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A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DDM VCBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS DT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Briej oj His Holiness Pius IX. to T he Tablet, June 4, 1870.

V ol. 82. No. 2782. L ondon, S eptember 2, 1 8 9 3 - price sd., bypost

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

Chronicle of th e W e e k :

Page

Imperial Parliament : Report Stage of Home Rule—Miscellaneous — The Welsh University Charter — Miscellaneous in the "Commons-Third Reading of the Home Rule Bill— Mr. Gladstone and Scotch Disestablishment _— Mashonaland—The East Africa Company—The Great Coal Strike —The Fate of Silver at Washington—Asiatic Cholera at Grimsby 361 L eaders :

France, Italy, and the Vatican .. 365 The Decline of British Agricul­

ture .. . . . . . . 366

CONTENTS.

L eaders (continued) :

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The Archbishop of Canterbury,

William of Wykeham and Transubstantiation . . .. .. 366 The Primitive Church and Rome.. 368 N otes 370 R eviews :

Blessed Gerard Maiella .. .. 371 Round the Blackman’s Garden .. 371 Many Sermons .. .. .. 372 The Human Life of Jesus .. 373 More Letters from Cardinal New­

man _.. .................................... 373 A Missioner in Basutoland .. . . 374 Catholics in Uganda .. .. .. 375

Correspondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

Page spondent) .. .. . . . . 377 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 378 L etters to th e E ditor :

Order of the Holy Redeemer . . 380 The Manchester Pilgrimage .. 380 Anglicans and Nestorians .. 380 N ews from th e D ioceses :

Clifton .. .._ . . . . 380 Newport and Menevia . . ..3 8 1 Nottingham.. . . . . .. 381 P l ym o u th ......................... ..3 8 1 Portsmouth .. .. . . .. 382 A Manchester Martyr . . .. 382 The Missionary Possibilities of Ma-

shonaland .. .. .. .. 382 Father Ohrwalder and the Soudan 383

Re-Opening of St. Paul’s Church,

Cardiff . , . . .. . . 385 The Catholic Congress in America 385 A Note on St. Thomas a Becket’s

Assassins .. . .. .. 386 Some Publications of the Week .. 386 Obituary .................................... 386 A ppeal to th e C h aritable . . 387 Social and Political .. . . 387

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools:

The Elementary Education (Blind and Deaf Children) Bill .. 393 The Bishop of Nottingham and the School Board System .. 394 The Faith of the Schools .. .. 395 Success of a Catholic Student .. 396 The Unnamed State .. . . 396 About Education .. .. .. 396

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

— REPORT STAGE OF

HOME RULE.

IN the House o f Commons at the end of last week, Sir C. Dilke asked whether,inasmuch as the Government had not pro­

posed any amendment to the second schedule of the Government o f Ireland Bill, it was their intention to suggest any such amendment at a later stage elsewhere, or whether they still proposed to abolish in Ireland the single-member system of county representation, and to reduce the representation o f counties while leaving that of small boroughs untouched. Mr. J. Morley said the Government had already expressed their willingness to reconsider this subject i f there was any prospect of such a concurrence between the various quarters of the House as would enable them to 'introduce a change in the Bill by consent. Unfortunately they had been unable to obtain that concurrence, and therefore, as things now stood, it was not open to them to introduce the change, although they thought that in some -respects advantage would result from it. Mr. Macartney moved the first of three amendments to subsection 3 of C lause 5, with the object of providing that the Lord Lieutenant should, on the advice of the Executive Committee, but subject nevertheless to any instructions given 'by her Majesty, in respect o f any B ill passed by the two Houses o f the Irish Legislature, declare either that he assented to any such Bill, or that he withheld the Queen’s assent, or that he reserved the B ill for the signification of the Queen’s pleasure. Mr. Gladstone opposed the amendment on the ground that there was no necessity for it. After ■ considerable discussion the amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. Gerald Balfour moved an amendment to the effect that the Lord-Lieutenant should give or withhold the assent o f her Majesty to Bills passed by the two Houses o f the Irish Legislature “ subject to the provisions o f this A c t .” Mr. Gladstone pointed out that, whenever the Lord-Lieutenant perceived that a law passed by the Irish Legislature was ultra vires, it would clearly be his duty to refuse his assent to it. Therefore a special provision was not required in order to inform the Lord-Lieutenant that it was his duty to obey the law. Mr. Balfour was of opinion that the amendment would make the provision in the Bill perfectly clear. Ultimately the amendment was negatived

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without a division. A proviso, moved by Mr. Butcher, to the effect that, except upon instructions given by her Majesty, the Lord-Lieutenant should not assent to a Bill until the expiration of 40 days after it had been passed by the two Houses o f the Irish Legislature, was also negatived without a division, after a brief discussion. Mr. Gerald Balfour moved a proviso enabling the Lord-Lieutenant to give or withhold his assent to particular provisions o f Appropriation Bills, so that riders or pieces o f legislation could not be attached to those Bills in order to pass them. Mr. Gladstone opposed the amendment on the ground that it would unduly restrict the freedom o f the popular Chamber. Mr. Balfour observing that the Government had repeatedly promised that the veto should be a reality, asked what became o f its reality if it could be evaded by tacking obnoxious legislation on to Appropriation Bills ; and Mr. Chamberlain said it was now practically admitted that the veto had always been intended to be a sham. The amendment was negatived without a division. Lord Carmarthen moved an amendment providing that within one year after the Lord-Lieutenant had assented to a Bill her Majesty might by Order in Council declare her disallowance of such Bill. The Attorney-General opposed the amendment on behalf of the Government, and it was negatived without a division. Aproviso was moved by Mr. Fisher to the effect that the power of giving or withholding the assent to Bills should not be exercised by any executive officer for the time being appointed in the place of the Lord-Lieutenant. Mr. Gladstone objected to the proviso, and it was negatived without a division. Sir T . Lea moved an amendment providing that in assenting to any Bill whereby the rules of the National Board o f Education in Ireland at present in force might be altered, or to anv alteration by the Board o f the said rules, the Lord-Lieutenant should act as representing her Majesty. Mr. Sexton opposed the amendment. Mr. Chamberlain remarked that in the circumstances the discussion o f the amendment was of no importance. They had no time to deal with the question by argument, but it would be important to ascertain from the division list what members were willing to give to a Parliament, the majority o f whose members would be elected through the influence o f the Catholic priesthood, full power to deal as they pleased with the present mixed and undenominational system of primary education in Ireland. Mr. Timothy Healy made some remarks, which were continued till n o’clock, when Mr. Gladstone’s closure resolution came into force and terminated the debate. On a division the amendment was negatived by 227 to 19 1— majority 36. Another division was taken