The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-22 00:00:00

Church Squabbles;" the third was headed, " What
has become of the Money ?" and these cuticles were
continued down to the 12th October.) The Learned
Gentleman then proceeded to observe tt,at he had
already informed the Court of the degree of truth which
existed in the statements of this paper of the misarpro-
priation of a sum which it was raid Low amounted to
18,0001. So far from the present Earl or his ancestors
having misapplied the money, from documents now ex-
isting, and from the testimony of persons who were still
living, there could be no doubt whatever that Lord Dar--
mouth and his ancestors had regularly paid this
sure of 201. to the vicar of Lewisham, and
yet his Lordship was stigmatised by this paper
as a scoundrel, and accused of having been guilty
of that which would have sent many men to the Old
Bailey. His Lordship, therefore, being naturally care-
ful of his own honour and the memory cf his ancestors,
claimed the protection of this Court against his syste-
matic calumniator; and, without going into the question
of whether the pre,ent mode of csrry ing out the pious
intentions of the founder ef the fund was more beneficial
to the inhabitants of Blackheath than was on
ginally contemplated, what the Court had to
consider was simply whether it would allow a nobleman
to be stiginatizea iu this way upon such flimsy grounds
and pretences, or whether it would interpose its protec-
tion and grant him this remedy of a criminal infor-
mation.

DR. CUMMING ON THE PAPAL
AGGRESSION.

reverence and homage due to the Queen, as the purest,
noblest, and most-beloved Sovereign who ever swayed
I the sceptre.—(Loud cheers.) e are only at the
commencement of a great crisis. The thin edge of
the wedge has been introduced. Let us not look
behind us to see what numbers follow to encourage
us, nor before us to see what numbers are opposed, to
frighten us. If we are told, as Luther was told, that
the whole world is against us, let your reply be,
" England against the whole world."—(Cheers.)
Protestantism may be accused of being yielding in
little things, but in great things it is like the old
British oak which grows in the old British soil, its
gnarled roots interwoven with the everlasting rock,
which lifts its proud head aloft careless whether the
storm cloud breaks over its boughs, or the sunshine
smiles upon its leaves, equally prepared to meet the
one, or to be refreshed and delighted by the other. If
such be our Protestantism, then all the bulls the car-
dinal ca❑ bring from the arsenal of Rome, and all the
weapons which Jesuitism can wield against us will
fall in splinters at its root, or hang in its branches 83
proof of Rome's impotence, and trophies of English
strength, and of the stabiltiy of our throne, and the
might of our Queen.—(Loud cheers.)
The meeting then separated, after singing the
National Anthem.

Yesterday Dr. Cumming delivered his second lec-
ture on the above subject, at the Hanover-square
Rooms. The large room was as densely crowded as on
the first lecture, and similar enthusiasm was manifested
by those present.
Admiral HARCOURT presided, and having briefly
adverted to the gravity of the present ciisis, and urged
the necessity of a united effort en the part of Protes-
tants of all denominations to repel the encroachments
of the Romish Church,
Dr. CUMMING came forward, and was received with
tremendous cheering. The following is necessarily
but a brief sketch of the Reverend Doctor's address,
which occupied upwards of two hours in its delivery.
He first referred to the sermon delivered by Bishop
Doyle, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral, St.
George's, Southwark. In that sermon he found
the following words :—" Among other things, they
have spoken of an oath, which they assert every
cardinal,t upon his appointment, takes before the
Sovereign Pontiff." Now, his remark was, that
he presumed the cardinal, when he was made
an archbishop, received the pallium, and after
receiving the pallium he repeated a solemn oath. He
did not say that Dr. Wiseman had taken that oath
on his appointment as cardinal ; but that he had taken
that oath on being consecrated as an archbishop,
which oath he had taken before on being made a
bishop. Bishop Doyle, however, declared that the
accusation was a falsehood, that no such oath was
taken ; and, he added, "there is an oath taken by a
bishop, and he promises in that oath to pursue and
combat error, and uphold the sacred doctrines of the
church." Dr. Doyle also went on to say, " They
talk of the edict of Queen Mary, and lay it at the
door of the Catholic• Church. . . . On the very
day that that edict was sent forth, that great, and
good, and fearless friar, Alphonse de Castro, de-
nounced it as most intolerant, unjust, and in every
degree opposed to the glorious principles and spirit
of our holy religion. That fearless man, in the
name of the church, opposed the acts of many as
opposed to the church, and it is the same church
now as in the day that De Castro defended
it." He (Dr. Cumming) would first speak of the
oath. Of course, if they wished to ascertain the form
of consecrating a bishop in the English Church, they
would look to the Prayer Book in which that form
was ebntained, and the same with regard to any
other church having certain recognized and authorized
forms, they would look to those forms, and would
naturally expect that every portion of any such form
was essential, and not to be omitted. Accordingly
he had turned to the Pontificale Romanum, or that
book, according to which every bishop in the Roman
Catholic Church must be consecrated, every arch-
bishop receive the pallium, and every priest he or-
dained. It was used on the authority of two Popes,
Clement VIII. and Urban VIII. To show its value
and weight he would read a single sentence from
the bull of Clement VIII., prefixed to the book :
" Resolved that the aforesaid Pontificale Romanum
shall in no part be changed ; that nothing shall be
added to it, and that nothing shall be subtracted from."
Again, the bull of Pope Urban, referring to the same,
says " This is not to be added to, changed,
or detracted from, and whosoever shall perform
sacred offices are bound to observe it, and those who
do not have not observed the conditions or duties
thereto attached." Now, that:book, which two Popes
had said was not to be "changed, added to, or sub-
tracted from," contained the following oath, "to be
taken by archbishops on receiving the pallium" The
Latin form of the oath was—".Hereticos. schismaticos,
et rebelles, Domino Nostro, vel successoribus prcedictis,
pro posse, persequar et impugnabo." That was—
" The heretics, schismatics, and rebels against our
Lord (the Pope), or his aforesaid successors, I will
combat and attack to the utmost of my power." In
order to ascertain whether his translation was correct,
be had turned to a sermon by Canon Wordsworth,
and there he found it, "to the utmost of my power
will persecute and wage war against heretics and
schismatics." Dr. Burgess, the rector of Chelsea,
said that, to enable Englishmen better to understand
it, the translation should be, " I will persecute and
pitch into."—(Laughter and cheers.) Lest it should
be said he was quoting from an obsolete book, he bad
obtained an edition of the same work, published at
Mechlin in 1845, and there he found the oath given pre-
cisely as in the edition he had first quoted, of 1627.
To the edition of 1845 there was prefixed a bull of
Pope Benedict XIV., in which the work was called

Mr. Justice PATTESON—YoII may take a rule.

Buie nisi accordingly.

COURT CIRC ULAR.
WINDSOR, Nov. 21.
To-day was the birth-day of her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal.
In the morning the band of the Royal Regiment of
Horse Guards attended at the Castle, and performed
a serenade. The following was the programme of the
music :

MANSION-HOUSE. DAY

Mr. Ballantine appeared before the Lord Mayor for
Messrs. Btlfour and Co., hipb:ukers and agents, Mitre
Chambers, Fenchurch-street, who were summoned before
the Lord Mayor to answer any charge which might
be brought against them in connexion with the case of
the captain of the Abyssinia, who was last week com-
mitted to prison in consequence of his conduct towards
65 Frenchmen who had taken a passage on board his ship
fur California.

Spanish Quick Step.. Strauss.
Overture—Air the theme " God save the
Queen"
Waltz—" Fairest of the Fair"
Selection—" Maid of Honour" .. Belie.
The serenade concluded with " God save the Queen."
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning
in the Slopes and Windsor Park.
The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise
in the grounds around the Castle.
The Royal dinner party in the Castle this evening
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent,
(Lady Fanny Howard), Baroness de Speth, Major-
General Wemys!, Lieutenant-Colonel Hon., C. 8.,
and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Sir
George and Lady Couper, Mr. Birch, and Mr. Glover.
Her Majesty's private band will attend after dinner
at the Castle.

Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution. Mr.
Openheity, of the French Embassy, and Lieutenant Lean,
agent for the Emigration Society, were in attendance.
Mr. Ballantine applied for a remand. His clients,
though they felt themselves free from all blame in this
matter, wera not unwilling to do something for the
relief of the unfortunate sufferer?, and if, as it was to be
feared, many of them were in a state of destitution, they
would be quite ready to support them until some settle-
ment should be made.

The LORD MAYOR said that he was determined that
these poor wen should h3ve as full justice done to them
as if they had been English. He would therefore consent
to this arrangement with that view. The case was then
remanded fur ten days.

MARLBRO'-sTitEET.-(THISDAY.)
A DRUNKEN BARRIBTER.—Edward Innes Pocock,
who described himself as a barrister, residing at 29,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, was brought before Mr. ilardwiek
charged with bring drunk and incapable of taking care
of himself.

Mr. Headlam and Mr. Saville Ogle had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester-
day, at his official residence in Downing-street.
A deputation from the Local Marine Board, con-
sisting of Mr. Duncan Dunbar (Chairman), Mr.
Anthony Ridley (Deputy-Chairman), Mr. Edward
Yardley, Mr. Henry Green, and Mr. W. S. Lindsay,
had an interview with the Right Honourable Henry
Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Police-constable 68 C stated that about six o'clock

last night ho was on duty in Oxford-street, when his
attention was called to the defendant, who was very
drunk, having an altercation with a cabman. A crowd
of the lowest class surrounded bim, and as ho seemed to
have a deal of valuable property about him, witness for
his (defendant's) safety took him into custody and con-
veyed him to the station. _ _

Inspector Parkes,,, C division, said he was on duty at
the pulice station when the defendant was brought in.
He was extremely violent, and tried to break his own
arm on the iron bar of the dock; and he, no doubt,
would have done so had he (the inspector) not pre-
vented him.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White-
hall- place.

Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of 'the Customs,
had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. Lord Monteagle and Sir Alexander
Spearman (Secretary and Comptroller-General to the
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt), had also interviews with the Right Hon.
Baronet yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governors of Van Diemen's
Land and New Zealand were received yesterday at
the Colonial Office.

The defendant did not make any reply to the charge.
Mr. HARDwics said it was highly disgraceful to see a
person of defendant's appearance in such a position. He
ought to be extremely cautious how he indulged in
liquor for the future, or his violent and insane conduct
might, in some hasty and indiscreet moment, cause him
to commit some act which would subject himself to be
transported for life. With these remarks, he (Mr. Hard-
wick) should now discharge him.

MISS WHEATLEY'S SOIREE MUSICAL,

This interesting event took place yesterday at
Exeter-hall, and we rejoice to say that, in spite of this
the dead season of the year, and the powerful attrac-
tions of the National Concerts on the one hand, end
Jullien's popular musical entertainments on the
other, a numerous and fasionable audience filled the
lower hall, and were highly gratified by the selection
of the morgeau, and their effective execution by
talented performers, among whom we were delighted
to find several artistes bearing full and complete tes-
timony to the success of the Royal Academy of
Music. But though it would afford us the highest
possible satisfaction to dilate upon the good taste and
first-rate abilities of all the artistes engaged—though
we would gladly notice, with due encomium, the
opening terzetto by Miss Clari Fraser, Miss Ellen
Lyon, and Miss Owen, a cavatina and other songs
by Miss E. Lyon, two songs sweetly sung by Mr.
Rafter, two songs and duets by Mr. F. Bodda,
a duet, in which Mr. Saynor accompanied
Miss Lyon cn the flute, and which enabled
us to test the powers of Mr. Clinton's admir-
able alterations in the flute, a grand fantasia on
the harp by Mr. W. Leyland, and others, too long to
enumerate; yet we feel in duty hound to say that
the palm of the evening was fairly gained by the
young and talented benviciare, who displayed upon
two different instruments such consummate skill and
power as to command the admiration of all present,
while she conciliated their good-will and sympathy
by her firm yet modest bearing, and the total absence
of all assumption ; we will even confess that she made
a convert of us, who had hitherto deemed the ♦iolin
an instrument little fitted fur her sex, and we shall in
future hardly venture to express this, our old opinion,
being compelled to admit that nothing can exceed the
sweetness and correctness of her tones, and her
mastery over the difficulties of that difficult instru-
ment. It is but justice to say that she was admirably
seconded by her brother, Mr. 11. Wheatley, who con-
ducted on the occasion, and was throughout a host in
himself. We scarcely know whether most to con-
gratulate that talented family on their success, or
their friends on the gratification they derived from
yesterday's entertainment, which being, we believe,
intended to be an annual one, we will with satisfac-
tion look for again next year.

"This our pontificale restorer and reformer," and i

was " cominanded to be observed by all the Churches
of the world." That " Restorer and Reformer" pon-
tificale contained the very same oath, in the same
words, which he had quoted, and which was enjoined
to be taken by all archbishops on receiving the pallium.
What was the natural inference from ail this ? Why,
that Cardinal Wiseman on being made Archbishop of
Westminster did swear—for two bulls of the un-

changeable Church of Rome commanded that nothing
was to be "changed, added, or subtracted" in this
form of consecration—that he would "persecute and
attack heretics to the utmost of his power." He
would now call their attention to the following letter
which only that morning be had received from Car-
dinal Wiseman's secretary. It had been originally sent
to the Times, but not having been inserted in that
paper, the Cardinal had directed it to be sent to him
(Dr. Cumming) :

" St. George's, Southwark, Nov. 19.
" Sir,—Dr. Cumming, in his latter in your paper of
to-day, gives an extract from the oath taken by bishops
and archbishops, copied from the' Pontifical,' printed at
Antwerp in 1627, and states, I presume, that Cardinal
Wiseman, on receiving the pallium, took that oath.' To
prevent further misunderstanding, I have the Cardinal's
permission to state to you that, by a rescript of Pope
Pius VII., dated April 12, 1818, the clause quoted by
the Rev. Doctor, and so subject to misunderstanding, is
omitted by all bishops and archbishops who are subject
to the British Crown.

" The authorised copy, now lying before ints, used by
our bishops is headed—
" 6 FORMA JIIRAMENTI.

" Pro Episcopis et Vicariis Apostolicis Episcopali
ignitate piwditis, qui in locis Magrra!Britann-m subjec-
is versantur, pmscripta a SS. Pio P. VII., die 12 Apri-
Ls, 1818.'

THE NEW SMALL Pox HOSPITAL.—The old build-
ing belonging to this charity at King's Cross having been razed,
in consequence of the site being required for the Great Nor-
thern Railway, an eligible, picturesque, and healthful spot on
the south- western side of Highgate-hill was procured, whereon
to erect a new edifice, which has been recentlycompleted, with
the exception of the lodges and approaches. The style is
Italian, with 1 usticated stone coigns and dressings, from a
design by S.W. Daukes, Esq., architect. Its extreme length
is 218 feet, exhibiting in the south or grand front a noble
portico, supported by proportionate and tasteful wings. In
the rear are buildings for various domestic purposes, and the
internal fittings and arrangements are of the best and most
convenient kind, with a due regard to economy.
They comprise spacious acute, delirious, and con-
valescent wards for the accommodation of about
eighty patients of both sexes, with surgeons,
physicians, and secretaries' rooms, &c., with lava-
tories, baths, and other offices; also an ingenious ascending-
floor fur the use of new patients who are unable to ascend to
the wards. The corridors, passages, and great part of the
lower a d upper floors are laid with Orsi and Armani's patent
metallic lava, and an ornamental kind of the same material
forms the floor of the vestibule or entrance-hall (which is
25 feet by 20 feet). The metallic lava is impervious to
moisture, and the ornamental portion, which resembles tes-
sellated pavement, has a pleasing and elegant effect. The
whole building has been constructed in the best style by
Messrs. T. and W. Piper, the builders; and the grounds within
which it stands, consisting of about seven acres, are appropri-
ately and tastefully laid out.

"I❑ the copy of the Pontifical,' kept at the Episco-
pal residence in Golden-square—the copy, perhaps, ge-
nerally used in consecrations of bishops in England—the
sentence is cancelled. Dr. Cumming is at liberty to in-
spect this, if he will arrange with me for that purpose.
" When Cardinal Wiseman was consecrated bishop in
Rome, i❑ 1840, he took the English form of oath. On
receiving the at which ceremony I assisted,
his Eminence took no oath, cardinals being exempt.
he been required to do so, he would no doubt have
repeated the same form.—l am, sir, your obedient ser-
vant, " FRANCIS SEARLE."

Why, what laws have these men ? Here is a so•
lemn ceremony commanded to -be observed by the
formal bulls ef their Popes, and not to be departed
from, and yet Cardinal Wiseman was exempted.
Urban VIII. and Benedict XIV. said nothing must
be added or subtracted ; Gregory XVI. and Pius
IX say, "Anything may be added which Bishop
Wiseman likes; anything may be taken away, chop
it and change, and treat it in any way that will suit
the British Crown and the British people."—(Cheers.)
After some further remarks on the inconsistent state.
ments made by Dr. Doyle and Dr. Wiseman with
reference to this oath, Dr. Cumming next quoted at
great length from the works of Alphonse de Castro,
to show the nature of the principles upheld by him,
and which had been cited by Dr. Doyle as the same
which still animated the Church of Rome. In one
of his works he recommended the putting to death of
heretics as a salutary and commendable proceeding,
and enumerates. various methods of execution, such as
casting them bound into rivers, plunging them into
boiling oil or burning, and he concludes by saying,
" We have shown plainly that heretics may be put to
death ; but in what manner is of little consequence,
for whatever way be taken to put them to death, it
is always for the good of the Church, for a nuisance
is removed." Elsewhere De Castro contends that the
Pope has the power of deposing heretic kings, and re-
leasing their subjects from their fealty and allegiance;
further, also, he said that if the people were heretic as
well as their sovereign, then the Pope had the right of
appointing a king over that nation. Those were the
doctrines laid down by the man whom Dr. Doyle
held up as the representative of the principles of the
Roman Church of to-day.—(Hear, hear.) After re-
ferring at very great lengthto the doctrines laid down
by the canons of the Romish Church to show that that
Church claimed temporal as well as spiritual authority,
and that the Roman bishops in England were bound to
make their fealty to the Queen subordinate to their
fealty the Pope, Dr. Cumming proceeded to examine
the duties imposed on the Roman Catholic clergy by
their canon law, which Dr. Wiseman stated was now
to be introduced into England. According to that
law, Dr. Wiseman and his bishops were bound to use
their best endeavours to exterminate heresy, even—
where they had the power—by confiscation, irnpri•
sonment, or death. That was the law which Car-
dinal Wiseman and Bishop Doyle were seeking to
lifrequently
mestablishinEngland.—(Hear, hear.) Dr. Cumming
tchoencfloundoewdiangveterrylearned and eloquent address, which
was
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close, I am bound to state that I believe the Roman
Catholic laity do not profess to hold the principles of
the canon law or the dogmas of Popery, as I have laid
them down. They are bound to accept them as taught
by their spiritual superiors, but as it was once said,
" There are many Christians in the Church of Rome
in spite of it," so I believe there are many Roman
Catholic laymen in the servitude and bondage of the
priesthood, who are loyal sut jects in spite of that.
My charge against Cardinal Wiseman is not that, as
Vicar Apostolic, he has been teaching certain dogmas,
but that he has brought with him the missive of a
foreign Prince assuming power and jurisdiction in
this land, and that he supports and advises those
principles which tend to undermine the loyalty of
our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, and injure the

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE BLACKWALL RAlL-
WAY.—Yesterday information was received at all the stations
of the metropolitan police, from the City police, of the follow-
ing robbery at the offices of the Blackwell Railway, Fen-
church-street, between the hours of half-past Ave o'clock on
Tuesday evening and ten o'clock on Wednesday morning.
A safe in the office, which is on the ground floor, was opened
by some means not explained, and a 51. note, with 230 Bove-
Tpj,g,,,, and aol. nrsaver, was stolen therefrom.

DISCOVERY OF A LEAD MINE NEAR GALWAY.—
About a mile distant from this town, at Salt•hill, there were
a number of cabins on the roadside, all of which have been
thrown down some time since by order of the landlord, a
Mr. Jones, of Dublin, who holds those lands under the War-
den of Galway. Some of the peasantry, being lately employed
in clearing one of the foundations, discovered what they
thought to be a quantity of silver ore mixed with the stone.
The story soon spread ; a number of the country people came
and commenced operations in their rude way, of course
quite unproductive. A captain of a mining company, at
Scariff, was sent for, who came and examined the mine or
ore, and declared it an excellent rich lead mine, taking
samples of it to Dublin, where he is now in treaty with Mr.
Jones. While the captain was here, samples of lead ore from
Outerard were shown him that is now being raised on the
lands of Mr. O'Flaherty.— Galway Mercury.

EFFECTS OF LORD FEILDING'S CA SUISTRY. We
are happy to learn that the publication of Lord Feilding's
correspondence with the Bishop of St. Asaph has been at-
tended with the happiest results fcr the interests of the Pro-
testant Church in the parishes of Whitford and Holywell.
In less than a week from the appearance of that correspon-
dence upwards of 1,9001. have been promised towards the
erection of a church in the district, and the following names,
selected from the first list of subscribers will show that the
nobility and gentry of the principality are resolved to mark
their sense of his Lordship's conduct by liberal contributions
in aid of the edifice which is destined to counteract the bane-
ful effects of Papistical teaching : Mr. Pennant, 500/ ; the
Marquis of Westminster, 100/. ; the Marchioness of Down-
shire, 100/. ; Earl Howe, 100/. ; Lord Dinorben, 100/. ; the
Bishop of St. Asaph, 1001.; the Miss Luxmoores, 100/. ; Mr.
John Day, 100/. ; the Rev. R. Buscoe, D.D., 50/. Protestants
should remember that St. Dewis church cost 10,0001., and
that their subscriptions in opposition to it should at least
equal that sum.— Times.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC MGeorge
Barker has made an entire change in the ballads with which
he illustrates his lecture. They are admirable selections
from several of our most popular and talented composers, an.i
comprise the following beautiful airs from the pens of Sir
Henry B. Bishop, Balfe, Lover, and John Barnett :—" Home,
sweet Home," " You'll remember Me," " Molly
Bawn,"
" Light Guitar," " White Squall," &c. The large theatre
of the institution was completely crowded by a most respect-
able audience, who encored several of the ballads. We con-
gratulate the directors for their good taste in obtaining the
services of this gentleman, his talents being so well adapted
for lecturing on the ballad music of England.
I 'THE FLYING DUTCHMAN AND VOLTIGEUR.—AS
there has been a rumour abroad that an offer had been made
to match Voltigeur against The Flying Dutchman, which
had been declined, we have authority (says the York Herald)
to state that Lord Eglinton is open to make a match between
The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1850.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES.—Is the division of England into Roman
Catholic bishoprics within the letter of the law ? Is
it the legitimate and perfect development of the Ro-
-1 man Catholic religion as a system ? Does it trench
on any one's rights ? These are the three questions
upon which, according to Drs. Wiseman, Newman,
and Bowyer, the merits of the question now at issue
between the Pope and the people of England de-
pend ; and they answer them accordingly. Now, as
to the first, we have never been referred by any one
to any law of this country the letter of which has
been infringed by the Pope or his emissaries. Our
whole conduct has been inconsistent with such a belief.
Had we thought that what has been done could be
redressed by the jurisdiction of our ordinary tribu-
nals, we should never have dreamt of invading the
functions of a jury and rousing the indignation of the
public against persons in the unfortunate position of
State criminals ; it is because we believe there is, at
present, no bar, save that of public opinion, at
which these bold men can be arraigned that we
devote our columns to the exposure of their falla-
cies and the resistance of their aggressions. We
are therefore quite willing to concede to Dr. Wise-
man that his ingenious evasion of the Emancipation
Act may avail him at the Old Bailey; and that the
clause which forbids the assumption of the titles of
English bishops by Roman Catholics would not in a
criminal case be held to extend to titles newly coined
in the Papal mint of honour. We also concede that
the Roman Catholics are not bound to acknowledge
the Queen's supremacy in spiritual matters, and we
have no objection to allow that the Roman Catholic
religion in Ps high and palmy state requires a terri-
torial dominion, co-extensive and co-equal with the
land it inhabits; but surely the admission of all this,
which is all that the Cardinal and his two doctors
have proved or attempted to prove, goes no way at all
towards establishing that the indignation of the people
of England is unjust, that their jealousy is unfounded,
or that their grievances are imaginary. All that
has been propounded by these learned personages
was perfectly well known to every speaker and writer
of the most ordinary intelligence who has taken part
in the discussion which the rashness and insolence of
a few ambitious ecclesiastics have in an evil hour for
themselves forced upon us. The people of England
regard this question neither from the legal or Old
Bailey point of view, nor yet with the eyes of those
one-sided reasoners who can see nothing but the de-
velopment of their own faith. It is on national, on
loyal, on constitutional grounds that they take their
stand. The Church of England is not merely a
voluntary association, enjoying peculiar privileges, as
Dr. Wiseman insinuates ; it is a part, and an in-
tegral part, of the ancient Constitution of this coun-
try. The Sovereign is and must be its head ; it is
fully represented in the highest court of judicature ;
and though it tolerates the widest dissent from its
opinions, it is only on condition that no act shall be
done subversive of its temporal or spiritual pre-
eminence. Within these limits Roman Catholics
and Dissenters are at liberty to develope their own
systems as fully as they please. If the letter of the
law suffer them to go beyond this, they cannot avail
themselves of it without infringing the spirit and
genius of our institutions, and arousing the just sus-
ceptibilities of the nation, which, when its will is
once deliberately matured and clearly expressed, is
as little disposed to tolerate evasion or permit disobe-
dience as the successor of St. Peter himself. 'We
might be well content to rest our answer here, satis-
fied with pointing out that to invade the spiritual
jurisdiction of the Established Church under a claim
not merely of co-ordinate but of paramount spiritual
authority derived from a foreign prince is not merely
an attack upon a rival sect, but an aggression on
the Crown and Constitution of these realms, because
of that Church the Crown is the head, of that Con-
stitution the Church is a part. Bat the case does
not rest here. The Roman Catholics have not, that
we are aware, violated the law, but they have
evaeed it; they have the letter on their side; the
people who made the law have the spirit on theirs.
And what is that law ? It is the Emancipation Act of
1829,w0n for them against unparalleled difficulties by
the generous exertions of the members of that very
Church which they are cajoling,betraying, and invading
—in a breath, it is the charter of their political liberties
and spiritual freedom which they now seek to elude
and undermine by all the arts of sophistry and chi-
canery. Either the Emancipation Act was a boon
conceded to a suffering class of her Majesty's subjects
by the grace and favour of the British people, or it
was a great act of national reconciliation—a solemn
compact between the Protestant majority and the
Catholic minority, by which, in consideration of the
removal of all civil disabilities, the Roman Catholics
covenanted so to use the spiritual liberty which was
granted them as not to infringe upon the temporal or
spiritual rights of others. Mr. Bowyer in his pamphlet
admits that the relations which, according to the law of
the land, the Roman Catholics bear to the See of
Rome clearly appear from the oath contained in the
Roman Catholic Emancipation Act—in other words,
that this oath fairly embodies the understanding as to
the conduct and dispositions of the Roman Catholics
upon which this Act was passed. The words he
quotes are the following :
" And I do further declare, that it is not an article of
my faith, end that I do renounce, reject, and abjure the
opinion, that princes excommunica,ed or deprived by
the Pope, or any other authority of the See of Rome,
may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or by any
other person whatsoever. And Ido declare that Idu
not believe that the Popo of Rome, or any other foreign
prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate bath, or ought
to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, supe-
riority, or pre-eminence directly or indirectly within this
realm."
Thus far Mr. Bowyer. We request our readers to
attend to the sequel of the oath, which, for obvious
reasons, he has not thought fit to insert :
" I do swear that I will defend to the utrngst of my
power the settlement of property within this realm, as
established by the laws. And I do hereby disclaim,
disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert
the present Church establishment, as settled by law
within this realm. And I do solemnly swear that I
never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may
become entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant
religion or Protestant Government in the United
Kingdom."
The question, then, is reduced to a very narrow
issue. This oath, by the admission of Mr. Bowyer,
contains the relation of the Roman Catholics to the
See of Rome, and therefore, by necessary conse-
quence, to the Church and State of England. 13
toe Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, with his
territorial jurisdiction without personal limitation,
true to the terms and spirit of this contract ? Is
not the conferring of titles of honour—purely
spiritual honour, it he please—by the Pope at least
indirectly an act of civil pre-eminence within this
realm ? Does the Roman Catholic ecclesiastic who
assumes the primacy of England for the See of
Westminster without limitation or qualification, and
therefore to the exclusion of the present primate, do
his utmost to defend the settlement of Church pro-
perty within this realm, or is he not palpably the
aggressor against whom it must be defended ? Is it
no disturbance of the Protestant religion or Govern..
ment of this realm of England to establish in it an
hierarchy co-extensive, co-equal, co-ordinate with the
Protestant hierarchy, which, as far as words and pro-
fessions can go, is wholly ignored and set aside ? Is
it to strengthen or to weaken the Protestant religion
that, according to Dr. Wiseman's own statement,
this step has been taken ? His words are, " Many
minds allowed themselves to be influenced by the ap-
parent advantage of ecclesiastical position on the
other side." It was, then, to create a state of things
upon which A controversial argument to weaken the
case of the Church of England as against the
Church of Rome might be founded that
this change, according to the evidence of its
promoter, negotiator, and defender, was made.
Most true, Dr. Wiseman disclaims any but
spiritual jurisdiction, and in a spirit of arrogant hu-
muility and insolent self-abasement expresses his
willingness to leave the temporalities of the English
Church to their present possessors, provided he be
allowed, holy and humble that be is, to pursue his
noiseless and unobtrusive ministry amid the poor and
afflicted. Surely here is a little confusion between
giving and taking. The Pope gives all, spiritual
and temporal, without restriction or qualification.
The Cardinal takes exactly as much as he can get.
We have little reason to thank him for his moderation.
The grapes are sour; but if he be indeed a faith-
ful representative of that Church which sold the
gifts of the Holy Spirit and the license to commit
sin, which has ever regarded its spiritual claims as
mere means and appliances to its temporal aggran-
dizement, and which surfeited on the plunder of
Christendom till the human mind, even in the days of
its darkness, rose up against its insatiable avarice, he
will not, longer than he is absolutely obliged, content
his appetite with hungry spiritualities. It would be
as reasonable for a privateer which sheers off from a
vessel it dares not attack to deny possession of a letter
of marque as for the Cardinal Archbishop of West-
minster, with the full commission of the Pope to
clutch all he can in his pocket, to affect a contempt
for the temporalities of the Church of England. We
may be well assured that if he be reduced to the
state of primitive simplicity of which he boasts, it is
not because a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic desires
little, but because we will nut give more.

Praise makes a wise man modest, a fool arrogant.
—Eliza Codes Journal.

THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN A CAB.—Yes-
terdav Mr. 11. M. Wakley concluded the adjourned inquest
on the body of a gentleman who was found dead in a cab,
which has since been identified as that of Mr. John George
Somes, a surgeon, aged 33, practising in Hungerford. No
additional facts were elicited beyond those already published.
Mr. Joseph Clover having deposed that he found in the de-
ceased's stomach a sufficient quantity of prussic acid to cause
instant death, and which witness presumed deceased took
whilst in the cab, the jury, after soma deliberation, returned
the following verdict: - " That deceased committed suicide
in a cab ; hut there is no evidence of the state of his mind at
the time."

SOCIETY OF ARTS.

On Wednesday the first of a series of annual exhi-
bitions, intended to illustrate the state and progress of
inventions, was opened in the rooms of this useful
society ; this exhibition consisted of articles invented,
patented, or registered since the commencement of
1849. "[lcon the eve of the opening of the National
Exhibition of 1851, of the British department of which
this may be said to be a miniature representation, it
could hardly be expected that the whole, or indeed
the more important of recent inventions should be
found within the walls of the Society of Arts ; yet
still, sufficient has been achieved to show the spirit of
enterprise that is abroad, and evidence the interest
which is taken in the society by the manufacturers
and inventors of this country. It is not our intention
in any way to give a catalogue raison& of the various
articles contained within the exhibition, of which there
are 216, but we may briefly allude to a few of them.
In the first section, railways, &c., we find a model of
Barlow's permanent iron way, the merits of which
we have more than once brought prominently under
the notice of our readers; and improvements in
rail way axles and axle- boxes, by Mr. Bar-
rens, to prevent the rapid lateral wear of
the brasses, the waste of grease, and the access of
dust to the axles, which, though excellent in their
design, do not appear to effect the object more
efficiently than Mr. Normanville had previously done
by his patent axle-boxes. Passing over the improve-
ments in the steam-engine, in lamps, in baths, &c.,
of which there are very many specimens in the exhi-
bition, we come to an improvement in the mode of
constructing carriage steps, by Mr. Davies. By this
construction the steps, which are folded up beneath
the carriage, open out like what are commonly called
by ladies lazy tongs, with the opening of the door,
and again fold up in their former position, so as not
to interfere with the interior of the carriage upon
the door being closed. This is really a great improve-
ment for those who can afford the luxury of a carriage,
and will no doubt be extensively adopted. There
are likewise exhibited musical instruments, agricul-
tural and horticultural implements, fabrics, articles of
dress, &c., though there are very few specimens under
this latter head, the most interesting and deserving of
notice being the bisunique cloth, patented by Mr. S.
Powell, which possesses two sides, each of a different
colour and surface, by which the use of linings may
be superseded. In this department of the exhibition
there are also ladies' polka jackets, Roman togas, &c.,
on the merits of which we do not presume to give an
opinion, although we can assure our readers that the
exhibition will well repay a visit, as marking the
progress of invention, and a type of what we may ex-
pect to see next year.
At the evening meeting of the society, Mr. J. H.
Murchison delivered an address on the rise and pro-
gress of the society, and its influence on British arts
and manufactures, from the time it was first formed
through the instrumentality of Mr. Shirley, under the
patronage of Lords Folkestone and Romney, in 1754,
up to the present day, tracing it year by year from
the time when it originally met at a coffe-house in
Henrietta-street, through its various phases and offices,
in Crane. court, Fleet-street; Peele s Coffee-house,
where the first prizes were distributed; Craig's-court,
Charing-cross—till it settled down in its present
abiding place in the Adelphi, the great lecture-room
of which is so magnificently adorned by the genius of
Barry—and even showing what has been done for the
advancement of arts, manufactures, and commerce, by
the exhibitions of the last two or three years, paving
the way, as it were, for the National Exhibition o
next year. Although Mr. Murchison's address dea

with in immense mass of statistical matter, it could not
fail to be interesting to the members, as proving that
the society has never been slow to perceive and reward
merit—its prizes having been several times won by mere
children, who as men have afterwards become the
brightest ornaments of art. Amongst those who in
their youth obtained prizes from the society may be
mentioned Nollekens, Barry, Sir Thomas Lawrence,
Sir William Ross, Wyon, Paxton, the designer of the
Hyde Park Exhibition building ; Sir Charles East-
lake, the new President of the Royal Academy; and
Sir Edwin Laudseer, when only eleven years of age.
Of this latter gentleman Mr. Varley, who was pre-
sent when the prize was presented to him, stated that,
upon the painting coming before the committee, they
would not believe it could be the work of one so
young, until he convinced the® by making a sketch
in their presence, which they declared would of itself
alone be sufficient to win a prize. This sketch, a
dog's head, was handed round the room, and was
much admired, possessing all the fire and animation
for which this artist has since become so celebrated.
At the close of the proceedings a vote of thanks was
given to Mr. Murchison for his address, and the com-
pany separated, to view the models in the exhibition
mentioned above.

STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE PACIFIC.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 21.—A few days ago we
mentioned that arrangements had been concluded be-
tween the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and
the United States' Mail Steam Company for the con-
veyance of passengers and treasure between England
and the ports northward of Panama. We have since
been placed in possession of the precise terms of these
arrangements, which are of considerable interest to
all persons engaged in the Pacific and Californian
trade.

On and after the Ist of January next the Royal
Mail Steam Packet Company will book passengers
from Southampton throughout to California and the
ports on the west coast of Mexico by their steamers,
departing on the 2d and 17th of every month fur
Chagres, and connecting with the semi-monthly mail
steamers plying between Panama and San Francisco.
The rates of fare vary according to the description
of accommodation engaged, whether single or double
cabins, either aft or forward. The passage money from
Southampton to San Francisco is fixed at 971., 1021.,
112/, and 122/., respectively; to San Blas, 811., 861.,
961., and 106/. ; to Mazatlan, 82/., 871., 971., and
11)71. ; to San Diego, 871., 921., 1021., and 1121
Besides these rates, it is announced that a limited
number of artisans, emigrants, &c., to be v ictualled
on the same footing as the ship's crew, and finnding
their own bedding, will be conveyed when there is
room for them, from Southampton to Chagres, for
201. each ; and by arrangements made with the Pa-
cific (American) Company, the total charge from Eng-
land to San Francisco will be 511., to San Diego,
461., to Mazatlan, 411., and San Bias 40Z In all cases
the passage money does not include the expenses of
transport across the Isthmus of Panama.
Through bills of lading will be granted at any of
the above-mentioned ports for specie or gold dust, de-
liverable at the Bank of England, at a rate of 2j- per
cent. Of this the American mail steamers get 11
rwr cent., and the Royal Mail Company 1 per cent.,
the latter including all expenses of transit from
Panama to Chagres, so that the 2i covers all charges
from the port of shipment, and provides for the de-
livery of the bullion at the Bank of England on pro-
duction of the bills of lading.
The Royal Mail Company have concluded imme-
diate arrangements for conveying paassenges and
treasure in like manner to the above from England to
the ports southward of Panama. The ports included
in this scheme, touched at by the Pacific Steam Na-
vigation Company's (British) steamers, are as follow :
--Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Payta, Lambageque,
Huancbaco, Casma, Huacho, Callao, Pisco, Islay,
Arica, Iquique, Cobija, Copiapo, Huesco, Coquimbo,
and Valparaiso. The rates of passage money from
Southampton to Valparaiso are fixed by the joint
companies at 821. 155., 871. 155., 971. 155., and 1071.
15s. respectively ; to Callao, at 621. 10s., 671. 10s.,
771. 103., and 871. 103. and to the intermediate ports
in proportion to their greater or less proximity to
England; the expense of crossing the Isthmus in all
cases being defrayed by the passengers. Through
bills of lading are granted at all the above ports by
the agents of the Pacific Company for treasure de-
liverable at the Bank of England at a rate of 21
per cent., of which per cent. falls to the share of
the Pacific Company, and 11 per cent. to the Royal
Mail Company.
The charge made for specie and bullion from Pa-
nama to British Guiana, Vera Cruz, and Tampico, is
11 per cent. ; from Panama to St. Domingo, Porto
Rico, St. Thomas, all the 'Windward Islands, Ha.
varnish, Honduras, Nassau, and Jamaica, 1i per cent.;
Panama to Carthagena and Grey Town, per cent.;
pearls, emeralds, and all other precious stones (unset),
being exempt from duty from Panama, are delivered
at the Bank of England at 1j per cent. on value;
jewellery, subject to duty from Panama, is deliverable
at Southampton at 2i per cent.
The American mail steamers leave San Francisco
on the Ist and 15th of each month, and the British
mail steamers leave Valparaiso on the 26th of every
month. To ports south of Panama, there is, therefore,
at present, only a monthly communication, but by
arrangements with the Admiralty the Pacific Steam
Company will, towards the close of 1851, commence
a bi-monthly mail, so that passengers will then be
enabled to proceed to any of the Chilian, Bolivian,
Peruvian, and New Granadian ports, by the West
India mail steamers leaving Southampton on the 2d
and 17th of every month.

IMPROVEMENTS IN BOULOGNE HAREOUR.—The
French Government has voted 70,0(10f. towards the comple-
tion of the stone bridge now in course of construction at
Boulogne, with the promise of a further sum of 80,0001.
during the next year. With this timely assistance the cor-
poration of Boulogne will be enabled to finish this important
structure, which, with its powerful sluices and command of
back•water, will, it is calculated, have the effect of deepening
the harbour to the extent of from three to four feet, whicu
will enable the packets of the South-Eastern and Continental
Company to enter at nearly low water neap tides. This very
important improvement will give great additional facilities
to the travelling public.

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DUNFERMLINE.—TAE EAST OF SCOTLAND MALE-
ABLE lITN WonKs.—At a late adjourned sale, these works
were, with the estate and mansion• house of Trsnsby, sold
for 15,000/. to Baring Brothers and Co., the great London
capitalists. The works are to start in a very short tune.—
Ldinburgh Witness.