Dublin Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXII, Issue 16, 16 August 1895, Page 11

Dublin Notes .

(From contemporaries.) -8» William Manmino, Major of Sydney, ha* arrived in Dublin -with hii daughter, Mils Manning. They called upon tbe Lord Mayor of Dublin, with whom they visited the Military Tournament at Ballsbridge, where they were received by Lord Frankfort de Montmorency, fhmmsnder of the forces in Ireland, who had known Bit William Manning in Australia. Sir William and his daughter are much pleased with their visit to Ireland. It is to be hoped that the new Celtic Magazine, which is to be edited by Dr Kuno Meyer, of University College, Liverpool, will -have many contributors and readers amongst lovers of the old tongue in Ireland. There is no more enthusiastic promoter of Celtic philology than the editor, and it would assuredly be deplorable if Irish eoholars in " the old land " did not enter into rivalry with his Ger. man compatriots in elucidating their mother tongue and laying its beauties before the literary world. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant reoently paid a visit to the celebrated monastery at Mount Melleray, Oappoquin, Co. Waterford, where be received a warm reception, At the guest house he wa» met by the Lord Abbot (might Bey Carthage Delany), who accorded his Excellency a respectful welcome. After tea he made an inspection of tbe entire institution, including the college, where he was received by tbt president, Father Ignatius. He left next morning highly pleased with his visit to the famous Cistercian Abbey. "How many of our readers," says the Cavan Anglo- Celt, " would imagine that an apple-cart owned by a fruiterer in Cavan— Frank 'Fitzpatrick — is built over tbe four wheels of the carriage which conveyed the ' Immortal Dan OOonnell ' to this towu in 1826. That they are •as good as new ' speaks well for native workmanship, but that they ehould be let remain in such lowly service speaks badly for Irish curio seekere," It is somewhat a pity, says another journal, our coutemporary did not go a little more fully into tbe history of these historic wheels, for tbe average connoisseur in such matters cannot easily imagine spokes and fellowes lasting fourscore years, unless present day workmanship bas sadly deteriorated. A new Irish novel is announced by the Hon Emily Lawless, the authoress of "Hurrish." An introductory note which Miss Lawless writes iB interesting, for the reason that it sums up Ireland as a subject for the novelist. " Maelcho," which is a sixteenth century romance, was begun as an adventure book pure and simple, bat as it proceeded it grew grimmer and more lugubrious. "Ireland in this respect," Bays Miss Lawless, "is a very misleading individual to follow. Ton imagine that you are hand in band with an inconsequent but at any rate a very lively companion, and having gone some little way under this delusion, you find when you least expect it you have linked yourself to a Sibyl or a Niobe." Tbe Redmondites are in jubilation over the resignation of the Government and the return of Mr Balfour. Wtll, tbeir friends have now their opportunity. In speeches and writings the " Independent " party have been telling us for months that the Tories were the only people to do anything for Ireland; We shall now be glad to see what they and Mr Redmond can do between them. Their papers are full of snobbish attacks upon Mr Morley. He is alluded to as a 11 promoted tutor," as if it were a fact too utterly awful for the aristocracy of "independence " that anyone should occupy a public position except some brainless nobody with blue blood. The PreßS Association says — The Ulster Convention League are publishing this (Tuesday June 25) morning an address "To the Unionists of Ulster." It is signed by tbe Duke of Abercorn, Lord Londonderry, Lord Ranfurley, Lord Arthur Hill, Mr Thomas Sinclair, Lord Templetown, aud Mr Theo Andrews. It sets out that in view of the general election they deßire to make a special appeal for support. They point to tbe result of the bye-elections as recent proofs of tb» value of their work, which they propose to continue, and an appsal for £10,000 is made to Ulster. On Saturday, June 22, there was an influx of a large number of tourists to our green isle. Advices from Queenßtown inform us that the number of American tourists to Europe this year is unprecedented. The staterooms of nearly every American liner leaving New York have been engaged up to the middle of July. It is expected that the number of Transatlantic passengers this year will equal, if not surpaßß, tbe famous year of the Paria Exposition. We do not know if the coming elections will interfere with the stream of English tourists to Ireland. Messrs Cook's experience is that it breaks up tbe English tourist Beason, but tbe relaxation of the political tension in the autumn will, ws bope, make up for any temporary interruption. The departure of Brother Swan from Dublin to take charge of the new college of the Christian Brothers at Bath is being availed of by his former pupils and friend to present him with a testimonial in recognition of bis immense services to education during tbe forty years which he has laboured in the city. On Sunday, Juoe 16, a meeting to further tbe project was held under the presidency of

the Lord Mayor, and a committee of influential gentlemen wu appointed. A very large mm wm subscribed at the meeting. Under Brother Swan's able direotion the Christian Brothers' sohool, North Bichmond-street, hu long held a (oremott place among the best schools in toe ooontry. The Belfast Newt Letter publishes io a promiaent placa a series of snggeitions by Belfaat Unionists for a new Irish Tory polioy These suggestions are six in number— (l) Abolition of the Vice*. royalty; (2) A Royal residence in Ireland ; (3) Purchase or Amalgamation of the Irish Bail w Ays ; (4) The Establishment of a fullyequipped Naval Dockyard io Gal way ; (5) Permanent Settlement of the Land Question on the basis of a compulsory scheme, under which tenants would be forced to buy as well as landlords to sell ; (6) All appointments under Government to be made by competitive examination. This programme is ambitious enough and barren enough at the same time. If the Tories are prepared to settle the land question on a compulsory basis we wish them joy of the tssk. It is to be noted, however, that fn his election address Mr Balfour refuses to commit himself to any declaration of policy whatsoever. Sir T. 0. O'Brien, who in ten innings this season baa made 487 runs, stands at present fifth in the list of averages. He is the only baronet among first-class cricketers, hiving succeeded a few months ago his uncle, the famous Bir Patrick. Sir Timothy, who is a Catholic and an Oxford man, first appeared in the Middlesex County Eleven in the summer of 1881, in the Middlesex v Gloucestershire match. He has since proved himself a very hard hitter. The following year he obtained three figures thrice for the Kensington Club, i and a most brilliant innings of 113 for ,M,C.O. and Ground v South Wales. He played for Oxford University during 1884, his 92 for Oxford v the Australians helping much towards the defeat of the latter. He also played amongst his best, 119 for his County v Glou. cestershire ; 72 for M. CO. and Ground v Australians ; and 91 not out and 57 for Oxford v Lancashire; With an average of 63 5 for nine completed innings, Mr O'Brien headed the batting statistics of 1888, and had the same position the following year, with an average of 43 5 for seven innings. He is a capital field, and has been seen several times to great advantage as a wicket-keeper, He was born in Dublin in 1861. Hon Edward Blake M.P., who is a Protestant, in the course of a recsnt speech in Edinburgh, paid a warm tribute to the Church in Ireland. Controverting certain of the statements and arguments the Tories advanced in opposition to Home Bole, he showed in particular that what Unionists were contending for was the maintenance of the religious ascendancy which; Protestants bad established even in districts where they were an obvious minority of the population. I Taking the counties of Donegal, Waterford, Tipperary, Kerry, and Sligo, he affirmed, among other things, that whilst the aggregate | population of these was in the proportion of 660,000 Catholics to 73,000, the aggregate grand juries of the five couotieß were composed of 114 Protestants and only two Catholics. He had told many an English audience that thsy would not stand for twenty-four hours in their counties the state of things they were now forcing upon the Irish people in their counties. Wben it was said that what the Irish Roman Catholic priests really wanted was aa opportunity to endow and establish the Roman Catholic Church, he, as a Protestant, declared that there was no greater example in the history of the world of the capacity of a Church to stand without endowment, without establishment, as the Church of the poor, kept impoverished to assist the Church of the rich, tban the Roman Catholic Church of Ireland and there were no people within hii knowledge who were more tolerant, who were more disposed to ignore religious distinctions in secular affairs than the people who belonged to that Church in Ire" land. The carnivals are just now in progress throughout Ireland, and what the people cannot get by fair legislative action they intend to have by dint of personal exertion and healthy agitation. They are certainly helping, aB much as any people could do, to bring over to their unfortunate country that long-looked -for wave of prosperity that is supposed to come with Home Rule. They intend that it shall precede Home Rule, aB far as they are concerned, and, taking advantage of the present " Tourist Agitation," they are arranging their carnivals as best they can under most trying circumstances. The Imokilly and the Athlone carnivals are examples nf what tbe people can do wben only the bare scent of encouragement presents itself. Tbe dormant taste for art has been aroused, and tbe consequence is that fairyland and scenic efforts are every where springing into reality, and a high pitch of attractiveness is everywhere a prominent feature. If those carnivals do nothing more than sharpen to* latent spirit for national improvement, and prepare tbe youth for the national renaissance which must come, they will have done their best, for it cannot be expected that the pecuniary outcome is the sole and ultimate ambition of the struggling Irish populations of to-day, who are trying to demonstrate what they would and could do under the influence of a national legislature in their midst. Dr Croke and most of the Irish hierarchy have given these fetes their blessings and nave wished them Buccess, and there is not one genuine Irishman who has not in some way or other put his sboulder to tbe wheel and

given the movement a push onward. Sulect bands of musicians arc special features, and taste in this direction cannot bs^too highly commended.