The Evening critic., 1882-04-10

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at the town hall of Poonah, the Rev.
Joseph Cook, of Boston, was the central
figure in rather disagreeable episode
Having in the course of his lecture on that
occasion made the assertion that India
must become Christian in the course of
fifty years, Mr.. Cook invited the nativer
present to join him in the Lords Prayer to
the confusion of their false gods. There
upon there were cries of .'Shame Shame!"
at which the Rev. Mr.. Rivington arose
and said 1.-THE Lords Prayer is very
sacred and solemn prayer, and no one
should be asked to join it unless he has re-
ceived holy baptism. 1t is no use casting
pearls before swine" [Cries of ''Who are
the swine ?"1 Mr.. Small then said that he
had lived for eighteen years among the |
Brahmins, and he never had cause to call |
any of them swine. The president, Major |
Richardson, here interposed and said he |
disagreed with the lecturer in insisting up |
on offering up the prayer, as the audience |
consisted of varied creeds and he ruled |
that the meeting should disperse without |
the prayer being said. Mr.. Cook became |
very much excited, and declared that, |
without meaning any disrespect, he would |
not be bound by the president of the COM |
mittee, and that he would offer mp silent |
prayer. The meeting then dispersed amid
Kisses and applause.
1t has been often noted how careful the
authorities of Rome have been to commem.
crate the residence in their city Of distin-
guished foreigners, by placing upon the
houses in which they lived memorial tab
lets. Thus, near the Piazza del Popolo is a
slab to mark the spot where Goethe
Thought and wrote immortal things"
and in the Piazza de Spagna another to
perpetuate the knowledge of the house in
which poor Keats lived his last days. it's
now intended that the house occupied by
Sir Walter Scott shall be honOred in
similar way. Scott's visit to Rome was
not, however, a pleasant one for him. He
was in failing health and had to be has
tened away to his home in the north. 1t
is doubtful even if the city really had for
him the interest it has for most men. Some
one has recorded as fact that upon
travelling in the Appennines the clear sky
above and bright landscape below had few
attractions for his heart, but when he came
upon heather truly Scotch in appearance
it brought tears into his eyes.
| A Neapolition prelate named Savarese,
| who holds many of the opinions recently
| put forth by Father Curci, has recently
| published at Rome pamphlet on "The Last
\ Phase of the Roman Question" He argues
that the Pope, by submitting to the force
of present events in Italy, does not really
abandon his spiritual or temporal rights.
Were his Holiness to transfer his See to
more compromised than it is now, while
the true way for his partisans to advance his
interest Is not to hold aloof from public af-
fairs, but to obtain seats in Parliament
| The pamphlet has been sent to all the lead
ing newspapers of Europe, America and
Australia, some 5000 impressions having
been made, the last one going to news
been aided in his work by the italian Min
lister of Foreign Affairs.
The Pail Mall Gazette observes that there
is one feature in the expulsion of Mr. Brad
laugh from the House of Commons which
distinguishes it at once from all the histori-
cal precedents which have been quoted.
In all other cases the person expelled was
expelled for doing something which, II
not legally punishable as crime, was, at
all events, morally criminal. Wither was
ostensibly expelled for publishing works
condemned by the courts as scandalous and
seditious libels. Cochrane was alleged 10
have committed frauds upon the Stock EN
change. Walpole was found guilty of hav-
ing taken a bribe. So was Sir John
Trevor, who, when Speaker, received e.,
600 from the Corporation of the city fol
promoting private bill on their behalf
and put the question to the House whether
he was or was not guilty, aud had to de
clare that the yeas had il. But this is tn,
first time member has been expelled for q
mere breach of good manners, or, as Lore
Randolph, Churchill phrased it, reiterated
insults" to the House, or, in the language o
Sir Stafford Northcote, contempt ant
eontumacy."
Advertisements have lately appeared il
| the London papers for information of tn,
whereabouts of Sir William Augustus Con
greve. When last heard from, twenty-five
years ago, he was in Sydney, on his way L
the Fiji Islands. He is the grandson Of th'
inventor of Congreve rockets. His fathe
died in 1928, the present baronet then beini
two years old On attaining his majorit,
, Sir William went off rowing, and has onl!
been heard from once since. His only
brother also mysteriously disappeared som
, years ago; and as neither Of them is know
to have married, the baronetcy will lapse
: unless the advertisements are successful Il
bringing forward news of one Of the wan
derers.
1t ia said that this years Paris Salon viii
1 be used to crafty an unusual number G
0 personal spites. No fewer than a score {
3 artists, some of them famous. are eXpecte
Q to send pictures prompted by private feud
Thus NJ. Henner lately dined with \
Q | d. Antiques, and took offense at being mad
a 70 drink wine which was not old enough
II please his taste. Using his palette
's ayenge his palate, he has painted a piotuI
o which represents his host as an "OrleaI
Vinegar Seller"