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DÜM VCBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

F ro m the B r i e f o f H is H o lin e ss P h is I X . to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4, 18 70 .

V ol. 82. No. 2792. L ondon, November i i , 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 Of f i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r .

' C h ro n ic l e o f t h e W e e k :

The Re-opening of Parliament— Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s Sittings—The Result of the Coal •Conference—The Miner’s Average Wage—Deaths by Dynamite at Santander — Civil Marriage in Hungary—Death of Sir A. Clarke —Death of Tscha'ikowski —The London Radicals and the Government—The Prussian Elections— The American State Elections— The Spaniards in Morocco — Terrible Outrage at Barcelona— The Matabele War : Latest Official News—The Money Market .. 761 ‘' L e a d e r s :

The Catholic Petition . . .. 765 The Matabele Campaign . . . . 766 The Method of Appointing Eng­

lish Bishops Before the Reformation .. . . . . . . 767

CONTENTS. Page

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L e a d e r s (continued) :

The Conversion of Father John

Morris . . .. .. . . 770 N o t e s ...................................................... 770 R e v iew s :

L e t t e r s to t h e E d ito r (Con­

Page tinued) : The Coal War .. .. .. 780 “ The Month ” and Spiritualism.. 780 Cardinal Vaughan and the Catho­

lic Association .. .. . . 780 St. Patrick’s Well at Orvieto.—

Purgatory and the Saints.. . . 772 The Hours of Our Lady . . . . 773 The Maryg®ld . . . . . . 773 The Archbishop of Dublin and Irish

Education . . .. .. . . 773 C o rr e s po n d en c e :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 777 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ........................ . . 77S The Feast of St. Hubert . . . . 779 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :

The Late Father Morris, S . J . . . 779

Another Suggestion .. . . 781 A Papal Indulgence for Crucifixes 781 The Proposed Pilgrimage to Peterborough The Word “ Canonization ” Mr. Kegan Paul and Pusey .. 781 . . 781 . . 781 Cardinal Gibbons’ Jubilee .. .. 781 Our Men and Boys .. . . 784 Catholic Paupers at Warwick •• 785 The Rosary Confraternity .. Sir Stuart Knill and the Court . . 786 of

Common Council .. .. . . 786 New Books and Books Received . . 787

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M a r r ia g e . . , . . . . 787 S o c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 787 O b it u a r y .............................................788

SUPPLEM ENT. N ew s from t h e S chools :

The London School Board and

Religious Instruction . . . . 793 Education and the Grievances of

Catholics .. . . . . .. 794 Free School Dinners Abroad .. 795 About Education . . . . . . 795 N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s : Westminster ...........................796

Southwark .. .. . . . . 796 Newport and Menevia . . . . 797 P ly m o u th ......................................797 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 798 The American Hierarchy and the

Catholic Press . . .. . . 798

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

PARLIAMENT. T

THE 'RE-OPENING OF

'H E resumption o f the Session has been unmarked outside the House by any exhibition of interest in the fact, except the dissatisfaction of theLondon

Radicals, and o f a small section o f advanced democrats who call themselves the Fabian Society, at the progress of legislation hitherto: which justifies, in their opinion, an attempt to hamper it in the future. Within doors, next to the introduction of the Parish Councils Bill, and the attempt of Mr. Labouchere to extract some information on the subject of the occult doings of the Colonial Office in the matter of Matabeleland, the chief interest centres around the minute which Mr. Gladstone read on Monday »evening with regard to the proposed business o f the autumn sitting. The minute which is very clearly and lucidly •expressed runs as fo llow s: The Government asked the 'non. members upon both sides of the House to make the sacrifice involved by the present prolongation of an already lengthened session, for the special purpose o f making progress with two important measures— the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill, and the Employers’ Liability Bill. They feel, therefore, the duty imposed upon them to confine, as far as they are able, the business of the present •sittings to the consideration and passing o f these two measures, and to the final disposal o f those Government R ills which were passed through the House of Commons in the earlier portion of the session. They do not propose to introduce any new Government Bills, unless o f a character demanded by administrative or financial necessities. They further propose to preserve the power of taking any non•contentious business o f pressing necessity, should such a •course be found to be in accord with the general desire of the House. T o facilitate this arrangement, and to avoid inconvenience to hon. members, it is intended by the "Government to move the adjournment o f the House at each sitting in succession so soon as the end of the Government Orders has been reached. After some private members had protested against being deprived o f their privileges in so summary and definite a fashion ; after the usual questions on current events had been put and answered; and a fte r Mr. Gladstone had (in reply to Mr. Darling) been

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understood to say that it would be futile for him to attempt to state in what order the various measures would be proceeded with next session, the Debate, on the Second R eading of the Parish Councils B ill was resumed. Mr. Balfour offered, in what he hoped was no unfriendly spirit, a carefully considered criticism o f the B i l l ; complimenting, as he did so, Mr. Acland on the tone and temper he displayed, and incidentally condemning that adopted by other members who could never forget the hustings when in the House. His principal objection to the B ill was that it did not go far enough, and that the powers which it proposed to delegate to the Councils were not sufficiently numerous. He urged that the principle o f voluntary amalgamation should be adopted, and pointed out the injustice of the clauses relating to the compulsory acquisition of land, and the lack o f adequate checks and safeguards in the matter of expenditure. H e also accused the President o f the Education Department o f using the powers of his department for party purposes, a practice which he strongly condemned, and from this he deduced cogent reasons why the officials o f the Local Government should have no arbitrary power as valuers of land and houses. H e further advocated the giving to the Parish Councils of the right to set up or to remove Board schools, and to protect the Voluntary schools,which the Government were trying to squeeze out o f existence. H e condemned the attempt to deal with a fragment of the Poor Law, which must soon be completely revised, and hoped by discussion to turn the B ill into something advantageous to the country.

On Tuesday the debate on the Parish

— Tu e sd a y s Councils B ill was continued. Mr. a n d Wed n e s d a y ’ s : ^ , , h > , , .

s i t t in g s . ’ Knatchbull-Hugessen, who sometimes thought he was the last Tory left in the

House, protested strongly against the measure, as calculated to scatter confusion, ill-feeling, and bad Government throughout the country, and placing an unknown pecuniary burden upon the rural districts and still further weighing down an industry already almost overwhelmed by taxation. He regretted that it should be supported, even indirectly, by any party calling itself Conservative, with the fearful example o f the London County Council and other popularly elected bodies before them. Mr. Goschen thought it unwise to clog the B ill with the vast subject opened up by the Poor Law Clauses, which he followed Mr. Balfour in advising the Government to drop until the subject could be dealt with in its completeness. H e protested against the idea that the B ill would for the first time bring the owners and occupiers of the land together. It was a libel on the