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THE PAPAL BULL. Considerable excitement ...
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PRIESTLY TYRANNY. The walls of Warringto...
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AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The diplomatic come...
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HESSE-CASSEL. We stated last week that t...
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DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG-IIOLSTEIN. There i...
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THE NEWEST PARISIAN FASHIONS. In the abs...
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MISS MARTINEAU'S GARDEN FARM. We lately ...
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722 Qcff E 3l££&£T* [Saturday,
722 QCff e 3 L ££ & £ t * [ Saturday ,
The Papal Bull. Considerable Excitement ...
THE PAPAL BULL . Considerable excitement has been produced by the publication of an apostolic letter which Pope Pius the Ninth has issued , establishing an Episcopal Hierarchy in England . The document , which is of considerable length , is dated " St . Peter ' s , at Rome , under the seal of the fisherman , the 24 th of September , 1850 , " and countersigned by Cardinal Lambruschini . After alluding to the first introduction of Christianity in this country , and the mission of Augustine under Gregory the Great , he points to the great solicitude of the Roman Pontiffs for the Catholic Church in England ever since the commencement of the schism , as exemplified by the apostolic letters of Gregory XV . ( March 23 , 1623 ) , Urban VII . ( Feb . 4 , 1625 ) , Innocent XI . ( Jan . 30 , 1688 ) , the rules laid down for the guidance of Romish bishops in England by BenedictXIV ., and the new ecclesiastical division prescribed by Gregory XVI . in 1840 . He then proceeds to state that , encouraged by the example of his predecessors , he has , ever since the commencement of his pontificate , harboured in his mind the desire of favouring by every means in his power the development of the Catholic religion among the people of Great Britain ; that it is no longer necessary to govern the Catholics in that country by apostolical vicars , but that the ordinary form of Episcopal Government may henceforward be established : — " He , therefore , commencing by the district of London , establishes an archiepiscopal see at Westminster , comprising the counties of Middlessx , Essex , and Hertford . The see of Southwark , which is suffragan to that of Westminster , comprises the counties of Berks , Southampton , Surrey , Sussex , and Kent , with the Isles of Wight , Jersey , Guernsey , and the adjacent isles . In the north there is to be but one see , named after the town of Hagglestown . Next follows the see of the district of York , to be established at Beverley . There are to be two sees in the district of Lancaster : that of Liverpool , comprising the Isle of Man , Lonsdale , Amounderness , and West Derby ; and that of Saiford , including Blackburn and Leyland . Wales shall comprise the dioceses of Shropshire , including Anglesea , Caernarvon , Denbighshire , Flintshire , Merionethshire , Mortgomeryshire and Cheshire ; and' that of Newport , comprising Brecknockshire , Glamorganshire , Caermarthenshire , Pembrokeshire , Radnorshire , Monmouthshire , and Herefordshire . The west is divided into two bishoprics ; that of Clifton , including the shires of Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts , and that of Plymouth , extending over those of Devon , Dorset , and Cornwall . In the central district , the see of Nottingham shall comprise the shires of Nottingham , Derby , Leicester , Lincoln , and Rutland ; that of Birmingham shall include the counties of Staffordshire , Warwickshire , Buckinghamshire , and Oxfordshire . The eastern district shall form one see , under the name of Northampton . Hence England shall form a single ecclesiastical province , composed of one archbishop and twelve bishops , who are to correspond with the congregation De Propaganda Fide . All particular constitutions , privileges , and customs of the Romish Church in England are abolished , whatever be their antiquity , and the new bishops are consequently invested with their full episcopal powers . The letter concludes by recommending the Roman Catholics of England to contribute so far as is in their power , by pecuniary means , to the dignity of their prelates , and the splendour of the Roman Catholic worship .
Priestly Tyranny. The Walls Of Warringto...
PRIESTLY TYRANNY . The walls of Warrington have been freely covered by placards , during the last few days , resembling those usually issued for the apprehension of a runaway thief , and having at the top the word "Caution , " in large capitals ; the name of the Reverend Richard Greenall , the clergyman of the neighbouring village of Stretton , appearing in full length at the foot of the document . The affair which has led to the issuing of these placards is thus given by the Liverpool Albion : —
" Some time ago , a poor man , of the name of John Cooper , a farm-labourer of Appleton , one of Mr . Greenall ' s parishioners , had the misfortune to lose his wife , who left behind her an infant family of three children . On her death-bed , this poor woman made a request that , if her husband should ever marry again , he would marry her sister . Ever since Mrs . Cooper ' s death , the sister referred to conducted the widower ' s humble establishment , and acted as a mother to the orphans , until the commencement of the present month , when Cooper and his decensed wife ' s sister , in compliance with the dying request already stated , went over to the parish church at warrington , and were there married . Almost immediately afterwards , the reverend gentleman , the clergyman of Stretton , became cognizant of the fact of the marriage ; whereupon he issued and caused to be circulated a plac commencing thus : —
•• • Caution : —Whereas John Cooper , of Apploton , by false representation of his place of residence , has entered into marriage at the parish church of Wiirriiiifton , with the sister of his late wife , which marriage is by the laws of the land null and void , any offspring arising therefrom will bo base-born and illegitimate . ' «« JThc placard then proceeds to give * warning ' that * \* \& tiGi £ zP persons can be married out of their own parish , ; i ^^ W y ft' persons making false representations as to their ¦* T \ j /^' j m ^ j ^ kabode will subject themselves to the penalties of ' ¦ - V ^ fiwQw above production , stigmatizing ignominiously , \ ft » - « F Jfljjc t 8 * ° ^ ° » tvvo hunible , honest , well-behaved pwrsofti ^ jfas we understand these two people unquestionkbrwArc ) , brc : uise they have entered into a solemn contract enjoined by a dying woman , and not contrary
wards of twenty-five cases of marriage with wives ' sisters in Warrington and the immediate neighbourhood . We are further told that Mr . Sleigh , who is at present making a rapid tour through England for the purpose of obtaining statistical information on this important subject , has discovered during the last three weeks about two hundred cases of actual marriage with wives' sisters in the county of Lancaster and West Riding of Yorkshire , many of which have taken place within the last year ; and that gentleman declares it to be his belief that they exist to an extent little imagined , more particularly among the poorer classes of society . "
to the laws of nature , or of nature ' s God , we see no necessity to offer any comment of our own . Those who read the simple statement of facts will form their own judgment and make their own comments . But we may as well take this opportunity of mentioning , that , so lar from marriages of this description being unknown occurrences in the Reverend Mr . Greenall ' s neighbourhood , we have just learned that Mr . Sleigh , the barrister , whose name has been so long before the public as the untiring advocate of the legalization of marriages with a deceased wife ' s 3 ister , has recently been to Warrington , where he ascertained the present or recent existence of up-
Austria And Prussia. The Diplomatic Come...
AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA . The diplomatic comedy of a quarrel between the two powers still continues to be performed , and is even becoming more animated . An interchange of diplomatic missiles , as notes , declarations , and protests , is carried on between the two cabinets to a frightful extent , and to the greatest delight of those German patriots who believe in the earnestness of that quarrel . None but the performers themselves know when the opportune time for dropping the curtain will come , to show the world that it was really but a play , but a sham dispute , in order to throw dust in the eyes of the honest " Deutche Michel" ( the German John Bull ) .
A telegraphic despatch , dated Vienna , October 21 , announces that the Government has forbidden all publication in the journals of the military movements now in progress in Austria . The Times of Thursday , in a leading article on the present shuffle of " the great powers " says : — ' The Cabinet , which would not otherwise have assembled till the 6 th of next month , met yesterday , at a very snort notice , on a question of considerable urgency . The disgraceful conduct of Prussia in helping to protract the Schleswig-Holstein war , not only in spite of a treaty of peace with Denmark , but actually under cover
of the treaty , and by means of it , has led to a very natural—we might almost say legitimate—consequence . The Governments of Russia and of France have jointly proposed to the Government of this country , that the three Powers shall peremptorily require Prussia to fulfil her recent engagement with Denmark , and withdraw the support she still continues to give to the Schleswig-Holstein army . In the event of Prussia hesitating to comply with this reasonable demand Russia and France are prepared to back it , not by an unprofitable march to the territory under dispute , but in a way more congenial to their tastes , —by an invasion of the Silesian provinces
of Prussia on the one side , and the Rhenish on the other . In the first instance , however , they require the cooperation of England in the remonstrance with Prussia , without which they are not prepared to move at present . The answer of the British Government may , perhaps , be anticipated . It declines to join with Russia and France in such a note as we have described , but proposes that all three Powers shall separately remonstrate with Prussia on her present breach of faith with theDanish Government . Whether their triple remonstrances will be of more avail than all the rest of the diplomacy that has been lavished on this affair , is a question on which we will not venture to give an opinion . "
Hesse-Cassel. We Stated Last Week That T...
HESSE-CASSEL . We stated last week that the Elector , influenced by the Duke of Nassau , was about changing his policy ; and indeed it would appear that he has already shown some symptoms of this change . Thus , it is affirmed , that he had expressed his dissatisfaction of Hassenpflug ; the fact is , that he has written to the King of Prussia , putting into his hands the settlement of the affair . He was even inclined to form a new Cabinet ,
and for that purpose had summoned Mr . Elwers ( a Constitutionalist ) to Wilhelmsbad ; but the machinations of Austrin , promising the Elector armed help , were so effectual that he rejected both Mr . Elwers ' list of a now Ministry and his programme of a thorough change in the system of Government . The King of Prussia has despatched his premier , Count Brandenburg , to the Emperor of Russia , now in Warsaw , to procure , if possible , his entire neutrality , in case the dispute concerning Hesse-Cnssel should become more serious than a mere exchange of insulting despatches .
Denmark And Schleswig-Iiolstein. There I...
DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG-IIOLSTEIN . There is again a pause in the hostilities , but the hostile parties nre each effoctiveljr preparing for striking tho next blow : the Danes in rendering all the positions their troops now occupy actual strongholds , and tho Holstcincrs in encreasing their armed forces . Since the lieutenancy of the duchies ro « solved to encreaae tho nriny , the rallying of men around the Ilolstcin banner is immense . During tho last throe weeks the daily arrival of volunteers has far exceeded any previous reinforcement ; and what
is still more important , the majority of those volunteers wear the Prussian uniform . On the 19 th instant the Holstein army was already 6500 men stronger than it was at the battle of Idstedt . The infantry alone amounts to 33 , 000 men ; and it is the Government ' s intention to encrease its number to 3 , 7 , 000 . Their field artillery amounts to 88 pieces of ordnance . Contributions from Germany and other countries , in support of the Holstein cause , continu e to arrive and to be announced . Eight hundred marks banco have been received from Caraccas , and £ 1600 from Manchester , of which the house of Souchay contributed £ 1200 .
The Newest Parisian Fashions. In The Abs...
THE NEWEST PARISIAN FASHIONS . In the absence of anything very exciting in the political world , the Parisians have lately been amusing themselves , after their wonted manner , with startling novelties . The most absurd exhibition during this week has been that of M . Poitevin , on Sunday afternoon . To"the great delight of the public , he ascended in a car guiding an enormous balloon . To the car were attached at a considerable distance from it , by means of invisible irons , what he calls " spirits of the air , " namely three half-clad ballet girls , glad to gain their bread by ascending , on a cold afternoon , into the higher regions of the air , at the imminent peril of their lives . M . Poitevin gives the following account of the affair : —
"We left the Hippodrome at half-past five o ' clock , and soon found ourselves above the Champ de Mars , about 2000 yards in height . The cold became very sharp , and our three intrepid Jilles de I ' air , whose courage did not fail a single instant , began to discover that their costumes , very pretty , but rather too aerial , were not precisely travelling dresses for such high regions , and they felt a strong desire to abdicate their divine role , and return to the car to change their dresses of lace and muslin for clothing much
warmeralthough Jilles de Vairy their teeth began to chatter . We put the mechanism , which is as simple as it is solid , in movement , and the travellers returned to the car , where they quickly exchanged their clothes . Our balloon had twice been in cold clouds , and we lost sight of the earth ; but the wind brought us over Paris , and we passed over the Pantheon , the Jardin des Plantes , and the Fort of Villejuif . By this time the ladies had completed their toilette—a strange operation at such a height . The night having begun to approach , I effected my descent without the slightest shock . "
Another favourite exhibition in Paris is the performance of a man called " L'homme en caoutchouc , " or the Indian rubber man , who amuses mankind by proving that the human frame is capable of contortions which the monkey-kind would find it difficult to execute . This creature bends his back into such a perfect curve that , standing firm on his feet , he actually , by curving it , brings his face between his legs , whence for some time he quietly regards his gaping beholders .
Miss Martineau's Garden Farm. We Lately ...
MISS MARTINEAU'S GARDEN FARM . We lately published a letter from Miss Martineau to the governor of the Guiltcross Workhouse , in which she gave a most interesting narrative of the result of a small attempt at farming , undertaken partly for economy , and partly with a view to show how a certain amount of labour waiting for employment can be best made available . This letter , and a second on the same subject , have just been published in a pamphlet form , under the title of " Two Letters on Cowkeeping . " In a brief preface Miss Martineau says , " the attention excited by the appearance of the first of these letters in a newspaper has compelled
its publication in a separate form , and the continuation of the subject in a second letter . At a time when events are directing many minds to the consideration of the value and proper uses of land , the experience of the humblest cultivator may bo of service ; and I am , therefore , not ashamed of putting into print the results of as small an experiment as can well be made . " The letter , which we give entire , is full of valuable information to any one who wishes to try a similar experiment , or , indeed , to any person who has a small piece of land , and is anxious to make the most of it : — Ambleside , Oct . 5 , 18 oO .
My dear Sir , —I promised to report progress when we had had experience of another season of our farming plan . I came home yesterday , after an absence of nrarly three months ; and I think I cannot do better than tell you precisely the state in which I find my farming affairs . I related to you , last January , that we had in great measure maintained two cows , and supplied ourselves with vegetables for the table ( except winter potatoes ) ,
from less than an acre and a quarter of ground . Of this ground , three quarters of an acre were grass ; and grass and hay arc such expensive food for cows , that I should not devote any ground for their growth , but for other considerations—such as the view from the windows . We ascertained , finally , that we maintained a cow and a half on our ground , and that the purchase of what was needful for the other half maintenance of one cow was made well worth while by her milk and manure , and by our having stall-room for her , and a pair of hands to wait
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 26, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26101850/page/2/
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