, 1875-10-02
GREAT BRITAIN.


LoSDoN, Oct. 1.-The election for a mombor
Of Parliament at blackburn, to fill the vacancy
caused bY tho death OF Henry u. Feitden, oc-
currcd yesterday. rAo candidates were William
Coldlngton Tho Mayor OF Blackhnrn) and G.
Thwatos, woil-known brewer both ConBerys~
tsves. Tllwaites was elected. although Ao was
defeated by thu samo constituency ut tho last
years general election.
TIE Turf.
A1undcn NON tho Newmarket October handicap
race today.
srAS1stl An0nEsg10Ss.
The Globe Of this morning says that tho formal
complaint Of tho nEKroaaionH Of the Spanish
guaraacostns in tho British waters oil Gibraltar
has boon made to iiH Government by tho BRITISH
naval commander at Gibraltar.
EEyENEKa. --..
hcvenuo rotn1ns show nn increase Of 1856, 900
sterling for the past ha!{-year.
TIE 1lAYNGpTli BrNoD.
MIR Io7k World.
DunlIS, Sept. 10.--Tho National Council OF
tho Irisi, Hierarchy, which has Just closed its
session at hlAynooth has conducte its delilora-
tionH IL strict sec1ncy. and tho.r reBus sill not
bo nndo public until Rome Inns sanctioned tho
decgeeg which have been passed. There Is Ecn-
son to bolioye, however, TINT tho Council was a
most important one. II ls understood that eccio-
siastlcal discipline aud the matter Of higher olu-
erationB Of tho Council. Exactly quarter Of a
| century haa PASSED away einca tho Catholic
Bishops held theff first National Council Bince
| the time Of tho Reformation. It Is true that
there was meeting OF the Irish prolaIcs in
1Gi1 ; but it wnB mot until 1861 that regn}nr
| md ca1aou!cal National Council waa held. The
| decroeH Of Tint Council, which was hold at
| ThnrleH. having boon approved and confirmed
by tho 11oly See, iiaEo over sinco regulated tho
discipline Of sho clergy the uniformity OF rtuaf,
| tho administration of tho bacramonts, mud tho
education Of tho people. But Is years 10 long
poriod. and what sufficient IN 1850 il tn8nffl-
Client in 1876. During this period the palltt-
cal ard ecclcHinstcal changes havc been
many and important: The Protestant Ep:sso-
raiian Church in ireland has boon partially diH-
endowed nnd wholly tlsessablisl,ed tho Preaby-
| tarian Church has bud some Of It's endowtnentH
| taken from 1t; tho Government grant to May
nooth College has been taken away much to lta
! real bonetlt 1nnat ut tho rauaf laws against
| Catholics lnve been repealed. whllo othorB,
I which had fsl]c:t into apparent d!sNae, have
been rovlved : tho rectlniary condition Of the
| Catholic population has vastly improved. and
| their ability to support their Church and tt
| educational inEt'tutionH ts now almost equal II
their anxiety to TO NJ; Catholic university bat
bcen founded in Dublin !; the great Protestant
institution, Trinity College, has boon secular.
| fxed Dir. Gladstone has been dismissed from
! power In CONSEQUENCE Of hiH failure to comply
! with tho demands OF tho Catholics concerning
/ university cdncatton; and the long struggle O.
tue Catholics for tho provisions which they
| deetnnd necessary for their common schools II
eti1l going on. Tho council it is bollevetl, occu
pied much OF tn time in celebrating upon thes1
matters. All tho dioceseB wero represented
| When the docreen haopted hnso boon rovises
aud approved ut Rome, they will bo published.