SIR JULIUS VOGEL'S SPEECH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 16, 12 August 1887, Page 15

SIR JULIUS VOGEL'S SPEECH.

HE election contest goes on merrily. The big guns amongst the ins and the outs are daily exploding ; and a terrific noise is naturally the consequence. The Premier seems übiquitous, and his soul-stirring eloquence smites the ears of the free and independent, and the representatives of the larrikin class almost daily, or, rather, nightly, in some place or other of the North or South Island. Nor are the rank and file and the other members of the Government silent. As was fitting, Sir Julius Vogbl

addressed a large meeting in Duuedin on last Monday evening. It was to be expected it should be so. Sir Julius has many claims on Dunedin, and Dunedin has many claims on Sir Julius. Here he dwelt for many years, here he won some of his first and greatest tiiumphs ; and from Dunedin and Otago hailed some of his best and ablest supporters. There en be no doubt whatever that Otago. and Danedin in particular, are under many obligatio as to the Treasurer. No one, therefore^ was surprised to hear that a numerously and most respectably signed requisition was sent to this hon. gentleman, asking him to address a meeting in this city, though he is not a candidate for the favours of any constituency in Otago. Judging from the reports of the daily papers, we can say that, due allowance being made for the inevitable larrikin, Sir Julius received a warm, even a flattering reception from those who attended his meeting on Monday. The point that is chiefly disputed between the Government, on the one hand, and the Atkinson -cuhi-Hall party on the other, is— which has been the most extravagant, which the most economical, and, consequently, from which may the public expect the best services in the future. We think the Go/erament has the best of the fight. They have spent less per annum than their predecessors and opponents, services being taken into account, and they have done more in the way of providing economical government. Their administration for the last three years has shown more tact and wisdom, and mo c backbone. 02 course there will be found politicians to deny this, but we suppose we are entitled to our opinion,and may lawfully express it. Without pinning ourselves to an advocacy of Sir Julius' opinion, we say now a o ain what we have said more than once before, that taken all in all Sir Julius Vogbl is certainly our foremost statesman, and we think the man, in fact the only man at present before the public, who is likely to lift the colony out of the slough of despond and depression in which it is floundering. He possesses a buoyant spirit, great 0.-iginality, profound financial science, a dear intellect, and gi-eat pluck. He knows his business as a politician and Minister, and bas i great experience. It would be an evil day for the country were it demented enough to dispense with Irs services. In his speech at Monday's meeting, amongst a multitude of good and striking points, he very cleverly and successfully disposed of the assertion of h'"s opponents, that non-expenditure should not be accounted a saving. Sir Julius* reasoning on this head 6truck us very particularly, because it brought it home to us that we Catholics are not receiving the thanks from the public which we deserve. Catholics by providing schools at their own expense for eight thousand of their children, and thus effecting the non-expenditure of forty thousand pounds annually by the Government, have not hitherto received the thanks they are entitled to, especially in these ha\d times. And we have one slight fault to find with Sir JuLius—he has neglected — perhaps, indeed, only forgo .teti — to give Catholics credit for the immense service they have done the public in the way of economy. We are the more surprised at this, as such forgetfulness is foreign to the well-known generosity of his character. Now that we have mentioned the matter, we should not be suprised if he availed himself of the first opportunity to atone for this lapse. There is, we are well aware, one difficulty in the way, which arises from the expressed determination of his colleague, the Premier, to spend this saving of the Catholics on more godlessness, with, of course, the result so eloquently depicted by Bishop Nevill.

As we consider that sufficient scope has now been given by us to correspondents writing on the matters discussed of late in our columns —we must decline the insertion of any further letters. We shall make an exception only in favour of direct and personal replies from any of the parties alluded to in the letters published in our present issue. The Very Rev. Dr Gleeson, (says the Wellington Evening Post of the 2nd. inst.) of Launceston, arrived in Wellington from the North by the s.s. Wairarapa early on Sunday, and left again for the South by the same vessel yesterday morning. The rev. gentleman, who is on his way back to Tasmania, after a lengthened tour through Great Britain, Europe, the Holy Land, and America, preached at St. Mary's Cathedral at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The sermon is said to have beeD the finest ever delivered in that place of worship. As commencing with oar next issue, we shall enlarge our paper by four pages, we have now room for additional matter. We shall, therefore, feel extremely obliged to any of oar friends who will think it worth their while to furnish us with items of local interest, more especially as regards matters bearing on Catholic or Irish affairs. We have to thank several correspondents who have exerted themselves to

support and forward the cause of the Tablet, among them a gentleman who forwards us the names of four subscribers to replace some who have withdrawn their patronage from us. And also a braT« daughter of Krin, who, although she has an opportunity of eeein ' the Tablet elsewhere, sends us a year's subscription in advance11 Sir," she writes, »an Irish girl in heart and soul, I love the dear old land, and honour those who in her caus« lift voice, or pen, or hand. I honour the Tablet, and its writers, and ia time of need beg to tender my mite towards its support in the conflict with English Toryism that is before it." These are words which have the genuine ring, and require no comment from us. The Very Rev. Dr. Gleeson, who is now making a tour of th ii Colony, arrived in Dunedin on a visit to his Lordship the Bishop on Saturday. Dr. Gleeson, who is a native of Cork, Ireland, and •hares pre-eminently in the gift of eloquence by which Irish ecclesiastics have always been distinguished, preached at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday evening, making as deep an impression on the congregation present as he seems to have made in Wellington, where, we are told his sermon on Sunday, July 31st, was the finest ever delivered in St.' Mary's Cathedral. The subjects treated of in Dunedia by the eloquent preacher were the impulsive teal of St. Peter ; the virginal purity of St. John ; and the combination of both in the converted Mary Magdalen. He concluded by making a very effective application and appeal to his hearers. On Tuesday evening Dr. Gleeson favoured the Confraternity of the Holy- Family by the delivery to them of a lecture, taking the name of their Society as a subject, and speakinj on it in reference to the visits lately paid by him to the holy places n Palestine. There was a very full attendance, the men of the congregation almost completely filling the nave, and several members of the other sex, attracted by the fame of the lecturer, being present in the aisles. On Wednesday morning the lev. gentleman accompanied the Most Rev. Dr. Moran on a visit to Lake Wakatipu, whence he is expected to return on Saturday, in time to preach again in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday evening. On Monday he leaves Danedin, accompanied by the Rev. Father Lynch, for a short visit to the West Coast. On Sunday next, the eve of the festival of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Pontifical High Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin, at 11 a.m. In the evening there will be solemn Pontifical Vespers, after which the Rev. Dr. Gleeson will preach. Benediction of the Moat Blessed Sacrament will then be celebrated as usual. On Monday, the Feast of the Assumption! Masses will be celebrated at 7, 8, and 11 a.m. Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will take place at 7 p.m. On Thursday, the 4th inst., the Feast of St. Dominic, the ceremony of religious profession took place in St. Dominic's Priory, Dunedin. The ladies who made their solemn vows were Miss Dimond, of Magherafelt, County Derry, Ireland (in religion, Sister Mary Bridget), and Miss King, of Christchurch, N.Z. (in religion. Sister Mary Bernard).— His Lordship the Most Rev. Dr. Moran, Bishop of Dunedin, ofllciated, assisted by the Rev. Fathers Burke and Donnelly. Mass was celebrated by his Lordship at 8 p.m., after which the profession took place. There were present in the choir Rev. Fathers Lynch, Purton, 0.5.8., and Tereker, also the friends of the ladies professed and the young ladies attending the Convent High School. The ceremony, which was a very beautiful one, con. eluded with the Benediction of the Mcst Holy Sacrament. Our contemporary the Otago Daily Times concludes an able leader on the Coercion Act as follows :— " That the Crimes Act of 1887 will give rise to much hardship and injustice, and above all to an even in« tensified acerbity on the part of :the Irish towards the country which has sent it this latest gift of conciliation, we make no doubt. « Cruel st-p-mother has England been to Ireland for 700 years, and cruel stepmother ehe remains to day.' But we belieTe this Act will be the last legislative oppression Ireland will have to bear, and that ita boasted permanency will prove a ridiculous misnomer. If the Nationalist party are fairly patient under the load, the day of triumph will not be delayed long. The cautious thousands in the British constituencies who fought ehyiof a too hasty scheme will rally again— nay, are already rallying— to the Gladstonian banner. Nothing could hasten their re-advent so effectually as will this the 87th of Irish Coercion Bills. Among the most important industries carried on in Dunedin is the jam factory owned by the Messrs. Peacock and Co., in Moray Place, and under the supervision of Mr. John Gay, the Firm's inspector of branches, the manager being Mr. Charles Reis, formerly of Hobart, a well-known manufacturer of 16 years' standing. The factory gives employment to a large number of hands— a matter of very great importance at the present time — and the work is earned on in an extremely interesting manner. The fruit used by the firm is for the most part imported, not, however, in the form of what is rightly named pulp, but in an entire state and preserving all the freshjess it had when it was taken from the tree. The method employed is one patented by the firm, and the chief material used is sulphur which evaporates in the boiling. The sugar made use of is of the finest possible quality, and there can be no doubt that the preserves turned

oat are of the best and most genuine kinds possible. It is a little provoking to think that had the proposals of the late budget been » carried into effect a prohibition duty would have been imposed upon the fruit thus imported, under the pretence that, being pulp, it required merely a nominal manipulation to change it into jam, and that it was so imported only to escape paying the duty levied on the manufacture! article. A visit to the factory completely dispels thi ß idea and shows that the manufacture is bona fide from beginning to end. The work done, however, is not limited to the making of jam. There is, for example, the making of the tins in which it is contained, the folding of them in ornamental wrappers especially provided for the purpose, and which, by the way, give also a considerable encouragement to local industry, they being printed by the firm of Messrs. Fergusson and Mitchell. There are drying and packing, and a hundred odds and ends that keep a number of young people busy and give the employment, the lack of which is now so heavily felt in many places. But had the importation of fruit been prevented by an exorbitant duty the factory most probably would have) been closed.-Local Jfruit-growing is not sufficient to supply what is needed. Not could it be so for several years, even were it at once undertaken by local gardeners and agriculturists, of which, moreover, there are no tokens at present apparent. Thb pretended revelations made by the London Times concerning the criminality of the Parnellitea have fallen completely flat on the public ear. — Even the Echo, a Unionist paper, condemns them, and points out the absurdity of accusing a party of complicity with murderers and out rage- mongers, while at the same time, the whole power of the Government is put forth for the purpose of retaining l hat party in the Imperial Parliament. It is asserted that the. late evictions in Ireland have been carried on by means of money placed at the disposal of the landlords by Messrs. Chamberlain and Goschen and their followers. These worthies, it is reported, are preparing to introduce a Bill into Parliament to force the Irish tenants to purchase their holdings at exorbitant prices and without any risk to the British taxpayer, or else to suffer the immediate penalties of eviction.— Recent evictions have been intended to prepare the way for the working of this measure in Ireland. Thb Parliamentary correspondent of United Ireland accredits Lord Salisbury with a desire to abolish the House of Commons and make the monarch absolute. To show that his idea is not far-fetched he explains how the Tories derive all their political notions from Lord Beaconsfield, and quotes a passage from " Conicgsby " in which that statesman advocates such a change.—" If we are forced to revolutions," •aid Coningsby, " let us propose to our consideration the idea of a free monarchy, established on fundamental laws, itself the apex of a vast pile of municipal and local government, ruling an educated people* represented by a free and intellectual press." — But the Ministry that baa destroyed the freedom of Parliament, and, so far as possible, put an end to trial by jury, may be considered capable of attempting anything that would lead to the establishment of an absolute powert •nd the ruin of the paople's liberties. It is a curious fact that while Indian troopa had been brought to London to take part in the celebration of Her Majesty's jubilee, no Irish regiment was permitted to be present on the occasion. Skjnob Cbispi, who has replaced Signor Dapretis as Prime Minister of Italy, is one of the most ardent enemies of the Papacy. As Home Minister he had lately been distinguishing himßelf by scoffing at all notions of conciliating the Pope. He assumed for the occasion a tone of contempt, and declared himself indifferent as to what took place at the "V atican. Mr. John Bright, with the obstinacy of an old man in his decline, still keeps up his denunciations of Mr. Gladstone, whom he accuses of an attempt against the integrity of the Empire, and with demoralising Parliament. Even for the sake of human nature, it is more consoling tojlook upoa all this as proceeding from natural decay, than as the proofs that a man who once enjoyed a great reputation failed all along in sincerity, aud waß always unwilling to Bee the liberal theories he propounded or supported reduced to practice. The designs of an emigration agency established in Kerry to promote the depopulation of the country have met with a check. A cargo of their victims shipped to Nev rk has been sent back to Ireland, at the expense of the Inman c my, in one of whose ships it was conveyed, the Government of tuc States having enforced the law forbidding pauper immigration. We take the following from the Nation, of June ll:—Five8 :— Five young ladies on Saturday received the habit of the Dominican order from the Very Rev. Canon Walsh, V.G., at the Foreign Missionary Convent, Beaumont, Drumcondra. The following were amongst the clergymen who assisted ;— The Very Bey. Father Smith, 0.P., Dominick street ; the Very Rev. Father M'Fee, 0.M.1., Bellecamp ; the Very Rev. J. M'Devitt, D.D., All Hallows College ; the Very Rev. W. Keon, D.D., Fairview ; the Very Rev. B. Kelly, B.Ph., All Hallows College, etc.— Our readers will recollect that the convent alluded to is the Dominican Novitiate conducted by the Mother Mary Gabriel of Dunedin.

Messrs Mollison and Duthie have just accomplished a marvel in rigging out for his professional career, the New ZeaHnd Tom Thumb. This personage, whose height is two and a-half feet, is ambitious of figuring as Highlander, Irishman policeman, and various otber characters, and, notwithstanding his diminutive size, having still room within his frame for a very lofty patriotism, he has had his costumes made in Dunedin, whence they are to be forwarded to Adelaide, They are admirable as specimens of neat and tasteful workmanship. We shall feel obliged to anyone, the gentleman himself included* who will furnish us immediately with the present address of Mr Michael Landers. Pbbssxtbe on our space obliges us to hold over several articles — among them the visit of his Excellency the Governor to St. Patrick's College. A long felt want supplied. — By an entirely new process Mr. Armstiong, dentist, is enabled to extract teeth without the slightest pain, or unpleas. Nt after effects. For years past Mr. Armstrong's artificial work nas given not only entire satisfaction, but health, comfort, happiness, and beauty. He is now in a position to supply the best American and British dentistry at one half former charges. Preservation of natural teeth a specialty. Note address, 172, Princes street, exactly opposite Car gill's Monument — advt.] Those requiring the services oi a dentist should call on Messrs, Mykbs and Co., Dentists, Octagon, corner of George street, They guarantee highest class work at moderate fees. Their artificial work gives general satisfaction, and the fact of them supplying a temporary denture while the gums are healing does away with th c inconvenience of being months without teeth. They manufacture a single artificial tooth for Ten Shillings, and sets equally moderate. The administration of nitrous oxide gas is also a great boon to those needing the extraction of a tooth. Read. — [advt.] Mr. Alexander Hamilton has commenced practice as a veterinary surgeon in George street, Dunedin. Mr. Hamilton is complete master of his science, and his charges are extremely moderate. Mr. Patrick O'Brien, late of the Munster Arms, has taken the Royal Family Hotel, at the corner of Walker and Princes streets Duuedin. The hotel, which occupies a most convenient and agreeable situation, has been thoroughly renovated, and offers excellent accom • modtbion to all who are in need of it. The terms will be found most reasonable :