The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-23 00:00:00

A BOHAN CATHOLIC BISHOP pN CHURCH AND

STATE AND LOYALTY.

The Roman catholice of Wolverhampton opened
a third church in that town on Tuesday. The opening
service oceseisted of the celebration of Pontifical high maw
by the Itel„Dr. Ullathorne (the Roman catholic bubop of
Birmingham), and a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Brown
ZZacatholic bishop of Shrewsbury). Altogether about
cil the catholic clergy took part in the procession,
with which, at about halt-past eleven, the service com-
menced. At the conclusion of the services a luncheon
took per, the first toast at which was, of course, " The
Health of our Holy Father the Pope, and many years to
him." The toast was drunk amidst the hurrahs of the
assembly. • These had hardly died ont before Dr.
Ullathornie row, and said, with as little interval as possible
after that, Let us drink the health of our sovereign lady
the guess He then proceeded to say that, if it wee •
maxim much dwelt upon by great thinkers, by profound
philosophers, and by large-minded politicians, that if there
was &principle that was more mischievous to the liberty of
mankind than another, it was that the church and state
should be blended into one, the necessary consequence of
that principle wee that the great secret of the liberty of
man was found in the state and the church standings apart
in respect of the authorities which presided over them.
The happiest, perhaps the most felicitous, condition in
mankind in many respects had been found when there were
great sovereigns and great pontiffs, when the great sove-
reigns held society together by political order, and when
the great pontiff held it together by religious order. That
principle was pre-eminently the catholic principle ; there-
fore they felt no shrinking, no mental difficulty, no ob-
stacle whatever in their thoughts when they proposed
these two sovereigns, each standing in separate order. The
church was of course pre-eminent. It was so regarded by
the old Pagan ; and the pre-eminence of the church was
implied in the phrase of " Church and State " They
proposed the Pope knit simply because the order of God
was before the order of man. (Applause.) At the same
time it was the spiritual order which commanded them
from its higher place to give all honour, respect, obedience,
and loyalty to the head of the temporal order. If, there-
fore, catholic. were pro-eminent in their loyalty to their
sovereign, that loyalty did nut spring from ampere sentiment.
It did not arise merely and simply through the sense of
patriotism which belonged to all men ; is did not arise
purely and solely from the attachment to the individuel—
however much the individual sovereign, like our present
sovereign, Queen Victoria, might have qualities wonder-
fully winning and attractive. Certainly Queen Victoria
had done great things for this country. (Applause.)
They had had sovereigns who bad almost contaminated
the family relationship. (Shame.) But she was a brilliant
example of a devoted wife—now, alas a widow—and of •
devoted head of a family. In that capacity she had raised
the whole spirit—the whole dignity as it were—she had
raised and exalted all the nobler qualities which be-
longed to that which was pre-eminently English, namely,
the family life. (Applause.) This they owed to her, as •
woman, as a wife, as • lady ; and they also owed to the
wisdom, to the discretion, and to the self-control, in which
she had conducted herself through the difficulties whicbhad
arisen through her reign, that whatever governments or
whatever politicians bad gone down, the Qu. en bad herself
always risen. (Applause.) She had risen, she was tieing Will,
and he believed she would continue feriae to thread. (Re-
newed applause.) But it was not these principles alone
which excited • catholic's loyalty, for, in acidities to all
these reasons for loyalty and respect, which sprang front
sentiment, the catholic had this further principle—the one
which sprang from that higher principle, which was repre-
sented by the Sovereign Pontiff ; and that was, the spirit
b which they were commanded to fear God, and by which
they were further commanded to obey the powers that be.
In that spirit, as loyal and devout catholic., and also as
loyal and devout Englidimen, he called upon them to drink
" The Health of their beloved Sovereign the Queen." The
toast wee drunk with as much enthusiasm as that with
which the health of the Pope was received.

ADDITIONAL CURA TES BOCIRTY.—The society for
promoting the employment of additional curates in popu-
lous places held its annual meeting yesterday at N 1 lilies
Rooms. The Archbishop of Canterbury was in the chair.
The attendance wee smalL The chairman regretted that
there were not sufficient means to meet many pressing exi-
gencies, although 500 curates were supplied by the so-
ciety. There were between one and two huni-ed applica-
tions for assistance which °wild not be granted. The re-
port was read by thesecretary, showing that population in
this country increases at the rate of 'lOO,OOO a year, and
that in 34 of the great teams of England, embracing a po-
pulation of 4,000,000, there are 52i in every 100 who at-
,end no pima of worship whatever. The Bishop°, Ely, in
moving the adoption of the report, urged that the ques-
tion of an increased supply of funds was purely one for
the consideration of the laity. The Earl of Dartmouth, in
seconding the motiou, said it was much better to provide
a clergyman than a church. The Bishop of Oxford hay.
Mg supported the motion, the report was uumiimoumly
adopted. Other resolutions were proposed ; one of them
calling special attention to the spiritual condition of the
agricultural district*. The remaining speakers included
the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Lord Lyttelton, and
Sir R. Phillimore. A hearty vote of thanks was given to
the chairman at the close of the proceedings.
PRAILEIACIUTICAL SOCIETY Or GREAT BRITAIN.
—The following candidates paused the major examination
yesterday as pharmaceutical chemists:—Edmund Hewson
Armitage, Louth ; Charles Cure, Mauritius ; George
Thomas Naldrett, Brighton ; Edward Owen, Montimmery ;
Lewis Bottle Hoes, Driffield ; and James Nit isms,
Mildenhall.
Pnlautron, MAY 22.—The Kent, from Mel-
bourne, with 39,526 ounces of gold, for London, arrived off
here, and landed eight poisoners at this port. The ship
Super, from Melbourne for London, with gold valued at
160,00 W., was reported here this evening as having passed
up Channel.
Solna KRNSINGTON MINIZOIE.—ViEBOTS during
the week ending May 18 —On Monday, Tuesday,
and Saturday, free, fromlo a.ni. F
10 p.ni.,
9,505 ;on Wednesday, Thursday, and riday (Jamie.
mon ed.l, from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m.. 1,655 ; national por-
trait exhibition, by payment, 2,311 ; total, 13.471. Average
of corresponding week in fernier Imre. 10,470. Total
from the opening of the Museum.