The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1868-02-09
FoAHGH cATHoLIc INTELLIGENCE.

4
+ LESSONS about seventy millions. The com
tries OF the Germanic Confederation Il
'' 1869 had q, ,OOO, 400 Catholics and 2U,993
\ OUO PrOtestants.
4 The Very Rev. DIR. O'Brien, Dean of Lin
erlck, who prepared the declaration Of>th
&c favor of repealOf the union, writes tn. tn
: IRISH news lmpers to say thlf ne llas receive,
r. ieftersof sympathy eyeHi from RtDtestants
: From tl Inf7o- EHs0pe0u5 ~CosTespondenc
g weSlearii tA;:t>fl,e Most Rev. DIR. Stems
NicarSaA postnlic of Western Bengal, has re-
= turned fra1S SR4ms. i'll excellent health. Ht
, had Il 81 4ensltd reception. The Right Rev
Dr. Fe, hell lear Apostolic Of Madras
fttltfifett the s:tue time and he, too, W;Is
welcomed with great enthusiasm by-his
flock.
: The O.icntdl Mail furnishes is with The
fullowiil. Interesting piece of Intelligence
. .Thc Roman Catholic Bishop Tor rather
Archbishop of E0sls., 4 DutchmaIr who hns
been fifteen years at i.nnhlay, but who il
tt,rit,t
vclt British India to the R0mish faith. -, He
has issNed an aplGaLto Dutch Roman Cath
0llcs kin. f0r money to enable him to send
ont ten missionaries to aid him In his ,,rns-
IelytiZing enterprise"
! The Holy See is represented at foreis,n
courts lsy seven nitncios {Brussels. Lisbo,,..
Madrid. Munich, Naples, Paris, and Yiennal:
three int ernmciOs (Hague, Florence. N.rlc
na, and Rio Janeiro); one charge Ld'ahIaires
(l-ucerhc); and haas thirty five cons,,ls. The
| diplomatic corps at the Holy See, and the
accredited c0Hsills, consist 0f three, umI,as-.
sailors. fourteen am b,sss llOsa xtrs,,rtlin, rx
tW0 ministers president. and thirty nine
eohs'ils. "f whom seventeen live in Rome.
The Catholics of Africa amount i'm ro,,n.l
numbers TO five millions, and are divided
INTO thiity-fOHr liOceses. sel,hs. t,unary ;sles
count SO, 600; the Azores, 3fG,tGO; Maita.
lD, 600; Madeira, Toe, 600; Bourbon, tJ.OONJ:
.,se oats a AgfcIs,
.SD,OOV; the independent negro States OF
Congo and Angola, ,OOO, ,OO0, in three lio-
ceses; Egypt, in the two tlioces..s Of Alcxnu
sria and Cairo, :s0,0saD; the Cane, l2.NW. |
Iunis, i5, GOO; Fripolis, $500; Morocco. ~.
Msl; the B!shopric of st. Thomas, on the |
Gulf of Guinea, 600; the Apostolic pre-.
lecture Of st. Loni.i in Senegambia, 10000:
and the newly erected Prefecture Of Senegal
"t West Africa, ;aDO souls.
: An officer in the guards, who woulJ IN
the ordinary course of events, have been
promoted, i'll abOut twelve months. to the
rank OF captain and lieutenant -enlonel. wL,
is little more than thirty years Of age, and
had every luxury which wealth ,.onhi bo.
stow, has, after mature eOnsi,lerafion sold
out OF the service, and entered the OratDry
ais !; novice. He will have to 20 through n +
probation OF four Years before Ile can In. ad-
mltted to the priesthood. Protestants often
az 'he huueice our clergy have
over their ffncks. From the above a.ec,lote
tney may learn one reason for this. The
"fflcer who has taken this step il by-no
means alrecent convert, but~;, Catholic of !,
several years stantiing UeeE.v !
He4istee.- ''"'s !;
,S,Ai IAhniSAh ID DANnREA.-It ia a great con-
'oiati"h to every Catholic heart to read of I
lne feplete return to the =IDsom of the u
Ghuiril of Cardinal Andrea. The Roman a
.SWs1at oo"'ad! OF the 9TH, publishes his re-
[iac5ati0n. u 1t is dated Goth December. The .
Si.', ASKS pardon for having gone TO " ="
H'lliea !, Notwithstanding the prohibition of
ne Pope; lie deplores the scandal he has =
''i.sfd ana MS connection with ths@Eaami- ~
80 1a'ore new wspalHr at FiOrence.>tiIe herticaI "
.a,:t lne4rihes OF which he slimpproves. The I,
,aia.lal adileres to the address of the Bish- :,
BPS assembled at Rome in ,June. I4s;z. io II
vlihdraWszh his protest against fhe Pont;fcal {;
,L 'liel OF me Eth of June, 1866, and asks q.
% 'afuon % oI the Pope and all those whom he ~ ~
'as M o"e'dea. 1t is sad tn see men--ereat u
M h.-hien Ill nigh positions. go estray even q a
of few mont ths.-Loadloa Enirerae. "a
TIE CATHoLIc CHURCH IN ESc1.xn
he offirial +" Catholic Di,ectoryr for ,I. ri
ear 1865, published ,,ermiss4 snpe,joru. H..
;'s haic ITS appearance. 1t gives. as usunJ s
,niii summary of the Church i'm EmV -
','', Wales and Scotland, and there is. cns iu
ti'iS 1hf numbers in Great Britain. n pa
1nsidrrahlr increase in the clergy. churcbes
'apeis, converts and monasteries since last Sci
'r. The total number of bishops il. of ON
purse, the S;me-nameI,. on. ,.aIl:ii 20 VI of.
ld twelve bishops t'esides three retired til; til;
sa%ps2 p IN M England, and four bishops in th. f,s
,;ta;n ,,,,,,,ta ~, I'D OF priests IN Great vii
,,, I'm nls =" s,of', against sos lust in,
os, ne h"i'hr on churches and chapels lay
e ,s:s, @ainst 207 when tIie-la Dircc. the
IS Was published; the converts of women rrl,
e now 2ss in number, whereas last year ,rig
ere were 800; and lastly the p,onnste,;ai 3ai ber
lmlcr g. arainst IN III , ,r fes Gee
ef,st.:=:.f =nri.sfys etalSln- Hit,
veu e,,,,,,,,,,, g '"i ohes ana cfapcls, elnl
l1es OF men. 1t ought, however. TO he me,
M i,it III Li:nu mat OF the rs churches or hav