HE T A B L ET .
A Weekly N ew sp aper a n d R ev iew .
DOM VCBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMDS 0 T IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATiS.
F r o m th e B r ie r o j H is F lo l in e s s P i u s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , J u n e 4 , 1S 7 0 .
Vol. 84. No. 2836. L ondon, S e p t em b e r 15, 1894. P rice sd . byP ost s%d .
[R egistered at the General P ost Office as a Newspaper
C ronicle of the Week :
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Death of the Comte de Paris — The Funeral at Weybridge — Within the Chapel—Her Majesty’s Wreath — Address by the Due 'd'Orleans—The Tsar as the Prince o f Peace—Russia and Germany— Sir A. Rollit on Trade Prospects — The Royal Visit to Birmingham The German Emperor and his Nobles—Church and State in Italy — International Hygienic Con.gress — The Frauds on London Banks — The Slavery Trial at Cairo—The Duke of Norfolk on Voluntary Schools.. . . . . 397 L eaders :
Preston and Grindelwald . . . . 401
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L eaders (Continued):
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Catholic and Sectarian Italy .. 402 Leaves from a Rambler’s Note-
Book . . . . . . . . 403 St. Mary’s O s c o t t ............................ 404 Notes . . 405 R eviews :
Pope Leo X III. . . . . . . 405 Studia Sinaitica . . . . . . 406 Papal Letters . . . . . . 407 Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) . . . . . . . . 408 News from Ire la n d ........................... 408 L etters to the E ditor :
The Greek Church.. . . . . 409
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L etters to the E ditor (Con
tinued) : The Restoration of the Temporal
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Pov\ er . . . . . . . . 409 Anthero de Quental . . . . 409 Historical Geography of the Holy
Land _...................................... 410 Catholic Guide-Book to Rome . . 410 The Marble Altar for Mill Hill . . 410 N ews from the Schooi.s :
Cardiff Guardians . . . . . . 410 Intermediate County Scholarships 410 Children’s Cookery Competition 4x0 School Board M an ife sto .............. 410 Residential Training Colleges . . 4 1 1 N ews from the D ioceses :
Northampton . . . . . . 4 1 1 Portsmouth . . . . . . 4x1
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Social and Political . . . . 4 ir Catholic Truth Society Conference 4 1 3
Catholic Social Union . . . . 417 The Preston Guilds . . . . 419 Hindrances to Social Work . . 421 Parish Councils . . .. .. 424 The Duke of Norfolk on Catholic
Responsibility . . . . . . 426
SUPPLEMENT. Defence Society . . . . . . 4 2 9 Ethics of Controversy . . . . 430 Platform Preaching .. . . 432 Discussion on Father Riviugton’s
Paper ..................................... 433 M e e t in g on D e n om in a t i o n a l
Education . . . . . . •• 4 3 3 Introductory Address . . . . 4 3 3
R e je c t e d M S . c a n n o t be r e t u r n e d u n le s s a c c om p a n ie d ■ with ad d ress a n d posta ge.
DEATH OF THE COMTE DE PARIS. r
CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.
'H E death of this Prince, whose condi
tion had for some days before been recognized as hopeless, took place at Stowe House on Saturday. The official notice r a n : “ The Comte gradually sank during the evening and night. No pain. Quietly passed away in presence of family and Princes and Princesses at 7 .40 a.rn.” The cause o f death, according to the entry in the register, was “ intestinal obstruction, exhaustion.” He was born at the Tuileries in the year 1 8 3 8 , the son of the Duke of Orleans, heir apparent to the French throne, by Hélène, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and was at once created Comte de Paris by his grandfather, King Louis Philippe. His father’s death took place in 1 8 4 2 . After the days of July, Louis Philippe abdicated in his favour, but the Assembly ignored the act, and proclaimed the Republic. The Duchess, with the Comte d e Paris and his little brother, the Duc de Chartres, escaped to Belgium. After some years spent partly in Belgium and partly in Switzerland and partly in England, the two brothers with their uncle, the Prince de Joinville, sailed for the United ■ States, and joined the Staff of General M’Clellan in 1 8 6 1 . They were destined, however, to see little of that tremendous -struggle. In the following year the policy of Napoleon I I I . towards Mexica made the presence of the French Princes become, if not unwelcome, at least embarrassing, and they returned to Europe. In 18 6 4 the Comte de Paris married his cousin, Princess Marie de Montpensier, and lived quietly in England until the fall of the Empire. In
1 8 7 2 the law of proscription having been repealed, the Comte returned to France, and that [part of the confiscated property of the Orleans Princes, which had not been disposed of by the State, was restored to them : the value of the restitution was ,£ 1 ,6 0 0 ,0 0 0 . In the following year took place the famous interview7 with the Comte de Chambord, upon which so many Royalist hopes were built. At that interview the Head of the House of Orleans acknowledged his cousin as the representative of the Monarchical cause in France. At tht death of the Comte de Chambord, he, the Comte de Paris, became the head of the party, and directed its efforts. The mai-.iage of his eldest daughter to the
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Duke of Braganza so alarmed or excited the Republican papers, that the Assembly passed a law of exile against the heads of families which had reigned in France, together with their next heirs. The Comte at once, June, 18 8 6 , returned to England, where he resided until his death. He leaves six children, the Queen of Portugal (born 18 6 5 ) , the Duc d ’Orléans ( 186 9 ) , Princess Hélène ( 18 7 1 ) , Princess Isabelle ( 18 7 1 ) , Princess Louise ( 18 8 2) , and Prince Ferdinand (1884).
— THE FUNERAL AT WEYBRIDGE.
In the Catholic Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo, Weybridge, Surrey, the mortal remains of the Comte de Paris were interred on Wednesday. By the time the special train arrived at Weybridge from Stowe a large crowd had assembled outside the chapel ; among them many deputations from towns and provinces in France, burdened with wrreaths and other mourning mementoes. By eleven o’clock the little village was full of animation, and the road from the station to the church was lined w7ith carriages and pedestrians. In addition to the constant stream of pedestrians, numerous carriages drove up with mourners who were provided with the requisite authority, many of whom brought large wreaths with them. Cardinal Vaughan, who joined the quarter-past ten train at Vauxhall, reached the church at a quarter-past eleven. The Duke of York, who represented the Queen, arrived at Weybridge by a special train from London, accompanied by several foreign Princes and the representatives of other members of the English Royal Family. Flis Royal Highness wore the uniform of 'a captain in the Royal Navy, with the ribbon of the Garter, and with him were the Duke d ’Aosta, in an Italian military uniform ; the Duke o f Oporto, wearing a Portuguese uniform ; Prince Philippe o f Saxe-Coburg, in full German uniform with the Order of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ; Lord Suffield, representing the Prince and Princess of Wales ; Major Egerton, representing the Duke and Duchess of Connaught ; Colonel FitzGeorge, representing the Duke of Cambridge ; Colonel Gordon, representing Prince and Princess Christian, Lord Carrington (the Lord Chamberlain), and several others,
The Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo could
— w ith in scarcely receive at the utmost more than 2 5 0 t h e c h a f e l . people. The plain interior was draped with black cloth bound by white rosettes. The altar rails were concealed by an array of wreaths of fresh flowers. Chief among them and in the centre, though not the most conspicuous, were those from Queen Victoria, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duchess of
