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      servonces . " It unfortunately happens that Dr . Pusey and the Rev . C . Marriott are the patrons of this celebrated church . Dr . Pusey has been in Leeds preaching against his old friend Father Newman . Meanwhile Mr . Lewthwaite ' s church has been inspected by the Reverend T . Dayrell , the rural dean . The altar rails and reading desk have been restored to their former places ; while the large oak candlesticks and bigcandles have been sold outright ! Converts , or as they are called in certain circles , perverts to Catholicity , make a show when their names are marshalled down the column of a

      newspaper . The Catholic Standard presents such an array . Some , like the five Leeds clergymen , have long "been suspected , and their conversion causes no surprise . Others , not known to the public , seem to have stepped off from the last resting-place of Protestanism , like Mr . Hope , Q . C . and Miss Scott , late Abbess of the Perth Protestant Convent ; and others interest us from associations , like Lady Peat , the niece of Sir Walter Scott . Altogether , no less than eleven clergymen have recently taken the fatal leap : among them being Archdeacon * Manning ; the Reverend J . H . Jerrard ;

      the Reverend Mr . Harper , of the Proprietary Chapel , Pimlico ; the Reverend H . Bedford , curate of Christ Church , Hoxton ; the Reverend A . R . Johnstone , ¦ who was received by his former tutor , the well-known Mr . Morris ; and the Reverend E . Coffin , late curate to that brother of the Bishop of Oxford , who is now a convert . Besides these , the Catholic Standard naively tells us , " that five members of Dr . Pusey ' s conventional establishment in the Regent ' s-park , ¦ which is patronised by the Bishop of London , have been received into the Church of Christ ; and that several other conversions are likely to be hastened by Dr . Pusey's disingenuousness , especially in his long and laboured reply to Mr . Dodsworth and Mr . Maskell . " Amidst this shower of converts and reported converts , there is one consolation . Mr . Wegg Prosser , M . P ., dating from theCarlton , has taken the pains " to present his compliments to the editor of the Daily Neics , and requests that he will have the goodness to correct the statement which was copied from other papers , to the effect that Mr . Wegg Prosser had joined thfi Church of Rome " !

      Mrs . Jerningham , of Plymouth , complains that two of her children were forcibly taken from her lately , during the night or at an early hour in the morning , and lodged by her husband in the convent at Taunton . She has sent a letter to the Honourable Craven Berkeley , stating all the facts connected with the " abduction" ; and in ord er to get the children out of the care of Miss Jerningham , the Lady Abbess of the Taunton Nunnery , it is intended to take immediate steps to make them wards in Chancery .

      Henry of Exeter has been good enough to favour the Archbishop of Canterbury with a long epistle in reply to the address and letter received from Sir George Grey through the Archbishop . Dr . Philpotts examines the address to her Majesty . He finds fault with the use of the phrase " sacramental system " as unbecoming ; he defends the practice of venerating in an " exaggerated " way the chancel , and he hopes that the noble and gentle signers of the lay address will , on second thought , he nt " all times anxious to

      testify their humble thankfulness for God ' s abundant bounty to themselves , by making the decoration of his house—and especially of the more sacred part of his house—bear some due proportion to the magnificence which they have no scruple in exhibiting in their own mansions . " He quotes Bishop Beveridge in extenuation of " rood-screrns , " deems " crosses " unauthorised if removable , and will by no means disallow them if " attached to buildings , or wrought into cloths or other furniture ; " " candlesticks " he " dares

      not condemn , " though he does not use them in Iuh own chapel , seeing that they are to be found on the holy table of" every Royal Chapal , " in episcopal chapels , in cathedrals , and nt the university chapels ; whether the use of " tapestry ' ' ought to be officially prohibited he will not say , but he cannot conceive that either " crosses , " " candlestick ^ " or "tapestry" tendmuch loss are intended—to bring back into the church the ideas of " altar or saenfice . " "lntoning" he leaves as " th « luw of the Church left it , ' to the discretion of the minister . "

      •« With regard to ' the adoption of auricular confession , penance , an A absolution / I dorm it impossible to Hpeak , as address npc-aks-namrly , as if . hoy were distinct y , mrt 8 ohe . < It Linn s ^ um . ' On the contrary duly ractisod they are not only in accordance with the tenchraii ^ ^ —w ^ them . " Jlut he hohln worthy of « dl reprobation thorn who . flirm that these " holy ordinances ' are 11 ^ ^ mdvatio . 1 . This remarkable letter is prm to dm t ; appendix of a long pm . mr ,. l just . ssned from . ' , „ ,,, , ) f Kxoter . The bishop is about , to revive the 1 e : „ ' nod . and obtain , if possible , the aclhe . ion of hi * clergy to the ft . ni . ula , » J , acknowledge o n , baptism for the remission <> t hiiih . . . Father ( Juva » a is likely to have a rival . ho I iiu » pftuera stuto that the colobratod preacher 1 ere Ka

      vignan , of the Society of Jesuits , is preparing to leave Paris after the Easter holidays to proceed to London , ¦ wh ere he will preach during the period the Great Exposition is to remain open . We have heard , on what we consider to be good authority , that an application has been made , by a gentleman professing to be properly empowered , for seats in l ) r . Curaming ' s chapel , for the use of the Duke of Norfolk .- — Nottingham Mercury .

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      THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION . As the to-be memorable 1 st of May approaches the activity at the Crystal Palace , and the excitement of the public , proportionately increase . The demand lor season tickets is very great , and upwards of elevtn thousand , it is said , have already been purchased . Queen Victoria will open this industrial tournament of all nations in person , but the public will not be admitted till one o'clock ; and the lady patronesses of Almack ' s intend to commence the season with a grand ball on that night . The shops of London have been brightened up for the occasion , and the haircutter who now occupies the palace of Cardinal Wolsey has bedizened the whole front of his house with blue and white and crimson and gold . Within the Crystal Palace much remains to be completed . But the work goes on so spiritedly , and the superintendence is so energetic , that there is little doubt the dawn of the 1 st of May will see all in readiness . Captain Dickenson overlooks the British half , and Captain Owen the foreign half , of the building . The foreign exhibitors have been surprisingly industrious . Most of their fittings have been brought over ready made , and they are run up with marvellous rapidity . Each nation has its separate commissioner , and these commissioners are men of ability ; each compartment has its own band of workmen , imported for the occasion ; and thus almost all the methods of working in Europe are seen , and nearly all its languages spoken side by side . There are 15 , 000 contributors , little less than one-half of whom are foreigners . The arrangements are said to be very perfect , and the proceedings have been characterized by order , energy , and economy . But this is less surprising when we reflect that . it is a consequence of the cobpetion upon the grandest scale of the most eminent among our men of science , and the most skilful among our myriads of artisans . Only two lives have been hitherto lost throughout the whole period of the erection ; and not more than 2000 workmen have ever

      been employed at one time . Amidst this scene of bustle without disorder , the Royal Commissioners come and go , and the Queen herself , unannounced and almost unattended , appears on the scene . There is always an idle crowd without , as there is ever an active crowd within . Not the least remarkable project connected with the Exposition is the contemplated Catalogue actually being prepared by Messrs . Spicer and Clowes , upon which twentyfive distinguished men are employed .

      The correspondent of the Standard states that M . Baroche has communicated to Lord Normanby certain documents which will give the English Government an insight into the designs of the French reiugees in London during the coming Exposition . To this police-rumour we may oppose the protest of the refugees published in the Leader of the 5 th of April . It would seem that Ministers are not entirely free from alarm respecting the probabilities of a disturbance during the Great Exposition , or of damage being done to our military stores at Woolwich . We quote the Times : — ¦

      " Notwithstanding the pretended authoritative contradiction that was given in koiiio quarters to the statement made about five weeks ago , that an additional regiment of cavalry would be added to the garrison at Woolwich during the time the Exhibition in Ilydo-park was open , that fact is now established beyond doubt , an the 17 th Lancers will arrive at Woolwich on the 29 th . and ISOtu of the present April , and 1 st . of May , from Dublin . The regiment is about 15 ( 50 atrong , and in composed of six troops , and will murcli from Liverpool to Woolwich in detachments of two troops , arriving here , on the three successive days abovementioned . The troop of ltoy . il Horse Artillery at present in the West-aquar * ' is ordered to move to the Kant-Hquare , and three troops will occupy

      the apace previously used for two troops . 1 he sergeants of the Royal MurineH of the Woolwich division , not company sergeants , huve been directed to look out for accommodation out of barracks , u . s their present , quarters will be required for other troops . It in mill expected , tin was originally stated , that the Rifle ; Hi igade will occupy a part of the Royal Marine barniekn ; and i » h there would not be sufficient room for the whole , 400 of the RifleH will be Htiitioned at the Tower of London . At all events preparations arc making at the Tower for the

      accommodation of additional troopB . Kighteen additional . sciitiicH h ; iv <> been ordered t . o do duty at the Royal Arsenal at . Woolwich ,- which will require fifty four additional gunners of the Royal Artillery to be detached daily from the barracks for the protection of the ArHcnal . Commanding ofliccrH have also been informed that it . will be n « 'i : « 'HHury to restrict tin- leave of absence unuully granted to the men of the Royal Artillery to two men for inrli company , and that leave be only grunted to them on Saturday or { Sunday evenings , und them only to eleven o'clock at night . "

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      REMOVAL OF THE POOR . Among the measures promised by Government , this session , is one of Mr Baines ' s , to amend the Law of Settlement . We shall see whether Ann-Popery agitations and party intrigues will leave Ministers time to attend to the Poor Law ; but how cruelly needed the reform is we might learn from a single instance , described by a correspondent of the Morning Advertiser . The writer , who had been a relieving officer under the Poor Law , was an Enumerator for the late census ; and he gives one striking class of facts , illustrated by his notes , for a very small district : — " Number of occupied houses , 129 ; separate occupiers of rooms , 494 ; total number of persons , 1 , 586 . Number of heads of families born in the parish , 118 ; number of heads of families born out of the parish , 409 .

      " The 118 poor families , of course , have an undoubted claim in the event of their requiring relief , but what is to become of the 409 ? " I will endeavour to show—First , I obtained ' admissions from as many as 34 of these poor persons , that they were already in receipt of relief . From a further calculation which I made , I found that about 50 more would form the proportion of the rated inhabitants of the 129 houses , although so poor themselves that it would be a question whether they were in so good circumstances as those who were in the actual receipt of relief ; I say 50 rated

      inhabitants , because the majority of the houses were either let out in tenements , or the rates were paid by the landlords . To this number I would add , say 55 ( heads of families ) , who , under the provisions of 9 and 10 Vic , c . 66 , August 26 , 1846 ( known as the Removal , or Five Years' Residence Act ) , would , in the event of their applying for relief , be found irremovable , though not settled . And here I would challenge any parochial lawyer to point out what chance there is now for a labouring man to claim any settlement except the accidental and distant one of his birth .

      " Thus we have the enormous number of 270 industrious heads of families , mostly possessed of large families , inhabitants of only four streets ( for that was the extent of my district ) , out of this huge metropolis , who would upon the first application for a loaf of bread at the workhouse , should they need it ( and how frequently do they not ?) be subject to the hardship , cruelty , and injustice of a forcible removal from their homes and the scene of their labour . What country but our own could produce such a law ? "

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      THE PROGRESS OF ADULTERATION . The last investigations of the Lancet on the subject of adulterations have been directed to mustard , flour , and bread , and the facts are such as to show the importance of the inquiries undertaken . With regard to mustard , it has been ascertained that the article is scarcely ever to be obtained genuine , whatever may be the price paid for it . Out of forty-two samples purchased indiscriminately , the whole were adulterated with immense quantities of wheaten flour , highlycoloured with turmeric , the specimens in tinfoil packages , and labelled " Fine Durham mustard , " or double superfine , ' ' containing , with the exception

      of much husk , scarcely anything else . In connection with bread and flour the conclusions arrived at were unexpected . Out of forty-four samples of wheatflour ( including several of French and American ) purchased in all quarters of the metropolis , not a ingle instance was detected of admixture with any other farina , or of the presence of spurious matters of any kind . It is admitted , therefore , that millers and corn-dealers are somewhat maligned . As respects bread , however , the results were not so favourable . Although its adulteration with alum is an offence liable to a penalty of £ 20 , this material was found in every one of the samples examined , the objects for which it is used being to give bad flour the white appearance of the best , and to enable the bread made

      from it to retain a larger proportion of water , so as to gain in weight . The number of samples was twentyfour , and iu ten of these the quantity whh very considerable , whilcinnll cases it was such as to be injurious to health , the operation of the drug being to interfere with the activity of the digestive functions . This article of adulteration , however , appears to be the only one generally employed in bread , neither potato , nor any other inferior farinaceous matter , nor carbonate or sulphate of lime being found— an improved state of uli ' aiiH , which is moat probably owing to the cheapness of flour caused by free trade . At the Bume time an examination of the weight of hreud us delivered at houses shows that upon an average there is a deficiency of from two and a half to three ounces in every quartern loaf .

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      CRIME AND PUNISHMENT . Levi Harwood and Jitmes Jonen were executed according to law , on the morning of the l / ilh , in tin- presence of un immense crowd . Jones , wlione real nume'is Hurbige , made a confession liefoie leaving bis cell , whit-h corroborated th «> Htntomcnt of Hiram Smith in the main . There ; are two points illudtrntivc ; of the uncertainty of eircun » - Htantial evidence in his < : onfenttioti . The first , that , tin ; " token " Hworn to on tlw trial iih having been stolen from the vicarage was given him in change for sixpence at . u public-Iioiihc ; tbe second , that Mm . 11 idlest , was mistaken as to the man who hold her being l , evi Harwood , « inc <; it was Join's himself , liolh nun died what i « culled " game , " but not denperato . Whilat the execution at Horfiemongcr-Iane was proceeding , Mary Ann iCecfe . u woman addicted to such

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      April 19 , 185 L ] < £$$ ILcaktt . 361

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 19, 1851, page 361, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1879/page/5/