THE TABLET.

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Front the B r i e f o f H is Holi?iess P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t Ju n e 1870 .

V o l . 77. No. 2667. L ondon, J une 20, 1891.

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[R eg is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l P ost Offic e a s a N ew spaper.

C hronicle of th e Week :

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Imperial Parliament : Miscellaneous—Land Purchase Bill Passed —The Debate on Manipur— Sir John Macdonald’s Successor—Mr. Mercier on the Future of Canada —The ’Bus Strike—The Liberal Party and Home Rule — The Baccarat Case—The Behring Sea —The Swiss Railway Accident— Algeria : What it Costs — The London County Council Elections and Slums—The Melinite Scandal —The Revolt in Hayti .. .. 961 L e a d e r s :

War in the Cradle of Peace . . 965 The Feeing of the Schools . . 965 The Basilica of Montmartre . . 966 N o t e s ................................................. 968

CONTENTS.

R ev iew s :

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( A Great Man of his Time . . 979 I

The Vicariate of Old Lincoln . 970 j Ednor Whitlock .. . . .. 970 ' Theology add Evolution .. .. 971 Lay Sermons for Practical People 971 Glencoonoge.. .. . . 971 A Ride Through Asia Minor and

Armenia .. .. .. . . 972 The Story of the Nations.. .. 972 Reorganisation of the Mexican

Hierarchy .. . . . .. 972 The Portraits of St. Lewis Gonzaga 973 Two Speeches by Lord Ripon .. 974 St. Patrick’s New Church .. .. 974 Boycotting and the Pulpit . . . . 975 Correspondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . .. . . . . 977

C orrespondence (Continued) :

Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ..................................... 979 L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :

London University Reconstitution 980 The Canterbury Pilgrimage .. 981 Catholic Truth Society Conference 981 The Baccarat Scandal .. . . 9 8 1 Reminiscences of a Vicariate .. 982 MF. Wilfrid Ward on Air. Leslie

Stephen .. .. .. .. 983 Catholics Abroad .. . . .. 984 A Missionary Peacemaker in New 1 Guinea .. .. . . .. 985 I A Presentation at Gravesend . . 986 I The Late Sir Richard Burton . . 986

Social and P o l it ic a l . . . . 986 1 F rom E veryw here .. . . . . 986

SU P P L EM EN T . D ecisio ns of R oman Congrega­

t io n s . . .

N ew s from th e S chools :

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993

The Free Education Question .. 993 Mr. Sydney Buxton on Free

Education.. . . .. . . 994 ■ Catholic Managers and Free Edu­

cation .. .. .. .. 995 Bishop Brown Memorial Indus­

trial School . . .. . . 995 About Education............................ 995 N ew s from th e D io ceses :

Southwark . . . . . . 997 Liverpool . . 997 Middlesbrough . . . . .. 997 Northampton . . . . . . 997 Salford . . . . . . . . 998 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 998

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rendered impossible. Other Amendments were proposed and rejected, and the Report stage of the Bill was concluded at about half-past one, the Standing Order having been suspended for the purpose.

On Monday night came the end of all

— l a n d p u r c h a s e things, for the Land Purchase Bill passed b i l l p a s s e d . its third reading. Mr. John Morley opened his lips to address a magnificently

TH E House of Commons was entirely dull at the end of — last week. Some minor [ questions were asked. Mr. J . Stuart inquired of the Home Secretary whether he was aware that j between thirty and forty more Salvationists were being proceeded against at Eastbourne for marching in procession with music, a right which had been conceded to Salvationists in other parts of the country and confirmed by the Courts ! ■ of L aw ; also whether he was aware „that the Clause in the Eastbourne Improvement Act under which these and past prosecutions and imprisonments were taking place was identical with the Clause in the Torquay Harbour Act, which was repealed in the Session of 18 8 8 ; and whether, under those circumstances, he was prepared to remit the penalties. The Home Secretary said he was told that information had been laid against 33 persons for an offence j against the local Act, which forbade musical processions on J Sundays. He was aware that a similar enactment in Tor­ quay was repealed in 1888; but as long as the Clause referred to in the Eastbourne Act remained on the Statute Book he held that he should not be justified in setting him­ self against an Act of Parliament which sanctioned excep­ tional legislation for Eastbourne, and in preventing the j magistrates from giving effect to that legislation. It was for j the local authorities, or those who opposed the law, to take I steps for its repeal. Mr. J . Stuart gave notice that, in consequence of the answer of the Home Secretary, he would shortly ask leave to introduce a Bill to repeal the Clause of the Eastbourne Local Act bearing on the subject, more especially as a similar clause had been expunged by the House from another Bill. Mr. Cunninghame Graham was called to order for a ridiculous question on the Queen and the Omnibus Strike, and the Report stage of the Irish Land Bill was proceeded with. Mr. Seymour Keay made some absurd attempts to speak to an amendment, and received what amounted to a pretty severe reprimand from the Speaker, who remarked that if every member made the j same use of his privileges as he of Elgin and Nairn the proper progress of the business of the House would be 1

grave warning to the Chief Secretary, who is said to have received it with considerable calmness. Mr. Labouchere, of course, moved the rejection of the Bill, and an emphatic little passage at arms ensued between himself and Mr. Chaplin. Mr. Balfour summed up the discussions, saying that as they had now reached almost the term of their long debates, he desired to say that if it was impossible to declare that no unnecessary speeches had been made, or that no unnecessary repetition of arguments had taken place, nevertheless in his judgment the debates had been of a business-like character, with very little surplusage, and with an acuteness and knowledge of a complicated measure shown by some hon. gentlemen below the gangway that had excited the admiration of every one acquainted with Parliamentary business. They had had a very prolonged and difficult fight over the Bill. He had not been able in every respect to meet the wishes of hon. members on the various amendments, but he thought they would do him the justice to say that he had always attempted to meet them fairly in argument. He had not relied mainly on Government majorities, but had endeavoured, with or without success, to meet point by point the objections brought against him, and he gladly recognised that so far as those hon. members were concerned they had argued the Bill with perfect fairness, with great knowledge, and conspicuous ability. That was putting the case handsomely. After Mr. Balfour had sat down, Mr. Seymour Keay arose amid angry cries for division ; for a quarter of an hour did Mr. Keay persist in speaking amidst the greatest uproar ; in truth it may be said of him that the sole thing which will prevent Mr. Keay becoming a Charles James Fox is his want of ability. The division was then taken, and the Bill passed by the splendid majority of 129. The House adjourned at one o’clock.

In the Commons, on Tuesday, Sir William

T“ BATE Hmcourt rose to call attention to the dism a n i p u r . asters at Manipur and the causes which led to them, and to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty that “ she will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid before the House further correspondence relating to Manipur.”

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