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conducted him to his home , where he remained until his senses returned . The same day he sent him his physician , and the followingday one of his secret chamberlains to make enquiries concerning him . We find the following anecdote in some of the Paris journals : — "Cardinal Lambruschini wrote to several religious communities engaging them to offer up prayers that the pope might be removed from his state of blindness . One of these letters was sent to Pius IX ., who caused the cardinal to be invited to come and see him . The cardinal
having replied that he was ill , and could only go the next day , the pope sent a message that he would wait on the cardinal . On this the cardinal hastened to the Quirinal , and on being introduced to the pope , the Holy Father placed in his hands the letter which he had addressed to the communities . When the cardinal had read it , the pope said ' You now understand that I could not go to bed without pardoning you !'"
MALTA , Oct . 24 . —Yesterday a confirmation was held in the English church of St . Paul , in Malta , by the Bishop of Gibraltar , for the officers and seamen of the Mediterranean squadron . The squadron , consisting of six line-of-battle ships and two frigates , was at anchor in the great harbour , and it was a beautiful sight to see the candidates landing from the ships and proceeding through the streets of Valetta , headed by the chaplains and officers , to the noble edifice in which the confirmation took place . There were between three and four hundred in number
, including a good many officers ; some of them lieutenants of mature age , who had never before had the opportunity of being confirmed . The demeanour both of the officers and men showed that they were impressed with the solemnity due to the occasion . The bishop made an earnest and affectionate address to them , as Christian officers and seamen , warning them against , the temptations peculiar to their particular station in life , to which they listened with profound and serious attention .
Tbey afterwards knelt down at the communion rail , officers and men together , and were confirmed according to the usual manner . The confirmation lasted about two hours , and the devout attention of the seamen continued throughout the whole time .
SWITZERLAND . —It has been decided at Constance , by sixty-five votes against twenty-nine , that the rights of citizenship , with all the privileges attached to it , shall be conceded to the Jews . —Douglas Jen-old ' s Weekly Newspaper . A TALE OF VERSAILLES . —One day M . Cerfberr went to the palace of Versailles , to entreat Louis the Fourteenth in favour of the Israelites . He found the hall so full of courtiersthat he was compelled to tarry a
, long time before he could be admitted . The day had far advanced , and M . Cerfberr , seeing that his turn had not yet arrived , placed himself to repeat the prayer of Mincha , which it is incumbent on Israelites to do before dusk . This religious man retired to a corner of the hall , and while saying his prayer , with profound devotion , the usher of the chamber announced that the king was ready to receive him . AVithout , howeverhurrying himselfon hearing the calls of the chamberlainwho
, , , repeated that the king , waited for him , M . Cerfberr devoutly finished his prayer , and when admitted to the king , he said , " Sire ! there is only one monarch greater than your Majesty ; it is God , and it was before him I was detained . " The king , who was acquainted with the piety of M . Cerfberr , and that to a profound patriotism he joined great elevation
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Chit Chat.
conducted him to his home , where he remained until his senses returned . The same day he sent him his physician , and the followingday one of his secret chamberlains to make enquiries concerning him . We find the following anecdote in some of the Paris journals : — "Cardinal Lambruschini wrote to several religious communities engaging them to offer up prayers that the pope might be removed from his state of blindness . One of these letters was sent to Pius IX ., who caused the cardinal to be invited to come and see him . The cardinal
having replied that he was ill , and could only go the next day , the pope sent a message that he would wait on the cardinal . On this the cardinal hastened to the Quirinal , and on being introduced to the pope , the Holy Father placed in his hands the letter which he had addressed to the communities . When the cardinal had read it , the pope said ' You now understand that I could not go to bed without pardoning you !'"
MALTA , Oct . 24 . —Yesterday a confirmation was held in the English church of St . Paul , in Malta , by the Bishop of Gibraltar , for the officers and seamen of the Mediterranean squadron . The squadron , consisting of six line-of-battle ships and two frigates , was at anchor in the great harbour , and it was a beautiful sight to see the candidates landing from the ships and proceeding through the streets of Valetta , headed by the chaplains and officers , to the noble edifice in which the confirmation took place . There were between three and four hundred in number
, including a good many officers ; some of them lieutenants of mature age , who had never before had the opportunity of being confirmed . The demeanour both of the officers and men showed that they were impressed with the solemnity due to the occasion . The bishop made an earnest and affectionate address to them , as Christian officers and seamen , warning them against , the temptations peculiar to their particular station in life , to which they listened with profound and serious attention .
Tbey afterwards knelt down at the communion rail , officers and men together , and were confirmed according to the usual manner . The confirmation lasted about two hours , and the devout attention of the seamen continued throughout the whole time .
SWITZERLAND . —It has been decided at Constance , by sixty-five votes against twenty-nine , that the rights of citizenship , with all the privileges attached to it , shall be conceded to the Jews . —Douglas Jen-old ' s Weekly Newspaper . A TALE OF VERSAILLES . —One day M . Cerfberr went to the palace of Versailles , to entreat Louis the Fourteenth in favour of the Israelites . He found the hall so full of courtiersthat he was compelled to tarry a
, long time before he could be admitted . The day had far advanced , and M . Cerfberr , seeing that his turn had not yet arrived , placed himself to repeat the prayer of Mincha , which it is incumbent on Israelites to do before dusk . This religious man retired to a corner of the hall , and while saying his prayer , with profound devotion , the usher of the chamber announced that the king was ready to receive him . AVithout , howeverhurrying himselfon hearing the calls of the chamberlainwho
, , , repeated that the king , waited for him , M . Cerfberr devoutly finished his prayer , and when admitted to the king , he said , " Sire ! there is only one monarch greater than your Majesty ; it is God , and it was before him I was detained . " The king , who was acquainted with the piety of M . Cerfberr , and that to a profound patriotism he joined great elevation