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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 28, 6 November 1885, Page 15

THE Bishop of Dunedin left Port Chalmers by the a.s. Hauroto yesterday afternoon, en route for Sydney. The Bishop of Wellington, accompanied by the Rev. Fathers Sauzeau and Goutenoire, left Wellington by the b.s. Tekapo on Wednesday. The Yen. Archdeacon Coleman has been appointed Administrator of the Diocese of Dunedin during the absence of his Lordship the Bishop. The net proceeds of the entertainment given in aid of the Dominican Convent, by members of the Catholic Literary Society at Invercargill, amount to the sum of £19. Mr. J. M. Gilboy has been appointed agent of the N.Z. TABLET Company for Ashburton and the surrounding district. A cableqbam which some months ago announced the death of Mr. Mitchell Henry proves to have been completely false. The gentleman in question is still alive, and even kicking, although in a wrong direction. Be declares his intention of again standing as a candidate for Parliament has been defeated by tbe assurance that h« must be beaten by a Parnellite. Thb name of the Rev. Father M'Kenna and his subscription of &\ were accidentally omitted from the list of subscribers to the Payment of Members Fund at Lyiteltoa published by as last week. Mr. Michael Tynan, (Jutram, has also forwarded £1 to the Treasurer of the League at Dunedin for a similar purpose. Ocb Evangelical friends, it would appear, are in high disgust because Mr. G. A. 6ala has not furthered their plans for tbe moral elevation of the colony-. They evidently forget that Mr. Sala has been educated in a school among the more remarkable emanations from which are the pictures of Chadband and the " Shepherd," and other lights of a similar nature. Mr. Sala probably believes that labours for "elevating the moral tone of society" into which the Bethel enters with its wonted liberality and energy are of a somewhat doubtful nature. As to that part of them, especially, that has a bearing on the enforcement of the terrible Scotch (Sabbath, its noral tone is more than doubtful; and so far as the prohibition of barmaids is concerned, our Evangelical friends, or some of them at least, are quite ready themselves to employ women in a much worse way than even in serving out unlimited liquor, and, what is more, they invoke the blessing of Heaven on them in their infamous occupation. Mr. Sala will possibly endure .vith equanimity the cendemnation of a section of the community, certain of whose predecessors took a lively part in an attempt to bound down his great master, Charles Dickens himself. " Mnemonics applied to English History," is a work written by the Rev. Father O'Malley, S.J., for the purpose of making the study of the useful branch of knowledge in question more easy. The method is one largely invented by the rev. author himself, who, however, acknowledges his indebtedness to Gray. It will be found easy of acquirement, and simple and plain in its application. Dates, names, and events may be implanted in the memory by means of it with a great saving of labour, and students will be greatly assisted by avai.ing themselves of it. The work is issued in pamphlet form at the moderate cost af two shillings. Mr. Dio>' Boccicault concluded his performances at Dunedin on Monday eveniog, when the Colleen Bawn and Kerry were played. An unusua.ly inclement evening prevented the crowded attendance that must otherwise have taken place, but even as it was tbe numbers present in the house were very considerable and the enthusiasm of the audience was as marked as on previous occasions. Mr, Bouci-

cault's Myles na Coppaleen was as usual perfect, and the manner in which he played the very different part of Kerry served well to display the versatility of his talents. A better representation of the garrulous old man could not possibly hxve been given, and we doubt as to whether we Bhall ever again see anything approaching it even remotely. Mrs. Boucicault as Anne Chute is probably seen at her best. It would at least be difficult to imagine a finer piece of acting, and it alone entitles her to take a first rank in the dramatic world. In every representation, however, given by her in Dunedin, she conclusively proved her right to a high place as an actress. The season as a whole proved successful in the highest degree, and it is acknowledged on all sides that, great as were the expectations entertained, they were even more than fully realised. The annual examinations of pupil teachers attached to St. Joseph's school, Dunedin, and St. Patrick's, South Dnnedin, were concluded at the Dominican Convent High School on Tuesday, when his Lordship the Bishop distributed the prizes. A searching tiva voce examination was also conducted by the Bishop in geography and Latin, and by the Rev. Brother Dowdall in English grammarparsing, and analysis. The triio— the Misses Ritchie, Murphy, Harming and Moloney— acquitted themselves iv excellent style, notwithstanding the embarrassment arising from the presence of several visitors, and the results of the whole were very satisfactory. A number of exercise books containing the written work of the young ladies examined also testified highly to their diligence and acquirements, and all those who were present expressed themselves highly pleased with what they had witnessed. ON Sunday, the Feast of All Saints, Pontifical High Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin, at 11 a.m., his Lordship the Bishop acting as celebraut, with the Rev. Fathers Walsh and Lynch as deacon and sub-deacon respectively. On the conclusion of the Mass, the Bishop announced to the congregation his approaching departure for Sydney to attend the Synod, to open there on the 13th inst under the presidency of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop. His Lordship said that matters of vast importance to the colonies and to religion would be discussed and transacted, and he asked for the prayers of his people that tbe Divine guidance might be fully accorded to the deliberations of the assembled Prelates. The Bishop also recommended to his congregation the interests of the cathedral building, which it was proposed to open in the commencement of February, when Cardinal Moran and the Archbishop of Melbourne, with the Bishops of Auckland arc! Wellington, bad promised to be present. His Lordship also hoped that other bishops would conn over for the occasion from the Australian colonies. He particularly requested that the Catholics of Dunedm would continue their liberality towards the weekly collections which bad formed, so to fepeak, the backbone of the whole undertaking -On Monday, tbe Fea^tof All Souls, a High Mass of Requiem and solemn Office for the Dead were celebrated as usual— his Lordohip the Bishop, with the Key. Fathers E'urton, 0.5.8., Walsh and Lynch' taking pait in the ceremonies. ' In another place we borrow an excellent article on religious incendiarism from our contenipora-y the Wellington Pott, °We regret, however, that our contemporary should have classed Father Hennebery with th- inceudi ir.es nam -d by him. Father Hennebery in no way attacked the creed or conduct of any Ctmstian sect, and although we admit that h^ allude 1 in language more forcible than polite, and which might, perhaps, have been better omitted, to the Freethought lectures bem^ delivered in Danediu at the time, by Mr . Charles Bright. -and c.ilied that lectuier " an awful man," ho d t i but comment on what *- riS reported iv the daily papers, and give his opinion rather ft eely concerning it.— There was,, Lowovei, nothing in cendiarv in what he said.-— He also condemned mixed marriagta,— bat not in the manner understood by a certain section of the coWul Press, which mistook and misrepresented his meaning grievously,— and the only other point on which he expresse i himself, so as to call out a vigorous remonstrance, was tbat of Heculu education, which he accused of bringing about a most undesiiake statp of things m America.— His statements as to the condition of American socipry, we may add, were corroborated almost immedia dy by the disclosmes attending on a certain arrest and suicide ih-it took place in A T ew York. Father Hennebery, we maintain, canm. be fairly accused of having said even one word to excite the ill-, a ling of his Catholif hearers against their Protestant neighbours.— A- to the allusion made by our contemporary to the possible conditi >n of convent life in America, he is of course, not bound to defen i it against foul and brutal cnarges, and his article is otherwise mo-t generous and liberal. But he will, we are convinced, admit that suet' noble conduct as that' for example, shown by the members of the r«.l -ious emmuaities of the States two or three yeais ago, during t'i • outbreik of yellow fever in the South, is a sure index of what the life of the nuns must be at ordinary times., and a convincing proof given to all people of decent minds. If the convent life be seclu k-d, we say again, its nature is reveakd in Am.-nc i as elsewhere, -nhenever some public necessity draws the nun out from her cloister to minister at her own imminent n«k to those n distress, and to sh ny h. n,elf fully prepared to under'ake and accomplish whatever may be demm.led ol her in the cause of , umauity. Anyone who will deny this m al sincerity must necesstnly be of w.ak intellect and deserving merely of pity We should hardly feel justified in thanking our contemporary for his exc-11 -nt article, since it is only what we should expect to rind in any honourable newspaper, and simply does iustice to the high position occupied by the Post