THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DOM VOBIS GRATULAMÜR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

Front the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June p, 1870.

V ol. 84. No. 2844. L ondon, N ovember io , 1894. pr.ce Sd. by p0ST s5i d.

[Registered a t th e General P ost O ffice as a N ewspaper

C hronicle of th e W e ek :

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Lord Salisbury and the School Board Election—Mr. Gladstone's Views—Speeches by Lord CranTjorne and Mr. Riley—Light in the Dark Continent— Mr. H. H. Johnston on the Slave Trade— France and Madagascar—French Press on the Expedition—Negotiatiations Broken O ff— The New Tsar—A Bomb Explosion in May-

fair—Mr. Labouchere’s Advice to Lord Rosebeiy — Chinese Proposals for P eace — Agricultural Labourers — Their C ond i t i on— Jabez Balfour’s Extradition Con.ifirmed—The American Elections— Cholera Riot in Hungary .. . . 7J7 L eaders:

St. George’s Cathedral—Its Story 721 The Late Emperor of Russia .. 723

CONTENTS.

L eaders (Continued):

The School Board Election .. 724 A Brief History of the South

Hackney Election

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N otes . . . .

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R eviews :

The Life of Edward Bouverie

Pusey Church and State ..

.. 729

Foster-Children of the State .. 729 “ The Dublin Review ” .. . . 729 Mass of St. Mary Magdalen .. 731 The Critical Review of Theological and Philosophical Literature 731 Books of the Week .. . . 731 The Church Association and a Sacri­

ficing M in is t r y ........................... 731 C orrespondence :

Rome!—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .......................................733

News from Ireland .. L etters to th e E d itor : Page - 734 Catholic Evidence Lectures Social and P olitical Page •• 743 . . 744

The Divine Infinity and Pantheism 736 “ Half Communion” . . . . 736 Surreptitious Communions . . 737 Anglican Orders .. .. .. 737 Was Bunyan in Surrey? .. .. 737 Mr. Peacock and the Vatican

C o u n c i l .................................... 737 C onsecration o f St. G e o rg e ’ s

Cathedral......................... .. 737 Bishop Ryle on the Prospects of the Church .. . . . . . . 739 A Pilgrimage to Holywell . . .. 740 The Catholic Truth Society . . 741 Bishop Nulty and “ The Westmeath

Examiner” . . .. .. .. 742

SUPPLEMENT. N ews from th e S chools :

School Board Nominations .. 749 London School Board Elections 750 N ews from th e D ioceses : Westminster . . . . ... 750

Southwark . . . . , . . . 751 Birmingham ........................ 751 Clifton .. .. . . .. 751 Newport and Menevia . . . .7 5 1 Shrewsbury.......................................752 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 752 A b e r d e e n .......................................752 The London School Board Election 752 “ Protestant ” .......................................753

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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XORDSALISBURY

ANDTHE •SCHOOL BOARD

ELECTION.

Lo r d S a l i s b u r y has sent the following reply to the Dean of St. Paul’s, who wrote saying that if his lordship would state how he intended to vote, and the reasons which

-weighed with him, he would be conferring a great favour on many who would be glad of his counsel: “ My dear Dean,— You ask me how I intend to give my vote at the approaching election for the London School Board. In reply I have to say that I purpose to give it, as I gave it three years ago, in favour of the friends of religious education. There has recently been much discussion whether the majority of the present School Board, in voting for the issue of a circular on that subject, adopted the most judicious method of protecting the children of Christian parents from anti-Christian teaching. This question appears to me to be ephemeral in its character and to have little or no bearing upon the choice of the next School Board. The interests at stake are much larger and of more permanent importance. There can be no doubt that the majority upon the present School Board are, without •exception, defenders of religious education. It is to me •quite manifest that the opposition to them is largely composed of men who are hostile to religious education. I can therefore have no doubt that it is my duty to vote for those candidates who support the policy of the present majority.

In reply to one of his political sup-

_mr. Gladstone’s porters who placed before him his diffiviews. culties in reference to the approaching

School Board election, Mr. Gladstone has replied as follows : “ Rev. and dear Sir,— Your letter commands my sympathy, and I heartily wish I could give •you any useful aid in your efforts to thread the labyrinth. I have not followed the particulars of the controversy in the London School Board, nor do I intend to do so, for after a contentious life of sixty-two years I am naturally anxious to spend the remainder of my days in freedom from controversy. I will not undertake to say what precise scheme as

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to religious instruction was in the contemplation of the Act of 1870. I always thought, however, that the Act for Scotland which soon followed was more wisely framed. I believe that the piety, prudence, and kindneas of the teacher may do a great deal in conveying the cardinal truths of our divine religion to the minds of pupils without stumbling, or causing them to stumble, on what are termed denominational difficulties. But the contentions, so called, form part of the religion of those who advance them, and they are entitled to respect and ought not to be rudely over-ridden, in my opinion, which I have endeavoured recently to set forth in the pages of The Nineteenth Century. An undenominational system of religion framed by, or under the authority, of the State is a moral monster. The State has no charter from heaven, such as may belong to the Church or to the individual conscience. It would, as I think, be better for the State to limit itself to giving secular instruction, which, of course, is no complete education, than rashly to adventure upon such a system. Whether the Act of 1870 requires or permits anything of the kind I cannot say. But if it did its provisions would involve a gross error.”

A crowded public meeting was held on loT dcranbo^ne Tuesday night, at the to r in g to n Town and mr. riley. -tra.il, in support of the Moderate candi-

dates for the Chelsea Division. Viscount Cranborne, M.P., who presided, said that the School Board election was a subject which must be approached with a due regard to its importance. Not a single elector throughout London had a right to treat it lightly. The first duty of the Board was to impart an efficient education to the children, and the second was to have particular regard to the money which the ratepayers had to contribute, and to see that it was not squandered. One of the reasons why the present majority on the Board should be returned at the approaching election was because they had used the ratepayers’ money with due regard to economy. Mr. Athelstan Riley said that he was a staunch supporter of Voluntary schools, and it was only just and fair that they should be dealt with in a reasonable manner. With respect to the compromise of 1871, the majority of the present Board was pledged to its maintenance. Two fundamental principles had guided the present Board, and would continue to guide them in the future. The first was that every father or mother had a right to know what religion was to be imparted to his or her child. It should not be left to the individual teacher or school to decide. The second was that ratepayers had a right to have their children brought up in