The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-08-25

many years the agent for several exteneive
properties in Ireland, Ysa. brought into
notoriety by his management
If the Lansdowne estAtes in Kerry dnripg
he famine year, when he dePueeo Ine
srict over which he reigned with q despotlc
sway, not always of the paterDal kind. In
recent years Mr.. Trench gave his attention
TO literature, and produced . work called
the " Realities Of Irish Life" ascribing to
himself o series OF the most extraordinary
in which he always behaved
with heroic courage. The veracity of the
90 Realities was questioned in some well,
inforued quarters, bot the work created
sensation in England.
A report is current that the Government
the. issue Of q Special Com
mfesion for tho trial of the Bishop OF Cton-
fert and the priests alleged TO have been
guilty Of undue ina dence in the galway
election ,-gs. ,."r-d - - ln se - - -
!; a new line Of railway was opened daring
lude to that between Fermoy and Lismore,
which has been constructed ut the sold e1-
pense of the Duke of Devonshire. In eel
ebration of this event q aeries of fes-
Hyities were given during the week in
Lsnore-the Duke acting as host. In one
to the railway question in general, and
said he was not in favor of the suggested
Government purchase. II he did net own
railway himself, the expression might
carry with it more weight than is likely to
attach to it under the actnsl circumstances
ENGLAND.
Diplomatic Representation at the Vatican.
On the 3Oth ult., Mr.. Monk, supported by
Mr.. Aytoun, Mr.. o. Morgan, and three or
supposed representation-of England at the
vssican. Their position was that the Act
Of \ S49 empowered the Crown to accredit
. diplonatist to the Sovereign OF the
Roman States, which they maintained the
Pope no longer was. But the Attorney
General explained that the late Lord Der
by proposed the phrase Sovereign Of the
Roman States, - not for the purpose of de-
seIibing any other person than the Pope,
but as ripti0n5 less offensive than
others to the religious sasceptibilities OF
many English people. The claim OF the
Pope to be an Independent sovereign was
exactly what it was before, and the Act of
his having lost any amount of his domini-
ons. When, however, the Attorney-Gene-
raf spoke Of the Pope having retained the
power of an independent Prince within the
limits of the Leonfne City, he made mis-
take in point Of fact. Even this has been
nised by the usurping Government only
within the Vatican Palace. But Sir John
Coleridge was right in saying "the import
snce Of a throne, and the object of holding
diplomatio relations with it, must not be
measured by the number Of square miles
of country over which it rules" and II TINS
| ia true In any case, how much truer is it
when he who sits upon that throne is the
Head of Christendom, and the spiritual
pastor of more than 200 ,O00, 900 Of the hu-
| man race. Az the Speaker wasputting the
question that the motion should be with
drawn, time was mp, and the debate stood
adjourned. The fact 10, that since the
prived England Of. the aerviees Of tie
| Hanoyerian Nipister, there has been Al
unaecredited diplomatic agent as RoDe.
Rut neither the late Nr. Petre, Lord LyoHs,
Lord Odo Russell, nor Mr.. Clarke JerToise,
have ever been eczedited7 20 the Vatican.
On q retrospect of the late Session, the
London Daily Sexs comes to tbs eooa!osion
that Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues are
probably seTooger noE IN the sober and
! reasonable coz fdenre Df the eoaut!y than
they were cnaple of es-s sirce IN IL
some . has exceAAiEe aud GnrehectIrg eo
shusia.m. Ii observes cha. Ehe Session haA
been rich almost beyond precedent IL
measures Of the frss Importance on sub
iects lying oasside the oydisaEy range o
nolitical eontxoyerny, the Ballot Bill being
almos. the oBIy measure Of q properly panty
character which has engaged the stteoslot
of Parliament With respect to the fGtuIs
the Daily Eesrs remarks that the df6heai'
question Of Irish Eniyersity Education
will have TO be approached DeKt Session
and that the establishment IN Dublin OF
sort of Counterpart Of the University
London. and the transfer to it OF .larg'
portion of the endowments Of Trinity Col
ieee in the shape of exhibitions and sehot
orships open to the competition Of student
from the several affiliated colleges OK lreiant
Protestant, Roman Catholic, or seeuisf. ]
an expedient which has recommendet
itself to some eminent politicians, and !
supposed to have received the favorab!
consideration of the Cabinet
, The Late Due De Guise.-It seems al
most the other day that the world wa
! evmpathizipg with the Duc d'Aumale In hi
! Grief at the death of his eldest surviVin
son. the Prince do Conde, in Australia. o
, the 25th Of July the young Due do Gais&
. his only remaining child out Of seven-fou
: eona aud three dauGhters-was inferred
a the presence Of nearly all the Orleans fami
4 liv. In their burial-place at Dre1x. Th
=. prominence Of the Due d'Aumale as
; stsfeeTnan over other members Of his houc