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A Weekly Newspaper and Review .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
F rom th e B r i e f o f H i s H o lin e s s P in s I X . to T h e T a b l e t J u n e 4, 18 70 .
V o l . 77. No. 2657. L ondon, A pril i i , 1891.
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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :
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Imperial Parliament : Re-assembling— 1 uesday’s Sittings — Mr. Justice Stephen’s Leave-taking— The Sligo Election— Mr. Parnell In Phcenix Park— The Fighting in India— England and Italy— The Bulgarian Assassination — The Duke of Cambridge and the Volunteers— Lord Dufterin at St. Andrews—Attempt on the Tsar’s Life—Death of Barnum — The Marriage of the Grand Duke Michael — Raphael’s Cartoons— London County Counci 1— Mr. Goschen and _the Spirit Duties— The Corporation and the German Emperor . . . . . . . . 561 L e a d e r s :
Mrs. Augustus Craven . . . . 565 An Incident of Empire . . . . 566 Who Shall Lead the Centre ? . . 567
CONTENTS
L eaders (Continued):
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The Scientific Congress at Paris.. 568 N o t e s ........................................ . . 569 The Fruits of Godless Education in
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P a r i s ................................................ 571 R eview s :
The Wisest of Englishmen . . 571 Black but Comely . . . . . . 572 A Book on the Passion . . . . 573 Meditations on the Gospels for
Every Day in the Year . . . . 574 Aspects of Anglicanism . . .. 574
L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :
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Derogatory Honours . . .. 581 The Foundation of the Civil
Principality and the Witness of Sacred Writ . . . . .. 581 Marriages of Nonconformists’ Bill 581 A Silver Jubilee . . .. . . 581 Where is the Fifteen Club? .. 581 English Priests Abroad . . . . 581 The Pope and the House o f Savoy.. 582 Old English Books of Devotion . . 584 The Bell Cox Case . . .. . . 584 New Church of St. Antony of Padua,
Upton .. .. . . . . 585
C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . - •. 577 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 578 Catholicism and the Spanish Re
publicans . . . . . . . . 580
Catholics Abroad . . . . .. 586 M arr ia g e ........................................587 S o c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 587 O b it u a r y .„ . . . . . . 587
SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from th e S chools :
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The Bishop o f Manchester and
Voluntary Schools .. . . 593 St. Augustine’s College, Rams
gate .................................... 594 Mgr. Munro on the Glasgow
School Board . . . . . . 594 The Edinburgh School Board
Election .. ....................... 594 School Board Election at Camp-
belltown . . .. . . . . 595 About Education . . . . . . 595 N ew s from th e D ioceses :
Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 596 Nottingham . . . . . . . . 596 Portsmouth . . .. .. . . 596 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 596 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 596 Dunkeld .. .. .. . . 526 French Canada and “ The Forum” 596 The Confraternity of Expiation . . 597
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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TH E H ouse o f Commons reas
sembled on M onday after the Easter recess. Mr. Smith was questioned by Mr. Morton as to whether, with regard to bringing out the French Treaty rights in Newfoundland any communication had been received from the F rench Government with regard to our occupation. T h e answer was in so b r ie f a negative that the H ouse made merry. Sir J. Fergusson (questioned on the Manipur massacre b y Sir G. Campbell) said he had inquired at the India Office, and had been inform ed that all the information possessed by the Secretary o f State on the subject had been forwarded to the newspapers. Shortly, he said that the affair at Manipur was caused entirely by dom estic differences between the Maharajah and his brother ; and the Maharajah, being alarmed for his safety, took refuge in the Residency. Subsequently he made an act o f abdication and quitted the State, leaving affairs in a condition in which it was not thought prudent by the Government o f In d ia to allow to continue. T h e Commissioner o f Assam rvent up to p lace things on a proper footing, and met with resistance from the brother o f the Maharajah, who was commander o f the troops. O f course energetic measures would be taken to restore order, and p lace the government o f the State on a secure footing. A despatch from the Governm ent o f India, g iv ing all the details, is shortly to be laid on the table. Mr. Robertson asked when they m ight look for some authoritative statem ent on the composition o f the L abour Commission, to which Mr. Smith answered that he had hopes o f doing so in the course o f the present week, h u t the absence o f the Queen, to whom it was necessary to subm it all the papers, would cause some delay. T h e First Lord, also, in answer to Mr. John Morley, hoped that discussion on the appointment o f the Scotch Private B ill Procedure Committee would not be prolonged, and thought that the Irish Land Bill m ight be reached on Thursday early in the evening. T h e H ouse having got into Committee o f Supply, took up the vote for R oyal Palaces in the C iv il Service Estim ates. Mr. Labouchere moved the reduction o f the vote b y ¿£ i ,o oo in regard to Kensington Palace, which oh a division vras negatived b y 63 votes against 39.
Another division was taken on a motion b y the same leveller to reduce the vote on account o f K ew Palace, raising a protest against the maintenance out o f public funds o f certain cottages within the grounds allotted to the D u ke o f Cambridge and others. T h e amendment was negatived by 79 votes against 51. Numerous divisions were taken on successive votes, and (as 'T he D a i ly N e iv s was pleased to put it) Mr. P lu nket’s conciliatory demeanour was rewarded by obtaining a considerable number o f votes. T h e H ouse adjourned at a quarter-past 12 o ’c lock.
Tuesday was remarkable in the
T u e s d a y ’ s s i t t in g s . Commons for the singular rapidity with which the work was carried,
through. A t the morning sitting the Speaker ruled out o f order Sir John Swinburne’s amendment to the London and North Western Railway Bill, requiring that the Company should open telegraph offices to the public at each o f their stations. T h e ground o f the ruling was that the amendment was not relevant to any part o f the Bill, as it dealt with a matter o f general policy on a B ill, the only object o f which was to obtain further powers. Sir John Swinburne then proceeded to raise objections which were finally and effectually disposed of. In answer to Mr. Watt, Mr. R a ikes announced that he had made arrangements for a schem e o f registering inland parcels and granting compensation for loss or damage. T h e “ date o f effectiveness ” was put down as probably June i . Government Bills then began to be forwarded w ith rapidity— a most desirable matter. T h e E lections D isabilities Removal B ill then passed Committee unamended, and stood for its third reading on W ednesday. T h e Savings B ank B ill was read a third time, and Mr. R itch ie was at pains to explain the London Public Health Bills, which were read a second tim e and referred to the Standing Committee o f Law. Report o f Supply was taken, and would have been assented .to but— as T h e D a i ly N e iv s w ittily put it— at ten minutes to seven Sir George Cam pbell was discovdred talking, and the debate necessarily stood adjourned ; Sir George, however, explained— the explanation seemed to be necessary— that he had not been engaged in opposing the Report Stage. When the H ouse resumed, two hours later, M r. Tom lin son, who had the first p lace on the paper, on the subject o f emigration to Brazil, begged leave to postpone it, and the House proceeded w ith the orders o f the day. T h e adjourned debate on the second reading o f the Rating o f Machinery B ill was called, and the B ill read a second tim e amid cheers. E igh t o ther orders o f the day were postponed, and the business o f the H ouse
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