Catholics And Freemasonry.

sects , societies , leagues , and orders , secret and otherwise , would become merged into " One Fold and One Shepherd . " Finally , I think if the Pope's Encyclical letter on the Sacred Heart were printed ona card about octave size , with a nice symbolical bordering , and sold at a penny , sixpence , and a shilling for framing , it would find a place in many households and serve to remove many prejudices regarding Catholicism by those who glanced at it . Will the Catholic Art Society consider this ?

Yours , & c , 40 Spondon Road , Tottenham , T . MAY . June 24 , 1899 . * Snt , —I am in a position to confirm Father Clemente's statement in the " Catholio Times " that Continental Freemasonry is assisted not only morally , but materially and financially , by English Freemasons in its designs against

the Church . On the establishment of the Volunteer movement in England about forty years ago , I was one of the first volunteers enrolled to defend our country against the threatened invasion of Napoleon III . The captain of our company was a Freemason . Very soon after the revolution in Italy was organised by the Italian Freemasons , which culminated in the bombardment of Rome , and the seizure of the Papal possessions under the leadership of Garibaldi , our captain , who was an enthusiastic admirer of Garibaldi ,

informed us that he and others were about to form an " English legion " to assist Garibaldi in his designs against Rome , and asked those of us who felt inclined to volunteer for that purpose to do so , stating that Freemasons were prepared to supply the means necessary to equip and send us out , and described in glowing language the glory that awaited us when Italy was united and free , with Rome as its capital . Being at that time a bitter opponent of the Catholic Church , I entered into the scheme with enthusiasm ;

but , thank God , the better counsel of my friends prevailed , and my comrades departed without me . The sad end of that vaunted " English legion " is now a matter of history . Very few came back again . On the conclusion of this disastrous and painful attack on the Church by the united forces of Freemasonry I had a conversation with a very intimate friend of mine , who had held the highest position in one of the Essex Lodges . He candidly acknowledged that English Freemasonry had been in personal communication with

Mazzini , and had entrusted him with money for the purpose of carrying out the campaign . He added : " Catholicity is our most deadly enemy , and if we can overthrow that the rest would be easy . " I said : " You will never succeed in that , for it is a Divine institution . " He said : " Time will show . Rome has fallen . It now only remains to attack it all along the line , and it will he at an end . " I could not restrain a smile , for the Founder of the Church had declared : " The gates of hell shall never prevail against it . " So

I knew its ally , clever and secret as it might be , would never succeed . Still , though we have that positive assurance , it is the duty of every Catholic to emulate the courage and consistency of the noble army of martyrs and confessors who have so nobly fought the battles before us in defence of the freedom and rights of our grand old Church . Yours , & o ., R . LEGGETT . London , June 25 , 1899 .

Holiday Tours.

HOLIDAY TOURS .

HOW different the Tourist arrangements of to-day to what many of us can remember , even within the last quarter of a century ; while if we go yet further back we shall find the facilities of the past almost retreating to the vanishing ' point . We can remember when the pleasure of a trip to the coast or some inland centre was associated with a certain amount of dread ,

when one considered the long journey in a stuffy—or in some cases quite open—railway carriage , which rumbled along hour after hour , apparently with the object of making the passengers as miserable , tired , and disagreeable as possible . But all this is now changed , and the different Railway Companies vie with each other as to which shall provide the most luxurious coaches , and which traverse the longest journeys with the greatest ease and

comfort . We have previously referred to the energy displayed by the Great Eastern Railway in this direction , and tbeir arrangements for the present season amply prove that they are alive to the requirements of the times , and are determined to maintain the high reputation they have already achieved as caterers for holiday folk . Favoured as the district served by this Company

is by nature , which seems to have specially intended its coast as a playground for the tired Londoner , the present popularity of many of the pleasure resorts is undoubtedly due to the facilities provided by the Great Eastern to bring them within easy and rapid reach of the metropolis , and the other steps taken by tha management to introduce the charms of the country to the dwellers in our great city .

Foremost in the direction of educating the masses we may mention the different publications of the Company , prominent among them being " Holiday Haunts on the East Anglian Coast , " "The water-ways of Norfolk and Suffolk , " " Golfing on the East Anglian Coast , " and others , all of which are alike useful , interesting , and instructive , and being freely illustrated appeal to the eye as well as to the sentiments of the reader . Another useful publication is the list of Farmhouse and Country Lodgings—first issued by

the Great Eastern Company in 1887 , and since imitated by most of the great Companies of the Kingdom , and not only so , but really acting as the pioneer to the many useful guides and pamphlets now so freely circulated . The Great Eastern , too , has done muoh to bring the producer and the consumer of Farm and Dairy Produce into direct communication with each other , and their list of Producers in Cambridgeshire , Essex , Hertfordshire , Norfolk and Suffolk , now in its seventh edition , with description of what each offers , and in what quantities , is not the least popular of its many publications .

In years gone by we have attempted to describe some of the attractions of the principal East Coast holiday resorts , and we hope to have yet more to say in regard to some of them in the future , but if any of our readers are undecided where to go for a change there is no need for them to wait for our comments ; they will probably find out all they require from a perusal of the works to which we have just referred , and any of which may be had from the Superintendent of the Line , at Liverpool Street Station , or at any of the Company ' s London and Suburban offices .

To those of our friends who may desire to go further afield we can recommend the new booklets just issued by the Company , " Holidays in the old Flemish cities and the Ardennes , " and " A Channel Fleet , " both by Percy Lindley , and each giving interesting and useful information in regard to the Harwich route to the Continent , and the many holiday and pleasure trips arranged in connection therewith .

Half-Day Holiday Trips.

HALF-DAY HOLIDAY TRIPS .

IT is gratifying to know that the half-day excursions run each Thursday by the Great Western Railway , to Stratford-on-Avon , Banbury and Leamington , have proved so successful as to lead to a considerable extension of the principle , similar trips being now run on each of the earlier days of tho week : on Mondays to Maidenhead , Cookham , Bourne End , Marlow

Wycombe , Aylesbury , Sec ; on Tuesdays to Culham , Radley , Abingdon , Oxford , Blenheim , and Woodstock ; and on Wednesdays to Reading , Newbury , Hungerford , Savernake , Marlborough , and Devizes ; and we think it safe to predict that the trains will not only be well patronised , but that the Company may find it desirable to make even greater concessions , and extend the facilities for such holiday trips at no very distant date .

Will it be possible for the Company to some day run luncheon and tea cars in connection with these half-day trips ? It would certainly be a great boon if cold luncheons—at a popular price—could be served on the down journey , and tea and light refreshments on the return . This is a bold suggestion , we admit , but in view of the enterprise of our great Railway Companies it is by no means an impossibility , indeed we look forward to the

time—and at no very great distance either—when excursion trains will be built on the corridor principle , with a refreshment department in full work , and attendants ready to cater for customers in any part of the train . We believe such a system would at once pay on these half-day trips , if only for the novelty of the thing , and would soon come to be recognised as a necessary adjunct of summer travel .

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