THE TABLET

A Weekly Newspaper and Review.

D u m VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.

From the Brief o] His Holiness to T he T ablet, J u n e 4, 1870.

Voi. 40. No. 1698. L o n d o n , October 26, 1872.

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[R egistered a t th e General P ost O ffice a s a N ews

C hronicle of t h e W eek : The

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Anglo-French Treaty of Commerce. — The French Elections.— The Comte de Chambord’s Letter.— 'Secret Clause in the Frankfort Treaty.—The Expulsion of Prince Napoleon.—The Pope and King Victor Emmanuel.—The Pope and the Trastcvcrines.—The Fall of Midhat Pasha. — The Armenian Persecution.—The “ Pall Mall Gazette” on Miracles.— An English Idea of the German Struggle.— The Bishop of Rottenburg.—The “ Placetum Regium” in Prussia.— The Church of Geneva.—The San Juan Decision.— Russia, Mr. Reed, and Our Naval Strength.— Rise of the Middle Class in Russia, &c. . 5x3

L e a d e r s :

CONTENTS.

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Correspondence :

The Conscience of Kings . .517 Irish University Schemes . . 5x7 The Last of the Queen’s Colleges , 518 Our P rotestant Contemporaries:

Roman Telegrams— Conservative History — Jews and Journals — French Huguenots — National Churches—Schemes of Unity . 520 T he A nglican Movement . 521 R eview s :

The “ Quarterly Review” . . 522 Middlemarch . . . . 523 A Book of Parliamentary Anecdote 524 Short N o t ic e s : Two Letters sug­

Mr. Shee’s Letter on Miracles Lourdes . . . . A Cure at Lourdes Hôpital de la Ste. Croix, Nice Blind Children . . . . Two Suggestions . . . . S. Edmund’s College The Late Father Hodgson . R ome :

Letter from Rome . . . . R ecord of G erman Persecution.

& c . ............................................. Memorandum of the Archbishops

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gested by the Present Educational Crisis.— Popular Education.— Lord John Manners.— Christ in the Pentateuch.— The Prayers of Erasmus 525

and Bishops assembled at the Tomb of S. Boniface . . 532 D io cesan N ews : Westminster . . . . . 534

D iocesan N ews continued)

.Southwark Beverley Birmingham . Liverpool Northampton Nottingham . Salford I reland:

Letter from our Dublin Corre spondent M em o r an d a :

Religious Catholic Union Literary Scientific Fine Arts General N ews

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CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

FRENCH TREATY OF COMMERCE. T

THE ANGLO-

'H E prevalent b e lie f in Paris is that the T reaty with England is ready for signature. T h e English draft has been translated, and M. Thiers, M . de Remusat, and M . Ozenne, the special com ­

m issioners who negotiated it, have each been supplied w ith a copy. But th is v iew appears to be somewhat premature. Lord Enfield has written, b y Lord Granv i l le ’s direction, a circular letter to the different Chambers o f Commerce in this country, callin g for further ■ observations, which are to be final, and are to be sent in in the course o f this week ; and inviting explanations and eluc idations o f such statem ents from any persons in London or Paris who may be authorized by the Chambers to g ive them . Lord Enfield also explains that the power reserved b y the F rench Governm ent “ to add further duties, i f by arrangem ent with other countries they should be enabled “ to do so, on the produce and manufactures o f those coun“ tries and o f Great Britain equally,” is to be taken in connection with the fact that “ such new duties, so far as they “ are differential, shall only have a lim ited duration and that, in a ll other respects, this country is to receive in France and A lgeria “ the most-favoured na“ tion treatm ent,” and “ that, as far as possible, “ this treatm ent is to be secured, independent o f and “ beyond the specific stipulations o f the proposed new ■“ treaty.” W e shall probably soon learn what the answer o f the Chamber o f Commerce is. I t is understood th a t Manchester is opposed to the treaty altogether, belie v in g that if England reserves her entire liberty o f action, M . Thiers will by the force o f circum stances be led to abandon his retrograde policy; but it seems also that the majo r ity o f the Chambers are in favour o f a new treaty. Whether they w ill accept with approval the particular treaty which M . Thiers is w illin g to make is o f course another question. A t a ll events it is not likely that with the ratification o f the treaty we shall have heard the last o f the business. Our Governm ent is accused by the English papers which are ( supposed to represent the Imperialist interest in France, o f being hoodwinked by the French Government, and o f sacrificin g free trade and the real interests o f the country to M. T h ie rs ’s Protectionist proclivities, and angry questions are sure to be asked when Parliam ent re-assembles. T h e M anchester Chamber, indeed, in their reply to Lord Enfield’s former c ircular, declare that they would haveattached little value even to a renewal of the treaty o f i860, so com p licated were its provisions ; a fortiori they object to the new one “ as a loss “ o f commercial and fiscal freedom .” M. M ichel Chevalier, the great French champion o f free trade, objects to it on the sam e ground o f principle, and his objection is strengthened by his belief that it is part o f a plan, “ conceived by the “ ch ie f o f the French Protectionists, to throw back F rance “ upon a Protectionist policy.” In an article in tended to reconcile the English free-trader to what appears to be a surrender o f free-trade, the Times quotes an Italian contem porary in order to prove that it may not be so very bad a bargain for England after all. “ T h e French import duty on “ silk,” said that paper, “ will have no other effect than to “ cause Italian and foreign silk manufacturers to cease using “ Lyons as their depot, and to induce the Italians to change “ their depot to M ilan .” “ I f this be true,” argues the Times, “ o f M ilan as regards silk, how much more is it true o f London “ as regards commodities o f all kinds.” “ T h e more o f a “ Protectionist character the French tariff has, the more this “ free emporium will be crowded.” This is making the best o f things with a vengeance.

T h e elections which have ju s t taken p lace in

T ec™ ™ F rance cannot but be regarded as a significant symptom o f what is in store for that country.

In the im portant departm ent o f the G ironde, M . Caduc, who is said to be a Republican o f deeper dye than M . Gambetta, is e lected by 44,900 votes against M. de Forcade la Roquette, the Im perial ex-minister, who obtains only 28,700. In the Indre et Loire, M. N io che, another advanced R epublican— carries it against M . Schneider, though by a smaller majority, 30,800 to 29,375. I n the Calvados, M . Paris, an advocate o f the lo ca l bar, and the only member o f the M unicipal Counc il who is a Gambettist, is returned by 27,400 votes. In the Vosges, M . M eline, a Radical, obtains 30,000 against 24,100 polled by the Conservative candidate, M. M engert. In the O ise another Radical, M. Gerard deBlaincourt, has been elected, and in A lg ie rs the return o f M . Crem ieux is said to be certain. Only in the Morbihan, a Breton departm ent, has the Conservative and Legitim ist candidate, M . Martin, beaten the Republican, M. Beauvais, by 39,700 to 30,000 votes. Sanguine people think that a few stray elections are no guide to the real m ind o f the country, and maintain that, the arm y being perfectly sound and well in hand, even the death o f M . Thiers to-morrow would not produce any considerable shock to the S tate machine. T h e question, however, to our m inds is whether, i f these elections are really an indication o f the general opinion o f the country, the Conservative majority will feel that it has the support out o f doors necessary to g ive it the courage to assert itself. I f not, the transition from the R epublic o f M . Thiers to the R epublic o f M . Gambetta w ill be fatally easy.

W h ile a few o f the less considerable mem-

the comte k ers tjie L eg;itim ist party are g iv in g in letter. their adhesion to the “ Conservative R e -

“ public,” the Com te de Chambord has addressed a letter to M . de la Rochette, in which the error o f such a policy is strongly insisted on. “ T h e proclama-

N ew S e r ie s . V o i., VIII. No. 207.