The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-29 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROME, MARCH 21.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of
London have written the following letters, in answer
to communications from the Rev. Itiehani Burgess,
for thirteen years British chaplain at Rome, who, at
the request of persons entitled to consideration, and
befogging to the English congregation at Rome,
1170f0 to those prelates, with a view of settling the
vemeXauestion of the Bishop of Gibraltar's jurisdiction
over that body, if not on the head of legality, at any
rate on that of expediency.
The archbishop writes:
Lambeth, Feb. 20, 18.52.
My dear Mr. Burgess,—l understand that in the course
eirthe disputes which have unfortunately misted concerning
3:2lauthority among the members of the English
t Rome, it has been said that the laity resident
these have been "customarily subject to the Bishop of Lon-
don's jurisdiction in subordination to the metropolitical see
of Canterbury." The appellate jurisdiction, I presume,
necessarily belongs to the metropolitan, but I do not un-
derstand that any of my predecessors in the see have ever
exercised or claimed any other jurisdiction in Italy ; and,
although I was reluctantly obliged, ez officio, to pronounce
that the Bishop of Gibraltar was not empowered to enforce
his episcopal authority at Rome over those who refused to
acknowledge it, I always thought it a matter of regret that
his authority had ever been denied.
(Signed) J. B. CANTUAR.
The following is the reply of the Bishop of
Loudon :
London Rouse, Feb. If,
My dear Mr. Burgess,—l have never claimed any juris-
diction, properly so called, over the English coogregation at
Rome. But the Bishop of Loudon has always been held to
possess, conventionally, and in some cases by virtue of orders
made by the sovereign in council, the right of auperintend-
ence and control in matters ecclesiastical over Engloh
clergymen and their congregations residing out of the
British dominions and not being within the diocese of any
other bishop of • reformed episcopal church, subject, of
course, to a right of appeal to the Archbishop of Canter-
bury as metropolitan. In the case of the Bishop of
Gibraltar, I made • formal transfer to him of this conven-
tional jurisdiction with respect to all persons and plates
specified in the royal letters patent by which that me was
erected, and I certainly considered that the English chaplain
and ccoonnggrreeggaation at Rome would thenceforth be under the
enperintandence of the Bishop of Gibraltar as they had
formerly been under that of the Bishop of London. The
reasonableness and convenience of ouch an arrangement is
too obvious to need pointing out, and 1 entertain a confi-
dent hope that the committee of the English church at
Rome will gladly recognise the superintendence in all emir
siastical matters of the Bishop of Gibraltar, a superintend-
tram which has been formally transferred to him by the

. Orleans, Central, the and Bar- I iii;iiopOiliondonWith the "sanction of her tilsj:stf.
dean:, and Tours and Nantes—and ratifying the governmegovernment,vement, and which no other bishop can claim the
convention which was only yesterday executed nght of exercising.
(Signed) C. J. LON WIN.
between the Minister of Public Works said the The official paper of the 18th announces that his
companies. M. Lefebvre Durntle, the Minis- holiness, by *brief dated that day, has named Car'
ter of Public Work, in his report to the dinal Antonelli his secretary of state, which office he
President, explains that two prolongations of has hitherto discharged only as jam-secretary. His
the Central railway are now in courwe of execution, holiness has appointed Cardinals Della Genes,
namely, the line from Chateauroux to Limoges, of i Azevedo, Fornari, and Lueciardi, to the tee-
the length of 136 kilometres; and the loop-line from gregation of the holy inquisition • Cardinal
Allier to Clermont, of the length of 165 kilometreed Morichini, to the apoetolic visit; Cardinals Luc'
These two lines were endowed with sufficient credits ciardi, Mathieu, and Morichini, to the con gation
by a law of June 21, 1814. The execution of a third of bishops and regulars; Cardinals Mathieu and
gre
branch of the Central net-work of railways, in the D'Andres, to the council; Cardinals Lucciardi, Na-
dine:don of Roanne, destined to connect the southern thicu, and Morichini, to the congregation of ecclesins-
and western parts of France, remained to be provided Cell immunity. ; Cardinal Fomari, to the propaganda;
for. This branch, leaving the Clermont line near Bt, I Cardinal Morichini, to the sacred rites; Lucciarili
Oertnain des Fosses, beyond Moulins, would be about and D'Andrea, to the ceremonial ; Mathieu and
66 kilometres. The expenses which, according to', D'Andrea, to the congregation of indulgences and
the law of June 11, 1842, would fall upon the state, sacred relics ; Brignole, Ferretti, and Fornari, to the
were estimated at 18 millions of francs. The pro- examination of bishops; D'Andres, to the ~tudie---
grim of the works towards Moulins and Limoges Cardinal Ferretti has also been named grand Pcni-
had made it necessary to consider how concessions I tentiary ; Cardinal thmonetti, secretary of the me
might best be made of those three branehes. The mortals; Cardinal Marini, economical prefect of pro•
surveys and estimates did not permit it to be hoped Ipaganda ; Cardinal Fornari, protector of the Car-
that these lines could be conceded upon more favour- mollies and Capuchins ; and Cardinal della °cep,
able conditions than those of the law of June, 1842.1 protector of the conventual minors. Monsignor
• The project of amalgamating the !eau companies had Ormsellini is sent to the legations of Romagna an
fornd the government with the means of shifting commissary extraordinary, instead of Monsignor