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however, been received meantime by the committee, was bestowed by him as an initiatory subscription to the statue of Henry Grattan subsequently erected in College Green, executed by the late Mr. Foley, R.A., shortly previous to his decease. He was returned to Par- liament, in the Home-Rule interest, as one of the members for the county of Louth, at the general election of Feb., 1874. Peculiar importance was supposed to attach to his election, from the fact of his having been chosen by the Home- Rule party as the opponent of the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, then President of the Board of Trade, and possessed of very great personal, political, and proprietorial influence in the county. Mr. Sul- livan represented the county of Louth till the general election of 1880, when he was elected for Meath. He withdrew from Parlia- ment in consequence of ill-health in 1882. He is the author of some historical and biographical works, including " New Ireland,'* a series of political sketches and personal reminiscences of Irish public life, which appeared in 1877. In 1876 he was admitted to the Irish Bar, and in 1877 the Benchers of the Inner Temple conferred on him the exceptional compliment of a *' spe- cial caU " to the English Bar. In 1876 he terminated his connection with Irish journalism, and soon afterwards, removing to London, devoted himself to practice in the legal profession. He is one of the original founders of the Home-Rule movement, in which he acts a lead- ing part. He takes a very active interest in all questions of social reform, and is a prominent advocate of temperance movements. He is a Vice-President of the Dublin Work- ing Men's Club, and has been Chairman of the Executive in the Irish Permissive Bill Association since its establishment. Mr. SuUi- van married, in 1861, Frances Genevieve, only surviving daughter

of the late John Donovan, Esq., of New Orleans.

SULLIVAN, Sib Arthur Sey- mour, was born in London, May 13, 1842. His father was principal Professor at Kneller HaU, the training school for British military bands. He received his first syst^ matic instruction in music at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, under the Rev. Thomas Helmore, and he was still a chorister when, at the age of fourteen, he gained, the first time it was competed for, the Men- delssohn Scholarship. After two years study under Mr. (afterwards Sir Stemdale) Bennett, and Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Goss, he studied at Leipzig for three years at the ConservUtorium. UjK)n his return to England in 1861, he brought with him his music to Shakspere's " Tempest," which was performed for the first time at the Crystal Palace. His next work was the cantata " Kenilworth," pro- duced at the Birmingham Festival in 1864. This was followed by the i Symphony in E (Crystal Palace), 1865 ; overture, " In Memoriam " (Norwich), 1866; overture, "Mar- mion " (Philharmonic), 1867 ; ora- torio, "The Prodigal Son" (Here- ford), 1868 ; overture, " Di BaUo " (Birmingham), 1869; "On Shore and Sea" (International Exhibition), 1871 ; Festival "Te Deum," to com- memorate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (Crystal Palace), 1872; oratorio, " The Light of the World " (Birmingham), 1873 ; and the sacred musical drama, "The Martyr of Antioch " (Leeds), 1880. Mr. Sul- livan has also produced the follow- ing popular and successful operas and operettas: "Cox and Box," 1866 ; " Contrabandista," 1867 ; "Thespis," 1872 ; "Trial by Jury," 1875 ; " Sorcerer," 1877 ; " H.M.S. Pinafore/* 1878; "The Pirates of Penzance," 1879 ; " Patience," 1881 ; and " lolanthe," 1882. His oratorio, " The Prodigal Son/' was brought out at the Chester Musical Festival in 1882. In his song- writing, which