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v * > ; f C iS" ■ -,</ O'" b m ■ * p, f; p S S •p:. ■ Î A P A . p. , * <s qj|| « t ' I V » . i, . 4 » ♦ * -■ («UM « ■ <*• Vol. XX., No. 969. LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1858. P p T n ? (STAMPED, SIXPENCE. X jU '— ---------(UNSTAMPED, FIVEPENCE. Caôle of Contents* SUMMARY LATEST INTELLIGENCE ... ... . THE CARDINAL’S LECTURE ON IRELAND... ... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE:—India ; Telegrams. France, the Charles-et-Georges. General de Salles. More Slave Massacres. Portugal; Plunder of a Vessel and Massacre of the Crew. Rome; repairs of St. Peter’s. Duchy of Modena; the San Fedismo; Murder of 4Garibaldi at Nice. Prussia; Government Circular touehing the Elections; Dismissal of the Ministry. Turkey; the Comet and the Ministry; Another outbreak in Servia; Sir H. Bulwer and his Nigger. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. Bosnia America; the Atlantic Cable; the Yellow Fever; Vidaurri and Miramon. Foreign Miscellany. Protestant Missionaries in India ... ... CATHOLIC IN TELLIGENCEHis Holiness’s Visit to the Hospital of San Spirito. Sunday last at St. John’s, Islington; Presentation of an Address to the Rev. A. Mills. Diocese of Southwark. Diocese of Newport; Episcopal Visitation. Diocese of Beverley; Dr. McHale’s letter ... MISCELLANEOUS:—Destruction by Fire of the “ Eastern Ci,ty.” The Frazer River. A Court Martial reprimanded M. de Montalembert’s article in the “ Correspondant.” ... LEADERS:—The Cardinal’s Lecture. The Whigs. Court Martial at Portsmouth. The Mortara case. England and 7:> \ 4U REVIEWS The Noble Science. Prosleytism in India. Short Notices. Literary Miscellany. Books received. ... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE ... ... ... IRELAND:—The Catholic University. The Bishop of Ferns. Death of the Rev. Dr. Kelly of Maynooth. S t Paul’s, Arran Quay. The Ribbon system. Strange proceedings at Queenstown. Politics. Marriage of the Lord Lieutenant. Sabbatarianism. Improvement of Dublin. The North Cork Rifles ... v... i ... CORRESPONDENCE:—On some desiderata in our Periodi­ cal Literature. - ■ ........ .... ... Catholic Courage and its results ... ... ... 705 717 707 709 707 710 713 715 712 715 713 709 ^ u m m a r p * The Lecture of the Cardinal Archbishop upon Wednesday night, in which H is Eminence gave to a delighted audience his “ Impressions of a Recent V is it to Ireland,” naturally claims the first place in our week’s Summary. The Lecture w ill be found reported at length in another part of the Tablef, and some o f the many reflections which it has suggested to us, will be, found in our leading columns. . » m vd .18 , | — In our seicond edition last week wejannounced that the Imperial Government o f France had caused the last number o f the Corpespbndant to be seized on ac­ an article in it by the Count de Montalem , headed “ A debate upon India in the English Parliament,” and that a prosecution was about to be instituted against the editor, and the author o f the article, 1 st, for an attack against the principle of Universal Suffrage, and against the rights and authority the Emperor holds by the constitution; 2nd, for an attack against the respect due to the laws ; 3d, for exciting to hatred and contempt o f the Government o f the Empire ; 4th , for having sought to dissturb the public peace, by exciting citizens to entertain hatred and contempt for each other. These are the legal definitions of offences, of which i f the Count de Montalembert were found guilty, he would incur the severest penalties. H is property and his liberty would be forfeitable, and imprisonment, exile, or deportation might be inflicted on him. I t is difficult for us Catholics, in these kingdoms, who have been accustomed for so many years to look on the Count de Montalembert as one o f the most illustrious Laymen in the Church, one of the chief ornaments of his religion and his country; one of the ablest, boldest, and most successful champions of Catholicism, whose genius jOfttfcfti ewejything'thtft iprp4 ceeded from him to be received with respect, even by those whose opinions on men and things ho was most strenuously opposing— it is difficult to realise the fact that he is about to defend himself against criminal charges of the gravest nature, for writings which any British subject, who happened to entertain such views, would feel as much entitled to publish, as he would feel entitled to eat his dinner. I t is said that the resolution to institute the prosecution was adopted at a Council o f State, presided over by the Emperor; that h i. de Montalembert has come up to Paris, and means to conduct liis own defence, and that the trial will take place within the month. I f is almost inconceivable. A man of the highest rank, and of the most estimable character— a politician and statesman o f E iir(| ^||(^Q ^^f{t» jija,|p^|ijw ith a natural vocation for politics, and who, in the political contests of his country, has shown himself one of the first orators o f his age, without a doubt being ever breathed of his honour, or a suspicion cast upon his patriotism , is prosecuted by the Imperial Government as if he were an incendiary, a demagogue, a Red Republican, an enemy o f law and order, and a plotter against society and civil Government. And what has M . de Montalembert done? Has he appealed to revolutionary passions ? Has he invoked foreign invasion ? Has he called upon his countrymen to rise and claim an alteration in their laws? Nothing o f the kind. He has written a lengthy article in a monthly periodical o f a lim ited circulation, whose price and whose antecedents singularly unfit it for the propagandism o f anarchy, in which he has panegyrised the manners, institutions, and proceedings o f the country with which France at this moment is most intim ately allied. Undoubtedly, M . de Montalembert gives a marked expression to his preference for the English constitution over the French. Undoubtedly, he contrasts Parliamentary Government with absolutism, and lauds the former at the expense o f the latter. Undoubtedly, for absolutism itself, he indicates his strong aversion, and he freely bestows both sarcasm and invective on certain supporters o f Absolute Government, whose conduct and whose arguments he derides and impugns. But if a statesman, a politician, a philosopher and a scholar may not freely utter his sentiments on such subjects, to the educated classes o f his countrymen in the pages o f a grave periodical, the inference is that the present Ruler o f the Empire is o f opinion that France has neither need o f, nor room for, such things as statesmen, politicians, philosophers or scholars. I f the Emperor haddetermined to give a practical point and application to the eloquent pleadings o f M . de Montalembert in favour o f civil liberty, against absolutism, what better means could he have taken? Could he have acted otherwise i f he had resolved on repelling from the ranks of his well-wishers all who, while cherishing freedom for themselves and their own country as their dearest treasure after their religion, were w illin g to see in him not the despot, nor the willing enemy :p f but th a .$ « « ^ K y r b Q , .to praweve, existence o f h is ootAfecjtr hfld accepted fu eno tM French people the deposit of unlimited power, to be used by him as a trustee for the protection o f c iv il! jggNlMUand - property against aqwtcbyr'foiiiigey^ and bloodshed. The claim o f the French Emperor upon ■ufit^BjiSlilopinion of mankind g^pekw B p o t o i:<-fVwet wjpMiifiiii him more than it is good that man should have, because the evils that threatened France were worse than men could endure. But that power was to be used for the preservation of those who were worthy o f freedom, from the liberticides o f democracy and revolution, not for the oppression o f citizens whom any free country would be proud to own. W e have translated the first two chapters of M . de Montalem bert’s article in our present number, and we shall give more in our next. I t will be our duty then to offer such comments on it as may seem necessary. For the present we must content ourselves with the hope, that a speedy announcement of the abandonment o f the prosecution will relieve us from the painfu l impressions under which we at present labour. The Catholics o f these countries have always been well­ and they JUSI freely gittafl:fjnm both .tp aii support against his detractors. But they have always regarded him as invested with an exceptional and B f (§o ra ry authority, and as e x en apK (¿ .tp p jiw v glorious and salutary, when used for the repression o f Socialists and Anarchists, but which would be intolerable and abominable i f it were employed against the foremost champions o f law and order, or to the injury o f those for whose preservation it was given. — A letter in the Emancipation o f Brussels says: That the Holy Father has addressed a Note to the European Courts on the Mortara case. The Note sets forth the parent’s petition, relates the circumstances under which the child was baptised, and declares that the baptism is indelible. The attacks which have been made on religion and the H o ly Father, in connection with this affair, are le ft unnoticed. From the Univers o f Wednesday we learn that the facts o f the case, which have to a certain extent been neglected, while the question was being discussed theoretically, are as follows :— In Novem vember, 1857, one Marianna Bajesi gave information to the Ecclesiastical authorities at Bologna that the child of Salomon Mortara, a Modenese Jew, residing at Bologna, had been baptised. Her statement was, that a respectable person seeing one o f the children o f Morthra at the p p w p f death (th is child did really d ie ), advised the Mortara’s servant Anna Morisi, to baptise it . The servant refused on the ground that some years before, she had baptised another child of Mortara in a like danger; that this child (the subject o f the present controversy) had not died but had reached the age of seven years, and that she was greatly troubled about it . In consequence o f the statement o f Bajesi, Anna Morisi, the servant o f Mortara, was summoned before the Inquisitor, and declared on oath, that Edgard Mortara, the son o f Salomon, when about two years old, was taken so violently ill that his father and mother were i f f ’t o t f » , ' expecting,: as ’d id dvdry ofie in th e house, that it was about to die. , A . layman with whom the servant was conversing in this affletion told h ^ rtha^ i f the » f t would be doing a good action by baptizing it . She nquired how it was done. The neighbour instructed her minutely, and at night, the child being worse, and apparently about to breathe its last, she poured water on its head, saying, I baptise thee in the name o f the Fgl&er, o f the Son, and o f tfie Holy Ghost. Being asked her intention in doing this, she replied that her intention was to baptise the child according to the spirit of the Church in order to save a soul. A s a Christian, she wished that this soul should not be lost. She was under the conviction that it could not live. I t becomes therefore clear, that the child was baptized not only validly but lic itly , according to the rule o f Benedict 14. Cum filius Hebrseorum consignatus fuisset nutrici chnstianse, in deficentia nutricum Hebrcearum, dum declaravit prædictum puerum fuisse licite baptizatum. A n attempt has been made to deny the danger o f the child, and a certificate o f the medical attendant has been produced, dated July 81 , 1858, four years after the illness and baptism. The certificate, under the circumstances, is immaterial, and cannot displace the facts sworn to by the servant. To resume. W e have the Modenese Mortaras, voluntarily] submitting themselves to the laws o f the Roman States, and breaking these laws by retaining a Christian servant. W e have this servant baptising their child, legally and rightfully, according to her duty, when in danger o f death. She certainly did not act from malice, for her master is satisfied with her, and retains her in his service. She certainly did not act from fanaticism , or from a desire to make profpytea unfairly, for it was not she whq revealed that she had baptised the elder child, and she refused to give baptism to the younger, who unfortunately died. A ll the declamations that we have read have no other base than these facts. O f this week at any rate, no one can reasonably complain that it has been barren o f incident. For 8urelyjMM^Mji)tM|^,#|^Jifit(i .aakortlpid: djfcfcM r. Gladstone has been invited and has consented to go to the Ionian Islands as Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary, is an extraordinary week for that reasoniffor noother. T h e “ Fortunate Youth” h im ^ lf had never such a run o f luck as M r . D ’lsraeli. In the next session, then, the M inistry have nothing to fear from ¿he “ Great Debater” our Oifctor. And the Reform « 5 i l may pass, as far as M r . Gladstone is concerned. The importance o f the “ adhesion” o f such a man cannot be overrated, but what can he want in the Ionian Islands ? He is going to the most thankless of posts, amongst the most dissatisfied o f people, and unless it be with a view to the second edition o f h fy Homeric Stpdidf,, no’offé can guen hia* njdtieement. i -u - 'fi’. j t ; - , ' ;Vy,, — The trustful Englishmen who have lately been lending their five millions sterling to the Sublime Porte, have been considerably disturbed by the last news from Constantinople. The Sultan has made Mehemet A li , whom he so lately dismissed with ignominy, Capudan Pasha ; and A li Ghalib Pasha, who is not only the late Redschid Pasha’s son, but the Sultan’s son-in-law , is declared Master of the M in t, a dangerous post for one whom his royal relative so lately called a thief. This sudden change is considered fatal to the prospects o f reform and retrenchment, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is accused o f having brought it about for the mere vanity o f signalising his final departure from the scene of his many triumphs by something that should be remembered. One at least o f the restored Ministers has profited little by his benefactor’s freak, for the telegram announces that A li Ghalib Pasha has been run down by a steamer and drowned in the Bosphorus. The same message tells us that Lord Stratford was stranded in the Caradoc, but, with better fortune than his protégé, escaped alive. — The awful tragedy at Bradford, where 169 persons (according to the last accounts) have been poisoned by arsenic mixed in lozenges, and where fresh deaths from the same cause are reported hourly, is a melancholy feature o f the week. And but for the sailor-like skill and courage o f the Captain of the Eastern C ity , a yet more fearful catastrophe would have accompanied the destruction of that ship by fire. How much depends on the Captain’s fitness for his post is brought home to every mind by the contrast between the opposite fates o f the crews of the Austria and the Eastern C ity. — The Times of Thursday gave a short report o f the Cardinal Archbishop’s lecture in one column, and side by side w ith it, a letter headed “ aCardinal’s fast ” and containing the bill of fereof the Dundalk banquet, at which his Eminence was a guest. The day was Friday, Sept. 3 , a day o f abstinence, and the dinner was a fish dinner. A s to the dishes on the table the may be safely l ^ f t o ^ e c p - mittee and the cook, the only responsible parties. A worthy correspondent writes to us by no means to pass this over, and to note especially that the 3rd September was n o t a fast-day*»bu t aainrple ?day o f - abstinence from flesh meat, &c., &c. But when the Times stoops so low as to these miserable petitesses, is it not better to leave it to the verdict o f the public? I f the Editor o f the Times had come to the Cardinal’s lecture, and sought to lessen the effect of his d i s c o u i ^ ^ sh d t t t^ 'a a jr q f filin g *o f the London gamins, i t would have had as much effect, and been as much beneath notice. S t a t i s t J r n t d i i f l t n c i * r * ■ .- r \ ■ v CALCUTTA. We regret to state that the Rev. John McCabe, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Calcutta, who showed so much kindness to the Military Chaplains in that &**&’ d&sdSept. Shi Rtf .thclast consoling rites o f the Church. May he rest in peace! ^>EETEN:DEE-—A private telegram from Madrid, Nov. 4, states the police have discovered in the province Guipuscoa a secret correspondence of the Pretender with foreign courts. Some other important papers have also been seized. % f !: ; ! TH E BOM B A Y M A IL . . ' Ur , The Vectis, with the mails from Bombay, arrived at Marseilles at eight on Thursday morning'. The nu.il. left for London at ten. t*\:, , j £ ijl^^wiSfcTALEMBEET.—It is probable th a t lt tu fe tinguished orator will have an opportunity of making s great display of eloquence at the bar of a French court He has to make his appearance before a magistrate foi •the purpose of being interrogated, and his trial will probably take place, if it takes place at all, before the present month is finished. He threatens to defend himself, and one can scarcely imagine that the Emperor will such a splendid opportunity^, ' Refkesentation of Banbbbt.—Three candidates are now in the field—Mr. Hardy, the Conservative; Mr. Pigott, the Whig; and Mr. Samuelson, an ironfoundei of the town, whose address is just out. The last gentleman goes .ns far as the Guildhall programme on reform, and his address is far in advance of Mr. JUigott’s, A bill has appeared stating that Mr. Cobden or Mr, Miall will come forward. So far as the former is concerned, there is no foundation for such a statement; as Tt irpHXIWln tjllfliiliifttjU ij i believe it would be a greai gain to the cause of Reform to have Mr. Miall returned, but do not think Mr. Miall will force himself on the Frightful Accident.—On Saturday afternoon John Blake, aged 46 years, a well-sinker, residing at Kettering, was at work down a well, when a bucket filled witt chalk fell from the top to the bottom, a depth of 80 feet, fracturing his skull. He remains in a very dangerous state P enny B A N * » ^ i l i £ ' j t f p M im this bank at the sitting last week was no less than 1101. 6s «»Jf.SUtdittofSmoiuit withdrawn 251. 13s. of separate deposits was 721. ■- .Cq^mx A -Up1|yt4 *y noon the Cae Coalpit, near Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. ™ jnuitd«M«w < r ra t f itw r ciftwBpJbfajq workings. There wore 15 colliers; five escaped anc 10 were drowned. THE PACKET STATION A T FOYNES. The following letter, addressed by Lord Derby to Mr, Monsell, was read by that gentleman at a public meeting, held at Limerick, on this subject, last week :— . . jl 1> ««p.-v;-! ’ H have thé/noppur.idji&UiitÉàhupr toe receipt of your‘.letter of the 18th inst., recommendi™ tp hnr.jkvour-' memorial of the CpIffiVj merce at Limerick, that the Harbour of Refuge Commissioners may be directed to visit and report upon the Shannon. In reply, I have to state that it would not be compeInijrji I'lBn gVlijHtidUll' ni Mint lijyli iffiSi ttiifil, .I. the commission, strictly following the recommendation of the House of Commons, is limited to certain specified points, in which the examination of the Shannon is not and could not be included. The active efforts which have been locally made to’ertiblish a packet station, and the application C^Sfermnent aid, induced her Majesty’s Government to avail themselves of the presence of Captain Waddington in Ireland on the business of the commission to request him, as a wholly distinct subject of inquiry, to Visit.Galway, and to furnish them with such information as might assist them in judging of the propriety of. acceding to the application. There is, however, no such special case applicable to the case of the Shannon, and as its capabilities have been already very fully repeated on by a former commission I do not see any sufficient grounds for instituting a further inquiry. “ iff® , , S W ■ “ DERBY ' p 11 Right Hon. W. MSdnaeil, MéP.” In the course of the evening several speeches were delivered expressing the feeling that the Transatlantic packet station should be established by Government on the Shannon; and the recent renewal of thé contract with the Cunard Company he rescinded. A number o£ resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated after four o’clock. 'V *

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1858.

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Caôle of Contents*

SUMMARY LATEST INTELLIGENCE

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THE CARDINAL’S LECTURE ON IRELAND... ... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE:—India ;

Telegrams. France, the Charles-et-Georges. General de Salles. More Slave Massacres. Portugal; Plunder of a Vessel and Massacre of the Crew. Rome; repairs of St. Peter’s. Duchy of Modena; the San Fedismo; Murder of 4Garibaldi at Nice. Prussia; Government Circular touehing the Elections; Dismissal of the Ministry. Turkey; the Comet and the Ministry; Another outbreak in Servia; Sir H. Bulwer and his Nigger. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. Bosnia America; the Atlantic Cable; the Yellow Fever; Vidaurri and Miramon. Foreign Miscellany. Protestant Missionaries in India ... ... CATHOLIC IN TELLIGENCEHis Holiness’s Visit to the

Hospital of San Spirito. Sunday last at St. John’s, Islington; Presentation of an Address to the Rev. A. Mills. Diocese of Southwark. Diocese of Newport; Episcopal Visitation. Diocese of Beverley; Dr. McHale’s letter ... MISCELLANEOUS:—Destruction by Fire of the “ Eastern

Ci,ty.” The Frazer River. A Court Martial reprimanded M. de Montalembert’s article in the “ Correspondant.” ... LEADERS:—The Cardinal’s Lecture. The Whigs. Court

Martial at Portsmouth. The Mortara case. England and 7:> \ 4U

REVIEWS The Noble Science. Prosleytism in India.

Short Notices. Literary Miscellany. Books received. ... COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE ... ... ... IRELAND:—The Catholic University. The Bishop of Ferns.

Death of the Rev. Dr. Kelly of Maynooth. S t Paul’s, Arran Quay. The Ribbon system. Strange proceedings at Queenstown. Politics. Marriage of the Lord Lieutenant. Sabbatarianism. Improvement of Dublin. The North Cork Rifles ... v... i ... CORRESPONDENCE:—On some desiderata in our Periodi­

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The Lecture of the Cardinal Archbishop upon Wednesday night, in which H is Eminence gave to a delighted audience his “ Impressions of a Recent V is it to Ireland,” naturally claims the first place in our week’s Summary. The Lecture w ill be found reported at length in another part of the Tablef, and some o f the many reflections which it has suggested to us, will be, found in our leading columns. . » m vd .18 , | — In our seicond edition last week wejannounced that the Imperial Government o f France had caused the last number o f the Corpespbndant to be seized on ac­

an article in it by the Count de Montalem , headed “ A debate upon India in the English Parliament,” and that a prosecution was about to be instituted against the editor, and the author o f the article, 1 st, for an attack against the principle of Universal Suffrage, and against the rights and authority the Emperor holds by the constitution; 2nd, for an attack against the respect due to the laws ; 3d, for exciting to hatred and contempt o f the Government o f the Empire ; 4th , for having sought to dissturb the public peace, by exciting citizens to entertain hatred and contempt for each other.

These are the legal definitions of offences, of which i f the Count de Montalembert were found guilty, he would incur the severest penalties. H is property and his liberty would be forfeitable, and imprisonment, exile, or deportation might be inflicted on him. I t is difficult for us Catholics, in these kingdoms, who have been accustomed for so many years to look on the Count de Montalembert as one o f the most illustrious Laymen in the Church, one of the chief ornaments of his religion and his country; one of the ablest, boldest, and most successful champions of Catholicism, whose genius jOfttfcfti ewejything'thtft iprp4

ceeded from him to be received with respect, even by those whose opinions on men and things ho was most strenuously opposing— it is difficult to realise the fact that he is about to defend himself against criminal charges of the gravest nature, for writings which any British subject, who happened to entertain such views, would feel as much entitled to publish, as he would feel entitled to eat his dinner. I t is said that the resolution to institute the prosecution was adopted at a Council o f State, presided over by the Emperor; that h i. de Montalembert has come up to Paris, and means to conduct liis own defence, and that the trial will take place within the month. I f is almost inconceivable. A man of the highest rank, and of the most estimable character— a politician and statesman o f E iir(| ^||(^Q ^^f{t» jija,|p^|ijw ith a natural vocation for politics, and who, in the political contests of his country, has shown himself one of the first orators o f his age, without a doubt being ever breathed of his honour, or a suspicion cast upon his patriotism , is prosecuted by the Imperial Government as if he were an incendiary, a demagogue, a Red Republican, an enemy o f law and order, and a plotter against society and civil Government. And what has M . de Montalembert done? Has he appealed to revolutionary passions ? Has he invoked foreign invasion ? Has he called upon his countrymen to rise and claim an alteration in their laws? Nothing o f the kind. He has written a lengthy article in a monthly periodical o f a lim ited circulation, whose price and whose antecedents singularly unfit it for the propagandism o f anarchy, in which he has panegyrised the manners, institutions, and proceedings o f the country with which France at this moment is most intim ately allied. Undoubtedly, M . de Montalembert gives a marked expression to his preference for the English constitution over the French. Undoubtedly, he contrasts Parliamentary Government with absolutism, and lauds the former at the expense o f the latter. Undoubtedly, for absolutism itself, he indicates his strong aversion, and he freely bestows both sarcasm and invective on certain supporters o f Absolute Government, whose conduct and whose arguments he derides and impugns. But if a statesman, a politician, a philosopher and a scholar may not freely utter his sentiments on such subjects, to the educated classes o f his countrymen in the pages o f a grave periodical, the inference is that the present Ruler o f the Empire is o f opinion that France has neither need o f, nor room for, such things as statesmen, politicians, philosophers or scholars. I f the Emperor haddetermined to give a practical point and application to the eloquent pleadings o f M . de Montalembert in favour o f civil liberty, against absolutism, what better means could he have taken? Could he have acted otherwise i f he had resolved on repelling from the ranks of his well-wishers all who, while cherishing freedom for themselves and their own country as their dearest treasure after their religion, were w illin g to see in him not the despot, nor the willing enemy :p f but th a .$ « « ^ K y r b Q , .to praweve, existence o f h is ootAfecjtr hfld accepted fu eno tM French people the deposit of unlimited power, to be used by him as a trustee for the protection o f c iv il! jggNlMUand - property against aqwtcbyr'foiiiigey^ and bloodshed. The claim o f the French Emperor upon

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B p o t o i:<-fVwet wjpMiifiiii him more than it is good that man should have, because the evils that threatened France were worse than men could endure. But that power was to be used for the preservation of those who were worthy o f freedom, from the liberticides o f democracy and revolution, not for the oppression o f citizens whom any free country would be proud to own. W e have translated the first two chapters of M . de Montalem bert’s article in our present number, and we shall give more in our next. I t will be our duty then to offer such comments on it as may seem necessary. For the present we must content ourselves with the hope, that a speedy announcement of the abandonment o f the prosecution will relieve us from the painfu l impressions under which we at present labour. The Catholics o f these countries have always been well­

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.tp aii support against his detractors. But they have always regarded him as invested with an exceptional and B f (§o ra ry authority, and as e x en apK (¿ .tp p jiw v glorious and salutary, when used for the repression o f Socialists and Anarchists, but which would be intolerable and abominable i f it were employed against the foremost champions o f law and order, or to the injury o f those for whose preservation it was given.

— A letter in the Emancipation o f Brussels says: That the Holy Father has addressed a Note to the European Courts on the Mortara case. The Note sets forth the parent’s petition, relates the circumstances under which the child was baptised, and declares that the baptism is indelible. The attacks which have been made on religion and the H o ly Father, in connection with this affair, are le ft unnoticed. From the Univers o f Wednesday we learn that the facts o f the case, which have to a certain extent been neglected, while the question was being discussed theoretically, are as follows :— In Novem vember, 1857, one Marianna Bajesi gave information to the Ecclesiastical authorities at Bologna that the child of Salomon Mortara, a Modenese Jew, residing at Bologna, had been baptised. Her statement was, that a respectable person seeing one o f the children o f Morthra at the p p w p f death (th is child did really d ie ), advised the Mortara’s servant Anna Morisi, to baptise it . The servant refused on the ground that some years before, she had baptised another child of Mortara in a like danger; that this child (the subject o f the present controversy) had not died but had reached the age of seven years, and that she was greatly troubled about it . In consequence o f the statement o f Bajesi, Anna Morisi, the servant o f Mortara, was summoned before the Inquisitor, and declared on oath, that Edgard Mortara, the son o f Salomon, when about two years old, was taken so violently ill that his father and mother were i f f ’t o t f » , ' expecting,: as ’d id dvdry ofie in th e house, that it was about to die. , A . layman with whom the servant was conversing in this affletion told h ^ rtha^ i f the » f t would be doing a good action by baptizing it . She nquired how it was done. The neighbour instructed her minutely, and at night, the child being worse, and apparently about to breathe its last, she poured water on its head, saying, I baptise thee in the name o f the Fgl&er, o f the Son, and o f tfie Holy Ghost. Being asked her intention in doing this, she replied that her intention was to baptise the child according to the spirit of the Church in order to save a soul. A s a Christian, she wished that this soul should not be lost. She was under the conviction that it could not live. I t becomes therefore clear, that the child was baptized not only validly but lic itly , according to the rule o f Benedict 14.

Cum filius Hebrseorum consignatus fuisset nutrici chnstianse, in deficentia nutricum Hebrcearum, dum declaravit prædictum puerum fuisse licite baptizatum. A n attempt has been made to deny the danger o f the child, and a certificate o f the medical attendant has been produced, dated July 81 , 1858, four years after the illness and baptism. The certificate, under the circumstances, is immaterial, and cannot displace the facts sworn to by the servant. To resume. W e have the Modenese Mortaras, voluntarily] submitting themselves to the laws o f the Roman States, and breaking these laws by retaining a Christian servant. W e have this servant baptising their child, legally and rightfully, according to her duty, when in danger o f death. She certainly did not act from malice, for her master is satisfied with her, and retains her in his service. She certainly did not act from fanaticism , or from a desire to make profpytea unfairly, for it was not she whq revealed that she had baptised the elder child, and she refused to give baptism to the younger, who unfortunately died. A ll the declamations that we have read have no other base than these facts.

O f this week at any rate, no one can reasonably complain that it has been barren o f incident. For 8urelyjMM^Mji)tM|^,#|^Jifit(i .aakortlpid: djfcfcM r. Gladstone has been invited and has consented to go to the Ionian Islands as Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary, is an extraordinary week for that reasoniffor noother. T h e “ Fortunate Youth” h im ^ lf had never such a run o f luck as M r . D ’lsraeli. In the next session, then, the M inistry have nothing to fear from ¿he “ Great Debater” our

Oifctor. And the

Reform « 5 i l may pass, as far as M r . Gladstone is concerned. The importance o f the “ adhesion” o f such a man cannot be overrated, but what can he want in the Ionian Islands ? He is going to the most thankless of posts, amongst the most dissatisfied o f people, and unless it be with a view to the second edition o f h fy Homeric Stpdidf,, no’offé can guen hia* njdtieement. i -u - 'fi’. j t ; - , ' ;Vy,,

— The trustful Englishmen who have lately been lending their five millions sterling to the Sublime Porte, have been considerably disturbed by the last news from Constantinople. The Sultan has made Mehemet A li , whom he so lately dismissed with ignominy, Capudan Pasha ; and A li Ghalib Pasha, who is not only the late Redschid Pasha’s son, but the Sultan’s son-in-law , is declared Master of the M in t, a dangerous post for one whom his royal relative so lately called a thief. This sudden change is considered fatal to the prospects o f reform and retrenchment, and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is accused o f having brought it about for the mere vanity o f signalising his final departure from the scene of his many triumphs by something that should be remembered. One at least o f the restored Ministers has profited little by his benefactor’s freak, for the telegram announces that A li Ghalib Pasha has been run down by a steamer and drowned in the Bosphorus. The same message tells us that Lord Stratford was stranded in the Caradoc, but, with better fortune than his protégé, escaped alive.

— The awful tragedy at Bradford, where 169 persons (according to the last accounts) have been poisoned by arsenic mixed in lozenges, and where fresh deaths from the same cause are reported hourly, is a melancholy feature o f the week. And but for the sailor-like skill and courage o f the Captain of the Eastern C ity , a yet more fearful catastrophe would have accompanied the destruction of that ship by fire. How much depends on the Captain’s fitness for his post is brought home to every mind by the contrast between the opposite fates o f the crews of the Austria and the Eastern C ity.

— The Times of Thursday gave a short report o f the Cardinal Archbishop’s lecture in one column, and side by side w ith it, a letter headed “ aCardinal’s fast ” and containing the bill of fereof the Dundalk banquet, at which his Eminence was a guest. The day was Friday, Sept. 3 , a day o f abstinence, and the dinner was a fish dinner. A s to the dishes on the table the may be safely l ^ f t o ^ e c p -

mittee and the cook, the only responsible parties. A worthy correspondent writes to us by no means to pass this over, and to note especially that the 3rd September was n o t a fast-day*»bu t aainrple ?day o f - abstinence from flesh meat, &c., &c. But when the Times stoops so low as to these miserable petitesses, is it not better to leave it to the verdict o f the public?

I f the Editor o f the Times had come to the Cardinal’s lecture, and sought to lessen the effect of his d i s c o u i ^ ^ sh d t t t^ 'a a jr q f filin g *o f the London gamins, i t would have had as much effect, and been as much beneath notice.

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CALCUTTA. We regret to state that the Rev. John McCabe, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Calcutta, who showed so much kindness to the Military Chaplains in that &**&’ d&sdSept. Shi Rtf .thclast consoling rites o f the Church. May he rest in peace!

^>EETEN:DEE-—A private telegram from

Madrid, Nov. 4, states the police have discovered in the province Guipuscoa a secret correspondence of the Pretender with foreign courts. Some other important papers have also been seized. % f !: ; ! TH E BOM B A Y M A IL . . ' Ur ,

The Vectis, with the mails from Bombay, arrived at Marseilles at eight on Thursday morning'. The nu.il. left for London at ten. t*\:, , j £

ijl^^wiSfcTALEMBEET.—It is probable th a t lt tu fe tinguished orator will have an opportunity of making s great display of eloquence at the bar of a French court He has to make his appearance before a magistrate foi •the purpose of being interrogated, and his trial will probably take place, if it takes place at all, before the present month is finished. He threatens to defend himself, and one can scarcely imagine that the Emperor will such a splendid opportunity^, ' Refkesentation of Banbbbt.—Three candidates are now in the field—Mr. Hardy, the Conservative; Mr. Pigott, the Whig; and Mr. Samuelson, an ironfoundei of the town, whose address is just out. The last gentleman goes .ns far as the Guildhall programme on reform, and his address is far in advance of Mr. JUigott’s, A bill has appeared stating that Mr. Cobden or Mr, Miall will come forward. So far as the former is concerned, there is no foundation for such a statement; as Tt irpHXIWln tjllfliiliifttjU ij i believe it would be a greai gain to the cause of Reform to have Mr. Miall returned, but do not think Mr. Miall will force himself on the

Frightful Accident.—On Saturday afternoon John Blake, aged 46 years, a well-sinker, residing at Kettering, was at work down a well, when a bucket filled witt chalk fell from the top to the bottom, a depth of 80 feet, fracturing his skull. He remains in a very dangerous state

P enny B A N * » ^ i l i £ ' j t f p M im this bank at the sitting last week was no less than 1101. 6s «»Jf.SUtdittofSmoiuit withdrawn 251. 13s. of separate deposits was 721. ■- .Cq^mx A -Up1|yt4 *y noon the Cae Coalpit, near Llanelly, Carmarthenshire. ™ jnuitd«M«w < r ra t f itw r ciftwBpJbfajq workings. There wore 15 colliers; five escaped anc 10 were drowned.

THE PACKET STATION A T FOYNES.

The following letter, addressed by Lord Derby to Mr, Monsell, was read by that gentleman at a public meeting, held at Limerick, on this subject, last week :—

. . jl 1> ««p.-v;-! ’ H have thé/noppur.idji&UiitÉàhupr toe receipt of your‘.letter of the 18th inst., recommendi™ tp hnr.jkvour-'

memorial of the CpIffiVj merce at Limerick, that the Harbour of Refuge Commissioners may be directed to visit and report upon the Shannon. In reply, I have to state that it would not be compeInijrji I'lBn gVlijHtidUll' ni Mint lijyli iffiSi ttiifil, .I. the commission, strictly following the recommendation of the House of Commons, is limited to certain specified points, in which the examination of the Shannon is not and could not be included. The active efforts which have been locally made to’ertiblish a packet station, and the application

C^Sfermnent aid, induced her Majesty’s

Government to avail themselves of the presence of Captain Waddington in Ireland on the business of the commission to request him, as a wholly distinct subject of inquiry, to Visit.Galway, and to furnish them with such information as might assist them in judging of the propriety of. acceding to the application. There is, however, no such special case applicable to the case of the Shannon, and as its capabilities have been already very fully repeated on by a former commission I do not see any sufficient grounds for instituting a further inquiry.

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11 Right Hon. W. MSdnaeil, MéP.” In the course of the evening several speeches were delivered expressing the feeling that the Transatlantic packet station should be established by Government on the Shannon; and the recent renewal of thé contract with the Cunard Company he rescinded. A number o£ resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated after four o’clock.

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