THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review .

DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS BTIAM ADDIMDS OT IN INCCEPTIS VKSTRIS CONSTANTBR MANBAT1S.

F rom th e B r i e f o f H i s H o l in e s s P iu s I X . to The Tablet, J u n e 4 , 1870 .

V ol. 87. No. 2927.

L ondon, J u n e 13, 1896.

P r ic e sd . b y P o st

{Reg i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N ew spaper

C hronicle o f t h e W e e k !

Page

Imperial Parliament: Light Rsilwaysand Compensation-England, Italy, and the Soudan—The New Diplomacy— Second Reading of the Irish Land Bill— The Irish Constabulary—Action Against the 'Caisse — Bomb Outrage on a Corpus Christi Procession—The Colonies and the Empiie — A . British Zollverein _— Free-Trade Criticisms— Jules Simon—A Town Hall for London—The Release of the Rand Prisoners— Guy’s Hosp ita l— The E d u c a t i o n B i l l : Instructions to Committee . . 917 L e a d e r s :

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bill . . . . - - 921 .An O b j e c t - L e s s o n in L a y

Morality . . ......................... 922 Democracy in Belgium . . . . 923 The Eastern Churches in Union

With the Holy See . . . . 924

CONTENTS.

St. Edmund’s College, Old Hall,

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or (Con­

Page and the University o f Cambridge 926 N o t e s . . . . *............................. 926 R e v i e w s :

The Traditional Text of the tinued) : English Freemasonry . . . . 938 Father Norris on Isolation . . 938 “ The Modern Goth” and the

Gospels . . . . . . . . 928 The United States o f America . . 929 Lyra H ieratica . . . . 929 Classes and Masses . . . . 930 A Serious Comedy . . .. . . 930 The Sacred Heart, and Other

Sermons . . . . . . . . 930 Cricket Songs . . . . . . 931 Books of the W eek........................... 931 Belfast Corporation Bill . . . . 931 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... — 933 News from Ireland . . _ _ 934 News From France . . . . 935 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :

Hospital Sunday . . . . . . 937 The Projected English Pilgrimage to L u g o .......................................937

Funeral Pall .. . . . . 938 Dean Fremantle and Christianity 938 Jesuits and Literature . . . . 939 Indelibility of Orders . . . . 939 Petition of Maltese Catholics to the Queen . . . .

The Bishop of Salford on Local

. . 939

Control . . . . . . . . 941 Cardinal Vaughan on Schools and

R a t e - A i d .......................................942 The Catholic Association . . . . 943 The Progress of Catholic Missions in Denmark . . . . . . . . 944 Father Jerome Vaughan in San

F r a n c i s c o .......................................944 F rom E v e r yw h e r e .............................. 946 O b it u a r y ...........................................946 I A p pe a l s t o t h e C h a r it a b l e . . 946

Social a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 946

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from t h e S chools:

The Irish Education Bill . . . . 949 Parents and Religious Instruction in Schools

Mr. Courtney’s Concession to

Voluntaryists . . . . . . 949 An Astounding Comment . . 950 The York C o n v o c a t io n and

949

Rate-Aid . . . . .. . . 950 The Carnarvon School Board and the Bill . . . . . . . . 950 Catholic Schools and Secondary

Education in Scotland . . 951 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster ............................952

Southwark . . . . . . . . 952 Clifton ► . . . . . . . 952 Northampton . . .. . . 952 Nottingham....................................... 953 Portsm outh....................................... 953 Shrewsbury....................................... 953 Newport . . . . . . . . 953 Galloway . . . . . . . . 954

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

— LIGHT RAILWAYS AND COMPENSATION. I

CM PER IAL PARLIAMENT

N a thinly attended House pro­

gress in the consideration of the Light Railways Bill as amended by the Standing Com­

mittee was hastened by Mr. Ritchie’s acceptance of several amendments, and by the substantial majorities of over a hundred which supported the Government. The discussion afforded little matter of interest till Mr. Ritchie moved on Clause 13, which deals with the question of compensation, to reverse an amendment that had been inserted by the casting vote c f the Chairman of the Grand Committee, ■ to the effect that in determining the amount of disputed ■ compensation, the arbitrator should not make the usual additional allowance of 10 per cent, in consequence of the sale being compulsory. Though such a provision had been made in the Allotments Acts and the Acts for the Housing o f the Working Classes, the cases were not exactly analogous, as, though many of the Light Railways would be made in the public interest, some would undoubtedly •be matters of speculation ; and it was unfair that a man •should be compelled to sell land, which he desired to retain,at the demand of a speculative company without the extra percentage of compensation. Sir Albert Rollit declared in favour of the retention of the amendment, believing that, owing to the large sums paid in compensation, many important undertakings had been over-capitalized and much enterprize crippled. Mr. Bryce and Sir F. Lockwood pointed out that Mr. Ritchie was resorting to an unusual and an extreme course in moving to disagree with the Grand Committee. In regard to the addition of ten per cent, in the matter of awards, there was no Parliamentary sanction for the custom, which was rather a rule of thumb that had grown up among surveyors. The discussion was ended by the acceptance of the closure moved by Mr. Ritchie, whilst a subsequent Ministerial majority of i n declared in favour of reversing the decision of the Grand Committee and of allowing the usual extra charge by way of compensation.

After question time on Friday Mr.

— En g l a n d , Labouchere fulfilled the hint he had given

ITALY, AND THE

SOUDAN.

a few days before when Mr. Morley had, in deference to the wishes of the Indian

Government, accepted the postponement of the debate on the employment of Indian troops at Suakim. Without any previous notice beyond an undefined intimation of raising a question “ next week,” Mr. Labouchere asked leave to move the adjournment of the House, in order to call attention to a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, “ That her Majesty’s Government has kept back from the House communications between it and the Italian Government, and between it and Lord Cromer, in respect to matters connected with military operations in East Africa.” When the question was put to the House by the Speaker the Opposition, with the exception of the occupants of the front bench, rose in support of leave being given. Mr. Labouchere contended that the real object of the expedition up the Nile Valley had neither been adequately nor correctly stated to Parliament. A doctored Green Book containing communications between the English and Italian Governments had been published by Signor Crispi, and recently the Marquis di Rudini had supplied the omissions by the publication of a second. From this it was evident that the expedition had been suddenly determined upon, though the Italians declared that it would be of little service to them, and though it was hard to see what advantage it would be to Egypt. In reply Mr. Curzon protested against being asked delicate questions concerning foreign policy without proper notice. Mr. Labouchere’s complaint that the House had not been put into possession of communications, which had been entailed with foreign powers in regard to military operations not three months old and still proceeding, would be likely by a precipitate and inconsiderate publication of such communications to lead to inconvenient results, and was, in Mr. Curzon’s opinion, a novel and a dangerous diplomatic and political doctrine. Lord Salisbury’s communications with the Italian Ambassador had been conducted for the most part by word of mouth ; there was only one despatch to the Italian Government and a letter to Ras Mangascia in the Green Books, which had been published in Rome without having been submitted to the British Government owing to a crisis in Italy. The upshot of the whole thing was that the expedition, which had been undertaken to secure the Egyptian Government, had the additional advantage of having been taken when the expected fall of Kassala would have enormously aggravated the dangers to Egypt that were already threatening in other quarters.

Then Sir William Harcourt rose to his

— t h e n e w feet and solemnly declared that the doctrine d i p l o m a c y , just propounded by Mr. Curzon was unheard of in the previous history of the House.

N e w S e r i e s , V o l . L V . , No. 2,236.