The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-12
ENGLAND PLEASED THAT THE
BILL HAS AT LAST BEEN
PASSED.
ANcIENTs MUCH HoNoRED.
NEVER BEFORE HAS so HEARTY
A WELCOME BEEN OFFERED
IN BRITAIN.
MIMIC WAR ON THE BRrNY DEEP.
Iized VIII Take Part I'm the
ManOeuvers.

LONDON, July IA majority of the
newspapers express themselves as sat
isfied with the adoption Of the de-
ceased wife's sister bill, after forty
years of agitation. The important
question now is, will the government
give the bill chance of passing the
house of commons as well as the house
of lords? 1t is believed that at 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. Ybe
Baron Hirschell, formerly lord chan
cellor, and a Liberal, in a crisp speech
last evening demolished one of the
leading arguments put forward by the
bishop Of Ely, who appealed to the
canonical law, as denouncing the mar
riage of mar with his wifes sister.
Baron Hirschell retorted that the can
onical law equally forbids the mar
rage OF first cousins, which the Church
Of England allows.
Lord Dunraven made a telling point
when he produced a whip" sent to
the Catholic papers, in which Cardinal
Vaughan declared that he had the au-
thorlty of the pope to call upon all
Catholics to oppose the bill This has
been seized upon 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 Vaughan
whip says: 1.-THE impudent attempt
of an italian priest to interfere in the
decision of the British parliament, has
no parallel since Pope Plus TX pro-
cured the defeat of Mr.. Gladstone's
Irish university bill, in 1873"
The members Of the house of lords
who voted in favor of the bill last
evening, included the Prince of Wales,
the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of
York, the Duke of Fife, Lord Rose
berry, Baron Hirschell, the Duke of
DevoEshire, Lord Rothschild, the Mar
quis of Lansdowne, the Duke of ST. AL
bans and others. Their opponents in
cluded two Irish bishops, ten bishops,
the Duke of Argyle, the Marquis of
Salisbury, the Earl of Cranbrook and
the Duke of Richmond
The Times today, although it is OPP
posed to the deceased wife's sister bill,
admits that yesterdays vote is likely
to bring about the adoption of the
measure. The house of commons has
often previously
PASSED THE BILL,
and it's supporters are likely to force
the government to give the necessary
time to it's consideration. 1t is not
merely prospective, but applies to mar
.riages already contracted. I'm,
AT the dinner of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company on Thurs
day, the log of the Mayf1ower on fool
soap and in manuscript, with a plain
parchment cover, written by Gov
Bradford, was submitted to the Prince
of Wales, who examined it with the
greatest Of interest. The book was the
property of Thomas Prince, of Har-
ward college, in 1903, and it now belongs
to the bishop of London's library, at
Fulham.
The reception accorded the Ancients
in England surpasses anything of the
kind, in point of genuine, hearty en-
thusiasm, in the history Of the coun-
y
the Prince of Wales down to the poor
est of the masses, the hand of good
fellowship has been extended to the
visitors, who, 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 entertained in the royal orangerie
at Windsor, on Wednesday, many of
their ladies were anxious to obtain
souvenirs of the occasion, and they per-
suaded the walters to sell them knives
and forks. Consequently, the walters
did a thriving trade. They charged
slips each for common steele knives,
which, it transpired, were the property
of the contractor at. Windsor, who sup
piled the feast, ard had never been
used inside the castle.
The naval manoeuvers of next week
will be on a larger scale than yet at
tempted. They will open with a pre-
liminary cruise, which will be followed
by tactical exercises
A SHAM WAR
will be the next feature of the pro-
gramme. The ships will be divided
into the channel and reserve fleets
The latter according to the scheme
protects the coast against the channel
squadron. Great Britain will send to
sea upon this occasion a larger naval
force than was ever before modified
by one power in the history of the
World.s The number of ships which will
take part in the manoeuvers will be
about los, compared with IS vessels
which were sent to sea for the same
purpose last year. Every class of YES
sells will be employed, in the increased
fleets modified, including Is battle
ships, 10 cruisers, Il gunboats, 20 tor
pedo destroyers, "a torpedo boats and
a number of despatch boats and other
craft. There will be $4,000 men on
board these fleets.
The leading point to be decided by
the manoeuvers is expected to be wheth-
er torpedo destroyers can effectually
protect floating ships against torpedo
boats. Last year they proved able to
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