The Press.
London, England, 1855-04-28 00:00:00

LORD JOHN AT MASS.

WE [the Standard] have received the following
letter from a gentleman, upon whose veracity we
place implicit reliance :
[Extract from a letter dated Vienna, April 9 :—]
Yesterday was Easter Sunday, and while poor Mr.
Johnston, our worthy Episcopalian clergyman here, was
delivering an eloquent and aropriate discourse to a very
scanty congregation in the Embassy chapel, where pre-
parations had been made for the accommodation of Lord
John Russell, his lordship, with his family and suite, was
attending High Mass, celebrated with unusual pomp and
full orchestra in the Augustine Church ! His lordship and
suite occupied the glazed oratorium within the chancel,
and, owing to their conspicuous position, where " the ob-
served of all observers." The church was densely crowded,
and every eye seemed fixed on Lord John, who knelt and
crossed himself most devoutly!
Already it is rumoured throughout this city that
H. B. M. Plenipotentiary has seen the error of his ways
and embraced Catholicism.

What will your Protestant members of Parliament say
to all this ?

Another correspondent confirms the statement of
Lord John's unworthy exhibition, and adds that it
was witnessed by Lord Westmorland and other
Englishmen, all deeply disgusted by the prostration
of the author of " the Durham letter."

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS."

Sir,—l happened to be present in the Augustine
Church at Vienna oil Easter Sunday, and can vouch
for the perfect accuracy of the description given by
some of your daily contemporaries, of the unseemly
exhibition made on that occasion by Lord John
Russell and his numerous retinue.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, C.

London, April 27, 1855.

THE VARIOUS HARBOURS OF REFUGE respectively in
course of construction at Dover, Harwich, Alderney,
Jersey, and Portland, will cost altogether, according
to the estimate, 3,388,9591. Of this amount 1,491,0001.
has already been voted, and 234,0001. will be required
to be voted for the present year. The total outlay
on each work from its commencement to its comple-
tion will be 850,0001. for Dover ; 125,0001. for Har-
wich ; 1,300,0001. for Alderney ; 700,0001. for Jersey ;
and 588,9591. for Portland.
TWENTY MEDICAL MEN arrived at Constantinople
on the 12th instant, on their way from England to
Eupatoria.
THE CHOLERA appears to be on the increase at St.
Petersburg. The cases for several weeks have
averaged 150 a day, but from the Journal de St. Pe-
tersbourg of the 17th, it appears that on the 13th inst.
there were as many as 220 cases recorded.
A CONSULAR NOTIFICATION has been made at
Memel that the blockade of Libau commenced on
the 17th inst. The blockade of the ports between
Libau and Riga commenced on the 19th.
As soon as the South Wales Railway shall have
been opened to Milford, a fast steamer is to be placed,
by the Messrs. Malcomson, on the line between that
port and Waterford, thus opening up a ready mode
of communication between England and the south of
Ireland.
IT is suggested that the pictures in the approach-
ing Royal Academy Exhibition might each bear on
the frame the designation of the subject and the
name of the painter. It would certainly be a vast
relief to be spared the necessity of continual
reference to the catalogue while looking at the
pictures.
THE preparations at Gore-house for the great
floral exhibition of the Horticultural Society, on the
18th of May, are proceeding with much activity. The
royal commissioners are throwing down walls, re•
moving unsightly objects, and getting the turf into
good order, so that the grounds of Grove-house and
Gore-house now form one beautiful lawn, interspersed
with noble trees, and admirably adapted to the pur-
poses of a horticultural promenade. The Horticul-
tural Society, on its part, has begun to pitch its
enormous tents, and to make its other arrange-
ments.

Two YOUNG RHINOCEROSES, male and female, have
just been landed at Liverpool from Calcutta. They
were caught in the wilds of Assam, and from their
docility and fine condition are considered very
valuable.

A CROWDED PUBLIC MEETING was held at Norwich
on Tuesday evening, to commemorate the fifteenth
anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Operative
Protestant Association. Mr. H. S. Patteson occupied
the chair. The meeting was addressed by several
gentlemen on the subject of the Maynooth grant,
against which a very strong and decided feeling was
manifested ; and, on the motion of the Rev. J. Bailey,
a petition to the House of Commons on the subject
VMS cordially adopted.
THE Vice-President of the Board of Trade has
given notice that he will bring in two bills relating to
the law of partnership and limited liability next
Monday week, the 7th of Map