THE TABLE

A W eek ly Newspaper and R eview .

DDM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMOS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.

From, the B r ie f o f His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, iSfO.

V o l . 86. N o . 2882.

L ondon, A u g u s t 3, 1895.

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[R e g is tered a t t h e G e n e r a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper

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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :

The General _Election : Thursday’s Poll— Friday’s Poll— Saturday’s Poll— Monday’s Poll—Tues■ day’s Poll— The Cost of Elections — New South Wales Elections— T h e E l e c t i o n s in F r a n c e — French Tax on Monastic Property— The Italians in Africa— French Opinion— Italy’s Foreign Policy—Departure o f the Spanish .Squadron — The Franco-Chinese Treaty—The Population of France — Longevity of its Women— Accident to a French Pilgrim Train— European Prisoners in Senegal— R e s i g n a t i o n o f S i r Edward M a le t................................................ ■ Lea d e r s :

The New Parliament Geographers^ in Session The Condition of _Morals and

Religious Belief in the Reign o f Edward V I ..............................

165 169 170

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L ea d e r s (Continued):

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Muniments of Old St. Paul’s . . 171 St. Augustine’s College, Ramsgate 172 N o t e s . . — . . . . — 172 R e v iew s :

The Life of General Sir E. B.

Hamley . . .. .. . . 17^ Genesis and Semitic Tradition . . 176 A Short History of the Catholic

Church in England . . . 176 Ten Brink’s Lectures on Shakspere _ . . ......................... 177 Limping Lines . . . . . . 1 7 8 “ The Economic Review ” . . 178 St. Bernard on the Canticle of

Canticles . . . . . . . . 178 A “ Life ” of Jesus . . .. 178 Bishop Graham and the Spanish

Squadron . . . . . . . . 179 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .................................... 1 8 1

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

The Benedictine Nuns at Teign-

PaSe mouth . . . . : . 182 Perplexed . . .. . . . . 182 The Tottenham Mission . . . . 183 Catholic Seamen’s Club . . . . 183 Society and Socialism .. . . 183 “ History of the Catholic Church in England ” . . . . . . 183 The E .C .U . and Reunion . . 183 National Pilgrimage to Lourdes 183 Annual Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul .. . . 184 The Irish National Board and the

Christian Schools . . .. .. 187 Sermon Preached on the OccaMcn o f the Centenary of St. Scholastica’s Abbey, Teignmouth . . 188 Prize-Day at Stamford H ill.. . . 189 Rearrangement of Studies at Stonyhurst .. .. . . . . 190 N ews from t h e D io c e s e s : Westminster . . . . . . 191

S o u th w a r k .................................... 191

D io cesan N ew s (Contined) :

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Birmingham.. . . . . . . 191 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 191 Portsmouth . . 191 Salford ....................................... 191 F rom E v eryw h ere . . . . 1 9 2 O bituary .......................................193 Marriage . . . . . . . 19 s Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . — 194

.SUPPLEMENT. N ews from t h e S chools:

The Ushaw “ Grand Week ” . . 197 Beaconfiold College, Plymouth . . 199 New Priory School, Kilburn . . 200 Speech Day at St. Philip’s Gram­

mar School, Birmingham . . 200 Education in the New Parliament 200 Convent of Mercy, Abingdon . . 202 Speech Day at Barnet . . . . 202 Prize Day at St. George’s College,

Weybridge . . . . . . 202 Prize Day at Gumley House,

Isleworth . . . . . . . • 202 Benedictine Convent, Dumfries 202

* » Reacted M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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THURSDAY’S poll.

TWENTY-TWO polls were de­

clared on Thursday, and the n e t resu lt ls a Unionist gam of one seat. Wales has again entered its protest against Disestablishment. In Radnorshire, Mr. Frank Edwards, who was a prominent leader of the “ Young Wales ” Part)7, has suffered defeat at the hands of Mr. Millbank, who won by 81 votes against the 233 by which Mr. Edwards was elected last time. Turning to Scotland, Dumbartonshire has rejected that personally popular ex-member Captain Sinclair— Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman’s Parliamentary Private Secretary.— by a majority so trifling .that it would not have affected the general situation except for the fact that when Captain Sinclair stood in 1892 he was returned by nearly 300. Argyllshire has followed the example set only a few weeks ago by another Highland county, Invernessshire, for here Sir Donald Macfarlane has been defeated after a stubborn fight by Mr. Nicoll. The majority was 135, as compared with a preponderance on the other side of 80 at the last General Election. In NorthWest Lanark, on the other hand, the Radicals have achieved ■ one of the few successes that can be placed to their credit in these latter days. Mr. G. H. Whitelaw has succumbed 'to Mr. Holborn, whose preponderance, though less than a hundred, is about balanced by the majority that gained Mr, 'Whitelaw his seat when the constituency was last fought. In the Partick division of the same county Mr. Parker Smith bas increased his lead by about 400, while in Govan, largely .a Clydeside constituency, an Independent Labour candidate reduced Mr. John Wilson’s majority, previously exactly a thousand, to 261. The remarkable way in which constituencies recently fought have veered round is again shown by Mid-Norfolk. So lately as last April Mr. Gurdon, Unionist, gained the seat on the retirement of Mr. Clement Higgins, against Mr. F. W. Wilson, a prominent East Anglian journalist, by 208. Now, three months afterwards, the electors have experienced an unaccountable conversion, and Mr. Wilson is at the top by 134 with a heavier poll on both sides. As on previous days, most of the Unionist candidates have received a larger measure of support, even where they have actually failed to capture the seat. Virtually the only checks recorded in this connection have been at Northwich and Kirkcaldy. Mr, McArthur, Mr. Ellis’s co-whip, has seen his majority in the St. Austell Division of Cornwall drop by 500; that well-known Labour leader, Mr. John Wilson, is less esteemed by the Mid-Durham electors to the tune of 300; and Mr. F. S. Stevenson’s Armenian proclivities have not saved him from being less favoured in the Eye division of Suffolk by 600 votes. The picture is rounded off by Mr. Mildmay’s figures at Totnes, where, as a Unionist, he has obtained the grand majority of 2,366, or nearly 1,400 more than when he last appeared before the constituency. In Ireland there have been no changes in the balance of parties ; indeed, the only incident of the latest polls has been that Mr. T. W. Russell, the new Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, has had, as usual, a somewhat uphill struggle. The Nationalists boasted that they were certain to turn him out. His majority is close on 200, about 100 less than in 1892.

Polls which were held in 20 constituencies

— Fr id ay ’s on Thursday, but not announced on that day,

poll. were declared on Friday. They resulted in the return of ten Unionists, five Radicals, three Anti-Parnellites, and two Parnellites, and included four I gains to the Unionists— in the Spalding Division of Lincoln­

shire, the Frame Division of Somerset, the Rugby Division | of Warwickshire, and the Westbury Division of Wiltshire. Polling took place on Friday in 21 constituencies-— 13 in England, one in Wales, three in Scotland, and four in

Ireland, but no results were declared that night.

On Saturday there were declared 21 polls

— Sa turday’s which had taken place on Friday, and one—

poll. that for Inverness-shire-— which had been held on Thursday. They resulted in the return of six Unionists, 12 Radicals, and four Anti-Parnellites, and included four further Unionist gains, in the Newmarket Division of Cambridgeshire, the South-East Division of Durham, the Devizes Division of Wiltshire, and the Skipton Division of West Yorkshire. Polling took place on Saturday in North-East Derbyshire, but the result was not declared till Monday.

The only result made known on Monday

— Monday’s was that of North-East Derbyshire, where the poll. poll was taken on Saturday. The late Radical member, Mr. Thomas Dolling Bolton, who has represented the constituency since 1886, was again returned. His victory, however, was not of a kind to cheer his despondent party, for his majority has sunk from 2,170

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