saying, Ah! there you lie, and God be with you, poor Father Lanigan!'"*

Among the subscribers, which included at least thirty in America, were :-The Right Hon. Thomas, now Baron O'Hagan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Lord Talbot de Malahide; Most Rev. Patrick

*These exertions were stimulated by queries, not dissimilar from the following, which appeared in the Nation and other journals about the same time. That now appended is from the Irish Literary Gazette of 10th October, 1857:"Could any of your correspondents inform me in which of our suburban graveyards Dr. Lanigan, the

Leahy, D.D., Archbishop of Cashel; Right Rev. David Moriarty, D.D., Bishop of Kerry; Right Rev. William Keane, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne; Very Rev. Monsignore Meagher, V.G., P.P.; Rev. James Henthorne Todd, D.D., S.F.T.C.D.; Very Rev. Charles W. Russell, D.D., President of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; Chief Baron Pigott; Sir William R. Wilde, M.R.I.A., M.D. (to whom Irish Archæology is much indebted); John E. Pigott, Esq.; Laurence Waldron, Esq., M.P.; Daniel MacCarthy, (Glas), Esq.; J. Lanigan, M.P.; Dr. Mapother; Rev. William Reeves, D.D., Rector of Tynan; Archdeacon Hamilton, D.D.; Alexander M. Sullivan, Esq.; T. Henebry Green, Esq., Ohio, U.S.A.; Very Rev. Monsignore O'Connell, Dean of Dublin; Very Rev. Dean Meyler; Very Rev. Dean Cogan, Navan; Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien, P.P., Dean of Limerick; Thomas Reany, Esq., Clonmel; Very Rev. Monsignore Yore, V.G., P.P.; Very Rev. Archdeacon Laurence Dunne, P.P., Castledermot; R. R. Madden, Esq., M.R.I.A.; Martin Haverty, Esq. (the able historian of Ireland); Rev. Ulick J. Bourke; Eugene O'Curry, M.R.I.A.; and John O'Donovan, LL.D., M.R.I.A. (whose premature death, soon after, shocked the country); Rev. J. F.

truly learned author of the Ecclesiastical History of Ireland,' was buried, or if any monument covers his remains?" A fine monument, as we said, has since been raised; but, after all, perhaps Sir William Jones was right when, in the last century, he said: "The best monument that can be erected to a man of literary talents is a good edition of his works." This should be soon forthcoming. The "Ecclesiastical History" is full of typographical errors-owing no doubt to Dr. Lanigan having delegated to a friend the supervision of his proof-sheets. Thomas Moore, in an unpublished letter dated Sloperton, 20th April, 1835, after bemoaning the blunders with which printers' devils disfigured his own History of Ireland, adds: "In his printing, however, he (Dr. Lanigan) was even more unlucky than myself, as there are hardly any of his Latin quotations correct," The flattering proposal was conveyed to the present writer, in the year 1863, by Mr. Smith of the firm "Hodges and Smith," that he should edit a new edition of Lanigan's complete works, which they then meditated bringing out."

Shearman, M.R.I.A.; Rev. John O'Hanlon, C.C., M.R.I.A.; and W. J. Fitzpatrick.

A worthy priest who took a deep interest in Dr. Lanigan's memory, anxious fully to identify the spot, brought with him Kelly, who had dug the grave, and hoping to find the coffin plate, excavated to a considerable depth, but without success. The investigator was so moved by enthusiasm, that he forgot to ask permission from the Protestant Rector, who, hastening to the spot, protested warmly against the intrusion, and asked what should be thought if he were to open a grave in Glasnevin without leave. The bones of Lanigan, however, as they lay exposed, warned the rival priests that life was too short to quarrel, and, instead of fighting, as too literal interpreters of the "church militant" might have done, jungamus dexteras, in the spirit of our 112th page, was the result, and the altercation ended by the Rector bringing the Priest to his manse, and showing him some relics of his predecessor, Parnell.*

We cannot, perhaps, more fitly conclude than with the following original lines, placed at our disposal by a

* Vainly would some Old Mortality of a future period decide on the authencity of an entry in the parish register of Finglas for the year 1828 (p. 1), were he not in possession of other data to elucidate this village necrology. Thus runs the mortuary and annalistic puzzle:

Our readers need scarcely be reminded, that the foregoing record must stand for the celebrated John Lanigan, D.D. Little heed took a careless scribe of his fame and memory, whilst penning the untrue notice of his interment. This original roll may be inspected among the archives of the Protestant Parish Vicar, who resides in the manse of the former poet-pastor, Parnell, who, if living, would doubtless have flung a more appreciative ægis around the Doctor's dust than subsequent incumbents seemed disposed to extend.

distinguished Irishman, and ardent appreciator of Lanigan's labours :

ELEGY ON THE GRAVE OF DR. LANIGAN.

Toilworn, yet tireless, passed his well-spent years,
And when his lamp of life was quenched in gloom,
No friends, few kinsfolk, came to weep sad tears,
As menials bore him to the silent tomb.

Yet wherefore weep, or mourn his blest release?
A spirit dimmed was his, a mind inane;
Far better closed his thoughts and eyes in peace,
Than range on objects shapeless, clouded, vain.

With that declining form in honoured age,
His genius unrequited passed away;
Researchful lore bestowed on storied page
Waned as the twilight of departing day.

From heritage of trials summoned forth,

Earth's gifted sons from men and memory fade;
By learning, virtue, truthfulness, and worth,
Thus oft, alas! the debt of nature's paid.

Swift years have sped since sure and sad decay
Consigned thy dust to that unsheltered grave,
Commingling with its cold, neglected clay,

Rest thee, poor toiler, where the night winds rave!

Still shall the patriot just emotion feel

For him who lived to serve his land, and die;
Still shall the Christian pilgrim muse and kneel,
Beside his lonely grave, with moistened eye!

APPENDIX.

THE IRISH COLLEGE AT ROME.

REFERENCE has been made (at p. 27, ante) to an elaborate report, drawn up under the auspices of Cardinal Marefoschi, Lord Protector of Ireland, regarding the alleged maladministration of the Irish College by a distinguished order of religious. The Rev. Dr. Slevin, in his voluminous evidence before the Commissioners of Education Inquiry, 28th October, 1826, explains the character of this now obsolete office, the very title of which will be new to some ecclesiastics:

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Q. Who filled the office during the year you were at Rome ?

"A. I believe there was no such personage in my time ; the Cardinal Prefect of the Propaganda transacted every business relating to the Irish mission.

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Q. In the pamphlet of Dr. Butler referred to, we observe this expression in relation to that office, That he is a person higher in dignity, relatively to us, than the Legate at Brussels.' Who do you conceive Dr. Butler

meant by that expression?

"A. The Cardinal Protector of the ecclesiastical concerns of Ireland.

"Q. He assigns to him, does he not, a higher degree of dignity than to the Pope's Legate?

"A. He does, with relation to Ireland.

"Q. Does not the word Protector' imply that the protection is to be extended against something or some person?

"A. Not when applied to a Cardinal. I conceive it means nothing more than to protect the interests of the Church or College which the Cardinal may voluntarily take under his protection" (pp. 209-10). Dr. Slevin added that "his protection was purely in spiritual matters," but it will be