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DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETI AM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX. to T he T ablet June 4, 1870.

V o l . 78. No. 2679. L o n d o n , S e p t e m b e r 12, 1891. P r ic e s d . , b y P o s t s % d .

[ 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 .

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•Ch ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k :

Earl Cadogan at Sheffield— The Trade Union Congress-The E igh t Hours’ D a y— Mr. Parnell at Westport— The War in Chili — The Queen o f Roumania— The Blind in Old Japan— The Russian Harvest— The R ise o f Cholera— The N ew Turkish Ministry — Lord Cross and Mr. Gladstone — A Great Post Office Robbery— Mr. Frederic Harrison’s Lecture on Women— Death o f M . Gr£vy— Earthquake in San Salvador . . 401

L e a d e r s :

China for the Chinese . . . . 405 Lord Plunket Again . . _ . . 406 The Pilgrimage to St. Aloysius . . 407

CONTENTS.

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N o t e s .................................................... 410 R e v ie w s :

Cardinal Beaton, Priest and Poli­

tician . . . . . . . . 412 The Records of Error . . . . 413 Charles Darwin : His L ife and

Work^ ......................... . . 414 Epidemic Influenza . . . . 415

The Future o f Maynooth . . . . 415

C orrespon d e n c e :

Rome :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . •• 4x7 Dublin :— (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) ......................... .• 418

L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r :

Can Railw ay Passenger Fares be

Tage

Lowered ? . . . . . . . . 420 A Catholic Periodical and Mira­

cles .. _ .................................... 421 St. Aloysius in North Ita ly . . 421 Blue Vestments .. .. . . 421 The Oldest Stonyhurst S tud en t .. 422

A t Treves in 1844 . . . . . . 422 The Congress at Malines . . . . 423 Catholic Schools in Canada.. . . 424 Catholics Abroad . . . . . . 424 Italy, France, and the Papacy . . 426 Notes upon the Catholic Church in

W ales..

.. .. . . 426

I Katzer . . . . . . .. 427 O b i t u a r y ........................................ 427

Some Publications of the Week . . 428 S o c ia l a n d P o l i t i c a l . . . . 428 M a r r ia g e s . . , . . . . 428

SUPPLEMENT. N ew s from t h e S c h o o l s :

The Curriculum of Secondary

Schools . . . . .. . . 433 School !.. . cisation in France . . 433 About E d u c a t io n .........................433 N ew s from t h e D io ceses :

Westminster.. . . . . . . 434 Southwark . . 434 Glasgow . . .. . . 435 The Abduction r ' . . . 436 The Modes o f . u Burial . . 437 An Old Cal' ' Jatechism.. . . 438

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

\ T ihe 268th Cutlers e a r l c a d o g a a j_\ took piace at Sheffield towards the

AT * end o f the week, Earl Cadogan,

in replying to the toast o f “ Her Majesty’s

Ministers— not as Leaders o f a Party, but as Servants o f the Crown,” delivered a speech which was a little masterpiece o f tact. H e had to remember, o f course, that he was speaking before many who held views diametrically opposed to his ow n ; when you combine this set o f circumstances with the other, that he was a lso compelled to be political, the fact that he passed through his ordeal, as it were through an avenue of cheers, makes his achievement all the more remarkable. H e was the first to speak in public o f the late Mr. Raikes. O f this Minister he spoke as having had the management o f an office which was one o f the most arduous and responsible in the Government o f this country. H e was a man full o f energy and determination, possibly lacking the physical strength to carry out the wishes he so ardently entertained, but the whole country could not hut experience a feeling o f the deepest sorrow when they reflected that the work which Mr. Raikes did undoubtedly hastened his untimely end. T o another top L ! alluded as threatening •at one time to sadden their holidays— die serious illness of Mr. W. H . Smith. A l l had heard with the greatest pleasure that he was daily regaining strength and health, with the expectation that the next Session o f Parliament might see him once more leading the Government side of the House of Commons with the dignity and that ability to which he had given so remarkable a testimony. Then , turning very gently to the general question o f politics, Lord Cadogan began by making obvious apologies for the Government, suddenly calling himself up with the phrase that he had “ no need to speak in an apologetic tone before his countrymen.” Wherefore, having conciliated the murmurers, he proceeded to praise the party in power unstintingly. Referring to Lord Herschell’s speech, to which we adverted in these columns last week, he put it to his audience whether the questions o f education, public health,

ans’ dwellings, local government, Irish remedial legislat i o n - a l l of which had been dealt with by the present Government— did not come within the meaning o f th- old term o f Liberal. Therefore he was not disposed to quarrel with those who said that in legislai ig for the country, and in guiding her fortunes, the G o v u i ;nt were to a certain extent wearing the garb o f ancient berals. T h e Government had not only endeavo1 red, and with some success, to fulfil the promises and pledge, r.hich they gave to the con-

ncies, but they had a!> 1 from maf \g promises and

.n their hearts they should be unable to ad fulfil. That, had they known it,

was a shrewd poke at his opponents ; but ti e principle was so innocent that they only cheered. Then Earl Cadogan went on faintly to dot his i’s. One o f the worst features o f modern electioneering, he said, consisted in this, that promises and pledges were daily made and given throughout the country to the more ignorant classes o f the electors, the givers o f which knew perfectly well they would be unable, and not even be willing, to fulfil. Lie did not in that assembly make the charge against one Party more than another, though, were he on another platform, he might give some explanations and quotations which would carry that point a little farther. Still he entered a protest against a system which he believed was nothing short of dishonest, and which, though it might succeed for a time, would ultimately and infallibly re-act upon those who practised it. H e had only to add that the Government policy had been to trust the people, to administer law with firmness and with impartiality, and to legislate conscientiously and constitutionally for all classes, and for all parts o f her Majesty’s dominions ; only to add that, is the conclusion, the party who worked by the condemned means was revealed 10 all. I f Lord Salisbury had, he concluded, by his wise foreign policy, succeeded in maintaining the influence, nay, increasing the influence, o f England throughout the w o r ld ; i f he had been able, while doing so, at the same time to maintain the most friendly relations with all the Great Powers o f the world ; if at home our fortune had been marked by steady and material improvement in the condition o f the people, and by progress in the trade and wealth on which this country reposed its power and happiness, then he believed the toast he was answering had been ju stified ; which no doubt it was.

TH E TRADE UNION

CONGRESS.

On Tuesday Mr. Burt delivered his Presidential address to the delegates o f the Trade Union C0.1g.ess, the customary introductions o f tonical interest, he declared it ... his opinion

Trade Unions grew so there would be a diminution rather than an increase o f strikes. Without wishing ' •ndemn strikes in any way, he nevertheless ew Series, Y ol. X LV 1., No 1,188.