The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1851.

LITERATURE.

humiliation at the hands of the Pope ? Has he been a rated mans, the mouth was wide open, and the
I violent polemic ? Ilea he exhibited a spirit of fierce tongue reached beyond the jaws. The chest was
,jf a c„„ii„„, isE..gand „cu.., and antagonism ? Just the contrary. And the return burnt to an equal, but the neck to a smaller extent,
Ms which Home makes for all this meekness is the min- and the left side of the head and body were farther
thee Leyilhawv. IS) ROC, ALIAANeta Maaece, sion of a purpled Goliath to defy him in the very consumed than the right. Below the region of the
1p It. Lountb.n. precincts of his palace at Lambeth, and to %%larger heart the traces of fire were inconsiderable.
So many books and isoaphlets have been pat forth, before him in all the superiority. of quasi royalty. The terror of the count was complate, and Stauff
and so many thacuamons have taken place on the sub- this the ea/dinars business in England ? Will was at powerfully affected by the mere thought of
jeer of the pipit aggression, that it is difficult to the Fs:testa:eta of England suffer an aged and the catastrophe, that he was compelled to retire
be-
believe anething worth reading sir hearing venerable Christian pastor to be thus insulted fore the dour was even opened. The remains of the u
ranlithla to be written or said. The pamphlet hefore at the very doors of his dwelling-place ? countess were removed with reverential cure by the I
us shows, however, that the subject has out be en Will Lord John Ha-sell suffer it? Will the servants to her bed chamber. The ianouldering fire'
exhausted, and that one of the must important lightsin t Queen of England, who was baptised, crowned, and u was put out, and the doors fastened. A coaster- ;
which it should he regarded has been ahnuat entirely married by an Archbishop of Canterbury, thus suffer ; nated crowd gathered in the streets, and the magis-
overlooked. The question which lona its title is the see to whichnhe is bound by the tenderest and tracy thought it right to place the scene under the
answered by showing that the presence of Cardinal most powerful ties as Christian, matron, and Queen. protection of a piequet from the garrison until a ju-
Wineman in England is nut required for the doe to be robbed of its metropolitan mitre by an in- dicial inspection of the spot could be made. Morn-
prrfonrunce of any of the :Tiranal rites of the treader front Home' Would such sufferance be con- ing had nearly dawned when this had been done,
]tarnish church ; that lie is in PasS4,,hat of a Slettlar, lament with the coronation oath, in which the cove- and in the tragic excitement not one of the house-
and not a spirituel' dignity ; that he is considered by reign promise% to maintain to her utmost---' The laws hold thought of sleep.
his own poly to have a rank equal to that of our of God, and the protestant reformed religion este- At au early hour, on the morning of the 14th, the
QOM' and supciiur to that Of the Prince Consort, fetishes! be. law; to maintain and preserve inviolably magistracy of Darmstadt, accompanied by a func-
the Prima- of Wales, and ull the primas of the blood; the eettlement of the united church of England and Penney skilled in medical jurisprudence, repaired to I
that he is exempt from all laws of the laud, and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and the mansion of Count Gorhtz. The count received
demands precedence of the Archbishop of Canter- government thereof. as by law established within them at the entrance, and conducted them through
bury; that there is a strong probability of England and Ireland, and the territories thereunto the ante-chamber into the sitting-room, so frequently
his being here as a legate 14 haters., or con- I belonging; and preserve unto the bishops of England mentioned. Besides these, they were shown a little
fidential ambassador from the Pope without our and Ireland, and to the churches there committed to cabinet, entered from the sitting-room. and lighted
sovereign), cons nt, or that he is tarhaps even their charge, all such rights and privileges, as bylaw by its own window, in one corner of which, fitted up
regarded by the Pope us us a pupal pro-consul, govern- do, or shall. appertain to them, or any of them! as a divan, the countess was accustomed to recline RI
ing England as a papal province. Monstrous as The last question considered is, whether Cardinal the afternoon. All the rooms were in great disorder.
these assertions ut hrst appear. hr. M•Caul shows Wiseman. if looked upon as a legate from the court Among the ruins of the secretaire the hack and two
them to be well grounded, by quitting the writings of Home. is entitled to honourable reception in Eng- of the sides remained unconsumed; where it had
of Homan eatholies themselees, and then calls upon land. We find that an attempt at eetablishinga stood the floor had been burned nearly through,
the Queen, the gmermi
n ent, and the pecade, to resist perpetual legate in England was openly resisted n hut on that part of the floor on which the
the insult uttered them by the creatime, in the heart the days of Henry VI., when the kings proctor de- body had been found no trace of fire could be disco-
of their kingdom I
, ore dignity which sets its sovereign clared•that by a particular prerogative of the kings verid. The window-hangings had been set on fire,
and its law% at &Name. The pamphlet is ill itself lot England, which they had enjoyed ever since the and the bell-rope was lying on the floor ; a deep hole
so clear and einule he ased, that it will difficult to memory of man, no legate from the Pope could come was burnt in the divan of the little cabins ; the tire
abridge its contents, so as to give a just idea of the I into England without the king's leave,' and that the had consumed the mattress just in the spot where
grounds upon which these maertiona rest ; but we I Cardinal, against whom the protest was male, pro- the countess would lay her head, if resting; the
will ends meta to take upon each point, the most mired befere bt large council, that he would not exer- thick plate of a mirror hanging in the sitting-room,
striking proof, leaving it to those who are interested' rise his suffice of legate, without the king's leave, at a distance of fifteen feet from the seemtaire, had
on the subject, to refer to the pamphlet itself for the and that lie would in no way infringe or derogate been cracked, and two stearine candles, which stood
remainder. I from the rights. immunities, and privileges of the on a chiffenniere nine feet from the sumo object, had
The first point insists-el upon he that neither the office king and kingdom. It seems strange indeed, that wholly melted away.
nor dutyufii cardinal is spiritual: that it is eonnected the Homan catholies of those days, should have been From these chambers the count conducted the
entire ly ith tha Pope•sdignity us a tempos-al rime; more jealous of papal power. than the prottatants of authorities to the bedroom, where the remains of his
and that its duties are pelitead, civil, and diplomatic, soma While they probated against a legate whose wife lay. Upon entering this apartment, he antici-
and ;answer to them- of the privy eseuncillora, states- lower would end with his lita, we submit tamelv to pated every observation of his visitors with the re-
mem and civilian:, of other gueenementee In proof out whsssc privileges will descend to his SUeeeSsOrs, mark that, under no circumstances would he permit
of this, we have stationsTe Irons Cuhrlli, Hellanume, I for as he lareselr says in his lecture on the supre- a section of the body. He was told that it was too
and ethers, Meowing Mat eardinabi have ever been mail of the church, "It has always been under- soon to enter upon that question' and the inspection
a-whisk-red expressly in this light, that their office; stood from the beginning that whuteser prerogatives, proceeded. The appearancesobserveddid not differ
has always emesiated in "assisting the pouted' to: though prsonal, of jurisdiction, were brought to a from those remarked when the catastrophe was dis-
execute the busimaa of the :epistolic use, for which' see by its first bishop were continued to his sue- covered, except that one of the arms had been dislo-
?ninon they ought nut to he absent front Home, cx- I censor. cated in the first attempt at removal.
alit us 'wrote. ; " that they hues suemeled to the i Not only have the kings of England lead this pri- Having drawn up a protocol of the inspection, the
place of the whaler, Or the Homan maim;" that I vilege of granting or withholding leave to the ap- magistrates withdrew, and on the written opinion of
their doniinien and government is not in spiritual !minimum of legates within their realms ; ether the medical jurist on the facts, Dr. Gnat who drew
thinas ; " and. further, that the business submitted monarchs have claimed the same right, and it is in- up the report, came to the conclusion, that since the
to the dins-ti tttt of the eurdinala has laves such US be- I dessl the law of all nations, that no melbas. countess had been Seen so late un the previous day in
long expreasla to statesmen to wit, "of the state, !guider shall he allowed to enter it, without full health and vigour, and from the locality and
of water, of alrecta, of the treasury, of good reed public- consent. We read in Du PeYrati (1:Ori- position in which she had been found, was most
num., 111111 Of curing of grievance% of the mint. iyin, (hos Cordinort.r) that when the l'ope resolves to likely oceupied at her writing desk when
Mush more tie same purpteas goes to prove that car- send a legate to Frame !leis compelled to inform the the catastrophe took place, and since fur-
dinals um the Pope's Matt amen. privy councillors, king of the pareoae of the legation, mid ask also ther it was to be supposed that if she
cabinet lliuissten., diplomatic maims, and governors whether the- person appointed is agreeable; and that had been accidentally set on tire, she could and
of pnivinns, rather than spiritual dignitaries, an is upon his arrival the legate is compelled to submit would have called for help, or raised an alarm at the
• lull welly supposed iu England. I his bulls to the ex: • ,etien and modificution of the window, neither of which apparently had been done,
The sesaind pant is, that in ull Romanist treatises parliament ; "for, in such manner,- says he, "are the it was highly probable that in the present ease, the
nem-ming cardinals, they ure stymie to hold high film-etas or the Gallitsm church. the rights of the tare, but well authenticated phenomenon of spon-
rank in the cluureh and• court of Reme ; us, high, I crown, and the pet eogutiet sof the king &fended talletalS emnbustien had taken place. Dr. Graff, of
indeed. that they are said to be of quell milkagainst ally enterpriata of Home." exercisea also mutat- supoaed that the theme had afterwards ex-
iting," Many undoubted autherities are brought j gives the King letters, promising to his thne. tended to the- arlatan- of the room. A few hours
forward neon this pant, und the very
_words are used I times only us long, and in such manner, us the king reflection opened his eyes to several difficulties in
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unflinchingly by all alike -there cuts be no doubt of
the fact. Kin:villas the l%th, says, "that it is,
enacted by the seared c.anons, that they who lay
violent hands on a cardinal, or hanish, or persecute
him. ir gi‘r counsel for this purpse, are guilty of
the crime of high in.awni, and art to be smitten with
very great and %mimes punishments, an if they vio-
Mt:4 the majesty of the apostolic thrum." And
therefore. that the personal'
a car•
dinal is so privil. god that even the Emperor,
wM. is five Input all human law, if he offend cardi:
nal is made guilty of the same crime of high trewmn.
And that the children and gninalchildren of him who,
+Minds a cardinal. art by the law itself deprived of
all lawful acts, and from till benefit and ahanitati.:e,
of the pwitive law. There can be no doubt, there-
6m•. that the tunlinals are high dignitaries, at least
equal to kings and empen.rs: some may possibly
think superior to them, if kings and emperors can by
offending them bemine guilty of high treason,
and are therefore. liable to he tried and punished."
The third airsertion as a natural inference from the
seemi.l. Cardinals far exceed in rank bishop+, unit-
bishops. 'sari:wells. and all other ecclesiastical dig
-
!Manes. A quotoioit fr ,in rope Eugenius the
which is h.a long to hi• given hen., proves thin to
be the +mon opinion the Itish church.
ulli on o . . oin.

pleases.
Hare legates are sent to govern papal provinces.
and as we know that, in the eyes of Rome, England
if" a iStpal province, having kill surrendered up by
Kim; John, it is highly probable that it is in the
office of pro-consul that Nicholas Wiseman is sent
among us. II is own language justifies the conclusion:
"So that at the present time, and till such time as
the Holy See shall think fit otherwise to provide, we
govern, and shall continue to govern, the counties of
Middlesex, Hertford. &e."
With a hearty wish for its wide spread we eon-
; chide our notive of this interesting pamphlet, which
cannot fail to awaken, wherever it inuy go, a fresh
impulse in the thigging energies of those who have
an important part to play. either in allowing, or
withstandiag, the imposition of a functionary s hose
presents: must. swine'. or later. protium great results.

DO. Todetnel der lbsibra Aroma !Almaden, Gratin von
lieritoup.non coo Dr. Graff. Palm unit Enke,
Erlangcn.
Inviiry into the manner (1 the !Meth of the Cotalit,is
rou toortetz,
The 13th of June. 1847, was one of the brightest
days of a glorious summer, and it was the day of rest.
In the little capital of Hesse Darmstadt Lutheran
laudor and cathodic pried had blessed and disinim4ed

the ways his explanation, and on the following
day he wrote a postscript to his report, in which ho
stated that he only inferred the probability of apron-1
Limon). combustion, from the absence of all trace of
the violence of a second party. He added, that the
possibility of a violent cause, in this case, was un-
deniable, the burnt state of the head and throat
must then be regarded as produced to mark the true
cause of death. Supposing that the countess had
is en strangled, the open position of the mouth, and
the unnatural projection of the tongue would be,
accounted tar.
The magistracy of the city, upon these reports,
applied to the superior authorities for power to order
a section of the body, and the further prosecution of
the inquiry ; especially they desired leave to appre-
hend the whole of the Gorlitz household, including
the count. An answer was siwedily sent down. A
,supreme order was eummunicuted, commanding the
caseation of all further inquiry, and leaving the dis-
position of the remains to the count.
Only a tkir or two before her end, the countess
had completed the minutest instructions for the di-
rection of her burial. Some of these betray in a
most affecting manner the hidden workings of her
sensitive but blighted heart, and reveal the loneli-
ness of her domestic lot.
Lair mu (said sin) with •
• .

, seam y
their Meeks to enjoy fur the reit of the day the trim- Demist Cbvhunard. Let no inst. liption mark my
quil amenities of a German Sunday. The light mid- re,tingplace ; undjr none but her loved name do 1 desire
duv uwal over, the shelter of the house was quickly to lie; my few faithful friends will not forget me there.
des, :rust, and the population poured forth to seek •
rtst".tiou'rer 'tira"Arc:ll. Letiar. tmrn doicf'tkel me lac
-
the fields, the wine wardens, the favourite singing- and ovrSmy grave let the hymn of patient ri.sigivati,l
=ions, and the railway station. under affliction be sung.
As the Palace cluck struck three, a chariot. in Her directions were complied with : the earth
which sat a pale looking gentleman about fifty, closed upon the unhappy lady, and it seemed as if
issued from the port.. ntehere of u moderate-sized the mystery were scaled up for ever. But where in-
mansion in the main street of the city. ('ount vestiwition ended. speculation began. Comparisons,
Gorlitz was setting out to dine with the sovereign were instituted. The Duke de Pmslin had been a'
Duke. Ile often went to court, almost indeed lived frequenter of the count, and nevertheless murdered
them: it was his idea of enjoyment. The gates his consort. The interference of the sovereign to
dosed; • servant utter another went his way, and suspend inquiry which affected his friend the
the old house was surrendered to the stillness of count, was suspiciously interpreted. The first tut-
death. But it was not empty. The count had gone invited refusal tops:runt an autopsy was remembered,
to court ; his consort was left behind. The countess and the cause of the countess's secluded habits can-
of Gorlitz m), a lady of forty-six, childless, highly cussed. The strangcbt reports circulated, and dark
educated, acutely sensitive, but nevertheless of great allusions continually appeared in the press. The
self eommand and inclined to reserve. Being aversed count was rendered extremely uneasy, and at length
to mixed soeiety, she never aecompinied her husband ventured to petition the authorities that in justice to
to court ; but spent her days within doors, and himself and his servants the investigation might be re-
visiting. but rarely, a few friends with whom sonied. The public expected that the affair would now
she had formed an intimacy in her girlhood. be thoroughly examined ;but in this they were disap.
Of an active turn of mind. and well endowed with pointed, fin' the petition remained without effect.
the faculty of system, she bestowed on the economy Suspicions of a collusion between the duke and the
of her household a degree of attention unusual among count became current, and continued so until upon:
ladies of her station. Iler mornings were generally the prayer of the latter, presented towards the mad
occupied with these cares. About two she would of October, 1817, with the allegation that the pe'ti-
dine with the count, and after dessert retire to her tioner could supply material evidence for the prose-
own sitting-room on the first-floor, where the re- tion of the inquiry, the High Court of Criminal
mainder of the day was spent in reading, working, Jurisdiction directed its resumption.
or keeping her act:omits. On Sundays she would Ott the same day that the functionaries of the
take out her will. written with her own hand, and high court visited the house of Count Gorlitz, as a
sit fur hours alone considering, altering, and adding first step in the revived proceedings, the sauce pro-
to its dispositions. To this chamber the countess sided for the count's dinner was poisoned with 18
tired on the' day in question, after her husband's de- grains of verdigris. The cook saw Johann Stuff!
parture for the palmy; and. excepting, her favourite add the powder to the condiment while he believed'
attendant. Johann Shinn', no one remained with her that he was unobserved. Stauff was imprisoned.
in the house. The whole set of opinions formed at the earlier!
At half-past six the count returned home, and stages of the inquiry had now to be revised. The
having put off his court divas. ran up stairs to the , hypothesis of spontaneous combustion became less
sitting-room of his wife. found the door of the and, less tenable. Instead of that maws of ashes, re-
' ante-chamber fasteed. and when no reply was made mining the human form but falling to dust t the
to his knocking. he came down stairs without sur- I slightest touch to which the observers of that ',hello-
prise, as the same thing had often happened before. nwnon had deposed, the body of the countess was solid,
Ile threw himself on the sofa in his own room, situ- though formless. The ground beecuth her had not
' aced immediately under that of the countess; and as been bumf. our were the remains burning when dis-
,he he-art not the slightest sound of motion. concluded covered. The human body cannot be burned but
that his wife had gone out. At the end of an hour with great difficulty, and to account for spontaneous I
he arese, and went out to walk on the promenade in combustion an extraordinary inflammability of the
the cool of the evening, and remained absent until system. produced by a great development of fat and
Dim o'clock. Stauff was thus again alone in the the excessive use of ardent spirits, had been assumed: I
bow* for the space of hour and a half. At the but the (minnows was a very temperate as well as a
and of that time. the count.retuening and hearing no very spare made wouum. Lastly, while spontaneous
tidings aids wife, the door oilier room remaining still combustion had been always described as consuming
secured, skin to everyhousewhereshe had at any time it. subject in a few minutes, here had a conflagration
been known to visit inquiring for her. AU search 62C111 going on long enough to destroy a pier of ma-
, proved frail leas.. The count was pale and agitated. and hogany furniture, and yet the human body near it
gave all kinds of strange directions. The servants had was onlyinciverated, and that but partially. The
by this time returned, and one of them lancied he hypothesis of a cause of death by a self-engendered
gout an odour:as of something burning. Workmen fire was then generally abandoned, and it remained
were et last sent for, and at eleven o'clock the door to :seek the origin of the fatality in another di-
of the ante-chamber was forced open. The room rection.
was filled with smoke. As soon as possible the same The aspect of the scene, and the circumstances!
process was rep euttd on the second door, that of under which the body was found, were re-exatnined.
the sitting-room. The vapour was here far denser and It was asked—Might nut the life of the countess
.znore suffixoting,but all was dark ;no glimpse of time have been destroyed by accidental fire ? To this
was visible through the gloom. A pane of the win- solution many difficulties opposed themselves. It '
dow was then broken, and the draught thus created would be adm.issible where a great fire was already.'
brought new nourishment to a small fire, then first burning into which the unfortunate pirsonmightfall,
perceptible, which *tuned front the floor of the or in a room on fire, when all communication is cut
roots. As soon as the state of the atmosphere per- off: or by a small fire if the clothes could be sup- 11
mined, the count and his servants rushed with lights posed to have taken fire from below. All these ctr-'
into the room, where a sad scene met the eye. The cumstanees were wanting. Suicide, by a death so
body of the countess lay on the floor, about two feet painful as fire. was out of the question. And since,
front a smoking heap of embers• the remains of a with such means as were at hand, it seemed limas-
pet:retain: iit whit!' she was accustomed to sit. Hee Bible that any one could have killed the countess by
heard had been reduced to a black formless incine• fire, the inference was inevitable, tporitaneeus corn-

own dtor, dear mother, M the

The fourth point limited is, that he being made
codinals they ate set free from the laws of their
clattstry, though ler an oath to maintain and in-
crease the power of the Pope. Ilem ugain Ochelli
come. to our aid : he tell, us that the cardinals are
hood by a Wll'lllll tilde to shed their blood, if intll
be, for the welfare of the Christian Republic; and
as the sixth lan% a:a of the >stem' college, lie emu
merates exemption front obedience to the laws of the
country in u hick they may be placed. ..•1 he law 0f
their country." says expires in a cardinal. Hy
assumpt ion to the dignity of the ea rdinulate, laceration
from the Laws of his country follows." And again,
quoting from Nlaidecili. he "It is not be-
g that he ulna is made a HOU of .%Itna
Mater the chinch. a brother, assistant, and
counsellor of Christ's ‘lyegerent on earth, should
be subjeet to the ismer of his count ry."
tiolk and last point shows that cardinals. and
cardinal, only. ate employed 04 legates a halter. or
confidential nenhassidors. With regard to the Pope's
legates. Iteittenstuel says -" Every legate of the
upcutulie weith respect to the province committed
to him has ordinary jurisdiction. The reason is, that
the legates of the Pope destined to any office are
• 'kr to the proconsuls. and tither governors, who
are twist by the Emperor to woven' a certain pro-
vince." these live points haying been satisfactoiik
proved, Nl.Caul goes on to inquire wherefore a (ordi-
nal w sent to us. Ile is clearly. nut required for any
spiritual futwtion. Five of the sacraments of the
Moorish church can be mitt li ll istered by priest.. and
the rem: • g two by a bishop. If his offiav hi' not
spiritual. has ha• been sent to Mb c by virtue of his
regal dignity, an insult to our protestant Queen and
her naval Consort ? The cardinal, as being on a per
with binge,. is• in the t; es of Itonianists, of higher
rank than the Prince Consort. of equal rank with
her whom we iteknowlaslge a. Mir sovereign lady the
Queen : and if ever the pro-Romanist statesmen tab- '1
tain the reins 1,1 government, will lw lie Well at court,
taking precedence not only of our native nobility,.
but of Prince Albert, the Vrinee of Wales, and tfie
royal family. sitting in the !we'd:nye of the sovereign I,
covered, u bast princes of the blood arc uncovered I
and stand ? Is it fur this that a cardinal has been',
teat' Is it necessary to the religious liberty,
of the Roman catholic that the sovereign and
her family should thus dishonoured by
the emissary of an Italian priest ? If it be '
necessary. is it expedient? 1, it to be endured ?
Cardinal Wiseman has already proved that this pre-
cedence and exemption from the law is not merely
nominal. He has already set our government ut
defiance hi' bringing in bulls and acting upon
them. and by assuming territorial dignities to which
he loot no right. Is this du• development of Roman
catholicism u Melt liberty of conscience requiscs ?"
Dr. M'('aul relates that in the reign of Henn-
a cardinal, who was created in Elighind. claimed pre-
cedence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in parlia-
ment.; and that, after a long dispute between the
latter and the Pope, the question was settled in
favour of the archbishop. on the plea of his being
within his own diocese, while the new cardinal. who
was also Archbishop of York, was, while out of his
diocese, only a private person. Now the Pope has
forestalled Otis objection by sending Cardinal Wise-
num with the title of Arathishop of M•estnainster
so that he can claim precedents, iu parliament, not
only by virtue of his dignity as cardinal, but
account of being m his own jurisdic-
tin. Apropos of this, I /odor 111.Cuul says:
No ouc that has marked the astuteness of Rome
in general. cord the new cardinal in particular. can
doubt but that both reties have been conferred iu
order to lower the Archbishop of Canterbury, and in
him the prob.-taut elitinh. Whit has the present
Primate of all England done in order to merit this