THE TABLET. A Weekly Newspaper and Review .
DÜM VOBIS GRATULAM UR , ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER M ANEATIS.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX. to T he T ablet, June 4., 1S/0,
V o l . 81. No. 2768.
L ondon, May 27, 1893.
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C hronicle of the Week :
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Imperial Parliament : The Recess — Lord Randolph Churchill at Bolton—The End of the Dock ■ Strike— International Miners’ Conference— The Eight Hours Day -and a General Strike — Photographs in Colours—Alfred Austin on Poetry and Pessimism—Speech by the French Premier—Whitsuntide and the Volunteers— Fatal Wreck of a Railway Train— Rates in South London—The Italian Ministry— Lord Salisbury at Belfast— The Royal Military Tournament . . . . .. •• •• 797
Leaders
Physiologist and Poet on Pessimism^ . . . . . . . . 801 Christianity and the London
Schools . . . . . . .. 802
CONTENTS.
Some Notes on the Iconography of
Page the Holy Cross . . . . . . 802 The Old Syriac Version of the Gos
pels . . . . . . . . . . 804 Historical Manuscripts at Canter
bury . . . . . . . . . . 804 No t e s ........................................806 Reviews :
The English Peasant .. . . 808 Stephen Remarx . . . . . . 808 His Wife’s Soul . . . . .. 809 Essex : Highways, Byways, and
Waterways . . .. .. 809 The Pope and the British Pilgrims 809 Old Northern Customs . . . . 811 The Term “ Sceptic” . . . . 811
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Correspondence :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . .. . . 813 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) . . . . . . . .8 1 4 The Jubilee of the Free Church of
Scotland . . . . . . . . 815 Letters to the Editor :
The Primrose League .. .. 816 Ober-Ammergau . . . . .8 1 7 On Christian Art . . .. . . 817 Church and State in India .. 817 Catholicism and Politics . . .. 817 Leakage in the Catholic Church of
Australia . . . . .. .. 818 An Inquiry . . . . .. . . 818 Aspects of Anglicanism . . .. 818 “ A t the Salvian Waters” . . . . 820 The Gyngall Case .. . . . .8 2 1 I The Queen v. Barnardo . . . . 823
The Portuguese “ Padroado ” . . 823
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The Late Commander-in-Chief of
Madras ....................................... 823 News from the Dioceses:
Newport and Menevia . . . . 824 Portsmouth . . . . . . . . 824 Obituary ................................ 825 Social and Political .. ..825
SU PPLEM EN T . News from the Schools :
London School Board and Reli
gious Instruction............................829 The Finances o f the London
School Board . . . . . . 830 Inspection o f the Liverpool Train
ing College _ ............................832 New High Altar in the Stonyhurst
Church . . . . . . . . 833 Old Borromean Association . . 833 About E d u c a t io n ............................833
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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A T the end of last week the
'im perial parliam ent / - \ Treasury Chest Bill was
— th e recess.
read a third time, after which the House went into Com
mittee on the North Sea Fisheries Bill. Mr. Bowles moved the omission of the Third Clause, which imposed penalties for the improper purchase of spirits, by exchange or otherwise, pleading as a reason that only this week members had been put in possession of important documents, which contained cogent reasons advanced by France against joining the North Sea Convention. Mr. Mundella explained that France had been a party to the Convention of 1886 to put an end to the system of cooperage in the North Sea. It had been confirmed by France in 1887, but France had withdrawn on the ground that she must resist the attempt o f England to dominate the sea. A Bill bad been introduced by his predecessor, and the present Bill was an exact copy of it, with the exception that France was not included. A t a later stage in the discussion, Mr. Mundella remarked that the French Government as a whole had not objected to •the Convention, but some members of it had acted obstructively. The discussion on the Clause continued for some time, and it was ultimately agreed to, as were the other Clauses of the Bill, which was read a third time. The House next went into Committee of Supply, and discussed for nearly two hours the Vote of .£283,923 for the Revenue and Post Office Buildings, which was under Debate on the preceding evening when the Twelve o’clock Rule came into operation. The subject which chiefly occupied attention was the form of the accounts. Ultimately the Vote was agreed to, as was a Vote for sundry public buildings not •specially provided for. These were the only two Votes obtained during the sitting. On the Motion that the House at the conclusion of the Morning Sitting do adjourn till the :29th of May, Lord R. Churchill and Mr. Chaplin interrogated the Chancellor of the Exchequer in reference to the issue of the Report of Lord Herschell’s Commission on the Indian Currency, and several other matters, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply, stated tt.at the Commission had reached a stage at which an agreement was likely to be come to, and that the Report would be issued soon. A s to measures for putting down swine fever, he promised
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that no delay in dealing with it would occur, and they would approach the subject with every desire to deal with it in a manner which would be a relief to the agricultural interest. Referring to local taxation, in reference to which Lord R. Churchill had reproached him for not having made a further grant for its relief, he reminded the noble lord that during the last three or four years four millions a year had been taken from the taxpayer in relief of local taxation, and that the amount named was equal to twopence on the Income Tax. He did not think such grants were the best way of affording relief to local taxation, as it resembled throwing water on sand. The Motion was agreed to, and the Report of Supply having been approved of, the House, at half-past six, adjourned till Monday, the 29th of May.
Lord Randolph, who is fast making for lord Randolph Himself a record in the number and the bolton. length of his speeches upon the Home
Rule question, took advantage of the Bank
Holiday to address a great mass meeting of Lancashire operatives at Bolton, His speech was vigorous enough, but showed unmistakably that the orator is beginning to stale. He is finding out that it is impossible to be new and original as well as profound and convincing when speaking several times a week upon the same subject for a month or two on end. I f the immediate object, however, was to please the people of Bolton, the speech must be accounted a success, and of course here and there in the long harangue there were clever sallies and unmistakable home thrusts. In his opening sentences he was inclined to resent the lecture which The Times has been reading to some of the Unionist members, who seem to have found the fascinations of society too strong to allow them to make punctual and continuous attendances at the House. He said they were blamed for not beating down the Government majority. It was very difficult to alter by argument arithmetical computations. Undoubtedly there were “ a few lazy fellows,” but they could always be counted upon the fingers of a hand, and such there would always be in every large party. Having made that admission, he would add that he had never known in all his twenty years of Parliamentary experience as strong an Opposition in numbers, in determination and ability to carry on continuous debates most damaging to the Government. The public ought to bear this very clearly in mind— that the Opposition did not even wish to carry any amendments to the Bill. For what did the words “ to amend a B ill” mean? They meant to improve a Bill, and that, in this case, was something which lay outside the
