THE TABLET.
A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS ÜT IN INC05PTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
From the B r i e f of H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, ihfO.
V o l . 91. No. 3 0 3 0 .
L ondon, J u n e 4 , 1898.
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[R e g is t e r ed a t t h e G e n e r a l P ost O f f i c e a s a N ew spaper.
C hronicle of t h e W e e k Page
Funeral of Mr. Gladstone—An Anglo-American Agreement—The Suez Canal Report—Sir C. Gavaa Duffy on New Guinea—A Curious Dreyfus Story— The Coal Strike in South Wales— Another Cabinet Crisis in Italy — Discoveries of Roman Remains at Silchester— The Silver Problem in Spain— The Prospects of Commerce with China — British Occupation of Wei-hai-Wei — The War — The Opening of the French Chamber —The Attack on the Queen-Regent o f Spain ......................... 873 L e a d e r s :
Anti-Clerical Crusade in Italy . . 877
A Fleet in Being” . . . . 878 The Anglican Communion Ser
vice and the “ Essentials o f the M ass" ** . . . . . . 878 Fra Girolamo Savonarola . . ^ . . 879 The “ Sagra Sindone” of Turin.. 881 N o t e s ~ . . — — . . 882
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R ev iew s : With the Mission to Menelik, 1897 884
The Inferno of Dante . . . . 885 Anglican Lives of the Saints . . 886 John Gilbert, Yeoman . . . . 886 A Daughter o f Strife _ . . ..885 Outlines of the Jewish History from Abraham to Our Lord . . 887 Buddha’s Tooth at Kandy . . 887 Suppression o f Catholic Clubs in
Rome . . . . . . . . 887 C orrespondence :
Rome :—(From Oar Own Corre
spondent) . .
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News from Ireland _ — 891 News from France . . . . 891 News from America . . . . 892 L e t t e r s to t h e E d it o r :
“ Was Trollope Mistaken ?” . . 893 The C o u n c i l o f Cloveshoe and
Appeals to Rome . . . . 893 The Apostolicity of the Church . . 894 Savonarola .. . . . . . . 894 St. Edmund's House . . . . 894
E N T S . L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it or (Con- Page tinued : A Voice from the Past . . . . 894 “ Embossed Rascal” .. . . 894 The Feast o f the Patronage o f St.
Joseph, 1898 . . . . . . 894 The Outlook in Uganda . . . . 895 ( The Continuity o f the National
Church .................................... 89g Death of the Bishop of Aberdeen . . 896 Catholic Evidence Lectures .. 896 The Earl Marshall and Mr. Glad
stone’s Funeral . . .. . . 897 The Pope’s Letter to Cardinal Fer
rari .. . . . . . . . . 897 The Catholic Social Union . . . . 897 A Correspondent’s Discovery . . 898 Books of the Week . . . . . . 898 M a r r ia g e ........................................ 898 So c ia l a n d P o l it i c a l . . . . 902
SU PPLEM EN T . N ew s from t h e Schools :
The Abolition of Scoool Boards.. 905 A Withdrawal at Leeds . . . . 905 Mr. Gladstone and Education . . 905
N ews from t h e S chools (Con- Page tinued): Bodily Development and School
Attendance . . . . . . 905 The Failure o f Country School
Boards . . . . . . . . 906 Sports at Ratcliffe College . . 906 Secondary Education in England 906 The Archconfraternity at St. Wil
frid’s College . . . . . . 906 N ew s from t h e D io ceses : Westminster . . . . . . 907
Leeds . . . . . . . . 907 Liverpool . . 908 Northampton ............................ 908 Salford ......................... ... 909 Shrewsbury . . . . . . 909 Menevia ....................................... 909 Glasgow ......................... « 909 Hospitals in Mexico . . . . .. 909 Lewes Priory . . . . . . . . 910 Conversions from the Brahman Com
munity ...................................... g n Catholic Missions in Africa . . 911
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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
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FUNERAL
OF MR. GLADSTONE.
ON Saturday morning Mr. Gladstone was laid to rest in the historic earth ofWestminster Abbey with a ceremonial such as he himself would have ap
proved. The morning broke with dimness and rain, but as the mourners assembled in the Abbey flecks of light and shadow began to chase along pier and pavement and across the sad faces of the gathering assemblage. Lords and Commons had foregathered in their respective Chambers, whilst Mr. Gladstone’s ministerial colleagues assembled in Westminster Hall where the coffin lay ready for its last short journey. The procession to the Abbey was headed by two members of the Heralds’ College. Then came the Commons in lines c f four, then two more Heralds followed by Privy Councillors ; next marched members of the House of Lords followed by the representatives of Royal Personages and Sovereigns and of the Queen. These were followed by the Duke of Norfolk as Earl Marshal, walking before the coffin, by the side of which, as pall-bearers, were Mr. G. Armitstead and Lord Rendel; the Earl of Rosebery and the Duke of Rutland ; Sir William Harcourt and Mr. Balfour ; the Earl of Kimberley and the Marquis of Salisbury; the Duke of York and the Prince of Wales. Behind these followed the mourners and a group of friends, servants, and tenants. By this time the Abbey was filled with people awaiting the final ceremony. At the head of the grave a chair had been placed for Mrs. Gladstone, who was well enough to attend and who, as the words of the committal to the earth were recited, sank upon her knees supported by her two sons. The service was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Dean Bradley and Norroy Kingof-Arms proclaimed the full style and title of the deceased. The hymns sung were selected from those best loved by Mr. Gladstone, Cardinal Newman’s “ Praise to the Holiest in the height ” being one. After Mrs. Gladstone had taken her farewell look of the coffin there was an affecting scene, whilst the Prince of Wales and the other pall-bearers advanced and expressed their sympathy with her in her bereavement. From the Queen, previous to the ceremony,
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she had received the following telegram : “ My thoughts are much with you to-day, when your dear husband is laid to rest. To-day’s ceremony will be most trying and painful for you, but it will be at the same time gratifying to you to see the respect and regret evinced by the nation for the memory of one whose character and intellectual abilities marked him as one of the most distinguished statesmen of my reign. I shall ever gratefully remember his devotion and zeal in all that concerned my personal welfare and that of my family.— V ic toria R .I.” Though the whole ceremony, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased, was marked with the utmost simplicity, it could not be shorn of the impressiveness inseparable from it owing to its representative character. It was the State funeral of a man mourned by a nation, but at the same time with the note of personal pathos in full emphasis. There was no discourse, but on Sunday the Dean ofWestminster preached to a large congregation in connection with the event which had silenced party strife in a national sorrow.
There is great news and good news from a n g l o -a m e r i c a n WashiDgt°D- The sympathy so widely a g r e e m e n t . expressed in the English Press for the
American people in their present per
plexity has met with a generous and cordial response. The outstanding difficulties between the two countries— difficulties about the Alaskan boundary, and the Behring Sea and North Atlantic fisheries— which have for so long defied settlement are now to be referred to 0 joint commission for immediate arrangement. This commission is to consider all subjects of controversy between Canada and the United States, and to frame a treaty for the adjustment thereof. It was precisely an agreement covering all points in dispute for which the Canadian Government has been seeking for years, and seeking in vain. Suddenly an opportunity came to this country to show a little kindness of feeling towards a kindred people, and in a moment all difficulties have disappeared. The Times correspondent says that the commission is intended to consist of men without a past, with no grievances to redress, no awkward despatches to explain away. Men are desired whose one object will be to approach the Behring Sea and North Atlantic fisheries, the Alaska mining boundary, and all other questions with open minds. It is pleasant, also, to have Mr. Smalley’s assurance that the movement of goodwill from England towards the United States does but synchronize with a similar movement on the part of the Dominion : “ This agreement is the fruit of that new spirit, and for the first time within the
