The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-03
VOLUME XII.
MornIng Star and Catholic Messenger.
&c oRI:EANs. sUNDAY, MARCH 1873.
TELEaRPAH1c SUMMARY.
FOREYGN.

Rome.-The Manchester, England, Guard
ian's Rome correspondent telegraPhs Inc 1eei-
ing is growing here that the new Pope Is noI 90
liberal as was thought. 1t seems certain tnat
Cardinal Pecci and Leo XIII do not hold tne
same views. It is now believed the Pope Will
remain secluded in the Vatican
senting his homage to the Pope yesterday,
said he had no reason to deplore the lateness
of his arrival, ss the ConolaVe made 30 e2eei-
It is announced that the coronation of Pope
Leo Kill, will take place en- Sunday In the Sls
time Chapel. Now appointments to pontihSsl
week, in readiness fer the coronation. car
dinal Simeoni Is resppointed and confirmed IN
his post as PontifcAl Secretary of State,
Father Angelo Sscohi, the famous astrono-
mer, is dead.
FRANcE.-Godfroy Brossais Saint Marc, Cardi-
nal Archbishop OF Rennes, died on the 9th
February, aged rs years.
THE EASTERN QUESTION AT this writing
(Fridsy morning,) the situation Is most var
4 like. For some reason not made known, 1t IS
| considered that the proposed Conference, OF
lCongrees of Representatives Of the great
powers, for settlement OF eli questions IN ois-
pu6e, is indefinitely postponed, if rot altogeth-
er abandoned. Nor does it appear that mucn
progress has been made in settling the terms
of peace between Russia and Idrkey. Inc me
official quarters to be 9 mere cloak for the
Russo-Tnrkish alliance, the Turks having
thrown themselves npon the mercy OF their ~;
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securing time for them to prepare for the i'm
pending struggle with England and Austria.
Strangely enough official statement has
yet been published, of the terms of peace de-
manded by Russia, and upon which, solely,
will depend -the-aotion- of England and
Austria. If Russia claims too much territory,
too large an Indemnity, too much security for
it's payments or if she insists upon the sur
render of the Turkish fleet, 1t ls very prooa-
BILE that England will fight.
Throughout the British Empire the greatest
activity and much excitement prevail the
dominant sentiment now unnistakably MADE
Enolish interests should be sacrificed. $4,000
troops are said to be ready to leave Bombay
at short notice, and the first army corps in
England is prepared to sail Immediately
The celebrated Napier of Magdsia, has been
appointed to the chief command of the army
in place Of the senile Duke of Cambridge
aud will have as his Chief of staff the distin-
Guished Genera, Sir Garnet Woolsley.
General Woolsley has Published an srticie in
which he says that should war be declared to-
morrow, England has 400. 900, drilled men to
fall into line. He concludes: "at no previons
period has England been so strong in mill
tRry sense as now" w
The Peace meeting on the oath, at Hyde
Park, was q miserable failure. From 10000
to 100 600 persons assembled, and voted dowu
the peace resolutions. The sentiment OF the
meeting Was almost unanimous, against the
object Of the call.
UNITED STATES.
WAsHNGToN.-Lsst Thursday, the Presi
dent vetoed the Silver Bill, and it was i'm
mediately passed by both houses over his veto
by the necessary two. .thirds majority. 10 the
Senate, the vote was 46 to 19 and in the House
19l to 73.
Vice President Wheeler, having been com
pellod by bad health to absent himself froH
Washington, Senator Ferry has been elected
President pro tenn of the Senate, receiving y
votes to % cast for Thurman.