THE TABLET

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

D um VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCŒPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

F r om th e B r ie J o j H is H o lh its s to T h e T a b l e t , y u n e 4, 1870.

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^Chronicle of the Week : Rome.

— S. Alphonsus a Doctor.— Paris and Versailles.— Saisset’s Mission. — Communist Elections.— Manifesto of the Reds.—Plunder.— Assassination Recommended.— The National Assembly.—The Provinces.—The Peace Confere n c e .—Spain.—The Ocean Highway o f the Future.— Çatholic University Education.— Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister.— Republicanism in England. . .381 Headers :

The French Revolution. . . 385 The Education Crisis . . . 385 L i b e r a l i s m ..................................... 386 'The Debate of the Massacre. . 387

C O N T E N T S .

L eaders (continued):

Our French Relief Fund . . 388 E nglish Administrations and

Catholic I nterests :— XXIX Primate Boulter, Dean Swift, and Bishop Berkeley .... 383 R eviews :

Graduale de Tefnpore et de Sanctis 389 Ierne : A Tale .... 390 Mr. English on Crowland and

B u r g h ..................................... 391 H i t h e r t o ..................................... 392 S hort Notices: Familiar Instruc­

tions on Mental Prayer.—Hymns. —John’s Account of some other Rows at Dame Europa’s School,

Short Notices (continued) :

and how the Little Roman Boy was bullied by the Italian Boy . 393 Correspondence :

“ The Genesis of Species. . 393 Gibbon and the Index . . 394 Parliamentary Summary . . 394 R ome : Letter from our Roman

Correspondent .... 397 D iocesan News : Westminster................................ 399

S o u t h w a r k ................................ 399 S a l f o r d ......................................... 400 Shrewsbury ..... 400 Scotland.—Eastern District . . 400

I reland :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

spondent .....................................4° ° F oreign News :

Spain ...... 401 Memoranda :

Educational : Higher Education in

Ireland.— Minute of the Committee of Council on Education Modifying certain Provisions of the New Code (1871) . . . 40c L ite rary .............................................. 403 Fine Arts and Music . . . 494 General News . . . . 404

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

THE Revolutionary plot thickens. Nothing,

up to Thursday morning (when we write this), has occurred of a decisive mature ; but events are marching on ; and what is for ■ us their most noteworthy feature, is that the mysterious ■ connection of sympathy and movement between France and Rom e is kept up. To speak first o f the latter, •our own Correspondent’s latest advices, dated this day week, tell of an extraordinary effervescence among the 'Garibaldian party, that commenced with the news of a new Revolutionary outbreak in France, and is causing great alarm to the K ing’s Government. Garibaldi had once more •quitted Caprera (a never failing sign of coming trouble), and th e hero’s arrival in Rome was expected. The authorities were greatly alarmed now, and for the first time were beginning to move against the Republicans. The movement will b e greatly strengthened by the deplorable financial •condition of the Italian Kingdom now on the verge of

■ inevitable bankruptcy, and by the crushing taxation, which, •instead of being lightened, is to be most inopportunely increased by recent Ministerial Acts to still heavier burthen. I t seems a bad time too for the Government to b e withdrawin g troops of the line from Rome and leaving the City in •charge o f the National Guard, composed mainly of the “ R educi” or returned convicts, who had been mercifully banished by the late Government (most rulers would have disposed of them in another manner), and of the men of Trastevere ; both classes being reasonably supposed to contain a very large percentage of Garibaldians. The state of affairs in Rome is attracting the attention of Foreign Governments. There were at Civith Vecchia last week ■ one American, and two French, men-of-war. The British naval force too remains within call. Admiral Yelver•ton had come from Naples on a hasty visit to Rome. The ■ Stella, Catholic journal of Rome, announces that the Italian Government has seized the address which the Bishops of th e Roman province had signed, expressing their veneration and devotion to the Pope. The bearer of it has been committed to prison. Another feature in the new Administration reaches us this week. Our readers already know what ■ sort o f people were brought into Rome by th e in v ad e rs . That measure, it would seem, was not thought sufficient for th e production of a populace to the mind of the new masters of the Eternal City. We now learn that they mean to expel all those ivho have given pledges of their fidelity to the Pope. The “ purge” has already commenced. All the sub-officers and soldiers of the late Pontifical army are to •quit Rome. Many of them (says the O sserv a to re R o m a n o) have already received a police order to leave within 48

¡hours on pain of committal to prison. What dismay such

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an order must cause amongst poor men, many with wives and families, and nearly all in deep poverty, but guilty o f no crime, may easily be conceived. s alphonsus 0 n the 2 3rd instant> the Holy Father was a doctor, pleased solemnly to declare S. Alphonsus

Mary di Liguori, a Doctor of the Church.

Some 800 or 900 Bishops had petitioned the Holy See to raise the name S. Alphonsus to this dignity. This Saint has been the most marked antagonist of Jansenism in modern days. His theology is accepted and studied throughout the whole Church. His spirit, which was one of tenderness and love for God, for his Blessed Mother, for S. Joseph and the Saints, was one o f the most compassionate love for souls. He has enriched the Church, not only with a standard of moral theology and with innumerable works of devotion, which lead the heart straight to Jesus and Mary, but also with a congregation of men who, living in the first fervour of their Institute, carry on his work by everywhere evangelizing the multitudes of the poor, to whom they preach Missions, and by giving retreats to the clergy, so that the salt may not lose its savour. Their founder is now a Doctor of the Church.

Paris has not yet become the scene o f civil pa r is and conflict; nor has the capital of France been \ e r s a i l l e s . ^ 0CCUpie(q ] jy the Prussians : and yet the “ situation” is as threatening as possible ; the warlike declaration of M. Thiers are repeated day by day in the Assembly ; daily also do the Germans renew their menacing demand on the Government at Versailles for the re-establishment of order. General Chanzy has been liberated, and has repaired to Versailles; Admiral Saisset has also returned, his mission of conciliation having failed. No more peaceful demonstrations of the Party of Order have been made, nor has any further massacre of the unarmed b ou rg e o is ie taken place. Meanwhile, however, both parties are girding themselves for the conflict. At and near Versailles a large body of troops, stated variously a t from 40,000 to 60,000 men, continue still encamped under the orders of M. Thiers. They still remain inactive ; partly because still believed to be unreliable, and partly, because, even were they all to a man good and true, they would, be ridiculously insufficient to reconquer Paris for the Moderate Republicans. I f the force of the R ed s be really what it is stated— not less than 400 ,0 00 men well armed, abundantly supplied with ammunition, and very strongly supported by artillery— a large army of staunch troops is wanted, which for the moment is not forthceming. M. Thiers has made urgent appeals to the Provinces to rally in the cause of order, with what amount of success we are as yet uninformed. The truth seems to be that the “ moderate” Republican cause is rapidly declining. Time has shown, what was surmised at the first, that the Na-