THE TABLET
A W eekly Newspaper and Review.
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
D u m VOBIS G R A TU LAM U R , AN IM O S ETIAM ADDIMUS TJT IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CON STAN TER M AN EATIS.
From the Brief oj His Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
Vol. 41. No. 1728. London, May 24, 1873.
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[R e g is tered a t t h e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew s p a p e r .
C h r o n i c l e o f t h e W e e k : The
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Metropolitan Cathedral of Westminster.— Mr. Gladstone on Irish Education.— Mr. Miall’s Motion. — The “ Case Generalizie” and the •Gesù.— The Revolutionary Press and the Vatican.— The “ Times” and the Flight to Gaeta.— The Pol ic y of Prince Bismarckand “ Kindred Orders.” — The Crisis in France.— Reconstruction of the Cabinet. — Nature of the Approaching Struggle.— The Opening o f the Campaign.— M. Gambettai Manifestò. — The Constitutional B ills.-T he New Bureau.-England and Russia.— The Khiva Expedition.— The Truth about Bethlehem. — The Annamite Slave-trade &c. . 649
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L ea d e r s :
The Situation in France . . 653 O ’Keeffe v. Cardinal Cullen . . 653 Italian Justice .... 655 The Exhibition o f the Royal
A c a d e m y ...................................... 656 O ur P r o t e s t a n t C on tem po r ar ie s :
Anglican Confession.— The “ Pall
Mall Gazette” on Canon Law.— The Fourth Estate . - .6 5 7 R e v ie w s :
The Complete Works o f Richard
Crashaw ..... 658 The Quarterly Review . . . 659 S h ort N o t ic e s : The Contempo
rary Review.— Storia dell’ Arte Cristiana nei primi otto secoli della Chiesa. — A Pilgrimage to the
Shrines o f S. Teresa de Jesus.— A May Chaplet and other Verses for the Month of Mary.— Homeward.— Ierne.— S. Louis inChains. The Expiation.— Reward Books . 660 C orrespondence :
Chuich of England Ordinations . 661 Faith and Education . - . 661 P a r l ia m e n t a r y S ummary . . 663 R om e :
Letter from our own Correspondent 665 D io c e sa n N ew s :
Westm in ster...................................... 666 S o u t h w a r k ...................................... 666 B e v e r l e y ...................................... 666 B irm in gham ...................................... 667 Plymouth ..... 667 Salford 668
I r e lan d :
Letter from our Dublin Corre
Page spondent .................................... 668 F oreign N ew s :
Germany ..... 668 M e m o r a n d a :
R e l i g i o u s ....................................669 Athletic Sports .... 669 L e g a l:—
The Trial of Castro, otherwise called Orton, otherwise Sir R. Tichborne, Bart. . . . 669 G en e r a l N ew s . . . . 671 S u pplem ent :—
The Rev. R. O’Keeffe’s Action against Cardinal Cullen.
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
TH I S week has seen a step in advance towards the commencement o f our Metropolitan Cathedral. H is Grace
C” AL the A rchbishop has privately circulated •Westminster, amongst those who united to assist him in this work from the beginning a statem ent o f what has been done in the matter during the last eight years — a statement which conclusively establishes the baselessness o f the impression that “ nothing was doing because “ nothing was said.” During that period no public appeal was made because the necessary additional schools for our poor children had first to be provided, and because the cost o f the site for the Cathedral had to be defrayed before any attem pt at building was made. A t the end o f the present year ¿ 2 7 ,0 0 0 — together with all interest up to that date— will have been paid o f the ¿£36,500 originally due for the site, leaving only ¿£9,500 o f capital debt to be defrayed. H is Grace appeals to his flock for advice as to the best means o f gradually liquidating the remainder o f the price o f the site, and has invited them to inspect the successive plans and drawings which have been made for the Metropolitan Cathedral. A t least three or four cathedrals have been successively designed, the earlier drawings having been made for the smaller site, as it was before the additional ground was obtained. T h e whole series shows that a vast amount o f thought and labour has been generously bestowed upon the work by Mr. Glutton, as his free contribution to the ca th ed ra l: for “ the designing o f a cathedral,” as the A rchbishop points out, “ does not mean an architectural drawing which appeals to <l the eye, but an elaborate mental study o f proportions and “ construction and details.” For this the disinterested labour o f the distinguished winner in the competition o f architects for the great church at L ille and the restorer o f the Chapter House at Salisbury, deserves the cordial thanks •of English Catholics ; and we may add that in his last design, proportioned to the present site, he appears to our nonprofessional eyes to have achieved a decided triumph. The beauty of the design lies in the grandeur o f its proportions and in the structural character o f its ornament, and i f it is ever translated into stone, it will be as grand as, i f not grander than, any o f our ancient cathedrals. That the Archbishop has acted w isely in launching the undertaking on so vast a scale few, after mature consideration, will doubt. T o have commenced a work which would prove eventually out o f proportion to the dignity o f the Catholic Church among surrounding sects, to the importance o f the principal Catholic church in the capital o f the British Empire, to the pre-eminence o f the Metropolitan See, to the gratitude which we feel for the restoration o f the H ierarchy,
N e w S e r i e s . Vol, IX . No. 237.
and to the proportions and majesty o f the Catholic Church o f England in the past, would have been but a short-sighted and unworthy policy. Because a Basilica cannot be built in a day, that is no reason for stripping it o f its fair proportions. What is begun prudently and slowly will, w ith G od ’s b lessing, be com p leted by “ the zeal and piety o f many genera“ tions.” H ow , we know n o t ; Providence will find a way.
In reply to a memorial signed b y L ad y mr. Gladstone jy|eath and other Irish ladies, praying for a education, grant out o f the Church Surplus in aid o f the education o f women, Mr. G ladstone adduces some noteworthy reasons for believing that the tim e for considering this proposal is not yet come. H e says that “ o f the three grades o f education in Ireland, the highest “ remains unsettled ; the m iddle has not even y e t been “ a ttem p ted ; even the lowest is sometimes threatened “ with disturbance.” Nothing can be clearer than this refusal to consider Mr. Fawcett’s A c t a final settlem ent o f the University question.
A t the end o f last week Mr. M ia ll’s resolu-
mr. m ia ll’s tjon against “ the establishm ent b y law o f the motion. « Q j Urcjjes 0f England and Scotland” was thrown out b y 356 votes against 6 1— a majority o f 295. T h e motion was seconded b y Mr. M ’Laren, who produced some interesting facts respecting the immense sums collected during the last few years by separated communions in Scotland, their numerical preponderance over the Established K irk , and the desire for disestablishm ent which was the prevalent feeling in that part o f the kingdom. Mr. G ladstone, however, declined to discuss the question on the merits o f the Scotch case— and so should we. I t would matter very little to anybody— as far as practical results go— whether the Scotch Church was disestablished to-morrow or not, as the rival communions are almost identical in doctrine and discipline w ith itself. T h e case o f England, however, on which the question is really to be decided, is far different. Mr. M ia ll attem pted to show that what was required for religious equality in Ireland was equally necessary for it h e r e ; which Mr. G ladstone— very ju s t ly we think— declined to admit. A correspondent o f the Times, who signs him self “ M .P . ,” pointed out on M onday that Catholics very generally abstained from voting— that two only voted for Mr. M ia ll and two against him ; and we are ourselves o f opinion that those who abstained from voting did well, and that those who opposed the motion also did well. In Ireland the Protestant Established Church was the Church o f a small minority, and there was the great Catholic Church o f the nation present everywhere ready to supply the religious wants o f the country, and equal to undertaking the spiritual charge o f the whole people. In England, however, i f the religious instruction, such as it is, which is provided b y the