People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 4 June 1903, Page 10

People We Hear About

Cardinal Vaughan, on Wednesday, April 15, was the recipient of numerous birthday congratulations, his Eminence having been born at Gloucester on April 15, 1832. v

The many friends of Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.H.R., will be pleased to hear ht» has been informed by a London specialist that he is not suffering from cancer of the tongue as feared, but only fiorn some mild form of throat affection.

Sir John Madden, Chief Justice of Victoria, has just entered on his 60th year. Like his two immediate predecessors—Sir W. F. Stawell and Mr. George Higinbotham—he was born in Ireland. He is a graduate of Melbourne University. The newly-appointed Governor of South Australia, Mr. George R. le Iflunte, C.M.G., is an Irishman by birth, being tho son of Mr. G. le Hunte, of Wexford, Ireland. His Excellency has been Lieutenant-Governor of British New Guinea for several years, in succession to the first Administrator, Sir Wm.'MacGregor, X.C M.G.

Many visitors to the Grande Chartreuse, from which the community ha\e been banished, must have come into contact with the courtly Brother Patrice, a grandnephew of O'Connell. He had been on the point of entering the I'nti^h Diplomatic Service, when, at the last moment, a sudden change of heart sent him to the Grande Chartreuse petitioning for admission. After three years in the novitiate he was passed for ordination, but he pra.vod so hard to bo excused that he has been allowed to remain simple Brother Patrice. His dkities have always been in the guest house.

It is a curious fact that no fewer than three times during his military career Sir Georsre White, considering piomotion hopeless, was on the point of resigning; on one occasion, indeed, he had actually posted a letter to the authorities to this effect ; but 'he was in time to withdraw it before it could take eflect Just before the outbieak of the P.oer war Sir George had met with an accident to his leg, and had not recovered when hostilities were in sight. Loid Wolseley told him that he fearod his temporary lameness must be a reason for keeping him at homo. ' I bee your pardon, sir,' was the General's reply, ' my leg is well enough for anything but running away.'

Mr. William Redmond, M P., who is now in hia fortythird year, has spent twenty years of his life in Parliament He enjoys the rare distinction of having represented constituencies in three of the four Irish provinces. lie sat for Wexford, in Leinster, in 1883; for Fermanagh, in Lister, in 1886 , and ho has represented East Clare, in Minister, since 1892 Mr. Redmond was in pnson for his opinions before he was m Parliament, and he lias been there twice since. He was in Kilmainham with Mr Taniell when Mr Forster was at Dublin Castle, lie was m Wexford Prison m the 'Plan of Campaign' da\s, and a second term m Kilmainham terminated only recently In the midst of his political actn ities he found tune to become a ban ister-at-law and to go on a shooting tup in the Austialian bush, about which ho has published a book.

The Duke of Norfolk, the leading spiiit in tho Papal Jubilee celebrations, had a good story told of him in connection with one pilgrimage to Rome. l'is G,act was in gieat request amongst the pilgrims dv.'i ig the journey and mode himself entnely one with the ino';t lowly of them On arrival at Rome the bustle at Ihe station was immense, and the Duke was rushing here, there, and e\tr\wheie, doing his best to help everyone. One lady, e\identlv unacquainted with his Grace's personality, lushed up to him and said, " Vou'ie one of Cook's men, aren't \on "> Just help me with mv luggage ' ' The Puke, without a word, sei/ed her "various packages and saw her palely into a cab History does not say whether he received a tip or not

Many men ha\ c made a reputation by the authorship of a song, and it is well known that a single lyric has immortalised the memory of Hr. "Drennan and John Howard Pay ne, respectiv ely, in 'When Erin first rose' and ' Home, sweet home,' writes the editor of ' By the Way.' in the Dublin 'Freeman ' of March 31. Just 60 voais ago, on April 1, 1813, appeared a vigorous ballad in ' The Nation,' entitled ''1 he mcuioiy of the dead,' commencing ' Who fears to speak of '98 ? ' but no author's name was appended However, Davis, Puffy, and otheis were well aware that this stirring lyric was iroin the pon of a young B A of Timity College, Dublin, who h.id previously written some iuvenilo \erse for the ' Dublin University Maga/me ' John Kells Ingram, tio'n m ''ountv Donegal ( w here his father was Vicai" of I'i'Mieo, rr Templecai ne, near Lough Derg). in 1822, be- ' mo a scholar of Trinity m 1840. and i ose to Fellowshin m 1816, becoming MA in 18uO. and LLD. in IH">2 Appointed Lecturer in Greek in 1849, he succeeded Dr Lubv as Keg ius I'rofessor of Creek in 1866. Strange to <=ay, it was only in 1900, in a small volume of his collected poems and sonnets, that Professor Ingram formally acknowledged the authorship of ' The memory of the dead,' but though he had long since abandoned his old creed, his fine ballad is destined to outlive much political economy and many learned lectbres on the literature of Greece and Homo,