The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Yobserve that you, as well as other papers,
use the term " Catholic" when speaking of the Roman
Catholics. Now, certainly this is a misnomer, for we
of the Church f England call our faith the Holy
Catholic Church. Now, the Romanists delight to
call themselves " Catholic," because that implies the
universality of their faith; and the inference, therefore,
is that those who are not Catholics are heretics, which
is the impression they wish covertly to convey ; and
it has its weight. They therefore ought, in all the
Protestant prints, to be called what they really are—
viz., "Roman Catholics," or "Romanists," or "
Pa-
pists," which last is their proper designation, because,
as the Pope is their spiritual head, they are strictly
and undeniably Papists. Your use of this term in
your talented and widely-circulated paper would
render a service to Protestantism, and gratify yours
respectfully, ZETA
Liverpool, Dec. 4, 1850.

REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH NOTTS.—NOTTING-
HAM, WEDNESDAY.— Mr. Bromley, the recently.elected M.P.
for South Nottinghamshire, is about to retire into private
life, in consequence of long-continued ill health, and a desire
on the part of his constituency to be more efficiently repre-
sented. Mr. W. H. Barrow, of Southwell, and Lord New-
ark, son of Earl Manners, are talked of as likely candidates;
but the latter is unpopular, in consequence of his noble father
having, at the recent audits, demanded "every penny of the
rent," although the example of the Dukes of Portland and
Newcastle, and others, were urged in favour of some sub-
stantial return,
ROYAL FREE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday evening a
meeting of the governors and subscribers was held in the
board-room of the institution, in the Gray's Inn-road, for
the transaction of general business. The Rev. Dr. Rice in
the chair. It appeared from the medical report that during
the past year there had been 850 in, and 27,339 out-patients ;
making a total of 28,190 sufferers, and a grand total of near
40,000 since the institution was founded in 1828.
TUE PORTPATRICS BOATMEN.--A
sum of 203/. 45., chiefly raised in Glasgow, has just been dis-
tributed among the Portpatrick boatmen who saved the
lives of the passengers at the wreck of the Orion. Dr. Ro-
bertson was presented at the same time with a silver snuff-
box and 10/.—Glasgow Constitutional.
FOREIGN Hops.—Two arrivals, of twenty-five
bales each, of hops, have taken place from Antwerp, the
growth of Belgium, which are officially declared to have been
imported in transitu to another foreign country. No impor-
tations of hops from abroad into this country, for home con-
sumption are taking place at the present time.
DESPOTISM VERSUS LITERATURE.—The Araldo,
weekly journal of Naples, announces the fact that the Nea-
politan Government has prohibited the sale of the works of
the following authors :—Shakspere, Schiller, Moliere, La-
martine, Lucretius, Lucian, Sephocles, Sismondi, 'Tiers, and
Humboldt. Amongst the works of the latter especial prohi-
bitive mention is made of the "Cosmos."
Workmen are now occupied by the city of Paris in
planting trees along the inner and outer boulevards, in the
Champs Elysees, and along all the double line of quays from
Bercy to Passy. The quay along the poultry market is now
planted for the first titne.—Galignani.
l'he restoration of the Porte St. Penis, which has
been in progress for some time, is now completed. It has
been thoroughly cleaned and repaired, and the fine pieces of
sculpture of Francois Auguier may now be seen in all their
origing,l beauty. Tins monument was erected in 1762 by
the city of Paris, from designs by Francois Blondel, in
memory of the passage of the Rhine by Louis XIV.—
Galignani.
A HIGH PRICE FOR A MORSE. --The Essex Herald
states that overtures have been made to Mr. Raiford for the
purchase of Prime Minister, his Derby crack, and that only
last week the large sum of 9,000/. was offered for him with
Mr. Merryman and Harriet thrown in.
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