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rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1865.

owners, and the larger the number of slaves which
their master owned the prouder they were. Before
we condemn the negro too severely for such feelings,
we must remember that they are the natural fruit
not of the temporary subjugation of an educated
people, but of long centuries of degradation of an
ignorant and inferior race. If even political sub-
jection is invariably followed by evil traces of its
effects on the heart and mind and conscience of a
people, how much more may we expect to find
lowering and degrading consequences result from
individual oppression, enforced ignorance, and ser-
vile treatment. The majority in the Northern States
look upon the negro with contempt and dislike, and
when we recall the aversion formerly expressed to
the presence of a negro in a car or at an hotel table,
we shall feel that it ill becomes the North to be tco
severe on the Southern people because they are un-
willing at once to admit their former slaves to full
and free political equality. There seems at least no
reluctance to accept the doctrine of unqualified
abolition, and this is really the great question,
though Mr. WENDELL PHILLIPS and his associates
seem anxious to divert attention from this great
practical and enduring gain to a matter which is
in reality quite extraneous. Mr. JonnoN is
in favour of a gradual introduction of the
negro suffrage. Ho observed to Mr. STEARNS
that if he were still in Tennessee, that is to say, if
he had not assumed the grave responsibility of
legislating for the nation, he would begin by ad-
mitting those who had served in the army, then
those who could read and write, and then those
with a property qualification of 200 or 250 dol-
lars. There is no doubt that the negro insurrec-
tion in Jamaica, of which we have as yet received
no particulars, will operate unfavourably on the
political prospects of their countrymen in the
States. Moderate men will be less inclined to re-
move all restraints from the blacks when they hear
of such an outbreak, and they will be still more
inclined to adopt the policy, which is in fact the
only safe one, of gradual progress. As for the

idea of direct interference in the matter Mr. JOHN-
sox very justly says, that " If I interfered with the
vote in the rebel States to dictate that the negro
shall vote, I might do the same thing for my own
purposes in Pennsylvania." This is a fact which
extremists of all parties are very apt to forget, and
which the New England politicians certainly do
not take the trouble to remember. They would
gladly see forced on the Southern States measures
which are completely hostile to their feelings and
customs, but they would be very unwilling to
admit.the right of the central authority to dictate to
themselves. The principle on which they would act
towards:the South is, in fact, one of centralisation,
which is entirely opposed to popular right and to
the doctrine of self-government, and is, in fact, the

friend and ally of despotism. The Southern States,
Mr. JOHNSON says plainly, must be left to legislate
for themselves. The North has the power to restrain
and control them if necessary, but it must be re-
membered that the reconstruction of the States and
the pacification of the country cannot be carried out
hastily. Matters must be left to time to work out
gradually, and in the meanwhile there is good rea-
son to hope that tolerance and respect for civil law
will be the order of the day at Washington.
In conjunction with the report of the con-
versation between the PRESIDENT and Mr. STEARNS,
we have a speech delivered by Mr. SEWARD at
Auburn. There is nothing very new in the Secre-
tary of State's address, but it is chiefly remarkable
for a full acceptance of Mr. JOHNSON'S policy, for
which, however, Mr. JOHNSON does not get the
credit. Mr. SEWARD plainly implies that it was
the policy of the former administration, that is
to say, of himself and President LINCOLN.
" All speak of it," he says, " as if it were a new and
recent development." On the contrary, we now see

that it is not ANDREW JOHNSON'S plan specially, nor
even a new plan in any respect. It is the plan which
abruptly yet distinctly offered itself to the last Ad-
ministration at the moment when the work of resto-

ration was to begin ; at the moment when, although
unperceived by the world, it did begin, and it is the
only plan which thus seasonably presented itself ;

and therefore is the only possible plan which then
or ever afterward could be adopted." This is corn-

prehensive certainly, but, at any rate, Mr.
SEWARD, not hitherto so friendly to the South,
unhesitatingly accepts the reconstruction system
being possibly influenced by its success. It is always
easier and pleasanter to pronounce an opinion on a
plan after it has been tried than before, but Mr.
SEWARD takes credit for having had this very plan
in his mind, when he once said that he thought by
mingled persuasion and pressure the States
might be made to return to their allegiance.

This, he says, was the explanation given by Mr,

ADAMS to Lord PALMERSTON, when that sagacious
Minister observed, with his accustomed shrewdness,
in reference to the restoration of the Union, that
any man might lead the horse to the water, but no
man could make him drink. Mr. JOHNSON has found
the secret of persuading him to drink, and the great
art consists in leaving him alone to follow his own
natural way. The reconstruction system is based
upon the principles of that Constitution which all
Americans cherish, which the Confederates wished to

establish for themselves, the same in principle, though

with a Southern centre instead of a Northern one,

It recognises the doctrine of State rights, and espe-
cially it restores the supremacy of civil government

to a people exhausted and wearied by a prolonged

military. despotism. Being thus founded ou a solid

and enduring basis, there is hope that, in spite of all
temporary drawbacks and local difficulties, it may

succeed in restoring to the people that peace and

prosperity which have been so long absent from
them ; and, as Mr. SEWARD observed, turbulence

and faction in the South, and doubt, distrust, or
defiance in the North, are alike opposed to the spirit

of that work of reconciliation and restoration which

every true patriot, whether of North or South, now
feels to be the only thing sought for by his country.

LORD PALMERSTON AT COLLEGE.—Authentic re-
miniscences of his university days are rare and
scanty ; but those who knew his contemporaries at St.
John's say that, as an undergraduate, he passed for a man
of considerable ability, though it was never augured by his
most sanguine friends that he would rise, like Pitt or Can-
ning, to the highest posts. He was lively, high-spirited,
and as full of fun as a schoolboy, and no bad hand with his
fists, as many a "bargee" on the banks of the Cam, long
since passed away, could have testified. His tutor at St.
John's, it should be added, was Dr. Wood, afterwards head
of that college and Dean of Ely ; and it should be men-
tioned to Lord Palmerston's credit that, although he did
not seek University honours, he showed such mathematical
powers, that, in spite of his not being a reading man, ho
took a high place in the college examinations. In after
life, when he went down from time to time to Cambridge,
as member for the university, ho was remarkable for his
good humour, tact, and kindness, and entire freedom from
all affectation, humbug, and pomposity ; but even then
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none of his friends dreamed that ho would ever make good
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Room of his college, when one of the follows, returning
from town,
.during a parliamentary crisis some 35 years
ago, brought it down as a piece of club news, that there
was
to become Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.—Once a
Week.

QUITE RIGIIT.—Mr. Alderman Wilson has offered
to present a very handsome new stained-glass window fer
Guildhall, to be painted by English artists. Mr. Alderman
Wilson offered to place ono in St. Paul's Cathedral, but his
offer was not accepted, unless it should be painted at
Munich. Ho is determined to try English talent. —City
Press.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE HECLA.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.

The extra Cunard screw steamer Hecla, Captain
Macaulay, from New York, on the 25th October,
arrived here this morning.
Her news has been anticipated.

ARRIVAL OF THE SHENANDOAH AT
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.
The Confederate privateer Shenandoah arrived

here at noon to-day.
No particulars concerning her are at presen.

known.

SWITZ ERLAND.
BERNE, Nov. 6.
The Federal Council have elected M. Knuscl,
Federal Councillor for Lucerne, President of the
Confederation for 1866, and M. Formerod, Federal
Councillor for Vaud, Vice-President.

tration.

ENTHRONISATION OF ARCHBISHOP
MANNING-THIS DAY.

The solemn reception and enthronisation of his
Grace the Archbishop Manning took place this
morning, at the Roman Catholic pro-Cathedral at
Moorfields, with the greatest splendour.
The interior of the church presented an appear-
ance of unusual grandeur, as, in addition to the
brilliant decorations, the ten Corinthian columns
supporting the roof were entwined and connected
by festoons of laurel, and the six pillars of the great
altar were draped in crimson and wreathed with
white roses. The throne of his Grace was placed on
the Gospel side of the sanctuary, and the canopy
that rose over it was formed of crimson velvet, richly
embroidered with the arms of his Grace and deep
gold fringe. Six large and massively-ornamented can-
dlesticks were placed in the sanctuary, and the altar
was richly adorned with a profusion of wax lights in
silver candlesticks, white lilies and laurel being
used for decorative purposes with the most beautiful
effect. The side altars of St. Joseph and Our Lady
were also decorated with white flowers and wax
lights. Between the congregation and the sanc-
tuary seats were reserved for the clergy, who
attended in great numbers, nearly every priest in
thediocese being present. The Fathers of the white-
robed Dominicans were represented, so also were
the Augustinians, the Carmelites, the Jesuits, the
Fathers of Charity, the Fathers Oblate of St.
Charles Borromeo, and other religious orders.
Lady Londonderry, Lady Herbert of Lea, Le
Marquese de Molines, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to H. M. C. Majesty ;
Monsignor Howard, Domestic Chaplain to the Pope,
and the Rev. Dr. Anderdon, late of the Catholic
University of Dublin, were also present.
Shortly after eleven the whole of the clergy in the
cathedral proceeded in procession to the principal
entrance to the edifice. Then afterwards, ranging
themselves in line on either side of the nave—the
entire length of the cathedral—his Grace entered,
and, preceded by the cross-bearer, Canons Oakley,
Searle, Hearn, Hunt, the provost of the diocese,
Last, and Morris, wearing the pallium, with a vest-
ment of archiepiscopal dignity, of white ermine
and violet silk, which his Grace had during his
stay in Rome placed on his shoulders by the Pope
at a Consistory held in the Eternal City in presence
of a large number of the dignitaries of the Church.
His Grace was conducted to his throne, on
either side of which Canon Hunt and Canon
Last, in full canonicals, took up their posi-
tions, and immediately afterwards the solemn and
splendid tones of the organ gave intimation of the
commencement of the service by pealing forth the
magnificent Sancte Spiritus, which, sung by the
great body of the clergy and congregation, produced
a grand and solemn effect. During this his grace
was robed with a magnificent vestment of white
satin, ornamented in the richest manner with em-
broidery in gold and precious stones.
The mitre was placed on the Archbishop's head
by Canon Hunt. His Grace, after retaining his
seat for some time, then, supported by the attendant
clergy, advanced to the front of the great altar,
where he made his obeisance. Resuming his seat
on the throne, Canon Oakley /then celebrated High
Mass.

The Kyrie Eleison, Gloria in Excelsis, and the
Credo were majestically sung, and then followed
the Sancta Maria, by Novello, during which the
ceremony of solemnly incensing the Archbishop
was performed.
His Grace then left the throne during the sing-
ing of the Sanctus, and kneeling in front of the
altar remained in that position during the consecra-
tion. Then broke forth the swelling tones of the
Benedictus, and Agnus Dei, which, as it pealed
through the cathedral, produced an effect of the
utmost grandeur and sublimity.
The Mass having concluded the "Te Deum
Laudamus" was sung, the Archbishop standing at
the throne, the officiating priests, in their gold
vestments, occupying their positions in the front of
the high altar, and the whole of the congregation
standing.
The singing of the " Te Deum" concluded the
religious portion of the assembly and the Canons
advanced to the foot of the throne and presented
the following address to his Grace :
My Lord Archbishop,—The Provost and Canons
of the Metropolitan Chapter desire to offer to your
Grace these few words of affectionate greeting, on
the occasion of your Grace's return from Rome.
They learn with pleasure and gratitude that your
Grace has received at the hands of the Holy Father
the symbol of archiepiscopal jurisdiction, and they
find reason, in this auspicious fact, for renewing the
expression of devoted attachment with which it was
their privilege to welcome your Grace on the occa-
sion of your consecration to the episcopal office.
The brief interval that has elapsed has abundantly
drawn forth, on the one hand, those assurances of
loyalty and confidence on the part of the whole
body of the clergy of the diocese which your ap-
pointment might have been expected to produce,
and on your Grace's part those proofs of sympathy
and kindness which have so fully justified the anti-
cipations on which those expressions N$ ere founded.
But this interval has also been marked by an
event on which we are assured of your Grace's
condolence with the Chapter. One who was with
us when we congratulated your Grace on the,,. day
of your consecration, is not with us when we wel-

come you in this plenitudo of your dignity. The
voice which then addressed you in accents of heart-
felt affection is now stilled in death. More than
once, during the last illness of our dear brother, that
voice was raised in grateful acknowledgment of your
Grace's personal kindness to him in the season of

his tribulation, and is now, as we humbly trust,
pleading with God for a blessing on your adminis-

In that prayer we, who survive, will not cease to
take our humble part, nor shall we feel it less a debt
to his memory than to your Grace's claims upon us
to help, in our place and measure, in lightening
your Grace's burdens, and thus carrying out the
spirit of our departed brother, while mourning the
loss of his valuable co-operation.
Signed in behalf of the Chapter.
WILLIAM HUNT, Provost of Westminster.
From the Hall of the Chapter, Nov. 6, 1865.
GEORGE, Canon LAST, Secretary.
To the Most Rev. the Lord Archbishop Manning,
Archbishop of Westminster.
The Clergy of the Diocese then presented the
following congratulatory address :
May it please your Grace,—We, the clergy of the
diocese of Westminster, assemble with cordial feel-
ings of loyalty and affection, to greet your Grace on
your return from the Holy City. Since we met in
this our Metropolitan Church for the solemnity of
your Grace's consecration, you have knelt at the
feet of our most Holy Father the Pope, and have
received at his hands the emblem of your archi-
episcopal jurisdiction, the sacred pallium. We
welcome you on your return with heartfelt feelings
of devotion to the Holy See and of affection to
yourself, who come to us, the bearer of the apostolic
blessing, and the representative of its dignity. We
see in your Grace the successor of the great Cardinal
whom the Holy Father was pleased to choose
as the founder of a new hierarchy, and we know
that a long series of pontiffs will carry on this
sacred line so worthily continued by your Grace.
The apostolic benediction we regard as the pledge
of the Divine blessing ; and we trust that it is in

reserve for us, and for the generation of clergy that
will succeed us from time to time, to congratulate
your Grace on the fruits God will bestow on your
ministry and our own under your Grace's guidance
and fostering care during your pontificate. And
that God may spare your Grace many years to rule
over the arch-diocese, is the fervent prayer and ear-
nest wish of your devoted clergy.
The Archbishop replied as follows
Very reverend, reverend, and dear brethren,—l
did not look for this public expression of your affec-
tion and attachment. But it is for that reason all
the more grateful me. If I were to say that I see
in it nothing personal, I should ill respond to the
words of personal confidence and kindness which
you have addressed to me. But if I say that I see in
it chiefly a recognition of the person of the Holy
Father, and of the spiritual jurisdiction with which
he has been pleased to invest me, I shall truly inter-
pret your kindness and give an exact utterance to
your intention. The pallium which was worn by St.
Augustine, St. Theodore, St. Ephege, St. Ansehn,
St. Thomas, St. Edmund, after a lapse of 300 years,
was laid by the same undying hands upon the
shoulders of the first Archbishop of Westminster.
England is not further from the faith and unity of
the Church now than when St. Gregory sent the
pallium to St. Augustine. And St. Augustine could
little foresee the glories of the Saxon Church, or
the perilous and majestic greatness of the Norman.
What may be our future God only knows. But
we are bound in faith to hope great things,

and in fidelity to endeavour them. We should
fail in our duty to our Divine Master if we
were to aim at anything less than the con-
version of England, the redemption of all
our brethren from heresy and from schism;
the reconciliation of our country, dear to me next
after the Church of God, to the kingdom of Jesus
Christ. It is a paltry service and an earthly pru-
dence which aims at anything less than the whole
breadth of our Divine commission. "If you have
faith as a grain of mustard seed you shall say to
this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and
it shall remove ; and nothing shall be impossible to
you." Two things are certain—the one that Pro-
testantism, after running like other heresies its
course of 300 years, is dissolving and vanishing
away ; the other, that the Catholic faith is irresis-
tibly expanding on every side. These two operations
never rest. Everything which bears the semblance
of a theology or of a church out of the unity of
the only true Fold, is visibly changing and pass-
ing out of sight. In a generation or two the
Anglican religion will be like Donatism or
Arianism—a page in history. The immutable
and imperishable Church, in the midst of
a. world-wide conflict which is rising higher
and higher every day, will be all the more visible to
the nations as the sole ark of salvation moving upon
the face of the waters. For this we will labour on
in perfect confidence that God will accomplish His
own work when and as he wills. When, the other
day, I had the happiness of kneeling at the feet of
the Vicar of our Lord, I venture to say that the
thoughts which arose in my mind were nei-
ther of the honours or promotion which were
laid upon me, but of the paternal love and
confidence which the Sovereign Pontiff had mani-
fested towards me. I could not then and I cannot
now look upon what has fallen upon me, except as
a heavy and formidable trust. I believe, very
reverend and dear brethren, that it is in that spirit
we meet to-day. I am confident that in your minds
the first thought and the last is neither of honour
nor dignity, but of the labour and responsibility
which rest upon you all and with you and for you
first of all upon myself. It gives me, therefore, a
true and heartfelt consolation to meet you as I do
to-day, and to receive from you this spontaneous
and unlooked-for assurance of the unity of heart
and will in which we are bound together. We are
not strangers to each other. In these last fourteen
years and more it has been my happiness to live and
to labour among you. There is not a mission in
London in which your invitation has not given me
year after year a share in your work. There is
hardly a mission in the diocese, the details of which
I have not learned from yourselves. And these
close ties of common labour, and, I may say,
of friendship and affection, have by the Sovereign
Pontiff been now knit together by a bond which
nothing can dissolve. To live among you and to
work with you in the intimate confidence and mutual
love of pastors and brethren, who are spending and
being spent for the flock ; in God's good time to be
laid by you in the midst of those faithful servants
who, after their toil was over, have already fallen
asleep ; and with them to be remembered by you at
the altar, this is all I desire and ask. Your act
to-day, with the help of the Holy Spirit of
God, will give me courage for anything. In ful-
filment of the promise I made you in June last,
I did not forget you when I received from the
Vicar of our Lord his parting blessing. I asked for
you a plenary indulgence and the pontifical benedic-
tion, which I will now convey to you and to all the
faithful here gathered together, with the prayer that
you may be powerfully assisted by the Holy Ghost
to save the souls for whom Jesus shed His blood,
and over whom He has set us that we may give
account to Him at the day of His coming.
The Archbishop then retired from the Church
attended by the clergy, and the proceedings ter
minated.

The whole of the arrangements, which were
under the control of the Rev. Dr. Gilbert, were
admirable, not the slightest confusion or over-
crowding in any part of the Church occurring during
the whole of the imposing ceremony.