New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

or prod1gfous size II IS remembered that ONLY
one Irish noble defied him. refusing to obev The
order to attend unarmed the Parliament IN
Dublin. Give up his sword to Black Rod ouotb
the young Marquis OF OrnOnd-not he! The
man should have it thrust through his BODY 8,
he liked The angry boy made good defence
face to face with the equally angry straffor5
He was summoned 10 Parliament as a 'beIsa.
earl" he declared. one "girt with a sword
why then discard the sword? The viceroy tool
fancy to the lordly young fellow and acceptss
the plea. One OF the few pleasant features q.
StranOrds imperious rule was the establIshmen,
OF the first city theatre IN Dublin. -Four YEAR,
after STAFFORD left Ireland Ormond becana
viceroy. and. after the CromweIlian interval ba
was appointed to the Office again by Charles N
That extraordinary adyentuTer. Colonel Blood
came very near TO putting end 70 the duk,
in London shortly before he returned to Ireland
Stopping Ormonds coach and dragging him on,
he prepared to hang him next morning at w.
burn. giving London the treat OF seeing "betta-
company at Tyburn Tree" than usually swuno
there The interval between capture and mr.
posed execution gave the dukes servants
chance to rescue him The HveIiest Dublin
story OF the next reign shows James II arriving
a breathless fugitive-the first OF all his army
at the gates of his loyal town OF Dublin. after
shunted the blame of the disaster to the Shout
ders of his troops. 1.-THE wretched Irish ran
he complained. yes" said a keen -witted Irish
lady, but apparently your majesty ran faster"
1t was in the reign OF William III that bitter
feeling between England and ireland grew in
tense and il has existed ever since But all the
commercial restrictions imposed by the British
Parliament were unable TO stop the prosperous
growth Of Dublin In the eighteenth century
the Irish mobiles focked into the city built them
selves magnificent houses and lived in great lux
ury and splendOr. Many OF them We're as recs-
less as they were extravagant anu there SIN are
told true and brura! stories OF ta- fashion in
which these rakes often replaced thee fortunes
lost in gambling. \ light Of the H-ldre Club
thus rendered penniIess would kidnap heiress
carry her off 10 a Wild nook in the Mountains
and compel her 70 marry him. Mt. Chart notes
that the culprit's family connect.aus usually
secured him against any serious punishment; as
a rule ne came off scot free, with q second fort
une TO sQuander as he pleased. w are told that
this practice of abduction was not stopped until
a man OF title was sentenced 20 death for the
outrage, The penalty was not IL The end in
fiCted. but he suffered something worse than
death-he was sent TO convict element to
serve his term with thieves and mu-dererS The
reader of Thackeray's Barry Lyndon" may re-
member certain spirited descrip-i1n therein OF
a Dublin abduction. 1t was as often q thing Of
ruiFianIy force as of sly contrivance- Into one
of the handsome mansions in a fashionable
street for example. eight or nine armed men
broke one dark night II was the home Of Lady
Netterviue and the young heiTess, her grand
daughter. was seized by them and carried away
And there was no redress. The founder Of the
Hellfire Club is said To have been the first Earl
of Rose. 4 most Maynard and frolicsome
scamp
The shadow Of death. which sohers most men.
could not damp the spirits 10 this U1cSer. The
good vicar OF the neiShborI1= church I'D St AIMS
hoping Tor even = drIthsvl repentance. wrote o
ord ItOSSe. detailing the --t Hl1 offences
Thich he charged by popular report and ex-
hOrtin$ him 10 COutrrt-u1 and Confession R0SSe
read the letter and II ordered % De sealed
and placed in another envelope. addressed 20 the
blaueleSs Earl II kIlt.-rr- The Wears messenger
was then brheC 10 leave the ul-sslve 1t the earFS
house. saying II had come from his master Kildare
was ScIDid!iZed II being charged with such enOr-
for the vicar and asked him how be- dared accuse
an upright DobieU-an II such crimes TIE vicar
still ignorant II the trick yaIct lined the truth ~
- hat Ia had written. kildar- -eryed citation
for libel the Clergyman byir-- the real OF
things discovered In rE- mean time RISse
mad died enjoying 10 his last breath the confusion
ne had created