The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger

The New Irish Viceroy.—Lord Spencer is the person charged with the duty of popularizing Royalty by proxy in Ireland. From what we hear, he is a good young man. He is not a pauper, and does not want to make money of us. One of his uncles was a statesman to whom a certain Lieutenant of Engineers, named Thomas Drummond, was private secretary. Another of his uncles (of whom he is far from being ashamed), has been seen at Mount Argus in the habit of a Passionist. These facts are in his Excellency's favor. He will make no mistakes if he allows himself to be guided by Thomas Drummond in the spirit and Thomas O'Hagan in the flesh. Why he has been picked out for the post is not easy to guess, seeing that his chief distinction has been gained in connection with the English Volunteer movement, and he is coming to a country in which the arming of the people is a crime. Those who are up in pedigrees say that his aunt has been a sort of head nurse to the royal children, and that he is the first cousin of Mrs. Gladstone's sister's husband. That is a great point. There is a new Cabinet Minister (the Marquis of Hartington), who, besides being the heir of the great Duke of Devonshire, is the brother of the husband of one of Mrs. Gladstone's nieces. Dublin Irishman.