The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-02-19

the guest of the nation until February
.. After presenting Pope Benedict's
congratulatory letter, which is written
in Latin, Monsignor Petrelli was the
guest of the Emperor at a state ban
quet at which princess, ministers and
other distinguished personages were
commanded to attend.
Father Platter at Oxford.-The Rev.
Chas. Platter, S. j., has been appointed
rector OF Popes Hall, Oxford, England,
the Jesuit House of Studies in st.
Giles Street. The previous rector for
some years past was Father John
O'Fallon Pope, s. J.
Catholics In English Parliament
There are ten Catholic members of
Parliament representing constituencies
in England, and seventy-eight repre-
senting Irish constituencies. The
Catholic peers number forty-four.
Bishop HedIey's Estate.-The Right
Rev. John Cuthbert Hedley, 0. S. B.,
of Bishops House, Llanishen, Cardiff,
Bishop of Newport, who died on No
vember IL, left an estate of the gross
value of SIP, of which 9506 is net
personality. Probate of his will has
been granted to the Right Rev. Mgr.
James O'Reilly, Vicar-Capitular and
the Very Rev. John Joseph Colgan,
| 0. S. B., of st. Francis Xavier's, Here
ford, and the Rev. Arthur Ernest Suth-
erland, of the Catholic Church, Aber-
dare.
Prince LanceIlotti Dead. - Prince
Lancellotti, the representative of one
of the most distinguished of the
Roman noble houses and one of those
most Loyalty attached to the Holy See,
died recently. The great entrance
gates to the Palazzo Lancellotti in the
Via Coronari have never been opened
since the Italians entered Rome in
1870, the family and visitors using the
other entrance to the palace at the
side.
Many Requests in WilI.-Mrs. Eliza
Victoria Walsh, of Dublin, who died
last October, left personal estate in the
United Kingdom valued at G29,560, of
which G7,554 is in England. The tes-
tatrix left 9100 to the parish priest of
Terenure Church for the debt for the
erection and equipment thereof; G200
to the Sacred Heart Home, Drum
condra, H200 to the Creche, Dublin
6 200 to the Society of St. Vincent de
Paul, Dublin; 5000 to st. Joseph's Asy-
lum for Aged Females; 5000 to the
Iospice for the Dying, Harold Cross );
5000 to the Magdalen Asylum, Dub
lin; 5000 to the Discharged Male Pris-
oner's Aid Society; G200 to Our
Ladys Home for Discharged Female
Prisoners; e2OO to the INDECENT Room.
keepers Society,"; 5000 to the St
Mary's High Park Asylum; 5000 to
st. Mary's Asylum, Donnybrook, and
G200 to st. Joseph's Night Refuge
Brickfield-lane.
Scottish Catholic Directory. - The
Scottish Catholic Directory for the cur
rent year, which has now appeared, is
the eighty-eight annual edition, and
has been compiled, as in former years
; by Canon Welsh, M. R., st. Johns
Perth. The statistics given compare
, favorably with those of last year. The
number of missions is unchanged al
252, but the number of churches, sta
tions, ETC., is now 434, an increase 81
: five. The total number of priests nov
F resident in Scotland is given at $50
J and the Catholic population at over
$4,000.
For the Education of Priests.-Mr
Holm Brewer, of Southport, Lancashire
! retired grocer, who died last October
, left estate of the gross value O.
97,155, of which $500 is net per
sonalty. The testator left G2,400 tt
the Bishop Of Stafford for the educa
ton of priests for the diocese, and the
residue of his estate he left upon trust
for his niece, Elizabeth Winifred
daughter of his brother James, for life
with remainder to her children or re
mote issue, whom failing, upon like
trusts as the legacy of 92,40O men
toned above.