The New York herald., 1868-03-29
Roman Catholic.

COMPOSITION OF THE SACRED COLLEGE.
1t appears from the Annlaire Pontidcul (Direc-
tory just published that the Sacred College, in its
complete form, consists OF six cardinal bishops fifty
cardinal priests and sixteen cardinal deacons.
There are at the present moment twenty-one hats
vacant, of which two have already been conferred
IN petto BY Plus TX. or the forty-nlne cardinals
existing, Twelve were named by Gregory XVII, and
ne oy e rope under c reign
died. Monseigneur B0naparte VIII be the youngest,
Of the cardinals The oldest member, even after
the Consistory, Will be the Archbishop Of Toledo who
s In his eighty year. The senior OF the body
has been cardinal for the last thrtysix years. There
are In the Catholic Church S65 pariarchal archepls
cOpa and episcopal effective, and 220 prelates
with sees iit pag1t6us t,Utdettam. The countries
where the hierarchy regularly established COM
prise l13 vicariats iive delegations and ~ prefec-
lures, administered by missionary preates. The.
Italian peninsula contains 235 dioceses and counts
nearly 0ne-half OF the cardinals.
, THE NEW B0NAPARTE CARDlkAL-PERHAPS THE NEW
PoPR
relative to the new bonaparte cardinal:-
A Consistory Is TO be held at Rome tomorrow for
from the telegram conveying lhe intelligence the
hat s first to be gven TN u special and separate
CEREMONY" & 70 Monsignor Bonaparte one Si the
notary. This prelate, now forty years OF age, iS
the head and representative OF the Bonapare Princes
OF Canine and Musgnan0, that elder branch OF the
Napoleon family IN whose veins since 1922 is blended
the blood both Of Joseph and Luclen, the first and
third brothers OF the founder OF the imperial dynasty
OF France. From the rise OF the second empire in
1852 to the death OF this new Cardinals eldest
brother, Prince Joseph in 1855, find these princes
set down In the geneaiogy OF the imperial family as
French princes OF the blood. Should the
course Of events place Leo the throne which
now rests on the support OF new Charlemagne, the
coincidence might he fraught with great destnies
~ the civil no less than to the ecclesiastical
government of the world. BY the policy
followed during the vicissitudes Of the Papal
states from the expedition TO Rome In 1S49 to
the Convention of september 1854. the Emperor Ma
pocon shows that ne reads Alright the history OF the
relations esiabaacd between Tue empire and the Pa
pacy by tne .t..sstrned genus OF Cnarlemagne.
Cha s~,nagnc aimed AZ insurng for the Pope q free
residence ln Rome but ne never dreamL OF laying
the foundation Of the temporal power. In the same
manner the Emperor Napoleon wished the Pope to
abide IN Rome but he aid all Ia power to strip
him Of his worldly sovereignty. That this sovereignty
was the bane OF religious no less tnan civil
society IL one OF tnVse early convictions
watch the insnrrectionary volunteer OF 1881
has never abandoned. For the applica-
ton OF his theories the Emperor requires O Pope
according TO his own heart, and where can he fnd
him II not In man bound to nm by the Ties OF kim
dred and gratitude and-what Is Ol lar greater mo-
ment-a man bound by no precedents committed to
no known policy? Not q little of the power OF tho
new Cardinal lies In his inUillct6te tac,tIRtv. No
man In Rome or In the world ever charged the Abb9
Bonaparte either with liberalism uilraInontansm.
His profession OF faith, II we could only get at 1t,
Is very likely Bonapartsm-that kind Of iatalism,
that reliance on q star wlicn MAKES a Napoleon
believe nrst In himself, then In the never-snking,
never-receding fortunes Of his family.