Current:

Leader (1850-1860), 2nd November 1850, Edition Town of 1, Page 750

Page 750
Page 6
6 of 24

On this page

  • Text (4)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      At Detroit the excitement is described as very great . The gaol is guarded by the military , who are under regular army discipline . At Sandwich , in Canada , opposite Detroit , there were , at the lowest calculation , three hundred negroes , who lately crossed the river , and it was said to be dangerous for an American citizen from here to be seen among them .

      Untitled Article

      THE IRISH CA THOLICS AND THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE . The Irish papers give a long account of the opening of the second session of the Queen ' College in the city of Cork , and the distribution of prizes to the students who had distinguished themselves in the various classes . The prizes consisted of handsomely bound books on subjects connected with the different branches of education for distinction in which the respective students received them . The different professors introduced their pupils , and Professor de Vericour is described as having been received on . his entrance with enthusiastic applause . The chief

      interest of the occasion , however , turned upon the able and liberal address of Sir Robert Kane , the president , who indignantly denounced the thraldom in ¦ which those would hold the youth of Ireland who -wished to shut them out from the education afforded by those colleges , and dwelt upon a document signed by eight Roman Catholic bishops in January last , who then believed that the colleges at least deserved a trial , and also on the fact that thirteen bishops had appealed to Rome to the same effect . The conduct of the Roman Catholic students in that college , and

      their strict attention to their religious duties since it had been opened , shewed that there was no tendency to infidel principles entertained , and that they were as remarkable for the absence of all such improper disposition as for the slightest deviation from general rectitude of conduct . The learned president resumed his seat , after the delivery of his address , amidst the warmest applause from a large assembly , chiefly composed of the parents and guardians of the students .

      Untitled Article

      THE MOVEMENT FROM ROME . The agitation caused by the Papal bull has not been allowed to subside in the metropolis . Cardinal "Wiseman has addressed his " clergy , regular and secular , and the faithful of his arch-diocese and diocese , " in a long epistle , which was read on Sunday in all the Roman Catholic chapels of the metropolis . It is subscribed , " Nicholas , by the Divine mercy , of the holy Roman Church , by the title of St . Pudentiana , Cardinal Priest , Archbishop of "Westminster , and Administrator apostolic of the diocese of Southwark , " and dated the Flaminian Gate of Rome , " October 7 th . It recites

      how" On the 29 th day of the last month , on the Feast of the Archangel St . Michael , Prince of the Heavenly Host , his Holiness Pope Pius IX . was graciously pleased to issue his letters apostolic , under the Fisherman ' s Ring , conceived in terms of great weight and dignity , wherein he substituted for the eight apostolic vicariates heretofore existing , one archiepiscopal or metropolitan and twelve episcopal sees , repealing at the same time and annulling all dispositions and enactments made for England by the Holy Sec with reference to its late form of ecclesiastical government . " And , by a brief dated the same day , his Holiness was further pleased to appoint us , though most

      unworthy , to the archiepiscopal see of Westminster , established by the above-mentioned letters apostolic , giving us at the same time the administration of the episcopal see of Southwark . So that , at present , and till such time as the Holy See shall think fit otherwise to pro . vide , we govern , and shall continue to govern , the counties of Middlesex , Hertford , and Essex , as ordinary thereof , and those of Surrey , Sussex , Kent , Berks , and Hants , with the islands annexed , as administrator , with ordinary jurisdiction . " Further , we have to announce to you , dearly beloved in Christ , that , as if still further to add solemnity and honour before the church to this noble act of apostolic

      authority , and to give an additional mark of paternal benevolence towards the Catholics of England , his Holiness was pleased to raise us , in the private consistory of Monday , the 30 th of September , to the rank of Cardinal Priest of the Holy Roman Church ; and , on the Thursday next ensuing , being the 3 rd day of this month of October , in public consistory , he delivered to us the insignia of this dignity , the cardinational hat ; assigning us afterwards for our title , in the private consistory which we attended , the Church of St . Pudentiana , in which St . Peter is groundedly believed to have enjoyed the hospitality of the noble and partly British family of the Senator Pudens . "

      As regards the brightening prospects of the " holy Roman Church , " the astute cardinal indulges in a strain of eloquent exultation over this day : — "To us a day of joy and exaltation of spirit , the crowning day ot long hopes , and the opening day of bright prospects . How must the saints of our country , whether Roman or British , Saxon or Norman , look down from their scats of bliss with beaming glance upon this new evidence of the faith and church which led them to glory , sympathizing with those who have faithfully adhered to them through centuries of ill-repute , for the

      truth ' s sake , and liow rnnn thn fruit nf thtnr lintinnno truth ' 8 sake , and now reap the fruit of their patience and long sullbring ! All those blessed martyrs of these later ages , who have fought the battles of faith under such discouragement , who mourned , more than over their own fottcrs or their own pain , over the dcsolato ways of their

      own Sion and the departure of England's religious glory ; oh ! how must they bless God , who hath again visited his people , how take part in our joy , as they see the lamp of the temple again enkindled and rebrightening , as they behold the silver links of that chain which had connected their country with the See of Peter in its vicarial government changed into burnished gold ; not stronger nor more closely knit , but more beautifully wrought and more brightly arrayed !"

      Dr . " Ullathorne , the Catholic Bishop of Birmingham , was enthroned on Sunday morning in the cathedral of that town . The edifice was crowded No less than twelve clergymen , formerly ministers of the Anglican church , were among those assisting in , or witnesses of the ceremony . The sermon , an hour-and-a-half long , was preached by Dr . Newman , and excited great interest . The preacher described the Catholics of England as having become tired , 300

      years ago , of the blessings they then enjoyed , in consequence of which they were deprived of the hierarchy . The mystery of God ' s providence was now , however , fulfilled . He ( Dr . Newman ) did not recollect any people on earth , but those of Great Britjrin , who , having once rejected the religion of God , were again restored to the bosom of the church . The Bishop ' s inaugural sermon , in the evening , however , is described as " eminently plain and practical—free from the slightest tincture of acrimony . "

      The Sun of Thursday evening states that the neighbourhood of High-street and Union-street in the Borough have this week been kept in continual excitement owing to the extraordinary conduct of some Roman Catholic priests and their assistants . On each evening during the week the windows of the different rooms in one of the courts have been illuminated with candles , and a priest standing on a chair , dressed in canonicals , and having a crucifix held behind him , so as to give the interior of the court

      as near as possible the appearance of a Roman Catholic chapel during mass , has held forth to the surrounding multitudes on the doctrine and progress now said to be making in England of the Roman Catholic religion . The discourse has principally referred to the late assumption of spiritual power in this country by the heads of the Roman Catholic Church , deductions being drawn therefrom that the established religion of this realm , will be shortly overthrown , and the Roman Catholic religion assume its place .

      A correspondent of the Church and State Gazette states that a large secession from , the Anglican Church to that of Rome is about to take place . Among those who have lately gone over , we learn that : — " Miss Yates , of Charlton-terrace , Islington , and several other Transitionist ladies , have been received into the Romish Church by Father Oakeley ; and it is reported that several of the congregation of St . Margaret's , . Leicester ( the vicar of whom is Mr . Andeiton , nephew of Archdeacon Manning ) , are also about to join the Church of Rome . It is also asserted that a number of the leading agitators have signed a document to the effect that unless the ' present state of things is entirely altered , ' they shall feel themselves compelled to leave the Church of England . "

      The committee of the *« London Union on Church matters , " which is something of a Puseyite association , held a meeting on Monday , at which the following resolution was passed unanimously : — 11 That this committee solemnly declares that it considers the present Episcopate of the Church of England to be truly and completely that which was founded by the successors of the Apostles , and therefore is entitled to the entire and undivided allegiance of members of the Church of England ; " and also , " That this committee , having read and considered a recent Papal Bull , together with an address from Cardinal Wiseman , feels itself compelled to state that it considers the same , with the claims therein advanced , to be an unquestionable invasion of the Church of England . "

      An aggregate meeting of the beneficed clergy of the City of London was held at Sion College on Thursday , at noon , in pursuance of a requisition addressed to the Venerable Archdeacon of London , for the purpose of memorializing the Lord Bishop of the diocese on the appointment of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster , and to express publicly their collective opinion on the projected establishment of the Roman hierarchy in this country . An address to the Bishop of London was carried , in which " the recent aggression of the Bishop of Rome , " was described as " a bold attempt to undermine and eventually destroy our constitution in Church and State . " It was afterwards agreed , that a future meeting should be held to consider the propriety of presenting an address to the Queen .

      Untitled Article

      said the man , " and I'll give you half . " We shall now let the policeman tell his own story , as he gave it at the Marylebone police-office : — «« I laid hold of him by the back of the neck , and led him along , and for 500 yards he walked as quietly as possible He then said something to me , but I cannot recollect the words he used , and , at the same moment , he suddenlv sprung up , and I was stabbed by him in the face with a sharp instrument . I still kept hold of him , and we rolled together down an embankment . A scuffle then ensued between us , and he cut me again on . the ear and the hand . I caught hold of his wrist , and saw the knife in

      his hand , which was upraised , as if in the act of once more stabbing me , the blow being about to be aimed at my head . We continued to scuffle , and the prisoner got away from me . I got up as quickly as possible , while the blood was flowing from me in a stream , and I ran after him with my drawn truncheon . When I had got within a few yards of him , the ground being slippery , he fell . I fell too . We bath got up , and with my truncheon I gave him several blows , which brought him down . I halloed out , and my cries brought to my

      assistance two railway policemen , by whom the prisoner was secured and conveyed to the station-house . I managed to walk there myself in a bleeding and fainting condition , and on searching the prisoner I found in his possession , three bags , which I now produce . They contain £ 19 in shillings , a crown , 14 half-crowns , 128 sixpences , 24 fourpenny pieces , 15 threepenny pieces , and other moneys in copper . In . one of his waistcoat pockets I found two fourpenny pieces , and in his fob a jet necklace . "

      On being asked from , whom he had received the money , he said he had got it from Mr . Grimble , but was unable to say precisely how much of it there was . From subsequent enquiry it was ascertained that he had stolen the money from the house of Mr . Seaton , landlord of the Dublin Castle , Park-street , Camden-town . When brought before the magistrates on Monday , the prisoner , whose name is George Rouse , denied having broken into the house . The money had been given him by two men , strangers to him , who told him to carry it to Oxford-street for them , and they would put a trifle in his way . He was remanded till Monday next .

      The exertions of the police to discover the man who was wounded in the Regent ' s-park affair have been at last successful . On Tuesday morning Police ' constable Mason brought up from the Albany-street stationhouse , Regent ' s-park , a man named John Mitchell , who had been taken into custody in Southwark , on the charge of having been concerned in the above burglary . At twelve o ' clock the prisoner was brought in by the gaoler and placed at the bar , and immediately all eyes were directed towards him . He is described on the charge-sheet as a labourer , living at 23 Little Surrey-street , Blackfriars , is about five

      feet six inches high , and of sallow complexion . lie was attired in a rough coat , corduroy trousers , and boots ; his left arm was in a sling , and , as he seemed so weak and faint as to be scarcely able to stand , he was told by the magistrate that he might sit while the evidence was being gone into against him . There was a mark on his left cheek , and he had evidently sustained injury upon different parts of his body . The enquiry , as may be imagined , excited considerable interest , and the court was crowded to excess . The prisoner is the man who was supposed to have

      been killed by Paul , the butler , when he fired into a bush beneath which he saw that some one was secreted . Mr . Paul , the butler , repeated the statement which he made on a former occasion regarding the burglary , and his firing at a man who concealed himself behind a bush . He could not say whether the man at the bar was the one at whom he fired the pistol . When asked if the man had a hat on , Mr . Paul said he had not . A policeman who had been called to the spot by the report of fire-arms , said he had traced spots of blood from the bush at which Mr . Paul shot to a

      BURGLARY , MURDER , AND ROBBERY . Between three and four o'clock on Monday morning , the policeman on duty round the grounds by Chalk-farm Tavern , saw a young man passing whose appearance he did not like . He accordingly followed and overtook him near Primrose-hill . Observing something bulky under the man ' s coat he asked what it was . The man unbuttoned his coat and drawing thence a leathern bug said it was his own money he had worked for , at the same time producing 2 s . 6 d . The policeman , feeling pretty sure that a robbery had been committed , told the man he must go to the Btation-house . " For God ' s sake don ' t take me , '

      fence 100 yards distant . At this stage of the proceedings the hat perforated with shot was produced , and the gaoler was ordered to see if it fitted the prisoner . *• It ' s of no use trying it on any more , " said the prisoner , ' for I know it fits me . " The cabman who took a wounded man in his cab to the Strand , on the night of the burglary , swore that Mitchell was that man . The latter had no hat on when he called the cab , and the blood was trickling down his face , as if from his wound on his head . Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : Have you anything to ask of this witness ? Prisoner : No . I don't deny that I am the man , for I ' m aniU . v /" tri-pat sensation in courts , but the cabman I ' m guilty ( great sensation in court ) but the cabman

      , has sworn falsely . It was not his cab that I rode in , and I know nothing about him . However , although he has sworn what is not true , I say that I am guilty . It appears that the prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday night , at 23 , Little Surrey-street , Friarstreet , Blackfriars-road , by Sergeant 3 iarry and Sergeant Brentford . In consequence of information they had received they went to the above house , and in the first floor back room they found the prisoner sitting up in his bed , and a woman poulticing his wounds . When told that he must consider himself in custody for the burglary at Mr . Holibrd ' s ho said , ** Very well , I'll go . " He seemed extremely ill , nnd asked Barry to hand a bottle to him which was on a chest of drawers close by , from which he drank two glasses of port , At the station-house a doctor was

      Untitled Article

      750 HZfte ittfair ^ tr * [ Saturday ,

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 2, 1850, page 750, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1857/page/6/