The New York herald., 1879-02-05
POPE LEO'S ECONOMY.
THE HOLY FATHER WEDDING OUT ABUSES AND
sINECUREs THE CANoNs.
from the Pail Mall Gazette

THE HOLY FATHER WEDDING OUT ABUSES AND
sINEcUREs THE cANoNs.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.l
The reign of Leo KILL has been signalzed from its
commencement by a strict regard for economy and a
desire to make the Church live its resources. with
out those constant appeals to the world which. dur
ing the later years of the reign of Plus TX. gave
to many scandals. New brooms sweep clean. and
Leo KILL plies his in all directions. regardless of
peoples feelings and the dust he strs up. One of
his latest acts has been to announce to the
OF St. Peters very wealthy body. that they
Will be expected to contribute in future 25 000f.
year to Peters Pence The protested;
the command savored of spoliation from which they
had suffered so much from the italian government;
how could they raise large sum and so on.
One of their body. an old friend to the Pope when
Cardinal Pecci, deputed to lay their protest be.
fore His Holiness; but it was only time wasted. and
the canon Yas at length compelled to say, with
SMILE "Well, Your Holiness, one will be able to
say in future He has got u canonry.' alluding to
common expression for a person having obtained
some comfortable berth "No." returned His
Holiness, using another similar saying, "Nor
of u.s. 'Goders il Papato" which may
be translated freely. ,r that the papacy. is
Maggore have their grievance too 1t has been their
custom from time immemorial to celebrate Christ
aud the chief feature in this entertainment was a
huge bowl of soup. in the concocton of which ira
dition required sixty capons to be used This year,
shortly before Christmas the Pope notified to them
that hc considered this uncalled for extravaganza
and that coffee and cakes was quite much as thoy
could require. So the poor canons had to forego
their annual jofcaton. which seemed all the harder
that they paid for it out of their own money.
MATRIMONIAL FEES.
Another reform has been made in the Dateria the
department which prepares briefs, &C. for the office
of the Cancelleria and the dispensations for mixed
marriages or other matrimonial difficulties. As ap-
plications for such dispensatons come in from all
parts OF tho world there is of great deal of
work to be DONE and to expedite this business there
has sprung up class of, to speak, "outside bro
kers, who. under the title of "Spedizionieri Apos-
toloci," do good deal of business by undertaking
to people the delays and trouble of max
ing personal or written application direct to
the Office OF the Datera. OF course they obtain fees
for their services and in the of couries like
South America tor instance. for which the mails only
leave once or twice month, to the impatient couples
desirous of marrying to mail is of Importance
the advantage of having active agent the spot
is worth an extra fee; SO they have generally their
charged what seemed right in his own eyes, besides
running up nice little account of extra charges For
instance, the dispensations were made out in old
peculiar form of Gothic writing; there a
charge for copying this into running text then trans
lations, :seals, &c. swelled the bill. This. among
other things, came to the knowledge OF the Pope,
who has decreed that in future the papers shall be
made out at first in running handwriting and that
there shall be stamped on them large stamp, which
cannot be efaced or altered. stating the amount of
the fee. People about to marry and only waiting for
their dispensation will thank Leo KILL for the
form; but the Spedizionieri do not it in that
light, and loudly complain that their occupation is
gone and that they will not be able to live on the
official fees.
CANDLE ECONOMY
In the Datera itself, the office of which is the
hill leading to the Quirina the officials being
weeded out the superannuated being forced to retire
with pension without having their places filled up;
there is wailing there. too. In the Vatican. too
there is the same cutting down Of expenses. After
Cardinal Asquini's funeral the other day, the
''palefrenieri they called though really they
the Papa chairbearers, almost in state OF
revolt because they found themselves deprived of
the of candles which used to be supplied
at the death of Prince OF the Church. and which to
them was considerable perquiste. The arrangements
for seeing the Vatican galleries have however much
improved under Leo Kill; instead of the awkward
hours eight to eleven NJ and two to halfpast three
T. NJ which visitors to Rome during the last years
of Pho Nono's reign will remember giving them
much unnecessary trouble and annoyance, the gal
leres thrown open from nine to three P. NJ, with
out any break, and the admission by ticket is
such farce that we may hope the authorities will
soon recognize it themselves, for you have only to
ask for ticket, permit the Americans say. and
one is given you without any questions asked or fee
charged. The Pope has further directed that the
money derived from briefs shall be applied to the
restoration of the apse of St. John Lateran, work
xy1.i a1a hnt nvv1y