THE TABLET.

A W eek ly N ew sp a p e r a n d R e v iew .

DUM VOBIS GRATÜLAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

F rom th e B r i e f o f H i s H o l in e s s P i u s I X . to T he T ablet, J u n e 4 , 1870 .

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C hronicle o f t h e W e e k :

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Opening of Parliament: The Queen’s Speech—Opening Debate in the Lords— In the Commons— Wednesday’s Sitting — Strength o f Parties in the Commons— Subsections Among the Anti-Parnellites — Members and their Constituencies— A Radical Defection — The French in Madagascar— Bombardment of Hova Forts— T h e Return of M. Rochefort— Les Deux France—Onno Klopp and Prince Bismarck — Alleged T u r k i s h Outrages in Syria— Volunteer Defence of London— Catholic Universities . . . . 197 'L eaders :

The Queen’s Speech _ . . . . 201 Overtures o f Italian Liberalism to the Church . . .. . . 202 Anglican Orders .. .. . . 203 The East-end and the Catholic

Social Union . . . . . 205

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N otes . . — — . . . . 206 R eview s :

Adamnan’s Life of St. Columba . . 207 La Mere Poussepin.. . . . . 209 The Curé o f Ars . . . . . . 209 Roman Gossip1 . . . . . . 210 The Virgin Mother . . . . 210 The Double Emperor . . . . 210 The Divine Problem o f Man is a

Living Soul . . . . . • 2i r The Yellow God . . . . . . 2x1 Workers Without Wage . . . 211 Ursel, and other Stories . . ..211 Books of the W eek.. . . ..211 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . ......................... 213 News from Ireland . . . . . . 2x4 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :

“ Anglican Orders ” . . . . 215 A Plea for Catholics in Business 216 Fraternal Societ}' of Converts . . 217 Dire Distress .. . . . . 2x7 To a Church Sentinel . . . . 217

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L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r (Con-

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Continued) : Dr. Benson as a Historian . . 2x7 Misnomers . . . . .. .. 218

Wanted a Nurse, Catholic, not Irish ” . . .. . . .. 218 Curious Misprint in the “ Garden o f the Soul ” . . . . .. 218 Tercentenary of St. Philip Neri 218 Remedies for the Religious Educa­

tion Difficulty .. .. .. 213 The Salford Catholic Protection and

Rescue Society . . .. .. 220 Archbishop Corrigan and the Mal­

contents . . . . . . .. 22t Magazines . . .. . . 222 The Government and the Christian

Brothers . . .... .. 223 German Students of Oriental Lan­

guages . . .. ... . . 223 Lord Halifax on Christian Reunion 224 American Officers at the Vatican .. 224 Catholic Social Union . . . . 225 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 226

SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from t h e S ch o o l s :

Debates at the Manchester School

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Board on Voluntary Schools and Rate-Aid . . .. .. 229 Church and State in Education .. 230 How the Vienna School Children are Fed . . . . : . . 231 Religious Persecution of the Edu­

cation Department .. ..231 The Archbishop of Canterbury on

Religious Teaching .. . . 23T Mr. Athelstan Riley on Religious

Education . . .. . . 232 Education Department .. . . 232 The Bishop of Chester on Volun­

tary Schools . . .. ..232 N ews from th e D io c e sk s : Westminster . . . . ... 232

Southwark . . . . . . . . 23 ? Hexham and Newcasde . . . . 232 Newport and Menevia.. .. . . 233 Lawfulness o f Statues in Anglican

Churches . . . . .. . . 233

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PA R L I A M E N T was opened b y

R oyal Commission on T u e s day, and the follow ing Q ueen ’s Speech was read :n the H ouse o f Lords b y the L o rd C h a n c e l lo r : M y L o r d s a n d G en tlem en,— .My relations with foreign Powers remain on a friendly and satisfactory footing. A n agreement has been concluded, after protracted negotiations, between my Government and that o f the French R epublic for the settlem ent o f the frontier between my colony o f Sierra L eone and the neighbouring French possessions. I regret to say that the war between China and Japan still continues. I have maintained a close and cordial understanding with the Powers interested in those regions, and shall lose no favourable opportunity o f .promoting a peaceful term ination o f the contest. In consequence o f reports which reached my Government o f excesses committed b y Turkish troops, regular or irregular, on A rm enians in a district o f A s ia Minor, I thought it right, in conjunction with other Powers, to make representations to the Porte. T h e Sultan has declared his intention o f severely punishing any o f his officers or soldiers who have been gu ilty o f such acts, and has sent a Commission to conduct an investigation on the spot. Delegates from the Powers which have Consuls at Erzeroum will accom pany this Commission. G en tlem en o f th e H o u s e o f Commons, — T h e Estim ates for the year will be laid before you w ithout delay. M y L o r d s a n d G en tlem en,— I am happy to observe the striking fact that in Ireland offences o f all kinds against the law have sunk during the past year to the lowest level hitherto marked in official records. Proposals will be submitted to you for rem edying defects which experience has brought to light in the working o f the Law o f Landlord and T en an t in Ireland ; and for dealing with certain evicted tenants, whose situation still constitutes a peril to social order. A b ill will be presented to you dealing with the Church Establishm ent in Wales. B ills will also be laid before you having for their object the popular control o f the L iquor T r a f f ic ; the abolition o f Plural Voting ; and provision for the payment o f the charges o f the Returning O fficers at elections. T h e Commission which I issued in 1893 t0 report on the best means o f unifying the govern-

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ment o f the metropolis has presented its report, and a bill will be laid before you founded on its recommendations. I regret that agriculture continues in’ a seriously depressed condition. T h is subject is still under the consideration o f the Commission which I appointed in the autumn o f 1893. In the meantime, a proposal will be subm itted to you for facilitating the construction o f L igh t Railways, a measure which will, I trust, be found beneficial to the rural districts. B ills will also be presented for the promotion o f conciliation in trade disputes, and for the amendment o f the Factory A c t s . - Y o u will be asked to consider measures for the com pletion o f the system o f County Government in Scotland, and for further legislation in respect o f the crofter population in that country. I pray that the blessing o f A lm igh ty G od may rest upon your arduous and responsible labours.

A fte r a personal explanation from the debT ? e T n Nt h e Lord Chancellor as to the charges made l o r d s . against him m connection w ith the judicial work done b y Mr. Justice Vaughan W ii liam s, L o rd W e lb y moved, and L o rd Battersea seconded, the Address in reply to the Q u een ’s Speech. Lord Salisbury, who followed, warned the Government that in the A rm enian question they had a problem o f the most difficult nature, the community concerned being divided by racial and religious differences. H e also commented on the absence o f all reference to the resolution against the House o f Lords, and complained o f .h e ambiguity o f the Prime M in ister’s utterances. Lord Rosebery, in reply, said that i f the reports as to the Armenians were true, a change must be effected in their condition. H e defended him self against the charge o f ambiguity, and once more stated his position with regard to the relations o f the two Houses. T h e Duke o f Devonshire next criticized the part o f the Government programme which dealt with the H ouse o f Lords, and com plained o f the Prem ier’s reticence in w ithholdingany information as to the tim e and period o f the Session in which the momentous resolution was to be brought forward. It was not a course that would commend itself to a sense o f justice and fair play that the resolution with regard to the H ouse o f Lords should be brought forward at a tim e when the H ouse o f Lords was discussing some o f the measures sent up from the H ouse o f Commons. I t was impossible to conceive that the country was to be asked to decide so important a question with no information before it except such as it had been able to obtain from a hurried debate in a dying Parliam ent. It was not in their power to force the hand o f the Government or to extract declarations from her M a jesty’s Ministers,