The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-02
AUDIENCES.

whose health continues excellent has held
the usual succession of audiences during
the the current t,a p,; week: On Saturday last,
Bishops of Stafford, FerentTno, and Con-
cordia, had private audiences. On Wed
nesday Mgr. Strossmayer, who has pub
lIshed the recent DEGREES of the Vatican
Council throughout his diocese, was also
graciously received by his Holiness. On
the same day Baron Hubner, Austro- Hun
garian charge d'Afaires to the Holy See,
was also received in private audience. AT
ter which his Holiness held general an d.
ence, at which many English, German,
French, and Italian ladies and gentlemen
were presented. The Nuns of the Pre-
eious Blood were also admitted to an au-
dience. On this day it was remarked that
traces OF heavy sorrow were visible on the
venerable countenance of the Holy Father.
SUPPRESSION OF SIXTEEN COMMENTS.
1t is not very surprising that the aspect of
his Holiness was sorrowful, after he had
heard of the decree of the Piedmontese
Government, now master of his Rome, ex-
ing the helpless inmates to evacuate them
within the short space of fifteen days! The
official gazette publishes the list which
comprises, among others, the following !:
The Convent of S. Maria della Vittoria
of the Barefooted Carmelites. Convent of
~. ~, AnthohJ, Vi Cue atueIs Oh the MISSIONS.
The Convent of the Jesuits of S. Easebio.
The Convent of S. James and S. Mary
Magdalen. called "the Convertite" (for
penitent females.) The Convent of S.
Catherine of Sienna, Mother House of the
OomInicanesses and residence of the
Mother General. Part of the Convent of
SIS. Sylvester and Stefano. Part of the
Convent of S. Norbert, Sisters of Charity
of Calvary. Convent of Sta Maria Regina
Coeli, Barefooted Carmelitesses.
The list ends with these words 1.-THE
Government will take possession of the
ve-named property at the end of fifteen
days from the date of the present decree"
Of this document in Thursdays papers,
filled Rome with amazement and consterna-
ton. Upon the poor Nuns of several of
the appropriated converts, it has fallen like
thunderbolt. Some burst into tears.
others became pale with fear; several com.
find shelter. But besides what appears on
the list, two at least of these converts,
namely, Sta Susanna, and the Regina Coli
in the Lungara, being large buildings, the
respective Ladies Superior Hospitality re-
celved other previously dispossessed com
pi1;1 carriages of the Roman no.
bllity conveying the Nuns of s. Antonio on
the Esquiline to S. Susanna. will be fresh
in the recollection ofyour readers. In each
OF the above named converts there are not
one community only, but three, SO that
those who found temporary asylum are
again homeless. 1t will occur to many to
ask, what can the usurpiDg Government
want with all these buildings; with all
these bare white-washed cells from which
they are chasing innocent helpless womenf
The remote end is no doubt their destruc-
ton; the immediate answer is, barracks
and prisons; above all the latter, and this
leads me to another subject.
THE MORAL CONDITION OF "REGENERArEDn
ROME.
More prisons are wanted; for crime all |
over Italy is, by the statement of the depu-
ties themselves in Parliament, everywhere
and greatly on the increase. There was n |
small attempt when the Piedmoptese frat
came to cry out against the Ponti6cal New
Gaol as being lnsalubrious, etc. It was built |
for $50 or thereabouts, but now contains
nearly 800, and is of course wretchedIv
What they do with all the
people arrested every night, and whence
such q multitude Of criminals come, can
not tell You, but very small proportion
indeed are Romans. Every days papers
tell rs that some thirty at least Of arrests
have been made in the previous twenty
foRr hours, yet there seems always to be a
fresh supply of offences and offenders. One
papert this week remarked quite triumphant
y that there had been "no deed of blood" in
the last twenty-four hours, and indeed, if
true, it was remarkable in the present state
of Rome; for example: on Sunday q mason
stabbed carter in the throat in one street, |
and in another halter invited o man to
drink and coming ont OF the osteria gave
him q knife thrust in his side. As for