V°l. XXVIL, N°1311. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1865. /S TAM PED SIXPENCE. (UNSTAMPED FIVEPENCE Cnblc of Contents. S i t e . . {*Aui? F 1ñ telligence!” FOnjjí}£MENTARY INTELLIGENCE.... Co ign AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE: France, _,rsica, Austria and the Duchies, Prussia, Spain, Piedont, Turkey, America (from our own Correspondent), *. e*ico, Peru, Algeria, the Brazils, India, China, and Pan, Australia, New Zealand, New South Wales. Freersjson Government in Portugal—Letter IX . Sherman, CAT|T^nL and Stanton. ............................................................... 7 V L lC INTELLIGENCE: Diocese of Westminster: jy e Universal Bazaar in St. James’s Hall. The Carmelites. ‘ocese of Birmingham : Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Coventry. Diocese of Clifton: Opening o f the Middle Tch°ol for Girls at the Convent of Our Lady of Dolours, j ?Unton. Diocese of Liverpool: Association of Providence, lVerpool—Orphan Boys’ Election. Diocese of Northof <?t°n : Catholic Penny Readings, Northampton. Diocese „ ^ a l fo r d : Inauguration of a Statue of the Blessed Virgin "°m our own Correspondent). Diocese of Shrewsbury: (fr, vj. ■**«ui- uwu ^urrespon CÎJa W 8aPh’s, North Wales. ULRS : The New Priso s — . ai.c a risons Bill. The Irish National As- ciation and Independent Opposition. Chaplains and in Prisons. Rome (from our own Correspondent). L\VS: Allies on the Formation of Christendom. Replantations of our Lady in the Roman Catacombs. gUSPONDENCE: The Seal of Confession. The n ^ t io n s . The Prison and Workhouse Questions............... yAND : Tenant Right. The National Association. Twenty . ears’ Experience o f Irish Life in America. Fenianism «»,, the Queen’s County. Diocese of Cloyne. Death of Sir ^ISpC'<iITlas Staples, Bart..................................................................... '^ U LANEOUS ARTICLES. 305 305 300 312 314 315 ?umnmrj). e uoW3 from Italy, though its character is t}jr ’A ccentuated,” still points iu the more favourable w A ' o n which has o f late been noticed. R igh t or the impression strengthens that the tide has . ect that the worst is passed, and that the reaction f,j ’ ’At the Revolution has set in. The most significant 0],] 6 ° f news in this d irection (b u t as yet we g ive it as a rum our) is that the more revolutionary and ^ ’ 'C hristian members o f the Cabinet, Lanza, Sella, 'J't at°li are a^out to retire from office, thr negotiations which have been carried on #0 ®u8li S. Vegezzi are, it is said, interrupted, o r » „hf ° d e d , and the reason for their beiDg “ inter- is said to be that no negotiations (p roperly so Were begun. ’ the best disposed Catholic sources o f intelligence ¡0 thejr traders to wait and be patient, and to trust b® Holy Father. W e d o not in the least know ■^orn -^ p o 'e o n I I I . , or V ic to r Emmanuel, o r the H a t 111 Bowers la v e actually done, but we know W | they are lik ely to wish to do, or Vj , like to attem pt to do. Napoleon and . Emmanuel would like t o frighten o r cajole the ( j *T8 into concession, by working on bis solicitude as l i^ 'versal Pastor, and the Northern Powers would p.® to frustrate the aims o f Napoleon and V ic to r > a n u e l . w j . Lanza, Italian Minister o f the Interior, has Of j ®hed a circular to the Prefects o f the “ K ingdom 0 % , " to announce the fixed intention o f the Si0))ernm ent t o ‘ reintroduce the B ill for the Suppres • th4ll°t Religious Corporations as soon as Parliament A s s em b le , and S. Vacca, Italian Minister o f to . ’ ° e, has issued a circular warning the authorities i m p e n d the concession o f the Exequatur to the th,a(.ers o f Ecclesiastical Benefices on the ground }>o§t ^oe reform o f the Monastic Orders will not be T ,f°oed for more than a few months. Movimento o f Genoa announces that Gari’ °n e of whose most fran tic letters against the V ^ thoed has ju st appeared, is about to qu it Caprera th(> ^°Ur through Ttaly, iu order to take the sense o f S o Untry on the negotiations with R om e ; but the V^ili„ c e m e n t is generally disbelieved, and the pre- ® Ilot'o n is that General Garibaldi has had his A at*d that there is no more to bo made out o f him. 6 procession in Milan on May 5 to the S q ° f Sta. C roce, was accompanied by popular ’JMt.t.lla*'ra Rons, which have led to an investigation by Lie Government. “ Bands o f young men” S s i i e<^ everybody to kneel while the procession S c g ’ . anR forced the householders on the lino o f the % i r s?’ °n t o hang out tapestries and to decorate % Onuses. , ~vo. The clerical agitation in contempla- uiric,>ipcr Italy. V a l 1 Pa >> the new elections, is on the increase throughv;. nn,.,. t._ it q 'l,c members o f the Society o f St. &c. aul in Brescia, Bergamo, Cremona, are urging with great energy that an programme should be drawn up, and that an At ®,anvass should be begun betimes. R*f,'O r , le v illage o f T orre del G reco, dear to P i ? , because o f the villa o f the Italian count which Hen jv Merchant, Francesco the Honest, defended i "p t io le(lro the Lucky came to rob it after the great a a. ° fV e su v iu s , ’in the “ Parent’s Assistant,” there > ( V nvei*t o f Capuchins, and to take possession of -H e j ’ VeDt o f Capuchins at Torre del G reco there IjH tij 0fV l the other day from Naples the odious v N u VictOT Emmanuel, the sacrilegious usurper. tli a t|) 6 surprise o f the ¡Piedmontese annexationists, ^ ' re *!?6 aSents arrived at Torre del G reco they found nH i 0 ® nation a l Guard ready to resent the Minishp ’ ’’ s. ?n’ ailt* to defend the Convent and the Capi a t d'av ^ agents declared that they would return *hniot>al a suffieient m ilitary force, and the 'l'l thn ( Uan l replied that in defence o f the Convent tif 6 Pref Capuchins they would resist the military. Jj. th e 0 e c t o f Naples, M . V ig lian i, being inform ed \It>!ateri<"|lri'enoe> took upon himsi l f to suspend the or(le r for fear o f a conflict between the f t , 1 fit„ j A «a rd and the regular troops. The first ¡J'ftberj j^ 'g h t , he said, produce civil war. Prince ,) ’ “ » s e d , at Naples, had an opportunity the k ’ o i f - .................. * ” * ’ the ¿ ^ « M e r t e i n i n g „ feeliDgs o f the popula.. trdg ?>ouE ctufe, and . C*8 those coDvents and their inhabitants. a° 118 P iedigrotta had received notice from S n V o r t f c ' , « " ! 1 were in daily expectation o f an ePart ^solution o f the ConveDt and fo r their * ft ni0 p te> when it happened that Prince Humbert n*ng ride in the direction o f the convent. The population o f La Chiaja, who have a strong feeling o f affection and respect for the good monks, gathered round the P rin ce ’s horse, and with shouts, and cries, and prayers, m ixed w ith threats, insisted on a promise that the monks should bo spared— a promise which the P rin ce was on ly too glad to g ive, for the hands o f the boldest were already on his bridle reins. — The Memorial Diplomatique claims a sort o f second hand official authenticity fo r its statements by reason o f o f its relations w ith sundry Embassies and Ministries. But ju d g in g by the extract quoted from its last number by the Journal (les Villes et des Campagues, the Memorial Diplomatique itself is obliged to verify the rule that it is not given to any mortal always to be right against all the world. T h aMemorial Diplomatique states on the authority o f a Roman correspondent, that the negotiations between the Holy See and K in g V ic to r Emmanuel that arrangements are already being made fo r the Consistory in which the Pope w ill make the result known, and willpreconise the Bishops appointed to the vacant sees in the Italian States. T o this news it appends the follow ing remarkable paragraph, which is a model o f its kind :— “ In the same Consistory w ill be preconised the successor o f Cardinal W isem an in the See o f Westminster. The Chapter o f the Diocese and the English Bishops have presented to the Congregation D e Propaganda F ide a list o f three prelates, to w i t : the Bishops o f j Grant, C lisfort, and A rrin gton (sic). I t is out o f this list ■that the definitive choice o f the H o ly Father must be ! made. This shows that the announcement o f the English newspapers that M g r . Manning has already been promoted by the H o ly Father to the Archiepiscopal Chair o f Westminster must be considered as at least premature.” I t is not often that hunches of blunders cluster so thickly iu a single paragraph. The geographical situation o f those three English lo ca lities, “ Grant, C lisfort, and A rrin g ton ,” is not specified in the Catholic D irectory. — A n interesting Festival has been celebrated at Reichersdorf in Bavaria, between April 30 and May 7, by the Bishop o f Passau and many distinguished visitors, amid a concourse o f many thousands o f the Faithful, in honour o f St. Gotthardt, who" first saw the light at that place at least 900 years ago. St. G o tthardt was Canon and P rovost at Nieder A lta ch , and when that Foundation was restored to the Benedictines, to whom it had originally belonged, ho became a N ovice in the Order. The Protestant historian, Giesbrecht, who always mentions him with honour, describes him as an exemplary M onk, from the crown o f his head to the sole o f his foot. He became P rior and A b b o t o f the House and o f Nieder A lta ch ; ranked the highest amongst all German Monasteries, it owed much o f its fame to St. Gotthardt’s efforts and example. In 1022, Emperor H enry 2nd named him to the Bishopric o f Hildesheim. H e was not on ly a saintly ecclesiastic, but a patron o f art and science, j o f education, and o f agriculture. H e died in 1038, |and was speedily honoured as a Saint throughout IGermany and the adjacent lands. M ount St. G o t hard in Switzerland is named after him. — A ccord in g to a correspondence íd the Journal de Bruxelles, the Chapter o f Cologne instead o f sending up a second list o f names for the vacant See, have requested the Pope to name a successor to the late Cardinal Archbishop V on Geissel. The same paper states that in return for the present o f books lately sent to P ius I X . , b y I le r Majesty, the Queen, the H oly Father has sent to Queen V ictoria a present o f mosaics executed in the Vatican atelier. — The Grand Universal Bazaar in St. James’s Hall has given the Catholics o f L ondon so much to do that they naturally expect to see it mentioned as one o f the leading events o f the week. W e hope that it fulfilled the expectations o f its promoters. F or our part, wo have already committed the Tablet to the praise and support of Bazaars, which we look on as one o f the “ peculiar institutions” o f the Catholic community, and deserving o f all encouragement. But we confess that the idea o f amalgamating all the probable or possible Bazaars o f the season into one Universal Bazaar, never appeared to us so likely to strengthen as to weaken the hold which the “ Institution” has obtained on the Catholic body. — The Convocation o f the Province o f Canterbury in the Established Church o f England has been en gaged this week upon the C ou r t o f Final Appeal. T h e Lower House has decided that the Court is open to grave objections, and that its working is unsatisfactory ; hut it rejected by one vote (2 2 to 21 ) A r ch deacon Denison’s motion for saving the Churcli o f England from its responsibility for the judgments o f heretical or infidel law yers:— u That, for the time to come, no archbishop, bishop, or other spiritual person have any place in the Court of Final Appeal, whether as member of the Court or as assessor; but that,, whenever in any case ecclesiastical any question arises before the said Court touching the doctrine or ritual of the United Church of England and Ireland, the said Court shall state such question for the opinion of a Board of Reference, to be composed of spiritual persons; such Board to be constituted as may be hereafter found advisable, but in any case to consist of bishops as members of the Board, with other spiritual persons or assessors ; and that the said|court, having considered the opinion of such Board, shall give such judgment as shall seem just.” In the Upper House th s Bishop o f Llaudaff in C on . vocation has expressed the objections felt to swearing that no foreign prelate hath any spiritual author ity within this realm, because it was contrary to fact. The Bishop o f O x ford , in one o f his characteristically trim ming speeches, said— “ He so far sympathised with .the Bishop of Llandaff, and thought the wording he had alluded to was open to objection, which it was very desirable to avoid. If they were considering da novo the best way of wording the declarations he should think a different course necessary, but that was not their position. Those words had stood for a Jong time, and had had a uniform interpretation fixed upon them,—that of of a solemn national declaration,— affirming that no earthly potentate and no spiritual potentate out of Her Majesty’s dominions ought to have any sor of jurisdiction within her Majesty’s dominions. He did no think they were meant to be strained to meet those casps the Bishop of Llandaff had pointed out. There were, doubtless, many persons in this country who acknowledged the spiritual authority of foreign bishops ; formerly that would have been a penal offence. If the nation made any alteration he should be glad to see the Church joining in the alteration; but he doubted whether, while the declaration remained for the nation, it would be wise for the clergy to attempt any change.” — A t a meeting held at the Stafford C lub on Monday the 15th inst, there were present, the H on . Charles Langdale (in the chair), the H on . Thomas E . Stonor, Sir Charles C lifford, the V e ry R ev . Canon Oakeley, the R ov , F . Zannetti, the R ev. R . Macmullen, the Rev. IV . K elly, the R ev . F . Bagshawe. Mr. Swift, Mr. Wallis, M r. J . A . B lount, M r . Purcell, D . O ’B ryan, Mr. J . A . Blake, M .P . , &c., &c. A draft o f the Prison B ill with the additions, alterations, and improvements in tro duced into it by the Select Committee, and which had ju st been printed by order o f the House o f Commons, was laid before the meeting by Mr. J . A . Blake, M .P ., and considered. The provisions o f the new bill affecting Catholic interests will he found in another column The following resolutions were adopted 1st. That the H on . Charles Langdale be Chairman o f the general committee, and that a sub-committee consisting of the l io n . T . E . Stonor, M r. George B lount, Mr. Galton, M r. R y ley , Air. Swift, .md M r. W a llis be appointed (three to form a quorum ), to carry ont such resolutions as may be agreed on by the general committee, and that Mr. W a llis be requested to act as Secretary to the sub-committee. 2nd. That the Secretary be requested to communicate the resolutions o f the meetings to the Secretary o f the C lerical Committee. 3rd. That an abstract o f the returns made to the House o f Commons on the subject o f C ounty and Borough Prisons be added to the circular to be sent to Alembers o f Parliament. 4 th. That a meeting o f Catholic noblemen and g en tlemen interested in the Prison Question be called by advertisement, to he held at the Stafford C lub on W ednesday, Alay 24th, at 3 o ’c lock , p .m . 5th. Thata common fundbe provided by subscription, to meet the expenses o f this committee, and o f the Westminster Clerical Committee. — L ord Palmerston resumed, his place in the House o f Commons on M onday, and the cheers o f the House greeted his restoration to his duties. The B ill introduced by the R ight H on . W . Alonsell for the alteration o f the Catholic Oath, by the omission o f certain portions, was read a second time on Wednesday by a considerable majority. Prom the speeches o f Sir George Grey on the Alinisterial, and Air. W a lpole on the Opposition, side o f the House, there seems reason to hope that when the B ill gets in to Committee, it may be ¡altered so as to provide one common oath for all members o f the House. Sir George Grey s a id :— “ I hope, at all events, that the House w ill assent to the second reading, and go into committee to con sider the provisions o f the B ill, and 1 trust the result may be the substitution o f one common oath for all the members o f this House, so that we may be all placed on that equal footing on which 1 think we ought to stand (hear, hear).” C A R D IN A L W IS E M A N 'S M E M O R IA L . The following circular has been forwarded to us for publication. W e arc told that all the leading Catholics of distinction in London have expressed their intention to be present, in order to co-operate with the Archbishop Elect and the Clergy in the furtherance o f this laudable d esign:— “ 22, Finsbury Circus, E.C., “ May 18, 1865. “ Ilis Grace the Archbishop Elect of Westminster w ill take the Chair at a public meeting, at the Hanover Squar® Rooms, on Thursday next, May 25th, (Ascension Day), at half-past two punctually. “ The object o f the Meeting being to inagurate a public movement for the erection o f a Cathedral as a Memorial of His Eminence, the late Cardinal Archbishop, your attendance is earnestly requested in support of the Chair. “ (Signed) J . L . PATTERSON.” la te s t f tn t r l l ig n u r . P a r is , May 11.—Iu to-day’s sitting of the Corps Legislatif a bill was introduced by the Government, authorising the municipality of Paris to contract a loan of 250 millions of francs for local expenses, redeemable in GO years. R om e , May 18.—Count Revel arrived here to-day. It is believed that he is to continue the negotiations between the Italian and Papal Governments commenced by Signor Vegezzi. The following letter has been addressed by LieutenantGeneral Ewell to Lieutenant-General Grant, relative to the assassination of President L incoln:— “ Fortress Monroe, April 1G. “ Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, commanding United States army.—General—You will appreciate, I am sure, the sentiment which prompts me to drop you these few lines. Of all the misfortunes that could befall the Southern peope, or any Southern man, by far the greatest, in my judgment, would be the prevalence of the idea that they could entertain any other than feelings of unqualified abhorrence and indignation for the assassination of the President of the United States and the attempt to assassinate the Secretary of State. No language can adequately express the shock produced upon myself in common with all the general officers confined here with me by the occurrence of this appalling crime, and by the seeming tendency in the public mind to connect the Southern men with it. Need we say that we are no assassins, nor the allies of assassins, be they from the North, or from the South; and that coming, as we do, from most of the States of the South,- we would be ashamed o f our own people were we not assured they would reprobate this crime. Under the circumstances I could not refrain from some expression of my feelings. I thus utter them to a soldier who will comprehend them. The following officers—Major-Generals Edward Johnston, of Virginia, and Kershaw, of South Carolina; Brigadier-Generals Barton, Corse, Hume, and Jones, of Virginia; Dubois, Semmes, and H. K. Jackson, of Georgia; Frazier, of Alabama; Smith and Gordon, of Tennessee Cabel, of Arkansas; and Marmaduke, of Missouri; and Commodore Tucker, of Virginia—all heartily concur with me in what I have said.—Respectfully, “ R. S. Ewell, Lieutenant-General, C.S.A.” Mr. W a lpole said, “ I f the House should be o f opinion that there are certain words in the present oath which ought to be modified, I should not be prepared to insist on the retention at least o f some o f th em ; but i f the oath is altered at all the alteration ought to be undertaken on the responsibility o f the Government, or rather, an oath should be framed by them in the best terms they can devise, placing all the members o f the House in this respect on the same footing. I f such a proposition were t o emanate from the Government I should not oppose the second reading o f the bill in which it was embodied. One o f the best speeches made in favour o f the Bill was that o f Air. T om Collins, M .P . fo r Knaresborougli. A certain number o f the Conservative Leaders voted for the B ill, Lord Stanley, Sir S. Northcote, Air. Henley. O f the Irish Conservative members, w e find there voted for the B i l l .: Colonel D ickson, Air. Ilassard, Air. Leader, Air. Lever, Captain Talbot, Colonel Tottenham , and Colonel Vandeleur. Am ong the Conservative supporters o f the bill, we also find besides Air. Collins, Air. H ornby, A ir. Hunt, and L ord H enry Lennox, who spoke as well as voted, but in the list o f those who voted against the B ill we find the name o f Air. D ’ lsraeli. T I IE PR ISO N A N D ’W O R K H O U S E G R I E V ­ A N C E S .— S U B S C R IP T IO N T O W A R D S E X PEN SE S Donations for the above ob je ct w ill he thankfully received by the Rev. Father Bagshawe, the Oratory, B rom pton, S .W . ; and T . I I . Galton, E sq ., Hon. Sec. o f the Westminster Clerical Committee, addressed to him at 8, York»place, L oudon, W . The follow ing subscriptions have been already received : — The Most Rev. the Archbishop Elect of Westminster.. .......................... The Right Hon. the Bishop o f Southwark 2 The Very Rev. Canon O'Neal ... The V ery Rev. Canon Hunt The V ery Rev. Canon Morris The Rev. R . G . MacMulIen The Rev. James AlacQuoin The Rev. W . K e lly ... ................ The Rev. W . C o l l i s ........................... The Rev. W . P . Bond ................ The Rev. Edward G- Bagshawe ... T hf. F b a n c t s c a s s , G o r t on .—W e are glad to see the good Franciscans at West Gorton, near Alnnchester, are going to have a Grand Fancy Fair in Whit week. The benefits the Fathers have conferred by their Missions in the surrounding districts will, we are sure, be answered by good attendance and contributions at this holiday time. W e wish them every success. £ 8. d. o 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 i 0 O IA IP ERIAL P A R L IA M EN T . In the House of Commons on Thursday, In reply to Mr. Augustus Smith, The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave an assurance to the House that the fullest opportunity would be afforded by the Government for an expression of opinion as to the proposed partition of the contents of the British Museum, and the removal of the natural history collection to South Kensington. Iu committee, on the Union Chargeability Bill, on clause 2, Mr. Henley raised the question of the entire abolition of the system of remcval. lie argued that the period within which paupers could bo removed having been gradually reduced down to three years, it would be desirable at once, and for ever, to do away with the system altogether -By that means they would confer a great boon upon the poor. The right hon. gentleman proposed an amendment to that effect. Mr. A yrton was o f opinion that an increase in the area of rating ought t® be accompanied by the abolition of the law o f removal. The question ought, he thought, to be settled in conjunction with the present measure. Sir W . Jolliffe fully approved of the principle of irremovability, but thought it would be safer to deal with that question by a separate bill. Mr. V illiers said he would be glad to see the system of movability abolished, but that ho wished in the first instance to give the public an opportunity of seeing how the present bill would work. Moreover, he doubted the sincerity of the quarter from which this unexpected motion came, neither did he think the country was prepared for the abrupt altera1» tion in the law which Mr. Henley suggested. Mr. Henley contended that no time could be more favourable for the change than the present moment, inasmuch as the country w as in a condition of great prosperity. .As it was nroposed to abolish the parochial system, he did not seo any inconsistency in proposing the abolition of the law of removal as a corollary to it. Sir R. Knightley supported the amendment, observing that if the committee would agree to it he would offer no further opposition to the bill. After a few words from Sir W . Miles for, and from Mr. Gilpin against, the amendment, the committee divided, and it was rejected by 184 to 110. A p r o v is o moved b y Mr. K e k ew ic h , to the effect that from and a fter the 25th o f M arch, 18C6, no person sh ou ld be re m oved, n o r sh ou ld an y warrant be granted fo r the rem oval o f an y person from any union o r parish m w h ich such p e r . son should h ave resided fo r one year next betore the app li . ca t ion fo r the w a rrant o f removal, was agreed to. The clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand part of the bill. , , ... , , The other clauses were agreed to with verbal amendments, And the chairman wa* ordered to report the bill to thd House. ____ ____________________ T h e H on . C . G a y an D u f f y . It ¡ s proposed by a number of Members o f Parliament, and other gentlemen, to entertain the Hon. . l r . Gavan Duffy at a public dinner in London on this day week, the 27th inst. Tickets One Guinea each (o f which the number is limited), m aybe had at this Ofltce, and at the Office of the Universal News, on or after Monday next.