Dublin Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 35, 27 December 1895, Page 27

Dublin Notes .

THE PROTESTANT ABOHBISHOP OF DUBLIN ON DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS. LABT week, at the annual Protestant Synod, held in the Synod Hall Christcbnrch.pl ace, bis Grace the Protestant Archbishop of Dublin deliveied ao interesting and broad-minded address in which he ably justified the proposed relaxations in the ruleß of the National Board by which the Christian Brother's schools and the schools of the Church Education Society would b« allowed to participate in the State grants. The great principal to be vindicated in this matter, he Mid, was the principle of religious liberty, and be did trust tbat no one wonld object to the grant merely because it waß a grant asked for by Archbishop Walsh, or because opportunity would De given to Roman Catholic schools in a greater proportion to receive that grant than to them. So long as they were dealt with fairly on the same basil, and the same liberty dealt out to them, he did not see that they could object. AN OLD BUT GOOD YARN. An Englishman who, under the guidance of a native Irishman, has recently been admiring tht scenery on the other side of St George's Channel tells a correspondent of a Manchester paper a good story of Hibernian repartee. The visitor and his guide were in a hilly district in the South of Ireland, and the guide, pointing to a high hill, said that it was known locally by the name of "The

Devil's Table." Another and leM lofty hill dote by was known, be said, as " The Devil's Chair." " Indeed," remarked the Englishman, "the Devil seems to hare a good deal of property in these parts." "Yes, §lr," rejoined the Irishman, "but he is an absentee landlord, and lives in England." SUGGESTION OP THB ABOHBISHOP OP TORONTO. "My inggeßtion is this, said bis Grace in a letter to Hon £ Blake, M.P. Let a great National Convention be held in Dublin' composed of chosen representatives of the clergj and people of Ireland' and of an advisory representation of the Irish race abroad. In that Convention let Ireland speak oat her mind, let not her voics be like a broken musical instrument emitting discordant notes and jarriog sounds, but let it, on the contrary, bi clear, loud, and emphatic insisting on unity and condemning fao'iun. Let her point out and* uphold the Parliamentary representatives whose methods and conduct she approves, and let her mark out and con" demn those whose intolerance of control, personal jealousies and animosities have done so much to break the unity and waste the strength of the National Party. Dissensions and feuds have, in the past, been the ruin and curse of Ireland. Let her stamp them out and cast them from her as things more noxious tban the serpents St Patrick banishsd from her shores. HON B. BLAKB, M.P., ON UNITY. Mr Blake, in the course of his reply to a letter of his Grace the Archbishop of Toronto, said :— Every hour's experience gained since I joined the Parliamentary Party has deepened my conviction that the solution of the Irish question in our time depends upon the observance — in letter and in spirit— of the fundamental principles on which the Parliamentary Party was organised — complete independence of every political party without, and thorough unity, discipline and subordination within its ranks. HOW AN IRISH MINER GOT A OALIPORNIAN MITBB. In 1854 Pat Minogue appeared at the mines at Moore's Plat, Oal, and for three years was a miner, in no ways distinguished from tbe other miners except that he was more moral and conscientious than most of them. He saved money and went to Paris, to the Seminary of St Sulpice. He came back a priest and was assigned to Virginia city, which was then a roaring camp. The principal strett waß a line of saloons, gambling-houseß, and worse, While Father Minogue did not make everybody a saint, he showed himself to ba a man of beroic and saintly moult), and it would have gone hard wi h any one who harmed him. Then be was made Bishop of Sacramento, and when be died tbe other day many a gutter loafer in Virginia city who used to know him shed tears for the first time in years. A DISTINGUISHED IRISH DOCTOR. Sir Christopher Nixon, the distinguished Dublin physician, recently knighted by tbe Queen, was entertained at a complimentary dinner a few nights ago, the Right Rev Monsignor Molloy, Rector of tbe Catholic university of Ireland, presiding. Several Catholic prelates and dignatories a tended, t'ir Christopher, in his speech, paid high testimony to the work of the Catholic University School of Medicine and the famous Mater Mieericordia Hospital. Tbe ViceChancellor of the Boyal University of Ireland (Mr Bedington) spoke in like terms. A NBW USB FOB BICYCLBB—A HUNT. A large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled outeide the courthouse, Nenagb, for the purpose of having a bant on bicycles. There was a very big muster of residents in the neighbourhood, and Mr Edward B. Jocea of Richmond, and Miss B. Poe, of Riverston, were despatched as " hares," being accorded ten minutes Btart. Ths pack which followed was composed of the following : — Miss Wolfe, Rockfort ; Miss Galwey, Lisdnff ; Mr George ft. Smith wick, Yonghal House; Miss Poa, Riverßtown ; Mr S. Parker Hutcbioson, Ballyvalley ; Mr Herber Koer, The Lodge ; Mrs Willie Finch, Kilcoleman, etc. Tbe evening was beautifully fine for the time of the year and the roads were in good order for cycling. Tbe chase was very much enj yed by all who took pait in it, and being a complete novelty in this part of tbe country, was wa'ched with interest by tbe people from various points of vantage along tbe route. Tbe run covered over seven miles and occupied a little over thirty minutes, bo that tbe pace must have been somewhat of a ssorcher. IRISH GABLIO LOVB BONG. (By Alfred Percival Graves.) " I'd roam the world over and over with you, O Swan-neck and Lark-voice and SwiftVwing in shot ; My Violets and Lilies and Rose-withoat-rue, I'd roam tbe world over and over with you." " If I roamed the world over, fond lover, with yon, And we met the rude mountains, now what would we do ? "

" They would smooth themselves straight at one stroke of jour shoe, And I'd coarse their crests over and over with yon." 11 My fond, foolish lover, (till roaming with you, To ford the rough river, now what should we do 1 " " To one great shallow glass it would shrink at your view, And admire and admire and admire you step through." 41 Bat, ah 1 if still roaming, rash lover, with you, We reached the dread deEert, say, what should we do ? " " 0, your sigh of soft balm would the wilderness woo, To break into blossom so heavenly of hue, That we'd rest at long last from our roaming, aroo 1 " ST. MABY'S UNIVERBITY COLLEGE. (Dominican Nuns.) On Friday his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin distributed the prises to the successful students of 8t Mary's University College, Merrion square, which owes its existence to his zeal and energy in the cause of Oatbolic education. Daring the two years of its existence, Bt Mary's has made wonderful progress, as the report which was read by the Very Bey Mgr Molloy shows. Tbe Archbishop, after tendering the hearty congratulations of those present to the college authorities, its professors and students on the brilliantly distinguished position to which he has attained, referred to the success of Mill Murphy and Miss Hayden, who won junior fellowships in tbe Royal University at a competition open to all graduates of not lets than two years' standing, irrespective of sex or age. The success of Miss Barnaville in winning the first of the scholarships in modern literature was also referred to in graceful terms. In conclusion, his Grace said :—": — " Three successes such as these — to say nothing of the army of university honours and of intermediate exhibitions and prises that now stands to tbe credit of St Mary's— are surely sufficient in themselves to prove that we are no longer open to the reproach of having failed to provide for Oatholios a college in which they can pursue with the moat eminent success, and up to tbe very highest grades, the study of the various branches of secular learning, withont being subject to the evil influences of a system of instruction vitiated from end to end by its unnatura ostracism of religion from tbe place which it is the inalienable ight of religion to hold in every system that is worthy of the Da m education. NUNS AS NURBEB-N W REGULATIONS. In a letter addressed to tbe Birr Board of Gnardians, and read at the meeting of the latter, tbe Local Government Board for Ireland point out that nurses must be appointed under the regulations applying to tbe appointment of all union officers and their tenure of office. The letter continues : — " It will be observed that under the terms of Article 2 of tbe Order of 28th June last tbe guardians are required to appoint a nurse to the workhouse, and it therefore becomes necessary, when nuns are in charge of the hospital, that one member of the Community should bold tbe office in question and be the responsible head of the nursing staff. The other nuns must rank as assistants to the nurse of tbe workhouse and discharge their duties under her directions." The chairman (tbe Earl of Rosse)— There are four nuns in tbe hoßpiUl, but they are changed from time to time. The clerk (Mr H. Dooly — Yes ; two of them are paid £30, but the other two are not. It was then decided to appoint Sister Marcella M'Qrane to be the responsible bead nurse, provided the Rev Superioress of the community to which that lady belongs approves. The effect of tbe new order is that members of religious Orders seeking the office of nurse in uuion workhouses must be appointed individually, the same as in tbe case of any other officer. Hitherto it has been the rnle to give the appointment to tbe Community, whose Rev Mother selected the ladies to discharge the duties. At the meeting of tbe Longford Guardians tba Local Government Board wrote regarding tbe status of tbe nuns as nurses in tbe workhouse infirmary, with the request that the Guardians would be good enough to appoint one of the Sisters head nurse of the infirmary. It was ordered that the nuns in charge of the infirmary to good enough to submit one of their names for this position, A COUNTRY WHERE NO IRISHMAN RULES. Mr Maguire, the American labour delegate, at a meeting recently told a fuany Btory of tbe Chinese capitalists in California, who, when threatened by the trades unions approached Mayor O'Brien. Their leader, Sing Lung, came to the Mayor and said : " Chinaman afraidee j property burnt outee ; Chinaman get kildee, afraidee Irishman." Mayor O'Brien said that be would do all in bis power for their protection, bat the Chinese should respect tbe feelings of tbe Irish labour organisations. Then Sing Lung said : "We mustee go to some other country where no Irishman rules." "And where is that?" quoth Mayor O'Brien. "We will go to Irolandee, for there no Irishmen rulee," said Sing Lung, THB « CONVERTED PRIEST" CASB. On Thursday in the Northern Divisional Police Court before Mr Keys, Frederick 0. Edwards, who was attired in the garb of a

clergyman, and wore a fall beard, was charged, on remand, with a aeries of offences, including a charge of having stolen a number of articles the property of Mr James M'Nanghton, of 16 Mountpleasant square, Rathmines. He was farther charged with having, by means of false pretences, unlawfully obtained from Messrs Pohlmann and Co, of 40 Dawson street, a harmonium worth ten gniness. There were other charges of havirg obtained, by the same means, from Messrs Tallon and Co, of 11 Anngier street, a book-case value for &2 15s on the 3rd August, 1894, and of having obtained from Messrs Eyam and Co, of 29 Dame street, a clerical suit of clothes valne £4, a silk hat and case value £1 6s, and an umbrella value 15s, on the 22nd August, 1894. Mr Tobias prosecuted on the part of the police, and the prisoner was defended by Mr M'Oune. The evidence of farther witnesses was now given against the prisoner. The Bey Joseph Bickerdyke, of 45 Upper Batb mines road, a clergyman of the Proteßtant Episcopal Church of Ireland, stated that he knew the prisoner, and gave him shelter in the early part of last year. The prisoner stayed with him for thret or fonr months, he (witness) believing the statement he made to him, and that he was deserving of shelter. He never gave him any authority to use his name as a reference. Mr M'Cune said he would reserve his defence. Mr Keys sent the prisoner for trial to the City Commission. IMPORTANT PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE HIERARCHY OF IBBLAND. The following statement was unanimously adopted by the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Inland at a reoent meeting in Maynooth College :— " We are painfully compelled by a sense of duty to our flocks to warn them against certain newspaper writings and other utterances in which the clergy and the bishops of this country are treated with a total disregard to the reverence dne to their sacred office and character, and in a tone that is equally at variance with the traditional piety of the Irish people. For the most part those writings and speeches art connected with political discussions. With these as such we do not propose to deal ; for we have no desire to interfere with the legitimate freedom of thought and action of those writers and speakers as long as they do no' trench on God's law, and in this particular instance on the duties which it prescribes towards the ministers of religion. Bat we can* not tolerate under the pretext of political discussions, or any other pretext, the use of language which if allowed to be repeated without protest, can have no other effect than to wsaken, and, if possible, in the end, destroy, the filial confidence which, at all times, has existed between the Irish people and their priests, and has been the natural outcome in God's providence of the sacred and intimate relations which exist between them. We trust that this admonition will be enougb, and that we shall not be forced to an exercise of oar spiritual authority for the prevention of this very grave evil." THE BISHOP OF OLOGHEB ON SECRET SOCIETIES. The Bishop of Clogher spoke, at 8t Hacartan'a Cathedral, Monaghan, at some length upon secret societies and the evils which spring therefrom. He said he would address his words more particularly to the young men of the diocese, not because of the existence of secret societies in the community, but because they were entering npon a season which suited the purpose of designing individuals. To the yonng men, as be had Baid, he would address this special warning, but he would also caution those more advancsd in years to abstain from involving themselves in any of those organisations which were condemned by the Church. Such societies might be classed under different heads. They might be named societies for advancing the cause of Ireland or they might be named btnevolent societies. The society of Freemasons was a benevolent society, yet the children of the Church were precluded, under pain of most grievous mortal sin — under pain of excommunication — from becoming members of snch a society: They knew as well as he did, that secret societies had done more in the past to rivet the links of Ireland than any other evil. He was sure they would believe him when he said that be yieldsd that day to no living rr an in bis love of his country, nor was there anyone who was prepared to make a greater sacrifice than he to advance the welfare of his native land, but be would not have the material interests of his country advanced one iota by incurring tbe risk of excommunication by the commission of a deadly mortal sin. HE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN. A sergeant-major serving in Gibraltar wbb in the habit of giving to soldiers who had indulged not wisely but too well a note addressed to the sergeant of the guard, in which it was written, " Please con* fine bearer," One day an Irishman happened to be one of bis victims* and was handed the note and ordered to return to the barracks at once to deliver it. On the way he met tbe eergeant-major's groom, and, knowing the contend of the note, asked him as a favonr to take it to tba barracks, as be did not wish, to return for an hour or two. On delivering it be was, of coarse, confined to the guard-room. The sergeant-major, on hearing tba truth, chuckled over Pat's ruse and said no mot* about it, but he never again tried that method of discipline.