Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-11
LOYAL ISLE OF NAN.
A nome-RuLe COUNTRY DEVOTED TO
THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.
Where Women Propcrts Holders Can Sose'
Council and "thc House OF heJ'
Reading the Law mt Tynwaid'
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
August q. 1894.

Dear Dispatch.-After a most eh'oyao'e
| time coaching, boating. and walking
| about the English lakes. we came oaeH "
| I.iverpooI. crossed the Irish Sea 10 the
Isle of Man, n distance OF seveh'y-hVe
miles. landing at Douglas. and found IL
| a very beautiful city. full of hotels ana
boarding houses. with popu'at'o" VI
| about 5000 souls. The Isle OF MAN. M
you know, is. only thirty-three miles long
| and twelve wide. so that 1t IL not great
labor to get over IT. and, as TWO ran
| roads run-one north 10 smth' anu
Tho o,bor east TO west-you can see how
| convenient IL IL TO the visitor' Do'e'"''
! Port Erin. Peel, and Ramsey are o'e
| chief towns and each are on 'he se'
| side. and full OF strangers. VINO go '"
this little isle for its natural oeau''eS'
and for its safe bathing. and grand ana
giving breezes
The Isle OF Man. while belonging TO the
British crown, Is neither English oco'ch'
Irish. nor Welsh. but is separate couh-
try. with a home-rule government anu
n language of its own: but yet WIN great
LOYALTY TO the imperial government ana
da,.o,ior N Queen Victoria, for every
where you go you see pictures oi INC
royal family.
THE POWERS THAT BE.
The government here Is known as ,ne
blouse OF Keys" and consists oil twenty
four members, elected every seven years
but no person has vote uniesS Nv ios
sesses real estate OF the Vdiue VI W.
or occunatlon of the value OF t6o per
Vi 49,, ,yomen are also entitled TO
vote. a., - -,
The Court of Tyrwad, presided over Dy
tho IJeutenant- Governor. Is composed OF
,bo Council. which embraces the Bishop,
Attornev-General. two Judges. the clerk
~ tho Rolls. the Water Bailiff, ana the
Vicar-Gencral This Council and the
TJouae of Keys are the active government
of the great Isle of Man.
There 70 one feature Of special interest
In reference to the laws. and that IL,
that all laws passed by the House OF
Kevs are sent for the royal assent, ana
when that has been secured then the
law must be formally read In the Eng
fish and Manx languages on Tynwaid
Hili in the open air, where the COUNT"
and the Keys united form A T!n-
wald court" before they become laws
This form of reading the law at Tyn-
wald Is the oldest style on record; was
old in 1917. and has been continued ever
since. The 9Th day Of July in each year
is the day of public proclamation OF the
laws passed by the House OF Keys.
The coat Of arms OF this isle Is three
legs of a man in a circle. The motto.
translated. reads: "Withersoever thrown.
7 shall stand" The Manxmen apparently
rather enjoy the three-legged crest. for
everywhere you turn your face. whether
at a steamboat, a railroad. coach. a
flag. or on the windows Of the stores.
there you see the three legs.
NO-TAIL CATS.
had read OF the Manx cats without
tails. and thought it a joke. but, sure
enough. the cats here are without tails,
and | saw several without that graceful
member. Some ladies of our party, who
had not seen the ManX cat. were rather
doubtful of the truth of our report, and
we had to accompany them 10 the
house, where the cat lived, and
after q close examination, came away
believers in the tailless cat. / don't
think pussy is improved by the absence
of the tail. Some people say this strange
act of nature extends to the dogs also.
The climate is something TO be desired. !
The isle is washed by the Irish sea, and
the Gulf Stream comes to its shores, with
warm genial waves. giving beauty to
the grass and abundance of flowers to
make glad the eye Of the visitor. When |
I tell you that 1000 people were landed at
Douglas on one Saturday you can see |
that the place Is popular. The Isle OF |
Man Steamboat Company runs boats
from LIVERPOOL, Belfast. Dublin. and Bar |
row. and the service is first-class. some