ENGLISH ITEMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 63, 3 September 1877, Page 2

ENGLISH ITEMS.

It is reported that a personage of high lOfcition hai, by means, of % direct queiion, sought to ascertain from the Vatican \ a what way the Holjf Seejiwouhi loolt ipon aßonapartists tt|fem^inJVance. / Jpon a reply a morejogos >nergetie^| ystem of agitationu^JuW depend ; but^^ he Vatican has made no sign. :" | Recent news from Athens is of a veryy jj jrave character. The clamour for wafc jgS s rapidly spreading throughout the coun>%J»rv ;ry, and it is feared that the ' Government _ irill bare great difficulty in resisting the current of public opiuion. Precautions are being taken in Thessaly and Epirus in view of an eventual rising in Greece. A court has been constituted at Constantinople for the trial of Nouri Paßha, a son-in-law of the late Sultan Abdul" ftTedjid, who is charged with embezzling the sum of £60,000 during his tenancy tf the office of Marshal of the Palace, and 3f Xenial Bey, who was arrested after the fall of Midhat Pasha. Ahmed Vefik, president of the Chamber of Deputies, lias been appointed president of the Court. The Pope received the Canadian pilgrims. They numbered forty*two persons, and were introduced by Father O'Dowd. At the same time the Brakilibn and Argentine pilgrims were received and presented to tbe Pope addresses from their respective countries. Father O'Dowd, in presenting the Canadian address, said that the pilgrims had come to expresi "| their absolute obedience to the Holy See, I and to offer their congratulations to KU Holiness. He then spoke of the long journey they had made and the dangers they had encountered, adding that all these difficulties bad been so many cauioa of joy to them, sine© they afforded an * opportunity of attesting their affection and devotion to tbe Pope. In conclusion, Father O'Dowd asked for the Papal bene- ...... diction for h\3 countrymen, and for the inhabitants of Liverpool and New York, < who had given the pilgrims friendly assistance and a warm reception. Tho Canadians sbsequeutly presented to the Pope a magnificent mitre studded vrith precious stones, several specimens of In* dian workmacship,a splendid silver vase, and a donation of lOO.OOOf. Tbe Pope thanked the pilgrims, and expressed his joy at their escape from great perils^fe His Holiness then declared his gratificaS| tion at so many siges of the devotion of a^^ country where the faitb, afther having surmounted so many daubers, still re« mained so strong and siucere. The Pop© finally blessed Canada, and expressed his best wishes for its prosperity. The . pilgrims from Brazil and the Argentine Republio also presented their offerings. / His Holiness also received a deputa-/ tion from the province of Munstor. Mon« signor Eirby. the rector of the Irish College in Romp, presented the Pope with £1000, and an address in the name of the provinoe of Munster. The Pope, speaking to this deputation, expressed his pleasure at being in the presence of Irish-* men. He said the unity and concord of the Irish episcopacy were tho cause of tbe faith still remaining deeply rooted jV their country. Finally the Popa, addresi sing all the pilgrims present, added 5— «• We ought to bless God at Seeifig such diverse nations ifi the world,^a!king together united in one single faith and joined by tbe bonds of charity and love." It is rumoured that the Rev. Arthur Tooth has offered to resigp; hw living at St. James, Hstehnro. if ibe-members-of his congregration wish him to do ho. A. meeting to consider the subject is to b© held. The proceedings a g&insi the people's warden fo- removing the ; second ultar and exuoifis over the Tobd-screen, in this charob have fallen throught. r A public meeting in commemoration of the 600 th anniversary of the PopeV, condemnation of John Wycliffe, has jusfe been held at Exeter Hall, under the presU dency of Lord Plunket, Bishop of MeathSermons on the subject had been preached on Sunday in Westminster Abbey by Dean Stanley, and in a. number of churches and \ohapels in London* Lord Plunket, in hisiepening address, md that the object of fye 1 gathering was first* to do homage to* the of John Wycliffe ; and, secondly, to make-ttse- of the commemoration for the/purpose of bringine together in holy bonds of brotherly friendships Christens^ different denominations. In speaking oa the latter subject, the ' bishop that he believed that in the future of the Churoh of Christ the Irish Church would play an important part in the question of /" Christian unity. That church had passed through a very fiery ordeal, which he* trusted, had not tarnished its fair fame. While, on the one hand, it had preserved its episcopal character, on the other rt had boyne .witness still of that evangelical troth it had always upheld; therefore it would have a hand to held out to nonepiscopal bodies. Canon Earrar in moving one of the resolutions, said that they owed a deep debt of gratitude to Wychffe / for the immense services whiob he-had rendered to the Christian Church * for his repudiation of ihe doctrine of traasubstantiation at a time when it was generally bed in its grossest and crudest form j , for having laid the axe to the root of sacerdotalism—that . dogma of a mediatrag human priesthood which was the basis oF Roman tyranny ; and for Ins earnest testimony against auricular confession. Speeches were also made by the Bey. Dr Cathor, Key. Dr. Angus, Eev. Arthur MurselU-and the Key. Newman Hall. One of the smallest of the West lifdian Islands was sold by auction last Wedhesday week in the City of London. It is believed that it is bought for company, and that they expect that it will yield a product somewhat rare in the Wfi»t Indies, guano. Many Islands are private property, like their little West Indian sister. The late Lord Colonsay poiseised one "of that ilk* which could be seen from the pleasure steamers on their w»y

• M -Obanr in * Hallowed. lona 9 belgngs, io the. .Duke of-Argyll. Herrn, close' <• to Sark, and dne of the most ' diminuti?e of the Channel Islands, is, or till, lately was, in the market, and we all * know about the island off the New Zealand ooast which Sir George Grey ' ' purchased, and which he has cooperated with Nature in making a terrestrial /paradise. In that island, moreover, Sir ** George baa oalleoted a nobble library, so that' physical and intelleokual joys can bo combined.