THE TABLET A IV eek ly N ew spaper and Review .

D u m VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the B r ie f of H is Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

Vol. 45. No. 1826. L ondon, A p r i l io , 1875.

P r ic e 5d. B y P o st 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 st Of f i c e a s a N ew s p a p e r .

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C h r o n ic l e o f t h e W e e k :—

The Cardinal at San Gregorio.— His Eminence’s Return.—The Emperor of Austria in Italy.— Prussia and Belgium.—The Belgian Reply and the Further Policy o f Germany.—German Dictation. —Germany and Italy.—The Addresses to Prince Bismarck.—A "Virtual Prohibition of the Sacraments.—The Prince Bishop of Breslau.—M. Dufaure’s Circular. —M. Wallon on the “ Wallonate.” •Spain.—The Tragedy at Buenos Ayres. — The Baroda Trial — Women’s Rights.—Breech-loaders and Muzzle-loaders.. . . .. 449

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Dr. Newman and Mr. Gladstone 453 The Catholic University College 453 Cardinal Manning’s Precedence and Diplomatic Courtesies with Rome ................................... 455 O ur P r o t e s t a n t C o n t em p o r a r ie s :

Parsons and Newspapers . . .. 456 R e v ie w s :

Military and Religious Life in the

Middle Ages . . . . . . 457 The King’s Highway . . . . 458 The Problem of Irish Education.. 459 S hort N o t ic e s :

The Magazines for April . . .. 459 C o r r e s po n d e n c e :

Necessary Truth . . . . . . 461

E N T S .

C o rrespo ndence (continued) :

Catholic Belief in Papal Infallip bility no “ Novelty” to Protestants . . .. . . .. 461 Locke on Infallibility . . . . 462 Legends and Lays ■ . .. . . 462 Misnomers .. . . . . . . 462 Lock-out in South Wales . . . . 462

P a r l ia m e n t a r y S um m a r y . . 463 R ome :—Letter from our own Cor­

respondent ........................ 465 Peter’s Pence ........................ 467 D io c e s a n N ew s :— Westminster . . . . .. . . 467

Southwark .. . . . . . . 467

D io c esan (continued) :

Beverley Birmingham .. Hexham and Newcastle Liverpool Nottingham .. Shrewsbury ..

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467 467 468 468 468 468

I r e l a n d :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

spondent ................................... 468 F o r e ig n N ew s :—

Germany .. .. .. .. 469 The Persecution in Poland .. 469 M em o r a n d a :—

Religious .. . . .. . . 471 Addresses to Cardinal Manning .. 472 G e n e r a l N ew s ........................ 472

C H R O N IC L E O F T H E W E E K .

The Emperor of Austria and King Victor

IN our Roman Correspondent’s letter will be em p e r o r OF E m n ? a n u e l have met at Venice. It is to the Au s t r ia in credit of the first-named monarch that he has i t a l y . chosen that place of meeting on the ground that found a summary of the striking discourse Biiiuutiu which the Cardinal Archbishop addressed to the English and Americans present at the •ceremony of the “ possesso" or induction of his Eminence into his titular church. The function, as was announced in the papers, took place with closed doors, only the English and American visitors being admitted. So many of these applied for admission that it was found necessary to issue tickets. However simple the ceremony may have been, it was certainly an occasion calculated to attract any one of the English race who had the good fortune to be in Rome at the time. “ I can find no precedent,” said the Cardinal, “ for this day’s meeting. Never before has “ any one of my race and nation received possession of “ this church of St. Gregory for his title. Never here“ after shall any other Englishman, in all human proba4‘. bility at least, obtain as Cardinal this same title. Other “ Englishmen, worthier far than I am of such a dignity, will “ doubtless receive the same rank and office which I bear,

but it is most unlikely that any one of them will find “ at the time of his creation the title of this church of “ St. Gregory vacant.” Very probably indeed no one will ever again witness the spectacle of the enthronization of a Chief Pastor of England in the sanctuary whence the first Apostle of England issued to convert his ancestors. And there is a peculiar fitness in the opportunity having fallen to the present occupant of our Metropolitan See, in whom the missionary character and the love of country are so strongly marked. “ There is another motive,” said his Eminence, “ which perhaps has brought many here, and that “ motive, the love of our country, proceeds from no less a “ source than the Holy Ghost. Piety is one of the seven“ fold gifts of the Spirit of God, and although it has for “ its primary object the love of God Himself and of His “ kingdom, its second object is love for our kindred and “ family, and its third is love for our mother country. “ It is then a supernatural grace which causes us to love “ our native land.”

The Cardinal-Archbishop left Rome on e m in e n c e ’s Thursday morning, travelling by rail to Mar-

r e t u r n . seilles, where he passed Friday night. He arrived in Paris very early on Sunday morning, and crossing the Channel at night was in London on Monday morning. We are glad to learn that His Eminence’s health has not suffered from the fatigue of so rapid a journey, which was rendered necessary by the annual meeting of the Bishops of the Province, held as usual on Tuesday.

Rome, Florence, Naples, and other cities were the capitals of Sovereigns to whom he was bound by ties of alliance or relationship, while Milan was taken from Austria by conquest. Venice, however, in spite of the memories of 1849, was eventually ceded to France, and without compulsion as far as Italy was concerned, the Austrian arms having been victorious both by land and sea, at Castozza and Lissa. The Emperor travels with Count Andrassy and a large Court, and not only Count Wimpffen, his Minister to the King of Italy, but Count von Paar, his Ambassador to the Holy See, have gone to wait upon him at Venice. It has been conjectured that the pressure likely to be put upon Italy by Germany with regard to the Law of Guarantees and the freedom of the Pope’s utterances may possibly be brought under discussion, and if this were so it would be a more than sufficient explanation of Count von Paar’s presence ; but, on the other hand, it is very possible that this may be caused merely by a stretch of the diplomatic etiquette which, whenever a Sovereign visits a foreign country, obliges his representative to meet him at the frontier. It would, however, be rather a straining of the rule, for Venice never belonged to the Pope, and it is to him, and not to Italy, that Count von Paar is accredited. The Emperor Francis Joseph arrived at Venice on Monday, and was received with great cordiality and magnificence. There was a review on the plains of Vigonza, between Ponte di Brenta and Padua, and the organ of the Italian army, the I t a l ia M ilit a ir e , said that “ the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies learned to “ esteem each other on the battle-field ; ” that “ the fraternity “ thus established is more sincere than that produced by a “ long peace : ” and that “ the Emperor, when reviewing the “ Italian army," would “ meet with nothing but cordial good “ wishes.”

One of the most recent attempts of the ™ Prussian Government to extend its repressive Belg iu m , policy to other countries was made in the direction of Belgium the month before last. It was known that serious complaints had been sent to Brussels of the liberty allowed Belgium in their criticism of Prussian measures, and that the Belgium Minister for Foreign Affairs had replied more or less to the effect that the Constitution did not permit the Government to interfere with that free expression of opinion. A telegram now states that the particular objects of the German complaints were, first, the Pastorals of Belgian Bishops issued in 1872 and 1873, and other publications in which the German Catholics were encouraged in their attitude of passive resistance to the new

N ew S e r i e s . V ol. X III. No. 335.