ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 676, 24 January 1852, Page 4

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

The Limerick Chronicle, an authority in military matters, states that the Earl of Cardigan is about to retire from the lieuten-ant-colonelcy of the 11th Hussars. In order to protect the fishing grounds of Nova Scotia more effectually against the encroachments of American fishermen, arrangements have been made by which Canada is to place a steamer and Nova Scotia two small steamers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to enforce the terms of the Fishing Convention of 1818.

Count Guicciardini is among the many foreign visitors now in Edinburgh. The count who is a descendent of the well-known Italian historian, was guilty of a crime which is now unpardonable in Italy—that of perusing the bible—and for this he is now an exile.

General Oudinot will be promoted to the rank of Held Marshal of France, by the death of Sebastiani. Six Marshals only survive out of the Napoleon Bonaparte dynasty —Soult, Gerard, Reille, Marmont, Excelmans, and last—but not least—Jerome Bonaparte, the only one of Napoleon’s immediate family living, and his youngest brother. Dr. Hinchcliffe, who died bishop of Peterborough, had much ready wit, and was extremely apt at checking those who were fond of cavilling at the meaning of different texts of Scripture. On being asked one day what was to be understood by the expression—- “ He clothed himself with curses as with a garment?” “The clearest thing in the world,” replied the doctor, “ the man had a habit of swearing." Some curious circumstances, which would seem to justify the charge of jesuitism brought against the emissaries in England of of the Romish Church, have recently come to light in the publication of certain correspondence in a London journal. One Gawthorn, two or three months ago, writes to the Archbishop of Canterbury, under what of course is a false name, being that of his baptism only, “ W. Francis.” Gawthorn, being

a Roman Catholic, describes himself as a Church of England man rescued from dissent, and expresses much kindly feeling towards foreign protestant ministers, affecting to be much grieved at the repudiation of their orders by the Bishop of London. The point of the letter is, to ask the Archbishop's opinion of the validity of the orders of such persons without the imposition of hands. The Archbishop falls into this coarsely-baited trap, and replies that “he hardly imagines there are two bishops on the bench, or one clergyman in fifty throughout our church who would deny the validity of the orders of these pastors solely on account of their wanting the imposition of Episcopal hands.” Gawthorn then, with consummate impudence, drops the mask, declares all that he said in his note to be strictly true, while he is all the time convicting himself of a whole round of mendacity, —insults the Archbishop to his face, tells him that he wrote solely to obtain a letter damaging to the Church of England, —boasts of bis hypocrisy, simulation, and deceit, —and states that all through the piece he had been acting under advice. Armed with the archiepiscopal rescript, obtained under false pretences, and marked “ private,” Gawthorn immediately violates the unhappy confidence which has been placed in him. Anxious for the conversion of everybody, he shews the letter to everybody, amongst others to Mr. Cyril Page, who instantly denounces the scoundrel, and. shews that it was an old trick of his ; that it was Gawthorn’s rule, all the, lime being a Roman Catholic, to act the aggrieved Church of. England man, and to write to the bishops under a false name—in one proved case, under that of ’ W. Rees, —and getting High Churchmen into trouble and rebuke, in order that, through their disgust, “ he might hasten the conversion of those who profess High Church principles, to the Catholic Church.”