THE TABLET A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

Dum vobis gratulamur, animos etiam addimus ut in incoeptis vestris constanter maneatis.

F rom the B r ie j o] H is Holiness to T he T ablet, Ju n e 4, 1870.

Vol. 37. No. 1623. L o n d o n , M a y 20, 1871.

P r i c e 50!. B y P o s t 5

[ 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 .

C h r o n i c l e o f t h e W e e k : Birth­

day o f Pius IX .—The Deputation Ns. from Great Britain.— Henri V .—

Versailles.— Religion in the Assembly.— Paris and the Commune.— The Treaty of Frankfort.— France, Rome, and Constantinople.— Austria, France, and Rome.—The Treaty of Washington.— Another American Protest.— Alatri.— The Movement in Germany. — The Roman Professors.— The Army Regulation Bill.— The Seal of Confession. — Volunteer Reviews. — Licensed Victuallers . . . 605 (Le a d e r s :

The Opposition to the Army Bill . 609 The National Curse . . . 609 Progress of the DOllinger Heresy. 610

CONTENTS.

L e a d e r s (continued)

Claims o f the Irish College in

P a r i s .................................. .6 1 1 T h e A n g l i c a n M o v e m e n t :

Intentions of “ High Church”

Clergymen about Obedience to the Purchas Judgment . . 613 R e v ie w s :

, Primitive Culture .

Tent Life in Siberia . . .6 13 Village Communities in the East and W e s t ......................................616 The Contemporary Review . .6 x6 S h o r t N o t i c e s :

That Heathen Chinee, and other

Poems. — Lecture on Vegetarianism ......................................617 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

The Auteuil Refuge for Orphans and Abandoned Children . . 617

614

C o r r e s p o n d e n c e (continued)

University Tests . P a r l i a m e n t a r y S u m m a r y R o m e :

. 618 . 619

Reply of the Pope to English

Ladies. ..... 621 D eputations................................... 621 Deputation from the Youth of ' Great Britain to the Holy Father 622

Ladies Deputation to Rome . . 622 A Boy’s Letter from Rome . . 622 R e c o r d o f t h e C o u n c il :

Dr. Düllinger and Père Hyacinthe 622 D io c e s a n N ew s : Westminster.— Southwark. — Not­

tingham.— Shrewsbury . . 622 I r e l a n d :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

spondent ................................... 623

F o r e ig n N ew s :

France : Proclamation o f the Count de Chambord .... 623 Fr Hogan on the state of Paris . 624 The Instrumenis of Torture at the

Convent o f Picpus . . . 624 A Scene in the Church o f S.

Nicholas, Paris .... 624 M e m o r a n d a :

Religious: Mr. Maskell and Dr.

P u s e y ............................................ 625 Educational: The Case of the

Baron de Bode and o f the Irish College compared . . . 626 Literary. Fine Arts The Tichborne Case . G e n e r a l N ew s

626 626 627 629

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

¡BIRTHDAY OF

PIUS IX. O

N Saturday last, subsequently to the publi­

cation o f our last number, the Sovereign Pontiff completed his 79 th year according to the almanacs, but, in the belief o f persons likely to be well informed, in reality his 80th year. A t all times and under all ■ circumstances it would be natural that, as children o f the Catholic Church, we should not allow such an anniversary to pass by without offering to the earthly Head of the great Christian Family our filial congratulations. But perhaps there never was a time in which the faithful throughout the world felt themselves so closely united to their Roman Father, and never has their dutiful submission to his authority been enhanced by so much conscious and active attachment to his person. It would seem as though in an age when the «extreme bounds of Christendom are as distant in every direction as those of the inhabited globe, the bonds which unite them to its centre have been proportionally strengthened. And this is owing, not only to the necessity o f unity engendered by perpetual conflict (for warfare is the normal condition of the Church) but because the attacks of the enemies o f religion have in these times been in a special manner ■ directed against the life o f the Church in its heart and in its source. No wonder then that its sons, wherever they may be, should rally all their forces to meet attacks which in striking at the root impair the vigour and interfere with the expansion o f the tree. And when he who fills the chair which is that centre, that root and that source, is a Pontiff whose dignity, whose firmness, whose patience, and whose sweetness have conquered even the unwilling admiration of his enemies, what wonder that the affection o f Catholics towards his person should be less that of adherents than ■ of children, and that the outrages to which he is exposed should be felt with an indignation quite as keen as if they were offered to a natural parent ? And not less earnest are our hopes that the vigorous old age which Providence has .granted to him may be prolonged to see the restoration of his independence and the triumph of justice and of truth.

THE DEPUTATION I'ROM GREAT

BRITAIN.

The Deputation from the young men of Great Britain to the Holy Father will leave England, headed by the Hon. E. Noel, on the 6th of June. A number o f persons have already sent in their names to form part of the Deputation, and it is hoped that there will be at least one representative from each o f the great towns o f England. This is an occasion when, if ever, the youth— the future of England— ought to be thoroughly well represented. We should like to see each of our chief Houses of Education sending one or two Representatives. Why should not the students be allowed, with the permission o f their Superiors, to elect their Representatives for the occasion, and the

N ew S eries. Vol. V . No. 132.

whole College o f Superiors and Alumni frank them there and back ? The parents would be delighted, and it would give a circumstance and value to the Demonstration which would live in the annals of every College which had taken part in it. Particulars as to the route will be found elsewhere. It has been arranged for the English Deputation to meet an Italian Deputation at Turin on the 12th; a general rendezvous of Deputations will take place at Florence on the 13th; and the evening of the 15th has been appointed for the audience with the Holy Father. Meanwhile, the subscription list and the list of signatures will be closed upon the 1st of June. A ll further particulars may be obtained from the Hon. E. Noel, 9, Cavendish-square.

We print elsewhere the manifesto o f the Hen r i v. Comte de Chambord. Nothing could be more dignified and nothing more opportune. A t this moment there is no settled form o f government, and, by virtue o f the fortunate understanding between the elder and younger branches o f the Bourbons, there are but three claimants to power, instead o f four. O f these the Empire is associated with national disaster, the Republic with intestine strife. The Comte de Chambord appears as the sole representative o f historical Royalty. To say that he will reproduce the failures of Charles X rather than the qualities of Louis X V I I I is doubly unjust, since he has expressly disclaimed any pretence to absolute power. “ Would to God,” he writes, “ that such a power had not so readily been accorded to “ those who in troublous times came forward as saviours ! ” And he clearly affirms—-what to Englishmen would need no proof— the compatibility o f hereditary Monarchy with the equality o f all before the law. The sensation excited by this document has been immense. “ It circulates,” writes a Deputy, “ on every bench in the Assembly, “ and there is but one voice, even among the “ adversaries o f Monarchy, to render homage to the nobility “ and sincerity o f its language.” “ After the ruins o f Sedan,” says the P a r i s J o u rn a l, “ amidst the blood and wretched“ ness which the Republican idea is again dragging in its “ train, what sincere mind would not listen attentively— “ what honest heart could be indifferent to this distinct “ affirmation, by the mouth of a Prince universally respected, “ o f principles which are the foundation and safeguard of “ society?” Even the G au lo is , in expressing its fear that the Comte de Chambord would be unable to fulfil his promises, expresses its firm belief in their sincerity, and says, that “ the dignity o f the style and generosity o f the senti“ ments are only to be expected from a Prince who has “ certainly the firm will and hope to carry out what he “ undertakes,” and who, says the F ran ça is , can justly boast “ that he has never deceived any one.” The Gazette de F ran ce, the Univers, and the Monde, are o f course still more cordial in their support, and all dwell with legitimate