The New York herald., 1878-08-17
THE LATE CARDINAL.
SOME REMINIsCENcEs OF CARDINAL FRANCHI
AND HIS CAREER

SOME "REMINISCENCES OF CARDINAL FRANCHI
AND HIS CAREER.
From the London World
Cardinal Frunchi WIS u fortunate man. Ho secured
hts frat great rise In pont,1cal oico by the misor
tuno OF q predecessor In 1860 Mgr. BerurdL Pho
Nonos Ecaiesiastaai Secretary oi Stato. was at log
gcrheads with Mgr. de Merode the Papal War Minis
ter. 1t SO happened that brother OF Bcrardi's
held q commission 10 the PontGca army, and wss
suspected OF holding relations with the Sandman
enemy. He was arrested oy herodc, condemned to be
shot, but released avod scandal Tie Ecclesiastical
Secretary was also reos sed his cal duties aud
Francni stepped into MS shoes, much 10 tho chagrin
OF Autonoll who liked his merry tonRued coll
league. Franchi was u capital raconteur He was =
walking s,orehouse OF tho gossip European Courts
and was very iond OF retailing Pho Nonos good
sayings Hore QUO which the Cardinal Secretary
OF state used tell with intense relish Complain,s
had been frequently made by priests to tho Propa.
ganaa OF the arbitrary exercise OF authority
6ver his clergy by certain Australian aran.
bishop The Archbishop was informed that
favor. He crossed the and arrived in
Rome Iu due course he was in nroduced to P,o Mono,
who we'll conversant with tho points IN dispute
between the Archbishop and his clorsy. "Oh," said
Pio Mono to the Archbishop, Offering him coair be-
sue nm the dais. You are the other Pope SIT
down Your Holiness" The rebuKe cured tue Arch
bishop and ne and his clergy ved happily over alter
ward.
HIS DISASTROUS DIPLOMACY.
Thcy used to soy IN Rome that be mad the jettdturd
A nd no wonder. Disaster followed uil his dIpionauc
MISSIONS Isabella ied rom Spain soon after Franchi
AZ sent TO her Nuncio; tue Grand Duke fed IRON
Florence while Franchi was ut the Tuscan
Court; and Abdul-AZZ joined the Prophet In
Paradise soon alter Franchi had paiu him visit At
Con ntinoplc He was u bit OF Bohemian, with
ali his stately courtiiness Certain austerc Eugsu
Roman Catholics Will forget their seus ations
when ain ing with Cardinal Frauchi during his brief
visit 10 LONDON 1t Vas ut Cardinal MaGnlnR's house.
During tho Cardinal Preiect OF the Propaganda
who spoke IN French, kept tue table IN u roar, and
alter dinner oooly took out his cigar aud OIL
fcred cigars all round. Now smoking Is vigorously
intordicted at tho mdison MannIng, and II Is not
considered IN this couutry--tor tho pfess, at least
at all proper thing 10 induge IN the
weed. Tho English CardIDal bore the iumigatou
with exemplary paiicnce but patience has ITS nits,
and limit reached when the iIustrious visitor
from Rome took to smoking In his bedroom lie was
asked IA Rome "a lew mouths ago what he smoked.
Ob. - sai he II only smoko Italian Ministers-Cn-
YOURS, Minghcttis, Sc Inc itaiilns brand their
cigars with pames Of popular Ministers Oi state
..Dou't you smoke Cairoiis Your EmncDeey" IN
au,rcd his QuestioneE "No; they won't last long,
was the reply He was not enthusiastic ABOUT tho
con version OF England 10 Catholicism. It will not
como In our aay," nc SAID; "not I'll VIZ canon'ze
Saint Mammon." Tho Cardinal was cy meal and not
very complimentary.