THE TABLET,

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.

From the Brief of H is Holiness P ius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, l i f o .

Vol. 93. No. 3079.

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'-‘JRo n icle of t h e W e e k :

Imperial Parliament : The Earl the Bishop—Agricultural and '*®chnical Instruction for Ireland ZrTuesday with the Commons— ^efeat of the Church Discipline .,dl-~The County Council and g * Prink Traffic — Lord R-se-

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IJ s Call to the Liberal Party a Court at A ll—The Drey* .• ^ase : M. de Freycinet Re-

gns — T h e R u r a l Exodus—

.v - kalian Diplomacy— T* Pacific Cable Scheme—The S SVaî ! ~ The “ Stella " Disti0Qr Oxford University Elec­

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. / “ Cathedral Works . . ..721

CONTENTS.

L eaders [Continued):

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Greater Britain and the Pacific . . 722 The Royal Academy . . . . 723 “ Seeing Jesuits " ......................... 724 Stonyhurst C o l l e g e ......................... 726 Notes . . . . . . . 727 R eview s :

Epistolæ Academicæ Oxon Unholy Matrimony .. The Powler . . . . .. The Metaphvsic of Experience Cambridge Compositions.. In His Steps.. . . . .

729 730 730 73t 731 731

C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . — * 733 News from Ireland . 734

C orrespondence (Continued):

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News from France.. . . , , 735 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :

The Seal of the Confessional . . 736 The Dreyfus C a s e ......................... 736 The “ Freedom ” o f the Pope Two Questions : Who will Answer

736

Them? . . . . . . . . Pilgrimage of Men to Lourdes . . Protestantism in Parliament . . The Açe of the Sun . . . . . . Catholic Disabilities Bill . . . . Sunday Closing .. .. . . Christian Philosophy in the Univer­

sity Curriculum . . . . . The Progress of Romanism . . N ew s from t h e D ioceses :

Westminster

Southwark . . . . ... . . 741

741

N ews F rom t h e D ioceses (Con­

tinued) Salford . . ... Glasgow . . . . . . ,

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Books of the W e e k ......................... 742 O b it u a r y . . . . _. ... 742 Social and Political .. - 744.

SU PPLEM EN T . The New Cathedral,Westminster :

An Old English Basilica . . .. The Decoration of the Nave : A

Principle of Selection . . . . Lists o f Suggested Historical

Subjects . . . . ** . . A Side Chapel ......................... Notes_ . . # . . .. Donations and Subscriptions . .

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'CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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THE question put to the

Bishop of St. Alban’s in the House of Lords by the

E ir l of Portsmouth shows, howc0 ’ “ e Pews have been stirred to interest in the Ritual talte °Versy> The Earl asked the Bishop if he intended to eQtiti “y «eps to stop the circulation of a manual of devotion in ¡tj Before the A lta r , which taught Transubstantiation ft°fshP°SSesl: fr)rtni a°d denounced joining in schismatical - P one of thp «sins: aorainst the Second Command0Qe of the sins against the S ------- -----------supe ' ? ucha book promulgated the teaching not only of T h Y s T 50* but of an intolerant and intolerable bigotry. -— »ulu ui an mioieraui auu sbop, however, refused to be drawn. It was unfair ‘ttemÎ hiln’ under a public examination concerning his ih Jf\l°Q8 as trVth» rvf r*»rhaîn sniritual duties '0 ®s to the performance of certain spiritual duties hid a be had to exercise a large discretion. A curate % han?Uc^ r'§bt to fair treatment and consideration at lot sUn a Bishop as had an incumbent. Surely it was that the Bishops were to set up an Index in their dioceses. On Monday Lord Greville firigtjt0lned the way *Q which the soldiers stationed at S Hon 7.*0latert' Were marched to a church where the la;v was tights a e.Very Sunday by the use of incense, vestments, and rercdos of which church contained “ an idolame reredos o f which church contained an i u w arn?a»e of the Virgin Mary with the Infant Saviour in shovtA'u Bord Teynham asked questions which tended chur the complaint made against the incumbent of Y will, l n question was a “ got-up affair,” and originated, t'îUnr the soldiers concerned, but with the Church Asso>*r «^viCe‘ Lord Lansdowne, in reply, explained that the htv'ce UeQded by the soldiers was an ordinary morning thL r ich afforded no pU r- ^ nnne,,al r!t,,al.W W a f jre> declined to take „ *t wa„ , c, aecuned place for any unusual ritual. ' any action on account of services at which the military were

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In the House of Commons Mr. Gerald Balfour rose under the ten minutes rule to ask leave to bring in a bill establishing a Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction in T he object of the Bill was threefold. It concen-

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trated in one Department responsible to Parliament the functions now performed by the Government in regard to Irish agriculture through five or six Departments. _It provided funds and machinery for carrying out work similar to that done by the Congested Districts Board. It also broke fresh ground by providing funds and machinery for promoting technical education in the towns. An income o f about ^170,000 a year, obtained from Imperial resources and the Irish Church fund, would be placed at the disposal ot the new department. No attempt was made in ihe Bill to interfere with the system of national elementary education in Ireland, or with intermediate education ; but, in order to secure gteater unity o f action amongst the educational authorities, it was proposed that the Vice-President of the new Department should be ex-officio a member of the National Board of Education and of the Intermediate Education Board. Mr. Dillon protested against such an important measure being introduced under the ten minutes’ rule. He next denounced its financial proposals as shabby and unsatisfactory, and objected.to the new Department being made the residuary legatee of the Irish Church fund. The Bill was then read a first time.

The House of Commons has been going

-TUESDAY w i t h on quietly for some days past with the con­

sideration o f the London Government Bill. THE COMMONS. MUCKUIUU Vl AAA'- ------ ---- , Before resuming the matter on Tuesday, two or three important announcements were made during question time. One o f these concerned the Bil promoted by Mr. Robson for raising the age at which children shall be allowed to become half-time scholars. Seeing that the Second Reading of the Bill was passed by a majority of more than five to one drawn from all parties in the House, a memorial was signed and presented begging a e Government would endeavour to facilitate the passage of the Bill. The request has been granted by the Government, which has decided that the House shall re-assemble after the Whitsuntide holidays on Wednesday, May 31. i t the holidays had been extended so as to include the Derby Day, it might have meant the sacrifice of a Bill in which great interest is taken on both sides of the House. It has also been settled that a day shall be allotted to the discussion of the real source and origin of the new Indian sugar duties. A request to this effect was put by Mr. MacleaD, to which Mr. Balfour replied that, seeing the present value of public time, he could scarcely accede unless a demand was made which could not be ignored by the authorized Leaders of the Opposition. This studied use of the plural