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Ulysses

brought the discussion to a close, in response to repeated
requests and hearty plaudits from all parts of a bumper
house, by a remarkably noteworthy rendering of the
immortal Thomas Osborne Davis’ evergreen verses

(happily too familiar to need recalling here) A nation once
again in the execution of which the veteran patriot
champion may be said without fear of contradiction to
have fairly excelled himself. The Irish Caruso-Garibaldi
was in superlative form and his stentorian notes were
heard to the greatest advantage in the timehonoured
anthem sung as only our citizen can sing it. His superb
highclass vocalism, which by its superquality greatly
enhanced his already international reputation, was
vociferously applauded by the large audience among
which were to be noticed many prominent members of
the clergy as well as representatives of the press and the bar
and the other learned professions. The proceedings then
terminated.
Amongst the clergy present were the very rev. William
Delany, S. J., L. L. D.; the rt rev. Gerald Molloy, D. D.;
the rev. P. J. Kavanagh, C. S. Sp.; the rev. T. Waters, C.
C.; the rev. John M. Ivers, P. P.; the rev. P. J. Cleary, O.
S. F.; the rev. L. J. Hickey, O. P.; the very rev. Fr.
Nicholas, O. S. F. C.; the very rev. B. Gorman, O. D. C.;

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