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A W eek ly N ew spap er and R ev iew .

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

F rom the B r i e f o f H i s H o lin ess P iu s I X , to T he Tablet, J u n e 4, 1870.

V o l . 82. No. 2798. L o n d o n , D e c e m b e r 23, 1893.

P r ic e s d . , b y P o s t 5% d .

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

C h r o n ic l e of t h e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliam ent: Miscellaneous News — The State o f the N a vy—Wednesday’s S it tin g : The Lord’s Amendments — A Voice from Bulawayo— Continental Anarchists — The French Chamber and the Anarchists— French Spies in Germany— Disaffection in Russian Poland— “ Timeo Danaos” — Signor Crispi Again in Office— The Revolt in Brazil— The Imperial Institute . . . . . •1001 Papal Encyclical on the Study o f

•Holy Scripture .........................1005 L e a d e r s :

The Crisis in Belgium . . . . xoio

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L e a d e r s (continued) :

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The Poppy and the Rupee . . i o n A Mediæval Abbot’s Manual ..1012 N o t e s ...................................................... 1013 Stonyhurst v. Rossall . . ..1015 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ..................................... 1017 News from I r e l a n d .......................... 1018 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

“ The Pope’s Licences to Sin ” . . 1019 Leakage in the Catholic Church in Australia . . . . ..10 19 Lord Roberts . . . . . . 10x9 A Controversy .......................... 1019

E N T S .

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r (Con­

Page tinued) : Christmas Appeal . . . . . . 1019 j R e v i e w s :

Father Knabenbaueron St. Mark 1019 j Ladies at Work .. . . ..1021 J The Men of the Backwoods ..1021 Opening o f the Catholic Church at

Sudbury . . . . . . ..1021 A Word on the Roman Index . . 1023 The R ev . C. A . Lane and Catholics 1023 The Shifts of Anglicanism . . ..1024 Sodality Concert . . . . ..1025 Mgr. Satolli on American Catholic

Schools . . . . . . . . 1025 State-Aid for Catholic Children . . io2’5 A p p e a l s t o t h e C h a r i t a b l e ..1026

Funeral of Mrs. Grimshawe, of Err-

Page wood Hall . . . . . . . . 1026 O b it u a r y . . . . . . ..1027 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . ..1027

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

The Catholic School Question a t

E l y ................................................ 1033 School Attendance . . . . 1034 Barry Dock Catholic School . 1035 The Education Department and the Charges for School Books 1035 St. Mary’s Schools, Greenock . . 1036 About E d u c a t i o n .......................... 1036 N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s :

Westminster . . . . ..,1037 Northampton . . . . «*1037 N o tt in gham .. . . . . ..1037 Glasgow . . . . ..1038

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

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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IN reply to questions relative to the Christmas adjournment, nbws Mr. Gladstone said the House would sit on Friday, and that it was him to make any statement on that subject. T h e position o f the Government was simply this— they had been called upon by the Indian Government to take this c ou rs e ; the proposals o f the Indian Government had been submitted to the Committee ; the Committee had reported that they did not feel justified in over-ruling the Government o f India, and therefore, also, the Government could not over-rule the Indian proposals. T h e Bill was ultimately read a third t im e ; and the Parish Councils B ill thereafter proceeded with.

On Tuesday, Lord G. Hamilton moved quite out o f his power to postpone the meeting o f the House after the holidays, beyond Wednesday, the 27th, to suit the convenience o f members whose residences were at a great distance from London. On the suggestion o f Mr. 'Courtney, however, he promised ^to consider the possibility o f making the hours o f sitting on the Wednesday referred to from four o’c lock until twelve, instead o f the usual Wednesday hours, from noon until six o ’clock. Between three and four hours were occupied with a debate on the Third Reading o f the B ill conferring upon the Indian Government power to borrow ten millions sterling. A s one o f the Special Committee on the Currency Question, Mr. Courtney defended the Government for closing the Mints, but he contended that the refusal to sell bills would result in postponing the establishment o f a normal state of exchange, and could only be justified by the confident anticipation that the rupee would rise in value at an early date. A s a whole, he looked upon the course adopted as so risky that he would have been slow to take it, or to approve o f it when taken. Fie welcomed the assurance o f the Chancellor o f the Exchequer that the present B ill was meant more or less as a temporary decree, and that the Loan would be paid off as soon as reasonable prices could be obtained for Council Bills. Mr. Chaplin traced the origin of the difficulties to the rejection o f bi-metallism. T h e B ill was a confession o f the failure o f the Governm en t; but he would not oppose it, as the Chancellor o f the Exchequer had told them that the Indian Government •could not meet its obligations without it. Sir W. Harcourt ■ explained that the Government had deliberately refused to submit their plans to Parliament before they were adopted. T h e y were willing to accept the responsibility for having ■ done so, and if it was necessary to take any further step they would follow the same course, with the object o f preventing wild and unjustifiable speculation. As to the -attitude o f the Government in reference to the question of an import duty on silver, it would be highly improper of

— t h e state the Resolution o f which he had given notice, o f t h e n a v y , that it was necessary for the maintenance o f the security o f the country, and the continued protection o f British commerce, that a considerable addition be at once made to the Navy, and calling on the Government to make, before the Christmas Recess, a statement o f their intentions, in order that immediate action might be taken thereon. In the course o f an hour’s closely reasoned and temperate speech, in which he several times assured the House that he did not bring forward the motion in any party sense whatever, he insisted that our command o f the sea was in jeopardy, not immediate, but prospective, but none the less u rg en t ; and the only means by which this danger could be averted was by prompt and decided action. He pointed out that next year France and Russia combined would have 17 first-class battle-ships, with a total tonnage o f 196,000 tons, in course o f construction, as against three for England, with a total displacement o f 42,000 tons. T h e same two Powers had four coast defence vessels building, while England had n o n e ; they would have seven first-class cruisers, against one for England, and, summing these up, it was found that France and Russia, at the commencement o f the next financial year, would have 28 ships in various stages o f construction, with a total displacement o f 270,000 tons ; while England would have only four, with a total displacement o f 56,000 tons. H e next showed that the total strength o f the existing English F leet was forty-six battle-ships, with a tonnage o f 440,000 to n s ; but so enormous had been the progress of France and Russia, that in the course o f next year they would have 21 armoured ships under construction, or half the available Navy o f Great Britain. Great activity had been developed lately in foreign dockyards, while inactivity had prevailed for 18 months in our own. With the exception o f a few torpedo boats, there was not a single vessel being constructed in our private dockyards. T h e actual expenditure for this year for new construction was ^1,500,000 less than

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