The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

Nos boas butanes dims% Haim rerun.

PineUl, meanwhile' finding that time was rapidly
getting over, without his making the slightest pro.'
gross towards even commencing negotiations, gave
the Secretary of Stateto understand that his duties in
the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies would not
allow him to be absent upon its opening, and that,
therefore, if their eminences did not come to some
determination by a fixed period, which he specified,'
he should be obliged, although reluctantly, to leave
Rome without having effected the object of hie mis-
sion. Their elniDeoolll came to no determination in
the time fixed, and so Pirelli set of It is a strange
conjecture, but from some expressions which dropped
from Cardinal Antonelli himself, and some hints
which I am informed were recently thrown out by a
Prussian diplomatist, the principal obstacle to an
amicable solution of the difficulty. appears to
arise from the sugestions of Roma, viz., that
it is better to maintain a state of hostility
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towards Piedmont in order to inflame parti
spirit in that country, to drive the people to
excesses, and so afford an excuse for foreign interven-
tion and the destruction of the constitution. It is to
be hoped that such diabolical sentiments will not be
allowed to ioflanos the Papal government in the
treatment of a purely religious question.

Ocr. 14.

One of the favourite schemes of the papal court at
the present moment is undoubtedly the re-conversion
of the wealthy and powerful British empire to the
R^man catholic faith, and, as if suet an intention

were already realised, according to the old proverb,
" where there, a will there's a way," the Roman
journals (that is to say, the only two papers that are
allowed to appear) teem with amounts of wholesale
proselytism amongst all ranks of British subjects, but
especially amongst aristocratic families, Pueeyite
1 clergymen, and university dignitaries. How far these
lists may be correct, you have better mune of ascer-
taining than I passes; but I can assure you that the
moral effect of reek documents in this country is im-
mense—the high church partisans, whether employ 4,
nobles, or ecclesiastics, expatiate upon the miraculous
rapidity of England's return into the bosom of the
tree church, and calculate upon the announcement
that Queen Victoria and all her ministers, together
with both houses of parliament, have penitently
tremounced their errors, as a piece of news to be
realised at no very distant period. To give you an
idea of the entlimises, and at the same time of the
igaoranos of this elms of persons, it will suss testate
that the British government is currently aimed GM
tally believed to have agreed to the problem's" of
the new measure, by which the Pope does awauszibt
the apostolic vicarages in England, and as
permosent archbishopric and bishopric" in Mob
sbad—to have requested that Cardinal Wiesen' may
be immediately sent back to London, promising to
receive him with the respect due to his rank ; nay,
more, to have placed Westminster-abbey at his dis-
position, in order that his missies may have ease
mom solid guarantee for his new archbishopric than
the empty title bestowed upon him by the Pops. Tie
somewhat sudden departure of the Cardinal, who
MR Rome on the 12th, for Florence and Milan, by
which route he intends to return to Ragland, eases
very conveniently in support of all these majestaras.
It is certain that his embrace had smatempiated a
much longer stay in the gent imbess. sines be had
itgiil the Peruse 1. Mess& am
and o
miler, purchased swims sea hero% and formed
hie household of dessestise ; bat as doubt it wee oat-
Mend that the Wents of whisk he certainly is
possamed would be much mem actively and
usefully employed in England than in this
formtal. a suggestion with whlek I am b-
ed that lee himself fully Wadded. Car-
dinal Astonelli's original plan was to unite and
keep is Rome as many talented cardinals as possible
from Mdineat continental states, in order to strengthen
the dipioniatis inflames and Madams el the Holy
See
sad hose Cardinal Winston's preparatiess for a
tWey o whereas the idea of ores*, twelve now
bishoprics in England sprang ep afterwards,
eel. Wag =tied out by a bollcif hie 'Rifts.% re-
cbd'the immediate deportees et
.met legibit ear-
peisets far London, wbere em bielbet sets
et* holds synod, and omega:ate the new prelates.
There is a ream very prevalent hare just now that
Omiteal Mimes% sissies' at some d the details of
Issma eabgewermment, had made mole ebeervatime
et
seirustion as to moose the Jealousy of the
Oisibet of State, in somegessee et whisk
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esti est sheens that sash etelmswi• are prism*
sehesiel.
The hell Ie dish novo jest referred is a meet
foamiest diemsest, whisk I regret I have set
1 time to tremble he todley's pct; but, as its let
readers that ingetelhie,l meet be saddled with plebs
cos the enbehmss of it. It I. entitled, "Apostolic
Letter el ear Most Hely Lord. Divine Provides."
Latter
Plum IM, by width the Hierareby
la lisiOnad b reatmed." The date is, "Gives et
Base, et lit. Peloolar the seal et the Mamma.
mils Me licit MO, la ths ith year steer
Peettiolie." Mrs white is hostel alPies P.P.
eh Popeteina lei malelate sets eat with
the must desire and aim el the Rome pat-
hos ewe beg As imam et the catholic re-
is sew
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sallumbilligUishisialasion at Zatijesid so-

oovy , the bethillts s Christianity even from the earliest
id the char* until towards the middle of the
, when the Anglo-Saxon, nearly destroyed
,Nation and religion. The efforts of Pope
' the Great and tit. Augustine, with their
sad suceessory, had, however, the de-
sired seselt of brining the rude invaders
also seder the sway of the church, the
whole kingdom increasing in religious zeal
until the great schism of the 16th century, during and
since which the Roman pontiffs have used the most
unremitting exertions to re-convert the nation, espe-
teeny, as is stated, by the foreign education of devout
yonug English catholic', who, when brought up to
the ecclesiastical calling, might return to their native
land to propagate the true faith. (This clearly shwas
the importance of the Propaganda College.) The
cause of Apostolic vicars having been appointed be
watch over the interests of estheticism in England by
Popes Gregory XV., Urban VIII., Innocent XL, Be-
nedict XIV., and finally Gregory XVL, is stated Is
have been, in the first instance, that determined hos-
tility to papal institutions which would not allow ef
the presence of bishops; but that Pius, the reigaias
pontiff, considering the present state of catholicient bt
in England, sad the enormous numbs! of dray
converted, judges the former hindrasessie bare beau I
removed, and reputes the present moment most pro-
pitious for the re-establishment of the ancient form of
ecclesiastical discipline in England, the church there
enjoying free exercise as in other countries, and no
longer requiring the extraordinary mission of apostolic
vicars. The earliest desire and petition of the Eng-
lish apostolic vicars themselves, with many noble and
estimable church and laymen, are adduced as an ad-
ditional motive for the hastening of this measure,
which his Helium resolves upon, after having im-
plored the aid of God, the intercession of the blessed
Virgin and the saints, and the advise of his venerable
brethren the cardinals of the sacred propaganda con-
gregation. Then follows the list of the new dioceses.
London and its district are to be divided into two—
the arehbishoprio of Westminster, whose occupant
will be catholic primate of England, and the bishopric
of Southwark—the spiritual jurisdiotion of the former
north of the Thames to Middlesex, Essex,
eszar=ordshire. whilst that of the latter reaches
the southern counties of Berke, South Hants, Surrey,
Sussex, Kest, and the Channel Islands. In the pro-
vine's there will be oce bishopric in the northern and
sae in the York district, the see of the latter being
fixed at Beverley. In the Lancashire district there
will be two bishops residing, one at Liverpool,
sad the other at Salford. North Wales will form one
bishopric and South Wales another. In the western
district the Bishop of Clifton will preside over
Gloucestershire, Somerestahire, and Wiltshire, whilst
he of Plymouth will extend his sway over Devon-
shire, Doreetshire, and Cornwall. The sees of Not-
tingham and Birmingham will flourish in the central
district, Oxford coming under the jurisdiction of the
latter. Finally, in the eastern district, the Bishop of
Northampton will foster the growing spread of the
church. "Thus," in the words of the bull, "there
will be one sole ecclesiastical province in the flourish-
ing kingdom of England, formed by a metropolitan
archbishop as chief, and twelve bishops as his
suffragans, by whose endeavours and pastoral care we
trust that God will abundantly amplify the catholic
ehurch." The document then premeds to order the
sow archbishop and bishops to transmit from time to
time to the propaganda congregation an account of
their spiritual labours and progress, encouraging them
with the assurance (a highly significant and impor-
tant clause) that they will enjoy in England the same
rights and faculties as in other catholic countries,
ms., those laid down by the sacred comma and apos-
tolic constitutions; and that they will be bound
by the same obligations to the church mother bishops
and archbishops. Concerning which point his Holi-
ness, by the fulness of this apostolic authority, ex-
pressly does away with and abrogates, in the next
sentence, all peculiar customs, whether induced by
accient tradition of English churches, or by the state
of the country since, " Mutate nun@ temporum cause,"
they are now unnecessary and unlawful. Respecting
those things which are of doubtful jurisdiction, the
archbishop and hie bishops are to decide. The Pope
repeatedly promises to watch over the progress of the
whole establishment, and assures the new prelates
that the will be no losers by their advancement in a
pecuniary paint of view, since he shall warmly exhort
his beloved children in England to increase the
liberality of their contributions, so that the splendour
of the temples, the support of the clergy and the poor,
as well as other ecclesiastical purposes, may be amply
provided for. The bull concludes with invoking the
aid of the Almighty, through the intercession of the
most holy Mother of God, the Apostles St. Peter and
St. Paul, with the rest of the heavenly patrons of
England, and especially St. Gregory the Great.
Finally, the most positive and exact legal formula
attest the durability of the establishment.
The official paper of Saturday publishes an
account of the operations of the "recovery com-
mission," whose functions ended on the 31st of
August last. It states 2,202 articles to have been
catered to churches, convents, cardinals, prelates,
and private individuals, who identified them
as their property-34,811 pounds of bell metal have
been distributed to the various churches, who were
obliged to furnish their bells to make republican can-
non, and 2,352 dollars have been realised by the sale
of unclaimed objects, the profits as well as all
the silver found in the mint being converted to govern-
ment purposes. lam afraid that this help will not
materially improve the finances, which, however, are
gradually assuming a more healthy aspect. It is
rumoured that Rothschild has consented to furnish
the second instalment of the loan at 74 per cent.
16,000,000 fr. in elver, which would answer to between
81 and 82 in paper, Whereas the new Console stand at
66, but then they have the advantage of being payable
at par in ten years, by annual rates extracted by lot.
Silver is at 10 per cent. premium, and the exchange
on Loudon 616—a slight fall. We are to get rid of
ism more of our ragged notes at the end of this
moth, when the 101 baits notes (value 60.) will be
withdrawn from circulation.
TURIN, Ocr. 17.
The Risoviglicenfo says that the return of M.
Neel to Turin ought not to ba considered as a
rapture with Rome, and announces that the ministry
will render an account to the Chambers of all this
negotiation.