The Irish standard., 1891-07-18
more vigorous than he was twelve
months ago. His popularity with the

degree to the way in which the Cardin-
al's letter rallied public opinion to their
side. Last week tbs Trade Unionist, a
leading paper OF the labor movement,
published the Cardinals portrait, and
described him as chat great Prince Of
the Church and Man Of The People,
The Royal Comlli ssion on tine Labor
question began it's public slttings this
week. The Commission includes in its
ranks Peers and M. P.'s, capitalists and
workingman, university professors,
business men and trades-unionist lead
ers. The evidence taken before it and
published day by day will present a
picture of the life of the English work
ing classes such as has not been seen Till
now. I shall note from week to week
in my letters the progress of this epoch
making inquiry.
On Thursday night, in the House Of
Commons, substantial victory Was
won for the cause of social reform. A
Factory Law amendment Bill is before
the House and Mr. Sydney Buxton sue
ceeded in carrying against the Govern
ment an amendment raising the age at
which children can leave the school for
the factory, and putting in force On
this point the recommendations of the
Berlin Tabor Conference. 1t is a sign
Of the times that twenty live Consarva
tives voted with the Liberals against
the Government.
The foundation stone Of the new
church of st. Patrick, in Soho, was
solemnly laid On Thursday. The old
church dated from 1892, when the
famous Father Arthur O'Leary pun
chased and converted into a chapel the
concert hall of Lcrd Carlislos mansion
in Soho Square, then one of tho fash
ionable centres OF London. Exteriorly
the church looked like some dingy
:warehouse, for in 1852 the Gordon riots
were recent event, and the few Cacho~
lie churches in London were made On
purpose as unobtrusive looking as pos
sible. 1t was in this old church that
the first Solemn Requiem in England,
since the DAYS OF James H., was c8le-
brated on the death Of Plus VI, by the
Scotch Monslgnoxe, who was residing
in London as q secret envoy to the
Court of George III.
The Guild of Our Lady Of Ransom
for the conversion OF England (the most
important and most promising move
lneut Of the kind SINCE Ignatius Spenser
organized his crusade Of prayer) an~
nounces pilgrimage on a small scale
to st. Alban's Abbey ia Hertfordshire
for Monday next, ST. AIban's day; a
great pilgrimage 10 Canterbury on july
9Th, the feast Of the Translation OF the
Relics Of St. Thomas; and pilgrimage
to the Shrine Of Our Lady Of Boulogne
in August. The Guild has NOW more
than fifteen thousand active members.
The annual Conference of the Catho-
lie Truth Society takes place in West
minister at the end OF June. 1T is the
nearest thing we have IN England to a
Catholic Congress, and forms our most
effective ralyine point Cor Catholic ac
ton.
A great sensation has been caused ia
literary circles bY the news that Lady
Burton, the widow of the Late Sir Rich
ard Burton, has destroyed an unpub-
Hshed MSS. version OF an Arabian work
which he left among his papers, ON &C
count of the subject with which it dealt,
although she had just been offered more
than six Thousand guineas for it by a
publisher, and had been left no fortune
by her husband. Sir Richard had MADE
the translation, SHE says, purely on ac-
count of the literary and scientific in
terest of work, but ste felt sure that
most of those who bought it would read
it out of a vicious curiosity or worse.
II felt" she writes, that sin is the only
rolling stone that gathers moss; that
what gentleman, a scholar, a man of
the world may write when living, he
would see very differently to what the
poor soul would see standing naked be-
fore it's God, with its good or evil deeds
alone to answer for. and their conse-
quences visible to it for the first mo
ment, rolling on to the end of time,
And, said, not for six thousand
guineas, not for six millions, will risk
it, So she burned the manuscript,
two heavy volumes, leaf by leaf, as an
offering for the repose OF her husbands
soul. A noble deed, worthy Of a noble
woman!
Dashaway-Look here, did you 20 up
in my room last night and take the only
clean shirt I had ad?-Trayers-Yes es: I had
to 90 to ball.-Dashaway-Then there
is only one thing ! would like to know.
How in thunder did you get it on over
your nerve?