The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-01 00:00:00

THE ROMISH BISHOPS.

It is with feelings of pleasure that we publish the
following official letter, with reference to the sup-
posed sanction of Government to the steps recently
taken by the Pope. It was addressed to a gentleman
in this city :

" Downing-street, Oct. 28, 18.50.
" Sir,—l am directed by Lord John Russell to in-
form you, in answer to your question whether a list of
Roman Catholic prelates contained in a newspaper is
correct, that he has no other means of judging than
you have yourself—namely, by reading the bull of
the Pope in the newspapers.
"To the second question, Whether the creation
of the above Popish bishoprics, or the appointments
thereto, have received the sanction and approbation
of her Majesty's Ministers ?' lam directed to answer
that they have not received such sanction and appro-
bation.

" I am directed further to state that Lord ➢iinto,
when in Rome, was not consulted on this measure,
and never gave any countenance to it.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
—Exeter Flying Port. " It. W. GZEY.

THE STATE LIVERIES. ire., FOR TILE
LORD MAYOR ELECT.
Yesterday the gorgeous state dresses for the ser-
vants, &c., of Mr. Alderman Musgrove, the Lord
Mayor elect, and which have been manufactured by
Messrs. 11. and 1). Nicoll, were exhibited to the pub-
lic at their establishment in Regent-street, and from
their matchless splendour attracted a large assemblage
of specta'ors throughout the day. They consisted of
coats for the coachman and six fuotmen, of a beautiful
emerald green, with white waistcoats and continua-
tions ; the whole profusely, though chastely, deco-
rated with gold embroidery, gold lace and braiding,
massive aigulettes of the same material depending
from the shoulder of each coat. The postilion
jacket is, if possible, more rich and tasteful than tle
preceding, as, in addition to the embroidery,
arranged according to the beautiful design of pine-
fruit and leaves, which prevails in all the garments,
the shoulders are surrounded with massive gold
wings, and from the waist depends a deep bullion
fringe. On the right arm is a badge, with the arms
of the Lord Mayor elect, surmounted with the
crest—a lion rampant; and beneath, the motto "Nil
desperandum," the whole elaborately embroidered.
The trumpeters' uniform (for the first time) have been
constructed expressly for the occasion. The colour
is brilliant scarlet, the collars are adorned with the
City arms embroidered, surrounded with a wreath of
laurel in gold, while down the fronts are laurel
branches in gold embroidery, most elaborately exe-
cuted at the expense for workmanship alone of no less
than 401. per coat.
The state livery hats for the coachman and foot-
man, with the cap for the postilion, were yesterday
also displayed at the establishment of Messrs. Barber
and Son, of the Royal Exchange, the manufacturers.
Their design in respect to the decorations particularly
is novel as well as chaste and elegant. The extreme
edges are bordered with a deep fringe of rich black
ostrich feather trimmings, relieved by a splendid
broad gold lace, terminating in bullion tassels. The
hats are looped up with chain enclosing the crest, a
lion rampant in embroidery, relieved by a stripe of
emerald green velvet.
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Among the claims sent are the following :—Silver fruit and
dessert knives, by 15 houses ; German silver and Britannia
metal, 7 ; silver and plated goods, 11; table knives, 17 ; files,
13; joiners' and edge tools, 11 ; pen and pocket cutlery, 14;
razors, 12 ; scissors, 14 ; stove-grates and fenders, 5; SAWS,
1 1 ; sithes and sickles, 9 ; steel convertors, 7; surgical inetrti-
, meats, 2; skates, 3; ratings, b.

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11n16
LONDON, FRIDAY, BOVEMBER 1, 1850.

Gossip is imparting more importance to the whims
and caprices of General CHANGARNIER than they
possess, in reference to their influence over the desti-
nies of French Republicanism. One might reason-
ably imagine from the tittle-tattle respecting the
Commander-in-Chief, that the Parisian quidnuncs
verily believed in his presumed attributes of political
omnipotence. Added to which; many intelligent in-
dividuals'among ourselves seem inclined to credit the
gigantic powers, for good or for ill, said to be concen-
trated in the hands of CHINGARNIER. Never was
there such egregious flattery as that which is being
daily and almost hourly offered up to him, as if in
him the masses beheld the very incarnation of an un-
assailable and irresponsible authority. His evidences
of irritability and annoyance are chronicled with a
minuteness amounting to the most slavish sycophancy.
A despot could not have his movements watched more
closely or more untiringly; and all the while this
same general-officer might be stripped of every vestige
or even semblance of power by a stroke of the pen in
the hand of the Prince Louts NAPOLEON. Supposing
his dismissal were published in the columns of
the Moniteur immediately upon the re-election of M.
I)UPIN to the Presidential chair of the Assembly,
CHANGARNIER would be utterly deprived of all
chances of retaliation, and would be compelled to
satire into obscurity without any available means of
betraying his dissatisfaction. Yet this is the high
and mighty personage before the pomp of whose mere
name the political gossips of Paris are perpetually
bending the knee in the most servile genuflections 1
_Notwithstanding that many persons may be dis-
posed to doubt whether the position of Louis NAPO-
LEON is as yet sufficiently strong to enable him with
impunity, even under the most favourable circum-
stances, to release himself from the irksome rivalry
of CaANGARNIEE, it must be confessed on all hands
that, as yet, the PRESIDENT has the advantage of
legality on his side, and that,as yet the Commander-
in - C hic f has done nothing Who' tever to invest him with
the only lasting popularity, the popularity arising out
of a sense of national gratitude. A very little more
than soother month will witness the, second anniver-
guy of that ever-memorable election of the 10th of

Whatever may be the course of events in France,
we are satisfied at any rate of this much, namely,
that England will regard those events with interest,
of course—with a profound and absorbing interest—
but without any disposition whatever to revive the
old, blundering, and iniquitous policy of foreign in-
terposition. Our Government now-a-days is happily
resolved upon those principles which, in 1348, were
expressed so nobly and liberally by Lord PALMERS-
TON—those principles of sympathy which will hence-
forth be extended to our neighbours in France, no
matter whether they choose fur their ruler a Presi-
dent or a Consul, a King or an Emperor.

Unfortunately for Ireland, the prejudices and
passions of Archbishop WHALE, to which we briefly
alluded yesterday, found a response at Rome. That
Prelate, whose mischievous advice was rejected
through the milder influence of the late lamented
Roman Catholic Primate, Archbishop C&OLLY, and
of the equally amiable and much respected Arch-
bishop MURRAY, whose inestimable services are still
preserved for the benefit of his country and his creed,
did not rest easy under his defeat. What "JOHN of
Tuam" was unable to accomplish openly he endeavoured
to promote by underhand and surreptitious means.
He proceeded to Rome, and stimulated the Papal Go-
vernment to the adoption of an aggressive policy very
different from that which had formerly been pursued
lay the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, and which
(as we have recently stated) secured for the profes-
s°r s of that religion the esteem and sympathy of their
fellow-subjects of every creed and class throughout
the British dominions; he was no longer satisfied
with " toleration," his aspirations were after
" domination ;' not contented with "equality,''
he sought " superiority," and endeavoured to carry
forward a Papal propagandism in place of that which
had been abandoned by the Protestant ministers of
England. Unhappily his insidious suggestions were
received with but too much attention at the Papal
Court. The advanced age and increasing infirmities
of the pious and excelle❑t prelates who had so long
and so judiciously presided over the destinies of the
Hibernian branch of the Roman Catholic Church
afforded him great advantages in forwarding his views
in Italy, and he let slip no opportunity of ad-
vancing his projects. From time to time he
obtained new adherents on the Episcopal bench and
among the inferior clergy of the western province.
His opposition to the mild and sagacious principles of
his archiepiscopal brethren of Armagh and Dublin be-
came more energetic. His vituperative powers were
freely and unsparingly exerted, and fierce denuncia-

tions were hurled against all who ventured to oppose
his views. The " National Education " had been too
firmly established to afford any reasonable hope of
directly overturning a system which had brought
forth such fruits, but it might be indirectly assailed.
Its further progress was to be checked, before the re-
trograde movement could be commenced, and the
first assault was made upon the new colleges estab-
lished in the chief towns of the different provinces by
the authority of our most Gracious SOVEREIGN, with
the sanction and approbation of the Imperial Parlia-
ment.

Never was there a boon that should have been
received with more cordial unanimity than the estab-
lishment of the new seminaries. They supplied
a want that had long been painfully felt in Ireland,
a mode by which the middle and wealthier classes of
Roman Catholics could be enabled to receive a sound
practical education, qualifying them for the learned
professions and every species of intellectual pursuit,
without their being compelled to feel a painful sense
of degradation by being disqualified by their religion
from seeking or obtaining the highest collegiate dis-
tinctions to which their attainments might otherwise
entitle them. It is true that Roman Catholics might
study and obtain degrees in the University of
Dublin, that honours in classics and science, gold
medals and moderatorships, were open to general
competition—and among those who achieved those
honourable rewards of merit we might adduce the
honoured names of Chief Justice MONAHAN, of Mr.
MURPHY, Master in Chancery ; of Sergeant O'BRIEN
Sergeant MURPHY, of the Honourable Gentlemen)
the Members for Kerry (county) and Athlone, and
many others who have since risen to eminence in va-
rious pursuits—but the fellowships and scholarships,
which gave emolument as well as honour to the
holders, were restricted to the members of the Es..