THE TABLET.

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DOM VOBIS GRATOLAMOR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMOS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

From, the B r i e f o f H is H o lin ess P iu s I X . to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4, 1S 70 .

V o l . 85. No. 2862.

L ondon, March 16, 1895.

P r i c e s d . b y P o s t s & d

[ R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N e w s p a p e r

C h r o n ic l e o f t h e W e e k :

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Im p e r ia l Parliament: Attendance at Schools—Slavery in Zanzibar — Taxation of Land Values —The State of the Navy—The London County Council—Election of the Chairman—Within Reach ofPekin—TheDeathof M.Worth The Last of the Voyage of the “ Challenger”—The French and English Navies— T h e L o c a l Government Board and Influenza The Linnean Society—Strength of the Russian Navy—Dreaded Loss of a Spanish Cruiser—Lord R a y leigh on Instantaneous Photography—A New Battleship . . 397 ^Le a d e r s :

An Object Lesson in Democracy 401 Lord Halifax and Reunion . . 402 The late Bishop Weathers . . 403 Anglican O r d e r s ........................ 405

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CONTENTS.

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

R e v i e w s :

Studies in Oriental Social Life . . 4T0 Local History of Ireland . . . . 411 Recitation Music Series .. . . 411 Two Books of Verse . . 416 Joan of Arc Four “ Pseudonyms ” . . 416 Foreign Catholic Periodicals •• 4T7 Magazines . . •• 417 Books of the Week . . . 417 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 413 1 News from Ireland . . ... « 414 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Conference of Catholic Guardians 415 Rate or State-aid . . . . . . 415 Misnomers . . . . . . . . 415 Unity and Continuity . . . . 415

Continued) : Drakensburg Mission . . . . 415 St. Mary’s Home, Hammersmith 4T5 Influenza . . . . . . . . 4 1 5 St. Patrick’s Day . . . . . . 415 Hugh Taylor, a Carthusian Lay

Brother .. .. . . . . 4x8 Clerical and Social Life in Devon in 1287 . . . . . . . . 419 Celibacy of the Clergy . . . . 419 F uneral of the Bishop’ of Amycla.. 420 Father Damien . . . . . . 421 Nottingham Board of Guardians . . 422 Stabat Mater Dolorosa . . . . 423 “ Cider or Cyder ” . . . . . . 424 “ Truth ” on the County Council . . 424 Specimen of Anglo-Indian Style . . 424 The Catholic fTruth Society of

Ottawa.. . . . . . . . 424 An Ingenious Shift . . . . . . 424 O b i t u a r y . . . . . . . . 424 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 425

SU P PLEM EN T . N ew s f r o m t h e S chools :

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Educational Statistics of the Diocese of Salford . . . . . . 429 Liverpool School Board and

Voluntary Schools

Southampton S c h o o l B o a rd

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Election . . . . . . . . 430 Buckfast School Contest . . •• 431 The London School Board . 431 Petition for Custody of Children 432 The Evils of Large Classes . . 432 N ew s from t h e u i o c e s k s :

Southwark . . . . . . . . 432 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 432 Clifton . . . . . . . . 433 • L i v e r p o o l ........................ . . 433 Portsmouth . . . . . . . . 433 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 433 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 433 Catholic Evidence Lectures . . 434 The Pope and the P r im r o s e

L e a g u e ................................... 434 Catholic Summer School.. . . 434

Rejected M S , cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF TH E W E E K .

A t the evening sitting on Friday, on the

_TAofTI° N mot' on that the Speaker leave the Chair, Mr. l a n d v a l u e s . Provand moved an amendment in favour o f the direct assessment o f the enhanced value

ON Friday the House went again into Committee of Supply on schools. the Civil Service Supplementary Estimates, Mr. John Ellis taking the chair. On the adjourned Vote of ,£ 1 3 6 , 1 8 9 for educational purposes, the discussion was resumed by Mr. Bartley, and was carried on for some time. Mr. Acland, replying to the criticisms, attributed the increased attendance in the schools not to compulsion by the authorities,but to improved voluntary attendance. H e thought that the increase in the grant was due partly to improvement in the schools all round, and partly to some extra subjects of various kinds being more taken up and better taught. The Vote was then agreed to.

On the Vote for ,£ 500 to complete the

— s l a v e r y i n sum necessary to defray the expenses incurred

Za n z i b a r , in the suppression of the slave trade and for the maintenance of certain liberated Africans,

Mr. J . A . Pease moved a reduction o f £ 1 0 0 in order to protest against the continuance of domestic slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba, which were under British protection. Sir E . Grey replied that the object o f his hon. friend was one the importance and necessity of which were admitted by the Government; and a report had been asked for from the authorities on the spot with a view to taking the best means o f terminating the status of slavery. The result of such a change would be a great falling off in the revenue of Zanzibar, and i f the Committee required this action from the Government, it ought to be prepared to fall back on a Vote of the House, not to compensate slave owners, but if need be to come to the assistance of Zanzibar. Mr. Chamberlain commented on the inconsistency of having the British flag flying over slaves. The House should answer the Under Secretary’s appeal for assistance to Zanzibar in the event of the abolition o f slavery, by saying that, when the Government came for a Vote on this ground, they would get it. After some further discussion, leave to withdraw the amendment was refused, and the Committee divided, when the amendment was rejected by 15 3 to 106, and the Vote was agreed to.

of land due to the increase of population and wealth and the growth of towns. The grievance of which he complained was that the occupiers of houses paid the rates, and that the public improvements which were carried out by means o f these rates raised the value of the whole o f the land in each town which escaped taxation. Vast loans borrowed by the local authorities, and also paid for out of the rates, likewise went to increase the value of the land. That value could be quite easily separated from the value of the buildings, and the separate rating of the two was essential to a just incidence o f taxation. Mr. Fletcher Moulton seconded the amendment. Mr. Knowles contended that any legislation on the subject should be based on the recommendations of the Select Committee on Town Holdings, which reported in May, 1892, and held that ground-rents were already taxed. The discussion was carried on by Mr. Kearley, Mr. G. Balfour, and Mr. Hazell. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre said that the landlords in towns derived the full benefit of the increased value of the land, while the occupier o f houses and buildings was unable to shift any portion o f the burdens o f the rates to the holders of land. H e cited the opinions of Mr. Goschen and Mr. Gladstone, the programme o f the Moderate Party at the last London County Council Election, and the speeches of Lord Cadogan during the election; and concluded that the universal opinion o f London was that there was a grievance, and that a remedy might be found. H e hoped they might look forward to the Moderate Party to combine with the Progressives in endeavouring to frame a scheme. In view o f the general consensus of opinion, he would, without committing himself to any particular scheme, and without promising immediately to introduce a Bill, heartily support the amendment. Sir E . Claike commented on the unsatisfactory nature of Mr. Shaw-Lefevre’s speech, after which the amendment was agreed to without a division.

On Monday the Government motion for

— t h e s t a t e o f going into Committee o f Supply on the t h e n a v y . Navy Estimates was met by an amendment by Mr. Arnold-Forster that the House,

before voting Supplies for the maintenance of her Majesty’s naval establishments, sought an assurance that the Estimates submitted to it were based upon a consideration of the needs of possible war by sea and land, and upon the con­

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