THE TABLET

A W eekly Newspaper and Review

D t lM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

from the B r ie f o f H is Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

Voi. 517. No. 1991. London, June 8, 1878.

P r ice sd. B y Post s 54d

[R eg i st e r e d a t t h e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.

C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k :—

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The Congress.— The Choice of Plenipotentiaries. — The Second Attempt on the Life of the Emperor 'William.— The Emperor’s State and the Question of a Regency.— The O’Conor Don’s Motion— Interruption o f the Debate.— The Irish University Debate.— Mr. Gladstone on England and India.— The Adjournment for the Derby. — Irish Endowed Schools.— Loss of a German Ironclad.— The Cotton Strike.— The Sentence on Mr. Mackonochie.— Greece and the Congress.— The Turks in Roumelia.— D r .F a lk .. . 705

CONTENTS.

L e a d e r s :

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University Education in Ireland 709 The Last Attack on the German

Emperor . . . . . . . . 709 The German Government and the Socialists . . . . . . 710 Tenant Proprietors in Ireland — 711 Poverty in Lancashire . . . . 712 R eview s :

Dr. Newman on Development . . 713 Heidenthum und Offenbarung . . 714 Political Economy.. . . _ . . 714 The History of the Christian

Church during the First Ten Centuries.................................... 715 S hort N o t ic e :

Officium Fer. V. et V I . . .

715 I

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S hort N otices (continued):

La Revue Catholique . . . . 715 Catholic and Protestant Rule of

Faith . . . . . . . . 716 Magazines for June . . . . 716 C o r r e s p o n d e n c e :

The Reform of Church Music . . 717 Schools of the Servite Fathers . . 717 Appeal for a Presbytery for

Chatham Mission . . . . 718 The Title of “ Father ” . . . . 718 “ What will the Conservatives do for U s ? ” . . . . . . 719 The Hammersmith Orphanage.—

“ Save the Girl.” . . . . 719

R ome : — Letter from our own

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Correspondent............................721 D io cesan N ews

Westminster.......................................723 Southwark . . 723 Birmingham.. . . . . . . 723 Clifton ....................................... 723 Nottingham.. ........................... 724 Salford ....................................... 724 I r e lan d :—

Dedication o f the New Church of

Our Lady and St. Patrick, Ballymoney . . . . . . 725 F oreign N ews :—

France .. . . ** . . 725 M a lta .. . . . . . . . . 726 Germany . . 726 G en e r a l N ew s ............................... 727

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE CONGRESS. O

N Tuesday, the Government was able to make in both Houses of Parliament the announcement of the success of their policy,

as far as the assembling of the Congress goes. Lord Salisbury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer read the note of Count Munster inviting England to the Congress— in which it is stated that the Congress is proposed to the rowers signatories of the Treaties of 1856— Russia, of course, included, that the object of the meeting is “ to discuss there the stipulations of the Preliminary Treaty of San Stefano, and that the German Government, “ in giving this invitation . . . . understands that, in accepting it, the Government of her Britannic Majesty consents to admit the free discussion of the whole of the contents of the Treaty of San Stefano, and that it is ready to participate therein.” This condition is, of course, “ to the address of ” Russia, and Lord Salisbury, in his reply, prudently records the verbal assurance of Gount Munster that the invitation to each of the Powers has been couched in the same terms. “ The undersigned, her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of his Excellency Count Munster’s note of this day, inviting her Majesty’s Government to take part in a Congress at Berlin for the discussion of the stipulations of the Preliminary Treaty concluded at San Stefano between Russia and Turkey. The undersigned, taking act of his Excellency’s verbal intimation that the invitation has been sent in the same terms to the other Powers signatories of the Treaty of Paris, and understanding that those Powers, in accepting the invitation, assent to the terms stated in his Excellency’s note has the honour to inform his Excellency that her Majesty’s Government will be ready to take part in the Congress at the date mentioned. The undersigned avails himself, &c., Salisbury.” The question about Russia’s consenting to allow the whole treaty to be discussed in Congress, and herself taking part in the discussion, is thus settled in the sense of England’s demands, and a brilliant triumph it is, diplomatically for the country, and from a party point of view for the Government. But the terms of the understanding between this country and Russia as regards the modifications to be introduced into the settlement are not yet known, and those published in the Globe of last Friday are apocryphal. Lord Grey, incredulous about the statement that England “ deplored, but v'ould not oppose, the retrocession of Bessarabia,” put the question to Lord Salisbury, who replied that the statement referred to, and other statements that he had seen were

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wholly unauthenticated, and were not deserving the confidence of their lordship’s House.”

THE CHOICE OP PLENIPOTEN

TIARIES.

The Congress is to meet on the 13th, next Thursday, and England is to be represented by Lord Beaconsfield, Lord Salisbury, and Lord Odo Russell, a strong representation, which will inspire the country with confidence that English diplomacy will not be over-pliable. Lord Granville and Lord Hartington objected that there was no precedent for the despatch of the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary as plenipotentiaries, and that the absence of two such important members would cripple the deliberations of the Cabinet at home on any point which might arise, so that the decision of points affecting the essential interests of the country would be virtually left to two men. Lord Beaconsfield and Sir Stafford Northcote, however, replied that every question arising out of the treaty had been carefully and exhaustively discussed by the Cabinet already, and precise conclusions arrived at, and that after a long and anxious deliberation it had been agreed that this arrangement was the best. Should it be productive of evil consequences, Ministers would, of course, be responsible, and would be ready to accept the responsibility. They admitted that there was no precedent for the selection, but observed that Germany and Austria would be represented by their Prime Ministers, and also Russia, i f Prince Gortchakoff should be well enough to go. I f he cannot, the Russian First Plenipotentiary will be Count Schouvaloff and his colleague M. d’Oubril, the Russian Ambassador at Berlin. Lord Beaconsfield, with Mr. Montagu Corry, was to leave for Berlin to-day, travelling by easy stages, and Lord Salisbury, with Mr. Philip Currie and the Attaches to the Embassy, are to start on Monday.

THE SECOND ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR

WILLIAM.

A second attempt has been made to murder the German Emperor, just three weeks and a day sinceHodel fired at him without effect. This time the assassin did not miss his aim. And there is grave reason to fear that he was the agent of a deliberate conspiracy which may not have said its last word. On Sunday afternoon, the Emperor wasdrivingas usualfromthe palace down the UnterdeuLinden in his small open carriage, and when he was quite near the place where he was shot at on the former occasion, two shots were fired from a second floor window of the house No. 18, and he was wounded, though not very seriously. He was immediately driven back to the palace, and the physicians and surgeons were summoned and extracted from the wounds about 30 grains of small shot. The Emperor was struck on the head, cheek, shoulder, arm, and side, but the shot being fired from above, the charge struck him obliquely,