THE TABLET A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
D u l l VOBIS GRATULAM U R , AN IM O S ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CONSTANTER M ANEATIS.
From the B r ie J o j H is Holiness to T he T ablet, Ju n e 4, 1870.
Vol. 37. No. 1617. L o n d o n , A p r i l 8, 1871.
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[R eg 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 h ronicle of t h e W e e k : The
C O N T E nglish A dm in is tr a t io n s and
English Deputation.— The Italian Press on the Deputation.— The Pope and France.— Rome.—The League of S. Sebastian.— Belgium Tor the Pope.— Prussian Catholics. — The “ Examiner” on the Hopes o f Italy.— The “ Examiner ” on
Italian Order.—The “ Examiner” on Italian Finance.— Civil War in France.— Orleans and Bourbon.— The Bishop of Poitiers on the War.—The Downfall of France.— T ak in g the Census. — Various Facts of the Week . . . 4x3 'L eaders :
C atholic I n t e r e s t s :— XXX. Hopeful Signs . . . .4 19 T h e A n glican M o v em en t :— The
Present Legal Position o f the “ Purchas Case ” . . . . 420 R eview s :
Treatise on the Physical Cause of the Death o f Christ . . . 421 Graduate de Tempore et de Sanctis 423 The Liturgical Year . . . 423 The Duke of Argyll on Iona. . 424 S hort N o t ic e s : The Divine
The English Deputation to Rome. 417 Dr. Dollinger . . . . 417 The Tien-Tsin Indemnity . . 418
Cloud.— Pau and the Pyrenees.— Earlscliff. — Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. — Macmillan’s Magazine.— The Dark Blue . . 425
C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .
UPON reaching Florence the Deputation was met by the Hon. Mgr Stonor ; Count Bouterlin entertained them all at breakfast at the Railway Station, and they then proceeded in saloon carriages to Rome, where 30 bed-rooms had been taken for their accommodation at the Hotel des Isles Britanniques. We learn by telegram that on Tuesday morning a line o f ten carriages conveyed the Deputation to the Vatican, where they were presented to the Holy Father. The Address, which we shall be able to lay before our readers next week, was altogether worthy o f the occasion— strong, dignified, and outspoken; a full and distinct enunciation o f Catholic principles, it may be said to be the spontaneous and loyal utterance o f the Catholic laity of -Great Britain. The Sovereign Pontiff’s reply, the telegram informs us, was “ magnificent.” Next week we hope to 'be able to give the exact words which his Holiness deigned to address to an English Deputation. We believe that most o f its members return next week. We heartily wish them a safe exit out o f Italy. We are informed that they have received warning, that it will not be safe for them to present themselves in the streets at certain hours, and that their presence, •representing as they do the Catholics o f a great nation, is exceedingly unwelcome both to the Italian Government and to the. Revolution. The Italians will, however, we hope, be afraid to touch them. The Deputation has constituted itself, so to speak, with singular felicity. Not only to the oldest and bluest blood of England, abundantly represented from the nobility and gentry o f England and Scotland : but the House of Commons, by Lord Robert Montagu, the only Catholic at present sitting for an English constituency, a Privy Councillor, and a most hardworking and trusted member o f the former Government. The law, too, and commerce are honourably represented in the Deputation.
E N T S . C orrespondence :
“ Reasons for Returning to the
Church of England ” . . . 426 “ The Genesis o f Species ” . . 426 R ome : Letter from our Roman
Correspondent . . . . 429 The Vatican Museum the Creation and the Property of the Pontiffs. 430 : D io cesan N ews :
Westm inster...................................... 431 S o u t h w a r k ...................................... 431 Beverley. . . . . -431 S a l f o r d ............................................... 432 S h rew sb u ry ...................................... 432
I r eland :
Letter from our Dublin Corres p o n d e n t ...................................... 432 F oreign N ews :
S p a i n ............................................... 433 M em oranda ;
Religious . . : . 433 Educational : Higher Education in
Ireland : The Model Schools o f the National Board.— School Boards and Catholic Children . 433 L ite rary................................................435 Statistics . . . . . 435 G en er a l N ews . . . . 436 P a r l ia m e n t a r y S ummary . .437
Norfolk is a boy o f 19, without any will o f his own, who has gone to Rome because his tutor has sent him. This description o f the Duke, according to Italian journalists, represents the character o f the Deputation. AVe can inform our Italian contemporary that the Duke of N orfolk has several years since come to man’s estate; that he discharges at the Court o f Queen Victoria the high office o f Earl Marshal o f England, that he has taken his seat some years since in the Plouse o f Lords, and that he is quite as remarkable for his quiet firmness and independence of character as he is for unwavering loyalty to his religion. The Catholic Union, a movement which had its origin with the laity, and which includes only laymen, held its first meeting at Norfolk House, under the presidency o f the Duke. H e has become its chosen leader and its mouth-piece. It is not unnatural, therefore, that his Grace should be an early object of attack by the I ta lia n is s im i.
A letter from Rome, published in the the pope J o u r n a l O ffic iel o f Versailles, gives the touchand franc ;ng jnteipgence that the Holy Father has sent out of his poverty, for the relief of distress in France, 10,000 fr a n c s , which have been remitted from Rome to the credit o f Mgr Chigi, the Nuncio at Versailles. A letter from Cardinal Antonelli to the Nuncio says that his Holiness expressed his regret at not being able to send as many millions ; but added that he had authorized the Bishops to melt down as many o f the sacred vessels of the altar, as were not absolutely required for divine service, and to devote them to the relief o f the suffering caused by the war. An earnest movement has been set on foot in Rome to collect grain for the French farmers. In pursuance of this object the President, Marquis Girolomo Cavaletti, had published an address in which he recalled the ancient affection that had subsisted in old times between Paris and Rome.
The Italian revolutionary journals are beside press'ON^f he themselves with rage at the indignity, as they deputation, called it, which is offered to the Italian Govern
ment by the Deputations which journey to Rome to represent the Catholics o f their respective countries. The English Deputation, which is certainly not one o f the least important, has drawn forth all the anger o f the Capitale. “ No Deputations ought to be allowed to enter Italy. What “ are they to do ? Do they wish to upset the Italian Govern“ rnent ? Has not Italy a right to possess herself? They must “ be upon their guard against provoking the Italian people; “ if deeds of violence occur, it will not be the Italians that “ have provoked them, &c.” Such is the language which the Italian papers use. They at least furnish us with some measure of the importance attached by the Italian journals to the English Deputation. AVe are told that the Duke of
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A letter from Rome says, that the expulsion rome. 0f tjle Religious from their Convents was begun. It was expected the Dominicans would allow the doors o f their monastery to be broken in, rather than open it o f their own accord to the plunderers. Signor Lanza had issued orders to Berti, the Chief o f the Questura, to arrest and imprison all preachers who allude to political matters in their sermons. No one in future is to preach at all unless an agent o f the police is present. The Holy Father has signed a decree o f the S. Congregation o f Rites for the formation o f a Commission to introduce the cause o f the beatification of the venerable servant o f God, Father Louis, of the most Holy Crucifix, Priest o f the Order of Alcantarins, at Santa Lucia al Monte. H e died 3rd June, 1805, in the 78th year o f his age and the 57th o f religious profession.
AVe learn by a private communication from league of R ome that the Holy Father has been pleased,
in testimony o f his regard for the members ot
