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and in the world, the filling up of the mystical make of their power will be felt at once. It
body of Christ, and the binding of humanity to it. is in this that the danger lies—if there be
These are the things which the Siecle will read, danger. But as a compensating balance we
and will not understand. have the customs and traditions of the people,
People are going away, and I also am making my which for a long period cannot fail to exer-
preparations, like the rest of the world. lamin a cise a controlling influence. It will take
hurry to rejoin you again. I shall then finish the some time before the classes enfranchised begin to
work which I had boldly undertaken ; but, at any realise and understand the new influence they
rate, lam provided with the means of giving to exercise in England, and their habit of looking up
our adversaries all the explanations which they 'to and supporting the old and tried leaders of the
can desire. Alas ! would that they would accept nation cannot be removed by new men, nor until
them in the same spirit in which I offer them. new parties have obtained consistencies and objects
How soon, then, should we not become good for which to strive. It is probable, therefore, that
friends! the full effects of the revolution will not be felt till
Must I needs tell you, in order to re-assure the a considerable period has elapsed, and if the nation
Etendard, and the other papers which have put be wise, it will utilise that period by making pro-
themselves so much out about my journey, that I digious efforts to educate the people for the exercise
have seen the Holy Father ? Everything took of the power ccnferred. Mr. LOWE seems to consider
place as I had described beforehand, without any that the middle classes have acquiesced in the transfer
consideration to my great position as journalist, of political power from their hands, and that hence-
and yet in a manner very consoling to me and to forth it will be exercised by a union of the highest
us all, since the Holy Father deigned to give us and lowest classes of the community. Whatever
his blessing, and since I was able, with my own may be Mr. LowE's way of putting it, we hold with
eyes, to satisfy myself as to the good state of his him that the first effects will be to strengthen the
health. power of the Upper Ten Thousand, and that high
I was not alone ; the companion of my au- rank and great wealth will, for the moment, have
dience was an excellent Belgian—very devoted to an undue weight. But in this lies the safety of the
the Holy See, a friend of our friends of the Bien nation. While the working classes are in the period
Public of Ghent. I could not, therefore, make of probation they will be led either by those to whom
an attempt to dissuade the Holy Father from Mr. LOWE has alluded or by demagogues, who on
coining to Paris nor to present him with my views their shoulders will endeavour to make politics a
against the seasonableness of the Council. The path to wealth or place. Until the people
Holy Father remained standing all the time, and I are thoroughly qualified to select the best men, it
a part of the time on my knees. I beg pardon of is to be hoped that they will adhere to the old and
the Parisian journalists at having so ill represented tried leaders of the nation, who, however obstruc-
them, and at having given no advice ; but it is tine in the way of progress and reform, have none
always thus. When lam in the presence of the of the low, selfish, and mercenary objects in view
Holy Father it never enters nay head to search that actuate professional demagogues. We have all
for something to say which would cause me to be sorts of predictions of what the results will be, but
put outside the door. In fine, I heard his sweet little reliance can be placed on any, least of all of
and paternal voice ; I saw his smiling countenance. those who have introduced the measure. Had the
When I excused myself for my intrusion, he Tory party been informed by a prophet in whom
said that in that morning's Mass, he had read the they believed, a few years ago, that Mr. DISRAELI
Gospel in which our Lord interrogates St. Peter would pass such a bill, they would have considered it
three times, asking him : " Do you love me?" a duty demanded by patriotism that Mr. DISRAELI
And he added at the third interrogation St. Peter should be made away with, and a revolution averted
was moved, because he did not yet understand that tolled the death-knell of England. Since then
that Jesus not only wished to be assured of his " a change has come o'er the spirit of their dream"
love, but also, I think, to teach him that patience
—a change so great that when the Tory leaders
was one of the essential virtues of his office. Such
was my audience, and I went away well pleased. awake in the morning they must, like the water
Either I do not know you any more, or you will carrier in the tale of Haroun-al-Raschid in the
" Arabian Nights," find a difficulty in believing
not be less pleased than I. Adieu, my dear
that they are
friends. If you have seen the Grand Turk you Tory leaders. Is it the Earl of
DERBY who is engaged in Americanising the institu-
will give me your impressions.
tions of England ? Is it the country party who are
P.S.-4 give a brief detail which, perhaps, you
will•not find in other letters. During the grand supporting him in this process? Strange as is the
fact, it is almost stranger still to find Mr. DISRAELI'S
office of the Centenary and of the Canonization,
the Holy Father desired to have beside him last speech before the bill passed, a defence of the
consistency of himself and of his party.
Mgr. the Archbishop of Toulouse, which was the One good effect we predict. It is above all
diocese of Ste. Germaine Cousin ; Mgr. the
Archbishop of Sarragossa, the diocese of St. things important that our race should work in har-
mony on both sides of the Atlantic. America will
Pierre d'Arbues ; and Mgr. the Archbishop of
Tarsus ; because this prelate was born in Tarsus, hail the Americanising process in their kindred, as
of Cilicia, the diocese of St. Paul the Apostle of assimilating the nations and drawing them into a
the Gentiles. closer bond of union. They bow to the voice of the
people if assured it is the people's voice. But they
feel little inclination to recognise the measures of
a privileged class they regard as enemies. Each
nation will henceforth exercise on the other a still
more potent influence, and the people here will look
to their better-taught cousins over the water
for example and guidance. The danger of a rup-
ture will be lessened, and even steps may be taken
with safety which before would have been viewed
with jealousy and annoyance. There is a kindred
feeling between the peoples, which may be trusted
to work out good, and will in time have great
weight in restoring the entente cordiale so rudely
shaken through the unsympathising attitude of the
ruling class in England during the late war. But
if that class has ceased to rule in England, the feel-
ing it generated may confidently be expected to
cease to exist in the United States.—.Anglo-Ameri-

'IHE REFORM BILL.

Early on Tuesday morning Mr. DISRAELI con-
cluded his speech in the last Debate on the Reform
Bill to a crowded house, amidst long and continued
cheering, when the bill was read a third time and
passed. The Debate had lasted eight hours, and
though
conducted with more than usual ability
was, singularly enough, directed to mutual recrimi-
nation, and not to the measure itself. It is not
always that people appreciate the real importance of
work on which they are employed, and a casual ob-

can 7inzes.