THE TABLET

A W e ek ly N ew spaper a n d Review .

D u m VOBIS G R A TU LAM U R , AN IM O S ET IAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CON STAN TER M AN EATIS.

From the Brief oj His Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

Vol. 42. No. 1741. London, A.ugust 22* 1873*

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Gladstone and the 25th Clause.— The Question of Re-election. —Supposed Difficulties of a Restoration in France.— The Bishop of Orleans and the Fusion.— Present Attitude of the Royalists.— Probable Votes for a Restoration.— M. Dufaure and the Royalists.—The “ Débats” and the Republic.— Prince Bismarck on France.-Italy, and Swiss Neutrality. — The French Pilgrimages.— Brief to the Bishop of Quimper.— A Votive Church in Rome.—The Cardinal-Vicar’s Instruction to the Religious Orders.— High Magnifying Powers.— Senor Castelar on Church and State.— ■ Capture o f the Deerhound, &c. . 225

CONTENTS

L e a d e r s :

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Journalism and Christianity . . 229 Paray-le-Monial _and the Ra­

tionale of Pilgrimages . . 230 Indian Affairs .... 230 Divine Right .... 231 Irish Population and Prosperity . 232 O ur P r o t e s t a n t C o n tem po r a r ie s :

Jansenists and Dollingerists. — Their English Panegyrists.—The Spirit of Ritualism . . . 233 R e v ie w s :

The Life o f the Venerable Anna

Maria Taigi .... 234 Sermons for the Sundays and Fes­

tivals of the Year . . . 235 The Man of the Future . . 236

S h ort N o t i c e s : The Nesbits, &c.

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The Life of Paul Seigneret.— Colet’s Lectures on Romans.— Rupert Aubrey of Aubrey Chase. — The Journey of Sophia and Eulalie to the Palace of True Happiness.— Effie’s Game.— Florence O’Neill.—A Treatise on the Particular Examen of Conscience.— Concise History of England.—The Legal Profession.— Analysis o f the Hebrew Psalter, &c., &c. . . 236 C orrespondence :

Henri Cinq and Divine Right . 238 Pilgrimage from Great Britain to

Paray-le-Monial . . . 239 Asylum o f the Good Shepherd . 239 Mr. M. Doyle and his Critics . 239 Catholic Daily Paper . . . 239

D io c e sa n N ew s :

Westminster . Southwark Beverley Birmingham . Salford Scotland— Western District I r e l a n d :

The Archbishop of Westminster Church of St. Mary, Rathkeale F oreign N ews :

France .... Russia .... M em o randa :

Literary .... Scientific .... Fine Arts .... Legal . .... G en e r a l N ews

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CHRONICLE OF THE W EEK .

CLAUSE. M

. MR. GLADSTONE AND THE 25TH

R . G L A D S T O N E ’S speech at Hawar-

den came opportunely enough to put an end to the theories which were being built on Mr. Bright’s return to office. N o t only does the Prime M in ister declare by

Im p lica tion that the Educational compromise is to be maintained, but he distinctly intimates that his own preference is .for voluntary schools. There were two views, he said, which m ight be taken b y people equally sincere in supporting the Education A c t . T h e one is that voluntary schools are best, but that School Boards may be called in to supplement the system. T h e other is that board schools are the ideal, and voluntary education a temporary expedient, to be got rid o f as soon as School Boards can be made universal. E ither view might be held without contravening the A c t , but Mr. G ladstone h im self preferred the former, considering voluntary schools the best. I t is not therefore probable that he will consent to the interdict which the Birm ingham League wish to see p laced upon them. But the P a l l M a l l Gazette puts very ingeniously, in a supposed case, the farther cogent reasons against the success o f Mr. D ix on ’s campaign. A parish with a firstrate elementary school is forced under the new amendment to elect a School Board. T h e farmers grumble, but e lect th e squire, the parson, and two o f themselves, who immed ia tely resolve that no further school is wanted. A farm-

labourer then falls ill, and his child is withdrawn, as he cannot pay the fees. T h e Board then undertakes to pay them , and is pulled up for doing so by the Education Department, which directs that a new school shall be built. T h e School Board, backed by the rate-payers, refuses, and the department, after waiting the time prescribed by the A c t , builds the school itself, and the Queen’s Bench forces the rate-payers to pay for it. But in the meanwhile the labourer has got well, and pays his children’s fees, and the new school “ is ultim ately hired by one o f the members o f i! the School Board for the storing o f his stock o f il winter potatoes.” T h is would o f course be an extreme c a s e ; but even this would scarcely be an uncommon one, and the League may be defied to disprove the statement that in most o f the rural districts the result o f the adoption o f its hobby would, though perhaps in a modified form, be very much what is here depicted.

T h e Observer o f Sunday stated that after

™ EQ^ STI0N consulting “ high legal authority” Mr. Gladre-election. stone had come to the conclusion that his seat was not vacated, and that no notification would be made to the Speaker. Consequently no action can be taken in the matter until the question is raised in the

House, as it probably w ill be soon after the meeting o f Parliament. T h e d iscovery made by Mr. Butt about C aptain Grevilie turns out to be a mare’s nest. T h a t gentleman was re-elected after his appointment as Groom-inWaiting, but as there was no opposition the event seems to have escaped Mr. Butt’s notice. T h e same letter in the Times which corrected this m istake exploded also Lord Robert Montagu’s theory that an official might escape reelection altogether by being passed through the post o f Secretary for Ireland, by pointing out first that Mr. Fortescue was re-elected in 1868 after his appointment to the latter office, and secondly that the A c t o f 1867 maintains in their seats only those acceptors o f a new office who have been returned since their appointment to their former place.

SUPPOSED DIFFICULTIES

CF A RESTORATION

IN FRANCE.

A fter the constantly repeated assertions that Monarchical restoration was impossible in France, it is curious to see how generally it is now accepted as a certainty by the English press that such a restoration will take p lace within the next few months. T h e Times, how­

ever, foresees two difficulties. T o one o f these we have already alluded, and the other is, in the opinion o f the Times, likely to be quite fatal to the permanence o f the new regime. T h e lesser difficulty is this. H ow is the constitution to be settled between the Monarch and the Assem b ly ? as each o f these powers are likely, it thinks, to insist on the initiative, and there can be no one to act as go-between this time, and make reservations, as the Comte d ’A rtois did in 1814. Now in the first place, i f such a transition as would be supplied b y a Lieutenant-General o f the K in gdom was thought desirable now, there could be no serious difficulty in finding some one to fill the post; one o f the Orleans Princes, or Marshal M acM ahon him self would serve the purpose perfectly. But we do not see that even this would be necessary. A s there would certainly be little difference o f opinion between the Monarch and the majority o f the Assem b ly as regards the main outlines o f the future C on stitution, the Assem b ly would merely have to vote it in the form o f an address to the Crown, to which the assent o f the Sovereign would give the force o f law. This was the original theory o f all Parliamentary legislation, and by such a course all rights, [royal or parliamentary, would be saved, and lesser details might be made the subje c t o f subsequent legislation. T h e Assem b ly would thus with the consent o f the Sovereign deliberate upon the project to be presented for the R o ya l sanction, while it would be from that sanction that the Constitution would derive its validity. T o the two Chambers which would undoubtedly be created by such an act might be left the discussion o f all furtherarrangements which might be necessary. But the other difficulty, which the Times believes to be fatal, is

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