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«Chronicle of the Week :
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Imperial Parliament : Miscellaneous Affairs — Monday Night— Tuesday Night—On Wednesday Mr. Parnell and the Anti-Parnellites— Mr.. Matthews in Birmingham—Mr. Chamberlain on ihe Unionist Alliance—The Revolt in Chili— Further Action— Fighting at Suakin—Death of Prince Baldwin — M. Sardou’s “ Thermidor ”—The French Government and the Vatican^ — Elections^ in Spain and Austria—The Behring Sea Dispute— Reported Riot in Jamaica .. .. .. •. 157 •Leaders :
The Insurrection in Chili .. .. 161 “ Thermidor” .. .. .. 162 Let Us See for Ourselves.. .. 163 The Golden Rose .. .. .. 164 N o t e s .................................................... 165
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R eviews :
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Peter’s Rock in Mohammed’s
Flood .................................... 167 A Life of St. Hugh .. .. 168 Preaching .. .. _ .. .. 169 Home Life on an Ostrich Farm.. 169 Henry VIII. and the Carthusian
Martyrs .. .. .. .. 169 “ The Irish Ecclesiastical Record” 170 The Christian Virgin in her Family and in the World.. .. .. 170 Miscellaneous Works of St.
Alphonsus de Liguori .. .. 170 Syd B e l to n .................................... 171
The Temperance Movement .. 171
Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. •• 173 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .■ 174
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Pastor Fleidner in Madrid .. .. 175 L etters to th e E ditor :
Answer to a Student’s Enquiry .. 176 The Hampson Will Suit .. .. 176 Higher Grade Education.. .. 176 The New Church at Silvertown .. 177 Chile Governed by Irishmen .. 177 Relics of Judas Iscariot .. .. 177 In Olden Times .. .. .. 177 j Aspects of Anglicanism .. .. 177
The Pope and the English Colleges 178 “ The Freeman’s Journal” and the
Irish Bishops .. .. .. 179
j Catholics Abroad .. .. .. 181 I An Archbishop’s Last Letter .. 182 M arriage .. .. .. . . 183 1A ppeals to the C haritable .. 184
Social and Political . . ..134
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SUPPLEMENT. D ecisions of R oman C ongrega
t io n s ....................................................... 189 N ews from the S chools :
Moral Teaching in Education .. 190 About Education........................... 190 N ews from the D ioceses :
Southwark .. .. .. ... igi Liverpool .. .. .. .. 191 Salford .. .. .. .. 191 St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. 191 Madras and the Padroado .. .. 192 The Religious Disabilities Removal
......................................193 The Rev. Richard Banks Hodgson 193
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
we need not carry the discussions upon it further. The Bill was read forthwith a second time, and referred to a Select Committee.
In the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr.
—monday John Ellis asked whether the Government pro-
TH E chief interest in the Lords on the re-assembling of Parliament, towards n i ju u .M «™ a the close o f last week, was the intron ig h t . posed to move the appointment o f a Select
Committee to inquire into the subject o f over
AiTAiKs. duction of the new peers, Lord Sandford and
Lord Iveagh. In the Commons, time was
•chiefly taken up by the Scotch Private Legislation Bill. The Lord Advocate, in moving its second reading, explained that there were three main reasons for the changes proposed— the convenience o f suitors, the disadvantages of •double inquiry by the two Houses o f Parliament, and the lessening of the duties of members. The Joint Committee o f both Houses, which had been appointed three years ago to examine into the system o f Private Bill legislation, and upon whose report the present Bill had been mainly founded, had reported in favour of inquiry by Commission. It was here proposed that the Commission should be substituted for the Parliamentary Committees o f the two Houses, and that it should sit in the localities concerned de die i?i diem . As to its composition, the proposals were : (r) That a Scotch Judge should be a member, and that he should be the one who at present sat on the Railway Commission for Scotland; (2) That one o f the lay Railway Commissioners should be a member; (3) That one should ibe a member of the House o f Commons selected by the Committee o f Selection ; and (4) That one should be some capable and experienced Scotchman, to be selected by the Judges of the Scotch Court o f Session. As to the Bills to go before the Commission, it was proposed that the Chairman of Ways and Means should have to consider whether a Bill did, or did not, exclusively relate to Scotland, since on that naturally the question would depend. The subject had been taken up in response to what was believed to be a general and strongly expressed opinion in Scotland, and he hoped the measure would be received with favour. Mr. Campbell-Bannerman moved as an Amendment, “ That the subjects dealt with by Private Bill legislation ought not to be committed for inquiry to a Commission until it has been shown that it is impracticable to remedy the evils now complained of by amending the present system of inquiry by Parliament, and by extending the powers of municipal authorities in counties and in boroughs.” But as, after a long debate, this amendmend was lost by a majority o f 64,
time worked by railway servants. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach replied that when he made the proposal for a Committee on that subject on Friday, it was not merely to defeat the motion of Mr. Channing, but because her Majesty’s Government believed that to be the most practicable way o f dealing with this most important subject. H e hoped, from the fact that this question was asked by a member sitting on the other side of the House, he might conclude that the appointment of a Committee would command the practical assent of the House without debate. That being so, he proposed to put a notice on the paper that day upon the subject. Mr. Majoribanks followed in a question to the Secretary for War as to the exact details o f the improvements to be made in the magazine rifle, known as Mark II. In answer, Mr. Brodrick said that the changes proposed in Mark II. rifle ( were somewhat too technical for him to explain in answer I to a question, but it might be possible to indicate them generally. It had already been stated that, except for the new magazine, they could all have been introduced in Mark I . ; but he might say that the main changes were (x) that the magazine would contain ten cartridges, and would be far easier to f i l l ; (2) foresight— experience having shown that, for military purposes, the Martini-Henry was better than the Lewis ; (3) safety catch, which had been omitted ; | (4) bolt head and bolt cover, which had been modified, and I the screw abolished ; (5) weight o f rifle generally, which had been reduced.— A short conversation ensued, in which Mr. Matthews refused to continue further inquiries into the death of the Duke of Bedford, and, after more questioning, j the House went into Committee on the T ithe Rent- Charge Recovery Bill. The greater part of the sitting—
about eight hours— was occupied in Committee on this Recovery Bill. Clause 1, which transfers the liability for payment of tithe-rent charge to the landowner, was practically agreed to ; and Clause 2, which provides for the recovery of tithe rent-charge through the county court, was discussed at length. An amendment by Mr. S. Evans to provide that the costs under the new procedure should not exceed those under the existing system having been negatived by 170 votes against 102, the Committee adjourned until Thursday. A t midnight, Sir Robert Fowler moved an
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