THE TABLET

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INOT.PTIS VESTRIS CONST ANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brie/ a) Mis Holiness to THE T ablet, June 4, 1S70.

Vol. 37. No. 1619. London, A pril 22, 1871.

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[R e g is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

CONTENTS.

‘C hronicle of the Week : Com-

vaunism and Christianity.— Holy Week in Madrid.— Reparation.—The “ Tim es” on Dr. Dollinger.— London Imitating Paris.— Alabama Commission.— “ An Officer” in Paris.— “ Progress” at Rome.— Loyalty of the Roman Nobility.— The English Deputation and the Pope’s Liberty.— American Estimate of Italian Liberty.— Protestantism in Spain. — Freemasonry.— Refusal to Release Mgr Darboy.— Irish Enforced Education.— Catholic Irish University.— How to check Infidelity.— The English Bishops. — Poor School 'Committee.—The “ Pall Mall’s ” Apology.—The Count de Becdc-

lievre.—The Present Pontificate . 477

L e a d e r s :

The Franco-German War and Re­

ligion . . . . . . 481 Moderate Liberalism . . . 481 London : Its High-ways, Bye-

ways, and Covered Ways . . 482 The Position of Catholic Primary

Education . . . . . 483 The “ Times ” and the Archbishop of Westminster on Civilization . 484 Our “ French Relief Fund” . 486 R ev iew s :

The Novels and Novelists of the

Eighteenth Century, in Illustration of the Manners and Morals o f the Age ..... 486 Queen Elizabeth v. the Lord

Chancellor....................................487 The Contemporary Review . . 488 S hort N o t i c e s :— Calvary and the

Altar.— Never Forgotten.— The Ancient History of the East, from the Earliest times to the Conquest of Alexander the Great.— Visits to the Altar of Mary .... 488 C orrespondence :

“ The Genesis of Species ” . . 489 The Pontifical Zouaves . . . 490 The Romans ..... 490 The Chelsea Catholic Registration

S o c i e t y ............................... 490 P a r l ia m e n t a r y S ummary . . 490 R ome : Letter from our Roman

Correspondent .... 493 The Roman Ladies and the Holy

Father........................................ 494 The Answer of the Holy Father to the English Deputation and to the “ Libertk ” . . . . 495

D io cesan N ews : Westminster.—

Southwark.— Beverley.— Hexham and Newcastle.— Northampton.— N ottingham. —Shrewsbury. —Scotland : Eastern District.— Ecclesiastical Appointments . . . 496 I r elan d :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

spondent . . . . ' 497 F oreign N ews :

Spain

Algi.

493

498

M emoi 1 a ;

Relit

..... 499

Edui nal : Higher Education in

Ire : Model Schools . . 499 Sir J i Gray on the Irish Educa­

tion Question.... 499 G en er a l N ews .... 439

COMMUNISM

AND -CHRISTIANITY.

CHRONICLE OF THE W EEK.

H E week has been live ly in the records

To f the warfare between the R eds and Religion. A public notice was attached to the Mairie o f Montmartre (April 12),

'to the effect that priests being bandits, and churches dens for the moral assassination o f the people, all priests (and teachers) should be arrested. Monsieur H enri Rochefort (whose death was untim ely announced) has recently disclosed his views on the subject o f sacrilege. H e declares that he fully approves o f the p il­

lage o f Notre Dame. I f he knew o f any other treasure belonging to the clergy, besides that which has been taken (from them, he would signify its locality to the Commune. T h e Saviour having been born in a stable, it follows (says M . Rochefort) that the only treasure which Notre Dame should possess is a wisp o f straw. Moreover, the c le rgy have been in the habit o f pillaging the people, by promising them imaginary benefits (Paradise, for example) in exchange for silver and gold. I t is the duty, therefore, o f the people to take these treasures back again. M . Rochefort omits to state w h a t people have a right to these treasures ; or whether t h e Communists may convert them into cannon, with which to consume the Versaillais. H is rhapsody is above all detail, and lim its itself to principles. T h e Parisians, however, have been quick to adopt this liberal theology ; and the C on vent o f the Sacré Cœur, the Church o f Saint Roch, and that o f ■ S. V in cent o f Paul havebeen entered, swept, and pillaged. T h e ladies o f the Convent managed to make their escape, but their cash-box was not so fortunate. “ P illa ging,” indeed, as a writer m the D a i ly Telegraph remarks, “ has become an institution, “ and housebreaking an established elem ent o f daily life.” T h e drollest morceau o f modern Communism is that the clergy •are all being arrested in order that they may be compelled t o be ransomed. E ach has his price according to his dist in c t iv e dignity. T h e A rchbishop o f Paris is estim ated at _^2o,ooo, and the B ishop o f Susa at ^C8ooo. A VicarGeneral is considered to be on a financial par with a Bishop, but a distinguished Curé is estimated at half that value. So that the wisdom o f the 19th century, as perfected by modern 41 Communism,” points to a return to the feudal features o f semi-barbarous warfare. I t is satisfactory, however, to learn th a t some o f the reports which reached us last week, on the subject o f Paris-confiscations, were incorrect. T h e sacristan o f Notre Dame has addressed a letter to L a P e t i te P r e s s e, in which he says that all the treasures taken from the Cathedral have been returned ; and that, after the inventory had b een m inutely examined, and it was proved that nothing was wanting, the doors o f the treasury were sealed, and guards were placed to watch. H e denies, too, that guns or ammunition were found in Notre D am e— pas même le p lu s

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c h é t i f c a n i f ; and he speaks h ighly o f the Com ité ; who permitted, yet repented of, the robbery. I t is also pleasant to learn that the parishioners o f Saint-Sulpice made such potent demonstration in favour o f their captured Curé — a venerable pastor o f 76— that he was immediately set at liberty. T h e Frère Calixte also, who was arrested, was, ten minutes afterwards, conducted to his home. I t is denied 'that the Curé o f the Madeleine died o f the treatment he had received from his captors ; on the contrary, the journals o f Paris assert that his death was not hastened by sufferings. Apologies are offered for the imprisonment o f many o f the Curés. But an interest is given to their pleadings from thenseveral prisons in Paris, which could hardly attach to their ordinary words from home, or from their pulpits. M any have written touching appeals— for others, not for them selves : but it does not appear that their appeals are heard, or that they themselves are freed. Some p leasant incidents are, however, recorded in the conduct o f Religious under search. In the P u e de la S a n té , close to the Convent o f Capucins (which has been visited and p illaged by Federal Guards) is a Convent o f Augustinian ladies, who have received the equivocal honour o f a p e r q u i s it io n . T h e Superioress, a lady o f spirit, vanquished her military visitors by her more than feminine gifts. Conducting them herself through the house, she so far converted their minds as to prevail upon all o f them to accept (devotional) medals. T h e captain, however, had not cotne for a medal ; and he proposed to prosecute his search with reference to more valuable commodities. H ow far he had proceeded in his quest does not transpire ; but being convinced o f his own audacity, in the presence o f so winning a lady, he asked her pardon, and offered his hand, in token o f repentant homage. “ Willingly,” replied the lady : “ but you, too, “ must take a medal.” “ W e ll,” said the captain, “ W hy “ not ? for, after all, I am a Catholic and, accepting the medal, he quitted the Convent, without any further p e r q u is it io n . Another story, with a different moral, is much discussed in Paris. A workman mounted to the cupola o f a church, and p lanted the R ed flag upon it. But, first, he sawed off the two arms o f the cross to m ake the attachment more easy. H e was immediately seized with a mortal giddiness ; and, an hour after, he died. T h is sudden death has created a profound impression on those who were w itnesses o f it, and on those who heard the story. T h e most incredulous could not help suspecting a more than natural coincidence. HOLY WEEK

IN MADRID. T o turn from Paris to Madrid ; the latter has offered a spectacle o f consolation that favourably contrasts with the former. T h e y who rejoice in the rebel-conviction that Catholicism is dying in Spain m L h t take heart o f conversion to truth, by studying Spain a s L i s . Towards the close o f H o ly Week, not a carriage was