CECUMENICAL COUNCIL.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 633, 8 February 1870, Page 4

C\ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.

•The Oorreaporidsnce of Rome supplies us with some interesting statistical facts relating, to : the flEojjpienical Council, which we would recommend to the attention of pur readers, as not unlikely to have some influence ' -on.? the: n deliberations of that Assem.ply. .The number of, prelates, in.yested:.wi(i]i.'fii^^right'bKa' > sQat|in'Uie^i9a'U at the Vatican, and. ""having, as such, receiyedxan^ accepted the Pope's invitation, is said to be no less than 1291. Of these; hpwevet, iiot a few.helong.to the--' Missions," or, in other Ayords,; they represent jueither a clergy nor. a people, as their idiocies are iii ' paatfibiis infidehnm', and they can hardly be ranked -amonw the regularly Qonstitntedrhierarcliy, The ieal prelates by right/ and not by court esyj do not exceed .7^6, of; ; whom J35 are: archbishops jm.d.._631 bishops. Proceeding to classify th.Qse prelates .by their . national br " geographicaß'vdenPraination, we tiiad.' that about one-tMrd of ; whole .number 't- viz., 46 archbishops and 211 bishpp3) or altogether 257 prelates — . ate! Italians, having them in the- Papal States or in the' Kingdom' -pf Italy." There ;are,::beaides^ 93r: bishops belonging to France, and her. Colonies r -62 to f3patn and ;her Colonies, and 27 t>> Portugal; .making; :up a sum of 439 prelates of pure Latin! race belonging to Europealonev to : whom should be added, as claiming kindred? with ithem, 81 archbishopß : -and bishops^ from jthe various : St;ites of ; Spanish and Portuguese .America-rrMexico^: Brazil, Peru, i Chili,, the ., Argentine Republic, &c; thus j swelling the ranks of these Latin members ;<)f; : the Council jfco 520,. exceeding. : twor. ;thir€ls...of -'ii'e^whqle; episcopate^.' -.Vto' coh| ; front., tjiis formidable Array: (.he Gerinanpr semi-German races are only able to muster ; 22 prelates from GerniaWy, 52° from . Austria, 5 froni"Bbllaridj 6 Irom Belgium, ; arid : 5 1 rom Switzerlan d,- : or raltoEfether- 90 : prelates, not iT f«w : of^wU()m- co)ne;from discricts in which" the 1 German' blood = is : largely ; bleiideft -with ?Celtic, Sclavonic, ;and ; other admixture. From England, : Ireland ] ahd-'tiie British 'Oolbriies 69 t>rejlates are expiected ; and these, with i fr'bth i ;the ■'■ jjiiiied .^feites, ; will ■ constitute I what may j Ge^'^alleiiy'tKe-^^nglft^aisij element. The East sends 33 ptehytes'tT/ i the meeting— fr m.ißtissia/Grlec^Tinrkey^ ! and Persi?Vv, tf we consider "tliaf' of" the bishops in pariihis not a few are Italians, : attaclied:~to the" " Pope's hoirsehoH, or tilling high offices and dignities in tlije Pontifical clouiinions, ; We shall, ea.sjly, come t'6 i;Ke fioncliision that the Relates .of Latin^.pce .will ;tii6(it"3heit~i^tlitdn' :; df other bloudin .the . p'ropoiiipn..df '#$$$ to one. Sionsighbre Fi^sler. will ,b^e 'th^ srerestary-of '., Me r .Cwnc'i()," ; w'i]ilV;iiave . for his assistants Monsignore Jacpbini (of the Propaganda), Canon J%osti6o:Jac.obini, aiffd; Signor ' •Camille- Santori (advocate). Tlierewetobeeight ? jt^i]er3; l br-sd^^ — viz., Monsignores Serafiii'ij ''■ Uatdi,P6lle^|^,"".'Pfat^'.ChristOfori, ,]Vlontani, 7 de Pallpivv', ,d»; :po.a&ay,"..anU^.efi.a».' ' TKeie : are also to i>s sixteen masters, of the cere- ; moriies-^MonaigTiQres Ferr^rit-Mai-tinucci, : Bacestra, Ridci, &c. Several: ;patty Info- ; tinnaTies will'slBo; be appointed, such as | icnfxf;, :: ''^ortli^^wVltl»'ii), ; 'cdnt&res^ A bstiaHi' ciersdreS,' &d.';"-A letter! from Rome asserts that. General DuiWiiSlt [ has- pfFjared.ti^ i .the Pope,,on thepar,t of .tpß /French •oovernment,; 1 6p6^ men',^ who are :tp;s.iiiy'iih-j|,pii;ie ..^nrinpi^the Council. Jjt is said this proposal has been accepted, j The Papal Government fears some-Gari-i l baldiatt-tooVerfiejit, and -does not trust-.iin-. '•plicitly^tb the fidelitypf its 'troops. - ; The; : ficit: r c^\is;ea ; by th& !: fireat ; riurnber : pf| Ld^wier^Js^ ttybe'.lilleq npby^criiitsr i'ftom' 4»|fewnt : paM^f jtbie C^dlJGHvbad: >! 5000' men said to'be oiVilieir w||j|^