The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-10
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ENGLAND.

NaPtaln burton mas supplied, In tne iofm
of q letter to the Pail Mall Gasette, one of
the most sensible contributions to the Liv-
ingstone controversy that have yet ap.
peared. Giving full credit to Mr.. Stanley |
for his daring exploit, and to DIR. Living
stone for his discoveries, he advanced fresh
data, for believing the Nile hypothesis to
be untenable, and concludes with practi>
cal suggestion we'll worth consideration.
1t, as is probable, the Lualaba ends ia the
Congo, the great traveller will be descend
ing the latter river in the course of next
and warlike population, will be in want of
everything, and will get no supplies of
cloth and beads from Zanzibar. Why then,
asks Captain Burton, should not the $4,000
in the hands of the Royal Geographical
Society, which can only he employed in
fitting ont a relief expedition, to be sent
up the Congo to meet him9 Such an
expedition should leave England about the
end of the present year.
FRANCE.
N. IAiers on the Nantes Riots.-On the
10th of October, there was a noteworthy
colloquy between NJ. Theirs and the Perma-
nent Committee. President Grevy had
already, before Nj. Theirs arrived, notified
| to the Committee the reception of the petit
| ton from Nantes about the riots and on
the motion of the Dnc de Bisaccia it was
| read, NJ. Grevy having first ruled that the
Committee could not of itself come to any
| resolution on the prayer Of the petitioners,
which demanded an enquiry and the dismiss
sal of the mayor should he be found to
have been negligent. After some discus
sion as to whether the petition should be
treated as intended to eniighten the Per-
| manent Committee and go no further, OF
should be referred to the Assembly as NJ.
Grevy recommended, NJ. Theirs himself
arrived. NJ. Cornelis de Witt, who is a
Protestant, formally asked the President
"what measures the Government meant to
to take for the protection of the religious
liberty of Catholics" and called on it to
"repudiate or punish the odious acts
committed at Nantes" NJ. Theirs stated
in reply that the Government condemned
these disorders as strongly as anybody, that
a. judicial enquiry had already been set on
foot, that the guilty would be punished,
but that seventy-four witnesses had been
heard, and as yet there was no evidence of
any particular act of violence. The affair
appeared to be the result rather Of acct
dent than of any criminal reconciliation.
The Due de Broglie brought the debate
back to the real question by observing that
the courts might deal with the rioters, but
that it was the business of the Govern
ment to judge whether the authorities had
done their duty. NJ. Theirs replied that
it would be difficult to say that the mayor
and the project ought to have forseen the
riot which took place on the arrival of the
third train /; at any rate their intention
was good, for the military authorities had
taken precautions. Moreover that the
Bishop had cknowiedged that the author
tiles bad not been SO improvident as was
at first supposed. This the Due de Biac-
cha answered by reading letter from
Nantes written by a deputy, ia which il
municipal authorities had not interfered
and mad proved either their great weakness
or their completely. Other information, he
. said, went to establish the same conclusion
} and the subsequent correspondence of the
project confirmed it. He told the Bishor
that the announcement of a second pilgri
mage was Gan imprudence," that the houl
: of the departure ought to he kept secret
I eve will not accept" said NJ. de Bisacca
Q "either for ourselves OF for our wives and
o children the obligation of hiding when W,
4 pray we insist on liberty, the liberty o
praying where and when we choose" Z"
am sorry" he added, t'to have to address
the President of the Republic should pre-
It fer to address myself to his ministers" NJ
It Theirs declared his own responsibility ant
n his Willingness to bear it, but when he tool
a M. de Bisaccia up rather sharply for talkin,
J. of "the Republic which calls itself Conserve
tive" he afforded him another opportunit,
IS for remarking OH the Inconvenience o
% treating these matters with the President
l. Nj, Theirs statement respecting the con
q NoSo VI ehO aDO cS
y pecially respecting the admission said t.
have been made ny the Bishop, has elicte'
u q protest from that prelate, in which h
'e maintains everything that he had said, ad
d, ding that "the rot was marked by all tn
e. characteristics which he had mentioned
is that it was prolonged and violent outrage
an attack on individuals as we'll as Of
freedom of conscience; and disgrace t.
'f a peaceable town and to the foresight al,
it vigor of its administration" His view i
g. confirmed by NJ. Kastner, an old Republi
1t can, special commissioner of railways a
70 Nantes, who writes to the 0rdre that Ii
, had foreseen the disturbances, and don
|. all he could to get precautions taken, an
d had interfered SO actively during the rio
% itself, (Which was more in the town than q
the station,) that he had to be rescued b
the gendarmes from the mob.
10 RUSSIA.
a We copy the following from the St. Pc
> tersburg correspondent of the Londo
:. Tablet, dated Sept. 10, and Oct. /:
- The RdSkoIniks-There ia profit as We