A W eek ly N ew spap er a n d R ev iew .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

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

V o l . 85. No. 2874.

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Imperial P a r l i a m e n t : Site for Private Buildings^— Madagascar and Chitral— Business after the Holidays— The Vote on Account — Friday's Sitting — The Perplexity of Belgium—The U. S. Department of Agriculture—The International Price of Wheat — Possible War with Turkey— The T ext of the Note—Japan and her Conquests— The Richest C ity on the Red Sea Coast— The Situation a t Jeddah— The Anniversary of Magenta 1— Throwing Dice for Bibles— Retirement of Mr. William O ’Brien— Annual Meeting of the sSuez Canal Company — Great Britain and Holland in New Guinea 877 L e a d e r s :

'Our New Beati ». . . . . 881 Mr. Mallock cn Modern Super­

stitions . . ......................... 882

CONTENTS.

L e a d e r s (Continued):

Do Women’s Colleges Check

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Matrimony? . . . . . . 883 The New Gallery.— I I . . . . . 884 N o t e s . . _ . . . . — 885 R ev ie w s :

A Daughter of the Soil . . . . 886 Outlines of Dogmatic Theology 887 Augustine of Canterbury . . 887 A Duke o f Britain . . . . 888 Plainsong . . . . . . . . 888 God Forsaken . . . . . . 889 The Month . . . . . . . . 889 Louise Reignier . . . . . . 890 Mount Despair and Other Stories 890 Books of the W e e k . .. . . 891 Catholic House of Residence, Cam­

bridge .....................................891 M. Faure’s Visit to Havre . . . . 891 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 893

Paee

News from Ireland . . _ 895 B e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

The Church Historical Society’s

Lectures . . . . . . . . 895 Bishop W a lm esley.. . . . . 897 Anglican Orders . . . . . . 897 Benedictine A rt and Statistics . . 898 Training o f Teachers to Give

Secondary^ E d u c a t i o n t o Catholic G i r l s ............................898 A Correction ........................... 898 Two Million Books . . . . . . 898 Westminster Cathedral . . . . 899 Obsequies o f Lady Clare Feilding 500 Notre Dame de Fourviere . . . . 901 The Papal Mottoes . . . . . . 003 Death of the Bishop of Dunedin.. 903 Girls’ Industrial School, Dalbeth

Glasgow ....................................... 903 F rom E v e r yw h e r e . . . .9 0 4 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . — 903

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

The Buckfast School Board . . 909 The Totnes G u a r d i a n s and

Catholic Children . . . . 910 Rate-Aid to Voluntary Schools 910 Wimbledon College Athletic Sports 911 Violin Teaching in Continuation

Schools . . . . . . . . 9 1 1 School Board Index . . . . 911 Halifax School Board and Cor­

poral Punishment . . . . 911 N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s :

Westminster . . . . — 911 Southwark . . . . . . . . 912 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 913 P l y m o u t h ....................................... 913 Salford . . . . . . . . 913 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 913 Glasgow ....................................... 913 Bishop Iied ley on V o l u n t a r y

Schools ......................... . . 914 Prior Park ^Association . . . . 914

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

— SITE FOR PRIVATE BUILDINGS. O ’

N Thursday, in the House o f

Commons, after the Bill promoted by the London County Council for providing a southern approach to the Tower Bridge had been read a third time, a long discussion arose on the question o f the Second Reading of a B ill promoted by a private Syndicate, asking for a renewal and extension o f powers formerly granted to acquire a large area o f ground between Parliament-street and Delahay-street as a site for private buildings. Mr. Herbert Gladstone moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. H e stated that the Government had always contemplated using this site for public offices, and during the last twenty years they had acquired nearly half of the area proposed to be dealt with under the Bill. T h e whole question had been carefully gone into, and the Government intended to introduce a •Bill at an early date to take up the greater part o f the area for the purpose o f adding to the existing accommodation for the Government offices. This involved the rejection o f th e present B ill. Sir R . Webster strenuously opposed Mr. Gladstone’s amendment, which he regarded as little short o f a breach of faith towards the promoters o f the Bill, and h e proceeded to show how the promoters had been lured on by the Government by promises that they would be allowed to carry out their scheme, and how they had incurred great expense in consequence. It was as bad a ■ breach o f faith as had ever come under his notice in connection with a Government department. Mr. H . Gladstone replied to this charge that the promoters had taken this scheme at their own risk, and that the Government ■ stood on the strict rights they had in the matter, and were proposing to take a course consonant with the public interest. In the course o f the discussion which followed, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said it was a discredit to successive Governments that they had been so long idle in regard to the site. T h e B ill was ultimately thrown out, n a House of 278, by a majority o f 122.

Sir E. Grey, replying to Sir E. Ashmead-

— Madagascar Bartlett, stated that no appeal had been a n d ch it r a l . received from the Queen o f Madagascar for the good offices o f her Majesty’s Government New S er ie s , V ol, LIII., No 2,183.

with a view to bringing about peace between Madagascar and France. Mr. Knowles put a question to Sir E . Grey as to the murder o f an Englishman in the manufacturing districts o f Russia, as announced in a telegram to The S ta ndard , and the hon. gentleman replied that he had seen the telegram, and had caused inquiries to be made into the circumstances by her Majesty’s Ambassador at St. Petersburg, and as soon as information was received it would be communicated to the relatives o f the persons mentioned. The Chancellor of the Exchequer informed Sir W. WedderDurn that the Government were not able at present to make a statement on the subject of Chitral, but when their policy was decided upon the House would certainly be informed o f it.

Several questions were then addressed

— business a f t er to the Chancellor o f the Exchequer as to th e holidays. the business of the House, and he ex­

plained that, according to promise, he had included the two Uganda Votes with the Vote on Account, namely, the Vote for the sum to be paid in the way o f compensation to the British East Africa Company for territories which had been taken over from them, and, secondly, the ordinary Vote relating to the administration o f Uganda. Objection had been taken to the inclusion o f the former Vote in the Vote on Account, on the ground that it was new matter. H e had consulted the Speaker on the point, and the Speaker took the same view. H e had no alternative, therefore, but to withdraw the Vote for the sum to be paid to the East Africa Company, and he would put it down for the first Thursday after the recess. T h e Vote as to the ordinary administration o f Uganda would be proceeded with that evening, but Sir E . Grey’s statement would not be made until the Thursday referred to. Mr. Balfour said this was quite satisfactory, and Sir William, in reply to Mr. Balfour, then sketched the first week’s business on the re-assembling o f the House. Mr. Buxton, in answer to Mr. Hanbury, declined to make any statement whatever as to the delay in appointing a Governor for New South Wales. H e admitted that no appointment had yet been made. Besides, he added, the first communication o f the appointment would be made to the Colony itself.

T h e House then went into Committee of

- r a ^ v o T n Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, when a account. Vote on Account for ^ 5 ,3 10 ,0 50 was moved.

A series o f desultory discussions occurred on items covered by the Vote, including the erection o f refreshment kiosks in H yde Park, the remuneration to the regimental bands playing there, recreation in the parks, and the