THE TABL

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

Dt)M VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMOS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Hoiiness Pius IX. to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

V ol. 86. No. 2881.

L ondon, J uly 27, 1895.

P r ic k sd . b y P o st

[R eg i st e r e d a t t h e Gen e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper

C hronicle of t h e W e e k !

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The General Election : Friday's Poll— Saturday’s Poll— Monday’s Poll — Tuesday’s Poll — Wednesday's Poll— Funeral of M. StambolofT: Disgraceful Scenes — A Panic in the Streets—A Counter Demonstration—The Situation in Bulgaria — The New Education ■ Bill in Belgium — The Cuban Revolt— French Tax on Monastic Property— Departure of the Italian Fleet— Germany and Morocco— T h e P am i r Settlement — T h e Spanish Squadron at Plymouth— The Bank Failures in Newfoundland— Preservation of Historical Monuments— New South Wales Elections — The Franco-Russian Alliance— The Indian Trouble in America . . ......................... 125 L e a d e r s :

The Verdict'of the Country . . 129 Education Crisis in Canada . . 130

CONTENTS.

L eaders (Continued): ^ Page

C a t h o l i c Bibliographical Dic­

tionary . .

Tangier .. . . . . . . 132 Papal Encyclical t o B e l g i a n

B i s h o p s ....................................... 132 N otes . . — . . . . _ 133 R ev iew s :

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Some New Editions . . . . 136. Mr. Crockett’s New Book . . 136 History of Religion . . . . 137 Patient Griselda . . . . . . 138 Memorials of a Short Life . . 138 Ernest England . . . . . . 138 O'Donnel . . . . . . . . 138 Short Sermons ............................ 139 Latin Composition _ . . . . 139 The Prince of Balkistan . . . . 139 An Inarticulate “ Soul-Endogen ” 139 A Late Springtime . . . . . . 139 Books of the Week . . . . 139 C orrespondence :

Rome (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... 141 News from Ireland . . „ — 143

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L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

‘ Dublin Review” . . The E .C .U . and Reunion “ The Church T im es” and Dr.

B e n s o n ......................... Perplexed Matins and Evensong Anglican Difficulties ................. Victory o f the Voluntary Schools 144 Anglican Baptisms The Rev. “ Father ” North and

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the Immaculate Conception The Archbishop o f Cashel’s Epis­

copal Jubilee Not Entertaining A Muddle in a Model State The Late Most Rev. Dr. Meurin, S .J .................................. Election Intelligence

J ustice to Voluntary Schools lew Church at Halifax Convicts as Members o f Parliament F rom E veryw h ere

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O b it u a r y ..........................M arriages S ocial a n d P o l it ic a l . . ~

SU PPLEM EN T . N ews from t h e S chools:

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Exhibition Day at St. Edmund's

College Exhibition Day at Oscott _ . . The Manitoba School Question . . 159 Halifax School Board . . . . 160 St. Bede’s College, Manchester . . 161 Prize Day at St. Gregory’s College,

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Downside.......................................i6r Public E l em e n t a r y S c h o o ls Warned . . . . . . . . 161 N^ws from t h e D io ceses :

Westminster ........................... 161 Southwark . . . . . . . . i6r Birmingham.. ............................162 Liverpool . . .._ . . -- 162 Newport and Menevia . . . . 162 Nottingham.. . . . . -- 162 P l y m o u t h .......................................162 Salford ....................................... 162

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE GENERAL ELECTION — Fr id a y ’s po l l . F'

OR the first time since the elec­

tions began the Radicals have contrived to hold their own. Four Unionists seats were lost, two in the Counties, and two in Ireland ; but these were exactly balanced by gains in the Maldon Division of Essex, MidNorthamptonshire, Stowmarket, and the Stroud Division of Gloucestershire. In the first named Mr. Cyril Dodd has been defeated by the Hon. C. H. Strutt, whose majority was 612, though in 1892 Mr. Dodd polled 168 more than the Unionist. Another member of the late Government disappears from the House of Commons, namely, Mr. Robert Spencer, who, despite his personal popularity, was beaten in Mid-Northamptonshire by 282. At the last contest his majority was 432. Mr. Sidney Stern having been lately raised to the Peerage, a new Radical took the field in the Suffolk County Division, but Mr. Malcolm, the Unionist, vanquished him by the fine preponderance of 1,443 on a heavy poll— a contrast to Mr. Stern’s majority of nearly 1,600 at the last General Election. At Stroud Mr. Cripps, Q .C ., heads the poll by 661, thereby showing that Mr. Brynmor Jones— who in the last Parliament was ahead of the Unionist by 609— was discreet in seeking a safe Radical seat in South Wales. The Opposition gain at Lichfield leaves Major Darwin out in the cold. The contest here was exceedingly close, Mr. Fulford’s majority being only 44. It is to be noted that last time Major Darwin secured the seat by merely four votes. There is little consolation to Sir William Harcourt in this victory, seeing that the new member is connected with the brewing trade, and is somewhat “ shaky ” on Local Veto. Indeed the teetotallers of the district talked of running a candidate of their own, but were persuaded out of it at the last moment. In Dumfriesshire Mr. Maxwell has succumbed to Mr. Souttar, but the latter only polled 13 more than the former. The other two losses were in Ireland, and neither was unexpected. In North Tyrone Mr. Hemphill, Q.C., the late Radical Attorney-General for Ireland, has secured the seat held in the last Parliament by Lord Frederic Hamilton, who has retired from Parliamentary life ; and in Londonderry City Mr. Vesey Knox defeated Mr. Ross, Q.C. The majorities in both cases were small— in the county 9 1 ; and in the City 28. Mr. Knox, by this success, is the holder of two

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Irish seats, and will, in due course, have to elect which constituency he will represent. The two prominent public men who have been last re-elected are Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Asquith. The President of the Local Government Board has increased his majority at Sleaford from 907 in 1892 to 1,966 ; while the late Heme Secretary at East Fife has polled 422 more than he did when last he stood. The Radical seats retained show, in many cases, largely decreased majorities. For instance, that of Mr. Samuel Evans in Mid-Glamorganshire has dropped from 4,214 to 2,677 > Air. Paulton’s at Bishop Auckland has fallen from 2,977 t0 1,297 j Sir T . Carmichael’s in Midlothian is 231 less than Mr. Gladstone’s at the beginning of the last Parliament; and Mr. J. E. Ellis holds his seat in the Rushcliffe Division of Nottinghamshire by 633 against his 792 majority in 1892.

— SATURDAY S

POLL.

The results of 39 polls which took place on Friday were declared on Saturday. Of these elections 23 took place in England, seven in Wales, five in Scotland, and four in

Ireland. They resulted in the return of 23 Unionists, 13 Radicals, one Parnellite, and two Anti-Parnellites. There was another note-worthy series of Unionist successes. In England the Unionists won seats in the Biggleswade Division of Bedfordshire— where Mr. G. W. E. Russell, another ex-Minister, was rejected— North Bucks, the Egremont Division of Cumberland, the Barnstaple Division of Devonshire, the Cirencester Division of Gloucestershire, the Lancaster Division of Lancashire, South Northamptonshire, and the Woodstock Division of Oxfordshire. In Wales they captured South Glamorganshire ; and in Scotland they were successful in the Ayr Burghs and Roxburghshire. The Separatists, on the other hand, recovered the seat for the Brigg Division of Lincolnshire, lost at a recent bye-election, and also that for Linlithgowshire, carried by a Unionist in 1893. The net gain of the Unionists on the 39 pollings was therefore nine seats, counting 18 on a division. Unopposed elections took place on Saturday in seven constituencies, all in Ireland, resulting in the return of two Unionists and five Anti-Parnellites. Polling took place on Saturday in 22 constituencies, in eight of which the results were declared on Saturday night. They resulted in the return of five Unionists and three Radicals, and included no fewer than four Unionist gains— in the Crewe Division of Cheshire, the Gorton Division of Lancashire, the Shipley Division of Yorkshire, and the Inverness Burghs. The net gain to the Unionists on all the polls declared on Saturday was thus 13 seats, counting 26 on a division.