THE TABLET

A IVeekly Newspaper and Review.

Dum VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r ie f o j His Holiness to The Tablet, J u n e 4, 1870«

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[Registered at the General Post Office as a Newspaper.

•Chronicle of the Week : M.

J . Favre and Rome.—The French Version of the Affair.—The Pope’s Stay in Rome.—Mr. Gladstone on Foreign Affairs.—Mr. Gladstone -on Sir C. Dilke.—The Megsera Commission.—The Verdict on Kelly. — Perversion of Public Opinion.—Mr. Butt at Glasgow.— More Constitution-Making.—The Anglo-French Treaty.—Mr. Fortescue at Bristol.—Sir R. Collier’s Appointment.—Count v. Beust’s Resignation.—The Jesuits in Germany.—MgrJFranchi’s Mission.— Chicago and the International.— The Conversion of the Roman D e b t ..............................................641

CONTENTS.

L eaders :

The Great Fires and the Interna­

tional Association . . . 645 The Social Movement . . . 645 The Chinese Memorandum . . 646 Arbitration Instead of War. —XIV 647 E nglish Administrations and

Catholic Interests :

XLI. The Famine of 1847.—

“ Papal Aggression” at Hand. —Smith O’Brien and the Irish Confederation .... 648 The New British Institution Gallery.

—Fourth Exhibition of British and Foreign Artists. 1871 . . 649 The Anglican Movement:

The “ Church Review ” on Unity. 650 R eviews :

The Condition of Catholics under

James I. (First notice) . .6 5 1

R eviews (continued) :

Behind the Veil . . . 653 The Contemporary Review . . 653 Two Years in the Pontifical

Zouaves . . _ . . . 654 Short Notices : Spiritual Works of

Louis of Blois.—A Dogmatic Catechism. — Manual of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order of Penance of S. Dominic . 654 Correspondence:

The two Rival Orthodox Bishops in Antioch at the time of S. Basil . . . • 655 Catholic Education in Glasgow • 655 The Ammergau Passion-Play • 655 Chicago ..... •655 A Correction . . . . •65s R ome :

Letter from Rome

• 657

R ome (continued):

Peter’s Pence. .... 657 R ecord of the Council: Hungary.—Munich

Diocesan News : Westminster .

Southwark

Beverley

Nottingham .

Salford ....

Scotland. . . .

Ireland :

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Letter from our Dublin Correspondent

Memoranda :

. 650

Religious

Literary . . . .

Fine Arts and Music

. . 66r

.663

. 663

Legal . . . . • •663 General News .664

CHRONICLE O F THE W EEK .

WE said last week that M. Ju le s Favre’s version o f the P ope’s words to M. d ’H arcourt sufficiently confuted itself, and that no

■ further contradiction was needed to convince anybody who knew anything o f the Roman question that som ebody or other had been guilty o f distorting what was really said in the ■ course o f that conversation. We never suspected M. d ’H arcourt o f having done so, and it now appears that that diplomatist has hastened to disengage his own responsibility in ■ the matter. H e returned to Rom e last Saturday, and lost ino time before seeking an audience o f his Holiness, which we are informed was a cordial one. Before leaving Paris, ■ he is said to have officially disavowed the statem ent with which M. Ju le s Favre had credited him, and it is said that the French Government is about to publish his real despatch. In the meantime, M. de Kalnocky, the Chargé d ’Affaires o f ■ the Austrian Embassy at Rome, is said to have stated that M. d ’H arcourt showed him his despatches before sending them off, and that they contained nothing equivalent to M. Ju le s Favre’s allegations. The Armonia, the Osservatore Romano, and the Voce della Verità all publish contradictions o f the latter ; and the Voce della Verità, after reproducing, by desire, it is asserted, o f the Holy F ather himself, the article in the Armonia, adds that it is “ enabled to affirm, not only “ that the Holy Father never uttered the words attributed to •“ him, but also that M. d ’H arcourt himself never wrote “ them .” In a subsequent number the same paper gives us the minute o f the despatch, which, it tells us, has been found at Rome. The Holy F ather is therein reported to have said that, “ although in the times in which we live, “ sovereignty is a burden, he was bound in conscience to ■“ demand the restoration o f his States.” Anybody at all familiar with the past utterances o f his Holiness will recognize in these words a repetition o f what he has always ■ said, and it is difficult to im agine what defence M. Favre ■ can offer for such a gratuitous perversion o f plain and fam iliar expressions.

Before leaving France, M. d ’H arcourt had a the french conversation with M. Xavier Raymond-— who the affair, communicates the substance oi it to the Debats

— in which he complained of M. Favre’s mis­

representation, as well as o f his having published the contents o f a despatch which belonged to the country and the Foreign Office, not to himself. H e also stated that he had sent a protest to M. Thiers, to M. de Rémusat, and to M. Favre himself. M. Favre is believed to have declared that his error arose from the m istake o f a copyist, by whom the words “ not th a t ” were omitted, and the Débats is lenient enough to speak o f it as “an involuntary m isunderstanding.” But that M. Favre should have allowed a copyist to give a

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diametrically opposite meaning to such important words, and then, without comparing the copy with the original, founded an argument upon what must have struck him as at least strange and demanding verification, would b e a p iece o f carelessness almost incredible in anyone.

One o f the most sensational items o f th e the popes week ’s news has been the announcement m ade STAY IN

rome. by the France that the Holy Father had resolved to leave Rome, and that he had notified his inten­

tion to M. Thiers, who had endeavoured to dissuade him, but had placed the Château o f P au at his disposal. The Moniteur repeats the assertion that the P ope had made this intimation to the French Government, but the report has been immediately contradicted both from Versailles and Rome. It would perhaps not b e altogether displeasing to the Italian party to see the knot o f their difficulties thus cut, when it is going to becom e more embarrassing than ever, and this is perhaps the explanation o f the appearance o f the telegram . Of this we may be sure ; that, while nothing but the interests of the Church would induce the Holy Father to endure the prolongation o f his present situation at Rom e , so nothing but those sacred interests will ever compel him to leave it. mr. glad- I 1 was a subject o f complaint against Mr.

stone on Gladstone that in his Greenwich speech he left foreign the question o f foreign policy altogether unaffairs. touched. Last week a t the Guildhall he took his cue from the speeches o f the foreign diplomatists, and endeavoured, as far as in him lay, to supply this deficiency. Indeed he talked o f little else, but his exposition o f policy was nothing more than a rechauffé o f the celebrated article in the Edinburgh Review. H e admits that he has little con­ fidence in the prospect o f lasting peace on the Continent, but rejo ices to think that it is most unlikely, except by our own faults, that we can be called or tem pted to take any part in such quarrels. Our providential mission is to be “ the “ happyand loftyfunction o f manifesting sympathy and giving “ that sympathy the form o f action ”— we presum e by aid to the distressed on either side— “ and o f aim ing at th e “ noblest o f all objects in regard to foreign affairs ; “ namely this, that we should inspire the people of the “ world with the belief that our policy is not governed by “ the base and narrow motives o f selfishness.” E ither Mr. Gladstone wished to veil his meaning in a cloud o f words, or he has a strong case against the reporters. As to his meaning we fear, that, as a contemporary som e tim e ago observed, it sometimes takes two to keep out o f a quarrel, and that the most universal benevolence in intention would be no guarantee against attack, if it should ever suit the interest o f an unscrupulous statesm an to go to war with us. One would have thought that the experience o f the last few years sufficed to prove that a real substantial