THE TABLET
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D um VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONST ANTER i.lANEATIS.
From the B r i e f of H is Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , J u n t 4, 1870.
Voi. 49. No. 1921. L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y 3, 1877.
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[ 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 pa p e r
C h r o n ic l e o f t h e We e k :—
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'The Conference and the Reforms. —The Intentions of Russia.— Turkey and Servia—N egotiations fqr Peace.—Rumoured Resignation of Prince Gortchakoff.—Mr. Gladstone on the Eastern Ques■ iion.—The Carlisle-place Orphanage.—The Alumni of the •Catholic University on Mr. Gladstone’s and Mr. Butt's Bills.— Mr. Butt’s Statement in Reply.— "Subsequent Conference on Mr. •Butt’s Bill.—The Fate of the Slade Prosecution.—The London 'School Board.—The Presidential Election.—The Supplementary Elections in Germany.—The .Exiled Bishop, & c .. .. . . 129
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L e a d e r s :
Why the Russians left Servia . . 133 Irish University Education .. 133 The Passing of the Clerical
Abuses Bill in Italy . . .. 134 Canossa . . .. •• *35 Catholic Intolerance and Liberàl
Toleration.—II. . . •• •• *36 The Protestant Tradition.—IX . 137 The New Marriage Law in
Austria .. .. “ •• 138 The Tomb of the Machabees .. 139 R e v ie w s :
Joshua Haggard’s Daughter . . 1 3 9 Solar Physics . . . . •• 14° The Irish Monthly.. .. .. 140
E N T S .
S hort N o t ic e s :
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The Way of Salvation .. 141 j Think Well On’t ........................ 141 | Literary, Artistic, & Scientific Gossip 141 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :
The Irish University Question Irish Sunday Closing Bill “ Eileen Aroon ” .. The Mission at Ilfracombe The Lecturer at Stamford R ome :—Letter^ from our own Cor
141 142 M3 M3 143
respondent . . .. .. 145 D io c e s a n N ew s :— Westminster................................... 146
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Southwark . . . . .. . . 147 Beverley .. . . . . .. 147 Birmingham.. . . .. . . 147 Clifton .. . . .. . . 148 Newport and Menevia .. .. 148 Salford .. .. . . . . 148 Shrewsbury . . . . .. .. 149 Scotland—Eastern District . . 149 I r e l a n d
Letter from our Dublin Corre
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F o r e ig n N ew s ;—
France . . . . . . . . 149 M em o randa :—
R e l i g i o u s ...................................... 150 Educational .. . . . . .. 1 5 1 G e n e r a l N ews ................................ i 5 r
CHRONICLE OF TH E W E E K .
THE CONFERENCE
AND THE REFORMS.
T'H E Plenipotentiaries have at last all he should left Constantinople. General Ignatieff, finding that the voyage by way of the Black Sea was still impracticable, took himself off to Athens, lest be suspected of separate negotiations or intrigues after the departure of his colleagues.; and the Comte de Chaudordy and Count Corti, who were the last to leave, started on Tuesday. The Turks, left to themselves, ace making the best of their time, and setting about the work of reform with considerable expedition. A new Pashalik has been established in Bulgaria, and there are rumours that an energetic and able administrator will be appointed to the office. A n application has been made to the French Government for some officers to organise and command a new force of gendarmerie, to be composed of Musulmans and Christians in equal numbers, and to the English and French Governments for the loan of two financiers. ■ Each of these Governments will, no doubt, be disinclined.to intervene directly in any way which might be considered to involve isolated action, now that the collective recommendations of the Powers have been refused, but if the Turks could by any means succeed in getting Mr. Cave, as it is said to be their wish to do, and perhaps Colonel Gordon as Governor of the new Pashalik, they would have done so much towards granting the substance of the rejected demands that the idea of enforcing the latter by war would recede still further into the distance than it has gone at present.
THE INTEN
TIONS of RUSSIA.
Everybody interprets the attitude of Russia according to his own preconceived ideas of what that Power is likely to do. Those who believed in her power to crush Turkey whenever she pleased, and thought that she had been hitherto restrained from acting only by consideration of the other Powers, have assumed that she means to go to war at the latest in the ¡spring, and that her present apparent moderation and inaction is merely intended to render the blow, when it comes, unexpected and irresistible. We have already expressed our own opinion that Russia does not mean to fight, at least till she has made an attempt to get the Powers to act again collectively, and, above all, till she has come to a distinct understanding with Germany and Austria on the subject. And this view receives a very strong confirmation, i f the news be true which the Paris Correspondent of the D a i ly Telegraph declares himself “ able to give.” He tells us that the ¡Russian army of the South is about to be recalled, 80,000 'men only being left behind as a corps d ’observation- And the report which we mentioned last week of the advice given by Russia to Servia turns out to be quite true, and the Government of St. Petersburg is even represented as saying that it had never approved of the war at its commencement, and that it counsels Servia to put an end to it, and make peace, if she can do so, on proper conditions.
Consequently, Prince Milan has replied to t u r k e y and the Grand Vizier’s despatch to the effect that s er v ia—— jje js re a j y t0 treat for peace, and that, as be t ions for “ as n0 diplomatic agent at Constantinople, the peace. negotiations had better be carried on at Vienna between the Turkish Ambassador and the Servian agent. The Porte, however, has suggested that a special envoy might be sent to Constantinople, and it is thought that M. Marinovics will be selected for this service. The Porte, it is understood, offers Servia the following terms— the status quo ante helium .: on the one hand, no territorial concessions to Servia ; on the other, no demand of an indemnity or occupation of her fortresses, but certain guarantees— to be settled during the course of the negotiations—that Servia will not recommence hostilities in the future. England has given the same advice as Russia to the Government of Belgrade, and the Prince of Montenegro having received the same counsels, negotiations have commenced between the Turkish Ambassador and the Servian Agent at Vienna.
rumoured RESIGNATION OF PRINCE
GORTCHA
KOFF.
A stranger report which also comes from the correspondent above mentioned, announces the approaching retirement of Prince Gortchakoff. There would be nothing remarkable under ordinary circumstances in the resignation of so aged a statesman, who might very naturally desire rest, but at this moment, when Russia is apparently changing her policy, it acquires a special significance. It is not yet a f a i t accompli, the correspondent is careful to say, “ but according to information that reaches “ me from a wholly trustworthy source, it is now merely a “ question of a few days.” This writer presumes that the Prince’s successor will be M. Valuieff, the Minister of the Interior, but the Allgem eine ZeifUng, following the W iener Abend-post, which has got hold of the same story, mentions General Ignatieff as the future Chancellor of the Empire.
MR. GLADSTONE ON THE
EASTERN QUESTION.
It seems to us that Mr. Gladstone, in his speech delivered at Taunton on Saturday last, said either too much or too little. He told his hearers that the Eastern Question was emphatically our own business, on the ground of humanity, and by reason of the obligations which our previous action had entailed upon us. He told them also that our treaties with Turkey are utterly at an end, in consequence of the atrocities committed in the European provinces of that Empire. He maintained that it would be ridiculous to hold itv .w S e r i e s , V o l , X V I I , N o . 430,
