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THE TAB ,/i Weekly N ew spaper and R eview . DUM VOBIS G R A TU LAM U R , ANIM OS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS VESXRIS CONSTANTER M ANEATIS. F ro m the B r i e f o f H i s H o l in e s s P iu s I X . to T he T a b le t , June 4, 1870. V ol. 113. No. 3,602. L ondon, May 22, 1909. price 5a , by post 5«d. R e g is tered a t th e G en e r a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper. C hronicle of th e W e e k : Page Imperial Parliament: Old-Age Pensions in Ireland—The Removal o f Catholic Disabilities— The Lords and National Defence— The Income Super-Tax — Lord Roberts andOurArmy— Inspection of Convents Refused— The Stamp Duties — Labour Exchanges and Insurances Against Unemployment — The Cityr of London and the Rudget-The French Postal Strike : Debate in the Chamber — A 'General Strike ? ............................797 T opics op t h e D a y : Mr. Redmond's Bill . . 801 The New Gallery . . . . .. 802 C 0 N T T opics (Continued) ; The Miracle of St. Januarius . . 803 University Notes . . . . . . 805 New Provost of Westminster Page Cathedral Chapter . . 806 N otes . . R eview s : The Priests’ Library The Bridgettine Library .. . . 8o3 A Text-Book of the F a ith .. . . 8ro Literary Notes . . Books of the Week . . The Pilgrimage to Santiago de . . 807 Compostela . . . . . . . . 811 London Guardians and the Poor Law R eport................................ 811 O b itu ar y ........................................... 8 n î N T S. C orrespondence : Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­ spondent) ....................................... 813 News from Ireland.. . . . . 814 L e t ters to t h e E ditor : Page Father Dalgairns’ “ Holy Com­ munion ” . . . . . . . . 814 Appreciation of Cardinal Newman by Cardinals Cullen and Moran 814 Privileged Sundays.. . . . .8 1 5 Sacred Heart Chapel in West­ minster Cathedral . . . . 815 Women’s Su f fr age.................... 815 St. Chari s Boiromeo .. . .8 1 5 The New Church of St. Anselm and St. Cecilia . . . . . . 815 Wanted—An Organ .. . . 816 A Catholic Graduates’ Dinner . . 816 International Eucharistic Congress, Cologne . . . . . . . . 816 E t Cætera . . . . . . . . 816 The Catholic Disabilities Bid . . 817 Social an d P ol it ic a l . . . . 826 SU PPLEM ENT. St. Anselm : Papal Encyclical (Con­ cluded) . . . . . . . . 829 N ew s from th e D ioceses : Westminster....................................... 832 S o u th w a r k ....................................... 833 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 834 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 834 P l y m o u t h .......................................834 Menevia . . .. . . . . 835 Litany of St. Joseph . . . . . . 835 Rejected MS, cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage. NOT AN DA. — ------ »----------- The Second Reading of the Catholic Disabilities Bill. How the case stands to-day (p. 8c i). The debate (p. 817). What the Press says (p. 824). The death of Mr. George Meredith. Some Catholic reminiscences. His sonnet to Cardinal Manning (p. 8r6). An hereditary giver (p. 8r7). England and Compostela. The pilgrimages of the past <p. 811). The new Provost of Westminster— a record of service •(p. S06). The miracle of St. Januarius— a study of seme of its problems, by Father Thurston (p. 803). The death of Father Kenelm Vaughan : an account of his work (p. 81 r). CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT OLD-AGE PENStONS IN IRELAND. I N Committee of Supply on a vote of over four millions to complete the sum necessary for carrying out the Old-Age Pensions Act, Mr. Kettle called attention to the charges of fraud under the Act which had been made against people in Ireland. The Budget showed vindictiveness on the part of the Treasury against Ireland because the estimate of the cost o f old-age pensions had fallen so far below what was required. New Series. Vol. LXXXI, No. 3,001. But they were not dealing with the remnant of population of four millions, but of the population of 1841 of eight millions. Besides charges of fraud there had been a systematic attempt to defraud many poor people in Ireland of the benefit of the Act. The circumstances in Ireland were peculiar. There was no compulsory registration of births until 1864, so that in individual cases the claimant could not give documentary proof of the character that it was possible to obtain in England. Under the first instructions of the Treasury certificates of the clergy, based in most cases on the evidence of parochial books, were to be accepted as proof. But the Treasury became alarmed at the growing numbers of pensions, and afterwards instructed the pension officers that unless the applicant’s name could be found in the census returns an appeal must be made to the Local Government Board in every case in which the local committee granted the pension. He demanded publicity and a return of the decisions of the Local Government Board in cases of appeal. After several others members had spoken, Mr. Hobhouse, replying on the behalf of the Government, denied any vindictiveness or attempt to defraud on the part of the Treasury. A miscalculation had been made in regard to Great Britain as well as Ireland, but what made an inquiry necessary in the latter country was the fact that while the applicants for pensions in Ireland up to December 31, 1908, numbered 231,000, the septuagenarians of the census of 1901 numbered 185,000, and the estimated number of septuagenarians at the end of 1908 was 200,000— a very striking divergence of figures. The Irish people had a legal right to get the last penny out of the Act, but they were not entitled any more than the people of England to get anything illegal out of it. The total number of pensions which had been taken away from successful claimants since January 1 last in Great Britain and Ireland was 2,500. Of these 1,300 were in Great Britain and 1,200 in Ireland, so that the Irish people were exculpated from the charge suggested against them. Mr. Birrell followed and gave some information as to the way in which the Local Government Board had dealt with appeals. Up to last week the Board had decided 12,776 appeals. In 10,891 cases the claim was rejected, and in 1,885 ^ was allowed. Of the rejected claims 4,418 were rejected on the ground of age, 1,800 on the ground of Poor Law relief, 536 for indoor relief, and 1,264 for outdoor relief, and 4,320 on the ground of means, which in the case of peasant proprietors in Ireland were hard to estimate.

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THE TAB

,/i Weekly N ew spaper and

R eview .

DUM VOBIS G R A TU LAM U R , ANIM OS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS VESXRIS CONSTANTER M ANEATIS.

F ro m the B r i e f o f H i s H o l in e s s P iu s I X . to T he T a b le t , June 4, 1870.

V ol. 113. No. 3,602. L ondon, May 22, 1909.

price 5a , by post 5«d.

R e g is tered a t th e G en e r a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

C hronicle of th e W e e k :

Page

Imperial Parliament: Old-Age Pensions in Ireland—The Removal o f Catholic Disabilities— The Lords and National Defence— The Income Super-Tax — Lord Roberts andOurArmy— Inspection of Convents Refused— The Stamp Duties — Labour Exchanges and Insurances Against Unemployment — The Cityr of London and the Rudget-The French Postal Strike : Debate in the Chamber — A 'General Strike ? ............................797 T opics op t h e D a y :

Mr. Redmond's Bill . . 801 The New Gallery . . . . .. 802

C 0 N T

T opics (Continued) ;

The Miracle of St. Januarius . . 803 University Notes . . . . . . 805 New Provost of Westminster

Page

Cathedral Chapter . . 806 N otes . . R eview s :

The Priests’ Library

The Bridgettine Library .. . . 8o3 A Text-Book of the F a ith .. . . 8ro Literary Notes . . Books of the Week . . The Pilgrimage to Santiago de

. . 807

Compostela . . . . . . . . 811 London Guardians and the Poor

Law R eport................................ 811 O b itu ar y ........................................... 8 n

î N T S.

C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ....................................... 813 News from Ireland.. . . . . 814 L e t ters to t h e E ditor :

Page

Father Dalgairns’ “ Holy Com­

munion ” . . . . . . . . 814 Appreciation of Cardinal Newman by Cardinals Cullen and Moran 814 Privileged Sundays.. . . . .8 1 5 Sacred Heart Chapel in West­

minster Cathedral . . . . 815 Women’s Su f fr age.................... 815 St. Chari s Boiromeo .. . .8 1 5 The New Church of St. Anselm and St. Cecilia . . . . . . 815 Wanted—An Organ .. . . 816 A Catholic Graduates’ Dinner . . 816

International Eucharistic Congress,

Cologne . . . . . . . . 816 E t Cætera . . . . . . . . 816 The Catholic Disabilities Bid . . 817 Social an d P ol it ic a l . . . . 826

SU PPLEM ENT. St. Anselm : Papal Encyclical (Con­

cluded) . . . . . . . . 829 N ew s from th e D ioceses :

Westminster....................................... 832 S o u th w a r k ....................................... 833 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 834 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 834 P l y m o u t h .......................................834 Menevia . . .. . . . . 835 Litany of St. Joseph . . . . . . 835

Rejected MS, cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.

NOT AN DA. — ------ »-----------

The Second Reading of the Catholic Disabilities Bill. How the case stands to-day (p. 8c i). The debate (p. 817). What the Press says (p. 824).

The death of Mr. George Meredith. Some Catholic reminiscences. His sonnet to Cardinal Manning (p. 8r6).

An hereditary giver (p. 8r7). England and Compostela. The pilgrimages of the past

The new Provost of Westminster— a record of service •(p. S06).

The miracle of St. Januarius— a study of seme of its problems, by Father Thurston (p. 803).

The death of Father Kenelm Vaughan : an account of his work (p. 81 r).

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

OLD-AGE PENStONS

IN IRELAND. I N Committee of Supply on a vote of over four millions to complete the sum necessary for carrying out the Old-Age Pensions

Act, Mr. Kettle called attention to the charges of fraud under the Act which had been made against people in Ireland. The Budget showed vindictiveness on the part of the Treasury against Ireland because the estimate of the cost o f old-age pensions had fallen so far below what was required.

New Series. Vol. LXXXI, No. 3,001.

But they were not dealing with the remnant of population of four millions, but of the population of 1841 of eight millions. Besides charges of fraud there had been a systematic attempt to defraud many poor people in Ireland of the benefit of the Act. The circumstances in Ireland were peculiar. There was no compulsory registration of births until 1864, so that in individual cases the claimant could not give documentary proof of the character that it was possible to obtain in England. Under the first instructions of the Treasury certificates of the clergy, based in most cases on the evidence of parochial books, were to be accepted as proof. But the Treasury became alarmed at the growing numbers of pensions, and afterwards instructed the pension officers that unless the applicant’s name could be found in the census returns an appeal must be made to the Local Government Board in every case in which the local committee granted the pension. He demanded publicity and a return of the decisions of the Local Government Board in cases of appeal. After several others members had spoken, Mr. Hobhouse, replying on the behalf of the Government, denied any vindictiveness or attempt to defraud on the part of the Treasury. A miscalculation had been made in regard to Great Britain as well as Ireland, but what made an inquiry necessary in the latter country was the fact that while the applicants for pensions in Ireland up to December 31, 1908, numbered 231,000, the septuagenarians of the census of 1901 numbered 185,000, and the estimated number of septuagenarians at the end of 1908 was 200,000— a very striking divergence of figures. The Irish people had a legal right to get the last penny out of the Act, but they were not entitled any more than the people of England to get anything illegal out of it. The total number of pensions which had been taken away from successful claimants since January 1 last in Great Britain and Ireland was 2,500. Of these 1,300 were in Great Britain and 1,200 in Ireland, so that the Irish people were exculpated from the charge suggested against them. Mr. Birrell followed and gave some information as to the way in which the Local Government Board had dealt with appeals. Up to last week the Board had decided 12,776 appeals. In 10,891 cases the claim was rejected, and in 1,885 ^ was allowed. Of the rejected claims 4,418 were rejected on the ground of age, 1,800 on the ground of Poor Law relief, 536 for indoor relief, and 1,264 for outdoor relief, and 4,320 on the ground of means, which in the case of peasant proprietors in Ireland were hard to estimate.

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