GENERAL NEWS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume II, Issue 78, 24 October 1874, Page 10

GENERAL NEWS.

• Vl C X " Bh c° rreß P° n(lent of the ' Pilot ' says that at a recent meeting of the Dublin Corporation an offer was laid before it on the part of the proprietor of the 'Irish Times' to execute at his own cost a plan proposed for tlie purification of the Liffey, and to place 1000 men at -work at once if necessary. The < New York Herald ' sent out Stanley to find Livingstone ; the 'London Telegraph' sent out a great explorer to make researches amon» the remains of the ancient cities of Asia; Bl \- *' le /" 8h P reßS ls not behind in disinterested enterprise and activity, for a work as importunt and probably as expensive is undertaken by the • Irish Times.' Mr Edward Jenkins, M.P., an Englishman, voted for Home Rule at the recent division, and for this was severely criticized by the •angiisn press. He gives his reasons for voting ns he did in a letter to the London < Daily News.' He says :— ' How, with the growing difficulties of the situation, is the Empire to be held together ? How are the interests of India, of Cxnada, of Australia, of our Cape Colonies to receive the attention dvs to their magnitude in an Imperial Parliament choked wi*.h local legislation ? This is a question no assertions and no prejudice wan stay, and it is simply a question of time when it shall come up for settlement. The table of any member of Parliament is a witness against the monstrous anomaly of the existing system. Pamphlets, circulars, whips fov liquor bills, factory bills, school bills, women s rights, vaccination, are mixed up with the pertinacious summonses of Fyi committees, Nawab Nozims, East Coast slavery deputations and whips for divisions on the schemes for Gold Coast Government, which are thrown on the floor of the House to be worried by the dragons of peace, philanthropy, and retrenchment. I can scarcely get a night to bring on the question of the fate of some 15,000 people in Aatal, because parochial business is filling up the time and engaging ■R,- e l,? he ?ft llcL^ ter ' G«G «o >> dian' reports a sermon by Dr. Jenner late JSishop of Dunedm, on the so-called Reformation, in which he referred ™ JL 0 "- 1 V* 1 . 0 "? 1 of En glaad» ™d said that the work of Satan was especially visible in the attacks which were now being made upon the Catholic Church :_'< Jhere was a great deal of foolish talk abou" Lr; P tV,T?IT Of ? he . but his hearers would agree with Jura that if the principles of the Reformation were such as they were IS 6 }.' 0 be » [ he y deserved and could receive no support from the tl,« tS tholl ° member . 8 of the Church of England. If the principles of ceLrftfnT- ri re ? Uli ;. d th T t0 de "y Ba^mental grace, to deny re - the r3 ™ m holy }n? tl - SttI '- th £ gift ° f tbe Hol y S P ir ' tin confirmation, two P?T P lt!8 * nCe f ? hmt in the sacr »menfc of the altar, to acknowledge of rS i -?J ? 7 rei . m™Bm ™8 t0 MoT> y he r time-honored title of the Mother confoiL « P™P le9 ° f fche Reformation required them to regard Sf,. -f fi° Ulpable ' and absolution as ™» a «d useless and superthe Pwl; ! • Cy we ™ «q»»»<* *<> repudiate the priesthood of the altar, SfnSnl! ar f' c » c " fi o°, the power of the keys-in short if by the S 3i3 i Reformation they were bound to cut off themselves Dr e T G nf fl M 8 l POBBI H° fl<Om th f Catholic Church of Christ > P ast <»"1 piesent, all he could say was that the sooner the principles of the He-«T«n-°f W6r ? 7 l^ )udiated the for them and the (Church. The JSL P V n * t these . attacts on ceremonial was the Eucharistic pre!f °?!' Ttt at PP ° L mfc there could be no medium. Christ was either ™*!2 l V 7.f W £ S - , ab9 ? nfc in tho Bacram ent of the altar. If He was, KA«W" h , Op) WoU ' d eto kuOW what worsni P could be t0 ° Xto t™ ? ? ll0 T- lf Ho WIS absent ' he < the Bißh °p) ™ uld comp^omle there""" 01 ' 311113 W ° Uld b ° JUStiflable ? There °° ffd be *» At the Home Rule meeting held in Dublin, July 11, able adButTwr rem^ by M Il - Butt ' Mr A - M ' Sullivan, and others Mr ■a i f ? reeted wah immense opplause, waving of hats, etc He inle Hou tO fT ! ~ ahafc V? 6 reSUU ° f the ce^°debate and dlVisSn SerdoStr, T?f • ? m T- Oallß uP°nallu P° nall Irishmen to make increased exertions to obtain for their country that Self-Government, without which it never can be contented, prosperous, or free. He was amazed that anyone even an enemy— should speak of the result of ihe late division as a defeat. He would do their opponents the justice of saytg S < ie f cl ' a » Ot th , US S ° Bpeak ° fit - Was there, he asked, a man wild f^ ehCTe 'h*- WLeU ! he H ° me Eule members deliberately submitted their resolution to the House of Commons they though* til WOuldh l ave a ma l?»ty ? 'Why, they thought the majority against them would be larger tuun it was. There was, in truth, scarcely a deckrationTnadc that d.d not indicata a marked and secret conviction that if Ireland were true to her.of the day was not far distant when Jtngland must concede her demands. Fifty eight to thirty-seven was theoprwuoaof Iris], opinion upon the'subject. Tho inajorSv of Irish members for Home Rule was two to one iv excess compared with the majority of Conservatives over Liberals. The famous jewels aud relics of the Cathedral of Monza are shortly o be exhibited at Milan. These interesting specimens of goldsmith s work, some of the sixth century, consist of the famed iron ero W]] of the Lombards, tho gift of Pope Gregory the Great to Queen -uieolmdn, aland of ettrcauet or joiuted circlet of gold, loaded with precious stones, and the Santo Chiodo, or nail of the cross, whence it derives its name, hammered into a thin fillet of the iron within • her cup of gold, said to be hollowed out of a single sapphire (probably glass, as tho emerald of the sacvo caiino of Genoa) ; her comb of culd iligree and emeralds, and her fan, or flabellum, of painted leatherfthe httiiale encrusted with jewels j the Gregorian present of the Gospels, enclosed an a rich box, ornamented with precious stones: and the cover oi im livangehary, with similar decorations ; her pectoral cioss of rock crystal, used at the coronation of tho Emperor of Germany ■ and her celebrated cluoccia, the hou und seven chickens of gold, with rub? eyes, picking up com, on a kina of tray of plateau, said by sprue to be a symbolic signification, by others to be simply a table ornament Among the treasures «ro also the cros.s of King Berenger, and a silver monstrance, resplendent with diamonds und other precious stones.

SOME. The Eoman correspondent of the London « Tablet' forwards the* following :— Miughetti, it is said, intends to propose to Parliament, on its reassembling, the confiscation of all the properties of benevolent societies, hospitals, asylums, and refuges in Italy. These charitable societies are to receive from the State an annual sum equal to their present annual receipts, but this Bum U to be paid in Italian paper. Xhe Government will gain the actual landed estates, which it can sell at its real value m gold. The difference obtained by the Treasury will (some day) suffice to enable Government to abolish the foroed paper currency, and restore metallic currency. But the experiment of confiscating the estates of the religious orders has not succeeded in filling the Exchequer, and tho sale of the charitable properties will only tend to enrich a few individuals, without materially benefiting the State. 11l got, til gone, m»y be said of all such dishonest expedients for supplying the needs of the Government out of private or sacred funds On Saturday, the 25th of July, the appeal of four young men condemned for crying out Viva Pio IX., Papa c Be, in the Piazza of St. Peter when the Pope appeared at a window of the Vatican, was heard before the Court of Appeal presided over by the AdvocateLeonori. The four young men, Berioli, Colatti, Tardani, and Feliziani, bad been sentenced by the Correctional Tribunal to two years, eighteen months, aud six months incarceration respectively. Their appeal was rejected, and the sentence of the Correctional Tribunal was confirmed. Their advocate, Argenti, in vain urged on the Court the fact that these men have been tried and condemned without the privilege of appointing counsel to defend them, and upon the unsupported evidence of the police and soldiers who arrested them. In vain, contradictions in the evidence were pointed out. The accused displayed great firmness and cheerfulness, and evidently were ready to suffor for their Master and true Pontiff. Their imprisonment will be to them a triumph. The'Gazzettadi Mapoli ' and other journals announce that theGovernment has issued orders to the Perfects in Italy to procure theenrolment upon the electoral lists of all Government oflicials, whose pay may amount to 800 lire annually, in order to obtain a majority for the Government candidates. This mode of influencing the elections will doubtless bo effective. The very postmen and messengers in. public offices will be sent to the poll. But a majority gained in thiaway will be little worth. The Italians are fond of comparing their Constitution with that of England. The difference is, however, great between the two countries. It would be impossible in Great Britain for a Premier twice defeated in Parliament to retain office by favor of the Crown, and to enfranchise, bj private circular, all the Government clerks, whose pay was at or over £30 a year to enable tho Ministry *o gain seats in Parliament. Such a procedure would in England produce a revolution and bring the corrupt Ministry to disgrace and ruin,-