VT •
THE TABLE A W e ek ly N ew sp a p e r a n d R e v i ew .
DUM VOBIS GRATÜEAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
F ro m the B r i e f o f H is H o lin e ss P iu s I X . to T h e T ablet, J u n e i8 y o .
N q / -26* £ . - . — <* .L o n d o n , J u l y 19; 1890.
P r ic e s d ., b y P o st $ % 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 st Of f i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r .
C h ro n ic le of t h e W e e k :
Page
Imperial Parliament : The^ Chief ■ Secretary’s Salary—Miscellaneous Business—Tuesday’s Parliament —English Presentation to Mr. O’Brien—A Novel Offer to Mr. Raikes—The Troubles of the Post % •Office—Prince Bismarck’s Revelations—The Bisley Meeting—Mr. Stanley’s Marriage—Twenty-five Years of the Salvation Army—The Giffard Rifle—“ Fair-Trade ” at Sheffield—The Universal Peace Congress—-The Coming Census— The Central London Railway Bill 81 .L e a d e r s :
Spain’s New Ministry . . . . 85 The Chastisement of Charity . . 86 The Bishop of Limerick and Mr.
Dillon
. . • • . . 87
The National Temperance Move* ment . . . . . • • • 87
C 0 N T
L eaders (Continued):
Page
Blessed Thomas More . . . . 88 N otes . . . . ........................... 9° R eviews :
Views and Reviews : Essays in
Appreciation . . . . •. Records of Cluny . . . . • • The Catholic Magazines . . .. The Antiquary . . . . .. King Alfred’s Last Christmas, and other Stories . . . . .. The Temperance Movement The Temperance Resolutions C o rrespo n d en c e :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre-
spjondent) . . . . . • • • 97 Paris : — (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .......................... . . 98
E N T S .
C o rr e s po n d en c e (Continued) :
Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) . . . . . . . . 99 The Ober-ammergau Passion P la y . . iox
L e t t e r s to th e E ditor : .
Christianity and Civilisation . . 102 The Pre-Reformat ion Belief . . 103 Father Ryder and the Democracy 103 Missions in Mashonaland . . . . 103 The Bishop o f Limerick and Mr.
Dillon.. . . . . . . . . 104 A Jubilee at Colwich.. . . .. 105 Catholic Needlework Guild.. . . 106 Death of the Arch-Abbot of Beuron 106 Marriage . * . . . . . . 107 Social and Political . . . . 107 Obituary . . . . . . . . 108
S U P P L EM E N T . Page
N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :
St. Bede’s Speech Day .. .113 Exhibition Day at Ratcliffe Col
lege.. . . . . . . . . 1 13 St.- Ahne’i Convent, Cathp Hill,
Birmingham . . ... . . 1 14 About Education . . • . . N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s : Westminster.. . . . .
**P4
f . i '■ •• “ 4
S o u t h w a r k .......................... Birmingham.. . . ... Clifton ' .... . . Leeds . . . . . . Newport and Menevia . . Glasgow . . . . . . St. Anselm’s Society . . . . . . 1 16 The Cardinal’s Precedence . . ... * 1 1 7 Cardinal Newman in the “ Speaker” 1 17
.7 115 . SI
Rejected M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied with address
.
and postage.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT— THE •CHIEF SECRETARY’S
SALARY.
A'
T the end o f last week the dis
cussion on the Irish . Estimates was resumed, and on the vote of ¿£26,394 to complete the sum for the salary o f the Chief Secretary for Ireland
Mr. Dillon complained that the officials of the Irish Executive were in the habit o f deceiving the House with cooked and untrustworthy statistics as to boycotting and outrages, and by that means were able to keep up a policy o f coercion. Considering the Government policy generally, there was, he thought, enormous waste o f public money and scandalous robbery. The loyalist minority were gathering (this in his best manner) like butchers to the beast. H e warned the Government that they were on the wrong track. The Irish members had been attacked for their principles and Mr. Balfour and his uncle had gone “ crawling to the Pope ” to win his influence. Then by intrigue the Irish Bishops had been captured, with the result that one, the Bishop o f Limerick, had issued one o f the most dastardly, infamous, cowardly, and scandalous letters ever penned. (We print a fuller report o f Mr. Dillon’s speech elsewhere with the Bishop’s reply.) Mr. Balfour made answer in an excellent speech, and after him Mr. Parnell, who said that the Chief Secretary had relied with too implicit confidence upon the advice coming from Dublin Castle. H e deplored the “ vindictive persecution ” of the tenants who first entered upon the Plan of Campaign and had thereby forced on the House of Commons the redress o f grievances o f fellow-subjects. He appealed to Mr. Balfour to retrace his steps even now. H e suggested the establishment o f an Arbitration Board to consider the situation o f what were called congested districts. And he said this was no sign o f weakness, but came from a desire to protect these tenants, who would, however, be protected to the end. Coming to the Land B i l l he said he was not actuated by any blind hostility to the B ill, but he was anxious to make it a workable measure. H is anxiety still was that the 33 millions should be used to the best advantage, and he proceeded with a notable moderation and gentleness o f speech to expound at length his views on the best disposition o f the money. Mr. Balfour in answer expressed, on his own behalf, his sense o f the moderation of Mr. Parnell’s speech, and he would say that any practical suggestion falling from him would receive the “ respectful consideration ” o f the Government. H e could not hold out the faintest hope, however, o f proceeding with the Land B ill this session. Then, wonder without parallel, the vote was agreed to without a dissentient voice. Then on the vote to complete a sum for the expenses o f the Local Government Board in Ireland Mr. Healy complained that Mr. Balfour’s action in sending a certain chairman to gaol, showed him to be “ as shameless a member as ever disgraced the Treasury Bench.” H e was severely called to order, however, and withdrew his remark. The House adjourned after 12 .
— m i s c e l l a n e o u s
BUSINESS.
In the House o f Lords on Monday night the Western Australia B ill was read a second time. In the House o f Commons Sir J . Fergusson, in answer to
Mr. L'. Gower, declared that a very unfortunate circumstance occurred at Erzeroum on the 20th June, when a search for arms was made in an Armenian church and school with the consent o f the Bishop. This was resented by the Armenians, who appear to have been responsible for the riot which followed, including an attack on their own Bishop. Some shots were also fired on the troops, which took fatal effect, killing the sexton o f the church, and in the subsequent collision and rioting the loss o f life was greater than stated in the question, some 20 having been killed and from 200 to 300 wounded. ’ The Vali used his best efforts, and succeeded in' preventing further misfortunes. Certain recommendations made by the British, French, and Russian consuls were communicated to the Porte, and representations were at the same time made by the British and French, and order had been restored. In the discussion on the Irish Estimate, Mr. Balfour referred to a “ violent attack ” on him made a few days before by Mr. Healy, based upon the alleged inequality o f treatment in the case o f Captain Eyre, Mr. Kirwan, and Mr. Clarke. It was alleged that, while both those gentlemen had been surcharged by an auditor o f the Local Government Board, proceedings against Captain Eyre had been taken under a Statute to enable him to evade payment. H e found that Captain Eyre was surcharged before himself was Chief Secretary, on January 12 , 1887, and the man Kirwan was surcharged at the same time, but not tried under a different Statute. The proceedings against Captain Eyre and Kirwan, in respect o f the surcharge made on January 12 , 1887, were precisely identical, and conducted under the same -Statute. Kirwan and Clarke were surcharged under similar circum-
. N e w S e r i e s , V g l . XLlVvj No. 1 , 1 2 8 .
