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London, England, 1858-08-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1858.

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TURKEY.

Advices from Constantinople of the 18th inst.
announce a modification of the Turkish Ministry.
ltuchdi Podia, Minister of War during the
Crimean war, is appointed Minister without a port-
folio.

Riza Paella, in addition to the War-office, is given
the direction of the Artillery.
The Grand Vizicr will, it is said, be replaced, and
other changes be made.
The Ministers revealed the state of the finances of
Turkey to the Sultan, who reproached them for not
having spoken out before.
The French Ambassador has obtained a redaction
of tithes, the levying of which was scandalously
abused.

Her Majesty, on the recommendation of Lord
Derby, has been pleased to appoint Mr. James
Disraeli to the office of Commissioner of Inland
Revenue, vacated by the death of the late Mr. Ste-
venson ; and Mr. Philip Rose to the office of
Treasurer of the Derbyshire district of C aunty
Courts, vacated by the appointment of Mr. James
Disraeli.

The western Roman Catholic bishops have met
under the chairmanship of Mr. M‘lialc, and agreed
upon a manifesto which again repudiates the Queen's
Colleges, and uses the strongest languaft regarding
the present system of national instruction. In the
document referred to they go further than usual in
their censures of the Queen's Colleges, for they de-
nounce such Roman Catholics as have thought it
consistent with their faith to patronize those institu-
tions. Imprimis, the spit it of their manifesto may be
judged by the following sentence:

We farther solemnly declare that no system short of an
unqualified separate education for our flocks shall ever
satify us; and in order to succeed in obtaining it without
delay, we request again of our people to use all constitu-
tional means in pressing their rightful claims, in every
form 01 petition and remonstrance, un the Government and
Legislature.

This remarkable paper, too long to be quoted in
extenso, concludes as follows :
You will, we are. sure, lend us every co-operation in
carrying out this resolve, especially when you reflect that
we have discussed this question of the national system and
its mischievous consequences in obedience to the Holy
See. We are alarmed at the evil fruits of its develop-
inent in the model schools and the Queen's Colleges,
and at the probable worse fruits of its further develop-
ment in the contemplated intermediate classical schools.
But, above all, we recommend to your zeal and solicitude
the passage of the report of the commissioners of
inquiry into the Queen's Colleges, which more than insi-
nuates that the bishops and his Holiness, in condemning
the colleges, were misled by their own fears. fur which there
was not any solid foundation. Whether you are to believe
this insidious report that represents the colleges as harmless
and safe, or trust and " obey your prelates, who watch as to
render an account of your souls," "Judge ye." If your
fathers evinced such heroic fortitude, with the sword im-
pending over them, what are we not to hope from you in far
more favourable circumstances, strong in the conviction of
the victories already won over intolerance by a peaceful use
of those legitimate and constitutional weapons which even
the laws of your country put into your hands? If you wield
those weapons as become good Christians, good citizens,
and faithful subjects, with firmness, wisdom, and
moderation, you must obtain not only the justice of not
being forced from your dwellings for not sacrificing the faith
of your children, but you will even share in the public funds
that, are granted for education, to which you are entitled
by your numbers, by your contributions in taxes to the
Exchequer' anti by your fidelity in co-operating in every
way to the defence of the State and the sustainment of all
its burdens. We now further solemnly declare that no
system short of an nitqualitied separate education fur our
flocks shall ever satisfy us; and in order to succeed in
obtaining it without delay we request again of our beloved
people to use all constitutional means in pressing their
rightful claims, in every form of petition and remon-
strance, on the Government and Legislature ; nor shall we
be wanting in lending every aid in our power to them
and their clergy in the furtherance of this complete liberty
of education, so essential to the full discharge of our
episcopal duties, and to the complete freedom of the
Catholic Church.
JOHN, Archbishop of TIMM.
GEORGE J. P. Baowsr., Bishop of Elphin,
THOMAS FERNY. Bishop of
JOHN MERRY, Bishop of Clontert.
PATRICK DURCAN, Bishop of Achonrv.
PATRICK FALLON, Bishop of Kilmacduagh.
JOHN WEVILLT, Bishop of Griway.
LAURENCE GILILOOLY, Coadjutor Bishop of
THOMAS D.D., Secretary.