The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-10-21

has never VlslteO III SINCE.
1t struck mo that many of your readers
would be interested to learn what are the
opinions which are entertained by one OF
| the most eminent and Influential of al the
Catholic leaders of the day on this impor-
tant subject--for / need not point out that
1T il important in both d social aud poiit.
ical sense. ], therefore, by the kindness of
a friend of nine, obtained an Introduction
to Mgr. Capel, of the pro. cathedral at Ken,
sngton-the most popular, persuasive and
successful Roman Catholic in England In
ling this, am not forgetting Dr.. New
man or Cardinal Manning, both great men,
one of them tNewman) gifted with a hlgh
| and rare order of genius. But although
DR.. Newman may attract the learne q, and
Manning win over the anstere, Capei e1er
cises a sort of charm over persons OF all
ages and degrees of life-he ID neither
| recluse nor a bigoted ascetic, but q genial
and kindly man Of the world, while at the
! same time a devoted priest. You may
remem Der that he is one of the characters
! introduced into "Lothair" where he figures
| az Mgr. Catesby, although in one chapter,
either by a slip of the pen or by design, Mr..
Disraeli used his real name and called hlm
] Mgr. Capel. At this m 0ment he Is certain
| ly the most popular priest in London. HIS
portrait may be seen in almost every shop
window where photographs are sold, and
among the large audiences which gather to
hear him preach there are almost as many
Protestants as Catholics. doubt whether
any living man has made 30 many converts
! to his Church.
requested my friend to explain to the
Mensisaefe precisely Why wished to see
| him-nameIy, to obtain from him his opn-
| ions as to the progress Of English Catholi-
cism and it's prospects generally, IN order
| that might lay them before the readers OF
the New York World A very obiiGing
and ready assent was made to this propo-
! a. t..pty n tod al ID
Capel's house. / found him moet free and
comm unicative, Sinking no question that
| | put to him, but meeting me with the
| greatest candor; and only once when
| happened to touch, half accidentally, on q
purely religious side of the question, show
| ing the least disposition to adopt any re-
\ aerve. On the point referred to be said :
"That is q controversial topic. l will not
enter into controversy with you now,
because we have met for another purpose,
but will meet you again whenever you
| like, aud argue the matter out with you.
l saId what felt, that neither then nor at
any other time could l desire to open q
controversy with him for the simple reason
that l was certain to be signaily defeated
Indeed, it would require no little study
skill and resource to meet Mgr. Capel II
the field of argument, as Canon Liddon, o
st. Paal's Cathedral, found out to his dis
comfiture some time ago.
=, hy ooiio' ~ - -
the actual eubJect OF our conversation
"that Catholics are not relatively NOR
numerous In Eogiand now tnan they "eI
some years ago In some plaees we nav
gained, in others we nave lost: lake lake Men en
slngton as an ILLUSTRATION. we nave ~
! Catholics fewer mere no" than we hao
few years back"
, nis nuou INC iot ..'], +; ~,
, is the district where the honsignore MN
self labors, ana where shoolo nave eA
pected to mud great progress.
1.-The reason or TINS oecnne' ne "ent OF
sis that Albert Grant removed "hol
D colony OF poor lrlshneh humoe,ins E ~.
twelve Hundred, ana they Went 10 nv nv
, elsewhere. we, therefore, snow shal ~
Cath"lc Popnlatioh thah lolmel,y. ou
f there are other place. where we nave We,
4 to speak, created ne" PoPniation. mne
/, was BOY "eht 70 scnp'l nU o.. Ieo vi
:, ards lin SUSSEX. well remember on
i day coming down the street "hen ihoo d.
q twenty or thirty boys St. upon No. ne W.,
cries OF here comes the rope fresen y, y
~ they began throwing stones AZ me
n father had always taught tue /" race GA
Y ger aud not run away from H. go present
:. turned around ana 1"ceu tne litt St erom Grow,