IRELAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2216, 21 September 1886, Page 2

IRELAND.

Driii.iN, .July 30. The Dublin Dorporation met to Ja\ m committee of tlie w hole House to consider a farewell address to lit- picsuifdl to hi-. Excellency the Pail ot Ai>e:uee»i on his retirement from the office of Lor<i Lieutenant. Forty-two members out ot GO attended. A draft ot the address was read, and it was throughout a laudation and a declaration ot Home Rule. It refened in terms, of grateful acknow ledgment to the elloit^ot Lord and Luly Aberdeen to further the development ot Irish indu-ty, and iccogniscd as th>: great distinction of hits Excellency '» period of otlic its association with Mi Gladstone's e\ei tions to gi\e to iieland Home Rule. The ( 'Ol position ot Dublin, it said, had frequently ixpiessed it-= opinion that Ii eland could never be pios peious 01 happy imtill her n^iit tn manage her own allaus was admitted b\ thelmpenal pailiament. It then went into (hlFerent arguments put foiuaid in fjvour of Hoiiu Rule, and stated that no meature but one such as thitpiopo-ed by Mr Gladstone would satisfy the aspirations of the Irish people 01 settlthis vexed question. It expressed i hope that soou such a measure would be passed as a final settlemuit, and that their Excellencies would again ii'tuin to Dublin when they wo ald gut a hearty welcome. Sir George Owens. M I)., J.P , on the l>Mt of the Unionist membeis ot th council, objected to the introduction ot the Home Rule question upon winch tin council was duided, and urged th" pio priety of modifying the t-rms ot the address so that all pll ties miyht join m paying a tubute of loyal inspect to the repieM-ntatue of Her Most (liaeioiis Majesty. Mr Robert Sexton, J.l>, Alderman Han is, J.P, and Alderman Coekiau, •J \> , e.xpifhsed simdar sentiments. The majority ot the committee, however, lefilsed to alter the address, and theg-anth - men above-named left the meeting,"',', hi. li thcu became an open meeting "of the council Aide) man Meagher moved theadoptioi> of the address. He said then Exeellen eies had been munificent in their hospitihty, and -.till more they were piaeticil in doing all they could to develop the languishing industries ot the count i\ They had done everything that was Incoming their position, and the ountiy at latge recognised their etioits: bat apait fiom that there Mas a principle \\hieh touched the heart ot the eountiy far and away beyond that, ami that was the fact that Loid Abeuleen represented in this country the Government of Mr (Jladstoue. He was the representative of the Government which was the fiiht to recognise the ampliations of this eountiy that they should have the power to manage their own affairs That, was truly a patriotic act on the part of the Queen's adviser, beoause by cairying out <uich a policy he would mike this country wne ot the movt loyal of iJcr Majesty's vast dominion*. (Hear, heir.) Their thanks were in a »»pt»cial mannei due to the great statesmen who was the first tv m.ike this question » C ibmer, one. He was the first to give it the aid of his gieat intellect, and, in language which he sud could not be too strong, he character i/:ed the means adoj)ted to carry the Union as blackguard and mean. They weie ti yuig to dissolve th it Union as tar as the management of their own afiaiis had been given them, there would be a real union between the two countries and they would have leal interest in the question of this miifhtv Em m re. There vm te none of the subjetts ot the Qiieun who would bo mote anxious and more willing to maintain the inteyiity of her Empiro 01 the vastness of her dominion than liishrnen would be when they got the management 01 then own a f Fail > Mr Denuehy seconded the motion Siuce 18W this country, he said, had been decaying and nothing but Home Rule would resuscitate it. Mr P. M Donald, the High Sheriff, and otheis supported the motion, which was then unanimously adopted. Mr WinsUulej pioposed that the Lo-d Mayor and membe.s of the council, w ,th the Corporation otlieials, attend in Sti^e on the occasion of the departure ot t'u of the Kail of Abenleeu. Mr IVtei Js> me seconded the motion. A deputation was leceived fiom the Citizen's Committee, w ho desned that the Corporation should join w ith the different trades and societies in the ptocossion on Tuesday evening. The Lonl Mayor said he was just about to put the proportion that the Corporation should attend m State. It Mould be the lust time that the people at laige joined in a de monstiation sinei the Act of Union. The motion was adopted. Driu iv, August :>. At half past.l o'clock their K\cc'lenue.s left the Castle man open L,ai 1 lage. Other cairiages followed with meu-beis of then ta.nil) and the Viceregal household, and took up their station on Coik hill at the end of Lord Edwaid stieet, the new thoioughfaie which opens up Christ Chinch Cathedral. There the party

awaited the progress of the trades. la the mrrhye with their Excellencies were their three ilnldien and Captain Sinclair, ADC Th»' carnage was almost hi led with bouquets whitii had heen presented •it the Le\t'e On the, appearance of their E\e< ll( ncies they weie received with enthusiastic cheeis, and a rush of the popu'are was made towards the vehicle. The ranks of the soldiers who toi mod a guard of honourwereat this point tin ust hack, and sewral men forced then way to the sides of the \tiude and shook hands with his Excellency with very impiessive vigoui. They were with .some difficulty picwd back by the police, and the membeis ot the Citi/ens' Committee who had oiL'anised the demonstration closed round the <ai i iago. Her Excellency was dressed in JSt I'atnck blue poplin, and one of the child) en as a typical Irishman. The yjuiigebt child, who was in the second carnage, was \eiy demonstrative throughout, and waved farewell ver} gracefully. The whole of the roadway from the Cattle to the College was one solid mass of people, through whom a narrow groove seemed to be cut to make way for the procession, which started as soon as their Kxcillencies took up their position. Their Excellencies, who lemained standing, repeatedly bow ed in acknowledgment of the reception. Her Excellency looked fatigu«d and excited by the scene, but retained hei position until the procession armed at Westland-iow. The \ leeregal party did not arrive at West-land-row Station until close on 0 o'clock. Ihe depaitun platform was coveted with crimson cloth, and the state carriage, which was specially built for the Queen on her visit m 1843, was in waiting. I'lie Dublin Coiporation, headed by the Loid Major, attended in state, and presented an addicbs. The Lord Major, in lntioduemg the deputation, referred to the unparalleled demonstration which had taken place in the city that day, and expressed a hope that his Excellency would describe to Her Majesty what he had witnessed that day in' Dublin. The Irish people had been given but one glm.pse of the realisation of their national aspnations by the Government represented by his Excellency, and what his Excellency had witnessed he might infoim Her Maje&ty wa3 but a faint outline of a nation's gratitude when their national a-pirations were fully satisfied. The Town Clerk then read the address, to the effect that only by the restoration ot the native Legislature could the blessings of peace, contentment, and prosperity be gnen to this long-aillicted land. His Excellent y, in reply, said it was highly gratiiv mi: to him to receive that address, whu h was emiiely consistent with the earnest ( onviction expressed in it. AVith it feieuf- to the remarks with which In- lurdJ'ip prefaced the present.itun of the <ul liv-s, he >!iould regard it a- his duty and hiirh privilege to "convey to Her M.ijoty the -übstance of those rcmaiks. Ho \vi>hi d that any language ot J.i-. was in the least decree adequate to ooi.vey anjtinny like a ju-t impression ot the ( xti loiuu, try st» ne of enthusiasm throiiirli w hi- ti tli vh id ju-t pi^ed. He tifunifd <_ r : iteful th.'iiks j Lr the tinbounded (oiiite-y and km In ess they had It eei\ cd. rhe Vn erey ll pirtv hivina cn f ered iho stite eainige, ih- tram started amidst nnevvd clv "-i iu r . At Kinur^tow n an I'iitn' :.--"' foiKDiis 1 ot p< uplc awaited then Eveiil"rif i- >' aniv.il, iml m address was presented by the Kinu's'own C'>mrnissionoi-.. A sjic'inl Adrninlty steamer vv.i-. m read me, N ,ui'l then Evct lit. ncies emb, tiked m it w'ule the bind of the (iv ud of lioioir playl the Xationdl Anthem