THE TABLET
A W eekly Newspaper and Review.
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
D um v o b is g r a t u l a m u r , a n im o s e t ia m ad d im u s u t in in cceptis v e s t r is c o n s t a n t e r m a n e a t i s .
From the Brie-/ of His Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , Junt 4, 1870.
Vol. 47. No. 1889. London, June 24, 1876.
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'C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k :—
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Westminster Education Meeting. — The “ Times ” and Lord Ripon. — The Massacre o f Ministers at Stamboul.— The Assassin.— His Execution. — Motives for the Crime,— The New Turkish Ministers.—The Succession in Egypt. — England’s obligations to Turkey.— The Government Education Bill.— The Extradition Dispute.—• Maritime Rights o f Great Britain. — The American Presidency.— M. Buffet’s Election. — The Church at Montmartre.— The Bravo Case.— The Vivisection Bill.— The Swiss Persecution.— The Expected “ Old-Catholic” Conference . . . . . . .. 801
CONTENTS.
L e a d e r s :
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The Education Meeting . . ..8 0 5 The Declaration of Paris . . .. 805 Parliamentary Position of the
Irish University Question . . 806 Reparation .. •• •• • • 807 , Gleanings from the Archives of
Subiaco.— II. •• •• •• 808 The “ Rationale of Miracles” .. 809 R ev iew s :
Terra Incognita ; or, the Convents of the United Kingdom.. . . 811 , Gervase Sacheverill . . .. 811 j Dean Colet’s Letters on the Mo
saic Account of the Creation, &c. 812 S hort N otices :
A lice Leighton .. .. •• 812 The Epilogue to Previous Works in Prose and Verse . . . . 812 |
C orrespondence :
Mr. Mossman’s Translation of
Cornelius à Lapide . . .. 812 Who Wrote the “ Imitation of
Christ” ? .. . . . . .. 813 Proposed Circulating Library for the Postal Telegraph Employés of East London . . . . .. 813 An Appeal .. . . .. .. 813 P a r l ia m e n t a r y S ummary .. 813 R ome :— Letter from our own Cor
respondent . . .. . .8 1 7 Speech of the Pope in Reply to the Cardinals .. . . . . 818 Anniversary of the Pope’s Coro
nation .................................... 819 D io c e sa n N ew s :—
Westminster . . . . .. .. S19 Southwark . . . . . . . . 819
Beverley
Birmingham ..
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Hexham and Newcastle .. . . 820 Nottingham .. . . 820 Scotland—Western District . . 820 I r e lan d
Letter from our Dublin Correspondent .. F oreign N ew s :—
France Germany Austria Belgium lu rk e y United States
M em oranda :—
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Cricket Gen e r a l N ew s
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
WESTMINSTER EDUCATION MEETING. w
E are indebted to the l im e s for giving its readers a very fair condensed account of the meeting in aid of the Diocesan Fund, convened and presided over by the Cardinal Archbishop on Tuesday evening. A full report of the proceedings will be found in our present issue. No Catholic matters of any general interest are now ignored by the daily Press, but this meeting was one of exceptional importance, whether it be judged of by the list of distinguished persons who took part in it, or by the objects its advocated, or by the progress made towards the attainment of those objects as it was reported at the meeting. It may be asserted, without contradiction, that outside of the Establishment there is not, in this country, any other religious body that has, on the one hand, so immense a population of poor to provide with the means of worship and instruction, nor, on the other, is there any of the “ denomina“ tions ” that could muster on a platform so many persons o f rank and of distinction, volunteers in the cause of religious education, and eloquent advocates of its claims. The only use of dwelling on these two facts is to convince ourselves of the absolute necessity there is for all Catholics to follow the lead of the English chief ■ of our religion, and carry his earnest exhortation into effect. The need exists, and the means to satisfy the need exist also, and it will hardly be disputed that the great Protestant community of England will respect us and be more favourably impressed towards our faith in proportion as we fulfil those duties about which there is no controversy between us and them. It is doubtless a great thing to be able to show, as his Eminence is prepared to show, that the names of 25.000 Catholic children are inscribed on Catholic school registers in London. But it is not enough ; for only about 17.000 are regular school attendants; while statistics prove that there are at least 32,000 Catholic children in this metropolis, so that there must be, on a moderate computation, 7.000 who are not being educated in any Catholic school. To educate these 7,000 no loosening of Catholic pursestrings, or opening of Catholic hearts, will, we are sure, be wanting now that the necessities of the case are so clearly explained and so eloquently advocated annually in public as it was on Tuesday evening.
The 'lim es accuses Lord Ripon of asking th e “ times ’ that ii this country shall endow at the public r ipon. cost a system which, under the name ot edu-
“ cation, propagates doctrines rejected by the “ great majority.” It ought not to be necessary to say that neither Lord Ripon nor any one else asks anything so extravagant. Even the Canadian system, which is all that any
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body would desire, only allots the education rate in the proportion desired by those who pay it. I f this be “ endow“ ment ” of a system, so is a Parliamentary grant.
Just after we had gone to press last week t h e news of a fresh horror arrived from ConstantiMA“ E nople. The world of those interested in ministers a t Eastern politics had scarcely recovered from stamboul. the sensation caused by the suicide of the ex-
Sultan when it learnt that the Minister who had been the prime mover in the overthrow of that monarch had in his turn fallen before the pistol of an assassin. On Thursday night a Ministerial Council was assembled at the house of Midhat Pasha, and at midnight a Circassian major, who had till lately been on the head-quarters staff, was allowed on that ground to pass the guard and enter the Council Chamber. He immediately drew a revolver, and some say a dagger also, and shot Hussein Avni Pasha, the Seraskier, or Minister of War, dead. The other Ministers and those present of course tried to arrest the murderer, and the latter then shot down Raschid Pasha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Kaisserli Ahmed Pasha, Capitan Pasha, or High Admiral, and Minister of Marine, killing Raschid, and seriously wounding Kaisserli Ahmed in the shoulder. He also shot Ahmed Aga, one of Midhat Pasha’s attendants, and subsequently a naval officer, named Chukri Bey, and an aide-de-camp. Ahmed Aga and Chukri Bey were both killed, and, before the assassin was overpowered, one of the soldiers who rushed into the room was killed and another wounded. Kaisserli Pasha’s wounds are not considered dangerous.
The murderer, whose name was Hassan, had the until the recent events been aide-de-camp to assassin. Yussouf Izzeddin, the eldest son of Abdul
Aziz, and was therefore ruined in his prospects by the revolution in which Hussein Avni played so important a part. It is said that he applied to the Minister of War to be maintained in his position, and was refused, and that, showing signs of insubordination, he was arrested, and subsequently released, but that he was on the point of being sent to Yemen or Bogdad. He seems to have gone first to the Seraskierate and not finding the Minister there, he followed him to Midhat Pasha’s, where the sentries, knowing him to have been an aide-de-camp, and not knowing that he had ceased to be one, permitted him to enter. According to the telegram sent by the Grand Vizier to the Ottoman representatives at foreign Courts, it was Hussein Avni alone who was the direct object of the murderous attack, and the others were only shot because they attempted to seize the assassin. Stories have been going about that the Circassian Hassan was one of those present when Abdul Aziz lay dead or dying, anj^