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London, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

THE FRENCH CARDINALS SENATORS.

CARDINAL GOUSSET.
Thomas Gousset was born on the Ist of May, 1792,
at Montigny-les-Cherlien, a humble village of the
department of the Upper Saone. His father, *now
dead, was a farmer. His mother, who is still living,
brought up with the greatest care the numerous fa-
mily with which the Almighty had blessed her.
Thomas Gousset worked in the fields until 1809,
when he commenced his Latin studies in a
private school, at Amance, a village situated
six leagues north-east of Vesoul. In the
course of three years he presented himself be-
fore the Academy of Besancon, and received the
diploma of bachelor of letters. He next entered the
grand seminary, and soon became the first scholar in
an establishment remarkable for the many distin•
guished theologians it produced. He had scarcely
finished his studies when the directors charged him
with the conferences intended to teach the youngest
pupils the mode of learning. On the 22d of July,
1817, he was ordained priest by M. de Latil, then
Bishop of Amyclea in partibus, whom he was after-
wards to succeed as Archbishop of Rheims. He was
named vicar at Lure, a difficult post in many respects,
which he filled with much success, when the diocesan
authority recalled him nine months afterwards to
Besancon to profess moral theology. He occupied that
chair during 14 years. In 1830, Cardinal de Rohan,
who appreciated his merit, conferred on him the
title of Grand Vicar, which he preserved under the
administration of Messrs. Dubourg and Mathieu—
that is, until the period of his elevation to the episco-
pacy. A Royal ordinance of the 6th of October,
1835, appointed him to the See of Perigueux. On
the Ist of February following he was confirmed by
the Pope, and consecrated on the 6th of March, in
the Church of the Carmelites, by M. de Quelen,
Archbishop of Paris, assisted by two other bishops,
MM. de Forbin Jansen and Mazenod. He took
possession of the see on the 18th, and during the five
years he filled it secured to himself universal affection
and admiration. The death of Cardinal de Latil
having left vacant the Archbishopric of Rheims, he
was elevated to it by a Royal ordinance of the 25th
of May, 1840, and solemnly installed on the 26tn of
August. His promotion to the dignity of Cardinal took
place in 1851. Cardinal Gousset has published a num-
ber of esteemed works ; namely, lst, An edition of the
" Conferences of Angers," with notes and dissertations,
in 26 vols., 1823; 2d, "An Exposition of the Doctrine
of the Church respecting loans on interest," 1825 ; 3.3,
" The Ritual of Toulon," with comments and expla-
nations; 4, an edition of the "Theological Dictionary
of Bergier," with notes; sth, "The Civil Code," with
comments on its relations with moral theology, of
which three editions appeared in 1827, 1829, and
1834; 6th, " The Justification of the Theology of
Saint Lignori ;" 7th, "Letter to Abbe Blanc on the
Communion of Individuals Sentenced to Death ;"
Btb, " Compendium of the Ritual of Perigueux
9th, " Observations on the Project of Law relative to
Liberty of Instruction;" 101,b, "Moral Theology," 2
vols. Bvo. The Academy of Besancon elected M.
Gousset one of its members in 1831. He was already
one of the directors of the library and museum, coun-
cillor of the University, and member of the committee
charged with examining the manuscripts of Cardinal
de Grandeville. He received the Cross of the Legion
of Honour on the 3d of May, 1840.

CARDINAL DU PONT.
Jaques Marie Antoine Celestin Du Pont was born
on the 2d of February, 1772, at Iglesias, in Sardinia.
His father, Benoit Du Pont, was naval commissioner
of the first class. His family, on French,
settled at Villa Franca towards the year 1738. IVhen
ten years of age he entered the seminary of the Doc-
trinarian Fathers, Where he studied with so much
success that at 17 he was appointed member of the
Academy of Arcades. He published at the time some
Italian and Latin poetry, which is not deficient in
charm. Feeling an early vocation for the ecclesi
astical life, he entered the Seminary of Nice,
where he followed, during four years, lec-
tures on theology, and thence removed to the
Seminary of St. Ireni. at Lyons, where he studied
another year. On the 16th of January, 1813, he was
ordained sub-deacon by Cardinal Fesch, deacon on
the 2d of July following, and priest on the 24th of
September, 1814. Monsignor Colonna d'lstrie, a
friend of his father, chose him for his private secre-
tary. Shortly afterwards, on the 10th of April, 1815,
M. Du Pont was received doctor in utroque jure in
the University of Turin. In 1817, M. de is Fare
cast his eyes upon him, but as that prelate could not
take possession of the see of Sens before 1821, it
was only then he appointed him canon of his
metropolitan church. A year afterwards he nomi-
nated him Vicar- General, Archdeacon, and
and on the 7th of November of the same
year Louis XVIII. named him honorary member of
the Chapter of St, Denis. When Cardinal de la Fare
repaired to the conclave at which Leo XII. was elected,
he chose him for his first assistant, and M. de Rohan for
the second. During his stay at Rome Louis XVIII.
demanded and obtained for him the title of Bishop of
Somosate in partibus; and on the 29th of June, 1823,
he was consecrated in Paris by Cardinal de la Fare,
assisted by the Bishops of Autun and St. Brieuc.
Lest the temporary expatriation of his family should
lead to any difficulty, he solicited letters of naturaliza-
tion, which the King granted him on the 23d of June,
1824. After his consecration he continued to reside
at Sens, being entrusted by the Cardinal with the
direction of the diocese. As preacher to the King he
delivered before the Court a sermon on the Last
Supper, on the 3d of August, 1828, and another on
Pentecost, on the 7th of June, 1829. At the death of
the Cardinal, Charles X. offered M. du Pont the
bishopric of St. Dia, on the 9th of May, 1830. The
good deeds he accomplished in that diocese during
nine years are well known. On the Ist of May,
1839, he was elevated to the archiepiscopal see of
Avignon,_ which he solemnly took possession of on the
3d of October. He was subsequently transferred
from the see of Avignon to that of Bourgee, after the
demise of M. de Villele. He is a Knight of the
Order of Malta, Christ, and the Legion of Honour,
and was lately raised to the dignity of Cardinal.
CARDINAL DE DONALD.
Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald was born at
l‘lilhau, in Rouergue, on the 30th of October, 1787,
of Louis Gabriel Amboise Viscount de Bonald and
Elizibeth de Guibal de Combescuro. He accompa-
nied his family into exile at the period of the Revo-
lution, and having returned to France at the close of
1797, he continued, under the direction of his illus-
trious father, the studies be commenced at the Uni-
versity of Heidelberg. He afterwards entered the Se-
minary of St. Sulpice, at Paris. On leNving the semi
nary, M. de Pressigny, Archbishop of Besan9on, took
him as his secretary, and brought.him to Rowe, where
he was charged with the negotiation of the new Con-
cordat. The Abbe de Bonald had been clerk of the
chapel of the Emperor Napoleon, with MM. de Que.
len and Feutrier. In 1817 M. de Latil named him
Vicar-General of Chartres. The sermons be preached
there during Lent in 1822 are cousidered muter-

pieces of eloquence. On the 27th of April, 1823,
he was appointed Bishop of Puy, and consecrated at
Chartres by Cardinal de Latil, assisted by the Bishops
of Evreux and Amiens. The royal ordinance norm
natiug him Archbishop of Lyons Llnd V.ienne, and
Prbncte of Gaul, in the room of Clrdin,l Ft...-,eh, ap-
peared on the 14th of December, 1839, and he was
recently invested with the purple.