The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-01
THE GCUMENICAL COUNCIL.
DIscOrd In the Assembly-HOw the First Meet
Ing was BroIken Up.

UlScOrH In the ASSemDIy-HOW tHG tIFSI Meet
Ing was Broken Up,
A correspondent of the London Times writing
from Rome Dec. II, says
The truth about the first meeting with closed
doors (that is, the 1Oth), is coming out. 1t was
scene Of the greatest confusion. lam now told that
the minority was 1870. 1t was the Archbishop OF
Temsevar, in Croatia, it is now said, who
was mafng Latin SPEECH pOtsstng
bishops, when the bell rang and he was called to
order. Thereupon, 1t is added the Primate of Hun
gary came to his rescue, and In his turn was called
to orderin like manner. Upon this Dnpanloup made
q strong observation in good French and left the
Hall, with the Archbishop OF Paris and hundred
others, in fact, breaking up the meeting. All the
bishops complain that they are poweress; that they
have had no time to know what they are wanted to
do that they have only been allowed eight days to
make one another's acquaintance; finally, that the
Hall is intolerable. They are dying sof cold and
they cannot hear one another They say the pre-
sent accommodation is utterly inadequate that they
require many more rooms, and those larger
than what have been imprOyised in and about st.
ought to have been held ut the Lateran or the Qur
nal, where they might have had whole palace for
the work. and rooms for conversation and other bu-
siness. They are now obliged to find opportunities
for mutual information and conference where they
can, and cardinals and others who happen to have
palaces ct their command, are holding nightly
large reunions. Very late ones, too, l suspect,
for the streets are getting noisy at midnight,
more so than when came. Thus the first meet
ing on the 10th ended with an abrupt adjourn
ment; and | cannot doubt that or to-day has
done also This is not very promising for the
presumed object OF the Council, which every day
recedes further into the limbo OF vain aspirations. II
the dogma of infallibty is adopted, 1t is now said
withdrawn, and Plus IN will find that with a new
position new relations also will have to be arranged.
So stroDgy this intention announced that ths
Pepe'g friends accuse France Of debating, ans
FTenchmen do not deny the imputation. The stua-
ton is described on both sides as grGgissina; and
nobody the way out Of 1t, except by continual
adjournmeDts, till time itself may bring some sort
OF escape But as for any conclusions being come
TO and proclaimed by January o. that is pronounced
impossible.
Position of the American Bishops.
The Papal authorities have housed the
Bishops with careful and discriminating hospitality.
Those who could not be absolutely trusted have
been lodged with safe companions in the proportion
of one weak brother to half dozen strong In one
palace, two or three known TO want their faith con-
1rmef, are in charge OF ten stout believers The
Jesuits have had the manipulation OF
one Of them WRo has not his eepgs soaSded i aSS
reported upon daily; and the common study of the
printed papers compels all to speak. In this way 1t
will be ascertaned what points can be pressed-sup-
posing 1t desirable TO press them-and what not.
But the Pope will probably not propose at all what
hear it said plead their difficulties at home The
Syllabus has excited good deal OF attention there
and has been denounced as an attack upon civil
society, putting everybody pledged to It in antagon
ism to his fellow-citlzens AT first sight 1t might
seem that, under constitution founded
will OF the majority there would be no great reason
to fear an external claim to entire spiritual and
entertain a strong dislike to the Kind of thing alto
gether and that any mantainer of the Popes infal-
ibty and supreme authority in the chief affairs OF
life will often find himself at a disadvantage. So
the American Bishops would rather be out OF
1t. Indeed, they say they cannot help them
selves; the new converts stipulate for their lib
erty. II this be the case in the United States it
cannot be otherwise in all the States OF the Old
World where religion Is at all matter OF con-
tToversY, and where there are such things as
converts from one communion or one school to
another. The objections to infability are said to
take great variety OF forms, but that must be only
a variety OF language, expression, and circum-
stances There Is one master objection at the root
Of AL objections, and that Is the individuality ana