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Cardinal Camillo Tarquini, formerly of the Soeiery of Jesus, died at Rome on J^undny, the 15th of February, at about twenty minutes p.ist eight o'clock m the morning. He succumbed after a very bnet illness to an attack of acute pulmonary disease. He was the juuior Lut one of all the Cardinals, having been created, on the 2iJnd of December, 1873, a Cardinal Deacon. He enjoyed the purplo accordingly for the space of oiily fifty-five days. It is rumoured among the Liberals that in a Consistory to be h^ld the second week in Lont, several new Cardinals will be created. The names of those mentioned are those of Mgr. Pacca, the Majordomo ; Mgr. Nina, Secretary of the Holy Office ; Mgr. Vitelieschi, Secretary of the congregation of Bishops and Regulars ; Mgr. Giannell, Secretary of the congregation of the Council j Mgr. Bartojini, Secretary ot the cougregatoiu of Rites j Archbishop Manning; and the Archbishop of flialiness. 'j/.he London ' Tablet ' says : — " The information that the Government are willing to set aside a cell in which the Archbishop of Posen i., J' ( -^- Mi" \\.iß pumnfuro. The request o p the Archbishop for

this favour has been refused, and he in deprived of the one consolation of a prisoner. Public prayers for the imprisoned Bisbop haye been prescribed in las Diocese by the Vicar-General. In the Jura the " terror " is at its height, and the hunt after the Catholic priests is being actively carried on ; those -who are not in prison have been obliged to cross the frontier, and the gendarmes ar«. stopping and taking down the names of the children who venture to' 1 enter France to receive instruction from their lawful pastors. Ostrowo, in which the Archbishop of Posen is a prisoner, is a small town of about 7,000 inhabitants, the greater part of them Protestants and Jews. The town lies not far from the frontier of Prussian Silesia and Uussia. The Vicar of the Catholic parish there is Prince Edmund Radziwill, cousin germnn of Prince Anthony, the head of the family and aide-de-camp to the Emperor. The funeral of Cardinal Barnabo took place in the Chapel of th» Propaganda. There were 25 Bishops present, the celebrant was Mgr. Goold, the Bishop of Melbourne and formerly a pupil of the Propaganda. There were deputations from ail the religious ordprs engaged on the Foreign Missions, and from the Greek, English, Irish, Scotch, German, South American, North American Colleges, and from tb<4| French Piua and other Seminaries. Already they are dm en at Home to the soup-kitchen expedient in the hope of satisfying their starving poor. What a miserable substitute for the charities j;iven by the convents! They will soon D« reduced to worse expedients. A daughter of Prince Bismarct wants to marry a young Catholfo of noble family. The Chancellor of course refuses his assent j but the jom.g lady persists and declares her resolve to become a Catholic. The will of the Infanta Maria Theresa, the wife of Ferdinand V. f brother of Charles VII , the Pretender to the crown of Spain, has been opened. 50 million reis are left to her attendants and domestics'. The Carlist flag waving over Portugalet is that of the Immaculate Conception which in 1839 was soved by Maria Theresa, Charles V.'s wife, after the treason of Maroto. The news from Spain is more and more in favor of the Carliste, and it seems certain that the Republic has no forces able to encounter the well-trained 70,000 men who fight under the banner of Don Carlos. Bilboa must soon fall. ' | Serrano is in such despair that he actually sent a message to Garibaldi, entreating him to come and take command against the Carlists. The reply was in tbe negative. The Due d'Aumale is said to have gone to London, the bearer of a present to Her Majesty from the President MacMahon. Roaher has gone Chislehurst, whither addresses have already been seat, signed by thousands. A e&te of forgery of bank-notes has been before tbe Courts of Rome and the issue was the condemnation of the accused. Ther notorious apostate, Garabalbi's chaplain, Pra Pantaleo, came to give evidence in favor of the prisoners ; he refused to be sworn on the Gospels, guying that he no longer believes in them. Fra Pantaleo has been named by the Italian Government Professor of Philosophy ! It is proposed by the • Voce della Verita,' that a Committee of Catholics be formed, to watch the anti-Christian press, and each time a paper utters v calumny against a member of the Catholic hierarchy i to institute a prosecution against it. The Rev. Father Milani, Guardian General of the Franciscans in the Holy Land has been named Archbishop of Trianopolis i. p. i , and successor to the late Mgr. Pluym, as Apostolic Delegate of Syria and" Libanus and Vicar of the Latins. M. Visconti Venosta, Minister of Foreign Affaire at Borne, hearirg a friend express fears that the Coman mob would attack the Vatican : " Don't be alarmed on th»»t head," said he, " our first careis to protect the Vatican, for if the mob succeeded there, they would go direct to the Quirinal." From every part of the world the gifts of the faithful continue to be brought to ltome for the maintenance of the Holy Father. On the last day of February £240 in gold and a gold chalice were presented from the faithful in .Mexico ; aud just at *he same time Venice sent in £280. The number of convent* ah-endy appropriated by tb.9 Liquidation Committee in Rome amounts to 70. His Holiness continues to enjoy excellent health, and has received deputations, and given audiences during to -visitors. His address to the lent preachers was remarkably clear atid encouraging. He^ counselled tltem to speak firmly, yet moderately, the great°truths of the Gospel, and to place confidence in God for the result of the present grievous war against the Holy Church. Among the visitors at present in Roa->e are Earl and Countess Cowper, tSii" Robert and Lady Kane, Lady Bowring, Countess of Morton, Hon. Mrs Bruce, Rev. Mr Burney, of Bath ; Dr Maurice Day, Piotcstant Bishop of Cashel, Lieut-General Murray, the Marchioness of Salisbury, and Lady Carmichael.

An Irish correspondent of an American paper writing from Dublin says : — " The famous Nelson's Pillar in Sackville street Dublin, is to be ewept away by order of the city corporation ! It is a step in the right direction, as the pillar destroys the beauty of the street ; and, besides, it has been very sensibly asked : What business has Nelson there at all? could we not do better by honoring the memory of our own countrymen first ? The inhabitants of the grand promenade, once known as the l Mall,' have determined to spare no expense in beautifying the street. Trees are being planted along the sidewalks, and by the middle of the coming summer Sackville street will have no rival in Europe. Soon O'Connell will rear hs head from the Northern head of the Liffey, while Smith O'Brien keeps a steadfast eye on the southern shore." We are glad to hear this news from Dublin ; and .we hope that the next removal ordered by the corporation will be that of King William from College Green, which has been long enough a standinginsult to the Irish capital. A ohinamak at Maryborough, Victoria, recently dropped oo a nugget ■weighing 28 ounces.