THE TABLET

A W eekly Newspaper and Review

D um VOBISGRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Pins IX . to T he T ablet, June 4, 1870.'

Vol. 53. No. 2042.

London, May 3 r, 1879.

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C h r o n ic l e o f t h e W e e k

Cardinal Newman. — Cardinal Newman Presentation Fund.— The New French Cardinals and President Grévy.—The Austrian Cardinals.— Peace with Afghanistan.— Conditions of the Treaty. — The Command in South Africa. — Explanations in Parliament.— Sir Eartle Frere and the Boers.— Debates on the Belgian Education Bill.— The French Government and M. Blanqui.— Divorce in France.— The Prosecution of M. de Cas«agnac. — England and France.—The Centre Party and the German Government.— Installation o f Aleko Pasha.— The Moore Centenary, &c., &c. . . 673

CONTENTS.

P e t e r s P e n c e

Page . 677

L e a d e r s :

The Zulu War . . •• •• 677 The Rationale o f School Boards.. 677 National Education, Ireland—

1878............................................... 679 The Hundredth Derby . . . . 679 A r t :

Burlington House . . .. . . 68t R e v i e w s :

The Life of John Fisher.. .. 682 Goldsmith .. . . .. . ■ 683 Pictures of the Past .. . . 683 Cambria Sacra . . .. •• 684 S h o r t N o t ic e s :

The Christian Life and Virtues.. 684 The Centenary of Moore.. . . 684 Life of Thomas Moore . . .. 684

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S h o r t N o t ic e s (Continued) :

For a Dream’s Sake Month of the Sacred Heart The Plague as it Concerns .. 684 . . 685 England .. .. . . . . 685 Which is the True Church ? . . 685 The Scott Birthday Book . . 685 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

Faith of our Fathers.— XXVI. .. 685 The “ Month” for May . . . . 686 Catholic Archaeological Society.. 686 Barnet Schools and Missions . . 6S6 Catholic Chaplains in Workhouses 686 Leo X I I I . and the English Catho­

lic Party .. . . . . . . 68£ P a r l i a m e n t a r y S u m m a r y : . . 687 R o m e : — Letter from our own

Correspondent.........................689

D io c e s a n N ew s

Westminster . . . . 6g0 Southw ark ......................... . . 6 9 1 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 691 Liverpool . . . . . . 691 Newport and Menevia . . . .6 9 1 Salford .......................................691 S c o t l a n d :

Edinburgh . . . . . . . . 6gr I r e l a n d :—

Letter from our own Corre­

spondent . . . .

M e m o r a n d a :

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R e l i g i o u s .......................................694 F o r e ig n N ew s :—

Poland ......................... . . 694. Austria .......................................694 G e r m a n y .......................................694 G e n e r a l N ew s : ..................................695

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE The new French Cardinals have received n e w f r e n c h their berrettas, according to established usage,

CARD IN AL NEWMAN is, we are glad to say, much better. He has, HEWMAN. however, been rather seriously ill, and was confined to his bedroom from c a r d i n a l s through the hands of the Chief of the State. p r e s i d e n t Under the Monarchy and the Empire the cere-

g r é v y . mony used to be held in the Chapel of the from the night of Friday, the 16th— the day after the Consistory— until Sunday last, when he was able to hear Mass in the adjoining room. Having been laid up on his first arrival in Rome, in consequence, it may be supposed, of the fatigue of so rapid a journey, he recovered sufficiently to .go through all the ceremonies of the week before last, but there must have been a certain reaction after the effort, and his Eminence is believed to have subsequently taken a chill in a visit to the church of St. Agnes, which is sunk so low beneath the present level of the soil as to be almost subterranean. Such chills, in the climate of Rome, are particularly prejudicial to health, and likely to bring on an attack of fever; and the Cardinal was doubtless well advised in not exposing himself to any changes of temperature, though it must have been a trial to him to have been kept awav from the Cardinalitial Cappella in the Chiesa Nuova on St. Philip’s day. Owing, however, to these precautions, his Eminence’s recovery has been steady and satisfactory, and it is hoped that he will shortly be able to begin his journey homewards. He will perhaps be accompanied by Dr. Aiiken, the English physician who has been attending him, as far as Paris. His Eminence has formally delegated IMgr. Stonor to take possession of the church of St. George .in his name.

We are glad to be able to state that it is c a r d i n a l intended to present to Cardinal Newman, ''Pr e s e n t a t io n together with the pecuniary offering now f u n d . being raised for him, the names of those by whom it is contributed. The presentation will be made as soon as possible after his Eminence’s return. A meeting of the Committee of the tund was held on Thursday afternoon at Willis’s Rooms, under the presidency of the Duke of Norfolk. It was stated that the sums already ■ received and promised amount to between ,£4,000 and £5,000, including subscriptions not from Catholics only, but also in some cases from others, whose contributions have been gladly received by the Committee. It was resolved that the subscription should be kept open until further no’ ice. Donations may be paid to the fund standing at the London Joint Stock Bank, Pall Mall, in the names of the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Ripon, or to either of the Hon. Secretaries, T. W. Allies, Esq., 22, Portman-street, Portman-square, W., and W. S. Lilly, Esq., ro, Duke-street, St. James’s, S.W.

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Tuileries, and was accompanied by the celebration of Mass ; and under the Presidency of Marshal MacMahon it took place in a temporary chapel arranged in one of the rooms of the Elysée. This time, however, there was no religious ceremony whatever. The Cardinals, who had taken the oath on the previous evening before the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, were conveyed to the Elysée in State carriages with an escort of cavalry, and accompanied by the two Ablegates and the two Noble Guards. The prelates having been received by a guard of honour, and having been introduced into the presence of M. Grévy by the “ Introducteur des Ambassadeurs,” the Ablegate, Mgr. Cataldi, addressed the President in Latin, eulogising Mgr. Desprez, and expressing his hope that through “ the virtue of such a President and the piety of such a Cardinal ” the glory of France might be increased, the minds of men pacified, and the winds and storms laid to rest. The Ablegate then handed the berretta to the President, who delivered it to the Cardinal. His Eminence then addressed the President, and his speech appears to us a model of prudence and appropriateness to the somewhat delicate circumstances. After a modest disclaimer of any personal merits of his own, Cardinal Desprez continued thus :—

Nevertheless, how can I avoid experiencing a feeling of legitimate pride when I reflect that this distinction is conferred upon me by the kindness of one of the most illustrious pilots who have ever steered the bark of St. Peter in its perilous navigation ? Be willing, Monsieur le Président, to believe that I associate in my gratitude the two Powers that co-operate in my elevation. Bishops feel no difficulty in proclaiming themselves the debtors of their country, both because a man honours himself by acknowledging his debt as a son, and because we are conscious of discharging our obligations to France by social services which it will be difficult to erase from her history and from her heart. But there is more than this ; as it is the peculiar greatness of Catholic peoples not to be subject spiritually and temporally to the same authority, they love their country all the more that she shows her delicacy towards them, as a mother, by abstaining from interference with their conscience ; and this “ religion towards the second Majesty,” as Tertullian has it, is increased by the deference of the secular Power towards theChurch, because it is on that consideration that the real guarantee is founded which secures the dignity and liberty of the human soul. We are happy, Monsieur le Président, to find an order of things so worthy of respect placed under the safeguard of the civic virtues that distinguish the First Magistrate of the Republic at a time when the gravest problems are being discussed in the midst of our society. Pope St. Gregory wrote to