We had hardly recovered from the shock of finding that one poor literary gentleman Wd no sooner turned his back upon a foe than he was badly punched T*y him in the face— an incident that was all the more remarkable since he certainly could not be reckoned among the number of those who are wont to challenge an enemy, or any enemy, to tread on the tails of their coats. We had hardly got over this shock before we were still more astonished to find an able editor himself punishing the hat that sheltered an irreverent head, and assuming 'a threatening attitude, Small blame to the foe who fled from that attitude, and without further warning, behind the protecting figure of a friend.— AJI that surprises us is that someone did not give the alarm of fire and set all the bells in the town a-iinging— for it was a most stupen-' dous display.— But was it not rather inconsistent of our editor to resent a breach of dummyism, when by its exposure he claims to have capped his reputation ? Meantime, all the rest of us must jutt trust to Providence for what time may bring forth in our own individual cases, for the Press of Dunedin is surrounded with dangers and temptations, and there is no saying in what particular from any

man connected with it may become a laughing stock for the Colony bafore he knows where he is. Iff another column will be found a letter written by Mr. Robert fcitout on the Dunedin Gaol commission.— This letter, which does not come from those universal and multitudinous matters which seem to exist in a state of im potentiality in the thin fringes of Mr. Stout's brain, or, perhaps, in the thicknesses of his skull, but which comes of the undoubted ability that the gentleman in - question possesses, as well, is a very clear and convincing exposure of the subject with which it deal a, and deserves serious attention. It may, also, be taken as a proof of the wisdom of an old saying, and the safety of being guided by it— Sutor ne ultra crepidam. We hope the letter may meet with the consideration it deserves, and that cannot justly be denied to it, in the proper quarters. Among the virtuous works recorded of the Eev. Dr. Begg, who has justdied at Edinburgh, we find the publication of a " Handbook on Popery," that, we are told, had a circulation of 150,000. The doc* tor had also edited a periodical especially designed to combat the inroads of " Popjry," and which had an enormous circulation. It was evidently not the doctor's fault, then, that he lived to see " Popery " making good headway in Scotland and the Catholic hierarchy re-estab-lished there. It was his misfortune, and that of his readers as well, that all his publications only went to make the bigotry of bitter' bigots more bitter still.— But the doctor, we are further told, had carried on a mo3t successful work of conversion among the holders of the Romai Citholic faith in Edinburgh ; and from this we learn that, his reverence was not above bribing a nominal Catholic here and there to make profession of a creed in which he believed still less than in that he professed to be converted from. — The stories of Protestant conversions by this time, in fact, have grown somewhat stale and insipid. — Hai the doctor, moreover, given up as much of his time and trouble to the amelioration of the condition of his Presbyterian fellow citizens of the poorer classes — the report made the other day of the deplorable state of tLe Edinburgh poor might have been less disgraceful to the godly claims of the city in which the late doctor was so long a religious leader, and he might have somewhat better works to follow him whither he is now gone, than silly stories of imaginary triumphs over " Popery " — and the chronicles of " soupers " of greater or less pretensions^ and demanding a greater or less reward. Blocks and a remittance in connection with the Oamaru ArtUnion have been received from Mrs. Costello and Miss O'Halloran. We are requested by the Very Rev. Mother Prioress and th« Dominican Nuns to explain their anxiety that the drawing in connection with the Oamaru Art- Union may come ofl before the end of the year. As thiags are, however, the Nuns can hardly hope that such will be the case ; the tickets are being disposed of very slowly, and so far nothing like an adequate sum has been realised to give anything like a fair return on the amount expended on prizes. It is earnestly hoped, therefore, that the friends of the Nuns, and those who appreciate their efforts on behalf of religion and education, will now do their very best to enable the drawing in question to be held at an early date, and to secure the success of the art-nn on. We have to congratulate the gallant men of the West Coast on the reception given by them to Messrs. W. Eedmond and Walshe, we have not yet had time to receive the details of the reception at Greymouth and Kumara, but we have heard, on Mr, Walshe's authority, of what it was at Greymouth — and that it was, as we had expected, worthy of men who are true to the traditions of libertyi and who cherish all those sentiments of a noble past tbat ate the sure earnest of a noble future. — We hope to reoeive from our special correspondent details of the meetings at Greymouth and Kumara in time for our next issue. We learn that the Rev. Father Burkes lecture, " The Triumph of the Church," at Invercargill, proved a thorough success. There was a large audience, and the result will be a handsome addition to the funds of the Catholic Literary Society.— The report of the lecture has come to hand too late for our present issue, IT would be interesting to know in what terms President Grevy apologised to King Alfonso for the insults offered to His Majesty in Paris, — or whether it was as a representative o£ the lcds tbat the President did so. In addition to his being hooted as a German Uhlan, which by the way was more an insult to Germany thau to the King, and Germany can better, and, in duo time will better, avenge it, King Alfonso was no doubt also hooted as a Catholic— for he is a sincere and consistent Catholic, those scandalous reports notwithstanding, that we have lately seen filling the ;newspapers, but in which, as has been clearly shown by the London Standard, there ia not one atom of truth. The King is a pattern husband, and he and his wife continue on the most affectionate term s possible. A meeting of the Dunedin Catholic Literary Society will be held this evening, when Mr. J. J. Connor will give his paper on " Frugality," On Sunday next — the Feast of the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary— Pontifical High Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's

Church, Dnnedin, at 11 a.m. The Bosary will also be said before vespers on each Sunday during the present month.— On the evenings of the weekdays, as usual, the Bosary will be said at seven o'clock, and on each Thursday evening there will be also Benediction of the blessed Sacrament—Within the octave of the Feast of the Rosary Bene. diction will he given every evening, as it has been during the present week. r Mbssbs. Spedding and Stbeet are candidates for the mayoralty of Dunedm iuring the coming year, Mr. Thomson, who retires, having declined to comply with the requisition calling upon him to stand for re-election, in which, owing to the popularity justly acquired by him in his year of office, he would most probably have been successful. Owikg to the report of the Bishop of Wellington's sermon at Sydney, that of the Canterbury Catholic Literary Society has been crowded out of oui present issue. It will appear next week.