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of losing its influence and prestige. The Papacy has not been aggrandized and enriched by deliberate avarice or ambition, but a moment arrived when, in the interest of its mission, it became necessary that the Papacy should be rich, and it became rich, and a moment arrived when it was necessary that the Papacy should be sovereign, and it became sovereign.' The conclusion is :Now (and this point deserves to be considered), whenever these changes took place in the temporal conditions of the Papacy, those who witnessed it judged that the institution, having degenerated, was on the point of losing its independence. They were wrong, they were the children of an error very common at all times, namely, that the Church must manifest in its external organization the immutability which is the character of its dogmas.' It is but justice to say that M. de Persigny gets the credit of having for some time taken this enlightened view; but that the paper which passes for his organ should find it necessary to express these sensible notions at this moment, shows that they may be avowed with safety."

GLASGOW CATHEDRAL AT THE POPE'S FEET.-A correspondent of the Scottish Guardian writes to that paper:-"A few weeks ago I visited the Cathedral for the purpose of viewing the building in its restored state, and the stained-glass windows of which I had heard so much. Allow me to remark that, in going the round of the windows, my taste for rich, clear shades of colour was much gratified; but, further than that, I can only say that my judgment or the windows are sorely at fault. Descending to the crypt by the north staircase, my attention was arrested by rather a suspicious-looking window on the north side, close by the door of the small chapel, without inscription, without the name of the donor, wrapt up in mystery to the onlooker, so much so, that I was led to scrutinize it more narrowly than I might otherwise have done. I looked for some point in the representation that would unravel the mystery. I did not look long until I recognised Glasgow

Cathedral' in the foreground. With this key in my hand, the meaning of the design flashed across my mind at once. We have the Pope seated in the socalled chair of St. Peter, with Glasgow Cathedral laid at his feet, and two cardinals (I presume), one on either side of the chair, evidently in the act of presenting our Cathedral to his Holiness. This forms the subject of one-half of the window; in the other we have a gathering of Popish officials, one on the left more prominent than the rest, bearing a church in his hands, and presenting it, I suppose, to the Pope."

Entelligence,

FRANCE. The Mémorial de Lille says:-"Two days ago a young girl, named Maria H- who was shut up in the convent of the Bon Pasteur, resolved to make her escape from the place, but which she could only do by scaling a wall. On reaching the top of it, she was preparing herself to drop on the other side, a depth of about eighteen feet, and was already hanging by her hands, when a man who was passing rushed forward and attempted to catch her in his arms. The shock to him was, however, so great that he was knocked down and rather severely shaken, and before he had recovered himself the young girl had fled. She has, it is thought, taken refuge with her family."-Morning Chronicle, Nov. 27, 1861.

ROME. RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE.-At the opening of the session of the Academy of the Catholic Religion at Rome, Cardinal Gagiano made a speech, in which he denounced liberty of conscience as an "impious and infernal thing. He drew largely upon Pagan authors for arguments in support of intolerance, and proved from Plato and Cicero that neither the Persians, Greeks, Assyrians, nor Romans had ever allowed religious liberty.-Manchester Guardian, May 25, 1861

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"The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England.”—ART. XXXVII.

VOLUME XXIV.-A.D. 1862.

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