The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

CARDINAL WISEMAN.

The following pastoral letter was on Sunday pub-
licly read in all the Roman catholic churcbes and chapel§ in
the metropolis. It will be seen that his Eminence the
newly appointed Cardinal has not been slow to exercise the
authority of his recently acquired dignity:
"Nicholas, by the divine mercy, of the holy Roman
church by the title of St. Yodentiana Cardinal Priest, Arch-
biehop of Westminrer, and. Administrator Apostolic of the
diocese of Sou.hwark.
" To our dearly beloved in Christ, the clergy, secular sad
regular, and the faithful of the said archdiocese and diocese
—Health and benediction in the Lord.
" It this day we great you under a new title, it is not,
dearly beloved, with an altered affection If in words
we seem to divide those who till now have formed, under
oar rule, a single flock, our heart is as undivided as ever
is your regard. For now truly do we feel clesely bound to
you by new and strongsr ties of charity ; new do we embrace
you, in our Lord Coto, J, sus, with more tender emotions
of paternal love ; now doth our soul yearn, and our mouth
is open to you ;* though words must fail to 'amaze what we
teal, on being once again permitted to address you. For if
our parting was in sorrow, and we dent not hope that we
should again fame to face behold you, our b-loved flock ;
1 Mach the greater is now our consolation sad our joy, when
we And ourselves, not so much douchepermitte, as commiasioned,
b return to you, by the supremo ruler Church of
Christ
'' But how can we for one moment indulge in selfish feel-
ings, when, through that loving Father's generous and wise
councile, the greatest of bleesings has just been bestowed
upon our conotry by the restoration of its true catholic
hierarchical government, in communication with the See of
Peter ?
" For on the 29:h day of last month, on the feast of the
Archangel St. Michael, Primp of the Heavenly Host, his
Holiness Pope Pius IX. was gracioutly pleased to Woe his
letters apostolic, under the Fishermen's Ring, conceived in
terms of great weight and dignity, wherein he substituted
for the eight apostolic viaariain heretofore existing one
archiepiscopal or metropolitan and twelve episcopal sees
repealing, at the same time,_ and annulling all diswitions
and enactment. made for England by the Holy Bee with
reference to its late form at ealealastical government.
"And by a brief, dated the same day, his Holiness was
further pleased to appoint us, though most unworthy, to the
Archiepiscopal See of Westminster, established by the
above-mentioned letters apostolic, giving us at the same tints
the administration of the Episcopal See of Southwark. So
that at ;resent, and till such time u the Lly See shall
think fit otherwise to provide, we covens, and than continue
to govern, the counties of Middlesex Hertford, and Esser,
as ordinary thereof, and those of 'Surrey, Sussex, Kent,
Berkshire and Hampshire, with the islands annexed, assd-
ministrator with ordinary jurisdiction.
" Further, we have to announce to
toyou, dearly beloved
fa Christ, that, as if still further add al
so and
honour before the church to this noble act of apostolic
authority, sad to give an additional mark of paternal be
sevolenois towsrds the catholic" of England, his Heliports
was pleased to raise us, in the private consistory ol Mondial,
the 30ch of 8 teraber, to the rank of cardinal priest of the
Holy Roman C .phurch. Aad on the Thursday next enatioge
being the :third day of this month of October in puhlus
conostory, he delivered taus the insignia of this

• 2 Cor. TI. 2.