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.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRA-6
FOR WEST MINSTER.

It has already been announced that a site Iv°
been purchased for the erection of a Roman Catholic
metropolitan cathedral near Victoria-street, and
Archbishop Manning has just issued an appeal 00
its behalf in the shape of a pastoral letter to the
clergy and laity of his diocese. He states that the
project was one earnestly cherished by his Pre:
decessor, Cardinal Wiseman, that some of his intv
mate friends proposed it shortly after his death as 211
appropriate memorial to his memory, and that 1315
own first public act was to preside at a meeting
in furtherance of it, though he felt himselfbound to give precedence to education and the
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 been
originally asked, was afterwards offered to him Or
£20,000, the two pieces of land containing nearly
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 respos.e
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 14:
the end of 1874 reach £14,000, and a deficit of
£7,500 remains, for which further aid is solicited
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in order to clear off the whole cost of the groan::
The foundation-stone will be laid when a sum sub
t.O
cient to insure the uninterrupted progress of tci
work has been accumulated, and the building /11. h
have such proportions of scale, grandeur, and utt..
lity as befit " the maturity of the Catholic Chute:
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 deop°l
tional feeling of his flock the style will be Engh:
and grandeur, stateliness, solidity, spaciousne't'e
and majestic elevation being preferred to raMilos,
and elaborate ornament, especially in the atm
phere of Loudon, the earlier period of that style
will be adopted. Mr. Clutten is to be the architect.
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The ancient cathedrals of the Church being Dr
work of a succession of bishops and believers, ed •
Manning thinks it would, perhaps, be selfish W
sire a hasty completion :
and
" The Catholic Church, both in her right°
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in her works, goes by the axiom, Nullum temp
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occurrit ecclesice. As no time bars her rights, B°l
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time dwarfs her works. There is a witness °f i
imperishable life in the fact that the 19th eentlrio
is completing a cathedral the foundations a w. to
were laid by the 13th at Cologne. We ought of
be content even if the cathedral on the baorooks
the Thames should rise slowly, as that which '-to
upon the Rhine. Thankful as I should be too it
Divine Master if I might live to see so ranch tbe
accomplished as one day to allow me to 0°1.411
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holy Mass in thanksgiving beneath its roof, dto
be more than content to lay its first stone an
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see its walls steadily rising. If it be the go°a will
of God that they should rise more rapidly,
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be done ; if not, it will still be accomplished lo

own time." tefij'
With a view, however, to early usefulness so
dente and offices will be first erected, as also
much of the future sacristies and connecting sc
as will form, with slight adaptation, a to:011°1;1111p
church capable of holding 2,000 people. Nr• of
bert Blount will be intrusted with the execution op
the house and other buildings. The Archbisio
relies on assistance from all parts of the tintbet
Kingdom, as well as from the faithful in °el
countries, and he believes that " many hearts, e
of those who are not united with us in religion/
let,
be moved by a sense of piety to assist in eou3Prrbe
ing a work so much for the glory of God. frof
list appended to the letter includes a donation of
£l,OOO by Dr. Manning himself, a subscriPto of
£l,OOO per annum for five years by the Dus:4o,
Norfolk, a gift of £2OO from the Emperor and, tbo
press of Austria, and liberal contributions Cr(); po
Roman Catholic nobility and gentry. 1214 r,, and
been collected in Italy, Prussia, Austria, Spat",
the United States.