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DOM VOBIS GRATUIAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS OT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CON3TANTER MANKATISJ

From the Brief 0) His Holiness Pius IX. to The Tablet, June 4, i8lc>

V ol. 86. No. 2898. London, November 23, 1895.

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'C hronicle of th e Week :

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Lord Salisbury at Brighton—Mr. Balfour at Glasgow : Chitral— The Late Lord Mayor of London —The Congested Districts Board of Ireland—The National Union at Brighton— Italy and her Colony — The Exploit of Miss Edna R. Brown — Condition of Kaneville —The Significance of_the Yemen Rising—Arrest of Emile Arton— Hope of Peace with Ashantee— Progressive Death D u t ie s in France—Khama and the Queen —Great Ceremony at Monmartre : Baptism ot a Bell—The Situation in Turkey .. .. . . .. 813 L eaders :

The Government and the Schools 817 Kaiser and Burgomaster . . .. 818 Anglican Orders . . . . . . 819 N o t e s ........................................ - 820

CONTENTS,

Revtfavs :

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“ The Church Catholic” .. . . 822 The Holy Hou.se of Loreto Napoleon’s Last Voyages.. ■ ■ Bs.? . . 824 The Name of Mary •• 325 A Plea for a Simpler Life 825 A Hard Woman -• 825 The Study of History .. 826 Books for the Young .. 826 “ The Month” .. 826 White Turrets . . 827 In Market Overt .. .. 827 The Catholic Magazine .. .. 827 C orrespondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ..................... ... 82g News from Ireland .. — — 83,3

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. . . Page Some Chapters in Jesuit History .. 834 TheEnglish Church Union in Man­

chester .. .. .. .. 834 Death of a Catholic Ambassador :

Rustem Pasha .. . . .. 835 Irish University Education.. _ .. 836 “ Religion ancí Politics at Cardiff” 836 Ushaw Dinner in Manchester . 837 The Golden Jubilee of the Estab­

lishment of the Congregation of Notre Dame in England .. 837 The Deputation of the Anglican

Archbishops on Voluntary Education .. .. .. . . .. 837 Books of the Week .. . . . .8 :9 F rom E verywhere .. . . .. 839 Social and P olitical . . . . 840

L etters to th e E ditor *

“ Undoing the Work of the Re­

formation” .. .. .. 832 Paul IV. and Anglican Orders .. 832 The Gunpowder Plot .. .. 833 Freemasonry and I rreligion . . 833

SUPPLEMENT. N f.w s from th f S chools:

Statesmen on Voluntary Schools ami Government Intentions . 845 “ The School Board Chronicle”

and Sir John Gorst . . .. 845

N ews from th e Schools (Con­

tinued): Aims of the National Educational

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Emergency Committee .. .. 845 Religion in Schools in Ireland .. 846 Educational Prospects .. .. 847 Distribution of Certificates at the

Xaverian Brothers’, Mayfield, Sussex .. .. .. •. 848 St. Edmund’s College .. .. 848 The Bishop of Exeter and Educa­

tion .. .. .. •• 848 Success of a Workhouse Catholic

Scholar

.. .. .. 848

Catholics at Oxford . . . . S48 N ews from th e D io ceses: Westminster 848

Southwark.......................................849 Birmingham.. ............................840 Leeds . . . . .. .. 849 Northampton .. . .. 849 Nottingham.......................................849 Portsmouth.......................................850 Salford . . . . . . . . 850

* * Resected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

cause o f the defeat o f the Liberal party was the withdrawal of the commanding influence of Mr. Gladstone. Pi's lordship could not understand what the Liberal party was, or its succession from the founders of the party seventy years ago. The policy o f disintegration, dissolution and overthrow had received a practical denial at the elections in July, and the Irish agitation was perishing from internal quarrels. The question of naval defence had the first claim upon our resources, for though the country was thoroughly friendly with all the world, it was necessary to be prepared for all emergencies in view o f the large amount o f territory that was, so to speak, “ coming into the market.” Passing to domestic matters, his lordship said that, short o f violent and reactionary changes, the Government would do its best to bring some mitigation to the sufferings of agriculturists. The time then at their disposal would be devoted to a question “ in which we all feel the deepest interest ”— the education question. It presented two problem s: the question of children being educated according to the religious convictions of their parents ; and the diminution o f the increasing burden of the education rate. Mr. Forster had expressed his belief in introducing his Bill in 1870 that the rate would not exceed 3d. in the pound; and Lord Salisbury declared that he would like that statement to be written in letters two feet long over every School Board school in the country, that people might have an idea how far they had been led without knowing it. In regard to social legislation for the amelioration o f the helpless, their efforts must necessarily be tentative but honest, and not a repetition of the predatory principle of legislative benevolence so popular during recent years. Meanwhile the duty of Conservatives was to maintain on a firm foundation the Constitution o f the country.

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N Wednesday, the Duke of Norfolk was unanimously elected Presi— . . . . . . . dent of the Conservative Union for the ensuing year. In the evening he presided over the great meeting assembled ir. the Brighton Pavilion to welcome the Prime Minister. His lordship had a surprise for his audience. H e opened his speech by reading a message he had received from the Sultan of Turkey in answer to his statement at the Mansion House that he had little confidence in the execution o f the reforms promised by Turkey. This had pained the Sultan, who now declared that he was determined to execute the reforms as soon as possible. “ I repeat that I will execute the reforms ; I will take the paper containing them, place it before them (the Turkish Ministers), and see myself that every article is put in force. This is my earnest determination, and I give my word of honour. I wish Lord Salisbury to know this, and I beg and desire that his lordship, having confidence in these declarations, will make another speech by virtue of the friendly feeling and disposition he has for me and for my country. I shall await the result of this with the greatest anxiety.” O f course, this communication had to be read without comment, seeing that Great Britain formed part of the concert of Europe, and the responsibility for joint decisions did not rest entirely or mainly upon, this country. A feeling reference to the illness of Rustem Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador in London, since dead, gave Lord Salisbury the opportunity of saying that if such men as Rustem Pasha had been round the Sultan, the Armenian problem, which was one of competent men quite as much as o f adequate law, would have been solved by the natural operation o f the counsels o f an enlightened monarchy work­

MR. BALFOUR

AT GLASGOW : CHITRAL.

Mr. Balfour’s visit to Glasgow last week was certainly a time of activity filled with speech-making. In one day he attended and spoke at a Unionist ing through efficient and competent instruments. A glance was then given to the change in political opinion at home. As to the lament o f the Liberal party that there were no Liberals in the House of Lords, in this aspect the House o f Lords merely afforded a specimen o f what had been going on throughout the country. I f the Liberal party would, therefore, only bring their policy into line with the convictions o f the people o f England, they would soon find that the House o f Lords would be on their side. One great luncheon, a Conservative Conference, a Primrose League meeting and a great Conservative demonstration. In the speech made at this last-mentioned meeting, he controverted Lord Rosebery’s explanation of the defeat o f his party at the General Election. It was not the surfeit o f sweets in the Liberal programme, not the magnitude o f it, but rather the fact that nothing offered by the party was acceptable to the electorate. T h e country had refused to reach forward its hand to the alteration of the fundamental constitution o f Parliament, the political separation between

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