out, with the request that they might be discontinued.
It would seem, however, that the remonstrance
produced no eftect; for two years later a parishioner of Mr.
Bennett's wrote to the bishop, complaining of the forms
which the former persisted in adlhering to. Later in
the same year (1849) came the consecration of St.
Barnabas, and with it not only a repetition, but an augmentation,
of the obnoxious practices referred to. The
bishop then became more earnest in his remonstrances,
to which Mr. Bennett replied by defending his practices
and declaring his intention to persist in them. On the
16th of November the bishop declared the practices in
question to be inconsistent with the duty of a minister of
the English Church, and formally called on Mr. Bennett
to relinquish them. Mr. Bennett having continued to
justify the course he followed, the bishop, on the 27th,
concluded his answer by saying—"Upon the whole, if
you are not prepared to comply, simpliciter and ex
animo, with the requisition contained in my letter of
the 16th inst., I must call upon you to fulfil your ofler
of retiring from a charge which I deliberately think you
could not in that case continue to hold without great
injury to the church." Mr. Bennett states, in reply to
this, that being unable conscientiously to comply,
"simpliciter and ex aninio," with the bishop's requisition of
the 16th of November, it follows, he says, that he must
submit to the "call " made upon him in that of the 27th,
which, as it involves the continued opinion that he is
guilty of unfaithfulness to the Church of England, he
considers it his duty to submit, and therefore sends in
his resignation of the perpetual curacy of St. Paul's,
Knightsbridge. The bishop closed the correspondence
by accepting the reverend gentleman's resignation.

The meetings throughout the country on the subject
of the Papal Aggression have been so many and so
similar in character, that it would bo useless to
enumerate them.

The meeting of the County of Surrey was marked by
the appearance of Sir Edward Sugden, who gave his
view of the present state of the law as applicable to the
case. Sir Edward was clear and unhesitating  in his
opinion that the "illegality" of denying the queen's
supremacy, and of introducing "bulles" into this
Country, remains untouched by the minor Relief Act
passed in 1847, which only repeals certain of the severer
"penalties" enacted by the 13th Elizabeth. Sir
Edward stated, that though he voted for Catholic
Emancipation, with doubt and hesitation, in 1829, he
has never repented of that vote, and would repeat it
to-morrow if occasion called for it.

The Roman Catholic Peer Lord Beaumont has been
joined by the hereditary head of his English
co-religionists in a pronouncement against the Aggressive
Reorganisation of their Hierarchy. The Duke of
Norfolk has written the following letter to Lord Beaumont,
with leave to make what use of it he likes; and
the latter has sent a copy from his residence in Ireland
for publication in London:—

                                      "Arundel Castle, 28th Nov.
"MY DEAR LORD,—I so entirely coincide with the opinions in
your letter to Lord Zetland, that I must write to you to express
iny agreement with you. I should think that many must feel as
we do, that ultramontane opinions are totally incompatible with
allegiance to our sovereign, and with our coustitution.
"I remain, my dear Lord, faithfully yours,
"To the Lord Beamnont.'                          " Norfolk."

An address has been presented to the Bishop of London,
signed by a large number of Mr. Bennett's congregation,
some parishioners and some non-parishioners, entreating
the bishop to reconsider his decision respecting Mr.
Bennett's offer of Resignation. The bishop, in his
answer to the address, stated that he is under the
painful necessity of adhering to that decision.

The Bishop of London has directed the archdeacons
of London and Middlesex to visit all the churches and
chapels in which it is alleged that Romish ceremonies
are practised, and to report to him every case in which
any ceremonies or forms are used not authorised by the
rubric nor sanctioned by established custom.

St Barnabas Church, Pimlico, was again opened for
divine service on Sunday the 22nd, the suspending
notice having been removed in the course of last week.
Mr. Bennett took no part in the conduct of the service,
which was performed by the Revs. G. E. De Gex and
W. Fyfe. The rites and symbols appear to have
undergone no modification, save that the candles on the
altar remained unlighted after the chanting of the
Litany. Mr. Cowie, of Putney College, preached the
sermon, in which the peculiar views of the Puseyite
party on baptism were advanced.

The Election for the County of Limerick took place
on the 10th, when W. Goold, Esq., was returned in
preference to Captain Dickson and Mr. Ryan. The
last, the Tenant League agitator, was the lowest on the
poll.

The Cattle Show of the Smithfield Club in Baker
Street, which was opened to the public on the 10th, was
remarkably large and excellent. The first prizes were
generally won by breeders or farmers. The greater
number of secondary prizes were gained by amateur
noblemen and gentlemen—Prince Albert, the Duke of
Richmond, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of
Warwick, and others. The usual dinner took place on
the 13th. The Duke of Richmond presided, and was
supported by a miscellaneous body of members from all
shades of party; including the Earl of Hardwicke,
Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. J. Villers Shelly, and Mr. Mechi
The Chairman congratulated the society on the honour
done to them by the Queen and Prince Albert in visiting
the show on Monday; and stated that affairs are so
prosperous that the prizes can be paid out of yearly
subscriptions without encroachment on capital, and yet a
considerable fund be appropriated for a large extension
of the show next year. The Earl of Hardwicke struck
out an innovating plan of competition, believing that
the present mode of awarding the prizes does not select
and compare the true criteria of excellence. He said,
that it cannot at present be told with certainty how Iong
the animals have been under feeding, how they were
fed, or what was their real age. The proper method
would be, to take the animals when they are lean, put
them up together, and feed them upon the same food;
and then it will be ascertained by the speed with which
they fatten which animal is of the best blood. He was
prepared to put up his animals under that system,
though he was aware it might be attended with some
difficulties; and he challenged all England to compete
with him.

The National Association held a general meeting at
the London Tavern on the 12th. The attendance was
very small. Mr. George Young presided, and Major
Beresford was the sole M.P. present. The tone of all
the speakers was one of very great hostility to landlords.
Mr. Young stated the society's programme to include
now the equalisation of poor-rates, and its imposition on
personal as well as real property, abolition of malt-tax,
non-renewal of income-tax, a just revisal of tithe-commutation
reduction of local rates, and a law to enable
tenants to revoke leases made before 1846. Mr. Young
himself declared his belief that "the day of high price's
is over."

Parliament has been further Prorogued from the 17th
inst. to the 4th of February, when it will meet for the
despatch of business.

LAW AND CRIME.

The men who committed the Burglary in the house of
Mr Holford, in the Regent's Park—Dyson, Mitchell,
and Mahon—were tried at the Central Criminal Court
on the 30th Nov. Dyson and Mitchell pleaded guilty,
and Mahon was convicted by the jury. They were
sentenced to transportation for life.

The magistrates of Cambridge have fined the Reverend
John Fenwick M.A., a proctor, and his two attendants,
or "bull-dogs," Robinson and Boning, for an Assault on
Emma Thompson. While the three defendants were
out at night searching for improper persons in the
streets, they encountered Emma Thompson, a respectable
modest girl; and she was detained for some time,
and questioned. When Mr. Thompson waited on Mr
Fenwick respecting his behaviour to his daughter, the
proctor made some very lame excuses or explanations.