The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-01 00:00:00

ARCHIIISHOP MARNHO ON THE TEMPORAL

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A pastoral letter of the Temporal Power was
read yesterday in the churches and chapels of the Archie-
piscopal dismiss of Westminster. Concluding it, Dr. Man-
ning says :
Rome and its provinees are offerings "scrod to God
and His shurob. The usurpation of them is not robbery
alone, but sacrilege. Such is the cause now before
a judgment higher than that of conference and con-
gress. The Sovereign Pontiff is invited to abdicate, or at
least to cede his divine right of sovereignty, that he may
receive it back by human concession, and on sufferance ;
that is, to be no more master but tenant at will. He has
answered, " We cannot ;" the cause is beard, and sen-
tence mast be given. But we shall not perhaps see the
event. If Rome were occupied to-morrow by armed
bends, and the Vicar of our Lord were in exile, this would
not be the award but the wrong upon which judgment is
prayed. It may tarry for awhile, but it v. ill surely come.
Whether by the scourge of revolution, or by the wasting
of interline strife, or by. the cons ehion of European war,
or by more direct and visible intervention of God weknow
not ; but that the spoliation it all be followed by restitution
we surely know. The lame flood has already swept, again
and again, over the Holy See. It has been submerged even
for years, but baa always Arleen again, even more powerful
than ever. The ki ms and empires which now sur-
round it will be a page in history when the sway of the
Pontiffs shall yet be young. For this we may be derided
as detainers : but so were cotemporaries of Clement VII.,
S. Gregory VII., S. Leo III.; and so were the companions
of the apostles, and so were the disciples of our Divine
Nester. For near twenty years Plus IX. has stood inflexi-
ble in the midst of menace and of temptation. Eva/ kind
of compromise and concession has been proposed to indute
him .o betray his two-fold trust. The sovereignty both
spir; teal and temporal committed to him is the embodi-
ment and the guarantee of the Christian social order,
and of the consecration of the civil powers of the
world. To separate them would be to desecrate the govern-
ment cl nations. Therefore the whole weight of the assault
is made upon bite. If only he would abdicate his contact
with the temporal government of society, the last bond
between Christianity and society would be dissolved. For
this cause all visions of imaginary good are set before
him. All who aim at excluding the action and supremacy
of the Christian faith and of the Christi,n church from
the sphere of government labour to overthrow the tempo-
ral power of the Pope. But God does not return upon His
steps, 110 T will He suffer His church to be turned back-
ward in its mission to the world. Its destinies are as yet
only in part accomplished. The Vicars of Jesus Christ
will not withdraw from *outset with the nations of the
world, nor from the direction of their corporate life.
They have only began their toil in guiding the Christian
order of Europe, as the centre of a vaster commonwealth
of nations which shall hereafter touch upon the sunrise
and the sunset. But this moment is once more a time of
danger and of conflict ; and your prayers are needed to
radian the hands of our guide and head, which are always
lifted up in intercession for the church and for the world.
We therefore appoint as follows :-1. On Rosary Sun-
day let the chief mass, if possible, be offered in behalf of
the Holy Father and for his intentions ; and let each
priest, en that or the first free day, offer the holy sacrifice
once, and the faithful offer their communion with the
Name intention. 2. Let the Blessed Sacrament be exposed
after the chief mass, and the Miserere and Litany of the
Saints be recited. 3. In the afternoon or evening let the
Rosary be recited by the whole congregation, and be fol-
lowed by promotion and benediction. 4. Let the faithful
be instructed by the priests at the chief mass as to the in-
tentions of this solemn act of intercession. Finally, we
commend you to the prayers of the immaculate Mother of
God, through whose ever prevailing intercession we hope
to obtain from the sacred heart of her divine Son the
accomplishment of this our fervent desire and trust. And
may the God of Hope keep you always in His holy fear
and in the multitude of peace.
Given at Westminster on the Feast of S. Matthew, in
the year 1866 ; and ordered to be read in all churches and
chapels of the diocese on Sunday the 30th of September.
;.•4 HINBT itrmusa. Archbishop of Westminster.
Jowt CAISON MORRIS, Secretary.

A pastoral letter, by the Roman catholic Bishop
of Southwark (Dr. Grant), with a similar object, was also
mad yesterday morning in the various catholic churches in
his diocese. In referring to the present ci:ticsd position
of the Pope , the right reverend gentleman ' The
faithful children of the church are full of anxiety when
they think of the position of his Holiness, who is their
Spiritual Father on earth. They hear day by day of the
different plans and calculations that are formed respec.ing
him, and the small span of territory on which he dwells.
But they do not find in these plans any that promise help
or support, or even consolation to him. If his children
are troubled by these thoughts, their surprise is even be-
yond their trouble. Events have passed so rapidly in our
times that their history seem* already to belong to solve
remote and ancient period. They who were beginning
life twenty years ago hear with wonder that at that
date lived a pontitt wheee Ant act, when he had
been, after a abort conclave, given to the church, was
to open the prisons, and giTe freedom to those who had
been once, and were to be again, the enemies of his throne.
When his subjects believed that the institutions of other
countries would offer new rules and principles of govern-
ment to his states, he yielded with fatherly confidence in
their loyalty and in their justice and obedience.
Great indeed must be the wonder of those who hear
the story of his reign and are told that after he
had desired eagerly the happiness of his people, had
toiled for their prosperity, and had shown sympathy and
tenderness towards all who were afflicted, he was obliged
to become an exile, and to leave the palaces that had been a
home to every oue but himself. Such will he their sur-
prise that gratitude has been forgotten, and that even
pity towards the vanquished has lost its power, that they
will scarcely be able to believe bow the extremes of glory
and disregard should be contrasted in the same reign, and
that he, whom all once sought to honour, is to be deprived
of the little that now remains to him. Bet he still re-
tains the affection of the devoted children of whom he is
the shepherd, and they are encouraged by his confidence in
God and by his hereditary trust in the powerful inter-
cession of Mary the Immaculate Mother of Cod. • • There
have been strange and sudden changes since we saw him
give his first blessing in ISA and since we saw him return
to his cathedral in MO. We must not be disheartened if
the clouds are now dark and deep. The Star of the Sea
can penetrate this darkness. Mary can urge her divine
Son to rim up and bid the winds and the waves to be calm.
Our duty, therefore, is evident. We must he confident
and united in prayer. We must seek solace in our grief by
entreating her to be the comfort of the afflicted, and we
must gain light and direction for the vicar of her Son by
addressing supplication' and earnest entreaties to her who
never asks in vain.

THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY.—A Queen's letter
has arrived authorising the assembling of the Convocation
of Graduates of the Queen's University, in accordance
with a Memorial signed by a large number of graduates.
The convocation will then be constituted as a part of the
system of the university. Its first business will be to
elect a member of the Senate, to which body the con•
vocation is entitled by charter to appoint six out
of twenty-four members. The convocation will
then probably proceed to consider the proposed sup.
plemental charter. A meeting of the Senate has
been already convened for the 6th of October, for the
oonsidenition of the same subject ; but should it be found
impossible to assemble the convocation before that day, ii,
is to be presumed that an adjournment of the Senate will
be proposed until after the meeting of the convocation.—
Dublin Everting Mail.
THE GREAT Eawrzaw.—The following address
has been sent to Captain Anderson, of the Great Eastern.
on behalf of the Royal Naval Reserve and Mercantile
Marine Club, London :—" Sir,—At a meeting of the
members of this club, held on the 27th inst.. they directed
me toconvey to you their hearty congratulations on the
success that has attended your great undertak-
hig, now, and for all time to come, one of
the world's wonders. As a body of experienced nautical
men, we bare a keen appreciation of the dif-
ficulties you have had to contend with from the very
first ; and feeling this strongly, we thus endeavour to show
byou how highly your distinguished services are estimated
y those to whom the sea and its dangers and difficulties
are but as household words. All classes have joined in
attempting to do you honour, and the address presented i
you by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce leaves us hut
little to say, further than that we trust your ' nautical
till, scientific ingenuity, and undaunted perseverance,'
may meet with their due reward, and that you may long
be spared to add to the lustre your successful labours
have shed upon the mercantile marine. On behalf of the i
members, I am, air, your obedient servant, JOSEPH I
URBAN, Lieutenant R.N.8., Hon. Secretary. .
ALLEGED ROBBERY OP GOVERNMENT STORES BY
FENIANS. —At the Liverpool Police-court, on Saturday
last, before Mr. Mansfield, the four supposed Fenians—
Michael O'Brien. Charles Campbell, William Carey, and
Patrick Raney, were brought rap, on remand from the pre-
vious Saturday, charged with not accounting for a quantity
of muskets, swords, bayonets, and tins of phosphorus
Mr. Walter stated that the case was not yet completed, and
'eked for a further remand. Mr. Cobb objected, on the
ground that the police had had ample time to get up their
ease. The magistrate observed that there were so many
depots of government stores in the kingdom that it would
take some time to ascertain front which the articles in
question had been stolen, and th-refore he would grant the
remand. The preoner were then remanded for seven
Aare.
GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-Roan,
latiscrox.—Number of patients for the week ending
Sept., 920, of which 318 were new cases.
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