The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-04-12

each in a single room speaks elo-
quently. The Nationalist Party is
about to propose that, of the ten mil
lion pounds to which the deposits in
the Post Office Savings Banks Of Ire
land amount, as much as is required
for housing purposes in the towns
should be lent for those purposes to
the local authorities at the rate of
interest now paid on it, that is, two
and a half per cent
Gift to Queen Mary.-A volume of
the poems of Francis Thompson was
recently offered to Queen Mary while
she and King George were visiting
in Preston, Lancashire, the home of
the young Catholic poet who died be-
fore he was we'll known. The queen
informed the bookseller through her
secretary that, though it is not her
custom to accept such gifts, she is
prepared to make an exception in
this case and will gladly receive the
work of this gifted young son of
Preston, but she thinks it needs no
adornment in the way of binding.
The local Catholics are very pleased
at this incident
Donation to Struggling Parish.-A
generous benefactress has come to
the aid of the new mission at Foles-
hill, Coventry, England. Miss Mary
Thorpe of Walsall, provides the resi-
dent priest with sum of $4,000 for
the erection of church. This gift
enables the parish to proceed also
with the erection of the school de-
signed to accommodate $50 children
and at cost of G2,500.
Restoration of Paisley Abbey.-An
immediate start will be made with the
extensive scheme of restoration which
has been arranged for Paisley Abbey.
This venerable pile, a portion at least
of which dates back to the twelfth
century, is one of the most striking
memorials of the Catholic past of
Scotland, and Catholics cannot but
| A1dA Will OdIlOldSI1Oh ILAC 1AbC4 C0G
which is being taken in its preserva-
ton by it's present Protestant posses
sors. The Abbey stands on the spot
where st. Mirin is supposed to have
laid his monastic foundation, and it
was held in high generation by the
ancient kings and mobiles as we'll as
the laity of Scotland.
Irish Supplement of London Times.
The appearance of an Irish supple
ment to the Times" consisting of
thirty-two pages, on the feast of the
in the Liverpool Catholic Times, to the
initiative of Lord Northcliffe, who was
born at Chapelizod, Co. Dublin, and
who showed in speech recently de-
| livered in the Irish capital that he
has vivid recollection of early as
| sociations.
Number of Gaelic Speakers.-Ac-
cording to the last census, the num-
Der of native Gaelic speakers in Ire
land, was $4,000, or about one
seventh of the population. 1t is esti-
mated that there are now in Great
Britain and Ireland at least million
people who claim Gaelic as their ma
tive language and speak it in prefer
ence to any other.
Federal Judge of AustraIia.-Mr.
| D,,ef
appointed judge of the Federal High
Court of Australia. Two other sons
of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy are
priests, one of them a missionary in
India.
Cardinals Brother at English Court.
SPANS new ambassador to the
court of ST. James, Don Alfonso Merry
del Val, is, like his brother, Rafael,
the Papal Secretary of State, a ma
tive of England and with strain OF
Irish blood in his veins. He was
born in London, in Portman square,
while his father, the old marquis,
former ambassador of Spain at Wen
ma, was serving as secretary of the
Spanish mission to the court Of St
James.
Southwork's Catholic SchooIs.-It
has been decided to take census OF
the Catholic elementary schools OF
South London which is included in
the county area, and the informa
ton thus obtained will be used fol
the purpose of ascertaining the mum
Der of children for whom elementary
school accommodation should be pro
vided, and also for the effective ad
ministration of the compulsory
clauses of the Education Acts.
Portugal Confiscates Cemeteries
! The Ministry of Portugal has declared
the Catholic cemeteries of that coun
try Government property.
: Spanish Ladies Vigorously Protest
-Four thousand ladies of the Spanisl
q aristocracy met recently at the palac
of the Warehouses of San Feliss t.
. protest against the latest government
. instruction and to demand the fire.
teaching of religion and the catechisn
in all schools. So large was the al
q tendance that many were unable t
:. enter the palace.