The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-17 00:00:00

TO THIS EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.

Silt,—When I wrote to you my last letter, I did
not imagine that I should have so soon to announce a great
triumph of Popery and Jesuitism in Prussia. In the
greatest protestant state of Germany, in Prussia, the minis-
try, instigated by Jesuitical influence. have suppressed the
first free catholic congregation of Germany at Breslau, and
are proceeding against the others. How I wish that I
could express my feelings about this defeat of liberty and
humanity in the English language, as I can do it in the
German, and that I could convince all the noble minded sons
of England that there is a greater love fur protestantiam
and religious liberty than can be well imagined.
The free religions congregations were strong bulwarks
against popery in Germany ; and as they are broken down,
motestantuim will be attacked by the hierarchy, supported
by the diplomacy of Austria, with all fury and revenee,
and we will soon hear repeated the cries from the catholic
priests, which they raised in the years 1843-44, before the
new reformation began, " that in a few years the whole of
Germany will be subjected to the Pope !" But we w ill
soon learn this by other signs than words. The progress of
catholicism in Prussia is the progress of Austria in Ger-
many; and we may perhaps very soon read about the
preparations for the coronation of a new German Em-
peror.
Everybody knows how weak and confined the Prussian
ministry has been in comparison with the diplomacy of
Austria since the stipulations of °haute. With regard to
the suppression of the free congregation of Breslau, I quote
some passages of a letter which I have just received :
"As I write to you this letter, the police have closed the
first free catholic congregation which you formed in Ger-
many after your letter against the adoration of the holy
coat at Teens. At the same time they have dissolved the
whool of our congregation, and neat Sunday the
Jesuits will preach in Breslau. The catholic priests
and the Austrian party see triumphing. You will
feel for us and know how deep is our grief.
For more than seven years you worked in Silesia
and Germany with great success, and the arrogant catholic
hierarchy was silent. For the new reformation we have
now the Jesuits. The Prussian ministry must be mere
Jesuitic tools, or the King must already be a secret catholic.
Surely it is not possible, that a real protestant ministry
could be so blind as, by suppressing the free catholic congre-
gation., to break down the strongest bulwarks for Prussia
against popery and Austrian diplomacy. This is the sins of
Austria, to weaken and to humble Prussia and protee.
Within), and our ministry is foolish enough to prepare the
way to the imperial crown of Germany for the house of
Hapsburg.
" The Jesuits have preached with great success in many
towns of Silesia, and the King of Prussia does not ace
that he is dishonouring the battle-fields of Frederick the
Great for protestant liberty! Catholicism makes daily
progress, and very soon you will learn its victories in the
North of Germany. The greater number of newspapers
are silent about these proceedings, fearing to be suppressed.
Many praise the speeches of the Jesuits to obtain their
grace end favour. The press is now worse than in the time
of the old censerebip, because every newspaper is in danger
to lose the caution-money.
" It was a heartbreaking moment when the school of our
congregation was dissolved. Two hundred and thirty
children cried stood, weeping tears, as they were compelled
to leave their free school, where they were instructed and
treated with humanity. Is there a difference between the
violence of eke protestant ministry in Prussia in the nine-
teenth century against the free religious congregations, and
the violent proceedings of the House of Hapsburg against
protestantism in the seventeenth century ? What a shame
for protestant Prussia.
" Many members of the congregation became ill in Neste-
quence, and a great part will emigrate to America if we do
I not soon find a helping hand."
This is the latest intelligence' have received from Brisket.
I formed the free religious congregation at Breslau'
on the 22nd January, 1.545, and for seven years the govern-
matt found no cause to suppress it. Front Breslau the new
reformation spread throughout the whole of Germany, and ,
already in France, rebind, and amongst the German popu-
lation in America, leading at ones by example the interior
progress of the reformation. Therefore the revenge of
Jesuitism Is directed especially against this congregation.
Sir, as I know that the readers of the Daily Aviv and
all true protestants here sympathies for the persecuted con.
gregations, lam not ashamed to conk's, in the name of
them, that the deepest alarm and grief fills
our hearts. We are overpowered by the Homan hierarchy
and the influence of Prussian absolutism, which we abhor;
we are subjected and fettered. We fear that our children

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It hes opened a new path in the spiritual world.
We knew this, and we know that we have committed to
urger witetou of Luther, Copernicus, Kepler, Goethe,
Schiller, Hegel, Alexander Humboldt, Sc., to menage the
spiritual inheritance of these men (or humanity. Deeply,
than, do we suffos for our present defeat. Dot though we
suffer, we hays not lost hope, because we also know that
humanity and liborty must be victorious at lost over despot
power and barbarism. My fellow-labourers in the free
congregations write me that they will struggle for religious
freedom as long as possible, hoping trustfully that the
protestant nations and states will regard them as champions
of freedom, civil and religious, in their struggle against
popery and Jesuitism.
Again and again, therefore, do I implore the English
public, in the name of the million of members of the free
religious communities in Germany, to make use of the
moral influence of England, and to do a mighty blow against
Jesuitism. There is no time to lose.

A victory of religious progrets over popery in Germany
will be also a victory won for the welfare of Ireland.
With respect, JOHANNES RONOE.

/Me Court.

WINDSOR, FILIDAY, Aram 16.
The following had the honour of dining with her
Majesty yesterday :—Prinee Leopold of Saxe Cobourg and
the Marchioness of Douro.

The Queen and l'rince, accompanied by Prince Leopold
of Saxe Cobourg, rode out yesterday afternoon on horse-
hack, attended by the lion. Eleanor Stanley and the
Eguerries-in-waiting.
Tho Marchionness of Douro has taken her departure to-
day.
Tho Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
younger members of the royal family, took their usual
walking and pony exercise this morning.
The Earl and Countess of Derby returned to London
yesterday morning from a visit to the Duke of Richmond
at his scat, Goodwood, Sussex. The noble earl left town at
five o'clock in the afternoon for Windsor Castle.
Ills Excellency the Prussian Minister visited the Earl of
Malmesbury yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street. _

The Hon. Fends Charteris had an Interview with Mr.
Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Disraeli re-
turned to town yesterday from liughenden Manor, High
Wycombe.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-officeyesterday
to the Governors of the North American Provinces, and
also to the Governors of the West India Islands. Despatches
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the
Governor of Gibraltar.
. . .

Mr. James Mather had an interview yesterday with the
Earl of Malmesbury at the Foreign-office in reference to the
outrage on his son by Austrian offictri at Florence.

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DEATH OE Mn. Fax FORSTEIL—Mr. Frank
Forster, recently the engineer to the Metropolitan Com.
missioners of Sewers, died suddenly on Tuesday, aged 52,
at his house, Rim Lodge, Kilburn-road. He was a man of
great attainment and large practice as a mining and civil
engineer. lie was principally initiated into the active
duties of these professions by the late Mr. George Stephen.
son, whose confidence and personal esteem he fully enjoyed,
as he did that of every one of his professional brethren
with whom he came in contact, either as associates or anta-
gonists. In no less a degree did he earn the full confi.
dente of those whose property either as mine owners or
directors of ptiblic works was entrusted to his care; and,
after a long exercise of his talents in pursuits not devoid of
contention, and into which personal feelings are frequently
imported, his knowledge, his untiring assiduity, and his
high integrity left him without an enemy. For many years
he was the energetic coadjutor of Sir Robert Snphenson,
having had entrusted to ham the direction of many works
of magnitude, among which may be particularly men-
tioned the Kilaby Tunnel and tho masonry of the
piers of the Britannia Bridge, and the general
arrangements of that great work. On the formation of the
present Commission of Sewers for the metropolis, Mr.
Forster was appointed chief engineer; but constant onpo-
sition, and the want of support at the board, rendered his
position untenable, and on his health failing he tendered
his resignation, which had been, however, too long de-
layed. The labours entailed by the system of centralisa-
tion now sought to be introduced, and the anxieties of the
position, proved too much for his frame, and the grave has
closed on one whom to know was to respect and love. lie
has left a widow and a large circle of relations to deplore his
loss, in addition to abundance of friends. •
BRISTOL AND EXETER ItAILWAY.—A special ge-
neral meeting of the Bristol and Exeter Railway pro-
prietors, which was almost entirely of a formal character,
was held at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol, yesterday, for
the purpose of having submitted to it the drafts of two bills,
viz.—first, a bill to extend the powers of the act relating to
the Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and
to authorise a deviation in the line of such branch railway ;
secondly, a bill for making a railway from Ilighbridge to
Glastoubury, in the county of Somerset, to be called the
Somerset Central Railway —J. W. Buller, Esq., chairman
of the company, presided, and geld he could not
explain the objects of the meeting more clearly
i than they were explained by the advertisement it was
merely to' approve the bills which had already been sub-
mitted to the shareholders, in order that the solicitors might
give evidence of that fact before the House of Lords.—The
drafts of the bills having been read by the solicitor to the
company, Mr. Boucher said that he perceived that they
proposed to take powers to extend the subscription to the
Central Somerset Railway from 10,0001. to 13,000/., which
he must object to.—The Chairman explained that it would
he only power given, but which could not be used without
the consent of the shareholders. There was, however, no
intention at present to extend the subscription.—The Secre-
tary (J. B. Radhani, Esq.) also explained that it might
bereafb r become important for them to have two directors
at the Central Somerset board, but Lord Itedeselele would
not allow them two director!, at the board, unless the sub-
aeriptien was iiimlused to 13,0001., thinking two directors
too large a proportion, for a suhactiption of 10,00(1/.—In
reply to a question, Mr. Michael Castle, one of the directors
of the Central Somerset line, said the estimated cost of
making the line was 70,000/., but he thought it would cost
somewhat more.—Resolutions approving the bills having
beta carried unanimously, the meeting terminated.