A W e ek ly N ew sp a p er a n d R e v iew .

DOM VOBIS GRATULAMÜR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r ie f oj H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 1870.

V ol, 89. No. 2961. L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y 6, 1897. PeiCk 5d. bypost s5id

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-Chronicle of t h e W e e k ! Page

Imperial Parliament: The South African Committee—The Outlook in South Africa— The New Education Bill— The Attitude of the Opposition— Mr. Courtney’s Views —Tuesday’s Debate—The Solicitor; General : Religious Equality All

Round— From a Catholic Point of View—The Resolution Carried— Women’s Suffrage— The Queen’s Reign C e l e b r a t io n s and the Colonies— “ Wreckers" in the American Senate— Probable Fate o f the Treaty—Arbitration With Venezuela— Mr. Chamberlain in Birmingham — To Celebrate the Queen’s Reign .................... 197 'L saders :

An Instalment of Our Claim . . 201 “ The New Review ” on the

African Slave Trade . . . . 201 R e f o rm a t o r y and Industrial

Schools: Departmental Com- | mittee R e p o r t ..................... 202

CONTENTS.

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The Origin of Man . . . . . . 203 Catholic Progress in Ceylon . . 205 N o t e s . . . . ~ — . . 206 R ev iew s !

St. William of Norwich . . . . 207 A Lover’s Breast-Knot . . . . 208 Armenosa o f Egypt . . . . 209 Scripture Manuals . . . . 209 The /Eneid of Virgil . . . . 210 Marm Lisa . . . . . . . . 210 School Method . . . . . . 210 Books of the W eek.. . . . . 210 The Manitoba School Question . . 211 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre-

spondent) . . . . — — 213 News From Ireland — — 215 News From France . . . . 216 Notes From Belgium . . . . 217 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :

Manitoba : A Reply . . ... 217 The Preface to the_ Edwardine

Ordinal, and Validity of Intention .................................... 218

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

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tinued : “ The State Children’s Aid Asso­

ciation”

. . . . . . 219

The New Education Bill .. .. 220 An Appeal for Charitable Works

in Rome .. ......................... 220 The Late Canon Charles Chol-

mondeley . . . . . . . . 220 Dog Latin . . . . . . . . 220 Translation of the Papal Bull . . 220 Evolution and Dogma . . . . 220 The Encyclical “ De Unitate” . . 221 The Priest and the Convict . . 221 Anglican Orders and the Future of

Anglicanism ......................... . . 221 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 224

SU PPLEM ENT. The New Education Bill . . . . 229 N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :

T h e Opponents o f Voluntary

Schools . . . . . . . . 232 The National Education Associa­

tion . . . . . . , . 232

N ew s from t h e S chools (Con­

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tinued): Lord Hugh Cecil and Rate-Aid.. 23s The Cost to the Ratepayers of the

Transfer o f a Voluntary School 233 The Question o f Poor Board

Schools . . . . . . . . 233 The School Board Question at

H eywood.................................... 233 The Irish Teachers’ Pension Fund 233 Liberals and the Irish University

Question . . . . . . . . 234 The National Education League

and the Dual System .. . . 234 Benedictine Educational Settle­

ment at Cambridge . . . . 234 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . ... 235

Southwark

. . . . . . 223

Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 223 Leeds ......................... . . 223 L i v e r p o o l .................................... 223 Portsmouth . . . . . . . . 223 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 223

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMITTEE. T

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT :

H E debate on Mr. Cham ber­

la in ’s formal motion for the appointment o f the Select Committee to inquire into the origin

and circum stances o f the Jameson raid into the Transvaal and into the administration o f the British South A frica Company, which opened on Thursday in last week, was brought to a conclusion on the following evening by Mr. M aclean ’s withdrawal o f his amendment declaring the appointment o f the Committee unnecessary in view o f the peaceful settlem ent o f aflairs in the territory o f the Chartered Company. T h e terms o f reference are very wide, and it is quite certain that the grievances o f the U itlanders w ill form an important position o f the Committee’s investigations. T h e Committee is to consist o f fifteen members. Mr. Chamberlain said that he had no objection to sixteen or even seventeen. T h e Irish members wanted two representatives instead of one, and Sir John Lubbock’s name was also proposed. A heated discussion m ight easily have ensued, but the situation was saved by the Speaker putting th e alternative o f seventeen or fifteen members to the H ouse. T h e H ouse declared in favour of fifteen, and the follow ing members were then appointed, o f whom nine are M in isterialists,five areLiberals, and o n e a n lr ish N a tio n a lis t : M r. W . L . Jackson (Chairm an), Mr. Chamberlain, Sir M ichael H ick s-B each, Sir W . H art-D yke, Sir R ich ard Webster, Q .C . , Mr. J. L . Wharton, Mr. Bigham , Q .C . , Mr. Cripps, Q .C . , Mr. G . Wyndham, Sir W . Harcourt, Sir H . Campbell-Bannerman, Mr. Sydney Buxton, Mr. J. E . Ellis, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. E . B lake.

T h e point in the debate which will most

— the outlook arrest public attention is the moderate, yet •so uthT frica a t th e same tim e serious. speech o f Mr.

Chamberlain. A fte r pointing out that his

policy at the Colonial O ffice had been to allay racial animosity and propagate peace and prosperity in South A frica, and that owing to the rumour o f his having been cognisant o f the preparations for the raid, he o f all men had a right to call for this Committee o f Inquiry, he made a statem ent to the H ouse as to the grave nature o f the position o f affairs in South A frica. T h e situation there, he says, causes him considerable anxiety. “ D isquieting

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reports reach me every day. I do not know how to distinguish in every case between baseless rumour and actual truth with solid foundation, but undoubtedly there has been, within the last few months, a recrudescence o f that unrestfulness which it must be the desire o f all o f us, if possible, to allay. T h e situation has not been improved by the recent legislation o f the Transvaal Government. I think that the provisions o f some o f that legislation are, undoubtedly, contrary to the Convention o f London, and if that legislation is enforced, no doubt a situation will be created which will require all our prudence, all our im partiality, all our patience. Then, again, there is the question of the reforms which have been asked for on behalf o f the U itlander population.” In spite, however, o f “ friendly representations ” from the Im perial Government and o f “ respectful requests from the U itlander population, who pay nineteen-twentieths o f the taxation, and who have no substantial representation whatsoever,” the response from President K ruger and the Transvaal Government had been, to say the least, inadequate. It was not perhaps President K ruger’s fault, but an extrem e section seemed to be desirous o f maintaining the state o f unrest. T h e first portion of the Committee’s work was a delicate one, for the raid was unquestionably connected with the discontent in Johannesburg. “ T h e discontent in Johannnesburg is founded upon the grievances o f the Uitlanders, and any inquiry into the origin o f the raid would, therefore, be incomplete— it would, in fact, be a sham— unless it went carefully into this question o f the grievan ce s ; unless it determ ined how far these grievances afforded a justification for the discontent and agitation in Johannesburg, which made the raid possible.”

— THE NEW EDUCATION BILL.

There was naturally a large attendance in the H ouse o f Commons on Monday in anticipation o f the Government statem ent on the new Education B ill. A fte r ques­

tion tim e Sir John Gorst rem inded the House that he was still a M inister for Education by moving for a B ill in connection w ith Berriew School, and was greeted with loud cheers from the Opposition. Immediately after, the H ouse went into Committee with a view o f authorizing the grant in aid o f Voluntary schools, which the Government propose to g ive in their promised Education B ill. Mr. Balfour occupied just over an hour in the exposition o f the new scheme. A fte r rem inding the Opposition that they had advised a brief and simple B ill, lim ited to relieving the strain on Voluntary schools, he pointed out that the Government was now making a fresh beginning in their