THE TABLET.

A W eekly N ew sp aper a n d R ev iew .

DDM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INOEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX. to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

Vol. 76. No. 2635. London, November 8, 1890.

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[Registered a t th e General Post O ffice as a N ewspaper.

C hronicle of the Week :

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Lord Hartington on Public Affairs —At Greenock-Lieutenant Troupe and Mr. Stanley — Lieutenant Troupe’s Correspondence — The New Grecian Ministry—The City and South London Railway : The Construction—The Opening Ceremony—The Municipal Elections— Count von Moltke —The Archduke John— A Collision — The French Chamber—The Journey of Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Dillon—A Mexican Bull-Fight — London County Council-—The American Elections—Mr. Goschen at Halifax—The Regency of Luxembourg 721 (Leaders :

Dr. Barnardo—A Fig for the

Judges .. ... .. ..7 2 5 Against What Odds ? .. .. 726 The “ Brethren ” of Italy . . .. 726 Certain Fictions Concerning Malta 727

CONTENTS.

Literary Drama : With an Illustra­

Page tion . . .. .. .. . . 728 N otes 729 R eviews :

Folk Lore of East Yorkshire .. 730 A Girl of the People .. .. 731 A Synopsis of Canon Law .. 731 Cantiones Selectae ex Operibus

Ecclesiasticis .. .. .. 731 The Little Manual of Devotion to thé Sacred Heart .. .. 732 “ The Archeologia ” .. .. 732 The Magazines ........................... 732 Cantorinus Romanus .. •• 734 Aspects of Anglicanism .. .. 734 C orrespondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .......................................737 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .......................................738

L etters to the E ditor :

Sir James Marshall and “ The

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Athenaeum ” . . .. _.. 740 Sir George Stokes on Immortality 741 German Catholics and the Catho­

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N ews from th e Schools :

About E ducation.........................753

lic U n io n .................................741 “ Blue Vestments ” .. . . .. 741 The Swiss Catholic University .. 741 The Royal University of Ireland .. 742 Dr. Francis O’Hearn, one of O’Con­

nell’s Schoolmasters .. .. 743 The Dublin Protestant Diocesan

Synod........................................... 743 The Barnardo Tudgment .. .. 745 The Cardinal Archbishop and

“ General ” Booth .. .. .. 747 The Inspiration of the Bible .. 747 Obituary

Marriage

Social and Political

N ews from the D io ceses:

Westminster......................... Southwark......................... Birmingham........................ Newport and Menevia .. St. Andrews and Edinburgh Galloway .. .. .. Brooklyn .. .. ..

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Consecration of the Bishop of Dun-

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Indian Child Marriages .. .. 756 Meeting of the Catholic Truth 747 Society .. .........................75 7

Sir C. Gavan Duffy on Land Pur.. 748 chase............................................... 757 .. 748 A ppeal to th e C haritable . .7 5 8

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

LORD HARTINGTON

ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. A1 T the end of last week Lord Hartington addressed a great meeting at Edinburgh on the general aspect of political affairs. In a really humourous introduction he referred to Mr. Gladstone’s recent speeches in Scotland as too mountainous to dissect, though he might attempt “ to discover, if he could, the veins of valuable ore contained in its gigantic formation.” The only notable thing in Mr. Gladstone’s denunciations of the Government’s rule in Ireland was the fact that the denouncer had just come from precisely the same kind of conduct. All Mr. Gladstone had done was to narrate certain facts (or fictions) ■ which had their source in “ Irish National organs.” It could not be the duty of a statesman to indulge in vehement denunciations of an exceptional legislation unless be took the trouble to acquaint his audience with the condition of things which rendered exceptional legislation necessary. The Unionists might be very stupid people, but they were not so stupid or so wicked as to persist in a system o f government in Ireland which they knew' was not a popular system in either England or Scotland, merely for the pleasure of the thing and the perversity of their nature. He asked whether assassination, outrages against the person, against property, and against dumb animals, were the only forms of crime with which a civilised Government could concern itself. The inhabitants of a civilised country had a right to be protected in the ordinary pursuits of life and in the discharge of their obligations. In 1886-87 that could not be guaranteed. The “ Coercion ” Act was an Act ot the majority of the present Parliament, of which he was proud, for he believed that by that Act they had done more to restore freedom in Ireland than if they had conferred upon the Irish people the widest system of self-government that had ever been claimed. He rejoiced that the present Government had the courage to face unpopularity. No •doubt a powerful organisation like the National League would not accept defeat without a struggle, but the tyranny which had been spreading over the south west of Ireland had been checked, and was now confined to a few isolated places. Moreover, he made bold to say that had confidence not followed the restoration of law and order, not upon the Government would the blame have rested, but upon others, whose responsibility he did not envy. Declining to follow Mr. Gladstone into a renewed discussion of cases, almost every one of which had been discussed in the House of Commons, he admitted that mistakes might have been made, but he denied that anything had been proved in the shape either of corruption or of wilful injustice and tyranny. Even if mistakes could have been proved to have occurred, the evils which might have resulted could not compare for a moment against the relief given to the law-abiding and peaceful inhabitants of the whole of Ireland. On the recent events in Tipperary, he spoke of the “ remarkable movements ” of Mr. Dillon and Mr. O’Brien, to whom he did not “ for a moment ” impute cowardice or any desire to escape from the consequences of their conduct. Their action, however, in this matter showed either such a want of recognition of the gravity of the offence with which they were charged, or such a contempt for the tribunal before which they were brought, as to throw a strong light on the present position of things in Ireland. The National League had succeeded in Tipperary in nearly ruining a once prosperous town, and it was the administration of the Crimes Act alone which prevented such scenes being repeated over the length and breadth of Ireland. He would far rather incur all the reproach which future ages might think fit to heap upon those who had thought it their duty to administer Ireland for a time under a law of exceptional but necessary stringency, than to take the responsibility which was incurred by a statesman who went the length Mr. Gladstone had done in excusing breaches and hatred of the law.

OnTuesday night Lord Hartington addressed —at a crowded meeting of Conservatives and Liberal greenock. Unionists in the Town Hall, Greenock. He began by a most energetic protest against the truth of certain words which had been circulated as his, on the possibility of a surrender of the position which he had taken up. He then passed on to a criticism of Mr. Gladstone’s recent speeches ; he briefly touched on his old leader’s references to Home Rule for Scotland, and, professing himself a strenuous supporter of the Act of Union, he nevertheless admitted that “ I do not look forward to the possibility of Home Rule for Scotland with the same feelings of apprehension and distrust as I do the question of Home Rule for Ireland.” He then went to the notorious “ wit of man ” speech, and compared Mr. Gladstone’s present and past utterances on it. He rehearsed Mr. Gladstone’s recent words, when this was

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