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DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
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V ol. 81. No. 2752. L ondon, F ebruary 4, 1893.
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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :
Page
Imperial Parliament: Opening of the Session— In the Commons— The Address—The Revolution in Hawaii—The Death of Mr. Blaine — Funeral of Mr. Blaine — The Canadian Militia— The Agricultural Depression — London Improvements— The New Railway Rates— The French Savings Banks — The German Emperor on British and German Navies— Public Cremation of the Welsh Archdruid— A Duel at Milan — Spain and Chicago — The King of Spain— Death of Sir W. Barttelot.. . . 157 L e a d e r s :
The Debate . . . . ^ . . . . 161 The Sea-Serpent Redivivus . . 161
CONTENTS.
L eaders (continued) :
The Gospel and Apocalypse of
Peter . . . .
Page
. . 1 6 2
Assyria, Rome, and Canterbury . . 164 N o t e s ........................................................ 164 R e v ie w s :
C orrespondence :
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Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 173 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................... . . 174 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
The Mission of the Church . . 166 Across France in a Caravan . . 167 Time’s R e v e n g e s ............................167 Joan of A r c .......................................168 The Clergy and the Law of Elec
tions ......................... . . . . 1 6 8 The Late Cardinal Massaja.. . . 170 The Apostolic Delegate for the
United States . . . . •• 171
The Alleged Irish Cardinals Liquefied Air Christian Art Britannia Mendax .. The Cries from Our Poor
Workhouses A Christian Name . . A Charitable Work.. The New Railway Rates
. . 176
in the
176 176 177 177 177 177 177
The Royal Marriage at Sigmarin-
Page gen . . _ .................................... 178 Opening o f Parliament The New Coinage O b itu a r y M arr ia g e Social a n d P o l it ic a l
. 179 • 179 . 180 . i8r . 182
SU PPLEM ENT. The British Pilgrimage to Rome . . 189 N ew s from t h e S chools :
Educational Department: Circu
lar 321
191
The University of London . . 192 About E d u c a t io n ............................192 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster ............................ igz
S o u th w a rk ......................... . . 104
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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TH E second Session o f the thir
teenth Parliament of the reign was opened on Tuesday. Members came down to Westminster before dawn, while as yet there was no light in the House, and groped about with the aid o f lucifer matches to secure places. Shortly after noon not a seat remained unappropriated, and when, at two o’clock, Black Rod appeared to summon the Commons to the House of Peers to hear the Queen’s Speech read, not only the floor o f the House, but the side galleries were densely thronged with members. Never, perhaps (according to The S ta ndard), has such a crowd o f members followed the Speaker as accompanied him on Tuesday in his formal procession to the Upper House. That Chamber, since the Prorogation in autumn, has undergone a complete transformation. The seats and •cushions have been covered with bright scarlet morocco, the walls and ceiling have been cleaned, and the brilliancy o f their rich colouring and architectural ornamentation has been brought into full view. Ten magnificent pendants for the electric light hang from the roof, and when the electric current is turned on the Chamber is filled with a flood of light. After the Royal Speech had been read by the Lord Chancellor, the five Peers who formed the Commission retired, and the Lord Chancellor subsequently returned and took his place on the Woolsack in his robes, in order that nine new Peers, six of them being new creations, might be introduced to the House. Then Peers who did not take the oath last year had the oath administered to them. Among them were the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. T o Lord Brassey had been assigned the duty of moving the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, and to Lord Thring the duty of seconding it. The Marquis of Salisbury, in criticizing the Speech, remarked that both in respect to Uganda and Egypt, the conduct of the Government had been founded on sound principles, and marked by judgment and skill, though the assurances in the Queen’s Speech had made the evacuation of Egypt more difficult. After referring to the agricultural depression, he urged that the unjust incidence o f taxation should be remedied, and he condemned also the Irish policy o f the Government.
N ew Series, Vol. X L IX . , No. 2,061.
Lord Kimberley, in defending the Government programme, stated that the Home Rule Bill would not be of the milkand-watery description which the Opposition expected. The Duke o f Devonshire maintained that the programme of the Government was not practical, and that information ought to have been communicated to Parliament in reference to the scope o f the Home Rule Bill and the fate o f Ulster. Some other Peers having spoken, the debate was adjourned till Thursday, and their lordships rose about half-past seven.
The Commons resumed their sitting
— in t h e c om m o n s , at four o’clock, the floor and galleries being again crowded. Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues took the oath and their seats, amid demonstrative cheering for each as he walked up the floor o f the House. T o the Liberal Unionists has been assigned the third bench below the Ministerial gangway. Mr. Chamberlain, whose appearance called forth loud cheers from the Conservatives, took the corner seat next the gangway, with Sir Henry James and Mr. Courtney on his right hand. The only Liberal members besides Mr. Goschen who have taken their seats on the Opposition side of the House are Mr. John Burns and Mr. Keir-Hardie, and they sit below the gangway among the Irish members. On Mr. Balfour’s entrance he was greeted with vociferous cheering by his supporters. The swearing in of Ministers was followed by the introduction of new members and the motions for new writs. Among these was a motion for a writ for Burnley, to supply the place vacated by Mr. J. S. Balfour, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. Coddington asked the Chancellor o f the Exchequer why, in view of the enormous frauds committed by Mr. Spencer Balfour, he had been permitted to accept the Chiltern Hundreds. Sir W. Harcourt replied that he had no knowledge at the time of any frauds having been committed by the applicant, and that in point of fact the acceptance o f the Chiltern Hundreds was a mere fiction for resignation. The issue o f the writ was agreed to, and some discussion then took place on the issue o f a writ for South Meath ; but, the Motion being opposed, it was withdrawn in order that it might be formally put on the notice paper. Nearly 400 notices o f Bills were next given. When they were called Mr. Gladstone rose and gave notice of the introduction o f his Home Rule Bill on Monday next. Sir W. Harcourt followed with notice o f Bills for abolishing plural voting and controlling the liquor traffic ; Mr. Asquith with a Bill in reference to the liability o f employers; Mr. Fowler with a Bill to amend the Registration A c t ; Sir G. Trevelyan with a similar Bill for Scot
