THE TABLET. f

A W eekly Newspaper and R eview .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATI3.

From the B r ie ] o f H is Holiness P iu s IK . to The Tablet June 4, 1870.

V o l . 79. No. 2715.

L o n d o n , M a y 21, 1892.

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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :

Page

Imperial Parliament: Monday’s Sitting— Tuesday’s Sitting —Wedmesday’s Sitting— The Funeral of M. V^ry— Labour Legislation in Queensland— Death on the Railways— Fatal Railway Accident in America — Policemen and the Maze Hill Burglary— The Persian Loan—General Election in Greece—A Military Experiment —Reported Plot against the Tsar —Execution by Electricity— The Italian Ministry— British Operations in West Africa— Quadruple Duel near Paris— Lord Salisbury at St. Leonard’s . . . . . . 797 ^Lea ders :

One Vote One Value . . . . 801 The Crisis in Uganda . . . . 802 A Temporary Sun . . . . . . 803 The Late Father Lockhart «... 804

CONTENTS.

L eaders (Continued)

The Holy See and Catholic Edu­

Page cation in America . . . . 805 N o t e s . . . . . . . . . . 807 R e v iew s :

Modern Criticism and the Fourth

Gospel . . .. . . . . 809 The Making of Italy . . . . 810 Mysticism in Persia . . .. 810 Churchyard Flowers or Memories of the Holy Dead . . . . 811

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; L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor (Con1 tinued):

The Converts’ Memorial Church

Page and the Leakage.. . . .. 815 A Papal Present .. .. . . 816 The Lenten Veiling of the Cross 817 “ Vox Clamantis ” . . .. . . 817 “ Contemplator Trinitatis ” . . 817 The Oblates of St. Benedict . . 817 William of Wykeham’s Architect 817 Professor Hirsche’s “ Imitation” 818

Aspects of Anglicanism . . 818

C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 813 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 814

L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or :

Why Cardinal Manning was Bu­

ried by Subscription . . .. 815

Miss Golding and the Nuns . . 821

Rating o f Schools . . . . . . 821 Some Publications o f the Week . . 822 Social a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 822

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D ecision s of R oman C ongrega­

t i o n s . . . ............................ 829

N ew s from t h e Sch o o l s :

Education in Southwark Diocese 830 The Vocation of the Catholic

Teacher . . . . .. .. 831 Ainsdale Catholic Schools . . 831 About Education . . . . . . 832

N ew s from t h e D io c e s e s :

Southwark . . . . . . . . 832 Portsmouth .. . . . . . . 832

St. Cuthbert’s Body . . . . . . 833

San Isidro, Labrador . . . . 833

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had not given so much to the wealthy as to the lower middle and to the working classes, and he trusted that whether he, or any one else, should occupy his position next year, it would be found that the Revenue would meet that increasing expenditure which he had often examined if haply it could be reduced, but in the reduction of which he had never received much assistance from the other side. No Chancellor of the Exchequer, he complained, had received less support from his political opponents than he had. As to the last five years, he believed that the expenditure of that period had been wise, and o f all the expenditure which had been incurred, there had been none which he less regretted than that for strengthening the defences o f the Empire, or for assisting the Municipalities to carry out the great and increasing work which was confided to them. During the debate which followed, Mr. H. Fowler argued that Mr. Goschen, instead of reducing the income tax, ought to have abolished the tea and other duties; and he criticized the large grants which had been made in aid of local taxation. The Chancellor of the Exchequer having replied, the Resolution was agreed to. The Income-tax Resolution was also passed, and both were reported to the House.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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IN the House o f Lords on

Monday, Lord Camperdown — moved the Second Reading o f the Water Companies Regulation o f Powers Bill. The Bill was read a second time, and the Weights and Measures Bill passed through Committee. In -the House of Commons in Committee, Ways and Means to consider the Budget proposals o f the Chancellor of the Exchequer were gone into. On the Resolution for the renewal of the tea duty, Sir W. Harcourt launched upon a long review o f the whole policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, giving for his chief grounds o f criticism the fact that in the last five years, (years of large surpluses,) which gave him 17 millions o f advantage to deal with, he had diminished the Sinking Fund by three millions a year ; that, despite large reserves, he had accumulated debt, to be bequeathed to future Parliaments ; that his reduction of the charge effected by the Conversion of the Debt to the extent o f a million and a half would be neutralized, at least until 1896, by a similar charge imposed on the Consolidated Fund ; that in his relief o f taxation he had given the greatest advantage to the owners o f real. property ; that for the next few years he had forestalled the Revenue and increased charges in order to relieve a prosperous present at the expense of what would in likelihood be a less prosperous future, and that the surpluses for the last three years were more than counterbalanced by the increased obligations. The Chancellor o f the Exchequer, in reply to Sir William’s attack, explained amid some laughter that the same arguments had been put forward every year since he became Chancellor of the Exchequer. For his own part he was not ashamed to look back at the results of the last five years. H e held it trivial to dwell upon the absorption for two years | o f the saving of interest effected by the Conversion and to ignore the permanent reduction which would follow'. The •remission of income tax was not in favour of the wealthy | classes, but o f the poorer middle class. Moreover, had he kept the Sinking Fund at its old figure, it would have been more jeopardied than now ; the relief o f taxation, he j held, had been distributed equitably between all classes; he J

In the House o f Commons on Tuesday, Mr.

— Tuesday’s Balfour, replying to questions from Mr..Brvce sittin g , and Mr. Labouchere, said a vote on account would have to be submitted to the House before the Whitsuntide holidays— probably for about a month or six weeks. The House resuming the consideration of the small Agricultural Holdings Bill in Committee, a new clause was inserted by the Lord Advocate providing for the registration of deeds connected with small holdings in Scotland. Mr. Haldane, who moved a clause providing that the land (if a small holding) should bepersonal property and should be regarded as such in cases of intestacy, found himself supported by Mr. Crust, who urged the Government to accept the clause, which would Wrong no one, and by Mr. J. Chamberlain who also advised the Government to accept the clause, as it embodied no innovation, and might prevent grievous injustice to the owners o f small holdings. Mr. Chaplin who sympathized with the object o f the clause, opposed it because he saw practical difficulties in the carrying out of it. After further discussion, Mr. Chaplin explained that he perceived the feeling o f the House to be strong on the subject, and he would reconsider the matter with a view to deal with it on the report stage. The Bill passed through Committee. The House then went into Committee on the Burgh Police and Health (Scotland) Bill and proceeded to the consideration o f the postponed clauses. The sitting was

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