THE TABLET.
A Weekly Newspaper and Reviezu.
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Front the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.
Vol. 75. No. 2615. L ondon, June 21, 1890.
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CONTENTS.
C hronicle of the Week :
Imperial Parliament: Mr. Monro’s Resignation—Police Pension Bill —Shadowing in Ireland — The Licensing Bill—The Small-Holding Committee’s Report—Conservatives at the Carlton—The AngloGerman Agreement—The Opposiition and Heligoland—Prince Ferdinand and the Porte—Servian Affairs—The French in Dahomey —Women as Bachelors of Medi■ cine—Princess Valerie’sRenunciation .. .. .. .. .. 961 L eaders:
The Fisheries Dispute .. .. 965 Condemned by Royal Commission 966 The New Gallery .. .. .. 967 The Belgian Catholic Triumph .. 968 Two German Prelates .. .. 968
Reviews :
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France and the Republic .. .. 971 Abridged Sermons for all Sundays of the Year .. .. .. 972 Russia .. .. .. .. 972 Striking Events in Irish History.. 973 Loreto.. .. .. .. .. 973 Adventures of a Younger Son .. 973 Sermons .. .. .. .. 974 Life of Father Charles Sire, S.J. 974 “ The English Historical Review” 974 “ The Irish Ecclesiastical Record” 975 St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland .. 975 Da Ponte Méditât iones .. .. 975 Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .. 977 Paris:— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .. 979 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .. 980
Notes .. .. . . .. . . 969 1 Corpus Christi in Madrid
.. 981
Letters to the E ditor :
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University of London .. .. 982 Diocesan Education .. .. 982 “ The Novel of a Nationalist ” .. 982 Schismatics in the Holy Sepulchre 982 The Birmingham Conference .. 982 The Catholic Truth Society .. 983 Truthfulness and Ritualism .. 983 A Question .. .. .. .. 983 Pilgrimage to Canterbury.. .. 983 Mark Twain.. .. .. .. 983 Consecration of Salford Cathedral.. 983 The Power of the “ Padroado ” .. 985 Once More Dr. Barnardo .. .. 986 The First African German .. .. 986 Death of the Bishop of Leeds .. 986 Obituary ......................... .. 986 From Everywhere.. .. .. 987 Social and Political A ppeal to the Charitable .. 987 .. 987
SUPPLEMENT. N ews from the Schools :
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A Stonyhurst Success .. .. 993 Catholic Schools in London .. 993 Edinburgh Cathedral Schools .. 993 Education Code .. .. .. 994 St. Edmund’s College and the
Cardinal .. .. .. ... 994 About Education .. .. .. 994 News from the Dioceses: Westminster
Southwark .. Shrewsburj' Glasgow
995 996 996 997
The “ Spectator” and English
Catholics .. .. .. .. 997 The House of Expiation and the
Cardinal .. .. .. .. 997 Catholic Truth Society at Bir
mingham .....................................993
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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T the end of last week came the news that Mr Monro, Commissioner of ..... Metropolitan Police, had resigned,
resignation, and the account of the causes of his resigna
tion will be best described through the following day Mr. Monro published a short statement with regard to these utterances of the Home Secretary. It should not be supposed, he said, that the case in reference to his resignation rested on the facts as stated by Mr. Matthews. Had the statements made fully or fairly covered the case he would not have been justified in sending in his resignation. No partial explanation on his part would suffice to put the whole facts before the public, and at the moment any full explanation would aggravate the difficulties of a situation already very serious. While therefore he wished it distinctly to be understood that he in no way accepted the Home Secretary’s statements as fair or comprehensive, he would delay his explanation until the Superannuation Bill should be before Parliament.
events in Parliament during the last sitting of the week. Mr. J. Stuart asked the Home Secretary during that sitting what were the points in which differences of opinion between himself and Mr. Monro had led up to the resignation of the latter. With the permission of the House Mr. Matthews read the Chief Commissioner’s letter, which was to the effect that the result of an interview with the Home Secretary had convinced the writer that he could no longer hold with propriety his appointment. The views which he entertained as to the justice and reasonableness of the claims of the Metropolitan police in connection with superannuation being on vital points diametrically opposed to those of the Chief Secretary, he could not accept the proposed Bill on the matter as adequately meeting such just claims. For many months he had found himself surrounded with difficulties in attempting to procure some recognition o f those claims, and he had received clear indications that the successor to Colonel Pearson was to be a man who, however estimable, had no legal, police, or military training. Therefore he resigned. To which the Home Secretary replied that he had informed Mr. Monro that he could not regard the question of patronage as a just cause of resignation, for he had come to no decision on the subject. On other matters he felt that the difficulties might be adjusted, but on the subject of superannuation he felt that no other course was open to him but to accept the resignation. The Government Superannuation Bill would be in members’ hands in a few days, and would be found to contain reasonable and liberal provisions. He regretted that the Commissioners should have felt the proposals to be inadequate, but the Government felt that though the claims of the police called for consideration, so also did the claims of the ratepayers. Mr. Pickersgill had asked if the name of Chief Constable Howard had been rejected as a successor to Colonel Pearson. It had not. On the contrary, Mr. Matthews proposed to appoint him to the post. On the
We have not space here for any full analysis police of the Government Bill respecting pensions, pension bill, allowances, and gratuities of police constables in England and Wales, which was issued on
Monday. We may touch briefly on those points, which, in the opinion of Mr. Monro, seem not to meet adequately the just claims of the police. Every constable who has completed not less than 25 years’ approved service, and, where a limit of age is prescribed by the pension scale in force under the Act, is of an age not less than that prescribed age, shall, on the expiration of such a time, be entitled without a medical certificate to retire and receive a pension for life. If, after a constable has completed 15 years of service, he is incapacitated from the performance of his duty by infirmity of mind or body, he is entitled, on a medical certificate, to retire and receive a life pension. Further, if a constable is at any time incapacitated for the performance of his duty by infirmity occasioned by an injury received in the execution of his duty, he is entitled to retire and receive a pension for life, on a medical certificate. As to the amount of pension, if he has completed 25 years’ service, it will consist of an annual sum of not less than 3o-6oth’s, nor more than 30-5oth’s of his annual pay, with an addition of not less than i-6oth, nor more than i-5oth of his annual pay for every completed year of approved service above 25 years, so, however, that his pension shall not exceed two-thirds of his annual pay. Other pensions are regulated in proportion. The chief constables and superintendents of the Metropolitan Police met on Wednesday at Scotland-yard, when a statement of the objections entertained by the Force to the Police Bill was approved, and ordered to be printed and sent to each of the Metropolitan members of Parliament. The main objection is that the Bill “ does not comply with the petition of the Metropolitan Police Force for retirement
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