THE TABLET

A W eekly Newspaper and Review

Dum VO B IS G R A TU LAM U R , AN IM O S ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS V E S T R IS CONSTANTER M ANEATIS.'

Prom the B r i e f o f H is H o lin ess P in s I X . to T he T ablet, Ju n e 4, 1870.'

Voi. 54. No. 2030. London, March S, 1879.

P r ic e sd. B y P ost 5 ^ 0 .

TReg is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l P ost Off ic e a s a N ew spaper.

^Chronicle of th e Week

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Dr.’ Newman. — The “ Tablet ” and the “ Church Review.”—Lord Chelmsford on the Recent Disaster.—Mr. Witt and Isandwhlana. —Rorke’s Drift.—The Action at Inyezane.—Sir Bartle Frere and the Transvaal.—Death of Shir AH.—The Afghan War.—Army Estimates.—Privilege of Parliament.—Bankruptcy Bill.—Household Suffrage in Counties.—Illness of Mr. Butt.—The Colours of the 24th.—The Fall of M. de Marcere.—Socialism in Russia.— The Reichstag Repression Bill.— Ministeri.il Crisis at Madrid.— The Bulgarian Assembly.—The Execution of the Berlin Treaty, 289

CONTENTS.

P e t e r s P ence ............................ 293 L e a d e r s :

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Leo X I II . and Pius IX . . . . . 293 A Characteristic of Modern Po­

litics . . . . . . . . 294 The Transformation of the French

Republic .. .. . . . . 295 The Progress of British Commerce 295 Savigny ....................................... 296 R ev iew s :

Three Catholic Reformers of the

Fifteenth Century . . . . 298 Lough Derg and its Pilgrimages.. 299 Cathedra Petri .. . . 299 The Protestant Reformation . . 299 Leffevre’s Philosophy . . . . 300 S hort N otices :

The Sydenhams of Beechwood . . 300 The Path of Mary . . , , . . 301

S hort N otices (Continued):

The Curd’s Niece . . A Word to St. Joseph . . C o rrespondence :

The “ Dublin Review” and Dr.

N ewm an ....................................... New Convent of the “ Perpetual

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301

Adoration ” in Scotland.. .. 301 Catholic Literature . . . . . 301 St. Patrick’s Institute for Boys . . 301 St. Charles’s, AtterclifFe, Sheffield 301 The Late Rev. Mr. Minster, of

Leeds .. ...........................302 Papal Definitions . . . . . . 302 P a r l iam en tary S ummary . . 302 R o m e :— Letter from our own

Correspondent ... . . . . 305 D io cesan N ews Westminster., M •• . . 307

D iocesan N ews (continued) :

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Southwark . . . . . . , , 307 Clifton . . .. . . 307 Hexham and Newcastle . . . . 307 Leeds.. . . . . . . 307 Liverpool . . 308 Northampton . . . . 308 Nottingham.. . . . . , . 308 P ly m o u t h ......................................... 308 Salford . . 308 S cotland :

Dunkeld ..

St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 310 I r e land :—

Letter from our own Corre­

spondent . . . . . . «. 310 M emoranda :

R e l i g i o u s ......................................... 312 G en eral N ews : ............................... 3 12

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

DR. NEWMAN. w

"E are most happy to be able to an­

nounce that the question of the elevation of Dr. Newman to the Cardinalate is settled in the affirmaiive. His Holiness has been graciously pleased to arrange for the removal of the difficulties which stood in the way of Dr. Newman’s acceptance, and we have reason to believe that his creation will take place immediately. Among other precedents existing for the residence out of Rome of a Cardinal not the Bishop of any diocese, we may mention that of Cardinal de Bdrulle, the founder of the French Oratory. The consistory, it is •reported, will be held shortly after Easter, and together with the illustrious English Oratorian Mgr. Desprez, Archbishop of Toulouse, Mgr. Pie, Bishop of Poitiers, and Dr. Hergenrother, Professor of Theology in the University of Wurzburg, are to be raised to the purple. Mgr. Sanguigni, Nuncio at Lisbon, and Mgr. Meglia, Nuncio at Paris, are also, we believe, destined to the same dignity, but there seems to be some doubt whether their creation, or the publication of it, will not be deferred in consequence of the inconvenience of •removing them from their present posts. It is reported that some Italian Bishops will also be made Cardinals, but this is as yet only a report.

Our attention has been called to a most

THandTt^ieT recklessly incorrect assertion respecting our-

“ church selves which appeared in the last number review.” (March i) of the Church Review . That paper has the rashness to make the follow­

ing statement. •*It is a fact that last Saturday’s Tablet from beginning to end—for we have carefully looked through its extensive summary of news, its varied comments upon them, and its ecclesiastical intelligence—does not contain one word about Dr. Newman.” This may pass current with those readers of the Church Review who do not see the Tablet, but the truth is that the number of the Tablet specified, that of the 22nd February, does contain a paragraph concerning Dr. Newman, headed by his name in capital letters, and it is the third paragraph of our weekly “ summary,” on the very front page of the paper. What is to be thought of the “ carefulness” of such a “ looking through,” or the accuracy of such a writer ? His further comments are sufficiently answered by our leading article of last week (March 1.) We only hope that he will be straightforward enough to retract both assertion and comments.

Lord Chelmsford’s despatch, narrating the disaster at the Isandula, or Insulwana, on the cr Isandwhlana hill, has now come to recent hand. We could wish that it were more disaster, satisfactory. While it brings into a clearer light than before the brilliant and in New Series, Vol. XXI. No. 539.

some cases heroic gallantry displayed by the British troops, it does anything but remove the impression that the catastrophe was the result of dismal mismanagement. It would not be proper, till the report of the court of inquiry is made public, to express a positive opinion as to where the blame lies. But there are certain obvious questions which everybody must be asking themselves. Why did Lieutenant Colonel Pulleine leave the camp, the defence of which was intrusted to him, to fight the enemy in the open ? Why did Lieutenant Colonel Durnford, after Colonel Pulleine had refused to give him two companies of regulars “ without positive orders,” go off with his 450 natives to engage the Zulus at a distance of five miles from the troops which he was sent to reinforce? And when Colonel Pulleine eventually left the camp with the force then remaining there, did he do it in consequence of positive orders sent back by Colonel Durnford or not ? Why also were not the three hours of expectation used to intrench the camp or raise some defensive breastwork ? People will also be interested to learn whether precise directions had been previously given by the General to intrench the camp and put it in a state of defence against a possible attack ; or, if not, why such directions were not given. Lastly, the question which we asked at first will present itself now with redoubled force— where were the scouts? How came the General to be Inarching literally away from the enemy, without any knowledge of their whereabouts, and leaving 20,000 of them to fall on the camp in his rear ? We hope these questions may be answered satisfactorily, especially as some of them affect the military conduct of brave and dead men, but in the meanwhile they must suggest themselves to everybody. There is a rumour that, as the war in South Africa has assumed such large proportions, Sir Daniel Lysons may be sent out to take the chief command.

On Wednesday morning the Warwick mr. witt and <^astle arrived, having on board Mr. Witt, isandwhlana. ^ gwe(jish missionary, who was known to have been an eye-witness of the fight at Isandwhlana. Immediately a swarm of “ specials ” and reporters besieged the cabin of the unfortunate man, and woke him a little after one in the morning. He acknowledged that he had by him a written narrative, and one of the most enterprising gentlemen of the press thrust a £ 2 0 note into his hand, and obtained possession of it. But it was not worth very much after all, for the writer was at such a distance from the scene of the conflict that he could scarcely distinguish cur men from the Zulus. He mentioned that the Zulu?, materially assisted the defence at Rorke’s Drift by firing the hospital, the flames of which enabled the gallant defenders to aim accurately. The loss in the massacre at I&andwhlana was far greater than was at first believed; the official lists of killed, containing the names of 51 officers and 795'men