THE TABLET
A IVeekly Newspaper and Review
D u m VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCGEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEAT1S.
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX . to The Tablet, June 4, 1870.
Voi. 517. No. 1988. L o n d o n , M a y i 8 , 1878.
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•Chronicle of th e Week :—
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The Negotiations with Russia.— The Indian Troops and the Budget.— England and Prussia. — Russians, Ottoman, Greeks, and Bulgarians. — Attempted Assassination of the German Emperor.—A Criminal Code.— Monday Night in the Commons.— The Sunday Closing Bill.— The Irish Borough Franchise.— Mr. Butt and the Home Rule Party. — Riots in Lancashire. — The Oxford Election—-The Court of Arches and the Ritualists.— Convocation on Schism.— The Centenary of Voltaire .. .. .. 609
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L e a d e r s :
The Crown, Parliament, and the
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Army .. •• •• •• 613 Labour and Outrage . • •• 613 The Codification of the Criminal
Law .. •*..•* •• 614 Denominational Training Col
leges for Ireland.. -• •• 6x5 The “ Dublin Review” on
Catholic Education .. . . 616 R eviews :
Ritual of the Altar.. .. . .6 1 7 Some Defects of Modern Edu
cation .. .. •♦ •• 618 Revue Catholique .. .. •• 619 Short N otices :
Little Lisette .. •• •• 619
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Short N otices (continued):
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The History of the Robins .. 619 Publications of Messrs. Kelly,
Piet, and Co. .. .. .. 620 C orrespondence:
The “ Altar of Repose” .. .. 620 The Reform of Church Music .. 620 “ Save the Girl ” .. .. .. 620 Faith of our Fathers.— XVI. __.. 621 Mission of Notre Dame de Sion at Jerusalem .. .. .. 621 The Title of “ ;Father” .. .. 622 Distress in South Wales .. .. 622 P arliam entary Summary . . 622 R ome :— Letter from our own
Correspondent .. .. .. 625
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D iocesan N ews
Westminster.. . . . . .. 627 Southwark .. . . . . . . 628 Beverley .. 628 Salford .. 628 Scotland . . 628 Galloway .. . . . . .. 628 I reland :—
Letter from our own Corre
spondent ......................... _ 629 Foreign N ews
Germany .. .. .. . . 629 France .. .. ** . . 630 G eneral N ews . . . . . . 630
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
THE NEGOTIATIONS •WITH RUSSIA. N
O T H IN G is known as yet concerning the result o f Count Schouvaloff’s interviews at St. Petersburg. T h e political barometer varies from day to day, and
.gloom y prognostications alternate with confident predictions o f a peaceful settlem ent. A ll we can say for certain is that nothing has com e to light which can ju stify a less favoura b le v iew o f the situation than that which we have hitherto taken, and which was expressed by Sir Stafford Northcote a t the opening o f Parliam ent.
On Tuesday Lord Selborne asked and the Indian obtained from the D uke of R ichm ond and the^budget. Gordon the postponement o f the Committee on the Cattle D iseases B ill, which was the first order for Monday, so that the Constitutional question concerning the despatch o f the troops from fndia m ight be discussed in both H ouses on the same day. But as, in answer to a quiet question from Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Selborne declared that he meant to make no motion, the d ebate in the Lords is lik e ly to be, more or less, what the French call an academ ic affair, and may possibly be little more than a wrestling match between Lord Cairns and Lord S e lb o rne—a very am iable contest, as one between those friendly •antagonists is sure to be. In the Common^ Lord Hartingon a lso gave form al notice o f his Resolution, and obtained the postponement o f the Orders o f the D a y for Monday, and Mr. Fawcett withdrew the notice he had given o f a Resolution on the same subject. T h e terms o f Lord Hartington’s Resolution are as fo llo w s : “ That by the Constitution o f this realm no forces may be raised or kept by the Crown in tim e o f peace, without the consent o f Parliam ent, within any part o f the dominions o f the Crown, excepting only such forces as may be actually serving within her Majesty’s Indian possessions.” W e deal elsewhere with the Constitutional point which will b e the subject for discussion.
ENGLAND
AND PRUSSIA.
Berlin papers, supposed to be semi-official,' have lately been adopting a very hostile tone towards England, and the independent press o f Germ any has protested verystronglyagainst their articles, which have moreover been disavowed by the G o vernment. T h e anim osity o f these anti-English papers has been excited principally by the prospect o f a possible English naval expedition to the Baltic, which they have chosen to consider in jurious to German interests, but the majority ■ of the German papers maintain the contrary, and ask why, i f R oyal a llian ces are to have such an influence as some people attribute to them , it should not be rem embered that the Emperor has a daughter-in-law from London as well as
N ew S eries,, V ol. XIX. No. 497.
a nephew at St. Petersburg. In which connection we may notice that the betrothal o f the D uke o f Connaught to Princess Louise Margaritha o f Prussia, third daughter o f Prince F rederic Charles, the “ R e d Prince,” has been form ally announced by the Emperor, together with that o f her e lder sister, Princess Marie, to Prince H enry o f the Netherlands. T h e English marriage is to take p lace in England, at the Q ueen’s request, sometim e next winter.
RUSSIANS, OTTOMAN GREEKS, AND BULGARIANS.
T h e negotiations for the surrender o f the Turkish fortresses have as yet effected nothing. General Todleben does not seem disposed to offer as an equivalent anything more than a retreat to the lines o f T chataldja, which would not put Constantinaple out o f danger. Meanwhile the army at Santo Stefano has been reinforced by tw enty battalions ; and General T odleben has summoned a Council o f War there to advise upon the military situation. T h e Musulman rising in Roumelia and Bulgaria shows no signs o f subsidence ; on the contrary, the Mahomedans have put forth a proclamation calling on the G reeks to jo in them against the common enemy. Am ong the Ottom an G reeks the fear and d islike o f the Bulgarians and Russians is becom ing so strong that they are actually beginning to admit the desirability o f giving an increase o f territory to the H e llen ic K ingdom . A n d we learn from an interesting correspondence in W ednesday’s Times that the Syllogoi, or G reek Associations in Constantinople and the provinces, have been remonstrating with the Patriarch for permitting Bulgarian schismatics to officiate in the G reek churches— his defence is that the permission was only given to those who had subm itted— and he is being strongly pressed to call upon the Synod o f M oscow to jo in in the condemnation o f the Bulgarian schism. T h e Russians have never yet taken any pronounced part in the quarrel between Constantinople and the Bulgarians, and it is thought that i f they can now be got to break with either, the Ottom an G reeks will score a point.
W e have to deplore the commission attempted 0f another o f those stupid crimes which or the often appear to be prompted by a german d iseased love o f notoriety rather than any emperor. more serious motive. Fortunately it was quite unsuccessful, as such attempts generally are. T h e intended victim was the aged Emperor o f G ermany, who was returning on Saturday afternoon from a drive iu com pany with his daughter, the Grand Duchess o f Baden, when, as he was passing through the street called “ Unter den L inden,” two p istol shots were fired at him. T h e G rand Duchess fainted, but nobody was hit, and the Emperor, standing up, exclaim ed, “ Were those shots meant for m e ? ” T h e carriage stopped, and the Emperor’s chasseur sprang down and jo in ed in the chase after the assassin, who
