TH TA T.
A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS BTIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From ihe B r ie f oj H is Holiness Pius IX . to T he T ablet, June 4, 18/0.
V o l . 83. No. 2800. L ondon, J a n u a r y 6 , 1894- price sa., by post 5^d.
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«Chronicle of th e W e e k :
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Imperial Parliament : The Parish Councils Bill----Tuesday’s Sitting —Wednesday’s Sitting— Bills for the Next Session— The Matabele War—Lawyers on Current Legislation — Spain and Morocco— The Progress of Arbitration— The .Death of Lord Sandford — Sir Samuel Baker— M. Lockroy on the French Navy — Rioting in Sicily— The Money Market . . 1 Papal Encyclical on Holy Scripture
[Authorized Translation] . . . . 5 L e a d e r s :
The _Fruits of Revolution in
Sicily ......................... . • 12
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L eaders (continued):
Early Italian Art at the New
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Gallery .. .. .. .. 13 The Creed of Our Baptism .. 13 The Roumanian Marriage .. .. 17 N o t e s ..................................................... 18 R eviews :
St. Jerome Translated .. .. 19 Madame .. . . .. 20 Joan of Arc .. .. .. 21 “ In a North-Country Village” . . 21 The Story of St. Stanislaus
Kostka .. .. .. .. 22 A Book of the Heavenly Birth
days .. .. .. .. 22 Correspondence :
News from Ireland.........................22
E N T S .
Some Notes on Catholic Tenerife .. 23 L etters to th e E d itor :
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Music at St. George’s Cathedral 25 The School Question and the Ca
tholic Association .. .. 25 Early “ Dublin” Reviewers .. 25 Church of Our Most Holy Re
deemer .. .. .. .. 25 The Inspiration of Scripture .. 25 The Morrow Mass .. .. .. 26 England the Island of Saints .. 26 The Banner of Jerusalem .. 26 Affairs in Italy ......................... 26 “ The Rescued Nun and ‘ Truth ’ ” 27 Social and Political . . .. 27
SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools :
The New Law of School Attend
Pa ;e ance .................................... 33 St. Ignatius’ College, Malta .. 33 A Walk with a School Board
Visitor .. .. . . . . 34 N ews from th e D ioceses :
Westminster . . . . ..34 Southwark . . .. .. .«34 Glasgow .....................................35 Galloway .. .. .. .. 35 Some Modes of Burial .. . . 35 Preachers and Teachers of the West 36 Our Lady’s Dowry .. .. .. 37 The Rev. Luke Rivington and In
fallibility .. .. .. .. 37 Sanctity and Song .. .. .. 37
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
— THE PARISH COUNCILS BILL. I N the House of Commons on Friday, in Committee on the Parish Councils Bill (Clause 19),
an amendment was moved by Sir F.
Powell to the sub-section which provides that a guardian should hold office for three years, and that one-third of the Board should retire every April 15. Mr. Courtney also saw practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the Government proposal, and supported the amendment, whereas Mr. Balfour intimated that he would vote with the Government, believing that the principle of their plan was sound. On the •other hand, Sir C. Dilke supported the amendment, and Sir M. H. Beach also took the view that the Government proposal could not be carried out. On a division, the amendment wa' rejected. Mr. Fowler then moved a new Subsection, 1 roviding for the election of a chairman or vicechairman, or both, from outside the Board of Guardians. Sir M. H. Beach complained that this was the only concession the Government had made as the result of the long •discussion on the Nineteenth Clause, and he suggested that •the Government should carefully consider the desirability of empowering the Guardians to elect two other Guardians from outside. Mr. Fowlei promised to give the suggestion full and careful consideration, and the Sub-section was then agreed to. A long discussion followed on the question that the Nineteenth Clause, as amended, be added to the Bill. It lasted fully three hours, and only terminated a few minutes before midnight. Ultimately, the Committee divided, and the Clause, as amended, was carried. The Twentieth Clause, which related to the naming of the various new local bodies, was also agreed to, and the Twenty-first Clause, which made the Chairman of a District Council an ex officio Justice of the Peace, was under consideration when progress was reported. C ij Monday, after Mr. Gladstone had made a statement that the Government would not closure the Bill in consequence of an implied arrangement with the Opposition for the purpose of expediting its passage through the House before the 19th instant, the Committee on the Parish Councils Bill proceeded to consider the Twenty first Clause,
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which provided that the Chairman of a District Council shall be by virtue of his office a Justice of the Peace for the county. Mr. Stuart-Wortley moved the insertion of words which made the accession of the Chairman to the Bench subject to the approval of the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Fowler pleaded that the Clause only followed the lines of the Municipal Corporations Act, and the amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. Fowler moved an amendment to prevent a woman who was elected to the Chair of the District Council from being a Justice of the Peace ex officio, and after considerable discussion the amendment was agreed to. On the question that the Clause as amended stand part of the Bill, Mr. Hanbury moved its omission, on the grounds that it conflicted with the principle of the Bill, which abolished ex officio functionaries, and that by the Clause the Mayor of a small town would be a magistrate for the county, while the Mayor of large boroughs with a population of a hundred thousand would only be a magistrate for his own town. The Clause was, however, added to the Bill. The Twenty-second Clause regulated the constitution of District Councils in urban districts which were not boroughs. It provided that there should be no ex officio members of the Urban Sanitary Authority, and that the term of office of the members should be three years, with a third retiring annually. Sir C. Dilke pointed out that the Bill made no provision for a register for the first election, and, in order to leave time for the preparation of a register, he moved the insertion of several words. Mr. Storey also contended that the registration work could not possibly be done by April. Mr. Fowler said he had no objection to the amendment, but contended that the question of the register belonged to a subsequent Clause. The Amendment was then agreed to, and Mr. Fowler next moved a new Sub-section requiring a Councillor to be a parochial elector within the district, and providing that sex or marriage should not disqualify anyone from being a Councillor. This also was agreed to, and the Clause, as amended, was added to the Bill. The Twenty-third Clause dealt with the constitution of District Councils in strictly rural districts. An Amendment was moved by Mr. Loder that no woman should be elected Chairman of such Councils, but Mr. Fowler contended that the question was already settled, and that he saw no reason why a woman should not be elected Chairman. Mr. Balfour, though an old supporter of female franchise, would vote against putting women into administrative functions for which they were not suited. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the Clause was added to the Bill,
