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“ENTHRONiZATION"oICARDINAL
WISEMAN.— (THIS DAY.)
The ceremonial, prescribed by the Roman Catholic
Church for the induction of an Archbishop to his see,
was performed at the church of St. George's, South-
wark, with a rather uucommon solemnity. Consider-
ing the great excitement which prevails on the subject
of Cardinal Wiseman'a installation, it migbt have
been expected that some indications of that excitement
would have been presented to our view as we approached
the scene of the ceremonial. But the reverse was the
tact. The precincts of the building wore the usual aspect
of Sabbath tranquillity, and the exterior celm was re-
flected by the most stilly and decorous silence inside
doors.
. The sombre character of St. George's derived addi-
tional dimness from one of the foggiest mornings of tl,e
winter season. Nor was the artificial lustre, that gorgeous
accessory to the service of. the Roman Catholic Church,
much resorted to in aid of the feeble light which glim-
mered through the Gothic windows of St. George's.
For belt an hour after we occupied our seat nothing
prer araiory was observable ; the organ was hushed
and the choir silent; but about half-past eleven the pre-
parations were observable in every part of the edifier.
An acolyte came in this direction with a thuriter.
Another carried a crucifix to the spot where the
procession was to form. A chalice was trans-
ferred from one altar to another by a third. At
length the order for ft rming the procession was
given by the tolling of a bell, and the at-
tendant clergy of the new "archdiocese” formed into
regular order at a summons. The Cardinal himself,
robed in scarlet and white, and wearing a smelt
scarlet cap, proceeded from she sacristy, his flown g
:rain borne by two train bearers. After a brief
pause, at the extreme end of the nave of the
church, the choir commenced chauntieg Halm-
lujah, from Beethoven's " Mount of Olives," and
presently the procession was observed to move up the
nave in the direction of the central altar. Fore-
ir,ost was borne the cross, with lighted candles on
either side. Teen came the Roman Catholic clergy
subject to the new Archdiocesan'a jusiseliction two
by two, babited according to their respective
teeks and orders. The peculi,rity of the Oratornin
eesiume was striking. At length the Cardinal him-
self appeared, wearing a gorgeous mitre and patinae.
A graceful canopy, fringed with silk and geld, was
borne over his path by, as we were informed,
the " convilts " exclusively. There were at least two
hundred between the secular clergy and the varicus
religious orders in the procession. Lastly came the
Very Rev. 'Dr. Doyle, robed in the usual sacrificial
c,este3ents, preceded by the: Very Rev. Dr. Cox, the
Rev. Mr. Cotter, end the Rev. Mr. Daniel, as wavers
of the ceremony, deacon, and sub-deacon. Having
"cached the screen, which fronts the sanctuary.
the Cardinal was led into a small compart-
ment at the left of the principal altar, calico
the Chapel of the Blessed Eucharist, whence, after
a brief ireerval,, the procession moved within
the sanctuary, Cardinal Wiseman kneeling at
the foot of the altar, and the celebrant clergy man as-
cending its: steps—assisted by the deacon and sub-
deacon. The customary form of prayer having
been read, the mitre, which had been exchanged
for a scarlet cap a short time before, was for-
mally placed upon the head of the new Archbishop,
bilst the crosier, emblematic of his authority,
was also placed in his bands. He was then conducted
to the archiepiscopal chair, at the foot of which the
whole becly;of the clergy made the usual obeisance—
kissing the Cardinal's ring in recognition of his
spiritual authority. The solemnities of Hie h
Mass were then proceeded with ; after which
the bull was public►y read, in virtue of which Car-
dinal Wiseman assumes the archiepiscopal jurisdic-
tion of Westminster. The proceedings closed with the
presentation of an Address to the new "Archbishop"
and an exhortation, in which he impressed upon his
clergy the duties and obligations incidental to their im-
portant mission. The mass was Haydn's, and per-
tormed by the choir in the most impressive style. It
remains to be added that the strictest order and decorum
prevailed throughout.