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THE TABLET A W e ek ly N ew sp a p e r a n d R e v iew . DUM VOBIS GRATULAM UR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CON STAN TER MANEATIS. From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870. Vol. 59. No. 2183. L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y i i , 1882. P r ic e sd , b y P o s t , [R eg iste r ed a t t h e G en er a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.] Page C h r o n i c l e _ o f t h e W e e k :— The Opening of Parliament— The House of Commons and Mr. Bradlaugh— The Clôture as Proposed—Other Remedies for Obstruction— Standing Committees — Debate in the Commons on the Address—The Imprisoned Irish Members—The Prussian Landtag and the May Laws—The Spanish Pilgrimage— Its True Character— The Union Générale— The French Chamber and the New Ministry— The French Senate and its new President— M. Jules Ferry and His Staff—New Egyptian Ministry— Our Policy in Egypt—The Russian Advance towards Merv— Baron de Worms's Motion on the Jews — The Representation of Westminster — The Vacancy at 'Taunton— Lord Zetland’s Apologia— Count Kalnoky on the Insurrection, &c., &c..........................197 C 0 N T Page P e t e r P e n c e .....................................201 L e a d e r s : The True Issue in the Bradlaugh Case . . .. . . . . 201 Grants for Public Education, Ire­ land ’ .. . . . . . . 202 Recalcitrant Jurors . . . . 203 The Morality of Horse Racing.— I I ........................................ .. 204 Opium and the Duty of Catholics II. The Effects of the Drug . . 204 N o t e s . . . . ............................ 206 R eview s : John Inglesant . . . . . . 208 The Mind o f Mencius . . # . . 209 Le Museon, Revue Internationale 209 Mary’s Conferences . . .. 209 Private Asylums . . . . .. 209 The Food We Eat . . . . . . 210 E N T S . L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :— Page Shelter for a Congregation . . 211 The Wish to Believe .. . . 211 The Crèche and Night Home in Lower Seymour-street and Bulstrode-street . . .. _.. 211 Want of Catholic Reformatories in Lancashire . . . . . . 211 C orrespondence Rome : — (From Our Own Corre­ spondent) . . ...................... 213 Paris :— (From Our Own Corre­ spondent) . . . . . . . . 215 Dublin (From Our Own Corres­ pondent) . . . . . . . . 216 I m per ia l P a r l ia m en t . . . . 217 C vtholic N o t e s ...................... 219 Foreign Mission Intelligence . . 220 F in a n c ia l N o t e s ...................... 221 Page SU PPLEM ENT. Decrees of Roman Congregations . . 229 N ews from th e Schools, The New Code Ready— Historical Readers— Mr. Mundella’s Painful Decision at Stratford-on-Avon— Educational Statistics o f the Diocese o f Middlesbrough — Teaching French — Lectures for Teachers on the Sience of Education— Books on Pedagogy 229 E ngland:— Westminster ......................... 233 Southwark . . . . . . 234 Clifton . . . . . . . . 234 Hexham and Newcastle . . 234 Leeds . . . . . . . . 234 Northampton . . . . . . 234 Nottingham.. . . . . . . 234 Plymouth . . . . . . 234 Salford . . . . . . . . 235 CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK. THE -OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. T H E third session o f the present Par­ liam ent opened on Tuesday by R oyal Commission. T h e Royal Speech, which will be found in another part o f our columns, was a lengthy document, and L o rd Salisbury complimented Lords F ingall and Wenlo c k— the mover and seconder o f the Address in the Upper H ouse— on their discernm ent and judgm ent in saying as little about it as possible. T h e passage which relates to Egyptian affairs is studiously obscure— while the fact that the great question o f the procedure o f Parliam ent could not, for obvious reasons, be alluded to rendered that portion o f it which dealt with domestic legislation tame and uninteresting. T h e debate on the Address in the H ouse o f Lords was concluded that same evening. T h e principal speeches were made by Lords Salisbury, G ranville and W a te r fo rd ; the latter making an effective attack on the Governm ent from the point o f view which he adopted. When the House o f Commons met, a the house rernonstrance which had been extensively - a ™ 8 signed,— among'others by CardinalM anningand bradlaugh. three other members o f the Hierarchy, and by upwards o f a hundred peers and a hundred and twenty members o f Parliam ent,— was circulated among members. It expressed the conviction “ that the preponderant good sense and sound feeling o f the nation is adverse to any alteration in law or usage tending to dispense with the recognition by Parliam ent o f the supreme authority o f G od .” I t was soon clear that Sir Stafford Northcote, when he rose soon after four o ’c lo ck to move that, having regard to several former Resolutions o f the House, Mr. Bradlaugh be not permitted to go through the form o f repeating the words prescribed by statute, tvas the interpreter of the feelings o f the majority o f members present. T h e Conservative leader briefly recounted the history o f the Bradlaugh case up to the carrying o f the Resolution last session, which forbade Mr. Bradlaugh to take the oath. “ W e are,” he continued, “ the same H ouse as we were then. T h e hon. gentlem an is, as I understand, in precisely the same position as he was then ; and I presume the decision o f the House will be the same as it was last year.” It devolved upon Sir W . Harcourt, in the accidental absence o f Mr. G ladstone, to move the previous question ; and the advice he gave the H ouse was to N ew S eries, V ol. XXVII. No. 691. allow Mr. Bradlaugh to take the customary oath, and to leave the Courts o f Law to decide whether by taking it he had, or had not, fulfilled the conditions prescribed b y Statute, A fte r this Mr. Bradlaugh tvas heard from the B a r o f the House, and made a speech which, to do him justice, was studiously moderate, and calculated to give no offence. H e offered to stand aside for three or four weeks, without going to the table o f the House, i f an Affirmation B ill were brought in and discussed by the House, and expressed his intention, i f such a B ill passed, o f not availing h im self o f it until he had submitted to re-election. But these offers, o f course, could not affect the decision o f the H ouse on the question immediately before it ; nor was Mr. G ladstone more successful in his attempt to persuade the House that it was an “ incompetent tribunal,” and that by assenting to the previous question it would merely assert that the matter should be rem itted to tribunals which were thoroughly com petent. A fte r the course which the majority o f the Catholic members were about to take had been indicated by M r. O ’D onnell in a few well-chosen words, the H ouse agreed to Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion by 286 votes to 228 ; and a subsequent Resolution, directing Mr.Bradlaugh to withdraw', having been carried w ithout a division, the Member for Northampton retired below the Bar, and the episode term inated, to the relief o f all concerned. T h e Prim e M inister laid on the table o f the clôture as House his new' rules o f procedure on Tuesday, proposed, first night o f the Session. T h e first is th e C lô ture rule, and the form which Mr. G lad ­ stone gives it is this. T h e Speaker or Chairman o f C om mittees may inform the H ouse that it appears to him to be the evident sense o f the House that the question shall now be put. On a motion made to that effect, it shall forthwith be put, and a division affirming it will be acted upon i f more than 200 members vote for it, or less than 40 against it. T h is proposal seems to us to be open to all the objections we have already stated ; a debate may thus be stifled by 201 members against 200, or by 40 against 39, a bare majority o f one. Surely the Speaker’s rule o f last Session, which required a majority o f three-fourths, would have answ'ered every purpose, and would not have been charged with the same dangers to freedom o f discussion. T h e other proposed rules contain much the remedies FOR same Precaut.10ns against unnecessary divisions obstruction. and obstructive motions for adjournment as were in force last Session when U rgency h ad been declared, all those who have spoken to any motion for

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THE TABLET

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

DUM VOBIS GRATULAM UR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CON STAN TER MANEATIS.

From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

Vol. 59. No. 2183. L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y i i , 1882.

P r ic e sd , b y P o s t ,

[R eg iste r ed a t t h e G en er a l P ost O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.]

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C h r o n i c l e _ o f t h e W e e k :—

The Opening of Parliament— The House of Commons and Mr. Bradlaugh— The Clôture as Proposed—Other Remedies for Obstruction— Standing Committees — Debate in the Commons on the Address—The Imprisoned Irish Members—The Prussian Landtag and the May Laws—The Spanish Pilgrimage— Its True Character— The Union Générale— The French Chamber and the New Ministry— The French Senate and its new President— M. Jules Ferry and His Staff—New Egyptian Ministry— Our Policy in Egypt—The Russian Advance towards Merv— Baron de Worms's Motion on the Jews — The Representation of Westminster — The Vacancy at 'Taunton— Lord Zetland’s Apologia— Count Kalnoky on the Insurrection, &c., &c..........................197

C 0 N T

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P e t e r P e n c e .....................................201 L e a d e r s :

The True Issue in the Bradlaugh

Case . . .. . . . . 201 Grants for Public Education, Ire­

land ’ .. . . . . . . 202 Recalcitrant Jurors . . . . 203 The Morality of Horse Racing.—

I I ........................................ .. 204 Opium and the Duty of Catholics

II. The Effects of the Drug . . 204 N o t e s . . . . ............................ 206 R eview s :

John Inglesant . . . . . . 208 The Mind o f Mencius . . # . . 209 Le Museon, Revue Internationale 209 Mary’s Conferences . . .. 209 Private Asylums . . . . .. 209 The Food We Eat . . . . . . 210

E N T S .

L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :—

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Shelter for a Congregation . . 211 The Wish to Believe .. . . 211 The Crèche and Night Home in

Lower Seymour-street and Bulstrode-street . . .. _.. 211 Want of Catholic Reformatories in Lancashire . . . . . . 211 C orrespondence Rome : — (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . ...................... 213 Paris :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 215 Dublin (From Our Own Corres­

pondent) . . . . . . . . 216 I m per ia l P a r l ia m en t . . . . 217 C vtholic N o t e s ...................... 219 Foreign Mission Intelligence . . 220 F in a n c ia l N o t e s ...................... 221

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SU PPLEM ENT. Decrees of Roman Congregations . . 229 N ews from th e Schools,

The New Code Ready— Historical Readers— Mr. Mundella’s Painful Decision at Stratford-on-Avon— Educational Statistics o f the Diocese o f Middlesbrough — Teaching French — Lectures for Teachers on the Sience of Education— Books on Pedagogy 229 E ngland:—

Westminster ......................... 233 Southwark . . . . . . 234 Clifton . . . . . . . . 234 Hexham and Newcastle . . 234 Leeds . . . . . . . . 234 Northampton . . . . . . 234 Nottingham.. . . . . . . 234 Plymouth . . . . . . 234 Salford . . . . . . . . 235

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE -OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. T

H E third session o f the present Par­

liam ent opened on Tuesday by R oyal Commission. T h e Royal Speech, which will be found in another part o f our columns, was a lengthy document, and L o rd Salisbury complimented Lords F ingall and Wenlo c k— the mover and seconder o f the Address in the Upper H ouse— on their discernm ent and judgm ent in saying as little about it as possible. T h e passage which relates to Egyptian affairs is studiously obscure— while the fact that the great question o f the procedure o f Parliam ent could not, for obvious reasons, be alluded to rendered that portion o f it which dealt with domestic legislation tame and uninteresting. T h e debate on the Address in the H ouse o f Lords was concluded that same evening. T h e principal speeches were made by Lords Salisbury, G ranville and W a te r fo rd ; the latter making an effective attack on the Governm ent from the point o f view which he adopted.

When the House o f Commons met, a the house rernonstrance which had been extensively - a ™ 8 signed,— among'others by CardinalM anningand bradlaugh. three other members o f the Hierarchy, and by upwards o f a hundred peers and a hundred and twenty members o f Parliam ent,— was circulated among members. It expressed the conviction “ that the preponderant good sense and sound feeling o f the nation is adverse to any alteration in law or usage tending to dispense with the recognition by Parliam ent o f the supreme authority o f G od .” I t was soon clear that Sir Stafford Northcote, when he rose soon after four o ’c lo ck to move that, having regard to several former Resolutions o f the House, Mr. Bradlaugh be not permitted to go through the form o f repeating the words prescribed by statute, tvas the interpreter of the feelings o f the majority o f members present. T h e Conservative leader briefly recounted the history o f the Bradlaugh case up to the carrying o f the Resolution last session, which forbade Mr. Bradlaugh to take the oath. “ W e are,” he continued, “ the same H ouse as we were then. T h e hon. gentlem an is, as I understand, in precisely the same position as he was then ; and I presume the decision o f the House will be the same as it was last year.” It devolved upon Sir W . Harcourt, in the accidental absence o f Mr. G ladstone, to move the previous question ; and the advice he gave the H ouse was to

N ew S eries, V ol. XXVII. No. 691.

allow Mr. Bradlaugh to take the customary oath, and to leave the Courts o f Law to decide whether by taking it he had, or had not, fulfilled the conditions prescribed b y Statute, A fte r this Mr. Bradlaugh tvas heard from the B a r o f the House, and made a speech which, to do him justice, was studiously moderate, and calculated to give no offence. H e offered to stand aside for three or four weeks, without going to the table o f the House, i f an Affirmation B ill were brought in and discussed by the House, and expressed his intention, i f such a B ill passed, o f not availing h im self o f it until he had submitted to re-election. But these offers, o f course, could not affect the decision o f the H ouse on the question immediately before it ; nor was Mr. G ladstone more successful in his attempt to persuade the House that it was an “ incompetent tribunal,” and that by assenting to the previous question it would merely assert that the matter should be rem itted to tribunals which were thoroughly com petent. A fte r the course which the majority o f the Catholic members were about to take had been indicated by M r. O ’D onnell in a few well-chosen words, the H ouse agreed to Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion by 286 votes to 228 ; and a subsequent Resolution, directing Mr.Bradlaugh to withdraw', having been carried w ithout a division, the Member for Northampton retired below the Bar, and the episode term inated, to the relief o f all concerned.

T h e Prim e M inister laid on the table o f the clôture as House his new' rules o f procedure on Tuesday, proposed, first night o f the Session. T h e first is th e

C lô ture rule, and the form which Mr. G lad ­

stone gives it is this. T h e Speaker or Chairman o f C om mittees may inform the H ouse that it appears to him to be the evident sense o f the House that the question shall now be put. On a motion made to that effect, it shall forthwith be put, and a division affirming it will be acted upon i f more than 200 members vote for it, or less than 40 against it. T h is proposal seems to us to be open to all the objections we have already stated ; a debate may thus be stifled by 201 members against 200, or by 40 against 39, a bare majority o f one. Surely the Speaker’s rule o f last Session, which required a majority o f three-fourths, would have answ'ered every purpose, and would not have been charged with the same dangers to freedom o f discussion.

T h e other proposed rules contain much the remedies FOR same Precaut.10ns against unnecessary divisions obstruction. and obstructive motions for adjournment as were in force last Session when U rgency h ad been declared, all those who have spoken to any motion for

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