THE TABLET.
A W e e k ly N ew sp a p e r a n d R e v ie w .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ET IA M ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V ESTR IS C O N S T A N T E R MANEATIS.
F rom the B r i e f o f H i s H o lin ess P iu s I X . to T he T ablet, June 4, 1870.
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Imperial Parliament : W hy not a Religious Census ?— Irish Questions— Mr. Lloyd George and the Budget - Votes for Women - Tuesday in the Lords— The Women’s Franchise Bill Passed and Shelved — Wednesday’s Sitting— The Cost of Elections— The Great Trade Boom — Aeroplane Accident : Death o f Mr. Rolls— The Settlement o f Jews in Turkey— The Russo-Japanese Convention . . 77 T opics of t h e D a y :
Women’s Suffrage— A Set-Back 8t The Depopulation of France . . 82 The Branch Theory . . . . 83 The Dark Days of English
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Notes . . .................................... 85 R ev ie w s :
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The Renascence Tombs of Rome 86 The Drums o f War . . . . 87 Foreign Missions . . . . ..87 “ Our Father ” ......................... 88 Man in Many Lands . . . . 88 Pioneer Priests in North America 88 On and Off Duty in Annam . . 89 Argentina . . . . . . . . 89 The Parson in Socialism . . . . 89 The Life of an Enclosed Nun . . 89 Beatrice Cenci . . . . 89 Literary Notes . . . . ..90 Books of the Week . . . . ..91 Cure at Lourdes . . . . . . 91 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :
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News from Ireland.. . . . . 94 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or :
Cardinal Vaughan and Oscott . . 94 Catholic Seaman’s Home and
Institute . . . . . . . . 95 The Oath taken by Catholic
Bishops . . . . . . ..95 Women’s Suffrage . . . . - 9 5 The Crusade of Rescue . . . . 95 A Church for Troops at Tidworth 95 Sunday Masses in London . . 90 Vernacular Interpolations in the
Mass . . . . . . ..96 Catholic Congress, Leeds . . . . 96 The Ladies of Charity . . . . 96 E t Cintera . . . . . . 97 The Bournemouth Centenary . . 98 The Royal Declaration . . . . 99 O b it u a r y .........................................101
London from St. Edward’s Tower 104 M a r r ia g e . . . . . . . . 107 S o c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l .. ... 107
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S U P P L EM E N T . Educational N o t e s ......................... 109 Catholic Action . . . . ..no Doings of Local Authorities . . ito Our Colleges and Schools . . ... i n Secondary Schools Regulations . . i n Educational Questions in Parliament 112 The Code Changes of 1910 . . . . 113 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
Westminster.. . . . . . . 113 Southwark . . . . . . . . 114 Leeds.. . . . . . . . . 114 Liverpool . . . . . . . . 114 Shrew sbury.................................... 114 Newport^ . . -. . . . . 115 Parental Right in Education . . 115
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NOTANBA. --------- *--------An important and official note in the Osservatore Romano which clearly defines the attitude of the Holy See in relation to the questions now in issue with the Spanish Government (P- 93)
How the Catholics of Bournemouth celebrated the town’s centenary. Visit of the Archbishop of Westminster and the Lord Mayor of London (p. 98).
The Royal Declaration— more opinions in the Press and letters from distinguished correspondents (p. 99).
Obituary notices-— Canon Duckett and Canon David O ’Brien (pp. 101, 102).
Some Catholic memories attaching to Lincoln’s Inn Fields dating from the day of its Catholic creator, Inigo Jones (p. 97).
Mr. Edward Boothman, M.A., formerly Rector of Shelton, tells how his son was suddenly cured of deafness. A pilgrimage to Lourdes (p. 91).
Cardinal Vaughan and Oscott. A further letter from Mgr. Parkinson. Mgr. Dunn tells of the Cardinal’s “ bitter disappointment,” and how the Bibiana letter came as a knock-down blow (p. 94).
New Series. V o t . LXXXIV. No. 3,061.
C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .
IM P E R IA L P A R L IA M E N T
W H Y NOT A RELIG IO U S C EN SU S ? T H E Second Reading of the Census Bill was passed by the House of Lords without a division, but not before the refusal of the Government and their Nonconformist allies to allow religious belief to be included in the information asked for had been pungently criticised by Lord Newton. In moving the Second Reading Lord Beauchamp brought forward the stale old objections to the inclusion of religion; it was an improper subject for the State to be curious o n ; many would refuse to reply; a census should be directed to questions of fa c t; the inclusion would not tend to religious peace. Lord Newton quickly demolished this flimsy structure of argument. He said that we lived in an age of statistics, yet on one subject which was of considerable interest we were forbidden to obtain information unless we lived in Ireland. The relation of religion to the people was one of the most interesting facts of the day. He believed that in every country in Europe except France and in every British Colony a religious census was taken, and in no quarter was any opposition raised to it. In this country it was supposed that there were more religious denominations than in any other country, and that fact had led to difficulty. The Government contemplated attempting to disestablish the Church in Wales. Surely, therefore, it was obvious that an impartial religious census was much more required here than in any other country. I f there were not an official census they would have to depend on amateur censuses. He understood that in Wales the political Nonconformists were only too glad to number themselves. In fact he gathered that, if they had the opportunity, they were prepared to count themselves several times over. On the other hand, those people have an insuperable objection to their political opponents being counted by an official authority. As for the allegation that a request to know the religions of the people would be innuisitorial it came with singularly bad grace from a Government who had appointed hordes of officials to pry into private affairs. The whole census was inquisitorial. A well-known member of this House was once so appalled at having to ask the age of a lady occupying an important position in his household that he took the train and never stopped till he reached
