THE TABLET. A W eek ly N ew sp a p er a n d R e v ie 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 h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
V o l . 80. No. 2732. L ondon, S e p t e m b e r 17, 1892. P r ice d.
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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :
Mr. Gladstone on the Welsh— Mr. Labouchere on Himself and the •Country— Southampton v. Liverpool— England and Egypt— His a True Solution ”— On the Way to the Pole— The Gift of a New Parish — The Great American Glove Fight—Death of Mr. Win-
terbotham— Accouchment o f the Kaiserin— Discovery of a New Satellite to Jupiter— The Institute o f Journalists— By Rail to Jerusalem— Cholera on the Atlantic— Cholera at Hamburg—A Forgotten Murderer . . .. . « . . 437 L ea d e r s :
The Bishop of Chester and the
Publicans .. . . . . . . 441 The Uganda Controversy.. . . 442 Quarantine and the Public Health 443
L eaders (continued) :
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The Oriental Congress . . . . 444 Letters from Foreign Missions . . 444 N o t e s ..................................................... 446 R ev iew s :
The Papacy and Demos . . . . 448 Modern English Industry . . 449 Four Welsh Counties . . . . 449 Selby Abbey .. . . . . . . 449 The Golden Jubilee of Cardinal
Taschereau . . . . . . . . 451 The Tercentenary of Palestrina . . 451 C orrespondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .................................... 453 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................... . . 454
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L e t t e r s to t h e E d it or :
Uganda . . ......................... 456 Catholicism in Wales . . . . 456 St. Charles’s, Ogle-street.. . . 456 Convents and Examinations . . 456 A Reply . . . . . . . . 456 Mayence, Mainz, or Mentz . . 456 The Archiépiscopal Oath Contro
versy .................................... 457| Our Homes . . . . . . . . 457 A Month in Tobago . . . . .. 458 The Bishop of Rochester and
American Education . . . . 459 The Miracles of Lourdes .. *.. 460 The New College at Blairs .. .. 461 Archbishop Ryan and the World’s
Fair . . . . . . .. .. 462 The Translation of St. Cuthbert . . 462 Opening of a New Church at Silver-
town .. . . . .. . . 463 “ For Nelson’s Sake ” . . . . 464 A p pe a l t o th e C h a r it a b l e . . 464
Epitaph of Abercius . . . . . . 465 Recent Publications .. . . . . 465 So c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 465
SU PPLEM EN T . N ew s from t h e S chools :
Birkenhead and Board School . . 469 About Education . . . . .. 470 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . . 470
Newport and Menevia . . . . 471 Portsmouth . . .. .. . . 472 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 472 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 473 Diocesan College at Sligo .. . . 473
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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TA K IN G advantage of his visit to Sir
Edward Watkin at Snowdon, Mr. wj(|sh Gladstone hasmade several appeals to the spirit of Welsh nationalism. He has further ingratiated himself with the people by displaying a great admiration for the provincial music. A t the meeting on ' Tuesday, which was held in the open air in what is described j as a “ grand mountainous amphitheatre,” proceedings were opened by the singing of hymns. A solo sung by a quarryman seems specially to have pleased Mr. Gladstone. Called j upon by the Chairman to make a speech, he regretted that the hymn had come to an end, told the people how delighted he had been to hear it, and how he wished it had gone on. H e might say that he derived great pleasure j from national Welsh music sung in the national Welsh style, and if anybody wanted to know whether the Welsh were a substantive historic race, he would advise him to go and listen to their music, and then he would know that they were something more than Englishmen living in a mountainous country. After further discourses about the advantages o f music, Mr. Gladstone turned to the question of the work o f the coming Parliament. H e began by reminding them that for their own selves and their own purposes they must think first of Irish wants. When Ireland ceased to block the way, the question o f Welsh disestablishment would have to be dealt with— “ and with disestablishment disendowment goes.” On the subject of disestablishment it would be idle for him to address them. He might as well talk to the top of Snowdon, for they were all of one mind. Mr. Gladstone then explained the processes by which he had discovered that there was a land question in Wales. H e was bound j to say that it was Mr. Ellis who had opened up to him j considerations of a most serious character affecting Wales, and of a nature quite distinct from those features that attach to the land question in England. H e had learned with great astonishment some things which had caused him both surprise and pain. He found that, taking England and Wales together, there had been a reduction of agricultural rents amounting to 24 per cent. H e thought it very
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honourable both to the landlords and farmers of England that that reduction had been brought about, in the main, not only without any legal compulsion, but with the good sense and good feeling o f the parties. But when he came to take the case of Wales separately, he found that the reduction was not 24 but only 7 per cent. When the cries of “ shame ” had subsided, Mr. Gladstone went on to make the extraordinary statement that this fact supported the contention that “ whether from differences o f language, from differences o f traditions, or from whatever cause, there were circumstances in the Welsh land question different from and far less satisfactory than the circumstances o f the English land question.” To ordinary observers it seems that Mr. Gladstone’s praise and Mr. Gladstone’s blame are alike misplaced. There is nothing specially honourable in the conduct o f the English landlords, who have simply acted as rational men who think that half a loaf is better than no bread. Finding that they must either accept reduced rents or have their farms thrown upon their hands they chose the former alternative. Again, the fact that Welsh rents have fallen less than rents in England seems to show simply that the farmers had a larger margin o f profit before, and so were able to hold on longer before threatening to abandon their farms under the pressure o f poor prices. Mr. Gladstone concluded by asking if he might be permitted “ to hear a little more o f that delightful Welsh music, o f which I assure you that it has no more entranced and no more gratified hearer than I am.” Two more Welsh hymns were accordingly sung, Mr. Gladstone remaining bare-headed the while. A resolution was then passed recognizing Mr. Gladstone as the champion o f the spirit o f freedom which dwells amongst the Welsh hills, and as one destined to bring to a triumphant issue the struggle for religious freedom and selfgovernment which has been waged in its glens. The resolution concluded by thanking Mr. Gladstone for his efforts in behalf “ o f our Celtic brethren in Ireland.”
MR. LABOUCHERE ON HIMSELF AND
THE COUNTRY.
Mr. Labouchere is in Italy but not happy. He has written a long letter to the Chairman o f the Northampton Radical Association setting forth his views upon men and things. H e tells how as yet we, as a people, have only touched the verge of true democracy. Not the less, six years o f Tory rule have so far advanced matters that the Liberal party has now become Radical. Weak-kneed Whigs who supposed that the Liberal party existed to secure them large salaries for betraying in office the principles they had professed out o f it, have largely been expelled. Mr.
