THE TABLET.

A. W eekly N ew spaper a n d R ev iew .

DOM VCBIS GRATÜLAMUR, ANIMOS KTIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATJS.

P rom the B r ie f o f His Holiness P iu s IX. to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4, 1870.

V o l . 84. No. 2839. L ondon, O c t o b e r 6 , 1894.

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[R egistered a t t h e General P ost O ffice as a N ewspapfr

Æronicle of t h e W eek :

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The Unification of London—Sir Stuart Knill on the Unification Report— The Revenue— British Warship Threatened—The Arrest of Officers in Berlin—The New Boards of Guardians— Heir to Four Millions—France and Madagascar—The Austrian Delegation —Sir John Lubbock on Social Conditions — The New French Ambassador—Religious Freedom in Hungary—Archdeacon Farrar on _ Ecclesiastical Literature — Christian Society . . . . 517 L eaders :

•Lord Grimthorpe’s Letter . . 521 Mr. Diggle’s Address .. . . 521 Proposed Reclamation of the

Zuider Zee ..

On Studying the Church Music

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of the Old Masters . . . . 524 Leaves from a Rambler’s Note-

Book . . . . .. . . 525

C O N T

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N otes . . . . ». . . . . 526 R eviews :

A R e t r e a t .......................... . . 527 Under the Cross Keys . . . . 528 At Market Value . . . . . . 529 Old St. Paul’s .. .. . . 529 Foreign Catholic Periodicals . . 530 Some Protestant Fictions Exposed 530 The Reunion of Christendom . . 531 Books of the Week . . . . 531 St. Winefride’s Well . . . . . . 531 Jean Baptiste de Rossi . . . . 531 Correspondence :

Leo XIII. and Sacred Preaching 533 Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................................535 News from Ireland......................... 535 L etters to t h e E d itor :

Necessary Existence and Infinite

Perfection.. .. . . . . 536 Buckfast School Contest . . . . 537

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L etters to t h e E d ito r (Co-

rinued): Currency Law and What it is

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Leading To ..........................537 The Temporal Power of the Pope 537 Feast of St. Edward the Confessor 538 The “ Exeter Episcopal Registers” 538 ! Clydebank Mission, Glasgow . . 538 I Lord Grimthorpe on Divorce . . 533

The New Basilica at Montmartre.. 541 j The New Man . . . . . 542 ! We’eve not Come to that Yet . . 542

F rom E verywhere . . . . 542 M arr iag e . . . . . . . 542 Social and P o l it ic a l . . . . 542

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e Schools:

London School Board . . . . 549 New Catholic Schools for South­

ampton . . . . . . . . 550 Hammersmith Training College 551 St. Cuthbert’s Catholic Grammar 1 School ..................................... 551

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N ews from t h e Schools (Coiitinued): The London School Board and the Religious Question . . . . 552 How Reading and Spelling were

Taught two Centuries Ago . . 552 Schooi Colonies in France _ . . 552 School Slates and Diphtheria . . 553 Education and Crime . . . . 553 N ews from t h e D ioceses : Westminster . . . . . . 553

Birmingham .............................553 Clifton . . . . . . . . 553 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 553 Leeds . . . . . . .*554 Newport and Menevia . . . . 554 Northampton . . . . . . 530 Nottingham.. .............................54° Plymouth . . . . . . •• 54° Portsmouth ..• . . •• 54° Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . 54° St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 541 Glasgow ......................................54 1 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 54r

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE ¿UNIFICATION OF

LONDON.

THE Report of the Commissioners appointed to consider the best way of amalgamating the City and the County of London has gone as near to giving general satisfaction as was, under the circumstances,possible. The Report begins with a sketch of the history of municipal legislation and its application to the needs of the metropolis, and from the outset assumes that a policy of unification is in itself desirable. They propose that the powers of the County Council now stopping short at the City boundaries should be extended so as to cover the whole of London. But the County Council is to die in the act of absorption, and to revive in a new form as “ the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London.” It is urged that in this ■ way the historic continuity of the Corporation is preserved, while the ancient dignity of the Lord Mayor is increased by the change which makes him the representative of the -whole of London. The new Corporation is to be elected in the same manner as the County Council at present. Although the Commissioners take the night population of ■ the City as fixing the number of its inhabitants they ■ recognize that as the City pays one-eighth of the whole 'burden of rating that fact ought to be considered as well as the actual population. They give to the City, therefore, eight representatives in the new Corporation. It does not appear that the election of these representatives is to be •exclusively in the hands of the care-takers who form the night population of the City. In one important matter the •Commissioners have not given way to the wishes of the existing County Council. They have not recommended the transfer of the City police to the County Council, but advice that it should be joined to the Metropolitan police. In this way the question which Parliament must afterwards decide as to whether the police of London is to be a purely municipal force is left unprejudiced on either side. While the Lord Mayor of London will be the titular head of the new Corporation, and represent London as a whole, it is proposed that the Old City should have a subordinate Mayor and Corporation of its own for the administration of its local affairs. These will comprise such things as are now managed by the Commissioners of Sewers. In financial

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arrangements and re-adjustments the Commissioners have accepted the sound principle that, while nothing which the local authority can perform ought to be given to the central authority, the money or property must follow the allocation of the duties for which it provides. The Commissioners are of opinion that the model of the Old City Government, with its Mayor and Corporation, might be followed with advantage in other parts of London where the old Vestries would be displaced. London would thus be covered by a number of local corporations, to which some dignity would attach, as well as power over many details of administration.

Sir Stuart Knill, ex-Lord Mayor,

sir Stuart knill h a S expressed the opinion that the unification report, proposals in the Report of the Royal

Commission on the Unification of

London are not workable. The scheme is too vast, and would not be to the advantage of the City. Sir Stuart laid stress on the fact that the present Corporation had discharged their duties in a manner which gave the utmost satisfaction and reflected the highest credit. The streets were admirably kept, and the police had proved themselves to be a most efficient body of men. He doubted whether such a satisfactory state of things would continue under the control of a magnified County Council. The contemplated idea to take the control of the police out of the hands of the City, and place them under Imperial regim e, was one which Sir Stuart regarded as decidedly detrimental. He also adversely criticized the proposal with regard to the future election of Lord Mayor. Asked whether he thought it would tend to minimize the honour and dignity which had hitherto been associated with that ancient office, he said he considered it would most undoubtedly. Under the new scheme the Lord Mayor of the future might be a gentleman who was in no way associated with the City, and who, so to speak, was practically a stranger to the vast majority of the citizens. Then again, the reversion of the control of the City charities would, he thought, be altogether opposed to the interests of those institutions, and in support of his contention he referred to the present condition of Christ’s Hospital. Sir Stuart also directed attention to the abolition of the Coal and Wine Duties as another instance of the impracticability of outside interference with the affairs of the City. What had bepen the effect ? he asked. Coals were dearer, and instead of improvements being effected, as was the case when the authorities had this revenue to disburse, it was now necessary to raise rates whenever anything had to be done.