The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-11 00:00:00

par. 1,60 ps rceb go it s4d 0 1r 81bh 10 ge . The ,flared a that ooltif und r rtu s t i - a!: oAt si OA?, it ooP P t re 9 ' l t so- 4 ,,LTH OF LONDON D UIdIVG THE WEEK. Til k . " foal the Rep or t o f th e R eg i s t ra r-General.) T ae Mortality of London during recent weeks has ande r tered sane unusual fluctuations. The deaths regis -0 in the. four weeks of November were succes• Y 921, 908, 1,016, 861 ; in the week ending last ItUrdap 1, th eya rose again to 1,004. In the ten /tavet,s c orresponding to last, of the years 1840-9, the er era ge was 1,128 ; but this number is much in t:dated by the influenza which prevailed towards the th 7 of 1 847, when in a single week the deaths I ,; ° , ll nted to 2,454. As compared with the previous 4 0 4 (ending November 30), the present return d i ( *s an increase both in te epidemic class of le " and in affections of the respiratory organs, t he deaths from the former rising from 196 to 229, s,nhcli,st,liose from . the latter . class (exclusive of phthisis), eta '-'„° were 160, being now 208. Among epidemics, ht a " - Pox is remarkable for a suddenly augmented ifile.°f mortality; after increasing by small degrees it numbered 14 deaths, the present return shows it was fatal last week in 27 cases, two of which ii . o e b ti d rr . e d to persons above fifteen years of age. The Ca; l ' tn iet of Christchurch, Marylebone, has been 4 "Y noticed as a locality in which the complaint i n I lk and where six deaths from it had occurred d aleck, The same registrar now reports four 104. s from small-pox, all, like the six others, in Lis „grove, one o f w hi c h h a pp ene d t o a g irl, on ly 16 1 4 ,r) and an o th er t o a f ema l e servan t, age d 29 ; th e e g i. ease being described in the medical certificate (4 0 var i° l a, after vaccination at six years of age has m ark left on the arm)." looping cough also th e bte fte more f , tal • it carried off 33 children in of ions week, and in the last, three fourths fh le - t 'al had not completed their second year. In - _ ~,,l arrb: as fatal to three persons of advanced age. 410, 11 and dysentery number 25 ; typhus, which of g epidemics presses with more equal severity on VI I " Young, numbers 43 cases. A medical man IV attended a fatal case oftyphus in Wink's-build describes the place as " pestilential in havzrhe Chelsea, and adds that " six other cases of fever A:lnceurred in the same house." tlli,,, re ?ng the diseases of the lungs, the weekly mor fropf °Y bronchitis has risen within the last fortnight 867 64 deaths to 88 ; by pneumonia from 67 to 4,„ anc l by consumption from 96 to 113. fro e , - "Png the deaths of the week were registered one bo w In temperance and two from privation. A la eessieri aged 48 years, died of " exhaustion from ex tolidvie drinki ng ,. an d a b s tai n i ng f rom a ll ki n ds of e ni r and a cap maker, aged 47, was, accord -44 " " 3 the verdi c t o f th e coroner ' s j ur y, starved, " by eeqe: ll ° win himself sufficient neessaies, i - -ne e of e g ccentricity of character c and r habitsn con ." F A p - -' AL FIGHT IN NEWCASTLE j t • (From the Newcastle Guardian.) (10 0 ,. 18 O ur painful duty to record the particulars of a r la at '` h !l which took place in this town at a late lo c u rea o r t i gjit (Friday), between two men, and which 1 '14,7 8 7 in the untimely death of one of the indi- P r to the particulars which we have been enabled_ the.h..uer of this fatal affray, we learn that a man of Itrti; n an le of Robert Johnson, a nailinaker, residing at 11 421' 4'4- hill, together with his wife, and Thomas 114, 1 ' 71 a nailanaker of Gateshead, and another man gsth e ; ')ger Oliver, were spending the evening to `ll a public-house. At a quarter past eleven k en "' they left to go home, and the woman -corn- Ivard e , d ,t° quirrel with her husband. Shortly after- Vhi c h - B aglee took some liberties with her, upon het w - e - he r hu.band interfered, and a quarrel ensued word e l t he two men, which was confined at first to near t l,L'ut by the time they arrived in Bigg Market, ei(4 —t Black Bull Inn, blows were struck on both th e mci after having two rounds, Johnson fell to oZ B , r °,-, 11 r;.d. A crowd had by this time collected, and - 'aver, the man who came out of the public saw73with th em , an d severa l ot h er part i es , di s ti nc tly Whil st a l gice kick Johnson several tunes upon the head for t i l ling on th e groun d. Sh ou t s were th en raised Marine Police, an d consta bl e 122 (Ed war d S co tt) ittina, them and a l so th e cr i es o f a wom a n , proceeded crow d -441 Y to th e spo t, an d on ge tti ng th roug h the lif e l ess ob served Joh nson on the g round apparently als o il • Two other officers, Harkus and Tait, having to char rd of the qua rre l, then came up, and were left attr k - o r ge of him w hil s t S co tt wen t i n searc h o f a 1va4,, -11 ' Life appeari ng to be not quite extinct, it 4rito:em aded ad v i sa bl e to convey Johnson to the In- T h hat before they reached that place he was into t hP e hce-offi cers of course immediately inquired l ever l e particulars of the affray, and hearing from d kadea,..Parties that Baglee (who by this time had iaj or .ms escape) was the party who had inflicted the in searc h which caused the death of the deceased, went 114 nia are . 11 of him. Inquiries were made at his father's nigh t, 1 1 1 4 Gateshead at several periods during the mete 1 , 4 ,t he could not be found ; at length . police hook, reward Scott, on searching a brothel in . B yt tioro f' e P t by a woman of the name of Elizabeth boo /11 1 0 ° 11 nd him there about half-past five o'clock this Poli ee .f t • He was at once taken to the Manor's Joha, o at tcw, on the charge of having killed Robert ht mself whe n he d en i e d it, and said that he had been 1 ti e ba .dly used by J o h nson . th e 5 now confi ne d i n th e police-station, awaiting ' ex ultb o f the coraner's inquest, which is expected e b od held thi s afternoon, at the Infirmary, where th of the unfortunate ' deceased lies. ---.... ...............m....... i ti )3 PoP 4--- n cA . —We under esi jannedattiat T.p,.-,' 4, to coat nue I Cll3 l l.l4"r tt, tsr, I tlielo N n T d A on - .I•chitect, hasd- Lae internal fitti Is professional services in superintending Pantasa, His onrg".and decorations of the Popish church at elude the internTlinfil ;Plans and specifications do not in- Feilding intends it fottings, and now, finding that Lord hothing further to do irviathl:toPish mass -house, he will have su bscriptions to theproposed Pro are alit, . very .Protestant church in tin . ) 6 proceeds satisfactorily, but th ey glad to findthastatilim are still very - "r short of the amount required.---North Wales Chronicle. ba ne been SECESSION. —The following appears to tte;ectoleen sent round to many clergymen of the established e fell ''' Rev. Sir'—Will you favour me with answers to f 3,111. owing inquiries? 1. The population (present) ° ef a P l ar ish? 2. Their particular tenets? 3. In the event ho w „ . arge body of Anglican priests becoming non-jurors, torm,`,` e lly of your people would follow their views, and be- You r ti !, ,ed e u tn rr b eih : n r_s es o i. of a free catholic church ? 4. The state of ts fabric, conveniences, and ornaments ?”- 3. • aucrtlitt EXAMPLE. —On Friday evening last Sir 4130 of ur.,,ady Charlotte Guest entertained a part of about_ his pasl4B the e„e.gents and workmen engaged at . the works. r th e ,Vird Party of the kind given within the ast six Iti de ba r • h e object of these reunions is to smooth down the the ern iriers o , n of distinction that has so long existed . between an d heii ) ed,.,i t ,end the employed, and to bring themint e onear B F -;''4l coot:let with each other.—Swansea Herald. 1 1: ourllaling With the world, we often imperceptibly f °t-e rs... o z lv l: l Prejudices, while engaged in analyzing those o /NT -E l Cook's Journal. I tnow ),11141)ED LITERARY " RETREAT."—Our readers It lii e CcisY often we have pointed out the pressing urgenoy 'or r6 e ,tsts for the establishment of some form o . f provisio ple a :_ , !tera ry man, established on more intelligible princeand ilea clearer responsibilities than the Literary Fund, _cti Z. t ind 4 t °, the unfortunate of that class who are strangely tien t - 4 °ln the benefits of the fund in question by the 4414 brtoillterPretation of its statutes. Some such institution ! D artly a d scale, which might bd partly self-supporting and t °4 IT l e d r v ed, would probably develop° itself out of any 1 .4 -,1 't g l: Luai ng earnestly made • and we have, therefore, , 8 4 1 t -La s , w ,: a — rd treat satisfaction - of a:munificent offer made by tla ttaiu me _ _Ytton Bulwer at the close of some dramatic h 6 Pert 'lts which he has been giving at Knebworth— k"4ally tfters consisti of the company of amateurs . who k i t , 1,4 I,4,l4lLLY,,tinder the managerial direction of Mr. Dickens. b,„! co l - 4 ,7m proposes to write a play, to be acted by 11-"eecie to at various places in the United Kingdom, the ou ltee to form the germ of a fund for a certain number o 141 ( tb °be further endowed for literary men and artists, *and, 6 pla A 4, dis,,„ itself, if we understand rightly, to be after forl.riii. of for the added benefit of the . fund. Sir Ed e' the tile ereleitkioetvoise give in fee, ground on his estate in lierts Ili a ro ay be of such asylum, rest, retreat, or whatever tv uti _ act or duedetermined to call the residence in question. ti le ' Win , om a conspicuous share in this goo . d li a ,, ° Pri t , '_',e hope, we understand, firstto take step the field in which we lii,`,:eao I' o ' ut next year. Here - is the as one 47.4143,1gs:desired to see taken ; one and quality of sh e iilvey v ii l lt,s infectiousness, andd is move suggests lino- Of th et tOr th LoPe that out of . beginning will grow a 4 \4,7 cla,, e failing literary mind proportioned to the wants .... --- wiert. e ) and to its more than common claims on society. D 4 74. g1...1 10 14% „_ te4B ecl t h 0 E LONDON.—The Bishop of London has s ( „ - --tkee. --..,e following gentlemen to appointments within _ t-4, 1.1 ... "(he Re H W Maddock, M.A., vicar of Ina of Jeehrhef°rnshirev. t fl incumbency of All Saints ChFch, Orii i Sir a i l w o o m od, ' re e . nd t e h ' r e ed vacant by the promotion of the Rev H. T. Rees, M.A., late curate r.i. tl er li b e t li, Ci l l ' e se l r l i '' to the . incumbency of St. Mary's 1 . 7 . iti - r ' e' 3 ,, Pi .s t a}....sq s ua i r r e e ; the Rev. R. J. H. Thomas, M.A., to qi 6.., ar re i : ', °.L. Peter's Church ammersmith; the Rev. Tyr„ e•in.. - -, to the incumbent; , of Trinity Church, St. 111: , 1 7, s- . / A , the-Fields, on the nomination of the Rev. Canon tla e a .ger, sT: the A rector of the pa f r o is l h a ; the Rev. R. P. Cle- N',,,,t.tev, Ai ".. 19 the curacy o St. Pancras Church ; ti l leg to S. Edgell, 8.A., late curate ofp:;Trinity Church, ne hp. n. to the curacy of St. Botolphi, 13ishopsgate i ‘41.4 3e -4 1 1% I L Green, M.A., to the assistant chaplaincy of Pr, nit. ... 4. Ix t 11 I,‘ ter, 4P ERIAL BANK or ENGLAND.—Yesterday Mir , sva4er °Pened °'cl °ek hy special appointment, his Honourur Master the inquiry into the state compan . y's or oav ai kr. Anthony Soulbv the efficial manager, having „4414,1 t in the list of contributories liable to pay off the out -4%,0e41.4 debts, which . are alleged to amount to nearly i l l e k rson' a ul ' s The first list taken contained the names of 68 4 d en ' '•° Whom shares of 201. each „ere allotted, .who paid 1% 4 4.. t i t ef one shilling er share, received scrip certifi ry 4--,, s ubsequently sign p ed the deed of settlement. Mr. Il lana,„. o 4 ,.l 3 . Pea . red as counsel for Mr. Soulbv, the official 4 oli e j t , with Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, as () ther ° A r o ' . A rarge number of solicitors appeared for. .he elfi n -,) penons summoned, together with the following Littl e ael ' - Mr. Daniell, Mr. Bazalgette Mr. Hare, and Mr. L i orie ;,., A• mass of evidenc e was given relative to the transac ': 0 deli nne oted with the signatures of the different parties to !on a. 1 7', '3 of settle ment, upon w hi c h, w i t h some f ew excep -4 ,i . Honour decided on including the names upon the re eepr eon tributories as li a bl e , su bj ec t, i n specific cases, to the appeal of further evidence and the right of the parties to ealf:" T he proceedings occupied from ten o'clock until ~,Past three. A "ItAk v . r -rtt of , IC ENTERTAINMENTS AT CO_IIRT.—The wi nter the Proposed dramatic entertainments to be given this tak, e t, at Windsor Castle by her Majesty, is appointed to a l ) • Pia ce 0 , ou r 0 n Thursday Lo•orrow). A select party of A . 44 l,est ne hundred distinguished personages have, bylier -.. oeh ra command, been invited by the Lord Chamberlain. thrett. och re the entertainments will be produced under the 1 %1 f Q• Ur. Clarice Kean, QUEEN AND THE PAP_ AL AG G S SION. PRESENTS TION OF THE ADDRESSES [A. portion o f the following appeared in our Third Edition of yest erday :—] The journey f rem Slough to Windsor Castle was per formed in rattle r less than an hour, and the procession entered the Cast le Yard at a quarter-past 12 o'clock. The carriage set down at the grand entrance, from whence the ce ►at .pany were conducted by the Master of the Ceremon at up to the grand staircase, which was lined with E,3( 'men of the Guard. The Lord Mayor and Corpora do a then passed through the suite of apart ments leadin g to the Throne Room, in which his Royal flightless Pa inice Albert, and all the Great Officers of State were a 'plaiting the arrival of the deputation. The variot a , rooms and corridors were Hind by the Hon. Corps e F Gentlemen-at-Arms, under the command of Lord Foley'. . Her Mejestc.i having taken her seat upon the throne, the Court of A Iderrcen of the City of London, headed by the Lord M ayor, and attended by the Recorder, the Town Clerk, ral :d various other civic otliciele, were in troduced, amta gst whom we noticed •Ir. Alderman Thompson, M - . 1 Sir Peter Laurie (the mover of the address in the 4 ;ourt of Aldermen), arid Mr. Alderman Farebrother he seconder), Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr. Aid erman Hooper, Alderman Sir James Duke, M.P., Al dcrman W. Hunter, Alderme❑ Challis, Alderman Willa in, Alderman Moon, Alderman Sidney, M.P., Alderu tat r Salomons, Alderman Finnis, Alderman Sir C. Marsh al I, &e. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Carden, and Mr. She tri . Hodgkinson, with the Under-Sheriffs, the Recorder , t he City Remembraucer, the Town Clerk; Mr. Sergeanl ; 1 derewether, with his assistant, Mr. Firth; the Comptro lte r, the City Pleaders, Messrs. Ryland and Locke; the' [illy Solicitor, and Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Commission ar of the City Police, were also in at tendance. About 18C t members of the Court of Common Council attended. I among them we observed Mr. John Wood, mover of the a ~ ddress, and Mr. Blake, the seconder; Mr. Deputy Lott, Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, Mr. Deputy Curling, Mr. Deputy Smith, Mr. Deputy Sadler, Mr. Deputy Harrl .on, Mr. Deputy Halt, Mr. Deputy Briggs, Mr. Dr puty Archer, Mr. Deputy Eagleton, Mr. Deputy Obbare I. Mr. Deputy Bedford, Mr. Causton, Mr. Hopgood, Mr, Hayward, Mr. Bower, Mr. Brook, Mr. Towse, Mr. Pet kius, Mr. Bennoch, Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Dakin, &ca The Lord Mt Lyor, advancing to the foot of the throne, then had the le onour of presenting to her Majesty the Address agreed, to by the Court of Aldermen, which The Right H .on. the Recorder read as follows: " To THE Q UEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " Mos t ( lracious Sovereign, "We your • lajesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the Lord Mayor nod Aldermen of the city of London, hum bly approach y our Majesty on no ordinary occasion. " Deeply gr atrful to Almighty God fur his many blessings has towed upon this highly-favoured nation, we acknowledge s mongst the chief, the restoration of the Protestant ft Lit h ley the Reformation and the national vindication c tf those great principles of Civil and Reli gious Liberty, for the cefence and maintenance of which your illustri. gas House was called to the Throne of these realms. " We leer n with feelings of surprise and indignation, that the Bie bop of Rome has recently issued a bull, whereby he sot only presumes to partition this country into pretend , al dioceses of the Church of Rome, but at the same tit we assumes the right of appointing Arch bishops and Bishops of such sees, and conferring upon them terrine' titles and ecclesiastical jurisdiction, all which we de• era to be inconsistent with the principles of our Constitu Lion in Church and State, and an invasion of your Majest.y is royal supremacy, an audacious usurpa tion of your Majesty's prerogative of alone bestowing titles of hon. kur, and a grievous insult to this Protestant nation. " For reme. j y whereof wo earnestly entreat that your Majasty will di rest such measures to be taken as in your royal wisdoms hall seem expedient, assuring your Ma jesty that you may ever confidently rely on the affec tionate and cot dial support of a loyal, united, and reli gious people. "We fattlie r humbly acquaint your Majrsty that we view with feelings of anxiety and alarm the introduction )f late years of Homish principles and practif.,et , and the unauthorized revival of many obsol et:: forms of the worship and minis tration of aux own Reformed National Church by some clerg) men in this and other dioceses, and humbly exp rt'ss our firm conviction that great encou r,gement has • ht en thereby given to that act of usurpa tion and agg cession egainst which we now protest, while it is our bel Let that greater danger to the Protestant Church is to be apprehended from unfiithful teaching than from or e: hostility. " We pray ;that it may please Him by whom Kings reign and Pri aces decree judgment I..mg to preserve your Majesty to be the Defender of the Faith against every assault from without, and every desertion from w ithin, and tt t tt under your Majesty's gentle and benig nant sOvay, Pt ,ace and Happiness, Truth and Justice, Religion and 17 iety, may he established in these realms." Her Majesty listened with marked attention while the document was b sing read, and appeared to express her approval of the sentiments it enunciated by a gentle inclination of th head as the Recorder proceeded. The reading of the document having been cpmpktei, the Lord Ma 3 To r again advanced and presented the Ad dress to her I Ili jesty, who banded it to the Home Se cretary. Her lajesty then, in a firm yet musical voice, delivered the following emphatic reply : ‘,.My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, 46 I receive • ivi'th much satisfaction your loyal and af.. fectionate addr et is. "I L .O ncur with you in your grateful acknow ledgment lYeenatrt(iSthe many blessings conferred upon this favoured nation, and in your attachment to the Protes tant faith, and 'to. the great principles of civil aid reli gious liberty, in defence of which the city of London has ever been conspic nous. " That faith and those principles are so justly dear to the people of this country, that I confidently rely on their cordial sui , port in upholding and maintaining them, against any dan, ger with which they may be threatened, m whatever quarter it may proceed." Sir Peter La! trie, the mover, and Mr. Alderman Fare brother, the seconder of the address, were then intro duced to her Nl.ajesty by the Lord Mayor, after which the deputation r..stired from the Royal presence. The deputatio o from the Court and Common Council, headed by Mr. ,Tohn Wood and Mr. W. Blake, were next introduced, and the former gentleman having pre sented the Address from this body to the Queen upon the Throne, Her Majesty replied as follows : " Gentlemen, "I sincerely thank you for your renewed assurances of unaltered attachment to my person and throne, and to the Constitution of this country. " Your tried and consistent advocacy of the equal en joyment of civil rights by all classes of your fellow subjects entitle the expression of your sentiments on the present occasion to peculiar consideration. " You may be assured of my earnest desire and firm determination, under God's blessing, to maintain unim paired the religious liberty which is justly prized by the people of this country, and to uphold, as its surest safeguard, the pure and spiritual worship of the Pro testant Faith, which has long been happily established in this land." The Court of Lieutenancy of the City of London were then introduced, and presented the following acldress : " TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "The humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and the rest of your Majesty's Commissioners for the city of London, "Most Gracious Sovereign,—W', your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and the rest of your Majesty's Commissioners of Lieu tenancy for the city of Loudon, humbly desire to renew the assurance of our devoted loyalty and affection to your Majesty's person and government. " We have witnessed with the greatest surprise and indignation the late unwarrantable aggression of the Bishop of Rome, against the undoubted prerogodve of your Majesty's Crown and the liberties of the re( p*le, any the promulgation of a hell, or instrument, in which a foreign potentate arrogantly assumes to himself the power to introduce into the kingdom a Romish hierarchy and to confer upon them territorial rank and juris diction. " We therefore humbly but earnestly pray that your Majesty will ho pleased to adopt such measures as in your Majesty's wisdom may appear to be best calcu lated to vindicate your Majesty's supremacy as by law established, and to prevent all further encroachments and attempts at usurpation by the see of Rome upon the liberties and consciences of the people of this Protesant kingdom; and if the law be insufficient, that. your Ma to make such further en actments as may jesty will be pleased, w i t h t h e a id o f your P ar li a ment, be found ade quate to the present em ergency. " To the above addre ss her • Majesty was graciously pleased to resurn the following answer:— " Your renewed assurance on the present ocoasion of devoted loyalty and affection to my person and govern ment is highly gratifying to me. " I; will continue to be, as it has ever been, my ear nest endeavour, in the exercise of the power and autho rity entrusted to me, as the supreme Governor of this realm, to maintain the independence and uphold the con stitutional liberties of my pceple against all aggression and encroachment." The following were the Commissioners of Lieutenancy present with the address:— The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Messrs. Wil liam Cotton, James Anderton, Alderman Wilson, Al derman Salomons, Josiah Wilson, F. B. Ilookey, John Masterman, M.P., F. C.Toker, Butterworth, S. Gregson, Geo. Alliston, R. W. Kennard, W. D. Starling, W. Cubitt, Joseph Anderton, jun., Wm. Lawrence, jun., Benjamin B. (Inane, C. J. Tindall, Charles Alliston, George Dodd, M.P., Thomas Tooke, R. W. Crawford, W. C. Plowden, M.P., D. 11. Stone. Ed ward Wilson, John Hill, Donald Nicoll, Charles llill, Arthur Walfird, Lieutenant.Colond Sykes, Messrs. A. Moore, Joseph Somes, Bonamy Dobree, jun., Francis Bennoch, Jere miah Evans, D. W. Wire, M. Henley Smith. The Clerk and Treasurer also attended. PRESENTATION Oll' rHE ADDRESSES FROM THE UNIVERSITIES TO HER MAJESTY AT WINDSOR. The deputation from the University of Oxford was ushered from one of the Tapestry Rooms by Sir William Martins and Sir Noel Harris, Gentlemen Ushers, to the door of St. George's Hell, where the Vice Chamberlain received tho deputation, and conducted the members to the Queen. MS Grace the Duke of Wellington appeared at the head of the deputation, wearing his gold robe as Chan cellor of the University, and supported, on his right, by Dr. Plumptre. Master of University College, Vice-Chans cellor of the University. The order of presentation was as follows: Dr. Wynter, President of St. John's College. Dr. Symons, Warden of Wadham College. Dr. Harrington, Principal of Brasenose College. 1)r. Norris, President of Corpus College. Dr. Macbride. Principal of Magdalen Hall. Dr. Williams, Warden of New College. Dr. Ogle, Professor of Medicine. Dr. Ackland, Christ Church. Mr. Hansel], Magdalen College. Mr. Gordon, Christ Church. Mr. Conybeare, Christ Church. Mr. Rice, Magdalen College. There were also present at the presentation of the address Sir Robert H. Inglis, Dr. Bliss, Principal of St. Mary Hall, and Registrar of the University; Rev. Dr. Crawford, Mr. Ernest Hawkins, Rev. Mr. Dodson, Rev. Mr. Short (Trinity), Rev. Dr. Newman (Magdalen), Rev. J. E. Cox, M.A„ F.S.A. (All Souls), Rev. F. Litchfield (Merton College), Rev. D. Thompson, Prin cipal of St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. Dr. Goolden, Rev. J. W. Hawkins, Rev. N. Dubson, Rev. E. Hussey (Exeter Hall), Dr. Richards (Exeter), Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley and a numerous body of members of the University. The following address was read by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Chancellor of the University— " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's most dutiful subjects, the Chancellor, masters, and scho -1 irs of the University of Oxford, beg leave to approach your Majesty with the renewed assurance of our at tachment to your Majesty's Royal person, our loyalty to tour Crown, and our steadfast adherence to the prin ciples which called the House of Brunswick to the Bri tish throne. " Recognising your Majesty as, under God, the only supreme Governor of this realm, and of all your Majesty's other dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal,' we have witnessed with indignation the recent publication, within this realm, of a Papal instrument purporting to constitute in your Majesty's dominions a new territorial hierarchy, subject to the Bishop of Rome. " We humbly desire to lay before your Majesty our earnest remonstrance against this assumption of autho rity by the Bishop of Rome, in open invasion of your Majesty's royal prerogative, and in derogation of the honour and sovereignty of the British Crown. " We also beg solemnly to protest against the intru sion, by the same foreign pretended authority, of bishops claiming ordinary spiritual jurisdiction over, or within, the dioceses of England, not only in manifest violation of the rights and independence of the Church of England, but in virtual denial of her existence as a true and living branch of the Catholic Church of Christ. "We further humbly crave permission to profess be fore your Majesty our faithful adherence to the princi ples, doctrine, and discipline, of our Reformed Church, our cordial assent to her declaration, that 'no foreign prince or prelate bath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction or authority, Ecclesiastical or spiritual, within your Ma jesty's dominions,' and our firm resolution to resist the corrupt doctrine and superstitious practices of the Church of Rome, or any attempt to revive the Papal usurpations over the clergy and laity of the Protestant Church of England. " While, therefore, we disclaim the wish to debar your Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, or any others, from the free exercise of their religion, we, nevertheless, ven ture, with all humility, to pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to take such measures as to your Majesty may seem meet to repress all aggressions and encroachments of any foreign ecclesiastical power upon the rights of your Crown or the independence of your people. . . "Finally, we bee. leave humbly to assure your Ma jesty that it will be ever our earnest endeavour, as it is our bounden duty, to train up the youth intrusted to our care in the principles of loyalty and affection towards your Majesty, and in faithful attachment to the truths of Holy Scripture, as set forth in the articles and formula. ries of our Reformed Church; and it is our fervent prayer that it may please Almighty God to pour down upon your Majesty the riches of his grace, and to bless your people with the long continuance of your Majesty's happy reign. " Given at our House of Convocation, under our com mon seal, this e7th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1850." To which address her Majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer:— " I accept. with much satisfaction, the reneged proof afforded by your address of your attachment and loyalty to my person and government, and (if your steadfast ad herence to the principles of the Constitution. " It has ever been, and will continue to be, my en deavour to promote the efficiency and maintain the pu purity of our Reformed Church, the supreme govern. ment of which. under God, is by law confided to me, and it is highly gratifying to me to be assured of your faithful adherence to its principles, doctrine, and dis cipline. " While I cordially concur in the wish that all classes of my subjects should enjoy the free exercise of their re ligion, you may rely on my determination to uphold alike the rights of my Crown and the independence of my people against all aggressions and encroachments of uny foreign power. " Your earnest endeavour, in the discharge of your important duties, to train up the youth intrusted to your care in faithful attachment to the truths of Holy Scrip ture, cannot fail, under God's blessing, to harm a poaer ful effect in strengthening the defences of our Protestant faith, and in preserving inviolate the privileges which are jastly dear to the people of this country. The Vice-Chancellor (Dr. Pluceptre), Dr. Wynter, Dr. Symons, Dr. Harrington, and Dr. Norris, had the honour of being presented to the Queen to kiss hands, and the Noble Duke and the deputation then withdrew from the royal presence. The Convocation of the University of Cambridge was then introduced. The members of the University of Cambridge were conducted in the following order of precedency : The Bedells. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor,D r. Ainslie, Master of Pembroke. Nobleman—The Marquis of Exeter. Privy Councillor—The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn. Heads of Colleges and Members of the Caput (forming the deputation):— De, Whewell, Trinity. Dr. Cookson, St. Peter's. Dr. Cartmell, Christ's. Dr. Archdall, Emmanuel. Dr. Okes, Provost of King's. Mr. Pulling, Corpus. Mr. Worsley, Downing. Mr. Drake, Jesus. Mr. Gell, Christ's. Public Orator—Bateson, St. John's. Proctors—Shacker, Trinity; Fenwick, Corpus. Rev. Dr. Jeremie, Regina Professor of Divinity. Professor Setlgwick , Dr. Broadley, D.C.L., Deputy Pro fessor of Civil Law, Dr. Vaughan. Doctors in Divinity, Doctors in Civil Law, Doctors in Medicine, Assessor to the Vice-Chancellor, Profes sors, Scrutators, Taxers, Librarian, Bachelors of Di vinity, Masters of Arts, Non-Regents, Masters of Arts, Regents, Bachelors of Law, Bachelors of Medicine, Ba chelors of Arts. The following accompanied the address t Trinity College—Mr. R. P. Edkins, M.A., Gresham Professor of Geometry; Rev. Charles Phillips, Rev. John Cooper, H. W. Sherer, M.A., Mr. Robert Joseph Knight, Mr. Walter M`Gregor, Mr. E. P. Cooper. Mr. T. Lister Marsden, M.A., Mr. Howard, Mr. B. Babinge ton, M.A., Rev. T. F. Stooks, Rev. Edward G. Griffith, M.A., Rev. F. H. Tooke, 8.A., Mr. Arthur Sperling, LL.B., Rev. T. Cooper Browne, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Ly. (kicker, M.A., G. Beaumont. St. John's College—Rev. T. Harrison, Rev. E. H. Pickering, Rev. W. H. Bateson, Rev. G. E. Tate, Mr. Robert Kennion, Mr. Rochfort Clarke, Rev. John Rus sell Stock, M.A., Mr. G. J. Philip Smith. King's College—Rev. W. G. Cookesley, Rev. Wil liam A. Carter, Rev. C. 0. Goodfrud, Rev. J. C. Middleton, Rev. Harry Dupius, 8.D., Rev. Edward Baleton. Clare Hall—Rev. J. Spurgin, B D., Rev. Lee James, Mr. A. B-ntball, Rev. Scptimus Wood, Mr. T. V. Webb, Mr. Robert Barker, B.A. Corpus Christi—Rev. John Forster, M.A., Mr. MsDowsll, Mr. Thomas Bateman, Rev. J. Alton Hatch erd, Rev. John Cooke. Jesus—Mr. H. M. Stockdale, Rev. H. J. Daubeny. St. Catharine Hall—E. D. Marshall, Rev. George Tatam, M.A. Ctsius—Dr. Waller Lewis, Rev. John Ayre, Rev. C. Jones, Rev. T. J. Judkin, Rev. J. T. Walker. Queou's College—Mr. Shebbeare, A.M., Rev. F. Brealey, Rev. R. M. Smith, Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A. Magdalene College—Mr. Barton Archerburton, A.M., Rev. Henry Owen, M.A. Christ's College—Rev. W. R. Bain, M.A., Rev. J. R. Ridout, Rev. Urquhart Cookworthy. Mr. 3 oeeph J. Hoe ard, Trinity College ; Dr. Rey inolds, Sidney College ; Rev. Matthew Vaughan, LL.B., St. Peter's ; Mr. Ireland, M.A., Emmanuel ; Mr. Adam Burly, Downing College ;, Rey, Lord Wriothesley Rue sell, Rev. William Canning, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cust, Rev. Dr. Hawtr7, Rev. Francis H. Morgan, Mr. Birch, Rev. John Fell, Mr. Charles Egan, Mr. Wray, Mr. Disney, Rev. W. Tennant, Mr. A. Leslie Melville, Rev. T. W. frickett, Mr. Loftus Epigram, Rev. John May, Rev. Charles F. S. Money, Rev. Frederick Gell, Rev. Charles Marshall, Rev. Francis E. Duruford, Mr. W. H. Russell, Mr. Stanford, M.P., Rev. C. Drake, Rev. John Benthall, Rev. John Fell, Mr. J. Moseley. Rev. H. J. Cummins, Archdeacon Harper, Rev. A. R. Pennington, Rev. J. Carter, &c. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, wearing his gold robe as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, met the deputation at the entrance of St. George's Hall, and, placing himself at the head, advanced with the Members of the University (preceded by the Vice-Chamberlain) to the Qiieen, whet] the following address was read by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Chancellor of the University:— " TO THE QUEEN's MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "The humble Addrees of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. "May it please your Majesty,—We, your - Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellors, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, humbly beg leave to..approach the Throne, to express to your Majesty our grateful acknowledgments of that security as regards our persons, and that preservation of our religion, with which it has pleased God to bless our country under the rule of your Majesty's royal house. " It has hitherto been our great privilege to regard the realm of England as possest , ing, under our Supreme Go vernor, an entire power and jurisdiction, both in Church and State, independent of all foreign interference what salever; and every attempt at such interference has ac cordingly been met by strenuous and effectual resistance on the part of your Majesty's royal predecessors. " At the Reformation in particular, and subsequently, this flitbdamental principle was, by the patriotic care of our Sovereign, asserted and ratified by various Acts of the Legislature; an oath is, moreover, exacted of officers of State, of ministers of the Established Church, of masters and fellows of colleges, and of all persons taking degrees within the Universities, declaratory of their re jection of all foreign jurisdiction, power, and authority, as well ecclesiastical or spiritual as civil, within this realm. " We, therefore, most humbly beg leave to represent unto your Majesty that it is with deep concern that we have learned that the Bishop of Rome has arrogated to himself the right to intermeddle with the goverumeat of our country, and to ignore the ancient episcopacy of our Church by presuming to confer on certain of your Ma jesty's subjects professing the Roman Catholic religion the highest ecclesiastical titles, derived from English towns, together with territorial jurisdiction. " By this unwarrantable assumption of power on the part of the Bishop of Rome, not only are your Majesty's high prerogative and the lawful authority and jurisdic tion of the prelates of our Church invaded and outraged, but the consciences of your Majesty's loyal subjects grievously offended. " We, therefore, humbly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct such measures to be taken as this infraction, if not of the letter, yet of the spirit, of our laws, seems to demand, and thus secure to your Majesty's devoted and affectionate people the full possession of their ancient rights and liberties. "In the meanwhile our most earnest desire is that Almighty God may long preserve your Majesty to reign in peace over a loyal and contented people." To which address her Majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious answer:— " I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address. " I fully participate in your expression of gratitude to Almighty God tor the ilessings which fie has been pleased to bestow upon this country, and I rejoice in the proofs which have been given of the z?alous and undi minished attachment of the English people to the prin ciples asserted at the Reformation. " While it is my earnest wish that complete freedom of conscience should be enjoyed by all cla,ip s of my sub jt cts, it is my constant aim to uphold the just privilege, and extend the usefulness of the Church established by law in this country-, and to s-cure to my people the full possession of their ancient rights and liberties." The Rev. Dr. Ainslie (Deputy Vice-Chancellor), Rev. Dr. Whewell, Rev. Dr. Archdall, Rev. Dr. Cartmeh, and Dr. Broadley, D.C.L., bad the honour of being presented to her Majesty to kiss hands. The deputation then withdrew. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Common Councilmen, City Officers, Commissioners of Lieutenancy, and the deputations fr om b o th Universities, after presenting their addresses to the Sovereign, were all conducted to the Waterloo Gallery, where luncheon was served to the numerous deputations. The Queen's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, commanded by their Lieutenant, Mr. Tyler, lined St. George's Hall at the reception of the addresses. Major Harmar, the Standard-bearer; Capt. Curling, the Adju tant; the Quee'ns Harbinger, and Sir Benjamin Smith, C.S., were in attendance. Her Majesty's Body Guard, under the command of Captain Phibbs, the Exon in Waiting, was on duty in the Castle as usual. Colonel Fitzmaurice, Adjutant of the corps, was also on duty. The Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards, un der the command of Lieut.• Colonel Clitberow, was on duty in the grand quadrangle of the Castle, with the t and of the regiment. The Queen was generally remarked to be looking exceedingly well. Her Majesty was attended by the Viscountess Canning. Nothing could have been more admirably managed than the whole arrangement for the presentation. Not ,he slightest interruption or delay occurred, and on who- ever the management devolved, it is impossible to give them too much credit for the excellent manner in which their duties were performed. Mr. Inspector Field, with Sergeants Thornton and Whicher of the Detective Force, were in attendance at the Castle, in addition to the ordinary Royal police-officers under Inspector Howie. THE DUKE OF NORFOLK ()N PAPAL AGGRESSION. We have just received a copy of the second edition of Mr. Purton Cooper's pamphlet on the late edict of the Court of Rome, containing a copy of a letter written by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk to Lord Beaumont, and of which the importance at the pre sent moment can hardly be exaggerated, as indicating the opinions of the Premier Peer of England and of the Roman Catholic aristocracy of this country. The letter is as follows : " Arundel Castle, Nov. 28, 1850. "My dear Lord —I so entirely coincide with the opi nion of your letter to Lord Z,tland, that I must write to you to express my agreement with you. " I should think that many must feel as we do, that ultramontane opinions are totally incompatible with allegiance to our Sovereign and with our Constitution. " I remain, my dear Lord, faithfully yours, " NORFOLK." Co URT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 10. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and Lady Adeliza Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord John Rus sell, Viscount Canning, and Sir James and Lady Gra ham, arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal Famil y t ook their usual airings to-day. The Royal dinn er party include her the Castle willnclude her Royal Hi g h ness t h e Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess o f N or f o lk and Lady Adeliza H oward, Lord John R usse ll, t h e Earl of Carlisle, the Earl and Countess o f B ess b orough, Viscount Canning, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Sir James and Lady Graham, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Coldstream Guards attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will afterwards attend. Her Majesty's private band played the following pieces yesterday (Monday) evening : Ov. " Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" Otto Nicolai. Finale, Ist Act, " Pre Aux Cleros" Herold. Cantina and Aria, "La Fille du Regiment" Donizetti. Selection, " Oberon" The Earl of Listowel has relieved Lord Elphin stone in his duty as Lord in Waiting to the Queen ; and Captain the Hon. J. Denman has relieved Sir Frederic Stoi in in his duty as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Lord Portman attended at the Home-office yester day, and presented the Address to the Queen from 7,000 inhabitants of St. Marylebone against the Papal .Iggression. Mr. Joseph S. Christopher had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. BARNABAS, PIMLICO.—We are indebted to a correspondent for a copy of the following answer by the Rev. John Sinclair, Archdeacon of Middlesex, to a letter, written by a gentleman in Pimlico, on the subject of the practices which prevail in St. Barnabas : " Vicarage, Kensington, Dec. 7, 1850. "Sir,—l n rep l y to your inquiry, I hasten to inform you that the Bishop of London intends to direct his Archdeacons to visit all the churches and chapels in which the forms and ceremonies referred to in his late charge are persisted in. It will be my duty to hold a visitation in St. Barnabas, and I trust that the result will be satisfactory to the public.--I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, " JOHN SINCLAIR." THE LATE MEETING OF THE LAITY.—We learn from a source on which we can rely, that one of the very highest dignitaries of the Church has expressed his gratifi cation, not only with the tone of the speeches at the late great demonstration of the laity in Freemason's Tavern, but also with the resolutions adopted. The distinguished indi vidual to whom we allude has made use of the antithetical phrase that, on that occasion, nothing was said which ought to be unsaid, and nothing proposed which ought not to be done. As one of the main objects—indeed the main object— of the meeting was to put down Puseyism in the Church, we may now, therefore, expect that, whether the Tractarian Bishops will or no, there will be forthwith a clean sweep out of the Rev. Romanisers from the Establishment.— Advertiser. UNIVERSITY PERVERTS.—The RAW. W. IL Ander don, M.A. of University College, Oxford, is th e eighty fifth member of the University of Oxford who is known to have followed Dr. Newman into the Church of Rome. His relative, Mr. Manning, who is announced as having re signed his arclideac , nry (vslue 25!.), will pr o b a bl y follow him forthwith. The - Cambridge list of ascertained per verts is forty-nine; making a total of 134 members of our two ancient Universities who have apostatised within a few ream.— Church and State Gazette. CARDINAL WISEMAN. Cardinal Wiseman has at length replied to some of our charges. "Not one," says he, ' of the new bishops obtains any increased power or jurisdiction over clergy, or laity, or property, or trusts, or any person, or thing. If anything, powers before held are curtailed or limited. Not one of them will gain by the change any increase of emoluments or of in come. Not one acquires or dreams of acquiring the slightest alteration of social position. Each one re mains where he was, and as he was, and what he was, with the sole change, so fax as outward relations go, of the title which he bears. I tell you, as you have been aga i n an d aga i n t o ld , t h at the bishops, as now constituted, have straitened and not enlarged powers, compared with what they had before." The audacity of this line of defence is ad • inirable. The Cardinal joins issue with all who have hitherto written on this subject—himself not excepted —truly the most general of issues. He contradicts the Pope—he denies Dr. Ullathorne, he ignores himself. That which was true last month is true no longer. The Pope's Letters Apostolic of Michaelmas are good for the quarter only, and scarcely that. Evidently a new edition is preparing to come out with the serials of Christmas. LE tus refresh the memory of this incon stant polemic. In the first place, let us ask him this plain question :—if no other change has taken place but that of the mere titles of himself and the other prelates, was it worth while to incur so much odium— nay, to risk the very existence of his church upon the soil of England—fur such a trifle ? In the next place, we will set before him the following excerpts from his own pastoral, " given out of the Flaminian Gate of Rome"—from the Papal Rescript itself—and from Bishop Ullathorne's letter, and ask him how the world at large, and Roman Catholics in particular, are to construe his present denial ? On " the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord MDCCCL," thus wrote the Cardinal : " The greatest of blessings has just been bestowed upon our country by the restoration of its true Catholic hierarchical government. For his Holiness Pope Pius IX. was graciously pleased to issue his Letters Apos telic, wherein he substituted for the eight apostolic vicariates heretofore existing, one archiepiscopal or metropolitan and twelve episcopal sees ; repealing at the same time, and annulling all dispositions and enact ments made for England by the Holy See with reference to its late form of ecclesiastical government." The effect of the Letters Apostolic was even greater than the Cardinal states ; for, as we have shown in former articles, not only " the enactments made for England," but all enactments (that is to say, the whole Corpus juris Canonici), were repealed by that instrument in the most explicit language. Nor, as we have shown, was this the utmost extent of the repealing clause in question. " All constitutions and peculiar privileges of missions, and vicariates, and of all churches and pious places whatsoever, and all customs, by whomso ever, or at whatever most ancient or immemorial time brought in," are now for ever abrogated by the new Papal enactment—which proceeds very coolly, but yet logically, to draw from their repeal the following conclusion Hence it will for the future be solely competent for the archbishops and bishops of England to distinguish what things belong to the execution of the common ecclesiastical law, and what, according to the common discipline of the Church, are entrusted to the authority of the bishops." We have here " authority of the bishops" set against " common ecclesiastical law," just as in other days kings set " prerogative" and " law" at issue. If kings had been "solely competent" to legislate, would "law" have triumphed or " prerogative ?" Just so, we need not doubt which of the twain— "jus canonicunt" or "auctoritatis episcopi" is like to profit of the "sole competence" to legislate now con ferred upon the prelates. The new Bishop of Bir mingham has informed the Times newspaper that (the Cardinal excepted) he is " the only Catholic bishop now in England who has been immediately engaged in negotiating the re-establishment of the episcopal hierarchy." How does he interpret the passage last cited from the Pope's letter ? " Catholic Bishops in England are no longer the Pope's vicars, but English bishops having power to form their own constitution of government (and that of their clergy and flocks ?) by express concession. We are now left to conform anew whatever local regulations and customs may bo still expedient; we are freed in our ministrations from those which are not suitable, and we have the whole jus commune to draw from for what may be further re quired. In other words, his Holiness leaves us, as Catholic Bishops, to legislate for religious purposes, as we see expedient, without any tie from the past." But, although now "no longer the Pope's vicars," and notwithst an di ng th e i r i nvest i ture as E ng li s h Bishops in ordinary, with all the jurisdiction, metropolitan and diocesan, ever possessed by Roman Catholic archbishops and bishops in this country or elsewhere, the new prelates are not to lose the extra ordinary jurisdiction and privileges which they en joyed when they were the Pope's vicars. "It is very far," says the rescript, " from our inten tion or design that the prelates of England, now pos,ess ing the title and rights of bishops in ordinary, should, in any other respect, bo deprived of any advantages which they they have enjoyed heretofore under the character of vicars apostolic. For it would not be reasonable that the enactments a e now make, at the instance of the English Catholics, for the good of religion in their coun try, should turn to the detriment of the said vicars apostolic. Moreover, we are most firmly assured that the same, our beluved children in Christ, will hencefor ward manifest even greater liberality towards bishops who are now bound by a stronger tie to the Anglican Churches; so that these same may never be in want of the temporal means necessary for the expenses of the dtcent splendour of the churches, and of divine service, and of the support of the clergy, and of the relief of the poor." We pause for a reply to the question with which we preluded these extracts. How will Cardinal Wise man reconcile them with his bold denial of Sunday last ? When Sir Charles Tempest, the munificent founder of the Roman Catholic Church at Skipton, presented his own chaplain to the new Bishop of Beverley--then a " Pope's vicar,"—as the first in cumbent, the prelate refused institution, on the pre tence that by canon law the nomination belonged ab solutely to himselfas prelate. The canon law was looked into, and the bishop, being found to be in the wrong, was obliged to submit. The Pope's rescript has repealed the whole of the canon law, and it is not very likely that this part of it will be re-enacted ; for the bishops are clearly interested the other way. Indeed, Cardinal Wiseman had, and still has, they say, a similar controversy about the lay patronage of the church built by the late Mr. Raphael, in the neighbourhood of Kingston. Nor is that the only instance. The case of Doddin Green, an endowed chapel in Westmoreland, in the gift of the Riddell family, has been a perfect scandal tor these twenty years past, and we believe that, down to this moment, the sacraments continue to be denied to its congregation because the Bishop of Hexham—late vicar apostolic of the north—disputes Mr. Riddell's interpretation of some passage in the jus canonicum about the rights of patrons. The dispute is over now, we fancy; for the ambiguous passage is re pealed with all the other contents of Lancelot's bulky digest ;---unless, indeed, Mr. Riddell invokes the Queen's courts to his assistance. For that the Bishop of Hexham, at the approaching " Synod of English Bishops," will give his voice for restoring the obnoxious canon, is hardly to be hoped for. Cardinal Wiseman, it is said, makes no secret amongst his friends of his being the adviser of the promulgation of the rescript in its actual form and wording ; and that the Pope, but for his counsels, would have taken a more prudent course. We can well believe it. It is to him and their other bishops that the Roman Catholic clergy and laity owe the recall of the statutes proposed to them by the late Pope Gregory XVI. for their spiritual government, and by which, in the provisions for the canonical elec tion of bishops, the permanence of clerical tenure, and the temporalities of churches, the rights both of the clergy and the laity would have been amply secured. Instead of these boons, the sole objects of their petitions to the Roman Court, they now find that the few usages, privileges, and regulations, on which those rights depended, are repealed, and no thing set in their place to check the arbitrary powers of their prelates—always great, and now increased by improvident concessions, suggested by the pre lates themselves. Now, if a clergyman is suspended by a bishop, all appeal is impossible. The bishop is now irremovable—the priest is removable, and more so than ever ; there is no court to which the bishop him ; ybe th c e i r t e ed is ; n t o he o r ff e e i n s e n e o in ca s n h o o n rt. law y b o r ent w i h n ic o h n to fittirny. juria,—and usurpation, once consented to, becomes a teach them how to disobey the imperious mandates of r w i g e l h l t L t. o this the Rom s t mattertfo a r n C iti a s thoc nolipsartthoefmosuerlvdeus duty y loo t k o their own prelates. Our purpose was to illustrate the real bearing of the late changes upon the tem poralmmenistsstactlear by yd Cardinal yt d h in os a e l Wiseman. We shall be curious to see what explana• ecclesiastical g c r a e l ici e o emoluments tion his Eminence intends to give to these palpable prelates and , :n , contradictions.—Daily News. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECHASES. These races, which were to have tLken place yester day, have, we understand, been postponed, on account of the fog, to Thursday or Friday. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. WOLVERHADIpTON STEEPLECHASE.—Nothing dune on this event, in consequence of the frost causing its post ponement to Friday. CHESTER CUP.-35 to 1 agst:Rhesus-50 to 1 agst Cossack-50 to 1 agst Langton -50 to 1 apt Clarissa -1,000 to 1 agst Essedarius (t). DERBY.-500 to 100 agst Grecian-500 to 25 agst Newminster (0-1,000 to 20 agst Lightfoot. The Mirquis and Marchioness of \Worcester, who have been sty} ing in Ireland during the autumn, where his Lordship's regiment, the 7th Hussars, is stationed, leave his Lordship's quarters, near Cork, early in the ensuing week, for:Earl Howe's, Gopsal Hall. OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMMISSION. The following circular has been published : Oxfoid University Commission, Downing -street, London, Dr:cember, 1850. Sir,—Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Univer sity of Oxford will feel obliged to you for any infor mation which you may be disposed to furnish on the following heads of inquiry, which, for the sake of convenience, have been arranged;under the form of questions--I have the honour to be, your obedient humble servant, A. P. STANLEY, See • 1. Is your society governed by statutes ? If not, arc there any orders or rules by which it is governed ? 2. If the society is governed by statutes, were those statutes given by the founder ? Are the original sta tutes in force, wholly or in part ? If they are not in force, by what authority and when have they been altered ? 3. IL there any provision in your present statutes for their alteration or amendment? or was there, in your original statutes, any such provision ? 4. Will you state in what respects, if any, your statutes have ceased to be observed—whether owing to lapse of time or other causes ? 5. In what case is the non-residence of your bead or your fellows permitted by the statutes ? and how many of sour fellows are non-residents? Would the University or the college be benefited, in your opi nion, by the general enforcement of residence ? G. Is the marriage of the head of your college per mitted by the statutes ? If not, by what authority is such permission granted ? Is that permission appli cable to any other members of the foundation besides the head ? 7. Does the college consist of several foundations ? If so, do the fellows on the several foundations enjoy the same rights and advantages ? 8. Are there in your college any unincorporated or bye fellows ? If so, by what statutes are they go verned? Do you consider such fellowships beneficial to the society ? Or do you think their present posi tion might be altered with advantage ? 9. How many of your fellowships, studentships, scholarships, exhibitions, or the like, are at present open to competition without restriction ; and how many confined to particular places or schools, or to persons of the kin or name of founders ? 10. Will you quote the clauses of your statute on which any such restriction rests, together with any special reasons which the founder or framer of your statutes may have had fur this restriction ? 11. Is the restriction absolute ? If not, has the College availed itself of any facilities which the statutes allow for opening the foundation ? 12. If the statutes give a " preference" to certain candidates, bow do you interpret such preference ? 13. Do you consider the present restrictions, if any, on the election of your fellows, students, scholars, demies, or the like, to be beneficial to the promotion of education or learning in the University, in your own society, and in the particular place, school, or family, if there be any, which is supposed to be fa voured by those restrictions ? 14. Are your fellowships, studentships, scholar , ships, demyships, or the like, disposed of strictly ac• cording to merit ? Is such merit tested by exami• nation ? 15. What is the statutable connexion between your fellowships and your scholarships, demyships, or the like ? What is the practice in this respect ? 16. If your fellowships are limited to those who are or have been scholars, or the like, of your society, has this system been found beneficial to the college? 17. Are the fellows of your college obliged to proceed to the higher degrees ? If so, in what faculties ? 18. Do your statutes enjoin that your fellowships, studentships, scholarships, or the like, be increased or diminished in number as the revenues of your college vary ? Has such provision of the statutes been acted ' upon ? Do you conceive that the enforcement of such provision at the present time would be beneficial to the society ? 19. Do your statutes contemplate the residence in college of any undergraduates not on the foundation ? Do they forbid it ? Will you quote the clauses in your statutes on which such permission or prohibi tion rests ? 20. What amount of property vacates a fellowship, scholarship, or the like, according to your statutes ? Is the rule enforced equally with regard to real and personal property ? Do you conceive that the en forcement of such a rule at the present time would be beneficial to the society ? 21. Is the head of your society itatuably required to enter into holy orders ? how many of your fel lows, students, or the like, are subject to the same rule ? If the statute be not observed, on what autho rity does the non-observance or dipensation rest ? Is the obligation to enter into holy orders expressly laid down by statute, or is it deduced from an injunction to study theology, from en injunction to discharge clerical duties now disused, or from any other like provision ? - 22. Are your fellowships confined to persons of a certain University standing ? Is the admission of undergraduates to fellowships, or the restriction of fellowships to persons of particular degrees, productive of inconvenience ? 23. Are clergymen excluded from presenting them selves as candidates for your fellowships ? Are laymen ? 24. Are fellows or other members on your founda tion allowed by statute or other authority to hold ec clesiastical preferment ? and, if so, to what amount ? 25. What statutable restrictions limit the selection of your head ? 26. How many benefices in the gift of your so ciety have been added since the original foundation ? Will you state at what time and in what manner each was acquired? Have you at present a fund for the purchase of advowsons ? 27. Are there any prrelectorships founded in your college for the benefit of the whole University ? Are fellowships connected with such pra•lectorships ? If so, do the statutes allow any special liberty of choice in the fellowships so connected ? 28. Has the college the nomination to the master ships of any schools ? 'What control does the college exercise over such school ? 29. Will you quote the clauses of your statutes which set forth the powers and duties of the visitor of your college ? Has the visitor ever interposed his authority to relieve the college from the observance of any of the statutes, or to make new statutes or ordinances ? 30. Are gentlemen-commoners in your society called upon to pass the same examination at entrance as other persons? Do they follow the same course of studies, and are they subjected to the same dis cipline as other persons in statu pupillari 9 To what charges are they liable beyond those borne by other independent members ? 31. Can you state how many members of your society receive assistance from exhibitions, or the like, not in the gift or under the administration of your society ? What are the sources and what is the amount of the assistance so received ? 32. How many persons are supported, wholly or in part, in your society as batellers, servitors, Bible clerks, or the like ? What are their duties, and what are their stipends or other emoluments or im munities ? How are they chosen ? Are they marked by any particular dress ? Was the number ever greater? If so, can you state why it has been re duced ? What do you consider to be the advantage or disadvantage of such a body of scholars ? 33. How many tutors are there in your society ? How many lecturers, catechists, or other instructors, who are not tutors ? Does the head of your society take any direct part in the instruction ? 34. Are there any tutors in your society who are not or have not been on the foundation ? Do they all reside within the walls ? 35. Is each tutor expected to lecture on all subjects ; or is there a division of subjects ? 36. During how many weeks in the year are lec tures given in your society ? Will you state the average number of lectures given weekly, and the subjects ? How many undergraduates attend mathe matical lectures beyond arithmetic and the elements of Euclid and algebra ? 37. Are any members of the college required to attend any professor's lectures ? and are any means adopted by the college to secure profitable attendance, by examination or otherwise ? 38. Can you state how many members of your foundation and how many independent members of the society are engaged as private tutors ? 39. Can you state how many undergraduate mem bers of your society are now reading with private tutors? 40. What attendance at chapel is required by your statutes ? What attendance is actually en- forced ? and by what means ? Is attendance at chapel ever enforced as a punishment ? 41. What is the nature and extent of religious in struction given in your society, distinguishing lec tures and sermons delivered in chapel, and instructions given in other ways ? 4 9 . What is the average amount of the " battels" of each independent member of your society ? What was the highest and what was the lowest amount in the year 1849 ? 43. Will you have the goodness to supply the commissioners with a weekly battel bill of the aver age amount, and with a quarterly battel bill for each of the four quarters of 1849, also cf the average amount ? 44. What is the lowest yearly sum for which you have known an undergraduate to live in your society.? What is the lowest amount which you have known an undergraduate to expend from his matriculation to his graduation ? 45. Do you conceive that the college expenses could be materially diminished ? If 50, will you state in what respects ? 46. Is the college library open to all members of the college, each member ? and what fees ar e paid to the library by 47. What number of undergraduates is your col• Ipge capable of accommodating SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHO W. This popular exhibition was thrown open to the pub.. lie at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and very soon be came crowded with company. The visitors during the earlier portion of the day were chiefly composed of the butchers and dealers of the metropolis; but after noon a great many members of the nobility and leading agricul turists of the country arrived. At one o'clock the annual meeting of the members of the club took place at the Bazaar. The Duke of Rich mond, president of the club, occupied the chair; and among the other gentlemen present we noticed Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr. J. Webb, Mr. F. Hobbs, Mr. Brand reth, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Turner, Mr. Grantham, &c. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the pieTeedinge, congratulated the members upon the distinguished honour conferred on the club by the visit of her Most Gracious Majesty and the Prince Consort on the pre vious day. Ile had it on command to communicate to them her Majesty's gracious approval of all she had witnessed, and he was sure that the countenance given to tl.e exhibition by the Queen's visit %you'd only have the fleet of increasing their endeavours successfully to carry out the objects of the Smithfield Club. The Noble Duke's announcement Wa3 received with marked satisfaction by the members. The officers of the club having been reelected for the ensuing year, and the awards confirmed, several notices of metion were given, which will come on fur discussion on Thursday next. The only matter positively arranged was an alteration in the die from which the club medal has hitherto been struck. Up to this year the obverse has been formed by a medallion of the late Earl Spencer, the original president of the club, the reverse being occupied by an inscription. It was yesterday proposed and unanimously adopted that a new die should be struck with a medallion portrait of his Grace the Duke of Richmond to be sub stituted for the inscription, which, by an ingenious ar rangement, will be engrav e n roun d t h e edge of the medal. The ordinary routine business having been con cluded, the meeting was adjourned until to-morrow.' The following were among the principal purchases made up to six o'clock last evening: —Mr. W. Heath's 2 years and 10 months old Hereford ox, to which the judges awarded a prize of 251., a silver medal to the breeder, and a gold medal as the best ox in the yard, was bought by Mr. T. Slater, of Kensington, for 654; the Earl of Hardwicke's 3 years and 10 months old Dur ham ox (one of the very finest animals in the yard), which obtained a prize of 301. and a silver medal, was sold for GO/. to Mr. Botterill, of Rochester; Mr. Hereford ox (prize 15/.) was bought by Mr. G'aiis, of Lambeth-walk; Mr. Tucker's Devon ex (prize 304 and a silver medal) was bought by Mr. King, of r addieeton street; his Royal Highness Prince Albert's tlerefor'd oz (prize 20/. and a silver medal) was bought: by Mr. Jet. fere, of Foubert's-place, Regent-street; the Eerl of Aylesford's North Devon ox (price 151. and slyer meda') was bought by Messrs. Kirkley and Hancock of Park-street, purveyors to the Queen; Mr. 80, d's Devon steer (prize 51) was bought by Mr. Menat,ury of Mile. end-road ; Mr. John Rob, junior's, West Highland ea (commended) was bought by Mr. Phipps of Lower Bet. grave-street; Lord Feveraham's short-horned heifer (prize 201. and a silver medal) was bought by Mr. Cragg of Mount-street; Mr. Gooch's short-horned better (prize 18/0 was bought by Mr. Colledge of Northampton. These were the principal purchases in the cattle classes. The sheep did not sell so well as the cattle, arid the best pen in both the long and the short woolled classes wer e not disposed of at seven o'clock last evening. Those that were sold realised from 5/. to 61. ech. The beet pigs in the yard were bought by Mr. Hogmaier of St. George's-in-the-East, Mr. Willcock's i f T. t.enham Court-road, and Mr. Wall of Jermyn-street being also large purchasers of these animals. The exhibition re-opens at nine o'clock, and will con tinue open till ten in the evening. SARSAPARILLA. Considerable importations continue to be made of this important drug. In 1840 142,920 lbs. were en tered for home use. The duty was then 6d. per lb.— it is now only ld.; and the quantity annually shipped from the United States to this country has been stea dily and progressively increasing. This result, how ever, is less due to the reduction in the tariff than to the persevering efforts of American enterprise, to place so potent and valuable a medicine within the reach of the masses. About ten years since a new mode of preparing the extract was discovered by Dr. Towns end, of Albany, and a manufactory was forthwith started in that city. The sale soon became so enormous that the introduction of machinery for the preparation of the extract became indispensable, and the establishment has now attained such a magnitude, that it is num bered among the local lions. Between 100 and 200 men and boys are employed during the proper season in collecting the roots, which are subsequently rasped and ground by powerful steam-engines. The vats in which the decoction is prepared are larger and more numerous than have yet been previously used in the preparation of any medicine, and, by their instru mentality, the finest Honduras sarsaparilla, which is the only kind employed, is quickly converted into a hetslthful and delectable syrup, an invigorating elixir, concerning whose alterative powers upon the human system no great difference of opinion has ever prevailed among physicians. The statistics of manu , facture, as given in the American papers, are highly interesting. From 1,500 to 2,000 barrels of the root are annually imported from Honduras, and 5,000 bottles of the extract are turned out ready for consumption every day—a quantity equal to 1,500,000 bottles per annum. The bill for glass at this manufactory exceeds 120,000 dollars a year, and the consumption of boards for packing cases is over 2,000 square feet daily. The money which was expended last year in advertise ments reached 90,000 dollars, in addition to which there was a gratuitous circulation of 7,000,000 cir culars and almanacks. Not only are large quantities of the preparation consumed throughout the- different States of the Union, but extensive shipments are made to the Canadas, the West India Island*, South America, and Europe. The physiological influence of this: invaluable medici ne appears to cons i st in the power which it possesses of gradually purifying the blood. It is growing into great favour with ohip• masters as a preventive of scurvy ; and the fact is worth notice, that during the war with Mexico, while fever and dysentery were thinning the ranks of the American army, under General Taylor, the officers were paying as much as 60 dollars per dozen for the extract.—Mining Journal. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS On Tuebday, the 10th instant, being the eighty-Feco d anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a General Assembly of the Academicians ►+a, held at their apartments in Trafalgar-square, Whin the ful loss ing distribution of premiums took place, viz.:— To Mr. Edmund Eagles—kr the best painting from the life, the silver medal. To Mr. George Wells—for the best copy made in the school of painting, the silver medal, and the lectures of the Professors Fuseli and Flaxman. To Mr. Julian Drummond—for the next best copy made in the school of painting, the silver medal. To Mr. George Smith—for the best drawing from the life, the silver medal. To Alr. Francis (;lack—for the next best drawing from the life, the silver medal. To Mr. Robert Wilson—for the best model from the life, the silver medal. To Mr. Henry Cumings—for the best drawings of the river front of Greenwich Hospital, the silver medal. To Mr, John Robinson—for the next best drawings of the river front of Greenwich Hospital, the silver medal. To Mr. George Edward Tuson—for the beat draw ings from the antique, the silver medal. To Mr. Robert B. Martineau—for the next beat drawings from the antique, the silver medal. To Mr. William Hale—for the best model from the antique, the silver medal. TO Mr. Edgar George Papworth—for the next best model from the antique, the silver medal. Which was concluded with a short address from the President to the students. The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to ap point officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Charles Lock Eastlake was unanimously re-elected president. Council, New List—Philip Hardwick, David Roberts, Charles Barry, and Alfred Edward Chalen, Esqs. Old List—Richard Westmacott, jun., Daniel Maclise, William Frederick Witherington, and Solomon Alex ander Hart, Esqs. Visitors in the Life Academy, New List—William Mulready, Daniel Maclise, Charles Robert Leslie, and Thomas Webster, Esqs. Old List—Abraham Cooper, John Rogers Herbert, Patrick M'Dowell, William Frederick Witherington, and Richard Westmacott, jun., Elvis. Visitors in the School of Painting, New List—Charles Robert Leslie, John Rogers Herbert, Solomon Alex ander Hart, Daniel Maclise, and William Frederick Witherington, Esqs. Old List—William Mulready, Esq., Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, George Jones, and Thomas Webster, Esqs. Auditors—William Mulready, Esq., Sir Richard Westmacott (re-cleated), and Charles Barry, Esqs. MR.' DISRAELI'S " LIFE AND REIGN OP CRANIAL I."—A new and revised edition of this important wtrk by the late Isaac Disraeli, we observe, is announced for immediate publication, edited, with a preface, by his son, B. M.P. The appearance of this new edition at the present moment will doubtless be considered remarkably opportune, for the subjects of which the work treats not my attract, but absorb the mind of the nation. Its chapters on " The Genius of the Papacy ;" on the " Critical Position of our earlier Protestant Sovereigns with regard to their Roman Catholic subjects," from the consequences of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy; on "The Study of Polemical Divinity," and kindred themes, are, in fact, the history of the events, the thoughts, the passions, and the perplexities of the present agitated epoch. ROYAL COURT, JERSEY, DEC. 4.—Before the Br;- lift and Judges Picot and Pelgue.—Mr. Advocate Le Slum read an Order-of-Justice, obtained by Miss Julia Rush, against the Very Rev. Nicholas Wiseman, D.D., for the reimbursement of various sums of money, amounting to a b o ve 4007. paid by her for the purchase of land and for building thereon, &c. The Court, on the demand of Dlr. Advocate Godfrey, Administrator of Dr. 'Wiseman, granttd a delay, to enable the Learned Advocate to receive the in structions of his principal.—Jersey British Press. TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—YPIters day his Honour Sir William Horne made a call of 20s. per share on the contributariis to this company, to pay offthe outstanding debt ' 1-LF, SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1850.