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INTRODUCTION.
PAGE
So far back as 1867 the Pope had issued a Bull convening
an (Ecumenical or General Council, to be held at Bome in
December, 1S69 ; and at the time thus appointed the Council
was opened with due form and ceremony, a procession of
Archbishop-Princes, Cardinals, Patriarchs, Archbishops,
Bishops, Abbots, and Generals of Eeligious Orders, in all
about 800 Ecclesiastics, preceding the entrance of the Pope
•when he came into the hall in St. Peter's to open the
PAC
Assembly. Several of the Catholic Powers looked with
suspicion on this great gathering, there being a general
expectation that it was intended "to erect into an act of
faith the dogma of Papal Infallibility ; " nor were the
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church unanimous in their
approval either of the Council or the dogma. The progress
of the Council will be traced in the Introduction to the
next volume.
NOTES.
(The Irish Church) Venus attired by the (Christian) | for Sheffield, was a determined opponent of the Established
Graces refers to the Amendments to the Irish Church Bill Church.
proposed by the Lords. The " Graces " are Loud West
bury (since deceased), Earl grey, and lord cairns.
9 j London Sewage and At Barking Creek, Essex,
I Thames Brewage. about eight miles from
25 ( The London and Barking ) London, is the outfall
j Bank. • I (into the Thames) of the
41 ' A Dog's Tale. I Northern main drainage
of the Metropolis.
13 f " The More you Stir it,*' \ These references are to
} &c. r Loud Carixgtox's as-
15 ) Box et Praeterea Nihil, i sault on Mr. Grex-
Chaos without Knox. j ville MURRAY, in
Constitutional Ties. ) The allusion is to the 47
Peers as Aeronauts. ( "Captive" Balloon at 57
the Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, which made short ascents
while confined to the earth by ropes. Finally it broke away.
Mr. Gladstone, in one of his Irish Church Bill speeches.-
had likened the Lords to people up in a balloon.
Jews and Proselytes.—The reference is to the abduc- 55
tion by Mr. Thomas, a Welsh Baptist minister, of a
Jewish girl whom he had sought, in conjunction with his
wife, to convert to Christianity. In the year 1359 a Jewish
youth of the name of Mortara had been removed by
Boman Catholic priests from his father's house at Bologna,
and placed beyond parental control, on the plea that he had
consequence of an oii'ensive article in a weekly publication
called the Queen's Messenger, which was thought to apply j some years before been secretly baptised,
to Lord Carixgtox's father. Mr. Murray's son was the
registered proprietor of this publication, and Mr. Murray
himself was believed to be a writer in it. The case came
before the Marlborou^h Street Police Court, and at the close
of the inquiry an unseemly struggle took place between
the friends of both parties for the possession of a box con-
taining papers relating to the Queen's Messenger, which Mr.
Newman, on behalf of Lord Carington, had brought into
Court. Messrs. Fresiutelds were Lord Carixgtox's
solicitors. Mr. Kxox and Mr. D'eyncourt (the latter of
whom heard the case) were the Marlborough Street magis-
trates.
17 The Changeling {Cartoon).—The Archbishop of Can-
terbury" returns the Irish Church Bill, largely
" amended'1 by the House of Lords, to Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Bright, who disown their measure in the altered
shape in which it comes back to them.
24 A Slight Confusion.—The Deputy-Keeper of the Public
Eecords had recently been Knighted, becoming Sir T. D.
Hardy.
25 Dialectischism. — The reference is to Home, the
notorious spiritualist. UHomme qui Hit was the title of
Victor Hugo's new novel.
27 Easing the Curb {Cartoon).—The Emperor Napoleox
was at this time relaxing the tightness of his "personal
government," and proposing to give to the French
Chambers more constitutional power. of the birth of Napoleox I. (born in 1769), by an act
42 Question and Answer.—Mr. ILypfield, then member which responds to our feelings.''
Mean-Time at Greenwich {Cartoon).—The Chancellor 59
of the Exchequer (Mr. Lowe) is explaining to his col-
leagues that there will be no Ministerial Whitebait dinner
this year. Mr. Bright and the Duke of Argyll are the
other two prominent figures.
I According to the Sabbath- ', Juvenilis Mundi was the 61
) Day League. ( title of one of Mr-
j Two Chapters of Glad- j Gladstoxe's works on 63
( stone's Autobiography. j Ancient Greece and
Homer.
Lowe Jokes.—A few days before Parliament was pro- 67
rogued, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lowe) stated
in the House of Commons that he was in favour of reducing
the bullion in the sovereign from 123| to 122J grains, and
intended to work out his plan during the vacation. {See
" Essence of Parliament," p. 57, Friday, and p. 66, Tues-
day.) It was said at the time that "Nothing was sacred
to the Chaxcellor of the Exchequer, not even the
pound sterling!"
Seaward I—The lines by Shelley here parodied arc 75
those, The Fugitives, commencing :—
" The waters are flashing,
Tlie white hail ia dashing."
Destiny and "Fete" [Cartoon).—The Emperor Na- 79
poleox had issued a proclamation granting an amnesty to
all political offenders in order " to celebrate the centenary
INTRODUCTION.
PAGE
So far back as 1867 the Pope had issued a Bull convening
an (Ecumenical or General Council, to be held at Bome in
December, 1S69 ; and at the time thus appointed the Council
was opened with due form and ceremony, a procession of
Archbishop-Princes, Cardinals, Patriarchs, Archbishops,
Bishops, Abbots, and Generals of Eeligious Orders, in all
about 800 Ecclesiastics, preceding the entrance of the Pope
•when he came into the hall in St. Peter's to open the
PAC
Assembly. Several of the Catholic Powers looked with
suspicion on this great gathering, there being a general
expectation that it was intended "to erect into an act of
faith the dogma of Papal Infallibility ; " nor were the
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church unanimous in their
approval either of the Council or the dogma. The progress
of the Council will be traced in the Introduction to the
next volume.
NOTES.
(The Irish Church) Venus attired by the (Christian) | for Sheffield, was a determined opponent of the Established
Graces refers to the Amendments to the Irish Church Bill Church.
proposed by the Lords. The " Graces " are Loud West
bury (since deceased), Earl grey, and lord cairns.
9 j London Sewage and At Barking Creek, Essex,
I Thames Brewage. about eight miles from
25 ( The London and Barking ) London, is the outfall
j Bank. • I (into the Thames) of the
41 ' A Dog's Tale. I Northern main drainage
of the Metropolis.
13 f " The More you Stir it,*' \ These references are to
} &c. r Loud Carixgtox's as-
15 ) Box et Praeterea Nihil, i sault on Mr. Grex-
Chaos without Knox. j ville MURRAY, in
Constitutional Ties. ) The allusion is to the 47
Peers as Aeronauts. ( "Captive" Balloon at 57
the Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, which made short ascents
while confined to the earth by ropes. Finally it broke away.
Mr. Gladstone, in one of his Irish Church Bill speeches.-
had likened the Lords to people up in a balloon.
Jews and Proselytes.—The reference is to the abduc- 55
tion by Mr. Thomas, a Welsh Baptist minister, of a
Jewish girl whom he had sought, in conjunction with his
wife, to convert to Christianity. In the year 1359 a Jewish
youth of the name of Mortara had been removed by
Boman Catholic priests from his father's house at Bologna,
and placed beyond parental control, on the plea that he had
consequence of an oii'ensive article in a weekly publication
called the Queen's Messenger, which was thought to apply j some years before been secretly baptised,
to Lord Carixgtox's father. Mr. Murray's son was the
registered proprietor of this publication, and Mr. Murray
himself was believed to be a writer in it. The case came
before the Marlborou^h Street Police Court, and at the close
of the inquiry an unseemly struggle took place between
the friends of both parties for the possession of a box con-
taining papers relating to the Queen's Messenger, which Mr.
Newman, on behalf of Lord Carington, had brought into
Court. Messrs. Fresiutelds were Lord Carixgtox's
solicitors. Mr. Kxox and Mr. D'eyncourt (the latter of
whom heard the case) were the Marlborough Street magis-
trates.
17 The Changeling {Cartoon).—The Archbishop of Can-
terbury" returns the Irish Church Bill, largely
" amended'1 by the House of Lords, to Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Bright, who disown their measure in the altered
shape in which it comes back to them.
24 A Slight Confusion.—The Deputy-Keeper of the Public
Eecords had recently been Knighted, becoming Sir T. D.
Hardy.
25 Dialectischism. — The reference is to Home, the
notorious spiritualist. UHomme qui Hit was the title of
Victor Hugo's new novel.
27 Easing the Curb {Cartoon).—The Emperor Napoleox
was at this time relaxing the tightness of his "personal
government," and proposing to give to the French
Chambers more constitutional power. of the birth of Napoleox I. (born in 1769), by an act
42 Question and Answer.—Mr. ILypfield, then member which responds to our feelings.''
Mean-Time at Greenwich {Cartoon).—The Chancellor 59
of the Exchequer (Mr. Lowe) is explaining to his col-
leagues that there will be no Ministerial Whitebait dinner
this year. Mr. Bright and the Duke of Argyll are the
other two prominent figures.
I According to the Sabbath- ', Juvenilis Mundi was the 61
) Day League. ( title of one of Mr-
j Two Chapters of Glad- j Gladstoxe's works on 63
( stone's Autobiography. j Ancient Greece and
Homer.
Lowe Jokes.—A few days before Parliament was pro- 67
rogued, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lowe) stated
in the House of Commons that he was in favour of reducing
the bullion in the sovereign from 123| to 122J grains, and
intended to work out his plan during the vacation. {See
" Essence of Parliament," p. 57, Friday, and p. 66, Tues-
day.) It was said at the time that "Nothing was sacred
to the Chaxcellor of the Exchequer, not even the
pound sterling!"
Seaward I—The lines by Shelley here parodied arc 75
those, The Fugitives, commencing :—
" The waters are flashing,
Tlie white hail ia dashing."
Destiny and "Fete" [Cartoon).—The Emperor Na- 79
poleox had issued a proclamation granting an amnesty to
all political offenders in order " to celebrate the centenary