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      January 8, 1853.] The Leader. 35 ^^^^^^^...

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      Notes And Extracts. Catholicism Essentia...

      NOTES AND EXTRACTS . Catholicism Essentially Pebsecuting . A Catholic , if he is ready sincere , cannot but approve of persecution .. If he Jelieves , as he professes to believe , that teachers of whefc he calls heresy are indeed leading away the aoulsjf all miserable men who listen to them , into the eterntl fires of hell , no crime can equal theirs in atrocity , a » the consequences of none approach it in horror . Catholics who pretend to deplore the spirit of persecution , can by no possibility be sincere in denying

      salvation co all who are beyond the pale of their church ; * nd when they prate of toleration , they make their profession an imposture and a lie . We naturally shrink from pressing one another with the logical consequences of our creed , whether political or religious , and it seems a hard thing to charge upon the faith of so large a section of educated , well-disposed people , so dreadful a necessity . But the question is too serious to be trifled with ; and whether we like it or not , we mast look it in the face . Let us consider what

      damnation means in the creed of a Catholic ; consider what the crime must be which involves a penalty so appalling . And if a simple heretical belief is sufficient to involve it , what can we say of those who teach heresy ? It is only because the gates of hell lie beyond the grave , and he does not with his bodily eyes see the poor souls hurled through them , that the Catholic of weak faith talks of toleration . If he have the power to crush , a heretic teacher , and spare him , he must stand self-condemned—condemned of a crime as infinitely greater than that of him who lets loose a murderer from his prison , as the torture of unending years exceeds the moment ' s pain of a single death . —Westminster Review for January .

      Mentor and Mistress . —He contracted , what would be termed , in the continental code of morals , a reformatory attachment to a woman older than himself , who was living separated from her husband , when he met with her . It was this lady's lofty ambition to be his Minerva as well as his Venus—to be Mentor and mistress , both together ! And she soon proved herself to be well-qualified for her courageous undertaking .

      To the astonishment of every one who knew him , Ralph suddenly turned economical ; . and , soon afterwards , actually resigned his post at the embassy , to be out of the way of temptation ! Since that , he has returned to England ; has devoted himself to collecting snuff-boxes and learning the violin ; and is now living quietly in the suburbs of London ^ still under the inspection of the resolute female missionary who first worked his reform . —Collins ' s Basil .

      The Jistjit Father . —His delight in our walks waa to tell Harry of the glories of his order , of its martyrs and heroes , of its brethren converting the heathen by myriads , traversing the desert , facing the stake , ruling the courts and councils , or braving the tortures of kings ; so that Hurry Esmond thought that to belong to the Jesuits was the greatest prize of life and bravest end of ambition ; the greatest career here , and in heaven tho surest reward ; and began to long for the day , not only when he should enter into the 0110 church and reccivo

      his first communion , but when 110 might join that wonderful brotherhood , which was present throughout all the world , and which numbered tho wisest , tho bravest , the highest born , the most eloquent of men , among its inembern . Father Holt bade him keep his views secret , and to hide them as a groat treasure which would cscapo him if it was revealed ; and proud of this confidence and secret vested in him , the lad became fondly attached to tlio master who initiated him into a mystery so wonderful and awful . And when little Tom Tusher , his neighbour , came from School for his holiday , and Haid how he , too , was to be bred up for an

      English priest , and would get what he called an exhibition from his school , and then u college scholarship and then 11 good living—it tanked young Harry Esmond ' s ] K ) wern of reticence not to Hay to his young companion , " Church ! priesthood ! fat living ! My dear Tommy , do you call yours a church and priesthood ? What in a fat living compared to converting a hundred thousand heathens by a single sermon ? What in a scholarship nt Trinity by the Hide of a crown of martyrdom , with angels awaiting you an your head in taken oil ? would your nuwtor at school sail over tlio Thames on his trovva ? Have you statues in your church that can

      bleed , speak , walk , uml cry ? My good Tommy , dear Father Holt ' s chureli these things take place every day . You know Saint Philip of the Willows appeared to Lord (' antlewood and caused him to turn to the one truo church . -N ° naintu ever come to you . " And Harry lOsmond , be < : uiHc of his promise / to Father Holt , hiding away these treasures of faith \ from T . Tusluir , delivered himself of them nevertheless Hu \ n » ly to Father Holt , who stroked his head , smiled at hiin \ with his in-Hcrutable look , and told him that ho did well to meditate on these grout things , and not to talk of them except under direction . — Tjiaujuihax ' S Msmond .

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      Sauted Ay, January 1. We Have Not; Much ...

      Sauted AY , January 1 . We have not ; much more news of the re-elections Those of Scarborough , Morpeth , and Hertford take place to-day . Most , like Lord Mulgrave , Sir George Grey , and Mr . William Cowper , will meet with no opposition . It is now understood that Mr . Corbet ; a barrister , and Lord Duncan have successively declined to oppose Mr . Card well , who will no doubt be re-elected by Oxford . Sir James Graham is opposed by the Mr . Sturgeon who stood for Nottingham in July . Mr .

      Sturgeon is a Chartist , and a Tory was expected , so that Sir James might be defeated and a Tory let in . There is some talk of an opposition to Lord Palmerston , but it is held unlikely . Mr . Bethell , too , will have Aylesbury again unopposed . At Brighton the Radicals have resolved that Lord Alfred Harvey's address is " unsatisfactory ; " and that Mr . J . S . Trelawny should be called on to stand . But as Mr . Trelawny lives afar off in Cornwall ; and the electric telegraph does not reach him , it was doubtful whether he would be

      able to come in time . Sir Charles Wood , who is opposed by Mr . Edwards , addressed his constituents on Wednesday . He made a long and capital speech . Referring to the process of the formation of the Ministry , lie bore this testimony to his colleagues . " We have comprehended within the present Cabinet men of various shades of opinion . If it were not so , it would have been impossible to have formed any Government . There may be many persons in this room who may think that in a Government comprehending those included in the present Cabinet , there are some who arc likely to go too far , while others may consider it comprehends those who will not go fast and far enough ; but unless

      the present Ministry had been united by mutual forbearance , and the sacrifice of all personal objections and individual views to a degree which I must confess I little expected , and never saw exceeded , no Liberal Government could have been formed . ( Cheers . ) "Whatever may be the points of difference among parties at home , yet the state of the world abroad is not such as to allow this country to be without a strong Governmont . ( Loud cheering . ) I never was an alarmist , and I hope I am not now . No man can look beyond the four seas of this kingdom , without seeing that there may be danger from those who dwell on the Continent of Europe . While every power there rules by military force alone , no man can assert that affairs are * in so satisfactory a state as to admit of tho Government of this country being in weak hands . " ( Cheers . )

      The Liberals have a good majority on the register . Mr . Henry Edwards , doubtless on advice from head quarters , states that " the defence of the Protestant institutions of the country is the pivot upon which the election will turn . " This shows that , as anticipated , the cry of the Derbyites will be " No Popery . " The House of Commons sat for a short time , yesterday . Two now writs were ordered . For tho county of ITaddington , in tho room of the linn . Francis Charters , who since his election hud accepted tho office of one of tho Lords of the Treasury ; and for tho borough of Lichfield , in the room of Lord A . II . 1 ' aget , who sinco his election had accepted the office of Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to her Majesty . Tho House adjourned until the 10 th of February .

      Heside The Addition To The Ministry, Men...

      Heside the addition to the Ministry , mentioned in Parliament , wo understand that Lord Stanley of Alderley has been appointed Vice-President of the IJoard of Trade and Paymaster-General of the Forces ; and Viscount Canning , Postnin . ster-Gonural . The ; Treasury and Admiralty Hoards are now complete ! . Mr . Lowe lias been appointed to oik ; of the ; joint Secretaryships of the Hoard of Control . The other Secretary . ship has not been yet , filled up ; nor has any appointment been made to the offices of Surveyor-General to the Ordnance , Solicitor-General lor Scotland , or under-Secrotary for Ireland .

      A Gentleman Who Arrived From Russia On T...

      A gentleman who arrived from Russia on Thursday , informs us ( hat the atmospheric revolution , affecting the weather and the temperatine , from which we have been suffering here in the shape of floods , thunderstorms , and warm weather , sit this season of the year , has afl ' ceted Kussiu in a most , extraordinary manner . lie says that a universal thaw prevails throughout Kussia all the ice broken up ¦ tlio weather mild and close and a deluge of rain falling . In consequence , the sledges in common use at Hi is weason are abandoned for carriages , where ftottlx ure not required .

      The Bark ///"///, Laden With Fitly Tons ...

      The bark /// " /// , laden with fitly tons of j » impowdor , wet out . froui Liverpool for l . lio coast , of Africa last , week ; but ovv iiif ^ to flic weather hIio could nod £ ot out of ( ho Channel , ami on Monday she was Htranded on Killer I and ihIiiikI , between tho ( ! ali" of Man and tho IhIo . Hero tho crow loft her , hut in pottinf » nwiiy llvo worn < lrown « t < l . Hubno-(| iicntly 1-loyd ' n a ^ ont went , on hoard with thirty men ; when tho gunpowder ojtplodod , and Iho wholo party w « ro blown lo piocoa .

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      SATUKDAY , JANUARY 8 , 1853 .

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      There Is Nothing 30 Revolutionary;, Beca...

      There is nothing 30 revolutionary ; , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Abnold .

      What Ministers Might Do Abroad. On Enter...

      WHAT MINISTERS MIGHT DO ABROAD . On entering office , the new Ministry finds itself in possession of two favourable circumstances : every species of expectation has been stifled in the country " , inasmuch that we are reduced to a forced contentment with what we can get , except that the great administrative and parliamentary resources within the Cabinet itself justify an expectation that it will exceed its promise in performance . The only difficulty before the Ministry , with a path so well cleared before it , consists in the necessity of doing justice to its own powers ,

      and in two of the three grand departments of administration , allotted severally to her Majesty ' s Secretaries of State at home and in the colonies the first measures in which the policy of the Government should be adopted are plain and unmistakeable , and they are included within the programme of the Prime Minister . Extension of Law Reform , of Education , and of the Franchise , with a sensible adjustment of our finances , are the measures expected by the public and promised by the Ministers , and there is every reason to believe that Ministers will be able to fulfil

      their promise , in measures not so showy perhaps as some that have preceded them , as sensible and useful . In the colonies , the principal difficulties are so distinct and so definitely point to the proper remedies , that little question can arise there . The first department , therefore , which raises some doubt whether the new Cabinet sufficiently conceive either its duties or its opportunities is the foreign department . Wo-are led to doubt both the insight and the

      resolution of Ministers by their own statements . We might expect that tho colleagues of Mr . Gladstone should have a just conception as to the duties of sympathy between nation and nation , and the further duty of standing up for the right wherever it is violated ,- but the champion of the injured Neapolitans is put in the department of finance , whore his powers of reasoning and his generous sympathies can have littlo charico of development . Three of the other Ministers have uttered sentiments employing tho very reverso of a just conception . Lord

      Aberdeen ' s idea , in brief , is , thai , for thirty - years wo liavo persisted in accepting every foreign Government , de facto , in abstaining from interference in the "' internal concerns" of every foreign nation , and in . seeking the amity of every foreign nation . It would be difficult ; to describe a grosser violation of history than in this statement of tho Prime Minister ; hut n , man who misconceives tho past scarcely knows how to . start for tho future . Again , Sir flsunoH Graham describes tho elfect of ballot and universal . suffrage in' l < Yuiu : o as if the people had made a real decision on tlio fninoiiH 2 nd of . December , overlooking the

      carefully planned conspiracy Mi rough a standing army , and tho fact of a surprise unprecedented in history . Sir . James construes the example of France to indicate tho policy of a limited fnuiehino and no ballot in England ; and if you drivo his argument home , you might suppose him to be natislied rather with I lie progress of ahsoluto power by tho instrumentality of Htunding armies , and pleased at the defeat of popular power . Lord John Itussell . somewhat follows Lord Aberdeen . Non-interference and innity form his motto , with tho addition that KngliHli travellers , ho long sib they 11 . ro not engaged in conspiracy ngainbL foreign ( Jovei-niuonis , nuiHt be protected .

      If Lord John Russell is prepared to curry out thin la . st determination with H |> irit and iinnnenB , it will ho a , good beginning ; wo aro not auro that ho perfectly iiikIci'hUumIs how far it may lead him . If wo rightly interpret tlio princi ple , it amounts to this , that every " . British subject travelling abroad should ' obey the laws of tho State in which , ho UaupouB to bo . and that bo

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 8, 1853, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08011853/page/11/