^ / r u / N i # / i , Vol. XX., No. 102G. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1859. P r e m i a / s t a m p e d , s i x p e n c e . X I U U . (UN STAMPED FIVEPENCE. Cable of Contents. J a g u a r ............ " 7 7 " “ ............................... I’O RiifT i n t e l l i g e n c e ................................................... AND COLONIAL IN TELLIGENCE: France: ne Four Liverpool Merchants; the Pope’s Nuncio; the » - t o Alliance, M. Girardin ; the “ Ami de la Re­ gion the Congress; Count Cavour and the Congress, ustria: The Government and the Press; Concessions' to *e Jews. Prussia: Hesse Cassel; Address to the Pope. °n ie : The Congress and the R eform s ; the Rebels in,the tomagna; Concordat with Baden;, the Council o f State; fhice Gregoire-Napoleon-Bonaparte; The Cure d ’A r s ; Stances; the Archbisltop o f Santiago, Chili. Sardinia: he New Electoral; Law 5 I .d e Buoncompagni; th eU n iersity o f Pavia. Central Italy. Naples: Assassination in tli y* ^ uss' a : The Roles o f Podolia. Spain: The Queen; ne Convention with Rom e ; the W ar with Morocco ; eraglio; the Congress; England and Spain. Portugal: iUquizaat Buenos Ayres, Denmark: The Ministerial Crisis. ®*gium. Am erica : Supposed Loss of the Indian; Mayorr, y ° f New Y o r k ; Trade in Guns with China; the Harper's ’ erry Conviction; Brownsville; San Juan; Miramon. ' ftva. Borneo. In d ia : The Governor-General at Luck*o\v ;the Discharged Europeans; the Expedition Against the '* hghers; Central India .NepauL Australia; Melbourne; C'A'p,y^lley ; Tasmania. Foreign Miscellaneous. ............... **OLIC IN T E L L IG ENCE: Diocese o f Westminster: St. Anne’s Catholic Circulating Library, Spitalfields; Kentish L»wn Mission; St. John’s, Islington. Diocese o f Southwark : St. Michael's, Chatham ; Our Lady o f the Orphans, Norwood—An Episode o f Irish Charity. Diocese o f Birmingham: Oscott. Diocese o f Northampton: Retreat at Northampton. Diocese o f B everley: Catholic Meeting at •W^ntond. Diocese o f L iv erpool: Triduum for the P o p e ; teligious Examinations o f Training Schools; Presentation 0 C. p . Grenfell, Esq., M.P. for Preston, and burning the game M.P. in Effigy. Diocese o f Newport and Menevia: astoral Letter; Opening o f the Cathedral Priory o f St. "Rehael and the Angels, Hereford. France: The New Bishop o f N ancy; Chaplains for Cochin China. Naples: iBiberality in Religion. Australia: The Bishop o f Adelaide. •yJERS: The Liverpool Merchants and Lord Castlerosse; the R’isli Requisition: the Rome o f the Popes; the Catholic -Uni England and ihe Congress ........................... -'BAND ; Sympathy with the Pope.— The Cork Demonstration ; demonstration at D rogheda; “ Palmam qui meruit ferat.” “"~Cloyne an Example to Ireland; Lord Castlerosse; the Catholic University; Dr. N ewm an; the Treaty o f Zurich ; Uish Volunteers; Mr. John Mitchell on W ar Prospects; kkibbereen Convent, Ireland: the Dundalk Mission : Death 9f Robert Holm es: Serious Accident to George II. Moore, Bsq : the Princess o f Coqnemara: the Duke of Devonshire: ~fr. O’ Reilly Dense : Death o f the Very Rev. C. Boyle, P.P., *pG. Borris, County Carlow : the Kilkenny Meeting: the Clonmel Meeting: the Waterford Demonstration: Meeting HLy..Confraternities: Murder in Westmeath. ^ E W S . New Theory o f Shakespeare’s Characters; The Life o f the Church—Feast o f the Blessed Paul o f the Cross. ^DESPONDENCE: The Pope and the Congress; Mr. ‘ foulkcs’ s T h e o ry ; the Congress and the States o f the Church; Shall W e A c t on Policy, or on Faith ? the “ Rambler ; ” W h o ’s to B lam e” —And W ho Will SufferV Peter Pence; Collections for the P o p e ; How to Help the Holy Father; the Pope and the Catholic Children o f England ; the Pope— Ihe Aggregate Meeting; the Late Dr. Weedall’s Funeral; ^I^Lord Plunketand his T e n a n t s .................................................... ^CELLANEOUS : The Four Liverpool Merchants; the Church o f St. George’s-m-the-East ; Departure of the Prince and Princess Frederick William o f Prussia; Mr. Roebuck and the Prince de Join ville: Death o f Mr. Justice Crowder ; Cardinal Wiseman and Mr. Newdegate................... l u m i n a r i ) . ,. th e week opened with an announcement, which, in ‘ 7 present state o f things, must be deemed auspicious; !*•, that it has been determined, after a full discussion , the subject in the Cabinet, that L ord Palmerston t. aU not attend the Congress as the Plenipotentiary o f n^gland. “ Lord Cowley will attend to explain, and, possible, enforce the views o f his Government Truong the Plenipotentiaries.” So says the ^'Times; 7 *°h also puts a favourable construction on "thi s deci¡ 7 b viz., that its meaning is that England, out o f ’'finiatioual courtesy, merely puts in an appearance, bu leaves Italian affairs to be settled b y those more im mediately concerned. The Times rightly points out those who rejoice at this ought to rejoice more if i n l a n d were to be unrepresented; but it argues that England is to be represented, it should be represented . efficiently as possible. But i f the eflicient represen7 l0n ° f England at a Congress, while England is g o 'eri Jed by a W h ig Ministry, could only be for mischief, more mischievous, the more efficient, it is not ^ the J^easonable to hail an arrangement with pleasure “ ‘ ch implies that, either from want o f power or from Wffit 0f wfu) the mischievous foreign policy o f the . 'togs is not to be vigorously urged. A very uffP^pular T o ry statesman, Lord Castlereagh, was mainly p strumentai in procuring the restoration to the H oly J «h e r o f his dominions, which are now held by 7 eigners and rebels. I t would have been a cruel j, ' ng to have seen the W h ig Premier, Lord Palmerston, t[, ,.r profiting, by the votes o f the twenty-one Irish Ca;i .7*0 Liberals who restored him to power, as to attend U °n g r e s s as their political chief, for the sake o f insist7 ' that the dominions o f the H o ly Father should not ^ s to red him. « The telegrams also contradict last week’s news, that Pope had agreed to be represented, and had named p ardinal Antonelli as his First Plenipotentiary at the T ig r e s s . Meanwhile the revolution has taken anoof n ereat stcP in advance. The separate Governments ■pPartna, Modena, and the Ilomagna, are suppressed. Tjese provinces are now decreed to have one Governj j ent. Xhe seat o f the Ministry is to be M od ena; the n°totnand-m-Chief o f the rebels is to be situated at ?*°gna ; M . Buoncompagni is to be Governor-Genet; f° r the provinces o f Central Italy, with the direc'UQR —A f t . . ■ 1 _L . J f ihrt fo, r o f foreign policy and the command o f the armed 7 - ^Ir. Bright has made two appearances. On the first 2j c7 >on, as a Financial Reformer, he proposed to levy . * ’ 0 0 0, 0 0 0/. per annum by a tax o f eight shillings per l7 iUni on every 100/. o f property, exempting every- With less than 100/. worth o f property. 1 *>” “ jv, - »»iui less vuaii w orm ui r . - 1 bus, co!? ^ itli 2 , 0 0 0/. invested at 1 per cent., out of his m . me o f 80/. a-year would pay 81. a-vear for property 4l A au^ 113 this tax 2-1, 0 0 0, 0 0 0/. would still leave aj ’." 0 0)oo 0 {. to be raised, ho would have to pay in to Ul°u to this property tax nearly two-thirds o l what J0"'' pays fo r taxes rT T * % the Reform Committee. The meeting itself hut-.i' -n on the motion o f Mr. Taylor, seconded by Th , ®ynham. at>>n the judgment of this Conference, no measure r ill be regarded as a settlement which does not include a large extension of the suffrage both in counties and in boroughs; a» equitable redistribution of seats in proportion to the population and property of the constituences; an assimilation of electoral laws for England, Scotland, and Ireland; the repeal of the Septennial A c t ; and such protection to the voter, by means of the Ballot, as may arrest that corruption and intimidation which have been so fearfully prevalent in the late election, and which threaten to undermine the political institutions of the country. But Mr. Bright, adverting to L ord John Russell’s statement that he was in favour o f a 1 0/. franchise fo r counties with aO/. rental franchise for boroughs, and the abolition o f thirty small borough seats, to be transferred t o large constituencies— said that with such a franchise any Parliamentary election must necessarily be an election declaring the opinion o f the great body o f the people, and would be worthy o f acceptance, and he and those who acted with him would be bound in honour to support the Government in passing the Bill. But, about the B a l lo t ! W hat did Mr. Bright say about the Ballot ? F o r “ the alliance with the advanced section o f English Liberals under M r. Bright—on the basis o f the Ballot” — was the new policy in favour o f which so much was said in Ireland at the last general election by those who urged us all to postpone Tenant R igh t to the Ballot, and who passed resolutions and mad espeeches to the effect that no extension o f the franchise without the Ballot could be otherwise than hurtful. Mr. Bright said about the Ballot ju st what wo said last spring that be and the advanced Liberals would sa y ;viz.— “ He should not oppose the il Government B ill, because it did not include the “ Ballot, i f it should so happen that the Ballot formed “ no part o f it. Provided it offered a fair suffrage, and “ that extension o f the suffrage which they had a right “ to expect, he would give it nis support.” — The attachment and devotion o f the Catholic people o f Ireland to the person o f the H oly Father and to the Apostolic See is beautiful in its warmth and sublime in its generosity. There is nothing calculating or artificial about it. I t is a perfectly natural and spontaneous effusion. I t showed itself on the memorable occasion o f the Cardinal’s visit to Ireland in a manner too striking ever to be forgotten by any one who witnessed it. I t is a true g lory and a real greatness. In its religious aspect it is o f course a proof how living and how intense is the Faith o f Ireland in the Catholic Church ; but in this respect it proves no more than every church or chapel o f Ireland proves whenever the poor are assembled in devotion. But even in tlie eyes o f the worldling, the politician, or the philosopher, the enthusiasm and devotion o f the Irish Catholic to the H o ly Father is something which must command respect and extort admiration. A country in which the masses are pervaded b y such feelings, so fervent, so unanimous, and so constant towards one whom they have never seen, and o f whose claims upon them they must perforce have a clear intellectual apprehension before they could become inspired with a fidelity so immovable and a love so intense, cannot be compared with those countries in which the brutified masses are incapable o f any emotions except those which have their beginning and end in their animal wants. I t is no wonder, therefore, that the Catholic people o f Ireland should be deeply moved by the news o f the wrongs |inflicted ¡on the H o ly Father, nor that they are everywhere ready to flock in thousands to jo in in any demonstration o f sympathy in his unmerited sufferings. Perhaps it is the knowledge how the Irish Catholic, who owes least to education and book learning, can and does feel and express himself on this subject when he is his own spokesman, that makes us dissatisfied with the reports o f the great public meetings which have taken place, and with the speeches of the learned, gifted, and eloquent orators who have addressed them. But so it is. Nothing could b e better in the way o f refutation o f the calumnies spread against the H o ly Father’s Government, or as a vindication o f his Sovereign Title to those provinces, which have been wrested from liis sway, or as arguments that the Pope must be an Independent Sovereign, lest he should be the subject o f any other Sovereign, or o f the security for the independent exercise o f his Spiritual Supremacy which is found in the maintenance o f his Temporal Power. But it is when we come to the questions, W hat then must.he done? What can we d o ? What shall we do ? that our dissatisfaction commences. W hen the H o ly Father’s rights have been demonstrated ; when his wrongs have been denounced ; when his claims have been admitted, the question then arises, how are we to help him ? B y taking up arms and hastening to defend him with our bodies ? W e confess, with much deference, that we don’t think that a wise or practical direction to give to the popular enthusiasm in the I lo ly Father’s favour. W e think that it would be an excellent thing i f the chivalry o f Christendom would flock to Romo, singly or in crowds, to volunteer to defend the Pope. Those who have the means to do so, could not do better as soon as they ascertain that their services will be accepted. But we do not believe that the suggestions made at these meetings to arm in the Pope’s defence were accompanied by any belief, either on the part o f the speakers or the hearers, that those present would do anything 0f the kind. The one practical thing which we should like to have seen done has been omitted. W h y waste honest enthusiasm and neglect present opportunities by talking about volunteering to fight for the P 0pe in Italy , when there was more useful work to be done at home, and quite feasible ? The Catholics o f Ireland have not got the means o f forming themselves into battalions and transporting themselves to the Romagna to light with the rebels th ere; but they have got the means o f vanquishing the Pope’s most forniid-' able enemies, who are here at home both ¡n Ireland and England, viz., the Irish and English W h ig s and Liberals. This they have not only the right to do, but the duty also. Are not we Catholics both in England and Ireland, responsible for the use o f the means which God puts into our hands ? \ye have our political power, our franchises, our liberty o f speech, our right to petition, our control over our representatives. The P ope’s worst enemies are now wieldin g the power o f this vast empire against tlie_ Pope and in favour o f his rebels, and they owe their op portunity o f doing so to the votes o f 21 Liberal Irish Catholics. W h a t is the use o f talking about crossing seae to fight the Pope’s battles— which we cant do, when we might do him ten times as much good by controllin g and defeating his enemies in our own Cabinet, for whose deeds, by the constitution o f our country, we are responsible. There is something wrong, and unfortunately it would be as easy to name the root o f the mischief as it seems at present to be impossible to cure it. I t is the infection o f W h iggery and Liberalism, and the deference which even those who are free from the in fection are obliged to pay to the disease in others. W e are authorised to state that, during the ensuing week, a Declaration o f the Roman Catholics o f Grgat Britain, respecting the present situation o f the States o f the Church and the R ights o f the H oly Father, will be circulated for signatures with a view to its publication. This is the course which was adopted on the occasion o f the attacks upon H . E . the Cardinal Archbishop; also on the occasion o f the Ecclesiastical Titles B i l l ; and also on the occasion o f the outrage threatened against our Religious Houses. O f course this step does not interfere with any other demonstration which the zeal o f Catholics may suggest — such as Public Meetings, Addresses to the H oly Father, or to the Crown, or to the Legislature, &c. SECOND EDITION. TABLET OFFICE, Saturday Morning. Hatrst SntelUgnue. NEWS FROM CONSTANTINOPLE— ASSASSINA­ TION OF THE MONTENEGRIN ENVOY. C o n s t a n t i n o p l e , Dec. 3.— ( IT« Trieste).—The Envoy o f Prince Daniel o f Montenegro has been assassinated. The news of the Sultan’s refusal to accept Fuad Pasha’s resignation is confirmed. PROJECTED LEV IE S IN SPAIN. M a d r i d , D e c g —q’jie Spanish Government has given orders for a levy of 50,000 men in January next. ADHESION OF SWEDEN TO THE CONGRESS. P a r i s , Dec 9.— Sweden has sent in her adhesion to the Congress. M. de Moustier leaves to-morrow for Vienna, to assume his post as French Ambassador. The France Centrale has received a first warning for an article on the consequences o f the treaty of Zurich. RUSSIA AND CHINA. The following is an extract o f a letter dated St. Petersburgh, the 19th of November (1st o f December), and received y e s t e r d a y “ A courier arrived to-day, in fortytwo days, from the Amoor, with great news. The Emperor of China has given the Russians notice to quit, as he had never authorised the cession o f territory, and had only just heard of the settlement! Meanwhile the Russian Embassy at Pekin is ‘ sealed up’ in its palace.” But, as from the letters which we published in last week’s number, it is apparent that a difference o f op inion exists as to whether or not it is expedient that an aggregate meeting o f the Catholics o f Great Britain should now be convened in London, we want to offer a few remarks upon this question. On such a point no man’s opinion is entitled to so much deference, or is certain to carry so much weight, as the opinion o f the l io n . Charles Langdale, whom the Catholics o f E n g land are accustomed to look to as their leader when an occasion arises for any public action o f the laity before their fellow-citizens. Mr. Langdale has recorded his opinion, in a letter published in the Tablet last week, that at this period o f the year a meeting in London assuming to represent the whole Catholic Body, is uuadviseable ; and he states that in this liis opinion agrees with the opinions o f other authorities entitled to every consideration. On tho other hand, it is announced that a requisition has boon framed, and is being signed, requesting an Aggregate Meeting o f the Catholics o f Great Britain in London, to adopt an Address to His Holiness the 1 ope. In our humble judgm ent this is a step which should not have been taken without previous consultation, and except in concert with those who, at an Aggregate Meeting o f the Catholics o f Great Britain, are the natural leaders and representatives o f the Catholic body. W e say so with less diffidence, because our own opinion is strongly in favour o f holding an Aggregate Meeting in London, of the Catholics o f GreatBritain, if it should prove feasible. And it is our own opinion, likewise, that, provided the time fixed on fo r doing so be suitable, as fo r example, about the opening o f the coming Session o f Parliament, it would not be difficult to ensure an adequate representation o f all classes o f tho Catholic Body at such a meeting. But there is a great difference between summoning a meeting o f a particular society and its friends, or a meeting o f the Catholics residing in London, and the much more serious step o f summoning an Aggregate Meeting o f , the Catholics o f Great Britain to assemble in London. A n d it seems to us that this difference has been overlooked. I t is not quite fair to the C a tholic nobility and country gentlemen o f Great Britain to force on them the alternative, without pluvious consultation with them, o f either com ing up to such a meeting from their distant homes, at their <rreat inconvenience, or o f incurring b y their absence the imputation o f indifference to a cause in which they take as deep an interest as anybody else. They may come, and on such occasions they gene, rally do come in a very praiseworthy spirit, but' they d o not like to be sent for, without very well knowing by whom, and without being previously consulted. There is no one whoso call on these occasions is obeyed so cheerfully or so generally as Mr. Langdale’s, and one reason for this, in addition to the great respect felt for his character and services, is the knowledge that, before proceeding to call the Catholic Body t o gether, he has always taken pains to ascertain the sentiments o f others, and is acting in accordance with them. The usual oourse has been, at a preliminary private meeting to discuss the propriety o f holding an Aggregate Meeting o f the Catholics o f Great Britain, and i f that step be approved of, the requisition fo r the Aggregate Meeting is drawn up at the private meeting, and is circulated with the signatures o f those present at it. Our conclusion is that, without abandoning the hope o f an aggregate meeting o f the Catholics o l Great Britain, to bS held in London at a convenient time, a sound discretion would be exorcised, i f for the present requisition au announcement were substituted o f a Public Meeting o f Catholics residing in London, to take place with the least possible delay. I t would be quite sure to be a very largo and influential demonstration. Those would attend who were able and willing and those who were unable to attend would not complain that they had been compromised without their own consent. HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL WISEMAN. IVe rejoice to hear that favourable accounts of His Eminence continue to be received. The Vicar-General has requested the Clergy to say a Collect daily at Mass for his perfect restoration to health. W e believe that His Eminence was at Lyons on the Feast o f the Immaculate Conception* COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENCE. The funds yesterday were inactive, and business 'generally was quiet. After the late advance a reaction was only natural, and one o f a slight character occurred in some railway stocks. Consols, however, closed without any substantial change at 95J to 9(1, without the dividend. In Paris the Rentes again improved, but only fractionally, closing at 701. 45c. c x coupon. Money appears to be in rather better demand. Tho Bank return o f last evening shows the stock of bullion to be 16,936,800/., being 81,690/. less than it was last week. In the Bank o f France the stock is 23,184,540/.—Morning Star, Saturday. H IS HOLINESS THE POPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TABLET. Sir,—Agreement in the Catholic ranks is our first duty to the Holy Father, principle being safe. By all means let us have a London Meeting; it will be an excellent herald o f the Aggregate Meeting which is to he held at the opening o f Parliament. I have written this evening to Mr. Langdale and Lord Feilding, and shall to-night proceed with the preparations for a London Meeting tor Monday, 19th inst., by issuing circulars for the preparatory committee, to meet on Tuesday, at two, and sit from day today. A ll will be welcome. Yours faithfully, JAMES BURKE, Catholic A id Association, 40, Hart-street, Bloomsbury-square, London, Dec. 9. St. P atrick’s, L ondon.— A most enthusiastic meeting of the congregation o f this mission, to adopt an A d dress to the Pope, was held on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Charles Walker took the chair, and the meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Barge, Mr. James Burke, and others. W e shall publish a report in our next. K entish-T own.—Mr. George White delivered on last Monday evening, n very interesting lecture on the “ English Poets,” in the New School-room. W e shall publish a notice in our next. _ Catholic E ducational I nstitute.—Some Catholic ladies have commenced an educational establishment (o r “ institute,” as it is described in the Prospectus,) at 24, Orchard-street, in which all the usual branches o f study will be pursued under the direction o f teachers and professors, especially devoted to their respective duties. The terms are moderate. T he N ew J udge.— The vacant seat on the Bench, in the room of the late Mr. Justice Crowder, has been filled by the appointment of the Solicitor-Genera], Sir Henry Keating. No decision has, we believe, been at present arrived at as to the successor of the Solicitor-General, but the names of Mr. Edwin James, Mr. Wilde and Mr Roundeli;Palmer are mentioned as likely to be appointed! — Times. Mr. R oebuck and the P rince de J oint ille.— Prince de Join> llle, moved thereto by Mr. Roebuck’s attach upon nm (as one who enjoys our protection and yet schemes invasion of England), has written a letter, in good taste, denying that he ever meditated au invasion, or submitted any plau (or one t0 anybody. His Royal Highness adds that, though a son o f France, he lias no desire that the principles which now prevail there should cross the Channel. Mr. Roebuck, as an English gentleman, is bound to recognise the Prince’s statement. An impression has, however) long existed that there was some foundation for the belief that the idea had been mooted in tlie Cabinet o f King Louis Philippe; hut we are unaware what justification Mr. Roebuck had for alleging anv recent recurrence of the notion to the mind o f tho distinguished exile. We repeat that Mr Roebuck ought to make the amende honorable.— Illustrated News. L e t t e r s f o r N o r w a y .— Information having been received that the packet communication between Denmark and Norway will cease for the winter. The mails for Norway will be forwarded through Sweden until further notice. During the period of the conveyance of these mails via Sweden, the rate ot postage upon letters addressed to Norway will be Is. 5d. the half-ounce, and so on, according to the scale for charging inland letters. This rate comprises both the British and Foreign postage on letters addressed to Norway, and constitutes the whole charge to the place of their destination, and R may be either paid in advance or the letters may he forwarded unpaid at the option of the sender; except, however, in the case o f registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance. By command of the PostmasterGeneral.