The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

At the banquet at Guildhall on Friday next,
Alderman GaMel, the Lord Mayor elect, will be installed
in office with all the customary pomp and circumstance.
All the more conspicuous of the cabinet ministers have
accepted invitations, as have also most of the members of
the government. Among the great officers of State who will
share the hospitality of the City on the occasion are the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Derby, the Earl of Malniesbury, General
Peel, the Earl of Bradford, Lord Stanley, Mr. Disraeli,
the Earl of Devon, Sir Stafford Northcote, Viscount Cran-
borne, Sir John Pakington, Lord John Manners, and the
Earl of Carnarvon. The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord.
Lieutenant of Middlesex, has also accepted an invitation,
as have likewise the Attorney and Solicitor General, Sir
Hugh Cairns, and Mr. Roebuck. Upwards of 1,000 in-
vitations have been issued.

The route of the pageant on Lord Mayor's Day, on leav-
ing Guildhall, will be by way of King-street, across Cheap-
side into Queen-street, thence by Watling-street and
Budge-row, crossing Cannon-street near the entrance to
Walbrook, into Dowgate-hill and Lower Thames-street, as
far as the entrance to Southwark-bridge, then by way of
Queen-street into Cannon-street, passing through the Ward
of Wintry, which the new Lord Mayor represents in the
Court of Aldermen, and thence onward by St. Paul's,
Ludgate-hill, Fleet-otreet, and the Strand, to Westmin-
ster. The pageant itself will, it is understood, be shorn of
much of its cumbrousness and some of its grotesque
features.
On the night of the banquet the Guildhall will be splen-
didly illuminated and most elaborately decorated.

The marriage of the Earl Craven with Min E.
Barrington is fixed for the 29th of this month.
The marriage of the Earl of Rosalyn and the
Hon. Mrs. Maynard will take place on the dth inst.

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The marriage of Lord Nigel Kennedy with Mrs. ' and the very small number of religious commu•
Prankerd Jones was solemnised yesterday morning at Hove nities which still exist separated from the autho-
Church, near Brighton. I rity of their superiors ; they have been subjected
The Prince and Princess de Joinville, who were to the jurisdiction of the ordinaries, and all the
staying in Brussels a few days on their way from Germany, catholic clergy, as well in Poland as in the Em-
have left fur England. 1 pire of Russia, has been despoiled of its wealth, even al-
The Lord Bishop of Osaory, Ferns, and Leighlin , though belonging to the bishops, chapters, parishes, in-
has, in his annual visitation address, strongly condemned cumbents, or institutions for pious purposes ; the re-
the ritualists. The great doctrines asserted by the church venues of these properties have been confided to the ad-
of England at the time of the Reformation were, he de- miaistration of the public finances. By these same de-
clared, entirely opposed to the whole system which they , crees, contrary to the ecclesiastical laws, to the authority
were endeavouring to restore. i of the Holy See, and to every right, a new organisation of
Mr. Howard, the well-known implement maker the catholic clergy has been established, new regulations
of Bedford, has recently been upon a tour in the United effected for the chapters of canons in all the dioceses, and
a new division of parishes made ;the chapters of the col-
hersStates, and last night he read a paper before the mem-
legiate churches have been abolished ;the authority and
of the Farmers' Club, at the Salisbury Hotel, upon
liberty of the bishops destroyed, as they can no longer,
" Things in America, Social as well as Agricultural." Mr.
Howard spoke in most eulogistic terms of America, and without the consent of the secular power, name any cure,
administrator of a parish, or vicar. By another decree,
said that it must be seen to be at all understood or appre.
the catholic diocese of Kamenieky has been suppressed and
ciated. Dickens and Trollops might have met the ebb-
taken away from its pastor to be added to the administra-
racters whom they bad pourtrayed in their works, but
from what he had seen he was unable to corroborate tion of that of Zitomir.
The lawful cures of those of Sandomir and Cracow have
them. Mr. Howard's remarks upon agriculture and
, been, at the caprice of the government, sent from one
fanning were of a thoroughly practical character.
parish to another, their classification changed and replaced
It has been remarked that nearly every profes-
by others. The edifices of the diocesan training school for
don but that of medicine was represented in the French
young priests at Plock have been confiscated and the
Senate. This anomaly has struck the Emperor, it would
bishop compelled to send the ecclesiastics into the monas-
appear, as the Evenement announces that his Majesty's
tery which belonged to the Franciscans outside the walls.
physician, Dr. Conneau, is to be promoted forthwith to a
All liberty of communication being besides refused to the
seat at the Luxembourg.
priests who can no longer go more than a mile from their
31. de Lamartine has again suffered much alio- residences to have any communications amongst them.
tion in the loss of members of his family. A niece to whom selves, the intercourse of the faithful with the Apostolic
he was tenderly attached, Mdlle. Madeleine de Sennevie, See is thus interdicted and suppressed by the Russian
daughter of the Consul of France at Palermo, has just gove nment with such severity that we have ceased
died at the age of 15 years from an attack of cholera. absolutely, to the great grief of our soul, to be able to give
The telegraph and courier service through Russia the cares of our Apostolic ministry to that cherished por-
and Mongolia rid Kiachta, the frontier town, appears to Sion of the Lord's flock or to afford any succour to indi-
be improved. The time occupied by the couriers between vidual sufferings.
1 Kiachta and Tientsin has now been reduced to twelve Would to Cod that the sad news which has recently
days. The telegraph wires are complete from London to reached us may not be confirmed, that the Bishop of
Kiachta, and seem to work well, a telegram having been Chelm and the larger part of the canons of the cathedral
received yesterday in fourteen hours. From Tientsin mes- have, by order of the government, been transported into
gages are conveyed by steamers to other parts of China. unknown regions ! We do not speak of the ruses, arti-
The cost of a message of twenty words is about 41. Is., &e•, and efforts of all kinds by which the Russian govern-
and the agency is at the London and China Telegraph meat endeavours to tear her sons from the bosom of the
Office, 12, George-yard, Lombard-street. church, and to draw them with all its force towards the
To-day and to-morrow the last of the fall elec- most fatal of schisms ;we say nothing of the prisons,
Cons will be held in America. Prudent democrats already exile, and other punishments with which the bishops
yield the contest, and although the two parties are waging and other holy ministers, as well as the religious bodies
a bitter war the most hopeful of the President's friends do and the simple faithful, have been painfully visited for
not anticipate a victory in any state but New York. The their firm attachment to religion and the defence of the
States voting today (Tuesday) are New York, New Jer- rights of the church. All this will be more manifestly
sey, Illinois, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Delaware, Michi- proved in the detailed account of the facts which we have
gun, and Missouri, and to-morrow Maryland and Kansas. ordered to be printed and to be speedily laid before you
With the exception of Delaware, all these states are con- with the necessary documents in proof. Thus all the
trolled by the republican party, and at their hat elections catholic universe will become acquainted with this pro•
in 1864 and 1865 were carried by decided republican ma- longed war which the Russian government has declared
jorities. At these elections they all choose members of against our holy religion in order to efface it entirely from
Congress. the kingdom of Poland and the empire of Russia.