Vol. XX., No. 1019. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1859. P rice (STAMPED, SIXPENCE. (UNSTAMPED, FIVEPENCE. Cable or Contents. S ' fA R Y ..................... " i n t e l l i g e n c e su La ..VA'N AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE: France 673 673 j. e Proposed Congress; the French Bishops and the Pope; sar£enses ^ 1U Gate W a r ; the Suez C anal; the Anniverp y of Marie Antoinette; Signature of the Treaty of *ace; the Emperor and the Italian Deputations; the jA^ognese Deputation; the Chinese W a r ; the Treaty of Austria: The Cardinal Prince Primate of Hungary, «rdinia: Victor Emmanuel's Piety; the Annexation of oseany; More Annexation Decrees; Mazzini to Victor ji 1111amm1. Koine: Exit of the Sardinian Ambassador; once and the Papal States; the Romagna; the Pope at astel Gandolfo; Pius IX. and the French Ambassador. *«scany: The Tuscan Loan. P a rm a : The Murder of A.l]Vlt Anviti. Venice: Meeting of Bishops. Naples: Mr,lltai’y Preparations. Spain: The Expedition Against Siv°CC0: the Church in Spain. Germany: The Duke of . f.e' Coburg Gotha and Federal Reform. P ru ss ia : Sym- , y for the Pope; the Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne pi", the Cologne and Minden Railway Company. Prussian p ? , ^ : Protestant Misrepresentation. Grand‘Duchy of «den: The Concordat. Russia: Schamyl; the Emperor s Xls,t to Breslau. Turkey: Change of Ministry in Turkey, yorocco : Entry of the Emperor into Mequinez. America: A‘\e s an Juan Difficulty; General W alker; International p i c k e t Match. Australia: Discoveries in South Austra- .a ? the General Election. India and China: India; China: lVhVal of t,le American Minister a t Pekin; the Battle of the Av u ° : Gisborne to Charles L. Peel, Esq., London. Saraonn : Murder of Messrs. Steele and Fox. Foreign MisCATHne0Us....................................................................... l i t i 10 INTELLIGENCE: Diocese of Westminster: for G * Cardinal Archbishop; the Mission a t Brentr j j ’ Ur. Cumming’s Millenium; Kentish Town Mission. Scl°Ce!ie °f Southwark: The Bishop’s Pastoral; the Nightf 1 Beckham. Diocese of Liverpool: The Proposed Hne-i ^raL Diocese of Salford: The New Mission a t Ilas. gden, Lancashire; the Re-Opening of Lee House Chapel, ocese of Hexham: A Visit to St. Cuthbert’s College, j snaw; Three Weeks Mission a t Felling, Near Gateshead. Th°Cr»Se Shrewsbury: Church of St. David, Holyhead. USAD?t>£Ucy of the “ Tablet ” ........................ . ... ... an i i : ^ Dope and the Revolution; British Christians \ r h \ ^ ur(ler °f Count Anviti; Leading Letter; uam’s Letter to Lord Palmerston ... Ar i l - ’ 1Ile Meeting of the Hierarchy; Letter from the c>l' h,sh°p of Tuam to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palei-ston; the Tuam School Case; the Doon Murder; Mr. i Smyth and the Earl of Derby ; the Queen’s Colleges; , Evictions; Ecclesiastical Changes; MarshalMacMahon tiXi. , Irish in France; Release of Daniel O’Sullivan; Ca^ V r ? iCrJntelli- cnce - ....................................................... ai... k : The Life of SaintMalachy; To Cuba and Back; IleJ C’OR,n48 ’>f ^ aias Dife; Compendium of St. Thomas’ Theology. Wn-nl UNDENCE: The Workhouse Question; Ilanwell th . i>0Ll-s e ’ Brotestant Fun; the States of the Church; Revivals; the ‘•Tim es” Italian Correspondence; the iiTcjn,,ar®e °f BroselyUsing Cat’ ” ....... l s pLLLANEOUS: A Word of Proselytising Catholic Soldiers“aVWoolwich ’ ... r , LANEOUS: A Word for t l i c l ’ope; the Catholic Re- ’ttiatory a t M ettray; Visit of tfic Prince Consort to the Jieat Eastern; Visit of Prince Napoleon to the Great ’BJtem; the Affair of the Peiho; the Franklin Relics; Mr. M. Dunlop, M.P., On Public Affairs; Home Miscellaneous. a n s the 67-1 685 682 679 ^ r t i m m a r n . AVe are enabled to state that the health o f His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop is improving, but still such as to render the most complete rest "Operatively necessary. The Cardinal’s medical adv>sers hope that a continuance of complete rest will fo ib le I lis Eminence to undertake the journey to j °"lei as originally intended, without risk of overth '°U°' meanti™ we are authorised to make 6 above statement in order to allay unnecessary apjn^ en®ons) and, at the same time, to give authentic mati°n to the wide circle whose kind inquiries by Co °r from all quarters, it is obviously impossible, t]lQi'a xvitii the conditions above expressed, for “"-isb 1rt Ula^*° acknowledge and answer as he might ‘Mopted i b lo w in g address of condolence has been tan pro-fX A e clergy and faithful of the MetropoliThe same a^"edral Church of St. Mary, Moorfields. firostrat an<1 Metropolitan Church, most humbly clare t0 ° tllu feet ot your Holiness, hasten to dewitnes. i?'°u H e extreme pain w ith which we daily ^"Pinions Course l,uklic events in your Holiness’s Without tl ! ° uld '"deed he wanting could we behold your ] r deepest sorrow and indignation some of treaso, ° '"ess’8 own subjects guilty of the crime of evils „ a rV~ rebellion against your lawful authority; < W Ucli we, however, trust will be but of short With i,„U’ knowing, as we do, that Europe abounds th„. r;lv,; and generous Sovereigns, who ¡ „ o l„ Bnnof leuis i “»elves devout sons o f Hr, ‘VCi % See generous Sovereigns, who ju s tly boast your Holiness and o f the ‘Ma sli&m aA it please your Holiness to accept, as some quate Consolatiou t0 y°ur paternal heart, this inadeof v,„ exPression of the sincere sympathy' and sorrow í 0n r devoted sons. ovo,. Us, with your wonted condescension, moreUiidst ' f e'xPress briefly the consolation which, in the sight of ° Ur distress, we cannot but draw from the midst of y° uf Holiness’s admirable constancy in the indeed, X i Î and so many vicissitudes. AVe rejoice, Flock of q . olcl your Holiness, the Ruler of the whole herd, who t]w Vice-Gerent of the Good Sheppasture), whn \ , do'vn His lifc for t,ie sheep of His Priesthood win u undaunted spirit o f the Supreme that unshaken r -a nmst Princely constancy, and with ceeded, ,steadfasfít!* of Peter, to wliich you have suc"ud intact 'ill +1 y resolved to maintain undimmished — 1 tue s ' Ah a y you, most rr 5? cred rights of your eternal office. Crease ever '10,1 * 0X Father and Great Sovereign, m“-oase ever and J amer anu u r ea t oovcicigu, Prerogatives TiwF°i'Severe in the exercise of these high do, to the r,r„ trusting, as you have a special right Jiueeu 0f jr p veriul intercession o f that Immaculate pe,en your A J ® ’ Whoso singular prerogative i t has , ° st, to the f A declare, by the w ill o f the Holy s° ‘e the univers 1 1 World, may you continue to cons “ Finally ?,lurch by the spectacle o f such virtue, upon us, vonr If r seecl1 youi- Holiness to pom- down to Put up o„r , “°St "»worthy children, who cease not Players, directed by our most eminent Archbishop, for your welfare, tlio plenitude of your Apostolic Blessing.” — The preliminaries of Villafranca arc now superseded by the peace of Zurich, of which we give elsewhere the telegraphic summary published by “ the Times.” Austria cedes a portion of Lombardy to France, retaining Mantua, Pescliiera, and the frontier line already agreed on. France transfers her portion of Lombardy to Sardinia. Sardinia pays Austnli 3,333,000/., atidbecomesresponsiblc for 6,(106,000/. of the debt of the Alonte Lombardo-Venetien. The rights of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Duke ot Modena, and the Duke of Parma, are reserved. And it is recognised that the territorial limits of the Independent States of Italy, which did not take partin the war, can only he changed with the assent of the other Powers of Europe which formed and guaranteed the existence of these States. But this implies that the reserved rights o f the Dukes and the territorial limits of their Independent States arc to he subject to change if the other Powers of Europe assent. This is, therefore, an essential alteration in the terms agreed on at Aullafranca, in which the restoration of these Sovereigns was stipulated. But, what is most remarkable, though the Sovereign Pontiff is one o f those Independent Powers who took no part in the war, and o f whom, therefore, i t is im plied that the territorial lim its o f his States may he changed w itli the assent o f the other Powers, there is no express reservation o f the Sovereign Pontiff’s rights, although de fa c to the Romagna lias been taken from him as much as the Duchies from the Dukes. Let our readers remember the State paper which we published in the Tablet, to the effect that the Pope’s (States were held in pledge against him as a means of extorting concessions repugnant to his duties. The Emperors w ill endeavour to form a Confederation o f all the States o f Ita ly w ith a Federal army. Arenctia will remain under the rule of the Emperor o f Austria, and w ill form part of the Confederation, participating in the rights and obligations o f the Federal Treaty, which will be established by the representatives o f all the States o f Italy. AVhat this amounts to, and in what it will result, is matter for speculation transcending the power of any mortal to decide. A disgraceful article, the 16th, which brands with shame Franco in the highest degree, and Sardinia next, and Austria next, stipulates that the religious establishments in Lombardy shall freely dispose o f their private and landed property, i f th e possession o f such property is incompatible w ith the laws of the new Government. A ll the three Powers are Catholic Powers, i t may be 3aid for Austria, that being compelled to y ie ld : sheat leastm akes a condition against the absolute plunder o f the Religious Houses. But when the French Emperor transfers Lombardy to the Church robber of Sardinia, he does so knowing that his transferee w ill use his newly-acquired power to banish religious orders, and to suppress religions houses, and instead of stipulating in the interests of religion for their continuance aud safety, lie makes himself a party to their suppression, and contents himself w ith allowing them to get what they can for their property. I t is an infamy. “ Desiring that the tranquillity ol' the Church and “ the power o f the H o ly Father should be insured, and “ being convinced that this end could not ho obtained “ in a more effective manner than by a system suited “ to the wants of the populations, and by reforms “ the necessity o f which has been already recognised “ by tlic Sovereign Pontiff, the two contracting parties “ will unite their efforts in order that a reform in the “ administration of the States of the Church should be “ carried out by His Holiness.” This is the 18tli Article, and comprises all the express mention of the H o ly Father that the High Contracting Powers have seen fit to make in the Treaty. N o t a word about the in tegrity o f his dominions ! I f the reform to he carried out in the States of the Church by H is Holiness are the reform s the necessity o f which the Sovereign Pontiff now recognises in 1859 i t w ill he well. B u t the Article is so worded as to leave this doubtful. One th ing is not doubtful, viz., that the proper wording of the article ( i f nothing hut what was right and respectful had been intended) would have been “ the tw o contracting parties w ill unite their efforts to assist the Holy Father to carry out such reforms in the administration o f the States of the Church as H is Holiness may th ink it advisable to adopt.” 1hat would have been the proper language for tw o Catholic Sovereigns when speaking o f the States o f the Church and o f the Sovereignty of the Pope. Aud as they have not used it, there is cause for apprehension, lest their thoughts should be no better than their words. — AYo publish several important letters^ on the AVorkhouse Question, one o f which raises the interesting point whether the bigotry of the guardians cannot he cut short by the summary process of citing the master or matron, or other person refusing to carry out the order, before two justices of the peace. The order (says one of our correspondents) quotes the Act of Parliament 4 and 5 AVilliam FV., cap. 7(( sec. 10, enacting freedom of religious instruction to every inmate of every workhouse. I t is a question whether the ol der is so far in pursuance of the provisions of that act as to bring it within the scope oi its penalties. This is manifestly a point of the highest importance, because our workhouse advocates of religious liberty of the “ Pardon ” stamp, if not to be touched through their consciences, are susceptible enough t0 arguments addrossed to their pockets. The 98th section of the act provides that any person wilfully neglecting or disobeying any of the rules, orders, and regulations of the Commissioners, shall forfeit a sum of not less than 51. Now, it appears that so far back as 1847 an order of the Commissioners was issued to the several unions to keep an u In-door Re“ lief List,” containing, amongst other items, the religious fa ith of the inmates, This lias been systematically disregarded, and penalties without end incurred by masters and matrons. AVe recommend this point to the attention and action of the Catholic Aid Society. One prosecution would try the right, and the society is connnendably eager for employment. Another correspondent recommends the forming o f Catholic vestries to every Catholic mission. I t is a suggestion deserving o f attention. Too much is theleft upon the Priest in every regard, and the latent strength of numbers and association is left dormant. AVe have to contend w ith very powerful organisations in every parish, and it is cowardly, to say nothing more, to leave all to the overhurthened Priest. The London Unions declare an uncompromising opposition to our claims. Their organ, the “ C ity Press,” in its last number, says, “ so “ long as Protestant ratepayers subscribe for the sup“ port of pauper children, they will expect to have “ some sort of control over the ministrations o f religion “ amongst them .” There is no mistaking what this means. Mr. Kelly, o f the Commercial Road, informs us that the Stepney Union have acquainted the Poor Law Board of their determination not to obey the order. The Clergy o f St. Mary and St. Michael's have a large number o f cases o f Catholic children w ith day and date of the legal application for their registration as Catholic children, but the authorities have refused to register them, and they are now being educated as Protestants. To multiply these cases is only bringing down persecution, and, it may he, starvation, on the heads o f the relatives, and to no purpose. There isa law ; it is broken. Where is the punishment ? and i f one is already provided, is there no Catholic society, no Catholic of wealth, to see that i t is inflicted ? Alust all he le ft to the poor Priest and the poorest o f ills congregation ? — The Univers o f Friday, the 14th, contained two more Pastoral letters from the Bishops o f Moulins and the Bishop of Metz, together with an address to the H oly Father from the Clergy o f the Diocese o f Aix, which has been presented to H is Holiness at Castel Gandolfo hv a deputation o f three. On Sunday, the 16th, the follow ing astounding declaration appeared in the Univers:— “ For two days the Vninrs lias ceased the publication of tho circulars or nuinihmeiUs of their Lordships the Bishops oil the situation of the Sovereign Pontiff. Not that this manifestation of the Catholic mind aud heart has discontinued, but we have received from the Government the injunction for the futth-o 110 more to reproduce any of these documents—an injiflfction the more serious as this journal had just been struck by Ft first ncertissement. " ’Jib-day wo owe our readers a word of explanation, and still mure those venerable prelates who have done us the honour to ifldrcss to us tlicir declarations. Those are, up to tho present. time, liis Eminence Cardinal do Donald, Archbishop of Ly«us, and their Lordships tho Dishops of Sloulius, Vanned, SoMsons, (iuimper, Movers, and Digne. " The injunction given us appears to us to bo in its nature temporary. Its object is, wc have been told, to withdraw the writings and the dignity of tiro Bishops from the violence of the journals ; but, 011 the oilier hand, the voice of the Bishops lias been the strength of Catholics in all (lie great crises through which society and the Church have passed in the last thirty years. The Bishops have never raised their voice without provoking, as now, a stonn of insults ; but it was not silenced by them, and it won tire victory, because, being itself inspired by the most noble sentiments, it inspired them into others. Tho Government of Napoleon III. has always loudly proclaimed its respect for the rights of the Church : it would be inconceivable that' lie- should attempt to take from tl Bishops tlie publicity of the press, and to deprive Catholics that collective voice of their chief pastors which lias always so strongly reoomiuouded to them tho love of order, justice, andTiberty. SECOND EDITION. T A B L E T OFFICE, Saturday Morning. l a t e s t í n t c l l í s n u c . -----------»----------AVAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND MOROCCO. M a d r id , Oct. 20.—The reply of Morocco to ¡the guarantees demanded by Spain not being o f a satisfactory character, war appears imminent. A Council of Ministers, presided over by the Queen, has been convoked. The Correspondencia Autógrafa advises the Ministers to have recourse to arms, as the Emperor of Morocco has not given satisfactory* declarations to the Government. The same correspondence approves the resolution taken by the Government in ordering the Spanish consul to leave Tangiers. The Spanish Funds have declined to-day more than one per cent. SERIOUS ILLN ESS OF COUNT COLLOREDO. Z u r ic h , Oct. 21.—Count Colloredo was attacked with apoplexy this morning. Four physicians have been called to his aid, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. COMMERCIAL IN T E L L IG E N C E . Political uneasiness caused the Funds to drop yesterday, Consols closing at 96 to or nearly j below the price on the preceding day. Railway shares also declined ; and altogether the tendency of the market was less favourable than for several days past. The French Rentes were also depressed, having declined nearly j per cent. Money was in very active demand, and rates look as if they were about to ascend. According to the official returns in last night’s Gazette, the stock of bullion lias declined 339,000/., so that it now stands at 10,929,000/., while the notes in reserve have fallen to 8,Say,0001. These diminutions also point to an early period when money may command higher rates than the Bank minimum of 24 per cent.— Morning Star, Saturday. T H E R E JO IC IN G S A T COSSEY. ( from a correspondent J The rejoicings at Cosscy on the return of Lord Stafford and his youthful bride took place on the 19th. The day was rather lowering, but very little rain fell. Every road to the Park was lined with pedestrians, and all sorts of vehicles, from tho open barouche to the humble donkey-cart, and it was calculated Miat 10,000 persons were assembled, all bent upon enjoying a holiday. Lord Stafford and his bride arrived. by train from London at Wymondliam, nine miles from Cossoy, where the horses Avero put to the carriage, which avrs met at one mile from tho Hall by the procession, consisting of about forty horsemen and 100 on foot, all tenants or tradespeople of the family. At tho Park gates tho children of the three schools fell into the procession, which moved on to the hall, accompanied by tA vo bands of music and numerous vehicles. Before entering the mansion, his lordshipbriefly addressed the assembly, thanking them for their kind reception. Besides tho triumphal arches on the road, there was a very handsome arch in front of the Ilall, with the Stafford Arms on each side, and on the lawn, supported by pillars, a shield, live feet square, covered with dahlias, forming tho initials II and E, which was illuminated towards evening. In the Park, besides the marquees for refreshments, was a booth with a dinner of beef, mutton, and plum-pudding for 1,000 persons, and one and a-half gallon of ale for every family in the village. The rustic sports Avere celebrated as announced last week, in presence of the assembled multitude, and of Lord and Lady Stafford ; the park g u n s w e re tired , th e c h u r c h bells r a n g , a n d th e flag was “ As for ourselves, if this prohibition were to bo maintained, we should consider that the more precious part of civil and religious liberty is takou from us ; we should find ourselves without rule, light, or shield; and we should behold, near at hand, the moment when the Catholic Press would no longer have a place ill that vast field of opinion in which, up to the last moment, we wish honourably to discharge all our duty.” (Signed) L. Veuillot, Bedacteur en chef. E. 1’AgONNET, Proprietaire Gcrant. Whatever construction may have been put by tho admirers o f the French Emperor on his words and actions up to the present tim e, we suppose that for a Catholic Sovereign to deprive the Catholic Bishops in his dominions of the right to publish their sentiments in any newspaper which may consent to print them, is a proceeding about the nature o f which there can be little doubt. I t is either an admission on the Emperor’s part, “ The Bishops are hostile to me, and condemn “ my course, I will defend myself by gagging “ them ,” or it is an announcement that the Emperor considers the Pastoral instructions of the Bishops to be more objectionable and more improper reading than the matter which the French newspapers are in the daily habit of publishing. For the present, however, le t us content ourselves w ith the fact. The Restorer o f Order, the Preserver of Society, the Faithful Son o f the Church, forbids every journal in France to publish any Episcopal letters, pastorals, or mantlemens. This decisive proceeding on the Emperors part has not, however, prevented the Bishops from w n tm g more pastorals, aud causing them to be read to the l-ait 1 ul in their churches. The Univers of Tuesday announced that the Bishops o f V e r s a i l l e s , o f Angers, and of Chartres had published pastorals on the situation o f the States o f the Church and that too Bishop o f Lucon had written in the same sense to the Archbishop o f Bordeaux. Ih o Unwers 0f Thursday also acknowledges tho 1 eoeipt o f a circular letter addressed by the Archbishop of Sens to hia clergy on the troubles m the Pontifical States and announces that the Bishops o f Nantes, of Limoges, of Perpignan, and o f Verdun, have addressed the F a ith ful o f their dioceses on the same subject. Their .Excellencies the Count and Countess de Torre Diaz, accompanied by Millie, de Zulueta and Don Jose de Zulueta,^ have leit tor Paris, en route for Madrid, where they intend to pass the winter. Don Antonio De Zulueta has also left London on his return to Cadiz. ’ cm th e o ld to Aver. T h e n cam e t h e d in n e r , w h ic h w a s hoisted on the old tower. Then came the dinner, whi attended by Lord,and Lady Stafford, and at Avhieh the gentlemen Avho had arranged the rejoicings a ssisted as carvers. A brilliant display of lireworks, folio Aved at 8 P-™-; wiieeis, rockets, &c., and two lia n d som c ly -p a in te d tire bal oons, oi which the first caught in th e trees, b u t the second ascended with the best effect. , , . , , „„„ The day concluded with a Ball, attended by about 200 dancers, who enjoyed themselves till an <- Y ir next mMost of the dwellings in tlieHllago were illuminated with devices according to the owner s i 5, A ling passed off without accident or unpleasantness, and the general verdict was, that such a feast had t"®1®tr ated at Cossey. AVhat gives more meaning and chaiactei to the occasion is, that the feast was conceived and earned out by the tenants and tradespeople in and about Cossey, Norwich, &c., who agreed together to mark tlieir respect and attachment to the Stafford family, by offering this welcome to the noble lord and his youthful bride, on her ladyship’s arrival at her new home. J. L. H eath o f t h e I I o n . J ohn AVm. F o r t e s c u e .— AVe have to record the death of the lio n . John Wm. Fortescue, second son ot the Earl Fortescue by his first marriage with Lady Susan Ryder, eldest daughter of the late Earl o f Harrowby, who died at Madeira on the 25th nit. i h e hon. gentleman had been for more than twelve months in a very weak state of health, and, as a last resort, repaired last year to Madeira. Viscount and Viscountess Lbrington were with their attached relative at his dissolution.—Express. A C o o l ie Ship on F i r e .—The Calcutta Englishman translates from a Mauritius paper an account of the burning 0f the ship Shah Jehan, with 250 coolies on hoard, besides her crew. She left Calcutta laden with rice and oil. On the morning of the 27th June, smoke Was first observed to rise through her fore-hatch, and the cry o f fire was raised. One.after another the e x plosion o f the casks of oil was lieaid, and the lire spread. The captain made vigorous enoits to subdue it by dosing the scuttles up with wetted sails, and pouring water through small holes in t ie t e ik , hut in vain. A t daylight on the 28th they could no longer continue in the ship. The captain, doctor, three officers, and sixty lascars left in three boats, without food or water, and 800 miles distant from the Mauritius. The coolies could not but ho abandoned to their fate. After fouldays in the leaking boats, during which three died, the Vasco de G a m a ‘picked them up, and landed them at the Mauritius. From the narrative it seems no blame can be attached to t"0. cal>tain or crew. Their efforts to save the ship were in cessant; the fault lay in the small number of boats—only four—attached to the vessels The Legislative Council lias extended the provisions of the English Rasseugcr Act to India just in time,