The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-26
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other conversions, it is believed. will, , sae
follow. The Holy Father has taken 70. .o0l
siderable interest in these conversio,s.o ~
English-speakiDg visitors to Rome. ava, ~
approved of the establishment of a rasniaA
Mission in Rome, TO be devstedspeciaIIraa
the work of preaching and lecturing in n.
English tongue. His Grace, ArcRbisbosI!
howard, will be the President of this MIX
sion In Rome. The Mission will be so cos
Quoted as to give no needless offencs W !.
Protestants of any denomination by entss
ing into personal controversies or discn.
| sIons upon minor points. 1t will aim III
the diffusion and explanation of CatboIi.
doctrine, AID at the removal of the pnorans
PreJudic and misrepresentation which
contribute to keep SO many persons avsr
from the true fold. Monsigner Cape. befm,
| Isaylng Rome was assured by many respee.
table English and American gentlemen H..
they repudiated all participation in ~.
rude attem pit at interruption of the service.
made by Mr.. Wall after one of the sermon.I
and before the Benediction. That reyerenSI
gentleman, foiled in his effort to GET
hearing in Catholic Church, has found
congenial refuge in the columns of tbs /
Italian Ners. That journal, in its Issue of
the 18th of March, contained what Dur.
wall to Mgr. Capel. But the COPY was in I
print some hours before the original vas /
left at Mgr. Capel's hotel! The letter itself
was challenge to Mgr. Capel to enter into
the controversial lists with a foe worthy Of J.
him. As the Rev. j. Wall seems to have
no particular creed, and is not, as he him.
self confessed, in full communion with apy
6aptlst or other Church, he will probably
fail in his evident desire to get some Catb.
Ole Of respectability to dispute with him
lhe Protestant Apostles and Evaneelisn
In Rome have, moreover, enough Fl ghtip,
among themselves. Gioia and DR., Coates
the Rev. w. c. Van Meter and his asssil.
ants, have had and still have their LITTLE
nnanciai and other differences, and in the (
engagements e, OF these the talents of Rev
): wall may be we'll employed. Admiral +
Fishbourne, another of the Protestant
in Rome, has also declared hh
Intention of refuting what he calls the E
stiffness of Mgr. Capel, whom be accuses
Of denouncing in his sermons the Italian l.
of Victor Emmanuel as robben
md spectators. This charge is utterly
without foundation, as no poll 'ical allu. +
ions whatever were made by Mgr. Capel
rom the pulpit of st. Andrea della Fratte.
EMIGRATION OF ITALIANS,
The Government of Victor Emman uel is
harmed at the progress of emigration, and
las Issued circular to the provincial an.
horities with view to prevent the exit Of +
o many valuable Inhabitants. The work
nen IN North Italy proceed to Austria and L
IermanF to search for labor, and three
teamers recently left the harbor of Genoa L
nth nearly two thousand Italians bound +
or Montevideo and Buenos Ayres.
NINeHETT1's FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The Italian Premier laid before tie
'hamber of Deputies his financial state
rent rent on the 10th of March. The deficit of E
80 was, 1t appears, 1873 millions. and that
1874 woald not exceed l2s millions. 1t +
las IN contemplation to redeem the rail-
'ay lines. If nothing extraordinary oc.
atred, he hopes to carry on the financial
nalrs of Italy without any fresh emission
I paper money, and without a new loan.
lie concluded his exposition of his budget
y stating he would not continue in Office
Mess the House gave its approval to his
nancial proposals.
CHARACTER OF THE ITALIAN DEPUTIES.
A newspaper, called the Italia del
'opolo, was transferred in January, 1874,
ON Turin to Rome. In March it returned
, Turin. 1ts proprietors were disguised
18th the immoral atmosphere of Monte
ltorio. The writer of an article in that
ournal, dated March IL, says: " We felt
urselves at Rome in danger of suffocation.
We lived in tie official world, and found
lany of our illusions dispelled. We
so bad opinion from certain samples
ut had no idea the corruption was
widely spread" GIVE found" SO
lie writer asserts, deputies at Rome who
5ed their parliamentary position to serve
lelr interest as sellers of Tuscan wine.
t5er deputies practiced usury, and some
ad been informers or spies. Some depu-
es took a commission or percentage on
e concessions obtained for various public
orks, and some hired themselves as advo-
ties at the banks. Public undertakings
ere farmed out for profit. We were
sited in our Office by certain deputies,
no exhorted us to denounce the Chamber
Deputies as dsgracefal shop. We
a give the names of these deputies and
late particulars of these facts" The
allan Parliament, according to the Italia
Popolo, is Parliament in name only.
onest deputies there are. But these few
main, only because deceived, or because
ey hope to diminish the evils which they
plore. The Italia del Popolo concludes
severe comments by declaring that in
'ntecitorio there is neither esteem nor
o1dence, that each masikseems to care
~ for his personal advantage, and that
national Interests are merely discussed
d debated pro Jorma aud perfanctorily.-
ndon Tablet.