THE TABLET

A W eekly Newspaper and Review .

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From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , fa n e 4, iS 'jo .

V ol. 62. No. 2271.

L ondon, O ctober 27, 1883.

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-Ch'r onicle of t h e W e e k :—

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The Opening of the French Chamber— France and the Black Flags —The Fall of Hue— France in Madagascar— The Spanish Cabinet and Senor Castelar— Spain and Morocco— SirStaflord NorthCOteat Carnarvon— EordAberdare on Welsh Education—The Remains of William Harvey— Miss Booth on her Imprisonment— The Representation of Limerick—■ Lord Rossmore and the Orangemen—The New Governor-General o f Canada— Arrest of Alleged Dynamiters — Lord Coleridge’s American Tour— A World’s Fair at New Orleans—Chili and Peru — The Rising in Hayti—The Royal Visit to Holland—The Lord Mayor Elect and the Boers—Cetywayo’s Surrender— Earthquake in Asia Minor . . .. . . . . 637

CONTENTS.

L eaders :

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The Coming Conflict in the

French Chamber.. . . . . 6 4 1 W hat is a Radical ? .. . . 641 The Reform Bill and Ireland . . 642 Colonisation o f New Guinea .. 643 N o t e s .................................................... 644

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

Page spondent) . . . . . . . . 653 Paris :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... .. 655 Dublin .. .. .. .. . . 656 United States (From our American

Correspondent) .. . . . . 657

R eview s :

Historical Portraits of the Tudor

Dynasty and Reformation . . 647 Life of Father Claude de la

Colombière . . .. . . 648 The Dublin Review . . . . 648 The Scottish Review .. . . 649 Negative Science and Natural

Ethics . . .. .. . . 650 A Pictorial _Catechism after

Original Designs, &c. . . .. 650 The Illustrated American Catholic

Fa mily Annual, 1884 .. .. 651

L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :—

“ The Ground Work of Political

Economics” .. .. . . 659 Mission of the English Martyrs,

York . . . . .. . . 660 Paddy’s English .. . . . . 6 0 The Eternal Priesthood .. .. 660 The Vatican Library .. . . . . 660 M on e y a n d T r a d e ........................... 661 O b it u a r y

Captain Mayne Reid . . .. 661

A r t and L it e r a t u r e

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So c ia l and P o l it ic a l . . . . 662

S U P P L E M E N T . Decisions of Roman Congregations 669 N ews from t h e Schools.. . . 669 E ngland :—

Hexham and Newcastle . , . . 671 Salford . . . , . . . . 6 7 1 American Archbishops at Salford . . 671 The Dean of York and the Luther

Centenary . . . . . . . 672 Memorial to the late Archbishop of

S y d n e y ........................ . . . 6 7 3 American Prelates on Current Ques­

tions . . . . . . .. . . 673

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE OPENING OF THE FRENCH

CHAMBER.

TH E re-assembling o f the French

Parliam ent took p lace on T u e s day, and has been welcomed through France as an added .security for the continuance o f peace. More interest, however, seems to have attached to the gossip o f the lobbies than to anything which took place within the walls of the Chamber on the opening day. Only two Ministers were present— M. Ferry and M. W a ldeck Eousseau— and the sitting lasted barely an hour. The only incident o f importance was the placing by the Minister o f the Interior at the head o f the orders o f the day the Municipal B ill which provides the much talked-of central M airie for Paris. This move is regarded as likely for the moment to disarm the hostility o f the Radical section, who see in this measure the strengthening of the power o f Paris. Whether or not because o f this meeting their wishes, it is said that the Radicals are no longer anxious to provoke a Ministerial crisis, and the challenge which M. Ferry threw down in Norm andy is not likely to be accepted. M . Gatineau, the President o f the Radical Left, is resolved to revive “ the question o f the princes,” and will propose their expulsion from France. This will probably come to pass sooner or later. T h e position o f the Count o f Paris is an intolerably difficult one, and he will have to make choice between exile and a growing estrangement between him self and his followers, which may result even from his silent acquiescence in the Republic. A ltogether, although the com ing Session may probably be a stormy one, there is a general feeling o f thankfulness that the question o f peace or war no longer rests with a Minister but is in the hands o f the Chamber.

T h e H ong K on g correspondent o f the New m a n c e a n d Y o rk H e r a ld has been successful in interview-

1 L a g s . ^ >ng Maj ° r General Mesny o f the Imperial

Chinese army, who ought to be well informed as to Chinese affairs, for out o f twenty-five years residence in the country he has spent fifteen in travelling in the interior, chiefly in an official capacity. General Mesny is a native o f Jersey, and was ordered to Yunnan on account o f his perfect knowledge o f French. Quite the naturalised Chinaman, he wears the native costume with a queue,or as some irreverently

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describe it, a pig-tail. When he was in Yunnan, some o f his men spent a month or so with the B la ck Flags— one o f whose chiefs also holds a command in the regular army o f the Celestial Empire. In many respects the customs o f these gentlemen with the dark ensigns are peculiarly unpleasant. For instance, persons taken alive are usually reserved for torture, and the bodies o f the slain are never found, as these people believe that i f they eat the hearts and livers o f brave men they will get bold themselves. T h e y carry this desire for courage to a very considerable extent, inasmuch as they will eat their own people who die by accident on the march. General Mesny considers that in fighting these cannibal B la ck Flags, France is in reality fighting China on a small scale, as that Power unquestionably provides all the arms and ammunition by which the war is maintained. It will be observed that the excellent example o f H o ly Russia, in her war on Turkey through Servia, has been carefully im itated further East ; but unlike the Servians who used to shoot their fingers off to secure their discharge, the B la ck Flags are described by the Channel Island Chinaman as about the bravest soldiers his adopted country could put into the front rank o f her armies. T h e French have not really advanced beyond Hanoi, and are waiting for reinforcements. When General M esny was interviewed, Canton was apparently quiet, but there was a constant dread o f further troubles.

T h e author o f the extraordinary account o f t h e the barbarities committed on the Annam ite at f a l l o f h u e . H u e by French sailors, and which we gave in extenso last week, now turns out to be a certain

Lieutenant V iaud o f the French Navy. A t a Ministerial Council held in Paris on Tuesday, it was resolved to recall him and to place him on the retired list.

News from Tamatave, as late as October 4th,

FR^ CE Has reaclled London, nd it cannot be conMadagascar s>dered as in any way satisfactory. T h e negotia-

tiens between the Malagasies and the French authorities are at a complete standstill, and there seems no chance at present o f a bloodless settlement o f the difficulty. T h e ir respective forces remain just where they were, but it was rumoured that the French would resume offensive operations very shortly. T h e apprehended renewal o f a bombardment has very naturally caused a general exodus q f the population. T h e French war ship Creuse was daily expected with reinforcements which they were in sad need pf, gs we pointed out last week. T h e D r y a d