Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-09

attend the ceremony but he believes that the coronation
will contribute powerfully to the firm and esab-
ishment OF his throne 1t will give conservation to
his power that will wildly impress the popular mind
throughout France and will tend to produce the dissolu
on OF parties by showing them the Empire triumphant
and authenticated it by this stamp royalty
But not only must NAPOLEON ILL., be crowned at Notre
Dame, but he must be crowned by a Pope. There are
good reasons of State too which the Emperor
insist with unyedng tenacy that the chief Of the church
earth shall himself place the crown upon his head and
pronounce a benedicton upon the new Empire. There
are large bodies of the rural population in France
precisely those portions which at are most mark
eddy characterized by their Legmist predictions that
would be deeply impressed in favor of the Empire were
they TO see the Pope, the Holy Father himself officiating
at the coronation, and giving his solemn blessing the
new monarch Not only SO: the presence this occa
sion OF the Pope at Paris counted by Napoleon III
as likely to determine in his favor the clergy Of France
whose predictions are notoriousy Notwithstanding the
persisting efforts to conciate them which have been
made by the Emperor the side Of the Bourbon rulers
OF France Added to these considerations in favor of
Papal conservation others personal Napoleon
Ill himself Charlemagne crowned by the Pope |
Napoleon was crowned by the Pope; Napoleon III, the
refounder OF the Empire upon the model offered by these
predecessors, must also be, his empire win want the
son from the fact that the Emperor Of 1853 is not like
those of 1904 and 800 an imposing individuality illus
rated by great actions distinct from and overlapping all
the men of his day; of whose empire would
incident and not the consummaton 1t is therefore
hardly doubted that PIus TX. will soon visit Paris. He
il said to be personally very well disposed to the project
DESTROYS TO be the hero of riumphal tour and be-
come the object of popular acclaim, be assured he
positively would be were he to visit France The Pope
acquired taste for excitement of this sort during the
first year Of his reign which he has lost with his po
pulary. have doubted that the Emperor would
insist upon his presence III Paris and have believed
that the Pope would be able to resist the instances of the
new court, founded they upon the substantial
benefits rendered in 1849 by the restoration of the
Papal throne, and upon the influence necessarily at
tendant upon the actual military. occupation of Rome
by the French forces 1t remains to be seen what
amount of opposite influence Austria and Russia can
bring to bear upon the Ultimate decisiqa the Pope
They known to be unfavorable project as are
also majority of the cardinals But Napoleon Ill will
predict, carry the day. The ceremony of the corona
ton will, it is believed, take place early in May but
nothing upon this subject has yet been officially
ed. The semi-ocials however, report that the Arch
bishop of Paris has been notified that Immediately after
the religious services of the are over the cathe
dra of Notre Dame be placed at the disposition of
the imperial uphosterers, that they may fit it up with
suitable decorations for the interesting occasion Before
dismssing this subject of the Pope's visit Paris let
say word upon the conditions in favor of the supre
macy of the Holy See and derogatoy the pretensions
of the socalled Gacan church. which his Holiness is
said to insist upon. The Pope insists that the law of
marriage be altered in France and that the religious
ceremonies that accompany marriage be made henceforh
obligatory, and not present the dictate of
cnet ipact fbotp hall aya t,a
elusive right of designating and nominating the French
Bishops The Pope insists ALSO upon the abandonment
by the Emperor of those organic articles the Concordat
which were dictated by Napoleon and which never
matter of regular negotiation and acceptance were the
other articles of the Concordat The articles objected
to, supplementary to the Concordat articles arbitrarily
imposed by the Emperor objected to the time by the
Pope and objected to by al subsequent Popes attribute
to the Emperor the right Of surveillance almost OF
police the whole Gacan church 1t is believed that
his Holiness will put foot in France but upon cond
ton that these articles be withdrawn The Pope is said
also to insist that touching marriages the religious
monies made obligatory, shall precede the civil ceremo-
Mes instead of following them now If the Pope comes
to Paris to Napoleon III, he will, on leaving the
French capital it is believed proceed to Vienna in order
to perform the favor for the young Emperor FRAN
oIs JosEPn who has yet been crowned On this con-
political objections to the papal visit to Paris.
Letters from Rome, just received in Paris apprize us
that in secret consisory held the eth instant the
Holy Father completed the Sacred College by the creation
of eight nep cardinals of whom is French prelate
the Archbishop of Tours These letters contain in
eresting information relative the Roman cardinalate
On the LIST Of January last the number of vacancies in the
corps of cardinals The death Of Car
dinal DlRpExBRocK left eighth BY virtue Of the pro-
Sacred College has not been witnessed before for great
years The very advanced of of the actual
cardinals make il probable that there will be other
vacances but these when they occur will not give rise
to speedy nominations for requires that the col
lege should be full There should be few cardinals
always held in reserve to be disposed as urgent
circumstances may require According to the pontfcal
constitution the Sacred College is composed Of seventy
cardinals divided unequay between the three ORDERS thus
six of the order Of bishops fifty Of the order Of priests
and fourteen Of the order of deacons OF the seventy
cardinals living there six upwards of eighty
years of age thirteen between seventy and eighty nine
teen between sixty and seventy twenty between fifty
and sixty and eight between forty and fifty The youngest
is Cardinal ANDREA born in 1872; the oldest Cardinal
oPPzosr who is eighyour years DID, and who has worn
the hat fifty years.
OF the living cardinals two date their promotion from
the reign Of Plus VII who regned from 1900 to 1928
three from that Of Leo MI, who succeeded Plus VII
thrtyfyc received their hats from Gregory XVI who
regned from 1881 to 1885, and thirty from the regnng
Pope, Plus TX.