The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-12-12
LETTER FROM LON DON.

MIN IKE u King, anu tne Neek winch nc Spent III
Florence was continued scene of festivities in
his honor. Everywhere he was fattered until he
set his foot on English SOIL where he finds an agi
tlton and excitement against himself and the
Pope Which has scarcely ever been surpassed in
England. The very roads are covered with in
scriptiOns of & No POpery " and the boys in the
streets send up their screeches against the new
Archbishop.
MIR. Halves, the Under Colonial Secretary, has
been attacked in the papers for attending meet
ing, previous to Mr.. Wiseman's journey to Rome,
in honor of the celebrated divine He replies,
that he attended merely as personal friend of
Mr. Wiseman, whose personal character he adj
mires and respects, and as soon as he discovered
that an address was to be presented to the Cardi-
nal, he at once made known to the company that
his presence had merely to do with his personal
friendship for Mr. Wisemsn, and nothing with
religion or politics, for he is member Of the
Church of England.
One would naturally suppose, from the charac-
ter which is popularity given to the man, that he
is Jesuitical parsonage, with countenance
showing cunning and intellect combined, but it is
not So His face is one of the fairest, most good
natured which have seen among religious nota-
bles for many day. His face is broad and full,
and indicates frankness and geniality of nature
which one would little expect, from the character
given him by the populace. All his personal
friends, whether Protestant or Catholic, love him
and speak of him with the greatest admiration, so
kat ID 10 h;,lx tbatL Ia Oh
better man than popular feeling at this moment
allows him to be. If he had been little more
cunning, indeed, think he would never have ad-
vised the Pope to his recent measures for they
have created an agitation which must hurt Popery,
for agitation always is a bad thing for Wrong and
Bigotry
Last Sunday an address to the Queen was ex-
hibited in all the Catholic Churches, supposed to
have been drawn up by the Cardinal, and sigma
lures were solicited 1t expresses unbounded
loyalty to the Queen, and declares that the recent
movements of the Pontiff at Rome have merely
reference to the spiritual, and have nothing what
ever to do with the temporal. But the fact is,
cordng to the English constitution, the Queen is
the spiritual head of the kingdom, as well as the
temporal; and there can be little doubt that under
the circumstances, the appointments of the Pope
are insolent. At the same time, cannot sympa-
thize with the cry Of the established church, for
they only care for their own religious liberty
They are supremely selfish in this agitation
Only the other day, when public meeting against
the establishment of Popery was held in Isling-
ton, Edward Mall was knocked off the platform
because he wanted to ask the people assembled,
which was the worse, for Popery 10 have is A ch-
bishops in England, at its own cost, or for Epis-
cOpacy to fatten itself upon millions Of dissenters
Compare the character Of Cardinal Wiseman
with that of Henry Of Exeter, the State. Church
Bishop, and be sure that the character of the first
will not suffer by the comparison, for the latter
is one of the most intoerant religionists in
Europe.
The election Of a Lord Rector of Glasgow Uni
versity took place las week. The ,ival candi-
dates were Mr. Alison, the historian, and Lord
Palmerston, the Minister for Foreign Affairs
Out Of the four nations into which the stu
dents are divided, two gave their vote for MIR Ali
son and two for Lord Palmerson the former how
ever, has q majority of individual votes. The
casting vote lies in the hands Of Mr. Macaulay the
late Lord Rector and it is generally supposed that
be will vote for Mr. Alison out of compliment TO
him as a historian, and because he received ma
joriiy of the individual votes The historian is
the candidate of the Conservatives, and Lord Pal
merston of the Liberals but the election denotes
nothing of the state public opinion for the young
students care very little for the politics OF their
favorte and if they did, they not the repre-
sentatives of public opinion across the border.
A Dahoman Princess has recently been pre-
sented to the Queen by Capt. Forbes She was
given to him by the African King of Dahomey,
who became possessed Of her in late war with
some nation in Africa, aud would have sold her
to the slave traders had he not respected her BIRTH
and so put her under the care Of the gallant cap
tain. who has brought her to England. She is
eight years of age, and is said to be extremely
pretty, and Prince Albert and the Queen have
taken her in charge and will see that she is prop
erly educated Already che has acquired quite
knowledge of the English language, and shows
remarkable powers of song, and her future is very
promising
The churchmen of London are making prepa-
rations 10 accommodate the great number of for
eigners, who will be in town next summer, with
church-accommodstion The Bishop of London
is quite active in the mater
Inc DullulUg LOT inc Oreat EkHlDllOn gtls on
finely There are now two thousand men EN-.
ployed upon it, and the noise Of their labor is the
music o. the Park 1t is a singular fact that all
the dimensions Of the famous eifce are multiplies
of aght-as for instance, As, &C. so, &c Boxes
and bales Of goods and machinery for exhibition
arrive daily IN all the docks, and there will with
out doubt he great as are the dimensions of the
Crystal Palace, lack Of room to accommodate
one half Of the applicants for exhibition.
| have spoken Of Cardinal Wisemsn-tbe ex-
element against him is kept up throughout Eng
land with great zeal A meeting was held sn
evening or two since in Liverpool, when the cell
ebrated Rev. DIR. McNeile attempted to make an
address Many Catholics had forced their way
into the building and kept up such clamor that
not word could be heard Of the genteman's
speech, and posse of policemen were obliged TO
be called in to restore order. In the mean time,
the Cardinal himself has issued defence Of bin.
self and the Pope. 1t is a lengthy document and
is written with great ability but meets every
where with condemnation.
The Earl Of Carlisle, formerly Lord Morpeth,
] see is going to deliver lecture in Leeds on the
United States. have a strong curiosity to know
what an English nobleman will say Of the Repub-
lie and shall make note Off his lecture.
A massacre of Christians occurred ut Aleppo
on the 9th Of October, accompanied by many hor-
rible circumstances. In twenty-four hours a
Christian population Of 1000 were rendered
homeless Women and children were driven into
the streets, and horrible acts OF cruelty perpe-
trated against them. Several persons were muir
dered In cool blood, three churches burned to the
ground, and hve others plundered. The whole
amount Of property destroyed by the hordes OF
Mosems is estimated to be worth between four
and five million dollars. The news Of the mas
sscre reached here some time ago, and your read
ers probably are aware Of II, but the exact truth
in the matter has not been arrived at until withina
day or two. Now, however, competent authority
makes the above statements, aud there can be no
doubt that the massacre was . most disgraoeful
and uncalled-fo proceeding and for which the