People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 26 July 1906, Page 28

People We Hear About

Oxford is about to confer an.- : honorary degreW on a Catholics priest, . Mgr. Duchosne, a French ecclesiastic of scholarly repute. '„ '-. ■ .r. r . One of tfie prelates who met the King of' Spain and his bride at the entrance^ to the Church '-of "San Geronimo was Bishopißr-inrile,. of Nottingham, who assisted, at the reception of Princess Ena into the -Church. . ~.l_~ The King, of Portugal is an enthusiastic amateur It will be remembered -thai several of his - pictures received awards at the recent International Exposition in Paris, and each year he finishes ariiiimber of water-colors, pastels, and pen-and-ink' drawings. The conclusion of Mr.' Davitt's will- is the-tfeauiii-ful manifesto of a' noble nature .— ' To all my friends I leave kind- thoughts; to my enemies the fullest possible -forgiveness; and to ' Ireland -the undying prayer for the absolute freedom and independence- which it is my life's ambition to try.and obtain for her.' Jan Kubelik's fust ambition was not to make a name as a musician, but as an explorer.-. Hearing much of Dr. Livingstone as a child, he was. fired with a desire to emulate that great -man, but "long before he was out of-tlie stage he -showed much marvellous talents with- the :violin thata life of -travel was out of the question for him. -The sobriquet '» Father of His Cfeuntrv ' was *rst' applied to Marius, the Roman officer who, B. C. 102 and 101, won signal victories over the northern barbarians. Marius declined the honor, but the ,-name was aftyarwa-ds given to Cicero, v then to several more or less worthy Roman emperors, and finally to Washington, who his eriemies was also termed the Stepfather of His Country.' Queen Amelie of Portugal is the only Royal lady doctor in the world, i.e., the only Queen who is a doctor by merit, for many Royal ladies have received the degree of . doctor of one sort or another as a courtesy title. Queen Amelie, however; went thronah a thorough course of medical training, a nd on more than one occasion, when waii ing in Lisbon, she h a s been abJe to render medical aid in' street accidents'. The month of May, whose last day had witnessed the death of Michael Davitt, is fraught with mournful memories to Irish patriots. In May, 1798, Lord Edward Fitzgerald died in a dungeon from wounds he had sustained .in resisting arrest on .a charge of high treason. .In May, 1547,- O'Connell .died io™ r pa when on his wav - to Ram©; and in May, 1879, Isaac Butt died at Roebuck Lodge, Clonskeagh, his -end resembling, not the dying ligiit-of the sunset but the blackness of the eclipse. • The children oi the Earl of Aberdeen have all been brought up. to be At one .time a furnished 1 cottage was placed at the disposal of Lady Marjorie the Viceroy s daughter, who was expected to keep it tidy, and even lay the fires and scrub the floors The cottage stood' in a small garden which was cultivated by his Excellency's sons, one of whose hobbies was the growing of fruit. and vegetables. Mr. Hugh .Tames O'Beirne/ C.8., an old Beaumont College boy,_ wfio, as First Secretary of the British Embassy in Paris since 1900, has won high' praise for his abilities, has_becn - included in the list ot important diplomatic-promotions to no less a post than that of Councillor of his- Majesty's Embassy a t St. Petersburg.^ Mr. O'Behmc's' presentation v of. ;tfee\ Brli£ £ n £ a u c m thii aSa^J s . of th e Russian Admiral and the Hull fishermen was widely remarked upon, ana opened a prospect of early advancement. ' a S*r -Hubert Jerningham, who has> been travelling round -the world with his nephew, .Mr. Edmohstouhe Cranstoun of Coiehouse, has just arrived^ home:, Accompanied by the Earl of Leitrim, they" visited Port Arthur and' the battlefields of MawJri^bSn* t8 fi . rs * Brl * ish who haye -received the permission of the Japanese authorities to -do* so > since- 'tlie Conclusion! oi the war Sir Hubert, whc is^ a -scion of - thei ..old 'Gathohc. noble house of Stafford, is<- ~Bacne- atntf^^rt of-^rance and "-a* axtfomphW man of. fetters besides being -an exKlipltfmatist of '■fSS^^ distinction..- He has held several important appdintmenfs, the last being the Governorship ofTrini'n& whlc \ reasons of health obliged him- r to- resign. The present Governor ok Trinidad is" also a CatholiS Crtle^Oxt d ' br ° ther ° f the Rfector oi **«*&