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

From the B r ie j o j H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, iS/O.

V ol. 82. No. 2776.

L ondon, J u l y 22, 1893.

P r ic e sd ., b y P o st 5 % d .

[R eg is tered a t t h e G e n e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

CONTENTS.

C h ronicle of t h e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament: France and Siam— Omnibuses and Home Rule —The Vote on Account and Home Rule— The Twenty-eighth Clause — The “ Victoria” Court Martial — “ It Was All My Fault ” — The Third Day—The German Army Bill— The Loss of a Russian Warship —The Second Ballot on German Elections— The Coal Dispute . . ■ Lea ders

Anti-Clericals on the War-path i

Italy .................................... 125 “ The Study o f the Spook ” . . 126 The Roman Martyrology Our Monastic Literature Aspects of Anglicanism N o t e s ............................

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131

R e v iew s :

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The Church in the Roman Empire 133 Religio Poetse ......................... 135 Memorials of Mr. Serjeant Bella-

s i s ................................................141

C orrespondence :

Rome (From Our Own Correspondent).. . . . . •• 137 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... . . 1 3 3 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or :

Do Catholic Pupil Teachers Drift into Board Schools ? . . . . 139 “ The Cross of Christ ” . . 140 The Language Spoken by Christ 140 Rate-aid and Voluntary Schools .. 140 j Cardinal Manning’s Grave . . 140

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Two Homes for Boys . . . . 142 Death of Archbishop Reynolds . . 142 The Lord Mayor of London in

Liverpool .. .. . . . . 144 The League of the Cross Festival.. 146 The Pope and America . . . . 146 The Salary of a Catholic Chaplain 147 Speech Day at St. Bede’s College 147

C ath o l ic s A bro ad ............................147 Some Publications of the Week .. 148 Aiphen-Gliihe . . .. . . . . 148 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 148

SU PPLEM EN T . N ew s from t h e S chools :

London School Board . . . . 153 The Cardinal at the East-end

School of Handicraft . . . . 155 Bishop of Salisbury’s Education

Bi'l .................................... 155 St. Joseph’s Academy, Kennington . . . . .. .. . . 155 Annual Exhibition at Ratcliffe

C o l l e g e .................................... 156 Jubilee Celebration at Barnet . . 156 Convent of the Visitation, Rose-

lands, Walmer, Kent .. . . 156 Rate-Aid for Denominational

Schools .. . . . . , , 157 About Education . . . . . . 1 5 7 N ew s from t h e D ioceses :

Westminster . . . . . . 158 Birmingham . . . . . . . 158 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 158 Glasgow .................................... j - s

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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IN the House of Lords on Mon­

day Lord Carrington, the Lord — ......... Chamberlain, read a Message from her Majesty in reply to the

Address o f congratulation on the marriage of the Duke of Y o rk , thanking their lordships for the same. Lord Rosebery, in reply to Lord Lamington, made a statement of some length on the difficulty which had arisen between France and Siam. No doubt the situation was serious, but no further hostilities had taken place, and matters remained in suspense. He was sure it was the desire of the whole 'House that, while nothing should be omitted on the part of the British Government to guard most closely all British interests, there should also be nothing done to add to the gravity o f the situation in any way. In the absence of clear and definite information, her Majesty’s Government were mot prepared to offer any decided opinion as to the merits o f the various points at issue. These he proceeded to indicate. As to the ascent of the Menam, he said that •there was reason to believe that it was contrary to the instructions of the French Government, and the expressed -wish of the French Representative at Bangkok ; but it was •absolutely necessary to await more detailed information 'before an opinion could be pronounced upon it. As to the protection o f British subjects and property, the Government had for some time past been making provision for this, and as to the independence and integrity o f Siam, the Government were fully sensible that this was a subject o f grave importance to the British, and more especially the British Indian, Empire, but the French Government declared themselves to be not less anxious than ourselves to respect that independence and integrity. The Government would •not lose any opportunity of facilitating a satisfactory solution.

legal notices were those painted inside the omnibuses. The proprietors of the omnibuses had been warned, and a general order had been issued to the Metropolitan Police stating that proceedings would be taken in every case to which the Commissioner’s attention was called. An incident arising out o f the preservation o f order on the occasion o f the Royal Wedding gave rise to a question by Mr. KeirHardie to Mr. Campbell-Bannerman. According to the information supplied to the Secretary for War, it appeared that a man named Walker had seized the bridle o f a horse of an officer of the Life Guards, and that the latter, fearing it would become restive, struck a blow at Walker’s back with the flat o f his sabre, but that, unfortunately, it turned in his hand, and cut Walker’s scalp. Mr. Keir-Hardie offered to supply the right lion, gentleman with the evidence of six independent witnesses that the facts were quite different. The consideration of the fourteen Clauses contained in the Third Compartment of the Home Rule Bill was proceeded with in Committee. Clause 27, the first o f the fourteen, provides that all existing Judges, the Land Commissioners, and the officers of the Civil Service receiving salaries charged on the Consolidated Fund o f the United Kingdom shall be removable in the same manner as at present, and shall continue to receive the same salaries, gratuities, and pensions, and be liable to perform the same duties. I f any o f them retired before the completion o f their period of service the pension should be such as to her Majesty might seem fit. Mr. Sexton moved that the Land Commissioners be struck out, on the ground that when the Irish Parliament came to deal with the land question at the end o f three years the Irish Parliament should not be fettered with the continuance of the Commissioners in office. Mr. Morley opposed the Amendment, as the Commissioners were irremovable, and must be continued. They had vested interests to be considered, and would be forced to administer any Land Act passed by the Irish Parliament. Mr. Sexton was not satisfied, but withdrew his Amendment, in order to consider between this and the Report stage what should be done. A considerable number o f Amendments were moved to the Clause with the view o f securing pensions for the full period o f service if any o f the officials referred to in the Clause declined to serve the new Government, and retired on the passing o f the Home Rule B i l l ; but the Government opposed all such Amendments, holding that their rights were fully safeguarded by the provision that if they retired before completion of the period o f service the pen sion should be such as to her Majesty might seem fit. The principle insisted on by the Opposition was defeated, and

In the House o f Commons on Monday,

— omnibuses t^e attention of the Home Secretary was h om eNrule. called by Mr. Keay to the fact that certain of the Metropolitan Omnibus Companies,

■ during the week of the Royal Wedding, had posted up paper bills inside and outside the vehicles announcing Increased fares, and he was asked if the practice was legal. H e replied that such notices were illegal, and that the only

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