A W e e k l y N ew s p a p e r a n d R e v i e w .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T he Tablet, June 4, 1870.
V o l . 76. No. 2630. L o n d o n , O c t o b e r 4, 1890.
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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :
Mr. Morley on Ireland— Mr. Balifour and Mr. Mundella — The Revenue Returns— Signor Crispi .and France— The Benwell Murder Trial — The French Floods — •Socialism in Germany— Discovery o f an Ancient City— The Austra
Page lian Strike— The Jews in Russia— The Multiplying of Letters— The Eisteddfod and the Prince— The London County Council—-America and Ireland . . .. .. . . 521 ILea ders : _
Cardinal Lavigerie’s Farewell . . 525 Concerning the Holy Places . . 526 The Venerable Mother Julie Bil-
liart............................................... 526
CONTENTS .
L eaders (Continued):
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The Scandal at Gethsemane . . 527 The Protest o f the Brazilian
B i s h o p s .................................... 528
N o t e s
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C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre sjjondent) . . . . . . . P a r is :— (From Our Own Corre spondent).................................. Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre spondent).......................
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537 533 539
R ev iew s :
The Book of Sun-Dials . . . . 531 A Manual of Expiation . . . . 532 The Catholic Magazines . . . . 532 The Centenary o f St. Gregory the
Great at Downside . . . . 533 Aspects o f Anglicanism . . . . 533 The New Church at Fort Augustus 535
L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :
“ To Such a s ----- .. Movable Dwellings Bill .. Monumental Inscriptions .. . Mission of the Holy Rood, Wat ford.................................... Walworth Mission .. .. Opening of St. James’s, Spanish p la o e .................................... . Welcoming an Archbishop ..
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New Church for Paisley . . . The Evolution of an Exaggeration 545
SU PPLEM EN T . D ecision s of R oman C ongrega-
T1° NS.............................. ,-553 N ews from t h e S chools :
An American Archbishop on Reli
gious Education........................... 553 About E d u c a t io n ........................... 554 N ews from t h e D ioceses :
Westminster......................... Southwark . . .. .. Birmingham . . . . .. Salford . . . . , . _ Shrewsbury......................... 555 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 556 Two Sermons on St. Gregory . . 556
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
ON IRELAND. M
M L MORLEY
R. JOHN MORLEY’S speech at St.
Helens, giving an account of his experiences in Tipperary, was effective and damaging, and of a kind to call for serious answer from the representatives of the Govern•ment. He first recalled how when Mr. Dillon went down to address his constituents in the county of Mayo ¡the divisional magistrate, Mr. Byrne, came to him and told him that if he used illegal language the meeting would be dispersed. What does that mean, said Mr. Morley, unless it means that the magistrate was to be sole judge for the occasion whether Mr. Dillon’s words were within the lines of legality or not ? And if they were not— the result threatened was not the arrest of Mr. Dillon, but the violent breaking up of the meeting which had gathered to listen to him. The Unionist party had been saying two things lately— that the proceedings of Mr. Dillon and his friends had caused the Catholic clergy to have grave misgivings, and that the Catholic clergy were about to rally ■ to the Papal Rescript, and further that the National League was split into fragments, torn by feuds and dissentions. He did not believe either statement was true. But let the electors of St. Helens think of this, the Government had now enjoyed nearly a fourth of those 20 years of resolute Government asked for by Lord Salisbury, and yet still rallied against them were the great mass of the popular representatives ; rallied against them the press and the clergy of the country. After adding his testimony to that of those who believe that the failure of the potato crop in certain parts of Ireland is calamitious in its extent, Mr. Morley went on to describe the recent disturbances in Tipperary, of which he was an eye-witness. He went there because he believed that the arrest of the two Irish members was a turning point in the political campaign. In his opinion the conduct of the constabulary guarding the entrance o f the Court-house, to which Mr. Dillon and Mr. O’Brien were summoned, was calculated to provoke disorder. It had been stated that there was a great crowd at the gates, in his opinion the soldiers and police were about three to one to the people; it had been said there was stone-throwing, he, who was there, saw nothing of
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the kind. Mr. Dillon and Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Harrison remonstrated with the police and claimed admission for the public, but the officer in command said he must keep space for witnesses. Then Mr. Morley gave Mr. Harrison’s story of how, while he was remonstrating with one constable for his roughness towards one of the bystanders, another constable struck him on the head so that he was pushed inside the enclosure, his head dripping with blood. One incident which Mr. Morley saw and thus described: “ A reporter, Mr. Keating, called out something. I did not catch what it was. As I understand, he said, pointing to the constable who had batoned Mr. Harrison, ‘ I know who you are, you ruffian.’ This exclamation, right or wrong, was made inside the enclosure, when we were all as peaceful as we are on this platform to-night. A constable close to Mr. Keating then and there struck him a murderous blow across the mouth, and sent him, with the blood flowing from him, flat on the ground on the other side of the wall.” Ultimately, when Colonel Cadell had yielded to the remonstrances addressed to him and allowed the crowd to enter the yard, they behaved themselves, says Mr. Morley, as quietly as if they had been in church. And from that he invited his audience to draw the inference that the original closing of the gates was inexcusable. Mr. Morley concluded his speech with an attack upon the stipendiary magistrates who, he said, “ seemed to feel their position acutely,” and called upon his audience to oust the present Conservative member for St. Helens, and so end a system which brings contention between two peoples who have no quarrel. We may add that much of what Mr. Morley says about the demeanour of the crowd and of individuals such as Mr. Harrison is controverted. Mr. Harrison, for instance, is described by the representative of a Cork Nationalist paper as having got his “ left ” on “ the jaw ” of a constable.
MR HATRr.nR Some weeks ago we chronicled in these and columns an account of Mr. MundeHa’s mr. mundella. speech to his constituents at Sheffield, and in reference to his remarks on the securities pledged by Mr. Balfour’s Land Bill we were content to say that Mr. Mun della seemed to have read neither the text of the Bill nor Mr. Balfour’s speech on its second reading. Mr. Balfour takes a view perhaps a little more charitable, but certainly not so probable, of the matter, and supposes that the report of the “ astonishing” words is inaccurate. He has directed his secretary to write a very convincing reply to a correspondent who has brought that report under his notice. We are told, he says, that the object of both schemes
