THE TABL
A W eek ly N ew spaper and R eview .
DDM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r i e f oj H is H o lin ess P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870
Vol. 86. No. 2895. L o n d o n , N o v e m b e r 2, 1895.
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‘■ Chronicle of th e W eek !
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Fall of the French Ministry—The Teaching of Law—Lord Russell’s Proposals—The Duke of Norfolk on Ministerial Policy—Lord Salisbury at Watford—Lord Rosebery •on Scottish History—A Royal Betrothal-Signor RuggeroBonghi —The late Sir Charles Hallé—A River Fleet for London—The Case o f Miss Lanchester— B ishop Hanlon’s Caravan to Uganda— The Peril of Guy’s Hospital— The French Congregations and the Tax .. : ......................... 693 ■ Leaders :
Italy, Portugal, and the Vatican 697 Mr. Maskelyne and the Professors 698 Lord Halifax’s Speech . . . . 699 Anglican O r d e r s ......................... 701 N o t e s ........................................ — 7° 2 ■ Reviews :
John Stuart Blackie . . .. 704 The Oxford Church Movement 705
CONTENTS.
R eviews (Continued) :
The Syro-Latin Text of the
Gospels . .
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706
Indian and White .. . . .. 707 Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ......................... ... 709 News from Ireland ... _ « 7 10 L etters to th e E ditor :
Paul IV. and Anglican Orders .. 711 Reunion .. .. . . .. 712 St. Winefride’s Well . . .. 712 Church of Our Most Holy Re
deemer, Upper Cheyne Row, S.W. . . . . . . .. 712 St. Mawgan.. .. . . .. 7T2 An Appeal .. .. . .. 712 Churches D ed ic a te d to St.
Saviour .. .. . . .. 713 Memorial to the Late Mgr. Gilbert .. .. .. .. 713 Father Bernard Vaughan’s Replvto the Bishop of Manchester’s Rejoinder on the Roman Claims .. 713
St. Joseph’s Foreign Missionary
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Society, Mill Hill .. .. .. 715 The Education Question in Ireland 717 The Catholic Social Union Demon
stration .. .. .. . . 7 1 7 Funeral of Sir Charles Hallé .. 718 Mr. Coventry Patmore on th e
Laureateship.. Books of the Week .. F rom E verywhere . . Marriage Social and P olitical
719 719 720 722
SUPPLEMENT N ews from th e Schools:
The Bishop of London on Reli
gious Instruction .. .. 72s St. Bede’s College .. .. 725 New Education^ Act in Belgium 726 The Inquisition in the School .. 726 Voluntary Subscrip t io n s to
Schools .. .. .. .. 727 Assistance to Evening Schools from County Councils .. .. 727
N ews f r o m the Schools (Con
Page tinued): Catholic? .. .. . . . . 727 Increasing School Board Rate .. 727 The Bishop of Worcester and
Union Amongst Denominationalists .. .. .. . . 727 Religious Teaching in Board
Schools .. .. .. .. -27 The Lord Chief Justice on the
Main Function of Teaching .. 728 N ews from th e D ioceses :
Westminster . . . . . . 728 Southw ark.......................................728 Clifton .......................................728 Hexham and Newcastle .. . . 728 Nottingham....................................... 729 Salford . . . . . . . . 729 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 729 Dunkeld .. .. .. .. 729 The Passionist Fathers in Paris .. 729
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK,
MINISTRY. m :
FALL OF 'T H E FRENCH
R IB O T ’S Cabinet was hardly expec
ted to live long, but it has perished sooner than its worst enemy anti
cipated. Once more the Right has joined bands with the Socialists and R ad ica ls ; and the coalition has proved too strong for the Opportunists. The Ministerial cards will be shuffled a little, and then the thirty-fourth Cabinet of the Republic will present itself to the Chamber, holding precisely the same views as did the thirty-third. Crisis may succeed to crisis, and one Minister give place to another, but the centre o f gravity of the Government never shifts, but remains always with the Opportunists. The Radicals and the Right may expel individual members o f the great Opportunist group, but never the group itself. The fall of M . Ribot is significant of nothing except that an atmosphere of scandal and suspicion still haunts the Chamber. The question under discussion was that o f the Southern Railway, and the vague charges of corruption which have been made in connection with it. For the Government M. Travieux explained that all had been done which was legal to prevent the escape of M. Maguies, though, as that gentleman had since surrendered and stood his trial, the question did not seem of urgent consequence. Then he explained that if the Procureur of the Republic, M. Chesnest, had been removed, it was not at all because he wished to prosecute certain members of the Chamber, but because of -“ an important clerical error implying loss of memory.” This explanation was not very satisfying in presence of the admission that M. Chestnest has since been promoted. Finally, M. Travieux, while protesting the incorruptibility of everybody, said the Government was so anxious to avoid even the suspicion o f malpractices, that it was ready and eager to discuss a Bill, even then before the House, which would make it illegal for Deputies and Senators to take part in financial affairs. It was not a very happy speech, but no one suspected how near the end was, M. Ribot asked the Chamber to vote for the order of the day, pure and simple. But, at the request of M. Marcel-Habert, the Chamber rejected the idea by 406 votes to 105. The House then unanimously adopted the resolution of M. Marcel-Habert and M. Maurice Faure to the effect that
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“ the Chamber, considering that it is important to forbid members o f Parliament to participate in financial syndicates, passes to the order o f the day.” The division on M. Rouanet’s resolution immediately followed. It was as follows : “ The Chamber, resolved on throwing full light on the affair of the Southern Railway, invites the Ministry of justice to prosecute all responsible parties, and to lay on the table of the House all the documents of judicial pro ceedings, and passes to the order of the day.” This was a direct challenge, and M. Ribot did not hesitate to take it up. It came to the vote. The first paragraph was adopted by 275 votes to 196. Loud cheers came from the hostile corners of the House. The second clause was then withdrawn, and a moment later the whole of the resolution was voted by 311 votes to 210. The Cabinet had been defeated.
The opening of the Law Lectures and teach/ng OF CI*sses of the Council of Legal Education,
law. which took place on Monday, October 28,
was marked by the fact that they are, for the future, to be available to the general public on payment of the necessary fees. By way of signalizing this important departure, the Lord Chief Justice consented to deliver an opening address on legal education. From whatever point we view it, Lord Russell’s subject is one which has a real and vivid interest for the whole community. The law is for the advantage o f the people in their social relations, not for the emolument of the barrister. His Lordship at the outset stated that the object ol his lecture was “ to endeavour to give what he conceived to be a much needed stimulus to the cause o f legal education.” H e briefly traced the past history of legal education in England. English law, though unsystematic and labyrinthine and insular, is, at any rate, based on equity and utility, and its faults are faults o f form and method, rather than o f substance. The “ Inns o f C ourt” originally lodged and boarded law students, but they have been constantly criticized as failing in their object of supplying a legal education. A Committee o f Inquiry in 1855 declared that no legal education worthy o f the name was then to be had, and proposed that the four Inns should be constituted as an aggregate of colleges or a Law University. Improvements were by degrees introduced, and a Council c f Legal Education formed. A preliminary examination was adopted for students before their admission to the Inns, and a test examination before their call to the Bar. His Lordship next gave a brief description of the actual instruction now afforded, as contrasted with that to be obtained in the United States, and drew the conclusion,
