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New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 27, 1 November 1873, Page 12

The meeting of the Catholics at St James'a Hall (London) turned out to be a great success. The principal speakers were the Archbishop, the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Denbigh, and Mr Monsell. The object of the meeting was to rescue from ruin the swarm of poor Catholic children lmng in London, by obtaining for them— their only hope— a good Catholic education. In Prussia the anti-Catholic persecution is still going on. The Government has named and appointed fche members of the " Court of Ecclesiastical Appeals." There are five nominal Catholics amongst them. ' ° On the 15th June, the Roman nobility had the honor to present to the Holy Father Pope Pius IX their congratulations on the anniversary of his elevation to the Papal throne. The list of names of nobles -who presented themselves is sufficient of itself to show ;how firm the old Romans remain in thoir allegiance to their rightful sovereign.