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F ro m the B r i e f o f H is H o lin e ss P iu s I X . to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4, 18 7 0 .

V o l . 81. No. 2761. L ondon, A p r i l 8, 1893.

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[ R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o st Off i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r .

CONTENTS.

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

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Imperial Parliament : Miscellaneous Business — The Adjournment—Mr. Courtney at Plymouth —Sir H. James at Nottingham— rlh e Commercial Bank of Australia—The Fall of the Ribot Ministry— The New Cabinet — The Coming Budget—Insurance for the Sick in Germany^— A Military Tournament for Chicago —Mr. Balfour at Belfast . . . . 517 'L e a d e r s

Ulster and Home Rule . . . 521 The Sacrilege of St. Denis and the French Republic . . . . 522 Foxe’s “ Book of Martyrs ” _ .. 523 Mr. Probyn-Nevins and Cardinal

Newman .. . . . . .. 524

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Reception of Cardinal Vaughan . . 524 N o t e s ....................................................... 528 R e v iew s :

Pere Muard .. . . . . • • 529 Saturday Dedicated to Mary . . 530 An Undeciphered Gem .. . . 531 Cardinal Logue and Catholic Lay­

men . . . . •• •• •• 531 C o rr e s po n d en c e :

Rome (From Our Own Corre spondent) .. .. • • • • 533 Dublin (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ........................ •• 534 Holy Week in Vienna .. . . 536

L e t t e r s to t h e E d ito r :

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Cardinal Newman and the Bishop o f Nottingham . . . . . . 536 The Title “ Cardinal Archbishop ” 537 A Manual of the Law Specially

Affecting Catholics . . . . 537 Free Catholic Thought . . . . 537 The Bishop of Meath’s Defence . . 538 Eucharistic Congress in Jerusalem 540 “ R ag Offerings and Primitive Pil grimages in Ireland ” . . . . 541 Cardinal Taschereau . . . . . . 542 The Catholic Unionist V o t e . . . . 542 Cardinal Newman on Eternal Pun­

ishment . . . . . . . . 542 S o c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 543

SU P P L EM E N T . N ew s from t h e S chools :

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Catholic and Protestant Schools 549 The^Superannuation Question . . 550 Revised Instructions to Inspectors 550 St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries . . 551 School Board Election at Leam ­

ington . . ...........................551 School Board Election at Wootton Wawen .. . . . . . . 551 About Education . . . . . . 551 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s :

Leeds . . . . . . . . . . 552 P l y m o u t h .......................... . . 552 Portsmouth .. . . . . . . 553 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 553 Home Rule and Catholics . . . . 533

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

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

.IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

— MISCELLANEOUS

BUSINESS.

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A'1 T the end of last week, in the Commons, the proceedings began with a question of Privilege raised by Mr. T . W.

Russell, in reference to an expression in a descriptive account of the business of Monday in the columns of The D a i ly Chronicle. The expression objected to described Mr. Russell as a “ mercenary of Unionism.” He desired to say emphatically that since he entered Parliament, seven years ago, he had not received one farthing from any individual, or set of individuals, for any form of political service inside the House or out of it. With this explanation he left himself in the hands of the House. Mr. Gladstone, to whom Mr. Russell had sent previous notice of his intention to raise this matter, thanked him for that courtesy, and acknowledged the perfectly frank and comprehensive denial which Mr. Russell had given to what was implied by the epithet in question, and which disposed of everything that lay beyond the point whether the newspaper had or had not gone beyond the limits of propriety. He had no doubt that the word “ mercenary ” had been used in inadvertence, but it was, nevertheless, to be condemned. He thought, however, it would not be desirable to proceed with the matter further. I f a motion were made that it was a breach o f privilege, he did not think he could vote against i t ; but, for his own part, he did not feel justified in submitting a motion to the House. Sir H. James thanked the Prime Minister for dealing so generously with the matter, and he advised Mr. Russell to allow the matter to drop. Mr. Rentoul, amid interruptions, referred to some language of Mr. T . Healy two or three months ago, in which Mr. Healy said he would not enter “ into a controversy with an itinerant political mercenary like Rentoul.” He had written to Mr. Healy on the subject, but his letter had been returned. Mr. Goschen thought the House would exercise a wise discretion if it followed Mr. Gladstone’s advice, and Mr. T . W. Russell, having thanked the Prime Minister very J warmly, said he was entirely satisfied, and the matter j dropped. On the Order of the Day for the Second Reading of the Evicted Tenants Bill, Mr. Tomlinson raised the point o f order whether, as the Bill was a money Bill, it was not necessary to proceed first by resolution. The Speaker ruled 1

at some length that the Bill might be proceeded with. Mr. McHugh accordingly moved its Second Reading. The object of the Bill, hesaid, was the reinstatementof the evicted tenants. There were 3,676 farms subject to the proposed legislation, of which 1 ,5 3 3 were occupied by new tenants, 1,442 by the landlords, the Land Corporation, or some similar body, while 701 were represented as derelict. The Bill empowered the Land Commission to deal by compulsory arbitration with all disputes in connection with these farms between the landlords and the evicted tenants. There were 4 14 farms on which the evicted tenants had been reinstated, and the proposals of the Bill were practically the same as regards them. On those farms on which new tenants were in occupation, it was not proposed that they should be disturbed without compensation for disturbance and for any substantial interest they possessed in the holdings. These, with various other proposals, were practically an embodiment of the recommendations of the Evicted Tenants Commission. The Motion was seconded by Mr. Flynn. Sir T . Lea moved the rejection of the Bill, his Amendment being seconded by Mr. Arnold-Forster, and supported by Mr. Smith-Barry. Mr. Clancy spoke in favour of the Bill. Mr. Morley said he could not accept all the provisions of the Bill. He differed from the proposal in the Bill that the Land Commission should act as the tribunal, and in Committee he would propose to substitute a Special or official Commission which might properly take such matters in hand. The Bill made it compulsory on the Commissioners to reinstate tenants who could not come to terms with their landlords, but he thought that such a matter should be left at the option of the Commissioners. He indicated several other points to which he took exception, and stated that the Government had authorized him to suggest that the Bill should be read a second time, after which they would do their best to promote the farther stages of the measure.

On the following day, Mr. Gladstone moved

—th e a resolution giving the Government the whole a d jo u r n m e n t , time of the House after Easter till the end of the Session, except on the Fridays after the

Home Rule Bill reached the Committee stage, when the Government would take a morning sitting, and leave the evening sitting to private members, and excepting also Wednesday, May 3, when the Miners’ Eight Hours Bill would be taken. The Prime Minister made a long statement in justification of his motion, mentioning that of the twelve Bills promised in the Queen’s Speech only one had made progress. Some of them would require a consider­

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