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A W eekly N ew sp a p e r a n d R ev iew , DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ABEIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS. F ro m the B r i e f o f H i s H o lin e s s P iu s I X . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, i 8 j o , V o l . 1 15. No. 3,646. L ondon, M a r c h 26, 1910. P r ice sd ., b y P ost sJ^d R e g i s t e r e d a t th e G en er a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper, C hronicle of the W eek : Page Imperial Parliament: Lord Lansdowne and Reform—Pensions in Ireland— Working of the Labour "Exchanges— Reform Resolutions Passed— Monday in the Commons — Ministers: The Budget and the Veto— Mr. Redmond's Reply — Ministers and the Veto : Text o f the Resolutions— What the Reso­ lutions Mean— An International GolfMatch— British-Grown Sugar — Mr. Redmond and the Budget —Canada and the United States : No Tariff War L ikely . . . . 477 T opics of th e Da y : Parliament and “ God’s L aw ” .. 481 The Joy o f Achievement . . . . 482 The Expiation on the Cross . . 483 Crackers and the Club-Girls . . 485 CONTENTS. N otes ..................................................... 485 R eview s : Page Louis Veuillot . . . . . . 486 The^ Church o f England in the Eighteenth Century . . . . 488 The Assyro-Babylonian Religion 488 The Divine_ Ministréis . . . . 489 In the Torrid Sudan . . . . 489 Monasticism on Mount Athos . . 490 Pulpit Commentary on Catholic T e a ch in g ......................... . . 490 Literary Notes ......................... 490 Books o f the Week .. . . . . 491 The Montreal Eucharistic Congress 491 Correspondence : Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­ spondent) . . . . . . . . 423 News from Ireland.. . . 494 News from France.. ... . . 495 L e t ter s to t h e E ditor : Westminster Cathedral Christmas at Bethlehem . St. Clement’s Epistle to the Corin thians Man’s Survival after Death “ Mgr.” or “ D r." ? Freemasonry and the Church Spiritual Reading .. Hymn Tunes The Unveiling of Images.. Church Music Page 49=5 496 496 490 496 497 497 497 497 497 Jubilee of the Dockhead Mission 497 Et Castera . . . . . . 498 A College o f Housecraft . . . . 500 Chartreuse Liqueur .. . . . . 501 The Island of taints . . . . . . 503 The “ A ffaire” l ’u*-z.. . . . . 504 Catholics in the United States .. 505 O b itu ary . . . . . . . . 50Ó Social and P o l it ic a l . . . . 506 Will ...................................... 506 Page SU PPLEM EN T . Educational Notes _ .. . . 509 Doings o f Local Authorities . . 510 Our Colleges and Schools . . 511 Training Colleges and Secondary Schools . . . . . 5 1 1 Educational Q-iestions in Parliament 512 The Home and Juvenile Delin­ quency .. . . . . . . 513 Catholic Education in Pittsburg . . 514 N ews from t h e D io ceses : Westminster.. .. . . -.514 Southwark . . . . . . . 515 Northampton . . . . . . 490 Newport . . .. . . . . 499 Rejected M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage. NOTANDA. ------------ ♦ ----------- Opinions of the Press on the Parliamentary debate on the Training College Regulations (p. 511). Some observations thereon (p. 509). How another step has been taken in the process for the Canonisation of the Venerable Oliver Plunket, Archbishop o f Armagh (p. 493). The decision of the House of Lords in regard to the Chartreuse Liqueur. A complete vindication of the rights of the monks (p. 501). How the Civil Court of Nancy dismissed the case brought by the Teachers’ Friendly Societies against the Bishop of Nancy for his part in the Joint Pastoral against abuses of school neutrality (p. 495). The award of Greek Testament Scholarships at St. Edmund’s College. Lord Braye’s address on the occasion (P. S11) Mr. George Russell’s anecdotes. A story which has misled Mr. Arthur Waugh (p. 498). The London Education Committee’s latest recommendation on the question of furniture for new voluntary schools (p. 510). The death of Abbot Leo Linse. Some account of his life and career (p. 506). CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK. THE closing sitting of the debate IM PER IA L PARLIAM EN T : LORD LANSDOWNE AND REFORM. inthe House ofLordsonLord Rosebery’s motion to go into Committee on his resolutions on reform New Series. V ol. LXXXIII, No. 3,045. was almost entirely taken up with a long and striking speech from Lord Lansdowne. After Lord Courtney had suggested a plan by which at the beginning of each Parliament the House of Commons should nominate by proportional representation 50 persons to whom 50 more should be added by the next Parliament to sit for the lives of two Parliaments, Lord Lansdowne rose. He agreed as to the necessity of a strong and efficient Second Chamber, but he thought it was too much that they should be asked to modify their House by statute by a Government which had just received such a slap in the face from the country, though that fact was a fresh illustration of the need of strength and efficiency in the Second Chamber. As the Government had spoken in the King’s speech of reconstitution as well as of the abolition of the veto, he had been content to wait for their proposals, but as the Government were now going in for a single-Chamber policy, the House was not, he thought, at liberty to consider the question of its constitution and formulate its views. His hope was that they would, in performing that work, maintain the fullest continuity with the past. If they sacrificed the hereditary principle after the result of the appeal to the country, they would stultify themselves. He distrusted many of the proposals for collecting in that Chamber a number of interesting and conspicuous personalities, taken either from the public bodies, the arts and sciences, or the various religious denominations. Eminence of that kind did not necessarily imply aptitude for the everyday work of Parliament. There was all the difference in the world between the expert and the legislator. As for the suggestion of Colonial representatives, he doubted whether the Colonies would care to part with their best men. But whoever were appointed the tenure of their position must be sufficiently secure to render them thoroughly independent. What he wanted to see was, first, that a considerable portion of the Reformed House should be elected by the hereditary Peers themselves ; then, others on their qualifications from official experience in public affairs; and, thirdly, by additions from outside. The present disastrous disparity was due to the creations of successive Ministries. But the method of indirect election by nomination, by county councils, &c., would tend to introduce politics into municipal and local affairs. Still he thought it possible to strengthen the hereditary element by larger nominations through the Sovereign and by the

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A W eekly N ew sp a p e r a n d R ev iew ,

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ABEIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

F ro m the B r i e f o f H i s H o lin e s s P iu s I X . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, i 8 j o ,

V o l . 1 15. No. 3,646. L ondon, M a r c h 26, 1910.

P r ice sd ., b y P ost sJ^d

R e g i s t e r e d a t th e G en er a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper,

C hronicle of the W eek : Page

Imperial Parliament: Lord Lansdowne and Reform—Pensions in Ireland— Working of the Labour "Exchanges— Reform Resolutions Passed— Monday in the Commons — Ministers: The Budget and the Veto— Mr. Redmond's Reply — Ministers and the Veto : Text o f the Resolutions— What the Reso­

lutions Mean— An International GolfMatch— British-Grown Sugar — Mr. Redmond and the Budget —Canada and the United States : No Tariff War L ikely . . . . 477 T opics of th e Da y :

Parliament and “ God’s L aw ” .. 481 The Joy o f Achievement . . . . 482 The Expiation on the Cross . . 483 Crackers and the Club-Girls . . 485

CONTENTS.

N otes ..................................................... 485 R eview s :

Page

Louis Veuillot . . . . . . 486 The^ Church o f England in the

Eighteenth Century . . . . 488 The Assyro-Babylonian Religion 488 The Divine_ Ministréis . . . . 489 In the Torrid Sudan . . . . 489 Monasticism on Mount Athos . . 490 Pulpit Commentary on Catholic

T e a ch in g ......................... . . 490 Literary Notes ......................... 490 Books o f the Week .. . . . . 491 The Montreal Eucharistic Congress 491 Correspondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 423 News from Ireland.. . . 494 News from France.. ... . . 495

L e t ter s to t h e E ditor : Westminster Cathedral

Christmas at Bethlehem . St. Clement’s Epistle to the Corin thians Man’s Survival after Death “ Mgr.” or “ D r." ? Freemasonry and the Church Spiritual Reading .. Hymn Tunes The Unveiling of Images.. Church Music

Page

49=5 496 496 490 496 497 497 497 497 497

Jubilee of the Dockhead Mission 497 Et Castera . . . . . . 498 A College o f Housecraft . . . . 500 Chartreuse Liqueur .. . . . . 501 The Island of taints . . . . . . 503 The “ A ffaire” l ’u*-z.. . . . . 504 Catholics in the United States .. 505

O b itu ary . . . . . . . . 50Ó Social and P o l it ic a l . . . . 506 Will ...................................... 506

Page

SU PPLEM EN T . Educational Notes _ .. . . 509 Doings o f Local Authorities . . 510 Our Colleges and Schools . . 511 Training Colleges and Secondary

Schools . . . . . 5 1 1 Educational Q-iestions in Parliament 512 The Home and Juvenile Delin­

quency .. . . . . . . 513 Catholic Education in Pittsburg . . 514 N ews from t h e D io ceses : Westminster.. .. . . -.514

Southwark . . . . . . . 515 Northampton . . . . . . 490 Newport . . .. . . . . 499

Rejected M S . cannot be returned unless accompanied w ith address and postage.

NOTANDA. ------------ ♦ -----------

Opinions of the Press on the Parliamentary debate on the Training College Regulations (p. 511). Some observations thereon (p. 509).

How another step has been taken in the process for the Canonisation of the Venerable Oliver Plunket, Archbishop o f Armagh (p. 493).

The decision of the House of Lords in regard to the Chartreuse Liqueur. A complete vindication of the rights of the monks (p. 501).

How the Civil Court of Nancy dismissed the case brought by the Teachers’ Friendly Societies against the Bishop of Nancy for his part in the Joint Pastoral against abuses of school neutrality (p. 495).

The award of Greek Testament Scholarships at St. Edmund’s College. Lord Braye’s address on the occasion (P. S11)

Mr. George Russell’s anecdotes. A story which has misled Mr. Arthur Waugh (p. 498).

The London Education Committee’s latest recommendation on the question of furniture for new voluntary schools (p. 510).

The death of Abbot Leo Linse. Some account of his life and career (p. 506).

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE closing sitting of the debate

IM PER IA L PARLIAM EN T :

LORD LANSDOWNE

AND REFORM.

inthe House ofLordsonLord Rosebery’s motion to go into Committee on his resolutions on reform New Series. V ol. LXXXIII, No. 3,045.

was almost entirely taken up with a long and striking speech from Lord Lansdowne. After Lord Courtney had suggested a plan by which at the beginning of each Parliament the House of Commons should nominate by proportional representation 50 persons to whom 50 more should be added by the next Parliament to sit for the lives of two Parliaments, Lord Lansdowne rose. He agreed as to the necessity of a strong and efficient Second Chamber, but he thought it was too much that they should be asked to modify their House by statute by a Government which had just received such a slap in the face from the country, though that fact was a fresh illustration of the need of strength and efficiency in the Second Chamber. As the Government had spoken in the King’s speech of reconstitution as well as of the abolition of the veto, he had been content to wait for their proposals, but as the Government were now going in for a single-Chamber policy, the House was not, he thought, at liberty to consider the question of its constitution and formulate its views. His hope was that they would, in performing that work, maintain the fullest continuity with the past. If they sacrificed the hereditary principle after the result of the appeal to the country, they would stultify themselves. He distrusted many of the proposals for collecting in that Chamber a number of interesting and conspicuous personalities, taken either from the public bodies, the arts and sciences, or the various religious denominations. Eminence of that kind did not necessarily imply aptitude for the everyday work of Parliament. There was all the difference in the world between the expert and the legislator. As for the suggestion of Colonial representatives, he doubted whether the Colonies would care to part with their best men. But whoever were appointed the tenure of their position must be sufficiently secure to render them thoroughly independent. What he wanted to see was, first, that a considerable portion of the Reformed House should be elected by the hereditary Peers themselves ; then, others on their qualifications from official experience in public affairs; and, thirdly, by additions from outside. The present disastrous disparity was due to the creations of successive Ministries. But the method of indirect election by nomination, by county councils, &c., would tend to introduce politics into municipal and local affairs. Still he thought it possible to strengthen the hereditary element by larger nominations through the Sovereign and by the

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