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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 10, 27 June 1884, Page 25

[Advt.] — Hop Bitters strengthens, builds up and cures con tinually, from the first dose. Be sure and see. It is well-known, of course, that an intense desire exists in the Irish heart to obtain self-government for Ireland, but it is somewhat unusual to hear Earl Spencer ungrudgingly admitting that such is the fact. This week, however, he has been graciously acknowledging that the Irish people would infinitely prefer managing their own affairs in Dublin to having them managed in London. This candid admission was made by the Lord Lieutenant in the commitee-room. of the House of Commons on Tuesday when being examined before the select committee appointed to report on the important subject of education. It was Mr. Sexton wbo induced Earl Spencer to make the admission. The member for Sligo had taken his seat on the committee for the first time that day, and when Earl Spencer appeared to be examined, Mr. Sexton's keen, analytical mind saw at once the vulnerable points in the answers which the witness was giving to the questions of the chairman, Mr, Childers. — Nation, May 3. The Lord Lieutenant had taken a firm stand against the idea of placing Irish education under the control of the English Education Department, and Mr. Sexton then asked if he was right in understand" ing it to be the opinion of the witness that the Irish people would prefer to manage their own affairs in Dublin, and the answer at once was " yes." Further than this, he asserted that although the Castle was not by any means a popular institution in Ireland, yet the people would prefer going there to state their views on public affairs rather than crossing the Channel to London. Finally. Mr. Sexton . asked him if he would apply the great principle that Irish affairs should be directed in Dublin to the question of education, and the reply from the Lord Lieutenant was that it would be a great misfortune to put Irish education under an English Minister, which means prac.tically that Ireland is entitled to Home Rule. For the future if anybody denies that the feeling of Ireland is in favour of self-govern-ment, let John Poyntz, Earl Spencer, be called as a witness. — Nation, May 3.