and respectability of his audiences,
but by the learned and tasteful spirit of his productions. [Cheers.]

Gentlemen, I shall not detain you longer. All that I could desire and
far more than I ever could expect you have conferred upon me in the
honor you have done me to-day. It will be a memory that must remain as
an actual possession to me and mine, which nothing in life can take from
us. The repetition of thanks adds little to their force, and therefore,
deeply as I am already obliged to you, I must draw still further on your
indulgence. You have had faith in my zeal for your service; you will, I
am sure, continue that faith in my gratitude, for the value you have set
upon it. With a heart more full than the glass I hold, I return you my
most grateful thanks, and have the honor of drinking all your healths.
[Mr. Macready who had displayed considerable emotion during some
portions of his address, then resumed his seat amid enthusiastic
cheering.]

JUSTIN McCARTHY

IRELAND'S STRUGGLE

[Speech of Justin McCarthy at a dinner given in his honor, New York
City, October 2, 1886. When the speaking began, Judge Browne, who
presided, asked the audience to drink the health of Justin McCarthy,
the guest of the evening, with this quotation from Thomas Moore:--

"Here's the Poet who drinks; here's the warrior who fights;
Here's the statesman who speaks in the cause of men's rights;
Charge! hip, hip, hurrah! hurrah!"

Continuing, Judge Browne said: "We feel it a proud privilege to be
permitted to gather and do honor to one who has done honor to our name
and nation in a foreign land. When the great leader of the Irish
people was bidding you good-by at the other side of the water, he said
that the aid you had rendered him and his colleagues had largely
helped to advance the interests of Ireland in her onward march to
freedom. Our knowledge of you enables us to indorse that statement.
[Applause.] What you have written in one of our city papers has shown
us step by step the progress of the Home Rule movement. That great
work has been accomplished by the Irish leader there can be no doubt.
I witnessed it personally a few short weeks ago, when standing in the
strangers' gallery in the House of Commons, I saw a handful of Irish
members under the leadership of Parnell withstand the assaults of six
hundred English members. [Applause.] It was an awe-inspiring sight.
When one rememb