The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-18

exploding the ordinary poetic conceptions of the moon
founded eyesgh creates from the result of yiso
many thousand times multiplied, associations of
awful character for there be doubt but that
world is going through the process through which its sae
lite has passed The greatest triumph achieved by Lord
Rosses telescope has, however, been the resolution of the
nebula into separate Nevertheless this analysis does
not interfere with the nebuar theory of Lapace matter
in other parts space beyond the insignificant circuit pros
peced from Parsonsown may be condensng from fire mist
element containing all things poet into and
planets The sudden flaming of stars observed
in consultations which is doubtless attributable to
forces derived from the fall of their planets into such cener
supports the idea of cosmc creation going in regions
much than the nebula. 1t would seem indeed,
that universal matter undergoes process similar to that in
bodies in which particles when vitality exhausted
absorbed and revtalized Of course mechanical science
applied to astronomy has reached its limit in Lord Roses
telescope; this is reflector; whereas the achromatc ee
scope only awaits necessary chemical discovery arrive
prodgious results The meeting in a few minutes SUBJ
scribed 5000 for Lord Rosse's monument.
To pass from the innities and etenities of which Mr.
Carlyle is fond of speaking the Irish Church question:
is like falling from the upon hill of wasps;
but as DIR johnson truly what nearest touches
most and descended from spritualtes temporaes
Mr. Gladstone would transfer the right of dealing with the
Establishment from the Queen the Parliament who after
its disendowmen would deal with it according to the will of
maorities. inclined to think that this motion of the
exChanceor of the Exchequer will prove-despie the
national urgency of premature
and abortive for the simple reason that to insure such
being passed. ought have been preceded by
Irish Reform BILL increasing the representative power which
would make it effective When the Liberal party in Eng
land are divided question: taken whole, they
this Ireland alone which the SCALE One of
the arguments projected against the scheme of the
tive papers, which for the have become national
that if the Church dsendowed its revenues which
amount to something approaching half million annually
would not be redisrbued in Ireland but spent in England
How then is this be obviated but by creating addi
onal number of members for Irish constituencies of national
opinions, through whom majority could be commanded
which would enforce its expenditure for of the country
generally.
In reply to deputaon which represented the expedency
of establishing Art Institution in Ireland similar that
of South Kensngton the Chancellor of the Exchequer
guessed in all the suggestions made by the speakers
is therefore, to be allotted year from the estimates
for the purchase of the building and necessary expenses of
the Institution AS seo to the Protestant Defense AS
ISOLATION, great meeting of Catholics has been held in
Limerick to protest against the principle of monopoly as
regards land souls and advocate that of re
gous equality One of the absentees whose letter read
quoted Sir Lewis assertions that of the alternatives
maintain the Establishment or have all religious worshps
unprovded for the latter preferable, Doubtless the
voluntary system would be the most equtabe but there is
chance of its being altered down such common
standard and none but government of demigods should
have the right of making people pay for their opinions on
such celestial subjects is not the moral part of religion
which causes all these specuaons and oppostons among
mankind as that Is eternal and unaerab but the heoog
cal, which, apart from its being occasionally shrouded in
mystery impenetrabe is not valuable. Theologan said
Tallyrand little dogs who gnaw large bones for the
sake of very little meat.
1t with regret that the death of the eminent
Irish artist Bernard Mulrennn r. H. A. who followed
to his restingpace in the vaults of ST. Andrew Westland
row, Tuesday, by number of friends Mr. Murennin
had studied believe many years in Italy and other parts
of the continent where the great galleries illustrate antique
and modern art and on his return painted various compost
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