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THE TABLET % A W eekly N ew spaper and R eview . DUM VOBIS GRATULAM U R , ANIMOS E T IA M ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E S T R IS CO N STANTER M AN EATIS. From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness P iu s I X . to T he T ablet, Ju n e 4, 1870. Vol. 59. No. 2180. London, J anuary 21, 1882. P r iCe 5d , BY po st , 5 % d [R eg iste r ed a t t h e G en e r a l P ost Off ic e a s a N ew spaper.] C hronicle of th e W e e k :— Page The Proposed Parliamentary Rules —Sir Richard Cross on the Clôture —The German Reichstag and the Falk Laws—The Arrest of Herr Dietz—Opening of the Prussian Diet—The New Ecclesiastical Bill —M. Gambetta’s Reform Bill— The French Chamber and the Bill —The Preston and North Riding Elections—A letter from Earl Grey—Turkey, Egypt, and the Recent Note—An Explanation of the Collective Note—The Situation in Egypt—Arrest of the Brother of the Bey of Tunis— Russia and her Jewish Subjects— Emulating Russia’s Good Deeds— . The Bishop of Oxford’s Recanta­ tion—The Rising in the Herzegovina—The Anglo-French Treaty —Reported Absorption of Peru by Chili—The Relics of Leichhardt’s Expedition......................... 77 CONTENTS. P e t e r P en c e ........................... L e a d e r s : The Mitigation of the Falk Laws True and False Optimism The Jews in Russia The Recent Disturbances at Gib­ Page . 81 raltar . . .. Knights of St. Patrick—Lord O’Hagan .. .. The Proposed New Parliamentary Rules ..................................... N o t e s .......................................... R eview s : Sir E . Beckett on the Revised New Testament . . . . ..88 Poetry for the Young . . .. 88 The Liturgical Poetry of Adam of St. Victor . . . . .. . . 89 The Month for January . . . . 89 S hort N otice : Our Colonial Empire . . . . 91 C orrespondence :— Rome : —(From Our Own Corre­ spondent) . . Paris :—(From Our Own Corre spondent) .. Dublin (From Our Own Corres pondent) Page 93 95 95 L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :— The Modern Balaam “ All Souls” as a Dedication Fai h of our Fathers —XL. Catholic Poor Schools and Desti­ tute Children The Six Days of Creation , “ Weldon’s Chronological Notes.” 100 Mr. Kavanagh, of Borris, and our 97 97 98 99 99 Dublin Correspondent . . . . 100 Mr. Deane’s “ Book of Wisdom ” 100 The Three Christmas Masses . . 100 C-vtholic N otes Obituary IOI IOI SU P P L EM EN T . Page Decrees of Roman Congregations . . 109 N ews from th e S chools, The Royal University of Ireland —Christ the teacher ; increase of Crime under purely Secular Education—Educational Statistics of the Diocese of Salford— The Appreciation Day, &c. . . no E ngland Westminster . . . . 112 Southwark . . . . . . . . 112 Birmingham. . . . . .. 113 Middlesbrough ............................ 1 13 Northampton . . . . . . 113 Nottingham.. ............................ 113 Salford ........................................ 113 S cotland :— 8 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 1 13 United States .. . . .. . . 114 Catholic Education in Bulgaria .. 114 C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K . RULES. w THE PROPOSED PARLIAMENTARY E are most strongly o f opinion that the question o f reforming our Parliamentary procedure is one which should be treated quite in­ dependently o f any party interests, and kept entirely separate from party struggles, and it was with no partisan feeling whatever that we expressed last week our strong objection to the introduction o f a rule which might stifle all further debate on a B ill by a bare majority o f one. In the sketch o f the proposed rules which we publish th is week, this obnoxious provision is to be found, though certain B ills are exempted from its operation. Our objections are shared by many Liberals, amongst others B y such a cool-headed supporter o f the Government as Lord Derby, who would greatly prefer to intrust the power o f closing a debate to three-fourths o f those present, or even to three-fourths o f the House. The T im es, as we perceived on Wednesday, is now o f the same opinion, and this is certainly a point upon which, more than upon any other, a compromise is desirable and probable. Against the rest o f the alleged proposals we have nothing to say— many o f them we have ourselves advocated before now. SIR RICHARD CROSS ON THE CLÔTURE. Extra-parliamentary utterances are coming to a close. Sir R ichard Cross spoke on the subject o f the c lô tu re on Wednesday, and Mr. Childers addressed his constituents at Ponte­ fract on Thursday, Sir William Harcourt and Sir H . Jam es are speaking at Burton-on-Trent to-day, and then Ministers will be too busily engaged with Cabinet meetings in London to spare time for provincial towns. We shall leave the Ministerial oratory for consideration next week. Sir R ichard C ross’s remarks on the c lô tu re deserve more attention for the moment. The late Home Secretary first expressed his conviction that those with whom he acted would give the subject o f Parliamentary Procedure their dispassionate and careful consideration. The assertion o f Mr. Chamberlain that the Tories had already determined to oppose the measures o f the Government he stigmatised as untrue ; it was “ wholly unfounded,” and the Conservatives had no wish to make the matter a party question. Then he proceeded to lay down this broad principle, that they must not make the necessary restraint o f a few the measure o f the liberty o f the many, and still less must they make the abuse N ew Series, Vol. XXVII. No. 6S8. o f their rules by a few an excuse for curtailing the rights of the many. Alluding to the report that the Government would propose that by a mere bare majority in the House they should have the power to stop any debate they choose, that, he said, he should call muzzling the House o f Commons ; and he could only say that i f the Government were going to proceed on those lines they would receive the most thorough and determined opposition it was possible to give. In his opinion, i f the Government pressed their proposals it was not unlikely that they would fail in their attempt, and i f they went to the country upon such a question he believed the country would decide against them. The danger to be guarded against now, he said, was that o f the House o f Commons becoming subservient to a powerful and arbitrary M in ister ; he did not use these words o f any one Minister or Ministry. It might be on the one side or the o th e r ; it might be this year or a hundred years h ence ; but for the sake o f the country and o f all those who were to come after us, it was absolutely necessary that the independence o f the House o f Commons must be preserved. In conclusion Sir R . Cross urged his audience to keep their powder dry, and be ready for the struggle when an appeal to the country was made, for that might come before long. THE GERMAN REICHSTAG AND THE FALK LAWS. A fter two days’ debate Herr Windthorst’s motion to the effect that the Catholic clergy should be free to exercise ecclesiastical functions without any authorisation on the part o f the State was carried last week in the German Reichstag by 233 votes to 1 1 5 . A B ill to this effect was subsequently brought in and read a second time, and on Tuesday it passed the third reading by a large majority. The majority was formed o f the Centre and its allies— the Particularists, Poles, and the members from Alsace-Lorraine, together with a strong contingent o f the Progressists. This B ill will only repeal one or two clauses o f the May Laws, and its effect will be that priests who have been deposed by the State will be able to continue their spiritual functions without further penalties being inflicted on them. The Conservatives lost a golden opportunity for cementing the alliance between the Centre and themselves. Their opposition to Herr Windthorst’s motion, accompanied though it was by protests o f respect and even affection towards the Centre, must be considered a blunder. It is said that Prince Bismarck was well pleased at the result o f the debate, although the motion o f the leader o f the Centre was opposed by more than one member o f the Government.

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THE TABLET %

A W eekly N ew spaper and R eview .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAM U R , ANIMOS E T IA M ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E S T R IS CO N STANTER M AN EATIS.

From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness P iu s I X . to T he T ablet, Ju n e 4, 1870.

Vol. 59. No. 2180. London, J anuary 21, 1882.

P r iCe 5d , BY po st , 5 % d

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

C hronicle of th e W e e k :—

Page

The Proposed Parliamentary Rules —Sir Richard Cross on the Clôture —The German Reichstag and the Falk Laws—The Arrest of Herr Dietz—Opening of the Prussian Diet—The New Ecclesiastical Bill —M. Gambetta’s Reform Bill— The French Chamber and the Bill —The Preston and North Riding Elections—A letter from Earl Grey—Turkey, Egypt, and the Recent Note—An Explanation of the Collective Note—The Situation in Egypt—Arrest of the Brother of the Bey of Tunis— Russia and her Jewish Subjects— Emulating Russia’s Good Deeds— . The Bishop of Oxford’s Recanta­

tion—The Rising in the Herzegovina—The Anglo-French Treaty —Reported Absorption of Peru by Chili—The Relics of Leichhardt’s Expedition......................... 77

CONTENTS.

P e t e r P en c e ........................... L e a d e r s :

The Mitigation of the Falk Laws True and False Optimism The Jews in Russia The Recent Disturbances at Gib­

Page . 81

raltar . . .. Knights of St. Patrick—Lord

O’Hagan .. .. The Proposed New Parliamentary

Rules .....................................

N o t e s .......................................... R eview s :

Sir E . Beckett on the Revised

New Testament . . . . ..88 Poetry for the Young . . .. 88 The Liturgical Poetry of Adam of

St. Victor . . . . .. . . 89 The Month for January . . . . 89 S hort N otice :

Our Colonial Empire . . . . 91

C orrespondence :— Rome : —(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . Paris :—(From Our Own Corre spondent) .. Dublin (From Our Own Corres pondent)

Page

93 95 95

L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :—

The Modern Balaam “ All Souls” as a Dedication Fai h of our Fathers —XL. Catholic Poor Schools and Desti­

tute Children The Six Days of Creation , “ Weldon’s Chronological Notes.” 100 Mr. Kavanagh, of Borris, and our

97 97 98

99 99

Dublin Correspondent . . . . 100 Mr. Deane’s “ Book of Wisdom ” 100 The Three Christmas Masses . . 100

C-vtholic N otes

Obituary

IOI IOI

SU P P L EM EN T . Page

Decrees of Roman Congregations . . 109 N ews from th e S chools,

The Royal University of Ireland

—Christ the teacher ; increase of Crime under purely Secular Education—Educational Statistics of the Diocese of Salford— The Appreciation Day, &c. . . no E ngland

Westminster . . . . 112 Southwark . . . . . . . . 112 Birmingham. . . . . .. 113 Middlesbrough ............................ 1 13 Northampton . . . . . . 113 Nottingham.. ............................ 113 Salford ........................................ 113 S cotland :— 8 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 1 13 United States .. . . .. . . 114

Catholic Education in Bulgaria .. 114

C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .

RULES. w

THE PROPOSED PARLIAMENTARY

E are most strongly o f opinion that the question o f reforming our Parliamentary procedure is one which should be treated quite in­

dependently o f any party interests, and kept entirely separate from party struggles, and it was with no partisan feeling whatever that we expressed last week our strong objection to the introduction o f a rule which might stifle all further debate on a B ill by a bare majority o f one. In the sketch o f the proposed rules which we publish th is week, this obnoxious provision is to be found, though certain B ills are exempted from its operation. Our objections are shared by many Liberals, amongst others B y such a cool-headed supporter o f the Government as Lord Derby, who would greatly prefer to intrust the power o f closing a debate to three-fourths o f those present, or even to three-fourths o f the House. The T im es, as we perceived on Wednesday, is now o f the same opinion, and this is certainly a point upon which, more than upon any other, a compromise is desirable and probable. Against the rest o f the alleged proposals we have nothing to say— many o f them we have ourselves advocated before now.

SIR RICHARD

CROSS ON THE CLÔTURE.

Extra-parliamentary utterances are coming to a close. Sir R ichard Cross spoke on the subject o f the c lô tu re on Wednesday, and Mr. Childers addressed his constituents at Ponte­

fract on Thursday, Sir William Harcourt and Sir H . Jam es are speaking at Burton-on-Trent to-day, and then Ministers will be too busily engaged with Cabinet meetings in London to spare time for provincial towns. We shall leave the Ministerial oratory for consideration next week. Sir R ichard C ross’s remarks on the c lô tu re deserve more attention for the moment. The late Home Secretary first expressed his conviction that those with whom he acted would give the subject o f Parliamentary Procedure their dispassionate and careful consideration. The assertion o f Mr. Chamberlain that the Tories had already determined to oppose the measures o f the Government he stigmatised as untrue ; it was “ wholly unfounded,” and the Conservatives had no wish to make the matter a party question. Then he proceeded to lay down this broad principle, that they must not make the necessary restraint o f a few the measure o f the liberty o f the many, and still less must they make the abuse

N ew Series, Vol. XXVII. No. 6S8.

o f their rules by a few an excuse for curtailing the rights of the many. Alluding to the report that the Government would propose that by a mere bare majority in the House they should have the power to stop any debate they choose, that, he said, he should call muzzling the House o f Commons ; and he could only say that i f the Government were going to proceed on those lines they would receive the most thorough and determined opposition it was possible to give. In his opinion, i f the Government pressed their proposals it was not unlikely that they would fail in their attempt, and i f they went to the country upon such a question he believed the country would decide against them. The danger to be guarded against now, he said, was that o f the House o f Commons becoming subservient to a powerful and arbitrary M in ister ; he did not use these words o f any one Minister or Ministry. It might be on the one side or the o th e r ; it might be this year or a hundred years h ence ; but for the sake o f the country and o f all those who were to come after us, it was absolutely necessary that the independence o f the House o f Commons must be preserved. In conclusion Sir R . Cross urged his audience to keep their powder dry, and be ready for the struggle when an appeal to the country was made, for that might come before long.

THE GERMAN REICHSTAG AND THE FALK LAWS.

A fter two days’ debate Herr Windthorst’s motion to the effect that the Catholic clergy should be free to exercise ecclesiastical functions without any authorisation on the part o f the State was carried last week in the German Reichstag by 233 votes to 1 1 5 . A B ill to this effect was subsequently brought in and read a second time, and on Tuesday it passed the third reading by a large majority. The majority was formed o f the Centre and its allies— the Particularists, Poles, and the members from Alsace-Lorraine, together with a strong contingent o f the Progressists. This B ill will only repeal one or two clauses o f the May Laws, and its effect will be that priests who have been deposed by the State will be able to continue their spiritual functions without further penalties being inflicted on them. The Conservatives lost a golden opportunity for cementing the alliance between the Centre and themselves. Their opposition to Herr Windthorst’s motion, accompanied though it was by protests o f respect and even affection towards the Centre, must be considered a blunder. It is said that Prince Bismarck was well pleased at the result o f the debate, although the motion o f the leader o f the Centre was opposed by more than one member o f the Government.

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