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

From the B r ie f o f His Holiness Pius IX . to T he T ablet, June 4, 1870.

Vol. 51. No. 1977. L ondon, M arch 2, 1878.

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■Chronicle of th e We e k :—

Page

The Coronation o f the Pope.— Receptions at the Vatican.— The Interregnum.— Cardinal Pecci at Perugia.— Conditions of Peace.— Treaties of 1856^ and 1871.— English Preparations for War.— A Secret Understanding.— Additional Russian Forces.— Austria. — England's Position at the Conference.— The Continental Press. —The Turkish Fleet.— Balance of Power. —Evacuation of Erzeroum. — Inspection of English Troops.— Colonial Marriage Bill. — The Fleet.— The Debate on Income Tax.— Mr. Fawcett’s Motion.— Household County Franchise.— Irish Land Act Committee, &c. . . 257

CONTENTS.

L e a d e r s :

Leo X I I I . Germany and the Holy See The Russian Terms of Peace Irish Poor Law Amendment Coronation o f the Pope R eviews :

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261 . 262 . 263 . . 264

The Sufferings^ the Church in

Brittany during the Great Revolution ......................... •• 266 Bishop Ullathorne’s Sermon on

C orrespondence :

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Catholic Liberal Education . . 268 The “ Catholic Union Gazette.” 269 Save the Boy ........................ 269 Leo V I II ......................................269 Leo X III. .. . . . . . . 269 Protestant Absurdities . . . . 269 The Distress in South Wales . . 269 The Hierarchy and Catholicity in

Scotland .. . . . . . . 269 Leo X III. and the Cathoiic Mem­

Pius I X .................................... 267 S hort N o t ic e s :

The Dining-Room . . . . . . 267 The Sunday School Teachers’

M a n u a l ....................................267

bers of Parliament . . . . 270 P a r l ia m en t a r y S ummary . . 270 R ome :— Letter from a Special

Correspondent ... . . . .2 7 3

From our own Correspondent . . 275 Popes named Leo .. . . . . 276 Note of the Cardinals to the

Ambassadors to the Holy See 277 D io ce san N ews Westminster.......................

Southwark . . Birmingham.. Hexham and Newcastle . . ... 278 I r elan d :—

Letter from our own Correspondent . . . . , . 278 F oreign N ews :—

United States . . , M em oranda :—

Educational1.. . . . G en er a l N ews . . . 279

CHRONICLE OF THE WEEK.

THE CORONA­

TION OF THE POPE. St. Peter’s. S ’

UNDAY next is the day fixed for the

Coronation. Mass will be said in the Sistine Chapel, and the Coronation will take place in the grand loggia in the interior of By that day his Holiness is expected to have completed the appointments to Pontifical offices. Benediction will be given by his Holiness, immediately after the ceremonies of the coronation, from the loggia in which he will be crowned. The foreign Cardinals have been invited to remain in Rome, and it is believed that the number of the members of the Sacred College remaining— two having left Rome since the Conclave— will be sixty-two, the same number which took part in the Conclave.

RECEPTIONS

AT THE VATICAN.

His Holiness has received several deputations, and among them has been one from the Pontifical Zouaves, who came to pay homage to the new Pontiff. A large number of the French clergy have also been received, and deputations from several Italian Confraternities.

THE INTER­

REGNUM.

A diplomatic note was addressed by the Sacred College on the 19th of last month, to the Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, in regard to the rights, the prerogatives, and the possessions of the Church, and the claims and protests published by the late Pontiff. We give this document in extenso in another place. It was, as the language conveys, “ a manifestation of the intention of the Cardinals, who are resolved to follow in the way traced out by the deceased Pontiff, whatever may be the trials which in the course of events may await them.” The second portion of this note has reference to the place of Conclave, and states the reasons why Rome was preferied. It was true that it was necessary to provide for the dignity and the liberty of the Sacred College in proceeding to the duty of election ; but it was also true that great delay would have ensued from the selection of any other place than Rome; and this consideration was allpowerful. The decision was come to, says the note, “ with all the more tranquillity, because it did not in any way forestall the future, but left to the new Pontiff the full liberty to adopt such measures as the good of souls, and the general interest of the Church shall counsel in the difficult and painful condition in which the Apostolic See is no placed.”

cardinal prcci at PERUGIA.

During the Pontificate of Pius IX., Leo X III., then Cardinal Pecci, wrote two letters to King Victor Emmanuel. In the first letter lie deprecated the un-Christian measure which imposed civil marriage on the Italians; in the second letter

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he protested against the expulsion of the Camaldolese monks, and of other religious corporations. These two letters were printed at Rome in 1863. Soon afterwards Cardinal Pecci published a Pastoral on popular misconceptions as to religion and the Christian life. These errors he traced to the growth of Rationalism, which he said was inseparable from modern Liberalism ; to the vices which interfere with the observance of Christian festivals, to the reading of bad books, and to the neglect of education. It was not long after the publication of this Pastoral, when a process was commenced against the Cardinal for inciting to contempt of the civil laws. In 1862 three priests in his diocese were persecuted for not signing the address of Passaglia, which counselled the Pope to resign the temporal power. These three priests endeavoured to excuse themselves by saying that they had signed another address, which was still more objectionable and anti-Catholic. The Cardinal, in whose diocese these priests served, could not pass over such an infraction of duty ; and after rebuking them for the scandal they had given, he suspended them for a while from ministration. So far from exhibiting repentance, these priests proceeded secularly against the Cardinal for the crime of exciting to contempt of the new laws. But the civil judge would not entertain their complaint; and on the matter being carried to a higher court, the exculpation of the Cardinal was confirmed. Thus the Cardinal was exalted by the civil judges, and his enemies were signally defeated.

Turkey in Europe has ceased to exist, and conditions Turkey in Asia shall shortly do so. These are of peace, the real conditions of peace. But they are formulrted in language which, though more detailed in expression, is at the same time more perfidious and wanton. Territorially, Turkey is handed overto Russia ; but this is done with a refinement of cruelty which has never been surpassed in modern warfare. The new Bulgaria, which is to comprise the whole country from the Danube to the outskirts of Adrianople, and from the Black Sea^tp the borders of Servia, is to be denuded of its Mahomedan population, save only the weakest class, which can be crushed. This new State is to be ruled by a Sovereign Prince, who will necessarily be the vassal of the Tsar ; and it is to be occupied by Russian troops for two years, so as to compel it into habits of obedience. We can well judge, from precedent, what will be done in those two years to Russianise the Government and the people. Servia and Roumania, which have not been docile to Russia, will receive comparatively trifling additions ; but Bulgaria, which has been the cradle of Russianintrigue, will be recompensed with becoming liberality. The territorial arrangements mean the end of old Turkey, and the beginning of a new Russian Constantinople. But the financial arrangements are, if possible, more destruq-