THE TABLET

A W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r a n d R e v i e w

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

From the B r ie f oj H is Holiness to T he Tablet, Ju n e 4j 1870,

Voi. 40. No. 1685. L ondon, J u l y 27, 1872.

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«Chronicle ok the Week : The

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Prosecution of the Galway Clergy. —Mr. Butt’s Point.—Resignation o f Lord Granard.—The Jesuits in England.—Case of Mr. O’Keefe.— —Public,Business.—Attempt onthe Life of Don Amadeo.—Value of the Italian Guarantees.—The Disturbances in Rome.—The Cercle Cavour and the Schools.—Italy and the Schools.—Italy and Rome.— Preparations for the Elections.— The Arbitration Tribunal.— The Debate on Raw Materials. —The Meaning of the Veto.—The Tariff, Loan, and Prorogation.—Payment o f the Indemnity.— The Cremer and De Serres Trial.—The Jesuits in Metz and Posen, &c., &c. . 97

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L eaders :

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The London Press and the Catholic

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Unendowed Catholic Colleges . 104 Protestant Ritualists—No. 4 . 105 R ev iew s :

The Life and Times of Sixtus V. . 107 Tractatus de Annis Christi . . 108 Radicalisme contre Radicalisme 109 S hort N otices : Lives o f the Saints. —Men of the Time.—Reference

Peerage and House of Commons.— Horses : The Gentleman’s Guide for their Choice, Treatment, and Management .... 109 Correspondence :

Superior Education and Competi­

tive Examinations . . .1x0

Correspondence (continued) :

The “ Dublin Review . The Queensland Mission Sympathy with the Jesuits . The Case of Mr. O'Keefe Society of S. Vincent de Paul Loss of Catholic Children R ome :

Letter from Rome . Peter’s Pence D iocesan N ews :

Westminster Southwark Birmingham Plymouth Northampton Shrewsbury . . . Scotland—Eastern District

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I reland :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

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spondent ......................................1 15 The Callan Case—Speech of the

Lord Chancellor of Ireland in the House of Lords . . .116 F o r e ig n N ew s

Germany Notes from North 1 16 M emoranda :

Religious: Laying Foundation

Stone of the Franciscan Missionary Convent at Mill Hill.— Educational —Literary.— Scientific.—Fine Arts and Music . 117 G en e r a l N ews . . . n 3 P a r l iam en tary S ummary . . 12a

CHRONICLE OF THE W EEK.

CLERGY. T

THE PROSECUTION OF THE GALWAY

H E Parliamentary event o f the week has been the announcement o f the intentions o f Government with regard to the persons incriminated in Judge Keogh’s report. The Attorney-General for Ireland has selected ifor prosecution one o f the three Bishops reported—-the Bishop o f Clonfert, Captain Nolan and his brother, the R evv. Messrs. Kenny and Patrick O’Brien, and 19 o f the .22 priests mentioned in Schedule 2— one o f the remaining three, Mr. Conway, being dead. One reason, we suppose,

for omitting the Archbishop o f Tuam and the Bishop of Galway is that Judge Keogh reports that it was not proved .that they had sanctioned or taken part in any “ altar “ denunciations.’’ But at the same time that the report •acquits them o f this, it accuses them o f the exercise of ■“ undue influence,” and this is precisely the charge which •they desire to repudiate. I t was only natural, therefore, that Mr. Mitchell Henry, whose constituents they both are, should have protested energetically against their exclusion from a trial which is their only means o f vindication, and for which they have expressly petitioned the House o f Commons. I t will probably be argued that there is no chance o f their conviction; but if so, there was less ground for the accusation ■, and it is only fair that this should be affirmed in the way provided by the Constitution, namely by the verdict o f a jury. A s to “ undue influence,” we have several times said that it is extremely difficult to define. The P a l l M a l l Gazette thinks it is not, and, in answer to its correspondent W. R . G ., states that advice is '“ undue in fluence” when it is “ a command in disguise,” to which W. R . G. replies that this is precisely what the priest’s advice always is ; and that, as you cannot prevent the priest from giving the advice, the only way out o f the difficulty is ■ to disfranchise all Catholics. Most people would consider this equivalent to a reductio a d absu rd um ; but the real solution of the matter is to be found in the fact that, however you may define “ priestly influence ” or “ spiritual inti“ midation ” in Ireland, it usually influences and intimidates the people into doing precisely what they want to do. Does ■ any one seriously believe that, i f all the landlords, agents, and priests in Galway had been shipped off to Newfoundland for the election week, Captain Nolan would not have been returned by a large majority? The question between the candidates was essentially an agrarian question, not an ecclesiastical one, and, if every influence whatever had been withdrawn, Captain Trench would not have had a chance. But we have already commented on Mr. Justice Keogh’s singular inability to recognize undue influence in the acts of landlords.

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Mr. Butt, for whose motion priority was re-

mr. butt s served on Thursday, raised another point when iouni. tjie subject was broached on the previous Tuesduy. The Attorney-General had assumed that he was bound to act on the report without an order o f the House. Mr. Butt said he was not, and maintained that the prosecution should not be decided on till after the debate. And the T im es supports him so far as this, that Mr. Disraeli’s Act merely makes the judge’s report equivalent to the report o f an election committee; and that therefore, under the new Act, as under the old one, the necessary action o f the Attorney-General is confined to cases o f bribery and treating, not including cases o f undue influence.

Lord Russell having resolved to defer until resignation ]\p0ric}ay next his question in reference to the granard language held by Lord Granard in commenting on the K eogh judgment, Lord Granard made his explanation spontaneously in the House o f Lords on Monday la s t ; and at the same time announced his resignation of the Lieutenancy o f the County of Leitrim. Lord Granard added that he found himself unable,— after a second review o f all the documents— to modify the opinion he had formed, or to retract the expression he had used in reference to the language o f Mr. Justice Keogh respecting the Catholic clergy. Lord Granard added that his resignation was not in consequence o f the slightest pressure put upon him by the Government. This last statement has been confirmed by the Premier in the other House. We regret the step taken by Lord Granard in resigning the lieutenancy o f his county. I t seems open to misinterpretation, as detracting somewhat from the weight o f his condemnation o f the judgment, which rvas the less open to exception in that it referred, not to the decision in the matter o f the election, but to the general accusation with which it was coupled, and to the general tone o f the language which is admitted even by partizans to have been indefensible.

When Mr. Dodson was putting a question on the jesuits T u e sd ay about certain Communists said to have in England. k een gapped over to England by the French police, Sir Robert Peel took occasion to interrogate the Government about “ an equally dangerous and obnoxious “ class o f persons,” the Jesuits. H is question was whether any, and i f so, what steps had been taken, under the clause o f the Emancipation Act, to prevent the influx o f Jesuits, “ who formed a dangerous order, as well as o f monks ; ” and whether, if no such steps were taken, Government would be prepared to repeal the provision. Mr. Gladstone declined to put himself “ on either horn o f the dilemma ” without further consideration; said that nothing had been done to enforce the Act, and that its non-enforcement, having been