THE TABLET.
A W eek ly N ew sp ap er a n d R ev iew .
DOM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS ÜT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT.S.
From, the B r i e f o j H i s Holiness P iu s I X . to T he Tablet, June 4, ihyo.
Vol. 92. No. 3046. L o n d o n , S e p t e m b e r 24, 1898.
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[ 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 ew s p a p e r .
•'Ch ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k
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Funeral of the Empress of Austria — The Emperor and His Subjects — The Duke of Norfolk at Lytham — The Far Ea^t — The Dreyfus C a s e— Manifesto from the Duke of Orleans—Unionist Victory at Darlington — The Situation in Crete— Lord DufFerin as Chairman o f a Company— South Africa — Spain and the United States— The Klondike— General M i l e s ’ Estimate of United States Garrisons — Germ any and the French Protec
torate in the East— In Memory of Csedmon— The Champlain Monument in Quebec — Concert of Europe Against Anarchism L e a d e r s :
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Missions o f the Soudan
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C O N T E N T S
L e a d e r s (Continued)-':
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Old Catholics and Anglicans in
Relation to the Orthodox Church 482 Fra Girolamo Savonarola.. . . 483 Letters from Canada . . . . 485 N o t e s ... ... — — . . 487 R e v ie w s :
Northward Over the Great Ice . . 480 The Life of St. Hugh of Lincoln 490 A Prince of Edom . . . . . . 490 The Fire o f Life . . . . ••491 Father Morris’s “ Life o f St.
Patrick ” . . . . . . . . 491 Catholic S e rm o n s ......................... 491 The First Philosophers of Greece 491 The Elements o f Physical Educa
tion . . . . . . . . 491 The Temple Edition of the Waver-
ley Novels . . . . . . 491 Grey ling Towers . . . . . . 491
C orrespon d e n c e :
Rome :— (From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . ...
News from Ireland
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494
News from France . . . . 496 News from America . . . . 496 L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :
An Episcopal Description of the
Anglican Liturgy in the S ix teenth Century . . . . . . 497 The Aid Grant . . . . . . 497 Mr. Brinckman Again . . . . 497 A Belgian Catholic Congress . . 497 An Old Challenge . . . . . . 498 The Ritual Controversy . . . . 499 The Catholic Press in Ita ly . . 503 Books of the Week . . . . 503 M a r r i a g e . . . . . . . . 503 So c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 504
SU P P L EM E N T . N ew s from t h e S chools :
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Certificate Examination, 1898 . . 509 A Suggestive Report . . . . 509 The Salaries o f Assistant Teachers 509 Readings in Board Schools . . 510 A Demand for Religious Educa
tion.............................................510 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :
Westminster ........................ . 5 1 0 Southwark . . . . . . . . g i t Birmingham.. . . . . . . 511 Nottingham .. . . . . ., 512 Salford ....................... . — 512 Menevia ....................................... 512 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 512 Aberdeen . . . . . . . . 5x3 The Angelus and the Dedication of
England to Our Lady . . . . 513 Ouida’s Impeachment o f Modern
I t a l y ................................................. 514
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C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .
FUNERAL OF THE EMPRESS OF
AUSTRIA.
T'H E final ceremony of conveying the remains of the murdered EmpressQueen to their resting-place in the vaults of the church of the Capuchins took place on the afternoon of September 1 7, amid general demonstrations of mourning on the part of the population of Vienna. The colossal funeral car, drawn by eight black horses, and preceded by detachments of cavalry and mourning court carriages, passed through hushed streets thronged with silent and reverential crowds, and was met at the church -door by a cortege of clergy,, who followed the coffin as it was borne to the catafalque, where the final benediction was given by the Cardinal-Archbishop of Vienna. The Imperial and Royal mourners and guests had preceded it to the church in closed carriages, in one of the last of which sat the two Emperors, Francis Joseph and William II. AmoDg those present in the church were, in addition to the members of the House of Hapsburg, the Kings of Saxony, Roumania, and Servia, the Prince Regent of Bavaria, the Crown Prince of Italy, the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, the Crown Prince of Greece, Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke Nicholas of Wurtemberg, Prince Albert o f Belgium, Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Prince Christian of Schleswig-HolsteiD, Prince Danilo of Montenegro, and many other German Princes and representatives of foreign States. There were in addition dignitaries of the Empire, lay and ecclesiastical, and representatives of all public bodies of the two Legislatures and capitals, and of the various provinces. Many of the delegations, for whom there was no room in the church, had to remain in the square outside. After the benediction had been given in the church the coffin was lifted from the catafalque and borne down the steps to the vault, followed by the Emperor and the highest dignitaries of the Court, bearing their wands of office. The last prayers and the last benediction were pronounced in the vault which contains the mortal remains of so many scions of the House of Hapsburg. An awkward incident threatened to trouble the solemnity of the occasion with a note of discord. By a strange oversight the words “ Elisabeths Imperatrix Austria,” by which the Empress was described on the
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escutcheon in the mortuary chapel, were not followed by the corresponding title, “ Regina Hungariss,” and the omission was much resented by the Hungarian deputation, consisting of the Prime Minister and representatives of all parties in the Legislature. An apology for the oversight, due to an unaccountable lapse of memory on the part of some official, was accepted by the Flungarian Premier, and the error was subsequently rectified, while any lingering irritation caused by it was soothed by the graciousness of the Emperor’s reception. The late Empress’s personal prepossessions were known to be in favour of her Hungarian subjects, and even such trifles as her use of Hungarian diminutives as pet names for her grandchildren, and of that language in the intimate intercourse of her family, gave umbrage to her Austrian lieges. The demonstrations of mourning for her in Budapest testified to the sorrow of the people, as the whole city was draped in black on the day of the funeral, sable streamers and black hangings hung from every building, and the street lamps, covered with crape and garlanded with flowers, were lit at four o’clock, the hour of the funeral in Vienna.
The Emperor Francis Joseph, in a touch-
THE “ R ’ a£ rescr*Pt addressed to Count ThuD, h i s s u b j e c t s , expresses his thanks to his peoples for their sympathy in his affliction. He concludes in the following words: “ I f the festive peals which should have greeted this year must remain dumb, there yet remains to me the memory of innumerable proofs of loyalty and deep sympathy, the most precious gift which could be bestowed upon me. Our common grief weaves a new and intimate bond between Throne and Fatherland. From the immutable love of my peoples I derive not only a stronger determination to fulfil the duties of the mission laid upon me, but also the hope of succeeding. I pray the Almighty Who has so heavily laid His hand upon me, that He may give me still the strength to do the work appointed to me. I pray that my peoples, blessed and enlightened, may find the way of love and concord, in which they may prosper and be happy.” The Emperor is said to have asked the Hungarian Prime Minister not to spare him in the way of work, as it is his greatest solace. Another rescript announces the foundation of the Elizabeth Order in commemoration of the Empress-Queen, and in honour of her patron Saint. The first decorated with it is the Countess Sztaray, who was in attendance on the Empress at the time of her death, and who is invested with its Grand Cross “ in grateful recognition of self-sacrificiDg and devoted service.”
