THE TABLET.
A IV ?ek ly N ew spaper a n d R e v iew , T
DDM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS IJT IN INCCEPTIS VSSTRIS CONSTANTRP. MANEATiS.
Prom the B r i e f cj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June 4, 1S70.
V o l . 88. N o . 2937.
L o n d o n , A u g u s t 22, 1896.
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[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 p f i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r
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Imperial Parliament : Irish Land .Hill Accepted— A Great Peace on the Land—The Close of the Session— Rumours from the Transvaal—The Post Office and Country Districts— Sir John Millais— The Tour of the Tsar-Sad Yachting Fatality— From Boadicea to Victoria— A Roller Steamer— A Duel on Bikes— The Royal Commission on Vaccination— Crete— The American Presidency— Safe Arrival of the “ Fram” . . . . 277 'L e a d e r s :
The “ Revue Anglo-Romaine ” . . 281 “ Coin’s Financial Catechism” . . 282 Nansen and the North Pole . . 283 A Few Notes on the Prymer . . 284 N o t e s . . . . — . . . . 285 ’R e v ie w s :
The Life of the Blessed Sebastian
Valfré .................................... 287 1 A Study of Liturgical MSS. •. 288
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The Colour o f Life . . . . . . 289 Ten Years in a Portsmouth Slum 289 The Christian at Mass . . . . 289 Books of the W e e k . . . . . . 290 The League of the Cross . . . . 290 Prince Max of Saxony at Eichstatt 291 The Road to Reunion . . . . 291 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . ... « .293 News from Ireland ... « _ 294 News From France . . . . 295 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :
The Ceremonial of Bishops * * 297 The Modern Goth . . . . . . 297 The Abbé Portal and Corporate
Reunion . . . . . . . . 298 Dean Fremantle’s Christianity . . 293 The Clergy and the Oath of
Supremacy to Elizabeth . . 298 Barlow’s Consecration . . . . 298 The “ Divine Praises ” . . . . 298 Corporate Reunion Under Mary 299
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK,
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
IRISH LAND BILL
ACCEPTED.
TH ER E was a good deal of anxiety felt as to the outcome of the discussion by the Lords o f the Irish Land Bill as sent back again by the House of Commons. The Bill was hanging in the balance, and many Ministers and Privy Councillors assembled round the steps of the throne to watch which way the scale would turn. After the Uganda Railway Bill had been read a third time, Lord Lansdowne made a speech, which was a pattern of conciliation. He pointed out that if the Lords had not obtained all that they desired they had at any rate achieved a good deal. Excluding matters of secondary importance, the two Houses were at issue ■ upon four questions— the ^ i o o limit in the case of grazing farms, appeals from the Land Court, the question of town parks, and the occupation interest of the tenant. O f these four only one had been definitely set aside by the Commons — that of the ¿ 1 0 0 limit. He therefore appealed to their lordships not to wreck the Bill which had taken up so large a portion of parliamentary time, and which would help to put an end to the confusion into which the Irish Land Laws had fallen. The Marquis of Londonderry and the Duke of Abercorn assured the House that the opposition of the Irish landlords had not been actuated by personal motives only, inasmuch as the interests of numerous industries, more or less dependent upon the land, had also to be considered. After this preliminary skirmishing, the disputants came to close quarters. Several points were discussed over again, and accepted with little or no alteration. Lord Macnaghten and his followers however pressed their contention on the question of town parks to a division, with the result that the Government carried their amendment to omit the Clause proposed by the noble lord by a majority of six. The victory of the Government was hailed with cheers unusually loud for the House of Lords. The fight was over, and the Bill returned to the Commons in much the same state as it had left.
After Lord George Hamilton’s annual
— a great peace statement on the East India Revenue,
on THE LAND.
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An Irish Bishop o f the Old School 299 The Higher Criticism v. Orthodoxy in Scotland . . . . . . . *300 The Papal Delegate and the Catholics o f Pondicherry . . . . . . 301 Funeral o f Mrs. de Lisle . . . . 302 The Queen’s Speech . . . . . . 303 The Development o f Uganda . . 304 The Catholic House of Residence at Cambridge . . . . . . 304 Scientific Catholic Congress . . 304 The_ Earl of Dumfries and the
Welsh Language . . . . . . 306 F rom E v e r yw h e r e . . . . . . 306 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 306
S U P P L EM E N T . N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :
The Barry Catholic School . . 309 Catholic Opinion in Barry . . 309 Wesleyan Children in Church
S c h o o l s ........................................ 3to The London University Bill . . 3x0 The Bishop of Chester and the
Voluntary Schools o f the North 310
N ew s from t h e S chools (Con
tinued): Sir John Gorst’s Recommendation
Page to the Universities . . . . 310 A Victory for Buckfast . . . . 3 1 0 Catholic Successes at the Oxford
Local Examinations . . . . 3 1 1 Educational Development of Swit
zerland . . . . . . .. 311 St. Mary’s College, Woolhampton 312 Drawing in Elementary Schools 312 N ew s from t h e D io c e se s : Westminster .........................
Southwark . . . . . . Birmingham.. ......................... Liverpool . . P l y m o u t h .................................... Salford .................................... Shrew sbury.................................... Colonel William Sempill Cardinal Vaughan at Llandrindod OrH¡nations at the English College,
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satisfactory, if due allowance were made for the consequences of the erratic change in the value of the rupee, the Indian Budget Resolution was agreed to, and the House proceeded to consider the Land Bill as it had returned from the Lords. The only discussion which took place was on the question of Lord Lansdowne’s amendment to Lord Inchiquin’s proposal on “ occupation right.” Lord Lansdowne proposed that “ in assessing the fair rent of any holding no deduction shall be made, except such deductions as shall be specified and accounted for in the schedule and are in accordance with the provisions of the Land Law Act.” Mr. Dillon thought the alteration was dangerous, whilst Mr. Healy on the other hand declared that a more harmless amendment had never emanated from the Upper House. The Lords had sheathed the naked sword they had been brandishing; they had made for themselves a soft bed on which to fall, and they had fallen, drawing their ermine around them, with great grace. “ While heartily thanking the Government for the good work they had done on this Bill, he trusted that their successful management of this thorny and difficult question would induce them to take some near action upon other branches of the Irish problem. I f the Government addressed themselves to future measures as they had done to this, they would have his most cordial support.” Mr. Carson was conciliatory and apologetic. Mr. Balfour saw no reason for continuing the debate. He made an amusing allusion to the Irish love of fighting which he was not sure was not a creditable peculiarity. The amendment in question left the law where it was, and that, it was agreed, was a most desirable consummation. Why, then, prolong the debate upon a subject which had provoked so many heart-burnings? He was glad that the House of Commons agreed with the House of Lords, that gentlemen on the other side of the House agreed with gentlemen on his side, that representatives of the tenants agreed with representatives of the landlords, and that at last a great peace had descended on the land. This was hailed with loud laughter and cheers. The motions for agreeing with the Lords were then put and agreed to, and Mr. Balfour and his brother, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, left the House amid loud cheers from all sides.
On Friday last Parliament was prorogued
— the close of till October 31. The Royal Assent was the session, given in the usual form to a number of
Acts which included Land Law (Ireland),
Locomotives on Highways, Telegraph Money, Judicial Trustees, Railways (Ireland), Naval Reserve, Coal Mines
