Vol. XVIII., No. 893.] D U B L I N , S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 2 3 , 1 8 5 7 . P r i c e { STAMPED, SIXPENCE. UNSTAMPED, FIVEPENCE. every Catholic legislator must feel himself bound in conscience to oppose. Cable of Contento. and abhor, and which they would rather pay money to abolish than to maintain. readers. We learn with pleasure that great progress has been made with the new building for the male deaf mutes which, when completed, will cost 8,000/., and will afford accommodation for one hundred boys. This, however, is not one-fourth o f the number who require the benefits o f such an institution. And it should be noted that this is the only Catholic institution o f the sort in the United Kingdom. While we cannot help thinking it really wonderful that zeal and charity have been able in so short a time to effect so much, we trust the philanthropic and truly Christian efforts to succour so unfortunate and afflicted a class of our fellow-creatures will not slacken till the good work is placed on a firm foundation. But apart from the special interests o f the Catholic public, the Catholic legislator, in possession o f certain and superior knowledge on this subject to his Protestant colleagues, is bound, in the interests o f humanity, o f social order, and o f civilisation, to do his best to save the country from a misfortune which it has hitherto escaped, though it was one of the chief and most immediate fruits o f the Protestant Reformation, that great insurrection of the licentious passions o f mankind against the Eternal Law. We have seen with the sincerest pleasure that the Duke o f Norfolk has declared his intention o f opposing the Whig Government on every stage of this abominable Bill, and we may congratulate both the Catholic body and the noble duke himself on the prospect thus afforded that the Premier Peer o f the realm will not be wanting to the demands made on him for the honour o f his illustrious house, the good o f his country, the defence o f the Church and the interests of his fellow-Catholics. We trust that he may be supported by all the Catholic peers, two o f whom, the Lords Petre and Stafford, appear to have voted with him. The great feature of the Bill introduced* by the Lord Chancellor is the enactment that it shall henceforth be lawful for all persons who are united in lawful wedlock to contract a second marriage in the lifetime of their husbands or wives, provided, in the case o f a husband, that he can prove before a tribunal constituted for the purpose, that his wife is guilty o f adultery, or in the case o f a wife, provided that she can prove that her husband has committed adultery, accompanied by incest or gross cruelty, or wilful desertion for two years. And so unrestricted is the license which it is now proposed to establish as of, common right, that an adulterer is to be allowed to contract a valid marriage with his paramour, and by this means pot only is a barrier against infidelity removed, but an actual inducement and reward is provided for the criminals. Another feature o f the Bill is, that the action for criminal conversation, which has long been admitted to be a national disgrace, is not only retained, but the excuse which has hitherto existed for it as being a step in the procurement o f a separation, a mensa et tkoro, is withdrawn, and the action for pecuniary damages on the ground of matrimonial infidelity is to follow, instead o f to precede, the sentence o f divorce. As to the debate itself, it was chiefly remarkable as an exposure of Protestantism, and a vindication o f the Catholic Church and its doctrines in the mouths o f Protestant Bishops and Peers. T o this part o f the subject we shall again recur. But it is impossible to doubt, i f only the obnoxious provisions o f this Bill, those, namely, which provide for the remarriage o f divorced parties, can be eliminated in committee, that the discussion must produce on every reasoning mind an increased respect for the Catholic Church, and an increased aversion and contempt for the Establishment. "SUMMARY Parliamentary Proceedings : The Jew Bill, the Di­ vorce Bill, and Ministers’ Money. Maynooth: Defeat o f Spooner. The League Bill. The Indian Mutiny . . . THIRD EDITION United States : The Dallas-Clarendon Treaty. The Dowry of the Princess Royal FOREIGN AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE Italy : The Pope’s Tour. Naples. Tuscany. Spain. France: The Archduke Constantine— The King o f Bavaria— The French Army. Belgium. Holland. Prussia. Russia. Persia: FallofMohammerah— Official Despatches— Suicides of General Stalker and Commodore Ethersey The Inquests -Dangerous Mutiny in the Indian Army. China : Latest News from Hongkong. United States CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE :— Brazil: Letter of Our Own Cor­ respondent. Grievances of Catholic Soldiers in India Dioceses of Westminster, Liverpool, Salford, &c. The Maynooth Motion: Defeat o f Spooner. Ulster Tenant Right Association. Hogan’sStatue o f O’Connell. The Exiles o f ’48 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT:—The Princess Royal’s Marriage— Pro­ bates and Letters of Administration Bill— Supply - The Navy Estimates—The Marquis of Westmeath and the “ Globe” — The Law of Divorce— Ministers’ Money : Great Majority for the Second Reading— Industrial Schools and Proselytism MISCELLANEOUS :— Death of Henry Lawson. Death of Sir R . Hag- gerston. The Infant Princess. Reform Procrastinations. The May Meetings. A Souper’s Story. The New Arctic Expedition LEADING ARTICLES .... REVIEWS :— Edith Mortimer. Alice Sherwin FINE ARTS :—Portrait o f Father Newman CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE (Continued) :— The “ Rambler” on Balmez. The Ancient Diocese of Clonard, County Meath Examination of Deaf Mutes at Waterford : Interesting Proceedings. Catholic Church of Skerries. St. John’s Cathedral, Limerick : Collection at Rathkeale. The Castlecomer Union and the Poor Law Commissioners. Young Men’s Societies of Limerick, Kilkenny, Dublin, See. North Dublin Union : Religious Education of the Catholic Poor MISCELLANEOUS (Continued) :— Cork County Club. Tenant Right in Parliament. The Tipperary Bank. Another Letter from J. Sadleir MONETARY AND C OM M E R C IA L L e t te r of Our Special Correspondent. English and Irish Markets. The Corn Trade, Sec. . . . . . 31* 3M IM u6 317 318 330 33* aDdtrtlSfmrnts. C hurch Functions:— Annual Sermon in Aid. of St. James’s Church by the Cardinal Arch­ bishop -.... Opening of St. John’s New Church, Brentford Opening of the New Church o f St. Gregory the Great, Chelten­ ham Lectures by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman at the Marylebone Literary Institution - - - Dejeune in Aid o f the Associated Catholie Charities Wants a Situation :— As Governess to one or two young Ladies. As Book-keeper and Accountant Wanted :— ..... A Schoolmistress in a Country Town. A Few Young Gentlemen as Day Boarders to Receive Private Tuition. A Schoolmistress for a Mixed School ..... M iscellaneous :— Catholic University j Public Lectures Botanic Remedy for Indigestion .... Dr. Locock’s Pulmonic Wafers Printing : J. F. Fowler’s Card. Jas.Delanvand Co.’sCIericalTailoring Establishment. Hyam’sJuvenile Clothing. J.P.Torpey, Tailor and Outfitter.Milner’s Safes. Bennett’s Presentation Watches. Watch, Clock, and Chronometer Manufactory. The Patent Economic Kitchen Range. Missing Friends in Australia. Board and Re^d*nce «^y be obtained in a Catholic Family. W . Brown’s Queen's Needles.” American Floating Ball Washing Machine. Glenfield Patent Starch. Dr. De Jongh’s Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil. Bartholomew and Fletcher’s Furniture and Looking-glasses. Painless Tooth Extraction by Messrs. Cartwright and Davis. Teeth: Parisian Improvements by Mons. Bernarde. A Fact for Physiologists. Ask for Glenficld Patent Starch - - Cork : Debts Recovered, Rents Collected, Scc., by J. G. >■ 3*8 3 3 4 McCarthy, Esq. Wax Candles Manufactured by F. Tucker and Co. White’s Moc-Main Lever Truss. Smallpox Marks Removal. Hydropathic Establishment, Carrigmahon, Cork. White’s Gutta Percha Enamel for Stopping Decayed Teeth. Page Woodcock’s Wind Pills. Dr. Quin, Botanic Practitioner of Medicine Charities :— . . . Grand Bazaar for the Rathmincs Association of Chanty The Annual Grand Bazaar in Aid for the Society of St. Vincent dc Paul. Bazaar in Aid of the House of Refuge, Stanhopestreet. Subscriptions solicited for the Collegio Pio, Rome. The Bazaar at St. Mary’s, Leeds: the Fathers Return Thanks. St. Mary and St. Michael’s New Church, London. Important Raffle in Aid o f the Fund for the Maintenance o f Aged and Infirm Priests - - Commercial Companies:— Metropolitan Depot for Tea, Sec. Denman’s South African Port. Pure Lisbon Altar Wine. West of Ireland Mining Company ...... Life and Firf. Assurances :— The Constitution— The National Alliance Company— The Mon arch Eooks :— James Duffy’s Standard Catholic Works for the Month of May,&c. S d l w « a£^ !iSi ‘riLUS : R* ButIcr’ Hi?h Holborn, Publisher Shadows of the Rood by the Rev. John Bonus Z c o ! ' k I ~ ' a" d CUr' ° f Consumption, A c . : Gilbert The “ Morning Star," London Daily p a„ cr for School Use Father Maguire', Controversial Sermons : H. E. Byrne Publisher I The Catholic Handbook to the Churches of Westminster, Sec. C hurch Furniture and Fine Arts :— The Alexandre Harmonium. Statues of the Madonna and Child, 335 318 335 335 335 336 336 336 336 336 336 336 336 336 336 336 Sec., by Burns and Lambert. T o be Sold, a Fine statue of N D des Victoires. Portraits of his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman i Burns and Lambert Publishers. Strong Church chairs at Burns and Lambert's Church Furniture Depot. Fragrant incense at Burns and Lambert. Designs for Fountains. James Sheridan's Church Bells and Baptismal Fonts. Ecclesiastical Decorations by Garland and Fisherf F .S Barff and Co.'s ^ ig lo u s Statuary. Portrait of the Pope Kneeling at the Shnne. Seals, Dies, Sec., by Monng, High Vecchio’s Studio o f Religious Statuary Ecclesiastical Holborn, London. Del Ford’s,Manchcster-strect, London. The European, Dublin A musements :— Madame Tussaud’s Bazaar - ‘ 336 336 336 ^ u m m a r p . — The Parliamentary proceedings o f the week have been o f the highest interest and importance, and the discussion in the House of'Lords on the Ministerial measure styled the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill, deserves the attention o f every Catholic. O f course no legislation o f the civil power, inconsistent with the doctrines and discipline o f the Catholic Church on the Sacrament of marriage, will be recognised by them as having binding force, though, considering that they amount to one-fourth o f the population o f the United Kingdom, they might reasonably claim, that in any general measure on the subject, the law of the land, as far as it was intended to affect them, should be made consistent with their religious obligations. The passing a law meant to govern the matrimonial relations o f seven millions o f Catholics in Ireland and England, and declaring the lawfulness for them o f what their Church declares to be unlawful, is a proceeding which — We have written elsewhere upon the Parliamentary Oaths Bill and the dotation o f the Princess Royal. — It will be seen that Mr. Moore will introduce the Tenant League Bill on Thursday, May 28th, by which time it is desirable that a good number of petitions should have been forwarded to Parliament in favour o f the Bill. It will be remembered that at the Tenant League Conference, among other alterations in the draft o f the Bill, it was resolved to omit all reference to the Ulster Tenant Right, in order that, i f those especially interested wished, it might be made the subject o f a separate enactment. We see by the papers that some steps are being taken in Ulster towards this end, and we doubt îlot, i f it be be the resolve o f the north to bring forward any measure for the security o f the Ulster Tenant Right, it will be generously supported by the Irish members o f Parliament, who are already engaged in defending the interests o f the Irish tenant. — Mr. Spooner’s annual tilt at Maynooth College has come off with rather less than the usual éclat. It can hardly be called a debate, as the honourable gentleman had the talk nearly all to himself. Even Newdegate seems to have shied, making the usual excuse o f “ surprise.” The House treated the motion with ill-concealed contempt ; loud cries for a division were raised before the mover sat down, and were peremptorily persisted in till the affair was brought to a premature close. The few members who spoke after Spooner were all against the motion. It was remarked that the Opposition benches were nearly empty during the debate, though Mr. Disraeli had been in the House just before it commenced. Mr. Spooner’s minority o f ninety-one was composed in considerable part o f English and Scotch “ Liberals.” We may look on this as the end of the Spoonerite agitation, at least for the present, and until the prospect o f another general election shall make it worth while to stir up English and Scotch bigotry with a view to make political capital. — We refer to a report o f some proceedings at the Board of the North Dublin Union, which show the inveterate malignity o f the proselytising spirit in that quarter. O f course, Colonel Vandeleur had not the least idea o f anything o f the sort, and did not know that the refusal to appoint a schoolmaster in place o f one who had resigned meant handing over the teaching, secular and religious, o f 250 Catholic children to a Protestant teacher. It is odd how some very high-minded gentlemen happen to be always conveniently ignorant o f the most patent facts, when these facts tell against their proceedings, and convict them o f injustice and bad faith., Cfrirö €Dition. A M E R I C A . Liverpool, Friday Evening. A private despatch, dated Washington, May 9th,says the President has declined a proposition ot Lord Napier’s for the opening o f new négociations with reference to Central American affairs, which were based on the conditional acquiesence of Honduras. On the 8th instant Lord Napier had a long interview with the President on the subject of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, which is said to have been of a very amicable and satisfactory character. On the 8th there was a cabinet meeting, and it is reported that the rejection o f the Dallas-Clarendon treaty was under consideration. T h e cabinet are said to be a unit on this important subject. It is said Lord Napier regrets the altered state of things. Several extensive failures had occurred in Boston in the dry goods line. The Ministers’ Money (Ireland) Bill, providing for the abolition o f the tax, has been read a second time by a majority of 313 votes to 174. Mr. Napier, Mr. Whiteside, Sir Frederick Thesiger, and Mr. Walpole, with the Tory party at their back, opposed the Bill. As the amount in question was only 12,000/. a year, the importance o f the measure depends upon the recognition i^f its principle. And we can see no other principle on which the Bill can be justified, than that it is a hardship and an injustice to tax Catholics for the maintenance of the Protestant Church Establishment. Now, it is quite evident that the application o f this principle should not stop at the Ministers’ money, but that it should be extended to the Regium Donum and the Irish Church Establishment, in which case we need not say there will be no difficulty on the part of Catholics aboutthe surrender o f the Maynooth grant. As a mere matter o f argument upon Whig and Tory premises, we think the Tories had the best o f it. The tax was originally imposed in the days o f Charles II. upon Protestant property for the maintenance of Protestant worship. Much o f the property has since come into the hands o f Catholics, subject to the charge upon it. There is no difference in principle that we 'can see between this tax and the tithe rentcharge ; and the Tories, who would retain both, and we, who would abolish both, are equally logical. The inconsistency is on the part o f the Whigs, who take part against the Tories on the question of the Ministers’ money, and take part against us on the question of the tithe rentcharge. We do not dispute that if the Irish Church Establishment had^ a rightful existence— that is, i f the Irish Church Establishment were not a creature o f the State, wickedly and unjustly set up for the injury and spoliation, not for the instruction and benefit of the people ; and i f its property were its own— that is, i f its property were not held by it at the will and pleasure o f the State, from which it received it, the State having itself gained possession o f the bulk o f it by robbin" the*Catholic Church and people, we should listen with favour to the cry o f spoliation and revolution. As it is, we are glad that some Protestants perceive in the measure (though they object to it upon that very ground), a recognition of the principle that it is right io relieve the Catholics o f Ireland from taxes for the benefit of a Church which they repudiate — Our Eastern news is disquieting. The Persian war iiTerminated, and the naval and military operations have been conducted boldly, skilfully, and successfully. But the climate at Mohammerah and Bushire is pestilential, and grave anxiety is felt for the fate of the troops, unless more healthy quarters be provided for them before the final evacuation o f the Persian territory. Moreover, a most painful impression has been produced by the unparalleled incident that a British general, and the commodore o f the fleet, have both broken down in the discharge o f theirduty, and have sought refuge in suicide from the weight of their responsibilities. Then the disaffection o f the native troops in India is an uncomfortable set-off against our Persian conquests. The 19th Native Regiment has been disbanded. It is known that the 34th were in league with the 19th, and it was suspected that the 2nd Grenadiers were cognisant of the plans o f the mutinous regiment. Almost all the regiments o f the line sympathise more or less. How critical the position is appears from the account in the Times. Her Majesty’s 84th are brought up from Burmah ; a wing o f the 53rd is ordered to Barrackpore. The adjutant of the 34th Regiment is assaulted by a drunken soldier, and the guard refuses to arrest him. The regiment looks as i f disposed to die rather than yield. But the Europeans land, and the mutinous 19th are ordered to lay down their arms. They obey, and Major-General Hearsey, with his orders to use all the force at his disposal, and, if necessary, even to destroy three regiments, must have felt considerably relieved. But it is feared that the 34th must be disbanded, and the native re giment at Dinapore is only kept in check by her Majesty’s 10th. “ As a matter of opinion” the HOUSE O F LO R D S— Friday, May 12. T h e Duk of N O R F O L K gave notice on going into ommittee on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes B ill, he should move that it be referred to a select committee. HOUSE O F COMMONS. Lord P A L M E R S T O N said he should propose the adjournment of the house over Tuesday next, being the birthday o f her Majesty, which would be kept as a noliday, and the next day the Epsom sports would take place, and it was the custom o f the house not to meet on that occasion. W ith regard to Whitsuntide recess, it was his intention to move that the house should adiourn from Friday to the Thursday following. D OW R Y OF TH E PR IN CESS R O Y A L . A fte r some preliminary remarks from Mr. R o e b u c k , ho hoped that no annuity would he proposed, T he C H A N C E L L O R of the E X C H E Q U E R , after stating the manner in which the royal family were provided for, said—W hat her Majesty proposed was an annuity of 8,000/., and a marriage portion only o f 40,000/. ( “ Hear, hear,” and sensation.) He trusted that upon reflection the house would agree to such a reasonable and moderate proposition, and that it would be voted with perfect unanimity. Mr. R O E B U C K moved, as an amendment, that the committee make provision for her Royal Highness by granting a sum down instead o f by annuity. (Hear, hear.) T h e sum paid to her Majesty amounted to 400,000/. a year. Prince A lbert received an income of 30,000/., besides other emoluments. Let them look to the interest o f the country, and to the future, for there was a large family to provide for— (hear, hear)— and as representative o f the hard-worked people he would say, when we are generous let us be just. limes informant thinks that “ it must end in blood “ somewhere.” Let us hope not. There seems to be no doubt that the journey of the Holy Fathef, though its main object is the performance o f an act of devotion to Our Blessed Lady o f Loretto, is intended by him to subserve other im portant purposes. It will afford the population o f the Papal States an opportunity, o f which they are everywhere eagerly availing themselves, o f showing their attachment. It will enable the Holy Father to see for himself the state of the Legations, and to confer with the local authorities, and it will very probably furnish an occasion for acts o f grace which will bind the hearts of all the well-disposed even more closely than at present to the present occupant o f the Chair of Peter and to the Holy See itself. . The visit to Hungary of the Emperor of Austria is producing similar effects, though o f a more decided character, to those which resulted from his visit to his Italian dominions. Amnesties to political offenders, the healing the wounds left by the insurrection of 1848-9, and its suppression, reconciliation with all classes, and measures calculated to gratify the feelings of the Hungarian people, and to promote their material interests, accompany the Imperial progress. An interesting report o f a public examination at Waterford of deaf mutes from the Dublin institution will be found in our columns, and will fecal that noble charity to the recollection o f QUr Mr. W I L L I A M S seconded the amendment. T h e C H A N C E L L O R o f the E X C H E Q U E R saidthe proposition of the hon. and learnedgentleman wasdifficult todcal with,inasmuch as he had not mentioned any sum. (Hear, hear.) The intended annuity was to cease with the life of her Royal Highness, and he thought such an annuity would be preferable to a large amount as a marriage portion. (Cheers.) S i rC . N A P I E R thought that before granting any dowry the house ought to know what settlement was to he made by the K in g of Prussia on his nephew. (Cheers and laughter.) ,r Lord J. RU S SE LL said that if there was nothing unreasonable in the proposition of the government, he thought the house ought to assent to it. (Cheers.) In his opinion he thought the proposal was not at all unreasonable, but rather the contrary. (Cheers.) Mr. ROEBUCK said the sum proposed by the government amounted to 216,000/. odd, according to the best annuity tables. Mr. D ISRAELI thought unanimity very desirable, and he entertained the hope that no division would take place. Mr. CONYNGHAM said the Princess Royal was about to marry into a foreign family, and he could not help viewing such connexions with the greatest jealousy. Mr. R O E B U C K then said he did not wish to press his opinions in opposition to those o f the house, and ™i.re^ore would not put it to the trouble o f dividing. (Cheers.) The resolution was then agreed to. The house adjourned. London, Friday Evening. T h e correct number of election petitions presented to the House o f Commons is 57. In Paris the chances ot an arrangement between the K in g ofNaplesand the western powers, throughthe K in g o f Bavaria’s mediation, are stated to be fair.