The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-07-11
From Our Own Correspondent
0UR IRISH LETTER,

OUR l6ISd LETTER.
DUBLIN, June 18th, 1875.
Since l wrote last the celebration of the Ju-
bilee of the Archbishop of Tuam, the Most
Rev. DR.. MacHale, has taken place, and occu-
pied q large share of the attention of the whole
United Kingdom; the proceedings being more
or less fully reported for and commented on by
the English press as we'll as the Irish. The
celebration lasted over Tuesday and Wednes-
day last. On the first day, High Mass was
celebrated in the Cathedral, in presence of His
Grace, of the Bishop of Meath (Dr. Nulty), of
the Lord Mayor of Dublin, of q number of
|mem bers of Parliament, of representative men
from many distant parts of Ireland, and of a
Large miscellaneous congregation several
thousand persons, who were unable to obtain
|admission, kneelinS outside the church. 1t was
thought that Father Burke would have preach
ed the sermon, bat at the last moment the
great Dominican who has been staying for
Pome time with his mother, in Galway, for the
benefit of his health, found himself too ipdis.
|Rosed to speak. This caused a great disap-
|folntment, as may naturally be supposed, and
pother disappointment was experienced in
pc fact that none of the Irish Bishops, but
Pr. Nulty, of Meath, were in attendance
L he ceremonies in the Cathedral over the ad- |
|resses OF congratulation to the Arch bishop
Tere presented to His Grace in the hall of the |
Jew College of st. Jarlath's. Over thirty ad- !
presses In all were presented from the priests |
+ the archdiocese, from the priests of the dio-
|eSe Of Killala (of which Dr. MacHnle was
nee Bishop, from the people and the public
|odies in the various towns of GALWAY and
Eayo, from the Catholic members of Parlia-
Pent, from the Home Rule League, from the
|eople of Limerick, from the students of St.
arlath's etc. In all of them allusion was
pace to the fact that never before in the
|Pstory of the Irish Church had a Bisbon
COZ nan century in the epscopate; to His
races efforts in behalf of the cause of reli-
ious education, the political independence of
eland, and the elevation of the poor to his
|oetlcal translations of the Iliad and other
orks into the Gaelic, and his other services in
|enaif OF the ancient language and literature of
Eeiand. The address. however, which caused
pc greatest sensation, 80 to speak, was that of
20 nome Rule League, presented by several 1
emoers OF that body (including Protestant {
~ Catnollc clergyman), and read by the ,
|''. fFolessor Galbraith, of Trinity College, I
U04in' well known to the constant readers of
o'0 1el'ei9. His Grace received this eminent :
''e''ant patriot with special cordiality-a {
lance which certainly could hardly I
'' oeen expected twenty years ago. His +
"0e' III reply, devoted himself chiefly to the /
uiess Oh the Irish NJ. P.'s, whom he highly a
Iu ~, ior their stout resistance to the Coer- l.
Ahen he entertained some two hun f
~ VI us visitors at banquet in the College, a
"oing Professor Galbraith near himseIf at D.
u 'ne table, and calling upon him to o
pODU ~ the toast of Home Rule" The Z
was wound up with general illumination a a
L e"ofAs' And here 1 should say that the n
~. o"n Oh 'Inam decked itself out in its best Il
bona alumphai arches spanning the streets, -"
ns oelng decked with evergreens, and a,
p.e T giving themselves a general holi- fl
|ntin nrant all the neighborhood round large b
Insents continued to arrive all the dav On m
scene of action. m LE
MI. ioiIowing day the town wore the same &c
thu ppearance, and the proceedings began q.
Dnv :" 'a@e Ut way-by splendid religious cere- It
rt,. - 'ne Cathedral. At about 1 o'clock the ia
h NJ "a Tsatue of the Archbishop, by Mr.. Far ~ ~
II ro,i iDaolin, and which stands in front of Al
s.t t0a'oedraf, was unveiled in presence of at W
|eah thousand persons. The Bishop of OIL
Ed in r. reformed The ceremony of unveiline.
|e n"g so delivered a short address for
P.pose of introducing Mr.. A. NJ. Sullivan so
sDS, the orator of the day. He smoke of s sa
|sbnaH as the most eloquent of living al
ana Of the Archbishop as the rem. ia