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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r i e f o f H is H o lin ess P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4., 1870.

V ol. 81. No. 2766.

London, May 13, 1893.

P rice sd., by P ost 5^d.

[R egistered a t th e General P ost O ffice as a N ewspaper.

C hronicle of th e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament: The Home Rule Bill— Tuesday and the Home Rule Bill—Wednesday and the Home Rule Bill—The Rejection of the German Army Bills—The Attitude of the Emperor — — The French Alien B ill— Mr. Davitt’s Resignation—Home Rule in Norway—The Suez Canal — Death of Lord W. Paulet—The ■ Trouble in New Zealand . . .. 717 L eaders

The Supremacy of Parliament .. 721 Imperial England............................722 Historical Manuscripts at Canter­

bury ...................................................723 Assyria, Rome, and Canterbury .. 724

N o t e s ........................................................ 725 R eviews :

Chambers’s Encyclopaedia .. 727

CONTENTS.

R eviews (Continued):

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The Coucher Book of Selby . . 728 The Galley Slave .. .. .. 729 Canonical and Uncanonical Gos­

pels .. .. .. .. 729 A Day in the Temple _.. .. 729 The Cambridge Companion to the

Bible .. .. .. .. 730 Bishop Keane on Temperance .. 730 An American Priest on Hell .. 731 An American Bogus Priest .. .. 731 C orrespondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .. .. .. . . 733 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .. .. .. .. 734 The Liberty of the Press in Italy .. 736 The Feast of St. Benedict at Subiaco 737 L etters to th e E ditor :

The Primrose League .. .. 737 . The Title “ Cardinal Archbishop ” 737 1

L etters to the E ditor (Con­

Page tinued) : A Home for Factory Girls . . 738 On Christian Art .. .. .. 739 Our Poor in Workhouses .. .. 740 Free Catholic Thought .. .. 740 December Ordinations .. .. 740 Confraternity for Catholic Soldiers 740 A So-Called Catholic School .. 740 Useful Books for a Bov .. .. 741 Union Among Catholics . . .. 741 A Domestic Chapel .. .. 741 Aspects of Anglicanism .. .. 741 Sir Francis Fleming in Sierra

Leone .. .. .. .. 742 Mr. Gladstone and Distrust of

Catholics .. .. .. .. 743 The Lord Mayor and the Pope .. 743 Ovation to the Bishop of Aberdeen 743 Death of the Very Rev. Canon

Bamber .. .. .. .. 744 The Late Lord Petre.. .. .. 744 Social and Political .. .. 744

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools :

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The Lord Mayor at Tooting Col­

lege .....................................749 Religious Instruction and the

London School Board .. .. 750 Educational Progress .. .. 751 Popular and Technical Education 751 Schools of St. _Margaret and All

Saints, Canning Town .. .. 752 Athletic Sports at St. Charles’

C o l l e g e .................................... 732 About Education .. . . .. 752 N ews from th e D ioceses :

Westminster .. . . . . 753 Southwark .. .. .. . . 753 Clifton .. .. .. .. 754 Hexham and Newcastle .. .. 754 Northampton .. .. .. 754 Plymouth .. .. .. .. 754 St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. 754

*_* Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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KULE ti ILL.»

WE pass over the less impor­

tant matter that occupied the attention of Parlia

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ment at the end of last week, and

■ come at once to the Home Rule Bill in Committee. On Friday, when the Speaker ruled out of order all the Instruct ions, with one exception, which were to be moved before going into Committee on the Home Rule Bill, three new Instructions were put upon the paper. One o f them was in the name o f Lord R . Churchill, and its object was to suspend a Standing Order so as to allow o f the Preamble and the principle o f the Imperial supremacy, which was referred to in it, being discussed first. The Speaker ruled ■ all the three Amendments out o f order, and as Mr. Gibson Bowles did not move his, the only one which escaped from the general condemnation on the Friday, the House went -into Committee on the Bill. Mr. Chamberlain moved the j •first Amendment. It was to the effect that the considera- j tion of Clause One be postponed. The Clause enacted that a Legislature should be established in Ireland, and his object was to obtain the delay of all the Clauses down to ■ Clause Nine, so that the ninth Clause, which provided for th e strength o f the Irish representation in the House of •Commons after the B ill became law, might be discussed first. They had a right to know what were the main points •of the B ill which the Government intended to adhere to, otherwise a new B ill might be sprung upon the House. It was rumoured that the Government intended to depart from th e ninth Clause, though it was on this Clause that they ■ had obtained their majority in the House on the Second Reading o f the Bill. It was perfectly certain that members would not vote for the first Clause if they knew that the ninth Clause was to be altered. What was the use of dis- j ■ cussing whether there was to be a Parliament at Dublin ' when they did not know what the Constitution of the j Imperial Parliament would be ? The gist of Mr. Gladstone’s j reply was that it was impossible to discuss the position of the Irish members in the Imperial Parliament until the Committee had determined whether there was to be an Irish Parliament or not. Mr. Balfour supported the Amendment, and Mr. Parker Smith followed, as a Liberal Unionist, with arguments in the same direction. The Chairman was about to put the question, but Mr. T . W. Russell first desired to enforce Mr. Chamberlain’s argument, which he did in a few sentences, after which the Division was taken, and in a House o f four hundred and eighty-three the Amendment was rejected by a majority o f fifty-seven. The next Amendment, the first which stood on the paper, was then moved by Mr. Darling. It took the form o f a preamble to the first Clause, and reserved the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. Mr. Gladstone contended that the Amendment enacted nothing; that it was a mere preamble to a Clause, and expressly tended to the limitation o f the supremacy, and he opposed it because it did not go far enough. The discussion lasted for four and a half hours, and the most important point which occurred during it was a statement o f the Home Secretary, in reply to Sir H . James, that he adhered to the statement made in his speech on the Second Reading, that the Government would carefully consider any Clause submitted for expressly reserving the supremacy o f the Imperial Parliament. The Debate (according to The S ta ndard) proceeded with some animation, but with no disorder, till Mr. Courtney rose, when there were loud cries o f “ R igby,” and they were repeated more clamorously when Mr. Courtney sat down. The Solicitor-General, however, did not rise, and in the midst of shouting for him Mr. Morley moved the Closure. Instantly the whole Opposition burst into loud shouts o f “ Shame,” “ Scandalous,” which completely drowned the Chairman’s voice when he put the Closure. Angry cries to the same effect were repeated when the Division was called, while the Nationalists and Liberals, on the other hand, cheered at the full pitch of their voices. The Closure was carried by a majority of* 48, the Nationalists breaking once into wild shouting. A verbal Amendment which had been moved to Mr. Darling’s Amendment was then put, and rejected by a majority of 54, and next Mr. Darling’s Amendment was thrown out by a majority o f 52, amid the cheers o f the whole o f the Ministerialists. Lord R. Churchill then moved that progress be reported, and supported it with a speech o f much vehemence. The closing o f the Debate on a point o f such vast importance compelled him, he said, to take that course. Members had now flocked into the House in great numbers, and were standing in both galleries and blocking up the bar. The Opposition cheered him, and the Ministerialists accompanied his speech with laughter. Mr. Gladstone replied to him with calmness, and said he could not see any reason for such excitement. Mr. Chamberlain followed with a speech in which he remarked that he saw no reason for excitement, and he professed to be as cool as

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