The southern press., 1851-04-09


matters by the last provincial council, reminded
his flock, in the noblest terms, of the accom-
plisbment Of certain duties, such as respect for
the laws, love of country, and charity to the
poor. Mgr. de Chartres, one of the most zeal
GUS representatives of that fraction of the Catho-
lie party of which the UniperS is the organ,
Legitimist] does not think fit to adopt certain
opinions put forth by the archbishop in the doe
ument above alluded to. He does not merely
suggest his doubts in a confidential and respect
full manner to his ecclesiastical superior, but he
publishes protest addressed to the clergy Of
the diocese of Chartres, and entitled pastoral
letter. containing observations on the last pas
toral letter, of the archbishop OF Paris If
this proceeding on the part OF the bishop OF
Chartres is to be regretted. as showing the dis
sensions existing in the church, it is still more
So on the ground that it exhibits certain digni-
taries of the Catholic clergy in direct opposition
to ideas which are in strict conformity with the
spirit of Christianity"
A RIoT.-There has been a species of riot at
ST. Armand The department Of the Nieyre
has long been known for its socialism, and
Saint Armand does not dishonor, in that re-
spect, the rest of the district. The socialist
agents were resolved to profit by the occasion
of great assembage of young men from the
coun ry to be ballotted for the CONSUMPTION;
having piled the young conscripts with liquor,
they made them parade the town with red flags
ana other emblems of the kind. The mayor,
attended by few gardes champetres, tried to
put stop to the procession, but failed in doing
so. He succeeded, however, in arresting half
a dozen of the most dangerous. These arrests
reused the fury of the mob; they followed the
mayor to his house, and tried to prevent him
from entering; he felled to the ground two Of
the formest who laid hands on him. The mayor
thought it necessary to barricade his house,
which was threatened with destruction. He
sent off to Cosne to the sub project, explaining
the critical situation he was in, and praying for
assistance. The sub project at once obeyed
tie summons, and arrived with an additional
force of gendarmerie but himself and his gen.
darmes were equally disregarded and beaten out
of the town. Finding matters assuming 80 Sc
rious an aspect, the sub-prefect in turn sent an
express off to Nevers, the principal town of the
department, urging the immediate presence of
the project with reinforcement. The riot still
continued when the latest accounts left, and the
project writes that he was then preparing to pro-
coed to st. Armand with sixty mounted chas-
seurs and the four brigades of gendarmerie near
est at hand. That functionary states he has
lttle dOuOL OF NJ once cauSnln9 the rlOt, ana
also his determination to punish in the most ex-
emplary manner those who were engaged in it.
ITALY.
The BIBLE AT RoME.-A subject which has
taken as much discussion as any since the resto
ration of the Papal government has just been
arranged through the mediation of Mr.. Cass,
the United States Charge d'Affaires. This is
the copies of Disdati's Bible which were printed
here in Italian for the British and Foreign Bible
Society, under the Republican government (such
things being then practicable,) and subsequent
ly deposited for safe keeping at the American
consulate. The Papal government demanded
the confiscaton of the Bibles then printing and
publishing, being expressly contrary to the laws
of the country, to which it might have been re-
piled that they were printed when form of
government existed which recognized no such
law, but as the republican government of Rome
was never acknowledged by the United States,
Mr.. Cass, of course, could not put forward such
an objection. Al he has been abe to obtain is
that the Papal government should get posses.
sion of the Biules, not as contiscation, but as
commercial transaction, a sale in fact, the
books being taken by his holiness at valuation
consequently, on the 25th of that month, 3,6i2
Protestant Bibles were given up to the Papal
authorities, who conveyed them forthwith to the
Quirinal Palace.