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Count Buol supported this demand. M . de Bourqueney and Sir Hamilton Seymour said they must refer to their governments ou that Point.

The Jou rna l de S t Petersbourg contains the following Paragraph, in largo type, at the head of its “ news of the day” ; _

“ The intelligence that Russia had accepted the proposals o f Austria, relative to the bases of négociations, has produced a profound sensation. A t London and Paris it tfas published officially, and was received everywhere with ffreat jov. Hopes o f peace, anticipating the event, have taken, thus to speak, the character of certainties.”

The Marquis de Larochejaquelin has published a pamphlet in Paris, “ The Question of the Bay,” demonstrating the necessity o f peace on four grounds :— 1. Phe object, o f the war— the protection of the Ottoman empire— is attained. 2. The continuation o f the War will have no other result than to serve the personal interests of England. 3 England wishes to achieve the complete destruction of the Russian navy ; but that is not the interest of France, for the latter may one day need the co operation o f the Russian fleet. 4. Russia ought to be allowed to develope her power freely in Asia.

— TheJou rn a l dee Debate devotes three long columns to prove that the relations between France and England w°uid he menaced. France was not interested in a campaign in the Baltic nor an Asiatic expedition ; consequently the operations planned for this year threatened to create a diversion which has been obviated by the Austrian Ultimatum.

— The Paris correspondent of the 1 im.es states that in accepting the Austrian propositions “ M. de Nesselrode requited that the protocol should be s gned at Vienna; hat two of her plenipotentiaries should he present at the conferences in Paris, when the preliminaries should be atgoed ; that directly the preliminaries were signed a general armistice should be proclaimed, and thatthe general conditions of definitive peace should be afterwards h'seussed nnd signed at Paris. These points, I believe, *uglish and French ambassadors thought it necessary to

c cr to their respective governments. M. Walewski, as minister for Foreign Affairs of the country in whose upital the conferences are to he held, will preside on the cession. The plenipotentiaries are exp'Cted in Paris on 0e 20th. How long the conferences will last is not stated with any degree o f certainty, but in official quarters i t is

elteved that the whole business will occupy at least six weeks." , The M o rn in g Poet believes that an armistice will be hortly concluded for a limited period. The exact terms ^ *ue armisti.-e have yet to be defined. I t may very pro-

-ah. y fie confined to land operations, as there is no pos, " i t y of any collision at sea ; and the continuance of the t> ° cwade. supposing peace not to he concluded by tho time he Baltic is free from ice, would he necessary to ourposi-

° Q as negociators, and in conformity with general Ptccedent.

~7 The question of Prussia’s admission to the peace References still continues to occasion a great deal o f spe elation and rumour. One report is that Prussia will he

oiitted on condition o f accepting the propositions "opted by France, England, and Austria, and binding crself to follow out that thought K ing Frederick William would have no objection to this course i f the proposi-

'onswereplaced before him as those of England and France, ahd not of Austria. 1 T he Empress Eugene.— I t is irrevocably decided (says a Paris le tter) that the Empress's confinement is to take place at the Tuileries, attended with all the ceremonies and the publicity that accompanied such events in the time of the ancient monarchy. There are various con lectures ambitions, and jealousies brought into play on the occasion o f th» arrangements projected for the selection of the gouvernante, the physician, and other attendants and functionaries about the person of the imperial infant. The long-agitated question of the reorganisation of

pages is, ft is said, to be settled by their establishment. n this occasion. jjj .E F rench Court.— T he Moniteur announces that the h ia n - ?e ° f the Princess Augusta Bonaparte, daughter of len pS?lncsa Prince Charles Bonaparte, with his Excel

c.y Prince Qabrielli, her cousin, was celebrated at the Im-

Ch ipel of the Tuileries, their Majesties the Emperor ¡jjtrnpress heing present. p The Phare de ta Manche announces that the pros p r 8 ° f Peace had produced no abatement in the warlike the r liions making at Cherbourg. The construction of 8lo' ’ inters for landing the troops and o f the ships on the for thB’ na8 -We" as f*18 repairing of the vessels destined SPtRiR. tic expedition, areproceeding with undiminished s "mhr*'*le Count de Chambord has sent a circular to a officia?/ Brleanists and Legitimists, informing them ffiem / t*'at ,he “ fusion” isa f a i t accompli,and exhorting housg imitate the example of the chiefs o f the two p a r t j 8’ and sink all party differences and animosities. The tribuR08 °* count are earnestly recommended to conw°rkln’ * ° ^ar as tbeir means allow, for the relief of the necessR. Masses during this rigorous season, when the 8ufÇgest I*8 are 80 *fear- They are also requested to of Sp V 0 lhe organs of the Legitim ist party the propriety FreppR8'1" ! the highest terms o f the bravery o f the komageatrin.y’ aath indeed, to omit no occasion of rendering

M E IMPERIAL CRADLE.

A P- • i ^ that t iR 18 lette.r ' n the Indépendance of Brussels states ° rders f municiPa' authorities o f Paris bave already given 'ApeetoAr - a, magnificent, cradle to be got ready for the *urpagsa ,'nfant o f the Emperor and EmpresB. I t will t h / f ’ u 18 said, in taste and exquisite workmanship f°Howin°U-8 ° De Pre8enfed to the K in g of Rome. The

“ It J V i V ' ! e8criP*-ion of the work in question in the ar* be. in t,le form of a boat, the principal emblem silver e a iT , , î he city of Paris- A t the Prow wil1 i,e a head will L W " ont8Pread wings, and the curtains at the held nn . be 8uPP°Hed by an imperial crown, also in silver, other bearin tW° chi!f,ren. one wearing a helmet and the of peace T h I0,un(f Us head an olive branch, emblematical one at the l , , ? , 1 of the cradle stands on two columns, rail beneath m.an" the other at the foot, and united hy a carved and 0rn eo' umns will he in rosewood, beautifully edge of the cradi®en/8d, with foliage in silver. The upper having on either oia aave a horderof silver filagree work, in silver hearing th 6-’ a' ’.out the middle, small escutcheons medallions garlandVf' ' a*'8 their Majesties. F om these foot and head of the or A i Wera *n s' ITer wi'l Iead *o the d’Alencon lace and bl, • ^he curtains will be o f point composition, direction 6 8IJa embroid»red in gold. The trial piece of workmanshi^L superintendence o f this beauthe architect of the city of Pari*1”611con®^e(* t0 Baltard,

Ge RMa N Y .

Though not entirely approvinr-r-r Prankfort, Monday, the smaller German states a r f e ,r.the Proposals to Russia, yx-ws of the Paris conferences to „ P 0Red to forward the to accept a» a basis the conditions . rePre8enta!ivcs, and Powers and Russia. agreed to by the allied

At Vienna the Queen’s speech had , , , 8t«ek jobbers, though it was known t im /u he ard° uJ °.f heen signed. hat the Protocol had

t o i ° attempt is making hy the RusRian

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the nC,le Jeal,” l f y between Prussia and Austria a n ^ t T “ 17

Biet neutral. There is reason to b e l i e f l ° ^ n y Kood understanding exists between the tw R per, German powers. two 6reat

rnssia and Austria have undonhtedly agreed m Ptopoiitiona to be laid before tho Diet at Frankfort. th®

The adhesion o f Bavaria, Saxony, Baden, and the Thuringian States is tolerably certain, and it is thought a large majority o f the other states will adopt the same course.

S P V IN .

— The Madrid journals of the 29‘ h ultimo publish exciting intelligence from the Basqu- provinces, sta’ ing that the local authorities at Vit-foria have discover'd the clue to a democratic conspiracy on the part of a number of sergeants of the army, and have been in cods quence compelled to take precautionary raeisnres.

— The government contradicts iu the Gazette the fact of there being any such conspiracy. The Gazette says that disorderly symptoms among the working classes have been perceived, arising from the high prices of food and the common necessarieb o f life. But precautions have been taken, and there has been no disturbance.

— vl. Broil, the Minister of Finance, will withdraw the project of law respecting the import duties. It is in contemplation to establish an impost on all spirituous liquora.

— Up to the present time 6.822 domains of the state have been sold. The price realised has been 149 091,996 reals. The charges redeemed amount to 6,256, and their value to 23 735,311 reals.

— The inundations at Seville are so great that the governor is rowed through the streets in a ho-it. conveying assistance to the inhabitants. Iu the Triona quarter the water was entering the houses through the balconies.

— A letter from Madrid of the 29th speaks of a conspiracy having been discovered anong some of the subofficers of one of the regiments in garrison at Vittoria, who were in communication with others o f the same rack iu Burgos and San Sebastian, with a view to a republican movement. The authorities, who had obtained information of the plot, adopted the necessary measures to prevent disturbance. A t Viktoria, it appears, the outbieak was imminent, and the name o f an officer of rank is mentioned as being implicated in it. The sub-officers of the regiment o f Malaga, removed from Madrid after the events of August, 1854, were, it appears, to give the signal o f the rising.

I T A L Y .

— A letter from Rome, dated January 26tb, says :— “ A great deal o f ill-founded alarm as to the probability or possibility o f a revolutionary movement in Rome has prevailed in other parts o f Italy of late, and the consequent remonstrances of the Papal government have prevented the French garrison from being reduced to the effective force o f merely 3,000 men, as was proposed a year ago. The French forces here and at Civita Vecchia are still about double that Dumber, added to which the Swiss regiment, and the Roman battalions of chasseurs and infantry in the capital, are more than sufficient to put down any attempt to change the existing state of things, should such an attempt be made—of which, under present circumstances, there is not the most remote probability. Meanwhile tho foreigners render Rome extremely gay, and shopkeepers, hotel-keepers, and cicerones prosper in consequence. Balls, concerts, and convereaziones succeed each other uniterruptediy, and the, Roman princes are throwing open their magnificent palaces to the cosmopolite crowd. Prince Uoria’s ball, on the 23rd inst., was the most splendid event of the season. Prince Doria also sent an invitation to the Pope to visit the Ghurch of St. Agnes, belonging to the Prince’s family, in the Piazza Navona, which he has recently-restored at considerable expense. His Holiness accepted the invitation on the festival of St. Agnes, the 21st inst., and, after saying Mass and visiting the Doria Seminary, partook of a collation prepared for him in the library. The same morning Cardinal Ferretti performed the cereniony in Prince D iria’a church o f blessing the lambs, whose wool is destined for the pallium o f investiture sent to every Archbishop of the Roman Church hy the Pope, a ceremony which usually tak»s place in the Church o f St. A.gaes,cxtramuros, now undergoing thorough repair.”

— The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 30th ultimo announces that Piedmont is to he represented at the conferences about to open in P i r is hy the Chevalier Massimo d’ Az glio, who is to he assisted by M. Jocteau and Councillor Constantine Nigra, one of the officers o f the foreign department.

— A circular had been addressed by the Minister o f the Interior to all thcmayors.recommendingthem to encourage enlistments into the Anglo Italian Legion.

— The Opinione of Turin of the 31st ult. publishes the following letter, dated Vigevano, 27th|: —

“ On Wednesday evening Baron C----- , at Milan, gave a ball, to which ho had invited a large companv. While dancing «a s going on, the Austrian Captain of Engineers, M. G -------- , suddenly made his appearance, to the dismay of all present. M. C ------- , the n»phew o f the baron, walked up to tho Austrian, and gave him to understand that his presence was disagreeable to his uncle’s guests, and invited him to retire. The Austrian complied with the invitation, telling the young man that he would r-quire satisfaction for the insult thus offered him in the morning. M. C--------- accordingly made every preparation to meet him, when he was informed that an arrest warrant had heen issued against him. He immediately fled, and having crossed the Sardinian frontier, he s -nta challenge to his adversary, offering to fight him in one of the numerous islands formed by the river Ticino. Yesterday the duel took place b tween the young Milanese and the Austrian captain near Vigerano. Atter a desperate combat, which lasted a few minutes, the Italian was wounded in the head and left arm. He, however, insisted on continuing the conflict, but the seconds interfered and separated the combatants. M. C---------was conducted by friends and adversaries to the Sardinian bank of the Ticino, where they parted. Everything passed o ff with the greatest courteBy.”

D E NM A RK .

Hamburg, Snnday.

The Provincial Diet o f Holstein has passed, after a long dehate, and by a majority of 40 to 6, a resolution declaring its want of confidence in the Minister Seheel. A second resolution, carried by 41 to 7 votes, authorises Seheel’s impeachment.

MEXICO.

— The Paris M on i le u r has published the following :—

“ Mexico, Dec. 31st.

“ General Don Juan Alvarez has quitted M-xieo. M. Commonfort is at the head o f the government as president substitute. The condition o f the provinces has not im proved. It is in the state of Puebla that the insurrection is assuming alarming proportions. General Guitian, who is at the head of it, has managed to collect under his banner rather a considerable number of officers and soldiers belonging to the old army. The lawyer Llalave has left Mexico with 1,500 men to encounter the insurgents and

insurrection.’’

PERSIA.

__ Accounts from Persia state that M. Bourne, the French envov at Teheran, was on goud terms with the Shah, and was endeavouring to effect an arrangement of the dispute between the Persian court and Mr. Murray, the British envoy.

__ iphe «-¡¡I of the late Lord Raglan has heen proved in London under 20.000/ ; it was made in England in ADri! 1854, bequeathing all to Lady Raglan. The will of the late Samuel Rogers has been proved under 40,000/

_ A parliamentary paper just issued shows that the number of railway passengers in the half-year ending the 30th o f June last was 51,815.1494. and the corresponding 30thot June last „umber wa» 50 367.404

K i 1 ! b E i * • « s p » •*" »•■»«!In the like period of the preceding year the receipts were 9,424,603/. 5s. 4Id.

(Catholic Intelligence

LF,N T E N TNntTrT, MDCOCLVT. Nicholas by the Divine Mercy o f the Holy Tinman

Churli o f the Title o f St Pudentiana Cardinal Priest, and Archbishop of Westminster, TO OUR DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILDREN IN

CHRTST. THE CLERGY SFCULAR AND REGULAR, AND THE FAITHFUL OF THE SAID DIOCESE.

Health and Benediction in the Lord. The year, dearly beloved in Christ Jesus, has scarcely come into existence, when we are summoned to our annual duty of devotimr to penance and expiation their ap pointed portion. The season of warning, which prepares us for the more ritrid austerities of Lent, seems almost to have surprised us amidst, the joyful festivities of Christmas ; and the Chureh had scarcely an int rval of time, in which to put, off her robes o f gladness in which she had comme morated her Lord’s Epiphany, and gird on her penitential attire.

For thifi we have no reason to he sorrv. The sooner we atone for the failings and deficiencies <>f the past year, the more we shall draw down grace upon the new. The earlier we begin the sanctification of the present year, by fervent, nraver and increased charity, hy a stricter life and more holv occupations, the more wa shall increase in abundance and richness the blessings which God, in His mercy, may have already yn store for it.

The time o f Lent is especially the time of acceptablenes<4 t,n God, the special period of His ra^rcy, the season o f Hig early ram upon H is vineyard in the Church, and on His harvest ontside it. I t is eminently the day of salvation, in which the streams of Calvary oveifiow from the Divine Heart, of our crucified Lord over the barren plains of the world, and of our souls, soften, fertilise, and enrich them. Now indeed *' the land that has been desolate and impassable may be made glad, and the wilderness be brought to r joice, and to flourish like the l i l y b e cause “ that which was dry land may become as a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water—(Is., xxxv.) — “ springing up to eternal life,” “ iu jo y from the fountains o f the Saviour.”

Surely, the earlier come such a time o f mercy, o f blessing, o f salvation the better, for beings sinful, and yet mortal as we are. Death has not waited to give us brea'hing time in the new year. H e has struck no truce with us ; he has not suspended the strokes of his arrows, or unstrung for one day his untiring bow. He has multiplied dart on dart; he has struck down the ve nerahle Bisho > and the holy Priest, the noble and the learned, the youth with the old, since this new year of grace oonnted'its first day. Then let us not wish for delay in making our preparation for it, should we be among the marked trees for this year’s felling. Let us,^ before proceeding further into its trials, its temptations, its dangers. into increasing its burthens, its heavier responsibilities, its multiplied reckonings, its accumulating accounts of present and future added to the past ; yes, let us pause upon its t.reshold. and there reflect how best, prepared may encounter these difficulties. You will not presume to enter into a reckoning with God. Who amongst us will dare to take account o f the graces and favours of the last vear, beginning with the very moments of its time, and *he breathings by which we have num brred th^m. every one His free gift, going through the Pljoyment. o f whatever else belongs to life, and ending with the unceasing care o f our future being, through the spiritual blessings, outward and i»>ward, bestowed upon us; and then to s«t down against them what he may have done for God and for his own soul, and pronounce the balance eveD ? Not even hermit, nor martyr nor apostle would have presumed to do this. “ Cun man,” any o f these would have exclaimed, “ bojustified compared with God, or hn that is horn of woman appear clean ? Behold even the moon do»8 not shine, and the Btars are not pure in His sight. How much less man that is rottenness, and the son o f man that is a worm !” — (Job, xxv.)

What then remains for us to do hut copy the example of the debtor servant., who m^ets his master, and by fall ing down and beseeching indulgence, and time of payment, obtains the cancelling of his debt?— (VTatt., xviii.) I f every new year of our lives should be entered into with Solemn feelings, akin to those that accompany us into a holy place, i f the same obscurity o f the space before us, clearing only step hy step around us as we move on, the uncertainty whether each may not be our last, the consci ousness that it must be so, i f the heavenly Hand that sustains us be withdrawn, should nourish in us a sense of reverence and awe, like that felt by the Priests of the new Temple when filled with the awful cloud o f the Divine presence, let ns in the very porch, or between it. and the nnseen altar, prostrate ourselves, and “ weep, and say : spare, O Lord, spare Thv people, and give not Thine inheritance to reproach.”— (Joel, ii.) Let us here and now seek this Lord in fasting, and in weeping,and in mourning ; l « t us se- k H is face always during these days of atonement and reconciliation.

who know the suffering and deserving of their flocks, and enable them to relieve the deep distress o f the most indigent at. least. A id to the extent of your power some o f the many institutions which exist in our diocese for the care and suppo't of the poor, of orphans, o f widows, of tha aged, and of the p n i tent. “ Redeem your sins by almsgivine.” and thus further supply the difieiencies of your penitential exercises.

But amidst the distress o f the times, aad the sorrows o f this mournful season, there breaks upon us a ray of light which ItriDgs comfort and hope to the heart of every Christian. The word Peace has sounded gladly in our ears ; has echoed cheeringly through Europe. FIlesRed ho He who chose 'or one of His glorious titles that o f " Prince of Peace whose coming into the world was ushered in by unwonted, universal peace ; and who brought into it. for the first time, mutual love and reconciliation among men of good will. V\e earnestly entreat yon to second the efforts of statesmen by your earnest prayers. While they exert the power of their wisdom and experience in negociating treaties, do you ha>e recourse to the Throne of Grace, during the Exposition of the Most Holy Sacrament, and p ray the Almighty to withdraw Ilia scourge of war, and “ grant His peace to our times, that our hearts may be given up to the keeping o f His commandments, and tho fear o f enemies being removed, the times by His protection may he peaceful.”

For this purpose it is ordered by the Church that on the middle day of Exposition the Mass “ for Peace” shonld ba celebrated. And in furtherance of th's object, we e .jo in that the Collect for Peace (from the Missa pro pace) be recited in every Mass through Lent, unless this blessing shall have been in the meantime secured.

This thought of peace suggests to us the discharge of a pleasing duty. In a former Pastoral we spoke to you of the devotedness of our Chaplains in the East, the number o f whom, we rejoice to say, has for some time reached the full complement allowed us of fif een. Circumstances seem to call upon us to pay unwillingly a public tribute to another class o f labourers in the Haceldama of the Crimea, our humble hut laborious Nans, The charity which springs up suddenly in the world, and reflects credit on itself, the world will take care to requite, to honour by loud praise, to exalt by exclusive applause, to commemorate hy lasting monuments. The charity which, long nourished in the secret o f the cloister, has been for years silently exercised amidst the infected lanes and plaguestricken courts o f cities, and only changes its scene, not its objects, its intensity, nor its motives, when it braves the perils o f the sea to nurse the soldier instead of the pauper;— this is a virtue which neither asks, nor has reason to expect, even tbc passing tribute of one generous word, from those whose mouths are opened to praise charity. 4 his may have been painful to us, for it would have rejoiced us to witness any just and honourable manifestation o f feeling towards such untiring ministers o f religious charity ; but it is better for them, who look only to their Father who seeth in secret for their reward, and would shrink from receiving any portion even of it here below. But as this very silence, systematically observed, might -asily lead some of the Faithful to suppose that our p.ous Sisters of Mercy had abandoned the field of charity to secular z al, we have great consolation in assuring you that not only do they still continue their labours, both in the more distant hospitals, and in those at the seat of war, >o which they have been more lately called, but that additional numbers have just been sent out, to meet the increased demand, which experience o f their unremitting and efficient exertion has produced. Pray, then, for them, during this holy time, that God will give them strength to labour still, for His sole glory, and in the charity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

And now before concluding, let us say but a few words about ourselves. Last Lent we recommended to your prayers a matter affecting much our personal feelings, and causing us great anxiety. We cannot pass over this recurring opportunity of expressing our thanks to bo many of yon, who have kindly aDd liberally contributed towards diminishing the burthen cast upon ns hy that occurrence. We are unable to communicate these feelings individually, nor would we willingly make distinctions; hut we will rather thank God lor yon all, in the words o f the Apostle : “ that as in all things yon abound in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all carefulness ; moreover also in your charity towards us, so also in this grace you should abound.”— (2 Cor., v iii. 7.)

“ For the rest, brethren, rejoice, be perfect, take exhortation, be of one mind, have peace; and the God o f peace and love shall be with you.’’— (x iii. 11.)

Given in London, on the Feast of Our Lady’s Purifica tion, MDCCCLVI., and appointed to he road on Quinquagesima Sunday.

F. Can. Searle, Secretary.

N . Card. W iseman.

The Roman follow ing:—

ROME. Journal, of the 30th ultimo, has tho

I t is, indeed, for this purpose that the Church has not so much instituted, as perpetuated this fast, of Lent, that she has jealouslv preserved this Apostolic tradition engrafted on the example of Christ Our Lord. She could no more abolish it than she could the great festival ot Easter to which it leads, or that of Christmas which it follows. As sure as are, on one hand, the appointed successions of springtide to winter, through revolving ag *8, and on the other the promises of perpetual endurance to the Church, so sure is the return every year of this holy season, in which the wicked are roused from their torpor, the slothful are awakened from their slumbers, and the virtuous encouraged to improvement and perseverance.

And the Church knowing our weakness, dearly beloved in Christ has regulated our penitential duties, so that they should be neither capriciously severe, nor selfishly lenient.. She prescribes to us how much, and in what, manner we should fast and abstain. Nay, compassionating the peculiar weakness of our times, she condescends still more, and authorises us even further to r*-lax her ordinary rules, as we do by the authority delegated to us by the Holy See, in this present Indult.

“ Yesterday morning, at ten o’clock, the Pope repaired from the Vatican to the Chapel of Caravita, where he was received by the Reverend Father Bechx, General o f tha Society o f Jesus, hy the Provincial, the Rector of tne Roman College, and a great number of Fathers and pupils of tho institution. Hts Hobness then proceeded to the church, where he prayed for some time, and was next conducted fo the vestry. There a number of members of the society from every country in Europe attended, and were admitted to kiss his slipper. On quitting the Chapel o f Caravita bis Holiness went to the Monastery of St. Urhano. where his presence elicited great demonstrations o f jo y from tha Capnchins who inhabit it. The Pope afterwards drovo to the English College and the Pm College which ha himself founded. The Sovereign Pen i f f was rece.ved by Dr. Morris, Rector o f the English College, and by Doctor English, Rector of the Pio College. His Holiness appeared delighted with his visit. He highly commended the excellent order and merits o f each institution, and read with evident pleasure the epigraph containing the names o f forty Missionaries, who, having studied in the English College, subsequently shed their blood for the Catholic faith. The Superiors and pupils of the two colleges, and a number of recent converts, among whom were several belonging to the celebrated University of Oxlord, were allowed tokits the Pope’s slipper. He then took leave of the community, and returned to the Vatican.”

But if, in exacting the duty o f fasting, the Church shows hereof indulgent, she does not relax in her claims upon those obligations which have no plea for indulgence in the infirmity o f the flesh, hut depend on the willingness of the spirit. I f we cannot punish our boding by corporal austerity, we can strengthen our souls by holy exercises. We mav meditate, we may prav, we may attend the services of the Church, we mav frequent the Sacraments, we may visit Our Blessed Lord in His holy Tabernacle, but more especially in the places wherein He will he daily exposed to the public and more solemn adoration of His loving people. Enter into all these salutary Prac ; c88 8f devotion, during Lent, with increased, with tenfold devotion ; persevere in them through the whole Periof ; J f eek thusto purifv our hearts, and to consecrate the actions of the whole year to God, and He wil! make up to you whatever may be deficient in your austerity, through the infirmity o f your health. ,

But further, i f the “ vessels of the flesh be thus straitened, let the space of chanty he enlarged. Here, at least, we need not be afraid of exciting you to excess. The claims o f domestic requirements, of health, of comforts of the world, will make themselves heard sufficiently loudly and eloquently for us to fear being too energetic in exhorting you to acts of mercy aDd charity, to abundant almsgiving. Urgent and unusual zno'ives for this duty present themselves to us. I he war which came so suddenly upon us has added new weight to the calamities of the poor, so that the very necessaries of life can scarcely be procured by them.

Pearly-beloved childr^ Christ, pour o f your abundance, abundantly, into tne hands o f your faithful Priests

A letter from Rome, of the 22nd ult., says “ The Pope yesterday celebrated the holyday o f Saint Agnes in the church ded caced to her in the P iazza. Navone. The Academy of the Propaganda, in honour of the Lpiphany, held its annual fete, of languages on the 13th and The object of these fetes is to celebrate ia poetry and prose, iu all the languages of the world, the my ^ ery fhe adoration o f the M a g i ; but, in order to avoid the monotony o f the same subject treated year after year for centuries, one o f the most striking religious events of the year is selected. Thus, last year, the adoption of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was celebrated, and this year the subject chosen was the providential escape of the Pope, the Cardinals, and the pupils of the Pr opaganda in the accident on the 12th of April in the Monastery o f St. Agnes. This interesting treated with a good deal of spirit and variety. 'lb ® '“ rs'1 poem read was in Hebrew, and dwelt on the of Satan at the danger of the Pontiff and the pupils, ^be secon was a hymn in ancient and modern Chaldean on the saving of the Pope. Then were r