People We Hear About.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 52, 25 December 1902, Page 10

People We Hear About.

The position of CjhattceUor of the Royal Unjveraity of Ireland, which has been vacant since the^eatE of >S>rd BSSStiF 1 ' tt to beUeved ' * fllled b3r ff»Afß Mr T wtm^ I M-h}^?^P e^ SLChi^ r X7eL3 *£ c invention of tJ&k **"* t *2^» * roth er of Mr. John Mitchell/ the Mi?£,2ft triot ' "ft d Ul t cle of the tinier of VictoWa" M? upltfn receS n yeS BhM8 hM **** considerably- impfo% Mr. Clarence H. .Mackay, eldest son of the late 'Bonanza 'Mackay, . • the Sliver "ling? Who ha! jSs? been unanimously elected President, of the Commercial Cable Company was, educated at Beaumont COUete the JESUITS SKS? in \7*2#tiLsSi Seven members of the present Irish National Party fh« p«fSfr ant& ~ all return £ d , b y constituencies ii which the Catholics are in overwhelming majorities For instance. Captain Donelan and MrT William AbrahaSfc r£ £Ef^ n«n «i tWO of th f divisions of Cork, and Mr? sWift T&coniail 8 °^ :^'%**** wl*?*w I *?** 1 !? 11 g ra ™ for d say>,,tareiaUsn t.6 the soc&lMand. mg of the Popes, that tthile peasant and pxiifcSh^ei an equal chance of wearing the triple crown, 3^Effi?3?vS theless, be found in history, 'that it has been more often worn by peasants than by princes, and most often by men issuing from the middle classes.' . ' C-M.c.,' writing in the ' Glasgow Herald,' draws attention to the fact that St. Kentigern, the founSr of ?i™s2 Wf d ? ed on the l 3t h January, 60S, so that the 1300 th anniversary of his death will fall to be observed on the 13th January next, 1903. It is urged that " the !££?* H»A U \i ?°K pa f s by the citizens of Glasgow, and that the Lord Provost elect has. here an opportunity of making his reign memorable. Perhaps there fn y-vy -v somethm S more than a civic celebration of the A Spe f cia l env^ from P °P e had an audience recently of the Emperor Francis Joseph, at which his Majesty inquired as to the state of his Holiness's health The envoyijreplied that the Pope had much sorrow and trouble. That I can believe,' said the Emperor, • but his Holiness has not so much sorrow and trouble as I have. ™v Mem i bers - of a fam *ty do not always hold the same political views, and in the British Parliament there are three pairs of brothers who face each other on the opposite sides of the House. All are Scotsmen. They are Campbell-Bannernian and his Conservative brother, Mr. J. A. Campbell ; the two members of the Dewar family, and the Wasons— Mr. Eup«ne Wason, member for Clackmannan and Kinross, and Mr. Cathcart Wason, who has been re-elected for the Orkney and Shetland seat. ~ Concerning the appearance of Bishop Brindle, who preached the funeral oration of the late Bishop of Plymouth, the i Western Daily Mercury ' says : Of a tall spare, and erect figure, with finely-chiselled features a face not unlike that of Cardinal Manning, but with more flesh, Bishop Brindle in the pulpit does not convey the impression that he could endure much hardship. Still there is that calm earnestness in his face and enerfrv in his gesture which makes an undeniable index to the man His style is more conversational than oratorical, but it is none the worse for that, for he rivets the attention of his audience at once, and easily hold* it. What he says is clear, sincere, and to the point. He looks what he is, a man of rare and quiet courage. Major Kenna, V.C., one of the special officers ordered to Somahland, may be put into the box as a tellinir witness against the ' flannelled fool ' accusation. He has played with equal success the game of cricket, of footi StonXvJ 3 Wa J iu the^ pc^ ceful c °™bats on the fields of Stonyhurst, and the deadly ones at Khartoum and. on the veldt Major Kenna.is, in fact, one of the most accomplished all-round sportsmen who serve the Kingi In India half-a-dozen years ago he was the best amateur rider ; and for a dozen years his name has been on every honor list for regimental polo. Big game give distraction to his off-moments, while one of his feats as a swimmer has been officially recognised by the Royal Humane Society. Major Kenna, who is 4Q years of age married a daughter of the Earl of Abingdbn, but he betbecame a husband and a widower both within the same year. The ' Literary Digest • says that during the last few months many compliments have been paia to the learning and literary skill of the only daughter of the late President Faure, of France. Mademoiselle Lucie FelixFaure. A French critic has said of her that she .^possesses the sacred fire of inspiration, the gift of expressing sentiments and emotions ' ; and that she lives" 'in those ages of ardent faith when men were looking toward heaV x n Tl more confidence than to-day. ' Her first book La Mediterranee,' seems to have been pfi»ted^for private circulation only. The second, it is interesting to remember as coming from a Frenchwoman's pen. was a biography of the great English thinker, Cardinal Newman, whom she compares to Pascal rather than to Bossuet. The ' Women of Dante ' is her latest work