People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 24, 11 June 1903, Page 10

People We Hear About

Mr. F. Marion Crawford now produces on an average SSttTS"ti SSS. though ' Marzio ' 8 Oruci& < ' •*■

The Barings, who are the descendants oi the Rev. Francis Baring, a German pastor, are the owners of no »? ™l n an iVI P*> r *Bf*-thoa* of AshbJurton, Northbrook, Revelstoke, and Cromer. Certain members of the House of Lords might take exception to their being called publicans. But ire they not in a way ? The number of licensed houses owned by Lord Derby is 72 ; Duke of Bedford, 50; Duke oi ' iSvonshire, 47 ; Duke of Rutland, 37 ; Duke of Northumberland, 36 ; Lord Dudley, 33 ; Lord CowperT22 • Lord Dunraven and Marquis of Salisbury, 11 each. These nine peers thus own 319 public houses.

A charming touch was given to the debate on the Associations Bill m the French Chamber by Monsieur Lasies. He told how in the Church of Saint Philippe dußoule and in another Parisian church charming little addresses had been made on the occasion of the cure's feast day by the brightest and best boys in the catechism class, who were respectively the grandson of the highest magistrate and the son o,f one of the Ministers of tho Republic. The Deputies' of the Left made a loud call for names. ' The iirst, at St. Philippe dv Roulo, then explained M. Lasies, ' was the charming little grandson of M. Loubet. The second, well, he is \ery intelligent, and takes after his father, who is M Rouvier, Minister for Finance.'

A professor attached to one of the American Universities has endeavored to solve the riddle as to the order ot priority of earth's greatest geniuses, by the length, of the articles allotted to them in the six greatest and most important (English, American. French, and German) encyclopaedias in the world. Having selected the thousand celebrities to whom are devoted the longest notices he next set to work to classify them according to the amount of space occupied by each name. According to this analysis, Napoleon comes out first, Shakespeare second, Mahomet third, and Voltaire fourth. GeorgeWashington obtained only nineteenth place.

Captain Shawe-Taylor, who was for many years stationed with his regiment in Limerick, has been staying, in that county on visits to Lord Dunraven and other friends. The Captain is one of the best humored of men, and all attempts to ' chaff ' him are gaily rebuffed. 1 suppose Captain,' said a stout Orangeman from the Black North, ' over the walnuts and the wine '— ' I suppose, Captain Taylor, now that you have settled tho liquor question and the land question, you will take up Home Rule next ? ' ' No,' was the reply. ' Home I4ule i.s only Number 4 on my list ; I am taking up religious intolerance as my next question, and am about to deh\or a series of lectures to tho Northern Orangemen.'

Tn the midst of the talk abdut the visit of Lord Midleton and his son, the War Secretary to their Irish Estates it may be interesting (says the ' Freeman's Journal ) to note one point. ' 1 horn's Directory ' gives Lord Midleton two Trish addresses—' The Grange ' and ' Qahirmone ' As a matter of fact, the Earl is an absentee of the mofct arrant type. He has no home in Ireland, and during his flying visits stays at the house of hi.s agent, Mr. Fitzgerald, a younger brother of Sir lenrose Fitzgerald. Long before a Broderick, ever landed in Ireland the ancestors of Sir Penrose ruled the wide acres now ruled by Lord Midleton. They were thoso wild and turbulent Geraldines, ' The Seneschals of InisKilly.'

In scholastic circles (writes the Wellington correspondent of the ' Otago Daily Times ') there is a good deal of talk in consequence of the failuro of the Government to appoint representatives of the leading churches ni the Colony on the University Senate. Archbishop Redwood (ot the Roman Catholic Church), Bishop Nevill (of the Anglican Church), and the Rev. Mr. Paterson (of tho Presbyterian Church), many people think, might very well have been nominated by the Government Archbishop Redwood was previously appointed by the Atkinson Government, and he would be a particularly useful member of the Senate in consequence of his attainments as a French scholar. The Rev. Mr. Patterson would also be a valuable member in dealing with matters of finance and in other directions. Both these gentlemen have rendered very valuable services in the past

Mr M J Pedding, Park avenue and Bindle street, Baltimore, the first vice-president of the United Irish League 01 America, who spoke at the treat National Convention m Dublin, is a Limerick man. Born in the city of Limer \u tSOt 50 yplllß ngo - Mr - Hiding emigrated to America with his parents when he was but 10 years of age This is the first time since then he has come back to Ireland from his distant exile. Mr. Redding, in coming to attend the National Convention, availed himself of the opportunity to visit his native city by the Shannon He has seen all the historic spots in Limerick, in which ho took a deep interest, but was much depressed at all the RfluahdnesN he witnessed in the poorer parts of the old C i i J Tc Vlßlled Broad wood, County Clare, close by which his parents were born, and while there he had the pleasure of meeting Lord Emlv who had just addressed a, very large and influential meeting of agricultural, trade, and labor bodies. '