People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 14 August 1902, Page 10

People

L;iko his father and his grandfather before him, the new Lord Acton was bonn in Germany, and his miother and his grandmother were both of them German. He is only 32 years of ago.,

' Gladstone, ' said Mathew Arnold, ' influences all around him but Acton ; it is Acton who influences; Gladstone.' That influence was notoriously used in the conversion ofi Mr. Gladstone to Home Rule, a doctrine in which Lord Acton was an early, a devoted, and a zealous adherent.

The Marquis of Buto has just attained his majority. On June 20 all the Masses throughout the Diocese of Newport were offered up to draw God s blessings upon him. The coming of age has been duly celebrated, on the island from which he takes his name- The tenantry on the estate, mojunted on horseback and wearing! an oak-leaf (the Stuart) badge), met his Lordship, at MoiuntJstuart and presented him with an illuminated address. Afterwards the freedom of the burgh, of Rothesay was conferred upon him.

The death is announced of Major Deano Tanner, J.P., at his residence, 32, Upper Fitzwilliam street, DubI'iin* after a<pr,alt>ng,ed illness, nesultw ing from blood poisoning. The deceased gentleman, who had reached the age of 60 years, met with a trivial accident on the Thursday before Easten, which unfortunately broiuightl about a serious attack of blood poisoning. The late Major Deane Tanner was a brother of Dr. Tanner, late member of Parliament for Mild.-Cork.

Prince Max, son of the new King of Saxony, is a profession atl the Catholic University, Friboairg, Switzerland.

That celebrated Irish'-Cana.difan lawyer, and member of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Cabinet^ Hon., Charles Fitzpatrick,' who is abojut to visit Dublin, has had an interesting connection with Ireland by reason of his Irish descent. When Mr. Win. O'Brien was in Quebec in 1887, Mr. Fitzpatrick presided there at the great' meetingheld in denunciation of Lord Uans Idowne's record as an Irish landlord. Canadian freedom also found a vigorous champion in Mr. Fitzpatrick by reason of his defence of Lo.uisi Riel, the North-Western ' rebel ' of 1885. He was appointed SolicitorGeneral in Sir Wilfridl's Cabinet in. 1896.

A journalist of St. Helen's, Lancashire, writes to ' M.A.P.' giving, thefollowing outline of Mr. Seddon's early days :— The Right Hon. Richard Seddon, the up-to-date Premier of a very up^-to-date colony,, was, as all the world knows, born at St. Helen's. Ho came of an old Lancashire family on his father's side, aaad his mother haliled from Dumfries. When they were married, they conducted a school at St. Helen's. The schoolhouse, which was built m the 1 seventeenth century, and is now occupied by a coachman, is situated atl the fop of Eccleston Hill, leading, out of St. Helen's to the ancient

town of Prestcot. It was at his father's school that young Richard; was born, reared and educated., By the time the younger was 12 years of age, however, he had had enough of books, he thought, and so went to work on the farm. For two yearn ha stuck at this, and then he was apr prenticed at Daglish's foundry, at St. Helen's. He was a lively young) mast, and took his share with, the other apprentices in all the fun that was going. At the same time hejwa^ not at rest. He dreamt dreams, and his visions, backed up by his determined will, have been realised. Notl that ho dreamed then of being Fnemier of New Zealand, 'but he had ideas of becoming, a great man. Im that way have his dreams been fulfilled. His restlessness was* increased! when, after spending four yeara atl the foundry 'he removed to Liverpool, where he hear,d such stories oil the EJinpire beyond the seas that he took ship and went to see for himself. At that time he was only 18 years of age. In Australia he spent some time on the Government rail^ ways as a,n engineer, some time as, a; storekeeper in a gold-mining: districtl,> and some as a digger- Then came his marriage, to which he attributes m-uch of his good fortune, and he rose higher and higher in public life* until in 1893 he became Premier. And Premier he has remained ever since. On his visit to St. Helen's thia month (June), he is to be presented with the freedom of the borough, which is proud of him.,

In the Chancery Court, Dublin, recently application was made for the; payment of the third ofl the estate o| the late Denis Louis Ryan, of Inohircore. Denis Louis Ryan, deceased,, diied intestate on the 15th December,, 1900, leading three brothers his sole; next of kin, namely Henry Loui^ Ryan, Joseph Ryan,, and Edward; Ryan. Letters of administration of the estate of the deceased were on 29th January, 19011, granted to Mr. W. J. Gl'eeson, solicitor, and the esn tate was by him realised and produced a sum of £3754 17s, of Which one-third was paid to Henry Louis Ryan, one third to Edward Ryan,, and the remaining third*, amounting, to £1251 12s 4d paid into the courti to the credit of Joseph Ryan, who had for many years been living abroad under the namo of C. W. FulU ton., Mr. Foofla appi&areid fjor J;osepN Ryan, and applied for payment o,ut of court; to him of the s|uin of £1251 12s 4d. Josepih Ryan was born in Limerick. After leaving school he resided in Lomdon and Manchester for several years. In 1872 he returned from Manchester to Limerick to engage in btuainess, "bjufl was not successful, and again leftt for London, where he engaged in theatrical companies under the name of C. W. Kulton. He then went to Paris and took up journalism, ' and this -.not proving successful, he in 1873 enlisted as a private in tfhe 51st Light Infantry, with which regiment he went to India, where he) remained until 1885. Whilst in India he edited a regimental paper called ' The Bugle. ' From India he; went to Australia, where he was engaged in Press work until the present date. The applicant was identified by the Rev. Mathew llussell, S.J., who, in an affidavit, stated ha remembered him under the name of Joseph Ryan, attending the Jesuit schools in Limerick in the years) 1859 to 1863. The Master of the Rolls said that the applicant had satisfied him as to his identity, and! established his title to the journey in court, which ho directed to be paid out to him, less the costs of the administrator's appearance.