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A Weekly TABLET Newspaper and Review .

DUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMÜS U T IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER M ANEATI3.

From the B r ie f o f H is Holiness P iu s IX . to T h e T a b l e t , June 4, 1870.

V o l . 59. No. 2182. L o n d o n , F e b r u a r y 4, 1882.

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[R eg ister ed a t th e G en er a l P ost 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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The Ministerial Crisis in France— The New Ministry— M. de Freycinet’s Programme — The Anglo-French Commercial Treaty — The Jews and Russia— Mr. W. H . Smith on Public Affairs—The Question of the Release of the “ Suspects.”— The Irish Parliamentary Party— Fresh Seizure of “ United Ireland.” — A Speech from Mr. Cowen—The Preston Election— President Arthur and the South American Republics— An Ultimatum from Chili— Mr. Blaine's Policy — Austria’s Preparations for \Var— Opening of .the Greek Parliament— Italy and the Law of the Guarantees—The Bavarian Ministry—The Fate of Mahommed Jan—The Archbishop o f Algiers in Tunis— The Speaker on Parliamentary Procedure— Another Mixed Marriage Case . . 157

CONTENTS.

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P e t e r P e n c e . . . . . . . . 161 L e a d e r s :

The Dissolution of the Queen’s

University.. . . . . . . 161 Atheism and Agnosticism . . 162 Opium and the Duty of Catholics

I. The Drug . . .. . . 163 The Morality of Horse Racing . . 163 Our Young Debaters . . . . 164 Letter of Our Most Holy Lord

Leo X I I I .......................................... 165 N o t e s ........................................ . . 166 R eview s :

The “ Dublin Review ” . . .. 168 Mgr. Capel on “ Great Britain and Rome" . . .. .. 169 Resurrection de Julien L ’Apostat 170 The “ Nineteenth Century ” .. 170

S hort N o t ic e :

The Outline of Paley’s Evidences

Page of Christianity . . . . . . 171 C orrespondence :— Rome : —(From Our Own Corre­

spondent) “ . . . . . . .. 173 Paris (From Our Own Corre­

spondent) . . . . . . . . 175 Dublin (From Our Own Corres­

pondent) . . . . . . . . 176 L e t t e r s to t h e E d itor :—

Faith of our Fathers— X L I . . . 177 “ All Souls” as a Dedication . . 177 The Modern Balaam . . . . 177 Proposed Memorial to the Late

Bishop of Shrewsbury . . . . 178 Father Wincott .. .. . . 178 The Six Days of Creation . . 178 C \th o l Ic N o t e s .........................178

Borneo . . . . . . . . 179 F in a n c ia l N o t e s ......................... 180

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SU PPLEM ENT. Decrees of Roman Congregations . . 189 N ews from th e S chools,

.Statistics of Religious Knowledge in the Diocese of Birmingham— The Bishop of Salford on the School Board System— Reply to Mr. Mundella, M .P .— College of Preceptors, &c. . . . . . . 189 E ngland :—

Westminster ......................... 193 Southwark .. . . . . . . 193 Hexham and Newcastle .. . . 193 Middlesbrough .. .. . . 193 Newport and Menevia . . . . 194 Plymouth . . . . . . . . 194 Salford . . . . . . . . 194 S c o t l a n d :—

Glasgow .. . . . . ... 195 St. Andrews and Edinburgh . . 195

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

PRESIDENT GREVY received the resignation of M. Gambetta and CRIS1S his colleagues at ten oclock on not listen, and having ousted from power, for personal reasons, the man who has made himself the champion of irréligion, it accepted in hot haste his proposal to strike out of the Constitution the one clause which implied the recognition of a Supreme Being. The eighty-five members who voted in the minority in the last division did so as a protest against this step.

in Fr a n c e . the Thursday of last week. During the debate which preceded this event there were four divisions. First M. Barodet moved an amendment declaring the expediency of an integral and unlimited revision of the Constitution. Had this been carried, the future Congress would have been bound to submit the whole Constitution, clause by clause, for amendment. But M. Barodet was defeated by 293 votes to 173. Then M. Gambetta made his speech insisting that unless the representatives of the two Chambers were agreed beforehand as to revision, there could be no Congress. He argued that,if a Congress met, the insertion of the scrutin de liste on its programme did not imply an immediate dissolution, and concluded by expressing a hope that the Republican party would continue to support him in the task he had undertaken. M. Andrieux, on the other hand, declared that if the scrutin de liste were granted, the Chamber would be virtually at the mercy o f M. Gambetta. A vote was taken on the question that the Chamber considered it expedient to revise the Constitutional laws, and this motion, which left the Congress unfettered as to how much it would revise, was carried by 268 to 218 votes. The majority was composed of 57 members of the Extreme Left, 137 other members o f the Left, and 76 members of the Right, including the Due de la Rochefoucauld-Bisaccia, the Comte de Mun and M. Paul de Cassagnac. The votes of the Right may therefore be said to have turned the scale. The minority was composed exclusively of Members of the Left. M. Gambetta at once declared that the Government could take no further part in the debate, as the Resolution adopted attributed to the Congress an unlimited right of revision. After this the proposal to insert a clause respecting the scrutin de liste was negatived by 287 to 109 : and then the Resolution as drafted by the committee was accepted by 257 votes to 85. Before this last division the Bishop "of Angers pleaded for ten minutes’ grace in order that he might give his reasons for opposing the clause which advocated the abolition of the public prayers at the opening of each session o f Parliament. But the Chamber was impatient and would

President Grévy at once sent for M. de t h e n e w Freycinet, who, after some little pourparlers m i n i s t r y , -with M. Léon Say, submitted the following as the list of members of the new' Cabinet : M. de Freycinet, President of the Council and Minister for ForeignAffairs.

M. Léon Say, Minister of Finance. M. Jules Ferry, Minister of Public Instruction. M. Goblet, Minister of the Interior and Public Worship. M. Humbert, Minister of Justice. General Billot, Minister of War. Admiral Jaureguiberry, Marine. M. Varroy, Public Works. M. Tirard, Commerce. M. Cochery, Posts and Telegraphs, and M. de Mah)’, Agriculture.

M. Ferry, it should be stated, voted in the minority on the great division, and it is to be regretted that his name appears in the new Ministry. M. Andrieux had an interview' with M. Grévy, but was not offered a place in the Cabinet ; and w'hile France, and the army especially, will miss the services of General Campenon at the War Office, the Navy will feel its interests safe in the hands of Admiral Jauréguiberry, an honest Protestant, opposed to anything in the shape of religious persecution.

On Tuesday M. de Freycinet read to m . d e f r e y c i n e t ’s the Senate and the Chamber a declara-

p r o g r a m m e . tion embodying the programme of his

Cabinet. “ One essential idea,” he said,

“ dominates us— namely, to establish a reign of peace throughout the country— for peace is necessary at home and abroad.” The new laws relating to the press and the right of meeting are to be applied in a Liberal sense, and a Bill is to be brought in for “ sanctioning the right of association while maintaining the right of the State.” The question of the revision of the Constitution should, he thought, be postponed for the present, but the Ministry pledges itself to submit the matter to the Chamber in due time. We would remind you, argued M. de Freycinet, that the modifications to be made in the electoral system of the Senate cannot be

N e w S e r i e s , V o l . XXVII. No. 690.