THE TABLET

A IVeekly Newspaper and Review

D U M V O B IS G R A T U L A M U R , A N IM O S E T IA M ADD IM U S U T IN IN CCEPTIS V E S T R IS CO N S T AN T E R M AN E A '/ IS ,

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’

Voi. 54. No. 2049. L o n d o n , J u l y 19, 1879.

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[R e g is tered a t th e G en er a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

C hronicle of t h e W eek

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The Funeral of the Prince Imperial. — The Irish University Bill.— Further Elucidation of the Mystery.—The O’Conor Don on the “ Educational Inequality.”— The Speaker’s Notes o f Debates. — Vote of Confidence in the Speaker.— Catholic Education in Paris.— Training Schools in Ireland.— Flogging in the Army.— The Taxation of Charities.— A Burials B 11 Passed.— Cpeech of Lcrd Crar.brook.— The New Ger­ man Tariff.—The New Italian Ministry.— The Italian Catholics and the Municipal Elections.—The Pope and the Prince of Bulgaria. — Italian Democrats, & c . . . . 65

CONTENTS.

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Peter’s Pence ...............................69

L e a d e r s :

The Irish University Question . . 69 Ninety Years After . . . . 70 Close of the Session of the

Reichstag.. . . _ . . 71 The Taxation of Charities .. 72 Reviews :

Is Life Worth Living ? . . •• 73 The “ Nineteenth Century" . . 75 Londoniana .. .. . . •• 75 The “ Dublin Review” .. . . 76 Short Notices :

The Vision of Justice and other

Poems . . .. . . . . 77 The Great Artists—Van Dyck . . 77 The Catholic Church in the

United States . . .. •• 77

S hort N otices (Continued):

A Parisian Sultana.. .. .. 77 Between the Lights . . . . 77 Lincoln Crest and Monogram

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Album .. . . . . . • 77 Our Native Land .. . . •• 77 Picturesque Lodges, &c............. 77 Funeral Words .. .. • • 77 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

St. Mary’s Orphanage, Brookgreen .........................................78 The Bedford Mission .. .. 78 Mountain Ash School-Chapel . . 78 B a ld e . . ........................................ 78 “ The Life and Letters of Car­

dinal Wiseman.” . . . . .. 78 j Retreat for the Deaf and Dumb at

Cabra . . .. .. . . 78 1 P a r l i a m e n t a r y S u m m a r y : . . 79 I

R ome : — Letter from our own

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Correspondent . . .. . . 8t D io cesan N ews

Westminster . . . . ..83 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 84 Newport and Menevia .. . . 84 Liverpool . . . . . . . . 84 Middiesbro’ ......................................... 84 Nottingham .. . . . . ..84 Salford ......................................... 84 S c o t l a n d :

Aberdeen . . . . . . ..83 The Funeral of the Prince Imperial 85 I r elan d

Letter from our own Corre­

spondent . . . . . . m 8 7 M emoranda :

R e l i g i o u s ......................................... 87

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE FUNERAL OF THE PRINCE

IMPERIAL. A WEEK will have elapsed by the time these lines are in the hands of our readers since the remains of the lamented Prince Imperial were com­

mitted to their resting-place in St. Mary’s, Chislehurst. The daily papers have supplied detailed information respecting the reception of the body at Woolwich Arsenal on the n th , its conveyance to Camden-place the same evening, and the funeral procession and ceremonies on the 12th. We ourselves publish elsewhere a descriptive sketch of the imposing spectacle witnessed by upwards of 100,000 persons on Saturday. We will not therefore here dwell upon it at any length. No one who saw it can ever forget it. For these were no merely formal obsequies, nor were the myriads of spectators only a curiosity-loving crowd. An electric current of sympathy had touched all hearts. From the Queen, who with her own hands placed the golden laurel wreath on the coffin of the princely youth, and watched with such evident emotion the procession as it defiled before her— from the five English Princes who helped to bear the pall, to the Cadets who paid their last tribute to an old comrade, and even to the humblest gunner who escorted the honoured remains to the tomb, there was not one who was not impressed by the peculiarly touching solemnity of the occasion. All Englishmen, and, we believe, most Frenchmen, will feel grateful for the gracious and tender expression which her Majesty has given to the feelings common to us all.

The conversation which took place on the t h e Ir i s h occasion of the Lords going into Committee on UiiBiLL?m ^ e I r's^ University Bill threw some light on the dark places of the subject, although no answer was elicited from the Government. For Lord Granville put the case very clearly and fairly, and gave us--what the newspaper reports of the debate on the second reading did not give us— the real purport of Lord Ripon’s statement on that occasion. “ The Government,” said Lord Granville, “ have been much pressed here to explain in what way the principles of the Intermediate School Act of last year, proposed by them and cheerfully assented to by us, are not applicable to collegiate education in Ireland. The Lord Chancellor gave us the reasons, and when he gives reasons they are likely to be the best that can be found. No one is very likely to find better. His reasons were these— first that the children in the schools are younger than the students in colleges; secondly, that there is no conscience clause applicable to colleges ; thirdly, that the colleges cannot, like the primary schools, be inspected. As to the first reason— viz., as to the age of the children— this may or may not be

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a question of convenience ; but as a question of principle it has no bearing whatever on the matter. I believe there are several Irish schools of a denominational character which have received, or at all events will receive, grants under the Government Act of last year out of the surplus provided by the Irish Church Act. Then, as to the conscience clause, the late Chancellor of Ireland, speaking with great authority, said there would be no objection raised to it, and my noble friend (the Marquis of Ripon) reminded the Government of what they must know, that the Irish Bishops had agreed to a memorandum to that effect. It is not likely that the Catholic laity would object to having a conscience clause when the Bishops are ready to agree to it. Then about inspection ; the noble Marquis (of Ripon) asked the pertinent question whether her Majesty’s Government had not omitted to take any power of inspection over the intermediate schools. To this there is only one possible answer, in the negative.” All this is really unanswerable, and it was only after a fresh appeal on Monday that an answer was attempted. The Bill passed through Committee on Friday with only inconsiderable amendments, and, when the report was brought up on Monday, Lord Emly— alluding to a very prevalent belief respecting the virtual identity of the scheme originally contemplated by Government with The O ’Conor Don’s proposals— remarked that “ there was nothing unreasonable in the Catholics asking that her Majesty’s Government should act upon the lines of a proposal made some time ago by the Irish Executive, in favour of which a petition was forwarded to the Prime Minister signed by almost every Catholic of position and importance in Ireland.” This Lord Beaconsfield characterised as an extraordinary speech, and he declared that nothing was known to him or to his colleagues of “ the romance ” in which the noble baron appeared to be indulging. “ We know nothing,” he said, “ o f this negotiation, nothing of these scheme or plans. No proposition ever came to me, either directly or indirectly, on the subject; and I do not know upon what authority he

(Lord Emly) makes the statement which he has made tonight.” The Prime Minister added that it was due to the House that that authority should be given, and, if it was o f a confidential nature, he, for himself, freed Lord Emly from any obligation of secrecy, declaring that the whole narrative related “ to circumstances o f which ” he and his colleagues were “ entirely ignorant.” Lord Emly in reply observed that he had not spoken of “ her Majesty’s Government” but of the “ Irish Government,” and declared that he had himself seen the proposal. Then the Lord Chancellor attempted to prove the existence of an “ overwhelming difference” between the aid granted to intermediate schools and that demanded for higher education. The former was,