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things, that if the doctrine had been .of much consequence,
it would have been the Bishop's first care to have seen it
enforced ; but for years he went on, attending to his
own matters And the matters of his househe.d, es ting
his sons and the husbands of his daughters in the
Church, before he directed his attention to these things;
and though it is no business of ours to interfere with the
authority of our right reverend diocesan, and to discuss
points of theology with the old gentleman, we must say
we think he is pushing matters rather inconsiderately;
in making the enforcement of these doctrines a stum-
bling block in the way of the faithful.

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES.

An ILLUSTRATION of the SPIRIT of HUMBUG,
and of the way in which the great and .s:---all vulgar
agree to cant about what they do not believe.
(From "Danish Fairy Legends," by Hans Christian
Anderson.)
Many years ago there was an Emperor, who was so
excessively fond of new clothes that he spent all his
money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least
about his soldiers ; nor did he care to go either to the
theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then
afforded him for displaying his new clothes. He had a
different suit for each hour of the day ; and as of any
' other King or Emperor, one is accustomed to say, " Ile
is sitting in council," it was always said of him, "The
Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe."
Time passed away merrily in the large town which
was his capital ; strangers arrived every day at the
court. One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers,
made their appearance. They gave out that they knew
how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colours and
elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which
should have the wonderful property of remaining invisi-
ble to every one who was unfit for the office he held, or
who was extraordinarly simple in character.
" These must indeed be splendid clothes !" thought
the Emperor. "Had I such a suit, I might, at once,
find out what men in my realms are unfit for their office,
and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish!
This stuff must be woven for me immediately." And
he caused large sums of money to be given to both the
weavers, in order that they might begin their work
directly.
" So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and
affected to work very busily, though in reality they did
nothing at all. They asked for the most delicate silk
and the purest gold thread : put both into their own
knapsack; and then continued their pretended work at
the empty looms, until late at night.
" I should like to know how the weavers are getting
on with my cloth," said the Emperor to himself; after
some little time had elapsed ; he was, however, rather
embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or
one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manu-
facture. "To be sure," he thought "he had nothing to
risk in his own person ; but yet he would prefer sending
somebody else to bring him intelligence about the
weavers and their work before he troubled himself in the
affair." All the people throughout the city had heard
of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess ; and
all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant their
neighbour might prove to be.
" I will send my faithful old Minister to the weavers,"
said the Emperor, at last, after some deliberation, " he
will be best able to see how the cloth looks ; for he is a
man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his
office than he is."
So the faithful old Minister went into the hall, where
the knaves were working with all their might at their
empty looms. " What can be the meaning of this ?"
thought the old man, opening his eyes very wide. " I
cannot discover the least bit of thread on their looms !"
However, he did not express his thought aloud.
The impostors requested him very courteously to be
so good as to come nearer their looms ; and then asked
him whether the design pleased him, and whether the
colours were not very beautiful ; at the same time
pointing to the empty frames. The poor old Minister
looked and looked, he could not discover anything on
the looms, for a very good reason—viz., there was no-
thing there. " What !' thought he again, "is it pos-
sible that lam a simpleton ? I have never thought so
myself ; and no one must know it now, if lam so. Can
it be, that lam unfit for my office ? No, that must not
be said either. I will never confess that I could not see
the stuff:"
" Well, Sir Minister," said one of the knaves, still
pretending to work, " you do not say whether the stuff
pleases you."
" Oh, it is excellent !" replied the old minister, look-
ing at the loom through his spectacles. " This pattern,
and the colours—yes, I will tell the Emperor without
delay how very beautiful I think them."
" We shall be much obliged to you," said the im-
postors, and then they named the different colours and
described the pattern of the pretended stuff. The old
minister listened attentively to their words, in order
that he might repeat them to the Emperor; and then
1 the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying that it
I was necessary to complete what they had begun. How-
ever, they put all that was given them into their knap-
sacks, and continued to work with as much apparent
diligence as before at their empty looms.
The Emperor now sent another officer of his court to
see how the men were getting on, and to ascertain whe-
ther the cloth would soon be ready. It was just the
same with this gentleman as with the minister ; he sur-
veyed the looms on all sides, but could see nothing at
all but the empty frames.
" Does not the stuff appear as beautiful to you as it did
to my Lord the Minister?" asked the impostors of the
Emperor's second ambassador; at the same time making
the same gestures as before, and talking of the design
and colours which were not there.
"I certainly am not stupid!" thought the messenger.
" It must be, that I am not fit for my good, profitable
office! That is very odd; however, no one shall know
anything about it !" And accordingly he praised the
stuff he could not see, and declared that he was delighted
with both colours and patterns. "Indeed, please your
Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign, when he re-
turned, " the cloth which the weavers are preparing is
extraordinarily magnificent."
The whole city was talking of the splendid cloth
which the Emperor had ordered to be woven at his own
expense.
And now the Emperor himself went to see the costly
manufacture whilst it was still on the loom. Accom-
panied by a select number of officers of the Court, among
whom were the two honest men who had already ad-
mired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who,
as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach,
went on working more diligently than ever ; although
they still did not pass a single thread through the looms.
"Is not the work absolutely magnificent ? " said the
two officers of the Crown already mentioned. "If your
Majesty will only be pleased to look at:it! What a splendid
design ! What glorious colours ! " and at the same time
they pointed to the empty frames ; for they imagined
that every one else could see this exquisite piece of
workmanship.
How is this ?" said the Emperor to himself, " I can
see nothing ! this is indeed a terrible affair ! Am I a
simpleton, or am I unfit to be an Emperor ? that would
be the worst thing that could happen." "Oh ! the
cloth is charming," said he, aloud. "It has my com-
plete approbation." And he smiled most graciously,
and looked closely at the empty looms : for on no ac-
count would he say that he could not see what two of
the officers of his Court had praised so much. All his
retinue now strained their eyes, hoping to discover
something on the looms, but they could see no more
than the others ; nevertheless, they all exclaimed,
Oh, how beautiful !" and advised his Majesty to have
some new clothes made from this splendid material, for
the approaching procession. " Magnificent ! charming 1
excellent !" resounded on all sides, and every one was
uncommonly ga7. The Emperor shared in the ge-
neral satisfaction ; and presented the impostors with
the riband of an order of knighthood, to be worn in
heir button-holes, and the title of " Gentlemen
Weavers."

The rogues sat up the whole of the night before the
day on which the procession was to take place, and had
sixteen lights burning, so that every one might see how
anxious they were to finish the Emperor's new suit.
They pretended to roll the cloth off the looms; cut the
air with the scissors; and sowed with needles without
any thread in them. "See," cried they at last, " the
Emperor's new clothes are ready!"
And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his
';'ourt, came ;-,o the weavers; and the rogues raised
,heir arms, as if in the act of holding something up,
saying " Here are your Majesty's trOwsers ! here is the
scarf! here is the mantle! The whole suit is as light as
cobweb; one might fancy one has nothing at all on
when dressed in it ; that, however, is the great virtue of
this delicate cloth.
" Yes, indeed," said all the courtiers, although not
one of them could see anything of this exquisite ma-
nufacture.
" If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased
to take off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit in
front of the looking-glass."
The Emperor was accordingly undressed, and the
rogues pretended to array him in his new suit : the
Emperor turning round, from side to side, before the
looking-glass.
How splendid his Majesty looks in his new clothes!
!" every one cried out. " What a
and how well they fit
design ! what colours ! these are, indeed royal robes !"
" The canopy which is to be borne over your Ma-
jesty in the procession is waiting," announced the master
of the ceremonies.
"I am quite ready," answered the Emperor. "Do
my new clothes fit well ?" asked he, turning himself
round again before the looking-glass, in order that he
might appear to be examining his handsome suit.
The Lords of the Bed-chamber, who were to carry his
Majesty's train, felt about on the ground, as if they were
lifting up the ends of the mantle, and pretended to be
carrying something ; for they would by no means betray
anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office.
So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in
the midst of the procession, through the streets of nis
capital, and all the people standing by, and those at the
windows, cried out, " Oh, how beautiful is our Empe-
ror's new clothes ! what a magnificent train there is to
the mantle, and how gracefully the scarf hangs !" in
short, no one would allow that he could not see these
an impression as these invisible
much-admired clothes, because in doing so he would
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little child. " Listen to the
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holding up a
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Mr. Moreno, the Minister from Buenos Ayres, trans•
acted business yesterday at the Foreign•office.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public
,usiness.

FREE TRADE.

Mr. ASHURST gave notice of a motion for the next
Court day, " That the thanks of the Court and the free-
dom of the city, in gold boxes, of the value of 100 gui-
neas each, be presented to Richard Cobden, the Hon.
Charles Villiers, John Bright, and Colonel Thompson,
for their eminent public services."—(Loud cheers.) Mr.
Ashurst also gave notice of a motion, " That the thanks
of the Court be given to Sir Robert I]leel, Bart., for his
eminent public services in introduciiag and supporting
the Bills for the repeal of the corn-laws, and for the re-
duction of taxation."—(Loud cheers.)
THE ALDERMEN AND THE COMMON COUNCILMEN.
Mr. ANDERToN called the attention of the Court to
what he considered to be a gross breach of privilege.
He alluded to the conduct of certain Aldermen who had
thought proper, instead of attending to vindicate their
conduct in the Court of Common Council, in which that
conduct, in presenting a separate address to the King of
the French, was impugned, had thought proper to stig-
matise the members of the Court of Common Council in
unmeasured terms. The ball had been opened by Al-
dermen Copeland and Farebrother, who might have come
to the Court in which the objectionable course pursued
by the Aldermen had been reprehended, although their
Court could not be entered by commoners, for the pur-
pose of vindication, or for any other purpose.—(Hear,
hear.) He was determined to exercise the recognised
principle of freedom of debate, and he had accordingly
condemned those who had committed a breach of faith
towards the Court in which they were assembled by slip-
ping in a separate address. Alderman Farebrother said,
upon the occasion referred to that he was determined to
assert the independence and maintain the dignity of the
Court of Aldermen. Now there was no person in the
Court of Common Council who was disposed to inter-
fere either with the dignity or the independence of the
body, except in matters involving a violation of the rights
of the former importance of the Corporation. The
Lord Mayor would have interfered to put a stop to any
abuse, if any had been uttered ; but what was said was
uttered in language which Alderman Farebrother showed
himself not at all qualified to estimate, when he desig-
nated it as part of the vocabulary of the fishmarket.
He believed the manner in which the Court of Common
Council generally expressed their sentiments and opi-
nions was as unexceptionable as the language in general
use amongst the members of the Court of Aldermen.—
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was sure the tone as
well as the matter was quite as gentlemanlike ; and
certainly, although the terms in which some members of
the former had given vent to their indignation at a sig-
nal breach of faith were strong, there was not a wor
said which could with propriety be retracted. The Al-
dermen, who were so anxious to vindicate that which was
wholly indefensible, ought to be expected to have come
to that Court where their conduct might have been fairly
discussed and more generally reprobated. He hoped
never to hear of any more absurdities of the kind.
Alderman W oOD was surprised that Mr. Anderton
should assume that expressions made use of by one or
two members of the Court of Aldermen were adopted by
the whole of that body. He was not present when the obser-
vations referred to were made, and undoubtedly nothing
could be more unfair than to attribute to the Court the
use of words for which the individuals who uttered them
were alone responsible.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LAWRENCE said that he had, in speaking of the
breach of agreement entered into by the two Courts,
used very strong language. If he had stronger at his
command he would not hesitate to speak it, and there
was not one word uttered by him which he could think
of retracting.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. R. TAYLOR and Mr. W. JONES said the Court by
no means meant to cast an imputation upon the Court
of Aldermen as a body.
THE INTENDED VISIT OF THE LORD MAYOR TO OXFORD.
The CITY CHAMBERLAIN having presented his ac-
counts,
Mr. ANDERTON rose and requested to be informed by
thr Lord Mayor whether the Court of Aldermen had not
passed a resolution to the effect, that the Lord Mayor
be requested to visit Oxford, with the view of holding a
Court of Conservancy on the Thames?
The LORD MAYOR—Yes.
Mr. ANDERTON—I3 the expenditure limited ?
The LORD MAYOR—No.
MR. ANDERTON said the Court of Aldermen had no
power of the kind, and he for one would sign and give a
public notice to the Chamberlain not to pay expenses
incurred under such circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) The
Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London had no more
business at Oxford than they had at Rotterdam, and it
would be just as rational for them to go to the one place
as to the other. The limit of the conservancy authority of
the City was known to be at Staines, and it would
be a most wanton expenditure of the public money to
dispose of it by junketting at Oxford.—(Hear, hear.)
That the Court had the power of stopping so unwarrant-
able and ridiculous a diffusion of the City means, there
was no doubt. In the year 1769, 1001. per annum was
the limit of the conservancy expenditure. Subsequently
the sum was increased to 200 L, and at the present mo-
ment he believed the amount expended was something
about 3,0001. He denied the right of the Court of Al-
dermen to give the Lord Mayor unlimited authority, to
go where he pleased, and to give entertainment to any
persons he might think proper to invite, perhaps to the
tune of from 1,5001. to 2,0001. In 1826, Alderman
Venables, as was well known to the world, from the
brilliant account of his travels by his chaplain, the Rev.
Mr. Dillon, visited the town of Oxford upon a similar
pretext, and he hoped that the next Lord Mayor who
should extend his visit to that locality, would take care
and provide himself with a historian equally magnificent.
Alderman SIDNEY begged to know whether they were
to engage themselves in bandying compliments from one
Court to another. There was no question before the
Court.
Mr. R. L. JONES said, there was a question before the
Court, and a very proper one—and the fit time for dis-
cussing it was when the City banker presented his

accounts.
Mr. ANDERTON was astonished to find Alderman
Sidney endeavouring to stop him in his attempt to
check a profligate expenditure.—(Hear, hear.) When
Alderman Sidney was a member of that Court he would
not have given such an interruption, but such was the
effect of keeping bad company.—(Laughter.) In 1839,
a septennial visit was paid up the River, and the cost
of that freak was 1,0991. 6s. 6cl. The visit, which used
to take place but once in fourteen years, was thus be-
come septennial. He trusted the Court would support
him in the honest endeavour to break down an inordi-
nate and useless expenditure. The Chamberlain, he
knew, was a cautious and discreet man, who would
take care how he paid a sum of money in the teeth of a
notice from that Court. He meant, as one of the Li-
very, to give notice to the same effect to the Chamber-
lain.—(Hear, hear.) There were good men in the
olden time in the Corporation, and he hoped there were
good men to be found in it now. No man was more
desirous than he to maintain the dignity of the Corpo-
ration, but no man more resolutely condemned a wan-
ton expenditure.—(Cheers, and loud cries of " Hear,
hear.) Mr. Anderton concluded by moving the follow-
ing :—" That the Chamberlain shall not pay out of the
Chamber any sum of money for any charges or ex-
penses for any visitation, or journey, by the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, or any other branch of the Corpo-
ration, either for the purposes of conserveney, or other-
wise, when such visit or journey shall be beyond the
boundaries of the jurisdiction of the City, without the
previous authority of the Court of Common Council."
Dr. LYNCH begged leave to intimate in the most polite
manner that this was not the age for profuse and ex-
travagant expenditure. The Court had seen that the
conservancy expenses had raised themselves at from
100/. to 1,1001., for an absurd and useless piece of ridicu-
lous pageantry, for a parade of gilded buffoonery, for
the delight of aldermen's wives in general, and the
glorification of the Lord Mayor in particular.—(Laugh-
ter, and hear, hear.) A. high-minded man would not
condescend to cut a dash at the expense of the Corpora-
tion under such circumstances. It was only at intervals
of one in fourteen or fifteen years they read of a man
haviate brass enough to be guilty of such an enormity.
A good' instance occurred fourteen years ago; one alder-
man had a poet and historian to chronicle to the world,
in bathos and bombast, the eventful day when such
high personages entrusted their august bodies or corpo-
rations "to the broad bosom of the Thames, and the
waters," in the words of the enraptured poet, "danced
in delight and ecstasy at the honour conferred upon
,hem.—(Great laughter.) The old horses," he said,
• became young again, and danced and pranced when
he aldermen were lifted into their saddles." They were
proud of having so much wisdom and civic grandeur on
their back. The sylvan songsters warbled their wood
notes-wild, in a melodious strain peculiar to the par-
ticular day.—(Laughter.) His Lordship had no poet
or historian in his train, like Alexander the Great
sighing for a Homer—he had no one to perpetuate the
glory o the event. An old story was told of an c ccur.
rence which took place on the last visit to Oxford,
when the saddle of an alderman's horse was rubbed by
some wag with mustard, and the trowsers of his wor-
ship were, when he alighted, anything but white.
Dr. LYNCH called upon the Court not to justify the
wanton extravagance proposed and adopted by the Court
of Aldermen ; the present question was a monetary
question, and the members of that Court were respon-
sible; for the:conduct'of the Court of Aldermen was de-
cidedly an usurpation. The Court of Aldermen were
exceeding the authority of the House of Lords, who
never meddled with the purse. He was anxious to have
the question decided, if necessary, by an appeal to the
Courts of Law.—(Cheers.)
3rer.
to the discussion of such a
question without
thoughtdGuoebjeneottied notice.
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Arrt the subject one of such ilon j
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would
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mense importance that he thought it
to discuss it except in a full Court ; but„
in order to discuss the point, it would be necessary to
itn was not
suggested,
be
~ persetpeed,
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suspend the standing order.
staMndrin order.
Ag
sfiURST opposed the idea of suspending the
Mr. W. LAW RANGE said that general reasons did not
always apply to particular occasions. There were ex-
traordinary occasions, in which delays were not only
dangerous but fatal, and the present was one.—(Hear.)
Mr. R. L. Josies thought the more crowded the Court

the greater would be the number of opponents to the
expenditure. These were not times for prodigal expen-
diture. They were times in which the Corporation was
threatened with reform by the Government, and the
Court should be cautious how it sanctioned such a mon.

strous waste of money with such a menace over the
Corporation.—(Hear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR intimated he should appoint an
early day for the discussion ; and the motion was then
ordered to stand as a notice for that day.
The feeling of a vast majority of the Court was most
decidedly opposed to the trip to Oxford. The arrange-
ments have, we understand, been all made ; and the
Lord Mayor has already received an invitation for his
party from Mr. Morrison, of Baselden Park, to an en-
tertainment at his House and grounds.