Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-11


magazine. So great was the prevailing
spirit Of vandalism that it was even pro
posed to burn the library, as Omar de-
struyed that Of Alexandria. This calam-
ity was averted by the efforts Of two
Catholic priests, named respectively
Moore and Mccarthy, who also induced
the king 70 refrain from acceding 70
the request preferred to him BY Lord
Petre, that he confer the library on the
Jesuits as a gift. Moore was afterward
provost and the only Catholic who has
ever held that office
The manner in which Trinity college
escaped the provisions Of the famous
bill of attainder Of James II. is inter
esting. A Mr.. Coghlan, one of the par
liamentary representatives of the col
lege, was ordered to prepare list Of
the members in order that they might
be prescribed under the act of attainder.
He replied that he could not do so with
out first consulting the buffers books"
The butler was formally summoned TO
produce the books, but having been
previously warned by Coghlan, he con-
venienty disappeared. books and all
The exciting event which followed
caused the matter to be overlooked.
When King James was retreating on
Dublin after his defeat at the Boyne by
the prince of Orange, the city was in a
state of uprOar and anarchy, and Capt.
Robert Fitzgerald, one of the duke of
Leinster's family, was confined as pris-
oner in the improvised fortress of Trim
ity college. With fifty adherents he
forced his way out, sword in hand,
captured Dublin castle, and was the
means of saving the city, including the
college itself, from being set on fire by
the mob
January Q, 1898, witnessed the first
centennial Of Trinity college The
lords justices, the privy council and the
lord mayor and aldermen were present.
There were various ceremonies, reli-
gious and otherwise. Bishop Ashe, of
Clogher, preached eulogy on Queen
Elizabeth, taking for his text: Verify,
! say unto you, wherever the gospel
shall be preached in the whole world,
there shall also what this woman hath
done be told for her memorial" The
scholars gave Latin orations Gin honor
of the queen" and an ode by Poet
Laureate Tate, a graduate of Trinity,
was performed by the leading swells of
the kingdom. The Terr5e Filius, sort
of kings jester, made humorous
speech, and at night the university, as
well as Dublin city and the leading
towns of the country, were Illuminated.
Owing to the disputes which arose
between the students and the corpor-
alton of the city in regard to the
privilege of voting for parliamentary
representatives in the year 1918 the
matter was referred to the Dublin par
lament, which decided against the
scholars franchise, but it has been long
since restored TO them.
The precautionary proceedings will
commence at Dublin on Tuesday, july
5. At ten o'clock a. IN. the large num-
Der of visitors who viii have gathered
in the Irish metropolis from all parts
of the world will be received by the
provost in the examination hall of the
university. This splendid hall, which
is contained in separate edifice in the
parliament square of the college, will
present brilliant scene during the re-
ception, after which, at eleven o'clock,
a procession will start for St. Patrick's
cathedral-the Irish Westminster
abbey-where grand commemoration
service will be celebrated. While join
ing in this proce sion all the guests and
delegates, as we'll as their entertain
ers, will wear their academic robes or
cricket match will take place in the
college park between the universities
of Dublin and Cambridge. At four D.
m. a garden party will be given in the
Fellows Garden The tercentenary
ode will be performed by the University
Choral society at nine p. m in the
Leinster hall, n mammoth place of
entertainment situated in another part
of the city, and at ten o'clock the lord
mayor of Dublin will give grand re-
ception and ball at the Mansion house,
his official residence
The second day of the tercentenary
will commence at twelve noon, Wednes-
day, July 6, by the comforting of honor
airy degrees in the examination hall. At
three p. m. there will be a meeting in
connection with the graduates memoir
ial; another cricket match between the
Cambridge eleven and Dublin UNIVERSE
ty, and garden party in the grounds of
the Viceregal lodge in the Phoenix park,
the summer residence of the lord lieu
tenant of Ireland. At quarter to seven
P. IN. the Tercentenary banquet takes
place in the Leinster hall
The third day, July :, viii open at
eleven a. m. with procession in
academic robes from the examination
hall of Trinity college to the Leinster
hall, where the delegates from all the
other universities will present addresses
of congratulation. From four to six
o'clock p. m. there will be a garden
party at the Royal hospital, Kilmain-
ham. The Royal hospital is sort of
Irish Chelsea, where army veterans are
pensioned and provided with quarters.
1t is almost as ancient as Trinity coll
lege itself, and stands in park of CEN
turied trees, its ancient EEzabethan
quadrangles being approached by q
stately avenue entered through a bat