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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMÜR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r ie f oj His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 18JO.
V o l . 86. No. 2887.
[ R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o st Of 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—The Late Government •and Newfoundland—The Uganda Railway—The Post Office Vote— War Office Reorganization—Discussion of the Scheme—The Supply o f Cordite—Debate on Chritral—
Indian Cotton Duties—The Prorogation—The Trades Union Congress—A Victory for the Old Unionists—Mr. Bums’ SpeechProsperity in Ireland—The Constitutional Conflict in New South Wales—The Anniversary of Sedan —The Evacuation of the LiaoTung Peninsula — The Pauper Alien Question ........................ 365. L e a d e r s :
Italian Catholics and the Silver
Jubilee of Romi .. . . •• 369 The Revolt of the Curates . . 370
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L e a d e r s (Continued):
An Anglican Bishop upon an
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Obstacle to Reunion . . . . 371 Munimentsof Old St. Paul’s . - I I I . 372 N o t e s .......................................... — 373 R e v ie w s :
James of A ra gon ...........................375 Rome and the Italian Government 376 Labour and the Church . . . . 377 Vedast, Poet and Dramatist . . 377 Father Brucker on Holy Scripture 378 Devotional Exegesis . . . . 378 A New H arm ony...........................378 “ The Month ” 379 C o rr e s po n d en c e :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
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News from Ireland . . — _ 382 An Irish Apostolic School . . . . 384
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“ Archbishop of Westminster and
Canterbury” .. . . . . 384 “ Spiritual Maternity ” . . 385 The Late Mgr. Gilbert . . . . 385 Porta Pia .. . . .. . . 385 The Genealogy of the Blessed
Virgin .. : . . . . 385 “ The Best Books” and “ A
Reader’s Guide ” . . . . 385 Presbyterian “ Continuity” . . 385 A Rubrical Question . . 385 Conservatives and Radicals . . 385 The Episcopal Ring .. . . 386 English Manuals of Theology . . 386 The Hon. Henry Edward Dormer 386 Convents up to Date . . . . 386 The Christian Brothers .. . . 386 The Rev. Robert Whitby, S . J . . . 388 Foreign Freemasonry . . . . 389 Glastonbury Pilgrimage . . . . 391 F rom E v e r y w h e r e ............................ 392
O b it u a r y S o c ia l a n d P o l it ic a l
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SUPPLEM ENT. D ec is io n s o f R oman C o n grega
t io n s .......................... . . . . . 397 N ew s from t h e S chooi.s :
Barry (Cardiff) School Board . . 397 A School Board Experiment.. .. 398 The Defence of Voluntary Schools 399 School Boards and Repayment of
Loans .. . . . . . . .. 400 Convent High School, Howrah
House, Poplar, E. . . .. 400 Beaconfield College, Plymouth.. 400 Success cf Catholic Students . . 400 Franciscan Convent, Taunton . . 400 N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s :
Southwark................................... 400 Northampton . . . . . 401 The Late Comte de Paris . . . . 401 “ Truth ” About Grindelwald .. 402 The Railway Race .. .. . . 402
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
— Th u r s d a y ’s b u s in e s s .
IN the House of Commons on
Thursday, the only point of importance raised on the questions was a statement bv Mr. Curzon that the report that the Chinese Government had sent an Imperial Commissioner to inquire into the murder of the missionaries did not appear likely to be true. When the House went into Committee of Supply, there were 17 Irish votes to dispose of, yet throughout the evening the Liberal Benches above the gangway were absolutely empty. Mr. Gerald Balfour, in replying to the Vote for the Local Government Board, premised to examine into the old-standing grievance connected with the deportation of Irish paupers from England and Scotland, and to remedy any grievance that existed, as far as he could; also to visit the West of Ireland with the view of seeing the state of the population for himself; moreover, to promote the boardingout of pauper children; to consider the question of the existing accommodation for pauper lunatics; and the possibility of promoting the erection of labourers’ dwellings. On the Vote for the Supreme Court of Judicature, Mr. Dillon complained that the Landed Estates Court had developed into the largest landlord in Ireland, and he thought it might become the means of inaugurating a system of compulsory land purchase. Mr. G. Balfour replied that the Government were not disposed to adopt a general system of compulsory land purchase in Ireland, but if any plan could be devised by which land in the possession of the Estates Court could be transferred to the tenants, he would be glad to adopt it. The discussion on the Votes was kept up till a late hour, much of the time consumed being devoted to the consideration of the Vote for the Irish Constabulary.
In the House of Commons on Friday,
THE LATE the Vote for ¿£20,000 for Sunday Colonial NEWFOUNDLAND. Services gave rise to a protest by Sir C.
Dilke against the assistance which the late
Government had voted for the relief of distress in Newfoundland, on the grounds that it was a dangerous precedent to establish in the case of a self-governing colony, and that the distress there was less pressing than what existed at home. Mr. Chamberlain agreed with Sir C.
N ew S e r i e s , V o l , LIV., No. 2,196.
Dilke’s assertions, and added that the distress was the result of bad administration, and that it was not of such an exceptional character as to justify exceptional assistance. It appeared from the discussion also that the ¿£20,000 had been spent on the authority of one of the Ministers of the Crown without being voted by Parliament, a circumstance which induced Mr. Gedge to move the reduction of the vote by ¿£1,000, as a punishment of the member of the late Government who was responsible for the expenditure. Mr. Chamberlain appealed to him not to press his amendment, as it would only complicate the public service. Mr. Bowles, however, came to Mr. Gedge’s support, contending that those who had spent the money without authority should bear the consequences. Mr. Balfour intervened on behalf of the absent Liberal Minister, remarking that there was no means of punishing the Opposition, and Mr. Gedge was willing to withdraw his amendment, but Mr. Bowles would not hear of such a course being adopted. The reduction was finally negatived without a division, and the Vote agreed to.
On the introduction of the vote for¿£20,000
— t h e Ug a n d a for the preliminary expenses in connection r a il w a y . with the construction of the Uganda Rail
way Mr. Curzon, at the invitation of Sir
•Charles Dilke, made a statement in reference to the railway. He said that the line would run from Mombasa all the way to Lake Victoria’ Nyanza, a distance of 650 miles ; and that the gauge and weight of rail had not yet been decided on, but he was in favour of a 3 ft. 6 in. gauge. The original estimate of the cost, made in 1893, was ¿£2,240,000, or ¿£3,409 per mile; but the Departmental Committee had suggested a reduction of the gauge to three feet, which brought down the estimate to ¿1,755,0 00 , or ¿£2,700 per mile. As efficiency of working and probable future development were s.s important as economy, there were strong arguments against adopting the minimum of the Departmental Committee. The working expenses were estimated at ¿£67,000 if three trains a day ran each way, or ¿£40,000 if only one train ran; and the railway would effect a saving of ¿£32,500 a year in the conveyance of Government stores. It was proposed to levy a charge of ¿£17 a ton on the goods carried, as against the cost at the present time of ¿ 1 8 0 a ton, and the revenue was estimated at ¿£60,000 a year. The railway would be constructed by direct Government agency, and a scheme for providing the funds would in due time be submitted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The line would not be difficult to construct, and would be completed in three or four years, as the
