The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 6.

The Queen, accompanied by the Crown Prince
and Princess of Prussia and Prince Arthur, drove
out yesterday afternoon.
The Queen. the Crown Prince and Princess of
Prusssia (the Princess Royal), Prince Leopold,
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended
Divine service this morning in the private chapel.

TIME ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL

FOR IVES 7

It has already been announced that a site 11A5
been purchased for the erection of a Roman Catholic
metropolitan cathedral near Victoria-street, al°
Archbishop Manning has just issued an appeal 0°
its behalf in the shape of a pastoral letter to the
clergy and laity of his diocese. lle states that the
project was one earnestly cherished by his pre'
decessor, Cardinal Wiseman, that s'me of his
mate friends proposed it shortly after his death as an
appropriate memorial to his memory, and that his
own first public act was to preside at a meeting
in furtherance of it, though he felt himself
bound to give precedence to education and th°
other spiritual needs of the diocese. In the course
of last year he purchased a plot of ground in Car'
lisle-place, Victoria-street, for £16,500, it being
apparently the only sput which could be obtained
for a reasonable sum ; but a more spacious site,
immediately facing it, for which £35,000 had bee°
originally asked, was afterwards offered to him for
£20,000, the two pieces of land containing wall/
three acres, and possessing an independent frontage
on almost every side. A private circular which he
issued in July last met with so generous a response
that he purchased the second site also, the conch'
tion being that the purchase-money should be
provided by twelve yearly instalments. Fifteen
thousand pounds has been already paid on account
£5,000 of that sum being a bequest to the Arch'
bishop ; the donations and subscriptions will hi
the end of 1874 reach £14,000, and a deficit 0!
£7,500 remains, for which further aid is solicited
in order to clear off the whole cost of the grounci•
the foundation-stone will be laid when a sum slitU
cient to insure the uninterrupted progress of a
work has been accumulated, and the building will
have such proportions of scale, grandeur, and uti-
lity as befit " the maturity of the Catholic Char"
in England, the advanced civilization of our times,
and the dignity of the see of the metropolis of the
British empire." In consideration of the deep na,
tional feeling of his flock the style will be Engilsb:
and grandeur, stateliness, solidity, spaciousness'
and majestic elevation being preferred tomous,
and elaborate ornament, especially in the el:l3°le
phere of London, the earlier period of that stlo
will be adopted. Mr. Cluttcn is to be the architects
The ancient cathedrals of the Church being r
work of a succession of bishops and believers v
ed '
Manning thinks it would, perhaps, be selfish t°

sire a hasty completion : •
nd
4, The Catholic Church, both in her rights a s
in her works, goes by the axiom, Nullum toque
occurrit ecclesice. As no time bars her rights, sc°,l,
time dwarfs her works. There is a witness of u
imperishable life in the fact that the 19th ceutil,l
is completing a cathedral the foundations of Wh'eo
were laid by the 13th at Cologne. We ought t
be content even if the cathedral on the banks
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the Thames should rise slowly, as that which I°°lo
upon the Rhine. Thankful as I should be tof it
Divine Master if I might live to see so much
accomplished as one day to allow me to offer tbe
holy Mass in thanksgiving beneath its roof, I 51150
be more than content to lay its first stone and ill
see its walls steadily rising. If it be the gucel
of God that they should rise more rapidly, it pia
be done ; if not, it will still be accomplished in

own time."
With a view, however, to early usefulness a regia
dente and offices will be first erected, as als°11;
much of the future sacristies and connecting I°4;
as will form, with slight adaptation, a teniP°l.3,,lrd
church capable of holding 2,000 people. Dlr. Llof
bert Blount will be intrusted with the execution
the house and other buildings. The .Archblsllo°'`a
relies on assistance from all parts of the Vl3l
Kingdom, as well as from the faithful in °t her
countries, and he believes that " many hearts, °Tvl
of those who are not united with us in religion, 1/l'et,
be moved by a sense of piety to assist in con3Poo
ing a work so much for the glory of God."
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list appended to the letter includes a donation n
£l,OOO by Dr. Manning himself, a subscriptl°-
£l,OOO per annum for five years by the Puleta,
Norfolk, a gift of £2OO from the Emperor and the
press of Austria, and liberal contributions from 00
Roman Catholic nobility and gentry. £2,400 pa
been collected in Italy, Prussia, Austria, Spaln'
the United States.