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A W eek ly N ew sp aper a n d R e v ie w .

DUM VOBIS GRATDLAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

From the B r ie f oj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.} J

Vol. 88. No. 2936. L o n d o n , A u g u s t 1 5 , 1 8 9 6 .

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[R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f ic e a s a N ew spa p er

«Ch r o n ic le o f t h e W e e k ! Page

Imperial Parliament : Irish Land "Bill in the Lords— In Smoother Waters— Light Railways and the Uganda Railway— Third Reading of the Land Bill— Supply Voted— -The South African Committee—•

'Mr. Chamberlain on South Africa — Back in the Commons— Chaos in Madagascar—Sir J ohnG o rs t and_ University E x t e n s i o n — Italians Lynched in Louisiana — Prince Bismarck on Crete — A Startling Retrospect—The Condition of Cuba— The Presidential Campaign in America— The Rising in Rhodesia.................................... 237 L eaders :

The Abbé Portai and Corporate

Reunion . . . . . . . . 241 The Total Eclipse o f the Sun . . 243 Authority and Evolution . . . . 244

CONTENTS,

The Religious Condition of the

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People in England............................ 245 N o t e s . . . . _..............................248 R e v ie w s :

Crispí U n m a s k e d ........................... 250 Silk of the Kine . . . . . 250 En Route .. . . . . . . 250 “ The Month” ........................... 251 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . ... 253 News from Ireland . . _ — 254 News From France . . . . 255 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

The Modern Goth . . . . . . 256 The Ceremonial of Bishops *' 257 The Catholic House of Residence at C a m b r i d g e ........................... 257 Bimetallism .. . . . . 257 Dean Fremantle and Christianity 257 Married Bishops . . . . . . 257 The Procession of Notre Dame

De Boulogne ........................... 258

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r (Con­

Page tinued : The Rendering o f the Encyclical 258 Lord Halifax and the Abbé Por­

tal’s Speech . . . . . . 258 Barlow’s Consecration . . . . 258 A Rector’s Plan for Corporate

R e u n i o n ......................... . . 258 A Correction ........................... 259 Don Bosco . . . . . . . . 259 The Vindication of Lancashire . . 260 Missionary Experiences in L ad ak .. 261 “ The English Historical R ev iew ” 262 A Scotch Rebuke to the Protestant

Alliance . . . .

. . 263

The Late Father Welsby . . . . 264 Dread of Catholicism in Wales . . 264 Books o f the W e e k ........................... 264 F rom E v e r yw h e r e . . . . . . 266 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 266

SUPPLEMENT. N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :

The Barry Catholic School . . 269

N ew s from t h e S chools (Con­

tinued): A New Chapel for St. Bede's

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C o l l e g e ......................... . . 269 Pupil Teachers . . . . . . 270 A Question for Churchmen . . 270 The New Science and Art Rules 270 The Pupil Teacher System . . 270 Lancashire and the Prelates . . 271 St. Patrick’s College, Wellington,

New Zealand . . . . . . 271 Games and Athletic Sports in

Modern Education . . . . 271: The Education D ifficu lty .. . . 272 De Profundis . . . . . . 272 N ew s fro m t h e D io c e se s :

S o u t h w a r k ....................................... 273 Northampton ............................273 The Vicariate ........................... 273 Newport ....................................... 273 A b e r d e e n ....................................... 273 Catholicism in Denmark . . . . 273 Catholics at Oxford and Cambridge 274

Rejected M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT :

IRISH LAND BILL IN

THE LORDS.

' I " 'H E worst anticipations as to

;i the treatment of the Irish “*■ Land Bill by the Lords were realized in the results of the first dis­

cussion in Committee. Again and again amendments were carried by the Irish landlord peers against the Government, which was thus placed in a position of serious embarrassment, if not of actual humiliation. Lord Templetown’s amendment on Clause i , that in fixing a fair rent the Court chould, unless both landlord and tenant objected, record the several classes of land in their holding and the sum which would be the fair rent of each if all improvements had been made or acquired by the landlord, was debated at length, and eventually carried, in spite of a vigorous protest from Lord Lansdowne, by a majority of 125 votes against C7. After some other amendments had been compromised or withdrawn, Lord Cloncurry proposed on Clause 4, which raises the present limits at which fair rents can be fixed from ^ 5 0 of annual value to ¿ t o o , to do away with the concession thus granted. He maintained that the class ■ of grazing tenants rated at over ^ 5 0 were perfectly well able to take care of themselves in making contracts, whilst Lord McNaghten complained that there was no justification for the serious inroad now contemplated on the Act of 1881. Here the Duke of Devonshire intervened by pointing out, in support of Lord Lansdowne’s refusal to accept the amendment, that the object of the A ct o f 1881 was to exclude the great grazing farms on which tenants did not live, and did not depend on agriculture. Experience, however, had shown that there were scattered over the country grazing tenants who lived by farming just as much as those who held rateable tenancies between ^ 5 0 and ^ 10 0 rateable value. The revision was necessary, andMt. Gerald Balfour had promised to make it, so there were no grounds for the Irish landlords’ complaint that they had been taken by surprise. But it was all to no purpose ; the Government again found themselves in a minority, and the amendment was carried by 107 votes to 60. A technical discussion was then raised by Lord McNaghteD, who proposed to omit Clause 5, which extends the definition of town parks, and who carried his point against the Govern-

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ment by a majority of 19. Lord Belmore next moved the omission of Clause 9, by which the tenants’ privilege of cutting turf was converted into an absolute right, thus depriving the owners of the bogs of their control and management. Lord Lansdowne explained that the object of the Government was to guard the tenant in whose case a rent had been fixed on the assumption that a customary privilege had been secured to him from having the privilege withdrawn while he was paying rent for it. He promised, however, to remodel the clause, and on this understanding the amendment was withdrawn.

The next day’s discussion pointed to a

— i n s m o o t h e r change of temper, and the progress of the w a t e r s . Bill was smoother and easier. There was a good deal of give and take on both sides,

and the harmony of the evening was only disturbed by two divisions, in one of which the Government had the pleasure of once more finding themselves in a majority. Lord Lansdowne fulfilled his pledge by presenting a remodelled clause dealing with the delicate question of turbary rights, which, after a mere verbal change, was accepted by Lord Belmore and his supporters. On an application for the fixing of a fair rent, the landlord is to make his choice. He may permit the tenant to cut turf subject to the same restrictions as before, and his election will be recorded in the order made by the Court; if, however, he decides not to do so, the rate of rent will be fixed with reference to his refusal. The matter has still, however, to gain the approval of the Commons. Before the House rose all the remaining clauses were disposed of, and the Bill stood ready for Report and Third Reading on Monday. The prospects of the immediate passing of the Bill were thus much improved, and may be regarded as still further brightened by a letter which appeared in Monday’s Times, in which the leaders of the malcontent peers declare that the amendments carried in no way changed the general character of the Bill. It Was hoped that this confession might point to the abandonment of any pertinacious insistence upon the amendments in question.

— LIGHT RAILWAYS

AND THE UGANDA RAILW AY.

In considering the Light Railways Bill in Committee in the House of Lords on Monday, the Earl of Camperdown on Clause 7 moved an amendment to the effect that notice of the application for authorizing a light railway should be served on every owner, lessee, and occupier, defining the particular land to be taken, and requiring an answer as to whether the persons so served