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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 17, 15 August 1884, Page 5

These statistics, which are doubtless carefully done, having been taken from Dr Bracelli's compilation, published in Vienna — Die Staaten van JSurapa : 1883 — give the number of priests and religious in each State in Europe— ln Italy, one priest for 277 Catholics; in Spain, one for 419 ; in Portugal, one for 455 ; in France, one for 822 in Germany, one for 866 ; in England, one for 1,076 ; in Belgium) one for 1,100 ; ia Austria, one for 1,216 ; in Russia, one for 1,416 The number of religious (male) is thus reported : Belgium, one for 1,507 Catholics ; France, one for 1,568 ; Switzerland, one for 2,650 ; Austria, one for 9,517; Spnin, one for 2,950. In Belgium, one religious (woman) for 291 Catholics ; France, one for 824 ; Switzerland, one for 544 ; Austria, one for 1,225 ; Spain, one for 1,312.— N<nv York Freeman. The Pall Mall Gazette, speaking of the purchase clauses of the Irish Land Bill, which was abandoned by the Government last week, says :— " Both the landlords and tbe economists, in fact, are disposed to favour it. The former have given up the gam<". They practically acknowledge that landlordism in Ireland has had its day, and all that they new aim at is a safe retreat, which the Bill affords them.'" When a leading English paper adopts the word ot the wildest prophets of the Land League, and admits that '• landlordism in Ireland has had its day," the rapid change it denotes is worth the serious attention of the Irish people.— Pilot.