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Vol. 43. No. 1773.

L o n d o n , A p r i l 4, 1874.

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C h r o n ic l e o f t h e W e e k : —

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The Ashantee Expedition.—The Army Estimates.—Transfer of Land.—Mr. Disraeli and the Fenian Prisoners.—Mr. Cross’s Reply.—The Indian Famine and vthe Loan.—Defects in the Ballot. —Mr. Whalley’s Case.—The Great Battle before Bilboa.—The Fortifications of Paris.—M. Dahirel’s Motion.—The Second Chamber.— The Recent French Elections.— Escape of MM. Rochefort, Grousset, and others.—Imprisonment of the Archbishop of Cologne.-Prince Bismarck and the Army Bill.—The Persecution in the Jura.—Intermediate Education for Ireland.— An Undoubted Centenarian . . 417

CONTENTS.

L e a d e r s :

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The German Army Bill . . .. 421 The British Press and Home Rule 421 Victor Emmanuel’s Anniversary.. 422 O ur P r o t e s t a n t C o n t e m p o r a r ie s :

A House Divided against Itself .. 423 R e v ie w s :

Bulletino di Archeologia Christiana 425 Holy Week in the Vatican . . 426 Notes sur Rome et l’lta lie .. .. 427 Rome or Death . . .. .. 427 S hort N o t ic e s :

A Manual of Devotion to the

Sacred Heart .. .. .. 428 Meditations for Every Day in the

Year, and for the Principal Feasts .. .. .. .. 428 Literary, Artistic, and Scientific

G o s s ip ........................................... 428

C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Prince Bismarck and the Ultra-

Page montanes .. .. .. .. 429 Advanced Liberals .. .. .. 429 Warning to Priests and Managers of Schools .. .. .. .. 429 The Cemetery of Domitilla .. 429 Catholic Schools, Barking-road,

Victoria Docks, Essex .. .. 429 The Catholic Poet .. .. .. 430 An Appeal . . .. .. .. 430 Wednesbury and Darlaston . . 430 Canterbury .. .. .. . . 430 P a r l ia m e n t a r y I n t e l l ig e n c e .. 430 j R ome :

Letterfrom our own Correspondent 434 R ecord of G e rm a n P er s e cu t io n :

Catholic Demonstration ,. .. 435 The Parliament.—Austria .. 436

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Arrest of the Archbishop of Cologne 436 D io c e s a n N ew s :

Coronation of the Statue of St.

Joseph with the Divine Infant, Et Mill Hill ........................ 436 Westminster .. Southwark I r e l a n d :

Letter from our Dublin Correspondent .. ........................ 437 F o r e ig n N ews :

Russia.—Brazil ........................ 437 M em o randa :

Religious Catholic Union ........................ 438 Educational .. ........................ 439 G e n e r a l N ew s ........................ 439

CHRONICLE OF TH E W EEK .

expedition.

N Monday the Queen herself reviewed the three English regiments which have returned from the Gold Coast in Windsor Park. The Duke of Cambridge briefly conveyed HerMajesty’sthanks to thesoldiers, and theforce being formed intoahollow square, the Queenherself presented to Sir Carnet Wolseley the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George, and the Commander’s Cross of the Bath, and to Lord Gifford the Victoria Cross. A private, now a sergeant, of the 42nd also gets the latter decoration, but he is still invalided at the Coast. On the same evening the thanks of both Houses were voted to the officers and men composing the expedition, Mr. Disraeli giving a succinct narrative of it, and the motion being seconded by Mr. Gladstone. On Tuesday Sir Garnet, his Staff, and the otherj officers were entertained at the Guildhall by the Lord Mayor, by whom, as well as by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Mr. Ward Hunt, and Lord Cardwell, their services were most warmly and deservedly acknowledged.

Mr. Hardy was unable to be present either estim ates" at rev'ew or banquet, for he was engaged with the Army Estimates. Having been only a month in office, he could not, he said, be expected to produce estimates of his own, and these are those of his predecessors with few alterations. He held out expectations however of a distinct policy in the future; purchase, indeed, was defunct, but he would have proposals to offer on several points, especially promotion and retirement. Colonel Bartttelot toched the same grievance when, after acknowledging that Lord Cardwell had done much for thearmyandauxiliary forces, he spoke of the effect of the present regulations in destroying the regimental system. For this effect is produced not so much, perhaps, by the linking of regiments and the converting them into demi-brigades, of which the limes speaks, as by the system of promotion which deprives officers of all hope or chance of remaining in the regiment to which they belong. The esprit de corps, which has always been so useful in our army, is thus necessarily destroyed. But most sensible military men will agree with Colonel Barttelot that at would be a mistake to depart from the main lines laid down by Lord Cardwell without giving them a fair trial.

Last week the Lord Chancellor brought into 0F the House of Lords his Bill for regulating and facilitating the transfer of land. Lord Cairns proposes to establish a registration of three kinds of title, namely, indefeasible or absolute titles, limited titles, that is, titles certified to be good back to a particular date ;and, thirdly, the simple title of the person in possession claiming to be the owner. He proposes that the Registrar to be ap-

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pointed under the Bill should be authorized to accept a title of forty years, provided that he is of opinion that there are no imperfections in it, but the Lord Chancellor is not prepared to receive the suggestion that what in popular language is known as “ a good holding title ” should be included in the category of indefeasible or absolute titles. Lawyers differ very much in the interpretation of what is “ a good holding title.” The Registrar will have to ascertain and describe boundaries in the best manner possible, but he will not be charged with the duty of deciding upon boundaries between adjoining properties. There will be registrations of three classes of property, fee-simples, leaseholds of a certain length, and charters. The Lord Chancellor proposes that there should be no compulsion to register for three years, but he anticipates that during that period a large amount of property will be voluntarily registered. At the expiration of the three years, there will be an obligation to register land, and in cases of non-compliance the purchaser will obtain only an equitable title. There will be a Central Registry in London, which, however, for the sake of convenience, will be divided into separate districts, and there will be local registries in each county. Two other measures were also introduced by the Lord Chancellor, one relating to claims in actions and suits respecting real property, the other dealing with the purchase of land irrespective of the register of title, and making more easy the sales with regard to both vendors and purchasers. It will be seen that there is nothing in ’ these measures to satisfy the revolutionary ideas of certain agitators for what they call “ free land,” but they are eminently common-sense proposals, giving relief where it is very much needed, and differing only in detail from those brought in last year by Lord Selborne. The Bills commended themselves to the learned lords on both sides of the House, and as they were well received by them, there can be no reasonable doubt that they will shortly become law.

The Government has pronounced its last

M and ttie U wort* on ^le subject of the Fenian prisoners.

f en ia n Mr. Disraeli, indeed, in replying to the deputapr iso ners. tion of members of Parliament which waited on him on Friday in last week, declined to give any answer, and referred them to what the Home Secretary would say in Parliament. The Pall Mall Gazette sees in this a dignified rebuke to the deputation for coming, but a sufficient explanation may be found in Mr. Disraeli’s disinclination to send away such a deputation with a blank refusal. The memorial which it submitted to the Prime Minister was signed by nearly eighty members of Parliament, including all the Irish Nationalist members, and we need not say a not inconsiderable number of others. I t was pre-