THE TABLET
A W eek ly N ew sp aper a n d R ev iew .
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANT ER MANEATIS.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870
V o l . 64. No. 2306.
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C hronicle of t h e W eek
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The Conference— The Financial Proposition— The Vote of Censure Motion— Sir Stafford Northcote’s Reply—The French Chamber on the Agreement with England— Mr. Clifford Lloyd on Egyptian Atrocities— “ Nem. Con.”— Action o f the Conservative Peers—The Bonaparte Scandal— The Bradlaugh Trial— The Fighting in Ton>quin — Protests of the German Catholics — Movements of the Catholics in Switzerland— Social Legislation in Germany — The Missions on the Congo — The Cholera in France—The London Government Bill— The House of Lords—A Forecast— Local Law Courts— Women’s Function . . 1 L eaders :—
The Imperfect Member . . . . 5 The Franchise Bill in the Lords 5
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L eaders (continued) :
The Lesson o f the Belgian Elec
tions .. . .
Growth of the German Universi
ties .. . . . .
The Ratepayers’ Association in
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Kensington ...............................8 N o t e s . . 9 M oney a n d T r a d e . . . . . . 11 R eview s :—
Ill-Won Peerages . . . . ..12 Milton’s Prose Writings . . . . 12 A New English Dictionary . . 13 Death and Disease Behind the
C o u n te r ......................................13 The True John Wycliffe . . . . 14 The Nineteenth Century.. . . 14 The Fortnightly Review . . . . 14 The National Review . . . . 15 A Key to the Waverley Novels in
Chronological Sequence . . 15
E N T S .
C orrespondence :—
Rome : — (From Our Own Correspondent) . . . . . .
Paris :— (From Our Own Corre
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spondent) . . . . . . . . 19 Dublin . . . . . . . . 20 Catholic Union of Great Britain . . 21 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :—
St. Vincent’s Home _ . . ..22 The Archconfraternity of St.
Joseph “ Dei Falegnami ” ..22 The Borneo Mission . . . . 22 An Example— A Hint to Our
Colleges . . . . . . . . 23 A Correction . . . . ..23 Father Zeferino . . . . . . 23 O b it u a r y . . 25 C r ic k e t . . 26 Social a n d P o l it ic a l . . . . 26
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SUPPLEMENT. Decisions o f Roman Congregations 33 N ews from t h e Schools -
Voluntary School Association,
Salford . . . . . . •- 33 Bishop Hedley on State Grants to Voluntary Schools . . . . 34 E ngland :—
Westminster . . . . «.36 Southwark . . . . . . . . 37 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 37 Newport and Menevia . . . . 37 Nottingham.................................... 37 Salford . . .* . . ..38 S cotland :—•
Dunkeld .. .. . . . 38 Glasgow . . . . . . . . 38 The Payment of Catholic Work-
house C h a p la in s .........................38
* A The Editor cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any case.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
TH E Conference met for the first time at three o ’c lo ck on Saturday at the Foreign Office. T h e subject o f its deliberations being the financial proposals o f England,
G reat Britain has a double representation, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as well as Lord Granville, being a delegate. T h e other great Powers were represented by their Ambassadors, M. Waddington for France, Count Münster for Germany, Count Kärolyi for Austria-Hungary, M. de Staal for Russia, Count N igra for Italy, and Musurus Pasha for Turkey. T h e F inancial Assistants were Sir Evelyn Baring for England, M. de Blignihres for France, Herr von Derenthal for Germany, and M. de Yetsera for Austria-H ungary. T h e Italian F inancial Assistant, Signor Baravelli, had not yet arrived, nor had the Russian F inancial Assistant, or one who may possibly be named by Turkey. T igrane Pasha and Blum Pasha attended as F inancial Delegates from Egypt. Mr. Philip Currie, C .B . , and Count d ’Aubigny, Counsellor o f the French Embassy, were Protocollists, and Lord Granville was formally elected President. T h e business o f this first m eeting was to receive the proposals o f the British Government, and the Conference, at its rising, adjourned sine die, in order that the Representatives might have time to communicate these to their respective Governments and receive instructions thereupon.
T h e next day the Observer published th e f in ancial what it believes to be the main features o f proposition. the English financial proposals. These are :
1. The interest on the Unified Debt to be reduced trom 4 per cent. to 3yi per cent,
2. The interest on the Preference Debt to be reduced from 5 per cent, to 4yi per cent.
3. The interest on the Daira Debt is not to be reduced at all, supposing that the revenues hypotheticated to this debt suffice to pay the stipulated interest. But in the contrary event, the Egyptian Exchequer is only to be called upon to make up the amount less l/z per cent.
4. The Domains Loan is to be left untouched, in consideration of the facts that it was advanced to pay off the Floating Debt under conditions which would never have been granted unless the security had been regarded as absolute ; that Egypt derived great benefit from this loan, and that, therefore, it stands in a completely different category from all the other loans.
5. The sinking funds on both the Preference and the Unified Debts are to be suspended for the present.
6. The interest paid by Egypt in respect of the Suez Canal shares held by England is to be reduced either by % or per cent, as circumstances may render it advisable.
7. The British Government is either to advance itself, or to guarantee the advance of, a sum of ¿8,000,000 to the Egyptian Government for the payment of the indemnities and other expenses. This loan is to take precedence of all existing loans.
On M onday a great surprise was sprung the vote of Up0n the Opposition and the country, and the motion!* House o f Commons was treated to the extra
ordinary spectacle o f the Prim e M inister and the other occupants o f the Treasury Bench going into the same lobby with the Opposition, while the rest o f the Ministerial party, to a man, were allowed to go into the other lobby and outvote them. It was the day which Mr. G ladstone had given for the discussion o f Mr. T . B ruce’s motion for a V o te o f Censure, directed against the AngloFrench Agreem ent respecting Egypt. A ccordingly the Prim e M inister rose and made the formal motion that the Orders o f the D ay should be postponed until the motion concerning Egypt had been disposed of. Thereupon Mr. Forster expressed the opinion that the discussion on that motion would at this moment be inopportune and inconvenient, especially as the Prim e M inister had just given the assurance (in reply to Mr. Lewis) that the whole matter, the Anglo-French agreement and the conclusions o f the Conference, would, i f the Conference came to any result at all, be fully submitted to the judgment o f Parliam ent by the proposal on the part o f the Government o f an affirmative vote. H e thererore made an appeal to Mr. A rnold to withdraw his amendment— to leave out all after the word “ th a t ”— in favour o f a motion o f the “ previous question.” M any members on his side o f the House would not like to vote for a direct negative or for Mr. A rn o ld ’s amendment, and the “ previous question ” would exactly meet the case, and reserve all expression o f opinion until the proper moment. This Mr. Arnold declined to do, as he held that his amendment was more intelligible, and expressed the view which he hoped Mr. Forster and those who acted with him would take. Sir W . Lawson supported Mr. Forster’s proposal. That gentlem an had said he knew he was in the position o f a man who tried to stop a prize fight, but Sir W ilfrid thought that, if the object was to have a good party fight, they could not have a better one than on the “ previous question.” Soon after Mr. G ladstone rose, and wished it to be understood that he was “ a most reluctant party.” H e was acting under “ the pressure o f circum stances,” and had been obliged by “ the choice o f
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