The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-07-26
INTERESTING LETTER FROM ROME.
THE POPE.
HOW HIS TWENTY EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY WAS
CELEBRATED IN THE ETERNAL CITY.
ROME, June %, 1874.

ROME, June %, 1874.
His Holiness received the congratulations o.
! the Diplomatic Body Saturday Sunday
Monday, and Tuesday. The French Austrian
and brazilian Ambassadors were the first tc
pay their respects. The represen tatives OF
| Portugal, Monaco and Chilli, were the last
| On Sunday the (2lst0 the Pope gave also au-
dience to the deputies of the Italian Congress.
FRINGE Lancellott read the address. His Ho-
| illness, replying to the Congress deputation,
spoke approvingly of the work Of the Com
gress, and observed that "the Church though
beaten, was not van1uished, altboug Oh de-
spoiled piece by piece, was yet not driven to
| sue like u slave or handmade for what belonged
TO her OF right, and was never more grand
IMAM In the time of persecution" Abiding to
the vicissitudes of modern times the Pope
said When the Conclave on tho 18th of
June, 1916, WAS thrown open to admit persons
to approach the new Pope, all was joy and
gladness. Some of the Diplomatic Corps pen
etrated on that occasion to the chapel in the
Quirinal, and prominent in that eagerness was
the Minister of the King of Sardinia The
Pope, vested in Pontihcals, drew near the al
tar, intending afterwards 10 present himself to
the people from the Grand Loggia and the
Minister of the King of Sardinia, with rever-
ent anxiety, lifted the train of the Pontitical
robe, DESTROYS to he the I cst to have the honor
of rendering this service to the new Pope
This external act of sympathy between Pied
mont aud the Holy See was follow ed by certain
a ,h;s iona letters confirming more officially
and friendship. Later all was changed into
sadness; and the same Piedmont took away
well nigh the whole of my temporal dominions
and finally, with the Goth of September, 1870,
went still further and entered Rome, not to
sustain my rule, but to strip me of the last I'M
robbed remnant of nsy priucpality"
CELEBRATION OF THE PoPE's TwENTY-EIGBTu
ANNIVERSARY.
The Roman people on this Sunday (21st)
Hooked III crowds to the churches That of st.
Ignatius, where the feast of ST. Luigi Gonzspa
was celebrated, was especially thronged both
morning and evening The Basilica of st.
Peters, where re DEAN was sung after Yes
pers to thank GOD for his merces in prolonpiny
the years of the Pontif, presented a remarka-
bic spectacle. The vast nave was occupied Ivy
from hfteen to twenty Thousand persons of
every grade in society. The Roman aristocratic
families were there, the middle classes, and the
poor. 1t was noticed that many soldiers of the
Italian army were among the congregation.
The functions began about half past six in the
evening. At that time the visitor to the Ba
silica saw the piazza dotted with groups of
loiterers, the steps of the church similarly
occupied and strangely out of harmony with
the religious character of the scene, a file of
soldiers drawn up side of tho pazza
apparently ready for some expected action
The functions inolde the church proceeded
quietly. The immense congregation were most
devout. Tho alternate verses of the 7e Heun,
We're sung by the people. and at tho verse Ne
tt"ercforf pray Thee help Thy servants ahop. Thou
down and prayed. Mgr. Howard gave the
Bonediction. and at about half-past seven
the assembly began to leave st. Peters.
TIE DEMONSTRATION IN HONOR OF HIS HOLINESS
AND sUDsEQENT DISTURBANCES.
But the day was not destined to end without
disturbance. Those who were the first to leave
the church, entered their carriages and drove
home Then some persons in the Piazza saw
inc iope, who appeared fer an instant at one
of the windows of the Vatican. The moment
airy sight of the Holy Father caused at once
an indescribable scene of emotion The peopIe
in the piazza knelt down imporing on their
n hnf,n1 tntt1 Il IL.
Mono The people issuing from the Basilica
caught up the cry and hurried on towards the
oheiisk, waving their handkerehiefs and ex-
Illness. Agcl-aul infrm persons raised their
hands like therest, invoking blessings on the
Pontih. Everywhere resounded cries of IRA
il Papa IRA il Papa Ec ! and Sia Benedctto !
Tears flowed from many eyes, and the piazza
was tiled with kneeliug, praying and hand
Notwithstanding multitude, BALI frantic with
excitement Then came the sad part of the
affair. The soldiers of the Questura made no
allowance for the extraordinary circumstances
of the crowd. 1t is asserted, and is very likely
true, that some persons, certainly not many
were 30 carried away by their feelings to
| exclaim ira IL Pupd-Re ! cry not in itself
| illegal, in way, but with addition of other
words, offensive to the police officers of the
| Government. The Delegate of the Questura
| put on his scarf of Office and commanded his
! soldiers to disperse the multitude. Some OF
| those present being naturally indignant at
| being pushed back roughly by armed men,
| iiiaue SNOW OF resistance and used haSty and
I angry words said to be seditious. The cores
pondents of some American and London journ-
ais came in for their share of rough treatment
| len or twelve arrests were made of persons
who refused to vanish quickly as the police
| required, and who demonstrated in terms moi
satisfactory to the soldiers against the violence
employed by the troops. The Questura Dele
gate then sent for company OF Bersaglieri
who entered the piazza at full speed, charging
| bayonets in band. The trumpet sounded three
times aud the order was given to clear the
piazza. The trumpet signals and order are
| equivalent TO the British reading of the Riot
Act, and in Italy are sufficient to produce an
immediate flight of any ordinary crowd. And
the crowd did dispense without DELAY, almost
before the Bersagl;eri had timo to enter
the Pl9zza Three English ladies, however,
with three American companions, were some.
| what later than the rest in approaching the
! situation. They saw the Bersag!ieri approach
| them, and retired to the Obesk TO be ont of
the way; but they attracted the ego of the
busy and persistent Questura Delegate and OF
| tue Bersagieri, who charged right down upon
the luckless ladies' The party of ladies' con
| sisted of three very recent converts TO the
Catholic Church; namely, Mrs Nimmo, cousin
to Mr. Gladstone, tho late Premier aud her
| two a D. . I, 81,