The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-20 00:00:00

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Or goi' C lt ,frP LE 6ATE WITHIN WAP,D. pee the said IVa rd 'i oa lt a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of this WARD, in. t ttil thw a:sembled, held • at the School-room, in Ward, on TuEstoev, the I9th.Nov., 1850 ;Philip -lane, ~ ellY°3llll4ll THOMAS cnALLis, it w,„ said Ward ; Esq., Alderman of the te so i; moved by Mr. BENNOOH, seconded by Mr. Ilrwrrsoll, and it)me to e dt-That the recent arrogant assumption of the Pope of -,or a h h "iablish, of his own authority, within .this kingdo the kola, of b i ie rarchY, calls for the immediate condemnation o , e Rest d , te bis rrotestant country, and ought to be met with the affe rd rlid . ned resistancelhat the laws and constitution of the land M oved h • • licsoi vo 7 Mr. WnecatovE. seconded by Mr. FOSTER, and and s ee d+-That whilst as Protestant Reformers we maintained s td equa i , a for our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects the right of full laver withienr l ' ti4 Drep ar ar ticiPation in matters of religions opinion (which we are t4 eign ed t° nl aintain), we never intended to concede to . ~ _ N ur Dower th n t o s t h en ta ta u t d e om at . ty spiritual or temporal jurisdiction Move , l i teti o i v , dbY &Ir. OLIVER, seconded by Mr. BAILEY, and her fiajeit„ , `", ,-- -That a loyal and dutiful address be presen , ed to °Ese ee Z, lounded on the principles of the foregoing resolutions, ly rek iiing her ar 2 jesty to talc' , such measures as shall effectiyt te fihed: r nY attack upon the r - ellgions privilezrs ' of her subjec , I Net tb° s ame be by means of foreign aggressiori, or internal iery. i., tseh,, -.7 Mr. following seconded by Mr. FERKES, and ilth e Ai-pi-That the following address be now adopted and signed .i7efrtien. on behalf of the Wardmote :- ' I I.I A T I I R QEEN'S MOST EXOELLE'NT MAJ . T__ Y. Ward of ,•_, Lineable Address of the Inhabitants of the .• 'nPplegate Within, in the City of London, is Wardmote ~,_ assetnined, ext,"Ziwo:,, That we d es i re to approach your Majesty with an 4 Thet, "onr unabated attachment to your Throne and Per son mit Zsse i ,,,,,Zo have beheld with feelings cf indignation the rec all. l'iti '"" b of ths Pope of Rome to establish, of his owu it. 4llo lthi.. -"°inlish Hierarch 'thin this kingdom or dominion, wtti_.. - . countr had Ywl abolished at the time of „erra,„,_ 7 reason to hope was a a ,lNtN4`ri convic -4wlit Nay regret that we are obliged to express our atgi,,__lo insolent a d would never have been kai s ' i ma h ad ~ n arrigant a measure i t , ters n uere not been within the Church of England itself „ , th at , 0 bave insidiously and designedly prepared , the way for t he at , 4.e doctrinest rian d • • known as Puseyite and I roc a , fr ad):l 4l „ ° : lo acnt of a an simple prds a es d primitive form of worship, the 4tikaptli.roduction of • h and primitive form of worship, the U of Romish ceremonies, and the not unfrequent t in coa t (4.Bo Tile or the Cl rats ach,,, ciences of th Clergy to ass ume a spiritual authority over !mi.'' , to ii, A i t e Laity, have led the Pope of Rome and his th:cidtien r , - eve that the people of England were prepared for the tom-4 it , "of P ' d e mere to accelerate I, %eau °Pell', and have, in truth, on es ganon of this i 1 t script than even the ambition or 4, 0 , 1 ofthe papal rso en re b b i th, ref .., Pal See itself. . • :Ille gal a,,,ne most humbly pray that w Mist your Majesty will ,„`liaa f r '4. co nstitutional moans uphold the Protestant Reformed - id the roans, eve - - h entof the Papal Church. • right r 7 attack or encroac m himself, your. ?st3.„„, Of every man to• think and judge • for t y le ~ 11 , at the ures as may effec ll ch th ,,atop to ~_ lame time, take su d ch c m ed eas into the services of the leii' a g r o t f z ogi 4e d nn e o d vations to int t r h o e n whele of our Majesty's sub ll'!fa::l°M front' interferences nsecure whether foreign or domestic in the ,_ ce aft ,,,,~ Il e , aleved by civil and religious duties, D WAR and t om Fr ed, ~7 Dlr. FROST, seconded by Mr. DE WAR, , ~ JOhs i;"' 'flat his thanks of this WaLinito . it• le are due to . sae 112,.., itsnell f ar nIY, an d eenstitutiona 1 Letter - 8 1 , , , e2i,kir r o e p of toarhata e o n n ergetlc, the above ffin subject, and that htehabeprree-' "'",iteittAksted to continue his unabated opposition to 14, 0 , Mov e d a uthority of the See of Rome. A ' an CI, ;re d ____ ,py Mr. ELSTOR, seconded by Mr.EnAsd, by the Ward "NI !tia ' liis l e t the above Resolutions be signed ~ 3 40 1 : m ael . b,„ Lecl Morning Advertiser, the " Times," 1 .. 4 1) 9 St -13 ' News" newspapers. tril e"-"A r SAMUEL Mon.LET seconded by Mr. HFDomAN, and 'I'4 TC -'l 'ba* the ' thanks bf this meeting be ituie k hat i , i e warmest given to Ward, for his ready ae -I'l' 444 in ti; sq" the alderman of the d this Wardmote; for a im , Pendent e wtsh of the inhabitants to hold titutional principles 4 0 74 th e veit_fied fearleas expression of coanwhich he has presided the WargilYaoateelettia.nd impartial manner i Cf ai IS daY aODFREY GODDARD, Ward Clerk. kAll Th e -- Y f ABC HU ROIL & ST. LAWRENCE, day t othlpi„ POITyrNEy, LONDON. was yester- • ri,:eseat,„,"?. M emorial to her Most Gracious Majesty b e _ a. •,,, w bY the Rector and Churehwardenn of the a coy P 0'4 4 ? Tni r ~,,,' 'lltir.. - '.'be ,i„,,' QUE EN'S. MOST EXCELLENT . MAJESTY. de n 4,,t abeh-,4,ersigned inhabitant., .of the united parishes of fLOSat. voi,,."esire torch and St: Lawrence, Pountney, in the City ii 4 layab.; aPPreach your Majesty with the assurance of our de !tittb atid e ' r ' l , d of our cordial attachment to your person. regard ere ws 'illial s b• oar duty to declare to your Majesty that we _ 0 a _ th e i.fati, e iirPrise and indignation the insult offered to yourß y_ by fre4 i itibe D i c rd to the Church and Cons' ituticn of this country,, oo p n ai tiece of thßontie attempting to degrade' it int? an Arc . MS titl,.D l to ,„"` e Partal See, h and nominating a Rormsh 4 rchbis t o Jestb°,cleriv4,,,rll his newly constituted province, assiguin h g themo o ur Ma ceti;iilreeogaii,oth t owns and cities of this realm, in whicy l'Opilea Of t h el bY low an the sold fountain of honour, placing all the ills ~ " h i erax- Rial ld aud Wales under the territorial Jut s placing all the Cud Wales under the territorial jurisdiction of a fed eze. eby, and thus arrogating a power which scarcely any of fit i ' i ' l ibi, 4:'''il Would have presumed to claim. la pel " aatt et ?g t r i sio n .. ~ . -PPenrs to have been encouraged by the vain fire tli io be bens,.. °ecotoe a few unstable minds had a f Rome Rowed them kfte I ' oinaie s ' l M bY the sophistries of the Churcho there- Dtib lio nri nenee n or the whole English peopleaccessible to the were afforded us of Attaehl declarin We rejoice in the 'opportunity ny n unshaken in our 'heri m i l lien; t o ,F to Your Majesty that we remat t _ ere . A _ a , we ,4114 that me reliclon of our Protestant forefa h ,tn t ation• 4. lstly i• ' th rinciples of the Refor d m abase , e aewe d s e a our hearts e p t.,)tritrhie m ad 43 Much opposed as ever to those errors f a ß n ome have Ith Dtt 'l Dr - .. w° r B hia with which successive Bishops o k ti Ile tel'unive Christianity with the ( 4 4 fre e eib re. We disclaim all intention of interfering _ ()man hestifite ,otleeaercse ef their religion, which your Majes b t l y' R s and ear- SY 3 cip Dr aY y e e „ t t, e njoY at present, we would yet hum ett y r ma jesty "Ala ' 4 ' . 3 ilajesty to take such measures as y tics in this te tt I '7 fr oto Dedlent for prohibiting Romish Ecelesias dioceses ' 4 ' ll ottlera.ssinning titles de ived not only from existing , :w which the Bishop r of Rome may pretend to erect. Rev. ROBERT B. GIBSON, M.A., Rector. ROBERT PALLETT, i d ncl JOIIN MARSHALL, Church dad WILLIAM LANGTON, wardens, -- ..st /11,, Signed by the parishioners. Tilt IN h, CON• , t , , -- "ZT NORTHERN RAILWAY. -r.4-b-tretr,,...--,CTS FOR PASSENGER ENGINES. 4 A Ss -- °f thin Co are prepared to receive Tenders for , a rt „ Zi.i• G „, mpany gad, i's disp ol '. L OCOMOTIVE ENGINES. ttlo ti r. a Dolk ed to Tender may obtain Specifications and Forms of N.: O beparatrPlicatlon at this Office,:or at the Offices e of the Loco xt the 18th kee t ,ber, ao,rnenf,_ Boston, an and after MONDAY n n gine , s may be Tt at nastaa. outline drawings of the particular E , s kist a h l "' , sealed „, er Engines," 'AT the "dgca "i' and marked " Tender for Passenger 4 44 , 3 d b at this Office before Twelve o'clock at Noon on Tur-s- ttake. em ber next, when parties tendering must be in at . 1, The ~, lowest ` 44 er. " l reetor s d to accept the o not bind themselves • l lgery By order, Arlo, Lono'meat' J. E. MOWATT, Secretary. Lend , - ° ll , 1.10,,,,„4 2,8-eress Station, 16, 11/50. of th 4 e/t , tditi e „ qt.. - l ate x„„.._" " Everybody's Book ," containing a full repert ter tt er fpol i l rt e a e tt ) , Trial, may be had gratis, on application, or kit a AD VERTISEMENT SHEET. ! te ten amused at the things that we view Yisry 4 1 2nrnal's advertisement columns—stint you ? as 7 4 0 in it is that I happen to miss 3 tt t og a part of th paper as this. `ook at e medley- —Guns, pictures, sod knives, A 4 , - c arpets and tish-hooks, and husbands and wives, P 1 ,15 and pianos, and lovers' misgivings, servants and shovels, and clergymen's livings, . Atm %land tobacco, and classic researches, An d l contracts, and organs for churches, t allow and tartlets, and houses to let, 41 b allads and sermons, ' and "razor-blades . set," Am raters, for beetles, and blankets and quills, An u ,: e ssons in dancing, and pickles and pills, tuti, n neemento in prose and announcements in rhyme iere let us pause. for I think it high time. That think it high time after what you have beard, / c()._.le Warehouse of MOSES and SON have a word. >rordE. that I'm always delihted.to meet l'l7S and SON on the newspaper sheet. Yeya„bat they say is essentially true; Iv; t ' ri n-Y do what they say, and they say what they do. And t h L d both their houses, the East and the West, garments, I own, must be ranked as the best. c , t'ot i with ti7'at that we long shall continuehall to meet h er> " '" -- Th eirna me on the public " Advertisement Sheet." °Ot 4nvslty of ur and Shawl Department are now replete with tl i N i t - re.._ 4s, he seas on. 1.4 0 . 4. ' ' i t ha? art icle Purchased, either ready-made or made to - approved of, will be exchanged or the money re lifi„nBt of '"Posni "es and Son regret having to guard the public e n t c '• on. but having heard that the untradesmanlike false totcti.i!neted with them, or it is the same concern, has t on4,7„ t a the v in h i n ,,o 3* instances, and for obvious reasons. They If"'Oe,„" , exe;.,:iaye no connexion with any other house . in or out ( Ilty i s " t _' l l : 4 ?ir own Establishments, as ' k i r l ll o ,l l _ B s, Aid,r.ishment, 141, 155. 156, and g a , w it a li . n — ories, 83, 11 3, lajost- en , 4 ;e; opposite the Church, all communicating. ,adi or . c iltr eet anch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, n ,ttlem ''o r i 4 l,! Communicating. 11: 4 0n, , - "raneC.„'"ro n Branch, 19, Bridge-street: tim e i ,,Vothi„..,.' " 0 , Fargate eQ 4 ,",.`, qta,'",rj Flatters ' Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe day wh en for Ladies and Gentlemen. li s Fy,"`s are closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa eis resu me d till Twelve o'clock. G i t a t°4 ' h t. is it`' lll3 NER'S WORM MEDICINE. 'Nth Al ' lolo l3 , fact that thousands are suffering the prl /441t D Z: O ' ore v ; 1 411 (1 are ultimately brought to a premature death by thj ri sre ° ad i, en ' as that in the human body. y th e Off . 4 , of is af mortality that one-balf of thechildren f ho 'ass niort,,r'nto attaining their seventh year. The source o found to exist in that foul state of the stomach are ildren so liable to , and produces the genera at 4 ,‘ e .ad ne. 1 „ 14 4 4 . 47 11 .,„e four most common species are— Tb 1111 - 4 ,`ars a ; r ni, 1 4 ' eommonly called Maw or Tii: an otit half-an inch in length, and the thickness th tnfesii but 411 44 net t s o w __ every part of the alimentary canal, Tltltai It aSe zr extremity of the bowels, occa . siontng pain. 'flohe qrtt, orteir most rapid; and the number existing in one Sre4l4lo yt r e_teredible, and this in persons of all ages. bi se t so L 3 th, kkA RIS, or long Thread Worm, is about two u z , er.„,„ -u tapers down from the head to the tail , they Z 4 iti im td ' as the former. These also infest the whole ali 4`,!lett' to 12 _ equally tormenting. Io tt ,OIDES, or long round Worms, are generally 4 . N 4 .,`„ 11 1 in length, of the substance of a goese-quill. ' e gtons of the ' stomach, causing sickness, bile, fia heeshii,`D, °Se/ y he. 4i.j,sttli a . Ltiara ct 'S MARGINALIBIJS, or Tape Worm. The Ws -3°1444 hr. nkni er . ‘ nr this species consists in the oscula, or mouths, 1 1 4 dee,:acith t he margin of each joint, which is flat. They Lasl B 4e,,,i'ase Z i p also in length from 6to 170 yards, and the 'iltri t ,:l2l;: e r , l 2 of t h c ases as they approach . the bead. E ns x 11, 1 10 a rdner e t ,r_lhe have been exhibited at the M um of n tie oel e b r nt. ' the astonishment of. thousands who have str a o e I, 4 ! : l ll l l4ll l ll .4 . tirie, e i t r i l e l a ci ll r ; "t i e has in stood th n e d te o test of half a century's ex ki Worms, and removing ftd 'e n , 4 , n t enjy the aternal everyand bowels, by invigorating which a kid 44 Oit —tlia ter'eri el l i , e lled, but their generation prevented; and b ' With - with confidence to children, or the most debili ft 'At Th o °at r ettt . th 'hse r , Inas ,ant in diet or confinement. each deal 229, Strand, London, whese name and ad -a,e -- t - ' h s vernment stamp, and may be procure Whie nt h — ,..` nt nes, at 28. 9d., and for children at Is. I%d. &in direetions are given. %N. 143.1afq TL III TY-FIFTII EDITION. 04 tn ta „ . 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A N. .uts section is illustroed by Seventeen Coloured `:_lle ,f . t0n4.. . 7, ire2 l leati o 'une,„ a Remedy for the ?reventio of Disease by a 'elt, .' 4l l.(sn t ,-, by Which the danger of infection is obviated. 4 4, 11 P. i ' art " the Work shoule not escape the reader's * 4 T he 3 l evotm k4e b , can s , 6 .--- to the eonside*atior of marriage, and its du t:eirle Act (~..,,,°‘ un productive union a s also considered, and the l A , oren r ;' ,, cally a n d hu iii inquired into. at b g a,,,... 1. Il mrat P osop. call;, rsh._otti e -or l ~,,,A OF SYRIACUN is exclusively employed in 1 I >, ; The e '''' se xual debility, irnprtence, &c., 1 Is. and 335. b":11)t,....0r rm.,._oucentreted Detersive Essence, an anyphilitic be tle,l: trj-I,;ttir r ag the blood in cases of infection, secondary ttb„, b ort, e A rrY's pus' and the abuse of mercury, lie, and 335. per ,i i. (e , p in ; ee rta{ —u Yhig Specific Pills, 2i. 9d-, 4s. 6d., and lie. ;:it... ash: 4l l:un„,, - rearedy for gonorrhcea, gloet, stricture, and lil lin „ oc T et te d e - t ' az oll o o f f the bladder. Conadtation fee, a posi if y _letter, , Leo O Y. u r the case is required: age, habits, an _ . ' °4B , a r 4 lY ti.; ,„, a , ek eta, with advice tc be had at the Arta -1144.14 - 3t - e x r, cil the fee, I_l., ' is saved. M tre er e szs. o aillaki..... fro m pi...nee daily at 19, Borners-s . Perry, — " I R ti) ti te 7 °ll till Two and Five tolEight f on San- • t .• • ,• 1 , A /. ' z r ( • •••••11, • ' -4" lion was ( 111111111111111 6 , 1 cvu r • .4 1 - ,0 0 ..3.,,.. 1037N, I 4„Z • ' • • , ` C • , - • , , , , , , I such as •s- . • . if Catholic - ty• , • ‘0 4• 4 '' - - AIIIL 'N 4 '7,k ' /41 , -" (1 " 0 • 1116 - • / 1 ; ,♦ !, , ir /It V DIE ' ' 17 / 1 , ,1 ' - . 5, 4 - 0I T which is Yes, bul \\~~~`- ~~ 7T .J // 7, -- - .:1-...... ,ed, to complain and say that by that eo nces . , '-- \,... \ t. only meant a perpetual state of regency' -,' existed until the King was chosen? Now, ,I---,'`. ) : ics at their emancipation were allowed to build Church according to its avowedly proper plan, lig( episcopal, what right can any one have to my, 2t it was meant that you should only build it of temporary and imperfect materials, such as we have tolerated in you during your oppression and exclusion. And then, government of a church by vicars apostolic is to its normal state just what a regency is to a mo narchy. " Secondly, the law did put on a restriction. There is an axiom in law, Exclusio unius eat adrnissio alterius; that is, if you specifically exclude or deny the use of one particular thing, you thereby admit the lawful use of that which is not denied. To take the instatice above given; if I had said in my agreement with the house holder that he might not in building make any u.e of sandstone, this would have implied that he might em ploy granite or limestone, or any other stone but the one excluded. Now, if the law of emaneipati, la did make one exclusion and prohibition respecting the titles of Catholic bishops, it thereby permitted, as perfectly within law, whatever in that respect came not under that exception. The Act of Emancipation forbids any one from assuming or using the style or title of an y bishopric or archbishopric of the Established Church in England or Ireland.* From this it follows that they are allowed t . ..) assume any other titles. The Bishop of Lon don himself has seen this, and, in his answer -to the Chapter of Westminster, acknowledges that the new Catholic bishops cannot be touched by the law as it stands; but be wishes Parliament to be petitioned for I new law, which will narrow the liberty here given 113. - " I conclude, therefore— " First, That Catholics, by law, had a-right to be go verned by bishops. " Secondly, That no law or authority bound them to be for ever governed by vicars apostolic, and that they were at liberty to have a Hierarchy, that is, an arch bishop and bishops with local titles, or titles from plasm in the country. " Thirdly, That accordingly such titles are not against any law su long as they are nut the actual titles held by the Anglican Hierarchy. " Fourthly, That all these conditions having been exactly observed in the late erection of • the Catholic Hierarchy, this is perfectly legal, perfectly lawful, and unas , ,ailable by any present law. " Then why all the clamour that has been raised? On what ground does the attack made upon us rest ? Why have we been denounced—why held up to public hatred? Why pointed out to public fury? I have not seen one paper which, during the violence of the storm, thought it worth while to look into the question of law and calmly inquire—' Have the Catholics violated or gone beyond the las of the land? If not, why should they be dens p,:rseverieglyabused?'. IS it because the Church of England is supposed to be attacked by this measure of the Catholic Church, or its securities are threatened? This is the great and natural grievance of the Anglican clergy its their rise monstrauces. To this I reply, first, that, even when, in the Etteascipatiou Ac*, Catholic bishops wr le restrained , re in taking the very titles held by the Anglican, this rettrictiun was not inteenee,l, or sae-posed, to give the slighest security to the English Ceurch.• Spooking of it, the Dulte of Wellington remarked, that • the (re striciive) clause was no security ; but it would give satis: faction to the United Chrircn or Englund and Irelund. According to the laws of England, the title ref a diocese Belonged to persons app ,inter to it by his DI •Ajesty; but it was desirable that others appointed to it by an as eumed audourity should be discountenanced, and that was the reason why the clause was introduced. This was one of the instances which showed how difficult it was to legislaeo upon this subject at all. He was as are that tois clause gave no security to the Established Chureh, nor strengthened it in auy way, but it was inserted to give satistaction to those who were disturbed by this ase sumption of title by the Catholic clergy.' t " Eveu, therefore, our being restrained from adapting its very titles, could give no security to the Established Church; so that we msy conclude that still less security would be given to it by our being forbidden to assume ' titles which are cot theirs. The legislation on this sub jsct had clearly no baring on the security of the Church of England; end it' ere are to he considered guilty of an aggrsiision against her, end have to be dealt with by fresh penal legislation, turrbe purpose of propping her up, Ido not see where you can stop, consissently, short of forbidding Catholics to have any bishops las, all. Yon cannot make a law that they shall only be governed by vicars apostolic, which would be acknowledging directly the Pope's power in the realm (which the Protestant. bishops under oath cannot do); still less can you pro- • cued to forbidding them to have bishops of any sort, which would put tieem back into a worse condition than they were during the operation of the penal laws. Any step backward is a trenching on the complete toleration granted us. " 2. The appointment of a Catholic hierarchy does not in any way deprive the English Establishment of a single advantage which it now possesses. Its bishops retain, and fur anything that the new bishops will do, may retain for ever their fiat s, their rank, their • social position, their pre-emiuence, their domestic comforts, their palaces, their lands, their incomes, without dimi nutioa or alteration. Whatever satisfaction it - has been to you till now to see them so elevated above their Ca tholic rivals, and to have their wants so amply provided for, you will still enjoy as much as hitherto. Hnd the same is to be said 01 the second order of clergy. Not an archdeaconry,or deanery, or canonry, or benefice,or living, willbe taken from them, or claimed by the Catholic priest hood. The outward aspects of the two Churches will be the same. The Catholic episcopacy and the Catholic priesthood will remain no doubt poor, unnoticed by the great, and by the powerful (so soon as the present com motion shall have subsided), without social rank or pre-eminence. If there be no security for the English Church, in this overwhelming balance in its favour of worldly advantages, surely the exclusion of Catholics from the possession of local sees will not save it. It really appears to be a wish on the part of the clerical agitators to make people believe, that some tangible possession of something solid in their respective sees has been bestowed upon the new bishops- something territorial' as it has been called. Time will unmask the deceit, and show that nut an inch of land, or a shilling of money, has been taken from the Protestants and given to Catholics. "3. Nor is an attempt made to diminish any of the moral and religious safeguards of that Establishment, which views our new measure with such watchful jealousy. Whatever that institution has possessed ur done, to influence the peaple or attach its affections, it will still possess, and may con tinue to do. That clear, definite, and accordant teaching of the cioctrinee of their Church, that fami liarity of interceu.se and facility of access, that close and personal mutual acquaintance, that face to face know ledge of each other, tout tiff ctionate cce,fidence and warty sympathy, which form the truest, and strongest, and most mine al bonds lit tween a pastor and his flsnik, a bishop and his people, ou will enjoy, to the full, as much as you have dune till now. The new bishops will not have occasion to cross the path of the prelates of the Anglican establishment in their sphere of duty; they ;via find plenty to do, besides their official duties, in at tending io Lilo wants of their poor spiritual children, es ti( ciaily ihe multituaes of poor Irish, whose peac-ful and truly Catholic conduct, under the whirlwind of contumely which ha* just assailed them, proves that they have not forgotten the nwish).- of their Church —not to revile whets reviled, and when they suffer, not to threaten. "4. But, in trwh, when I read the frequent boasting of the papers, and the exulting replies of bishops, that this movement in the Catholic Church, instead of weak ' ening, has strengfteued the Establiehed Church, by rousing the national Protestantism, and awakening dormant sympathies for its ecclesiastical organization, I cannot but wonder at the alarm which is ex piessed. The late measure is ridiculed as powerless, as etre e , as tending only to the overthrow of Popery in England. Then act on this conviction; show that you believe in it; give us the little odds of a title which be stows no power, rank, wealth, or influence, on him that bears it, and keep undisturbed those other realities, and let the issue be tried on these terms, so much in your favour. Let it be a fair contention, with theological weapons and fair arguments. If you prevail, and Ca tholicity is extinguished in the islsed, it will be a vic tory without remorse. It will have been achieved by the power of the Spirit, and not by the arm of flesh; it will prove your cause to be divine. But if, in spite of all your present advantage, our religion does advance, does win over to it the learned, the devout, and the charit able—does spread itself widely among the poor and simple—then you will not check its progress by forbid ding is Catholic bishop to take the title of Hexham or of Clifton. "But it will be no doubt said, that many who do not greatly sympathise with the Lstablishment are indig nant at the late measure, not because Catholics have ob tained a hierarchy, but because its appointment is the work of the I'ope. This interference of Rome has aroused so much public feeling. Let us then inquire into this point. " SEC. 111-HOW COULD CATHOLICS OBTAIN THEIR HIERARCHY ? " We have seen that, not only we possess a full right, by law, to be governed by bishops, but that we have an equal right to be governed by them according to the proper and perfect form of episcopal government, that is, by bishops in ordinary, having their sees and titles in the country. "If we have a perfect right to all this, we have no less a perfect right to employ the only means by which to obtain it. " We have seen that Catholics are allowed by law to maintain the Pupe's supremacy in ecclesiastical and re ligious matters; and one point of that supremacy is, that be alone can constitute a hierarchy, or appoint bishops. Throughout the Catholic world this is the same. Even where the civic power, by an arrangement with the Pope, names, that is proposes, a person to be a bishop, be can not he consecrated without the Pope's confirmation or acceptance; and if consecrated already, he can have no power to perfJrm any functions of his office without the same sanction. "If therefore the Catholics of this country were ever to have a hie rarchy at all, it could only be through the Pope. He alone could gre.n , it. " This is no new or unknown doctrine; it has long been familiar to our statesmen, as well as to every one who has studied Catholic principles. " Lord John Russell, in bis speech in the House of Commons, August 6, 1846, thus sensibly . speaks upon the subject :—' T here i s another offence of introducing a bull of the Pope into the country. The question is, whether it is desirable to keep up that or any other pe. nalty for such an offence. It does not appear to me that we can possibly attempt to prevent the introduction of the Pore's hulls into this country. There are certain It is clear that no difference whatever is ,madeo this cnacttnent between England and Ireland. Indeed, the .wcrd " assuming" seems to apply to the former, 4. using to the latter. 10 - George IV., chap. 7, lieC. 24. t Usnoud, Tol. zzi n g. 560. 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The following is the address by Dr. Wiseman in explanation of his appointment by the Pope as Arch bishop of Westminster : * He is quoted by Mr. Bowyer in an excellent pamphlet just PUbligiod. tholic Church in England. And yet, for Englishmen, it ought to have been sufficient to say, It is strictly within the law.' " AN APPEAL, &c. "An agitation, perhaps unparalleled in our times, has been raised by the constitution or a Catholic hierarch,y in this island. Its violence has been that of a whirl wind, during which it would have been almost folly to claim a hearing. After the news reached England of the measure being completed, a pause of a few days en sued, as if the elements were brewing for the storm. Then it burst out with absolute fury; every newspaper (with a few honourable exceptions) seemed to'vie with its neighbour, of most opposite politics and principles, in the acrimony, virulence, and perseverance of its at tacks; Liberal and Conservative, 'Anglican or Dis senting, grave or light, as their usual tone and character might previously have been, the men, gies of all seemed concentrated upon one single point, that of crushing, if possible, or denouncing at least to public execration, the new form of ecclesiastical government, which Catholics regarded as a blessing and an honour. For this purpose nothing was refused, however unfounded, however personal, even by papers whose ordinary tone is courteous, or at leait well-bred. Anecdotes without a particle of truth, or, what is worse, with some particles of distorted truth in them, have been copied from one into another, and most widely circu, lated. Sarcasm, ridicule, satire of the broadest,charac ter, theological and legal reasonings of the most refined nature, bold 'and reckless declamation, earnest and art ful argument—nothing seemed to come amiss; and every invokable agency, from the Attorney-General to Guy Fawkes, from proemunire •to a hustling, was summoned forth to aid the cry, and administer td the vengeance of those viho raised it. " And, in fact, there soon sprung np from amidst the first confusion a clearer and more natural agent, inter ested in promotirg it. The Established Church of Eng land looks upon the now constitution accorded by the Holy See to Catholics as a rival existence; and it is but natural that its clergy should exert themselves to the utmost to keep up an excitement which bears an ap pearance of attachment to , themselves. And hence, by degrees, the agitation has been lately subsiding into a mere clerical and parochial movement. " A few years ago an excitement somewhat similar was caused by the proposed augmentation of the grant to Maynooth College. Political and religious feelings brought partiea otherwise generally discordant, into harmonious opposition to the increase. But the great statesman wholthen presided over her Majesty's councils, and who.e loss the country has lately so sincerely de plored, nobly stemmed the tide, carried his increase with calm dignity through the Legislature, and yielded nought t' public outcry. At the present crisis 'the Ca tholics of England had no right to expect any co. opera tion from the Government of the country—they asked for none; but they had the right of every citizen to im partiality. They nattirally might have expected that he to whom was entrusted the helm of the State would keep himself above those influences of party feeling which disqualify the mind for grave and generous counsels; would preserve himself uncommitted by any hasty or unofficial expression of opinion; would remain on the neutral ground of his public responsibility; to check excess on every side, and moderate dangerous tendencies in any party. Instead of this, the head of her Majesty's G7mernment has astonished, not this country alone, but all Europe, by a letter which leaves us but little hope that any appeal to the high authority which rules over the empire would be received, to say the least, with favour. " But, another and a still graver power in the State has allowed itself to be swayed, by the passing blast, from the upright and inflexible position which English men have ever considered natural to it. Whatever the agitation and storm that raged around, we have been accustomed to feel sure that the fountains of justice would retain their surface calm and unruffled, and their Waters cool and pure. The highest secular dignity in the land has been wisely adjudged to him, who, either seated at the head of the noblest assembly in the world, holds with unswerving head, the ' balance of constitu tional justice, and utters, in venerated accents, decisions on the most delicate topics of public and royal rights, which' pass into very aphbrisms of legislation; or, en throned in the innermost sanctuary of justice; decides, almost without appeal, upon causes of vast magnitude, and enters the records of his decisions upon the law tables of the empire. But on the present occasion the storm has been strong enough to disturb the very spring of equity. Instead of waiting till, from the woolsack or the bench, he might have been called upon to speak with impartial solemnity on what may be thought a mo mentous question, the Lord High Chancellor of Eng. land has preferred to deliver his award against us from behind the tables of a Mansion-house banquet, and' so elicit the anti-Popish cheers of his civic companions, rather than the honoured approbation of the peerage or the bar. His compeer in high judicial duties sat by and listened; ..was indignant, and justly censured:* should he survive to be his biographer, let him, for the honour of More's ermine, suppress the undignified and un-English phrases which he beard; for no one here, however raised up, has a right to talk of placing his heel upon even the covering of another's head, who however humble, is as much a British subject and a freeman as himself, and claims equal protection from, as he pays equal deference to, the law of his country. " While thus the avenues to public justice seem closed against us—while the press has condemned and raised our death-whoop in spite of proffered explanations, deaf to every call for a fair hearing—while we may consider that the door of the Treasury may be barred against us if we knock to ask, not for pensions or funds, but for a reasonable hearing, when the very highest judicial authority has prejudged and cut off all appeal from us, what resource have we yet left—what hope of justice? One in which, after God's unfailing Providence, we place unbounded confidence. There still remain the manly sense and honest heart of a generous people—that love of honourable dealing and fair play which, in joke or in earnest, is equally the instinct of an Englishman— that hatred of all mean advantage taken, of all base tricks, and paltry clap traps, and party cries employed to hunt down even a rival or a foe. . " To this open-fronted and warmhearted tribunal I make my appeal, and claim, on behaeof myself and my fellow-Catholics a fair, free, and impartial hearing. Fel low• subjects, Englishmen, be you, at least, just and equit able ! You have been deceived—you have been minted, both as to facts and as to intentions. I will be plain and simple, but straightforward and bold. I will be brief also, as far as I can, but as explicit as may be ne cessary. " rbegin, therefore, at once with " SEC. L--THE ROYAL SUPEEMACY, AND BISHOPS NAMED 13Y THE CROWN. " Down to the year 1829 Catholics were excluded from both II tuses of Parliament, and from many other offices and dignities. Or it may be more correct to say shay were only enabled to attain these distinctions by tekhig an oath, entitled the Oath of Supremacy. There was also a declaration required againet several Catholic doctrines: but any Catholic who would have acknow ledged the Sovereign's supremacy would easily have de nied those doctrines, and so have taken the entire oath. " What was meant by the King's supremacy was, that in him was vested the headship of the Church in all the British empire, so that he had supremo power in ec clesiastical and spiritual' matters, as well as in civil and temporal;' and every one was held to be as subject to the one as to the other. The acknowledgment of, and the subjection to, this spiritual supremacy was in compatible with the dectriuo and belief of Catholics all over the world; namely, that there are no such things as national or separate churches; but only one true Catholic or universal church, under one head, the Bishop of Rome, otherwise called the Pope. " The Catholic who believed in this doctrine could not, without giving the lie to his faith, swear or admit that the temporal Sovereign is head of the Church, nor of any church that claimed his obedience. " And because he would not admit that Royal su premacy;or, what is the same, be admitted the Papal su premaey in spirituals, the Catholic was excluded from partaking of the privileges of the Constitution. " At an earlier period Catholics used to be put to death for their denial of the kingly ecclesiastical premacy. The best and greatest of English judges, the Chancellor Sir Thomas More, was beheaded for denying that supremacy and maintaining the Pope's. "In the year above mentioned, 1829, an Act was passed and became law, which is familiarly known as ' the Catholic Emancipation Act. By this Catholics were freed from all obligation of swearing to, and con sequently acknowledging, the royal ecclesiastical supre macy, and an oath of allegiance was framed peculiarly for them which excluded all declaration of belief in that principle. " A Catholic, therefore, before 1829, in the eye of the few, was a person who did not admit the royal supre macy, and therefore was excluded from full enjoyment of civil privileges. A Catholic after 1829, and there fore in 1850, is a person who still continues not to admit the royal supremacy, and nevertheless is admitted to full enjoyment of those privileges. " The royal supremacy is no more admitted by the Scotch Kirk, by Baptists. Methodists, Quakers, Inde pendents, Presbyterians, Unitarians, and other Dissen ters, than by the Catholics. None of these recognise in the Queen any authority to interfere in their religious concerns, to appoint their ministers for them, or to mark the limits of the separate district s in which authority has to be.exercised. " None of these, any more than Catholics, recognise in the Bishops appointed by our gracious Queen, in virtue of her supremacy, any authority to teach them or rule there. The real sway , therefore, of this spi r i tua l pre rogative is confined to that body of Christians who volun tarily remain s uhket to the ecclesiastical establishment called the Church of England. Any one can, when he pleases, separate himself from this body, and from that moment he ceases to consider the bishop appointed by the Crown as his pastor, superior in spirituals, or master in faith. " While the State reserves for that establishment, within the limits of which the royal supremacy is strictly and fully exercised, all dignity, honour, pre-eminence, and endowment, it freely grants to all who choose to live out of its domination, as their equivalent, perfect toleration, complete freedom to practice their religion, whether new or old, according to its principles and to its * " Lord Chief Justice Campbell, I understand, really said, that ' there seemed to be only one topic on which any one could speak ; but that, for his part, if the high dignitaries alluded to were to come befige hilLI, they AhQUIdl at lOW, kayo a impartial UAL" [PRICE SD. perfect development, so long as the practice is Within the bounds of law, and trenches upon no other's rights. When, therefore, the Sovereign appoints new bishop to a see, the Catholic, and I suppose the Dis senter, divides the act between two distinct powers. As Sovereign, and as dispenser of dignities, the King or Queen beStovvs on the potion elect dignity, rank, and wealth; he : is made a Lord of .Parliariient,' receives a designation and title, becomes seised of certain proper ties which entitle him to fines, rents, and fees. To all this they assent; they may protest, but they_ do not re ; fuse the honours due to one whom the King is pleased to honour. The title is accorded, be it his Lordship! or his Grace:' his peerage is admitted, with all its conse quent distinctions, a n d hi s Alms and fees are paid as to ,any other' landlord.. But further, in - virtue of the spiritual supremacy. the same Sovereign confers on that peison spiritual and ecclesiastical jurisdiction; and this, in fact, is acknciw lodged Only by those who are mothers of the Churehot England. Thus if, in virtue of this commission, the, bishop publicly teaches or denies, as the case may be, the doctrine of kaptismal regeneration, a Catholic: no More heeds his teaching than ho does that of a Dissenting minister. If be comas into a town,, and invites all to come and be confirmed by him on a given day, no Catholic takes more notice of the call than he dues of the parish beadle's noficei; among which it is fas tened on the church door. If he appoints a triennial visitation for'correction of abuses, and hearing of com plaints, no Catholic troubles himself about his coming. And what the Catholic does in 'regard to theie func tions of an Anglican, bishop, the Independent does just . , as much. " It follows that 'a marked distinction exists between the authority possessed by a bishop and that of any other functionary named by the Queen's excellent Ma jesty. If she appoints an admiral, or commander-in chief, or governer of a colony, or judge, every one is bound to 'obey that person in all that belongs specifically to his office, and any one would be punishable if he re fused. But in regard to a bishop it is exactly the con trary. Precisely in those eery matters which appertain to his office we are not bound to obey him. No one is obliged to seek doctrine from his teaching, sanctifi cation from his ministration, or grace from his bless ing. This anomalous difference arises from the circum seanceehat the commission given to civil and military officers flows from the temporal sovereignty, which none may impugn; while that to the ecclesiastical functiona ries proceeds frOm the spiritual jurisdiction; which may be, and is, lawfully denied. " When a Dissenter denies the royal supremacy (al ways meaning by this term the spiritual or ecclesiastical jurisdiction attributed to the Crown), he substitutes, per haps, for it some other authority in some synod or con ference, or he admits of none other to take its place; but when the Catholic • denies it, it is because he believes another And a true ecclesiastical and spiritual supremacy to resid :An the Pope. or Bishop of Rome, over the entire Catholic Church. With him the two acts resolve them selves into one—denial of the Royal supremacy and as • sertion of the Papal supremacy, And as it is perfectly lawful for him' to deny the one, so it is equally lawful for him to assert the other. Hulce Lord Chancellor . Lyndhurst, in the House of Lords, May 11, 1846, spoke to the following effect:— " He said that it was no crime in the Roman Catholic to maintain and defend the supremacy of the Pope; but that if he did it for mischievous purposes, and circulating immoral doctrines and opinions, he was liable to punish ment by the common law; but if he merely maintained and defended, as be was bound to do, the spiritual au thority of his superior, then he said that he was guilty of no offence against the laws of the country. The Right Rev. Prelate (the Bishop of Exeter) bad asked his opinion and that of the Learned Judges as to the right of the Roman Catholics to maintain and defend the su premacy of the Pope in spiritual matters. Ho said that is was no offence at common law for them to do so; but, on the other hand, if any person improperly, wantonly, or'seditiously galled in question the supremacy of the CrolVn of England—and that, it was to be observed, in cluded the temporal as well as the spiritual power of the Crown—if any, from any improper motive or purpose, or in any improper manner, questioned that supremacy, then that person would be liable to a prosecution at the common law; and there could be no doubt, if the Learned *hedges were consulted, they would so deter mine.* " In the present contest it is of great importance to keep these maxims in mind. For both in the papers, and still more in addresses, it is almost atmimed that Ca tholics have now, for the first time, denied the authority of. Anglican bishops, or impugned the spiritual supre macy of the Crown. The bishops and clergy are of course turning the crisis to their own best advantage, and associating their pretensions with the rights of the Sovereign. They are endeavouring, and will endeavour, to• regain. thatinfluenee .which they have lost over the hearts of the people, and think to replace, by one burst of fanaticism, the religious ascendancy which years have worn away. But this will not be permitted them by a people too much enlightened on the subject of religious toleration, as enjoyed in England, to be easily fooled out of; the privileges which it possesses. The nation will watch with jealousy any attempt to curtail or to narrow them, even though Catholics be the victime. Believe me, at this moment, the danger to the religious and civil li berties of Englishmen is not from any infringement on them by the Pope, in granting to English Catholics what I hope to show you they bad full right to obtain from hun, bat from those who are taking advantage of the oc currence to go back a step if they can in the legislation of :toleration, and take away from a large body of Eng lislmen what at present is lawful to them in regard to the free exercise of their religion. "I proceed, therefore, to examine in " SEC. IL-WHAT WAS THE EXTENT OF RELIGIOUS TOLE• RATION GRANTED TO CATHOLICS? HAVE THEY' A RIGHT TO POSSESS BISHOP& on; A HIERARCHY? " The Act of Catholic Emancipation was considered, not only by those whom it benefited, but by all who consented to it, as an act of justice rather than of favour. It was deemed unjust to exclude from fair participation in constitutional rights any Englishman on account of his religious opinions. By this Act, therefore, preceded and fellowed by many others of lesser maenitude, the Catholics of the British empire were admitted to com plete toleration—that is, were made as free as any other class of persons to profess and practise their religion in every respect. The law made a few exceptions, but the enumeration of these only served to prove that in every other respect but these the law recognized no restrictions. If the law,' observed Lord Lyndhurst, allowed the deorines and discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, it should be allowed to be carried en perfectly and pro perly 'f " fleece, to have told Catholics You have perfect religious liberty, but. you shall not teach that the Church cannot err; or, you have compltte toleration, but you must not presume to believe holy orders to be a sacra ment.' would have been nugatory and tyrannical. " Now, holy orders require bishops to administer them, consequently a succession of bishops to keep up a succession of persons in orders. " Hence the Catholic Church is essentially episcopal; and to say, ' You Catholics shall have complete religious toleration, hut ycu shall not have bishops among you to govern you,' would have been a complete contradiction in terms—it would have amounted to a total denial of religious toleration. " When, therefore, emancipation was granted to the Catholics, full power was given them to have an epis copate—that is, a baby of bishops to rule them in com munion with the Pope, the avowed head of the Church. " Now, government by bishops in the Catholic Church may be of two kinds. ",First, the regular, ordinary, proper, and perfect form of episcopal government consists of a local heir archy—that is, a body of bishops having their aces in the country, with an archbishop similarly holding his see. Such is the episcopacy where constituted in its ordinary form. " Secondly, where this proper form is not attainable, a temporary and less perfect mode of providing bishops for a country is adopted. The Pope names bishops to ancient sees situated now in infidel countries, as Turkey or Barbary, and gives them jurisdiction in the country to be provided for, as his own immediate vicars. Hence such bishops are called vicars apostolic. " When emancipation or full religious freedom was granted to Catholics, if in this was included full liberty to be governed by bishops according to the constitution and ordinances of their own Church, it follows that they were at perfect liberty to have it governed according to the regular and ordinary form of their constitution, as much as by the temporary and irregular; and that is by a hierarchy of local bishops. " To have said to Catholics, You are perfectly free to practise your religion and to have your own Church government, but you shall not be free to have it in its " proper and perfect" form, but only in the imperfect form in which it has been tolerated while you had not liberty of conscience,' would have been a tyranny, and, in fact, a denial of that very liberty of conscience. " But the fact is a simple and plain one, that the law did not say so, and did not put on any such restriction; and we are to be governed by law, and not by assertions. If the Catholics are at liberty by law to have bishops at all, they are as much at liberty to have local bishops as to have vicars apostolic. "Nay, more than this, the law plainly foresaw and provided for our having regular bishops one day instead of vicars. "First, as Lord Lyndhurst, already quoted, has ob served, if the law allowed the doctrines and the disci pline of the Roman Catholic Church, it should be allowed to be carried out perfectly and properly.' This is in the spirit of every legislation. Our Church system would not be allowed to be carried out perfectly and properly if it was understood (where not expressed) that it was only to be allowed to be carried out in its imperfect and less proper form. Suppose a man has kept possession for years of a house which he hid built for himself on my land without my permission, and then we bad come to an amicable arrangement, and I give him leave, without any restriction to have a home there, could I complain if, when his old one required rebuilding, he made it of brick or stone, and say that I always meant he was only to keep up a wooden or temporary house? If any Sove reign granted to any distant country its independence, and power to rule itself by a monarchical government, would it be just, when that form of jurisdiction was * H ansard, vol. lxxxiv. p. 310. t Speech in the Lords, April 20, 1846, Seward, vol. kx.V. p 1,261. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. To-day, in all probability, the fate of the Devonport Dock and the new work ; will be decided—that is, whether we shall have a dock equal to the requirements ~r the service, or whetbier we shall have a miserable arology for essentially a great necessary public work. Under all circumstances we cannot help quoting. the following from the United Service Gazette : "Every day's experience exhibits the short-sighted policy, the miserable economy, and the utter want of professienal responsibility, hich have postponed the completion of the basin and docks at Devonport Dock yard. Such is the want of dock accommodation at that port that the Wasp screae-sloop, of 900. tons, requiring to be docked this week, she could not be taken in until she was lightened; consequently, although she had the Mails on board for the cossat of Africa, it took the people three days to got out the guns and stores before she could get in to have the fan of her screw adjusted, and it has taken three days more since to replace the stores; thus losing the time of a whole working week—a pretty state truly for one of our prix wipe' naval arsenals to be in. " Again, it has been stated that the works depart ment has been turned over to the master shipwright. This is not officially true, although it looks very much like it. Captain Williams, 11:.E., is still called the di rector of his department; lbw the master shipwright has been allowed by the Admiralty to run over his works— to make drawings of themr—to propose corrections of them, and indeed to discov at what his conceit or impu dence may choose to call blunders of the engineer ; and this week the ' drawings,' amendments,' 'additi o n s ,' atild improvements.' have heen forwarded to the Admi ralty for their approbation. How long a captain of the Royal Engineers is to submit to this indignity, perhaps some members of the dist inguished corps in which he holds a commission will eel upon him to declare ; and how the Admiralty can permit a shipwright to neglect his own department to med:d le with that of another, in 'he way they have allowedi' Mr. Edye to do, whilst the ships under his charge reported perfect, when ordered to be commissioned, are found to have defects which will take six weeks' hard w ark to make good. their Lord ships will probably have it„ra opportunity of explaining very shortly. Thirdly, we may notice, with great regret the report that the caissons at the new and spoiled steam-basin and dock works at Keyham ha,we failed, although so much was said of their admirable, perfection and utility when tried the tither day, and of the inventor, Mr. Scamp, as sistant director of engineering works at the Admiralty. The whole design looks very much like a \ gigantic blunder, at the expense of some 20,0001., and now it is said the Admiralty department are endeavouring to make Mr. Fairbairn, the contra aaor for building the caissons, responsible for the design as well as for the faithful con struction of them. Thus, if the caissons had.succeeded, the wiseacres of Somerset-leoase would have , assumed all the credit; but now that th ey . are likely to fail, or have not succeeded, the contractor is saddled with the onus of the mistake. " Let our readers look to the French President's mes sage, with respect to the new docks and works in the arsenals of France, and they will agree with us that it is high time that we should have a searching inquiry into the state of those of the dockyards of England.' Lieutenant R. L. Curtis (1842), it is said, will com mission the Locust steam-vessel, at Woolwich, for the coast of Africa service. Mr. B. F. Cameron has been appointed assistant engi neer to the Lucifer ateam-vessel. !Retribution steam-frigaiie, Captain Warden, in defi ance of a strong westerly gale, went out to Spithead under steam yesterday morning at eleven o'clock. She will tyke in her powder and live shells when it mode• rage, and proceed to Devosaport. PORTSMOUTH, TtrEsnAv..—The Northumberland new yacht packet arrived at Spthead last night. The 'Retribution steam•t!rigate has had her compasses swung, and was taken to Spithead this morning to try speed by the measured The Amphitrite, 24, has been stripped, and will be re-coppered immediately. During a sudden squall this morning a boat belonging to, the Alfred came across the bowsprit of the Lively tender, and immediately upset and sank. There were two men and a boy in her at the time, who were even tually picked up. THE CHINA. EQUADRON. Her Majesty's ship Ileastinge, bearing the flag of dear-Admiral Austin, Olt., arrived at Singapore on the 16th of September, after a tedious passage of sixteen days, from Penang, through the Straits of Malacca, and ~ailed on the 21st for Hong -Kong. The Sphynx, Commander Shadwell, and the East India Company's steamer Nemesis, were at Siam, with Str James Brooke, though expected at Hong-Kong in a short time, and as they had made a lengthened stay, the success of their mission was augured favourably of: The Serpent, Commander Barker, had been ordered down to Hotig•Kong for the convalescence of her crew. The sick list was very large, as many as so having been on it at one time; none of them, however, had died, nor had there been any life recently lost in the squadron. The Reynard was at Hong-Kong on the 23d of Sep tember, and expected to sail in a few days for the northern ports, calling at Loo-Choo, with the Lord Bishop of Victoria on board. She had been taking the place of the Phlegethon at Canton, where her arrival made no little sensation araong the community. Captain Cracroft succeeded in carrying her up the Junk Channel, a passage hitherto considered impracticable for vessels of the Reynard's tonnage, and steamed past the factories to the astonishment of the natives. The Castor, Commodore Wyvill, anchored at the Mau ritius on the 19th of September, after a very long cruise ou the east coast of Africa. She left Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 22d of February, since which the Commodore has visited all his old friends on the slave-trading coast of Mozambique, to whom he required no introduction, having been well known in his last ship, Cleopatra, for his capturing propensities. All the rivers have been searched for baracoons and slave vessels, and the strictest possible inquiry been established as to the slave trade. It is thought the Commodore's visit will have a wholesome effect on the wretches who deal in humanity; certain it is, the Castor did not succeed in making a prize until she reached Cape Delgado, in May last; all of a sudden, two large slave markets were dis covered, which the Commodore caused to be surprised, and destroyed by the Castor's boats before the people were aware of her being on the coast. Com mander Bunce conducted the attacks, and making them at daylight, met little or no resistance, although at the second place he found preparations for fighting about 300 men with muskets and some pieces of cannon; but the English force awed them. In two minutes after landing the whole place was in flames, and in the midst of it a large slave dow was blown up. As soon as the force re-embarked a fire was opened from the mangrove bushes, which was sharply returned by the boats. The name of this last place is Kionga. The baracoons were very extensive, and ca pable of containing thousands of slaves. The first place, Masani, was not so large. The Castor visited Zanzicar after leaving that place. Dysentery attacked the crew; 10 men died, but she is now quite healthy. The Castor had experienced a gale of wind to the southward of Ma dagascar, and sprung her foreyard, and came into Port rp L i oeadurti pinnaceos, n w avn i fi t rdc h oomr . a r l oa l turhl hst the Castor. pr but to v rh i w. s a i e o s r n Ter s ehic jneeuistsvlhteae M dv e e x pended. The Dee, vig H il e a r ne m e s o j f es th ty e , a t s r oz l e mr severe q sh u e b e e ek , a ni n n a ad hr a e. s er s u l i o s o e p rs. Pantaloon is the only vessel that has taken prizss on thi s coas t. Sh e ha s c a pt ure d th ree empty ones, which with their cargoes will be worth 8,0001. or 9,0001.; they were -the three last of the season. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, Nov. 19.—Paymaster and Purser Thomas M. J. Tilby (1814), of the Fisgard flagship, at Wool wihis expected to reti re on t h at v essel being paid o ff, on the 2d of next month, and Paymaster and Purser Thomas Watson (1809), is named as his successor. The Locust steam-vessel, now ready for commission for service on the coast of Africa, is expected to be com missioned at this port by Commander Roger Curtis (1846). The Volcano steam-vessel is also nearly ready for commission at this port for service on the coast of Afsicso " INTRODUCTION. " The following trace will be better understood if the history of the establishment of the Catholic hierarchy i►l England to briefly' stated. _ _ _ 44 The Catholics - had been governed in England by Vicars-Apostolic, since 1623; that is, by bishops with foreign titles, named by the Pope, and having juris diction as his vicars or delegates. In 1688 their num ber was increased from one to four; is 1340 from four to eight. " A strong wish had begun to prevail on the . part of the English Catholics to change this temporary form of government for the ordinary form by bishops with local titles, that is, by an ecclesiastical hierarchy. Petitions had been sent for this purpose to the Holy See. The first. I believe, was in 1834. "In 1847 the Vicars-Apostolic assembled in London came to the'resolution to. deptite two of their number to Rome to petition earnestly in their n ames for this long, desireil boon. Tha writer of the present appeal was one ; and, as he drew up the memorial on the subject addressed to the Holy See, he may be allowed to give a brief ana lysis of its contents. Thiswill show how the bishopilooked upon it, not as a matter of triumph; or a measure of aggression, but as a simply administrative provision ne cessary for the government of their flocks. The main ground set forth for the necessity dr 'expediency of hav ing nn ecclesiastical hierarchy vas as follows: " It was observed, that - until now the only regulation or Cade of giiiernment possessed by the English Catho lics, was the constitution of Pope Benedict XIV., which begins 'Apostolic= Alinisterium,' and which was issued in 1743, a hundred years ago. Now, this constitution ad grown bbselete by the very langth'of time, and still more by happy change of circumstances. It was based upon the following consideratious:-1. That the Catho lics were still under the pressUre of heavy penal laws, and enjoyed no liberty of conscience ; 2. That all their colleges for ecclesiastical education were situated abroad; 3, That the religious'orders had no houses, in England ; 4e That there was nothing approaching to a parochial division, but that most Catholic places of worship, were the private chapels, and their incumbents the chap lains of noblemen and gentlemen. There are other similar suppositiooa in that document, full as it is of wisdom, which, thank God, at the present time appear as simple anachronisnis. It was argued, therefore, that virtually this, the ; only great constitution existing for Catholic England, part even of which had been already formally repealed"by the late Pope, was rather a clog and embarrassment than a guide. The Catholic Church in England had so much ex panded and consolidated itself since the Emancipation Act, and its parts had so matured their mutual relations, that it could not be carried on without a fall and explicit code. The bishops, it was urged. found themselves perplexed, and their situation full of difficulty; as they earnestly desired to be guarded from arbitrary decisions by fixed rules, and yet had none provided for them. The uncertainty also of position on the part of the clergy, which resulted from this anomalous state, made it still more painful. '" Such wee the case submitted to the judgment of the Holy See, fully illustrated with practical applications. & remedy was, therefore, prayed for, and it was sug gested that it could only be in one of the two following forms:— •‘' Either the Holy See must issue another and full COD rstitution, which would supply all wants, but which would ba necessarily complicated and voluminous, and, as a special provision, would necessarily be temporary; " Or, the real and complete code of the Church must be at once extended to the Catholic Church in England, sd far as compatible with its social position; and this provision would be .final. I" But, in order to adopt this second and more natural expedient, one condition.was necessary. and that was— thle Catholics must have,a hierarchy. The canon law is inapplicable under Vicars-Apostolic; and, besides, many points would have to be synodical!) , adjusted, and, with out a metropolitan and suffragans, a provincial synod was out of the question. hierarchy was humbly - solicited by Catholics from the i" Such was the main and solid ground on which the ly See. It was one that referred to their own internal organization exclusively. Thoughts of aggression never entered the heads of the petitioners or of the petitioned; ner were the bishops moved by stupid ideas of rivalry with the Established Church, in what forms its weakness, nor any absurd defiance of national prejudices. They knew that they violated no law in asking for what was needful for their religious .existence,. and they acted on an acknowledgediight of liberty of oonsetence. " Other motives wore added to show the expediency of granting this boon to the English Catholics; as, for example, that it had been granted to Australia, and was rti)Ott4 to be granted so other colonies, without complaint from any one; and it looked like a reproach to the mo ther country to withhold from it what had been granted to, its - daughters. " But one more argument it is right to state, because it bears upon the present excitement. It has been lately the fashion to speak of the Catholic policy as though, up to the late change in its ecclesiastical organization, it had been in a position which was recognized and re spected. The Bishop of London, in his answer to the Ctiapter of Westminster (the document is not at hand), spoke in this strain; and Lord John Russell, in his letter to' tha Bishop of Durham, insinuates that its position up *ss this time was quite satisfactory to him. It would be easy to refer to other documents lately issued. But this is all an imaginary view of. the past. Instead of this, the Catholics - have been unmercifully treated by every Anglican writer, high church or low church, as schismatics, as rebels to the bishops of England, as having no true bishops. They were told that the very outlandish names of their sees proied them to be f ore igners, and .that they were ,not even real bishops. Read the Rev. W. Palmer on the subject,* and see how he treated Vicars-Apostolic. In one pamphlet against the writer of this appeal: he began by refusing him the usual courteous title 'given in all civilized society to a Catholic bishop, and sent him to the Bishop of Worcester, as his diocesan, for leave to preach. Nay, again and again they were taunted with this, Out the Pope durst not name ordinary bishops in England, because conscious of not having authority t' do so. It was, therefore, a point of no light weight and of no indifferent interest to Catholics, to have this sarcasm silenced and this obstacle removed; for man) minds allowed themselves to be influenced by the appa reet advantage of ecclesiastical position on the other side. Strange that, after defying Catholics on theologi eal grounds, when the step h as been taken, these oppo nents should no longer consider it as a question of theology, but of pisrogative; should shrink from meet ing the act with ecclesiastical argument, but shouts fir the sword of the state. Why did they not tell Catholics before, you dare not form a domestic hierarchy (and this proves that you are not the true Church in En gland); because, if you attempt it, we will rouse the people against you, we will lash on the multitude to out rage you, and we will bring down Parliamentary enact ments to crush you?' But to return. These were but secondary and cor roborative The ground of the pleading was thrabsol rg ut a en e e m ee e s n si t t s y . of the hierarchy for domestic or ganization and good government. The Holy See kindly listened to the petition, and referred it to the Sacred Congregation of the Propagand a . After a full discus sion, and further reply to obj ect i ons , the boon was the granted. best d s h i o e nsforVicars-Apostolic new dioceses, the titles. . These were adjust e d, the brief was drawn up, and even printed. e;best places for to suggest "Some difficulties arose abo u t a practical point , and publication was delayed. I n 18 48 ano ther bishop (Dr. aenred desiredth Ullathorne) was deputed to Rome to remove them, and the measure was again prepared, when the Roman revo lution suspended its final conclusion till now. " All this time there was no concealment, no attempt to take people by surprise. All Catholics knew of the intended measure; the papers announced it; so notorious was it, that the Dean and Chapter of Westminster petitioned Parliament against it; and a friend of the writer's heard the Dean of Westminster say, most openly, ' Well, he may call himself what he pleases, but at least he can never be Dean o f Westminster.' I n Battersby's 'lrish Directory' for 1848, the writer was named' Most Rev. N. Wiseman, Archbishop of West minster.' He can add that many letters came to him so addressed. " Then why is this very act, which was openly spok en of, and hardly attracted attention three years ago, n ow denounced so furiously, and c haracterized so foully ? This is not the place to answer this question; it is only wished here to state simple facts; and leave others to reason on them. " But the main objects of this introduction are ac complished, if it has been shown "First. That this is no wanton, sudden act; that it is net a measure of a grasping, aggressive character; but one gradually and undisguisedly matured; one based upon the necessities of the Catholic body, its internal regimen, and its healthy organization. The necessity for having a code produced the necessity for the only go vernment which could administer it. " Secondly. That the blame (if any) and the responsi bility of the measure rests with the writer and his col leagues, and not with his Holiness, the best, and here the most calumniated of men. He, as a kind father, yielded to the earnest solicitation of his children, and they, like wise, naturally suvested those details of execution which were necessary. Instead of' being an aggressive act on his part, it was one of condescension to his vicars, their clergy, and people. Let his apostolic letters be calmly read by any one, and this will appear. It may be useless at this moment to stem the current of vulgar and ribald abuse that is poured out against his sacred person, and encourwd by those whose mission, if they have one, should be of peace. Time will disperse the mist, and show the transaction in its true light. In the meantime, the writer of these pages (and he is sure he is not alone) declares himself ready to stand between the Pontiff and the vituperation cast upon his act, be lieving it to have been most just, most expedient, na little less than necessa ry, for the well-being of th e CI: Ili - , ~ J ~ VcIS ' at oes iii , r 0 Da"o6 s e o of a Sod e rr• ood, C oo# Porell. edo —of ; / .erbe L4 of 11' goo' 0 3 re, jOb il 0 061 ; mo or El. T. soo- b ghter i llis° sir .gbte.lr job ° oltgt o lleOr or e' f sfeW' of