The herald., 1896-07-12
Britons May Marry Their Dead
Wives Sisters
IF THE COMMONS CONSENTS
Interference of the Catholic Church Is
Bitterly Resented
American Visitors Accorded a Very Cordial
Reception-ImposingN Naval Manusvers. IN
Comments on American Politics
Associated Press Special Wire.

LONDON, July 11.-(Copyright, 1861
"A majority of the newspapers express
themselves as satisfied with the adop-
ton of the deceased wife's sister bill,
after four years of argument. The i'm
portant question now is will the govern
ment give the bill a chance of passing
the house of commons as we'll as the
house of lords. 1t is believed that at the
least two-thirds of the members of the
lower house are in favor of the measure.
while outside it can safely be said that
the mass of the people, except a section
of the church party, is also in favor Of
the bill.
. Baron Hirschell formerly lord chan
cellor, and Liberal in a crisp speech
last evening demolished ore of the lead
ing arguments put forward by the bishop
of Ely, who appealed to the canonical
| law as denouncing to, marriage of
man with his wife's sister. Baron Hir-
schell retorted that the canonical law
equally forbids the marriage of first
cousins, which the Church of England
| allows.
Lord Dunraven made a telling point
when he produced whip" sent to the
Catholic peers in which Cardinal
Vaughan declared that he had the au-
thority of the pope to call upon all Cath
olics to oppose the bill. This has been
seized upon by the newspapers today
as interference with English politics,
and is certain to intensity the feeling in
favor of the measure.
The Daily News, referring to Cardinal
Vaughans whip" says:
THE impudent attempt of an Italian
priest to interfere in the decisions of the
British parliament has no parallel since
Popo Plus IX. procured the defeat of
Mr. Gladstone's Irish university bill in
1873"
The members of the slouse of lords who
voted in favor of the bill last evening
included the Prince of Wales, the Duke
of Connaught. the Duke of Fife, Lord
Rosebery Baron Hirschell. the Duke of
Devonshire, Lord Rothschild, the Mar
qus of Lansdowne, the Duke of ST. AL
bans and others.
The opponents included two arch
bishops, the Duke of Argyle, the Mar
quis of Salisbury, the Earl of Gram
brooke and the Duke of Richmond
AZ lllc QlIllbT Ol the ancient ana HON.
orable Artillery company on Thursday,
the log of the Mayflower on foolscap
and manuscript, with a plain parch-
ment cover. written by Gov. Bradford,
was su1mitted to the Prince of Wales.
who examined it with the greatest in
| terest The book was the property of
! Thomas Prince of Harvard college in
1903. and it now belongs to the bishop of
! London's library at Fulham
The reception accorded the Ancients in
| England surpassed anything in point of
| genuine, hearty enthusiasm in the his
| tory of the country. On all sides, from
the queen and prince of Wales down to
the poorest of the masses. the hand of
| good fellowship has been extended to
the visitors which as stated by the
prince, were not received as foreigners
but as brothers from across the sea- But
there has been a humorous feature in
the proceedings which it will do no harm
to record. When the AncientS were en-
tertained in the royal orangerie at Wind
sor on Wednesday, many of their ladies
were anxious to obtain souvenirs of the
occasion and they persuaded walters to
| sell them knives and forks. Consequent
! ly high prices We're paid for common
steel knives which it transpired were the
property of the contra ctor at Windsor
who supplied the feast and had never
been used inside the castle.
The naval maneuvers of next week
will be on a larger scale than yet at
tempted. They will open with prelim-
mary cruise which will be followed by
| tactical exercises A sham war will be
the next feature of the program. The
| ships will be divided into the channel and
| the reserve fleets. The latter, accord
ing to the scheme, protects the coast
against the channel squadron. Great
! Britain viii send to sea upon this occa-
sion a larger naval force than has ever
/ before been modified by one power in
the history of the world. The number of
! ships which will take part in the maneu-
vers viii be about 105, compared with the
10 vessels which We're sent to sea for the
! same purpose last year. Every class of
vessel will be employed in the increased
] feet modified, including Is battle ships,
- cruisers, 20 of the gunboats, 20 tor
pedo destroyers, q torpedo boats and
number Of dispatch vessels and other
craft. There will be %, 900 men on these
fleets. The leading point to be decided by
the maneuvers is expected to be whether
torpedo destroyers can effectually pro-
tect blockading ships against torpedo
boats. Last year they proved able to
/ catch and sink torpedo bats hut they
were not able to hinder them entirely
from reaching the ships. The admiralty
announces that a feature of the mimic
war viii be the watching of one fleet in
port by the other. The spectacle in
Plymouth sound, where the channel
fleet is anchored today. is the finest ever
witnessed. The vessels cover an area
of nearly two miles within range of the
national Armada memorial on Plymouth
hoe.
The Economist, commenting upon the
Chicago convention. says: The success
of the Democrats would act like moral
and economic cyclone on American trade
| and business. Happily it is one thing
to carry an unsound platform at party
convention and quite another to win an
election.
Fire at Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 1.-This
afternoon one of the most important
squares in the city was almost totally