THE TABLET A IVeekly Newspaper and Review.

D u m VOBIS GRATULAM U R , AN IM O S ET IA M ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CON STAN TER M ANEATIS.

F rom the B r i e f o) H is Holiness to T he T ablet, Ju n e 4, 1870.

Vol. 38. No. 1655. L o n d o n , D e c e m b e r 30, 1871. P r ic e sd . B y P o st sVd"

[R e g is t e r ed a t th e G en e r a l P o st O f f ic e a s a N ew s pa p e r .

'C h ro n ic le o f t h e W e e k : The

Prince o f Wales.—The Speakership.— Position of the Pope in Rome.— The Italian Bishops and -the Government.— French and Italian Diplomacy.--Prince Bismarck’s Despatch.— The French Budget.— The Orleans Princes.— T h e Paris Question.— The Income-tax Bill.— M. Thiers’s Speech.— The New Press Regulations in

'France.— The Catacazy Correspondence. — Communists in America.— Mr. Bradlaugh and the International.— The Anti-Catholics in Switzerland.— The Braunsberg G ym n a s ium ....................................833 '^Le a d e r s :

Prince Bismarck on the Relations between France and Germany . 837

C O N T E N T S .

L eaders (continued) :

Failure of Mixed Education.—

Ireland ..... 838 The Cuban Massacre . . . 839 Arbitration Instead o f War. XX . 840 E nglish A d m in is tr a t io n s an d

C atholic I n t e r e s t s :

X L V II . Synod at Oscott.—

Obituary of 1852.— Catholics as before the Law . . . 841 T he A n glican M o v em en t :

The “ Church Review ” on Unity and Intercommunion . . . 843 R ev iew s :

R eview s (continued) :

Essays from “ The Times ” . . 846 S hort N o t ic e s : The Merry Circle.

— The Magician’s own Book.— Old Merry’s Monthly.—The Works of Charles Dickens . . . 847 C orrespondence :

Unity . . . . . .8 47 British Syrian Missions, Beyrout . 847 Our Lady o f Lourdes . . . 847 R ome :

Letter from Rome . . . 848 The Pope’s Prayer. . . . 851 Imprisonment o f a Camaldolese

Life of Las Casas .... 844 Bollettino de Archeologia Chris­

tiana ............................................. 844 The Catholic Directory . . . 846 The Passion-Play at Ober

Ammergau.................................... 846

Hermit ; an Episode of Contemporary History .... 851 R ecord of th e C ouncil :

What a Catholic Government can d o ............................................ 832 The Catholics of Munich . . 852

D io cesan N ew s :

W estm in ster...................................... 852 S o u t h w a r k ...................................... 852 Beverley : The Presentation of a

Testimonial to the Very Rev. Dean Trappes . . . - . 852 Hexham and Newcastle . . 853 Salford ................................................ 853 I r e l a n d :

Letter from our Dublin Corre­

spondent ...................................... 853 F oreign N ews :

G e r m a n y ...................................... 854 Australia ..... 854 M em o randa :

Religious : S. Joseph's Society for

Foreign Missions . . . 855 Literary . . • . , . . 855 Fine Arts — Legal .... 855 G en er a l N ews .... 586

C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .

'TH E PRINCE OF W ALES.

TkHE progress of the Prince towards re­

covery has been generally satisfactory throughout the week. He has been able

4 o take an interest in the festivities and acts of kindness to bis tenantry with which the season is honoured at ■ Sandringham, and to send a message by Sir W. Knollys to the recipients of his Christmas gifts. Some uneasiness was excited by the return of the Queen to Sandringham on Wednesday, coupled with a bulletin which •spoke of a painful affection above the left hip, attended with some feverishness. The Queen’s journey, however, was arranged beforehand, and was not caused by any emergency ; ■ and there is no reason to believe that the local irritation alluded to, though painful and likely to produce slight fever, is at all indicative of danger. Its character is apparently not yet fully developed, but, should it even prove to be a superficial abscess, it may possibly act as a diversion against ■ the intestinal mischief which is so much to be feared for convalescents from typhoid fever.

TH E ■ SPEAKERSHIP.

The necessity of finding a new Speaker to replace Mr. Denison, who retires at the meeting of Parliament, has given rise to a good deal •of discussion on the merits of supposed candidates. Everybody seemed to be pretty well agreed that the choice lay between Mr. Dodson, Chairman of Ways and Means, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Brand, and perhaps Mr. Cardwell, if he should be inclined to exchange his post in the Ministry for the laborious dignity of Speaker. It appears that there has never been any serious question of his doing ■ so, and the Government has selected Mr. Brand as their candidate. Mr. Dodson would have been an obvious choice as Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker, but his reclection— at all events for his present seat— is believed to be more than doubtful. Mr. Bouverie’s acquaintance with the forms and business of the House is quite sufficient to qualify him for the post, but he is looked upon as slightly acid, and his attitude towards the Treasury Bench has of late resembled independent opposition rather than independent support. Mr. Whitbread is younger, and on the score of popularity would leave nothing to be desired, but his health and power of endurance might be questioned. Mr. Brand had one single drawback; he was once a Government Whip. Everybody acknowledged that he was the gentlest and most popular of the species, but it was feared that his appointment might become a precedent. In spite of this, no one so acceptable could be found, and Mr. Brand is to be the Speaker, till, in the natural course of things, he goes to the Upper House.

N ew S er ie s . Voi.. V I . No. 164.

It will be seen that our Roman correspondent notices the rumours which begin to in rome. prevail m that city respecting a possible de­

parture of his Holiness at no very distant date. We desire carefully to abstain from expressing any opinion on our own part as to the propriety or even the probability of such a step. The Holy Father, as we have said before, is the only judge whether the interests of the Church can be best protected by his temporary absence or by his stay ; and anything which could be interpreted into an expression of definite opinion on this point would be almost disrespectful, and certainly out of place. But we can understand that the events which pass before the eyes of faithful Catholics on the spot must cause them frequently to ask themselves the question whether the continued residence of the Pope in Rome may not soon be judged by his Holiness to be impossible. The well-founded complaint against the Italian sentries, for threatening with firearms the Grand Almoner and two of the Swiss Guard who came to a window of the palace, was first met with the excuse that an altercation had that morning taken place between the Swiss Guard at the windows and people in the road— an excuse, the falsity of which is transparent to any one who knows the great height at which the Vatican stands above the road— and afterwards by a measure in perfect accordance with the policy which the Italian Government has invariably pursued with regard to Rome. A revolutionary mob was turned into the Leonine City last year in order to force the Pontifical authorities to demand protection from the Italian troops, and the conduct of the latter being now justly protested against, the standing order under which they act is not reversed, but the sentries are withdrawn, and the lawless rabble which has been imported into Rome is allowed to besiege the gates of the Vatican. We can only hope that the alleged intention of organizing a special service of police for the protection of the Pontifical palace will be effectually carried out, and that the fears of further outrage will be dispelled. Past experience, however, of the nature of this kind of protection is not calculated to generate much confidence. We know how the Italian authorities “ pro“ tected the Pontifical frontier we know what they meant by “ protecting the independence of the Holy See.” the Italian It seems that the difficulty raised by the bishops and Italian Government about the “ exequatur ” is the govern- likely to be got over. Up to the present time ment. the new Bishopg have not been put in possession either of their episcopal residences or the annual sums paid by the State in lieu of their confiscated property, on the ground that their appointment was not officially known to the Government. It was impossible for the Bishops to make any demand for an “ exequatur ” in the absence