THE TABLET

A IVeekly Newspaper and Review

D u m VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETI AM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONST ANTER MANEATIS.

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

Vol. 43. No. 1783.

London, June 13, 1874.

P r ic e 3d. 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 e w s p a p e r .

C h r o n i c l e o f t h e W e e k : —

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The Health of the Pope.—The Transatlantic Pilgrims.— Russia and the Holy See.— Canonization •of the English Martyrs.— National Synod of Ireland.— The London Oratory.— Convent Education for Girls.— Conventual Institutions.— Anglican Legislation.— Payments to Denominational Schools.— The Course of Public Business,— The French Assembly.— M. Magne Attacked.— M. Rouher in Defence.— M. Gambetta.— “ Les Misérables.”— The Municipal Bill.— Animosity of Parties.— Victims and Leaders of Revolution.— The Prussian Persecution.— The German Schismatic Scheme. &c., &c. 737

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L e a d e r s :

The American Pilgrims .. -. 741 National Council of the Irish

Episcopate.. .. •. •• 741 The late Cardinal Falcinelli . . 742 O ur P r o t e s t a n t C o n t e m p o r a r i e s :

The Beginning of the End . . 743 R e v i e w s :

Enchiridion Symbolorum et De-

finitionum, quae de rebus fidei et morum a Conciliis Oecumemcis et Summis Pontifkibus emanarunt .. .. . . •. 744 Mary Queen of Scots and her

Accusers . . . . . . . . 746 Under the Limes .. .. •• 747 S h o r t N o t i c e s :

Pleadings of the Sacred Heart ._. 748 Conferenza tenuta alla Società

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Primaria per g l’interessi Cattolici di’ Roma .. .. .. 749 Literary, Artistic, & Scientific Gossip 749 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

The Armenian Question .. .. 749 Convent Boarding Schools for

Young Ladies .. .. .. 749 The Lock-out in the Eastern

Counties .. . . .. .. 750 The German Society of St. Cecilia 751 The late Cardinal Falcinelli . . 751 St. Moritz .. .._ .. . . 751 The Tower Hill Mission .. . . 751 A Correction.. .. .. .. 75T R o m e :

Letter from our own Correspondent 753 Encyclical of the Holy Father on the Affairs of Poland and Russia 755

D i o c e s a n N ew s :—

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Westminster.. Southwark Beverley

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Hexham and Newcastle .. • • 7 57 Nottingham .. •• 757 Scotland— Eastern District •• 757 I r e l a n d :

Letter from our Dublin Correspondent ..

F o r e ig n N ew s :—

F rance

Germany

Austria M e m o r a n d a :

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Religious

Educational .. Fine Arts G e n e r a l N ew s

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE HEALTH OF THE POPE. T

HE Correspondent of the Daily News who sends a semi-quotidian telegram from Rome, conveying alarming re­

ports, pretty sure to be contradicted by the next despatch— o f the attacks of fever and other maladies, under which, according to him, the Holy Father is suffering— fell the other day into a curious contradiction with Reuter, whose bulletins from the Vatican are usually of a less sombre cast, although not much more reliable. The “ special ” stated, that one day last week, the Pope, being better, “ expressed a wish to “ go to Castel Gandolfo, declaring that unless he had a “ change of air he could not recover ” ; but that “ his ad“ visers opposed that course.” On the other hand, Reuter, with greater caution, though no better information, telegraphed : “ It is stated that the doctors have advised “ him to go to Castel Gandolfo, but His Holiness has re“ fused to leave the Vatican.” The agreement of witnesses does not prove much as to their veracity, but their disagreement has seldom failed to affect their statements with grave uncertainty. What we learn subsequently of the Holy Father’s daily occupations, gives little countenance to any fears as to his state of health. On the day following, June 5th, it was telegraphed by the same agency, that the Holy Father celebrated Mass and gave a public audience. On Sunday he received the Cardinal-Arch bishop of Paris, and talked with him a long time on the condition of France, and received from his Eminence the sum of 150,000 francs towards the Peter’s Pence. He also gave several other audiences. On Tuesday he received Bishop Dwenger and Judge (not Mgr.) Thdard, and the American Pilgrims, with other persons of distinction (200 in all), and replied to their addresses. Our ovvn Roman Correspondent telegraphs to to us that “ six Cardinals were present,” and that the Pope was “ perfectly well.” On Thursday, as we learn also by telegram, the Holy Father administered Communion to the Pilgrims, who were received in the evening of that day by Cardinal Borromeo.

North America, as represented by a large

Tatlantk;S" body ° f pious voyagers, has been at the feet of pilgrims. the Holy Father. They landed in Europe first on the soil of Catholic France. At Paris they were received by the Cardinal Archbishop ; and, having visited Notre Dame des Victoires and some other places of religious interest in the metropolis, they repaired to Lourdes, and then, some by sea vid Marseilles, others by the transAlpine Italian route, they reached Rome, where they presented their offerings and addresses at the Vatican, and were accorded the same gracious reception which all receive who approach the Sovereign Pontiff with loyalty and respect.

New Series V ol. X I . No. 292.]

Beyond some hissing and hooting they do not seem to have met with any interruption from the foreign revolutionary mob that troubles the Eternal City. From Rome, as our Paris Correspondent informs us, they will return again to France, where they will take part in the pilgrimages now recommencing with great fervour to Paray-le-Monial.

Elsewhere will be found, in a translation,

Russia and t]ie fuq text 0f thg Encyclical of the Sovereign holy see. Pontiff to the Prelates of the Ruthenian Rite,

of which mention was made last week. This important utterance of the Holy See throws much light on the principles by which the supreme authority of the Church is guided in dealing with questions affecting the ordering of divine worship ; it contains also a warm recognition of the conduct of those Catholics in the Russian dominions who I have resisted, ev6n to the extreme peril of their lives, the innovations of an unauthorized intruder into the Episcopal office. It shows, lastly, the Vienna Correspondent of the Standard to have been completely mistaken when he characterized this Encyclical as “ a vehement declaration of “ war against the Russian Government,” to which there is no reference or allusion.

The question of the canonization of the canonization Eng^sh martyrs, which has been for some Lisii martyrs. years before the Holy See, is moving on another step. Father Morris, S.J., has been appointed

Postulator for the cause in England by His Grace the Archbishop ; and some of the Oratorian Fathers in London have been nominated to examine the evidence. The traditions of devotion to various of the martyrs which exist in different parts of England are being carefully collected together, and proofs must be adduced— and they are forthcoming— that the cause for which those, whose canonization is looked forward to, suffered was not political but purely religious. We are well aware, of course, how the world, when it persecutes, loves to lay its justification upon political grounds. Our Lord was put to death because, they said, he stirred up sedition. The Jews to this day deny that He was crucified for purely religious motives. In all ages, in England three hundred years ago as in Germany to-day, the State assigns political reasons for persecuting Christians. It is not difficult, however, for the Church to distinguish between motives. It will be a great consolation to English Catholics to be able to honour in the liturgy the memory of their ancestors in the Faith. It is not likely, however, that the canonization, if it be decreed, will take place for some years.

Protestant opinion in Ireland finds itself this

?vkod'IAL week in singular contradiction with itself as Ireland. to the intention of the Holy See in granting to His Eminence, the Car final Archbishop of