A W e e k ly N ew s p a p e r a n d R e v ie w .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN IN CΠPT IS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet June 1870.

V o l . 77. No. 2653. L o n d o n , M a r c h 14, 1891.

P r ic e sd., by P o s t 5% d.

[ 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 i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r .

C h r o n ic le o f t h e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament : Miscellaneous Business— Monday N igh t— A Count Out—Wednesday’s Sitting — Mr. Parnell’s Appeal for Funds — Mr. Parnell at Newry — The National Federation— Lord Salisbury to Mr. Blaine— The Canadian Elections-Australian Federation— The Belgian Franchise — The Government and the Judges— Scottish Private Legislation— The Return of Romance— Explosion at Glasgow— A Wreck off Falmouth.. . . . . . . . . 401 L e a d e r s :

The National Federation.. . . 405 Argentina . . . . . . . . 406 The German Centre : An Object

Lesson .. . . . . . . 407 Population of Prussia . . . . 408 The Church at Geneva . . . . 408

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L e a d e r s (Continued) :

CONTENTS

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L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :

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The Budget of the Holy See . . 409 The Nonconformists’ Marriage Bill 410 N o t e s ..................................................... 411 R e v ie w s :

Two Books on Cardinal Newman 413 The Proving of Gennad . . . . 414 Mexico and Her Resources . . 414 The Rise of Christendom.. . . 414 The Life of St. Francis of Assisi 415 O b it u a r y ........................................ 4I 5

The Interpretation of Scripture . . 420 Shall we win “ Higher .Educa­

tion ? ” . . . . .. . . 420 Archbishop Benson’s Pastoral . . 421 The Hampson Will Suit . . . . 421 Marriages of Nonconformists Bill 422 English Devotions to St. H e le n . . 423 Confraternities of the Blessed

Sacrament . . . . . 423 The Daughters of Blessed Co-

lumba at Perugia . . . . 423 Aspects of Anglicanism . . . . 423

The Archbishop of Dublin on Mixed

Education . . . . . . . . 415 I C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 417 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 418

The Irish Bishops and the Irish

Crisis . . . . . . . . . . 425 Catholics Abroad . . . . . . 426 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 428 A p p e a l s t o t h e C h a r i t a b l e . . 428

F rom E v e r y w h e r e ........................... 428

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S U P P L EM E N T . D e c is io n s o f R om an C on g r eg a ­

t io n s . . . . . . . . . . 433 N ew s from t h e S chools :

The Pilgrimage o f Youth to Rome 433 Catholic Truants and the Sheffield

School Board . . . . . . 434 St. John’s Institute, Boston S p a . . 434 Glasgow School Board Election.. 435 About Education . . . . . . 435

N ew s from t h e D io ceses :

Westminster . . . . . . . . 436 Birmingham . . . . . . . . 437 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 437 Salford . . . . . . . . 437 The New Irish D a i ly . . . . . . 437

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

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IM PER IA L PARLIAMENT

— MISCELLANEOUS

BUSINESS. A

T the end of last week in the

House of Lords, the Earl of Wemyss directed attention to the railway strike in Scotland, and entreated the Government to take such measures as would in future secure protection to Unionists and non-Unionists willing to work. After some conversation the subject dropped. The House of Commons, devoting a long time to private business, discussed the subject of railway rates and charges, which came up in the form of a series o f Provisional Order Bills affecting the various great railways. Mr. Stanhope began by removing their rejection, but, on the interposition of Sir M. Beach, the Bills were read a second time and referred to a joint committee of both Houses. At seven Dr. Clark discovered a chance of calling attention to the mode of legislature in the domestic affairs of Great Britain. He rose to move a resolution declaring that in order to add to the efficiency of the Imperial Parliament to deal with Imperial affairs, and in order to give full effect to the special desires and wants of the separate nationalities composing the United Kingdom, it is desirable to devolve upon the representatives of England, Ireland, Scotland, and YVales respectively, the management and control of their domestic affairs. Mr. S. Evans seconded the resolution, and Mr. Somervell had risen to speak, when, just after halfpast eight, the House was counted out, a most ignominious ending to so large an effort.

In the House of Lords on Monday,

— Mo n d a y n i g h t . Lord Stratheden and Campbell moved for further papers on the Eastern ques­

tion, a proceeding which elicited Lord Salisbury’s retort that “ we should best consult our own credit and the advantage of other people by confining ourselves to our own affairs.” In the Commons, in reply to questions that begin to grow interminable from Mr. Morley and Mr. Labouchere, Sir James Fergusson said that there was no intention on the part of the Government to order the retirement of the Egyptian troops from Tokar. Mr Cobb repeated his question whether any steps are contemplated in the rather painful dissatisfaction against one member of the Judicial Bench, and Mr. Smith replied that the Government had neither paternal nor disciplinary authority over the Judges of this land. It was in Mr. Cobb’s or any private member’s power to move an Address to the Crown for the Judge’s removal. On Mr. Jackson’s moving that the House resolve itself into Committee of Supply, Dr. Cameron proposed as an amendment that the process should be delayed till the morrow. He did this by way of protest to the count-out on the last day. Mr. W. H. Smith, in a neat reply, regretted that universal Home Rule was not regarded as of sufficient interest to prevent the count-out, and commented on the proposal as one which set out to take away the rights of private members in order to punish the Government. The amendment was lost by a majority of 142 votes. On going into Committee of Supply the vote of ^350,000 for the Navy was, after lively discussion, agreed to. A lengthened discussion arose in connection with the policy of the Government in Swaziland, Dr. Clark moving the reduction of the vote— this in connection with the Civil Service Estimates— by ^5,000. Mr. Goschen declared that the present arrangement was only established untiba better system of Government could be put into force, and on a division the amendment was negatived by 121 votes against 51. Other votes were then agreed to, and the House adjourned at half-past twelve.

In the Commons on Tuesday night, Mr.

— a c o u n t W. H. Smith, in answer to Mr. Winterbotham,

o u t . said that the number of licensed houses in the on-licenses return as, held under the ownership of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners appeared to be approximately correct. He stated that nearly the whole of the income derived by the Commissioners from public-houses arose in or about London, and represented an annual rental of 10,000. Colonel Sandys asked if the First Lord of the Treasury and the Government were aware that an appeal from the recent decision of the Archbishop of Canterbury on serious issues affecting the Church of England was now pending before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and whether, in view of the great importance of the results of this appeal, the Government would consent to give an assurance that no person should be appointed as judge for the hearing of this appeal who was not already a Privy Councillor before the commencement of the suit. Mr. W. H. Smith replied that the Government had naught to do with the selection of the members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council who were to preside in any particular appeal. When questions were over, Mr. Howard Vincent directed attention to the condition of Friendly Societies in the United Kingdom, urging that the encourage­

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