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360 TlieLeader andSaturday Analyst . [Ap...
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Tuiun, April 7, 1.800..'Run Oiiimtaii An...
whatever of Papal displays of this kind ; and we _ might , carry om . St of names to- an almost indefinite extent It is , however , of ; importance to notice the prejudices which were formerly entertained , ¦ indted chiefly by the decretals of the Roman pontifts and the new ; doctrines of the canonists . Effects were ascribed . 'to the excommu- ; iiications such as the canons themselves would not venture to attribute to them , so that the secular magistrates often had a greater share in the excommunication than the ecclesiastical -judges who uttered them ; and , to the great disorder and prejudice , not only ot tie sovereign rights of the- prince , but of the civil , rights of the peop le , frequently rendered these fulmiuations more formidable than they were in themselves . They contended that magistrates , advocates , or other public men . who were unjustly excomnmuicated lur judicial causes must , if they wished to continue in the _ exercise of . their . , functions and privileges , obtain letters of permission , called dispensations ** licenses , from the - collateral council . This practice was introduced to quiet the consciences of the weak . and ignorant , ** : a protest against the injustice , and a declaration of the nullity of Mich excommunications , in order that the scrupulous might not fear to communicate with those under censure , even when not , abso utel > obliged to do so . Catholic authorities , including the most celebiateu theologians and canonists , have been found to defend such resistance to Papal pretensions . GiANxXO ^ E the vvell-known write r on civil law , says : " Princes are the rightful arbitrators of the policy of their states , and it has been demonstrated that it- is within their province to augment the penalties of excommunication , or nullity them at their pleasure . When they see that Papal excouimumcations are launched , not for religious purposes , but for temporal and profane ends ; let them give them no support , and they will faflot themselves—be rendered null and void , and be mcapable of exciting fear When magistrates continue to exercise their functions and do tleir duty without heeding them ;—when the excommunicated are not prohibited from availing themselves of the legal tribunals , aud are permitted to make contracts , to marry and bequeath property;—when their fellow-subjects are commanded to maintain the same relations with the excommunicated as if such excommunication had not taken place ;—when , in short , those rights are guaranteed - . to-all which appertain to them by the enactments of the Legislature , by the laws of their sovereign , by custom , and their civil ^ position without any change whatever , then all fear will cease in reference to ± Mpal excommunications . Experience shows that it is very frequently not the prelates , but the magistrates who , for want of doing their duty , or even we ourselves who , from abject timidity , have excommunicated ourselves . The arms of the clerical power would remain pointless and without effect did we not ourselves lend them sharp-Dess and vigour , and treat shadows as substance . " The present excommunication is so manifestly unconnected with spiritual considerations—so utterly secular in its origin and aim—that it may fairly be classed amoiig those which a prince is empowered to consider null and void . ¦ „ , ;• ' ¦ ., . -, , ,, • •< . i The growing independence of Borne , manifested both . in spiritual and temporal affairs by Piedmont of late years , is" the more worthy of remark and admiration , in that no Catholic power was ever so devoted to the Church as the House of Savoy during a succession of generations . The devotion shown on the one side was repaid by protection and privileges on the other , although it will be well Understood by all who have observed the conduct of Rome towards those whom she most favours , that the lion ' s share of the mutual benefit was reaped by the Church . Many of the Savoyard princes renounced the splendours of temporal sovereignty to take orders and dedicate themselves entirely to the service of the Church . Aimone , the second sou of Humbekt , became bishop of Lyons in 1040 . Amadeus VIH . laid down his sceptre to retire into ascetic life , consented to quit his cell to occupy the chair of St . Peteb , and voluntarily and spontaneously resigned the Pontificate when he saw that his renunciation might conduce to restoring peace to thp Church , and aid in healing the schism with which it was lacerated . The earliest act , s to which the names of the Savoyard' princes are found appended are donations to churches and monasteries , some of which gifts seem really excessive if the times and condition of thp country be considered . All the persecutions of their subjects by the Savoyard and Piedmonteso monarchs , all the cruel and dishonourable acts of their history , may , with scarcely an exception , bo truced to the influence of the Church over these pyinces . It was duo to the incitement of the Court of Rome and the priests that Emmanuel PmWBEBX dishonoured his sword , that both the VicTOHS A > ia » eus engaged in the most cVuel and senseless cruaadc recorded in history -Jthat against the quiet aud unoffending Waldensians ; though the last had the opportunity of redeeming his reputation by recalling this poor persecuted people , and granting thorn full religious liberty in their own valleys . Urged by the sumo influence , Ouakles Emmanuel I . rm \ de his faithless and shameful attempt upon Geneva , where his host ; officers inyloriously lost their lives , nnd ho Jus reputation and honour . To plouao the pontifical powers , the laws of hospitality were infamously violated in the case of illustrious aud unfortunuto exiles , who sought an asylum in Savoy and Piedmont , and wore betrayed to Jlouie , in defiance of right and humanity . , ., '„ ,,... From time to time the Princes ot Savoy , w spite of tvhoir piety , endeavoured to shake off " the yoke ; but , unlortiinutcly , they Bought to do so by moans of negotiations , which Holdom sneooed with the Court of Rome . This Power ia nn adept in the art of prolonging questions indefinitely , in cavilling , Hubtilisdiitf , and throwing spiritual dust into the oyos of ambassadors . Thus the princes failed to obtain thoir desires , and in soino euses only aggravated the evil * of winch thoy complained . Such whs the . c ' auo , Cor oxamplo , in 1050
when Pope Pius IV ., in respbnse to some grievance , sent the first ordinary nuncio to Turin to reside at the Court under pretence of dbin"' it honour , but in fact to act the spy , and . keep the Pontiff informed of all that went forward : The honour was spun felt to he ' dearly boughtV but , in spite . of ' all remonstrauces , one mmcio was I replaced by another for more than a century and a half ; Piedmont- . , was involved in the Roman meshes after nearly all the other Catholic Powers had freed themselves to a considerable extent . ¦ . Germany , France , and even bigoted Spain itself , were becomingindependent ; and the reforms , of Maku Theresa and Joseph II . in Lombardy , Peter Leopold in Tuscany , the minister . I akucci . iu Naples , and Dentixlot m Parma and Piacenza , will show how far Piedmont lagged behind in the race of hucal independence . But the advancing light of the ei-hteenth century was not to be resisted . Philosophy , erudition , and criticism rendered sight to the blind , and illumined men ' s inner faculties ; and the ancient edince of Roman superstition and ignorance threatened to crumble to dust . Piedmont be ^ an to assert her independence of Rome , and from that time hostilities mo re or less deadly have been carried on between the two Powers . Since 1847 political discord has been unceasing , arisin ^ from causes too well known to the political and general reader to require mention here . Home has fairly worn out the patience , not only of the people , but even of the clergy , by her systematic opposition to liberty and the spread of intelligence .. . Hie sacerdotal ranks are becoming aware of the degraded and fake position in which they have hitherto been held . Several recent addresses of the clergy to the king clearly attest that they arc no longer disposed to . support the papacy in its pretensions ami stru ^ les against Italy , " and the employment of spiritual arms tor the defence of its temporal interests , but are willing and aiixvous to co-operate in the work of political : regeneration . Every thing , then , seems to show that if Piedmont will only remain true to herself and . the principles which she has adopted , she need fear nothing from the worst attacks of Rome .
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360 TlieLeader andSaturday Analyst . [ April 14 , 1860 .
Heoord Of The Week. Home And Colonial,. ...
HEOORD OF THE WEEK . HOME AND COLONIAL ,. SatuedaY , April-7 , being the birthday of . his Royal Highness . ^ Prince Leopold / Her Royal Hiirhuess the Duchess of Kent , and the Princess of Leiningen , paid Her Majesty an early congratulatory ¦ V 1 S The British and North American Royal . Mail steamship America took her departure on Saturday morning for Halifax and Boston ,. ¦ , talcing about 90 passengers , a full cargo , and the mails tor the ' United ' States and Canada , ¦ ¦' . ; ¦ ' . ' , Heenan ,-the American pugilist , has given the _ magistrates at Derby his own recognizance of £ 50 , and two sureties ot £ ^ a eacii to keep the peace . , Qn Monday night the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave the customary Easter dinner in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansionhouse . There were upwards of 300 guests present . On Monday last William Dickenson , an elderly man , was ¦ bromrlit before Mr . Self charged with having wilfully disturbed the lUv . Brvah Kin «\ the Minister of St . GeorgeVin-the-kast , on Sunday evening He was fined £ 1 6 s . 8 d ., which was collected by subscription among the people in and about the court . On the same day an alarming fire occurred in the premises known by the siirn of the Coach and Horses Tavern in Aldersgate Street . The inmates were rescued by tlie courageous conductors of the Royal Society s escapes stationed ' in that street and at Cheapside , and the fire was got under . Much property was destroyed . . On Tuesdav evening Her Majesty ' s Theatre , under the management of Mr . ' E . T . Smith , and the Royal Italian Opera , under that of Mr . F . Grye , cotninenced their operatic season . , c . u A Vestry mooting of the inhabitants of St . Paul s and bt .. Bni " nabas was held on Tuesday afternoon in the New Schoolroom , \\ illon Place , Kuightsbridge , for the olection of cliur « hwarden ^ (» t t io ; ensiling year . Mr . Wester ton , an opponent ot HoiiiimiBUiff t « udesicies , was elcctpd . ' ,, _ , , , ,. ¦ , , „ J . C , fiymoiiB . Esq ., Her Majesty ' s Inspector oi Schouls , d ., < l Saturday ' last , of rapid consumption , at Malveru Houso , Oiout On Tji ' osdav evening tbo Rubscribors and exhibitors of . tho Arnlijtectural Society held n conversazione ab their large rooms , Comiuii Strcut , Regent Street , on tho occiihion of their peecmd jinnivciwiij . On the same day Mr . Bonamy ]) obree was electod J *<» ' « n'or- , r Mr . Alfred Latham Deputy Governor of the Bank of -hiiyliimi jui . ' The aominiS ( mors for the Reduction of the National Debt hold a quarterly ineuting on Tuesday afc the official rositlcnt'O oi mo Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing Street . , The nuiiihor of patients relieved at the Royul tree H «>« I' »« v Gray ' s Inn Road , during the week ending 7 th April , wan ^ ,- > i ( - ' . which 5 S 5 were new cases . . , Mury Ann Hodgos mid Mll « n Norton , two very young pi la . ""* chained on Tuoaduy bbl ' oro Mr . MuiwHulu , nt AVor « bi |) Mvet , \ » uttwinuliii ^ to commit Buicido , tiio ouq froin jouIouhv oHhj r » ¦ niothcV , the other from four that who would bu pumahud lor stopiiinb 0 U A l ™ V \ wtw of the ontiro force of the Chatliun . f" ™^ ' numbering about 5 , 000 men of nil ranki ^ , took pliico vn i h uw . L Linos on Tuesday afternoon , by his Royal Highness tho WM «« \ ° On sJturduy , April 7 , the pnnonqrs Cauo nnd Wm wore com-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 14, 1860, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14041860/page/20/
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