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Prom the B r ie f o j H is H o lin ess P iu s IX . to T he T ablet, June 4 , 1870.
V ol. 83. No. 2810. L o n d o n , M a r c h i y , 1 8 9 4 .
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C hronicle of th e W e e k :
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Imperial Parliament: Debate on the Queen’s Speech—The House ■ of Commons — Tuesday : Mr. Labouchere’s Amendment — The Government Statement—Mr. La•bouchere on the New Premier— End of the Civil War in Brazil— The New Spanish Ministry— .Meeting of the Ministerialists at the Foreign Office—The Queen’s Journey to Florence—Debate in .the French Chamber—The PlessisBelliere Case—The Burgomaster.ship of Vienna—Mr. Selous on the Matabele War—Latest Details of Major Wilson’s Death—A Bomb Explosion in the Madeleine—The Money Market . . . . .. 397 readers : Lord Rosebery and Home Rule.. 401
English Polar Expedition .. 402 A Liturgical Relic of the Great
Pestilence of 1348 .. . . 403
CONTENTS .
Aspects of Anglicanism^ . . . . 403 Progress of the Church in America.. 406 N o t e s ..................................................... 407 R eviews :
Familiar Letters of Sir Walter
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Scott .. .. .. .. 408 God’s Birds .. . . . . . . 409 Poems .. .. .. .. 406 Liant wit Major .. . . .. 409 Dave’s Sweetheart .. .. 410 The Queen of the Adriatic .. 410 Books of the Week .. .. 411 On the Feasts of the Annunciation and Resurrection .. ../411 Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .. 413 Interview with Father Armellini,S.J. 415
News from Ireland.. .. .. 416 The Alleged Outrages in Poland .. 4x6 L etters to th e E ditor :
The Deluge and the “ Higher
Criticism ” .. .. .. 417
L etters to th e E d itor (Continued) : “ Free and Open Churches” .. 417 “ Good” Bishop Pursglove and
Page his Vestments .. .. .. 418 The Banner of Joan of Arc .. 418 1 Catholic Seamen's Club .. 418
Julian Watts-Russell’s Monument 418 Monyhurst Coats of Arms .. 419 Catholics and Political Parties .. 419 The “ Ave Maria ” .. .. 419 The Catholic Social Union .. 419 Catholic Evidence .. .. .. 420 The English Martyrs’ League .. 421 The Shifts of Anglicanism .. .. 42X The Associated Chambers of Com
merce . .. .. .. 421 F rom E verywhere . . . . 422 O b ituary ........................................ 422 Social and Political . . . . 424
SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools :
The New Ministry and Volun
tary Schools .. .. . 429
N ews from th e Schools (Con
tinued) : The Educational Problem in Ire
Page land .. .. . . .. 429 St. John’s Institution for Deaf and Dumb.. .. .. .. 430 Workhouse Children and Handi
craft .. .. .. .. 430 The New Code .. .. .. 430 Educated Hindu Mortality .. 430 Post Office Volapuk .. . . 430 N ews from th e D io ceses:
Westminster . . . . . . 430 Clifton . . .. . . .. 430 Newport and Menevia . . . . 431 Northampton .. . . •• 43t Salford .. .. .. . . 43t St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. 431 Glasgow .. .. . . .. 431: An Inventory of Church Goods in the Reign of Edward II. . . 432 The Pope and the French Republic 432 Father Kenelm Vaughan’s Work .. 433 Paris in Lent .. .. .. .. 433
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ON Monday the new session of
Parliament was opened by t h e q u e e n ’s s p e e c h . . Royal Commission. Lord Salisbury, in his criticism o f the speech from the Throne, dwelt upon the absence of information in the Speech as to the position o f affairs in Siam, Matabeleland, and Uganda, and described the Speech as the Newcastle programme over again. There were some remarkable omissions, such as the promise o f a Bill to endow the London County Council with additional powers, and the want o f any reference to Home Rule, though the Evicted Tenants Bill was to be the payment o f a small composition to the Irish creditors o f the Government. Lord Salisbury pressed the Government very strongly that if Home Rule was to be the future of Ireland, the sooner the Irish people knew their future the better. Lord Rosebery referred to the House o f Lords as having destroyed the legislation of the Commons; he denied the right of that hereditary House to force a Dissolution ; and declared his .adherence to a Home Rule policy for Ireland. He admitted, however, that the majority o f English members were hostile to it, and that it could not be carried until England was converted to it, which, he believed, was not far distant. He indicated also that similar measures would probably have to h e passed for Scotland and Wales, and concluded by remarking that though the Government had enemies in Ifront of them, the Conservatives, and more moderate 0 enemies on their right, the Liberal Unionists, and no very cordial friends on their left (the Bishops), they were, nevertheless, confident in their strength, and in the firm belief that they had a large measure of support from the people ■ of the three Kingdoms.
In the Lower House, after the moving of — t h e house new writs for Leeds and Leith Burghs, o f commons, notice was given for Thursday of ten
Government Bills referring to the various subjects mentioned in the Queen’s Speech. In moving the Address, Mr. Warner expressed regret that the Government had not included an Eight Hours Bill in the Speech, and Mr. Fenwick, who seconded, regretted that they had not promised to introduce the Employers’ Liability Bill, a want o f harmony between the Government and their supporters, to which Mr. Balfour, in his opening remarks, made an amusing reference. He also dwelt on the Mover’s lamenting the absence o f the Eight Hours Bill, o f which the Seconder was a pronounced opponent. H e commented on the absence of information in reference to Matabeleland, Uganda, and Siam. He touched lightly on the various measures mentioned in the Queen’s Speech, and urged the Government not to leave, from year to year, so many interests in doubt as to their future position. The Chancellor of the Exchequer devoted the opening part o f his speech to a eulogy of Mr. Gladstone ; concluding by an appeal to the Llouse to facilitate the completion o f the financial business which required to be got through before the 31st o f March, and entering into details as to how the Government proposed that this should be done. Mr. T . Harrington, speaking on behalf of the small body of Parnellites, told the Government that they must not expect Ireland to remain quiet until this long programme of English legislation should have been completed. Mr. Howard Vincent moved an amendment to the address, deploring that there was no reference in the Speech to the depression of trade and agriculture, and the increase in the number o f the unemployed ; and Sir J. Fergusson spoke against the Disestablishment of the Scotch Church.
The debate on the Address was resumed
— T u e sd a y .— k y Lord R . Churchill who contended that am e n d m e n t . the Government, in introducing twelve first-class Bills, six o f which were highly controversial, and with the Budget, the strengthening o f the Navy, and with Supply before them, had undertaken such a mass o f business that the attempt to pass any o f them would end in passing none; that though Home Rule was not mentioned in the Queen’s Speech, Lord Rosebery was identified with Home Rule. ¿The greatest proof that no change had taken place in the hostility o f the English Constituencies to this scheme was found in the reluctance o f the Government to dissolve Parliament. H e impressed on the Unionist party that they must keep a firm grip of the point that Home Rule was the key of the situation. Mr. John Morley followed with a speech, whose main theme was an attempt to allay the suspicions of the Irish members that the Government were backing out of Home Rule. There could be no doubt, he said, of Lord Rosebery’s intention to prosecute the cause of Home Rule. A s Mr. Balfour had said, it would be contrary to honour and to every tradition by which public men in England for centuries past had been guided, for a Minister who was
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