The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22
M,rning Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY. JUNE g. 1873.
LETTER FROM ROME.
THE HOLY FATHER.

he received the Cardinals aud several
Populations in the library of his private
apartments and on Sunday, at half-past
eleven, he held general reception in the
so called because hung with the twelve
tapestries executed from the designs of
Raphael, seven of whose drawings for them
form the well-known Cartoons" formerly
at Hampton Court, and now at South Ken
sington. The reception was limited how
$50 persons all of them ladies and gen.
tlemen who had delayed their departure
from Rome until they could have once
morethe Apostolic Benediction and the hap
piness of again seeing the venerable Pom
tiff restored to health. In addition to those
French Ambassador and other person
ages of the diplomatic body were present.
His Holiness has continued to receive
gentlemen during the week.
THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT AND CONDITION
OF ROME.
The all-absorbing topic in Rome this
week has been the progress of the Bill for
the suppression of the Religious Orders,
and how far the Ministers of Victor EN-
coerced by tho mob, as shown in the dis
astrous demonstration of last Sunday. I
will here state that heard the same day
that there had been two persons killed,
and that the police were employed in the
evening in mopping up with D sponge the
blood that spouted from bayonet wound
just under the windows of the Quirinal,
gerated, not to say false account, that l
did not mention this in my last T; two oi
the mob were, however, MORALLY wounded
on that occasion, and for several days after
none of the Royal family went out. At
the latter end of the week ten regiments
were sent for to reinforce the garrison,
and still remain here 500 Bersaglieri oc-
cupy the lower portion of the Gesu, the
same thing occurs at the Convent of Ara
Coli. The rest of the troops are at var
ious strategetic points in other parts of
city. Two hundred officers are living at
the Hotel du Globe, and of course the whole
town wears a military aspect. During the
it can be called, o considerable number of
"the curious" as the Italian papers call it,
watched for the exit of the deputies, but
an imposing number of carabineers, NUM-
cipal guards of public safety prevented
the possibility of any further demonstra-
ton, and the numbers have gradually
dwindled away. The party within the
doors of the Chamber who represent the
mob without have, however, learnt their
strength, and are not slow in exercising it.
The sittings have been stormy in the ex-
treme, and no one can have any adequate
idea of the noisy violence and utter con-
tempt of order that has characterized the
House, especially the Left or advanced
party, who are pretty much what the
"Montagne' were in the day of the French
Revolution opposed to all religion and
many of them open Republicans. The bill
introduced by the Ministers Sella, Lapza,
ETC., provided for the Generals of the Re-
ligious Orders, as representing those bodies
existing in foreign countries, and as being
necessary to the Pope in the government
of the Church, small pension out of the
revenues Of the respective Orders, and q
permissive residence in the houses or Ger
tain portions of the houses occupied by
them. This was opposed with, one
cannot say energy, but with violence
amounting to fury by the Left. At length
Baron Ricasoli made the following pro-
position, which is rather less favorable to
the Generals of the Orders than the Minis.
terial one that out of the money Of 43O
cen6scated monasteries and their estates,
400 600 lire, or ZIG. 900 o year, should be
set aside for the Holy See for the main
tenance of the said Generals and their nee
essary secretaries, etc, and that in the
case of the Holy See refusing the allowance
it should be competent for the Government
to pay over the said sum directly to the
Generals; and that the Government for
the time being should have the faculty OF
allowing the present Generals to remain
where they are during the term of their
office. Now as all Generals of Religious
Orders are men of mature years, and by
far the greater number hold Office for three
or for six years, this was q very small boon
indeed, but it Immediately provoked vio-
lent resistance from the Left. One MEM
Der rose and spoke of "Tuscan reaction"
Baron Ricasoli being of one of the most
ancient and noble houses Of Tuscany but
he was Immediately pot down by that
naughty noble who said, Il am quite tran
gull in my conscience and shall not reply |
to the insinuatioD of Tuscan reaction,
am above that remark, and the more am
hated the more capable 1 am of holding
myself above it." The debate went on, the
Left still opposing Ricasoli's proposal to
give the ZIG, 900 year to the Holy See for
the Religious Orders, and the excitement
became greater than ever. The Italian
papers use the term UiUacissimG agitd-ione,
and add that the noisa prevented any one
from being heard. After a violent and
stormy quarter of an hour during which
the President had repeatedly to ring his
bell and to ask if he was to be listened to
or not, the Rrcasoli amendment was car
ried by 220 votes against 1913. After this
5ignor De DOnnO proposed that the Cen
eral of the Jesuits be excluded from any
benefits contained in the Ricasoli amend