The Grand Oli Mao of the Irnh Partv— ths O'G-orm'in Mahon— waB eighty-eight \e*rs oil oa Thursday of last week. His letter to the gathering at the Canon-street Hotel, expressing his cordial adruiiation for t'. at olher Orand Old Man, Cardinal Manning, was received with enthusiastic cheers. In recording the d- ath of the Fenian, Jjhn Walsh, the NirmcMtl* Daily Chronicle says : " The Fenians have h*d miny ab e nnd resolute men aaviugst ihera ; but they have had few mea of greater iotegrity, sincnrity and disinterestedness than John Walah." lhe Kng of Jtaly forwarded Inspector Byrnes, of New York, a decoration with a title, but the inspector is confident that being a citizen of the United States places him on a level with all titles in tha world, and returned the medal. Toe new library ot the Vatican, founded by L3O XIII., will soon be open to the public. It will contain about 300,000 book* and a Tery valuable collection of manuscripts.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 32, 8 May 1891, Page 19
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162Page 19 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 32, 8 May 1891, Page 19
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