The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1870, Page 4

4 THE PAPACY. Grand Demonstration by the Catholics in Buffalo, A Protest Against the “Usur- pation of Italy.” PIUS IX. FREE AND INDEPENDENT. Impressive Scene in St. Joseph's Cathedral. Speeches by Bishop Ryan and Others. BUFFALO, Deo, 8, 1870, It does not often happen that Buffalo has a chance to revel in the luxury of a big sensation, although abe does try hardin many ways successfully to ape the whims and fantasies of the metropotis, To-day, however, whether tt was to her taste or not, she had a sensation of the very biggest kind. I do not refer to the Board of Trade Convention, which opened ita twaddle valves a day or two ago, and took particular pains on the occasion to stick upon the breast of each of its gaseous members a sickish blue or green badge which every good Fenian about the town took as a personal compliment to his inaividual self, bat to the grand demonstration of sympathy with Pope Pins IX. py the Cath. elics of the city. New Yorkers last Sunday contented themselves with endorsing a protest against the invasion of the Papal territory, which was read for the purpose in each parish church; but this kind of thing was altogether too conventienal to suit the enthustastic impulses ef the Buffalo Catholic heart. With this sympathy demonstration the clergy, it is said, had nothing whatever to do as far as setting the prelimmary wheel in motion was concerned, and every arrange- ment about 1t was started, nursed and brought to full growth by the laity, unaided by ald from within the sanctuary, They certainly did their work well, fer a more IMPOSING DISPLAY was never seen in this ¢ity—or, for that matter, in New York. 1 say imposing, not because the men were in dazzling uniforms, for they were not; or becanse each band of music was better dressed or more numerous than even that of the metropoll- tan Grafulla, or the banners that were borne triumph at the head of each society were more costly or More attractive than have been seen in processions elsewhere in the State, but simply be- cause of the immense number of persons in the line of march and the enthusiastic manner in which, despite all diMeulties—aye, even low Muttered threats of people whose bigotry got the better of thelr good sense—they publicly stood up and proclaimed their faith in ‘the right of the Pope to his own dominions.” The weather was as unpro. pitious as could have been aesired by the most ardent hater of “Papist shows.” It had half rained, half snowed all the forenoon, and at two o'clock, the hour fixed for the processien to start, the streets were muddy as only Buffalo streets can be, and a cutting wind swept round the corners in a way thal made the most HOT-BLOODED SPECTATOR seek for shelter withm doors, every once 1a @ while awaiting the word march to be given. The processtonista were in no wise put out, however, and punctual to the minute the various divistous began to form in line on the square. Every one of the eight jiamense divisions was on hand, with banners and flags ‘flapping in the wind, and the word march was about to be given when it was discovered that an important element of the procession was wanting—the French Gatholics, What could the matt-r be? Did net Monsieur ‘This- and-That tell Monsieur Somebody else only an hour before that they would be the first on the field? Yet they were newhiere to be seen. The marshals looked at one another for an explanation without becommg any the wiser for their looking, when of a sudden the cai of the whole thing was revealed. One of the German leade: be it Known the greater buik of the pro louisis were Ger- maans—rode up, and, with f: flushed with anger or disappe! put, it was hard to teil which, cried out, “The Frenchmen wil not march b e Ul Germans are in the ine.” Oh, ho! that was it, was it? So off gallo; &manon horseback, and then ,#mother and another. A parley was had. Some of the good-natured Germans, who ortunately wore ‘their society mottoes on scaris representing THR COLORS OF PRUSSIA, talked German to the French, and the French talked French to the Germans. ‘Gesticulation in the most impreved style, beseeching that would have made even @ ‘Turco go down on his knees and promise to bé@ civilized for the balance of bis natural life; jong phrases and short phrases, fierce words and seft words, with the name of the Pope intermingled every once in a while a3 2 forcible reminder were the order of the hour; but it was all of no avail; the French could net walk in the same procession as the Germans. In fact, it was out of the question, They leved the Pope; they could die for the Pope; nay, they could live for the Pope, but go side by side fer his sake with a Prusaian, ugh | the theught was too much for good nature—of ‘he French standard. So the French from their heart of hearts, as a body, prayed heartily fer the temporal pewer, and, in curses that the Frencu lan- guage no doubt made refined, yet all-reaching, con- signed, from the same depths of ardent feeling, Victer Emmanuel to a place w , even in French, sounds harshly to plous ears, A few, avery few, of them gave ho heed to the voice of the majerity and joined the procession, but they evi- dently felt that they were not as comfortable aa they might have been had they staid heme alto- gether. It should not be ‘understood, how- ever, that tuls be we of patriotic § feel- ing on the part of the Frenchmen was made in a spirit either of insult or bravado. Far from it. Tuey did not forget, even though they did not feel inclined to mingie in public with the Prussians, that it is as natural for every Frenchman to decline an honor with words of true peliteness as itis for him to accept one with grace and good feeling. Strange io say, the Irish found no objec- tion to their man associates. The Pope’s cause was evidently to them something above the petty squabbles of mere eartuly powers, and they, doubtiess, believed that for Catholics on an occasion like the one they had assembled to do honor to, nationalities haa no meaning, THE PROCESSION. ‘The procession finally started, each division falling into line When its proper time came. The sidewalks all ajong the line of march were crowded with spectators, notwithsiand- ing the inclemency of the weather, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed in many quarters where the Catholics were the most thickly congregated. There ‘was evidently au under current of epposition to the adeg upheld so publicly by the processionysts, and which occasionally manifested itself here aud there in the crewds in the comments made frem time to tume on the significance of the inscriptions on cer- tam banners. One of them bore a likeness of Pius 1X., and as it was turned toward the sidewalk by the violence of the breeze a loud voice shouted out, “There's the picture of the scoundrel he—." What eise the fellow would have said was CHOKED DOWN WITH RIS BREATH, asifastrong hand had cintcbed him about the threat. There would havs been a row as a sequence hag it not been for the mterference of the friends of ; but the man who had given to the uncomplimentary remarks about Pope Pins at once left for a more breathing spot, feeling, doubtless, col that it was a good thing to be frank in what ene says, but that it depends sometimes a great deal en the place ome says it in. ance ef any ki his was the only disturb. that teok place along the line ef jumbered fully 26,000 men, after Gothamite fashion, to swell the thing. ‘The men had a hard time ef it, for the mad in many ef the streets was almost impassable; but they waded on cheerfully, the presence of the large crowds of their sympathizers on the sidewalks no deubt infusing @ courage inte their souls that the drizzling rain overhead and the wretched walking would have otherwise kept in abeyance. Flags were hung from many private houses in strects through which the men passed, and im a few io- stances appropriate mottoes on banners were dis- played om front windows. At half-past four Pralook the precession reached the Quthedra!— a stately pile, very much resembling Trinity church “internally—and at once filed im by the middie and side enirances. A crear gathering ef women had assembled en the sidewalk and with their usual recklessness as to cunse- quences when the doors were opened made a rush te get in; but the sacristan lad bad the foresight to uf guards tn the aisles, who, regardiess of ite Pitiful appesis of the pious females to be aliowed “evem a wee bit of a coruer,” pelitely shoved them back to the side walk the admonitien “Only inen allowed in NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1670. titirLe SHEKT. chance fer even an eighth of the pro- As tt was from the altar steps was certainly an gas jets gave but a faint glimmer of a8 the capricious wind witheut, in 1 et im and sco woat was hrough crack and crevice, making ¢ flicker and fal up beiimes, the of the pillar and nave moved to and fro, gave to the vast sea upturned faces beneath an Sepia quite The absence of female dress colors and of the black ceats ef the procession- ist, relteved by scarfs of red, white and blue, with ® banner raised high in air here and there from some distant few, added to the weird solemnity of the scene. Indeed, everybody appeared do tinpressed by the surreundings that, aa Bishop Ryan, with @ large pumber of priests, came the sanctuary and toox their seats, a silence of death reigned throughout the building, broken occasionally but by the low, shuffing sound of one of the banners that stood beside pel After everybody whe could enter had go! com were closed, Bishop Ryan came ferward and BISHOP RYAN'S ADDRESS, I willallow myself but a few minutes te atate as tet a8 possible the object of our gathering together in the Cathedral this evening. We will dispense with many of the formalities usual on an occasion of pubiic assemblages, and I may Mention at the beginning that [ am well pleased to see here such numbers— though there was no pressure exerted, no out- side attractions held forth, though, indeed, some ablie papers here asserted that we e: mpectad archbishops ani bishops from other places. t me say that we neither expected ner invited any. It 1s, as it were, & spontaneous IMPULSE OF CATHOLIO HRARTS, this gathering of men together on this occasion, and no matter what others assert, we toll you we are glad you followed your own taste and Poo own judgment father than the judgment or the taste of others who may please to volunteer the!r opinions regard- ing matters and priucipies concerning yeu and which you alone are fitly papers to jadge. This is a quiet, peaceable Catholic demonstration, in order to express the views of the Catholics of Buffalo regarding @ great event, to which we cannot bo strangers; mor need it bo insinuated to ua that elsewhere incidents might occur that would need a record. We propose a8 peaceanle and orderly citizens, meeting om our own greund, to express our opinion in regard to matters which concern ourselves, and we hope be- c we happen te be Cathelics that we have not lost, by that fact, a of our rights as independent cttuzens of a free beloved country, for then will they be rebuked who assert that we should be ex- eluded from walking in public procession through the streets. As I said in the beginnil I will now o lows that 2) allow myself only to state the obiec' is meeting, rese ave to make for the clese. I need apology for this hering or for al hati yeu to assemble within the sacred pre- cinets of the holy temple of God. We have, itis », removed the blessed sacrament from the altar, for wo wished, as it were, to give a little more free- dom ina to the proceedings which are to take place; still, the cause Which draws you tugether is a holy one, and A HOLY PLACE BEFITS THE CAUSE. If we had had a more central hail we would have wished you to have assembled there; but tn commg here for the purpose you do we deem it no desecra- ton. The object of your assembling to-night Is to give expression to the sentiment of the Catholic people—for this is not a clerical demonstra- tion,” but a demonstration of the people— at the violation of the sacred hts ot tee Pope, the usurpation of the rritory which belongs to the Church, by the King of Italy, and as to the outrages and wromes perpetrated against eur common father, the Pepe. The gentle- men Who will speak to you will express their own sentiments. : ‘The Bishop then appointed as 4 committee to draw up resolutions expressive of the sentiments of the meeting fourteen gentlemen, ome from each parish iu the city, A LAYMAN’S VIEWS, When the committee had retired for consultation Mr. Hartnell, one of the audience, mounted the ros- trum and addressed the gathering. He said that at ‘this time, when the eyes of nations were fixed upon Rome, it was eminently fit that the Catholics of Buffalo should ceme Rs iets and give an emphatic expression of their sentiments of love and devotion to the Sovereign Pontiff and of their deep sympathy with him in his troubles. Pius IX. was the sovereign of two hundred millions of Catholics, yet he was a prisoner in his own palace. As sove- reign prince his dominion had been wrested fron nim and he himself taken captive, and only under the shallow pretext tnat the PUBLIC OPINION OF THR ITALIAN NATION demanded that Rome snould be the capital of united Italy. What was thia “public opinion?’ It was the opinion fomented by Mazzini and his infamous co- workers—an opinion which Rome of Peter and his successors would yet override. What title had the Italian king to Rome? Simply the claim of a nation that could mot count as Lane years of ex- istence as the sovereignty of the Pope in Rome could count centuries, How gladly the cry nowwent up from thousands of bigets “The Papacy 1s dead” every man knew who read the papers. They plously rolied the whites of their eyes and held up their hypocritical hands to heaven, thanking it, forsooth, because it had put an end to the reign of the “scarlet woman.” Yet how often during eightcen centuries had not this same cry of exultation irom the narrow-minded enemies of the Church ee up around it when, to human belief, it seemed tottering to its fall! The enemies of the Papacy had been given many an occasion to yell with delight over its “final death,’ yet no one ever lived to see its burial. ‘the bar- barians conquered Europe, and when they came in contact with the Papacy they were converted ond made tis children. It went through the strifes of the Middie Ages, outlived nations and thrived vigor- ously while thrones were overturned, dynas- ties were uprooted and races of men were blotted from the face of the earth, What the Pupacy had done in the past it could and would do again. Let tne Pope be dragged into captivity—it would be only a repeti- tion of the trials and sufferings of his predecessors, for the victory weuld come in the end. The canse of the Pope was the cause of God, and it could not but prevail forever. Did not the present Pope in 1848 utter the words, “To-morrow I will go to the, catacombs if the interests if the Interests of God require it.” Seoner or later tne avenging hand of God would be lald heavily upon the good old man’s persecutors, for the most superficial reader of nistory could not deny the fact that every prince or king that ever dared to LAY SACRILEGIOUS HANDS ON THE PONTIFF had been 1n some Way or other terribly punished by God for his ofence, The condition of Europe at the present time had prepared the Italian nation for the outrage they had committed, No fixed princi- ples ruied there now; nothing but “modern ideas,” which meant cunning, deceit and treachery, Might there now was the same thing as right. Civil society, by reasen of this fact, was now reeling ou the brink of @ precipice over which it Might stumble any moment. When the state of society, following its present natural downward course, would heed Its legitimate effects,1n disorder and sociai chaos, then, as ef old, nations would be found clinging about the Papacy’ for safety, for the Rome ef*the Uesars destroyed nations, while the Rome of the Pontitls ever recognized and propped them upin hours of danger. Vhe charge that the Papacy was opposed to progress was faise. It was always in favor of real progress, but it was not in favor of that progress of the age which leads to a godless barbarism. The Church of Christ is not of this world, but it is on this world. The Pope was God’s vicar, his representative on earth, and who- ever interfered with him in his rights INTERFERED WITH GOD. The temporal power was essential to the inde- pendence of the Pope. The speaker then went on to argue Why the Fope, as the spiritual head of the Church, should be the subject of no earthly king, and closed by calling the world to witness that at no time in the history of the Church were tne Catholics to-day.’ And certainly if the vast edifice had not been reserved for meu enly there would have been of the world so devoted to the Pontiff as they are at present. Mr. WAKEMAN then delivered an address in Ger- mnan, after which Mr. Joan McManus came forward. After ailud- ing to the festival of the Immaculate Conception celebrated that day he denounced the forcible occu. pation of Rome as an act which cailed for the execration ef the entire civilized world. There was no excuse for it whatever on any principle of justice. The Pope's government was one of justice and mercy and he himself was a sovereign to whom the Jowliest subject conid ge with his grievances. The oe, ta his dominions had few burdens to bear, and what they had were light; prosperity under his rule was general and he was beloved by lus Laos Yet he had been shorn of his power, despotled ot his possessions and made a risoner in his own palace. The government of Florence bad been recreant to every sentiment of honor and right. Taking advantage of the difficulties of France it had broken its selemn pledges, and like a thief taken possession of what did net belong to 1. Yet while this injustice was being dene, While an infidel press howled with delight and Christian nations looked on without an emotion, one of the fx Powers of Enrope announces that she will no jonger be beund by a certain jes 0 although she ‘was one of the contracting parties. Instantly all the continental Powers are in A BLAZE OF INDIGNATION. and the members of the press, who sang pxans of glory at the “dewnfail ef Rome,” became horrified at the situation and profoundiy impressed with the sacredness of treaties. Quickly Cabinets get to- gether, consultations are held, emissaries fit from nation to nation, and all Eurepe gets ready for war! And what for? Because the Treaty of 1850 had been threatened with violation, What principle of jus- tice could Rassia violate in breaking that treaty that Victor Emmanuel could net in breaking a treaty with France, powerless to eniorce it, What princi- ple was It, Catholics would like to know, which was saved in one treaty net inagother’ It was not, then, becaose of the crunes of the Papal govern- ment—for 1t had comamitied none—that this govern- nment of the Holy Father was despolied, but because it was the geverninent of a priest, The exulta- tion of bigots preyed this; the silent shu! of the head of tb inded Protestant whem spoken to about it it tobea lac. Some people denied tite Pope was not free at present to do as he willed a8 a spirttual head of the Church. Yet what could be the meaning of the fact that his letters were taken trem the Post UMice and read; that p2sons leaving Inm afier a visit were searched, and vaat bs private palace, his books and papers, had veea seized. it couldu’e mean literty, Could anyoody after this doubt | that the Pope's independence? trath, the Catholics of Buffalo had come together to pretest with all the e ot their seuls against the ‘facts of sacrilege by which he had been des} of his ta. Catholics should not bo dis- cow by. the clouds hovered over the Church. The end was not yet. Though wrong seemed to trinmpn over justice it would be but for @ Ume. It was all for our own good. The Pope would again be made free, not by force, but by God, whe rules the world. Mr. James Mooney, of the Committee on Resolu- ttona, appeared at the close of Mr. MoManus’ re- mares, and read the following preamble and resolu- mats Setomtarmitee Samar ‘ion terme : moved in éisiance from the Eteraal City, Pupionet sccm ania Jou ta eaptr ‘Oar lore wi and « a ar to Sudvineration for our holy Clues knows ns beanie fa the illingness we submit to ner decrees and toachings, for 18 Rer we recognise the will of God, When the Churd Wwe are ia grief; when the rights of the Ch ited ge invaded We chan if we ar true te ouseies, main i sy re. 1e) ir j they are your Tout Holy Father. “They ute the righisor God himself, and characterize. as sacrilegious violation of divine dons tothe Poniidcal ‘Vouchsale, Ho! to 8 cept, a5 consolation in this the hour of your sorrow And captivity, the respectful homage ot our ‘faith and ial Ie and in th ne ft Saba oelee Nidren rox will find this earnest, prot which wi ax. lidren, assem- y our ‘and being H Raler of the universe, in bel @ coun of absolute feliglous my whose con: aiftution and laws uberty |) which the Church has inalienable right from Al: enjoyed as an mighty God, and while thus assembled we are reminded of violations of religious freedom and rights of conscience which bavo yn perpetrated in the ‘ated name of liberty in the invasion of the rights of the Church in the per- son of ita boad through the forelble occupation of Rome by the King of Italy; therefore, be it ved, That we here make an avowal of the most ain- core hor ‘and obedience to the See ot Peter, of filial affection spiritual allegiance Father, as and and ' devotion fo you, mont Holy 6 legitimate successor ofthe Prince of the Aposties amd Vicar of Christ upon earth, and sympathy in the affiictions and outrages to which your ‘august person and the Church are at present sub- jected. Resolved, That we repudiate and condemn the lawless {n- Justice perpetrated in the malicious and wanton invasion of your legitimate dominion, and that we solemnly denounce ani demn the sacrilegous violence by force of arms which bas brought under captivity your sacted person. Resolved, That we protest aj ‘the invasion of the Iib- erty of the Church and subjecting to capiivity ite recognized head both as an outrage agalnat the sacred prerogatives of your Holiness as Supreme Pontiff aud as A violation o Tight which we as Catholics possess of being governed by chief completely exempted from and independent of all civil ower. PoRenolved, That we promise continued falthful hor to the see of Peter, and that Fecognize, and shall continue to recognize, you aa the lawful King of Rome, and that we pledge our heariy co-operation in any movement of the Catholic world that has for its object the matntenance and integrity of your sovereignty. ; ‘THE BISHOP AGAIN, Bishop Ryan then arose and said:—Having al- ready occupied your attention-so long, I do not wish to trespass on your time, fer if I did xo I fear I ht mar the effect of the beautiful, touching and eloquent words you have already heard. Siill, a8 We are making a protest mot so much against a particular fact a8 against a false, immoral and de- TMooralizing Princip! le, which we hear uitered, preached and freely Se ogg itis well for us to un- derstand that as Cathol we recognize norignt in any people to throw off their Aubence to ther severeign save under certain conditions, one of which is tyranny or oppression of the people; and certainly no intelligent man believes that the gov- ernment of the Holy Father was either tyrannous or oppressive. He neither destroyed vested rights nor made conquest by the sword; and I leave ‘yeu to Judge of what kind aro the title deeds of Victor Em- Manuel to the dominions he has usurped—dominions to rule over which fope Pius the Ninth ever twenty- four years ago was selected lawfally, regularly, a3 had been selected the line of Pontiff-Kings which came down to us for upwards of eigiteen centuries. Long have * THE ENEMIES OF THR CHURCH been plotting against the temporal power of the Church In order to destroy the spiritual power. They have apparently succeeded. They have at last Occupied Rome, and under the pretence of protect- ing the Holy Father and to relieve him from the preseace of what they called ‘“hireling foreign soldiers.” Never were calumnies baser or pretences falser, and here, before you and the whole world, fearing no contradiction and appealing to the ex- erie of thousands from every country of Europe, I declare that there could not be found on the face of the earth a better governed coun- try, with a more peacefal, tranquil and quiet people. Only let me ask you to go to the nd plaza of the grandest temple of the worid on Baster Sunday, where you will see fifty thousand or sixty thousand people in @ dense mass before the Prince of Peace as he ratses his hands In blessing over them; or on the night of the same day find your way to the same grand erent: which you will find actually crammed to behold the i)lumination of the dome of St. Peter's; er go the next night to the plaza Del Popolo, and if you can, treaa your way tnrough the densely crowded streets; or on another night to witness the grand illumination on tho occasion of the anniversary of the day in which the Sovereign Pontiff was crowned. Go into these vast crowds, I say, on these grand occa- sions, and J assert you will not find such order in any city of the world—ne wrangling, NO CURSES, NO BLASPHEMOUS WORD, no rowdyism. ‘There you will find the piebelan and dience the prince, the priest and the monk, the bishop and the cardinal, the gentleman and the common work- man all commingling in beautiful harmony. Such @ scene could not be witnessed im any other place in the world, and tits fact of itself, I thik, 18 suiilctent refutation of the’ assertion that the Romans were @ downtrodden, hel less pepe under the bondage of priesgly rulers. Welt, then, how explain, say you, the wel- come which the Jnvading: army recelyed on entering Rome? On bettpathe fi the 20th of September, the ney, siege guns o! ‘victor Emmanuel's army bat- tered against the old walls of Rome. For five con- secutive hours they poured tnetr deadly fire against them, and finally opened breaches through which passed sixty thousand to seventy thousand of an army, With a vile, repulsive rabble, estimated from ten thousand to twenty thousand, in the wake, and under the protection of that same invading arniy, to desecrate that soll consecrated by so many holy titles. ‘The prison doorg were thrown open and the convicts wer® let loose, I will not deny that there were not to be found among the Reman people a few who felt that they would be benefitied by the city’s becoming the capital of united Italy; that there were in the community men mean aud venal enough to be beught for a consideration to shout vivas as the army marched In; that their cries of welceme might be exaggerated by the press, entirely DEVOTED TO THE PARTY, into a sort of popular welcome to the invaders; but, lsay, even if they were welcomed by the people, it was unlawful. Rome did not belong to that rab- bie, neither did it belong to the Piedmontese, or to the Neapolitans. If you were in Rome at the time those men entered tt you would have seen the banners of all nations floating over them as a protection against the invading army and you would have found on going into the lastitutions of learning that they belonged to the world, The flag of our own beloved country floated over the resi- dence where I was and spared me from many in- trusions apd nocturnal visits to which others wero subjected who, less fortunate than myself, had not the same guarantee against outrage and insults. Rome, I repeat, belongs to the Catholic world, and as a true ‘eat man who is a great man sull, M. Thiers said on 4@ certain occasion ithe French Legislative Chamber, in 1849, ‘Ages have assigned that territory to the Popes, and all enerations have combined to maintain it.” The ope can be free only as sovereign prince. The great- est statesmen, the greatest minds in Europe, in lan- grease strong and uamistakable, have again and declared that for the Pope there was no freedom ‘whatever save In absolute sovereiguty. Who, letme ask, has a right to divest him of that rignt? We, my friends, Catholics, can use all the legitimate means in our power to AFFECT PUBLIC OPINION on this great matter, and we would gladly see among us those who differ from us in faith, ior we have not come here to-day solely to pray. Prayer, Iknow, 1s our strength; but we have the right to use other means. % The Bishop then closed by announcing that copies of the resolutions would be sent to all the parishes to be signed, and that subscriptions would be taken up for the Pope, that the Italian King might not ave it to say U he had offered a “gtided chalice” to the Holy Father's lips by contributing to his sup- port—a support which he had never accepted, and never weuld. ‘This ended the ceremonies of the day. The vast crowd ef men filed slowly into the street and en- deavored to find their respective bands (for it was now quite dark), and an hour afterwards the sound of music had entirely ceased and the demonstration of the Catholics of Buffalo had come to an end, THE POPE'S TEMPORAL POWER. Lecture of Archbishop Spalding Last Night. Why the Sovereign Pontiff Should Be an Inde- pendent Prince—Review of the Growth of the Pope’s Temporal Power—The Sins of the Napoleons and Their Punishment. PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 9, 1870. Archbishep Spalding, of Baltimore, lectured this evening atthe Academy of Music, before a crowded audience, onthe “Temporal Power of the Pope.” Having been introdaced, he spoke as follows:— Let us begin by having a clear understanding of what is meant by the temporal power of the Pope, By this term we mean simply and only that visible head and supreme pastor and teacher of the whole Church, It is proper that he should not be @ subject of any other government, but should be independent of all others, and should have a small territory set apart for him, where he may reside free and unmolested, over which he may ruie as sovereign, and from which he may, without let or hindrance, carry on the spiritual government of the Church, scattered over all nations and embracing all peoples. To employ an illustration familiar to all of us Americans, we mean that in the great United States of Christendom, as in these United States of America, there should be a small, inde- pendent territory set apart as the seat of the general government—a sacred District ef Columbis—inde- pendent of all State influence and control, where the visible executive head, with all the other branches and departments of the spiritual government, may freely conduct the general busi- ness of Christendom for the common goed. And, in fact, this very feature of our own government seems to have been borrowed by our own wise and sagactous forefathers from one preetsely analogous im the Catholio Cfurch, dating back about eleven centuries, The Archbishop then entered wpon an exbaustive historical review of the erigin and gradual growth of the temporal power, showing that it virtually dated back to the days of Constantine, im- mediately after the Church had triumphed over the persecutions of the Pagan ages, and tracing it forward through medimval times to the present day. The Popes had he claimed, alone rescued the Italian le from slavery of the most debasing Charen and he quoted Gibbon, the skeptio, in support of the state- ment. He then proceeded to discuss as follows the utility, importance and necessity of maintaining the temporal power of the Pope in future, as visible head of the Church, embracing two hundred millions of Christians, scattered over all nations of the earth, and all of thon looking up to him for spiritual direction and guidance, The ig Must necessarily be free aud independent in his action and unre- stricted in his communication with his spiritual children throughout Onristendem. Now, the expe- rieace of ages bas preved, what a very brief refiec- tion of the very nature of things would lead us to believe, that the Pope cannot be free and indepen- dent in discharging his nigh¢spiritual office, world- wide in its extent, whi ‘he is the subject of any particular local government. Even wf he were not placed in positive durance, as hag been and would generally. be the case, his action would be variously hampered and im- peded by bis condition asa subject. He would be expected to favor his own government, and would be severely pumished if he dared in beeps ene pose 11s measures. His actions would be jealously watched, ms correspondence with t¢ side world be examined and _ intercepted, the Catholics of other governments would be filled with mistrust, especially in case of his own government being 1u & state of war with any other. It would be impossible for him to pre- serve that even-handed and paternal impartiality, as among different nations and governments, which is an effectual adjunct of bis high ofice. He could hot take, for example, the noble stand which Pius VII. took when urged by the first Napolcen to join his projected Continental League, and at least vir- tually to declare war against England. He replied that the common father of Christians could not declare war against any of his children. Rome is nothing without the Popes; it ts everything with them. The whole world goes to Rome to see the Pope and to witness the grand solemnities waich cluster around him. The Pepe away or in prison, Rome retires into its ancient isolation and monu- mental solitude. It becomes the city of the dead rather than of the living—of the past rather than the resent. Its nd music is hushed, and the sub- ime méscreré no longer 18 heard. It becomes a city of tombs, and seems to have been icken with an interdict, The Romans have already suspected this, and they will yet find it out still more to their cost. Catholics will not visit Rome while the Pope is in durance erin exile. The reat pecuniary resource of the city will be thus ried up, and ail will see and feel the striking dif- ference between real and false liberty. Even at present those wno have liberated Rome take spectal care to curb or suppress the freedom of the press wale openly encouraging its utmost licentiousness. ‘This whole question of the temporal power was fully discussed, chiefly from a political standpoint, in’ the great Euro} Congress of Vienna, in 1316, and it was speedily resolved by the great Powers then assembled that the restoration of the Pontiff to his territory, of which he had been despoiied, ‘was & political necessity, and that there could be no soild European peace without this necessary measure. Provestant England and Prussia and schismaticai Russia cheerfully united with Catholic Austria and France in this conclusion, I know it is said by men more plausible than solid tnat the Roman people have a right to select and change rulers at will, like all others. To this I answer, first, that the late change was _ clearly made, not py the Roman peo) le themselves, nor on their demand, but y @ foreign Power, and by overwhelming force of arm. Tue Romans were simply forced by bayonets to accept one ruler for another, and the plebisctte, or popular vole, which followed this violent revolution, was manifestly a farce and a sham, enacted under the influence of their new masters, at the head of their victorious battalions. Every observer of recent events in France Italy 1s well of the manner in which these plebiscttes have been man: . They deceive no one except those who wish to be deceived. I answer, pegonaly, that, even if they really willed it—which they aid not—the Roman people had no more right to vote away a territory which clearly belongs to the Catho- ic Church, as the consecrated residence of its chief, to all the united States of Christendom, than have the people of the District of Columbia to vote away to one or more of the States a territory belonging to the whole United States of America as the seat of their general government. In both Cases the soil is necessarily neutral ground and pro- perty of all, a“a it cannot manifestly be alienated Without common consent. Suppesing the barba- Tous inhabitants on the borders of the Isthmus of suez should attempt to vote away that great international canai, or assume to themselves tne right to administer its commerce for their own advantage, would England, would France, would any nation of Christendom, submit to the outrage? Private convenience and local claims must yield to public good and to vested right. I know it 1s not an article of faith that the Pope must absolutely and of necessity be endowed with a certain definite sovereign civil power, and that God might so dispose of events as te enable him to exercise without it the primacy divinely entrusted to him; but this power Js at least relatively necessary, and God’s providence has alreaay for eleven hun- dred years ordained this power as the means by which his earthly Vicar might freely govern the whole flock of sheep andglambs committed to his charge; and under this time-honored dispo ition of His all-wise providence we maintain the necessity of the temporal power under existing circumstances, The example of fthe first ages of the Church. when the Pope was a temporal sovereign, cannot be reasonably pleaded against this conciusion, for, as I already took occasion to remark, those were ab- normal ages of persecution and of fearful struggle, intended to show forth the divine character and energy of the Church in its infancy. Tne state of things was not meant to be continued when the Church had once secured a firm foot- held inthe whole world—when the child had matured into the man and the Church had become extensive with the world. Thenfother provisions were made by Divine Providence to meet the altered circumstances, and this new state of things has centinued uninterruptedly for eleven centuries, and we have no doubt but it will continue to the end of the world. A condition of things in which every Pontitt was doomed to martyrdom by a _ hostile sovereignty was surely not destin to continue to the end of time. Christ Himself, the Divine Founder and great invisible Head of the Oburch, suf- fered martrydom, but Christ rose, again to die no more. His Church, which is His spouse without spot or wrinkle, was assimilated to Him in martyr. dom, but was destined to share also with Him the lory of resurrection. She was to be one with Him in joy as in sorrow. During the period of its contnuance of the temporal power of the Popes has been assailed time and again; but it has always come out of the flery ordeal brighter and stronger than ever. Some forty-five Popes have been imprisoned and drawn from their sees, but either they or their successors invariably returned thereto. The forty-sixth 1s now vir- tually a privoner in his own palace, and if there be any truth in principie or virtue im precedent we may fairly conclude that the forty-sixtu—the venerable, amiable, saintly and beloved P.us IX— will be again rescued from qurance and restored, not only to his see, but to all the possessions which his predecessors bave held for so many ages. Even Napoleon, though he made the Pope a pEnense and dragged-nim into France, knew/well tha, he was committing a grievous sia, as his words in @ former part oi his career abundautly testify, and no sooner had he departed from the promptings of his own conscience than his light be- an to fade and disasters began to thicken around ‘is hitherto victorious career, Mescow, Letpsic, Waterleo and St. Helena, were the burming com- mentary written by the finger of God on his downward course after he abandoned these principles. His son, whom he made king of Rome after he had dethroned the Pope, never came to this or any other throne, and he died at an early age. His nephew, »Napoleon III., after having been at first ap- parently deeply affected by the sad fate of his uncle, and instinctively impressed with what had been its prime cause, like him soon forgot the impressive lesson, and after having, ten years ago, basely connived at the robbery of ‘the Pope, finally consummated his guilt by abandoning bim into the hands of his enemies. After the first act of treach- ery came the Mexican expedition and the German war, ending with Sadowa. Then came Sedan. Why will not men profit by the lessons of history? Why will not the rulers of the earth at length learn wisdom? In conclusion, I can say a single word on the great Vatican. Council chiefly in its connection with the temporal power of the Poe) As a temporal sove- reign, having a home to offer to his brother bishops throughout the world, the Pontiff invited them to meet him in Rome. It was the children meeting in their father’s house—a family meeting, but at the same time the great Congress of Christen- dom, the General Assizes of the Church. They met in peace and In joy. Trey conducted their delibera- tions in freedom and without molestation. Soon, however, the storm came which was 18 drive them violently back to their distant homes and place their father and leader in prison in his ewD houso, Without a declaration of war, without any decent pretence even for the high handed rebbery and sacrilege, the modern descendants of the Medieval Lombard and the inheritors of their treachery, if not of their Herce yalor, availing themselves of the embarrassment of their ancient ally, France, to whom they owed all they had, aud pounced down upon Roine, assailed in overwhelming force @ venerable, but feeble old man, robbed nim of all he held in trust for ali Christendom aad then triumphantiy turew thetr lod wi! Nivny have the uations Taged ‘d'the ai vised vain things? Why have the Ki uy the princes convened together gains the His annointed? He who dwells in the heavens shall deride them, and the Lord shall laugh them to acorn. : ENGLAND’S ALARM. The Eastern War Excitement in Great Britain. Counting the Allies—The Foes of the Nation— Outside and Internal Dangers—Minister Mot- ley's Recall—The Alabama Claims—Ame- rican Influence on the National Des- tiny—The Army and Power of Defence—Popular Opinion of the Gladstone Premiership. LONDON, Nov. 26, 1870. Long before this you will nave learned that the great Franco-Prussian war ts no longer the predom!- nant, the one absorbing topic in England, or indeed on the European Continent, if we except the twe countries actively engaged; and even they, you may rest assured, are far from ignoring the new question which within a day or two has arisen to divert men’s minds from @ war which they were tiring of and anxiously wishing might end. To one of the belligerents, to France, this new, absorbing complication—it is needless to say I refer to the Russian manifesto anent the treaties of 1366— comes as the one great hopeful feature of the pres- ent campaign. It is not saying too much that Frenchmen generally, and French statesmen and members of tue French government particularly, welcome Gortchakof's note with even greater warmth than they have bestowed on their first mili- tary success against the Germans, AT HOME. It is not this feature, however, which I invend an- alyzing. My thougkts, like those of every English- man, are turned to England’s state and readiness for offence and defence; to the probable attitude of the English Ministry, to the alnances Engiand may hope for and expect, and to the adversaries she may find arrayed against her. On some ofthese ques- tions you will be better informed when you receive this letter than I can be while writing it; but on the subject of England’s army and navy, with regard to the probable steps fer increasing the former and preparing the latter for sea, I believe I can give in- formation that will be new, even when it reaches you, ag there are matters which, important though they be, are not often doalt with by telegraph. Asl have said, the one subject which has occu- pied men’s minds to the almost complete exclusion of all others, since last Wednesday, has been the Russian note and the possibility of a renewal of the conflict mmperfectly ended fourteen years ago, The snake was “scotched,” not killed, and that party which, in 1856, in England, expressed its dis- Satisfaction at the terms granted to Russia, and loudly declared that the war was too hastily con- cluded and the peace @ patched up ene, make good use of the proverb just quoted, and triumph in the realization of their prophecy, Again, I repeat, it is the topic of the hour. Versailles, Orleans, Paris, Bazaine, Von der Tann and Gambetta ne longer monopolize every corner of our papers, every line of our news posters. From Vienna, Berlin, Florence, Constantinople to London, and from each of those cities to each of the others, messages of explana- tion, of confirmation, of addition and of denial, fash ail day, all night long; but no longer about France and Frenchmen, Prussia or Bis- marck. Gortchakof now is the monarch of the hour. In this statement there 1s no exag- geration. Until four days, even three days 0, “the war? occupied the most prominent position in every part of our newspapers, as it did everywhere the attention of the public. Now the telegraphic summary is headed “Treaty of 1856,” “Russia,” &c. The first ‘leader’! of every journal 1s devoted to that subject. However, all this ia but a repetition of what 1 have alreaay sald—that Russia and her new claims have monopo- lized the position hitherto accorded to the great war, PUBLIO OPINION. The English press, almost without an exception, is in favor of a steady refusal to lisien to the Rus- sian demands, and prefers war to the knife to the loss of prestige. England would undoubtedly suffer were she to submit patiently to the Russian reques' certainly while couched in its present form. All | do not agree as to their grounds for opposing nopp claims, though most of them doit en the grounds e immorality and want of political faith shown by Russian statesmen in repudiating a treaty not half @ generation old, and especially at the mo- ment chosen for so doing. Two letters in this day's London Times do much mischief, [ fear. One is written by Mr. Anthony Froude, the historian, the other by John 8. Mill, two well Known, highiy esti- mable and intellectual men. People away trom Lon- don mignt by these letters be inclined to think Eng- land far from belligerently inclined, and rather de- sirous of settling the question quietly and amicably in the peace-at-any-price style.” Tnis I am sure is not the case. Could responsible Englishmen over the whole kingdom be poiled on this question I am satisfied that an overpowering majority would be in favor of resisting Russia to the bitter end, and by every fair, or, if necessary, foul means. lndeed, the extraordinary unanimity which prevails en this subect ig very striking. ‘There are very few questions, indeed, which in England will bring together majorities 80 enormous as quite to swamp the minority and drown its feebie cry beyond hope of hearing. Parliamentary govern- ment and many other things, and lately reform and union leagues, have so inclined men for discussion aud opposition that, as I say, few are the questions whicn in Engiand—I mean Great Britain—do not find & pretty fair number of exponents on both sides. Of course there are majorities and minorities; there never will be an eXact division; but on all and every subject, on every proposal, bill or resolution there is a@ respectable minority; strong, large and loud enough to make itself heard. On this question I maintain there 1s not, and, considering the snort time it has been on the tapis, it 1s doubly extraor- dinary; and Messrs. Froude and Miil’s letters are mischievous and not founded on facts when stating that a large number of Englishmen desire a calm, dispassionate discussion of the Russian proposals, On the contrary, no one will hear of # discussion of it. It is not @ subject to be discussed. It Pe have been had Russia siated she found the provisions of the treaty too irksome to bear under the altered circumstances of the present day. Had she, addressing the other signatories of the treaty, asked for its revision, this would assuredly have been granted her, But when she coolly states she cannot abide by its restrictions and intends to set parts of it aside, assuredly no one can discuss the question with her. ‘This 1 maintain to be the general sentiment, and in this particular it singularly differs from the many- sided opinions prevaleft before the breaking out of the Crimean war. Men’s minds may change; but up to the present there is great unaniinity. NATIONAL ALLIES AND THE NATION'S FOES. 1 must now turn to other phases of the great topic. Naturally all are anxious to learn what Prussia’s or rather Bismarck’s intentions may be. 13 there, as. some maintain, a secret understanding between Russia, and Prussia? If so, the moment chosen is very inauspicious for the latter, who already has her hands full; or, On the contrary, has Russta chosen this moment when her neighbor and perhaps rival 13 too busy to protest and resist? To 8: ttle this very momentous question Mr. Oddo Russell, late Minister to Rome, has been sent to Versailles to discover. But this matter, important as it is, still cannot be called the uppermost thought in Englishmen’s minds. Certainiy to be pitted against Russia, a Power five times as strong as she was when, some few years ago, backed by France, the great Buro- aan Power, England found herself almost matched, is & serious thing. LOOKING TO AMERICA. To be obliged to fight with such allits as we can get—the Russia of to-day, plus Prussia and her vic- torious army—sounds rather appalling; but there 1s still, looming in the back ground, a doubt which ap- Dears still maore threatening. Men remember the entente that has existed between Russia and Ame- rica for the past ten or more years, and now ask themselves what will be the attitude of the great men at Washington. I faney it is generally feared that even if at the very outbreak of hos- Ulities America does not demand a prempt, immediate and favorable settlement of 1 Aabama and other en and thus bring on enmity and hostility—even, { say, if this do not happen, it is feared that such a cloud of privateers will be formed in American ports as en- turely to neutralize, if not destroy, British com- merce, and ultimately lead to a quarrel with the great West. That this consideration will play an Immense, preponderating part in the councils of the nation is certain. Perhaps I am not going too rar in saying that great confidence of success, almost a cer- taluty of it, would be felt if allowed to settle our quar- rel with Russia and her allies on the European Conti nent; but when tt isremembered that America, wlio has so long waited her opportunity, may strike in, a certain doubt creeps over the calculations, hopes and prophecies. Here | must mention that the message recalling Mr, Motley and ordering him to leave (ie Embassy in charge of the Secretary, which message was known here a week ago, is connected here with this Russian business. “Jt is said, with what trath you will know, that the American gov- ernment, informed before the rest of tue world of Kuasia’s intentions, informed Mr. Motley of what was impending, and desired him at the right mo- Meat. tual ia o day alter the receipt ta Leadon of 0 juest at such a moment, and was peremp- torily led. Its, I su , known in New York Uhat @ telegram reached London only a few days age momee: mes Ms Motley had been recailed in ti All this I doubt atter eral oonveration wis, 's nevertheless a mi of the Monroe doct ment of imenaroutoal es with ntinent, or, at least, the Nonuern. tall of the ited States en non-interven- aise romem- bas been en b: ‘American when they found England refused to settle the Satna eat to American wishes, according 2 no Ameri goversmens has e: 80, IN 80 many words, it is here firmly aeeeed that should the opportunity for retaliation arise, the English nation stil! refuse to entertain thi Stevan, mame ea Teens very large scale may, nay, w: , It 1s believed that ren sheuld the present American Fhe decline to use the oppeevaniny it would e forced todo so by the unanimous voice of the connere Now, it is Dot too much to say that English people will not listen to such claims at such a time and in sucha manner. An attempt at compulsion would only strengthen their present disincl ion for a settlement. THE LOGIC OF FACTS. The reasoning that follows is clear:—A war with Russia gives the American nation, the opportunity it has patiently waited for—they preas their claims; claims are rejected, and war with Russia becemes war with America also; than which I can imagine no More serious threatening for the future or danger~ ous combination, It is thought in England that in Srtish nation, no 1o1 ina ie ‘© agree to terms with America which were rejected when peace seemed assured, now that we are Deere be @ still greater loss of Prestige, and, though the nation ia not very bellige- rently inclined, no ministry could stand twenty- four hours who pro) to submit the country to this abasement. Gladstone's Miniatry, sriuch bas been steadily ze Out Of favor of late, could stand least of all, “ Hence J think that unless Russia with- draws her claims and Spgloginee, than which Ig "toa tare nate we involv & more 0 War than she has yet had to sustain. FRIENDS, With regard to England’s probable ailian should matters take a taln pecconisasiog the cont traction of alitances, will be far better informea than Icanbe. J shail ene, observe that it.1s gen- erally supposed Austria and Turkey, and perhaps Ttaly—but the latter very doubtful—may to- gether; that the Viceroy of Egypt may lend isneee, ‘nd that Belgium, even being subsidied and guaran- teed all expenses, may add a pewerful contingent. POWER ¥OR WAR. THR Next to the question of war or the topic of ‘universal interest here is Engiand’s want of readi- ness, materially speaking, for immediate hostilities, and the steps that she must necessarily take to place the country itself in any! like @ position for suo- cessful defence; to provide for an effective military force to fight out of the country, and the position and amount of her navy actually pre, for in- stant action. I propose briefly here to give an account of Eng- land’s exact military strength, the steps that must be taken to create ‘an offensive force, and those peceeaary for providing against an attempt at invar At home, actually ready for active bese the Eng. lish weit id not number 80,000 men, and it can be thus divided—51,000 infantry, including the brigade of Guards, the reserve forces liable to foreign ser- vice and the regiments of the line. The cavalry DBumbers about 11,800 men, but has certainly not more than 8,000 horses, and while there are about 13,000 or less artillery men the horses de not amount to 7,000 in the aeeene. The eee and serviee cerps go to make up the 80,000 I_ hav hes as the strength, As at present constitut the militia at @ stress could furnish under 96,000 men (the latest fi given three months ago mention 93,800), all of whom are liable to active foreign service, but are improperly equipped, and do not possess a hospital cerps, or service of supply ena. transport equal to the emergencies of 30,000 pa. The volunteers imperfectly organized and badly officered do not now number 175,000, although five ars ago nearly 400,000 were enrolled “on paper.’? It would be dificult to make an effective iorce of them under two months, astne simple material, clothing, ammunition and arms could not be pro- Vane inveven possibility, every probability, in 3 18 every ) every A faot that in the case of the breaking out of hostilities some measure of compulsory service will be passed, including all men between certain ages, say be- tween twenty and thirty or thirty-five years, with Yale to buy off ability to serve for a certain xed sum. This would not be a permanent measure, only @ temporary one to meet the necessities of the moment, while steps were. taken to overthrow the old system recruiting by bounty and creating something analogous to tne Prussian system. Up to the present moment nothing has been done, and the system of reductions inaugurated by Mr. Cardwell at the War Office is daily lessening the country’s power of resistance. Very Vigorous measures indeed ‘will have to be taken to place England in anything like a ag state of defence. For the present her army totally unfit for offence, The navy is the only power she can use to that end. ‘THE CABINET. It is much feared that the men at the helm just now are net at all the men for vigorous measures. It will astonish no one to see the complications brought about bythe Russian business cause the overthrow of the Ministry. That they may be fol- lowed by more active and efficient leaders is the hope of many influential persons of all classes. ‘he country 1s tirmg of the Gladstone ministry. Granville 1s the only efficient man of the lot. NEW YORK CITY. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of: last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD reer corner of Ann street:— 710. Average temperature yesterday. os Average temperature for cerresponding date Jast year..... County Clerk, Mr. Charles E. Loew, administered the oath of office yesterday to Sheriff elect Matthew T. Brennan, and Coroners Patrick H. Keenan, Nel- 80a W. Young and Gershon N. Herrman. Yesterday Superintendent Kelso detailed picked men from the police force and assigned them to stationary posts at the doors of four notorious abor- tion establishments. It is the intention of the Super- intendent to station an officer at the door of every place of a sunilar character in the city, and, if pos- sible, break up the business in which 80 many are engaged. The remains of an unknown woman, about seventy years of age, were found in Fifty-ninth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, by officer Anderson, of the Nineteenth precinct. She wore a black apron and dress, brown Calico sack and black woellen hood, laced boots and cotton stockings. The Bony: was removed to the Morgue and Coroner Schirmer notitied. In the Tombs Police Court yesterday the following named conductors of the Broadway and Seventh Ave- nue Railroad were held in $300 bail each to answer on a charge of embezzling fares:—Timothy Fitz- patrick, John H..Reilly, Dennis F. Murphy, Wiliam Smith and Francis McKenna. Some days since eleven others of the conductors on this road were held in bail to answer on @ similar charge, but as ended has transpired in regard to the com- plain ‘The First Ward School Association will meet again tus evenmg, at half-past seven o'clock, for the purpese of completing their orga./zation. The committee to visit Mr. Foulke, the for- mer principal of the school, waited on hm on ‘thursday evening, and obtained from him permission to use hia name in tne ttle of the organization. Mr, Foulke received the committee graciously, as is his went, and freely granted the permission sought. The meeting this evening 1s ex- pected to be quite large, and the association, when perfected, will be as strong im numbers, as infuen- tal, as trulyj representative of the growth of the metropolis a§ any similar organizauon in existence. According to the report of Fitzgerald Tisdall, Jr., Girector of the free night ciasses of Cooper Union, for November, there have been 208 new admissions, 22 to the School of Science and 186 to the School of Art, The average attendance in the School of Sct- ence has deen 311; in the School of Art, 657, re Q total of 968. Average atvendance in the School of Telegraphy, 31, and average audiences in the School of Science 574, making a grand total of 1,573, The whole number of persons instructed in the school 18 1,764. ‘The decrease in attendance has been all in the elementary classes of algebra and natural phi- losophy; but of the remaining classes eleven show an actual Increase of attendance, As @ rule, the conduct of the students, as ajso thelr progress, 1s very good. sacar AN IMMIGRANT COMMITS SUICIDE, Among the passengers on the emigrant train at the depot of the New Jersey Rallroad, in Jersey City, last evening, was a man whose name it Is believed was William Brennan. He had in his possession a road ticket to California. About eight throug te deliberately walked out on the platform, and, drawing out a pistol, shot himself through the head. Death was instantaneous. The body was taken in charge by Coroner Wandle, who will hold an inquest. There was no person with the unforiu- mate man to give any statement as to the causes which led Wo the suicide,