The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-21 00:00:00

CARDINAL CULLEN'S RECEPTION

Morn the Dublin Evening Mail.)

Cardinal Cullen held a reception to-day (Mon-
day) at Holy Cross Collage, Melillo, near Dublin, conse-
quent upon the acquisition of his new dignity in the
Roman catholic church. The reception was held in the
spacious building mentioned, which be extensive grounds
attached to it. Preparations had been in progress for some
time for the event, and with this view the college has been
re-decorated and ornamented. The corridors, which have
been newly painted, were hung with pictures for the occa-
sion, and Belioni's statue of the Pope, which wason view at
the International Exhibition, occupied a prominent place
in the grand entrance hall. In the reception ball a throne
was erected in crimson upholstery, ornamented with
yellow fringe. Crimson hangings were suspended from
the front windows, and from the upper portions of
the building variousfiags and pendants were displayed.
Flags bearing the Cardinal's arms were also interspersed
through the lawn in front, and the banners of several
Roman catholic religious confraternities arranged on either
side of the entrance. 11 o'clock was the how appointed
for the holding of the reception, and by that hour many
members of the several Roman catholic religious commu-
nities had arrived, wearing the habits of their respective
orders. The grounds were thrown open to the public, but
at an advanced hour of the day many had not availed
themselves of the privilege. On the arrival of Cardinal
Cullen he was cheered by those present. His eminence
was received by the president of the college and several
dignitaries of the Roman catholic church, and was con-
ducted to the throne in the reception halL Several
bishops and dignitaries occupied positions on the dais, on
either side of the cazdthaL Various addresses were then
presented to his eminence at intervals, to which he replied
severally.
After the presentation of • long address from the clergy,
Cardinal CULLTY said he was sorry that he had had no
time to prepare a proper answer to this valued address. He
had to return his sincere thanks for their kind wishes and
congratulations on his promotion to the Roman purple.
He felt that he had no claims or merits that would entitle
him to the distinguished honour which his Holiness had
been pleased to confer on him ; be felt sensibly that he was
a useless servant. However, his Holiness had determined
to promote him, and, therefore, however unworthy he
might be, he considered himself bound to accede to
the wishes of his Holiness, because he understood
perfectly well that it was not a mere compliment to himself
that was intended. It was a mark of his appreciation
which he was happy to give to Ireland—the country which
had firmly struggled for the faith, and had always pre-
served its fidelity to the Holy See; and a mark of his
esteem and respect for all the clergy of Ireland. Ireland
had always been attached to the Holy See, but more
especially at present did the Pope stand in need of
this attachment. The spirit of revolution was triumphant
in those states which had supported him. Austria, the
last state, was now almost completely ruined, and the
Emperor of the French held the hands of his friends,
while his enemies were stripping him of everything he
had. Now the Emperor was about to leave him at
the mercy of the Italians, who were distinguished by
the fiercest hatred to everything catholic. Very possibly,
within six months, this crisis would come about. Under
thine circumstances, Cardinal Cullen concluded, it behoves
them to continue their zeal and attachment to his
Holiness.
About 10 o'clock the general reception commenced, and
from that hour large numbers of persons were arriving,
mostly belonging to the middle and lower grades of the
middle classes. Amongst those who attended were :
The Lord Mayor and LadyMayorets,Mr..Justiceollrien,
The O'Donoghue, M.P. ; Sir John Gray, M.P. ; Sir Percy
. Nugent, Bart. ; the Right Hon. W. H. F. Cogan, M.P. ;
Mr. J. B. Dillon, M.P. ; Mr. Butt, Q.C. ; Mr. Psiles,
barrister-at-law ; Alderman John Reynolds, Alderman
TarjoYi
The crowd in the front of the college increased as the
day advanced, and private bands which were in attendance
performed at intervals a selection of popular music, in-
cluding " Slap bang, here we are again," " The whole
hog or none," and The Sprig of Shillelagh."
In the course of the day Cardinal Cullen appeared on
the balcony over the portico, and gave his blessing to the
concourse of persons kneeling on the lawn.

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another army, and many men have . joined his standard ; ,
and Abdool Rabin= Khan is at Chusnee for the purpose of
driving back any enemy that may come from the Candi.-
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Tut hunt FLA." Caor.—The Registrar-General In addition to the failure in a greater or leas de- ,
has, in accordance with the custom adopted • few nom gree of indigo crops for three years in succession,
ago, issued his annual return of the extent, in statute the planters were recently threatened with great
acres, under flax in each county and province in Ireland,
inconvenience and hardship from the failure of so
in anticipation of the general abstracts giving the acreage
under each crop. It is satisfactory to find that there is a many banks, and chiefly the Agra. Their mort-
net increase of 11,996 acres in the area under flax in 1866, gages had all been made with the Agra Bank,
compared with 1865, the total acreage in 1866 being and they had no further securities to offer else-
-263,419, while in 1865 it was 251,433. shows an in- where, while the sums for which these securities
crease exceeding the entire net increase in the whole were held could not be paid to them. An ar-
of Ireland, the quantity sown in that province being
11,999 acres in excess of that of the previous year. rangement has now been effected in the High
The only county in Ulster showing a decrease in the Court at Calcutta, whereby, under certain
acreage is Armagh, in which the return shows a falling-off clauses in the Insolvent Act, the needful sums
0[1,441. As to the increase in the other counties, that in may be supplied. The arrangement is that Mr.
Monaghan amounts to 866, while in all the others it varies Skinner, of the firm of Messrs. Jardine Skinner,
from 1,174 in Tyrone to 2,528 in Down. In the province
of Le' i ter the ncrease amounts to 1,470 acres, the rela-
tive and en, finds the needful advancee,and realises the
quantities being 5,858 in 1865, 7,328 in 1966. The produce, paying himself hie advances, bearing inte-
counties of Longford, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford, rest at 12 per cent. per annum, and 2} per cent.
Wicklow, King's County, and Queen's County, show an commission. This Mr. Justice Phear sanctioned,
increase varying from 4 acres in Wicklow to 412 in Meath. as it appeared he had the power to do in his caps-
The counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny .
and Westmeath, show a decrease • g from I i city of a Judge or Commissiceer of Insolvency,
acres in Dublin to 72 in Kilkenny. Munster and though he douMed his
_power as a Judge of the
Connaught both show a decrease in the area under flax— High Court under the Indian Companies Act. The
the former of 828 acres, and the latter of 655 acres. This crops will now be gathered, and the manufacture of
decrease extends to all the counties in Munster, and, with indigo proceed just as if the Agra Bank had con-
one exception, to all in Connaught. The exception is the . ,
county of Leitrim, which shows an increase of 191 acres, tinuea the advances which it had agreed for upon
compared with 1865. Appended to the return is • state. mortgage of the factories and crops.
went of the acreage under flax each year since 1851, from A lifeboat which has come through the
which we find that, although there was considerable fluc-
tuation from 1851 to 1858, the quantity sown each year National Lifeboat Institution has -reached
Bombay from England ; and the Harbour and
since the one last mentioned has, on the whole, steadily
increased, the osly *actuation being in 1885, the rewrite Pilotage Board have obtained the services of a
for which showed unfavourably whim oompared with the volunteer crew, who are to be organized with
preceding year—a circumstance, however, amply enemata& all expedition. " There is still, however, much
for by the sudden impulse given to flax Cultivation in this
country in 1864. to be done," says the Bombay Gazette, " and
though at this distance from England it
SIITERAWWIIA27OIt 2'o Pool-Law Orricsits.—An necessarily takes a considerable time to pro-
act of parliament has just been printed, declaring that the
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allowances as other Poor-law °lima ' and a relkoing reason why no time should be lost. Another
officer who has also beau a registrar, and resigned Moe- step which has been taken has had in view the
quentiy to the passing of the recited act, is not to be stir __wale of them mow who rendered compicoms
qualified from receiving such eupwamfation allowance, '°___,__ ,__
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