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The King of Siami sent 1 hearty 'congratulations to Leo XIII. fior his 1 Pontifical JuMlee. Lord Justice Vaughan .Williams wore a shamrock on St. Patrick's Day. He was the only Judge sitting in. the High" Courts, London, who difci so. The late Mr. Aubrey de Vere has bequeathed the copyright of several of his published works and the profits to arise. from their sale to the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster for the education of Catholics. The proclamation of the King of Spain's majority will take place next week, but he will probably remain for three or four years under the guardianship of the Queen-Re-gent, amd this prolonging of the King's tutelage will have to be formally ratified by ,some special enactment. In> celebration of the Coronation, the King is to give a dinner to about 50,0,000 poor people in London. This is to be called ' The King's Dinner,,' and the cost, estimated at £'30,000, will be defrayed by his Majesty. A central committee h<as been formed at the Mansion House to carry out the arrangements. The ' Week<-End ' tells a good story of an Irish M.P. He was travelling by the County Council Om1 nibus to Westminster, and at* the request of a lady said, ' Conductor, put this lady off at the next corner.' The conductor, who was a new man, failed to understand^ and saM, ' Exciu&o me, sir, seems as how she's behaivin' of herself ; don't seem no occasion for proceedin' to extremes.' The M.P. was too astonisheid to reply and got off himself to avoid an explanation. , Mr. Justin M'Carthy tells the following story -of a New York bootblack in his book of reminiscences : I was standing oai the bridge one day studying the crowd, as was my wont, and wholly absorbed in the study, when a shrill, youthful ,v,oice accosted me, with the words : ' Cap/n, shine yer boots ? ' At that time the great Civil War was not 1 long over, and the chance distribution of military titles was ready and libteral. I paid no attention to the invitation,, although it was repeated many times in tones of increasing earnestness, and sometimes 1 emphasised with an admonitory tap on tne bo,ots which my yio'ung friend was anxious to shine. At last a rival little boy seemed to imagine, that he saw where the cause of my indifference wJas to be found, and pushing aside the' unsuccessful clai-m-ant, he gave a military salute, and appealed to mo with the captivating 'words : ' BrdgVvdiez'-'General, shine .yer boots ? ' Visitors to the last Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau will be interested to learn (says a Londion newspaper) that A'nton Lang, who represented ' Ghristus,' is shortly to be married, to Mathilde Rutz, whose rendering of the ' mystical -song ' was greatly admired. Fraulein Rutz, who is a daughter of Herr Rutz, the village blacksmith, and ' Leatter of the Chorus,' will stay, until her marriage in the summer, witth Missi Edith Milner, ati Heworth Manor, York. The other week she was the guest of Countess Grosvenor, wthere she assisted at a drawing-room meeting, held to provide funds for the erection of a cottage hospital in her native village. Poor Piccolomini's death (says the ' Catholic Times ') recalls the almost analogous circumstances of the death of Carlo Ducci on the 13th January, 1,900. Ducci, like Piccolomini, was a well-<k,nown composer of drawing-room music, and had for a very large number of years resided

in London. Both of them, as composers and teachers, must in their, time ha«ve earned a good deal of mpney. Yet both died penniless. The fluneral of M. Piccolomini took place on March 15 at the Catholic Cemetery, 'Mortlake, Father EQogan officiating. The mourners were 'Mrs 1 . Piccolomini and her children aitd. Father Conway. Mr. Williams, music master of the Grenadier,, Guards, made the arrangements for the musical part of the se.rvice, the principal feature of which" was the silnging of Mendelssohn's ' Beati Morfcui.' Mr. Justin M'Carthy, who is still riving in Westgjate-om-Sea, has fitiijsheid the first volume of his ' History of the Times of Queen Anne.' Those wh;o know his delightful 'History of Our Own Times,' anticipate the treat in, store for them for the forthcoming publication. Mr. McCarthy's health is fairly goad. A sketch by Father Russell of the Venerab,e Father , Pl.unike.tto reminds the t Catholic Press ' that Cardinal Moran is the lucky possessor of a watch worn by the martyr up to the time , of his execution. An , Irish correspondent remarks that Chief Baron Palles, one of the most distinguished Irish judges, claims kindred with the martyr. His mother belonged to the family of the Plu,nketts of Rathmore, who 'are descendants of a brother of Oliver Pkwikett. The Right Honorable Christopher Palles has been called the Last of the Barons ; for this division of the Supreme Judicature has been abolished and, the title of chief! Baron dies with its present holder, who has survived all the barons both os the Irish and English courts! of justice. It is noteworthy that all) the Chief Barons, since the Act of Emancipation made Catholics eligible for the office, ha,ve been Catholics—Chief Baron Woulfe, Chief Baron Pigot and Chief Baron Palles. Maziero Brady held it for a short time before becoming Lord, Chancellor. He .was not a Catholic, but his nephew and namesake became a •Catholic, and will be remembered for his excellent work in connection with the ecclesiastical history of Ireland after the Reformation. A rare and valuable portrait of Oliver Plunkett is in the Cardinal's Palace Manly.

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 10

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People New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 10

People New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 19, 8 May 1902, Page 10

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