The Irish standard., 1903-09-19

trated there-Ncnice never burned
OF the drownings, too, so dear to the
Byronic Imagination, there appears no
sign: they are dismissed as nonsense
beneath criticism" The "secret de-
nunciations" dropped in the Lions
Mouth, or other recepticle, lose air
their Fictitious horror when we know
that if anonymous they We're burned.
whilst when they are signed and con-
sidered, no proceedings against the ar
raigned person, could be taken unless
four-tifths of the Council agreed in the
case OF citizens, or two-thirds in the
case of mobiles; the purpose of the
secret accusation scheme being prob.
ably to give the masses freedom to-
protect themselves against the classes.
The Council of Ten We're unpaid; they
thought the service of the public it's,
own great reward. The Doge could
not have the city for a single day on
any preteNt. He was debarred from
all commercial transactions. and his
brothers and SONS excluded from ali
public Offices
n correspondent of the jewish.
Chronicle writes that the present Pope.
when patriarch of Venice, once met
a jew (who occasionally supplied goods
to his sisters carrying parcels OH the
Jewish Sabbath. and said to him: .'IE
you do not keep your Sabbath YOU
will no longer be permitted to enter
our palace.'
n Rev. DIR. Horton, in England. car
ries on Il ceaseless press campaign.
against Catholicity. He may be be
meath the notice of scholars and sages,.
but he helps to form and keep up the
public opinion to which even the King.
against his own well-known impulses.
mas to bow. How far the Rev. Doctor
deserves to form public opinion may
DE seen from these facts. He wrote to-.
the Times of July IS: I'm Wycliffe
there is but one school, and that is.
Roman Catholic; all the children be-.
longing to the Church of England are.
compelled by law to go to the Roman.
Catholic school, and their parents must
support teacher and school for the sub.
version OF the principles on which they
belleVe the greatness and welfare of
their country to rest" Now, as to all
this the Rev. c. g. Donovan, the Cath
Ole priest at Wycliffe, writes: NO,
Protestant child from Wycliffe attends.
the Catholic school. Whey all go to-
the Church of England schools. and
walk one and one-lialf to two miles to-
do so. They would have to walk as
far it they attended the Catholic,
school. s. The Catholic bishos
OF the diocese wrote January ., 1903.
wv 18th regard to the religious question
it there should be Il numley-
OF Protestant children at the school. l.
should not object to the Angiiculs-
clergyman, or some one deputed by
him, taking the Protestant children liz,
lAlC S4slSS lOOul. luGIe are TWO CHURCH.
OF England schools within IL two-mliles
radius"
The Protestant rector of LAMBETH.
Rev. j. Andrews Reeve, writes in the.
Times OF Il service he attended in the
Venice Cathedral OH st. Marks Dly ~,
few years ago. The church was quite
full OF men, almost entirely OF tile
working class. Then the cardinal
archbishop mounted the pulpit an.s
preached Il most effective and patheri<.
sermon. He told the men they We're
citizens OF no mean city, and that
though many of it's glories had passed.
away, they might still make Venice
great by being good. There was con-.
stant applause on the part of the au-,
dience and l was struck all through,
by the extraordinary sympathy be-
tween the preacher and his people,