Ireland and France . NO HOME RULE FOR IRELAND. As to Ireland, we cannot understand how itis, that England approves Home Rule for Italy,Hungary, Holland, Belgium, Egypt, Greece, Canada,and Australia, and yet, she will not consent to giveit to Ireland. THE BANQUET. On the evening of the 17th the banquet tookplace. It was given in the hall of the exposition,which was richly decorated with evergreens, flowersand flags. At one end of the hall there was a largetable somewhat raised above the others, and it wasat this table the Lord Mayor sat. At his right wasseated Mrs. de la Panouse, Count de Flavi
Ireland and France . NO HOME RULE FOR IRELAND. As to Ireland, we cannot understand how itis, that England approves Home Rule for Italy,Hungary, Holland, Belgium, Egypt, Greece, Canada,and Australia, and yet, she will not consent to giveit to Ireland. THE BANQUET. On the evening of the 17th the banquet tookplace. It was given in the hall of the exposition,which was richly decorated with evergreens, flowersand flags. At one end of the hall there was a largetable somewhat raised above the others, and it wasat this table the Lord Mayor sat. At his right wasseated Mrs. de la Panouse, Count de Flavigney,Mr. de Lesseps, Mr. Lombard, Mrs. Petry, , Miss de Lavison, the duke of Feltre,and Mr. A. M. Sullivan. On his left, the LordMayors wife, Viscount ONeill, Dr. Rufz deLavison, Mr. John Martin, Mr. Maguire, Mr. , Mr. Galishon, Mr. OScanlon, Mr. HenryONeill, Mr. de Cantenson, Mr. de la Chaise, andMr. Alfred Duquet. Around the other tables wereseated three hundred of the most illustrious persons. g ft IRELAND AND FRANCE. 37 in the nation. The gallery was filled with ladiesand gentlemen who paid to listen to the the table of honor, a splendid orchestraplayed national airs. Now the toasts commence. Listen ! The LordMayor proposes the health of Queen arose the storm of hisses, about which theEnglish press talked so much. The French werein no way responsible for such a same thing would have happened if the banquetwere given in honor of the Great-Mogul. The Lord Mayor then drank to the health ofthe Lord Lieutenant, whom he regarded as the bestsportsman in the three kingdoms. These brilliantqualities are not very much admired by the Irish,and the toast was a failure. The Lord Mayor wasdefeated twice, it is true, but the third time hisvictory was complete. To the Representativesof France, was received with tremendous cheers,with joy and enthusiasm which cannot be is what he said :— I propose a toast t
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