Dublin Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 28, 10 April 1891, Page 21

Dublin Notes.

(From the National Papers.)

The Queen, Maich 30, 1872, said :—": — " Several members who came up to tbu Ladi' b G<tlleiy v>uits spea'kiug rather hardly ot Mr. Gladstone for having risen from his seat when Mr. Butt was introduced and made a point of shaking bands with him." It appeals, therefore, that Mr. Gladstone^ first welcome to Home Rule may be antedated by fourteen years.

Sir Charles Russell made a good point and told a good Ftory in his address to the Liberals of Surrey. Lord Hartington, he noted had discovered that there had been a sudden increase of legislative business while the Irish members were engaged in their own concerns in committee room Nj. 15. That, he said, was what the English Home Rulers had been preaching. It recalled to bis mind a story told him by his friend, Mr. RuEsell Lowell, just after the election of a President of the Uni'ed States, who was supposed to have owed his election largely to the support of the Irish vote in America. One of the opponents cf the President was passing through Londen. Mr. Lowell said to him, " My frienu, where are jou going to spend your holiday?" "I guess I shall go to Ireland," was the reply. "To Ireland 1" said Mr. Lowell, in surprise. " Why, you have just been informing me of the ungrateful action of the Irish party in America." " Well, I guess," taid the American, " tnat Ireland is tbe only Englishspeaking community where the Irish don't rule."

Ireland has been the scene of an execution for murder. — Bartholomew Sullivan was executed at Tralee for the murder of Patrick Flahive, at Glenlea, so long ago as 188*3. The prisoner was tried by a special jury at the Nenagh Winter Assizes. The unfortunate Sullivan left behinel him a declaration of innocence, aud tbe local journals state tbat there is a general impression that the wrong man has been hanged for the murder. This dreadful thought does imre to weaken the law than any stringency of punishment secured by manipulation of juries and charges of cenve can accomplish to strengthen it. The Kerry StJitinal writes :—": — " Many here say that you nted only show a Kerryman to a special jury in one of the midland counties and they will find him guilty i f any ciimc almost without leaving the- b)x." While the adminis'ration ot the law leaves room for suspicions of that kind there will never be well-established order in Kerry.

Mr. Justin M'Ctrthy, M. P., received a warm welcome from the Liberals of Manchester who form theconstituc cy ol Mr. Jacob Bught. In hisaddreß3 to them, Mr. M'Carthy denied that the Home Rule cause was dead. A cause which had j<>iu(_d iv harmony tbe Irish peop'e and tbn Eng ish elemocracy, and which had lhu suppoit of tbeir united eff rta, could cn<l only m succe^. 1 rials and tioubks might make more difficult tbe attainment el the goal, but by mutunl trust t.nd forbearat-ce those: uilliouliies would be sui mounted. He appealed to hcglish Libera s ,o await with patience tbe ls-i'ie of the negotiations at Boulugne. and to leave it to Un: pa iij'i^m and biocenty of the Irish party to find a siti^factory and fintil settlement of their domestic quarrel. J ti.s, Mr. M'tJithy taid, they wculel do, and his assurance was received with uppLius'. Ho saiei tha to the influence at d gtnius of Mr. Gladstone was CDie.ily due the cordial alliance which cow exists bet wen the peoples of Great Britain and Ireland. This alliance the> should, in the inteitsts ot both peoples, maintain, find the rei-ult would b'j the victory ot their cause, in which it Wjß Ireland's lot, as it had been so ofteu b lore, to be compulsory leader in tre path of refoim. Sir. M'Laithj's hopefulness wit^i reg->rd to tbe Boulogne negotiations i^ an answer to the; latest l'ar•aellite he ibat "the Cl.ief "' had "lu.bbied" Mr. Wil.iam O Bneu. That was the ii.tion floated at Watertoid,

Nearly £125,000 was tbe cost ot trie House of ' ominous to tbe Country for the past year deducting the fees (£22,000) which were rictived during that penod. Mr, i'eci's salary as Speaker is £.3,000, with bis official residence, coals, and cindlts thrown in as extras. Jar. Courtney, as Chaiiman cf OorcimUee*?, draws £2 500, without any extra?. On the other ba:,d, Mr. I'ai^rave, as Chief Ckik, receives £2 000 a jear, an official n sidence, ;ind b'S puquisi a in tbe ebape of fire and light. Tl c beigeant at-Aruis tikis lor bis salary £1,200 a ytc.l , a readeucc, and tlu usual extras. His do, uty receives A 800 a yeai.

The House if L rda is ret quite so exp-nsiv a Legislative Chamber to run lhu vcntraolo and timi -honuure 1 insti uti'>n cos tbe British tax[>a)er lust jear only £71000. '• lh : Lord 11 gh stobbtr," as the present L lii Chancellor is ureveientiy called, draws ty^.OUO as fcspi-. ker of the House of Lords, t.nd £0,000 extra Xi bung preside r.t cf tbe Supreme Coi.it and of t'.e Cbancji) Divi-i in. The Black liod, who xs a very o>d mind admiral, i.rawiiig a. handsome half -l ay, ieceues £2 000 a jiai, in addition hai a magnificent suite of aparitni nts in the I'd ace, <.n ! lrtu co j l-i .v 1 oMiulles t > lioot. Old Admiral Dinmnninii's lubours aie cn:i-.idi_ied by th' 1 m b r lords to be so ulciuus tuat they l.nve [ • i < ukei him with an a- t ,--ta ii, called tho Yeoman U&hcr of the Black Rod. Hin du',,i, a^,<u to coLSi&t in

wearing a c nit dress and lying asleep in a soft-cushioned pew in the piWed chamber duricg their Lordship's deliberations ; and for this he gets a beggarly thousand a year.

On Sunday, February 8, the usual Lenten Pastorals of the Bishops were read throughout Ireland. In addition to the nsual Lenten notices and regulations, allusions were mad'; in several of them to the present political crisis. Tneir Lordships were outspoken and nnwaveung in their determination that the cause of Ireland shall not be entrusted to tne guidance of those who ask. that private morality »nd virtue should be excluded from, their political and public conduct of the nation. No issue or icconciliation of the present differences can receive the sanctiou or support of the clergy tbat recognises any leadership of Mr. Parnell, ml in the Primati 's eloquent Pastoral this is already indicated. His Grace criticised severely the Parnellite Press, which teacher that politics are to be regarded apart from morality, and points with warning to the disastrous results which similar doctrines have produced in Franco and Italy. He cautions his clergy that it is not only their privilege, but also their duty, to use every care that their flock shall not be led astray by such pernicious doctrines. The other prelates join in the same warning, andl reiterate the advice they that have already given in their Manifesto,

In the accounts which have reached Europe of the insurrection in Chili, mention is made of two Chilian war-ships bearing the familiar names, The O'Higgins and The Admiral Lynch. The name?, commemorate the lives of two Irishmen who won renown iv that faroff land. Patrick Lynch though not actually horn in Ireland, was of Irish parentage. He waa the best seaman whose services Chili has ever had, and did much to bring tbe fleet of that Republic to its present state of efficiency. He died so recently as 1886* Don Bernardo O'Higgins was born in Ireland in 1780. Both his. father» Ambrose, and himself showed themselves good soldiers and capable rulers of men. The former, who died at the beginning of this, century, bore the titles of Viceroy of Peru and ALuquia of Osomo. Don Beinardo O'Higgins led the Chilians in their revolt against Spanish rule, and, after defeating over an I over again tae legions of r-pain, finallj emancipated his adopted land from all foreign sway. He became President of the Republic bo had founded, and after his death in 184G au equestrian status waa erected to him in the leading thorouiifare of Santiago.

Wt; am admirers of Jlr. Labjuchere. That is, of Mr. Laboucherethe witty editor and the fneudiy politician. But we have only a modified confidence in him as a guide in matters religious. We have every respect for his advice on secular affairs hut we feel a'disirust — not who.ly inexcusible, he will admit — in bis lectures on ourspiritual concerns. He is thoroughly competent t > suggest the best method of winning a contested election ; but his guidance aa to the best caeAr a of satisfying the; requirements of our own conscience is not. go thoroughly leliabki. In Lot we k'«i Truth Mr. Lab.iuchere '• publij aea with pleasure," and, W3 presume, with approval, tbe letter o f a correspondent who a i -sur> iia tha. "ihe wisi thing fjr the Irish Bishops and priests to do will be to retire altogether from po) ,tics. Thm, h d thus only, cm t c Faith r>j pieserved."' We fear, ths t Mr, Labouchere's worthy corresp indent eioes not understand us. /ith ua t ie { nest in politics is.>-o very t.tmih ir:i figure that we have 'uifnculty in repieienting to ourselves Irish po Hies wi hoUw him. That hig pr-.eence theio has been bur. fell to tlu Faith in taej Cv.ntiirio3 ihat are gone, by we do not believe, nor, wo venture to assert, does tbe correspondent of Truth. That such presjnee: will bes hurtful in the times that are comu g we have no good reason to anticipate, and the columns of Truth do not furnish us with one

Our Eng ish friends had bjtt tuako up ttie.r minds to take us as we are. lbeir alt mptsto refoim ua religiously will oulv breed disagreements. With us reliaiou is -t seiiuus element ot life, quite as much to i\s the National Dabt or Septennial Paihament-j. It occupies as important a place in our thoughts as does t-ie state of the Funds or the prospects of the Ministry. To usu ua to put it out of our minds when we are voting at elections is us large a demanel on us as to aak ua to [01 get our nationally. Tnis, Mr. Libjuchere'd correspondent will say, is not a worthy frame ol mind In wnich to approach the baliot box. On this opinion will diffjr. We cUni the right to hold oai 1 wn.

To prove the- mis^lref of clerical interfer ny, in politics, tha comspondent cites tha case of Belgium : — ' lam old euougn to lemember whjri Belgium \\\\> t Cilhohc coau ry it is now some thm^ lather less than half a Catholic country. What has wrought tbo change / Simply tbe virulence and unreaaojablenebs, and pernicious activity of tbe Clerical Party. ' But, my dear candid friend and ajfiser, it lic'^ium is lesa than half Ctitlulic, ho* 19 it that the; so-dilled Clerical Pdity is again and a^ain triumphant at tbe polls I Huw is r th.t they have, at evey election that his taken place fur many yeais, a. cured .1 majori / of M'j vjt.rd? Aid wuat v the golden ago of Catholicity 1:1 Belgium to w.iich y>u look back so regretfully ? Is i not th it reig'i of Fi cre-Oiban aud bid brother Ma-oiis, t j w'.icb nioit ut out memories also reach back, in which tbe lL'li^ioUa ltWitiets of tbe people weie outraged, their leh^ious mstitutious o^pr<.::it-J, then schools j'loljibiu 1 I, and theinsoUes LeiViljtuxed tv pay tui Al. ifieTe-Oiban s v^gdrics in yoveinment I Waa it

pernicious activity to upset the tyranny and the fraud ? Evidently the Belgian voters do not thuk s:>, and their opinion must count for something.

Truth's well-meaning correspondent invites us to look for guidfance to America, " abjut the most religious country in tha world." ".Thera there, h no aiti-clerical p irty. Way ? Bicausa there is no Liberal party. Toe clergy (qua clergy) do not talc? part in pjhtire." I 9 all this quite certain? How much of the weekly Catholic Press of America is edited by priests ? And does not the Press take part in politics? And when religious interests are at stake, when faith or morality is threatened, have they nothing to say? Had the clergy (qua c'.ergy) no protest to make against the Massachusetts School legisla'ion 1 And have they tuken no public action in resisting it ? We fear the correspondent of Truth knows as little about America as he knows abjut BjUitia.

Candidly, our Radical friends ought not to give us over-much advice, by themselves or their correspondents, on the subject of clerical influence in polit.es. They will remember that their own course of policy at present his been largely determined by that influence. The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes has done more to determine the plans of Liberal and Radical statesmen than any priest or Bishop in lieland. "We have heard no reproach levelled against Mr. Hughes, no charge that he exceeded his duty in appealing to the consciences of his congregation agai-is. the alliance of the Lioerals with Mr. Parnell. Why should that be a fault in Archbisnop Logue which is a virtue in the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes ?

When Mr. Rhodes gave his £10,000 towards ibe Irish Home Rule cause, the journal stated, he did bo solely on the consideration that Ireland was to remain repiesented in the Imperial Parliament. In accepting the munificent gift, Mr. Pirnell cime under a pledge that he would not agree to any measure which would not provide for the representation of Ireland at Westminster. Mr. Cecil Rhode 9is an Imperial Nationalist, and his donation to the Irish cause was primarily, at all events, in the interests of Imperial Nationalism. He did not want Ireland to get without the Imperial pair-, and his compact with Mr. Parnell, as Irish leader, was to obviate such a poss'bihty. Such, then, was the position of Mr. Rhodes with reference to Mr. Paruell and the Irish party, before the latter broke into two camps. Mr. Rhodes does not recognise that, so far as he i 3 concerned, the position has changed. Mr. P.irnell has not sou<>ht to withdraw from his compact, and >Jr. Rhodes some time ago — before there was a suggestion of a split in the Irish party — paid over ihe full amount, of h.s subscription. Further than tn<j extent of his own compact wi'h Mr. Parnell, the Cape Premier dot-b not go iv fjr lriso po ltics, at all eveLts in relation to the split. He takes no pait or s-ide in the conlhct h ■ tween the two sections of th • party ; tie decs not think I c Ins h< _, right to do s>. Haj s Mr. Rhuies id i Itect "It is nue d.: 1 t.appea to be here in Londen juet n< w, but that is no reason why I should take pait in the diffi±reoce between the members ot* the lush paity. I am Colonial ; this is a q leotiou purely local to this coun'ry ; it i» a question with which I have nothing to do. Mr. Pdmdl bus honourably observed *he condition which he c-ime under to rm, and t';ere my interest ends.'' To sum up the position of Mr. Rhodes in a word would be to say that ho st<ui is, to his compact vvith Mr. Pain ill, and takes no side upon the split in the paity.