The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-03

ultimate power both in Jurisdiction and In fai.hor the
cagis u,isieaoses and the lav committed frat
say. lis r The Episcopal. susoesns
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peer was TO the Apostles the pontin are to the bishops
ssned or deraced from the authority ana OF ,nS
a1' sssscr
sse their more so Bishop. are
judges Of doctrine in Ecumenea Council because their
divine nce guided that he shall not
IT % ss whoe and as
the spirit q God error the head wao% az
whole aock break unity OF ths Church, IN;
Chaen Bishops ars not elevated By The depression their
chief The least bishop IN the world ieeis hmss elevated
pro were spoken to his chief head and that In unoa
with him and through him. he Is confirmed In the infaoe
Here, then, you have an explicit definition Of what
the one party-and. as said before, l believe the
strongest party-tn the Church Is asking for. This
is In fact, the Alpha and omega OF what IL called
the ultramontane doctrine OF the Roman Catholic
Church, as expounded by our aelest men aud most
finished scholars OF that party-Dr. Henry Edward
Manning, Archbishop OF Westminster, and per.
sonal friend of the Pope, The Archbishop was not
born Roman Catholic. He was for many years
Clergyman OF the Established Church or England
and only became OF his present faith when past mid
die life. lie gave up very great prospects III the An
glican Church. He was already an archdeacOn, and
would, uoubt whatever, IN time have been a
bishop, and consequently member OF the House OF
OF the best living writers Of the English language on
this side the Atlantic. He Is moreover. scholar, q
man OF polished manners, good breeding, and liberal
any denomination excel him, and none excel hun In
eiOquence. lie never reads line OF his sermon, and
yet ne breaches on an average three or four sermons
every week. He Is great admrer OF your govern
ment and your people. and indeed Of constitutional
do wrong, therefore, 10 quoting him as an authority
upon subject which, as you see by his writings, he
advocates so strongly and SO earnestly.
nj fann Enh xuht ham.
tails as follower to 1t another quesGon-at the pre-
sent time respecting The Ecumenlcal Council. 1t is,
matter OF course 1t is followed by the question Is
the coming Council OF the Vatican properly con-
yened Council according to the rules OF the Church,
Some days, l might say some weeks, spent IN
porlng over quaint old theological works and III
hunting up comparatively new books written by Ca
tholic churchmen, enable me to say that there Is
very little difference OF opinion even on the details
OF tnat subject, and In the principle none whatever
among Roman Catholic writer's, no matter to what
sen COL they belong One and all seem 10 argue that
an Ecumenical Council must be c0nvoked or called
together by the Pope, tnat Is by the Bishop OF the
Church, who Is acknowledged even BY the ultra Gal
licans to be p1nus inter pares. or the first among
his equals. second, and most essential condi-
ton for . General Council is that 1t should be COM
posed OF bishops, OF mitred abbots, and that sum-
cient number oil these preates should be present.
third condition is that when called together,
lance and aid OF the Holy Ghost should be
invoked, fourth is that the whole Church,
or every nation in which there are members
at least some members OF Its eplscopacy. nth.
that the debates of the bishops be consative, or that
each present should nave his say and his opinion
heard. A sixth. That the Pope or some preate
appointed Dy him should preside over the meetings.
seventh, that all the degrees OF the Council should
be approved Of by the Pope and promulgated by him.
have not classed these conditions in the exact iol
loving OF any one particular author, but chiefly Us
have noted them down from q number Of authors.
Now for the question as to whether the coming
Council Is in the eyes Of the Catholic Church and
according to rule and tradition bona nde Ecumeni-
al IN nqad liz roO 1v mi all
preliminary conditions have as yet been observed.
1t has been summoned by the Pope. 1t viii consist
OF more bishops by One-half, or more than were
present at the Council Of Trent. No country under
the sun will be unrepresented at Its sttlngs. The
guidance OF the Holy Spirit has been invoked on It's
behalf throughout The CATHOLIC world for the past
twelve months. AS regards the other conditions,
whether 1t viii be what the old writers call ''con-
sultative in It's deliberations, the future alone
tell But that it will be presided over by the Pope,
and that Its degrees. then settled Will be promul'
gated after be&ng confirmed by his Holiness, have
There Is another question, tna. OF secular educa-
ton Tor the poor, which, as | am creditably in
sion at the Council. 1t IS subject which regards
all citizens OF every natioD, for nothing can be Of
more importance than the education Of the thou
sands OF poor Irish children which swarm the streets
OF every large CITY, IN America as well as in Great
Britain 10 provide for the teaching Of these child
rem out OF purely Roman Catholic funds would be
next to impossible for 1t would be imposing upon
the comparatively few wealthy Of that Church
much greater burden than they are able to bear.
The State will provide schools for all poor Of every
class and Creed but not for Catholic, any denomi
national teaching This the bishops OF the Catholic
Church set their faces against and as regards any
action they may take in the matter, fear they have
already determined upon what they Will do. In
Rome, and among the Catholic bishops IN England,
national education Tor the children or none at ALL
They Will not even listen to any arguments on the
other sde Within the last week there has been large
meeting of the Roman Catholics III birmingham, pre-
sided over by the local Catholic bishop, DIR. Ula-
thorne and several OF the speakerssuch US the Earl Of
hiUh an
Howard and Others) are distinguished members OF
the Roman Catholic communion. The opinions Of
these gentlemen all tend one way-in one direction.
They VIII have nothing Whatever to do with what Is
called the secular system OF education: But this
subject - one OF 700 great interest and concerns
your country and Brl tain far too much TO be dis
posed Of at the end OF my letter.
AS am closing this for post observe In one OF
the morning papers letter from Rome, IN which
the names Of Archbishop McClosKey, of New York;
Archbishop Purcell OF Cincinnati; Bishop Henry,
OF Milwaukee, and Bishop o. Hara, OF Scranton are
host OF ether prelates from the North South and
the Tar Off East. The number Of different natonall-
ties already represented IN the Eternal City Is said
to be something extraordinary Another correspond
ent writing from Rome to one OF the weekly papers
other, bishop had known near san francisco. and
another in whose house lodged many years ago on
Mount Lebanon when travelling IN the tloly Land"
Surely here IS universally enough demonstrated as
an actual tactg
Miss Amy Sedgwiclk Mrs. PnrlSesl in Court.
From the London Herald, Nov. 1871
In the Bankruptcy Court, November u.s. before
Commissioner Winsow In re. Dr. J. w. Mackenpa,
the following facts appeared
The bankrupt, John William MacSenna, was de-
scrlDed as formerly OF Melbourne, in the colony OF
square; now OF 81 Great Marlborough street, Regent
street, doctor Of medicine. He makes the following
statement In explanation OF his bankruptcy:-saThe
fraudulent conceaiment By my late partner, Dr.
Parkes, OF mortal disease at the time OF the part
nersnip, OF which he died nine months afterwards
and consequent falling of practice ~
are ,g07-agalnst property gwen up to assiQnees,
f6S l0s.; good debts f2l; doubtful and pad debts
clio; property held as security. f10e.
This was an adjourned meeting for examination
and discharge.
Mr.. Dubois, who appeared for the assignee, said
that the bankrupt had been required by Court to
justify his statement with regard to the late DIR.
Parkes, whose widow denied that there were any
grounds for such statement The bankrupt had
accOrdinglY hed aildaYlL setting The reasnns