THE TABLET.
A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B riej o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T he Tablet ¡une 4, 1870.
Vol. 79. No. 2713.
London, May 7, 1892.
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[Registered a t th e Generai. P ost Office as a N ewspaper.
C hronicle of th e Week :
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Imperial Parliament : Miscellaneous--Tuesday’s Sitting— Political Leaders and the Eight Hours’ Day—May-Day at Home—MayDay Abroad—The Going and the Coming of the People—The Trial o f Deeming—The Quebec Scandals—The Chicago Exhibition— Lord George Hamilton, M.P., and the Government—Return of the Queen to England—Liberals in Council — Mr. Morley on the '.Situation— Mysterious Affair at
Aldershot — The Duke of Cambridge and the Mechanical Engineers—Expected Revolution in Bolivia .. .. .. .. 717
C O N T
L eaders : _
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The Criminous Clerks .. .. 721 The Italian Dilemma .. .. 722 The Royal Academy . . . . 723 Tbe Making of a Book .. .. 724 The Living Voice .. . . .. 725 N o t e s ................................................ 726 R eviews :
Mr. Henley’s Poems . . .. 728 Professor Mivart’s Essays .. 729 Church and Society .. .. 730 The Imitation .. .. . . 731 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .. 733 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .................................... 734
ENTS.
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An Open-Air Service.. . . .. 735 L etters to th e E ditor :
St. Cuthbert’s Birthplace.. .. 736 The Converts’ Memorial Church and the Leakage.. .. .. 737 A Liturgical Perplexity .. .. 738 William of Wykeham’s Architect 738 The O’Connell Memorial Church 738 Women’s Suffrage in Wyoming .. 739 Process of the Beatification of the
Ven. J. B. Vianney, Curé d’Ars 739 The Archbishop of Glasgow’s Jubilee 739 The Archbishop-Elect in Manchester 739 Laying the Foundation-Stone of a
Church ......................... .. 741
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O b ituary ......................................... 741 Social and P olitical . . . . 741 M arriage, . . „ . . . . 742
SUPPLEMENT. D ecisions of R oman Congrega
t io n s . . .. ............................749 N ews from th e S chools :
The Proposed Catholic School for
Portsmouth .. .. .. 749 Sheffield and its Catholic Schools 750 Blairs’ College . .. .. 751 Mr. Kekewich and the Teachers 751 About Education .. .. .. 751 Belgian Boards of Conciliation . . 752 Annual Meeting of the Catholic
Truth Society . . . . . . 75a
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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IN the House of Commons on
Monday the Attorney General — for Ireland, in reply to questions on the subject of Mrs. Mon
tagu’s children, said that her husband should be permitted the custody of the children during her imprisonment, and that, the question whether Mrs. Montagu should, after her release, have their custody would not arise until April next. He shook his head in answer to the question whether Mrs. Montagu was to be released from prison. Mr. Balfour, in reply to Sir C. Russell, stated that he recognized the importance of the two Bills for the protection of witnesses undergoing examination before public Committees, but it would not be possible to delay Government business in order to discuss them. He added that he thought they might be read without much discussion after midnight, and referred to a Select Committee. The practical result of either Bills passing would be to destroy the jurisdiction of the House, and to give to witnesses before Royal Commissions and Committees of the House, protection such as had never been given to witnesses before the Civil Courts. In Committee on the Education Local Taxation Relief (Scotland) Bill, on the First Clause, providing for the payment of the Scotch Equivalent Grant, Mr. Buchanan moved to restrict the operation of the Bill to one year. The Lord Advocate opposed the Amendment for the reason that it was desirable that the administrative bodies concerned should understand the position in which they stood, and that, if it was agreed to, there would be strife amongst the various locali ties, which would destroy the usefulness of the scheme. Many Scotch members, on the Oppositian side of the House, protested against the permanent application of the grant, and on a Division the Amendment was rejected by 192 to 133. In the allocation of the grant the proportion given to Scotland was n per cent, of the whole. Dr. Clark moved an Amendment to substitute for this 11 per cent, a definite grant of 10 shillings per child as in England; and though Mr. Balfour explained that the proportion of 11 per cent, amounted practically to 12 shillings per head, the Scotch Opposition refused to be satisfied, and on a division the Amendment was defeated by 178 to 132. Dr. Cameron moved an Amendment prohibiting the payment of any fee grant to any School Board in respect of any school in which fees are exacted from scholars between five and fourteen years of age, but after a long discussion, the Amendment was rejected by 128 to 90. The First Clause was then agreed to. Mr. Hozier moved an Amendment to the Second Clause, that the ¿60,000 proposed for secondary education should be given to the Town and County Councils applicable at their discretion. The Amendment was the occasion of a lively discussion, in which a memorandum issued by the Scotch Educational Department, declaring its views on the manner in which the educational part of the grant should be applied, was severely handled. In order to shorten discussion, Mr, Balfour proposed, as a compromise, to inquire into the best method of applying the ¿60,000, and to frame accordingly some new scheme. He also made the offer of a wider discretion to the Town and County Councils as to the expenditure of the money. This course was regarded with favour by the Opposition, Mr. Campbell-Bannerman giving his opinion that its value would depend on the instruction given to the Committee, and on the persons who should form the Committee. Many Scotch members urged Mr. Balfour to give the Town and County Councils a wide discretion in the selection of local objects on which the money might be expended, and, the Amendment was negatived without a Division. Progress was then reported, that the terms of the compromise might be put upon the paper. Sir J. Gorst moved the Second Reading of the Bill for amending the Superannuation Acts, and being opposed by Mr. Morton, Mr. Keay, and Dr. Tanner, the motion was ultimately carried by aid of the Closure.
In the House of Commons, on Tuesday,
— Tu e s d a y ’s during the morning sitting, Mr. J. W. Lovvther s it t in g . stated that a telegram, dated the first week of
April, had been received at the Foreign Office from Mr. Johnston, reporting the pacification of the Shird districts, and of those on Lake Nyassa. Two chiefs, M’ponda and Jumbe, had materially assisted against the Arab slave raiders, who had been driven over the eastern frontier, and Makanjira, with whom Captain Maguire was engaged on the occasion of his death, had been driven from the lake by friendly natives. Karembe, another important chief, had sent messages of adhesion to British policy ; and Captain Keene reported very favourably on the state of the Upper Shir^. The House, drearily going into Committee on the Education and Local Taxation Relief (Scotland)
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