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Mi. Whalley hag' achieved in the Conimona. 'The- -fferkiy' Ra#frieil'ibeetitly Stated that Cardinal Manning had One-in a garden pirtY at Chitiviick, had been pregented to the Prinee of Wales, had by him been presented to the Queen, and had remained in the royal circle on a footing only accorded to the very highest personages. This the IVeekly Registar thought a Cenceggioii Of the Cardinal's claims to precedence, and Lord Oranniore aaked the Duke of Richmond if the account were .correct. The Duke toIdhim it was not, except so far as that the Cardinal had attended the party, where, as it happened, he was not presented either to the Prince or the Queen. The Constitution, therefore, survives, as it would have done had the story been all true. What in the world does it signify, except as a question of manners, whether Di. Manning is received at Court in his English or his foreign rank,—as an eminent dissent- ing minister, as he is here ; or as a Prince, as he is on the Conti- neat? The preposterous interest taken in the question is the result not of religious feeling, but of a very unworthy fear.
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