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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r ie f o f His Holiness Pius IX . to T he Tablet, June 4, 1870.
V ol. 79. No. 2720. L ondon, June 25, 1892.
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C hronicle of th e W e ek :
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Imperial Parliament: The Date of Dissolution—The Indian Budget—The Lords on Tuesday—The Commons on Tuesday—Wednesday’s Sitting— Mr. Gladstone on the Eight Hours Question—The Effect of the Interview—Mr. H. M. Stanley a Candidate—Mr. Gladstone on Ulster—Mr. Jackson at Leeds—Second Trial of Ravachol—The Columbus Celebration— The Spanish Telegraph Strike — Narrow Escape of an Express .. .. .. -. 997 ^Leaders :
Intolerance in the French Cham
ber .. . . .. ..1001 The Hospitals of London .. 1002 English Memories in Rome ..1003 The Hearse .. .. _ .. 1004 Discovery of an Ancient Relic .. 1005
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1 Popes and Beards .. . . .. 1006 Notes .. . . .........................1006 The Education of a Year .. ..1008 Reviews :•
F^nelon’s Spiriturl Letters .. 1010 The Spirit of Lacordaire .. ..1011 Publications of the Catholic Truth
Society .. .. .. . . io n The Hail Mary ..........................1011 Monsieur Henry .. .. ..1011 C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ....................................1013 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent).. . . .. ..1014 L etters to th e E ditor :
Our “ Catholic ” Choirs .. ..1016
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L etters to th e E ditor (Con
Page tinued) : William of Wykeham’s Architectioiy Mr. Lilly and the Roman Theo
cracy .. .. .. ..1017 “ Vox Clamantis ” .. .. ..1018 The Troubles in Uganda.. ..1018 “ Theosophy” .. .. ..1018 The Ulster Convention .. ..1019 Poor Catholic Children’s Country
Holiday ..
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St. Osbert .. .. .. ..1019 The Brother Acheul Memorial
Fund .. .. ., .. 10x9
The American School Question .. 1021
Sly Old Socrates .. .. ..1022
Social and P olitical .. ..1022
Some Publications of the Week ..1022
SUPPLEMENT. D ecisions of R oman Congrega
TIONS .. . .. .. ..1029, N ews from th e Schools :
Evening School Code .. .. 1029 Lord Waterford and Irish Educa
tion .. _ .. .. .. ..1030 The Archbishop of ^Dublin and
University Education .. .. 1030 Religious Instruction at Eccles-
field.. .. .. .. ..1032 About Education .. .. .. 1033 N ews from th e D ioceses :
Westminster ..........................1033 Southwark .. .. .. .. 1033 Liverpool .. 1033 Newport and Menevia .. ..1019 Plymouth .. . . .. .. 1019 Salford .. .. .. .. 1019 Shrewsbury .. .. .. .. 1020 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 1020
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
.IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
— THE DATE OF DISSOLUTION.
IN the House of Commons, on
Monday, Mr. Labouchere, speaking on the order for the third reading of the Consolidated
Fund (Appropriation) Bill, asked for an assurance as to the exact date of the Dissolution. He enquired whether the First Lord of the Treasury had communicated to his colleagues in the Lords the strong opinion expressed the other evening in the House of Commons respecting the dilatory proceedings of the House of Lords. He explained that the writs might be issued on Friday next, and in that case Saturday would be included among the permissible days on which the polling could take place. After he had finished, Mr. Picton desired to obtain information concerning the Archdeaconry of Cornwall Bill, which stood for -second reading. Mr. Balfour replied that, as this measure had met with opposition, the Government would not proceed with it, and as they had sent numerous and important Bills to the House of Lords at the end of the Session it was highly unfair to ask that House to suspend all their Standing Orders and to take all the stages on the same day. It was probable that the Small Agricultural Holdings Bill would have to go through further discussion in the House of Commons, and therefore the Dissolution could not take place earlier than next week. On being asked by Mr. H. Fowler to state the exact day on which the Government intended to prorogue and dissolve Parliament, Mr. Balfour said he had refrained hitherto from fixing an absolute day, because he thought it might, perhaps, be convenient to change the day, but in reply to this appeal he would say that the Council for the prorogation and dissolution would be held on the first day on which they could expect to have the business before them completed, namely, Tuesday, June 28. The Bill was read a third time. On the motion for going into Committee on the East India Revenue Accounts, Sir R. Lethbridge submitted a statement in connection with the grievances of the members of the Indian Uncovenanted Civil Service. Mr. Curzon defended the Government’s conduct since the Select Committee appointed by the House to investigate this subject presented their
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[ report. The Committee had recommended that the minimum rate of exchange on the payment of pensions should be is. gd. per rupee, a recommendation which was accepted and acted upon the Secretary of State for India. As to the insufficiency of furlough pay, this was a matter recommended by the Committee to the consideration of the Secretary of State in Council. In the present condition of the finances of India, however, a concession on this point could not be extended to all classes of the Civil Service.
On the same night, the House having gone
— t h e In d ia n into Committee, Mr. Curzon brought forward b u d g e t . the Indian Budget, there being, when he rose,
as The Times records, only three members
: present in addition to himself and the Chairman, but about half-a-dozen other members entered the House while the financial statement was being made. He said the revised estimate for 1891-2, the figures of which were given by Sir D. Barbour last March, were as follows: Gross revenue, Rx.88,585,900 ; gross expenditure, Rx.88,665,900 ; gross deficit, Rx.80,000 ; net revenue, Rx.49,726,900 ; net expenditure, Rx.49,806,900 ; net deficit, Rx.80,000. He rejoiced, however, in being now able to state that the approximate accounts showed a surplus instead of a deficit. Those accounts showed a net revenue of Rx.49,927,900 and a net expenditure of Rx.49,578,900. Consequently there was a surplus of Rx.354,000. In explaining the variations between the estimates and the approximate accounts, he said that the expenditure on the Army was greater than the estimates by Rx. 1,329,000, owing to the various military expeditions which the Indian Government had been compelled to send out for the purpose of protecting the frontier from raids by border tribes, for suppressing the sudden and isolated outbreak at Manipur, and for preserving order in the unsettled region of North Burmah. The land revenue was less than the estimate by Rx.423,800, the interest was less by Rx.374,700, and other heads were less by Rx.10,200; leaving a surplus of Rx.354,000. With so small a surplus it would be impossible to effect any reduction in taxation, especially as that small surplus was due to accidental causes, such as arrears having come in from the War Office. Dealing next with the Budget charge for the current financial year, 1892-3, he said the gross revenue was Rx.88,368,000, and the gross expenditure was Rx.88,221,000, showing a gross surplus of Rx.147,000; while the net revenue was Rx.49,583,000, and the net expenditure Rx.49,436,000, showing a net surplus of Rx.147,000. In conclusion, he moved the usual formal resolution. After
