THE TABLET

A W eekly Newspaper and Review .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAM U R , ANIM OS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

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

V ol. 62. No. 226Ó. L o n d o n , S e p t e m b e r 22, 1883. P rice sd ., b y P o st , s K d .

[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.

C hronicle of t h e W eek :—

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Prance and China—The French Monarchical Press—The Assassin o f Carey— Prince Alexander and the Bulgarian Assembly—Address to the Throne—A Change of Constitution and Ministry— Depat ture of Sir E, Malet from Egypt—The German Autumn Manœuvres— Probable Crisis in Spain— Spain and Morocco — European Disarmament—The Trades’ Union Congress—The Vacancy at Manchester—The Representation of Limerick — Mr. Gladstone at Copenhagen— Eviction in Ireland *—Hawaii and Pacific Annexation — Queensland and New Caledonia—The War in Ashanti— Completion of the North Pacific Railway—The Electorate of Westminster . . . . . . . . 437

CONTENTS.

L eaders :

The Letter of Leo X I I I . to the

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Archbishop of Vienna . . . . 441 The Cloud in the East . . . . 441 Trade Unionism .. .. . . 442 Hopeful Signs in Ireland . . . . 443 Catholics and the Press . . . . 444 History and the Papacy . . . . 444 N o t e s .....................................................445 R eview s :

The Ramityana of Tulsi Das . . 447 Necrology of the English Con­

gregation of the Order 'o f St. Benedict .. . . . . . . 448 Christian Charity in the Ancient

Church .. . . . . . . 448 Sheridan .. .. .. . . 449 The Works of John Dryden . . 449 C orrespondence :— Rome : — (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . ......................... 453

C orrespondence (continued) : Paris :— (From Our Own Corre-

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_spondent) . . . . . . .. 455 United States (From our American

Correspondent) . . . . . . 456 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :—

The Flandricisms of “ De Imita-

tione Christi ” . . . . . . 449 Help for Vocations.. . . . . 459 The “ Amoeba” . . .. . . 459 Driffield Mission . . . . . . 459 Sudbury Mission . . . . . . 459 Books Wanted . . .. .. 459 Freemasonry . . . . . . 459 Thomas of Celano .. . . .. 460 O b it u a r y :— William Corston Hutchison . . 461 L it e r a t u r e a n d A r t . . .. 461 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 461 M on e y a n d T r a d e ........................... 462

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Decisions of Roman Congregations 469 N ews from t h e S chools :—

The Fruits of Secular Education 469

E ngland :—

Westminster . . . . 47® Hexham and Newcastle . . 470 Leeds.. .......................................470 L i v e r p o o l ......................... . . 471 Middlesbrough . . . . . . 471 Newport and Menevia . . 471 Northampton .. . . . . 472 Salford . . . . . . 472 Shrewsbury...................................... 473 The Mission of Madagascar . . 473 Modern Miracles ........................... 473 Gleanings from the East—Tonquin 474

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

NEWS from Hong Kong does not con­

vince us that the French find matters CHINA go smoothly in Tonquin— far from it. The latest advices are to the effect

Catholic forces.” This manifesto is perhaps inoffensive, or is only objectionable because of the persistent linking of the words Monarchical and Catholic. The Universal Church cannot afford to have her name degraded into a synonym for a political party, whatever the merits of the individuals composing it. It was said of one who, after his own lights, fought a brave fight for the Church : “ His boasted work has been this— that he has created a great Catholic party, where there might have been a great Catholic people.” And the moral of it he who runs may read.

that owing to serious disagreements between the civil and military authorities, General Bouet has been relieved from his post, and that the command will be shared between Colonels Bichet and Badens. Advices reached London on Saturday that the French had moved forward from Hanoi, and had defeated the Black Flags with great loss and captured a considerable number of rifles, all of which bore the Chinese arsenal stamp. Since then the most contradictory rumours have been in circulation. At any rate, in London, as well as Hong Kong, it has been the general opinion that the French victory was by no means so complete as at first made out. Up to Tuesday little or no progress has been made in the negotiations, and the idea that any other power than Britain is actively interfering in the interests of peace is discredited. It is said that serious dissensions continue to exist in the French Cabinet, but Parisian opinion is hopeful that war will be avoided. The Marquis Tseng is again in Paris, and on Monday M. Waddington had a long interview with M. Jules Ferry at the latter’s country seat. In the meantime the leading American journals are loudly demanding an increase of their fleet in Chinese waters, and the absence of the British squadron from the scene is commented on with much bitterness by our home press.

A body, calling itself the “ Monarchical and Catholic Press Association,” has held a meeting p r e s s . ln Fans, and come to a senes of resolutions.

Premising that the grief for the death of

Henri V. leaves the duties of the French Royalists unchanged, and that “ the defence of our religious, civil, and political liberties imposes itself as adutyontheconscience and honour of all true Frenchmen, the document in which the resolutions are embodied, declares that the time has come for the forcible assertion of the principle of the hereditary and traditional monarchy represented by the Count of Paris, and calls upon all to join in an effort to sustain the organs of the Pretender in the press, as the best means of strengthening and maintaining the “ grouping of the Monarchical and

O’Donnell, who shot James Carey, landed THEr „ on Tuesday morning at Southampton from ” 01 Union Company’s Royal Mail Steamer

Athenian. He was met at Plymouth by Detectives Littlechild, Pope and Ahern, and it will be remembered that two of these officers were instrumental in arresting Dr. Gallagher at the Charing Cross Hotel. The greatest precautions were taken by the authorities at Plymouth to frustrate any attempt at rescue, and the prisoner was handed over by the Cape police to their London comrades without any difficulty. The London officers accompanied the Athenian to Southampton, where O’Donnell was placed in a first-class compartment of a carriage which was full of police. Arrived at Vauxhall Station he was met by a strong body of foot and mounted police, all fully armed, and was conveyed under an escort with drawn swords to Millbank Prison. Later in the day he was taken with a similar display of force to Bow-street Police Court, where the preliminary examination was commenced. The evidence given by Detectives Littlechild and others was purely formal, and the prisoner was remanded till next Tuesday. The witnesses for the Crown are expected by an early steamer from the Cape. It is understood that O’Donnell’s defence will be, that finding out that Mr. Power was no other than Carey, the infonjier, some words were exchanged, whereupon Carey drew his revolver, O’Donnell wrenched it from him, and simply shot him in self-defence. I f this is to be the case for the prisoner, the result of the approaching trial will all depend upon the identification of the revolver supplied to Carey by the Dublin police— that is to say, if such identification is possible. Doubt in the matter should not be possible, but in their anxiety to get rid of the troublesome informer, the authorities seem to have made so many extraordinary blunders that we should not be surprised at anything. O ’Donnell seems to have conducted himself very well on the voyage, and but little

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