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D u m VOBIS GRATULAM U R , AN IM OS ETIAM ADDIMUS U T IN INCCEPTIS V E STR IS CONSTANTER M ANEATIS.

From the B r i e f o f H is Holiness to T h e T a b l e t , f a n e 4, 1870.

Voi. 36. No. 1592. L ondon, O ctober 15, 1870.

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[R kg is tered a t th e G en e r a l P o st O pfice a s a N ew spaper.

C hronicle op t h e W eek: : The

Holy Father.— The Roman Plébiscite.— The Siege of Rome. Germany, Napoleon, and the Pope. — The Zouaves.— Cardinal Mattel. R .I .P .— “ Cives Romani Sumus. * — The New Roman Press.— The Italian Post-office.— S. P. Q. R — — Our Italian Letter.— Paris.— The Protest.— A Catholic Congress.— The Church in Germany.— Lord Acton.— Labuan.— Russia.— &c. . 477 L e a d e r s :

Circular Letter of our Holy i ather

Pius IX to the Cardinals . . 481 Catholic Protests before Action . 481 The Roman Imposition . . . 483 Garibaldi Redivivus . . . 483 Marriage Law Amendment, Ireland 484 English Administrations and

C O N T E N T S

Catholic Interests: X .— Mrs Fitzherbert ....•• 4^4 T h e A nglican M ovem ent :

Failure of the Irish Protestant

Sustentation Fund.—TheReason t h e r e o f ....................................4^5 R eview s :

The Life o f S. Patrick, Apostle of

Ireland . .

. . 486

Macmillan’s Magazine . . . 488 Bible Difficulties . . . . 488 S hort N o t ic e s : The Ecclesiastical

Record.— A Catechism of the History o f England.—The Elementary Educational Act .... 489 C o r r e s pondence:

The Papal Zouaves . . . 490 The Praying Legion . . . 490 The Prophecy of O rval. . . 490 Letters on False Christs.— T. . 490

C orrespondence (continued);

The Rights of the Zouaves . . 491 Protest against the Spoliation of the Holy See .... 491 L e t t e r from R ome ; Will the Pope

Remain ?— The Papal Troops.— The Situation.— The coming Crisis. —The Plebiscite.— End of the Plebiscite. — Siege Damages. — No Peace as yet.—The Cardinals and Religious. — Roman Princes. — Prussia and the Revolution.— The Jesuits: the Journals.— Local . 493 Roman Items and Incidents . . 494 The Opinion of a Protestant on the

Roman Invasion .... 495 R ecord of th e C ouncil : The

German Bishops and the Fulda Pastoral.— The Bishop of Beverley on Infallibility .... 495

D io cesan N ews : Westminster .... • 497

Southwark .... • 497 Birmingham .... • 497 Northampton. . . * • 49S Scotland.— Western District . . 498 I r eland ........................................ F oreign N ews : . 498

I ta ly : How to make “ Roma

Capitale.”— Roman Satisfaction. — The Italian Soldiers in Rome. What is making festa at Rome ? 498 T he Wa r ................................... 500 M em oranda :

Religious : United Prayer by Chil­

dren for the Pope . . . 501 E ducational.......................................501 L ite rary............................................... 591 Weather and Health . . . 502 G en er a l N ews . . . . 503

C H R O N I C L E O F T H E W E E K .

THE HOLY

FATHER. O '

.U R Roman correspondent’s latest des­

patch assures us that the Pope is well in health, but has never left the

Vatican, and has refused to receive any one connected with the Italian invasion. The correspondent

•All out of such a It is the case of the

A letter from Rome, dated Oct. 6, comes t0 hand late in the week> and confirms what we have already stated. It says: I he result

01 Bie plebiscite was so easy to foresee that it is scarcely worth recording that 40,000 votes in the affirmative were registered. O f these three-fourths were strangers from other patts of Italy, whose expenses there and back were paid for n *av Series. Vol. IV. No. 101

this purpose by the municipal Giunta; very few respectable Romans voted, as the act incurred the major excommunication, and even many o f the liberals thought twice before taking such a step and bringing a curse into their houses. The “ sovereign people ” was represented by all the “ roughs,” the disreputable classes, and the artizans. The number o f the honest poor who refused to vote was very large, and in the “ Monti ” the people cn masse protested and refused to vote, illuminate, or take any part in the proceedings unless they were allowed to vote against the annexation, which they were advised not to do to avoid collision. In the hospitals the sick and the dying were polled on the threat o f curtailing their comforts. One poor wretch in S. Spirito, who had been anointed and received the viaticum, was induced to vote on the promise o f his child being cared for, and died a few hours afterwards in despair at having incurred the excommunication. A number of* excellent persons, whose names prudence forbids us to mention, but who will be honourably known in better times, also refused to vote. In the Finance Office not one employe voted, in spite o f the threats o f withdrawing their pensions due under the Pontifical Government. The same has been the case in most o f the public offices. The worst element has been the shopmen o f the establishments in the English quarter (an honourable exception may be made for Spithover’s and Piale’s library), the mezzo-ceto,and thelawyers, doctors,and chemists, and, sad to say, a certain number o f the nobles, with Duke Gaetani and Princes Doria and Fiano at their head.

We learn from reliable information that a de-

r e a c t io n . cicje(;j r e a c t j o n amongst the people against the revolution has already set in. Thousands o f young men in employments o f various kinds residing in Rome during the last 10 years have received orders to-day to draw for the conscription. Among others several servants o f the Irish College, the Villa Santi, Villa Poniatowski, and other public and private establishments. The abolition o f the tariff and duties on provisions hasnot lowered theprice o f anything, and save shabby newspapers, everything seems dearer than ever! Our informant also says that the emigrants too, who hoped to carry the municipal elections, and put their own men into the Giunta, have been greatly outraged at Cadorna havingoccupied the Campidoglio during the voting, and prevented all republican voters from approaching the urn. Montecchi one o f the most notorious revolutionists now, has protested against what he calls tire military tyranny, and left Rome to stir up the Mazzinian clubs elsewhere and agitate for the Republic.

THE SIEGE 01'

ROME.

Another letter from our Roman Correspondent dated Sept. 14, and giving an account o f the siege of Rome, only reached us on Wednesday last, the 1 2th instant. Most o f the news is superseded • but we extract a few items that are still o f interest. The Italians