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    what he had stated was , that they received the body and blood of Christ to their damnation . It was rather hard that he should he represented as stating simpliciter that the-wicked received the "body and blood of Christ . He had stated that he -was quite ready to deny that the ¦ wicked received the body and blood of Christ simpliciter , but he was not prepared to deny that they received it to their damnation . The Court -would perceive the difference . —Dr . Xushington said the question was not whether they received it to their damnation , but

    whether they received it at all . The other proposition was : " It is true that worship is due to the real , though invisible and supernatural , presence of the body and blood of Christ in the holy eucharist under the form of bread and -wine . "—Dr . Phillitnore asked whether the words iri the homily -were objected to ?—Dr . Lushington said the whole of what he had stated was objected to as not being consistent with the doctrine contained in the articles . —Dr . Phillimore then said he would confer with his client upon the subject .

    On his return to the court , lie read a declaration by the Archdeacon , in which he repeated the explanation given abi . -e of his interpretation of the sacrament , as received hy the wicked , and , "with respect to the question of worship , added : — "My proposition is , —It is true that "worship is due to the real , though invisible and supernatural , presence of the body and blood of Christ in the holy eucharist under the form of bread and wine . I have in the only two places in which I have spoken of the worship due expressly denied that worship is due to the consecrated elements . I am unable to deny that Christ himself , the thing signified of the sacrament , is to be worshipped in and with the sacrament . I say that , apart from and without the sacrament , wheresoever he is he is to be worshipped . I disclaim any other worship . "

    Dr . Lushington considered this , not a retractation , but a reiteration , of what had been said before- He then proceeded to deliver judgment , which he did at great length , concluding by saying that it became the duty of the Court to pronounce the sentence of deprivation . Mr . Bathurst , the proctor for Archdeacon Denison , having in the usual form prayed justice , Mr . F . H . Dyke , the Registrar , read the sentence , which , like every other part of the proceedings , was of a most wearisome length and full of technical diffuseriess , but the upshot of which w « as , that the Archdeacon was deprived of his Archdeaconry , of the vicarage and parisli church of East Brent , Somersetshire , and of all profits and benefits accruing therefrom .

    Dr . Bayford said that he had been , particularlv instructed by his client , the Rev . Joseph Ditcher ( the * prosecutor ) , not ' to pray for costs ; consequently no mention of them had been made in the sentence . Dr . Lushington : ^ Thehyou waive the costs ? " Dr . Bayford assented , Mr . Bathurst said that it now became his dutv to assert an appeal . Mr . G . Burchett , on behalf of Mr . Ditcher , prayed his Grace to assign Mr . liathurst a timo to prosecute the appeal . Dr . Lushington : "To the 5 tli of December . The Registrar then declared that the Court had adjourned siue din .

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    THE NEAPOLITAN QUESTION . The following important note appears in the Jfoniteur of Monday : —¦ " Peace having been concluded , the first care of the Congress of Paris was to insure the duration of it . " With this object , the Plenipotentiaries investigated the elements of disturbance that still existed in Europe ; and thej' especially directed their attention to the condition , of Italy , Greece , and Belgium . " The court of Naples alone lias haughtily rejected the

    advice of Trance and Rngland , though ofFered in the moat friendly manner . The measures of rigour and coercion adopted . for a long time past , as the means of administration , by the Government of the Two Sicilies , agitate Italy and compromise tlie continuance of order in Europe . Under a conviction of the dangers of such a state of things , France and England had hoped to obviate them , by prudent advice given at an opportune time . This advice was misunderstood ; and the Government of the Two Sicilies , closing its eyes to all evidence , resolved to persist in its fatal course .

    " The ill reception accorded to legitimate observations —an insulting doubt thrown over the purity of our intentions—offensive language opposed to salutary counsels , and finally an obstinate refusal—could not allow the longer continuance of amicable relations , 14 This suspension of official intercourse in no sense constitutes any intervention in internal aiFairs , and still lesa any act of hostility . Nevertheless , the security of tne subjects of the two Governments being possibly compromised , the latter , to provide , against such , a contingency , have combined their squadrons ; but they forbear to send their ships mto the Neapolitan waters , in ordernot to give room for erroneous interpretations . This simple measure of eventual protection , which has no character of menace , cannot , moreover , be considered as any support or encouragement offered . to those who seek to shako the throne of the King of the Two Sicilies . "

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    October 25 , 1856 . ] THE LEADER . 1013

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    CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . The Emperor and Empress have left Paris for Compiegne , where they will stay for three weeks , and after that , it is said , will proceed to Fontainebleau . Some grand fetes and hunting parties are to be given , at Cpmpiegne . It is rumoured that a good deal of agitation has recently occurred in the department of the Deux-Sevres , of which Nfiort is the chief town . Indeed , it is said to have lasted the wliole of September . The arrest of a repris de justice led to the discovery of the existence of a new society , the objects of which are said to bo the

    burning of the crops and the extermination of the rich and of the priests . The society is connected with the " Marianne . " Sixty persons have been arrested near the canton of Thouars . The gendarmes who captured them were so vigorously attacked by the peasantry that for a time they were forced to let them go . The prisoners have been tried and sentenced to various penalties by the tribunals . Fresh arrests have been made in the Faubourg St . Antoine within the last few days . They are said to have nothing to do with politics , but to be attributable to the strike which has taken place in an establishment of that quarter , and which threatens to extend to others . : *

    Palace , it was remarked that the two Generals conversed together most amicably for some time . On the 8 th in 3 t ., the Duchess de Mbntpensier was safely delivered , at Seville , of an Infanta . The creation of a department for commerce and the colonies appeared to be finally decided upon . Marshal Serrano , the Spanish Ambassador at Paris , has transmitted his resignation to Madrid . General Don Manuel Concha has resigned all the appointments he held in the Junta of the Colonies and Council of War . He has also asked for leave to goto Granada , which has been granted . At a Council of Ministers on the evening of the 13 th . inst ., it was decided that the additional act of the

    Constitution of 1845 should be annulled , that the old Royal Council should be re-established with all its former members , that the' state of siege should be no longer maintained , and that all tlie former Senators should be reinstated . A royal decree also restores to the Bishops the power of conferring holy orders , conformably to the Concordat , and authorizes novices to profess in convents . . Senor Guell y Rente has been set at liberty . With respect to the outrage committed by Ifarvaez on . Senor Guell y Rente , of which we gave an account last week , a Madrid letter , emanating from a person who was , until lately , a warm admirer of Narvaez , contains the following : — " General Narvaez has now become an object of hatred with all , and of contempt with many , in consequence of the late extraordinary occurrence , of which no doubt you have long since heard , arid which is

    unparalleled in our modern history . His most intimate friends condemn him , or tlie few who hesitate to censure him in public endeavour to explain his conduct by an attack of mental alienation , of which they say symptonxs appear now and then . They declare that when General Narvaez sees not merely one of his political adversaries , but even any of the $ sfoderado party who happen to dissent from his opinions , he says to those who are in his company , ' Hold me back ! I am getting beside myself . " ( Detenedtne ! quemevoi aperder !); a . n&in truth the change that takes place in his countenance , the swelling of his veins , and the wild expression o f his eyes , which all at once become suffused with blood , show" that at such a moment he is labouring under a terrible crisis . " The writer then proceeds to give an account of the outrage at Madame Aleson s , which he says was accompanied with language , on the part of Narvaez , of the grossest and most indecent character , and with many oaths .

    Various accounts are still received from Spain with reference to the afFair of Guell y Rente , aid to the change of ministry . The latter would seem to be owing to O'Doimell riot falling in with the Queen's desire to annul the law of dtscmortizacion . At the ball given on tlie birthday of the Qtieen , her Majesty showed such favour to Narvaez and such coldness to O'DonnelL that the latter abruptly withdrew on the plea that his wife was unwell . On the 11 th . inst ., ' the ex-Minister ( according to a letter from Madrid ) said he had heard some rumours about the formation of a new Ministry , and 2 ie wished to know whether the Queen had resolved

    anything new on that subject . The Queen answered , that she could not possibly separate from him—that she wanted him most particularly—and that he deserved all her confidence . A day or two afterwards , however , the Ministers resigned in a body . " While the Ministers were at the council of the 11 th , held in the night , th « y observed that there were some persona behind the curtains listening to them ; owe ofjthem was discovered by a violent fit of coughing which he was unable to restrain . On the Ministers presenting their resignations , tears rolled down the cheeks of the Queen ; but , -while she was putting her handkerchief to her eyes , they saw clearly she was laughing . "

    The accouchement of the Infanta Duchess of Montpensier is oiliei ally declared to have taken place sooner than , was anticipated , and , in consequonce , a host of grandees and representatives of foreign Courts who had been ordered , or invited , to be present , were unable to got to Seville in time . The Queen , in a decree published on the 18 th , conferred on the young Infanta the Grand Cordon of the Noble Ladies of Maria Luisa .

    . Tlie Prussian Cabinet is stated by the Daily tfeivs Berlin correspondent to entertain the idea of trying to induce the Emperor of Morocco to cede to Prussia the territory occupied by the Riff pirates , for the establishment of a long contemplated penal colony , which would also have the beneficial efFect of preventing for the future any further insults to foreign ilags by these gentry on the coast of Africa . It is in contemplation to send a special ambassador to Morocco to negotiate the terms of a tr « aty with the Emperor . RUSSIA . By an Imperial ultnso the Protestant and Roman Catholic chaplains attached to the Russian army are henceforth placed on an equal footing as regaTds state pay , &c , with , those of the Greek Church . The Czar ro-entcred St . Petersburg on the 14 th iost . The coronation fetes , therefore , arc now at an end . TUKICEY . ^ Tho Prussian Correspondence announces that tho comnaisaion appointed to establish tho new lino of frontier

    The Moniteur of Wednesday publishes the text of an additional convention to that of November 22 nd , 1834 , concluded between France and Belgium for the extradition of criminals . In consists of the following single article : — " Shall not be considered as a political offence , nor act connected-with such offence ( delil ) , an attempt against the person of a foreign sovereign , or against the person of members of his family , when such attempt shall constitute the fact either of murder , assassination , or poisoning . " :

    • . . ¦ ' . IT \ AX , Y . . - .: '¦ . ' . . ¦¦ ¦¦ . ¦ Central and Northern Italy is in a very disturbed state , owing to repeated acts of brigandage , robber }' , and murder , which the various despotic Governments , active and vigorous as they are in suppressing free action and free thought oh the part of honest men , are unable or unwilling to check . An incident has also occurred at Meldola , in the Papal States , which may perhaps lead to another occupation by Austrian troops . "On Sunday , the 5 th inst ., " says the Times Turin correspondent , " a disturbance toolc place in that town in consequence of the gendarmes stationed there having taken the law into their own hands and inflicted summary punishment on two young men who had smoked in front of the

    gendarme barracks contrary to the regulations , and contrary to the commands of the gendarmes , who saw them doing so ; or , rather ,. tHey beat one for smoking and the other for remonstrating , and ended by imprisoning them both .. The mayor of the toAvn having been appealed to by the people , interceded with the police for the release of the young men , but without other efFect than receiving an impertinent answer from the commander of the gendarmes . This irritated the people , who threw themselves upon the gendarmes and drove them into a tavern , together with some soldiers who had joined them , and in the struggle which ensued , in breaking open the door of the tavern , which they had ¦ barricaded , one of the gendarmes was killed and tlie soldiers were disarmed . "

    On the fete day of the Hereditary Prince of Naples , the English and French Embassies illuminated ; not so the Sardinian . " The Cabinet , " says a letter from Vienna in a German paper , " has examined a petition from the provincial council of ISrescia setting forth the exorbitant taxes with which that district was charged , and has decided that the complaint was not without foundation . The representations of the council will be laid before tho Emperor , but measures will be taken to prevent similar

    petitions being addressed to the Government in future . " A case has been opened by tho Neapolitan Procureur-Gcneral against the two individuals arrested for having expressed their approbation of the decision of the judges in the late political cause ; but the judges , on retiring to consider whether there was sufficient ground for a prosecution , decided in the negative , and the accused were therefore liberated , after ten days' confinement . One of the political prisoners ( Amodio ) has been liberated , having gone mad from the ellects of confinement and ill-usage .

    SPAIN . In connexion with the new Government , wo read that General Pezuela is appointed Director of Cavalry ; the Duke de Ahumada , Inspector-General of the Civil Guard ; General Sanz , Captain-General of Madrid ; tho Brigadier Monaa do Zunigu , Under-Secrotary-for-War ; and M . Zarago-za , Civil Governor of Madrid . Tho Government also intends to make use of tho services of the Vicalvarist Generals Ros do Olano and Messina . General Cordova is mentioned as likely to fill the post of Director of Infantry . General Dulco has been ordered to reside at Santander . General O'Donnell is to leave for France .

    It has been reported that a serious misunderstanding whichtook place between General Narvnez and General Francisco Annero ia the reason why tho latter does not join the Cabinet . However , at tho last ball given at the

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 25, 1856, page 1013, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2164/page/5/