THE TABLET
A W eekly Newspaper and Review
D u m V O B IS G R A T U L A M U R , A N IM O S E T IA M ADDIM U S U T IN IN CCEPTIS V E S T R IS C O N S TAN TER M A N E A T IS .
From the B r ie f o f His Holiness Pius IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.
Voi. 54. No. 2029. London, March t, 1879.
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[R eg is tered a t th e G en e r a l P o s t O f f ic e a s a N ew spaper.
C hronicle of t h e W e e k
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Leo X I TI. and the Catholic Press. —The Prince Imperial and the Zulu War.—Telegraphic Communication with the Cape.— Shir Ali. — The Situation in Afghanistan. —The Cairo Riots and the Khedive.— The Eusiness of the House o f Commons. — The Dissenters and the Irish University Question. — Rites and Ceremonies in the Anglican Church.— The Accident on Board the Thunderer.— The Bishop of Liverpool’s Letter to Men on Strike.- The Amnesty Debate.-The Impeachment Question.— Free-Traders and Protectionists in France. —Prince Bismarck’s Commercial Policy, & c .. . 257
CONTENTS.
P e t e r s P en c e ........................... 261 L e a d e r s :
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Leo X III. and Catholic Journalism 26t Dr. Newman and his Countrymen 262 T h e Authors and the Victims of the Commune . . . . . . 262 A New State in America . . .. 263 Reply of his Holiness to the De
putation o f Catholic Journalists 264 R f.v iew s :
P eregrinus Proteus . . . . 265 The Order o f Corporate Reunion 266 The Manna o f the Soul . . . . 267 S hort N otices :
DeadJ^ilies . , . . . , . . 267 A Sicilian Legacy .. . . . . 267
C o rrespondence :
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F. Ryder and Dr. Littledale . . 267 Papal Definitions . . . . . . 267 The Tower-hill Mission . , . . 268 Catholic Dangers in the United
States .......................................268 The Late Rev. Canon Ward . . 268 Weekly Communion . . . . 268 The Zulu War . . . . ..2 68 Protestant Mission to Italians in
L o n d o n ....................................... 268 Thomas Moore ............................269 A Suggestion ............................269 P a r l ia m en t a r y S ummary . . 269 R ome : — Letter from our own
Correspondent ... . . . . 273 D io cesan N ews
Westminster.. ........................... 275
Southwark ..
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Clifton Hexham and Newcastle . . . 276 Liverpool Newport and Menevia • •• 277 Nottingham.. Plymouth Salford S cotland :
Glasgow F oreign N ews
France , . . I r e lan d :—
Letter from our own Correspondent ....................... . — 2 79 M em oranda :
Educational.. G en eral N e w s :
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
PRESS. o
LEO XIII. AND THE CATHOLIC
, N the Feast of the Chair o f St. Peter at
Antioch, the representatives o f the Catholic Press throughout the world were admitted to an audience with the Pope for the purpose of presenting to him an address on the occasion of the first anniversaryof his Pontificate. His Holiness was seated on the throne presented to Pius IX . by the city o f Marseilles, and was attended by ten Princes of the Church, and many Archbishops and Bishops. The address, which was in Latin, was presented by Mgr. Tripepi. I t expressed the devotion of the writers in the Catholic press to the Holy See, and implored the Apostolic benediction and counsel, to aid them in the arduous struggle in which they are daily engaged in the cause o f religion. The reply o f his Holiness was most eloquent, and delivered as it, was with a dignified earnestness which at once convinced the judgment and touched the feelings, produced a powerful effect upon his hearers. He welcomed with the greatest warmth those who in every part of the world had testified by their words, their writings, and their actions their ardent devotion to the Chair of Peter, whose only object was the defence of right, who marched against the enemy in the foremost rank as chosen soldiers ready to give their life itself for the holy cause of religion. Having risen to salute the representatives of the press in these stirring words, his Holiness resumed his seat and proceeded with his address. H e deplored the evils resulting from a licentious press, which in thousands of daily publications attacked the eternal principles of truth and justice, and did so much to disseminate error and to corrupt morals. How necessary then, he exclaimed, is it to oppose to this power of evil a press which may labour not less for the welfare of society than for the defence of the Church and of the See of Peter. He then dwelt upon the qualities which should fit the Catholic writer for the important task which devolved upon him. Not only should he be in every particular faithful to his principles, but also temperate in his language, and scrupulously exact in his narrative of facts. Extravagant language, he observed, produced no good e ffe ct; but persuasion follows mild and earnest reasoning. On the subject of the Temporal Power the words of his Holiness were most emphatic. God, he said, who gave to Peter and his Successors sovereign power throughout the whole Church, to guide men and lead them to eternal happiness, has therefore willed that the Roman Pontiff should enjoy liberty and sovereignty. When the calamitous times which followed the first establishment of the Church had passed, a civil princi- ! pality’ was given to them, and it has been consecrated by a I
long series o f ages. The Roman Pontiffs have incurred the obligation of preserving it from disturbance or violation, and o f maintaining its rights intact. Never shall We fail in this duty ! This declaration, pronounced with great energy by his Holiness, was greeted with enthusiasm. The address concluded with an earnest exhortation to the assembled journalists to persevere in their efforts for the welfare of religion and the liberty of the Church, undismayed by the trials and reverses which are the lot o f Christians in this world.
Prince Louis Napoleon— if that is the name th e pr in ce by which the Prince Imperial desires to be ahd* thb known, though it would be more correct to call zulu war. him Prince Napoleon Louis— has thrown in his lot with our little army in South Africa, and left England on Thursday in the “ Danube ” for Natal. It is stated that the Prince is to be attached as a volunteer to the headquarter staff of the Royal Artillery. Every good wish will follow the young Prince who has shown his attachment to his old comrades by accompanying them to the seat o f war, and none will respect him the less for having preferred to a life o f leisure active work in the profession to which he has been brought up. We hope that this will not be misunderstood in France, where party strife is far more bitter and personal than fortunately it is with us. We in England are always disposed to show respect and sympathy for the fallen, and the young representative of a defunct Empire has won in this country the regard and good opinion o f all with whom he has come in contact. Those sentiments will now become still more cordial; but friendly feeling towards the Prince Imperial does not here imply any partiality for the Empire. The Prince writes to M. Rouher as follows : “ For the last eight years I have been the guest of England. Mv education has been completed in an English military school, and I have strengthened my ties of friendship with the English army by taking part in its annual manoeuvres. The war at the Cape having assumed a more serious character, I have wished to follow the campaign, and shall embark in a few days. I could not remain aloof and not share the dangers and fatigues o f the troops among whom I have so many friends. Moreover, the time spent in witnessing this struggle o f civilisation against barbarism will not for me be wasted.”
The answer returned by Sir M. Hicks telegraphic p>each to the representatives of an extremely t'ion' m m ' influential deputation which waited upon him the cape, at the Colonial Office on Friday last, to urge the importance o f establishing telegraphic com
munication with the Cape as speedily as possible, was happily free from that vagueness and uncertainty which usually characterise the replies of Ministers on such occasions. He
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