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F rom th e B r ie j o f H i s H o lin e s s P iu s I X . to T he T ablet J u n e 18 70 .
V o l . 78. No. 2690. L o n d o n , N o v e m b e r 28, 1891.
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C hronicle of the W eek :
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Death of Lord Lytton—Lord Hartington and Mr. Goschen— Ministerial Crisis in Spain—The New Spanish Cabinet — The Eartli-quakes in Japan— The Miners’ Strike in France—The Crisis in Brazil—Gambling at Nice— Great Storm in America — Religious Riots in China—India—Burmah —Mr. Chamberlain at Birmingham—Australia and Free Trade— M. de Giers’s Tour— Canada— The Electric Lighting of the City —Wreck of the Royal Mail Steam Ship “ Moselle”— Autumnal Typhoid — Mr. Balfour’s Rectorial Address ....................................841
L e a d e r s :
The Premier at Birmingham .. 845 Italian Royalty at Palermo _ .. 846 Daily Life in the Dawn of History 847
CONTENTS.
L eaders (Continued) :
Irish Catholics and University
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Education.. .. .. ._. 848 The Question of the Catholic
Church in Wales.. .. .. 848 N o t e s .....................................................850
Aspects of Anglicanism .. ,. 851
R eviews :
Palestine in the Eighth Century 853 Viceroyalty “ In Domesticis ” .. 855 Records of a Monastic Manor .. 855 Proceedings of the Liverpool
Catholic Literary Society during its First Session, 1890-91 .. 855 Gossip of Letters .. . .. 855 Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) .. .. .. .. 857
C orrespondence (Continued):
Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) .. .. .. .. 858 L etters to the E ditor :
The Services of the Liturgy .. 859 The Position of the Voluntary
Schools .. .. .. .. 859 Variegated Vestments .. .. 859 Popular Control .. .. .. 860 Coast Communication .. .. 860 London Catholics and the School
Board of 1888 .. .. .. 860 The Holy Coat .. .. .. 860 Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte’s
Funeral .. .. .. .. 861 The Great Plague of 1349 .. .. 861 The Study of Church Music .. 862 Church-going Liverpool .. .. 862 The Prosecution of the Archbishop of A ix .. .. .. .. .. 863 I Tercentenary of St. John of the
Cross .. .. .. .. .. 865 ! ' A Poetical Query . .. .. 865 '
Catholics Abroad Some Publications of the Week The Late Archbishop of Agra Obituary ........................... Social and P olitical A ppeal to the C haritable
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SUPPLEMENT. D ecisions of R oman Congrega
t io n s . . . ............................ 873 N ews from th e Schools . . 873 N ews from the D ioceses :
Westminster .. .. .. . . 876 Southwark .. .. . . 876 Birmingham .. .. .. .. 876 Hexham and Newcastle .. . . 876 Liverpool .. .. .. . . 876 Portsmouth .. .. .. . . 877 Salford .. .. .. . . 877 Shrewsbury .. .. .. .. 877 St. Andrews and Edinburgh .. 877 Centenary of Baltimore Seminary.. 878
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At the end of last week Mr. Goschen lord iiARnNGTON was entertained to a banquet at the
C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .
THE Earl of Lytton died at four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon at | the British Embassy in Paris, from j failure of the heart’s action. The official account of the event records that his lordship had been ailing for the last twelve months, and had been j treated from time to time for an internal ailment, which ■ developed into acute imflammation of the bladder two months since in England, which was greatly aggravated by Lord Lytton’s undertaking to return to Paris, contrary to the advice of his London physicians. He had been attended since his return to Paris by his physician, Dr. Prendergast, in consultation with Professor Guyon, and he had made such satisfactory progress, and was so far convalescent as to be able to occupy himself with the affairs of the Embassy. He died quite suddenly while writing a letter. His sudden death came as a great shock to every one around him, for J while it was known that he was the subject of a weak heart, j there was no heart disease, this having been positively affirmed by his London physicians, and confirmed by I Professor Guyon and Dr. Prendergast. The Paris correspondent of The Daily News telegraphs that on going to the Embassy to make inquiries, he was told that the news of the death came upon all with fearful suddenness. Lady Lytton mentioned that in the morning she felt uneasy. It seemed i that her husband’s strength was running down fast, although j on awaking he called for pen and ink to write poetry. He went on writing with short intervals of rest all the forenoon .and continued into the afternoon. Towards two o’clock Lady Lytton noticed an oppressed state, and asked if anything was the matter. He said “ Nothing,” but that he felt low, and was troubled now and then with aching pains in the chest, which came and went. She drove off to see the doctors and acquaint them with this symptom, and the medical men promised to come in the evening. At four o’clock, Lord Lytton, who was still writing, said to the valet j who was his personal attendant during his illness, “ I feel I thirsty, and would be glad to drink something.” As the | servant was preparing a draught, he heard a faint but deep I sigh, and, turning round, saw that Lord Lytton had fallen j back upon his pillow dead. With him goes a man of j genuine diplomatic ability and many graces of character.
m r . goschen. Scottish Liberal Union Club, where his health was proposed by Lord Hartington.
He asked his hearers to honour the Chancellor of the Exchequer first as a politician who had always maintained an independent position in politics— and as one who had shown himself not only an independent but also a practical politician— with words demonstrative of his proposition. Later he spoke of the prospects of the party. It were impossible, he said in effect, for any man (the constituencies being what they are) to form a quite accurate opinion, but it appeared that those whose duty it is to form forecasts have, hitherto, been singularly inaccurate. On the whole, there is nothing which has come to his knowledge which justifies the belief that the Unionist majority that exists in the present Parliament is likely to disappear, nothing which should cause even the most faint-hearted to swerve from the duty of continuing every exertion in order to secure that that majority shall not disappear. And, even if the worst should arrive, if, at another election they should be defeated, they could only be defeated by a very small majority. Even then the work of the Unionist party would not be at an end. What would happen would be that that work would be transferred from the platform of the House of Commons to the country. If the country were consulted on the direct issue of the Irish policy of the Opposition there might be some who would think it their duty to bow to the verdict, whatever it might be. If it could be said, after the next general election, that the country had been asked directly whether it was in favour of the principle of Home Rule for Ireland or not, there might be some who would say that the verdict of the country, if it was in favour of Home Rule, was an irrevocable verdict, and who would henceforth devote themselves to such amendments as would appear to them to be desirable. But if an adverse verdict should be pronounced they should know that that verdict has not been pronounced upon the wisdom of Home Rule. Whenever, if ever, a measure of Home Rule is presented to the new members who are returned upon the Gladstonian platform at the next election, he ventured to say that to many of them the measure itself, whenever it is produced, will come as a revelation. He refused to believe that even Gladstonian members would be prepared to accept anything which may be offered to them. They will exercise their own judgment and their own opinion upon it. So that, even if it should be presented at the next election, it would not only be their right, but it would be their duty to use every constitutional
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