The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03
THE TEMPORAL PIWER.

A few days ago q telegram an
nounced that the Emperor of Ger
many had plainly informed the Pope
that his temporal power had gone,
never to return. On Oct. 10 an
other telegram said that the Pope
had ordered his bishops everywhere
to preach in favor of the restoration
of his temporal power. These tele-
grams remind me of an incident
which occurred when the temporal
power received the first of the series
of shocks it finally succumbed to af-
ter Plus TX had been forced back
on Rome in 1850 by French bayon-
cts. The incident is amusing, but,
at the same time, as showmen say,
may be instructive in view of GER
tain political elements in New South
Wales. When the Legations rebel
led in 1859, and subsequently be.
came Sandman territory, one of the
members for the City of Cork, Ire
land, was a brewer, Mr.. Charles
Beamish, of the firm of Beamish and
Crawford. He was Protestant,
but supported the Wing Govern
ment, and therefore received the
Catholic vote. In those days the
Protestant vote went pretty well in
block for the Tories, and the Catho-
lies for the Wings or Liberals. The
English Liberals were all in favor of
the emancipation of the Papal states
| from Rome. But the electors of Cork
whe supported Mr.. Beamish, while
they generally believed in the eman-
cipation of Ireland and in the aboli-
| ton of the Established Church, re-
| garded the desire of the Legations
to separate from Rome as rank re-
bellion. SO English Liberalism be-
came temporarily very unpopular in
| Cork.
Just then two things happened.
The firm of Beamish and Crawford
raised the price of its porter until
the retail customer had to pay 24d
instead of I'd pint for it; and
"Charley" Beamish Gas he was call
ed) had to appear at a public meet
in the City Courthouse, Cork. Char
ley had stuck to the English Liberal
party despite its Italian policy.
When he presented himself TO ad-
dress the meeting he was received
with storm of dissent as loud and
as continuous as has ever greeted
Sir Henry Parkes on the East Sgd
ney hustings, or protectionists have
raised at a freetrade meeting in the
Protestant Hall. For time Char
ley expressed himself in mere dumb
show. But, lull taking place
through sheer exhaustion on
the part of the audience, he struck
an attitude, and exclaimed "Good
God, what have l done to deserve
this treatment at the hands of the
citizens of Cork? Am to be hoov-
ed down if l refuse to sever the ties
which bind me to the great Liberal
party, and to justice for Ireland,
because Perugia and Spoleto have
passed from one ruler to the other ?"
Then he paused, and looked conf
dent that his brief but touching APP
peal, especially with the blessed
words "Perugia" and "Spoleto,' 4,
would secure him hearing, and af-
ford him an opportunity for making
an explanation. And, no farther in
terruption occurring for the mo-
ment, he went on: II repeat, what
have | done?" Then an answer
came clearly and distinctly from an
unwashed sweep leaning over the
front rail of the gallery, and cloth
ed in a shirt, pair of trousers, and
one suspender. The answer was
"You ris the porther farthin' in
the pint" That settled the matter.
The friends of the temporal power
had had time to recover themselves.
Others who did not care button
about the temporal power roared
with laughter. Charley Beamish
had to sit down, and, what between
his attitude on the question of the
annexation Of the Legations by Sar-
DINA and the action of his firm in
raising the price of porter, forfeited
for the time the political sympathy
of his constituents. May we not ask
ourselves in New South Wales
whether we have not often with
drawn our political sympathies from
public men for even less causes than
those which actuated the electors of
Cork ! Town and Country Journal
| of SYDNEY.