T A j i Weekly N ew spaper a n d R eview .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCŒPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANHATIS.

From, the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T he Tablet, June 4, 1S70.

Vol. 87. No. 2928.

London, J u n e 20, 1896.

P r ic e s d . b y P o s t sJ^d

[R e g 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 s p a p e r

-»Ch ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k ?

Imperial Parliament : The Opposition on Jameson’s Raid— Business j in the House of Commons—The

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Irish Land Bill in Committee— Lord Salisbury on the Soudan Expedition— School Boards and County Councils— The Sitting of Wednesday— Dr. Jameson Committed for Trial— The Pacification ■ of the Rand— American _Presidential Election— The Position of the Democrats — English Bluejackets a t the Vatican— English Naval Architects at Berlin — Destructive Earthquake in Japan — The French Census—Acquittal -of General Baratieri— The AntiJesuit Law in Germany— Imperial Messages to England— The Balkan

■ Question in the Austro-Hungarian Delegations — The Struggle in Cuba — The Loss o f a Large Liner, & c . , .................................... 957

CONTENTS .

L e a d e r s :

The Petition of the Maltese

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Catholics . . . . . . g6i A New Theory As to the Origin of Dante's Satan . . . . 962 A Reformer’s Opinion of Con­

tinuity . . The Training of Teachers Commonplace Book of Georg

Barlow of Slebech, 1636 N o t e s .................................... R e v ie w s :

Eastern Liturgies The Seats of the Mighty . . Poems “ The. Month ” Legends of the Blessed Sacra ment Many Incentives to Love Jesu and His Sacred Heart . . Dies Iræ The Veil Lifted . . Guide in a Catholic Church for

Non-Catholic Visitors ..

962 964 9^5 966 968 969 969 969 970 970 970 970 971

Edmundian Association Our Lady of Aberdeen C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

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Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . _ . . 973 News from Ireland . _ 975 The Crews of t h e E n g l i s h

Squadron at Leghorn Cathedral 976 Parliamentary Humour . . . . 976 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Catholic Secondary Education . . 977 Dean Fremantle and Christianity 977 Our Lady of Consolation . . . . 977 “ The Modern G o th ” . . . . 978 A Protest . . . . : . . 978 English Freemasonry . . . . 978 Lord Halifax and the English

Church Union .. . . . . 978 Conference of Catholic Guardians.. 979 Southwark Diocesan Workhouse

A sso c ia tion .................................... 981 A Sermon on Bicycles . . . . 982 Protestant Disturbances in Hj^de

P a r k ................................................983

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The Late Lady Burton . . . . 983 The Condition of the Poor in Ita ly 983 Procession at Gillingham S o c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l 984 985

SU P P L EM E N T . N ew s from ^h e S c h o o l s :

Hawkesyard Priory, Rugeley . . 989 Catholic Education Leaflets . . 990 “ R igh t Rev. Shepherd’s in a

Blizzard ” . . . . . . . . 990 The Bishop of Manchester Advo­

cates Rate-Aid . . . . . . 992 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s : Westminster . . . . . . 992

Southwark . . . .

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Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 992 L i v e r p o o l ................................ 993 Middlesbrough ............................993 Northampton . . . . . . 994 Nottingham . . . . .. . . 994 Newport . . . . . . . . 994. Glasgow ....................................... 994

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK. %

IM PER IA L PARLIAMENT :

THE OPPOSITION ON

JAMESON’S RAID.

1 N the House of Lords on Monday an animated discussion took place on the date of the inquiry promised in the

Queen’s Speech into the incursion of the Chartered Company’s force into the territory of the South African Republic. The determination of the Cape Parliament to hold a similar inquiry was made the text of speeches by Lord iRipon, Lord Kimberley, and the Earl of Rosebery, pleading for urgency in the matter. Lord Selborne and Lord Salisbury re-stated the original ground of delay by pointing out in the words of the Premier, “ the indecorum and inconvenience, or rather the injustice of anything like parallel and simultaneous examination of the case of Dr. Jameson before a criminal tribunal on the one hand, and •before a committee of one of the Houses of Parliament on the other.” The latter being free from the strict rules as to evidence which govern the procedure of the former, would be able to go into matters which might prejudice the accused in the eyes of the jury before whom the case was being tried.

The results of the meeting of the

— b u s i n e s s i n Unionist party on Monday were apparent

T H E HOUSE OF

COMMONS.

in Mr. Balfour’s announcement in the House of Commons, in reply to Sir

•William Harcourt, that the intention of the Government was to adjourn Parliament about the middle of August, and to hold a winter session in January in order to pass the Education Bill through its remaining stages, after two •more weeks of the present session shall have been devoted to its discussion in Committee. As regards other measures, those which it is hoped may be passed before the adjournment, are the Finance Bill, the Light Railways Bill, the Cattle Diseases Bill, and the English Rating Bill. The Scotch and Irish Rating Bill and the Uganda Bill were mentioned next, with a lesser degree of confidence, while the Irish Land Bill comes at the bottom of the list with the very moderate expectation implied in the phrase “ that there might also be time to either wholly or very nearly pass it.” Sir William Harcourt, in his brightest vein, made merry over this holocaust of measures, and in particular over the ■ conduct of the Government in regard to their "p ie ce de resistance,” the Education Bill, “ this extraordinary torso o f Bill,” which they were going “ to throw before the country, and then to put on its head and arms and legs later on.” After this preliminary skirmish the House went into Committee on the Education Bill, and after the rejection of two amendments, moved by members of the Opposition, which the Government refused to accept, the Committee adjourned.

The course of the first Committee sitting i r i s h L a n d b i l l on the Irish Land Bill did not justify the i n c o m m i t t e e , sanguine expectations of the Government that it could be slipped through as a non-

contentious measure. The amendment moved by Mr. Dillon for reducing the statutory term from 15 to 10 years was rejected by Mr. Gerald Balfour, who showed his impartiality by also negativing that moved by Colonel Waring, for omitting the word “ substantially ” in the clause limiting the application of the Act to the holdings of bond f id e farmers. Colonel Saunderson was more fortunate in obtaining the acquiescence of the Chief Secretary in an alteration excluding a limited owner from bringing demesne land within its operation, and this very mild concession sufficed to start Mr. Tim Healy on the war path with the declaration that he “ washed his hands of the Bill,” and would withdraw his support from it. The clause was eventually withdrawn to be re-drafted, and the proceedings terminated, the whole sitting having been occupied with a mere preliminary skirmish over matters which do not touch the really contentious portions of the measure.

The Prime Minister, in the House

—lord SALISBURY of L orc[s on Friday night, made an s o u d a n e x p e d i t i o n , important statement on the Govern­

ment policy in Egypt, in reply to a question by Lord Rosebery. In pointing out the position in which the threatened fall of Kassala would have placed Egypt, from the enormous accession of strength it would have conferred on the Khalifa, he dwelt on the importance of prestige to the latter, saying that “ his following consists of one faithful tribe, the Bagarra Arabs, and the rest of the following consists of those Arabs who think he is likely to win.” The expedition to Dongola, which was in any case to take place sooner or later, was thus imperatively called for at the present moment in the interests of Egypt, although it was undoubtedly matter for rejoicing if it could at the same time be of assistance to Italy in a critical and dangerous moment. The occupation of Dongoia he declared to be the object of the expedition, as the recovery of that rich and important province would be of great

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