People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 36, 4 September 1902, Page 10

People

The Right Rev. Bishop Mac Sherry has arrived in London from South Africa. The Rev. Dr. Barry, whose learning is as well known as is the magic of his style, has put the last touches to bia history of the Papal Monarchy. The Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria, the Duke of Ao-ta. and the Crown Prince of Portugal have been appointed Knights of tht- G.irttr by King Edward. Ras Makonnen, the Abyshinian Envoy, who was recently touring in Scotland, is a Cuhohc, as, lrdeel, are all his countrymen, Ethiop a having recehed the faith direct from the Apobtles and kept it ever sinue. Sir Michael llick^-Beach, who is tpretirmqr from the Chancellorship of the British Exchequer, irf t!5, a year younyer than Mr Chamberlain. He w a* Chief Secretary tor Ireland from 18 4 to 1878, and again in 18U6-7. Cai holies interested in higher education (Vay« an Engli-h ex bange) will be pleased to see among the reieut succes es at Oxford University the name of Misa M M. C. Lingard (Sister Mary Campion), of St. Ursula's Convent, Oxford, and Miss E M. M. Hi ynes, pupil of the same convent, who have now completed the utual li.A. course of that university. Mr Mark O'Connor, who was educated at St. Francis Xavier's C< 'liege, 1 iverpool, and who is now pub-editor ot the ' Blocmfontoin Post,' was awarded a silvt-r medal and a diploma at the International Press and Priming Exhibition, held recently at the Ciy t«l Palace, for the Christmas number of the ' Buluwayo Chron'c c,' which he edited. Another Liverpool mau, Mr W, Yatep, contributed to it. General Jacob 11. Smith, tried by courtmartial at Manila on account of orders is-ued to Major Waller, was found guilty of the charges hy the court and sentenced to b j admonished by the reviewing authority, und the President has -<o adinomsh.-d General Smith and retired him under the law which provides th it officer^ having reached the age of (>2 years in »y be retired at w.ll by the President. Lord Edmund Talbr.t, D.5.0., M P , who becomes h ir-p-eoumptive to the Dukedom of Norfolk through the death of the afflicted Earl of Arundel, is the Conservative member for Chichester Divition of Sussex, a seat which he obtained, after two pre-

viously unsuccessful attempts to enter Parliament, in 1894. He assumed the name of Talbot, in place of his family name of Howard, by Royal license in 1876, and in 1879 married Mary Caroline Bertie, the daughter of the seventh Earl of Abingdon. The courtesy title Earl of Arnndel is said to date from the reign of King Stephen. It is believed to be the solitary instance surviving in England of an earldom held, not by patent, but by the possession of a castle — namely, Arundel. The earldom of Arundel was held in the middle ages by the FitsAlans. An heiress of the Fitz-Alans married Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and an heiress of the Mowbrays married Sir Robert Howard, father of the first Duke of Norfolk, Richard lll.'s supporter. The descent of the earldom was farther regulated by statute in the sixteenth century. It passed to heirs general, and not merely to heirs male. Belgium is to have its ' prix de vertu ' like France. A rich gentleman named Bastm, who died last year, left a turn of *6900 in 3 per cent, rentes, to supply a yearly prize of £204 to be awarded alternately to a young woman and a young man • whoßhall have been distinguished by special devotion towards their needy parents or brother! and sibters, and shall also have led an otherwise exemplary life.' The first will be awarded to a young woman ; next year it will be the turn of the men. The candidates must not be over 25 years of age, and must earn his or her daily bread by labor. Five working girls have been proposed for the prize to the Burgomaster of Brussels, who has nominated a committee to examine into and decide upon the claims. Sir F. C. Burnand, editor of 'Punoh,' holds the record in the matter of writing a stage piece in a short space of time. Hit famous burlesque of ' Diplomaoy,' which he entitled ' Diplunacy,' was written between 11.30 p.m. and 430 a.m. He went to the first night of ' Diplomacy ' with no intention whatever of burlesquing it. On hi* walk home to Bloomsbury, ' after the show,' it occurred to him that the play he had witnessed lent itself admirably to comic treatment. So he Bettled down to work in his study thirty minutes before ' the witching hour of night,' and at four hours Jand a half past that fearsome period ' Diplnnaoy waß a completed work — so far, at least, as the author wai concerned. At nine in the morning the chef d'orchestre of the Strand was fixing it up with music, and in a few nights the burlesque was being played. Sir Joseph Little, Chief Justice of Newfoundland, died on July 14. Sir Joseph, the poii of Cornelius Little, a merchant of Dublin, wan born in Charlottetown, Prinoe Edward It-land. The late Chief Justice Little was a man of sterling qualities, a devout Catholic, an earnest and conscientious worker, a noble patriot, and was a leader in all things pertaining to the welfare of Church and State. He was of the good old Irish stock, remarkable for that undying love for Faith and Fatherland. In 1859 the Chief Justice entered the law profession, and was head for many years of the leading Irish Catholic firm of Little and Kent In 1891 he was knighted, and five years later he became Chief Justioe of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. He was a member of the old< st Irish Bociety in North America, the Benevolent Irish Society of St. John's, Newfoundland, and was president of that body for some time. He was also one of the governors of the leading Catholic college of the Island St. Bonaventure's. He was administrator on several occasions during the absence and interregnum of different governors. In this capacity, as well as fulfilling the duties of his office as Chief Justice, he gave unbounded satisfaction to all classes and creeds. At the time of his death he was in his 67th year, and was, with the exception of a short time before his death, alwiys in good heajth. In the death of Joseph Ignatius Little Newfoundland loses a model citizen, a devout Christian, and a true gentleman. His memory will be cherished by a grateful and loving people.