THE TABLET.

A W eek ly N ew sp ap er a n d R ev iew .

DUM VOBtS GRATULA 1IUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS DT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.

From the Brief of H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T he T a b let , June 4, l i f o .

VOL. 93. No. 3081.

L ondon, May 27, 1899.

P r ic e 5<1., b y P o s t s% 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 .

C h r o n ic l e o f t h e W e e k :

imperial Parliament : A Motion for Adjoumment--Australian Federation — The Situation in South Africa— The Wreck of the “ Paris” — Postmen's Strike in Paris—The C ry of the South London Incumbents—Was Hamlet Really Fat ? —The Queen’s Eightieth Birthday —Lord Rosebery on the Queen — Mr. Gerald Balfour in Ireland— The Dreyfus Case: Nearing the End — Lord Salisbury and the Liberal Party — The Transvaal Franchise— Lord C. Beresford and ¿he^ Chinese Problem— Survey of Wei-hai-Wei .. .................. 757 Leaders:

The Oratorian Jubilee . . . .8 0 1 ^,0 Pension the Old . . . . 802 freemasonry in France .. . . 803 General Booth and Mr. Stead On

‘ Continental Christianity" . . S04

N o t e s

C O N I

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R ev ie w s :

Reminiscences . . . . . . 807 The Use o f Sarum . . . . . 808 The Voice of the Spirit . . . . 808 The Four G o s p e l s .........................809 The Libretto . . . . . . 809 The Song of the Harp . . . . 8 1 0 Chemistry in Daily Life . . . .8 1 0 Considerations for Advent on the

Relation of the Word to the World 8ro The Practical Religion . . . . 8 1 0 Protestant Fiction .. . . . . 8 1 0 Dead Men tell no Tales . . . . 810 The French C h a p e l ......................... 810 The New Westminster Cathedral.. 8r.i C o r r e s p o n d en c e :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . « _ — 813 News from Ireland _ _ S14 News from France............................815

E N T S .

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d i t o r :

Canon MacColl and Pope John

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X I I . . . . . . . . . 817 A Federation of Catholic Clubs 817 The New Cathedral . . . . 817 Canon MacColl and the Reforma­

tion Settlement . .

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The Ritual Controversy . . . . 819 Catholics and Education . . . . 822 Lourdas at the Cape . . . . 822 Cathedral Building in New Zealand 823 How they Welcome an Archbishop in New Mexico . . . . . ! 824 W i l l ................................................ 824 Books'of the W e e k ......................... 824 C r ic k e t . . ......................... 824 F rom E v e r yw h e r e . . . . 826 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . ». 826

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

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Higher Education for Teachers 829 The Case for a Catholic University 820 Training C o l le g e s ............................830 School Boards and Religion . . 830 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster 330

Birmingham.......................................831 Liverpool . . . . . . . . 831 Middlesbrough ............................831 P o r tsm o u th .......................................831 Salford . . . . . . . 832 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 832 Glasgow ....................................... g32 Aberdeen . . . . 833 The Church and the Social Question 833 F a r m - s t r e e t ....................................... 834 The German Cecilian Festival . . 835

Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .

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PARLIAMENT A MOTION ADJOURNMENT. M

R. D ILLON ’S question to

Mr. Gerald Balfour in regard to the suppression of public meetings in County Mayo

Was made the occasion, by Mr. Davitt, of a motion for the Ajournaient of the House. Mr, Davitt protested against Ach suppressions as based on reasons altogether ludicrous.

objects of the United Irish League were, he urged, either legal or illegal. It they were legal, it was a mon3lrous outrage for the Government to suppress meetings at *hich those aims were advocated ; and iFthey were illegal, he called upon the right hon. gentleman to prosecute himSelf and others who were connected with that body, and Who were resolved to extend their organization throughout !*ie whole country. The motion having found a seconder lQ Mr. R. D. Ambrose, Mr. Gerald Balfour explained, in tePly, that he could scarcely be accused of undue severity, Seeing that out of 200 meetings held during the past twelve J^onths he had suppressed no more than five. During the four years that he had held office as Chief Secretary he had Proclaimed less than one-half the number of meetings that Were proclaimed by his predecessor, the member for Monetise, during the three years of office of the right hon. §entleman. Yet the member for Montrose declared that his Administration was in harmony with the views of the Fish people. It was the practice of the Executive to consider all the circumstances of the locality when the question of the legality or otherwise of a meeting about to be held '?as before them. One of the objects of the recently?üPpressed meeting was to call attention to the case of two “idividuals, and to incite the people attending to boycott a&d intimidate those individuals. After Mr. Dillon and Mr. T. P. O’Connor had spoken, a division was taken in which the motion for adjournment was rejected by a Majority of 105 votes. Before the House adjourned on Friday afternoon for the Whitsuntide holidays, Mr. Balfour aQnounced that in accordance with the pledge he had given °Q the matter, he proposed to take the address for a grant to Lord Kitchener on June 5.

New Series. Vol. LX I . , No. 2,39°

This movement has so often hung fire

A u s t r a l i a n that the British public has to some extent f e d e r a t i o n , lost interest in it. There is reason to hope,

however, that the great idea is about to be realized, and that we have now got to the penultimate stage. It will be remembered that the movement failed last year, because certain provisions of the Bill were opposed by the Ministerial party in New South Wales. The general election in that colony, however, shows that there was an overwhelming balance of opinion in favour of Federation, and the Premier, Mr. Reid, attended the Conference held in Melbourne in January with a mandate to come to terms. The Premiers of the other colonies acted in a spirit of compromise, and the amended Commonwealth Bill will be submitted first to the Parliament of New South Wales, and then to the electors of the colony. If accepted, it will then be referred in accordance with the original provisions of the Enabling Acts of 1886 to the electors of the other colonies. For reasons of local convenience South Australia has already taken a vote upon the Bill in connection with her general election without waiting for New South Wales. The vote was taken on April 29, and showed 65,000 in favour of Federation, and 17,000 against. When Mr. Reid returned from the Conference at Melbourne he was confronted with local difficulties. The session of the Parliament of New South Wales opened on February 21. The amended Bill, to which Mr. Reid had pledged his credit as Premier, was passed by the Lower House on March 2. It was sent to the Upper House, where further amendments were introduced. One of these required that one-fourth of the electors on the register should vote for the Bill in order to secure its approval, or, in other words, that, instead of the majority required by the Melbourne agreement, at least 80,000 votes should be given in its favour. The amended. Bill passed the Legislative Council on March 21. The New South Wales Government was pledged to secure the passage of the Bill without amendments. On February 22 the Lower House rejected the amended Bill, as sent down to them by the Council. Under these circumstances Mr. Reid had no choice but to exercise the power given him by the Constitution. He swamped the opposition in the Upper House by nominating 12 new members, and the Bill was passed the following day, The whole colony will vote on the Bill on June 20. If they are in favour of it, it will then be submitted to the electors of Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, and West Australia. There is practically no doubt that Victoria and Tasmania will give favourable votes; West Australia is doubtful; but Queensland will