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May 24, 1851.] 0$* ULta^tX. 483
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MAT MEETINGS. Among the benevolent meeti...
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ANOTHER SAIL WAY SMASH. The express trai...
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PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP. This has been ...
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A letter from Berlin of the 1-llh instan...
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Church Discipline And Catholic Claims. O...
duties which by law had been annexed to the episcopacy ; that as their bishops have no civil status or temporal power whatever , therefore the arguments founded on the analogy sought to be established between them and Protestant bishops to justify interference is groundless ; they deny that any general European law exists whereby ( as it is pretended ) the right of creating bishoprics and bishops is inherent in or dependent on the civil power j that the exercise of the spiritual authority of the Pope , belonging to him as the successor of St . Peter , can only be limited by his own free act or concession ; that the late rescript was no aggression ; that the recent change neither
injured nor affected their Protestant brethren ; that any justification for the proposed penal enactment , on the ground that a novel and unprecedented extension of the claims of the Catholic Church has been attempted , is merely specious , and wholly unfounded both in fact and reason ; that the late act of the Pope does not affect any change in the relation of any of her Majesty ' s subjects to the courts of law ; that by it no new laws whatever are introduced ; that they indignatly reject all interference between them , and their priesthood ; that the government of the Catholic
Church , through a regularly constituted hierarchy of diocesan bishops , is the only normal and perfect condition of the Catholic body , and , therefore , that any law dissolving that hierarchy would amount to persecution ; and that any law which would prevent the laity from maintaining the supremacy of the Pope , from obeying and recognising the bishops , except at the risk of punishment , would be an . infringement of the rights of conscience . These are the only events which the week has brought forth upon this question .
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Mat Meetings. Among The Benevolent Meeti...
MAT MEETINGS . Among the benevolent meetings held in May , two of the most interesting we have to report this week are those of the British Ladies' Female Emigrant Society and the Ragged School "Union . The first , which , was held at the Hanover-square Rooms on " Wednesday , was formed to establish homes for female emigrants previous to their leaving this country ; to provide visitation at the ports , where the emigrants are formed into industrial classes ; to secure the appointment of judicious matrons for the superintendence of the young women on the voyage ; and to form corresponding societies in the colonies for the protection and assistance of the female emigrants on their arrival . The total income for the year was
£ 1137 3 s ., and the expenditure £ 811 12 s . —The Ragged School Union met on Tuesday , at Exeter Hall , Lord Robert Grosvenor in the chair . Prom the report read it appears that the total number of schools at the present time amounts to 102 ; of Sunday scholars , 10 , 861 ; week day scholars , 6021 ; evening scholars , 5572 ; industrial , 2062 ; paid teachers , 180 . During the year 3 girls and 81 boys have been enabled to emigrate by the united efforts of the union and local schools , which makes the total numbersent out to the colonies 307 . The receipts for the year amounted to £ 3287 1 Is . lid , and the expenses to £ 3076 16 a . 5 d ., leaving a balance of £ 210 15 s . ( 3 d . ; and for the emigration fund the receipts had been £ 951 14 s ., and expenses £ 637 10 s ., leaving a balance of £ 314 4 s .
The annual meeting of Die Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held on Tuesday , at the Hanoversquare Rooms , the Marquis of Westminster in the chair . The report stated that the society had made great progress during the past year , that numerous prosecutions had been carried out by the funds of the society for various cases of cruelty to animals , in all of which the aggressors had been punished with fines , that their operations had been of very great service in the- metropolitan districts , and various prizes had been adjudged on the best essays on the ameliorating effects produced by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals .
Ihe Society for Promoting the Building and Enlargement of Churches held their annual meeting on Wednesday afternoon , at the premises 79 , Pall-mall , his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair . The annual report stated that in the course of the past year aid had been given towards the enlargement of (> 3 existing churches , in which 10 , 00 . ' ! additional sittings had been obtained , all for tho free use of the poor . The number of churches and chapels proponed to be buil t by the society is 42 , the number reported last year having been 30 ; and the number reported to be built during the . firm 10 years oi" the society ' s operations only ' 27 .
A smn ' e was held at the rreemasons Tavern , Great Queen-street , on Monday evening , by the friends and supporte . ™ of ihe Hi-iliim Anti-Slavery Society . A largo number of ladies and gentlemen attended , amongst whom were a considerable , number of natives of Afric . ii . Mr . M . W . Alexander presided on the occasion , and after tho entertainment , had ceased , addressed a few words upon the subject of the objects of the society , and its past HUcccHs . The Reverend J . Howard llinton , Mr . Joseph Stuige , and the Reverend A . H . Garnett , United States , having offered some remarks upon the iniquity of slavery and the traffic in human flo « h . Mr . Vet » , M . P ., said there were throe wnyH by which they could aid the total liberation of their Afiican brethren . The first was in the present year , when so muny slaveholders from the United Slates were in England , to receive into fellowship with u hearty good will , those of their black brethren who were in England , but steadily and firmly refuse to receive into
fellowship such American visitors as were slaveholders , and who carried on a traffic in their fellow-creatures . The second was by throwing open the pulpits of this country to students who were men of colour , and by receiving them freely and familiarly at their tables . The third way was to agitate the question to the very utmost , when there were so many Americans in this country . No means should be neglected , and he sincerely prayed that their efforts might be successful . The Reverend Alexander Crumtnel , United States , of African descent , but now an Episcopal clergyman in New York ; Mr . Horace Greeley , editor of the New York Tribune , and other gentlemen , addressed the meeting , all of them advocating the necessity for exertion in the cause of the African .
A public meeting of the friends of the Religious Tract Society was held on Monday , in the saloon of the Royal Hotel . It was stated that the income of the society last year was £ 62 , 169 , being an increase over the preceding year of £ 842 . The total issues of the society last year were 20 , 887 , 064 books and tracts , being 1 , 641 , 623 above the preceding year . The society has now circulated of books and tracts since its commencement 549 millions , and has carefully kept out of debt .
Another Sail Way Smash. The Express Trai...
ANOTHER SAIL WAY SMASH . The express train which leaves Derby for Leeds at 9 . 5 . p . m . broke the pump-rod near Clay-cross Tunnel , and stopped there to refit . While they were waiting , a goods train , coming up at about twenty miles an hour , ran into them , smashing the two hindmost carriages , killing two passengers , and wounding fifteen . The occurrence is officially accounted for as follows : — At about three-quarters of a mile from the tunnel , the luggage-train was seen approaching at its usual speed . The engineer , Samuel Stretton , having put on steam after leaving Clay-cross Tunnel , and passing the telegraph box , the signal being right at the station , the curve being sharp at that point , he did not see the passengers' van till within two hundred yards of it , when it was too late to stop the luggage train before it ran into the carriage of the express , when it drove through four carriages , breaking them to shivers , forcing them above the chimney of the engine of the goods train , and driving the engine of the goods train off the line ; both , trains were then at a stand-still , and ihe lines , both up and down , covered with the debris and carriages not injured ; four carriages , one engine , and tender off the rails . The servants of the railway instantly set to work to discover the injury inflicted , when they found the body of Mr , John Meynell , of Tapton-grove , Chesterfield , under a first-class broken
carriage , quite dead , frightfully injured , and Mr . John Blake , in the second part of a first-class carriage , not dead , but who expired before the body reached Chesterfield—his wounds were inwardly ; Mrs . Meynell was very dangerously hurt ; Mr . Fox , a spirit-merchant of Chesterfield , was also much hurt ; Mr . J . Todhunter and his brother were wounded severely ; the Reverend J . Hathie seriously hurt ; Mr . Ash worth , of Sheffield , had his ribs broken ; and other passengers , all of whom had severely suffered—altogether fifteen . An inquest was immediately held , but no evidence of importance has yet been taken . The same day another collision took place at Long Eaton junction , doing serious mischief . We may remark here , that these two accidents , as they are called , both occurred in consequence of the neglect of the signals .
Personal News And Gossip. This Has Been ...
PERSONAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . This has been the Derby week , and all the elegantly idle have been to Epsom accordingly . We get on gaily now-a-days . The Exposition is still a theme of wonder ; and everybody is thanking the Times heartily for its vigorous attacks upon . our defective cab and omnibus arrangements . The Queen ' s State Costume Ball is among Town Talk to come ; but there is already a rush of ladies to the British Museum for model RestorAtinn nost . nmfis .
The Queen gave a . State Ball , at Buckingham Palace , on Monday evening , to a most brilliant Court , the invitations exceeding two thousand and one hundred . The arrangements were similar to the first reception this season , the entire suite of State Saloons being opened , and brilliantly illuminated with handsome crystal lustres and gilt chandeliers . The Garter-room and ante-room at the south end of the Picture Gallery were also opened for the accommodation of the numerous visitors . The choicest exotics and fragrant flowers were tastefully arranged in the alcoves behind the elevated seats reserved for her Majesty and her Royal guests , both in the Hall-room and also in the Throne-room ; groups of flowers also adorned the Picture Gallery and the Grand Hall . The company to arrive after nine
be ^ an soon o ' clock , those having the entrtc alighting at the temporary garden entrance , and the general circle entering the Palace by the Grand Hall . All the visitors were conducted by the principal staircase through the Green Drawing-room to the Picture Gallery and the Grand Saloon . The Queen and Prince Albert entered the Grand Saloon at a quarter before ten o ' clock , accompanied hy the Duchess of Kent , the Prince and Princess of Prussia , Prince Frederick William of Prussia , Prince Henry of tho Netherlands , tho Duke of Cambridge , the Duke und Duchess of Saxe-Cohurg Gotha , the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg , the Prince
of Leiniiigcn , and Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar . The Queen wore u blonde dress over white , silk , with coloured flowers of various kinds worked on it , ornamented with bunches of flowers to correspond , and diamonds . Her headdress was formed of a wreath of flowers of various kinds , to correspond with the dress , ornamented with diamonds . Her Majesty opened the ball with the , Prince of Prussia , in n qimdiillc , at . five ininuten before ten o ' clock , the vin-u-viti being the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha and the DucIh ' bh of Sutherland . The other members of tho royal party joined in this quadrille . After this dance a number of quadrilles , waltzes , and other
dances were performed in the Ball-room by Mr . Boose ' s quadrille band . Dancing afterwards commenced in the Throne-room , where Jullien ' s band was stationed . D uring the evening the company were served with , refreshments in the Garter-room and the Green Drawing-room . A state supper was served with regal magnificence , soon , after twelve o ' clock , in the principal dinner room , on long ranges of tables , the splendour of the service being heightened by the consummate taste of the decoration . They were most brilliantly lighted by gold candelabra . The excitement created in fashionable circles by the announcement of the Queen ' Costume Ball , for the 13 th . of Junedevelops itself in a strong muster of the elite of
, the aristocracy in the library , reading-room , and printroom of the British Museum , much to the astonishment of the officials and the ordinary denizens of that learned locality . For the last three or four days , the Viscountess Canning , Lady Seymour , the Countess of Waldegrave , Miss Coutts , and a crowd of the fair members of the aristocracy , have been busily engaged in the library , turning over the various collections of engravings of costumes having reference to the period of the Restoration . Several very interesting and highly valuable illustrated works , bearing on this subject , are now placed on the tables by order of the authorities , in readiness for the inspection of their fair visitors .
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary left London for the Continent on Saturday morning by express train on the South-Eastern Railway . The Duke of Cambridge accompanied his relatives as far as Dover , and returned to London by the Paris special express train . The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha , the Prince of Leiningen , and the Duke Ernest of Wurtemberg , arrived in London on Saturday morning , having travelled from Dover by special train on the South-Eastern Railway . The whole journey , from terminus to terminus , eighty-eight miles , was performed in one hour and forty-seven minutes , inclusive of stoppages—the party being on their way to Buckingham Palace , in the royal carriages , -within one hour and fifty minutes of their departure from Dover .
Among the notable deaths chronicled this week are those of Vicount Strathallan , on Wednesday week , at Strathallan Castle , in Perthshire , in his eighty-fifth year ; Colonel Cadogan , brother to Earl Cadogan , at Pau , in . the department of the Pyrenees , on the 14 th instant , in his sixty-second year ; and Mr . Charles Mott , auditor for the South Lancashire poor-law district , who died at Manchester on Monday last . Jenny Lind has returned to New York , and was to give two concerts at Castle Garden , Her trip through the western part of the states has been remarkably successful . She has realized already a much larger sum than she expected when she first made her arrangement with Mr . Barnum . Some persons estimate her profits at nearly half a million of dollars .
Mr . Fortune , the naturalist , has arrived at Calcutta , from China , with upwards of 20 , 000 tea plants for the use of the Himalayan nurseries , Kemaon and Gurhwall . The Assam Tea Company ' s plantations are also rapidly increasing , and there is little doubt that in a few years tea will be extensively produced in India . The Gazette of Friday contains the formal announcement of Mr . Duncan M'Neill being appointed a Lord of Session , in room of Lord Mackenzie , resigned . Mr . J . Hind , of the Regcnt ' s-park Observatory , has discovered another new planet , in the constellation of Ssorpio . It is of a pale bluciah colour , and its light is about equal to that of a star of the ninth magnitude .
It is said that a new office of " Superintendent of Kailways and Rural Mails "—or some such name—is about to be made , and that a brother of Mr . Rowland Hill is intended for it , at a salary of about £ 800 a year . Major Hogg and Mr . Owen have been appointed commissioners to proceed to the Cape for the purpose of inquiring into the recent disturbances in Kuffraria . Captain Paulet Henry Somerset was discharged on Wednesday , the Derby day , from the House of Correction . Strenuous efforts were made by his friends to obtain a remission of punishment , and a petition was forwarded
to the Home-office on his behalf ; but Sir George Grey replied that he could not advise her Majesty to remit any portion of the sentence . Captain Somerset had hoped , from the influence of his titled friends , that his imprisonment would have been commuted into a money fine , and he was very downcast on hearing the decision . He wore the prison dress , subsisted on the prison diet , and fared in that respect the same , as any other prisoner . Nevertheless , by the " npecial " indulgence of one of the visiting justices , he was visited by his wife , and by a very gre . it number of noblemen , officers , and other friends .
A Letter From Berlin Of The 1-Llh Instan...
A letter from Berlin of the 1-llh instant says , that tho Kinfieroru of Au . slria and Russia , arc to meet ut Olinutz on the 21 ) th instant , and that tin ; Emperor and Empress of ICiiHsia arrived at Warsaw on the l ! Hh . M . Hois le Comte , the French Minister ] at Wnshing - ron , who has been recalled by hiN Government , took leave of the President on Friday , the 2 nd instant . A short time Hince , a detachment , of Hi" Seventh Chasseurs were sent to the f » an ihon of Amboiae , for the purpose , of escorting Abd-e . l-K ' iider in the promenade whiuh the i'anir bun been uutliorised to make in tho country surrounding his place o / confinement . On Tuesday , for the firm time since his ' arrival ut AniUoiHC ( nuys the I ' roe / n ' -a d' ' huln :- <¦/ ,-1 . one ) , tin- limir left the chateau . His Highness rode , in a small carriage drawn by two white horses , and whh escorted by sixteen Chasseurs in full uniform . 'I'hfl party left , about three o ' clock , drove as far as Cheuoiuseaii , and returned to the cluiteuu at
seven o ' clock . A member of the Hoiiho of Assembly of Jamaica has been expelled his seat , he having been found guilty ut tho assizes of forgery , while acting as commissioner of public accounts
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Leader (1850-1860), May 24, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24051851/page/7/
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