Guy Fawkes

November 5th was the anniversary of the discovery of the great "gunpowder plot." In 1C04 a sclieme of blowing up parliament building and thus distroying at a blow king, lords and commons, was conceived by Robert Catesby, a Boman Cathoüc. In this inanncr it was intended to take vengeance tor the Kreitly of the penal laws against Roraan Ciithollcs, a relaxation of wbloh had been looked for in vainupon the accession of James. Fawkes ut this time was serving in the Spanish irmy in the Netherlands. He was the fourth person adinitted into the cotuplney and returned in May, 1604, to London. Thomas Percy rented a house adjoining t hut in which parllamcnt was to assemble. Fawkes took possession of this as servant of the former under the assumed name of Johnson. Seven men were employed to excávate a mine beneath parliament building and a vault beneath the house of lords was rented froni a coal dealer who had just vacated it. Into tliis mine were convened at night thirty-six barrels of gunpowder and made ready for touching ofl'. One of the consplrators, in trylng to save Lord Montearlo a Roman Catholic, caused. the plot to be detected, by sending him an anonymous letter begginr him not to meet with parliament and intimating a terrible calamity. The Lord showed this to some of nis a3soeiates and linally to the king. Search was made, and the plot discovered. Fawkes and seven of hisconfederates were convictcd and UCMOtw). ThN in brief is the story of the gunpowder ploi Uw two hundred and seveiitv-scvcntli anniversary of the detection of whith bas just been celebrated iu England. The efflgics of Gladstone, Parnell, Biggar and others were burned in the poorer districts of London. Ainong utlicrs burned at Lewes was one of (nitcaii, showing to what extent our nation's bereavemeut has touched the English people. The same event was fonnerly celebrated in Xew England bnt its practice has been discontinut-d. Even the people of England are not as enthusiastic over the celebration as formely, and it is destined to die out.