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      ing pretensions . rope supremacy this kingdom . The Banbury Guardian gives the following detail respecting the escape of a nun from the Roman Catholi establishment in that town : — " The young lady who too ] an opportunity of withdrawing from the convent was on of the Sisters of Charity , and was chiefly employed in th school . She ^ was known in the establishment only a sister Antonia , and is by some said to be highly con nected . The convent at Banbury is not the first at whicl she has been ; she had been at a similar establishmen in France and in Nottingham . Her dissatisfaction witl a conventual life was first made known out of the hous by letters , which she contrived to have conveyed b ; children in the school , to parties of the Protestant faiti

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      CHdUtt ; value iiiiu uci puaatraaiuu , uisiuiucu 111 c upiutuu ; in which she had been educated ; she determined 01 getting away from St . John ' s , and resolved to do so earl ; on Monday morning , and again on Tuesday morning but at the moment of the contemplated escape her hear failed her . Shortly after nine o ' clock , the school hour on Tuesday , while the other inmates were engaged , sh < took an opportunity of getting away unobserved , and foi some reason , instead of going to the parties in Banbun with whom she had been in communication , and who ha < offered her shelter , set off on the road for Oxford . A Adderbury , three miles from Banbury , she became tired and enquired for a Protestant minister . She was takei 4 1 L C A Vk U ¦ tm f ¦ ¦ ? ¦¦ ¦ v iricKeit

      - _ a . . ^* * . . *« > * . j ^ *^ * m . «* . — - * « a ¦ . * *> . *_• . a ^ ^ n ^ m * «** *•¦* •» *** ^ * • • ^ * m a * to tne nouse ot tne jxevereno . ivxr . ; , an xnae pendent minister , where she was kindly received , botl by Mr . and Mrs . Crickett . She has been supplied wit clothing , and the garments peculiar to the sisterhood , i : which she went away , have been returned to the con vent . Before she left St . John ' s an application wa made , by the parties with whom she had been in commu nication , to a neighbouring magistrate , for his aid to re move her , and he wrote on the subject to Sir Georg Grey , the Secretary of State ; but she did not wait fo their interference , but took an opportunity of actin ; alone , as we have described . " i zmeric / ixuvurwr i jjauy

      According . o me j ^ a « c auu Maria Monsell , wife of the honourable " convert" of tha name , and sister of the Earl of Dunraven , has followei the example of her husband , and " become reconciled t the Church , " as the phrase goes . The Reporter als contains a revelation to this effect : — " The conversion t the ancient faith of a nobleman with a historic Iris title , and the head of the aristocracy of his native coun try , whose name , however , we cannot at present , fo obvious reasons , publish , is confidently stated within th

      last lew ciays . Lord Nigel Kennedy , a brother of the present Marqui of Ailsa , has embraced the Roman Catholic faith . Hi lordship , who resides near Ayr , is quite a youth . —Scot tis / i Guardian . St . Barnabas Church , Pimlico , was reopened for th performance of divine service , on Sunday . It was nc generally known that the order which had issued on th pieceding Sunday for closing the church would have bee so soon withdrawn , and , consequently , the congregatio was almost entirely limited to the inhabitants of the dis

      trict and the other regular attendants at the church There was no crowd assembled at the doors , and the ser vice was conducted without any confusion or infringemen of decorum . The Litany was intoned by the Reverem Mr . De Gex , one of the curates ; and at its conclusioi some curiosity was manifested to observe whether th large wax candles which stand upon the altar would bi lighted , according to the custom which has been hitherti observed . This , however , was not done . The Command merits were read by the Reverend Mr . Fyffe , who stoo < at the north side of the altar , with his face directed to

      wards the south . A meeting of the ratepayers of St . Anne ' s , Wes minster , was held in the Vestry-hall , Dean-street , o Saturday evening , to audit the parochial accounts , an to enquire into the state of the church funds , and whethc there was any probability of a church rate being require to support the parish church . The rector , the Reveren Nugent Wade , on taking the chair complained of th want of courtesy in not having been invited to the pare chial meeting to oppose the Papal aggression . Not con siderint ? it a vestrv meeting he had waited for such in

      vitation , being most anxious to oppose' this Popis aggression . Mr . Churchwarden George said that th clergymen of all the adjoining parishes had considered i their duty to come forward uninvited and support th movement . The churchwardens having been requeste by the vestry to inform them as to the church funds ^ Mi George stated that the ordinary expenses were £ 3 K and he had only £ 80 to pay it . Owing to the doctrine preached and the ceremonies observed the congregatio had deserted the church , and that he had no alternativ hut to make a church rate . He had drawn the Bishop c London ' s attention to the circumstances , and he had r < quested the rector to desist , and further , the Archdeaco of Middlesex was about to institute enquiries , lh rector , at considerable length , entered into the charge brought against him . Some he maintained were m contrary to the Rubric ; others he denied in toto , an positively impugned the allegation that the bishop ha reprehended the manner in which he conducted Divin ¦« . ^ .. K ; TVi o nvn 1 n . nn . tinn was received with open dis

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      venge , for your father is away , and your friends shal not prevent the getting you in our power , though thej watch me , for I have sworn to my priest that you shal not escape me . I know every room in your house , as you shall know by my throwing this in yours . " On the same night a stone , tied to a piece of string ; was thrown into the room . As Dr . Hunk , brother of the young lady , is t Roman Catholic , it was fancied that he might knoyv something of the parties engaged in persecuting his sister . But , after a careful investigation by several gentlemen , including the rector of the parish of Holy Trinity , the Prebendary of Exeter , he has been completely exonerated from all blame or suspicion . With a view to discover the gentlemen in black who have been conspiring against the peace of Mi 6 s Munk , the following advertisement has been published : —

      " "Whoever will give such information to "William Munk , Esq ., Colleton-place , as shall lead to the conviction of the parties who violently and illegally administered to Miss Julia Munk the oath referred to in the above statement , or of the person who threw the stone , Sec , through the window of her bed-room on the night of Friday , the 13 th December instant , shall receive the above reward . " GERMAN AFFAIRS . The Hesse Cassel affair has terminated , for the present at least , very ingloriously . An Austrian and Bavarian force of 3000 men took up their quarters in the town on the 22 nd instant . Count Leiningen d to deliver tneir

      having summoned tne Uivic ( juar up arms , General Peuoker intimated to the Commander Seidler that it appeared desirable for the citizens to comply voluntarily , otherwise the Bavarian military would fetch the arms of the citizens out of their houses . M . Seidler , who had previously held a consultation with his officers , answered that he was unable to comply with General Peucker ' s wish . The standing committee of the Hessian Chambers has declined taking part in the declarations of submission to the Elector ' s September ordonnances : but , at the

      same time , prosecuting individual officials who , under forcible constraint , levied taxes not constitutionally granted . _ The remnant of the Electoral troops , the Hessian Life Guards and Hussars , appear to be marching to Cassel ; and the Elector's stud has also quitted VVilhelmsbad in the same direction , whence it is con-

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      ^^^ #£ * a *^ B " * ^ a * ^^™ a > VF •• ™^^^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ™^^^^^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^ " ^ ^^^ ^^ " ^^ ^™ ^ ^» * ^ ^ r ^ r ^ aa" v ¦ ^ r ^» ^^ ™— ~* ^^^ j — —~ — y ^ ~ ~^ ~ ^_ about to return to his capital . The report that tho Hessian affair shall not be referred to the Dresden Conferences , but to umpires appealed to by the Elector , is not correct . The Dresden delegates will appoint out of the members of their Assembly a committee , which will report to them on the subject . M . Hassenpfiug does not go to Dresden ; he has probably got wind of the reception which would there have awaited him on the part of the Austrian and Prussian Ministers . The Electorate will probably be represented by M . Von Trott . The Deutsche Reform , on the strength of the latest advices , renews its assurance that the conflict in Cassel will be settled with-¦ coercionand tnat t

      M _ ____ _ a . __ _ _* . »_ _ dh . ^ k ^ & ^ b k ^ ^ a ^ L w ¦ >» a ^ « L L ^ * * . ik ^ «¦• ^ fe A 4 4 * K ^^ V ^ fl ^ ^ # . ^ W out military , ne executionary troops will speedily evacuate the town . Tho Conferences at Dresden were opened on tho 23 rd instant , but the business transacted was only of a preliminary character . Prom the general feeling manifested by the representatives present , the beat results were anticipated . The next sitting wus fixed for the 26 th instant . rionorni Vnn 'I'lninmAlt tVin 'PiMioainn f ^ nmTnissinTmt *

      . 1 JTC 11 ULU 1 T KJXV . XlLUUillCil , bllU JL i . liaBltlil % yWUAll . &li 3 OlW . 14 UJ for the pacification of Schleswig-Holstein , is to go tc Dresden for definitive instructions , and there meet his Austrian colleague , whose name has not yet transpired . THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT BEATEN . A little alarm was crcatnd in Paris , on Saturday , hv il t . nTnnnrn . vv Ani ' nsit wlii (! h Ministers rpcuivod on hb i

      w *^ w ^ r ^ ^ r ^ . v ^ v ^ v - ^^ ^ v - ^ - ^ ^ v w ^ v * ^ v ^^ ^^* ^^^ ^ v v v ^ ^ m ^^ ^^ ^ ^ H ^^ * ^^ v w ^ w v * * w ^ v w ^ w ^ w ^^ ^ v *^ v ^ v *^ ^ v ^ v " ¦ — ^ the lottery question . M . Duprat , alter having put interpellations respecting the violation of tho law regarding lotteries , especially that of the LingoU d'Or , which tho Government not only maintained ] but openly encouraged , denounced all lotteries at inhuman and immoral , and showed that tho lottery in question had been got up for the purpose oi assisting emigrants wishing to go to California ,

      M . Barocho , Minister of tho Interior , vindicated th < Administration against the cliurgos of inhumanit ; directed against it by M . Duprat . A long and ani mated discussion followed , when M . Deujoy ant others having demanded the simple order of tho day a ballot ensued , when thero appeared—For the simple order of the day . 192 Against it , ,. .. 426

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      who now s \ rell the ranks of Rome , were the pupils oi Mr . Coleridge . " The Bishop of Ripon has positively forbidden the continuance of the objectionable observances introduced into the services by the incumbent of Shadwell Church . — Leeds Mercury . A MODERN ROMANCE . The Western Luminary of last week contains a most marvellous narration of an alleged attempt on the part of certain Jesuits in Exeter to convert a young lady , by working upon her fears , " from the errors of IU 1 Ul LUC Vy J . U . J . J-

      tllC VyJ . lU . HJJl Ul XUllJ ^ lallU . UUSC i t i « - > J Rome , " to use tlie Irish phrase in such cases . The young lady , a Miss Julia Munk , gives a formal deposition , before the Mayor of Exeter , that about the beginning of November she was repeatedly accosted by " an elderly gentleman in black , " who tried to draw her into conversation on the Catholic religion . About the same time she also received several letters , of which we give the following as a specimen : — " Nov . 4 , 1850 . " My dear young Lady , —At a time when the Romish f ^! liiir /» li Vino nrwicvoAno cri * o ** * pVianfrpQ unH thfl nfinRt " . rTolV ouuron nas undergone greai ^ a . nu iue muoviiuiji

      enanes , , Father the Pope has thought in his wisdom to appoint Bishops—for the great encrease of converts has rendered it necessary to have more to watch over them—I would ask you this question , do you think that God or the Holy Virgin would have permitted our cause to prosper had it not been the right ? ' Why will you continue to follow the Devil ? for it is he whom you are following while you continue in these horrid heresies . I am told that within the last six months you have become both serious and thoughtful . Whether it is Mr . Gurney ' s preaching that has made you think more of religion I know not—but this I tell vou . if vou continue in these

      opinions , or believe the doctrines which he preaches , 01 the damnable ones of the Protestant religion , you can never be saved . Turn to our Church , which is the only true one , and out of whose pale is no salvation . Believe in the seven most blessed sacraments , I mean those of baptism , confirmation , penance , extreme unction , the eucharist , holy orders , and matrimony ; also in the mass in which the priest offers Christ as an atonement for your sins . Entreat the Holy Virgin ' s and the blessed saints ' intercession for you , and you will then be saved . "I would advise you to peruse a little book entitled Chateaubriand ' s Genie du Christianisme , and there you will find what I have told you is right . Time will not allow me to write more at present , but I hope in a short £ H « amA . «•« ! JM •¦¦ - ¦ 4 » J WV a-1 Wb HV 1 X VA I ««?« I 1 - » % If A O Til I I 1 AV a time to jwi iuuci

      ^ . ^ . **« ^ ** a * V a * W * X * > ^ a * " ^ ^^* auaress you again , wnen . n give u . c . v planation of the tenets which we hold . " Meanwhile I pray the Holy Virgin to intercede for you . " Your obedient servant , J "G . C . " As the gentleman in black does not appear to have made much progress in the work of conversion , a more decided course was taken . About a fortnighi after the date of the above letter , Miss Munk , whih going towards the Magdalen-road , was overtaken bj the " gentleman in black , " who again began to talk about the Roman religion . What she said in reply inot stateduui must give romdntiu uutaa

      s , we me trophe in the young heroine ' s own words : — " When we came just by Miss Charlton ' s house , I wa taken by the shoulders and pushed into a room or sho ] ( opening into the street ) of an uninhabited house ; thi door was shut , and I found myself in a room with tw < persons , one the same gentleman who had repeatedly before spoken to me , and the other a person who I ha < several times seen before , and who had also once spoker to me . The second person was younger than the other and dressed like a gentleman . They are both strangers There was no furniture in the room but a sort o butcher ' s block , a bench . There was a pen and ink

      and a small image of the Virgin , and a crucifix on th bench . The elder one took a paper from his pocket There was writing on it , and he said I should have t « sign it . lie read it to me in the nature of an oath . I was in the second person , as « You vow , or you shall vov to recant the doctrines of the Church of England , am follow those of the Church of Rome . ' I was also to vov to attend the Christmas midnight mass . By tnis oath . was also to swear I would not divulge the name of Mr Horaen , or give any clue that he might be known by in ; friends . I considered the other person , the younger one to be the Mr . Horaen referred to . I should know hin again . I signed the paper by the direction of both . Tin handed the Before the

      ¦ elder one me pen . I signed pape he gave me a Testament . Before that I was to have beei sworn after the form of the llomish Church , upon whic ! the elder remarked I should consider that void , and thei it was I was sworn upon the New Testament . I took th book in my left hand at first , upon which the elder on said I must take it with , lny right hand ; then he re peated an oath to me that I should not divulge what wa in the paper ; the older took the paper , and I was cau tioned and warned that if I told there was another yourij person who was in their j > owcr , whose friends woul never hear of her again . 1 hesitated to take the oath upon which they told mo that if I did not take it m ; friends should never hear of me again . Ono of them tol < ton

      inc its opinion that the deficiency in the church lum arose from the obsolete forms and ceremonies introduce into the public worship having estranged the congregi tion . , . complains in sevei terms E . Coleridf to , as alamen able of the Provo and ' s habits are sa ; to observance of fa days been of the sarr and Mr . Norto

      In consequence of their conduct I am afraid of meeting them again , and to walk the streets alone . " Since the above occurrence Miss Munk has received several letters , holding out threats of wha will happen to her if she break her oath . Since she consulted the magistrates the subjoined note has been received : — " We have reason to suspect you have broken yout oath . This nicrht we shall know . If vou have . I VOW b \

      me I might go , saying , ' Remember what we nave you . ' The room door had been locked when we first wen m ; they unlocked it to let me out . I cannot speak as t the window shutters being up or down . There was ligh enough for me to sign my name , but in order to read th paper the gentleman took it towards what light ther was . I left both in the room when I came away . I du not go into the room voluntarily , but wus pushed into i by force ; I should not otherwise have gone in . It wa from the force , threats , and coercion used by those twi persons that I signed the paper and took tho oath I did I would not otherwise have done so . I did it under tcai

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      Dec . 28 , 1850 . ] &t ) t ILtailZX . 939

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      The Windsor and Eton Express of the appointment of the Reverend the lower Mastership of Eton College proof of the Tractarian tendencies Fellows . * * * Mr . Coleridge be decidedly Romish—such as the . His teachings , too , must have character . Mr . Allies , Mr . Bastard , L'he Windsor and Eton Express co ms of the appointment of the Revei the lower Mastership of Eton Collci . p proof of the Tractarian tendencu 1 Fellows . * * * Mr . Coleridge be decidedly Romish—such as the o ps . His teachings , too , must have 1 iracter . Mr . Allies , Mr . Bastard ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 28, 1850, page 939, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1863/page/2/