THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.

From the B r ie f of H is Holiness P iu s JX . to T h e T a b l e t , June ib fo •

V o l . 94. No. 3089.

L ondon, J u l y 22, 1899.

P r ice 5th, b y P o st sJ£d.

[R e g is t e r ed a t t h e G e n e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

C hronicle of t h e W e e k :

Page

Imperial Parliament : Seats for Shop Assistants— The Business of the Session — Irish Landlords and their G r i e v a n c e s — The Colouring of Margarine — The Future of Nigeria — Esterhazy and Captain^ Dreyfus—One Way cff Dealing with a Second Chamber — Life Tenants and Heirlooms — The Progress of the Soudan— Spain After thfe War—The Crisis in the Transvaal—President Kruger’s Concession— Statement by Mr. Chamberlain—The City and Mr. Henniker Heaton .. . . 121 L e a d e r s :

M. de Bloch and the Cause of

Peace . . . . .. . . 125 A French Life of Leo X I I I . _ . . 126 Charles de Harlez : In Memoriam 127 A Glimpse into the Church of

England during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries . . 128

CONTENTS.

N otes

Page .. 131

R eview s :

The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M. O. W. Oliphant . . 133 Francesco Crispi — . . . . 133 An Exiled Scot ............................134 The More Excellent Way . . 134 American Bishops and the Holy

Father .. . . •• . . 135 How the Cat was Created . . . . 135 C orrespondence :

Rome (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . — — — 137 News from Ireland — — 138 News from France.. . . . . 139 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :

The St. Paneras Election . . 140 Anglicanism and Comprehensiveness^

. . 14 0

The King's Mother . . . . 1 4 0

L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or (Con­

tinued) : Troubles of Our Catholic Fore­

Page fathers . . . . . . . . 140 The Rivington Memorial Column 141 “ The Dublin Review " . . .. 141 In Memoriam : The Late Lieu­

tenant E. J. Hale . . . . . . 142 Father Brindle as Army Chaplain 143 A Licensed Home for Inebriates

Under the Sisters of the Good Shepherd ....................................... 143 The Oscotian Society . . . . 143 Catholic Prisoners'Aid . . . . 144 N ews from t h e D io ceses :

Westminster ............................145 Southwark . . . . ** . . 145 Birmingham . . . . . . 145 L eeds.. ** ......................... 145 Northampton ............................146

N ews from th e D io ceses (Con-...

Page tinued : Plymouth . . . . . . . . 147 Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . 147 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 148 O b itu a r y . . ... . . . . 148 Books of the W e e k ............................148 Social a n d P o l it i c a l . . — 150

SU PPLEM EN T . Papal Brief to the Anglo-Benedic-

tme Province ............................153 N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :

Prize Days :

Ratcliffe College........................... 155 St. Cuthbert’s Grammar School,

Newcastle . . . . . . 144 Convent of the Visitation, Rose­

lands, Walmer........................... 144 St. Joseph’s College, Denmark

Hill, London . . .. . . 144 St. Margaret’s I n d u s t r ia l

School, Mill Hill, N.W . .. 144

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 .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

SEATS FOR SHOP

ASSISTANTS.

B1

E F O R E going into Com ­

mittee on the Seats for Shop Assistants B ill the Lords agreed to a motion proposed by L o rd R ibb le sdale by which an instruction would empower the Committee to extend the measure to Scotland. T h e Earl c f Wemyss rem inded their lordships that on a former occasion they had unanimously rejected the same measure for Scotland. Moreover, they had many Scotch Peers in that House, but it was left to humanitarian Yorkshire to com e and take care o f the maids in Scotland. H e had as much compassion for those who suffered as any o f their lordships, but he protested in the strongest possible manner against the B ill, which he looked upon as a piece o f peddling, hysterical, humanitarian, vote-catching legislation, for which the great mother o f Parliam ents was never intended, and which was enough to make the old Parliamentarians turn in their graves. A fter some further discussion, the H ouse went into Committee, and amendments were in troduced by the Duke o f Westminster, depriving the Inspectors under the B i l l o f the power o f directing where seats should be placed, and providing that there should be one seat to every three assistants instead o f every two, as mentioned in the B ill. When Lord R ibb le sdale moved amendments to enable the B i ll to be extended to Scotland, Lord Cross said that after the decision given by the House in regard to England and Ireland, it was quite clear that the B ill must also be made operative in Scotland. I t is understood that as the inspection will be carried out b y the Inspectors under the Shop Hours’ Regulation A ct, the B ill will not entail any further expense. In the House o f Commons the C le rical T i th e B ill occasioned an all-night sitting on F riday and Saturday, w ith the result that the measure was finally reported to the H ouse without amendment. A division was challenged on this motion, but the Opposition found themselves, even in the small hours o f the morning, in a minority o f 95.

A fte r a large batch o f questions had been

- the business d iSp0Sed o f on Monday, M r. Balfour rose to

THE session. make h is Statement as to the business o f the Session. In moving that Government business should not be interrupted b y Standing Orders

N ew Series. V ol. LX I I . , No. 2,398.

during the remaining days o f the Session, he gave the H ouse a list of the measures which would pass without much opposition, and which included the Congested Districts Board (Ireland) B ill. Another Irish B ill, that dealing with charitable loans would, he feared, necessitate so much discussion that its chance o f passing was but faint. Bills o f greater importance and dealing with administrative matters, like those dealing with the N iger Company, Naval and M ilitary works and Colonial Loans, would not, he hoped, meet with any form idable opposition. There remained Bills dealing with general legislation, and of these the Government only proposed to pass those which had reached the Report stage, or which were, like the Technical Education (Ireland) B ill, on the verge o f the Report stage. These Bills were the Telephones Bill, the T ith e Rent-charge B ill, Agricultural and Technical Instruction (Ireland) B ill, the Sale o f Food and Drugs Bill, the Private Legislation (Procedure) Scotland B ill, and the Board of Education B ill. Mr. Balfour concluded by pointing out that in asking for the tim e o f the H ouse he was only acting on precedent, and he assured the H ouse that the privileges granted to the Government would not be abused. Sir H enry Cam pbell Bannerman then reviewed Mr. Balfour’s hopeful speech, and concluded by sayiDg that, provided the conditions laid down were adhered to, there was nothing in the proposals put forward on behalf o f the Government inconsistent with the ordinary practice o f the House. M r. D illon com plained o f the neglect o f Irish legislation, and pressed for an opportunity for the discussion o f the Colonial Vote. A fter several other queries and observations had been made on the statem ent from the Front Bench, Mr. Balfour replied in detail. In answer to Mr. D illon , he thought that the Colonial policy o f the Government was a matter well worthy o f discussion, for which an adequate opportunity should be given before Parliam ent separated. Ministers felt that in the present condition o f South African affairs they would not be treating the H ouse o f Commons fairly or rightly in giving them no opportunity o f hearing their views, and expressing their views in return. Whether the debate should take p lace on the Colonial V o te or not was a question he would consider, but whatever the decision m ight be, he promised the hon. gentleman and the H ouse that they would have an opportunity o f fully discussing Colonial policy before they separated for the Recess.

For the third time within a few weeks irish landlords tije Government have been p laced in a

AND THEIR GRIEVANCES,

minority by a vote in the H ouse o f Lords. Lord Salisbury was out-voted on the