THE TABLET

A IVeekly Newspaper and Review

D u m VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r ie f o f His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , ’J u n e 4, 1870.

Vol. 54. No. 2059. L o n d o n , S e p t e m b e r 27, 1879.

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C hronicle of th e W eek :—

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The Creation of Cardinals and Nuncios. — The Pacification of Zululand.— The Capture of Cetywayo.— Communications from the Amir.— Demonstrations of Hostili t y — The Advance on Cabul.— Reported Defeat of the Russians in Central Asia.— Lord Beaconsfield on the Condition oQAgriculture.— Lord Hartington on the Government.— Mr. Shaw and the Proposed Irish Convention. — Prince Bismarck at Vienna.— Dr.

■ Falk’s Manifesto — French Radical Oratory.— The Orleanists and Legitimists.— The New Egyptian Ministry.— War Correspondents. — “ Deathless Immortality.” .. 385

CONTENTS.

P e t e r ’s P ence

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L e a d e r s :

English Parties

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A Glimpse c f a Buried World •• 3S9 Fresh Troubles for the Church in

Italy

Russia and Germany

Politics in Victoria.. Prospects of Scarcity

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R e v iew s :

F. Mazzella on the Theological I Virtues . . . . . . .. 394

The Catholic Church and the

Kaffir . . . . .. . .3 9 5 The Contemporary Review . . 396

S hort N otices :

The Pronunciation of Greek and

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Latin .................................... 396 The Server at Low M ass.. .. 396 C orrespondence

Faith of Our Fathers.— X X IX . . . 397 Catholic Interests Abroad .. 397 Catholics and School Boards . . 398 “ The Life of Saint Colette ” .. 398 Celtic Legends .. .. .. 398 The Philosophy of History—Why is it an Especially Important Part of a Catholic Course of Study at the Present Time . . 398 The “ Autobiography of a Con­

vert ” . . .. .. . . 399 “ Distress in Middlesbrough” . . 399 R o m e : — Letter from our own

Correspondent . . .. . . 401

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The Recent Pilgrimage to Lourdes 403 D io cesan N ew s :—

Westminster ......................... 404 Southwark . . . . . . . . 405 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 70"; Clifton . . .. . . . . 405 Middlesbrough .. .. . . 405 Newport and Menevia .. .. 405 Northampton . . .. . . 405 Nottingham . . . . . . . . 406 Salford . . .. .. . . *06 S c o t l a n d :

Galloway . . . . .. . . 406 M em oranda :

Religious . . ......................... 407 I r e l a n d :—

Letter from our own Corre­

spondent . . . . . . ... 408 G en e r a l N e w s : . . . . . . 409

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE CREATION OF CARDINALS AND NUNCIOS. I

N a secret Consistory held on Friday,

the 19th, his Holiness created four new Cardinal Priests : Mgr. Pietro Francesco Meglia, Nuncio at Paris ; Mgr.

Giacomo Cattani, Nuncio at Madrid ; Mgr. Ludovico

S icobini, Nuncio at Vienna ; and Mgr. Domenico Sanguigni, undo at Lisbon. A t the same time his Holiness made provision for six vacant episcopal sees in Italy, and two in Mexico. The subsequent public Consistory was held on Monday, and the Pope imposed the hat on Cardinal Simor, Primate of Hungary, created Cardinal by Pius IX . in 1873, and the hat and ring on Cardinals Desprez, Haynald, Pie, and Alimonda. T o Cardinal Desprez his Holiness allotted the Title of SS. Marcellino e Pietro ; to Cardinal Haynald that of Santa Maria degli Angeli ; to Cardinal Pie that of Santa Maria della Vittoria ; and to Cardinal Alimonda that o f Santa Maria in Traspontina. In the same Consistory Archiépiscopal sees in partibus were assigned to the prelates destined to succeed to the vacant Nunciatures, and the newly created Cardinal Cattani was nominated to the Archiepiscopal see of Ravenna, which Cardinal Moretti has resigned on account of ill health. The appointments to the Nunciatures, as specified by us some time ago, have now been officially announced : Mgr. Bianchi to the Nunciature at Madrid; Mgr. Aloisi Masella to the Nunciature at Lisbon, and Mgr. Vladimir Czacki to the Nunciature at Paris ; the Nunciature at Vienna remaining for the present in the hands of Cardinal Jacobini as Pro-Nuncio.

The capture of Cetywayo has removed the t h e FAciF i- ]ast obstacle to the pacification of Zululand, z u l u l a n d . ar,d the war which for many months has en­

grossed so much of the public attention, may fairly be considered at an end. The intelligence telegraphed by Sir Garnet Wolseley to the War Office is both full and satisfactory. He was able on the 29 th of August to report from Ulundi that all the important chiefs had made their submission, and that he was about to hold a meeting on the 1st or 2nd of September to announce the division of the country, name the chiefs who are to rule in the several districts, and call upon them to sign the terms upon which they agree to hold their chieftainship. A subsequent telegram, dated the rst September,reports that this important business was successfully accomplished on that day. The meeting passed off in the most satisfactory manner, and six of the chiefs selected, including John Dunn, signed the terms proposed to them by Sir Garnet. The six other chiefs were absent in consequence of a mistake as to the day fixed for the meeting, but were expected to arrive shortly. Ac

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cording to the arrangement come to, Zululand will be divided into twelve districts, each governed by its own chief. The whole country is to be further superintended by two British Residents, one stationed in the North and one in the South of Zululand. These two officers are to have no administrative or executive functions, but, in the words of Sir Garnet Wolseley, are “ to be the eyes and ears of the Government,” and due precautions will o f course be taken to secure their personal safety. The terms imposed on the chiefs are framed with a view to prevent any possible revival, under the new rulers, of the system of Government which has, under Chaka and Cetywayo, made the Zulu nation such dangerous neighbours to our colonists. Each chief undertakes, in the first place, to respect whatever boundary shall be assigned to his territory by the British Government through the Resident of the Division in which it is situated. He then promises not to permit the existence o f the Zulu military system, or of any other military system in his territory, and engages to proclaim that all men shall be allowed to marry when and as they choose, according to the ancient customs prevailing before the days of Chaka, and, moreover, that all men living within the territory shall be allowed to go and come freely, and to work in the Transvaal, Natal, and elsewhere. No importation of arms or ammunition is to be allowed for any purpose whatever, without the express sanction o f the British Resident. The chief further promises to respect the lives of his own people, none o f whom are to be put .0 death except after sentence passed in a council of the chief men of the territory, and after a fair and impartial trial and the hearing o f witnesaes. Fugitives from justice are to be delivered up when demanded by the Government o f any British colony ; no war is to be engaged in without the sanction of the British Government; the succession to the chieftainship is to be regulated according to the customs of the people, and the nomination o f each successor is to be subject to the approval of the British Government; and no part of the land of the territory is to be sold or alienated. Such are the main outlines o f the scheme devised by Sir Garnet Wolseley, and accepted by the chiefs, for the future government of Zululand, which seems well calculated to effect the two great objects in view, namely, the protection of our colonies from aggression, and the rescuing of the Zulus themselves from the cruel tyranny inflicted upon them by the military system of Chaka. Cetywayo passed through Ulundi under escort on bis way to Capetown, Sir Garnet was to leave for the Transvaal on the 4th September, and all the troops were to be at once withdrawn from Zululand with the exception of a small column engaged in the pacification of a limited district in the north-west of the country