The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-04-03
Morning, Star and Catholic Messenger.
NV ORLEANS, SUNDAY. APRIL >. ls7o.
ExCERPTS.

mfeat volume of nglish history, isvery severe p
,cth. he depicts her as an habitual and mean9 ii
id, o peevislA bad-tempered il-manneu wo. n
man, and a temporizing, vaciilating, untrusS +,
vsriaSleness, and small cunning, would have b
ruined herself and her kingdom, but for the a
fact that she had two great statesmen 1eslus y
her out of the imbroglios into which she had 8
fallen She lied to her enemies, and she 1ied o
to her friends; and then she T." flew OUT AT inc
latter when the i'll results of her prOcrnstlnauon
and deceit became visible. Supposed 10 De the
champion and mainstay of PSotestantism IN
Europe, she not only coqpetted witn Casnont
movement in the Low Countries, but che her,
self detested the Puritans, and even promised
to consider whether she might not return f no to
States at that critical period OF their history
uphappy FrenchmaR whom she tossed aDo%s
'nntil he had become the .rldtcne Q, Europe ;
Again and again she drove Burleigh ana
%nt the 20 run Of the realm from
political cosuetries, which had become a
scandal. M. Froude says: 1t was like
have been extremely clever, but they were also
extremely dangerous. She was playing with
France, playing with Aleneon, playing playing W Win ai
She was trifiing with her own credit, ana
trying the patience of statesmen, who, on the
whole, were the wisest that ever serveo d
EuJOD6an
auence with her was the strongest, who mad
least right to be shocked at moral impropT,e-
ties, had yet intelligence enough 90 SO. .m.
Though Alencon had engaged himseu ei i.I
where, the Duke of Guise was Intriguing Win
eject in Scotland ~ hsliave IT. was
impending over Ireland. The most formidable
enemy that she possessed was at work IN the
vrrote Leicester THE more fearful am to see
snch dangerous ways taken. God of his mercy
hell, all and gives us all here about her grace
to discharge our duties for never was tnere
. more need. nor never stood this crown in like
neril. God must now uphold the Queen by
miracle; ordinary helps are past cure t ~
abe appears more despicable; and 1T is, indeed
hard to believe that this vain, bad-temPered,
irresolnte and deceitful Old woman ,; O., mIon
we read, is really England's great Elizabeth.
r.r;o,. fnct, about suicide.-It has been MAIN
tanned by some writer's that suicide increases
with the intellectual growth of people, ana
is unknown to the savage ana nneauca. -, u
races-in fact, might be used to measure inc
intellectual capacity of people. Among the
aborigines of this country, Australia, tanst
Africa suicide is almost nnknowni mr. - onne so
helm a distinguished German traveller, ana
author of u work on Turkey, met with only
three cases OF sur s%ae nteomnn Empire and two
of these were Christians, the third a renegade gao,
Christian. European countries 90, hdeeu,
afford some color to the intellectual theory OF
suicide Spain, far behind all other European
countries in modern progress, shows very lew
cases of suicide; while among the Italians Italians
auicide which, previous to the late revolution
was a thing almost unknown has now become
comparatively speaking quite frequent: Inn I'M,
does not surprise u.s. as II Is Wen a,n1ntons
During the great revolution in France (l7e9
lsOO) the number who committed suicide wa
especS1s AMONG 1egso Ihs the tortnr
a. Of the reign of terror, the intense mental SUI
fsring caused by the loss Of relatives AM !,
account for the frightful increase of suicide
This is equally true, but not to the same eA EN-
of all revolutions. Statistics snow inc Nel
mans to be the most suicidal people in Europe
France comes next on the list; Eng land third
while the Irish are the least suicidal people.
Europe. The late Professor Graves, OF , Duoi,n
many wears ago drew attention to the lnftuenc
of seasons on crime the periodical Recurrence
of certain crimes with certain seasons, as we
aa the greater prevalence of the greatest G
crimes suicide-during the summer months
while crimes against property prevailed IN Tn Tn
winter and spring. The Investigations OF II
uuirol at the Satpetriere, and those OF othe
European enquiries, shows this statement t
be in the main correct. Among cities, tohoo
has by far the largest number OF suicides
rroportion to its population in the Yves
minister district--and we now copy from Ems
lish statistics-the proportion was one
every six Thousand three hundred ana sevent.
nine of the population. careful study q
European statistics shows the curious factthf
,na,7ied men are less liable to commit suicid
than single, while the reverse hoids gooo
females.
Roman Catholic Peers.-According to recer
return it seems that there are twenty-thrt
Roman Catholic peers in the British House
Lords Six of these are recent converts to Thu
faith The number of Roman CATHOLICS mel
beers of Parliament Is thirty-six. With b,
one exception they represent irish cons!
tuences. The majority of the Roman Cathol
peers are English, and most OF them rePrese
very ancient families, their peerages IN sever
instances dating from the thirteenth centur
In consequence of the very limited matrimoni
choice offered to the members OF these o
families, they have intermarried again al
again and nearly the whole of the arlstocTat
Catholics are connected by consanguineo
ties. These ancient houses are deserved
held in very high repute by men of all oplnio
and religions They take but little part
/. politics, and generally live very much amo!
p. Themselves Some of the finest and most
teresting old places In England are in the
possession. Tho premier Duke Is Rom
Catholic, and until recently was the "a
of Shrewsbury, the premier; but the title II
now epassed to Protestant branch OF t
Talbots Care is always taken by Liberal
administrations that or more of the positio
in the queens household shall be held
Roman Catholics
SINGULAR Benerotence.-When money "
being raised for the building of Bethleh'
Hoepital, the agents called upon an old g.
tleman and the door not being quite sh
they heard him scolding his maid tor>fhro
ing away match she had used to>hght
FIRE without considering that the other g
might he used also. After entertaining the