, 1880-02-01
THE DuKpREARY y1cEEoY or IRELAND

| 4dE uUNUAEAA4 t1GERUY UE IRELAND
His Grace OF Marlborough seems to have
been considerably disturbed in mind By the
recent action Of the Irish Home-Ru1e and
| Land-Reform members; the tlunkIes Of Dub
lin have missed an opportunity for airing
their loyalty; the Aldermen of the Capital
City have lost good square meal and some
thing to wash 1t down; and the Irish news
| papers will have to go without the usual
| speech Of the English V1ceroy in reply to
| that rather curious but dme~honored toast,
The Prosperity Of Ireland" But it Is an
Ill wind that blows nobody some good, and
the people whom the Duke Of MARLBOROUGH
| was to congratulate on their prosperous con-
dition will receive $500 by way OF relief.
The good and loyal Tory Lord-Mayor Of
Dublin will doubtless make ample apology
for his offensive condnct before the year is
over,-indeed, he has already set about do
ing so,-and everybody will be happy.
The resolution which caused all the "roW."
and which was proposed by that plctur-
esQue politician and erratic gentleman, The
O'Donoghue Of the Glens, is not such q terri
bis document after al. Here it fs in full:
$'Resolyed, That we beg to tender the ex-
PRESTON OF our sympathy and promise our
support to the gallant peasantry OF the West
now struggling to retain possession OF their
homes; and as representatives Of the people
TO protest against their being driven forth to
starve for non-payment OF rent, fixed under
system which constitutes the landlord the
absolute owner Of the soil, and confers on
him the power Of exacting whatever rent he
pieasea, such system being carried out in de-
hance Of the repeated protests Of the Irish
People, solemnly delivered through their
representatives In Parliament.n
Americans will scarcely regard this resofu-
ton as very revolutionary in character. and
many 1rishmen will consider It legal, peacea~
bic, and constitutional Iord-Nayor Dyyer
Gray Is very loyal person; in fact, be yery
strennously opposed the passage Of the reso-
luton. Why, then, treat bis invitation to q
good dinner, bottle OF wine, or :mayhap a
bowl OF wh1sky-punch, so .discourteouslv ?
Wen, the Duke Of Marlborough is good
Tory, large landed proprietor, 2 loyal tol-
lower Of my Lord Beaconsfield, and yithal =
very stupid man, and doubtless thought that
his refusal would deter other members Of
fashament OF the Gray stripe from associat- !
Ing with those revolutionary members who
are opposed to raek-renting and evlcting land !
lords The privileges and the perquisits Of his |
traces order were threatened, and it re-
CURED bold measures to put an end to such a |
STATE OF affairs, even II he should be Obliged |
10 gave up his much cherished postprandial
Grafton, the wine, and the whisky-punch.
Lord Beaconsdeld will no doubt congratr-
late himself on his wisdom in choosing the
Duke OF Marlborough as Lord-Lieutenant Of
Ireland, although he could never have
thought 1t possible TINT the good nob1eman
would have to rebuke Lord-Mayor Of Dub
In or that he would Summon enough corr
age to do so 1t tbs occasion required. In
Iced, 1t Is generally believed that Beacons-
1eld intended that the Duchess OF Mart-
borough should be the real Viceroy Of Ire-
ano' and the Duke, who is Dundreary-
sn sort Of person, mere fgure-head. The
duchess. being very sprightly and at-