A "POOR PRISONER."

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 99, 2 June 1876, Page 7

A "POOR PRISONER."

; : : William HbWitt, -whi? is- upwards of, tughty, resides., in tioiiie his. vvif-.,.. : \Jitry H'owitt,; the poetess,, who vs^en- .' gaged upon , a . tyqrk. wh iqh ; ,n ee.essi fatrs . , her residing in tijo jttafian\capijral./'*i\l;c ? '■:■ B o w£fct ' ii «& (y nt, te ni * '■&* re m« rlpi Mr let ter respecting the Pope, ih, whi<.:Ji. he. says „ tl^e' American .Catholic clergy weije t . anxious that'tlle .shoi^m'Krfp^^flin^.'J: l thing, t0,.- the . Philadelphia Exhibition, so';, , tl|e Pope has .consented- to 'eeri'd W. few' specimens [Of lfio^fe.aud of tupestng. . Cardinal' A ntoHelli is comuji's*iOned. tp ... l ;tljat".h r e < .would i "send niofe hut for. his "{financial * stra\ts '^ and " unfortunate deprivation'- p'i'H.is States pf which hwjms . been. the vicfi/n.*' . M ; r Hbvfri't-p'hereupon explains;'. - ?. TW^hu f ot>ug'(~' &H, tins is true ■'bejrga'rs^vyhiri^,' whioh the Jyhnreh, has made universal as faras its ; ru}e lias. '"'' extended. Deprivation of his States has ( been, the, finest, thliig; in the world for;', _h}na, Those^Statef^uly boil^Tp^(l^sftp . million? of ''inhabitants, not so many as exist inv London by a great <'6a}, He ; has .no , longer the expei»se s bf ibetti; buj^ A : their unfortunate r deprivation mis ' been -, , made the means of working on the feel-^ r ings of ithejW.h'oleiCathqltcutiiyer^ej atld^ of pouringkintodiis goffers ,ti#asut*d'such;© as his predecessors iii their most halcyon J| tithes never possessed. The fiction ' of his. miserable, imprisonment,, with his- .. lying; on/ rotten/stwtwi tlie' open* sale jof little bundles of thnse fabled straws in. most Catholic countries, the photograph •of bimj peeping*; rt4rottgiirhis ? ,iw>ii bars, with a soldier, with musket ahd'nay'bn'eti' i fixed, on ench side of hiui — ad these Out * .

?ragous-Ue?'*haye drawn an. aetu.al river of gold* from the 'b^si'fes^df -the silly ;^piah .pelicans- that far out-rivals the „ ancient Factolus. The priests, by such \ means, huve drawn not' merely from the •stupid rich, k but from the millions of ' popr girls and work women— , llfeir few'^brf^e/l^fiibK/shiiulf^-haye gone to the savings bank or tb buy tlienf <> % ©r^;';; ; ifbrtSy and these arts -of priestly robbery • h ive. been enforced by the assurances of eternal .damnation; if 'they, did .nj^,s&y : eve*f;ytliihg "tb" relieve -^tiie 'sufferings .of the holy father. By these enfamous 'means rm; less* than .toe/ity millions of- •< ■fi'mcs'fum'f be&iy'p'pirtedHjiib^ \olio durfri'* the yearl'df .jhbjlee j.us£**" 'pushed.;' and all this ,is describe<l;:"ft| " •volu^tiVry tribute of the jaitlffiif f{ Hnd"" [•4'tmV'time this'Kiil^ 'Humbugs, "" l ''tllii l Vso-calley- , 'ihis^Sb^ 'prisoner,, lingV faiHk^S Weveri tfiofc-^ hd,ffl'¥.b6sk ;: drainmeH' With such wealth' [ :^e^fer V( before ' was- collected in one ' "plnßrf;^oft%te'ffi the Bank of England. '4etes% ita" of silver, of Wst&T \MPmM\%f 'tbe%oit .•beaiitiiul and" ' h).w#WdfrW'bt art, statues^ pi'otures by 't^ifi^ffij^^ttaytefs^lirQ^zes,' coins,- me* - 'dalb , ;]^oßSߧ s . M s'ba^kll i n^' witlv the toos't b^inW'o^VlV,, "rubies, emeralds, c vesW| (^a'n v d l 'Ornaments in silver ' anct^M'OTWe^Hb^'exqiiisite-work'rnan-ship', ihy.Ml lc .m aster's tfs Ben Venuto • x 'CemftfTO li^taWi arrases tfrfd^l-*'-' pestl'iesTal-1 ; jllefcllrrHfig f^ii %Mim* .' •;'niiles'!M(tofrOT^ P»'i- " : sonTr aftehH<rd-W n\indVe'ds of guards in, an old cWu^T^ Beefeaters, r ffnd vu oy %6\fds bf eurdi-'* natt, inotfsi^^^hVcWJ^h^^^lßh^psT. *■ priefcfs, ('and 1 -lackeys* 'wlrffoiiVMd.*' As- " for r *'mb%;, "besaUes- *ll|e l <lsGsoQfi6& 1 fratfefc' piaid ; 'ih r fbr J PetVi ,w s'~p'eri_6e : anp! jubiileQ ihd'ulg^ncer m '1872?' 'flreVfe ' :becile <: %-Eim)eror of "Aus't'rPa'! hasT ''■ left hinV 3,0(5#000 pilars.' and rich arra-? and geld vessels tp adorn his ' *• chapel. The Duke oft Modena, the '■4s^hSr-i'A-lay/,:df;-tb.fl ex-TGng of Naples ' > h 'd^CpuhtjChambordf has made him His heir, abd' it .is said, he will derive,/---£IO;b86 Ifrpm 'this source annually!' ** Tbe b>is£, English aristocratic dupe, Lord " Ripon,:!hfls.latel.v arrived in Rome, bring-" ing with him.-a^pre3ehtof^^<)t)dl , ,' 1, A.^ h Belgian senator has' brought >^'n<^t^¥el''' , ;' : little present of £Bjooo sterlfffg "A silly old'liidy has^iately lejt hiniti&lf a mi'P -" lion-'bf 'fraMife'. ;EJr€?n;oh'pUgriiiiß have ' brbught kinrsilver slafnastofkhe virgin whiclv on a spring" beiii{& 'fojncjierl, ; pptlned tfeir.erms and ; showered down |%ti;pams_sf f £<d&;andone Madonna even J 'gfcv&^irtlj- fp-a-^ilver b:iby,.tO'thp j P6pe's' great d£liglit ; and all this in the short space of one year. And yet he Ims the unparalleled,iuipudence ,^;o«teHiJtlie Ame-" •ricans fchnt he canuot^nH^nbfu'dlf't'd ■§&■■ •' < Exhibition because of his poverty I" ,;