Father Baraga reports to the Bishop the news about Lyon and Rome. When Mr. Didier Petit of Lyon came to paris last December, Baraga gave him everything that the Bishop had given him for Lyon. Petit promised to make the best use of it. When Baraga came to Lyon in February he expected to find everything in order and printed, but none of it was done. The members of the council of the Association of the Propagation of the Faith at Lyon were more interested at present in the Chinese missions than the American missions, so they did not make use of he material sent to them by the Bishop, they gave it all back to Baraga. He hopes that the Leopoldine Association in Vienna will make better use of it. Concerning the affairs in Munich, everything is in order. The council promised to make good the damage and wrong done to the Bishop. In rome, Baraga did everything the Bishop had asked him to do. He saw Cardinal Fransoni often, and he gave him without difficulty 1300 francs to have his books bound, because when he left Parish he could not obtain the assurance to receive the expenses for the binding. He also saw often the Superior General of the Franciscans who has given him a written declaration that he is of the same opinion as Baraga and the Bishop namely: that the vows of these Sisters of St. Claire are not simple vows and therefore cannot be dispensed. that the nuns should be repeatedly exhorted to return to obedience, and they submit themselves to the Provincial appointed by the Holy See. Cardinal Fransoni informed Baraga that Bishop Francis Patrick Kenrick of Philadelphia was appointed to take Bishop Rese's place. Monsignor Angelo Mai said, that the matter about the Bishop's "Doubts" will soon be decided and the decision will be forwarded to him by post. Baraga could not go to Naples because of the cholera there, every communication has been forbidden. The Bishop's letter to Mr. Eichbolger was forwarded to him through the Austrian embassy. Baraga will tell the Bishop more about Rome when he will see him, but he will write once more from Laibach. :: III-2-g A.L.S. French 2pp.