The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1851.

of life. (Hear, hear.) The Tierra—(biues at.d praans)—
paid a fins or tax, every year to the government of 95,0001. ;
16,0001. paper duty, 60,0001. for stamps, 19,t 00i. for
advertisement,. As far as my reco!leetion INIMO, these were
the figures it gave itself. Ut these reletive that
far stamps was tertoiniy the greatest, and it showed that it
arse the heaviest item to be t aid, in order to carry on a
paper of large circulation. (liter, hear.) He Lad na
doubt but the repeal of the advertisement duty would be
highly bens flziel to the exii!ieg newspapers. It would
invrease the number of advertisers, and, to quote an
expression that had been used, so put flesh on
re bouts a acme 01 the newspapers which now
had • bard stress!, to keep in existence. (Laughter.)
13ut not only would the great body of established asses.
pseere La beaelitted by the repeal of the advertisement duty,
but sopiety at large would be otatetially advantaged by such
a than*. (Hear.) It the percent question should come to
a vote, though he was anxidus to co-operate et ith his !fiends
near him for the repeal of the duty on paper, and would not
du &whims to prevent them from obtaining the object
which they sought, yet, consistently with the course he pur-
sued in the House at C1)11100111, And which, if permitted, he
would again take next aes•ion,lie should tel it hie duty to
'iv, his vote fvr the anis mime% (Loud cheers.)
The resolution as amended w_a then carried.
Mr. EDWARDS moved a VAC at thanks to the chairmse,
observing that the working classes rejoiced to see such )en-
tl, men as those now upon the plat'orm coining *wive them,
for then the) heard from the mouths of she working classes
themselves the* they would not be satisfied well halt mea-
sures. (Cheers.)
The vole of thanks to the chairman having besn carried
unanior c•utly woe duly acknowledged by Mr. Cowan. Thanks
were then voted to Mr. M. 0.b.0n. who Wady retuined
thanks, and the anodes broke up at about a quarter past 10

PAPAL ENCROACHMENTS.

wen wrapped up. (Ltud cheers.) He believed that if the tem
were taken off the consumption ol paper would be doubled,
and he belie red there were not leas than 160,000 persons
engaged in its manufacture. See hew unjustly this tax
selected the publisher. He meet a certain quantity of paper,
hut suppose only half the impression of a back was dispoa d
of he got no drawheck on the half that remained unsold.
(Hear) It.. was in the habit of publishing a great many
almanacks. tied to a very great extent ; but suppose that
some thousands of them remained unsold he got no con-
sideration whatever. The tax te the manufacturer was
1 id. per lb., and 5 per cent. added; but the tax to
toe public was higher, because it was a tax upon a
tax. If the tax were repealed it would enable the
publithers of cheap li mature to employ aid oil the first
authors of the day, and to taus their publieatione in a neat
and handsome garb that wculd adorn the shelves of the
working classes. He could tell them that there we. nearly
3001. of taxation upon every impriesica of the Working
Man'a Friend. It had been alleged that, if the tax were
toim a eff, the country would be flooded with the vilest pub-
lications; but his opinion mu precisely the averse, for he
hell veil if the tax were taken off that the people of Eastland
would not be losicbo• xled with cant and haliterdesh ; they
would defused good and sound li —(heat, hest)—
and, if it were given to them, they would understand it.
The government might wish to retain this and all the otter
taxes impeding education, but if they resisted this appeal
they would stand forward couvicted of hypocrisy. They
voted 100,0001. for education het they took 300,0001.
from that which should communicate education to
the people. He appealed to the muhanies' institutes to
support this movement, acid looked even to the mitieters of
the gospel for Sanction and co operation. lie should do all
in has power to help the movement, not only as one pledged
to free trade, but u or.. who wished to see the elevation of
meat class from which he himself had sprang. (Cheers.)
Mr. PETER BORTH W ICK seconded the resolution.
In this time of largely diffused knowledge, and consequently
of widely differiroopietons, there were points ins the wide -
field of political science upon which two opinions could net
exist Ihe question they had met to consider seemed to Lim OXFORD COUNTY MEETING.
to be one of thou poiuts. (liter, hear.) The object was to A meeting of the freeholders of the county of
decide whetter an appeal should be made to her Majesty's
Oxford, convect, dby tile High Sheriff, Henry Hall, E,q,, ot
government in the ensuieg 'talon, as their first duty to the
Batton Home, in 'methane. of • requisition addressed to
working ewer, to the commerce teed manufactures of this
country, whether they meant to pay the debt of honour him, ems Mid yesterday in the County-hall, to ad tht =ea-
miehisinrieisoisittarece to the resent! &geese toant of the
they had incurred when Sir 11. Parnell's committee reported.
SHERIFF took he chair Id2ifCioc Pope.
There
That committee sat for the purp oe of inquiring from which 1
were prteent ',sheet a thousand persons, en on the platform
of all the excise duties the p ople had the most urgent claim
were the following gentlemen :—The Marquis of Blandford,
upon the government for relief. That committee reported
three of these duties—the first was glass, the second leather, Lord Alei;theloo, LoetAllenz,Crhurchillldr
Mr.
W. Henley,
and the tnird was paper. (Hear, hear.) The governmeii fd.P.. M•J.J. He ler, hl r. Morrell,. M . Witiopy, Mr.
Loveday, Celonel Bowles, C mune Evan., Mr. Thornhill,
of 0 at day, like cert.in other wise persons, thought that
Mr. C. Te 'they Mr. James Morrell sen., Dlr. J. Hitching.,
there was nothing like leather, and •e
govt they began
with leather. Redid not condemn the government, beano Mr W. Parker, the Rev. W. S. Brfcknell, Mr. H Poisons,
Yates,the.Rev„ Mr-lloketct Mr. N. Wieland, Mr. J. Weyiand, Mr.
that was alter all a very good beginning. The government
next repealed the duty on glass, wed all would remember the Col. North, Mr. Brown, the Rev. It Prettyman, Mr.
J. Lambert, Mr. Lone, Dr. Winter, Mr. Alderman flolfrey,
eloquent speech of the late So lt. Peel on that occasion ;and
M. r. Alderman J. Thorpe. Mr. Alderman W. Thorpe, Mr.
the Premier had referred to the Crystal Palace now
erected in Hyde-peek—(wee expressions of dissent)—upon Rev. W. H. Cos Mr.
erectedT.
Taylor, Captain
C3llPetteeCune milliaSer, Al. eLa ert * '
which there appeared to be some difference of opinion in Lan
a .711, CHAIRMAN
.sa::1 that on the receipt of the requtai-
the meeting (hear, hear) bat here was certainly
non, he did nut hesitate to cell the meeting. Had the
"great fact," that • glorious building had been made
occasion been merely one of a political character, he should
of glue, and winning the object of that building
ii_a_leiii:quested them to give to each. pers.y. who might be
to be approved of, he appealed to them whether when
the duty was on they could have had a palace erected of 1"h" ato speak a lair and impartial leaning. But they
were met to discum, and, he hoped, unatiineoesty to condemn,'
glass ? It would Lave been impossible unless that duty had
a .great act of osh aggresMon and that act appeared to
been repealed. (Hear.) He hoped they would all unite
to effect the repeal of the obnoxious tax. Let them direct Mat fraught with a° much evil, and a° much at vevience
with their religion end laws' acid so pregnant with dem
their energies upon this object alone, and when it was
ger to the crown of this country, that he ought not to
abelisbed the other taxes on kuowledes would soon give
be debarred by the high cliiee which he had the honour of
wee,. a . (He r )
It was stated by Mr. Crompton that the
filling from meting it to be his sincere hope that such
paper was detained in Coe mill by the excise longer than it
an eddrere would that day be framed as would show a
took him to buy the raw material, and manufacture it
paper. (llear.) determination to upheld her Mayeety's supremacy, to
into
solution was pot and carried unanimeusly. maintain the church of Eegland in all its purity, and to
The re
resist every aggression math upon the civil and religious
Mr. I'IODDER moved the next resolutieu :.—" That this liberties of the people of this country. (Cheers.)
meeting is lusher of opinion, that the duty on paper, by t then etat d that letters of .gr t fur nomatt na-
adding to the coo. and consequently increasing the price of
asps!. 17a7. been received from the Earlr
ef. elaceleslield,' the
becks, rewspapers, and periodicals, impedes the progrms of
knowleitge, and education ot the people." Mr. Pedder nin of •ersey, and Dr. Philhmore.
concluded by reading an extract from Mr. C. Knight's The Marquis of BLANDOOIiD, tin rising to move the
fir!t yesolution. ,oaid, the cam." forward
thatmost willingly and
'toot pamphlet, showing the evils of tile tax on paper as it
gladly to sou his ante of tesu.nony to great and swelling
affected the spread of knowledge emocgst the wog Max closer,
voice which had been raised in eh pule of the country to
Mr. INGRA3I, propriethr of the Illuarated London
addrees the heaven urea the subject of the late aggression of
Xmas, seconded the resuludon. He coneideree that the
the Pope. Tae portion of the athlreas which it devolved
evils ot the taxes on paper hail been much understated. upon him tom eve was so simple that be had no doubt it
Oe the meolutioe bone put,
Mr. HOLSOAKE rose to move the following additio . would meet with entire cou rrrrr ce. [He then read the
hest paragraph, which mu a gerund espreuion of attach-
by way of amendment, "That this meeting is further of tea and to the coostoution.) lie congratu
opinion that the stamp duty on newspapers and the adver meat to the Cie
mud the meeting on the fact that they were met on the
siemens dull, by adding to the cast, and corsequently
iecreuing the price and eletetior .tiog the quality second dap of site wyear to perform dutyupright,
urn leo ri ;e /rotes ? They baaill ab
d ioat en ta.ol
ell books, newspapers, and periodicals, impedes the
liberty,an and coca the dOetriaas of weedier& had rweaceedmthis
progress of knowledge and educatica of the pen-
coulee) ; they could not better show them wen liberty
tile: This was ail addition rattier than amendment
and he hoped it would not be 'rendered as being offered for loan by acting as one man, and sending forth an
the purpose of oppoeition. lie was ready to e ethers. every united voice te . the throne ot England, complaining
of this fouhagereenon which had been committed upon their
thing that had been said with regard to the tax on paper,
tights' (Cheers.) In dealingtg with that question, they
bueveryword that had been uttered applied with greater
should consoler both the causes which had emoted for the
lerce to the two roses named in the amtnOment then to
the tee which was alone referred to in the resebsion. (Hear, ~ggressinee—(sheen and biases)—sad the remedies which
might be applied. Tee causes wen chased, in his mind,
Dear.) The resolution, with the amendment attache/1, was
mere likely to enlist the rural eynspathy of the o o under three heath. It eves with the greatest delicacy that
lis Itit_ lii..ed_
bit haw
s_it!t,!ec.....t..
_Bo
~....felt h..o.w_elifth,cul".",schbject
He deprecated e nailing the movement to the reP'e.ai loci
the paper duty alone, tied advocated the inclusion of the is ie"roeeo'e me.ooreYrene"•Te"O,,MOettOrattuen_
repeal of the other two duties ia their dammed, becruse it to °`" 7"". soon" bee's
faults, and m!'" ?"'"*". ""
each tithes a naistAts. The first Comae azis'ea in their own
would make the question more general and natural. church not befog c' nffncd to the clergy, but extending also
Th had displayedmorbid taste
that COLLET seconded the amendment, for the region to the betty. eyteena
that a tem was lit on the working man by the opera- for the Rwillish ritual; they be seen men discord-
tion of theta duties. The working elegies of this ceuntr7 irg to the mere ionualities of worehip, forgetful of
would meddle web politics. (Cheers.) Rightly or wrongly, the feet that Gid required epiritual worship, and
wisely or foolishly, alertly or ruitchiev.usly, they would would het be worshipped with such forms. (Hear, hear.)
' have something more to do with the laws than to obey them. A second cause was to be found in the state. On this sub•
(Chatting). At the risk even of their interests, and even 'act he felt torsi, as an honest man, to express his opinions,
of their hoes, they would interfere with matters of few and but he had no with to rouse political =Ur Dim on an
government, and it depended upon the government, and occasion like that. (Hoar, beer.) Ile tbought that the
upon parlianieut, whether that inteeference should be for ;policy which her Majesty's government had pursued toward,
good or for evil, for they could not put it down. (Cheeriegel lretand—(chin of " No, no," and h Yes, yes,'")--was one of
The CHAIRMAN 'Ad that he helievei all concurred Ia the emote which had I,d tee pope to make the aggression
the opinion that the preposition of Mr. 11.1yoethe was rather which he had done. In Irelud the same thing had been
'an addition than an amendment. As he and the meetir g done sub roses for years peso et hich had now bet n done so
eenerelly approved of the object it had in view, there would oeteatatiotols and boldly in , Englaed, nod, therefore, he
Ibe no objection to its forming part of the resolution. meintaini d that the fault rested partly with the state. The
(Cheers.) people had sated sollithly in this matter. They Mid
Mr. MILNER GIBSON, 31. P., said he had been celled act aboen any sign of dimatistaction, or be'rated any
lon to explath his presence at that meeting in support of the alarm until the evil reached their own doors. They lied
, movement for the repeal of the simple duty on paper, whilst yet to learn that Ireland was at their doom, and that /he
lin his plus in Parliament he had appended to Bed united policy which use pursed there must eventually be pursued
with that object the it peel of the oewepiper stamp, in England. (Rear, heir.) They might rest assured that
the advertisement duty, and the duty on the im• it the church of Leland were not protested in all its pu-
ppet of foreign books. lie wished to state that t stunt purity, and in ell its blessed iutluences—(A Voice :
he was guided I. his conduct by what he be- "And .n ail its plunder")—they would be 3 ieldoth up the'
Loved to Le the best course to be aeopted in reference to rampart and outwork of the coustitutioa. (Hear, hear.)
what the country squired for its welfare—the re, eat of all Mr. WALTER STRICKLAND seconied the resolution.
the taxes on knowledge. He brought froward the question He said tocy were buu-.d to proclaim that they would eat
as a whole because he saw something like a priucipie in it tolerate an week to the Queen, tte pro'eetant head ot their
(Hear, hear.) He did not put it as a question of surplus or church, come tram what quarter it might.
no surplus; but he said that the imposition of a tax on Tea resolution was adopted almost unanimously, there
knowledge was not round in policy, and that, therefore, being only two or three doseadenre,
whether there was • surplus er no surplus', it was the duty of Col. NORTH popmed the second paragraph, which was
as follows :—. We humbly beg to express to ;our Majesty
those who had the conduct of public affairs to make such
our d" ep secs. of the Magic offered to your Majesty. as well
financial arrangemeuts es w old. enable parliament to die.
by the Bobo,' of Rene having assigned Mimeses with general
pens. with a description of taxes which were unfit to remain a
Permanent sourn. of revenue. (Hoar, hear.) He
knew e near territorial jurbidteciea to persons whom he has appointed
from experience,am. that it was • good plan to etafor all bishops within this kinettota, as also by the several persons
you want, but to like what you can get, without giving a who have presumed to take upon themselves :he (thee so
release in full. (Laughter.) He would not refuse an instal- create el : acts in our judgment opposed to tee spirit if not to
the lest, r towli of the c meson tad statute law of England."
meet, but he would not in consequence forego the right at all
times to &mend payment of the whole debt. (Cheers.) In proposing this portion of the address he was actuated fey
no teeing of ill-will towards any portion of Ms fellow- Mr. Hume, in his letter, published in the Exareal
1 Those three quo turn—:he paper duty, the newspaper
subjec:s, nor did he desire the repeal of thrhe statutes by
stamp duty, and the advertisement duty—had usually been
more or iota linked together. (Hear, hear.) When
Sir which lull lite rty of worship hod been granted to Rowse at the 27th ultimo, on the ioluctsoce of the cothi deal
authorities to carry out the Queen's rcorilimenilation to
Edward Lytton Bulgier brought the question before puha• allow the public snore free admission to thou yen.
catholic. What he wished was, that they should unite
Sent, though not Intending then to incluoe the paper duty, edifices, alluded to the e thcial correepondence betweeu the
with protestant* generally in showing to the Pope of 1L .me,
and to ell foreign poleauttes, that they collet not inbuilt to
he moved generally to the effect that the taxes co knowleeeree goy, rumen% and the church digeitaties on that subject. T...
were injurious to the public interests. If he succi eded in haye their laws oc, religion incerh r. o with from any following is • verbatim copy ot Lord John Russell's applies-
that motion, he would afterwards have to move resolutions quarter. In conclusion, he hop d the late unfortunate tion to the DeS/1 of Westauoster, and the roma :
(Rears bear.) lie (Me* 41:ClirCIOCO would got lead to any bitterness ef tioliug be• " Whitehall, July 6, 1e37.
refining to each specifically.
Gibson) pursued neatly the acme count, es that which was tweet& them and their Romeo catholic fellow subject. It " Sir —llavlete laid before her Majesty is memorial pray-
most likely to enlist the largest amount of public sympathy bad been one greet source of the happiness of this country
in his motion. (lieu, hear.) Ail these taxes were bad; that men of various reregious opinions had been united every siaticnal building or establishment conteiaing • •oks of
ing that the public may More fees and gratuitou owes to
but it he were to express as opinion as to which was the
Worst, he would say the stamp on new
was. (Cheers.)
. together in the hones of fro edahip, end no greater evil could ert, historical aed literary monument., or objects of moue.'
arise that, the dieturberthe of teat state of thing* Ithtery, her Mejesty, being . estrous thet the /Oh.) Crow. h
Powerful as the arguments were against the paper duty, Cal. DAWKINS moon Ad the motion. It must, he
of Westminster should he open to the public •.t. serum +p-
he thought thou monist the stump not less cogent, He was aid, be e vieeet to all present, that the Roman Pointed times without the payment of any lea or greet'',
ro she ap newspapen. (Cheers.) It competition was hood.. , eitithlies, not contested with the privileges which had nee commended me to aignit, i.e yea her -leis& 7.8 woke,.
'ter the farmer, it it was good Inc the trader, why
_, we - ,e,,hhult` "t been granted to them, had endeavoured by every means is order Stet the Dean and Chopor may take the suejeet
not be good also ' for the newspaper proprietor ' k`""rets., in their power to undermine and overthrow the pro- Otto immediate consideratioo. I shall, therefore, be much
Let them have the power to enter hero the hitherto eon-
tartans estahliel meat 1t was well known, too, that obliged to you to make me acquainted with the views it bid'
plored ti id of those to whom a record of fact, has ca yet been far this peewee tea Pooe hod employ ed egente and ember'. you and the chapter entertain of this matter, and wee. thee
denied—with cheap newspapere, and communicate through fa. In to a...i. He had employed, and continued to any obsolete* stand in the wee of
a
the illil.vm ot the "reline
them Lot only political, but weed iutozniation. (Chew.) employ, % body omen known as canning and d ' tag to Sell the interior of the abbey, and the putnie MOODUAIire
; grounds Jesui 6—{tort, hear)--men who were scattered over the
&meanies might put off the question oat tivancial ds which have tram time to time been plume there. l'r, eau-
bat the fact we. not LO be di/seised, that there was We of the cenntiy, and were to he found Ia Many parts ci tion must of course be taken that order me; lie chained. and
Amongst many of them • latent fear of the spread aariar
......
y aye, and in stations in which they would hest ex- that c• mein pert§ of the church, which may moors peculiar
of the kthielcdge of facts amongst the working classes. pat. a, them. (Hoer, hear.) Tee P had also shown only by officers apps.icteril liar
(Loud cheers.) Why should there be this tear 1 What availed h.... 11 oc the ...... a of another hh.Z. a men, that peep....
was to be apprehend*. ?, The stamp was inteaded to prevent " 1 have, do. (Sigoed) J. RUSSELL.
known as tee Pas yites —(uerameemis cheers, auel eel,. of
cheep periodicals from containing the current evens of the .. Turn theme!' out Paimyites ar4 Tractarians—a " The Very It/v. the Dean of Westminster.
attention, world be
"
day. That could be the only reason, for the ceeapest eubli- blO of men almost am subtle es the Jesuits themselves. ThaDermand Chapter having demurred on the yretext that
cations were allowed to exist, to be circulated, and to give no
f01i0..., carochhe people r f Earachoo
t Beat, " and lone thew.) Little knowing the real eha- the memorialists to the %seen " had not distinguished. as
theorize, &li
(cheers)—little aware of the they ought, between the respect this to a plum et woe hip
it was proposed ani some sort of itformaion. But whet fa
to allow penny publications—the only real penult, protestant feelings of an immense and over• and the treatment of a common exhibition room." His lord•
publications that practically could reach the mules of the whelmieg neolooey.tee pope bed espooiedthat the time was ship, on the 20th of September, made the following elan'.
country (beer, hear) —to contain records of daily sew when, with the SioirrOCE of those whom he had named, lent reply to that usatioo. "It does not follow that to cuss
occurrences and 'moos—to publhh those facts which he might cme forward in a b •11• r manner than he had done, person. are admitted grotuitoesly to view the monuments,
would give men • knowledge of the laws and in- red interfere with the supremacy ot the Queen by the ap- they would feel Ingo respect fur the abbey as a place ot woo-
etitutious which they were to live under—when it sou pointment of bishops, she the division of the country into ship than thou who obtain admission upon payment of me-
Prep.:ma to do this, they were met by the most Un- territories. The time had now arrived for the people of this nay. Indeed. it neigh* be contended, that the paint at of a
worthy leers, sod told that they should be Coded with an country to .peek nu'. chafer ordinary
~,,,,,,atice. it
, shilling or bait-a-crows, for liberty to enter a church or
leave
an unfettered discreiten to such newel:tepee writers es torrent of trash, aed that it would not be safe to was perhaps the it duty to trust to the discretion of the cathedral, tends more to contound it with " a commen red-
dueness :
goveroment aed the parliament, but it Low became them to bition room,' than the free permission to enter, with the
would be called into the held if thin tel were re•
enter their eolewn priest. and to call upon the authorities eines condition, that no iedecerwis behaviour should be
pealed. (Rear, hear.) He entertained DO such fear. to defend those principles by which herelejesty reignedova tolerated."
(Cheers.) An enlightened people were the be at eum her dash... Af en several years of urgent perseverance, the whole body
cotters of laws and Waite:loos. (Crow.) He believed Me. FAULKNER, a person who left the body of the of the church, the royal chapels alert excepted, was at length
there would be no such effective aid of education ,__ea room for the purpose, then addressed the meeting. He said freely opened to the public eating the adminierstion of Sir
were the kunda'`" the house Ia welch they met was bath by the first Bishop of Robert Peel and the superintendence of Dean Withrrierce,
to blow laces which, after all,
of real kaawie.lge to be circulated, cheaply in cheap hie meth- Orford,
that thought it his duty to waP upon that wonderful man, Dr. been experienced, whilst all ill will sad dissetisfeetica hi aOrford,rd, and he was succemor. (Laughter.) He had and none of the desecrations foretold by the sathoriti. a has
callous without let or hindruce. (Choirs.)
they had no iree Prem. (lieu, hear.) Trey may talk t° Pasty, and as he seer him with his musty volumes he was vanished.
the world about the tree press of Ecgland, but they had reminded of eke, lices of Devon—
A similar letter to the ahem", from Lord Jobe Russell, to
no free press so long as there were previous restrictions by
In some dark cave (et. Posey) lone would three,
the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, wet, after
taxation end the vexatious proceedings at the Slompothea. In bole: to remit heaven by making earth a bell. same delay and discussion, met with as tinsatisf.m. ry
(Hear.) There could be no free press unless men were allowed John Buil over row like a Lao with two wives; there were addition to the hours of free al:elision, till then carefully
to print facts and comments upon paper without previous two churches welch were beta trying to appear amiable in limited to the time of revise.
restraint, making them only reiponable afterwards for soy his eyes. LI& chareh and state be abet:ghee, and then there His lordship's opinion of their unwilling OIOCCSSiO6 is
violation they might commit, by libel or otherwise, of the lave would be a good e.ruegle. He tad been where • bit .1 the examined in the following short letter:
of the country. (Hear, hear.) It ha were permitted he shift of tee Virgin tiny was ellowu foe So, and now the "Whitehall, Nov. 22, 1937.
intended to submit his =mien to the House of Cannons is English people) ware asked to how before such things. o Sir, I Lord J h Russell to kn el le
the same way he did before, sod would ask them on broad TM estate/4MA allterth DOW this country 8,000,C001. a year,
there was omicei i
grounds of public policy to abolish all taxes which directly and yet
°cal.. R y a ma...s fur ohoescien. Mr receipt of your letter the • ~
ofl7 h last and to talent& you
that his lordship is of *Orden the most convenieat hours
and specially impeded the atlmiuce of knowledge. (Hear, Mr..aß 0 D CLARKS eupp and the resolution. h Biro lam directed by. nm o en.
uusuarpatilt°="on of Rome, catholic have not been &nun for the free admission of the pubis.
lieu) He did act believe that existiog newspopers had nay
reason to complain of such a proposition, net W3l there Sliotitlealtry' rialitiW'Sv.,eillap‘r?ht4testtbised acilirfirthew
lay real ground to fear that its adoption would intertere sad Lord Be wow. and the Duke of Norfolk had, be mob to interfere with the arreagements that hive' Mien
" I have, lc.,
in.to the.Cethoeral of So Paul's, but that he does not neer
made.
with newspapers of eatablietied re putatien. They would re- rejoiced to tait,k, recooly dec aced attaiest what they termed
tain their position, and the only change would be that you ultra-montene sieciples. (Cheers.) "TO Rev. Sydney SnaLli." '' F. Mares.
would have cheap publications circulatiog amonget the Thei motioa was then earroed unanimosely. From that domes period of thirteen yew, the illiberality
humbler classes 'holden no newspapcm now, coaveetag to Mr. HENLEY, o .p.. es.
r 'd ha fait it a great pr:vilege to of the Dem sad Chapter of SO Paul's lise been s constant
them valuable information, and recording the current events be allowed em that occaelon Le move the oeat pa/seraph of hemst of public dissiatent.

the address. Nero in hie life had asythiag happened more
important than wee ri<hdy ein.idered the event which
had eons:tied them. I: w.a Dot tere,sery for him to state

the! w.,2 otis ;f those who woad that every mat

in this c Awry should coniane to enjoy that religions tree-
&en which w no,e secured to bin by low„ (08. r, bear.)

Hat they oil post“sed that tit ivileee. eir right rubjeet to •
great principle of .sw, namely. that .hey should esch of then
fa their reep-ctive conditions so enjoy and use t►eir ewe as
not to hurt any o.e else. (Hear, hear, and cheer..) That
was a principle wbich ran through every pert of their law.
Both men and women, for example, were free to use their
tongue, but airither man nor woman could nee it
for the injury or limit of a neighbour without
bicAmirg amena►le to the laws. The pees was es free
as any, but if any man printed that of which his neighbour
had a right to complain, the leers of Ibis country would
afford 'Attu. He asked whether under the pretence of
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doing what was necessary for the free exercise of their pecu-
!Mr term of faith, the Pope and those who supported him in
this country, bad not done sets which were ildurious, not
only to the supremacy of the crown, but to every one who
heard him, cod a:so, es he hoped to he able to show, that
they were dangerous to the great principles of toleration.
As regarded the insult whim had been offend to the greet
body of the people, be would ask his R .man Catholic fellow
subjects west the y would think if her Majesty directed the
lorettlieutenants of counties to issue proclamations :com-
manding all her loyal sub), cts to go before the
nearest inegistrate and take the evil of supremacy
Would they not say in such • caw', " Why, tlds is an insult
to ut—you are asking us to do that which you know we
cannot do, sod you are stigmatising us with disloyalty, by
even csllirg upau us to do it." Well, whet had the Pops
dme ? He had addressed his bull to all the faithful.
What right had he to call him (Mr. Henley) instal Oh?
(Hear, bear, and laughter.) It would be /vs lute, perhaps,
soon to go and live within the newly created diocese of
Westminster, and what right would the Pope or any man
there have to call him unfaithful ? If the Pope had ad-
dressed himself solely to the Roman catholic., the case would
have been somewhat thlrerent, but he had made them
g I. Cardinal Wiseman, of whom he had no wish to
speak in any other terms than those of respect—(hear, hear)
—the respect due to his piety, his learning, and f. is conduct
—had declared that this act of the Pope was atso-
lutely necessary for the Roman catholic faith. If
so, it trespassed on the greet principle of general
toleration. It it wire essential to the free exercise of this
Roman catholic religion, it might compel men to ask whether
religion was to give way, or, in other words, whether, under
the pretence of doing what was necessary for their re I glen,
men were to be allowed to do whet was injori..us •o the
Queen and the pee ple of this country. The y would el. cetve
themselves it they supposed dot this aggremoon was the act
'simply of the pri. sts of the Roman catholic Lien in this
moony. It was part of an aggressive movement, and they
had to deal with a vast body of persons scattered over the
world, banded together under a common head, organised as
ao ether body ever was organised in this world, with a
priesthood eminent for their skill, for 0114 ahiity, and he
would add for their piety and learning, and with the
whole weight of the Roman catholic body abroad
directing and urging on this attack. (Hear, hear.)
Having said thus much with regard to the nature of the
attack and the charm'. ruf those who bed made it, he would
now allude to toe causes which might have operated. (fie ir,
hear.) Asa public man 'dandle-et before his constituents he
should not shriek from expressing his opinion on that point.
(Cunt...) There could be no doubt that many of the pciati -al
acts both of the late and of the present government had
tended to (hie r. suit. Cardinal Wiseman bad in his manifesto
expresaly told them that that was so, and they could not
pretend to kseuw better then lie did what were the actual
causes which had led to the taking of thin step. (Hear,
heel%) But there could he no dcubt that attention had else
been directed to the dineiens amongst protests:lts, and more
especially to that great relegious movement which had for
the last fifteen years or more been proing on in theirchurch.
(Rear, hear.) They could not abut their eyes to the fact that
a certain Pete( principles end opinions had been set ft rib in
coosidered works, in periodicals, in nursery tales, in novels,
fa short (if he might use sisch on expression) in eve ry mode
by which rich thugs cold: be crammed down their throve.
(Hear, hen.) This had been going on ler • neat many
I year said it was quite impossible teat three things sheatld
not bin hal their effect. ( tine, hear)) Coupled with this
was the fact that a—(Cries of "The lliehop ut (lxiorel")
that a great dtaire had existed for the reso-
nant of many of our ancient buildings. That had,
he believed, led mazy penes► to entertem morbid feelings of
reverence for particular parts of ecclesiastical struc.ores,
' founded upon 11,11{oratitlOtet which bed been long swept as ay
and disown. d. Cannon alp 63010 under the pace i.e. of
being sanctioned by the red:ries, and others without any
pretence whatever, bed bolo intim:wed Into many of tier
churches • and it was not uenatural—nay, It was rioht and
proper4hat the great body of the people, who must look at
these thiegs se a elide, should couple practices with prii-
elides, while, en the other hand, it was pr -bable the, hal
had great weight with the Pope in leading him to do what tie
had done, (Cheep.) The strong protestant feeling which
had been manifested in every part of the country must hat's
opened the eyes of the Pope, utters lie will ally kept tat. en
shut, and have convinced him that be was utterly mianekett
in the °Ora n which he bad formed. Cardinal Wiseamn
had said is bit manifesto that this wee • mire
inignikive movement. In conclusion, he had the honour
to propose the following paragraph of the address :
" Whibt fetlieg thus bowed to resist the extension
of a system whin is incomatent with the dignity of the
crown and the welfare of the people, we desire humbly to
express to your Majesty our teeing' of moat painful regret
that the nperstitieue ceremonials and novelties infrodnced
into same of our churches, the opinions and principles in,fsen.
ristent with our protestant faith set forth by some cf the
clergy and luity, and the consequent secessions from our
church, have, with'ether Mists, mainly encouraged the
Babe p of Rome to venture upon this preceeding. And
we humbly hops that your Mejes'y may be advised to
siopt such measures as, whdo they recurs the per ect re-
ligious freedom now enjoyed by all classes et your Ma-
jesty's subject', shall vindicate the honour and prerogatives
of the crown, and maintain for the people of this country
the laws of (lad. the true profession of the gospel, and the
protestant reformed religion as established by law." (Loud

sheen.))
Mr. LANOSTONE seconded the motion.
Mr. BLACKSTONE, M.P., moved m on amendment the
omission of the word leily," and declared hie bleat t
no coneiderable portion of the laity ware culpable.
Mr. Alderman SADI.EIt attended the amendment.
False doctrines bad, he °Marred, been set forth, rot by the
tatty, but by false teseben receiving the pay of the mate.
It had been aonoonced that morning, that to the bl) clergy-
men who had previously gone over to the church, three
had just been added a nincieth, and in that city alone no
less than twelve parochial clergymen had r eceded to 11,:ne.
(Item, hear )
bir. PEERS supported the original motion.
The question was then put, and the amendment seat car-
ried almoet unanimously.
Tine paragrepn wu toen adopted in the amended form.
This completed the basket' of the day.
On the motion of Lord AlitntrooM, a vote of thanks
was given to the High Bluetit', and the meeting then die
permed.
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MR. HUME ON THE CATHEDRALS.