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A Weekly TABLET Newspaper and Review .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAM UR , ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Fius IX. to T h e T a b l e t , June fa i Sjo.

V o l . 6 1 . No. 2 2 5 4 .

L o n d o n , J u n e 3 0 , 1 8 8 3 .

P r ice sd ., b y P o s t , 5^ d .

[R eg iste red a t th e G en eral P ost O f f ic e as a N ew spaper.

C hronicle of t h e W eek :—

The Holy Father and President Grévy—Exclusion of Priests from Paris Hospitals— The Prussian Church Bill — The Propaganda Circular — The Archbishop of Cashel’s Declaration of Policy— Mr. Parnell in Monaghan—The

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Indian Criminal Procedure Bill— Young England at Athens—The War and the West Coast of Africa— Surrender in the Transvaal—Mr. Stanley and the Congo — The Irish Emigrants at New York—The Cholera in Egypt— The Sentence on Louise Michel —The Alleged Human Sacrifice in Hungary— Disastrous Collision ip the Channel .. . . . . 999 L e a d e r s :

Persecution in the Hospital ..1001 The Passing of the Prussian

Church Bill .. . . . . 1002

CONTENTS.

L eaders (continued):

A N ew Profession .. An Irish Peasant Proprietory United States (From our American

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Correspondent) ........................1005 C anada.. . . .. .. ..1006 N o t e s ....................................................1008 R eview s :

The Imitation of Christ .. .. 1010 Lady Glastonbury’s Boudoir . . 1010 The National Review _ . . . . i o n Rome e Constantinopoli .. ..1010 Christianity and Common Sense 1011 La Situazione Religiosa, &c . . i o n The History o f a Lump of Chalk io n The Catechumen . . .. . . i o n The Standard of Value . . . . io n St. Wilfrith’s Life in Sussex . . i o n Batrachomyomachia . . . . i o n

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

Page spondent) . . . . . . ..1013 Paris :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ....................................1015 Dublin (From Our Own Corres­

pondent) . . . . . . ..1016 L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :—

The Catholic Union and the Ca­

tholic Institute .. . . _ ..1017 The Catholic Union from vVithout .. . ................................... 1017 The Carthusian Order .. ..1017 Have we been Misled? . . ..1017 The Mission at Batley Carr ..1017 The English Pilgrimage to Lourdesioi8 The Prime Minister on Evictions 1018 The Mosaic History of the

Creation . .

1018

N ews from th e S chools.. ..10 18 E ngland :—

Westminster . . . . «.1018

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Southwark .. . . . . ..1019 Birmingham.. .. . . ..1019 Hexham and Newcastle . s ..1019 Liverpool .. . . . . ..1019 Nottingham.. . . . . ..1019 Plymouth . . .. . . . . 1020 S cotland :—

Glasgow . . . . . . . . 1020 M oney an d T r a d e . . . . ..1020 O b it u a r y ......................................... 1021 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . ..1021

SU PPLEM ENT. Westminster Diocesan Education

Fund .. .. .. . . . .1029

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE 5IOI.Y FATHER

AND PRESIDENT

GREW.

TH E H o ly Father has addressed an autograph letter to the President o f the French Republic, the contents o f which hare, however, not as yet been made public. It is a very volum inous document, covering no fewer than twelve pages o f large-sized Foreign Office paper, and is, in fact, a direct communication from the Supreme H ead o f the Church to the C h ie f o f the French Government, endeavouring by friendly means, and apart from the mazes o f diplomacy, to remove the difficulties which unquestionably exist in the way o f a complete understanding between France and the V a tican— difficulties which are already very serious, and which might easily be aggravated into an open breach. This direct appeal to President G revy is not only a most important step on the part o f the H o ly Father, but is proof, i f proof were needed, o f his paternal and conciliatory benevolence. The Government o f France has enemies within as well as outside her borders— the policy o f the greater portion o f the nations o f Europe does not accord with that o f the young and still struggling Republic, and if the Government o f that Republic is guided by wise counsels, it will see that it has no interest in forcing on an embittered controversy, or even worse relations, with the H o ly See. Prudence, at least, should suggest to the rulers o f the French Republic a policy o f conciliation and justice, and the letter o f the H o ly Father should be met with some little approach to the spirit in which it has been written.

T h e freethinking and intolerant Muni-

e x c l u s io n o f c j p a j Council o f Paris continues energeti

„ncPixjTQ cally prosecuting its war against religion. PARIS h o s p i t a l s . s u c c e e d e d i n b a l l i s h i n g t h e v e r y name o f God from its schools, it has at last accomplished its object o f seeking to deprive the consolations o f the Church to the sick and dying poor in the hospitals o f the “ capital o f civilisation.” For years past the Council have struck out of their budget the salaries o f the hospital chaplains, but the Government have till now always vetoed this antiChristian economy. T h e perseverance o f the freethinkers has, however, at last been rewarded, for the Government have given way, and the Prefect o f the Seine has issued a decree, and from Sunday next all the hospital chapels will be closed, and what is o f more importance, no regular ministrations will be allowed from outside, no priest being

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permitted to cross the threshold o f a hospital unless expressly summoned by a patient. On this most painful subject, on which it is difficult to write calm ly, the Cardinal Archbishop o f Paris has issued a remarkable letter written in sober but most touching and eloquent language. From this letter we extract the following sentences : “ I have in vaiii pointed out that an assembly which votes enormous sums for the embellishment o f the capital, for subventions to the theatres, and for public fêtes, and which derives great revenues from the inhabitants, would show small respect and devotion for the people i f it persisted in refusing the modest subsidies required to procure to the sick, the aged, and the infirm poor, that consolation and succour which is ot the most elevated nature ; and that such a denial o f justice and o f pity would be severely judged by public opinion, and would dishonour in the eyes o f France and o f foreign nations a capital which claim s to march at the head o f civilisation.” And, as a practical argument, the Cardinal suggests that i f religion is excluded from the hospitals, they will lose bequests from wealthy Catholics by whom in the past they have been liberally supported. T h e conclusion o f this document, after some directions for parish priests, is : “ Whatever remedial measures we m ay’adopt we shall be unable to meet the necessities o f the new situation. A grave blow will be struck at the right o f conscience and at the freedom of the Catholic worship stipulated in the Concordat. M any o f the sick will be without necessary encouragement ; others will not be able to make their summons reach you. A large number o f these poor souls must appear before their God without having received the succour o f religion. W e recommend them to the D iv in e mercy, praying God to supply by H is grace the insufficiency o f their preparation, and we shall sadly await the tim e when a lamentable experience may have opened the eyes o f those who deem themselves able to venture on this experiment, and when the plaintive voices o f poverty, o f suffering, and o f infirmity, may reach the hearts o f those whom our persistent protests have had no power to reach.”

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T h e Prussian Church Bill was finally voted in the Lower House o f the Landtag b i l l .

on M onday by 224 to 107, and there seems to be little doubt that it will pass the Upper House. T h e Centre Party have accepted the B ill as an instalment o f justice, without concealing their opinion that more will have to be done before the rightful claim s o f the Catholics and the exigencies o f the case can be