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FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ' flight on the box-seat of the Bavarian minister's carriage, I UNIVERSITY AND
*CLERICAL NEWS.
* and his exile at Gaeta in the Royal lap of the King of
THE OVERLAND MAIL. Naples, to the cross and passion of Christ ! Nay, con- PREFERMENT.—The Rev. G. Ridley Carr, curate of
We have advices and papers from India, in anticipation templating the possibility of a prolonged exile, he declares Ormskirk, to the vicarage of St. Paul's, Jarrow.
of the overland mail of the 18th of December. The dates himself ready to ' , drink to the dregs the cup of bitter- The Queen has issued the usual royal letter for collec-
ar from the army of the Punjaub to the 28th of Novem- ness" which Christ " was willingly the first to taste for tions in the churches in aid of the funds of the Incorpo-
her, Calcutta the Bth of December, and Bombay to the the salvation of His Church." rated Society for Building Churches.
18th of December. The Rev. Temple Hillyard, Rector of Southam, in
The main features by these advices are the retreat of IRE LAND. Warwickshire, has been collated to a Canonry in Chester
the Sikh army under Shere Singh from the banks of the la Cathedral, void by the death of the Rev. William Barlow.
Chenab, along the mountain chain towards the Jhelum, The plot seems but to thicken : the details of each suc- The rev. canon is son-in-law to the Dean of Chester.
after remaining for nearly a fortnight in the presence
men
The number of churches and chapels in England and
ceeding week present only the same features of crime,
our army. The decampment of an army of 30,000 Wales is about 12,800, which contain seats for about one-
and heavy artillery from a position it had occupied so long suffering, and despondency. It is rumoured, and we hope sixth of the population, and the free accommodation is
was occasioned by a diversion carried out under Major- on sufficient authority, that the working of the poor laws at the rate of one sitting for twenty-four persons.
General Sir J. Thackwell, who crossed the Chenab with is likely to During the last year the Bishop of Newfoundland con-
come under the early consideration of par-
some regiments of cavalry and horse artillery at Wuzeera-secrated seven new churches. During his visitation last
)lament, with a view to a revision and modification of
bad, 25 miles above Ramnuggur, the position of the Bn- month the Bishop sailed over a space of 2,028 miles,
tish camp, intending to fall on the enemy's flank and to some of its more pressing enactments. The Irish journals, reckoning the only direct run from place to place.
attack their lines simultaneously with the passage of the of all parties and politics, seem unanimous in their con- CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—A beautifully-executed obi-
river and attack by storm from the main position under tuary window of stained glass, costing £lOO, has lately
demnation of it altogether, and demand its total removal,
Lord Gough. The enemy's attention had been almost been put up in the south aisle of the choir, to the memory
solely directed to the preparations which had been going and the substitution of
some o',,her measure in its stead, of three of the children of the Very Rev. the Dean of
forward for some days in the British camp for the erection that will not, by holding out a lure to indolence and Chester. In the north wall of the nave, a marble mural
of batteries to cover the passage of the river, and to over- monument has been affixed, to the memory of Captain
cunning, aggravate the very evil it was intended to remedy.
power the enemy's guns. Several distinguished officers Napier, who died of Asiatic cholera, at Scinde, on the 7th
fel: in an . ack that occurred some ten days previous to The most distressing feature in the recent intelligence of July, 1846, at the early age of 27 years. It is a plain
the period alluded to, by a portion of the army, upon an from Ireland is the spread of agrarian outrage and distill.- slab, over which hangs a pall, and at the foot is a sheathed
outlying body of the Sikh. forces, on which occasion an bance to the hitherto peaceful and prosperous north. sword.
atlempt made personally under Lord Gough was consi- It is in contemplation to commemorate the one hun-
That incendiarism should have approached within a mile
dered necessary. It
and fiftieth year of the Society for the Promotion of
It would appear that, undaunted at the aspect of affairs, or two of Belfast, is certainly as alarming as it is anoma- Christian Knowledge, the anniversary of which falls on
Colonel Havelock resolutely charged the batteries, which lous. Meanwhile, Dr. M`Hale has summoned a conven- the Bth of March next; but in consequence of an appre-
were on the other side of the nullah, but still, as far as we hension lest this should interfere with the three hun-
tion of his suffragans yesterday, in Tuam, for the purpose
can make out, on this side of the river. Putting his own dredth anniversary of the publication of the Book of
charger at the gap he cleared it, and the regiment after of enforcing the utmost terrors of the church upon the Common Prayer, an application has been made to the
him ; the next moment they had dashed through the audacious recusant, be he lay or cleric, who may have the Archbishop of Canterbury to ascertain whet arrangements
midst of the enemy, who flung themselves on their faces hardihood-to avail himself of the advantages afforded by may have been made for the last-named object.
as our dragoons came up to them, and rose and fired as The Society for Promoting the Building of Churches,
colleges. Let it be remembered that
they passed. Forming then in the enemy's very position, the new provincial
at their last meeting, made grants in aid of the erection
the 14th charged a second time and re-passed to their these colleges were founded principally as a boon to of churches at Rye Harbour, in Sussex ; Chesterton,
own side. A correspondent of the Agra Messenger says, Popery, and as rivals to the Protestant University of near Newcastle; and Blyth Marsh, near Stone, both in
" A more fearful sight was perhaps never witnessed on a Dublin ; that Lord Clarendon supplicated the Pope in Staffordshire. Chesterton is one of the newly-endowed
field of battle.• for the British army stood drawn up, both districts, having a population of upwards of 5000 persons,
their behalf, and submitted the rules and regulations for
artillery and infantry, silent spectators of the bloody ody con-situated from two to three miles from the nearest church,
flict of 450 sabres against an army amounting to more his Holiness's approval, or even revision. This sample of and chiefly employed in the coal and iron works. Blyth
than 15,000 men with heavy cannon." Popish gratitude ought not to be lost sight of. Marsh is a district to be formed from portions of the
Brigadier-General Cureton was shot through the heart parishes of Dilhorne and Blurton, containing 900 inha-
whilst leading a charge of cavalry; and Colonel Havelock bitants.
The Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin (Dr. Pakenham), SIR CULLING
has since died of his wounds. Amongst the wounded are
has given a second donation of £lOOO, for repairing the
Col. Alexander; Captains Fitzgerald, Gall, M`Mahon, members of the Anti-state Church Association have been
cathedral.
Scudamore, Cantley, Ryley, and Holmes ; and Ensign monstrating with Sir Culling Eardley for saying that Doctor Maginn, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry,
G. N. Hardinge. Capt. Holmes was shot through the public opinion is not yet ripe for an agitation for the sepa-
expired on Wednesday, after a short attack of typhus
chest in endeavouring to carry off the body of General tion of Church and State, and will not be " as long as
fever.
Cureton.
A vessel is being fitted ouS at Cove to take passengerberthss the establishment retains its hold on the affections of the
an
Generals Thackwell and Campbell were in hot pursuit, from Cork to California,d the app)people ;" assertions which they indignantly deny. Nor i
and, as Shere Singh kept possession of his guns, they cations f
are numerous. does it seem, according to his views of the matter, that it
were in some hopes of overtaking him. Lord Gough has The clerkship of the crown in the Queen's Bench, Ire- is ever likely to happen ; "for," says Sir Culling Eardley,
crossed the Chenab with his camp some 10 miles. land, vacant by the death of the late Walter Bourne, sen., " until by anti-scriptural ministrations, the clergy become
There is no news of the fall of Moultan. The last universally unpopular with the true protestants Ido not
Esq., has been filled by the appointment of Pierce Ma-division of the Scinde field force left Sukkur on the 20th hotly, Esq. anticipate that any practical change can be effected,"
of November. which is in fact an adjournment to the Greek Kalends.
There is intelligence by this mail of the investment of
BALLINGARRY REMINISCENCES.—Mr. Smith O'Brien
THE BISHOP OF EXETER.—This prelate, who is so
has recently sent a most beautiful prayer book to the wife
Attock by a large body of the Sikhs on the 20th of No- fond of commotions, says, in reply to an address from a
of Mr. O'Donnell, of Balingarry, in token of the fidelity
vernber. few clergymen who sympathise with his lordship on
of her husband. The book was richly ornamented.
Brigadier Wheeler, who is at the head of a strong force " recent• peculiar occurrences,"—" I have no anxiety
The Freeman's Journal of Tuesday, the day when the
in the Reechna Doab, has achieved a victory over the about the ultimate result of this strange movement ; for
rebels at a place called Killawalla (or Khuleelwalla), judges delivered their decision in the writ of error, had
although I would not willingly have raised such a storm,
not a word of comment on the subject either of condolence
where two brothers, Chunda and Goordut Singh, have for the past or hope for the future. And this from the lam quite confident that, under God's blessing, it will
been recently creating disturbances. In the Jullunder accreditedof th
clear your atmosphere, and make the progress of Christian
organ e repealers !
Doab, disturbances have likewise prevailed. The treasurytruth the more assured. No man can read the reports of
The accounts from the counties of Mayo and Galway
at Hosbearpore was recently. attacked and robbed by a what has been said or done without foreseeing the speedy
are really frightful. The Mayo Constitution gives a
party of Sikhs, under Ram Singh, and some 20,900 rupees exposure, to all but the wilfully blind, of the palpable
dreadful picture of the state of the poor of Castlebar.
carried off; and by recent accounts, the ladies had all delusion under which the prejudices of many have been
Two deaths from destitution occurred in Galway, and one
been desired to leave without delay. At Jullunder itself, made subservient fora while to the evil at Newport, in the county of Tipperary.passions of a
the garrison, consisting of the 7th Native Infantry only, very •'few. A re-action will follow—and (under God'
merchant A Waterford has been served with a notice
were in great fear of an attack, and the treasure had beenblessing s
I again say) you, and all faithful members of
from the Admiralty, suing for a penalty of £5OO for having
removed to a camp, and intrenchments thrown up for its the church, will long have reason to rejoice in the issue
a green flag with a harp, minus a crown, painted thereon,
protection. of this enforced conflict between sound principle and ill-
flying from the topmast of one of his vessels. It is said
At Lahore all was quiet. The garrison consisted of informed, however well-intentioned, party feeling."
that the flag was hoisted, through ignorance, by one of
some 6000 men, and another corps of irregular cavalry THE PERVERTS.—The London correspondent of the
the sailors on board.
was expected to reinforce them. Guns were being placed Oxford Herald says,—" The reverend ' perverts' to the
A process-server, named Johnston, who resided at Ture,
in position on the walls of the citadel. Romish Church continue to cause considerable anxiety
near Muff, went on Wednesday to the residence of John
CHINA—HONG KONG.—The colony continues healthy, among the more sober-minded of that communion. As
Elkin, at Carnagarive near Moville, to serve him with a
and the weather of late has heen very favourable. His well as Mr. Newman, whom I mentioned in a former
writ ; but when within a short distance of the house, he
Excellency the Governor is recovering from the accident letter as having excited great uneasiness by maintaining
i
at
f
fired
rom the inside, and fella lifeless corpse,
he met with, though he is still unable to walk. At Can- wasthat there is efficacy in the Sacraments of the English
slugs having entered his body. His death was
ton nothing striking has occurred during the month ; all several Church, Mr. Paley has caused acme unpleasantness by
almost instantaneous.—Derry paper.
remains quiet, but the question of opening the gates on his publication of a book on the faith and doctrine of that
SIGN OF THE TIMES.—The other day, a tenant on the
the Ist of April next is not passed over; there appears to Church in its earl da and the nature of its deendence
lands of a certain landlord, in the parish of Cam, ten-
y ys, p
be an impression that, with the troubles at home, every- on the see of Rome, in which he asserts that ' particular
thing will proceed by negotiation, and the question be dered to his landlord £BO rent for his holding. The latter
churches have rights of their own, which they may main-
declined to accept the money, as a considerably greater
kept open, There has been a report that Seu, the present taro against the Pope himself without forfeiting their or-
andsum was due to him. In a few days, the tenant disposed of
commi thodoxy.' The work has created very disagreeable im-
practicable man. the stock on the lands, and departed to America, leaving
impracticable ssioner, was likely to resign ; he is an unpopular
pressions in Romish circles. 'We are extremely con-
this landlord to ruminate over his losses. Instances of
cerned,' observes one of their journals, 'to hear such
UNITED STATES.
this kind are not of unfrequent occurrence in this county.
—.Athlone Sentinel. opinions as these broached by any one; but in the mouth
We have news four days later than the last from the
Mr. John O'Connell has written a humble letter to the of a convert they become doubly significant.' No doubt
United States. The cholera was raging to such an extent they do—and hence the anxious apprehension that pre-
State prisoners, in which he explains that he did not wish
at New Orleans that some steamers could not proceed veils."
to injure their cause by his intervention. The letter SENTENCE ON A CLERGYMAN.—On Tuesday, the Rev.
owing to the absence of their crews. The winter had " submissively accepts all the scorn" with which the
set in with unusual severity. The California mania was the Chancellor of York delivered judgment in the case of
Young Ireland party ' are disposed to visit him," and the
apparently subsiding a little. The political intelligence is the Bishop of Ripon v. the Rev. Mr. Hale, vicar of Hare-
public will scarcely fail to contrast its abject tone with
unimportant. the irrepressible arrogance with which in the prosperous wood. The judgment was, in effect, that the charges
• against the defendant of brawling and chiding in the ,
days of Conciliation Hall he kicked their remonstrance
Towards the end of the last month, ice appeared in the church were true, and sentence was decreed as follows :
into the puddle of Burgh-quay. i
streets of Naples, for the first time since the year 1817. hat the rev, defendant be suspended from his ministry On Tuesday, Messrs. W. S. O'Brien,Thomas F.
Earl Grey has been elected member for Melbourne in and functions for a period of six months, that he be con- Meagher, T. B. M`Manus, and P. O'Donohue were re-
the legislative council of Australia. dernned in the costs of the suit, and be admonished to ,
moved to the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, to hear
The cholera has reappeared at Constantinople. Sir refrain for the future from the practices which have been
the judgment of the full Court, on their appeal from the
Charles Ashburnham, the first Secretary of the British alleaed against him. The suspension was pronounced on
findings and sentences of the juries at Clonmel Special
Embassy, had died of it. Sualay, according to the act of Parliament. The Commission.defend-
The Courtunanimous were in overruling
The Brussels papers speak of a number of Belgiansant was proved to have made some irregular remarks
the errors assigne and confiming the indictnstment of the
O'Connell
already preparing to emigrate from that country to Court below; budt,they alsordecided agai from the pulpit, referring personally to the members
California.
and his confederates, yet the decision was overruled, and of his congregation. In one instance, whilst alluding ,
Alexandre Dumas, who earned £6OOO a-year by effects, to a surgeon who was in church, the defendant the wrong-doers went free. Who can tell but a similar
has declared himself insolvent, surrendered all his admitted having made the following remarks : result may await us here, though the grounds are not ~ Are your pencils ready sharpened ? Put it all down,
and sought the protection of the courts.
precisely the same ?
During the past year 180 dramatic authors and 15 mu- d, word for word, and take it to your employers, that they
THE QUEEN V. CAVAN DUFFS"."—JUDGMENT may read it to edification. I think a reporter who is
sisal composers have been employed by the Parisian
AGAINST THE CROWN.—Mr. Justice Perrin delivered
theatres.obliged to attend upon a ministry which he does not like,
judgment on Thursday, on the application of the Attor-LEIFSIC FAIR.—The reports from the Leipsic Newto take notes for others, has a very menial job; but I sus-
, to have final judgment entered on the par-
Year's fair, brought to a close on the 10th inst., notice a pect it is 'no pipe, no pay," no notes, no luncheon;' ,
tial overruling of the indictment, on the authority of
brisk sale for English textile fabrics, especially for the and oh the ham and the port wine, let me tell you, ) Servas's case in 1845, and of the precedent in Rastell.
Eastern markets, adding a significant fact, which justifies these things are not to be laughed at. If there be a ,
He decided that the application must be refused, and that
the inference that there are but limited supplies there, the prisoner must be allowed to reporter present, I will, if he will come to the vicarage. s
e aowe plead over. His Lord-
viz., tbat much more could have been sold had longergive him my notes, and thus save him the trouble of ,
ship then ordered the Commission to be adjourned to the
credit been allowed. writing in the church, which is not a seemly practice in t
,the of
February, on the ground of the state of:busin in
By the Swordfish, which arrived here on Friday, dates
,the Lord's house. I doubt not but with a little coaxing t
the Court, and of inconvenience to the jurors. Sirens
Col-
have been received from Monte Video to the 9th, and Rioa reporter might be persuaded to ride about the parish in t
man O'Loghlen applied for permission to admit the pri-
Janeiro 28th November • and Bahia 18th, and Pernam- soner to bail under the Irish Habeas Corpus Act. The a surplice, with a sermon in one pocket and a gallipot in t
bucco 23d December. From the:former ports there is no Court refused to entertain the application, which was the other." Amongst many other instances of " chiding,"
news of moment; but from the latter we have the imnor- urged by the prisoner in person with much earnestness. we may quote the following :—On Sunday, the 15th i
tent intelligence that General Coilho has had a decisive
DECAY OF THE LANDLORDS.—The Dublin Freeman's March, 1846, Viscount Lascelles and the Hon. Arthur
battle with the rebels, who had been put completely hors Journal gives the following melancholy picture of the Lascelles attended Harewood Church with a troop of ;
de combat. crash of falling houses :—" From every side we hear the yeomanry, of which they were in command ; during his t
A letter from Capt. Meadows Taylor, written from sermon Mr. Hale made a personal attack on these gen- crash of falling families and fortunes. Members of the
Sherapoor, says there are miles and miles of the very tlemen in these words : " I have got you here in the pew,
of houses, the most ancient and most
some
finest lithographic stones, equal to the German, in that old patrician
and now I will lash you ;" and that during the sermon
aristocratic in the land, are outcasts and beggars. One Mr. Hale made many
district. He writes :—These stones would be a mine of offensive, abusive, and unseemly ob- i
southern commoner has fled in disguise from his ancient
wealth to Sherapoor, if a railway existed, for the vein of nervations upon the Earl of Harewood and his family. One
castle, alone and unattended, without host or retainer,
this rock limestone in laminas runs through the whole of of these was, " You are a tawdry-laced, jacketed jack-
to avoid the inconvenience of the Gazette. He was sup-
this country, and would be inexhaustible. It is very beau- anapes and popinjay." On Sunday, the 22d of March, t
posed to be the wealthiest and safest proprietor in the
tiful, easily raised, and lam now getting some specimens in the same year, the Rev. Richard Newlove, vicar of s
south. He turns out to be penniless, and his incum-
dressed. Therner, in the county of York, was attending divine million. of
hard
t
brancesupon a quarter a Another in-
service at Harewood Church, when, in the course of his
Cape of Good Hope papers to the 22d of November
of f t sance of a reverse ortune was lately brought to our
have arrived, and contain a lengthy report of a meetingsermon, defendant said, " There are Arminian teachers
l i rent-roll of £lO,OOO
with a nominal
A gentleman
held by the inhabitants of Cape Town, petitioning against notice.both in the church and out of it. There is one of them per annum, who lately filled the office of High Sheriff in s
the proposed introduction of convicts, whatever the nature here to-day." Then, turning round and addressing Mr. ,
a most important county, and represented one of the most
of their offences. The question is argued in a temperate New love, be said, " Now, sir, let me have a little talk i
and earnest manner, and the resolutions adopted show honoured Protestant families in Ireland—a family, too, with you. You tell me that we are to be saved upon ter- t
to which the Catholic proprietors of Munster owe no
that the promoters of the opposition are prepared in every taro conditions. What are those conditions ? I suppose t
small debt of gratitude—this gentleman, we have heard,
legitimate way to urge upon the Home Government the nowis
you will tell me that we are to do all that our godfathers s
waiting at the office of the Poor Law Commis-inexpediency of the measure. The intelligence from be-and godmothers promised for us at our baptism. God
sinners, looking for a Vice-Guardianship.
yond the Orange River was, that the Land Commission. help both you and me if we have that to do ; for, amongst s
GEMS FROM THE IRISH HUE AND CRY.—The following
continued its labours with success. The quit-rent aye- other things, we are to love our neighbours as ourselves— s
is from the G Division :—" Stolen on the night of the Bth
raged £2 55., and several farms had already been sur- are we not ? I can't do that. I love myself a good deal , January, from Mr. M'Evoy, Queen's County, ' a black
veyed. In the district of the Valsch River it was esti- I better." And after speaking of a clergyman " who
1 cob or a brown pony with fixed ears on a switch tail, by
maied 300 would soon be prepared, exclusive of other might be known from the fact of his coming sneaking or
himself John
land remaining unappropriated, a man calling
skulking into another man's parish," defendant said,
cloth cap otherwise a hat ! /Welsh, who wore
!" Oh, John O'a black
Keeffe ! ~ A man of my acquaintance has been to hear this
THE POPES DELIVERERS.—The Morning Herald an- John O'Keeffe !if you are not gripped after the following,
nounces another and more novel method by which the . clergyman preach ; and I asked the man afterwards
you ought certainly to get out to California at once—it's
Pope effected his escape from Rome. That paper says,what he thought about him. The man replied that the I
the only place for you.—" John O'Keeffe absconded on
" The Countess de Spaur—an Italian lady in the prime of Isermon was such a mixture of law and gospel that he
i the 4th January, taking with him two large mahogany
life—well known to the late Mr. Dodwell, the artist— could compare it to nothing but the discordant screaming
silver and
silver
nine
seven chairs,
indeed, it is said, his widow and relict—well known also tables,of a pair of bagpipes."
spoons. He has a cracked voice when speaking—(was
to the ex-King and poet Louis of Bavaria—well known to 1
not
speaking ?)—which was dres-man there ever a voice heard
y young and middle-aged Englishmen and French-
sed in a blue coat, trousers, stock, and ! was a sexton in COURT AND FASHION.
men, who have travelled and peregrinated and hybernated Trinity Church, Lower Gardiner-street, and a porter in *—
in foreign parts—this very Countess de Spaur, we say, was the savings' bank, Abbey-street, where he resided. He On Thursday the Dowager Countess of Sefton and the 1
the very tees of the Spiritual Head of the Church. Under has friends in Tallaug
sht, county Dublin, cousins in Gres- Ladies Maria and Louisa Molyneux had the honour of
the folds of her ample robe, which never covered a mul- ford, and also in Alfred-treet, London ; sisters at New- dining with her Majesty.
titude of sins, the countess secreted his Holiness, and
castle and the Canal Bridge and is also at Earlfield, Mademoiselle Jenny Lind, Mrs. Anderson, and Signor thus they pleasantly and safely journeyed on and to Ballymote !!" (Mirabile dictu'l" John O'Keeffe.) Belletti had the honour of performing at Windsor Castle • Gaeta, the promised land. Is there not something strangel
COURAGEOUS CONDUCT.—The frequent burnings of on Tuesday evening.
and whimsical in this ?—something suggesting many re- . i
stackyards near Belfast had alarmed a farmer, and one Prince Louis. Napoleon is related to Queen Victoria, i flections that struggle for impatient utterance, and yet night this week he sat up, accompanied by his two daugh- through the late Queen of Westphalia. Her Majesty and
that may not be uttered audibly, but whispered only midst ters, to watch. About midnight he retired to rest. the late Queen of Westphalia were second cousins.
familiar friends ? Arrived and safely settled at Gaeta, by (
Shortly afterwards the two young women heard the arri- THE PLAYS AT WINDSOR CAS.TLE.T.OcenbTfhourersdhay, 1
the aid of one devout and holy woman, Italian, and " to
vat of a car, and saw several men in the field beyond the evening the
the court,
Italian matron, in a far distant land, took the cause of his stack-yard, and began to set fire to a stack. The elder of tertainmens were " The Stranger " and the farce of
Holiness in hand, and we learn, from a leading article of the girls called out to him to desist, but as he made no " Twice Killed." In the. flay, Mr.' and Mrs. Charles
the Ministerial Times, that the chaste Christina, the reply, but continued his efforts to burn the stack, she Kean . performedthe principal characters • those in the
Diana and Dowager Queen of Spain, has prevailed on the fired a musket at him loaded with slugs, and he fell. afterpiece were acted by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. At the
Cabinet of her daughter, the " Innocent Isabella," to Another advanced with fearful threats that he would burn fall of the curtain the Queen sent a message of approba- ;
send seven first-rate steam-frigates, with the Veloce cor- the whole place, but the fearless girl charged him with a tion to the performers.
vette, and three sloops, containing from 7,000 to 10,000 bayonet, which she plunged at his face. He fell back, I
men, to the rescue of the Pontiff. How Spain can ma-
but presently the whole party advanced, and one of them
nage with civil war, raging in Catalonia, and hundreds of POLITICAL fired a pistol at her; but as she had withdrawn quickly
thousands of pounds unpaid in London, to undertake this —*---- I
d d
she was not injured. The party dragged expedition and find the Spanish, we cannot divine. Por- under cover,The Marquis of Anglesea has been appointed Lord- t
of
to a heap stones close by,
tugal, also, it is said, has sent her pious contingent, too." their wounded companions Lieutenant of the county of Stafford, in place of Earl F.
and wereagain advancing, when the girl threatened to
Talbot. I
that
she had a brace of pis-
saying
again,
them
from Gaeta a letter to the Roman people threatening with fire upon The address in the House of Commons will be moved t
toll, upon which they all fled. An alarm was quickly
excommunication all those who take any part in the given, but the ruffians had got clear off, taking with by Lord Harry Vane, and seconded by Mr. Sunbury. I
election of members to the proposed National Assembly them their wounded companions. A cap was picked up Her Majesty will open Parliament in person. I
of the Roman States. As a document threatening a re• near the stack ;it was completely riddled with shot.— The Times of Friday, in a leading article, assumes that
vival in the 19th century of the most fearful weapon of Belfast News. al4 1... there will be a speedy intervention by France in the affairs- t
the rhm4 Pim .., of ,a in rloAy. rn onus Chia latter is an in_

Cape of Good Hope papers to the 22d of November
have arrived, and contain a lengthy report of a meeting
held by the inhabitants of Cape Town, petitioning against
the proposed introduction of convicts, whatever the nature
of their offences. The question is argued in a temperate
and earnest manner, and the resolutions adopted show
that the promoters of the opposition are prepared in every
legitimate way to urge upon the Home Government the
inexpediency of the measure. The intelligence from be-
yond the Orange River was, that the Land Commission
continued its labours with success. The quit-rent ave-
raged £2 55., and several farms had already been sur-
veyed. In the district of the Valsch River it was esti-
maied 300 would soon be prepared, exclusive of other
land remaining unappropriated.
THE POPE'S DELIVERERS.—The Morning Herald an
another and more novel method by which the
Pope effected his escape from Rome. That paper says,
"The Countess de Spaur—an Italian lady in the prime of
life—well known to the late Mr. Dodwell, the artist—
indeed, it is said, his widow and relict—well known also
to the ex-King and poet Louis of Bavaria—well known to
many young and middle-aged Englishmen and French-
men, who have travelled and peregrinated and hybernated
in foreign parts—this very Countess de Spaur, we say, was
the very aegis of the Spiritual Head of the Church. Under
the folds of her ample robe, which never covered a mul-
titude of sins, the countess secreted his Holiness, and
thus they pleasantly and safely journeyed on and to
Gaeta, the pron.ised land. Is there not something strange
and whimsical in this ?—something suggesting many re-
flections that struggle for impatient utterance, and yet
that may not be uttered audibly, but whispered only midst
familiar friends ? Arrived and safely settled at Gaeta, by
the aid of one devout and holy woman, Italian, and " to
the very manner born" of saving a Pope, another modest
Italian matron, in a far distant land, took the cause of his
Holiness in hand, and we learn, from a leading article of
the Ministerial Times, that the chaste Christina, the
Diana and Dowager Queen of Spain, has prevailed on the
Cabinet of her daughter, the Innocent Isabella," to
send seven firstrate steam-frigates, with the Veloce cor-
vette, and three sloops, containing from 7,000 to 10,000
Men, to the rescue of the Pontiff. How Spain can ma-
nage with civil war, raging in Catalonia, and hundreds of
thousands of pounds unpaid in London, to undertake this
expedition and find the Spanish, we cannot divine. Por-
tugal, also, it is said, has sent her pious contingent, too."
ARROGANCE OF THE POPE.—The Pope has fulminated
from Gaeta a letter to the Roman people threatening with
excommunication all those who take any part in the
election of members to the proposed National Assembly
of the Roman States. As a document threatening a re •
vival in the 19th century of the most fearful weapon of
the Church of Rome in darker ages, this letter is an in-
teresting document. We commend this Papal interference
with the "liberty of election " to Roman Catholic demo-
crats of all countries. It comes from a " Liberal " Pope.
And the Revolution it denounces is the result of that
vague Italian nationality to which so many men (and the
Pope himself amongst others) lent the sanction of their
approval. We commend this letter also to Protestants of
every shade in politics. In it, the Pope claims and arro-
gates to himself not only sovereignty but divinity itself.
The Roman people have but claimed the right to be " the
wane of all legitimate power." They have not even
ejected the Pope from Rome, as the French people ejected
Louis Philippe from France. When he did go, they
certainly made no haste to beg him to come back. On
the contrary, they set about realising a Representative
Constitution. All very mad, and very violent, no doubt.
His Holiness, in the commencement of his letter, more
tartly describes it as " a mon3trous act of hypocritical
felony and genuine rebellion." But his Holiness does
not stop at these hard words. He Foes on to denounce
the object of the Revolution as impiety," and as a
"sacrilege" which merits the chastisement "inflicted by
divine and human laws." He speaks of the Papal
sovereignty as " the sacred deposit of the patrimony of
the spouse of Jesus Christ," and threatens to " employ
the sword of just severity [to wit, excommunication]]
which God himself' has given into our hands TO BE THUS
USED." And, finally, he blasphemously compares his

The address in the House of Commons will be moved
by Lord Harry Vane, and seconded by Mr. Bunbury.
Her Majesty will open Parliament in person.
The Times of Friday, in a leading article, assumes that
there will be a speedy intervention by France in the affairs
of Italy.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
THE CHASE.
THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet—
Wednesday (to-morrow), the 24th inst., at.. Tatton Park.
Thursday, 25th
Saturday, 27th, .
Church Minshull
Each day at half-past ten, except Thursday, the 25th
instant, when they will meet at eleven.
SIR w: W. WYNN's HOUNDS will meet—
Wednesday, (to-morrow), the 24th instant Gresford
Friday, 26th ...
Saturday, 27th Overton Bridge.
Each day at half-past ten o'clock.
SIR THOMAS HESKETH'S HARRIERS will meet—
To-morrow, (Wednesday,) the 24th, at Croston Kennels.
Friday, the 26th .. Anderton's Windmill.
Each day at eleven o'clock.
COURSING.

A vacancy has occurred in the representation of South
Staffordshire, by the elevation of Lord Ingestre to the
peerage. Lord Lewisham, Charles S. Foster, Esq., and
Lord Anson, have been named as probable candidates for
the vacant seat.

ACCIDENT TO MR. W. T. DUGDALE.—A very serious
accident occurred to Mr. Dugdale, formerly member for
North Warwickshire, at his seat, Merrivale, near Ather-
stone, on Wednesday. The hon. gentleman was out
shooting with his son, when the latter, from behind a
hedge, discharged his fowling-piece, and the contents ac-
cidentally lodged in the face and head of his father. The
injuries are stated to be alarming.
MOVEMENT OF AGRICULTURISTS FOR A FIXED DUTY.
—On Thursday an influential meeting of the Leicester.
shire agriculturists was held at Waltham-on-the-Wolds,
to petition parliament to impose a protective duty upon the
importation of foreign corn, &c., and, if necessary, to in-
crease the duties now imposed on corn, or such manufac-
tures as interfere with the productions of British capital
and industry. The meeting was also called to promote
the subscription for a testimonial to Lord Geo. Bentinck.
The Marquis of Granby and Lord John Manners were
present. The latter was called to the chair, and passed a
high eulogium on Lord George Bentinck. It was resolved
to subscribe to the memorial in his honour. Lord John
Manners next addressed the meeting in favour of a .fixed
duty on corn.

SOUTHPORT.—A programme has just been issued for an
open meeting to take place at Southport, on Wednesday
and Thursday, January '3lst and February Ist, consisting
of the Scarisbrick Stakes, the. Fleetwood Stakes, and the
Churchtown Stakes, each to have 16 nominations.

The spring Lytham champion coursing meeting will, as
usual, be held over the grounds in the vicinity of Lytham
(weather permitting), on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri-
day, the 14th, 15th, and 16th of. February.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.