THE TABLET A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

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

From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to The Tablet, June iSpo.

V ol. 8o. No. 2731. London, September 10, 1892. PrICE byp0STSKd.

[Registered at the Generai. Post Office as a Newspaper.

C hronicle of the Week :

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The Cholera at Home — The Epidemic Abroad— Manifesto of President Harrison — “ Little Miss Russia ” — Trades Union Congress—The Oriental Congress and Assyria—County Cricket in 1:892— Female Labour in France —The Death of Whittier — Sir Theodore Martin and the Government—The British Occupation of Egypt—The Marquess of Bute and the Eisteddfod—Austro-Hungarian Currency—The Columbus F ê te s ................................................397 'Leaders :

A “ Mont de Piété” for London 401 A Catholic School for the Army.. 401 M. Zola at Lourdes .. .. 402 An American View of Home Rule 403 Old Age Pensions .. .. .. 404 The Cholera.. .. .. .. 406

CONTENTS.

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Leaders (continued) : The Annual Meeting of the German

Catholic Unions at Mayence .. 407 No t e s .......................................... 4°8 Reviews :

“ Pueri Hebraeorum ” .. .. 410 The Expository Times .. .. 411 A Menology of England and

Wales .. ..

A Hebrew and English Lexicon of

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the Old Testament .. .. 411 The Colonial Year Book for the Year 1892 .. .. . .. 4x1 Recent Publications .. . . . . 411 Correspondence :

Rome :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) .................................... 413 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . .. .. •• 4*4

Letters to the E ditor :

The Letter of King Abgar of

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Edessa .. .. .. .. 416 Harvest Thanksgiving Services .. 4x6 An Appeal for St. Charles’ .. 417 Church Music .. .. .. 417 Convents and Examinations .. 417 An Acknowledgment .. .. 4x7 Aspects of Anglicanism .. 417 A Month in Tobago .. .. 419 Evolution and Christianity .. . . 420 The Post Office and Thrift . . . . 421 Mathematical Teaching in Irish

Catholic C o l le g e s ........................... 422 Papyrus Manuscript of the Septua-

g i n t .................................................. 423 The Late Very Rev. Canon Benoit 423

Catholics Abroad ............................424 Social and Political . . . . 425 Obituary ...................................425

SUPPLEMENT. News from the Schools:

Education in 1891 .. .. . . 429 The Manitoba School Question . . 430 College of the Immaculate Con­

ception, Sligo .. .. . . 431 St. Joseph’s Bursary .. . . 432 The Teaching University for

London .. . . .. . . 432 About Education .. .. . . 432 News from the D ioceses :

Westminster . . . . . . 433 Southwark......................... . . 433 The Padroado Question .. . . 433 The Shrine of Douglas .. . . 434

* f Rejected MS. cannot be returned unless accompanied with address and postage.

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

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ACASE of supposed cholera has been treated at the London Hospital. The patient is a seaman, named William Murphy, 35 years of age, who has been serving on board the steamship B ra z ilia n, trading between Brazil and Havre. On the arrival of the vessel at the latter port it was found that five of the crew were suffering from cholera. Murphy, who was one of the five, was, with the others, landed and removed to the cholera hospital, where two of the number died. He was discharged, and travelled from Havre to Harwich. He arrived in London at 11 o’clock on Sunday night, and, as he presented choleraic symptoms, he went to Dr. Hamilton, who sent him to the relief office, where he was medically treated until an ambulance arrived. He was then removed to the London Hospital. As the steamship Abcona, of West Hartlepool, was nearing Swansea on Tuesday, it was observed that she was flying the yellow flag. Dr. Davies, medical officer, proceeded out to her, and ordered prompt measures for disinfection. The Abcona had intended to take in bunker coal at Swansea. On Tuesday evening it was reported that one of the crew had been seized with an infectious disease. Liverpool is now declared to be entirely free from cholera, and clean bills of health are being given to all vessels. The precautions taken by the •port sanitary authorities of Liverpool are of the completest kind, and should it happen that any case is found, the isolation and care of the patient would be such as to preclude the possibility of a spread of the malady. The Postmaster-General has issued a notice that, in accordance with orders issued by the Local Government Board, rags, bedding, and disused or filthy clothing may not for the present be introduced into this country by Parcel Post from •or through Belgium, Germany, Holland, or Turkey. Moreover, the Post Office of Sweden has given notice that used clothing and similar articles may not be sent from this country in postal parcels to Sweden, and it is very likely that other countries may enforce the same rule. The senders of parcels containing clothing to places abroad are warned that such parcels may suffer detention and damage

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from disinfection, or may even in some instances be destroyed. In such cases the Post Office declines all responsibility for the consequent loss or damage.

The Prefect of Police has decided to pub-

the epidemic lish a daily bulletin showing the progress of abroad. the choleraic epidemic in Paris. On Monday

89 cases and 47 deaths occurred in Paris and the suburbs. On Tuesday, in Paris alone the cases numbered 41, and the deaths 26, while the returns for the suburbs showed nine cases and 16 deaths. The Central Board of Health at Montreal, the special body appointed with the object of preventing the importation of cholera, has confirmed the stringent resolutions passed by the Provincial Board. It is, however, generally believed that British and Scandinavian immigrants will be allowed to land according to the instructions issued by the Dominion Government, although the resolutions adopted by the Provincial Board of Health prohibit the landing of immigrants without distinction. This, it is contended, would prove that the provincial authorities have no power to issue such regulations. The Provincial Board of Health has declared Hamburg, Antwerp, and Havre to be infected with cholera, and has absolutely prohibited all communication with those ports. The prohibition against the entry of immigrants does not refer to arrivals from British ports, but should it be deemed necessary, these will also be included. At Hamburg 674 fresh cases and 264 deaths from cholera were officially registered on Monday. Of these figures 153 and 40 respectively apply to Monday, the rest are late announcements belonging to previous days. Altogether 6,789 cases of cholera, with 2,948 deaths, have been registered up to the present. Strong doubt is, however, thrown on these figures by some of the Hamburg papers. According to the Hamburger Fremdenblatt the number of deaths from cholera for the past fortnight exceeds the official figures by 2,000. The paper maintains that 5,228 funerals have taken place in Hamburg since August 19 or 20, a fact which it has ascertained through a careful inquiry into the number of tickets distributed for graves, and from the fact that the ordinary death-rate in Hamburg is about 40 persons per day. From these data it forms the conclusion that 4,690 persons must have died of cholera during the above-mentioned period. The paper, therefore, is rather sceptical about the decrease of the epidemic as shown by official returns since August 31. This decrease is, however, confirmed from other quarters, and is reported to be general throughout Hamburg and Altona. At the latter place 10 fresh cases and eight deaths of cholera occurred on Tuesday.