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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 9.
The Queen walked in the grounds and drove,
accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess
Louise.

Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstonef
left the Castle this morning for Greenwich Park.
Prince Leopold went to London, attended 11
Mr, Duckworth.

The Earl and Countess of Derby and 11.13:1I"
General Ormsby, R.A., had the honour of dining
with the Queen and the Royal Family yesterday.

ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON THE 80.2110
QUESTION.

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Yesterday evening the Benevolent Society for the
Relief of the Aged and Infirm Poor,
which is the
oldest Roman Catholic charity in the metropolis,
held its anniversary at the Albion Tavern, Alders-
gate-street. The Right Rev. Bishop Grant was al
the chair, and was supported by the Most Beg'
Archbishop Manning, the Rev. Dr. Gilbert, and
many other gentlemen, clerical and lay, of the saele
communion.
At the conclusion of the dinner,
Archbishop MANNING said that by the permission
of the chairman he was allowed the happiness 111's
proposing the first toast, which could be no other
than " The Health of the Supreme Pontiff, V°
the Ninth." (Loud cheers.) The feeling which the
name of his Holiness always elicited must this year
be far more intense, and far more deeply felt, than
at any other time—(hear, hear)—and he confessed
that he could hardly picture to himself anything
more majestic than the appearance of the 11°11
Father, walking to and fro in the streets of Rome,
in perfect tranquillity of heart, and with unellakee,
confidence in God, while the' whole world arotinu
was in fear and trembling. If there could be ad"
thing more majestic than this it was the presence
of the Supreme Pontiff in the hospitals of the
wounded, ministering to those who had lifted up
their hands against him. (Cheers.) In this they had
the most glorious exhibition of that victory which
overcomes the world, which is the Catholic faith.
(Hear, hear.) But somebody the other day had the
great imprudence to speak of the Catholic world--'
(laughter)—and one of the great public educators
had asked what the Catholic world could wee°.
He thought that France, within the last few days'
had given a glorious example of what the first voice
in the Catholic world could say. It was a startling
sight to witness the great Catholic nation of France
declaring its will in its Legislative Assembly 1)1
majority of 12 to 1, or rather more ; and that Pro'
portion indicated the feeling, not only of the legis-
lature, but of the population at large. (Hear, hear.)
In the correspondence of the Times from Paris the
writer remarked that the action of the Legislative
Assembly reminded him of what occurred in 1851;
He (Archbishop Manning) would go further, and
say that it reminded him of Republican France ie
1849, and he thought the parallel of great iraPer"
tance. They had been told that by the French
Emperor Italy had been made, but what the mak-.
ing of Italy was it was not easy to say. One thing,
however, seemed to call for remark—that since
1819 the action of France, as regarded the protec-
tion of the Holy Father, had been more feeble and
less vigorous, and less energetic ; but France, il2
the moment of her fullest liberty, when she spoke
as a people and acted as a nation, sent her arms t°
Rome. (Hear.) Though he should be sorry to sal
a word in depreciation of what the Emperor of the
French had done, he confessed that it was the Cat"'
lie people of France —to that vast, glorious, chival-
rous, and Catholic nation, that his heart, and be be-
lieved all the hearts of his co-religionists, turned a;
with one instinct. (Cheers.) It was very wise
the French Emperor to protect the Pope from°tit'
rage and from sacrilege, and his interference was of
such a kind that it was not an attempt to shift re-
sponsibility on any one else ; and he (Archbishop
Manning) trusted that what had happened shorreu
that the people of France had no intention to alter
the attitude they had assumed. It had been sal'i
that if France had a right to interfere alone so had
Italy, which seemed to him like saying that if e
policeman might enter his house so might robbers.
(Hear and laughter.) It was one thing for Roe°
to be in the hands of those who came to protect it,
and another thing for it to be in the bands of those
who came to take possession of it. (Hear, bear')
That was the simple explanation of the fact. le
had been reading lately a number of able and pointed
articles in one of the chief newspapers which dis"
played an exactness of knowledge and an iutensitl
of feeling on the Roman question which seemed t°
render it utterly impossible they could have been
written by any other than an Italian. Why should
this paper be so intensely determined to overthrc";
the Roman see, to develope nationality, as El.
choose to express themselves, and to encouragese'l.
tion ? Why should this most powerful of our ne°,
papers set itself to be the advocate of perpetual
disorder and disorganisation ? In reading these
communications he was struck by a certain turn of
expression that certainly was not English, and there
was an exactness of acquaintance with the affairs °f
Italy which he felt sure no ordinary writer for news'
papers would possess—there was an opportuo7)
familiar, proverbial mode of expression which 11.4
English writer could have had, and then it occurred
to him that it was not an English writer at all, btl_
an Italian, because it contained those distorted repro"
er
sent ations of the Government of the Holy Fathe d
which they never saw but in the Italian mind. Heba
rectieed information from two persons within the lest 0
few days on the subject, who had told him the le
of the writer, and, if he was not misinformed,. iso
name might be found on page 347 of " Mazzifit
Life." (Cheers and laughter.) He regretted that
body of English gentlemen who loved fair plays who
professed sound principles, who were friends :n
order, who loved the Christian Church even If°l3
it bore the form of the Roman Catholic Church'
because they knew it to be the oldest Church to
Christendom, should allow themselves to be iefla-
enced by one whose persistent intention Was to
overthrow the oldest Christian see in the worlds
overturn the centre of Christian governments a
nd
to act in violation of the consciences, ho might 113 J,,
of Christian Europe. (Hear, hear.) But tbe3-
a the
gentlemen were not sufficiently reflective, an hho
10,000 voices which issued every day from
printing press, spoke in every English homes a°d to
every place where the English language was sP°'ioa
Thus a bad effect was produced on the public oPl'ti,..,
of England, and disorder and sedition were ene'.o
This ne
raged on the Continent of Europe. I tivg,
Englishman, he could not help deeply regret_ tee
and when he used that phrase he extended it I,'" bbo
three kingdoms. He earnestly hoped that 11,
present events which threatened the safety 01_10h
Holy Father should involve Europe in war, in
coon 0f
a case he trusted that, by God's mercy, our al' a
would not be found engaged against the Vicar
Jesus Christ. (Loud expressions of assent).
with
great
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jaisowreisnpgontodaesdt::s,ooo
Queen, the Prince of Wales, and the rest l•ch.,
Royal Family." The next toast was " Threo;osed
bishop of Westminster," who, in tura, P 7, sr.
" The Health of the Bishop of Southwark•
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Morgan John O'Connell proposed `'The W
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tLockharthe Archdiocese
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; "
Our Protestant Friends," which was res.P°llcle"

by Mr. Stock, M.P.
It was announced in the course of the eyel3ito
that the sum collected at the festival amounted

/ 431, to which additions were made.
The musical arrangements were under the clitc:o;
tion of Mr. Burgess, who was assisted by Missile.
Hence, Miss Eyles, Mr. Thomas Rogers, and

F. Walton.

The Italian-'-papers contain a telegraphic acegll,'
of the Roman Catholic meeting in "St. JanioTi Coo
to
Among those present they give the names 0
Benbigs" (Denbigh), "Lord Arrundell," and "sir acc4l
Boyor."