A Weekly Newspaper an d Review ,
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.
From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
Vol. 85. No. 2873.
London, June i , 1895.
P r ic e sd . b y P ost
[R e g is t e r ed 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
C hronicle o f t h e W e e k ! Page
Imperial P a r l ia m e n t : Grand Scotch Committee — Tuesday’s Sitting— The English Church and Divorce— Irish County Councils — Death of Mr. Gresham—The Shahzada at Windsor—The Silver '¿Question United States— The Local Option Demonstration — The Queen’s Birthday — Rise
•in the Price o f Wheat—A Greenland Expedition— The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council — Lord Spencer on Higher Education-France and Madagascar— Mr Morley on Ministerial Prospects .. . . ~ •• . . 837 X eaders :
Lord Halifax’s Bill . . •• 841 The Italian Elections . . . . 842 Progress and Politics of Canada.. 843 Politics in Belgium . . . . 844 Fish Under Water . . . . 844 N otes . . — . . •• — 846
C O N T
Page
The Joan o f Arc Celebration . . 848 R hvikws :
History of the Conclave . . .. 848 Fr. De Hummelauer on Genesis 849 Persecution and Tolerance . . 850 Panta Rye . . .. . . . . 850 Jungle Tragedies .. . . . . 850 Religion in Boyhood _ . . . . 851 The Laird and his Friends . . 851 Books of the W eek.. . . .. 831 St. Benedict’s Abbey, Fort Augustus 851 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 8^3 News from Ireland . . _ 835 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
Anglican Orders
.. . . 8s6
The Armenian Question.. .. 856 An Appeal for the Poplar Mission 857 Bishop Walmesley.. . . . . 857 The Church Historical Society’s
Lectures . . . .. . . 857 Glebe Lands . . .. . . 858
ENTS.
L e t t e r s^to t h e E d itor (Con
Continued): Manning’s “ Religio Viatoris ” in
Page
Hindustani . . . . .. 858 The Catholic Movement in Wales.
— An Appeal ........................ 858 Exposition of the Great Relics at
Aix-'a-Chapelle .. .. . . 858 Barking-road Schools . . . 858 Tract Distribution . . . . 85S Training o f Teachers to Give
Secondary E d u c a t io n t o Catholic Girls . . . . .. S59 Rebgious Instruction in Board
Schools— Important Ruling . . 859 England and Lourdes . . . . 8^9 Dr. Barnardo and his Difficulties .. g6o Monsignor Satolli and German-
American Catholics . . .. 85o English and Irish Workhouses Com
pared as Regards Religious Toleration .. .. . . . . 85r The Late Lady Clare Feilding . . 85i , An Imperial Postage Sramp . . 862
The Archbishop-Bishon of Malta
Page and Ecclesiastical Corporations and Pious Trusts . . . . . 862 F rom E veryw h ere . . . . 863 S o c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 864
SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from t h e S chooi.s :
Conservative Leaders on Volun
tary Schools .. . . . . 869 London School Board .. .. 869 Inspection ot Schools Without
Notice . . . . .. . . 870 Bishop Brown Memorial Industrial
School, Stockport .. . . 879 Mason College, Birmingham . . 870 N ew s from t h e D ioceses :
Westminster . . . .
870
Southwark . . ......................... 872 Birmingham.. . . . . ..872 Nottingham.. . . . . . . 874 Salford . . . . . . . . 874 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 874 League of St. Andrew . . . . 874
Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
■---------- ♦ ----------
ON Thursday, an animated debate arose on the setting c o m m i t t e e . . UP t ,e Scotch Grand Committee. In a vehement speech
Dr. Clark opposed the Committee as about to be enlarged by the Government. He denounced it as reactionary, and as a Committee on Scotch business dominated by English members. He had no faith in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s pledges, although he credited him with the best intention to carry them out. Mr. Heneage and Mr. Buchanan followed, but the general debate was cut short by the Lord Advocate moving an amendment to give effect to the compromise formerly accepted by the Government on Mr. Chamberlain’s suggestion, that the number of additional members should be increased from 15 to 20. Dr. Clark opposed this increase, and gave warning that, if Scotch opinion was overridden in the Committee by the English members, he would re-open the question in the ■ House itself. Mr. Weir, who was loudly called for, said he was greatly disappointed at the weakness of the Govern rnent, which he could only attribute to the enlarged majorities of the Opposition at election after election. The Lord Advocate’s amendment was agreed to without a division, and the resolution as thus amended was also agreed to without a division. The Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill was read a second time.
On Tuesday, the House entered again on the
__Tu e s d a y ’s Committee stage of the Welsh Disestablishs i t t i n g . ment Bill. The consideration of the Fourth
Clause was resumed, and on the question that it stand part of the Bill as amended, Mr. Talbot moved its rejection, and Sir R. Webster appealed to the Home Secretary to explain why the Government, after inserting in the ■ Bill a clause which dealt with the property of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and that of Queen Anne’s Bounty on ■ the same terms, introduced an amendment which split up the original scheme, and treated them on totally contradictory terms. Mr. Asquith repeated several of the arguments by which he defended his amendment on the previous day, to the effect that from the time of Henry V I II. to that of Queen Anne the property which formed the Bounty was public property, and the gifts from it to Wales, therefore, should now be dealt with on the same footing as ancient endowments. The clause was added to the Bill by 221 to 194. The Fifth Clause provided that any property transferred by the Bill to the Welsh Commissioners, which has been the gift of any “ private person out of his own resources” since 1703, and does not come within the description of a church or ecclesiastical residence, shall be deemed to be a private benefaction. The first amendment which was moved to this clause was designed to extend its scope, so that all gifts from industrial companies, moneys raised by public subscriptions, and, in short, all moneys from “ any person or persons whatever,” should be regarded as private benefactions. It gave rise to a curious discussion as to what the term “ private person ” comprehended. The case was put to the Home Secretary whether it comprehended gifts by the Queen, or the Home Secretary himself, or the funds collected by Bishops for church purposes in their dioceses. Mr. Asquith replied (hat the term “ private person ” would include all these persons. But he objected to the words “ any person or persons whatever” as far too wide, inasmuch as they would make all the contributions from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, from Queen Anne’s Bounty, and from Parliamentary grants private benefactions. He admitted, however, towards the close of the discussion, that it was extremely difficult to find a proper definition of the expression “ private person,” but he said he would consider whether words conld be inserted which would remove all doubt as to what they precisely included. The Opposition, nevertheless, pressed the amendment to a division, and it was rejected by 188 to 157. The next amendment in the same direction was designed to include among private benefactions all Parliamentary grants made to the Welsh Church. It was contended by speakers on the Opposition side that the grants by the State were permanent and not revocable at any moment when it suited the convenience of the grantor. Mr. Asquith argued that the House had assented to the principle that the property of the Church in Wales, as far as it could be regarded as national and public, was property which the State had a right to resume and deal with as Parliament might think fit. He, therefore, could not accept a principle which ran contrary to that. This question was discussed for a considerable time, and, on a division, the amendment was rejected by 146 to i n , or a majority of 35.
N e w S e r i e s , V o l . LIII., No 2,182.
