PERSONAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 31, 3 December 1897, Page 20

PERSONAL.

Some three months ago Mr. J. A. Scott finding himself a good deal troubled with insomnia deemed it wise to send in his resignation as Editor of the Tablet . The directors after generously giving Mr. Scott an opportunity to reconsider his d<cision, passed a resolution accepting the resignation with rtgret and leaving in the hands of Bishop Verdon the recommendation of a successor. Mr. Scott's resignation should take effect on December 3, but he has agreed to rsmain a week longer. He will then take a holiday trip to his home on the We-t Couht and on his return will practise the profession of the law at Dunedin. Arrangements have been made to give the new editor competent assistance in his work, and it is expected that his services will be available about the middle of January. Satisfactory arrangements have been made for carrying on the paper in the interval.

The La wtt says that the first hospital in London was a monastic estab.ishment, and that it was the Catholic Church that "drained fens, brought waste land into cultivation, and taught the people the advantages of leading a regular life." What record in these directions has the Churoh created by law in England queries Reynolds'. One hundrei and twenty-five converts from Protestantism in six years is the record made by the Rev. Theodore A. Metcalf. of the diocese of Boston, U.S A. Next yen-, at any rate, British statesmen will see a great deinon-tvation in Ireland. If they are cherishing any doubts on the subject of the decay of national feeling they will be laid to rest by the demonstrations which will t.ike place in memory of the men of 'i»S. They will see at once that in nationality Ireland is a "living blaze, which nothing shall withstand," and that the idea of getting rid of it by Royal visits or such like nonsense is a ridiculous one to cherisK Mrs Navarro, nee Mary Anderson, has discovered a new talent, no more nur less thm an ability to sing well. It was puint d out to her that she had a good contralto voice, which she immediately had trained, and she is now, it appears, to make a single appearance as a concert singer in aid of a charity. The public, we should say, however, would, when all is over, have preferred to hear her recite.