THE T LHT A IVeekly Newspaper and Review.

Dum vobis gratulamur, animos etiam addimus ut in incoeptis vestris constanter maneatis.

From the Brie-f 0/ H is Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , Junt 4, 1870.

Voi. 47. No. 1882. L o n d o n , M a y 6, 1876

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[R eg is tered a t t h e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k :—

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The Royal Titles.— The Proclamation.— Debate on the Proclamation.— Use of the Title in th e Colonies.— And in Army Commissions.— Mr. Lowe's Statement at Retford.— The Barbadoes Telegrams. — Deck Loading. — The Owner’s Load-line.— The New Clause— its Application to Foreign •Ships.— The Dahomey Affair.— Insurgents in Turkey and their •Friends.— The Cardinals and the Diplomatists.— Prince Bismarck and Herr Delbrück.— The Prince ,of Wales at Madrid.—And in Lisbon.— The King of the Belgians.— University College, Ken•sington .. .. . . . . 577

CONTENTS

L e a d e r s :

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“ Liberty of Worship ” in Spain.. 581 j The Queen’s Proclamation . . 581 The Irish University Bill .. .. 582 Sketches of the Reformation—

X I. .................................... 583 | P ic tu r e s :

Royal Academy .. .. . . 585 R e v iew s :

The “ Month ” for May _ .. . . 586 The Contemporary Review . . 586 Eight Months at Rome during the

Vatican Council .. . . . . 587 Short N otices :

The Year Book of Facts in Science and the Arts .. . . . . 588 The Universe .. .. .. 588 Jules Verne’s Works . . . . 588!

S hort N otices (continued) :

The Country House Library of

Standard Authors New Quarterly Magazine.. Maria Lauretana Seven Letters concerning the Po­

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58S 5S8 588

litics of Switzerland pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

The Bristol Iconoclasts The “ Convents ” Division Fanatic or Pharisee.. The “ Easterns ” and the Vatican

588 ; 5S8 589 589 :

Council ,. .. .. . . 590 The “ Helpers of the Holy Souls” 590 Battersea Park-road Mission .. 590 The Mission at Abertiliery .. 590 An Object o f Charity .. . . 590

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P a r l ia m e n t a r y S ummary . . 590 R ome :— Letter from our own Cor­

Pa£e respondent . . . . . . 593 D io c e sa n N ew s :— Westminster.. . . . . . . 594

Southwark . . . . . . . . 594 Beverley .. .. .. . . 595 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 595 Salford . . . . . . . . ^95 I r e lan d :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

spondent . . . . . . . . 595 From an Occasional Cor­

respondent.. l4 . > . . 595 M em oranda :

Religious . . . . . . . . 596 Educational .. . . .. . . 598 Literary .. . . . . 600 Gen e r a l N ew s ......................... 600

C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .

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THE ROYAL

”E had not heard quite the last of the Royal Titles business. As soon as the House assembled on Thursday last week, the Royal Assent to the Bill •having been just given, Mr. Co wen gave notice that ■ on the following day he would ask Lord Hartington whether he was aware that since the Prime Minister had •stated on the second reading that the native princes and •people of India looked forward to the measure with great interest and approval, information had reached this country that the statement so made was inaccurate ; and whether he did not, therefore, think that another opportunity should be given of considering the question before effect was given to the Bill by Proclamation, Subsequently Mr. Anderson asked Mr. Disraeli point blank whether he would delay the Proclamation till the leader of the Opposition had answered Mr. •Cowen. Mr. Disraeli at first eluded the question by observing that the member for Glasgow had given no notice of it, but on Mr. Anderson pressing him, and urging that the -question, as it simply concerned his own willingness to do a certain thing, really required no notice, the Prime Minister told him distinctly that he certainly should not refrain from giving her Majesty advice which he thought it right to give because a member had given notice of a question to the leader of the Opposition. Then Mr. Lewis— who earlier in the evening had been prevented by the Speaker from giving notice of a question to be put to Mr. Lowe, because it did not refer to any Bill or motion before the House— gave notice that he would put it when Mr. Fawcett moved his resolution. It was, to which Ministers of the Crown Mr. Lowe referred when he said at Retford that two previous Ministers had been “ pressed” on the subject, and had “ entirely re“ fused to have anything to do with such a change and, further, whether that information was communicated to him by any one holding the position of a Privy Councillor. The subject, however, was disposed of more speedily than it might have been by Lord Hartington’s coming forward to answer Mr. Cowen’s question at once. His motive for ■ doing so was that by the next day the matter might have passed out of the control of Parliament. He thought the Government were pressing forward the matter with unnecessary haste, but in answer to the question, which virtually was whether he was prepared as leader of the Opposition to press the Government to give a day for further discussion, he must say that he did not think any practical object would be gained by again raising the question, and after consultation with his friends he was not prepared to take the responsibility of pressing the Government to give Mr. Fawcett a day. This moderation and good sense elicited a warm ac

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knowledgment from Lord Elcho, who, as an independent member, praised the temperate tone and extreme discretion shown by the leader of the Opposition throughout the discussion, qualities not exhibited by all who had spoken on that side of the House. And he saw no reason why public time should be wasted in order that Mr. Fawcett should deliver a speech— which was, in fact, pretty much the real point now at issue.

THE PROCLAMATION.

The next day the Proclamation was issued at a Council held at Windsor, and appeared in that evening’s Gazette. On Monday it was read according to usage by the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, attended by trumpeters, at Charing Cross, at the Royal Exchange in the City, and in front of the Town Hall at Brentford. Its terms have furnished a text for fresh criticism. The localisation of the Imperial title is provided for in two ways, first by way of exception, and then by way of substantive declaration. The addition to the Royal style, which is to be “ in the Latin “ tongue 1Indite Imperatrix,’ and in the English “ Empress “ of India,’ ” is to be used, “ so far as conveniently may be, “ on all occasions and in all instruments wherein Our Styles “ and Titles are used, save and except all Charters, Com“ missions, Letters Patent, Grants, Writs, Appointments, “ and other like instruments not extending in their opera“ tion beyond the United Kingdom.” The question was immediately raised, What does or does not operate heyond the United.Kingdom ? and it has been urged by the Liberal papers that the appointment of a Colonial Governor certaiely does, and that it is very impolitic to parade the Indian title in dependencies the enumeration of which in the Royal style has been refused. It has been even asked whether a Patent of Peerage, or a Writ for the election of a Member of Parliament, does not operate beyond the United Kingdom, inasmuch as Parliament legislates for India. Lord Selborne, Sir Henry James, and Mr. Osborne Morgan immediately gave notice of questions.

DEBATE ON THE PROCLAMATION.

The questions, which were put in each House on Tuesday, assumed different forms, but were in substance the same. Did the Proclamation redeem the pledges given by the Prime Minister and other members of the Government ? Did it confine the use of the title of Empress of India ? Did it not rather exclude it only from the British islands, except in certain cases, and sow it broadcast over the rest of the Empire ? Lord Selborne quoted atlength all the declarations and admissions which he took to constitute engagements entered into by the Government for the localisation o f the new -title. The undertakings that the title was to be excluded from the United Kingdom except in certain necessary cases were numerous and distinct enough. The statements that it was