THE TABLET. A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet Ju ne p, 1870.
Vol. 78. No. 2685. London, O c t o b e r 24, 1891. PkIcE bypost siid .
[R eg istered a t t h e General P ost O f f ic e as a N ew spaper.
C hronicle of t h e W e ek : Page <
The Leadership of the House— ' Captain Shaw and the County Council—The Strand Election— A Peerage for Mrs. Smith—Sir Charles Russell at Glossop—Mashonaland—Sir G. Trevelyan on the House of Lords—Mr. Balfour in Manchester—Mr. Stanhope and the Ordnance—Statistics at the Church Congress — The Monz§ Interview—The Emperor William and Prince Bismarck—The New Lord Justice General—The Russian Famine—The Judicial Statistics of England and Wales—The Chili Elections—The Anti-Christian Riots in China—The Leprosy Microbe—Rain-Making in Texas The Violent Storms—Passage of the “ City of Paris”—Mr. Chamberlain’s Apology for the Liberal Unionists—France and Russia— Baron Hirsch on his Emigration Scheme . . .. •. • • 641
CONTENTS.
Leaders :
Page
China and the Powers .. .. 645 The Hand of the Forger .. .. 646 Gesman Military Organisation . . 647 The French Bishops and the Ro-
Roman Riots . . . . ... 648 The Question of the Catholic
Church in Wales.. .. . . 648 N otes . . . . . . •• •• 650 R eview s :
Chiefly Sentiment.. . . .. 652 A Romance to Read .. . . 653 Conference Papers, 1891 .. .. 653 Index Ecclesiasticus .. .. 653 Little Meditations for Holy Com
munion . . . . •• •• 653 Aspects of Anglicanism . . . . 654 Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. . . . . . . 657
Correspondence (Continued):
Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) .. . . . . . . 658 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :
Buddhism and Suicide .. .. 661 The Black Friars of Pontefract .. 661 Our Pupil Teachers . . .. 661 Retford Mission . . .. . . 662 | The Church in Wales—Variegated
Vestments . . .. . . .. 662 The Catholic Union .. . 662 A Club for Entertaining the Poor 662 An Enquiry .. . . . . .. 662 American Catholic Young Men’s
Society . . . . .. .. 662 St. Edward’s at the English Col
lege, Rome .. .. .. . . 663 The Holbeach Guardians and the
Catholic Boys .. . . .. 663 Parnellism and the Dead Leader .. 665 The Privileges of Catholics in Work-
houses .. .. .. .. 606 S->me Publications of the Week . . 667
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I A ppeals to th e C h a r it a b l e . . 667 , F rom E v e r yw h e r e ............................... 667 j Social and P o l it ica l . . .. 667
Pa2e
M arriage . . „ . . . . 668 O b ituary . . . . . . . . 66S
SUPPLEMENT. N ews from t h e Schools :
The London School BoaJd Elec
tion.. . . .......................... 673 Liverpool Training College . 673 Wandsworth Training College . . 674 Catholic School at Wimbledon .. 674 Yorkshire _ Catholic Teachers’
Association . . .. .. 674 About E d u ca t io n ............................. 674 N ews from t h e D ioceses :
Southwark . . . . . . ,. 675 Birmingham.. .. .. .. 675 Northampton . . . . . . 676 Salford . . .. .. . . 676 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 676 Glasgow ......................................... 676 Carolina Mariana . . . . .. 677 The Anti-Missionary Riots in China 678
* * Rejected M S. cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IT was announced on Monday that the Queen had been pleased to housf approve of the appointment of Mr. Balfour to be First Lord of the Treasury in the room of the late Mr. W. H. Smith. The claims of Mr. Balfour to the honour of becoming Leader of the House of Commons after his services to his party cannot be questioned, and the only doubt that previously rested in people’s minds as to his appointment was whether he could be spared from his post as Chief Secretary for Ireland. It remains to be seen what kind of Leader he makes; but this may be taken for granted, that he will be able to render more assistance to whomsoever succeeds him as Chief Secretary than he derived from Mr. W. H. Smith.
The name of Captain Shaw in the halls captain shaw 0f c ounty Council is still a signal for county’council. vvar- 0 ,1 Tuesday, in a discussion whether the retiring head of the Fire Brigade should have the full income possible—,£966 or thereabouts—a certain Mr. Thornton made every effort at least to delay the matter, and delivered in connection with it a speech that certainly was not in the best taste conceivable. He said that, looking to the fact that Captain Shaw had been in the service of the brigade for 30 years, and had received more than £40,000 during those 30 years’ service, he had been very handsomely remunerated, and that he ought, at all events, to have made provision for the days of his retirement. He himself felt with some at least of his colleagues that a much smaller sum would be a very handsome retiring allowance for the services rendered to them. He did not complain in any way of these services. The metropolis was very greatly indebted to the superintendent for the organisation and splendid position in which the brigade was to be found at this moment, but he must say that it was not Captain Shaw who had brought it to its present position, and its efficiency was undoubtedly due to the brigade superintendents, to the engineers, and to the men. As to the communications that the Fire Brigade Committee had had with Captain Shaw, it was clear, he thought, that the reason why Captain Shaw had resigned was that he was no longer the Alpha and the Omega of the Fire Brigade. Although the committee had not interfered in anything that pertained to the management of the brigade, yet they had taken into their hands the entire management and control of the finances. Although this had caused no friction it had been met with what he might term a tacit resistance. More than that, they would remember that on some occasions serious fires had been blazing away, lives had been lost, and the superintendent had not been at his post, but was taking his pleasures down the river and at other places. Statements had been made in the press, many of them no doubt inspired, and they had certainly been to a very great extent without any foundation or justification, and he thought that was a reason why they should be permitted to have this matter referred to their solicitor,, so that they might get the fullest possible information. The speech was followed by a good deal of recrimination. Mr. Boulnois, M.P., was especially severe. He declared that the public would believe that a valuable officer had been driven from their service, not possibly by any overt or conspicuous act, but by restraints and red tape, which had done their work as effectually as more violent measures, and had made it impossible for Captain Shaw to remain with dignity and comfort. We (he spoke of Us, the common public) should probably never know the exact character of the treatment which Captain Shaw had received, but the animus which had been displayed that day by certain members of the Council indicated that there must have been deplorable friction and restraint. This was the body forsooth which was asking Parliament and the country to give them the control of the Metropolitan Police. He, in common with many others, naturally wondered to what kind of condition that force would be reduced if the chief officer were subjected to the vagaries and humours of a committee of the .London County Council. The Progressive party might rest assured that their action in this and in other matters had set at rest for many years to come the question of the Council’s control of the police, and they might be sure that the general feeling of the public would be that one of their servants who had faithfully, zealously, and effectively served them might still occupy his post but for proceedings which he could not endure. The upshot of the meeting was that the amendment was lost, and Captain Shaw stands secure with a retiring pension of nearly .£1,000 per annum; and few will grudge it.
Mr. Frederick Smith, the son of the late the strand Mr. W. H. Smith, has consented to stand for election, the seat rendered vacant by his father’s death.
The division is to be contested in the Liberal
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