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A W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r a n d R e v i e w .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

F rom th e B r i e f o j H i s H o lin ess P iu s I X . to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4, 1870.

V o l . 86. No. 2886.

L o n d o n , A u g u s t 3 1 , 1 8 9 5 .

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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 s t O f f i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r

C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k :

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Imperial Parliament : Thursday’s Business — Monday’s Business — ‘N ew Scheme of Army Reorganization— Tuesday’s Business— The Education Votes— London Univers ity Examiners— Remaining Business—The Swindon Ten Minutes — The War in Madagascar— An 'Irish Eirenicon—Attempted putrage on Baron de Rothschild— West African Rail ways— The Merchant Fleets of England— Prince Ferdinand’s Lack of Etiquette— Launch o f the “ Prince George ” An Imperial Gift — Munificent Bequest to Working Men . . 325 L e a d e r s :

The State and the Voluntary

Schools . . • • • ; • • 329 The Education Question in Bel­

gium . . _ . . _ •• •• 329 A Forgotten English Saint . . 330 A Catholic University Town . . 331

CONTENTS

L e a d e r s (Continued) :

The Late Mgr. De Haerne Father Benjamin’s Mission

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Persia .................................... 333 N o t e s ........................................ - 334 Committee of the Rights of the Pope 336 R e v ie w s :

Outlines of Dogmatic Theology Indulgences _ . . .. “ The Catholic Magazine ” The E g y p t i a n Doctrine of Im-

mortality . . Natura Two Grammars Biblical Psychology Studies in Elocution A State of Life Sir Henry Irving . . Books of the W e e k . . C orrespon d e n c e :

336 337 337 338 338 338 339 339 339 339 339

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... ... 34T News from Ireland . . _ «. 342

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

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Paul IV. and Anglican Orders . . 344 “ Archbishop of Westminster and

Canterbury” . . . . . . 345 The Genealogy o f the Blessed

Virgin . . : . . . . 3 4 5 The Monogram I .H .S ................... 345 New Mission at Newhaven . 345 The Episcopal Ring . . . . 345 The Shrine of Nôtre Dame de

Boulogne . . . . . . . . 343 “ Spiritual Maternity ” 346 Conservatives and Radicals . . 346 An Appeal . . . .. . . 346 Josephus and the Language of

Palestine in the Days of Christ . . 346 The Liberal Party and Voluntary

Schools . . . . . . . . 34g Irish ‘Pilgrimage to Lourdes and

Montmartre . . . . . . . . 351 Cannibalism in a British Colony . . 351 The English Martyrs . . . . 352 “ The Freeman’s Journal” on the

Government and Education . . 352

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F rom E v e r yw h e r e . . . . . . 352 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . 354

SUPPLEMENT. N ew s from t h e S ch o o l s :

Lord Salisbury's Attitude.. Unity among Educational Re formers Coatbridge School Educational Bigotry at Barry Convent of Mercy, Abingdon N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s : Westminster

Southwark .. Birmingham Clifton Hexham and Newcastle . . Liverpool Newport and Menevia Plymouth . . . . . . Portsmouth .. Catholicity in Homburg Father Marquette “ Scripture Text-Book”

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

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT,

— THURSDAY’S

BUSINESS.

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H I L E the House of Lords had only a few Provisional Order Bills to read a second time, the House o f Commons settled down to a list of eighty questions. When these had been disposed of, the proceedings in Committee o f Supply began with a series of discussions on the House o f Lords’ V o te , relating to the salaries and residences o f the officials ; but eventually the V o te was agreed to. T h e Votes for the salaries o f the officials o f the House o f Commons and the Treasury were agreed to after some discussion. On the Hom e Office Vote, Sir M . White Ridley, in reply to Mr. Lees Knowles, said he must adhere to Mr. Asquith’s refusal of compensation to Kelsall, who had been sentenced to fourteen years’ penal servitude, partly on the evidence o f a woman who had confessed she had committed perjury, and had been sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude. In answer to Mr. T . P. O ’Connor, he said he knew nothing about Mrs. Maybrick’s case, but he promised to go into it. On the same V o te a discussion was raised as to the increase ■ of the staff o f Under Inspectors o f Mines and Factories, ■ and the Home Secretary stated that he would endeavour to supplement the number o f Mining Inspectors where they were deficient. T h e V o te having been passed, various African questions were raised under the Colonial Office V o te . Mr. Buxton defended the policy o f the late Government ; after which Mr. Chamberlain stated that the Government desired that the proposed railways from the West •Coast Settlements into the interior of Africa should be made by the Colonial Governments rather than by private enterprise. H e regarded our Colonies as undeveloped estates, which could only be developed by Imperial assistance. H e was as much opposed as any one to the introduction o f intoxicating liquor into these uncivilized coun­

tries. A s to the cession o f Bechuanaland to the Cape Government, his hands were practically tied by the promises o f preceding Governments, though a great deal was ■ to be said for the cession on its merits. T h e fewer the number o f units in South Africa, the more easy would be the work o f federation. T h e subject was discussed for some time, and the V o te being agreed to, progress was reported, after the V o te for the Privy Council Office had been carried.

N e w S e r i e s , V o l , L1V., No. 2,195.

In the House o f Commons a question elicited

— Mo n d a y ’s from Mr. Chamberlain the statement that the b u s i n e s s , negotiations between Canada and Newfound­

land were at present in abeyance. In reference to the Indian Cotton Duties, Lord G. Hamilton stated that he had received a memorial from the representatives o f the various cotton industries in Lancashire stating their objections to the duties. It would be sent to India that the Indian Government might state their side o f the case. Mr. Balfour, in answer to Mr. Weir, declined to give any pledge as to crofter legislation next year. In Committee o f Supply on the C iv il Service Estimates, a great variety o f topics were discussed. In an attack on the Audit Department, in which the Irish and English Radical members were supported by Mr. Bowles, the latter found himself called on, in the division, to tell with Dr. Tanner against the Governm ent; and as the division took place during the dinner hour it disclosed the fact that the strength o f the two Parties was 171 to 41. Among the topics discussed was the necessity o f giving a greater power o f initiative to Boards o f Guardians, the inspection o f vagrant wards, the nursing in workhouse infirmaries, and Poor Law administration in Wales. Mr. Chaplin expressed sympathy with any experiment for placing upon the land those who applied for relief in rural Unions, and he thought a good deal might be done. H e also promised to consider the question o f the nursing arrangements in country workhouses with the view o f securing efficiency. Several Welsh members complained of the neglect o f the Welsh Records by the Record Office, and a number o f Irish members made a similar complaint with reference to Ireland, coupled with a charge o f grievous mistranslations o f the mediteval Latin in Vatican documents into English. Mr. Hanbury sympathized with these members, and promised to see what it was possible to do to remove their grounds o f complaint. Under the Vote for the Mint, Mr. Hanbury promised to bring before the authorities o f the Mint a suggestion made by Mr. Bowles, that each coin should have its value marked upon it. There was also a protracted discussion in connection with the Stationery Vote upon the terms o f putting out contracts to Union and non-Union houses, in accordance with the House o f Commons Resolution. Mr. Hanbury stated that, as he had not had an opportunity of considering the matter for himself, he had simply followed the practice o f his predecessor. A dozen Votes were passed during the sitting, leaving upwards o f a hundred still to be disposed of, and among them the Irish Civil Service Votes. After progress was reported, shortly after two o’clock, the Report of Supply previously voted was considered and agreed to.