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THE TABLET A PVeekly Newspaper and Review W ITH SUPPLEMENT. D u m VOBIS GRA.TULAMUR, ANIM OS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS. From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , Jun e 4, 1870. Voi. 36. No. 1590. L o n d o n , O c t o b e r i , 1870. P r i c e sd . S t a m p e d 6d [ R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N e w s p a p e r . »Chronicle o f t h e W eek : Alleged French Successes.— The HolyFather’s Attitude.— The Pope’s Clemency.— Lying Diplomacy.— Entry of the Revolution.— An Honest Avowal.—The English College.— The Romans.— Progress in Rome.—Within Paris.—The War in the Provinces.— Negotia­ tions.— A King for France.— Belgium.— Russia.— Spain. — Aid for the Sick and Wounded.— The Hexham School Committee.—Mr. Gladstone and the “ Times” . 4x3 L e a d e r s : The Pope’s Position . .4 17 , The W a r ................................... 417' Diplomacy and the Roman Question ..... 418 Disestablishment in Ireland . . 419 CONTENTS. L e a d e r s (continued) : The Call to Arms .... 420 Peter’s Pence. . . . . 420 English Administrations and Catholic Interests : V I II .— Prince Charles Edward Stuart . . .421 T h e A n g l ic a n M o v e m e n t : The Unionist Notion of Branch Churches and Corporate ReUnion ...... 422 R e v i e w s : Handbook to the Cathedrals of England (Second Notice) . . 423 Journal of the Waterloo Campaign (Second Notice). . . . 424 Man and Wife . . . . 425 S h o r t N o t i c e s : La Sainte Bible •avec Commentaires.— The Last of the Catholic O ’Malleys.— A Historical Account of the Neutrality o f Great Britain during the American Civil War. .... 426 New Books Published during September ..... 426 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e : A Catholic Word for Germany . 426 Refugee Fund .... 427 Sergeant Shea of the Papal Zouaves ..... 427 The Barnet Schools . . . 427 A League of Defence for God’s C i t y ........................................... • 427 Rome : Events at Rome.— Victor Emmanuel’s Letter to tluj Pope.— The Invasion.— The Attack on Rome —The Papal Zouaves.— A Word for the Papal Army.— The Leonine City.— Telegrams . . 428 R e c o r d o f t h e C o u n c il : The Definitions of the Vatican Council 432 D io c e s a n N ew s : Westm inster.................................. 433 S o u t h w a r k .................................. 433 Hexham and Newcastle . . 433 Ecclesiastical Appointments . . 433 I r e l a n d ..................................................... 434 F o r e ig n N ew s : I ta ly : Is Italy really Rejoicing? — Supposed Ministerial Programme.— Latest Tidings.— . 434 France ...... 435 T h e W a r ............................................ 435 M e m o r a n d a : Educational . L iterary. Fine Arts Cricket . G e n e r a l N ew s • -437 • 437 ■ 43s • 43s • 438 C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K . a l l e g e d ¥ A A R L Y in the week we had news o f very Fr e n c h hH important French victories around Paris. s u c c e s s e s . JL— j m u S (. incjee(} b e taken as probable that, with their usual exaggeration, the French have ;greatly magnified in their first announcements the importance of the material successes which they have gained. The fact, however, that any French force was engaged with the Prussians without incurring a defeat is important, and the morale given to the French cause considerable. The intelligence is contained in two telegrams, of which the contents vary, and in the rumour o f a serious engagement in the neighbourhood o f Paris, which had for some days been prevalent. The first telegram relates to intelligence conveyed •from Paris to Lille by a carrier pigeon : the other contains information brought by an aeronaut to Mozidon, en route to Tours. The intelligence brought by the balloon has been telegraphed, under date Rouen, Sept. 26th, and states that a delegate o f the Government left Paris on the .25th, and reports that order had not ceased to reign, and that •on Thursday, the 22nd, the French took nine guns, 12 mitrailleuses, and put 12,000 men hors de combat. A telegram, dated Tours, Sunday evening, the 25th, stated •that its writer had just seen the man who arrived at Tours from Paris, on the 24th, and who quitted that town on the 23d. The aeronant states that fighting was going on in the direction o f Mount Valerien. He says that he was fired at by Prussian artillery and musketry till he had passed over Mantes. The despatches he brought with him announced that the cannon of Mount Valerien had dislodged the enemy from the redoubt which they had taken about St. Cloud. The intelligence brought by carrier pigeon is to the effect that on the 23d, General Mandlay’s division had attacked the heights o f V illeju if on the south, occupied by Prussians. The fighting lasted several hours, and in the end the French field-batteries, supported by the fire o f the forts, drove the enemy out of the redoubt, and the Sagne Mill o f Villejuif, as well as the height o f the Haute Bruyere. The French up date of last advices are represented to have maintained themselves in the position which they had won. The Prussians we are told suffered severely, and the Garde Mobile behaved well. On the same day Admiral Saisset, at the head o f 200 Fusiliers, 400 Marine infantry, and eight companies o f light cavalry of the Seine, made a reconnaissance in the direction o f Bourjet, and drove the Prussians out of the village of Drancy. situated about two miles north-east o f Fort d’Aubervilliers. Also on the same day, General Belanger attacked the village o f Pierrefitte, some two miles north o f St. Denis, and though the enemy occupied it in considerable force, they were diiven out o f it after a sharp fight, and General Belanger returned without molestation N ew S eries, N o. 99. to St. Denis. In reviewing these pieces of intelligence we must confess to some incredulity as to the details of the Prussian losses. No doubt there have been three considerable affairs near Paris : but the fact that the Prussian despatches say nothing of them, is, to say the least, suspicious. The French account admits that a large body of Zouaves who had not been engaged fled on the 23rd with deplorable precipitation. The position of the French ought not to be desperate. They have, by their own accounts, 300,000 men, protected by outlying forts, and an enceinte at least as strong as that o f Sebastopol. They have, so we are informed, plenty of provisions, and occupy, moreover, a central position, and the power o f acting on either bank o f the Seine at pleasure. The Prussians, on the other hand, have only some 250,000 men near Paris, scattered round a circle of nearly 30 miles in circumference, and separated by the Seine into at least two parts ; but they have prestige, training, and discipline, while the French have lately shown themselves to possess none o f these. We have received the following account o f the audience granted Couut Ponza di San FATHER S a t t i t u d e . Martino by the Holy Father, and we believe it to be authentic :■— The audience was at 10 a.m. on the 10th Sept., and was veryshort. Count Ponza gave Victor Emmanuel’s letter. The Pope took it, did not even open it, and threw it on the table, saying, “ Ecco la risposta. Non ho altro per questi chi mi domandano di tradire i miei piu sacri diritti il mio honore.” [That is my answer. I have no other for those who ask me to betray my most sacred rights and my honour.] Count Ponza began to bluster, and was very insolent in his manner, saying, ‘‘ Ma sà Sua Santità., che mentre che Ella parla cosi, forse traversono i confini quattro divisioni Italiani.” [But your Holiness knows that whilst you talk thus, there are possibly four Italian divisions crossing the frontier.] The Pope rose with all the dignity you know, and said, “ E che mi fanno quattro divisioni di piu 0 di meno ? La mia causa é questa citta sono nella mano Omnipotente di Dio ! Dite al Vostro Rè che mi difenderò al mio ultimo soldato e la mia ultima cartuccia, ma che non tradisco i miei diritti e quelle della Santa Romana Chièsa.” [And what do four divisions, more or less, signify to me ? My cause and this city are in the hands of Almighty God. Tell your master that I shall defend myself to my last soldier and to my last cartridge ; and that I will never surrender my rights and those of the Holy Roman Church.] The Pope rang the bell, and pointed to the door, and e x it -i Pontius Pilate ” (as the Romans have already named Count Ponza); and the Pope called in General Kanzler, the Minister of Arms : and said, “ I have given my answer, General. They offered me five days to consider, but 1 have settled the matter in five minutes. Take all the measures necessary for the defence, and Mary Most Holy will help us . (Maria Santissima ci ajuterà). From this it will be seen how far the Holy Father was from acting at the mere dictation of the foreign troops ; and how far he has stood to the last in defence o f his rights and those of Christendom in his august person. H f r i f

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THE TABLET A PVeekly Newspaper and Review

W ITH SUPPLEMENT.

D u m VOBIS GRA.TULAMUR, ANIM OS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , Jun e 4, 1870.

Voi. 36. No. 1590. L o n d o n , O c t o b e r i , 1870.

P r i c e sd . S t a m p e d 6d

[ R e g i s t e r e d a t t h e G e n e r a l P o s t O f f i c e a s a N e w s p a p e r .

»Chronicle o f t h e W eek : Alleged

French Successes.— The HolyFather’s Attitude.— The Pope’s Clemency.— Lying Diplomacy.— Entry of the Revolution.— An Honest Avowal.—The English College.— The Romans.— Progress in Rome.—Within Paris.—The War in the Provinces.— Negotia­ tions.— A King for France.— Belgium.— Russia.— Spain. — Aid for the Sick and Wounded.— The Hexham School Committee.—Mr. Gladstone and the “ Times” . 4x3 L e a d e r s :

The Pope’s Position . .4 17 , The W a r ................................... 417' Diplomacy and the Roman

Question ..... 418 Disestablishment in Ireland . . 419

CONTENTS.

L e a d e r s (continued) : The Call to Arms .... 420 Peter’s Pence. . . . . 420 English Administrations and

Catholic Interests : V I II .— Prince Charles Edward Stuart . . .421 T h e A n g l ic a n M o v e m e n t :

The Unionist Notion of Branch

Churches and Corporate ReUnion ...... 422 R e v i e w s :

Handbook to the Cathedrals of

England (Second Notice) . . 423 Journal of the Waterloo Campaign

(Second Notice). . . . 424 Man and Wife . . . . 425 S h o r t N o t i c e s : La Sainte Bible

•avec Commentaires.— The Last of the Catholic O ’Malleys.— A Historical Account of the Neutrality o f Great Britain during the American Civil War. .... 426 New Books Published during

September ..... 426 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

A Catholic Word for Germany . 426 Refugee Fund .... 427 Sergeant Shea of the Papal

Zouaves ..... 427 The Barnet Schools . . . 427 A League of Defence for God’s

C i t y ........................................... • 427 Rome : Events at Rome.— Victor

Emmanuel’s Letter to tluj Pope.— The Invasion.— The Attack on Rome —The Papal Zouaves.— A Word for the Papal Army.— The Leonine City.— Telegrams . . 428 R e c o r d o f t h e C o u n c il : The

Definitions of the Vatican Council 432

D io c e s a n N ew s :

Westm inster.................................. 433 S o u t h w a r k .................................. 433 Hexham and Newcastle . . 433 Ecclesiastical Appointments . . 433 I r e l a n d ..................................................... 434 F o r e ig n N ew s :

I ta ly : Is Italy really Rejoicing?

— Supposed Ministerial Programme.— Latest Tidings.— . 434 France ...... 435 T h e W a r ............................................ 435 M e m o r a n d a :

Educational . L iterary. Fine Arts Cricket . G e n e r a l N ew s

• -437 • 437 ■ 43s • 43s • 438

C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .

a l l e g e d ¥ A A R L Y in the week we had news o f very Fr e n c h hH important French victories around Paris. s u c c e s s e s . JL— j m u S (. incjee(} b e taken as probable that, with their usual exaggeration, the French have ;greatly magnified in their first announcements the importance of the material successes which they have gained. The fact, however, that any French force was engaged with the Prussians without incurring a defeat is important, and the morale given to the French cause considerable. The intelligence is contained in two telegrams, of which the contents vary, and in the rumour o f a serious engagement in the neighbourhood o f Paris, which had for some days been prevalent. The first telegram relates to intelligence conveyed •from Paris to Lille by a carrier pigeon : the other contains information brought by an aeronaut to Mozidon, en route to Tours. The intelligence brought by the balloon has been telegraphed, under date Rouen, Sept. 26th, and states that a delegate o f the Government left Paris on the .25th, and reports that order had not ceased to reign, and that •on Thursday, the 22nd, the French took nine guns, 12 mitrailleuses, and put 12,000 men hors de combat. A telegram, dated Tours, Sunday evening, the 25th, stated •that its writer had just seen the man who arrived at Tours from Paris, on the 24th, and who quitted that town on the 23d. The aeronant states that fighting was going on in the direction o f Mount Valerien. He says that he was fired at by Prussian artillery and musketry till he had passed over Mantes. The despatches he brought with him announced that the cannon of Mount Valerien had dislodged the enemy from the redoubt which they had taken about St. Cloud. The intelligence brought by carrier pigeon is to the effect that on the 23d, General Mandlay’s division had attacked the heights o f V illeju if on the south, occupied by Prussians. The fighting lasted several hours, and in the end the French field-batteries, supported by the fire o f the forts, drove the enemy out of the redoubt, and the Sagne Mill o f Villejuif, as well as the height o f the Haute Bruyere. The French up date of last advices are represented to have maintained themselves in the position which they had won. The Prussians we are told suffered severely, and the Garde Mobile behaved well. On the same day Admiral Saisset, at the head o f 200 Fusiliers, 400 Marine infantry, and eight companies o f light cavalry of the Seine, made a reconnaissance in the direction o f Bourjet, and drove the Prussians out of the village of Drancy. situated about two miles north-east o f Fort d’Aubervilliers. Also on the same day, General Belanger attacked the village o f Pierrefitte, some two miles north o f St. Denis, and though the enemy occupied it in considerable force, they were diiven out o f it after a sharp fight, and General Belanger returned without molestation

N ew S eries, N o. 99.

to St. Denis. In reviewing these pieces of intelligence we must confess to some incredulity as to the details of the Prussian losses. No doubt there have been three considerable affairs near Paris : but the fact that the Prussian despatches say nothing of them, is, to say the least, suspicious. The French account admits that a large body of Zouaves who had not been engaged fled on the 23rd with deplorable precipitation. The position of the French ought not to be desperate. They have, by their own accounts, 300,000 men, protected by outlying forts, and an enceinte at least as strong as that o f Sebastopol. They have, so we are informed, plenty of provisions, and occupy, moreover, a central position, and the power o f acting on either bank o f the Seine at pleasure. The Prussians, on the other hand, have only some 250,000 men near Paris, scattered round a circle of nearly 30 miles in circumference, and separated by the Seine into at least two parts ; but they have prestige, training, and discipline, while the French have lately shown themselves to possess none o f these.

We have received the following account o f the audience granted Couut Ponza di San FATHER S a t t i t u d e . Martino by the Holy Father, and we believe it to be authentic :■— The audience was at 10 a.m. on the 10th Sept., and was veryshort. Count Ponza gave Victor Emmanuel’s letter. The Pope took it, did not even open it, and threw it on the table, saying, “ Ecco la risposta. Non ho altro per questi chi mi domandano di tradire i miei piu sacri diritti il mio honore.” [That is my answer. I have no other for those who ask me to betray my most sacred rights and my honour.] Count Ponza began to bluster, and was very insolent in his manner, saying, ‘‘ Ma sà Sua Santità., che mentre che Ella parla cosi, forse traversono i confini quattro divisioni Italiani.” [But your Holiness knows that whilst you talk thus, there are possibly four Italian divisions crossing the frontier.] The Pope rose with all the dignity you know, and said, “ E che mi fanno quattro divisioni di piu 0 di meno ? La mia causa é questa citta sono nella mano Omnipotente di Dio ! Dite al Vostro Rè che mi difenderò al mio ultimo soldato e la mia ultima cartuccia, ma che non tradisco i miei diritti e quelle della Santa Romana Chièsa.” [And what do four divisions, more or less, signify to me ? My cause and this city are in the hands of Almighty God. Tell your master that I shall defend myself to my last soldier and to my last cartridge ; and that I will never surrender my rights and those of the Holy Roman Church.] The Pope rang the bell, and pointed to the door, and e x it -i Pontius Pilate ” (as the Romans have already named Count Ponza); and the Pope called in General Kanzler, the Minister of Arms : and said, “ I have given my answer, General. They offered me five days to consider, but 1 have settled the matter in five minutes. Take all the measures necessary for the defence, and Mary Most Holy will help us . (Maria Santissima ci ajuterà). From this it will be seen how far the Holy Father was from acting at the mere dictation of the foreign troops ; and how far he has stood to the last in defence o f his rights and those of Christendom in his august person.

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