The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-07

wnere you dwell TO render IN person the spiritual
OOe0ience lowe you. would dev0tedly nave pe-
sought you to make with your sacred hands the
slgn OF the cross on my heart Constrained ~
OF consolation SO sweet did deign to send In my
bnt a. Jerome KING Of Funga and my granasoni
have substituted for him Msnclo my cousin and my
great-nephew. have received the reliquary win
VINO, which YOU have honored me, and have placed q
70 express the gratitude feel for gift SO precious
WIN ado no more, a. my ambassadors will more
realm"
THE PORES REPLY.
10 tnls reply MOnsegneur B0capaduli responded
In benalf OF the Pope. He said:-.iIis Holiness
commands me- most noble lords, to say 10 you that
Dom frotals King Of Arlma Dom Francis King Of
70 acknowledge the power which Coo I has Clothed
they believe firmly In this truth. He gives cease
less thanks 70 the divine goodness which has
pears to him SO much the more legitimate as il has
its foundation IN the profound sentiments in which
ne Is animated for the glory the Almighty and the
Win HIS blood: His Holiness earnestly desires ana
prays TO God that all kings and princes in Japan
may initiate SO good an example, may destroy
iaolatory, and may adore in truth and justice the
TnIs reply finished, The ambassadors were con-
Quoted to the foot OF the throne and kissed the feet
near. embraced them. and put to them many ques-
lions as to their travels ana the rarlties Of their
JAPANESE COLLEGE ENDOWED.
AT length the Pope exclaimed 81 have now lived
long enough since have seen this triumph"-a
ambassadors OF blood royal were directed to lift
up tine train Of hts robes, an honor monopoized as
ambassador or the Emperor. The Holy Father hav-
Ing been thus conducted to his apartments, spen-
audience followed, at which, s t8e Popc ANNOUNCED
that ne had endowed the proposed new seminary at
Pucheo with an annual dolation OF 1900 Roman
crowns.
DEATH OF GREGORY XIII.
But all this Joy was soon damped and turned into
grief by the unexpected death OF Gregory KILL,
April 10. 1886. dis successor, sixlus w. who, as
Cardinal M0ntealt0, had taken greatly to the
was mo- less ina 70 em s POPE
nation. bearing heavy canopy, and held the basin
Tor HIS Holiness TO wash IN when he SAID mass.
the P0ntln was enthr0ned at St. John Lateran.
Finally. on the eve Of Ascension in presence OF all
the Roman mobiles. they were created
KNIGHTS OF THE GILDED SPURS.
The Pope himself girded on the swords. while the
the ambassadors o. France 0 and v On Sy
AFTER tins the Pope placed about their necks
princes were dismissed with brief addresses
TO their sovereign: From Rome they were escorted
went by way OF Loretto where they paid their de-
votions, to Venice, and thence to Milan and Genoa
They declined, as they had been SO long from home
a pressing invitation from Henry Ill. to visit
France, and after o new audience with Philip ii.
they set sail from Lisbon on their return TO Japan
April 13, 1856.
THE EMBASSY RETURN HOME.
The Embassy returned TO Japan after an absence OF
Six years. 6uG IN the meantime the native priests
had stirred up the feelings OF the people against the
Christian missionaries. The prosecutions OF the
Roman emperors were but tribes In comparison
with the wholesale butcheries In Japan. During
one day-Aprll IL, l63S-37, 000 Christians were put
10 death. Nothing could appease the alarm of the
heatnen priests but total determination OF the Chris
tlans, and the light OF the CHRISTIAN religion, which
had shone In fu brightness, was soon eXtipgulshed
IN the blood or numDerleSs martyrs and Japan fell
back into policy OF total exclusion. The decree
issued IN 1887, which
ISOLATED JAPAN FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD,
was as 10llOws:-"NO Japanese ship or boat whatsO-
ever nor anv native OF Japan, snail presume TO 20
out OF the country. Wn0soever acts contrary
this shall die, and the ship, with crew and goods
board shall Ne sequestered till further orders All
japanese who return from abroad shall be put to
death. whoever discovers a priest or Christian
Shall be rewarded All persons protesting the doc
trines OF Cnristanity-the worship OF the fathers
or bearing this scandalous name shall be imprisoned
IN the common jail. The whole race OF Portuguese,
with their mothers their nurses and whoever be-
longs TO them. shall be banlshed to Macao. Wno-
ever presumes to bring letter from abroad or re-
turn after Punishment shall die; also all VINO pre-
sumo TO mem0rialiZe In favor OF those condemned
death. No nOblenan any soldier shall be allowed
TO purchase anything OF foreigner"