The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-01

much business - possible before the HOLY
week ceremonies.-LoSdon Register.
HopulUsisn of and xdusatisa IN Rome.
A Roman correspondent Of the Dxb1ir
Freeman says:- ~.
An important Red-boOk of statistics
connected with its population and it's edu-
cational resources for the year 1869, has
| just been Published, and q copy of IL has
been furnished to each Of the members OF
the Sacred College of Cardinals. have
been favored with perusal Of this care
fully prepared document, and hasten to
furnish your readers with a summary Of
it's more interesting details. The total
population of Rome last year amounted to
220, $50 souls, being in excess of that of a6s
by 3,l54. This population lie divided over
81 parishes, some of them lying imme-
diately outside the city walls. OF the en-
$50 females. OF the males lO,2O7 belong
to the military or police service Of the city,
whilst s, 224 arc in some way or other con-
nected with religious worship or religious
education. In this number are included 81
cardinals, with residences in Rome 26
bishops also resident here. Secular and par
ochial clergymen, ], 1886 clerics engaged in
teaching or studying in colleges or semina-
ries, 641, and members Of the religious or
derss 1850. OF the male population 2,435
are Jews, and 36 belong to the Protestant
and Other persuasions. Of the female popu-
lation 2,256 are members of the various
conventual institutions Of Rome, 2,247 are
Jews, and PSI come under the head of Pro-
testant and other denominations. The
male population is again divided into
children "a, 403 adults, 81, 326; married,
2,s7l; widowers, 5,637. Those in holy
orders or in some way bound to celibacy,
6,4OO. The female into-children, % ,935
adults, 30,35; married, 30, 43O widows
10, 1S9; religious in converts and houses of
charity, 500. Soldiers, Jews, or Protes-
tant scots are not returned under this last
classification. You will have observed q
considerable difference between the num-
bers of the males and females returned as
married. No explanation is assigned for
this difference, but suppose it may be ac-
counted for in this way-that on the dav
the return was taken there may have been
in Rome number equal to the excese of
males on business, for health, or for other
purposes, and who were not accompaniment
BY their wives. The total number of fam
lilies is given at AZ, SIS. There were alive
last year $50 males and GIL females whose
ages ranged from 80 to- 100 yeafs-3 of the
males and SIS of the females being between
80 and 100. The number of births for the !
year, was 2,6l9 males, and ,65s females
being about "a ipevery thousand of the en-
tire population. Amongst the deaths were
those of Vascular priests, 81 regulars. SO |
nuns, and 332 still-births. The number of |
marriages for the year was 1864, or about |
Jin every thousand of the total. The edu- |
cational and charitable statistics are stil, |
more interesting. There are % ecclesias-
tical colleges and seminaries, in which the |
number of resident students is SAL: in some
of these, as in the Propaganda, and one or |
two Others, or perhaps more flor on this |
particular point the Red book does not fur |
nish information, and am not myself per-
n
thing is supplied gratuitously to the stu
dents. The number of students in the Irish
College was last year 81 in the Scotch IL Il
10 the English lthere are two English COL
leges, one of which is called from it's foun
der Pho !nglese,) 80 in the North Ameri-
Propaganda l22. Besides these there are
several lay colleges and boarding schools
scattered through the city. have men.
TONED 10 a former letter that the education
IN the way Of lectures, ETC., at the univer-
zity' the propaganda, and the Roman col
Der attending at these valuable and learned
lectures (given by some of the ablest pro- H.
Fessors in the world) in theology, science,
classics etc., was last year 1929, Of whom
800 attended at the Sapienza, and 1 ,225
1t the Roman College. There are consi-
,eraoly over 100 schools under the care Of .
5hrlstlan Brothers and other religious con-
raternities for the imparting of elementary
ducation to male children, and in them !
ratuitous education is given to 6,34I pu. I
Ills. Besides these there are private ele- ;
1entaTy male schools, where a small r
barge is made, and in these there are c
,561 children. Now, for female education. +
mere are between two and three hundred G
'hooIs Tor females, under the charge, for q
ne most part, of religious sisterhoods; in h
lese schools gratuitous education is given a
9,444 girls, whilst 1874 pay for their in +,
ructlon and maintenance in the converts h
private neutrality-suspicious. in which they f,
ay be residing. 1t will thus be seen that h
'e total number receiving gratuithus edu- RI
Ition in Rome in 1869 was is, GA, paying Il
r their education Tin most cases with !,
cir support) 4,29l, making a grand total r,
the pupils at school in college 1905 a
rom what have already said, you will, Il
course understand that considerable v
lmber OF tue gratuitously educated are e.
so gratuitOusly maintained. Your readers A
nongst the Catholic clergy may take some Il
terest in return furnished in one of the =,
m mia 70 Nff |