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From the B r ie f o j H is Holiness F iu s IX . to T he T ablet, June 4, lis jo .
Vol. 91. No. 3033. London, June 25, 18^8.
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' C hronicle of th e W e e k Page
Imperial Parliament : The Education. Estimates— The Aliens Bill — T h e N a v a l Manœuvres — Welsh-Speaking Clergy — Electrical Industries for Ireland—On the Trail o f the _Ritualists— A New Flying Machine—The German Elections — The Late Sir Edward Burne-Jones—The Milan Riots— The War— A Rumour from the Philippines — Rothschild v. Sykes— Terrible Disaster at the Launch of the “ A lbion” —Mr. Morley and the “ No Popery” C ry — Malaria in the Tropics— Defeat of the Cape Government 993 L ea d e r s :
Italy and the Radicals . . . . 997 Fra Girolamo Savonarola.. . . 998
CONTENTS. L eaders (Continued): Page
Anglicans and their Bishops . . 1001 Our Stall . . . . .. ..1003 The Prince of Wales and the Con
C orrespondence (Continued) : Page 1
News from France . . . . . . i o n L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :
vent of the Faithful Virgin ..1003 Notes _ ..1004 R ev iew s :
Helbeck o f Bannisdale . . . . 1005 Thomas Cranmer .. . . ..1007 Catholic Truth Society’s Publica
tions . . .. .. ..1007 J. F . Millet and Rustic Art ..1013 The Landed Gentry . . ..1013 Illustrated Explanation of the
Prayers and Ceremonies of the Mass .. . . . . ..1013 Correspondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre*
spondent) . . ... _ _ too9 News from Ireland — «.1010
The Apostolicity o f the Church 1011 Distress in Newport . . ..1012 The Education Question . . ..1012 “ The Motherhood of G o d ” ..1012 Catholic Guardians’ Conference ..1012 The Ritual Controversy .. . . 1014 The Chinese Mission . . ..1017 The Catholic Church . . ..1018 The Norwood Orphanage Bazaar 10x9 Catholic Evidence Lectures . . 1019 Downside Annual Dinner . . ..1020 Hyde Park Lectures . . ..1020 Books of the Week . . ..1020 So c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l ............... 1021
SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from t h e S chools :
Obstacles to Education . . . . 1025 1
N ew s from t h e S chools (Continued): Catholics and their Schools . . 1025 Half-Time Employment . . ..1026 Education in Siam .. . . ..1026 Prior Park College, Bath.. . . 1027 No Popery and St. Edmund’s
House . .
A Rugby Football Match.. . . 1027 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
1027
Westminster ....................... ..1027 Southwark . . . . ... ...so2'8 Birmingham.. .......................... 1028 Leeds . . . . . . ..1029 Portsmouth . . 1029 The Uganda Revolt . . . . ..1029 Degrees at Maynooth . . . . 1030
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
THE EDUCATION
ESTIMATES. ' S ’ IR JOHN GORST’S statement in moving for a supplementary sum for public education in England and Wales before a Com
mittee of the whole House was a frank and unsparing criticism of the defects of our present system of Elementary education, and is extensively quoted in another column. His enumeration of the obstacles in the way of that system’s success— the irregularity of school attendance, the early age of leaving school, the want of teachers, and of an organized system of secondary education— gave Sir William Harcourt a splendid opening for a fighting speech, o f which he availed himself to the full. He blamed the ■ Government for doing nothing to remedy the defects spoken of, and expressed the opinion that one source of the scarcity of teachers was the fact that Nonconformists were not allowed to be principal or pupil teachers in the 8,000 schools that had been founded in villages by the Church of England. The school subscriptions of the members of the Establishment were falling off rapidly, and the employment of the Aid Grants to make up for a deficit so caused was nothing more or less than a malversation of public funds, which would not last much longer than the life of the present Government. It was all very well to talk and say that the “ Church ” must have its schools, but what did they mean by the word “ Church ” ? There were Churches and Churches within the National Church. The Church, in the sense in which it was understood by a great many people and clergymen, was not the Church that was established by law in this country, but quite the reverse. If the parishes were to be under the control of law-breaking ecclesiastics, the laity who had not yet abjured the faith of the Established Church could feel no confidence in the so-called Church schools. Mr. Balfour caused a good deal of laughter by congratulating Sir William Harcourt on the ingenuity with which the evening before he had found a Bill dealing with the sale of next presentations a convenient opportunity for bringing extreme ritual practices before the House, and undepressed
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by the change of subject had done the same on a vote for education. The speech on the Benefices Bill might just as well have been delivered on the Education Vote and vice versa. The Government had done what they could for the question of education, and that they had not accomplished more was to be credited to the way in which the Bill of 1896 had been resisted by the Opposition. In the end the Vote was passed by a majority of 87.
During the Committee stage of the Aliens — the Bill on Monday afternoon in the House of aliens b il l . Lords Earl Grey proposed to omit from Clause
3 the words “ a pauper, a person likely to become a public charge,” as introducing a principle which constituted a serious departure from the traditional practice of the country of welcoming political refugees and other aliens. In 1891, when the total number of foreigners in the country was no more than 219,573, it had been declared that there was no reason for such a change as was now again in contemplation, and during the last seven years the increase had only been about 40,000. As a matter of fact the ratio was much less than in Germany, France and Austria, and in the United States. Lord Ribblesdale seconded the amendment, which was, however, stoutly opposed by the Earl of Hardwicke, who had charge of the Bill, as destructive of its object and principle. If Parliament were never to do anything that was not a departure from custom, legislation would be in a parlous state. The Earl of Dudley pointed out that there was no danger of the Bill forming an evil precedent for foreign countries, inasmuch as the United States, and nearly every other country, including our own Colonies, had legislation of this kind of a very drastic character. A majority of 47 rejected the amendment.
The House of Commons presented a
— the naval somewhat forlorn appearance during the manœuvres, early part of Monday’s sitting owing princi
pally to the absence of the hundred and fifty members who had taken advantage of the opportunity offered by Lord Charles Beresford’s invitation of a trip to Portsmouth Dockyard, where they were shown something of the management and work of the Navy. Some flutter had been caused on Saturday bythe report that the customary naval manœuvres during the coming autumn had been stopped. It was feared in some quarters that this indicated strained relations between this country and some of her continental neighbours. Any alarmist notions of this nature were laid to rest by Mr. Goschen’s answer to Sir E. Gourley, which took the form of reading the instructions sent to the ports
