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- wat wn and defensive alliance by

1 downot wish in
reference to poli-
of my country |
ve it said that our
the virtues, because
they have succeeded in
into an arsenal or a
We must remember the words
‘an iMustrious queen, the mother of the

a King of Prussia—‘1 believe in
. 1 do not believe in force; justice
bat let the

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stable.’ Victory. is very intoxi-
conquerors beware,
always a period in
God reserves to Ilim-
welf the right to act. During this cen-
Pranee beyond her just
} had o> or grt nance,
pees of her misfortunes
pS ae greatness of her eaenene.
d Europe refuse to hear the illus-
‘trious statesman who has undertaken to
‘inform her that in this instance political
adea are on the side of outraged
hamanity, she will find too late that she
thas bequeathed to future days a long
of wars, As to the conqueror,
‘shou!d he prove unworthy of his good
fortune, and turn a deaf car to the ery
; , the malediciion of all civilized
nations will come ypon him. Experience
thas shown that the Vw victoribus of
‘Providence is more fully manifested in
athe history of nations than the Va victis
‘of the barbarians, and if his great age
vent him from witnessing it, his sons
will see it after him, In reviewing the
history of other days, 1 find that when
Queen Louise, of Vrussia, had the cele-
brated interview with Napoleon, he asked
hor what induced her people to make
war on him, to which she replied, ‘the
glory of the great Frederic led us astray
concerning our power, anc we were mis-
taken ! This exactly corresponds with
our history of 1870. We also, French-
men, have deceived ourselves, and the
glory of our arms has led us astray.
any years afterwards she wrote to her
father some memorable words, which I
wake the liberty of recalling to the me-
of the King of Prussia, She said:
“Tle will not exercise moderation, and
a , loses his equiti-
not act in accordance
ea a

i

g

bed

sire

torrent pursued ils course, France was
not intended to corrupt the world, but
to civilise it. I say this, that if we are
ining, it is not because we are Cath
, but because we are not cough so.
We have neither the fait’ nor the stern
discipline of our fathers, nd for too long
® period impiety mmorality have
taken root in g“consciences and cha-
racter, _-#fille I write these lines a Inst
—attae’ has been made in favor of the
humiliation of France and her universal
abandonment. Rome is invaded and the
Pope is despoiled.~ Let not our faith be
affected, for God will not forsake, Llis
Church. I have said enough: the tine
has not yet come for telling all the great
trath while the hour for the performance
of great duties sounds as a tocsin. The
Parisians aro mounting the ramparts,
while I, who can only accompany them
with my sympathy, will pray for them
in this old French city which preserves
the free standard of John of Are.”

VON i cone E MYSTERIOUS

The following telegram appeared in
the papers :—
“ Nenfchatehn Saturday Evening.—
A leaden coffin, draped with a cloth of
d, ae escorted by oflicers and 3,000
emburg troops, passed ¢
1 on Thoreday.” teas
This was followed by a telegram in
the Times, agmouncing the rumored
h of the redoutable Von Moltke.
ery person, of course coupled the two
‘own minds, and concluded that,
¥f the coffin with the cloth of gold had
any real existence, Von Moltke was at
' ‘that very moment quietly eonsconcod
therein. We need not pause to consider
the effect on France and on Europe
have been had the stray bullet of
+ foe which found its billet in
of the regining Duke of Nassau
the heart of the great German
choy instead, The conseqnences
would, probably, have been momentous,
and been worth » half-score victories to
c@, But Von Moltke is not dead,
mysterious only

is of
ia to
own. He
in his

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also recall
‘brewory. Q .

ask

, { it to thé

eft off speaking the
¢ all we had omitted the
Virtes ; an extravagant de-
o- for luxury had pervaded all classes,
ard though the evil was recognised the

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THE HERALD, CHARLOTTETOWN,

~ ee ee Pee Rs ot se PR,

NOVEMBER 2, 1870.

Late Telsgrams.

EUROPEAN.

Lowoox, Oct. 22.—It is waid that Ker-
’s visit to Spain is to seek an offen-
ing that 1 il join Fra t Spain
w nee ain

does, but it is thought he will be nae

A h from Metz states that
General aine proposed to surrender
all of his own army on the same terms as
the surrender at lan, except that the
regular garrison at Metz should continue
to hold the fortress, Von Moltko re-
fused these terms, becanse a reduced
garrison could hol out longer. The
entire eurronder is hourly expected,

A boat was picked up cff Inneshannon
Head Yesterday afternoon, containing a
sailor and the corpse of a girl. The
sailor stated that the steamer Campria,
of the Anchor Line, from New York,
struck at 10 o'clock the night previous,
on Trishtrahuell Island, and became a
total wreck. Four other boats coutain-
ing passengers left the steamer. The
sailor reports that his oWn was upset,
and all in it but himself were drowned.

Agents of the Anchor Line at Glasgow
have received a full confirmation of the
loss, The sailor who was saved is Gart-
land, a native of Armagh, Ireland, No
tidings of the other boats,

Balfe, the musical composer, died
yesterday, aged 62,

Lonpox, Oct, 23.—It is rumored that
a defensive alliance has been formed be-
tween Tarkey and Greece, against the
encroachments of the Western Powers.

A Tours despatch states there was
heavy fighting to-day between Vemay
and Cussy, which lasted from 9 in the
morning until night. Result not known.

Sorties from Paris are frequent, keep-
ing the Prussians on the alert day and
night.

The Times contains special telegrams
from Berlin tothe effect that Prussia has
signified her willingness to grant an
armistice if the principle of cessation of
territory be conceded. The mere dis-
mantling of the fortresses in Alsace and
Lorraine under guarantees is insuflicient.

The Manchester Guardian has a de-
spatch from Pours of 22d, which says,
that an armistice of one month has been
agreed upon, in order that the elections
might proceed.

Troops are leaving Madras for China,

The channel squadron have been or-
dered to embark as much provisions as
can be stowed under the hatches,

Lonpox, Oct. 24 —A force of fifteen
thousand Prussians have invested Char-
trer, a city of about 25,000 inhabitants,
and forty-seven miles south-westof Paris.

The Emperor Napoleon is still at
Williamshohe, Ilis health has much
improved.

The Pope's messenger has been re-
ceived at the headquarters of the Prus-
sian army Velipreailics. Ile was treated

allow

to proceed in

A
proposal made by

meat to the effect t rmistice be
declared and agreed upon in order to
allow the Gonvoeation of the French
Assembly. Count Bismark favors such
a Convocation, but insists that..> pro-
posal for an armistice murtuclude some
practicable bagis.ofeuce,

Itis rveored here that Mr. Gladstone
jandvarl Granville had a long interview
on Saturday with the Ambassadors of
the Russian, Austrian and Italian Courts,
and that it is proposed to make the
Prince Imperial the Emperor of France ;
to dismantle the castern fortresses of
Metzand Strasbourg; to give Germany
a thousand millions of dollars in Prete
products, and to let the people of Alsace
and Loriaine select whichever of the two
governments they prefer to be ruled by.
The story is, however, from all I can
gather, to be regarded as doubtful.

The German foraging expeditions are
everywhere gathering up supplies for
the army. They Wave scized tens of
thousands of cattle for that purpose.

The London Times ths morning says
that Bazaine, when offering’ to surrender,
demanded for himsel¥ a position which
would probably have enabled him to take
a prominent part inthe restoration of
order in France after the conclusion of
peace, '

It is stated under good authority that
the movement of England for an armis-
tice is induced by apprehensions of ul-
terior designs on the part of Russia and
Prussia to forma close alliance. The
fact that Russia is greatly and effectively
arming is well known, despite hev official
denials.

Loxpox, Oct. 25.—Belgium is again
sending troops to the frontier.

The French regard England’s last
effort at mediation with oxtreme distrust,

The delay in the bombardment of Paris
is due to the imperfect state of prepara-
tions, not to political considerations,

It is understood that the Madrid Goy-
ernment awaits Prussia’s approval of the
nomination of the Duke of Aosta to the
throne. :

The Paria Gevernment is firm in its re-
fusal to enter on any negotiations in-
volving the surrender of territory.

A despatch from Metz says that all
negotiations with Bazaine are abandoned.
Schlestadt capitulated yesterday after
a severe bombardment, The surrender
includes 2,400 prisoners and 120 cannon.

The Standard says that negotiations
are actually going on between Versailles
and Eugenie, with a view to the return
of the oe to rg to resume o
Regency and negotiate a . The
departure of the Empress, if it did not
occur lastnight, may be expected at any
momen

t.

The Times has a special despatch
from Berlin stating that the latest pee
tiations for peace have come to — t,
-$iyy doo ther raistence of Prussia in
her 8 the cession of French
territory It advised the British Gov-
ernment to make no further efforts to put

stop to the war. It now says that if
in for

: F bask

abre must be ready to stake some-
on

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we"

ia supports the!” gi, Prancia Tfead wri
Govern- | gimes, deprecating

Loxpon, Oct.26,—There art no tidings
of the missing beats ct the Cambria, and
it is now thought they went down with
the ship,

The ship Queen, from London for
Halifax, has put into Queenstown leaking,
with her boats stove and other damage.
Despatches from Berlin announce that
the peace propositions--laid before France
and Prussia by joint note from the Courts
of England, leos and Italy—include,
among other suggestions, the neutraliz-
ation of the fortress of Strasbourg; the
demolition of Mets and Thionville, so
far as the fortifications are concerned ;
the rectification of the Rhine frontier,
aud the transference of Luxemburg” to
Prussia,

Despatches wired from Brussels at

embourg are in a high state of excite-
ment over the published propositions,
They denounce the plan and are prepared
to oppese it vigorously.

Schetztad, near Belfort, and a few
miles south-west of Colmar, is,according
to latest advices, being fiercely bom-
barded by the German artillery.

Despatches from Touris state that sixty
leading Republicans have earnestly ap-
pealed to Gambetta, urging upon him
the necessity for peace.

Orders have been issned from the
King’s head-quarters, requiring all Ger-
mau nobles, without commands, hanging
round the Army at Paris, to proceed to
their homes forthwith.

On the 20th inst., the bombardment of
Dijon, a city of about 35,000 inhabitants,
in Burgundy, on the Railway from Paris
to Lyons, was begun by the German
forces with great energy.

It is now the generally received. idea
among the members ot the Germanic
Chambers, that the bombardment of Paris
will begin on the Ist of November, It
is annovnced that already there have
been brenght up.from the frontier to the
besieging army, one hundred and thirty-
four siege guns, and that 20 more are
expected by the 80th instant. ‘Till
everything is ready and everybody fully
equipped, Von Moltke withholds his
attack,

The new French loan is quoted at a
premium in London,—The late Empress
of France discountenances all attempts
to restore the Empire or Regency at
present —The repayt of a French victory
at Chatlon De Lace is confirmed.~ -The
German Garrison at Sedan is now men-
aced by French troops.—The Emperor
of Russia has declared that he desires
the close of the war, but he takes no
measures to restore peace, and continues
work of preparation for war.—Garibaldi
is reported to have defeated the Germans
in the Vosges.

Lonpon, Oct. 27.—St. Quentin has
been evacuated.—Amiens has not yet
been attacked = The Prussians retreated
suddenly without commencing hostilities
and are concentrating near Laon,—The
siege of Laferte has also been abandoned,
A large portion of the army of the Duke
pf Mecklenburg-Schweria is moving

eid Wy ike

_— rap *
aw ance

“the minds of
t English attempt at negotiating a
he London

protest
Isace and 1 gy

against the annexation
raine to Germany, sta wat Ungland
has captargg annexed more millions
an all the rest of Europe to-

of A

gether,

A long interview occurred yesterday
between Lord Lyons and M,. Thiers.

Mazzini has left Italy and is now on
his way to Tours.

The English at Paris are under the
protection of Minister Washburne, as
the British Charge d’A fairs is not reeog-
nized by the Republican Gevernment
and has no authority to act,

The garrison of Toulon has been sent
into the field, the National Guard taking
its place,

The Prince and Princess of Wales are
visiting Eugenie at Chislehurst,

Greece has recognized the French Re
public,

Beaty, 27th.—The King telegraphs
to-day :—-'This morning Bazaine and
Metz capitulated, There are 150,000
prisoners, including 20,000 sick and
wounded, The army and garrison laid
down their arms this afternoon, It is
one of the most important events of the
war; Providence be thanked,’’”

London Oct, 28.—The surrender of
Bazaine is variously commented upon,
The republicans in London boldly declare
the Marshal a traitor ; that he concocted
his action with Prinee Napoleon, the
Emperor and King William, and that the
Government at Paris and Tours will re-

udiate any peace proposed or signed
y him,

The bark Adep/, from Quebec, arrived
at Livegquol ydsterday, having sustained
ccriood aiimagiin recent gale.

The Clifion, from an English port for
Prince Edward island, has returned, and
will discharge cargo.

The Forgenhale, from Quebee for
Greenock, had heavy weather of the
north coast of Ireland, and Was com-
pelled to throw her deck load over-
board.

The Nathaniel, from Quebee for west
Ifartlepool, was abandoned at sea,

The four missing boats of the Cambria
were found empy to-day at the Giant's
Causeway, but no traces of the passen-
gers or crew were discovered,

The army before Paris is making every
preparation for winter siege, as though
the beleaguering forces anticipated,
having to wait patiently before the city
for many weeks yet. Tromendous

reparations are also going on for the
Cenbardment of the city. Heavy siege
guns are being daily.put into position,
notwithstanding the unceasing efforts
of the French artillery men to pre-
vent.

Within the city quiet rules, Flour is
plenty for four months; meat and hard
provisions for a like period. The forti-
fications are being daily strengthened,
and works have been completed to pro-
tect the troops.

King William, from Versailles, an-
nonnces that twenty townsmen have
been shot at that place fer giving in-

formation and guidiog French troo:
from Fort Mount Valer-

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this date, state that the people of Lux-.

by. the ed Lut a .
Rus ia Fone any oe

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The Aerald.

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Wednesday, November 2,18

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To-pay the Hrratp comes to its readers
changed in appearance gal proprietary.—
‘The occasion is a fitting éne to explain what
principles we hold, and what measures we
intend to advocate, ‘This we shall endeavor
to do as succinctly and clearly as we are
able.

Two questions at present divide public
opinion—both of them important; both of
them awaiting a settlement—the Schgol
question and the question of Confederation.
We shall first deal with these. With respect
to the School question, we distinctly hold
that the secular system of edueation at pre-
sent in operation among us, ia the bane of
Society; and that each year it is perpetuated,
pushes forward a sap dangerous to public
morality. Religious principles, we contend,
are assentially necessary to make edugation
a boon to the young, The education Mat is
stripped of them is a constant menace to
order and good government. In an age
like the present, when infidelity is rampant
and Christianity openly assaulted, it is the
duty of a Christian Government, if it has
anything at all to do with the education of
its people, to supply them with safeguards
against modern paganism, and the means of
resisting its assaults. ‘Tvis can only be done
by religious training ; ant religious training
to be effective on the young scholar, must lie
woven in with the educational system in
which he is trained, and be inculcated as a
part of the work of the day-school. It is #
delusion to think that the scholar can be
made at one time, and the christian at an-
other, Try it; you may suceeed in produe-
ing what some may sce fit toterm a scholar;
hut your christian will be litle credit to you,
and may possibly avenge himself some day
upon his educators for their godless educa-
tion, by revolutionizing théir government.

On Confederation our views are equally
precise. We rest them on grounds which
we take to be well in accordance with reason.
When this Island is asked to enter the North
American Confederation, it is asked to make
a change in its present system of govern-
ment to adopt a new polity, and attach itself
to new institutions. Before do\ng this, we
should be well ¢onvineed that the change
will tend to make us, as a people, more con-
tented and more prosperous. Ifa change is
not to redound to our advantage, why make
a change at pil? All the proposals made
hitherto by Canada have been defective in
this: that our acceptance of them would in
no respect have bettered our condition, but
would, on the contrary, in very many re-
spects, have detcriorated it. We would have
had to enter upon union at a sacrifice, ‘This
we can never allord todo. Canada’s terms
must be such as will dnimediately conduce to

say immediately, for we deem the
art of a century too lon; sap

greater

threat-
; ent us adrift, it he time
enough to [60k aren! us for protectors>

From this it will be seen that we are in
Edueation, religionists, and on the question
of Union, anti-confederates.

The questions of Confederation and Edu-
cation are at the present time the touchstone
of our colonial polities ; and as these become
prominent, and present themselves for de-
finite settlement, parties will change, and
allies on one become opponents on the other.
The lines which divided the Conservative
and the Liberal have disappeared from our
polities. There is no question at the present
time which can serve to call out the distin-
guishing tencts ofa Liberal or a Conservative ;
because in very truth nosuch specilic opinions
exist. It would be idle, therefore, to assume
to ourselves an appellation which conveys
no distinct idea, and sets forth no peculiar
difference. However, looking to the past,
our sympathies and instincts are indisputably
with the men who contended for the people's
rights and privileges. The struggle, we
think, was a glorious one; but now it is over,
and the vanquished equally with the victors
enjoy, and are tenacious of the fruits of vie-
tory. Looking now at the present position
of affairs, we confess our inability all at onee
to discover where the Liberal party abides.
The party lately in power was known as the
Liberal party, but Schism entered into it and
it was rent in twain? We look around for
its component parts, and we find one portion
coalesced with men once known as Conser-
vatives, and forming the Government, while
the other portion has been forced to assume
to itself the prerogatives of the opposition.
In schisms of this nature, it is often difficult
to decide which division still retains the real
doctrines and traditions of the party, Our
progress of investigation in the present case
has been something of the following nature ;
We saw, on one hand, a portion of the Liberal
party bearing a share in the Government of
the country, and taking part in the adminis-
tration of public affairs, in conjunction with
men who have been known as Conservatives.
On studying the antecedents of that portion,
we found that it fought strenuously and con-
sistently fof the popular principles on which
our present aoaien is hinged. We
found also that it was composed of the Re-
presentatives of constituencies, which had
formed the pith and strength of the Liberal
party in all the great constitutional contests.
We also found that in the altercation which
begat the schism, the views of this portion
were adopted by the Liberal Leader,

Turning our attention next upon the other
portion, we found it for the most part, the
growth of an ingraftment of certain leading
members ofa Tenant League. We observed
that the doings of this league were severely
anianadverted upon by leading men in the
Liberal ranks, The engrafting, however,
being once effected, some flavor of the old
Liberal stem was necessarily communicated

to . As we now are made sure, it
Wi tak and it was borrowed. We were
led to believe that in the course of

years, the engra Meggqualt to outgrow
the parent trunk, and to ‘olf its blossoms
and fruits as the legitimate praduge of the

The conclusion to which these reflections
conducted us, was, that if there be any rem-
nants of the spirit and traditions of the old
Liberal party still existing among us, they
are to be looked for among the supporters of
the present Government, and not among the
opposition,

While steadfastly supporting liberal views
and progressive measures, we shall be care-
ful to guard against that dangerously ad-
vanced form of modern thought, known as
Liberalism. Further; we are neither Social-
ist nor Radical. A consistent Liberal and a
consistent Conservative, are to our thinking
anomalies in politics, Political science is
progressive; and political leaders are not
now-a-days, much in the habit of regulating
their acts by the received traditions of their
party. We have a desire to be consistent;
and the better to be so, we shall subscribe to
the creed of no political leader, but shall use
our discernment in supporting or opposing
measures as they are brought forward for
the rights and security of the people. By
this We disclaim all interested adherance or
factions opposition, and rest the soupdness
of our views upon the soundness of our argu-
ments—public opinion will pronounce the
verdict,

Nothing farther remains to be said regard-
ing our political views, and a few words will
suflice to explain the other portions of our
programme, No pains will be spared to
make the new series of the Terap both
instructive and attractive. The selections
will be made with discrimination and care.
The latest news will be given as it reaches
us; and we have it in view in case of events
of great interest occurring elsewhere, to
to make such arrangements with correspond-
ents as will put our readers in possession of
something more satisfietory than the miserly
scraps of information doled out to them, in
reference to the great war in Europe. We
have in contemplation other improvements
which will, we hope, be duly appreciated by
our patrons. Our enterprise will never lag
behind the encouragement we receive. We
shall study to deserve, even though we may
not attain success.

By way of conclusion, we may advert to
one circumstance, The Tlerap is, we be-
lieve, the only journal on this Island owned
and edited by Catholics. Ifitherto it has
been the practice of its writers to interfere
with the tenets of no man’s religious belief,
That policy will be rigidly adhered to in the
future, Should the dogmas or practice of
the Catholic Faith be misrepresented hy
others, we shall correct the misstatements
and lay down the explanations needed, with
what brevity and clearness we can command,
Religions discussion is, we think, out of
place in the pages of a newspaper, and the
journalist who provokes it has every claim
to be considered an enemy of the people's
peace, The jobber who circulates false

the greater prosperity of our people. We)

x

in their sortie
ian,

Liberal root.

ramors to effect the prices on ‘Change, has
his counterpart in the political schemer,
who, to effeet a purpose, assumes a religious
garb, and stirs up the prejudices of the
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Ligar. 10D i yrnol hina.+
fs own existence by

‘dbeomes 2 nuisance to the
Tt is certainly our ambition to

eo eye

merit the confidence of the people, but we
shall never seok to gain it by keeping alive
their prejadices, —

Tan lottor of Vietor Emmanuel to the
Popes Tiiagnilicent specimen of the hy-
pocrisy and mendacity under which the
great robbers of the present day endeavor
to mask their rapacity and violence. In
the name of religion, and for the good of
the Church, the nation, society, and the
Pope himself, the excommunicated King
demands that the Pope shall surrender to him
all his property and the control of his person :

“Most Holy Father: With the affection
ofason, with the faith of a Catholic, with
the loyalty of a king, with the sentiment of
an Italian, Taddress myself again, as T have
done formerly, to the heart of your Ioli-
ness,

A storm full of perils threatens Europe.—
Favored by the war which desolates the
centre of the Continent, the party of the
cosmopolitan revolution increases in cour-
age and audacity: and renpeling to strike.
especially in taly and the Provinces gov-
erned by your Holiness, the last blows at
the monarchy and the Papacy.

1 know, Most Iloly Father, that the great-
ness of your soul would not fall below the
— of events, but for me, a Catholic

‘ing and an Italian King, and, as such,
ruardian and surety, by the dispensation of
*rovidence, and by the will of the nation,
of the destinies a all Italians, I feel the
duty of taking, in the face of Europe and of
Catholicity, the responsibility of maintain-
ing order in the perlnewa, and the security
of the Holy See.

Now, most ILoly Father, the state of mind
of the population governed by your Ifoli-
ness, wand the presence among them of for-
eign troops coming from different places
with different intentions, are a source of
agitation of peril evident to all. Chance or
the effervescence of passions may lead to
violence and to an eflusion of blood which it
is my duty and yours, most Holy Father, to
avoid and prevent.

T see the indispensable necessity for the
security of Italy ang the Holy See, that my
troops already guarding the frontiers, should
advance and occupy the positions which are
indispensable to the security of your Holiness
and to the maintenance of order.

Your Holiness will not see a hostile act in
this measure of precaution. My Govern-
ment and my forces will restrict themselves
absolutely to an action conservative and
tutelary of the rights, easily reeoncilable,
of the Roman populations, with the inviola-
bility of the Soveriegn Pontiff and of his
spiritual authority, and with the indepen-
dence of the Holy See.

If your Ifoliness, as I do not doubt, and
as your sacred character and the goodness
of your soul, give me the right to hope, is
inspired with a wish equal to mine of avoid-
ing all conflict, and escaping the danger of
violence, you will be able to take, with the
Count Ponza di San Martino, who presents
you with this letter, and who is furnished
with the necessary instructions by my Gov-
ernment, these measures which shall best
conduce to the desired end.

Will your Holiness permit me to hope still
that the present moment as solemn for Italy
as for the Church and for the Papacy, will
give occasion to the exercise of that spirit
of benevolence which has never been extin-

tished in your heart toward this land which

your own country, and of those sentiments
of conciliation which I have always studied
with indefatigable perseverance to trans-
late into acts, in order that while sacrificing
the national aspirations, the Chief of Cath-
olicity, surrounded by the
Italian populations, might preserve on the
bank of the Tiber a glorious seat, indepen-
dent of all human sovereignty. '

Your Holiness, in delivering Rome from
the foreign troops, in freeing it from the

continual peril of being the battle field of
subversive parties, will have accomplished a
marvellous work, given peace to the Church,
and shown to Euro ked by horrors of
war, how great es can be won and im-
mortal victories a@hieved by ar act of jus-
tice by a single word of affection.

I beg your* Holiness to bestow on me your
Apostolic benediction, and renew to your
Holiness the expression of my profound res-
pect. Your Holiness’s most humble, most
obedient, and most devoted son.

»« Vieron EMANUEL,

Florence, Sept. 8th, 1870,

The following is the reply of Pope Pius to
the above insidious and hypoeritical letter
of King Victor Emauiael :-—

To the King Victor Emanuel,
Your Majesty +

The Count Ponza di San Martino has put
into my hands a letter which your Majesty
has been pleased to address to me, but it is
not a letter worthy of an affectionate Son,
who glories in the profession of the Catholic
Religion, and who prides himself on the due
observance of Megty faith, I do not enter
into the details of the letter itself, because I
would not renew the grief which its first
pevaeee caused me. T adore my God, who

mas suffered your ay to addeto the bit-
terness of the latter days of my life,

Tn conclusion, T cannot admit the demands
advanced in your letter, nor can I give any
adhesion to the principles contained in it,
L once more pray to the Lord, and I place
my cause in His hands, because it is wholly
His. 1 pray Him that He would grant abun-
dant graces to your Majesty; that Ife would
deliver you from all dangers, dnd bestow
upon you those favours of which you have
need.—From the Vatican; September 11th,

1870,
Tivs, Para IX.

—_—

The cable lately conveyed a piece of in-
telligence interesting to every loyal subject
of the Queen, and to every one outside Her
Majesty's Dominions, diawever republican
in sentiment, who can recognize merit and
goodness in the oceupant of a throne. The
Queen has given her consent to the marriage
of her youngest daughter, Princess Louise,
with a subject, the Marquis of Lorn, eldest
son of the Duke of Argyle, who is the des-
cendant of the famous “ MeCullum More,”
potentate ofthe Western Highlands, the most
powerful of Scottish noblemen two centuries
and a half ago. The present head of the
house of McCullam More, if not by prece-
dence, is, by talent and distinguished service,
the premier Duke ef Scotland. Looking at
the lineage, rank and wealth of the Marquis
of Lorn, there seems nothing derogatory to
a daughter of the Royal Iouse to form a
matrimonial alliance with a Scottish noble-
man—the only objection could be the ob-
stacle raised by the Royal Marriage Act and
traditional policy, which looked upon such
an alliance as dangerous, Everything is
possible now-a-days, No neglect of royal
etiquette, no abandonment of position or pri-
vilege by nobility, no inroad of popular
power, no destruction of long established
institutions, strikes one with very great sur-
prise, The marriage of the Princess Louise
with the Marquis of Lorne may be looked

upon as an indication of the temnar «f
veeeeng > yanaueps 13 & Concession to their spirit

Such an alliance would have been impossible
in the days of George the Third, the most
obstinate unpholder of the royal prerogative,
and who, in his claims of absolute arbitrary
authority (enforced by Royal Statute) over
the education and marriage of his children
and grand-children, was tyrannical in the
extreme, Of this Royal Marriage Act (1772)
which emanated from the King himself, and
was carried through both Tlouses by the
exertions of the party known as the ** King’s
friends,” the great Earl of Chathan said
that its doctrine was certainly new fangled
and impradent, and the extent of the power
given wanton and tyrannical, Perhaps,
also, the consent of the Queen to this alli-
ance of her daughter with a subject may be
looked upon as a proof of her affection for
Scotland-not nnaffected by a tender remin-
iscence of ev Majesty's own earlylife:—Globe.

ee
On Thursday afternoon last, the pupils of
the Congregation de Notre Dame gave a
very pleasant entertainment to a large and
respeetable audience, in the splendid hall of
the new Convent, The * Festive March”

Fopenee te proceedings; alter whien-eamet

a short and appropriate prologue. The
* Merry Bells,” a charming little song, was
the next on the programme. Then follow-
ed a comic drama," The Queen of the
Dummies"—the moral of which was to show
the folly of aspiring to positions for which
neither talent nor education fitted one.
“Evangeline,” a song and chorus, was very
finely rendered. The “ Crowning of the
Queen,” a complimentary pices, prepared in
honor of one of the lady pupils, was the
principal feature of the entertainment, and
gave us a favorable idea of the system
which the ‘institution has adopted for re-
warding those of its pupils who have dis-
tinguished themselves by their talent or
general deportment. The National Anthem
terminated the performance.

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Ovr New Durss.—Our fellow-townsman,
Mr. George Millner, is deserving of the
credit of having designed the new heading
with which the TLERALD appears to-day.
Tho circular illustration of the little oak
sheltering under the large one, with the
motto “Jurva sub ingenti,” is, with one
necessary alteration, the Island coat-of-arms
or seal, Both the heading and the type
have been supplied to us from the Boston
& New England Typo Foundry, Messrs.
Cousens & Co., proprietors. We don't
think they have any reason to be ashamed
of the outlit. From our experience of these
gentlemen we can cordially recommend
them to the trade. is

Bewarr.—A person representing himself
as having been sent by the Bishop of Cork
on a collecting tour in aid of certain reli-
gious establishments In that city, has been
paying his respects to the Catholics of Char-
lottetown during the past week. We would
mdvise our co-religionists to be on their
guard against persons of this description,
unless recommended by the Bishop of Char-
lottetown, ¢@ither in writing or from the
pulpits. This notice is Mcessary in order
to guard against imposition.

Anotiter Serzunn.—The Dominioncutter,

Picton, the American fishing schéoner A, J.
Franklin, for eee os 6

laws. The prize had on béahd one pene ch
and seventy barvels of mackerel, :

oe
oe

Ida E., seized and took into the port of to

Citrespondence,

LETTER FROM ROME,

A kind friend has handed us the following
letter from Rome, under date 26th Septem-
ber. It is written, as will be observed, by
an eyewitness, and corroborates the accounts
givon elsewhere, of the manner in which the
Italian army restored order to Rome.

It is a known fact that for a long time—
ten yours at least—there has existed in Italy
a party, not strong, but noisy and daring,
which has dreamed after a United Italy with
Rome as its Capital. Seeret societies—those
pests of modern times—have been silently at
work to bring about this wished for end,
The King of Sardinia, corrupted by false
friends, was seized upon as an instrument to
work out the designs of the secret societies,
As the pure Catholic principles of the people
were an obstacle to usurpation, it was
deemed necessary to undermine, if possible
our Holy Religion, For this purpose, im-
sepa books were distributed, savred cermon-

es scoffed at; monks and nuns insulted, and
libertine journals teemed with impiety. ‘The
secret societies, in the darkness of their hid-
den lodges, endeavored to eradicate from,
the hearts of the incautious youth, decoye«
into their snares, all respect for religion o
wuthority. Desperadoes Who had foresworn
their God, wood the assassin’s knife as a
means of freeing themselves from uncom-
promising public men, and of intimidating
others. The base treachery by which the
King of Naples was driven from his throne
and the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Parma
deprived of their rights, is now’ a matter of
history. Equally well known are the subse-
quent facts which led to the formation of
what was styled the “Kingdom of Italy "—
a territory which comprised the greater part
of the Italian Peninsula, After the sacri-
ligious war of 1860, by which the Pope was
dispossessed of nearly all his dominions, this
small party in Italy has never ceased to call
out for Rome as Capital of Italy. As they
could not use foree, they resorted to whit
they called “moral means,” that is, endeay-
ored to corrupt the people and to excite a reyo-
lution in order to overthrow the Pontitical
Governments. Bigots in England and Ameri-
ca who saw a hero in the red-shirted filibuster
Garibaldi, encouraged these very moral
means, by their applause or their cash,
Strange that hatred of Catholicity should so
blind them as to cause them to praise and
admire a vile rabble that vomited forth fear-
ful chy tage against God, and endeavored
to sap the foundation of all civil order! We
who have gazed upon the ruins of the bar-
racks blown ay 1867, while yet the gallant
Zouaves were huried beneath the bricks and
mortar; we, who have seen the bombs burst
in the streets of Rome, we who have heard
nnd seen the fowl impiety and the deseeration
of everything holy perpetrated by the Gari-
baldian erew, can only pity and pray for
their distant admirers, “But enough of this
saddening digression, The revolutionary
party of Italy was continually pushing on
the Government to invade, under some
pretext, the Pontifical States, which as yet
remained, As soon as war broke out he-
tween France and Prussia that party increas-
ed its clamos. France, or rather its Em-
peror, unwisely withdrew his soldiers from
the Pope's last remnant of territory, and
dearly did he pay for it, When Napoleon
was taken prisoner and the Prussians threat-
ening Paris, the unprincipled scounsinele

gh

who sighed after Italian der aronght that
Pieters i! Hever’ must the blow be strack,

About the 10th or 11th September, King
Victor Emanuel wrote a letter to the Pope,
in which he professed his faith and devotion
but would be obliged to oecupy the Pope's
territory to insure order and the tranquillity
of Italy, and hoped the Pope would consent,
It is bad enough to rob a man, but it is still
worse to rob him and ask him to consent to
it. Of course the Pope would not hear of
anything so enormous, On the 11th, the
King ordered his troops to cross the confines,
As the Pope had not more than 12,000 sol-
diers, and these were divided into small gaur-
risons of a few hundred each, it was useless
to think of resisting outside of Rome, Or-
ders were given to retire on Rome after a
slight resistance. One by one the little gar-
risons arrived in Rome, and the admirers of
lialian unity boast that Baron De-Charalle,
with some few hundred Zouaves, had to re-
treat before 30,000 Piedmontese Soldiers.
On 13th September, I returned from Fraseati
to Rome, in order not to be shut out.
I found barricades at the gates, and soldiers
hurrying around with their rifles on their
shoulders. I spoke with several of the mili-
tary and all were determined to defend till the
last the rights ofthe Holy See, Soon Rome was
surrounded by three armies of at least twenty-
five or thirty thousand each, On the 17th,
all communication with the outside world
was cut off. Still our brave army did not
uail, but sternly resolved to save Rome.
n intimation to surrender Wits-reye Wiehe
¥ by General Kanzler. On
Monday, 19th inst., I saw columns of the
invaders approach and plant their batteries.
I was present when our men fired a few
shots from the gate of St. John. On Tuesday,
20th September, at 4 o'clock in the morning,
« fearful cannonading began. Tt is said
that the invaders opened eighteen batteries
of twelve guns each,—certain it is that the
hooming of cannon was often almost as fast
as the ticking of a clock, and sometimes
faster. At the gate of St John, our men
silenced two of the invaders’ batteries; but
by the Porta Pia and Salara, the firing was
strong and fast. At eight o'clock, firing was
commencad on the opposite side of the city,
and thus the crashing increased, At times
the firing would decrease for a short space,
and then begin again anon. Few were in
the streets, The impious, sacreligions and
unjustifiable aggression continued until about
half-past ten, a.m. As several shells had
burst in the city, the Pope, unwilling to have
Rome destroyed, or to sacritice human lives,
ordered a white flag to be raised on St.
Peter's and on the Castle. St. Angelo. A
capitulation followed; and thus was consum-
foxy wy wow ne of yo impious programme,
veld and cherished for ’ Years hy the
revolitionary spir ta In tly? \ ie Pontiti-
cal Zouaves, taken near the walls, were dis-
armed, and a vile rabble—part brought out-
side and part procured amongst the lowest
of the low—dared to insult and spit at those
brave and noble prisoners as the y passert
the streets, and the Piedmontese officers and
soldiers, in many cases, at least, did mot at-
tempt to prevent this outrage. This low
rabble all that evening, and until late at
night, ran slong the streets shouting for
ltaly and calling for the people to put out ”
flags and lights. This is what will be call-
ed a spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm,
1 assure you that nearly all the Romans were
close within doors, and took no part in those
wild seenes. A friend of ours, who often
gave something to a certain old beggar, was
surprised to meet him with one of those
crowds. On enquiry, the beggur told him
that he received two francs for it, and some
— Hype ag Po those bboy were
affected w AY ving propensity, gave
free reins to their tendency that fag It
was, | was going to say, laughable, but it
ought to be sad, to see some fepaing along
with two pickaxes and a shovel, some wi

matrasses, some with some cane

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barracks. As wt

* Viva Italia.” rrah for Italy,” or “ Ro-

boyy we # ;" and free they were—to
pretended joy. 1

a 2 I must say that the us-