THE TABLET
A Weekly Newspaper and Review.
DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t Tune 4, 1870.
V ol. 75. No, 2591, L ondon, J anuary 4, 1890.
P r ic e sd., by P ost,
[R e g is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l P ost Offic e a s a N ew spaper.
C hronicle of t h e We e k :
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Mr. Stanley — Proclamation of King Carlos—Death of the Empress of Brazil—Reforms in the French Chamber-Death of Count Karolyi— The Fire at Laeken Castle—Two Wars in China—A Surplus of Five Millions—Perhaps— The O'Shea-Parnell Divorce Case—Gift of ¿100,000— Mr. Gladstone’s Birthday—The Fire at Forest Gate—Funeral of Dr. Lightfoot—Funeral of Robert Browning—The Channel Tunnel —The Influenza Epidemic . . 1
L e a d e r s :
The Principle of Betterment .. 5 Lay Administration of Charities in Italy . .. . . •. 6 Barnardoism in Ireland . . . . 7 The New Hussites.. . . .. 8
CONTENTS.
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The Pope’s Christmas Discourse . . 9 N o t e s ........................................................... 10 R ev iew s :
The Catholic Standard Library.
The Dark A g e s ...............................1 1 An Introduction to the Study of
Shakespeare .. . . •• 12 The Catholic Magazines . . . . 12 The Divine Office .. .. •• J3 The W o r d ...........................................13 Mr. Gladstone on the Interior Life 14 Archbishop Walsh and Tertiaries .. 15
C orrespondence :
Rome (From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. -. • • x7 Paris:—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . .. 19
Correspondence (continued):
Dublin:—(From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) . . . . ..20 L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :
Dr. Barnardo . . .. ..22 A Suggestion for the Next Ca
tholic Truth Society’s Conference .. . . . . . . 22 An Explanation . . . . .. 23 Catholic Nurses in the Hospitals 23 Mr. de Lisle, M .P ., and the Parish
Priest.. . . .. .. . . *23 Death of Monsignor de Clerc Death of Sir Paul Molesworth Funeral of Sir F. Turville .. Obitu a r y F rom E v e r yw h e r e . . Social and P o l it ic a l
23 23 24 24 24 24
SU P P L EM EN T . N ews from th e S chools :
St. Joseph's, Dumfries Ushaw and the Washington Uni versity Prize Distribution at St. Mungo’s
Glasgow .. Elementary Education in i88< N ews from th e D io ceses :
Westminster Newport and Menevia Northampton Nottingham Portsmouth .. Salford Shrewsbury .. St. Andrews and Edinburgh Argyll and the Isles Canon MacColl and Cardinal New
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35 35 35 36363636 3^ 3°
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Archbishop Walsh on Proselytism 37
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Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
MR. STANLEY.
MR. STANLEY, who left Zanzibar early in the week, has arrived at Mombassa where he will make some stay before proceeding further, and probably advise generally upon the affairs of the British East African Company. Meanwhile Mr. Stanley has commenced an action in the Consul-General’s Court against Tippo Tib for losses to the Relief Expedition arising out of breach of contract and bad faith, and lays the damages at ,£10 ,000. Both Mr. Stanley and Mr. Bonny have given evidence in support of the allegation that the Arab broke his contract with a view' to laying hands on the stores and ammunition belonging to the Expedition. Other witnesses swore that Tippo T ib ’s nephew, Salim Mohammed, punished with death natives who wanted to help the Expedition by bringing provisions. When the news of these curious legal proceedings was first received in London, they were regarded as strangely unpractical. But that is just what Mr. Stanley is not. Tippo’s agent Tharci, with 10,000 belonging to his master is within the jurisdiction of the Court and has been forbidden to part with it. Unfortunately, if Tippo Tib is condemned in damages there is likely to be warm work on the Upper Congo. It is pleasant to find Dr. Schweinfarth taking up pen to defend his brother explorer Mr. Stanley, against the many attacks which have been levelled against him in the columns of the continental, and especially the French press. After dismissing the reproach that Stanley’s advance caused the loss of the equatorial provinces as scandalous, Dr. Schweinfarth says: “ What energy, self-abnegation, and devotion can do to quell the terrors of the African wilderness Stanley has shown. This example is unique, unparalleled, and will probably remain so for ever.” He may have made a mistake in his choice of a route, and he may have* written home in a rather high-sounding way, ‘ but a man of his greatness of mind must not be measured by the scale of the pettiness and baseness with which our ‘ European dwarf-negroes ’ poison their miserable arrows.” The fate of Dr. Peters, in spite of mnch that has been published in the German papers during the week, continues veiled in obscurity.
N ew S e r i e s , V o l X L I I I . , N o . 1 , 1 0 0
PROCLAMATION
OF KING CARLOS.
The insistence of influenza came very near delaying the proclamation of the King of Portugal last Saturday. Both Dom Carlos and Queen Marie Amélie were suffering sorely from its pains when the day of the ceremony arrived, but by what one correspondent calls “ a plucky effort ” they undertook the ceremony on the appointed day and at the appointed hour. Lisbon was crowded for the function from an early hour, with gaily-coloured peasants from the north, and a multitude of Spaniards from Galicia and Estramadura. The Royal cortege left the Palace at 1 1 o’clock, consisting of all the dignitaries and high personages about the Court. The Infante, Dom Alfonso, brother of the King, acted as Lord High Constable. The carriage of the King and Queen was drawn by the customary eight horses, and its occupants were welcomed with enthusiasm by an excited crowd. The procession first halted, according to custom, at the Parliament House, where the King and Queen alighted and entered after the procession. There the splendid sceptre of the Portuguese Kings was placed between the fingers of the young Monarch by the President of the House of Peers. The oath to support the “ Catholic, Apostolic, Roman religion ” was then administered, followed by a speech from the King, in which he undertook to support the dignity of a Constitutional Monarch. After the ceremony of Coronation, the King and Queen, accompanied by their suites, repaired to the Church of San Domingo, where with great pomp they were received by the Patriarch of Lisbon and a host of clergy. The Te Deum was sung, and after the religious function was closed their Majesties repaired to the Town Hall to receive the civic allegiance and loyal dispositions of the Municipality. The keys of the city rested awhile in the King’s hands and the procession returned to Belem Palace, the arrival at which was proclaimed by a salvo of artillery. In the evening a State banquet was given, which included among the guests the British Minister and other foreign representatives. The one mournful characteristic of the ceremony was the enforced absence of Queen Maria Pia ; being still in mourning for Dom Luis she did not join the celebrations.
DEATH OF THE EMPRESS OF
BRAZIL.
Hard upon the loss of his empire comes to Dom Pedro, the ex-Emperor of Brazil, the loss of his wife. It seems that the Empress had been ailing for some days,
but her illness, though sufficiently strong to persuade her husband to defer his French journey, was not sufficient to rouse serious apprehensions. Very shortly, however, after the close of the ceremonies attending the proclamation o l
