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      The Queen Dowager's Annuityin The Court ...

      the annuity between the date of the last payment and the day of her death . The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General showed cause against the rule . Mr . Sergeant- Merewether , Sir F . Thesiger , Mr . Peacock , Mr . Henderson , and Mr . Sears appeared in favour of it . After hearing much talk on both sides , the court took time to consider thejudgment .

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      The Crystal Palace. Much Interest Has Be...

      THE CRYSTAL PALACE . Much interest has been felt by the public at large as to what the rates of admission would be to this great gathering of all nations . Various suggestions have been made , and several conjectures hazarded , upon this subject ; but nothing has yet been officially published tending in the least degree to supply the information so urgently required . The Standard affirms that the commissioners have resolved up ^ n adopting the following 6 cale , should not unforeseen circumstances arise to induce them to modify it : — First day , £ 1 Is . ; the next six days , 5 s . ; and after that period , Is . No open days whatever are to be granted . " Within the last few days the Executive Committee have been in communication with the Commissioners

      of the Metropolitan Police relative to a force necessary to preserve the peace in the neighbourhood of the Exhibition at the time of its opening and during its continuance , although a vast number of superannuated constables have received orders to do duty on that occasion . The Commissioners intimated their intention on Wednesday to augment the force by adding 900 men , who will be employed for twelve months only . Those men will perform duty at the various police stations , in lieu of the A or reserved force , and the latter , with the detective men , will be stationed in and about the Great Exhibition building . The additional men employed will have the preference of joining the force as vacancies may occur , instead of taking fresh hands .

      Her Majesty ' s Commissioners have decided , in order to prepare for the reception of foreign goods in the ensuing week , that the public must be altogether excluded from visiting the building after Monday next , the 3 rd of February . The Duke of Wellington has expressed an opinion that it will be unnecessary Ao encrease the military strength of London during the Great Exhibition , beyond removing the battalion of Guards from Chichester to the vicinity of the metropolis ; every precaution will , however , be taken by the authorities of the Horse Guards on the occasion of such an excess of visitors ; and buildings have been surveyed for the accommodation of additional troops , should their services be required in aid of the civil power , which latter force , we understand , is to be augmented by 1000 men . — United Service Gazette .

      The Perth Courier states that Lord Willoughby d'Eresby has hired , at his own expense , a house in London for the accommodation of such of the tenants on his extensive estates as may wish to visit the Great Exhibition .

      Protestantism And Popery. Dr. Pusey, In ...

      PROTESTANTISM AND POPERY . Dr . Pusey , in a "Letter to the Bishop of London in Explanation of some Statements by the Reverend W . Dodaworth , " says , "It is worse than idle to talk , as some have done , of putting down * Tractarianism , ' in order to check secessions to Rome . Such might drive hundreds from the Church for tens ; but while that precious jewel , the Prayer-book , remains , they cannot destroy or weaken Tractarianism . ' It was out of Holy Scripture and the formularies of the Church that Tractarianism arose . It was cherished by our English divines . It was ripened by the Fathers . It was ripened while most of the writers knew scarcely a Roman book , and only controversially , rractarianism was entirely the birth of the English Church . Its life must hf »< : o-nxisrf » nr . with th «

      formularies with which it is embodied . Tractarianism was not beheaded with Laud , nor trampled under foot in the Great Rebellion , nor corrupted by Charles II ., nor expelled with the nonjurors , nor burnt , together with the Common Prayer-book , in Scotland , nor extinguished by the degradation of the Church through Wal pole , nor in America by the long denied episcopate , liv en the pared and maimed Prayer-book of the Church in tho United States stillaffords it a home , and the sameness of the struggles implies the sumo principle of life . " Referring to the anti-Papal excitement , the reverend gentleman nays , " That cry "us come in part from undefined fears , in part it comes from those who would desire an amalgamation of 1 rotestantism by destroying what is the characteristic of tho Church of England . " in

      _ . - ^ letter appears the Morning Chronicle from Mr . 1 i- i ' bllrriH <* . <* relative of tho Roman Catholic JUnhop , m which , with reference to the lato addresH to J ) r . Wwoiium from tho body to which he belongB , « e "iHtinctly repudiates on behalf of those who signed that document , tho slightest recognition thereby of ultramontane opinions In proof of which he

      instances the formation of the " Cisalpine Club , " in aireot antagonism thereto , a society which counts on » tH hut almost every name of eminence among tho "rUiBli Roman Catholics—Petre , Stafford . Jerningham , Camoys , Norfolk , Arundel , & c . This club , to which several hundred of tho leading gentry h # toag ,

      has been in active existence for some thirty years , and the principles it recognizes are those set forth in the letters of Lord Beaumont and the Duke of Norfolk , not a single word of which can , according to Mr . Riddel , be construed into anything else but what forms the basis of that club ' s original institution . The Bishop of London has appointed the Honourable and Reverend Robert Liddell r the vicar of Barking , to be the " successor of Mr . Bennett , at St . Barnabas . An interval is to elapse-before Mr . Bennett

      legally resigns , and Mr . Liddell is legally appointed . The vicar of Barking is well known as a younger son of Sir Thomas Liddell , whom George IV . created Lord Ravensworth . He married a daughter of Dr . Wellesley , late rector of Bishop Wear mouth , and was in 1836 , presented by the College of All Souls , Oxford , to the living which he will now vacate . The Daily News describes him as a decided Puseyite . If that be the case , the people of Pimlico have not made much by the change .

      The Dublin meeting , announced for some weeks past , to address the Queen and petition the Legislature against the Papal aggression , took plaqe on Tuesday in the large room of the Rotunda . Eleven o ' clock was the time fixed for the commencement of the proceedings ; and soon after that hour there was a very respectable , although not a numerous , attendance . The meeting was addressed by Mr . T . Wallace , the Earl of Clancarty , the Reverend Tresham Gregg , Mr . Napier , M . P ., Dr . O'Sullivan , the Earl of Roden , Viscount Suirdale , the Earl of Castlemaine , and Colonel Lewis . A strongly-worded Anti-Papal address was adopted . Another meeting was held in the evening , the Earl of Mayo in the chair , when resolutions of a similar nature were adopted .

      A meeting of the Protestants of Montgomeryshire was held on Thursday , at Welshpool . The Earl of Powis moved the main resolution , with a speech of very guarded tone ; and the resolution itself expressed the desire of the meeting not to withhold from her Majesty ' s Roman Catholic subjects the full participation of the civil privileges which they enjoy . Lord Powis asked the meeting not to be too sanguine of the measures which the Minister would carry ; for the action taken must apply to Ireland as well as England— -there was the great difficulty . Lord Sudely moved an anti-Tractarian amendment , and was seconded by a Dissenting minister ( the Reverend John Evans ) . The two lords negotiated , but could not agree ; and the original resolution was carried by a large majority . At Gloucester , a congregation in the Countess of Huntingdon ' s connection has adopted a memorial , the specific prayer of which is for the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant .

      The Bishop of Durham , in a letter to the Times , contradicts the rumour that his letter to the A rchdeacon of Lindisfarne was founded upon any knowledge of what course Ministers intend to take with reference to Papal aggression . The statement published in the Globe a few days since that certain queries had been addressed to Cardinal Wiseman by a legal gentleman is , we understand , substantially correct . The letter in question was written by Mr . Charles Pearson , late M . P . for Lambeth , at the suggestion of certain members of the bar , whose object was to found a prosecution for a misdemeanour upon the admissions which it was expected the Cardinal would make . It is unnecessary to day that , to this formal demand to furnish evidence that would crimina te himself

      no answer was returned . In connection with this subject we may state that , on the publication of Lord John Russell's manifesto , in which he announces that the law officers of the Crown would look into tho -law of the question , to ascertain whether there was any ground for a prosecution , the Cardinal at once gave instructions to a legal gentleman of eminence to take the necessary measures for his defence . Some time having elapsed without any movement on the part of the law officers of the Crown , the Cardinal ' s legal adviser addressed a letter to them , enquiring whether any legal proceedings were contemplated , and , if so , what form the prosecution would assume . After some delay , a reply was received

      from the Government , stating that it was not their intention to institute any legal proceedings , the law in its present state not being applicable to the act of the Cardinal , and that the question would be reserved for legislative consideration . —Observer . It ia said that , during the forthcoming session of Parliament , a bill will be introduced to assimilate the Episcopalian Church in Scotland to the Church of England , and to free the Scottish Episcopalian clergy from the disabilities under which they have hitherto been placed , tty the present law they are prevented from holding any benefice in England , und may only officiate twice consecutively in any English diocese .

      The London correspondent of tho Dublin hvefning Mail says : — " Nothing is as yet definitely . known as to the precise nature of the measure to be proposed by Ministers with regard to the Pope ' s late aggression ; but you may depend upon it that Lord John is in constant communication on the subject with Cardinal WiHcman . It appears , by th , e last number of the Quarterly Review , that a aop has already been thrown out to the Cardinal by the appointment of a nenr relutive of his ( nephew , I believe ) , to tho situation of Colonial Secretary « t Coylon .

      The situation is worth £ 2600 a .-year . " A large piece of ground hns been obtained by the Human Catholic body in the line of the new street now in course of formation between the Houses of Parliament and Pimlico , for the purpose of erecting a . magnificent cathedral , to be culled St . Patrick ' s . Victoriastreet , tin the new street hut * been named , will run through the lowest and most densely populated parts of Westminster ; the housed are to be palatial In character , und the new opening will be the means of affording a mure direct and commodious dmidi of rooom between

      Buckingham Palace , the aristocratic district of Belgravla , and the Houses of Parliament , and will tend very materially to improve the ventilation and drainage of that quarter of the town . The Cathedral of St . Patrick will be the metropolitan church of the Cardinal , and will , when completed , it is said , surpass any building of the kind yet undertaken in this country . The purchase of the ground has not yet been c oncluded , but the necessary arrangements are almost comp leted , and a very large sum has been already obtained in subscriptions and donations .

      The rumour that the Very Reverend Dr . Cox , president of Old Hall College , is to be the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark is premature . It is not intended at present to appoint any Bishop of Southwark , as there is a large debt , exceeding £ 3000 , still due upon St . George ' s Church , which , in consequence , remains yet unconseorated and unfinished , and until this debt is liquidated , the ecclesiastical affairs of the district will be managed by Cardinal Wiseman , assisted by the Reverend Dr . Doyle , the senior clergyman of St . George ' s .

      Mr. Bagshaw And The Bishop Of London. An...

      MR . BAGSHAW AND THE BISHOP OF LONDON . An extraordinary correspondence between the Bishop of London and Mr . Bagshaw , the son of Mr . Bagshaw , M . P ., is published in the Daily News of Saturday . The Bishop having learned that Mr . Bagshaw was erecting a chapel on his property , in Paddington , wrote to say that he ( the Bishop ) could not license " any unconsecrated proprietary chapel , " and , if Mr . Bagshaw wanted it consecrated , " it will be necessary to provide an endowment , and to submit the plans to me for my approval . " Mr . Bagshaw replied that he did not want it to be consecrated , but on its completion would solicit his lordship "to license to the ministry of the chapel a clergyman of long standing in the Church , and who has laboured many years in your lordship ' s diocese to your satisfaction . " The Bishop says he cannot allow any new unconsecrated building to be opened as a chapel ; he found some in his diocese , but had objected to new ones , and even " to the reopening of some which had been closed for some time . " He , therefore , will not license any clergyman to such a chapel . Mr . Bagshaw remonstrates—points to the want of church accommodation in the parish , to the progress of the building , and hints that " there is no law" against him . The Bishop says he shall be satisfied with an endowment of £ 1000 and a small repair fund , and , perhaps , " this may be saved from the sum which

      you intend to lay out on the building , and , lastly , Mr . Bagshaw should have the patronage . After mature consideration the latter abandons his project . " At what a heavy pecuniary sacrifice to myself your lordship is already informed , and with , what loss to the spiritual interests of the locality , your lordship ' s acquaintance with the want of church accommodation which there prevails , will make it unnecessary for me to say more on the subject than I have already done . " The Bishop consents to the publication of the correspondence , simply desiring to add that in two or three cases he has licensed chapels , purchased from Dissenters , " in my populous and poor neighbourhoods , " with a view to their being ultimately consecrated as district churches .

      Spiritual Despotism In Italy. The Follow...

      SPIRITUAL DESPOTISM IN ITALY . The following extract from a private letter , dated Rome , January 14 , will give some notjpn of the wretched state of public affairs in Italy : — - " Rome , Jan . 14 , 18 . ) l . " In this part of the world we are kept safely guarded from any confusion of ideas upon events , by his Holiness refusing admission to any newspapers which express liberal opinion . It is the same at Naples , where I shall be in a month , and you may , therefore , judge how acceptable letters from England must be . At Naples they have a very amusing list of prohibited books , amongst them Humboldt's Cosmos : this last , as some one remarked , because it treated of the revolutions of the heavenly bodies . Florence charmed me . It is the richest museum of art , ancient and modern , in the world , and there for the first time I could appreciate the genius of some of the Italian masters , lo know , for example , Andre del Sarto , one must visit Florence . Florence in to me especially interesting , as it is the city the most really Republican of past limes , and the Republic where the people show in fine contrast to tho other rulers in Italy ' s paBt ages . Its present condition is melancholy . It is the same with all Tuscany . It ie experiencing the paternal governments of Austria ; and the streets have exchanged the choruses which the people used to sing so well for the perpetual clank of Austrian swords and the swagger of Austrian and Hungarian soldiers . The Florentines of all classes behave with considerable dignity in their misfortunes . Any Italians who frequent .

      Austrians in society are immediately avoided by their friends and acquaintances ; so much ho , that even traditional flirtations arc broken off if the lady dances with an Austrian , —tho partito who has so long been at her feet departs . The people are Buffering much from the enoreased tuxution rendered necessary by the Austrian occupation . The withdrawal of the Austrian garrisons or any serious diminution in their number will be tho uigiml for a revolution . The great evil over all Italy , and that which renders anything like real progress so difficult , Is the priesthood . Its progress in power , and its present overwhelming influence , are owing to tho ignorance of tho masses . Thin is their sceptre , and the priesthood are well awaro that In tho contlnuanco

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 1, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01021851/page/5/