The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-31

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triumphant is he who, trusting more the party OF
the Jealous will yhtcn less the moderate. As to
sy as e caare aas 1se w" y. wait and to
/ respect the fzu dcconDh. Deputy Bunghl, there
tore, places Slorza Pecci, Trevisanio and De Luca
4 as the most eligible candidates for the Papa
Throne in case OF the death OF the present occu-
pant. There ia an old Roman proverb which says.
1t az CARDINAL" And this proverb must be Kept in
mind In all specuau liens concerning the Candidates
for the Papacy
Italian Politics and the Pope's Recovery.
ROME. May q 1873.
| The LAMA Ministry. which has been In q totter-
ing condition for some time, has just come to Q
sudden downfall. Everybody anticipated that the
Religious Corporations Dill would prove an nsuper-
able stumbling block TO the Cabinet which has held
the reins OF government in Italy for the last four
years. but nobody supposed that 1t was going TO DC
! extinguished by so comparatively an unimportant
question as that oil the immediate construction OF
maritime arsenal at laramie. Hence arises the
suspicion that the LAMA Ministry has willingly
| ayailed Itself OF the first majority Of the House
| against its own views to throw up that power
| which it foresaw could not survive the perplexlng
| question OF the religious corporations.
| The Pope's maiady has rendered that question
more delicate than ever. TO be harassing the last
moments or the expiring Pontiff by the suppression
OF his spiritual STAFF would have exposed ministers
to the indignant 0utcres OF the clerical party who
would not have tailed to compare them TO the
donkey in the fable, scornfully kicking the aged
and dying Hon. and 1t Is certain that they would
have proposed a postp0nement OF the discussion of
that question in Parliament IL His Holiness illness
had continued Fortunately Plus TX. feels so much
better That as informed you by telegraph, he was
able to take air and exercise so far back as last
Sunday. when, on returning from the Vatican gar
den, he
RECEIVED THE CONGRATULATIONS
OF the French Ambassador and told His Excel
lency that he hoped to witness the celebration OF
his episcopal jubilee with as much solemnity as his
sacerd0tal one, which was commemorated in 1909,
with all the pomp and splendor for which the Pom
tincial Court was then celebrated, and the re-
newal OF which would seem to imply restoration
OF the POpe's temporal power.
Plus TX. was consecrated Bishop on Pentecost
Day. 1927, by Cardinal Castgllone, and appointed
to the Archiepiscopal See OF SpOleto by Pope Lee
XII.
Cardinal Castglione became Pope two years
later, and assumed the title OF Plus VIII.
We shall. therefore, expect to see Pho Nono's
hopeful prediction verified in 1877, the fitch ami
versary Of his episcopal conservation
That His Holiness continues to improve in health
and spirits is evident from the intention he has
manifested to receive the French, Belgian and
other distinguished pilgrims now route for
sainted predecessor Plus ", when he Will say
mass for them, administer the Holy Sacrament to
each OF them and conclude with o general address.
TO promise so much shows that His Holiness feels
quite up to the marx. The pilgrims will have
second audience it is expected on the 1874 of May
to congratulate the PontlH on the commencement
OF his eighty.second year.
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS
To return to the ministerial criss-the cause, as
construction of naval arsenal at laramie,
In ten years, at calculated expense Of rs oooo 600
doubt laramie occupies a magnificent situation,
well calculated for the defence of southern Italy,
but slgnor selia who handles the public funds and
every scheme, declared that he could only
authorize the use OF 6,50ooo lire for the proposed
works at laramie, q sum deemed by the House in
on the Both April. Yesterday the Prime Minister
vote he and his colleagues had offered their resig-
nations to the King, whose resolution in conse-
fore invited the House to adjourn until Monday
the 5th instant, when His Majesty's determination
with respect to the new Cabinet would be officially
communicated
Meanwhile let us take glance at the different
candidates for the Italian premiership.
1t Is natural to turn. first OF ALL TO the head OF the
opposition Signor Urbano Rattazzi, who seems to
be the only candidate whom the members OF the
Unfortunately Signor Rattazzi has already been
Prime Minister three times, and each time he was
IN ONCE some signal disaster befel Italy, whether
through his cupable negligence or not historians
must decide AT any rate they are not pleasing
II,
so wretched just now that he is really quite unit
for business
The Ministers who have just resigned are said to
have recommended signsr Pisanelli-a distn
guishea Neapotan Deputy-to the consideration
Of His Majesty, to form the new Cabinet. Sgnor
Pisane has already formed part OF preceding
ministry with the portfolio OF Justice and, as he
belongs to the same political party as Signors
LAMA, sela and their colleagues. and only headed
the ant-Ministeria vote on the laramie question,
apparently Tor secondary and local considerations
there would probably be no material change OF
policy adopted If he were to come to the head OF
the government. ! hear, however, that he has
i General Marmo G''l Is also spoken or and the
Baron RicaSo, both statesmen who have repeat
cdy welded the supreme ministerial power, but
both OF whom would probably wish TO make more
concessions to the Vatican in the affair VI the re
gious corporations than would suit the present in
But the main and apparently insuperable obsta-
Gle to an acceptance Of office by any Of the leading
Italian statesmen is the ugly Inheritance Of the Re-
ligous Corporations bill, to which they would have
to succeed.
not real, merit OF bringing the Italian capital and
seat OF government to Rome, Is pledged to carry
through this BILL and If nobody else can be found
to undertake the difficult task, the King will prOba
bly, be Obliged to refuse the designations proffered
by Sgnor Sella and his colleagues, and con-
taken the ecclesiastical bull by the horns.
There Is little doubt, however, that what with
delays and notifications OF projects and other
legislative tricks the Parliamentary session
Will be worn away without the monentous bill be-
R ha Seore the m anu ia
reasons for the Deputies to abandon the feversh
capital and return to their respective homes.
Victor Emmanuel, who was to have gone to Sor-
rento yesterday to pay his promised visit to the
Empress OF Russia, has been obliged to delay his
departure, sending meanwhile his Geographic ex-
cuses and explanations to Her Imperial Majesty.
This cOntretemps has bothered the King immensely.
The royal decision will be anxousy expected on
Monday.
The Pope md the Pilgrims.
ROME May 8, 1873.
In spite of renewed reports OF the Pope's falling
health, his Holiness carried out his programme
yesterday or receiving the French pilgrims who
rived to congratulate the PontT on the occasion OF
the festival OF ST. Plus ", which was yesterday,
the 5th and on the recurrence Of his own birthday,