ME. A. M. SULLIVAN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 201, 9 February 1877, Page 8

ME. A. M. SULLIVAN.

Mr. A. M. Sullivan, M.P., was recently presented with an address and a co3tly collection of articles in bog oak, comprising a writingdesk, ink stand, etc., by the general stafE of the 'Dublin Nation ' newspaper, on the occasion of his resigning the proprietorship of that journal, and leaving Ireland to reside in London. The presentation took place in the editorial room of the ' Kation,' where the entire staff had assembled to meet Mr. Sullivan, who was accompanied by his wife and children, Mr, T. Horan, sub-editor, read the address, which referred in flattering terms to the career of Mr. Sullivan as a pressman and a politician, and wished him God-speed and all success in his future field of labor. Mr. Sullivan replied at considerable length, taking leave of his old employees with evident emotion. He had been connected with the 'Nation' — proprietorially and editorially —for twenty-one years, since he took it from Mr., now Sir Charles Gavin Duffy, and during all that time it had held aa elevated position as a national and literary journal. In now bequeathing its management to his brother, Mr. T. D. Sullivan, he could not but express a hope that it would continue in the old paths. He could not disguise from himself the fact that in all probability, within a very short time of this farewell of his, the staff of the • Nation ' would be put to the test in an hour of crucial trial for Ireland. If such a time did come, he trusted that they would be true to Ireland — that they would counsel her with firmness, with prudence, and with courage. The principal article of the presentation bore a suitable inscription, and each of the articles was enriched with Mr. Sullivan's monogram in silver, and the words: "God prosper you." — The 'Freeman' saya that "the reason for Mr, Sullivan's departure from Ireland is no secret ; he alluded to it himself. He goes to find in the great arena of the English Bar ' that career which unhappily the cramped condition of our provincialised life does not offer eren to the greatest talents and the greatest assiduity.' " .