The examiner., 1849-07-07

ment offers fair specimen Of what man com,
10 If they have no faith-how great are tbs fol
lies and absurdites which they commit. Lool
at Rome; predicted all that would bapner
there. Faith has entirely disappeared In The
West. The manner In which the Pope Ia,
been treated 10 plain proof the true faith or.
lists In Russia alone, and hope (making the sigp
OF the Cross that this holy faith may be main
tained. l told the late Pope Gregory XVI.
things which he had never heard from anvbody v
else The present Pope is good man, his in
tentions are excellent, but his principles savour
too much Of the spirit Of the age. The King
OF Naples 10 good Catholic; he had been ca
Illuminated TO the Pope, and now the Pope Is
compelled to have recourse to him."
Bishop Holowinski rsplied-"Your Majesty,
the Holy Father was obliged to yield to cir
cumstances and the spirit Of the age"
The Emperor--"Vsry possibly; but all these
disorders arise from want of faith. am not
a fanatic, but have firm faith. In the West
they have run 10 two extrsmes-fanaticism and
lmpiety." Addressing the Polish Bishops, the
Gar continued-"You are the near nsghbors
OF those misguided men; let your example be
thsir guide. LIZ you encounter obstacles, ad-
dress yourselves to me. will employ all INV
power to stem this torrent Of impiety and revolt
which is spreading more and more, and threat
ems even TO penetrate into my domInions.
revolutionary spirit Is the result Of impiety. In
the est there is no longer any religious faith,
and this evil will increase still more" Address
ing himself to the Metropolitan Bishops, and
kissing his hand, the Car concluded by saying:
I'VE have always understood each other, and
trust that il will always continue so."
IHE GREAT CossriRAcY.-The Gasefte d'Air.
Ia Chapeiie of June l2, says: "Our corrsspon-
dents IN Russia inform us that the arrests re.
cently made at st. Petersburg have been fol-
lowed by others more numerous. vast con-
sPiracy has been discovered having its rami-
fications in the Western part Of the Empire es-
peeially at wilma, Grodno, Minsk, Mohilew
and WiiePsk. The nambsr of thass srrssss 4.
reckoned at several hundred, among them se-
veral men Of distinction. At Witna many
young men, students Of medicine and Catholic
theology, have been seized; many arrests have
been made at Kowno."
The CIRcAsAAss vIcrorrous.
from COnstantinople to the 25th Of MAY, pub
iish in the Morning Herald, state that inteli-
gence had reached that city Of the Circsssians
having successfully attacked the Russian army
In the pass Of Ramich, while on its march TO
proceed 10 the Danubian inequalities, and put
those troops TO the rout, after having killed
$500 men. The Russians afterward rallied and
reattempted 10 accomplish the object Of their
Journey. but were again repulssd, with farther
loss OF 200 men. The Russian General, Mes
torotf, then abandoned his mission. and with
drew to 1ftiis, with the remainder Of his army. |
The Circassians had, on the l7th Of April, |
made an attack on the Russien garrison of
Socha, when the latter became panic stricken, |
and many of them fled; but those who were
captured were slaughtered by the sword. In |
these engagements the Circassians took l60 |
guns, together with large Quantities Of arms
and ammunition.