The Press.
London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

MODERN POPISH MIRACLES.

" miraculous " isitxtion, which in France has
given rise to a new legend and a new institution,
under the title of "Our Lady of Salette," is now re-
commended to the pious and benevolent Roman
Catholics of Great Britain. Even on the Continent
the story was somewhat too incredible to go down
comfortably. The French police are said to be on the
track of the woman who personated the Virgin Mary
when appearing to the two peasant children whose
report first originated the modern miracle. Sundry
suspicions are also existent respecting an innkeeper
at palette, whose worldly fortunes have indeed pros-
pered to a remarkable degree, from the influx of
visitors and pilgrims which the legend has attracted
to the locality. Notwithstanding these doubts and
dangers, and in spite of the outrageous triviality and
incredibility of the original story, it was adopted by
the late Bishop of Grenoble, for whom the excuse of
utter dotage might justly be pleaded, and through
his intervention represented in such colours to the
Vatican that it received the infallible sanction of the
Pope. Thus finally adopted as an article of the
Homan Catholic faith, the visitation of Our Lady of
Salette was made the centre of a new association,
and the medium for exciting the pious feelings of
the faithful and the contributions of the wealthy.
The same advantages and gains are now to be se-
cured in England, according to a species of encycli-
cal letter in which the Roman Catholic Bishop of
Birmingham, under the guise of granting the peti-
tion of a certain Mr. Alfred .1. Dayman, gives his
episcopal sanction to the establishment of a "branch
establishment " in the same business in England
and Wales. his " lordship's " letter is published
in the Tablet of Saturday last :

" IN THE CHAPEL OF NOTRE DANE DR ILA SALETTE, AT

STRATFORD-O\•AVUN.

" William Bernard, bv the grace of God, and the favour
of the Apostolic See, bishop of liirmingliam, to all by
whom these presents shall be heard or read, health and
benediction ni the Lord.

" taken into our consideration the petition ad-
dressed to us by 11w Rev. Alfred .1. Dayman, missionary
priest at Stratford-on-Avon, praying us that ue would
canonically erect in the chapel of Notre Dame de la
lette of the said mission a pious association of prayers
and good works under the title of ' Our Lady of Reconci-
liation of La tiabite; '

" Having diligently considemd the devout ends contem-
plated by this association, and the tenour of the brief of
our Holy Father Pius IX., of date September the nth,
IKe2, whereby the Stoereign Pontiff emits into an arch-
caufrateniity the pious assciat• of Our Lady of Ileeon•
ciliation of La Salette,' established in the sanctuary of
that Hume in the diocese of Grenoble, in France:

" Hui ing moreover in view the design of humming more
and more the ever-hlessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
and of manitesting our confidence in the efficacy of invoking
her intercession tinder the title of 'Our Lady of Recoil-
ciliation of La Salette,' and of opening to the faithful of
our thoce:,e a new means of obtaining the grace and Mess-
ipso tit Almighty Lied, especially a the evayeraltal of 1,111-

1

SEPTEMBER 17,1853.

~'lr;tiu,

shall tin

oodwork uC Nllv *CI clijtrif-y

tier, to repentance, of such as are sealed in error to the
truth, in the reparation of all blasphemies af.niiiist
against His saints. against hoh things. of the neglect of
iik holy law, anti the lows of the Church, especially the
sanctification of the Sunday, mid of all the (Times, sacri.
Irv*. anil abandonment of the duties of religion, which
Ining the sin►ur►tes of iiisl upon Hls people ;
Anil With the full aSSUrallee that this pious G*4014116011
wiU COligriblite. L1111)1101 thtl mercy of God soil the inter-
►a•ssiou of the ever.blesiusl and immaculate Mary our
:limiter, to tisol.thlue glory and the salvation of souls;

"11• e lieveliv, and through these presents, ervet in the
A *oresaitl of Notre I lame debt Salette. at Stratford.
the Assoeilation of Obbr Lail or Reetinei!lotion Of
La Sakite, and we depute the Rev. Altivil Dayniata,
missionary priest sit that *impel. to establish this pioutt
confratcruity. and to direct the wont: its culiforattit) with
10:WILMAJ
W.' with( 'rise the sa6l.lirectur of thin ooufiuter.abity
to obtoili it aggregation with the areheourraternity sir La
Salette, with the view of obtaining ftbr the association
those Command indulge:mow which either have been or
111 ty granted to it by the Holy See, and a ptirtiviindion
iu the prayers mud good, works of the association.
tbiy.tn :at Hir ghtun, antler our bawl and geld, mad
flit` si!-N.klitax+ or our ,wercuuy, the uti, tiny of August,

118 WlLLitm liEKNAllit,
itliS NOP Ilk 1111011 \ WWI
"It,; command of tiq Luvil Itishoth
" 1.:104a EsTvounT, Seervtary:

Then follow,: ru► enuuteratio►► of the indulgenees
grnnt:+d by the brief of bis Holiness to the member.,
of those " pions ssociat ions" formed iu fiance or
elaewliere of Onr Lady of keeoneilialii.ll Saletto:—
"
"1. The day of 1141114614 mi as su messiah..

" 9. Ou tlrt Loth I.f Soptetulter, rot tho Fetv4 of duo Anniver-
Fury of the Aplntriti.m, or on the Sunday follouing, provided
the:, buying eonfe•: tell, the it,gitelitt4 eonunnuieate tot.l de.
the el.ll:Yit or or ttory 111 the Wir.414•11111.14,. and pray for
the illielitis"4 of bit* t.44)VerttiglllPuittilC
" :t. At the moment of death. on fulfilling the ab,ove
ruudi-
tluu.: or. If this .9unot he, on invoking flint the heart, when
it etostiot ,Inno by 11w mouth, the holy name of Jelin*.

" 11. I ligliklat.lll.l., I tiiiiinititiiii.S. thed
Airdtaap Lim Itishop, b virtue of the Apostolic 1)60;
Lgcd .%u2tt,t 26, 1552. on the following Ceasts:•—
"I. 03 No% ember 21, the Feast of the Presentation of the
Wes Vir2ln.

." 9. (1u FUhruitay 4, FesaL of the Puritivetioo of the lileheed

Oil Var. 1,..a.t ..f the id'
ay it he the or.lilltlr‘

t►u July 10. Fourts ul Our Lady vP IlouuS Caned. Vru.
'vkleil av 6.41.1.0.

111. l enlul cur w of mixt" .IN}•9 every time that tbtl &SKI-Wit/ICS

" All iirlol.teueem are sprheable to the poor tienht lu
pumit..ry."

Accompanyity! these papal anal episcopal missiiws
is n letter from the favoured missionary priest, A.. 1.
Dayman, eoneholing with the customary and signi-
Ile3nt hint tonehinc; contributions :
" lierosy anal sin are busily at work here, as they have
lwen for three g.nierat hills past. The parsons have lately
laid the show of sot opposition temple near us. the foun•
lotion of whielt seems, from the muddy state of the wil-
tiler, to have been as slippery as that on which their pre-
juditws are based. lint. we are safely folded beneath her
mant!.A. :mai hollly wo bear beflare us her banner, who, ter-
rible as al/ army in anus. lots alone dettiqed all heresies.
The mission, while yet in its holy mother's womb, was
coulee tied to her on the altar of La saktto: and the mi•
vita •,;,.(l sister (to wl favours were by no means
confined ON the 1114111110 is kind enough to tell me, that, in
units with the priests of the 111'W sanctuary, she never
ceases el.uly to lift op her hands for the auceess and pre-
ttervati 111 l of it. Mn we fear nothing, awl, hope oil things.
Any person may be enrolled 1,4 111411111 Cr by sending his or
her name ( children.aresalmitted) to the convent, or to the
director of Stratford. Alms are not specified by the lloly
Father, looftliiy will be nil less propitiative to the donors
than'Ariceptible to your humble and much obliged servant.
" A LvitED J. 1 'Atli 1,4."

Thi4 rev. gentleman was, it is said, not long since
a member of Oxford l'niveesity, where he practised
as a private tutor, and 'Ms also an examiner of
schools.

THE finnßs AMorNT OF LAND TAX IN INDIA on
all pultliebtrads watered by irrigation from the several
briMelies of the Jumna Canal is shown by a recent
return to Parliament. It appears that on 992 square
miles of the Delhi division irrigated at the time of
settlement, the population per square mile was 313.
anti the Government revenue DM rupees. On 23
square miles irrivated since settlement the popula-
tion was 261. and the revenue 741 rupees per square
mile. The land revenue for that district in 101949
was 20,00,541 rupees; in 114504 it was 24.21,760
rupees—an increase of 4,15,215 rupees. On 276
square miles of the Meerut division irrigated at the
time of settlement the population was 607, and the
revenue 1,150 rupees per square mile. On 221 square
wile,: irrigated since settlement the population was
211, and the revenue 1,101 rupees per square mile.
The land revenue in this district in 1010-241 was
14.041,772 nupee', and in 114511-1, :18,49,151/ rupees—
increase. 13.117,4•23 rupees.

THE Marro Polo arrived in the Mersey nn Tuesday
front Port Phillip with 54,101 minces of gold, valued
at shout 1:10,001. This ship only sailed front Liver-
pool on her Gutward voyage six months since, and her
tweedy return is considered a wonderful feat in
Wks.

THE PRESS.

fort* nina golanial lititiligutt.

PRWATE CORRESPONDENCE.

PAitts, Scptoubpr la.

On Saturday last tho Emperor anti Empress
returned to St. Cloud from lhoppe. 1)11 Ntontlay
their Aluiesties assisted at representation of 1.,.$
Ilayaenots at the tirtuld ()pont, which opoied on Lind
night for the h4.4a.aop. The Queen Christine occu-
pied the box opposite to that of the Kitittetor and
Empress. with her two daughters and the !hike the
Rhin/Ares. Thee Duke of .1111 a mut the Prince
.14.Toino in the box of the bitter, shove the iunploi-
theatre, were prestuat. Thu Niniater of War, Marahal
dr Saittb..lxpattld ; M. Foald, Mtatswr of State ; M.
do hisselett; Atitbasswitir eef Itits,tia; t ;eneral Nur
vac/ ; and the representatiAoti of the different foreign
l'ourte. assisted also at thu representation.

'llwix Cabala Councils hate kw,' held this week at
Cloud. The attain& of the East. aud the bona)
question of State reapeetiutz the harvest, and the eoru
markets., are said to lime produced tench animated
iliseitssiou, and the .thailitd or was aittliori*At to cots
tradiet officially the report that the tio‘crunient had
been buying np in foreign Oats tiir the purliose
of throwing it upon the home markets. 'Chi. 111 tun-
eipal Council of the Seiur, iu its sittaug held to-day,
have decided its

"The Connell, taking into consisieratisat the memorial
of the Nth Sept., of this instant, by which the Prefect
the seine deuirl•% that s tieliberati ttt shoals! Lake ph„., rti
to the utessures us.evp.sary kl Ix' laktiliu the 11,44:11.10 of
the hilliAltul pupululiuu. uu thu of thy• juriviimil
price of eon, tukil !hair ;
-Considering tlu►t it is the duty of the Iluitieiral .1.1-
ministration to provide against the necessities created by
the rise of htr•ad in Paris ;

" Outshining that die I'n•feet 1111% 1111.1.11.41 y, witl►
the view of assisting the mass of the 1.1911111% HIM intnilll..l
the pries fixed I*.irhn,ul at.ata figure less than the
of Haar &a• the first Ga•utiallt of Septelubf.r ;
I. 'ottsidering that euWl,et►saliva ulti•ry wif u. II z,
111C11.104 pnaltteitig the sllliklksi iut narenirurr ;
t',wriak•aiug that, wlaate►er nut) Ix the 'shwa liefiui
lively aihiptett, it suffices fur the nitlllll ut ill nallki. aalvtutee,.
of Itatketx in Park, ill the pritimitiitth
existiug I%•tweeze the e"ti awl that of Pi evuta.
kilogramme, which is indicated as the maximum ;

" etantittering that any measure would itioperfeetotnit
would not attain the °Neil proposoil, %ere it not extetuled
to the puristics of the tivpartinctit of the Sonar, awl that
it is expedient to make to doll' the M1%41114'4 14 l .111411
rate to their %ants, the right a n•git
lartainv,o the ulterior position of thew phinlaip..:
. _

" It is tiett.lllllll.4 that tin Of the Stine is audio
ritwol to uutke the necessary 'Advilnee", to the 4'orporation
111. 11:1/11.1S 111111 11/ 1111' 11111'1,411'S 111. flit d4•putiutout all
Seine to tower fiat ditti•rt+uu• which 1114) Mri.e betwceu 11,
ethit price stul Ilia of 111 cents. per kilograu ttttt • of bread
front the Ist of September hull.
(Signed) " President.
" E. M/111E111., Seerctaty.,,

From Friday next, the 111th, the price of bread in
Paris will not be raised, but will continue for bread
of the first quality at. tO vents. per kilogramme, and
for bread of the second quality at 32 cents, rev kilo
gramme.

By this means the 'mowing fears of the lower
dosses in Paris *ire allayed, and public order
guaranteed hom the danger of starving mobs
and when corn becomes more cheap the bread
will he allowed to maintain its price, to reum•
nerato the bakers for their present sacrifice, or
to repay the municipality for the advances now made.
A regular line of steam communieation is to be
established between Havre and Australia. Up
this time emigrants and others have been obliged
go to London to embark for Australia.. This stale
of things, so prejudicial to French interests, could
not exist for ever. A company has been formed for
thin service. The first departure will take place Irian
Havre in Oetober next, and will conflate sll4•Ces-
rively every month.
M. Regnault, librarian to the Conseil &Etat. going
to Constantinople, had the honour, un his %isiiing
Athens, of being presented to king Mho, and of
offering to his Majesty a copy of his " History of lite
Conseil d'Etat," and the translation of Lord Ityron's
poem on "The Isles of I ireece."
Their Majesties will leave Paris on Thursday, the
t 2nd of September, for Arras, where they will skip.
On the 2:lrd they will go to Lille, posing through
Donal and Valenciennes.

They will poet this slay of the at Lille.
The .45th they will iMit the e;11111/ I.l' lielfaut, anal
aleep at St. Omer.
Inth they will go to flmk,rk, awl sleep at
('alai'.

The lith they sill proceed to Ittiulogne, where
they will pass the night.
The ttstlt their Majesties will kit Amiens, and re
main the night. _

The 29th'ilie Emperor and Empresii will return to
ruish

4M

Preparations on the most nuutnitieent settle are
maliu4 at Lille for the n.s.optiott or the Emperor.
Out of the 1:i41,11014% %idea by the Munieilsal coati
ca. '25,01101'. hew been .4et for
title to the %boor. Throughout tits. ehols. of the
euett.4 are being envied for !lag., mist
exteusite apparatus for burning the t.liwtrio
light. The hull mom, mliielt hav been ereete,l at
the Hotel de Ville, iv eviculate,i
ootuntottato !AIM Itersois,. Tho Porte ~ l'ark,
monument of tilt' etstisisie,L of 11;w,, tin, 1.,.,.11 ruin
plotely eleatted tullit n 11tain.l. Tho tent torepartni
the Emperor, and in whit+ the 11101 ill ptr.ent hi.
iklikieStY WI the he) of the tit), Iv .aid to be a chif
d warn-.

A meeting of the mitgar itterrhatit I'M 1144.11 belt'
at nonak 141 4114leVit aeon the Illit•Willl*P• 101% isi.lllto
. 1.
tutople.l tinier to draw the nittms4ott of the
Khil'en't* t" the 41111ieet of the iiitlivetiott, I Iseotroot 1
sugar un his llasNagi. illnltigh Lille. It N tioeltti'll
thin 4sl"..ry ..11g$11' 111111111111101,11 VI• or 'INr mirth ims
Ottlitilss Kill'llllllslllliotl II) lit,' N irk 'twit. on His.
4N) 111 lilt, Ansi% al of the Emperor. 511111 shut. then ittiil
there, the eitititlisittiiin of the ditties I.„,vigu
100WIt awl iutligestolis hitgar ,betlt potitioned tor.
Tilt` Moilifpeltr elaUuiu. tilt+ article.: N von% maims
uurveil upslu hetutiett Frailty twit the 1 utit.,l Stitupt
regulukitig the Ettuotious, itttritittitims, Nud pri% %lege,
lit the ...gist& of their respeethe
tllo.i.l* in Ito wanner front 51111. own. This viiiiventilm
Nit* Itlsllslllslo4l Ihr ...1.4t11 February, 1P45:1, awl ex
chaugett 11111 .‘titztett., the sumo )tutr, lietut.ett NI.
Is. $lO Sari': e.. sill the pull uI Frump, unit Mt'.
Etkara Etturett, tut the putt of the I Satre. sit'

Thu tsofusai of tho Czar to iiisssistit
mule by the the litsfr 411 the four
lltasioN. although it lists fisrishtallisil till tho Boors,.
and creawd a futile, lartiiittellig It 1.11111.111 11IaHd
ctitnuitreiul Nil's. Mittl) 11l t 4.1%11.1' a. 'Well
and gratis itptirtsituitsiotas hail` been
exeileti tot the IN tee tit' II 4.‘ett Ilitotight
Etightittl, smiler this t llldallre ul borti
Aiscrilisou, inlay !Wild Illir Ileet 111141 Ills. Ilairitattisllss.
isoisreis this Mlllll4ll to isompli with this Itu..iuu ii,
1113114iN n. .pueilied ill the alriginal tilde of

Septetillor

The 11oy al Fateil) have returned to tow 11, 11111ing
terminated their tour through the provinces, stool
things have resmatoil the ordinary aspect of ever) day
lt,itiesa. A sle!lot indisposition prevents the King
fl'lllll his rhil.hou to Namur, the last
lowa .I,•%.i.¶llilit'al u, that programme, and detaining
hint at. Lao ken. This royal pro:4ms* may IN eunsi
tiered L. 111111. 61441 It %WITS..., unol Ihr polar air loyally
belongs to Lit ge, the town the most iliffieult to be woe
to Royalist ((((( stratifies. '!'he festivities urge
nixed at LiAgo had quite at distiuguish.wl character,
and were inotitell by u thoorionglily popular manifes
tati 'II, which 20,5 Hi workmen presented to the
Duke of Brained two splendid laurels, bought 11) the
pmdtieti of si suloseription at tilt centimes, and it hiclo
hail alrenoly been solo! for the Crystal holies. ut
Sydenliant. In the evening a dinner, at which the
princes tissistisl, assendoleol all the tenability, whit.'
eistrative, professional, and industrial, sat the pro
vilest. I know that thin King was profoundly moved
by the testimony of loyalty there exhibited.
Tide popular lestivity will laughs again in Septet,'
her '4:l for the anniversary of the revulution lectio.
Tina anniveneiry is preserved, though I tun inliormed
that foreign powers are very Kt...sing in 'elms -sting
its abolition. It is prooloable the Belgian tiovent
meet will INS obliged 1.1/ this reoiue.t. The
greatest difficulty lies in the lota that the abolition
would require a legislative decision.

11161511
Illliother very important fact to common
cafe. 1 Irmo, to pairS/A1 Ui fll/111 1111. 14 0111111%1.111.
Itltieetns tlint the convents 111 this country have re
Kokos' to sell all, or this greaten! Part. "I. their "r)
considerable real properties, and itnest the 11111111.)
in ',oldie fonds end aide Arial share,. Flll. the
country the would 'Hive a polities' no
liortitiare, iu gi%ing the moments, ill another forty,
the civil per.nnalitr they have so lung iiiistiecessfully
chinned. The Swims in their 1111111 k 'Willi{ payable
to the lwitrer, they would Is. at liberty 111 111'I With
themnevi wiling to their own Wish, Willie dit being
,oblitted to ri.cer IA) the inii•tsentiiin of a third person,
as the convents, not being civil 'ormolus. nee' 'riling 10
law, cannot Irlls.l-.4 ruOliiiitt by 11.111,eheN• The
affair has another importance. As the itittilvatio
has liiiiibtletat not I Wril deride/I NSW Wallluut au
order front Howe, it is probable it will I,u a general
one, anil shows wither little faith in the integtit3
real proiwrty, or a great vonti•letiee ill penman!. A
new confiscation of church propettie, for the benefit
of the State, as reread) seen in Sartliuial wuuhl be
Wllr godered portly impaosiblv.

462

The story of the tin boxes prepared by the Belgian
Government for conveying to Antwerp State papers
and money, in case of an invasion from France, as
announced by the Globe, in a letter from Brussels,
has given great amusement here. Our Government
is unhappily not so farsighted as was supposed by
the Globe corrrespondent; and we are almost con-
vinced here that, in case of war, we must blot out of
the list of our allies the King of Holland, who con-
tinues to be coquetting with his good friend at
Paris.

_
Serious fears appear to be apprehended in
Holland fur the day when the new law on public
creeds will be published. It is said that a great
Protestant and anti-constitutional manifestation is

preparing at Utrecht. A impular song is circulated
all over Holland, reminding the King that the de-
vice of his ancestors ran, "My sword is ay right,"
and pressing on him► to overthrow tic constitution.

The Moniteurhaa published a mood note deny-
ing that We French tiovenqoant ham been buying
corn. It admits, however, that it entered into
arrangements in England six weeks back for 4111,1100
hectolitres of wheat, intended for the annual supply
of the army and navy. The note further declares
that it. has no intention whatever of interfering in
any way in an operation relative to corn. Notwith-
standing this official declaration, the Sthle has since
announced that the system of head-tickets which was
employed in 10411 is to be again used in l'aris for the
second fortnight of September.
ntelligenee front Marseilles announced on Monday a
fall of about :If. the hectolitre of wheat, in consequence
of the great number of vessels which had arrived.
That port communicates by railway only with
Avignon. The navigation of the Maine and Sainte
has, however, of late years assumed so considerable
a development that the corn which arrives at
Marseilles may be tnutsported without any very
great delay to the centre and north of France.
There are not less than twenty steam companies
on the lthime and Sainte, in possession of ninety-
four boats, of 14,3111 horse-power. Owing to the
receipt of warlike tidings front the East, the price of
corn has since risen again 20. per hectolitre in the
Marseilles market.

During Ins residence at Dieppe, the Emperor ap-
pointed a commission to examine and submit to him
the improvements of which the harbour was sus-
ceptible. His Mkiesty approved the plan proposed
by that commission, and ordered the works to be im-
mediately commenced. They are to be completed in
three years, and to cont 2400,000 f.
Orders have been issued by the Minister of Marine
for the building of a new ship in the port of Roche•
fort. This vessel, which is to be called the Intrepid,
will be constructed entirely on the model of that
fawns ship, the Napoleon.
A decree in the Ilioniteur suppresses the additional
duty (surtax') imposed by the decree of March 17,
045:1, on ir►n ore imported into France in foreign
vessels.
A decision of the Minister of Finance fixes, from
September 11, the interest on Treasury bonds as
follows per cent. for bonds of from three to five
mouths to run ; :1 per cent. on those of from six to
eleven months; and at 3i per eeut. for those of
twelve mouths.
The Gazette de France states that the hopes
which were entertained of a fusion between the
two branches of the Bourbons are at an end. Ac-
cording to that journal, an attempt which had
been made at Claremont by seine distinguished
Orleanists to induce the members of the family of
the late King to take the only steps for fusion which
would be agreeable to the other branch has entirely
fails t.
The last news from Algiers is to the sth instant.
The whiny was perfectly tranquil. All the infor-
mation received from the interior declares that the
cotton cr►p of this year promises to be exeeedingly
due.
t RMAN Y.

The Austrian tiovennuent has published the follow%
inu notification in the Vienna Gazette :

" A telegraphie despatch bats reached the Government ?tm
Lieutenant Field Marshal I 'ul onini. tknertior et the Sento'
Woiatsisehaft. stating that the litingarian regalia hate been dis-
vet ered near brsoN 11. *here they lay buried. 'ow i•pm. II of St.
Stephen, with the orb. cross• sword, And sceptre• are Walking's'''.
The Governor has taken measurer for vont...yin); hither thew•
insignia, under titling escort, by the steamer Albrreht."
The precious relics are uninjured; and thus the
Austrian Goveniment itself vindicates the Hungarian
insurgent leaders from the charge of having con-
verted to surreptitioua uses the ancient regalia of the
kingdom.
The harvest is good thr►ughout Austria. The
rice crop in the Italian provinces is magnificent.
The grand military manoeuvres in Pnissia, favoured
Ll• most auspicious weather, commenced on the I tth
inst. at and aroluid the defiles of Tapslorl, on the
high road from Berlin to Frankfort on Oder.
The police of Berlin paid domiciliary visits on the
Eth mbt. to about twenty persons who had Aetna as