The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL

Mr. Talbot presents his compliments to the sailor
of the Dail News, and will feel much obliged if he will
give insertion in that journal to the accompanying ropy of
a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury, in answer to
Mr. Talbot's letter to his Once, of which a copy appeared
in the Daily News this morning.
10, Downing-street, Feb. 2.
Lambeth, Feb. 1, 18.53.
Stn,—l beg to thank you for the letter which I have
just received, and which, when made public, cannot fail to
show the reluctance which you have felt from the begin-
ning of our correspondence to attempt anything beyond
the offering to the clergy the opportunity of forwarding the
great object of usefulness and benevolence which it is in-
tended to associate with the name of Wellington.
I have the honour to be. &e.,
J. B. CANTUAR.
I lion. W. P. Talbot.

ACIIILLI V. NEWMAN.—A correspondent requests
us to state that immediately after the sentence was paved
upon Dr. Newman, last Monday, the fine was paid, and he
left the court accompanied by his friends.—Evening papw.

FATHER GAVAZZI'S FAREWELL LECTURE.

A very numerous assemblage congregated yester-
day evening in Eseter.had to hear Father Gasaari deliver
his farewell lecture previous to his departure for Ami rice.
The reverend gentleman, having first spoken at great
length in Italian, repeated his observations in excedent
English, and was fully comprehended and lout:ly cheered
throughout. He began by deploring the slavery w,J mental
blindness id Italy, a state of things which it vs. i:4e main
business of the papacy to peep stuate. Popery could nut
esist with a free press, tree speech, or the sig..: of public
' meeting ; and, therefore, the whole power of the Pope
and the despots who supported him, WAS directed
against these three great institutions of lteedom.
The people were, generally speaking, kept in a state of
! mental blindne S., and the clergy took upon themselves the
' duty of leading them about. Among other clones they
sought to preserve their flocks from the contamination of
had books, and, therefore, out of their great kindness, they
kept back the Bible, which, by the fourth rule of the index
eapwvatoristi, was set down as a book of a highly immoral
tendency. (Cheers, anti I iughtet.) The Bible was the
word of God, and the Church of Rome, in ait iiholdiui. it
' from the people, had, in his opinion, forfeited all claim to be
called the primitive church of Christ. (Hear, to ar.) Such
was the state of things in Italy that to read the Bible was a
crime; to live by it was a crime, but to teach it was a sin
fur which there waS ne redemption. (ilea, Liar.) Would
, the people of England reandu quiet it their ruleis forbade
them to read their Bibles ? (Loud cries of "No, nu.")
No, they would rise as one man to defend their right of con-
science. (Great cheering.) A time would come when Italy
also would rise and insist upon her rights. (Continued
cheering.) The English people flattered theta...lves, he
believed, that their Bibles were doing great good in Italy,
but he said, nu. One gentleman had proposed to complete
the reformation there by sending over 10,01:0 Bibles, but
he could tell them that 30,000 would be of no use without
they sent teachers also to expound them. (Hear, hear.)
They knew the persecutions the poor Italians had already
suffered for reading their Bibles, hut they did nut perhaps
kuow that the Inquisitiun was in full three in that utihappy
country. The ouly cardinal they bad in England had
triumphantly asserted that the Inquisition was no more,
and had triumphantly cited France, Spain, Portugal, and
Brazil as proof of the fiat, but his eminence had forgotten
Italy, or else had considered it to ho not of suflieieut geo-
graphical importance to demand enumeration. (Laughter.)
His eminence was either right or he was wrong. If he
was wrong he was then a very ignorant cardinal, and if
he knew the truth and concealed it, then was he a cardinal
impostor. (Cheers.) Did the Inquisition exist in Italy?
Let the imprisonment of the Medial answer. (Loud cheers.)
The Madiat were imprisoned because they haul dared to adopt
the Christianity of tl.e Gospel. (Hear, hear.) Moreover,
what was not generally known in this country, they were
illegally imprisoned, because the law under which it had
taken place was obsolete. The fact was, that the. Church of
Rome was now taking out of its armoury the weapon with
which it had, in the sixteenth century, resisted the progress
of Lutheranism. (Hear, hear.) The people of Italy were
disposed to return to the primative church, but
were prevented by the Pope, and let kis audience
remember that they had their Savanarola Wore
Germany had her Luther, or England her Cramer and
Knox. The rev. speaker then touched oar the Maninghi
affair in Piedmont, contending that the arrest was illegal,
even according to the laws of that country, venial secured
freedom of conscience to all the people. But popery was
rampant in Italy, because the Pope was on the hest possible
terms with all the despots in the world. The Russian
Bear, the Pope of St. Petersburg, bad affectionately em-
braced the Pope of the Vatican, and so had the despots of
Prussia, of Bavaria, and of Saxony. What a pity, seeing
they were so fond of him, they had not taken him off to
St. Petersburg, or, fetter, to Avignon, his ancient see I
(Cheers and laughter.) But, no, the tyrants loved his lioli-
ness very well at a distance, but none were anxious to take
hint Louie with them. The ruler of " Most Christian"
France had sent his bayonets to strangle the
Roman Republic, and to cement with the blood of 1,100
Roman citizens the unholy alliance between his Meet
Christian " highness and the father of Christendom.
(Hear.) Italy could never expect her deliverance from
France. No; France had sold Italy in 1799, had deceived
her in 1831, and had killed her in 1849. (Great cheering.)
Therefore Italians expected nothing front I.'ranee nor from
Louis Napoleon—the man of Strasbourg, of Boulogne, and
of the coup d'aut. (Hear, hear.) Italy expected deliver-
ance only from above, and from the struggles of her tons.
(Continued cheering.) Their first struggle must be for de-
liverance from Pope and popery, and civil liberty would
then be a task of easy achievement. He had been asked,
was he a protestant ? No. Ile was a Roman Catholic of the
primitive church, as established by the Apostle Paul.
lie was a Roman catholic of the time been: Rome had
either Pope or popery. (Cheers and laughter.) Turaidg
to England, Father Olivetti alluded at some length to the
Ecclesiastical Titlee Bill of last year, and denied that the
titles claimed by ltomish ecclesiastics were required by the
canon law. In the ease of Cardinal Wiseman they were
especially unnecessary, as the title of cardinal was that of a
secular prince, and had nothing to do with religious duties.
Cardinal Wiseman was a very bigotted man—hicotted from
his Irish parentage, from his Spanish birth, and his Romialt
education. England should have nothing to do with car-
dinals. Her last two were Cardinals Pole and Beaton, both
most inimical to the national interests. (Hear.) The
English people had felt troubled by the agitation
of O'Connell, but what was that compared to
the rebellious machinations of Cullen, Mediate,
and Cahill? (Hear, hear.) These worthies all received
their inspiration from Golden-square, where the cardinal
kept a most excellent cellar of wine, and it was no wonder
that his pupils should go forth a little excited against Eng-
land by their libations. (Laughter) Thu sole mission of
this so-called cardinal, was to make converts, and in every
other way to further the interests and views of Rome. He
had come here an obscure priest, known by nobody, and
had successively become " Doctor," "Very reverend,"
c r
" Bishop of Melipotamua"—(a laugh)—then " Vicar apos-
tolic," "Archbishop of Westminster," and lastly, a tall-
blown cardinal. (Cheers and laughter.) So it was with
the church of which he was so active an agent. First it
had humbly prayed for a small corner for worship, and now
it was spreading through the length and breadth of the land.
(Hear, hear.) The cardinal sought now to put the church
of England iota the small corner. The cardinal's disciples
from the College of Maynooth were rude, savage, unedu-
cated, and rebellious. (Hear, hear.) These men had
nothing to lose and much to gain, hoping by rebellious agi-
tation ultimately to obtain as much disunctiou as the car-
dinal Weisel!. Their character might be soon learned at
Paisley, at Greenock, or at Birkenhead, and was developed
in the riots of Stockport and Six-mile Bridge. (Hear.)
The Ribbon Societies could also tell what was the character
of the Maynooth priests, who kept their secrets and
screened them by their silence from the penalties of
assassination. (Hear, hear.) To talk of inquiry into
Maynooth was nonsense; they should withdraw from it the
support of the state. It was the cobra di capello of England,
and the only remedy
.was to destroy it. (Great cheering.)
They talked of religious equality ! Let them go to Hun-
gary or the Tyrol and establish it, or to Italy and strike
off the fetters of the Medial. (Cheers.) Ile warned his
audience against the machinations of the Jesuits, and im-
plored the ladies of England to raise their voices for the
poor nuns, in order that they might speedily be delivered
from their consecrated gaolers. Here, again, inquiry was of
no use ; what they must go for was instant abolitioq. But
the Jesuitism they had most to fear was the Jesuitism of
Oxford. (Hear, hear.) Ignatius Loyola was not half so
dangerous as Dr. Pusey, who under his o:opium toga hid
a snake which in time would, if not scotched, poison all
England. (Hear, hear.) Why dig he not declare Ihr
Rome at once ? England wanted no " half and
half " in matters of religion. (Cheese and laughter.)
One of the worst enemies of proteetantism was the Bishop
' of Exeter, who had established auricular confession and
absolution under Mr. Prynne, nunneries under Miss
Sellon, and mariolatry and the invocation of saints and
imps were sure to folow. (Hear.) In conclusion, he, a
poor Italian exile, grateful for the hospitality afforded to
himself and countrymen, begged to caution them againat all
' these perils. The church or Eimo was active and united,
and protestant England must be firm and united, if her
sons wished to preserve their precious privileges as Eng-
lishmen and se Christian men. (The rev. gentleman wee
' loudly cheered at the conclusion of his lecture.)

SIFERIFYSIIIP or S'

•The sheriffel!ip

of Stbdingsbire, vacated by the promotion of Mr. Handi.
side to the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General kw
Scotland, is to be conferred upon Mr. Charles Babe. The
learned gentleman, who was called to the bar in 1830,
served as• Depute-advocate, in 1845-6, under the late Sir
Robert Peel's administration, and " in 1852, under

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Lord Derby's government.—EdinburgVourant.
THREATENED STRIKE AMONGST TUE SHIPWRIGHTS
or WOIIILINGTON.—We regret to announce a movement

which may lead to a strike- for wages amongst the ship-
wrights at Workington. The workmen employed at the
yard of Me. Lampert have taken the lead, though it has
transpired that others are in league. A meeting was held
on Monday evening it the Savings Bank Assembly Room,
which was crowded with workmen desirous of making;
known their complaints, and deciding upon future proceed-
inge. After a long conference with Mr. Lampert, their em-
ployer! the latter said that if his men were willing to meet
him fairly he would before next winter cover one of his
building-slips with a ehed,which would cost him from 6001.
to 8001., with • view to ultimately covering the whole,
solely for their comfort, so that they would be enabled to
work safe from the deleterious effects of the weather, and
every man who was williqg to work from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
should have the opportunity of earning 18s. • week under
cover lighted with gas. Would they agree to that ? The
question was put to the meeting, but there was not a single
hand held up in token of acceptance. After another dis-
cussion, Mr. Lampert asked if they would Inter into en
agreement to work for • certain time at 20s. a week ? About
a dosen hands were held up in favour of this, but the others
demanded 21s. without any contract, and the meeting broke
up without deciding upon anything, and the greatest part
have, pro tens, returned to week, declaring that their anal
' determination shall be made known on Candlemasday.—
Carlisle Patriot.
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DOCKYARD SIIIPWRIODTS' WAGES.—Tho petitions
agreed to by large numbers of the shipwrights employed in
several of her Majesty's dockyards for an increase of wages.
to place them on an equality with mechanics of the same
' calling out of government employ, will, in all probability,
be agreed to in a way that those whe have been long in the
dockyard service well not be likely to approve of, as*
geheral feeling exists in certain quarters to raise the wages
of the shipwrights, and pay them on a similar scale of
wages as is paid in private dockyards in the respective
localities, or nearly so, of the government establishments,
and abolish the granting of superannuation alleviate*, or
pensions in every instance.