New-York tribune., 1880-02-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


the recent annual reunion of birmingham
Catholics over which Cardinal Newman pre-
sided, the Cardinal delivered an address on
the changes which in thirty years have taken
place in the liberation shown by Pr0testants
toward Catholics In England Thirty years
ago, Catholics had become very unpopular,
ne said, through the whole country, owing to
Il general fancy that in some way or other,
our authorities at Rome were conspiring to-
gether against the religious liberties OF Eng
land" The appointment of AN English Car
dinal and OF English bishops was looked upon
as n great insult, since Il Christian hierarchy
was already established in the country, aud a
new one seemed TO be intended to take its
place The causes of the change IN sentiment,
he said, were many. First, the opposition was
" TOO violent, too unjust, sometimes TOO extlaV-
agant to last "-anCtDer evidence OF the law
that reaction of mind follows on great
excitement. y second reason was the hnOWi-
edge that came to the Nation from experience
as time went on, that the alarm had after all
been unnecessary, and that there had been no
reason Tor the grave prophecies OF danger, ana
the panic, fright and stringent measures on
the part of the executive ana the country.
The third cause which he indicated was the
conversions, of which there have been not
few. England is not i'll the eyes of Catholics
heather country, needing conversion as
heather country needs 1t but 1t Is a country
which knows only half the Gospel, and the
mission of Catholics is to make them know
the whole of 1t. Fifty years ago the Catholics
in England were an unknown sect. now there
is hardly family in the kingdom but has
relatives or associates of that religion. Car
dlnal Newman cites as 9nother cause me me
world by the late Pope Pins. lXp
and its effect in favor of Catholics The
whole world felt that he had been shamefully
used, aud the injustice created a wide interest
in him. The magic of his presence was such
as to "dissipate and utterly destroy the tOg
out of which the image OF a Pope looms to the
ordinary Englishman." Those were overcome
who were least likely to be overcome by his
uncOmpromising faith, his courage, his wit, his
naturalness, his true eloquencc. his piayfulneSs
rs II was used to temper severity, ana the
graceful intermingling III him Of the human
and the divine. How could they think i'll of
him or Of his children when his very look and
voice were so ethical, SO eloquent, so persua-
slve I"
MGR. CAPELs HOUSEHOLD GOODs.-The fur
niture ana other personal effects OF MOnslguor
Capel, including the contents of his late resi-
dencc, the quiet and shaded Cedar-Nila, Ken
sngtOn, were advertised to be sold by auction
in London ten days ago. The catalogue com
priscd 800 lots Among the articles were in
cluded valuable religious pictures, curious
reliquary, the htiings OF a private chapel
statues, candlesticks. altar hangings, etc, Il
set of handsome state chairs, carved and gilt,
from the collection of Cardinal Flchc, several
objects of interest from the Holy Land and
other parts of the East, thirty dozen OF WINE
and variety OF miscellaneous articles.
The school which Capel has conducted
at Cedar-Vila for five or six years has been
broken up and the site will probably be used
for educational purposes OF secular KIND.
Formerly The place was the home OF Mr.. SOth-
crn who entertained his friends there III right
merry fashion. His billiard room, when Capcl
took charge was transformed into chapel,
and in the recess where cues were Kept
trays holding ecclesiastical veStments were de-
a lttrt.,t . NJ ffasr
gathered mt Cedar-Nilla in CayeI's more pros
porous days. His library OF many thousand
volumes rich IN four or five thousand OF
dognatic theology. Church history and bi0gIa-
ply of saints. Will be spared the hammer.
THE CASE oFCTARLEs DEM0ND.-The former
treasurer of the Massachusetts ll0me Mission
AIRY Society, Charles DtmOhd, who has been
ON trlai m Boston Tor embczLiemeut ot the
sOcIetys funds. and IN whose case the jury
failed TO agree, has been remanded To jlli 10
await n new trial. II is said that the juiy
stood seven to five on their final count. Inc
charge Is that Nh. DemOnd em0ezzled various
inns between March, 1876 and. Nay 1878,
which amounted in all Ia $4,000. There
was NOT much conflict of testimony ut the
trial nor was the fact denied that some
$4,000 of the Scclcty's funds had dlsap-
Denred through Mr.. DcmOnds management.
The case TUNED on the point whether he IN
tended to convert the money to Ills own USE
use or that OF others. The defence aimed to
show that all the missing funds went INTO the
treasury of the society, and not INTO Mr. De-
monds private purse. ana that they went out
in legitimate transactions designed 10 De Tor
the benefit of the society, though the results
proved disastrous. Mr. DemOnd gave his tes-
iimony in his own behalf with clearncss ana
ANIMATION, it is SAID, and certainly not with
the air of a man who had 10y design been the
means OF heavy loss to the society. Ills wle,
son and daughter were III the COURTROOM WIN
Inn, and orouSpu much sympathy.
PAsToRs WITHOUT WoRK.-In this country
there are /, 1856 congregational ministers With
out charge, and the serious question what to
do with them, and why are things thus, are
forcing themselves into earnest discussions.
II is estimated that about 25O of these minis
ters are not III positions to accept any charge,
and that some of them, perhaps, do not desire
one but after all such allowance Is made there
remain 900 ministers still unemployed. StatlS-
ties indicate, as an offset thar there are 662
churches which have no pastors, about sixty OF
which are unable, 1t is supposed, to support
one-shOwing 600 pastorleSs churches able
to support, pastor If they would, ana
900 churchless pastors willing To take charge
OF church ii they only had chance. Eyi-
IDENTIFY there is fault somewhere. The CoR9Fe-
nationalist has published letters from severai
of the pastors without charges, some OF whom
have not only failed to get "a churen'i put are
unable to support themselves IN another way
One saws he would saw wood or do anything
tn earn a living, while the income OF another
is given as So a week-all this after years OF
stu1y in colleges and seminarles to bit them
for ministerial work.
DOCUMENTS PURCHASED BY THE POPE.-In
spite of the depleted condition of his Treas
ury. Leo XIII. has recently expended several
Thousand flames in the purchase of II series OF
importunt documents for the Archives of The
Vatican. Among the number are said to be
n,too,onh and uueujt6d letters OF Cardinals
Farnese. Spondrati, and PaO, besides several
of the Tridentine Father. There are also let
tcrs from salnted personages, valuable lot OF
letters pertaining to Church history IN the last
century, and considerable number oil others
which illustrate that of the sixteenth and sew