TABL A W eekly Newspaper and R eview .

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From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4, 1870.

V o l . 76. No. 2627. L o n d o n , S e p t e m b e r 13, 1890.

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C hronicle of t h e W e e k :

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Floods on the Continent— The # Damage of the Floods— Duelling * in France— M. Rochefort’s Duel — Mr. Mundejla at Sheffield — Dez^th of Canon Liddon—Armenia and the Porte— The Shipping Federation— The Bulgarian Elections— The Behring Sea Dispute ' — The Tariff Bill in America— Rioting in Southampton— The St. Leger— Cavalry in the Thames— German Manœuvres— Mr. Finlay at Inverness—Attempt to Murd«r a Bishop .................................... 4oï L eaders :

Mr.Gladstone and Pope Urban II. 405 The Centenary of St. Gregory .. 406

CONTENTS,

L eaders (Continued) :

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The Career of Baron Von Lutz .. 406 Catholic Statesmen : M. Vanden-

peereboom....................................... 407 N o t e s ....................................................... 408 The International Social Congress of Liège '

410

R ev iew s :

*To Literature by Journalism . . 413 Sayings of Cardinal Newman . . 413 The Magazines ........................... 414 Aspects of Anglicanism . . . . 414 C orrespondence :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . .

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C orrespondence (Continued) :

Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre­

Page spondent) . . . . . . . . 418 L e t t e r s to th e E d itor :

Cardinal Newman and Gothic

Architecture . . . . . 421 Cardinal Newman’s M ass.. . . 421 What then Does Mr. Lilly Mean ? 422 “ To Such a s ----- . . . . 422 Was it a Coincidence ? . . . . 422 The “ Large Suggestion ” . . 423 Ecclesiastical Colours . . . . 424 Downside Centenary Celebrations.. 424 O b it u a r y . . . . . . . .4 2 7 F rom E v e r yw h e r e . 427

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SU PPLEM ENT. D ecisions of R oman C ongrega­

t i o n s .......................................................43J

N ew s from t h e Schools :

About E d u c a t io n ........................... 433 N ew s from th e D io c e se s :

Westminster.. .. . . . . 433 Liverpool1 ......................... .. . . 434 Newport and Menevia . . .. 434 Salford ......................... - .4 34 The Literature of Social Reform . . 434 Death tof the Bishop of Dromore . . 437

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

FLOODS ON

‘ THE CONTINENT. T T

'H E terrible floods reported from

Austria at the end o f last week seem to have concentrated their forces at Prague. In early morning, the o ld stone bridge over the Moldau — hoar with the .grey mosses o f many centuries, whence St. John o f Nepomock was cast into the river in the 14th century— gave way under the stress and strain o f the oncoming waters, and the fifth, sixth, and seventh arches (counting from the Alstadt) were carried away. The bridge was one o f the oldest historical monuments in Bohemia, and, erected between 4350 and 1500, consisted of 16 arches with two massive towers, one at each end. But the people o f Prague had small leisure to mourn over the destruction o f even so venerable a monument, for the whole town was presently thrown into the greatest peril. The embankment o f the river was in a condition so precarious that the houses all along the Alstadt quay had to be evacuated. The National Theatre was under water, and the drowning o f 20 soldiers was reported. Then in the forenoon of Saturday came the distressing news that Prince Schwarzenberg’s large fish-ponds near Wittingau, in Bohemia, had burst Iheir cams and that enormous quantities o f water were pouring down one o f the affluents o f the Moldau. Meanwhile, the waters began somewhat to fall at Prague, but the details to hand of the sufferings caused by the inundation are harrowing enough. The means o f salvage seem to have been altogether inadequate, whereby the excitement and confusion were wrought up to ap appalling stage. Where the houses were partially immersed, terrified women and children crowded the windows in the upper floors, crying for help, and for bread, and no boats came to carry them assistance. Many o f the large bakeries were under water and bread began to be scarce. The damage to property can a t present hardly be reckoned, so large is it, and there is no doubt that appeals for relief, both to the Diet and to the Reichsrath, will be made on the part of the town. A t the Upper Danube stations the retreat o f the floods at Prague was the signal for a like change for the better, and men may shortly be able to count up their losses. One incident of so many disasters may perhaps harrow less than others. T h e P rager Abendblatt has been appearing on only, half a sheet o f paper. Its printing offices are under water.

New Series, Vol. XLIV., No r.136 .

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The summing up o f the damage wrought damage of the to ProPerty b y the floods can now be floods. roughly estimated, and there c^n be no doubt that Austria has been visited by a national calamity. From every quarter comes the same tale o f ruined bouses, land made useless, and gardens ravaged. The plentiful harvest o f the year has been washed away from the granaries ; in many parts o f Bohemia the beetroot crops are completely destroyed, and in numberless towns and villages wretchedness and misery are the people’s daily food. A t Prague alone some 45,000 people are more or less ruined. The official Gazette publishes an Imperial ordinance authorising the Government to contribute two million florins towards the relief o f the inundated districts. According to the correspondent o f The Times the readiness to grant relief from the Imperial Exchequer is the greater as the Austrian Home Office has continually insisted on the necessity o f improving the means o f salvage in the event o f such a disaster, but has been thwarted by the Finance Minister, who has consistently opposed all demands to spend large sums o f money on river regulation. Every effort is meanwhile being made to alleviate the suffering at Prague. The damage at Wittingau is less than was at first reported, and the river falls hourly. A Relief Committee has been formed, headed by the Statthalter, Cardinal Schonborn, Count Thun, and Prince Lobkowitz.

DUELLING

IN FRANCE.

The recent revelations about the secret ways o f Boulangism which have recently appeared in the F ig aro from the pen of M. Mermeix have had their consequences first in denials and now in duels. The first to cross swords with M. Mermeix, who at best has washed a prodigious amount o f dirty linen in public, was M. de Labruyere, o f G i l B ia s . The encounter ended unhappily, and has itself become the source o f a new set o f disputes. The proeis verbal, signed by the seconds before the duel was fought, stated that the fight was to go on until one of the combatants found himself in a state o f inferiority verified by the doctors— that is until one o f the parties was either scratched or pricked as the case might be. M. Laguerre as the impartial friend o f both sides, placed his garden at their disposal, and leading them out among the flowers beds with fine courtesty, asked them to regard the place as their own — “ You, M. de Labruyere, my old comrade in L e C r i, and you, M. Mermeix, my colleague in L a P ressed M. Dreyfus, who acted as conductor, having uttered the usual words “ Allez Messieurs,” the champions crossed swords. Un