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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIV, Issue 44, 25 February 1887, Page 15

A nkw parish has been erected in Soutblard, called the Winton Mission, which, in addition to Winton, includes Dipton, Lumsden, and Mossburn. The Rev. M. Keenan has been appointed pistor of this parish. On Sunday last the Bishop of the dioces? gave confirmation in •be East Taieri church to 44 persons at the conclusion of the mission given there by the Rev. Father Bergmans ; and in the afternoon of the same day, at 4 p.m , his Lordship gave confirmation in the church at Port Chalmers to 20 persons, also at the conclusion of the mission held there by the Rev. Father Heggarty. During this week missions are being given in Milton by Rev. Father Bergmans ; and in Lawrence by Rev. Fathers O'Farrell and Heggarty. On Sunday next the Bishop will administer confirmation in Milton in the forenoon, and in Lawrence in the afternoon. On Sunday next a mission will commence at Gore, and on the following Wednesday at Winton. It is interesting to learn that a proposal has been made in the United States for demanding that compensation should be made to tho=e Americans or their representatives who had acquired land in New Zealand before the British annexation. A good round t urn, as it must be if the estimates aie based on the present value of the land, as of course they will be, thus bids fair to be added to the deficit large as it is already, and Sir Julius Vogel will find occupation for his financial ingenuity in making the necessary provision. Sir Robert Stout, meantime, will only have another opportunity for the display of that excellent spirit of universal brotherhood by which he is guided. Yankee or New Zealander, it should be all alike to him and the loss sustained by the one should do nothing to hinder his joy at the gain made by the other. A.t the very worst the gain should counterbalance the loss and his state of equanimity should be perfectly preserved. And if there be less out of which to pay for godless chools in New Zealand there will be the more out of which to upport them in America, and human enlightenment taken generally, nnd in that broad sense in which alone Sir Robert Stout is capable of regarding it, will be as well advanced. The men of the future, for whom we of this generation live and move and have our being, will prosper all the same. Great are the comfoits of philosophy, and happy is the statesman who in any hour of political misfortune can find his delight in them. It will add much to the charms of the situation, meantime, if when a war finally breaks out, among the rest we may look for the arrival of a filibustering expedition coming in search of the broad acres acquired, or said to be acquired, by some Yankee whaler prior the treaty of Waitmgi. Notwithstanding the character that our enemies across the Channel try to fasten upon us (says the Nation) it would appear that our industrial development is absolutely cnecked by the lack of able-bodied convicts. Galway harbour wants improvement ; but not even the transfer of the Spike Island establishment thither can supply the necessary labour. Our representatives, if they should think it safe, ought to negotiate for a loan of some able-bodied BritisL

Thugs to do the work. Care should be taken, however, to send them ' the other way on their departure. ! Lord Salisbury and his Cabinetareevidently very nervousin the : matter of coercion for Iteland. They are putting off the evil day as , long as they can, and announce that the powers afforded by the ordinary law alone will be availed of until the estimates and procedure rules are passed. The nervousness felt by the party generally | is, moreover, phown by the recommendations made by certain of its i members that a local government Bill on popular lines shall be i introduced. The Conservative defeat by a majority of 545 at Burnler, as well as Mr. Goschen's recent failure at Liverpool, has probably hed something to do with the state of doubt that is thus made manifest. The victory at Burnley, again, may be taken as a double gain for not only has a Conservative candidate been defeated, but a Gladstonite has been returned in place of Mr. Peter Ry lands, the deceased Member, who was one of Mr. Chamberlain's most devoted followers. If we are to judge of the manner in which the British navy, as it now exists, will conduct itself in action, and of the efficiency with which it will b 2 commanded during any time of war, by certain events in which some of its iron-clads have recently taken part, our reliance on the prodigies to be performed by it must needs become somewhat weakened. The Sultan, for example, has proved unablo to steam up the Tagus without sinking one vessel, that lay quietly at anchor there, and drifiing against and staving in another, and the Minotaur, the flagship of the squadron, at the mouth of the same river knocked against the Monarch and caused much damage. — Whether the ships are unwieldy or their commanders are incapable probably in the end comes to the same thing, for better ships or better men cannot be procured at a moment's notice. — It will, more" orer be remembered that other ironclads behaved in a somewhat similar way off the Irish coast two or three years ago. The occurrence <>f "Mr. Gladstone's 77th birthday on Wednesday (says the Nation, of January ],) was seized upon by bis countless friends and admirers to demonstrate their feelings of friendship and regard toward him. All day the post- ffice kept sending on to Hawarden Castle every variety and lorm of congratulation — letters and telegrams by the bushel, and pre-ents of all kinds — forwarded by all classes. From Ireland came special congratulatory messages, and ones that must ha c gladdened the heart of the grand old statesman. The great Archbishop of the South, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and the Mayor of Cork telegraphed Mr. Gladstone be=t wish°s. and expressed the hope that he may have the glory of cairying forward to a triumphant success the glorious work for Ireland into which he has thrown him&clf with such noble ardour This is a hope, that will be boart:h echoed by millions ; and there is good reason for icjoicjng at th" fact th.it whilst confusion and dismay lctrn supierae in thecovmciKof tho^e vho would continue the old evil tiaditinn" of British rule in licland, Mr. (ilaristnne's c eventy-scvinth birthday finds him stionu m tn alth and c mti 'ent of tin- tnumph nf hi" policy, which ba 1 - btensiami id \wtb l lc1 < c appiovil of i\v civili^d woild. His Eminence 11. c Cardinal Aiclbislvr. of -\<'ney his had a triumphant vi«it 'o Peith in We c *rni Australia w heie he w. Nt for the purp< be o f c n'-ecratmg the M< st l!cv. Dr. Gilney. ncwlv appointpd Bishop ol tVe iliccc-e in io< m ( f the late Mi c t la v Dr, (Sriver. Ihe accounts of the leception civt n to his_Fminence,aiid tl c homaee pud to Kirn geoiially, nor onl_\ by Cat' olicf, lait by all cla--*. s of the com. munity, are flowing in the extreme. It is gratif\in<r to find the present of one so well fitted to sustain the honour of the Church thus duly recognised, and the best results to religiou and the welfare of the Catholic people in general may be expected from it. Among tie many amiahlp quili'itic3 po-se-sul by Si' ITorry Parkes, that of gi\int; lemaikaV'le vi rbal det-ciiptidns of the pe.s^ns of his p >htic J opponents is to be counted. We find him, for ex imple. describing one Mr. Hum at Bilmain the o;h": day as a •■cii\cnepirited, poodle-headed creature." And again h>' spoke of a ceitain Mr, Lus ombe as ''that notable creature, who forever with ims.pi endeagle whiskers and extraordinary expression of face, puts me in mind of a withered tarantula." We do not know whether tl is kind of caricaturing in words adds to the honours borne by the iedoubtable Sir Henry. Peihaps his suppoiters think it does, for it is hard to conceive how any man of a decent frame of mind can be found among them. But it is li'tle to the credit of New South Wales that it owns for its Premier such a fish-fag. We aic not very proud of many o f our own New Z 'aland statesmen, but the meanest of them would hardly so disgrace himself. A very successful ard plea«ant entertainment was given on Monday evening in Clarke's Hill, South Dun' din, in aid < f improve, ments to St. I'a'nck's Chare' 1 The vocalist on the occasion were Mrs. C. L. Ltiii'in, the Mi^-es Wo)U, and R. Diumm ; a d Messrs. J. Cougtilan, T. Wootton. Pack- r, A. McKenzie, and Payne. Mr. WJ. Power gave a r< citat'or. Ma '• r A. Peters a violin «ol(>, and Mast< r^ J. D. and D McKechnie a s^void dince, Messs. J. MeLell hi and J, C. McKcehnie actinor a* piper-\ Tim comedietta •■ A Match for a Husband " was acted with spirit hy Miss May Vivian and Mr. Hany Clayton. Mr. C. L. lemon filled the part of acLompanist with his usual ability,

No more bitter censure has ever been passed on any clasß o

people than that unconsciously pronounced against the English aristocracy by Mrs. Blood the other day during the course of the recent detestable divorce case. This lady was »sked if, knowing aB she diil the true character of the Dake of Marlboro gh, she considered him fit company for her daughter. Her reply wis to the effect that she did so consider him, and that there were many other members of the higher ranks of society who were quite as bad or even worse The Duke of Marlborough, meantime, is the patron of eleven livings in the Church of England — and of him and his kind — those who are as bad or worse, does the hereditary Chamber tha: controls the British Empire in a great degree consist,

An edition of the " Messenger of the Sacred Heart " is now issued in Melbourne. The periodical appears monthly and in every respect does credit to the Rev. Father Ryan S J., its proprietor, and the Rev. Father Watson S.J., itn editor. The desirableness of securing a large circulation for this excellent and edifying publication 19 obvious and the bmall subscription of half-a-crow- year paid in advance should make that easy. Orders should be sent at once to the Rev. Father Ryan S.J., Ft. Patrick's College, Melbourne, and we hope to find the Catholics of New ZeaUnd ardently endeavouring to promote so deserving an undertaking.

Reports of growing disorder in Ireland as received here by cable must as usual be received by us witli reservations and caution. We may allude p.irticulaily to the announcement that the Arch. bishop of Cashel had recommended the non-payment of taxes. The recommendaMon, meantime, made by the Land Commissioners that rents should be revised eveiy five years goes far to justify the Plan of Campaign and to beu 1 out Archbishop Walsh's approval of that undertaking.

A good many people were distressed at finding that General Sir William Butler, the husband of the painter of the Roll-Call and himself a Catholic officer of distinction, was one of the persons accused in tue infamous Colin Campbell dhorce case. — There does not seem however, to have been a shadow of duubt as to the Geneial's complete ini'ccence— aud his reiiibal to a] pear on the trial may well be explained as arising fnm the natural indignation of a high-spirited man at finding himself called upon to appear in such a position on the mere word ot a 1) ing servant-girl. — Sir William Thompson had, besides, nude a declaration that bis lelations towards Lady C^lin Campbell wer<> those only of a friendly acquaintance. It is evident th.it nothing approaching even to a close friendship existed between the parlies in question.

The Dunedin Catholic Literary Society meet on Wednesday next. All the members are requested to attend.

The capital sentence has been earned out at Auckland on the men found irui'ty of ihe C-uat Barrier murder. They seem to have been vei\ penitent for their ciime, but. perhaps, a little too much his been sail :.bout the manner in which they gave themselves up to religious studies, and < njoyul the peiusal of pious books. Such reading howeve,.appears to have b. en a favourite puieuitof theirs all along for even on their involuntary voyage to Australia in ihe S ivereicrn of the Sea?, they aie reported to havecuried a Bible and a hymn-'.ook with them.

\ f-KRihS of three entertainments has been undertaken by the membeisot St. Jo-oph's cathedral choir, Dunedin. for the purpose of defi aj ing the expense of improving their organ by the purchase of two new btup*. The entertainments will take place respectively on March 3. ; j nd 24, and April 21, and as they will be under the conductorship of Hen Benno Sjhertk au ample gnaianteeis afforded cf their high character. As any improvement in the org-in will be a benefit very fully part.Vr en in by the congregation at luge, the obj< ct is one that should pr ye popul \v aud s euie a hearty co-opeia'ion.

'Jilt, u-nal fortnightly me ting of the Dunedin Catholic Literary S ■e,et>jw..s held on Fe'oruaiy 9, — Mr. H. A. Dunne in the chair. The programme c nsi:-ted of readings \>y Mcs-rs. Dunne, Gunning, and Dundon, and lecit.uions by Messrs. Hiyes, Power, and Eagar. These geutl'-nn-n were, accorded a he irty vote of thanks for their efforts by the meeting.

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