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The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
THE LATE BROTHER DANIEL O'CONNELL .
TO THE EDITOR . DEAII Sin—I quite agree with the opinion , that the expulsion of O'Connell is " among the great faults committed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland . " That decree was as uncalled for , as the act of O'Connell which evoked it was dishonourable . Very probably the spleen of one or two weak members mislead the assembly at that moment . But one point in his letter is very important ; the archbishop , Dr . Troy , deemed
renunciation unnecessary . I have the following rough memorandums among my papers : — " Daniel O'Connell was , in earl y days , a most enthusiastic Masonmade the year before the rebellion , ( 1797 *) and was Master of the Old Lodge , 189 , to which the following kindred spirits at some time belonged —William AAliite , ( late JD . G . M . ) , Lord Edward Fitzgerald , Curran , ( Honest Jack ) Lawless , the Emmetts , Hamilton Rowan , Robert
Holmes , & c . " AVhen O'Connell left France , the two Shears accompanied him . Your very obedient servant , London , July 2 , 1847 . D S
June 28 . —The funeral service , for the repose of the soul of O'Connell , was celebrated at Rome with great pomp , as had been announced . So early as eight o ' clock , . M ., the church of St . Andrew della Valle was invaded by an immense crowd . The son of O'Connell , the Rev . Dr . Miley , and all the Irish then at Rome were present , together with a number of cardinals , bishops , Roman princes , ancl the elite of the French clergy and travellers . Father Ventura pronounced the funeral oration of the deceasedin which he compared the situation of Ireland to that
, of his own country , and O'Connell to Pius IX ., ancl captivated the attention of his auditory during nearly two hours . He , nevertheless , only delivered one half of his oration , that part in which he considered O'Connell as a political man ancl a citizen . On the 30 th the oration was concluded , when Father Ventura spoke of O'Connell as a religious man . July 25 . —The remains of Bro . O'Connell , accompanied by two of
his sons , by the Rev . Dr . Miley , and a courier , arrived in town on Sunday night by a train on the South-AVestern Railway , which left Southampton at six o ' clock . It appeared that the funeral cortege arrived at Havre from Paris on the previous Thursday , but , owing to the ill-health of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , it was necessary to make a halt in that town until Saturday , the coffin in the mean time having been placed in the church of Notre Dame . On Saturday night the party sailed with their
melancholy charge on board the new South-AVestern Steam Navigation Company ' s steam-ship Express , which arrived at Southampton on Sunday morning , after a voyage of little more than seven hours . The coffin was conveyed in the same hearse , or fourgon , in which it left Genoa . The remains were immediately removed in the fourgon to the Eustonsquare Hotel , where they remained until Monday morning , when , attended by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , by the Rev . Dr . Miley , his valet Puggan , and about eight Irish gentlemen , including two Roman Catholic clergymen , they were placed upon one of the carriage-trucks of the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Late Brother Daniel O'Connell.
THE LATE BROTHER DANIEL O'CONNELL .
TO THE EDITOR . DEAII Sin—I quite agree with the opinion , that the expulsion of O'Connell is " among the great faults committed by the Grand Lodge of Ireland . " That decree was as uncalled for , as the act of O'Connell which evoked it was dishonourable . Very probably the spleen of one or two weak members mislead the assembly at that moment . But one point in his letter is very important ; the archbishop , Dr . Troy , deemed
renunciation unnecessary . I have the following rough memorandums among my papers : — " Daniel O'Connell was , in earl y days , a most enthusiastic Masonmade the year before the rebellion , ( 1797 *) and was Master of the Old Lodge , 189 , to which the following kindred spirits at some time belonged —William AAliite , ( late JD . G . M . ) , Lord Edward Fitzgerald , Curran , ( Honest Jack ) Lawless , the Emmetts , Hamilton Rowan , Robert
Holmes , & c . " AVhen O'Connell left France , the two Shears accompanied him . Your very obedient servant , London , July 2 , 1847 . D S
June 28 . —The funeral service , for the repose of the soul of O'Connell , was celebrated at Rome with great pomp , as had been announced . So early as eight o ' clock , . M ., the church of St . Andrew della Valle was invaded by an immense crowd . The son of O'Connell , the Rev . Dr . Miley , and all the Irish then at Rome were present , together with a number of cardinals , bishops , Roman princes , ancl the elite of the French clergy and travellers . Father Ventura pronounced the funeral oration of the deceasedin which he compared the situation of Ireland to that
, of his own country , and O'Connell to Pius IX ., ancl captivated the attention of his auditory during nearly two hours . He , nevertheless , only delivered one half of his oration , that part in which he considered O'Connell as a political man ancl a citizen . On the 30 th the oration was concluded , when Father Ventura spoke of O'Connell as a religious man . July 25 . —The remains of Bro . O'Connell , accompanied by two of
his sons , by the Rev . Dr . Miley , and a courier , arrived in town on Sunday night by a train on the South-AVestern Railway , which left Southampton at six o ' clock . It appeared that the funeral cortege arrived at Havre from Paris on the previous Thursday , but , owing to the ill-health of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , it was necessary to make a halt in that town until Saturday , the coffin in the mean time having been placed in the church of Notre Dame . On Saturday night the party sailed with their
melancholy charge on board the new South-AVestern Steam Navigation Company ' s steam-ship Express , which arrived at Southampton on Sunday morning , after a voyage of little more than seven hours . The coffin was conveyed in the same hearse , or fourgon , in which it left Genoa . The remains were immediately removed in the fourgon to the Eustonsquare Hotel , where they remained until Monday morning , when , attended by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , by the Rev . Dr . Miley , his valet Puggan , and about eight Irish gentlemen , including two Roman Catholic clergymen , they were placed upon one of the carriage-trucks of the