Fenwick as bishop of Cincinnati and Comissarius Generalis of the Dominicans in the Province of St. Joseph begs the Holy Father for the faculty of dispensing the Fathers from the obligation of wearing their habits outside their convents and of wearing the black soutane of the secular priests even in sacred functions. This external uniformity is desirable not only to prevent derision but also because of poverty, since the Dominican habit is of costly material and so easily soiled. In the Audience of Aug. 2, the Holy Father Pius VIII ordered Castrane as secretary to tell Fenwick that the dispensation is granted notwithstanding the apostolic constitutions of the Order to the contrary, so long as he lives. There is no charge for this dispensation. :: III-2-g L and D Signed Latin 2pp. 8vo.