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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 25, 19 June 1902, Page 10

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Cardinal Vaughan celebrated his seventieth birthday on April 15. Mr. Barry O'Brien is about to publish, with Messrs .Johnston, a new volume, entitled ' A Hundred Years of Irish History.' Mr. John Redmond haa written for it a lengthy and important introduction, in which he deals with the position of Lord Roscbery, tho position of English parties with regard to Ireland, and takes a survey of the general political situation. The preface will, attract a good deal of attention. The main part of this book was already delivered in the form of a lecture beforo the Irish Literary Society in the session of 1900, and it attracted a groat deal of attention at the time, alike from its literary claim and tho immense amount of information Mr. Barry O'Brien compressed into it. « Mrs. Marion Roosevelt, wife of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, of Fifth Avenue New York, uncle of tho President of the United States, who has just passed away, was the sister of the well-known Irish journalist and author, Mr. John Augustus O'Shea. Her death occurred at Atlantic City where she had been staying for tho benefit of her health. Mrs. Roosevelt was very generous in tho cause of charity and an ardent supporter of Catholic institutions in New York. Tho English and Americans have been gratified at the cordial reception given m I 'ranee to Mr. Marion Crawford, the author of tho play, ' Francesca da Rim mi,' produced by Madanio Sarah Bcrnhardt. Some surprise has also been expressed at a foi-eign dramatist being welcomed with open arms in a land claiming tho monopoly of brilliant playwrights But it appears that something of French enthusiasm in Mr. Crawford's case is due to tho discovery that he descends on his mother's side from France's great writer, Corncillo Mr. Marconi has offered to fit up a ship for the German Emperor to judge of the -superiority of his wireless system of telegraphy o\er all others A lady, who filled a distinguished part m French Royalist society, Mine Robert, widow Of General Robert, Senator and Military Secretary of MacMahon at tho El,\sec\ lias now taken the \oil She now belongs to a Carmelite Community at Marcontihal, m Alsace The preacher at her reception was i'ere Elie de la \ lerge (formerly of Kensington) who had to loa\e France owing to the Law of Associations Her retirement to the cloister is duo to many crosses and deaths in her circle, but most of all from a wish to expiate so far as sho can the Act against the religious associations Mmc Robert, now Sister Theiesa do Jopus, is a Lorraincr, and belongs to an old family, descended from Los Quatro Chevaux de Lorraine. Tho Four Horses, etc , meant in the Ducal time four families thati stood at the same plane abo\c tho rest of the aristocracy of tho Duchy. Marshal and Marec'hale MacMahon appreciated such a distinction. Mr. Daniel McCabe, .IP, of Manchester, who has recently boon elected an Alderman, is the first; Catholic who has been ad\anced to that dignity in that city since tho Reformat ion. Sir Charles G.^an DufTv, the Nestor of Nationalist politicians (sa.\s tho 'Belfast Weekly ') was 68 > ears on Saturday, April' 12. He was' born at Monaghan and educated at t;ho public school of that town and at tho Belfast Institution fn 1841 he was a journalist in Belfast. In 1842 he founded tho Dublin newspaper, ' Tho Nation,' and a year later was tried and convicted of seditious con-

spiracy, O'Connell being one of his co-defendants. The House of Lords, however, liberated the prisoners on a writ of error. In 1846 he founded the Irish Confederation, and was shortly again arrested for treason felony, imprisoned ten months, and twice tried without avail. He next founded the Irish Tenant League, which returned more than 59 members in 1852, including Gavan Dully for New Ross. The Irish Party was now pledged to independent voting on measures according to their intrinsic merit and holding aloof from both parties. Upon the breakdown of this policy Mr. Gavan Duffy resigned and went to Australia, where he rose to high office, including the Premiership of Victoria, and finally the Secretaryship in 1877. He has published many historical and literary works. ' A Fragment of Irish History ' was published separately, in London, New York, Melbourne, and Dublin, and a translation in Paris. A new memoir of Mr. Barry Sullivan may be summarised thus : — Hia proper name was Thomas Sullivan, and he added the Barry at manhood; boia 1821 ; first appearance at the Cork Theatre, 1837 , ho got to the Edinburgh Theatre Royal in 1841. During one of his years there as walking gentleman the company acted 132 plays in 150 nights. In 1847 Sullivan was the leading man at Liverpool at £5 a week ; advanced to Manchester at £6 10s ; engaged for the London Haymarket in 1852 at £10 a week. Irving played small parts to him in an .Edinburgh engagement in 1857. Eighteen months in America advanced Sullivan's prestige before coming to Australia. Opened in Melbourne in 1862. Commenced management in 1863. Got £50 a night three nights a week at Drury Lane in 1866 ; his pay at Drury Lane in 1868 was £75 a night. Lost £8000 managing tho Holborn Theatre. Acted Richard 111. 60 nights running at Drury Lane in 1876. After his last American trip lie refused £24,000 for 10 months there. nz Ins last engagement ho occasionally cleared £1200 a week at first-class English provincial theatres.