, 1877-10-07
RELIGIOUS.
European Speculations on
the Successor Of
Pio Mono.
Reasons for Selecting an English
man or German to the
Papacy.
Churcl1ly Intolerance in the
Days Of Calvin and
Servetus.
Some Of the Quaint Tombstones
in Trinity Churchyard,
New York.
General Church NeWs.--PerVerted
Piety---Personal---Serv~
ices To-Day.
THE NEW POPE.

THE NEW POPE.
N ESGl1suMAS OR GERMAN SHOULD BE ELECT
Ell.
Lnnior Times.
roxE, Sctt 1o-The Pope is still living, but
III almost universal conviction prevails here that
his end is near. His ordinary medical attendant
DR.. Ccccarvlll, the only Que remaining after the
dismissal Of Dr. reIaCallo, found him greatly
..y1,,.tctl ny the visit Of the pilgrims from
aucrr>, aud was hidden not to absent himself
rom the Vatican during the night. It seems
,1so that it, these e1trcnlities tho reluctance Of
hc Pane himself and Of his medical adviser to
c,t] IN Dr. Lcfeyrc from Erussels-a specialist
, IN the matter Of swollen legs-has been over
,,rpe hy tile mowers now ruling ut the Vatican,
~ tEat the consulting physician may be daily
expected!
OUTSIDE the precincts Of the Vatican, Rome
mar be said to he ut all the cities OF the world
1hr very spot least afTected by the event which
seems now at last inevitable and imminent
l';us IX. has been so long dying, has been SO
o;1cn reported as dead, that the people seem to
have at last made up their minds to allow their
tormcr Sovereign to take his own time, and
have ceased to look upon a new Couclave as an
event in the least likely to affect them for good
or evil In the higher spheres OF the Italian
Government 1he contingency that Pope's
death may happen. that the Pope may be
actually dead at this moment, and that the
fact may be on this, as it was on former oc-
casions, concealed throughout twentg-four hours
or more by the persons about him, would
seem not to cause the least nDeasness. To all
outward appearance tho present advisers OF
King Victor Emmanuel consider anything that
may happen III the a'1eS'l' Us aoso1utes oe-
uea:: their notice. It is not impossible that
liner. 1uay be some afIcctation in this apparent
:tpathv, aud perhaps the actual vacancy Of tho
Paoal See NAV show that the Italian statesmen
liI not tto l,lindly abandon themselves to
false security ami did not dismiss the Papai
question as absolutely irrelevant to them. But
there is no doubt that Italians look upon that
c;1,st!on from po11t OF view altogether differ
e1f from other ueoplc for with them the whole
kuvt Iay in that matter Of the temporal power
which tic sword cut sotile seven years ago.
Wrrt. Italy IN island in md-ocean. or were she
strong enough to hold her own against all COM
.rs. thtr. would, indeed, be no reason to look
r1,ou a,lv new Pope as a more formidable
adversary than the feeble old man who
j. now tottcrinc at DEATHS DOORS The
national fcplin, in Italy is too strong and the
religious sentiment too weak to give the clergy
an a.cendcncy for which they have always been
indebted to foreign influence, from Constantine
aud Cn:rIc,nagnl down to Francis joseph Of
Austria and the Third Napoleon. But the 1tal-
ins ART mt alone in the world, and for the
St!.e stroke. or, as it is called, the sacrilcgc"
us the 10Th of September, 1870. they have only
compounded with tic European Governments;
they have not received the full absoluton OF the
European NatioNs. The Italians cannot afford
IL ignore lltranionta11isnl, 4 power apparently
still III its infancy, yet which has given the
pnpe beyond the Alps ten times As much
strength Is tic has lost south ol those noun
tai,lE. The Italians cannot overlook the fact
has made
strides in Holland. in England. in America,
wherever it was allowed full freedom Of
development: that it has Belgium at It's discre
ton, and is at the bottom Of all the mischief
threatens the French Republic. Were we at 4
l:,ss tor s;raws to show US which way the wind
hIows, we need only look at tile fact that in
Holland, the cradle OF Professionalism, the coun-
1ry which has most nobly fought and endured
3or the cause Of freedom OF conscience, the
tio;crumrut has deemed it expedient to alter
the historical class books 10 the elementary
schools, lest the recital OF what the country had
to endure. at the hand OF Papist Spain, and the
hc-oistn it tlisp.a;rd in the yudication of what
i. deemed truth. should give ofIcnse to the
Catholics, who are bv this time too numerous
e,;,. M,wrrt,l to allow light 10 be thrown On the
subject. For the sake Of peace, and to snow
their complete tolerance, the Dutch have con-
sen:vd to falsi1y facts and attempt to suppress
history,
In such circumstances It behooves the Gov
eEE:ntnI Of hlnr Victor Emmanuel TO CQnSlucT
whether the Couclayc which must follow on the
death Of Plus H. happen when it may, is to
b. all exclusively Italian or general European
transaction. and it would be for them aswell as
lur the rest o1 tho world No idle task to glance
ut all the possibilities by which the Papal cleo
tion NAV BE- attended.
III the first place, although no one as yet
giycs sign of lifting, it is absolutely certain
That the Conclaye will be held in Rome, ana
ira; the Cardinals will not ata given signal,
adjourn to Malta, TO Valencia in Spain, or TO
soinc other spot beyond the boundaries OF the
Italian Kings doia1iniotls lhe inconFenlcnce
Il the removal anu the dhhcu1tF OF
finding anywhere rest1hS-place are, m
drtd. great obstacles lof tne eaFu1na1s. outr
ou the other hand: tue 'act tnat tonclase can
hc held anu new iohi11cate oe Hlaus uFateu ~
Rotne-wlat practical ne does u mol SiEe 10
tia: thrcaIoart story o1 the Captivity OF rus
lA. at the Vatican, hclion carried ~ sucu
point that priests have oeen seen III bels'utn
selling, w!sps OF the stra" upon wnlcn tile
Apostolic pTisoner was described as heep1nS ~
his dungeon Inc tohciase nelu IL nol!e
would establish the 1act that the lnaeDcnoence
Of the Church need not rest On her tempo1ai
Sovereignty. and the oath which IS always az
Elillstrred to the rope tnat ne snali ma'q!a,n
Intact aud liyiolatc the domlniens o1 Tue hoiS
Ste such as he received them from MS preds,,
eesscrs" will have to be suppressed or VIII
simply become ridiculous, because tue new rope