THE TABLET

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

Dun VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.

Vol. 45. No. 18 13 . L ondon, J a n u a r y 9, 1875.

P rice 5d. By Post s^d.

[Registered at the General Post Office as a Newspaper.

Chronicle of the Week:—

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Alfonso X II.—Pedigree of the New King.—The Forces of Don Carlos. — Marshal MacMahon’s Forces.— Paris.— Alsace-Lorraine. —The Bishop of Orleans.—Wages In France.-Religious Marriages in Prussia.— Death of a Westphalian Catholic Deputy.—The German Navy. — German Trade. — The “ Voce Della Verita.”— Ireland’s New Year.— Irish Emigration.— The Japanese Treaty.—The Transit of Venus.—Dr. Livingstone.— “ Protestant Alliance.”— The Cospatrick.-The Accident at Shipton. — Lives Saved.—Workmen and Railway Trains .. .. .. 33

CONTENTS.

Leaders:

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The Restoration in Spain .. .. 37 Irish Poor-Law Reform .. .. 37 Despotism in Italy .. .. .. 38 Our Protestant Contemporaries :

The New Year .. .. -.39 Pictures :—

The Old Masters at the Royal

Academy .. .. .. .. 40 Reviews :

Mgr. Capel’s Reply to Mr. Glad­

The Scotch Catholic Directory .. 45 On Eloquence . . .. .. 45 Correspondence :

Papal Infallibility _.. .. .. 45 Validity of Marriages between

Protestants in Catholic Countries .. .. .. .. .. 46 Ultramontanism .. .. ..46 Canon Liddon’s Letter to the

Times .. .. .. .. 46 Cassell’s “ History of Protes­

stone .. .. .. .. 41 Rome and Her Captors .. .. 42 Handbook of Painting .. . . 43 “ The Month” .. .. ..44 Studies in Modern Problems .. 44 The Magazines for January.— IT. 45 Short Notices:

Septem .. .. .. .. 45

tantism” .. .. .. .. 46 Persecution in the East .. .. 46 Society of the Holy Childhood .. 47 The Night Home, &c. .. .. 47 Schools of Compassion .. .. 47 Rome :— Letter from our own Cor­

respondent .. .. .. 49 The Jubilee of 1875 .. .. 50

Record of German Persecution :

Liberal Views of the Result of the

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Persecution.— Views Concerning the _Armed Peace.—Views Concerning the Civil-Marriage Laws.-The Bishop of Paderborn. — Illness of the Editor of the “ Germania” .. .. ..52 The “ Germania ” and Prince

Bismarck .. .. .. .. 52 Diocesan News :—

Westminster.. .. .. •• S3 Southwark . . .. . . .. 54 Salford .. .. .. .. 54 Scotland—Western District .. 55 Ireland.. .. .. .. .-55 Foreign News France .. .. 56

Prussia.— Austria .. .. .«57 General News .. .. ..57

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEN.

LESS than five years ago the question,

“ W ho shall be K in g o f S p a in ? ” was made the pretext for the Franco-

Germ an war. T h e imm inence o f a conflict between England and France, on the question o f a K in g Consort for Spain, is within the memory o f m iddle-aged men. N o t many years previously there was European agitation on the point o f the Spanish succession, the Northern Powers being in favour o f D on Carlos, and the Western o f the son o f Isabella. F ifty-tw o years ago there was F rench interference in Spain, to secure to the father o f Isabella a crown that was threatened by the L iberals. While in still earlier tim es the Spanish succession was a constant source o f political broil, and the incitem ent o f proclam ations o f war. Y e t now, within six years o f the murder o f Prim , and within three years o f the dethronem ent o f Amadeo, we have the Prince o f the Asturias p laced calm ly on the throne, without any apparent signs o f approaching disturbance, unless it be from the bands o f the Carlists. A mere youth is invited to the most turbulent o f sovereignties, with the accord both o f his own country and o f others. A R epublic is transform ed into a M o n a rch y ; a nation that has been rem arkable for its political passions takes its master as it would receive a guest at the dinner table ; and the greatest difficulty some men find in believing it to be all true is the palpable fact that it is so. W e must hope that such a serene installation w ill not be follow ed by rumours o f war. I t is difficult to believe that the nations can mean peace when every nation is preparing for strife. Contrast the invitation to the Prince o f the Asturias, or its calm and drawing-room -like acceptance, with the fact that in Germany there are now a m illion o f soldiers, in Russia a million, in Austria a m illion , and in F rance the ambition to have more. A l l this may mean on ly that the best way to avoid war is to be constantly prepared for its outbreak. Y e t we hope that K in g A lfon so w ill be able to keep his own without having recourse to large armaments. T h e first question is, what is he to do with D on C arlos? A n d the first answer is that D on Carlos means war ; and says that he is determ ined to have it. Y e t M arshal Serrano would hardly have published the exact strength o f the Northern forces unless he believed that the opponents o f Prince A lfonso would learn the prudence o f subsiding in to calm . H e must have known all about the plans for the Restoration when he left M adrid for Logroño ; and either the conviction o f his inability to crush the Carlists, or his determ ination to le t matters take their course, must explain the singular publication. M eanwhile Marshal Serrano has left S p a in ; shorn for the moment o f his personal power, and o f any influence in strengthening the Restoration.

New Series. Y ol. X III. No. 322.

I t is somewhat rem arkable that the new K in g ° p is descended through no less than nine fem ale king. representatives ; so that the question o f his

“ legitim acy” on the ground o f the Salic law is too equivocal to have much weight. T h e P a l l M a l l G a zette g ives the follow ing particulars. A lfonso X I I . was born at M adrid on Novem ber 28, 1857. H e is fortieth in d irect descent from D on Pelayo, who raised the standard o f the Christians in the mountains o f G a lic ia in 716 a .d . T h e lo ng pedigree is lin ked thus in the fem ale line. F irst is Ormisinda, the heiress o f Don Pelayo, who married A lphonso I . Second is Sancha, the heiress o f Leon, who married Ferando I. o f Castile. T h e third is U rraca, the heiress o f Castile. T h e fourth is Constance, daughter o f Peter the C ruel and wife o f John o f Gaunt'; and the fifth, their daughter Catherine o f Lancaster, who married H enry I I I , o f Castile. T h e sixth is Queen Isabella the Catholic ; and the seventh is her unhappy daughter Juana. T h e eighth is Maria Teresa, the Queen o f Louis X I V . ; and the ninth is Isabella I I . A lfon so X I I . is undoubtedly the representative o f a ll this long line, according to the ancient laws o f S p a in ; and he thus com b ines in his person the modern constitutionalism o f Spanish history, such as it is, with the prestige o f representing the early A lfonsos, the patriot kings, who were Spanish every inch, and the memory o f whose deeds in Court and camp is so dear to all true Castilians.

I t is observed in the Gaulois that the three

OF DON CARLOS.

the forces y ears 0f (-fog R epublic have left D on Carlos sufficient leisure to mature a good m ilitary position. From 300 Navarre peasants, which was all he could count at Drosquieta, he has gradually developed a real army. T h e follow ing is the writer’s estimate o f his forces :— “ Infantry— Navarre, 14 battalions ;

Catalonia, 12 ; Tarragona and Lerida, 10 ; Maestrazgo, 9 ; Guipuzco, 9 ; A lva, 6 ; Aragon, 6 ; V a len c ia , 6 ; B iscay, S ; Castille, 5. C avalry— Catalonia, 6 squadrons ; Lerida and Tarragona, 5 ; Castille 3. Besides these there are two regim ents under the name o f No. 1 D e l R ey and No. 2 de Borbon. Their artillery, which at first was com posed o f only four poor mountain pieces and o f six old mortars, p icked up no one knows where, has been increased in a year to six batteries, com p le te ly organized, to which must be added tw elve cannon from the foundry o f A zpeitia.” Respectable, however, as is such an army, when contrasted w ith its earlier stages, it would be unreasonable to suppose that, should Spain support A lfonso, the Carlists can u ltim ately triumph.

“ I charge m y Governm ent to ask you to fix “ the B ill establishing a Second Chamber as the message. Order of the D ay for one o f your early

“ sittings ” was language o f a despotic charac­

ter, and was not lik e ly to find favour with the Assembly.