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From the Brier oj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 187

V o l . 87. No. 2917.

L o n d o n , A p r i l 4, 1896.

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'Imperial Parliament: Sunday Closing — The Education Bill Delayed—The Soudan Expedition —Slavery in East Africa-Treaties in Regard to Turkey—Pope Leo and the Copts—The Matabele Rising-Mr. Gladstone on Railway Development—The Transvaal— The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race—The London Census—A Fatal Duel in Berlin—The New Chance for Agriculture— Resignation o f th e French F o re ig n Minister—The French Papers on the Kvent-M. Bourgeois Explains —Men for Matabelcland .. .. 517 Leaders:

The Education Bill . . -• 521 African Complications .. .. 522 Candlesand Lamps in the Services of the Church .. . . •• 523 The Poem ‘ ‘ Christo Crucifixo ” :

Its A u t h o r .................................... 524

C O N T E N T S .

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The Catholic Demands and the Bill 525 N o t e s .................................................... 526 R eviews :

A New Natural Theology. .. 527 Dr. Gloag on the Synoptic Gospels 528 Lectures on Archbishop Laud . . 529 How to Write Fiction .. . . 529 A Foreigner.. .. .. . . 329 Foreign Catholic Periodicals . . 530 The Unrivalled Atlas .. . . 530 Day Dreams _ .. . . 530 Books of the Week.. .. . . 530 Bigotry in the School-room .. 53j The British Empire and the Catholic

Church .................................... 531 Correspondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .. . . ~ — 533 News from Ireland .. — — 534 News From France .. . . 535 News From South Africa . . 536 L etters to th e E ditor :

Bucer and the Anglican Ordinal 537 Bishop Ken and Anglicanism .. 537

L etters to th e E ditor (Con­

tinued) : The Sarum Rite and All Saints’,

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Derby .................................... 538 The Late Archdeacon Denison .. 533 Alms for the Suffering Catholic

Armenians .. .. .. 538 Knights of the Order of Christ .. 538 Manning and Newman The New Education Bill

Sir John Gorst’s Speech Testimony to the Efficiency of

538 539 539

Catholic Schools .. .. .. 543 A Little-Known Sacred Tragedy .. 544 The Colombo Catholic College .. 544 F rom E veryw h ere.............................. 545 So c a l and P olitical . . ..545

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools:

Queen’s Scholarship Pass List .. 549 Hammersmith Training College 349 The New Code ............................550 The New Code and Teachers in

Small S c h o o l s ............................550

N ews from th e S chools (Con­

tinued): Local Funds for Technical Edu­

Page cation .. .. .. .. 550 The Catholic Claim : Cardinal

Vaughan .. .. .. .. 551 Diet in Colleges and Schools .. 551 The Expenditure of the London

School Board .. .. .. 552 Inaccuracies in GeographicalText-

Books .. .. .. .. 552 Humours of Examinations .. 552 St. Francis Xavier’s Schools,

Liverpool .. .. .. . . 552 N ews from th e D ioceses : Westminster . . . . . . 553

Southw ark................................553 Liverpool .. 553 Plymouth . . . . . . 553 Portsmouth .. 554 Salford ....................................... 554 Newport .. .. .. . . 554 I The Vicariate .. .. .. 554

Cardinal Manning : A Reminiscence 554

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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THE debate in the Lords on the second reading of the Bill restricting the time of the sale of liquor on Sunday to one

•hour in the middle of the day wandered somewhat from the point at issue. The Archbishop of York, who moved the •second reading of the Bill, in a speech of much moderation declared that he could not support a measure that provided for the total closing of public-houses on Sunday, as it would be an injustice to deprive the working man of his glass of beer on the one day in the week on which he could dine at home with his wife and children. He therefore proposed that public-houses should be opened on Sundays for an hour at midday, and he was quite willing also that they should be opened for an hour more in the evening if that were considered necessary. He based his proposals on his experience as a London clergyman for twenty-two years, during which time he had become convinced that there was more real intemperance on Sundays than on any ■ other day of the week, for the simple reason that the choice of a place for amusement lay between home and the public-house. His Grace was sure that much permanent intemperance was due to the existing facility for getting drunk on Sunday evenings. The Bishop of Manchester welcomed the concession of an hour in the evening. The Duke of Devonshire, speaking on behalf of the Government, considered that it was undesirable to ask the House to pledge itself one way or the other on the question, in view of the inquiry about to be made by the Royal Commission which the Government have determined to appoint. I f one branch of the legislature were to commit itself to the principle of the Bill the deliberations of the Commission would certainly be hampered. He therefore suggested that his Grace should consent to the adjournment of the debate. This the Archbishop reluctantly consented to do, but not until a protracted discussion had taken place on the necessity of a Royal Commission to inquire into the liquor traffic. The Bishop of London, Lord Herschell, and others thought they had already got as far as Royal Commissions could carry them on the question, which is surrounded with many difficulties. It is certainly hard to say how far men can be dragooned into sobriety by Acts of Parliament. The Commission which is being appointed is, according to report, to be constituted on the principle of representing extreme opinion on both sides, with a few moderate men to hold the balance between them.

— THE EDUCATION BILL

DELAYED.

Considerable disappointment was the result of the failure of the Government to introduce their Education Bill on Thursday last. Ministers had given precedence to the Naval Works Bill, under the impression that two or three hours would have given ample time for its discussion. Their anticipationswere, however, very wide of the mark, as the debate on the Works Bill was continued till close upon midnight. Irish and Welsh members complained that none of the money was to be spent in Ireland or Wales. Objection was made to the replacement of the Britannia by a naval college on shore, on the ground that men going to sea should be trained on board ship. Mr. Chamberlain, however, pointed out that in regard to the B ritan n ia , it was quite a question as to whether she could in any proper sense be described as a ship in reference to training for sea. She was merely a floating school. The discussion drifted on, and was not disposed of till it was too late for Sir John Gorst to explain his proposals on the Education Question. In answer to inquiries made by Mr. Morley, Mr. Balfour said that whilst the Governnent were unable to agree to take the Bill on the following day, they would, if an understanding could be come to, take it on Monday, or on Tuesday at the morning sitting.

In answer to Sir William Harcourt, who

— t h e soudan begged to be informed of the present situa-

e x p e d it io n . tion of the demand made upon the Caisse of the Debt in Egypt and the action taken by the several Powers represented upon the Caisse, Mr. Curzon stated that the Commissioners of the Caisse had decided by a majority of four to two to grant a credit of ^ 5 ° o,oo° to the Egyptian Government from the General Reserve Fund for the purposes of the advance in the Nile Valley. The French and Russian Commissioners made a protest against this decision. In conformity with the decision of the Caisse, a sum of ^200,000 was at once paid over to the Egyptian Government. Certain French Bondholders had served a notice through the International Tribunals on the Commissioners o f the Caisse protesting against any payment from the Reserve Fund for the expenses of the Expedition, and summoning them to appear

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