Anticipytions of the hearty welcome ch would he accorded to the King and in Ireland have been more than The Royal procession from Kingstown to Dublin on Tuesday wae continuous succession of scenes of unsurpassable eothusinsm. Mr. John Redmond and the laiders of the Nati are able to boast thet. ceting on th advice, with the single exception of Waterford, "li the municipy which the jonalists are ina majority, including the own Council of Dublin, have decided against presenting addresses in their cor. porate copicities: but individually even the councillors who voted "gainst the presentation of addresses have in murly eases joined heartily in the welcome and the Times" observes, ihe warmth of the reception a meaning which notoriously it is not intended to bear. The Trish people welcome the sovereign without pt lice to their political ideals. The Natiooalists among them will remain as thorough Nationalis after the nev Empi e United King-dow, both of whicl so often and sigualy served, will have undergone a certain ud and the Land Bill.
ateuth which even the lers must surely acknowledge, There isa wide-spread belief in Ireland. which may or may not be well-founded, that the King has always been personally rather favourably disposed towards Home Rul and this ne doubt hus increased the heart ness of the welcome accorded toh Majesty and the Queen and their daughter, jetoria. But apart from this osteinly a better feeling among Trishmen towards England to-day than ions. The prime cause of this is no doubt the Irish Land Bill. the third reading of which was passed by the House of Commons on the very day on which their Majesties Landed in Treland, only twenty being found to vote against House of 3 the dissentients being a_ score of rigid Radicals who object to burdening the British taxpayer and pledging his credit for the benefit of the Trish landlord, even though the Irish tenant benefits much more largely.
Mr. George Wyndham, who has piloted the Bill through the Lower House, was not there during the final in Treland acting as on the King. In this capacity he rode in the Royal Procession from Kingstown to Dublin, sharing a cutriage with Viscount Wolseley, who there as Gold-Stick, and two Ladies of th Bed Chamber to the Queen. Nothing, indeed, in connection with the great demonstration was more notable th splendid reception accorded to Mr him—second only to that given to the King and Queen, That the Sovereign should be Queen 4 splendid reception on her it to Dublin during the last year of her ign. But that the Chief Secretary to the who, even more than elf, is the embodiment of Dublin Castle rule, should be ered by the enthusiastic plaudits of the people is indeed a surprising token of, the change of feeling wrought ly the new Bil Mr. Wyndham has won golden opinions from all parties by his management oF the mesure, by his courtesy towards hie opponents and his conciliatory spirit towards his critics, It is expected that some high honour will be conferred upon him during the Royal visit but it will not of course be one which will remove him from the House of Commons, of which he is regaled as destined one day to be the leader.
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