A W eek ly N ew sp ap er a n d R e v iew .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t June 4, 1870.

V ol. 77. No. 2649. L ondon, F ebruary 14, 1891.

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[R eg iste r ed a t th e G en e r a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

«Chronicle of t h e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament : Miscellaneous Affairs — Monday Night — Tuesday’s Sitting— The Boulogne Conference— The New Ministry in Italy — Obrenovitch V. — Is Canada to be Absorbed ?—The New Mail Route to the East— Chained to a Corpse—The Tsar and the Lord Mayor— Feeling in Vienna—The King of the Belgians .and Labour— Loss of a Steamship — Photography in Colours— Arrest of Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien— The Drink Bill of 1890 . . . . 241

^Lea ders :

Afterwords on the Disabilities Bill 245 The New Italian Ministry . . 246 Irish Educational Injustice . . 247 Russian Propagandism . . . . 248 Another “ Literary Discovery” . . 248 Let Us See for Ourselves.. . . 249

CONTENTS.

N o t e s .....................................................251 R eview s :

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The Christ the Son of God .. 252 What is Truth? . . . . v 253 The Catholic’s Temperance L i­

brary .................................... 254 Aspects of Anglicanism .. . . 254 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .. .. . . . . 257 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . .. . . . - 258

The Spanish Elections .. . . 260 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or :

Religious Disabilities Removal

Bill . . ......................... * .. 260 To Trace a Rite .. .. .. 260 Fund fora West African Bishopric 260

L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor (Con

Page tinued): Prayers for Inebriates . . . . 261 Prince Baldwin • . . . . 261

From the Tsar to the Queen.. . . 261 Irish Pastorals and Politics . . . . 262 A Catholic Marquess on Art . . 263 Catholics and Preston Guardians . . 264 The Rev. Elphege Cody, O .S.B . . . 264 The Religious Disabilities and the

Press . . . . .. . . .. 265 Catholics Abroad . . .. . . 266

O b it u a r y .................................... 267 F rom E v e r yw h e r e .........................267

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M arr ia g e ........................................267 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 267

SU PPLEM EN T . D ecisions of R oman C ongrega­

t io n s .................................................... 273 N ews from t h e S c h o o l s :

The Training of Pupil Teachers.. 273 A Catholic School Board . . . . 274 About Education . . . . . . 274 N ew s from th e D io ceses :

Westminster.. . . . . . . 274 Birmingham .. . . . . . . 275 Northampton . . . . . . 275 Nottingham... . . . . . . 275 Salford .. . . . . . . 276 Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . 277 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 277 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 277 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 278

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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AT the end of last week in the

House of Lords, the Custody of Children Bill and the Presentation o f Benefices Bill passed through the House. In the Commons, Mr. Smith regretted, in a reply to Mr. Gladstone, that sufficient progress had not been made with the Tithes Bill to enable the Government to carry out their original intention of allotting Monday for the discussion of Mr. Morley’s resolution in respect to Tipperary. I f the Bill were completed before Thursday, that day would be assigned to Mr. Morley; if not, he could not pledge himself to any arrangements over the resolution. On the motion to go into Committee of Supply, Mr. Rowlands moved an Amendment entreating the Government to abolish the franchise possessed by the Liverymen of the City of London, which gives the vote to persons who may have no residential or business con- j nection with the City. Sir George Trevelyan supported | the motion in a learned kind of speech, demonstrating that circumstances might arise wherein a Liveryman might possess four votes. The Home Secretary opposed the motion. He admitted that it was an anomaly, but he declared that he had heard no argument against it save that it was an anomaly. And why should London be picked out for its anomalies, when Leicester, Lincoln, the two : Newcastles, Nottingham, and Stamford were also towns | which preserved anomalous franchises? To say that the representation of the City o f London should be limited to the real residents would be almost grotesque. The*only real residents were servants, caretakers, and a parson or two. Were these to represent the 500,000 who constituted the intelligence, importance, and trade o f London ? What difference was there between the man who acquired an j interest in these liveries and the man who purchased a tenement in which he did not live? The whole City was unanimous on this subject; and he had heard no protest J from the real residents against these liveries. It was un- j necessary, therefore, to attack an anomaly which had done no harm, but which had worked with satisfaction to all con- 1 cerned in it. The motion was accordingly lost by a majority of 28. A little later the House was counted out.

In the Commons on Monday, Sir James

— Mo n d a y Fergusson informed Mr. Duncan that all efforts n i g h t . had been made to communicate with the

British Minister in Chili, but no information had yet arrived as to whether the messages had been received. Mr. Causton and Mr. Summers made a vain effort to extract from the Attorney-General an opinion on whether the disabilities preventing Catholics from holding the offices of Irish Viceroy and Lord Chancellor did in fact exist. The Attorney-General, in an answer which really deserved all the Opposition laughter it got, refused “ respectfully ” to give the desired opinion. Accordingly Mr. Causton offered to put the question down for a future date. “ As this is a question of Imperial importance,” he continued, “ is it not the duty o f the learned gentleman, as paid adviser of the Crown, to answer such a question, or does he simply proffer his opinion on questions o f electoral law ? ” The Attorney-General replied that he would give the same answer no matter when the question might be put. In answer to Mr. De Lisle, the Attorney-General sagely remarked that the question would, o f course, arise in the event of the Government choosing to appoint such a Minister. Whereupon Mr. Healy called out “ De Lisle,” and the subject thereafter dropped. Further consideration of the Tithes Bill on the Report Stage was then taken, and a new clause proposing the legality o f a demand on the part o f either plaintiff or defendant for a jury was defeated after prolonged • debate. Mr. Taylor moved an amendment entitling the owner to recover tithes from an outgoing tenant under contract previous to the passing o f the Act, although the tithes were not yet due. There was none to speak from either side, and on a division the amendment was carried by 124 votes against 99. Mr. Storey rose to move the adjournment, protesting that the majority of hon. members were not fully aware of the bearings o f the proposal. In the end the motion for adjournment was withdrawn, Sir Michael HicksBeach having promised that alteration should be made in the amendment when the Bill reached the Lords and opportunity afforded the House o f reconsidering the subject. A t midnight the debate stood adjourned, and the remaining Orders were run through.

In the House of Lords, on Tuesday, Royal

— T u e s d a y ’ s Assent was given to an Irish B i l l ; a Bill to s i t t i n g . enable certain high officers in India to return on specified occasions to England was pre­

sented by Lord Cross, and the Lord Chancellor introduced a Bill to make penal the incitement of “ infants ” to bet and 1 wager. In the Commons, Mr. Goschen, replying to Mr 1

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