The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-27
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ENGLAND.


tended as q great Catholic Temperance
meeting, but which was 30 Dumerously at
tended that it had to be divided into two
sections. The demonstration was gotten
up under the immediate supervision of
Archbishop Manning who addressed both
| meetings, assisted by Fathers Nugent and
Lockhart The Universe says:
| The Catholics of the metropolis may we'll
be proud and gratified at the two demon
strations which were held last Monday
evening in furtherance ofthe Catholic tenn
perance movement. Seldom, if ever, has
the metropolis of England seen such
gathering; certainly no such demonstra-
ton of Catholic influence and numbers and
earnestness no such grand display of zeal
and resolution in the best of all causes
the furtherauce of religion and temperance
has ever before been witnessed in this
country, at least, not since English society
became adulterated with the national eff
ects of Professionalism and Dissent and that
general falling Off from the Christian uni
ty and peace Of which the Catholic Church
is the sole repository. All Londonors
know of the monster proportions OF The
pri.cipal room of the establishment known
as Exeter Hall. The people who came on
Monday night to chow by their presence
their desire to help the movement would
have filled this spacious apartment twice
over; 80 great was the rush at the build
ing that the doors had to be forcibly shut
and piacards posted up making known the
fact that the ball was Grained to excess.
Still the crowd fingered outside the doors
and loud became the bemoanings that they
could not get to hear their revered arch
bishop and those much esteemed. clergy
men by whom it WAS known his grace
would be supported. After some waiting
it became known that supplemental
\ L., l. I,olA !,
air at Trafalgar Square, and there was
quickly q general rush to the esplanade of
that notorious region. With wonderful
aIacrity torches were brought into requisi-
ton at the northern base of the Nelson
column, and a meeting of large proper
tious rs quickly in full operation. 1t must
have bee2 trying and exhaustiog even
ing's work for our not over robust arch
bishop. His grace would not be satisfied
with attending and making a speech at
the monster indoor meeting at Exeter
Hall. When lie heard that his flock had
come in such large numbers that second
meeting had become necessary his benig
features frightened up with Joy, and he at
once decided that none of His friends
should go away disappointed in not having
heard and seen all they expected. As soon
as his grace had disposed of the most i'm
portant portion of the business ofthe meet
ing at Exeter Hall, he proceeded to Traf
dfSat duu there Het WITH Is moSt
enthusiastic reception. What q sight in
the metropolis of Protestant England! A
Catholic arch bishop-opce one of the most
distinguished lights of the Established
Church of England-addressing by torch
light large open-air meeting of English
aud Irish Catholics within a stones throw
of those Houses of Parliament upon whose
temporal influence and mundane notion of
things in general the same sham religion
exists, and the air full of the cheers which
greeted the appearance of this distinguish
ed ecclesiastic among his multitudious ad-
mirers. Where wore, we should like
toknow, the archbshops and bishops of the
richly endowed state Church at that particu-
ratimef What thought had they of their
hocks, of the moral condition of England,
of the vast distress they have such splen-
did opportunities and means of relieving.
FRANCE.
"Memoires Secrets of Napoleon ILL.,
We are promised "Secret Memorandan by
the late Emperor Napoleon, ordered by him
to be published only after bis death. They
are edited by the Comte de In Chapelle.
and extracts have already appeared in Fig
arc. Of these the most important record
the bitter deceptions experienced by the
Emperor when he discovered the real truth
as to the relative state of preparation in
which France and Germany were. "On
the 9th July, 1870, Marshal LebDuf told
~ ehe1S hO Soulu illO lU6 u6lQ CSO,-
600 men. A close scrutiny brought this
total down to 100000 but when the mobili- |
cation was commenced and marching ord |
ers were issued, the number was further
reduced to 49,, OO0men. Three weeks later,
when the army was concentrated on the !
frontier, it was found that only 22O, 900
men were available. At the same time it
was discovered that the German army,
which had been set down at 300, 900 men,
really amounted to 90O,O 600 men," The lat
er mistake seems impossible to account for;
the over estimate of the French resources
is explained by the unauthorized permits
sions given to married soldiers by the gen.
erals in command of districts. There are
also fresh statements with regard to the |
respecting arms and sup
plies, and further extractsIare promised; the !
work when complete will be interesting
enough, as showing the delusiou under
which the Emperor acted, as regards the |
real facts, it cannot of course be as concFu-
sive an authority as the report of the subse-
quent French commission.
The "Trascontinenta" Triat.-The great
Transcontinental Company svindle has
been disposed of by the French Courts, and