The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-08-28

oblivious of the blessings conferred by
royal contiguity, and made no demon
stration. The royal yacht was first
sighted off Dalkey on its way to Dublin,
and there was "a great rushing OF peo-
pie between that place and Kingstown,
Mr.. Burke making a great noise by fir
ing off small cannon In front of his
residence by way of salute" This was
on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 5. Many
OF the spectators, who expected an ap-
pearance of the royal squadron earlier
In the day and who foregathered i'm
patiently at Kingstown, got hungry
about o'clock and returned to Dublin
for their dinner, the booming Of cannon
as they passed Merrion indicating that
the royal yacht was, to their chagrin,
coming into harbor as they were being
borne swiftly to Dublin after weary
hours Of waiting. 1t is stated that the
then lord mayor of Dublin was one of
the hungry passengers.
AS the royal steamer approached
Kingstown tetty there was some cheer
ing on the quays, but ut was not of that
character calculated to induce the notion
that 1t arose from the great body of the
assembled throng." OF course, there
were decorations and illuminations, and
this at time when famine stalked the
land. There were then men in Ireland
who were SO craven as to sacrifice all
personal bn tf,1
mt OF royal smile. There are men so
built here at present. At such a time
OF our country's sorrow the display of
costly magnificence and sumptuous fes-
tivity was not alone the token of
sycophantic loyalty, but an insult to
the sufferings of the living and the
sepulchres of the starved dead. Yet her
most gracious majesty asked for express
sions of loyalty from the Irish while
millions were starving to death though
the country was reeking with food pro-
duce.
We are expected to throw our caps
in the air for her grandson and his wife,
although We are robbed of 5000 900 year.
ly by the well-regulated British consti-
tuition, of which they form a part of the
fgurehead.
When the queen first landed at Kings
town the manifestation Of those assem-
bled "just to see her" was one Of doubt
ful heartiness. In fact, it was cheer
less. The people felt humbled and ne.
elected. 1t is recorded that her majesty
seemed somewhat nervous and evidently
labored under some degree of irritable
ity, Gin plain words, the queen seemed
f1dgety" Was she impatient Of the
small courtesy imposed upon her queenly
position of visiting a section Of "her
people" whom she regarded with any
thing but feelings of royal affection?
OF course all the English officials in
Dublin were present to receive their
queen, but the people did not forget their
dying compatriots.
After referring briefly to the two
other visits of the queen, which were
attended by no incidents of note, the
writer continues:
On Wednesday, April Is, 1868, ireland
was favored by a royal patronage in the
persons Of the Prince and Princess Of
Wales. The prince had made himself
popular during his previous visits to
Ireland, and received an enthusiastic
reception on this his public and principal
entry. Enormous crowds lined the route
of the procession on the royal entry into
the city, and cheered the prince and his
consort heartily. The illuminations, de-
corations and general manifestations
OF welcome were greater than on pre-
vious royal visits. The famous races of
Punchestown were visited by the prince
and princess, and both received royal
welcome In the course. On the subse
quent day the Prince Of Wales was in
vested with the Order of St. Patrick at
St. Patriok's Cathedral. The prince was
present at the comforting Of degrees at
Trinity college on April 81, and on the
same day visited the Catholic uniyer-
sity, where he was received by DIR. New
man, Cardinal Cullen being also pres
CAiI' ou q SUBSEQUENT udy Lue prince
visited the College of Surgeons
The vice-regal lodge was the lodging
house of royalty on the occasion of all
these visits, and it is now being put In
sanitary state for the Duke and Ouch
ess Of York for their sojourn next
month.
During the visit indicated the Prince
! and Princess of Wales visited Powers
court where they were entertained by
Lord Powerscourt and distinguished
party. The royal party on the succeed
ing day left Kingstown for England.
The public was startled next day by
the announcement of an attempt made
to assassinate the Duke Of Edinburgh
In Australia. English royal personages
favored us again with their presence
in 1871, when the Prince of Wales
Prince Arthur, Princess Louise and the
Marquis Of Lorne paid visit to Dublin
1t was on this occasion that the first
| agricultural show Of the Royal Dublin
society was held at Ballsbridge in a
temporary premises erected on the site
where the splendid and permanent walls
of the society now stand. great ball