The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-29 00:00:00

BTAFFORDCOUNTY MEETING.

Pnrattait to a ieqnisTicTs;to the high ahenl of this
county, a meeting was held yesterday at the Shire ball,
Stafford, for tha purpose of adopting as Warm to the Queen
on tea recent aggressive agelefee of the Popo of Rome.
The followiag, among other nobleman and gentlemen, Were
peossati—Earl Talbot, Lord Asses Lord Vincent,
Smith Child, Req., John Williams, Esq., P. Williams. Elq,
J. B. Pitney, Eq., Watley-WI; John Fester, Beq.,Bsak,
Baum; John Tartatt, I.P . H. Bill, Rm., J.P.,
Alimsader Holders, Esq., Richard Dyott, Esq , too Hon.
Frederick Gough, John S. /leaky, Eq., T. Martshorns,
Es its.
q., J. 81'0011, Esq.. high sheriff of the manly, having taken
the chair, and stated tut °Neat of the mewing, reed two
lulus, one from the Marquis of haglossa, saying—" I ow-
, Melly concur in the resolutions which are prepared to be
sahmitted to the mettles, and, if adopted, I shall hays great
p 1 in presenting thus to her Majesty the Queen;'
and the other from the Earl of Brad'ord to Lord Talbot,
saying—. No one can more heartily desire thee I do Wank
the insolent inroads on our protestant constitution of that
analmtk,sre foreign ecclesiastieal potentate."
The Earl of HAILROWFIT, in a long speech, which wu
Mustily sheered throughout, and in which be denounced the
conduct of the Pope and the tree:corium, and urged the go-
vernment to look boldly in the face, and apply a strong
remedy for the evils complained of, moved—" In the
opinion of this meeting, the recent eggreesire measures of
the Popo of Ruse is an invasion of her Majesty's royal
prerogative, dangeroue to the constitution of this realm, and
wholly inuashtent with the liberties and social happiness of
the people."
The lion. end Rev. Mr. BOWMAN seconded the reale-
tioo, °burring that he ci.ncurred most cordially in the auto-
meat and arguments advanced by L'rd Ilarrstaby.
Viscount St. Vlscamt then moved the following rider
to the resolution:

"That this meeting is of opinion that too mush occasion
has been given to the Bishop of Rome to entertain confident
espectstiose with regard to this country, partly by the
concertos' already made to Romanism by her Majesty's
uvernment, especially in Ireland, and partly by the Romig%
doctrines and prudes"' which have unhappily appeared in the
ministratioes el some churches in England, and which have
already predated the mceasions of no inconsiderable somber
to the church of Rows ; and therefore earnestly hopes that
anal" measures may be taken by those in authority as will
serve effectually to assert and defend those sound protestant
principles, both in church and is state, which form the basis
of our own incomparable constitution, and which resulted
from the `lo: boas Reformation."
JOHN B , Esq., mended the addition proposed
by VolAint St. Vincent, and expressed his that the
county of Stafford had been tardy in corning forward to
denounce a immure which he knew has so universally been
i condemned amongst them. If he had had the drawing up
of the resolution, he would have gone for the expulsion stall
religious orders.
Mr. ANDAZWe supported the addition, and Is a speech
of greet length, denounced most energetically the tree-
tartan movement in the church, which he considered the
cause of all the mischief they were that day called upon Or :
deprecate. The resolution, with the addition, was tarried
with greet cheering
E.rl TALBOT moved :—"Tnat this misting disavows
say idea of interfering with the religteas privileges of oar
Roman Catholic fellow countrymen, and daises to recognise
these principles of civil and religious liberty which are embo-
died in the constitution, and which they believe have been
mainly instrumental in producing the intellecual, religious,
and political elevation of their beloved country." The noble
soil took a view of the question in its bearitg upon the civil
libertine( the country, and &hot exproming his nawilliognees
to infringe upon the rights and liberties of others, also ex
pressed his determinatiea not to allow his own rights to be
violated.

The neolufion having been tarried,
SMITH CHILD, Esq., moved " That this meeting acknow-
ledges with satisfaction the public &elevation which
her Majesty ties been graciously pleased to make of her firm
determination, with Goo's blessing, to maintain ur impaired
the religious !thirty which is so justly prised by Englishmen,
and to uphold as its Purest safeguard the puts and scrip-
tural worship of the Protestant faith."
C3lonel ANSON, M.P., seconded the resolution, which
web put sad carried ; after which,
The following fesOimtiull IMO moved by C. B. ADDIRLIT,
Ssq :—" That the prec ding resolutions be embodied in an
address to the Queen, and signed by the high sheriff on
behalf of this meeting, and that the meet noble the lord
littnionsat of chic county be rquested to present the same to
her Majesty."
Alderman STDNIT then addressed the meeting at
length ; and, thanks having bons gives to the high aheriff,
the meeting separated.