The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

dusted only ligmheummest preened teasels,and 'aided by
the soundest Nothing immentrie, or hasty, or in-
temperate, should charm:twin it.
For the qu-stions to be handled are of extreme delicacy.
and the party to he dealt with are numerous, united, and
teseeiom. They will not lightly abandon thtee prank, e.
With seek a party, castios, as well as areenue, is indist
pensable; great judgment in chocking the meant, and great
resolulion in applying them.
We suggest therefore, that the first step should be, that
, some of the feting laity of the church she'll meet to cos-
, Malt On the roost emergency of its affair,' and on the
partial steps erbiek amid be takes—s body of ems os
whose judgment mod prl,iciples the chant" sad country will
menfiele, repeesmtinensither soy patellar party nor poll-
path most peculiar session of the ohm*, drawn from the
at lugs, end fairly onebining ia their views the
elmtieseLre day church of Ragland.
Werra wens Am esibmeemmicuee might render esimmat
ourdess, sad erieshi be serbiperted by the earnest comellelleme
sad the strong omega of the great body of the peigieel
Zeeland.
VI. We ere mem lemma, that seek as effort ell= 1
M seem member al Ile *web to be sepettisees..
Ina dal the strong imbibe Masi manifested against dame
*lawl the divisions sagas the itesaaaanag piny will '
ithe& them.
SIPS bawl so my that we atterteht a very &S rest I,
efilits, eM we are satisfied that these hopes will be die-
LitialsL Pepaler amitemeas, when tamed melees ode- I
oal practices, is partial, irregular, and magma. Its
impulses are as brief ea they are hasty, exhaust thameelme,
and bring discredit by their violence ; passing by as lam
practices, and es bed ea these which they assail, and seffeelag
the old practises to revive, when the temporary ebaLities
I has passed away.
2. Nor will a remedy be found in the disunion of the
Romanising party. We trust, indeed, that some who ham
jined them—misled by example, by novelty, or by miseppres
pension—will 'band= the opinions into which they have
been betrayed, and that they wilt resume their proper poi
bon se honest omnibus of the chilies of litmaiamM,
many who bold those views will not, we fear, 'blabs i
then. They will not part with their principles, and they
have resolved not to quit their bendiest. At this moment, '
is our colleges, ear public schools, our training seminaries,
our national schools, our chapels, and oar churches, there
are heal:ads of teachers who inculcate Rstoish worship,
sad preach Ronda snot. It will be difficult to Induce
them to abate, or cam, or forego their opinions. 8o long
as they 11,14 that posts they will nee them to diesemiente
these opinlon,e—to turn the bending of the chuck against
iteelf—to gainsay the doctrines of the chunk is whiten they
fillinister, and to 'Wilma its members.
S. How long we are to seder this evil it is for the laity to
but that it will not be abated without *tram, us sod
MW Wine appear to us cocain.
4. The question which presses on us, therefore, is, shall we
safer this wrong ? If not, when and where are we to find
the remedy 1 Oar answer is, we must find it now, and find
it within onmelves.
On behalf of the rob-oommittee,
J. C. CUL4CIIOI72f, Chairmen.
To his Grace the Doke of Meaelsester, Chairman of
the National Club, &e.

TUE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.
The Bishop of Lincoln Lao addressed a second letter
te tile archdeacon acel clergy of that city es the subject of
the papal aggreeaioo. It is ea follows:
"Idy B-v. Bretkres,—l have received your address, in
whisk you mpg* your deep arse of the encroachment
made by the Bishop of Rome upon the royal prerogative
an the protestant constitution of this realm, anu mum me
of your condesise is my wisdom and judgment to duece
in en the proper course, of proceeding at this juncture. I
limed scarcely amuse yes, in morn, that your snot of tine
IMMeceelaniesta is not deeper than my own, nor that I rem in
crib heartfelt pleasure the expression of your confides*
Et me.
"I have already stated, in my answer to as address from
the archdeacon and clergy of Nottinghamnire, that I tea
saly regard the recast set of the Bishop of Rome as a gestalt-
."' insult offered to the croon and to the branch of the
Iletheilic *barn established in England—gratuitous, beans
fa moms be pretended that such an set is lamasery in order
le secure to the Roman catholies residing in this country the
Era exercise of their religion. Every übeteele in the way of
their enjoyment of that freedom has been gradually removed.
With this view the legislature, by the 9th and. 10th Vis-
ta*, chap. 59, repealed the penalties provided by the Ma-
-1 tote of pormunire sad three of high awn, which had
previonaly attached to the offene of tonging in and putting
Is execution bulls, he., from the am of Rome. The Mantel
the legisla,urs in repealing them was to enable the Roan
**ohm of this country to do that which was represented to
Ise aecessary to the free exercise of their religion, to commie.
Ms* with the heed of their church at Rome, and to receive
Mesa him such instructions as he might deem it right from
time to time to issue for their gonna, lathe adminisystion
nth* spiritual affairs. But the intent of the legislature
wag that be shoull conks the circulation of hie bulls, he.,
the members of his own communion, not that he shield
do what he has dose in his late lerief—eddresethem generally
to the inhabitants of the land, as of England formed a pat of
the Roman obedience, and was subject to his spiritual rule.
We are now, however, told that be can jive his briefs me
other form ; that to insert in them say /imitation as to the
persons to whom they are *sidemen would be detonator,
from bee claim to be reeognised as governor of the universal
church; and. that, consequently, the legislature, by per-'
catalog tho introduction of papal bulls, has sanctioned his ,
"'rot as'.
Bach is the explanation of the recent brief of the Bishop
el Rime given by him who has boss selected to pat It la
execution, and who may himself possibly be called here-
pEer to au the papal throne, sad, is virtue of hie office, to
'lssue ivauar tuns. He writes thus It will be said that
so limitation of juriadistiOn is made in the papal document
—no restriction of its **etas to eatholice ; sad hence Lord
John Russell and others conclude that there is is this brief a
pretension to suptemmy over the resits of Rutland and a
Maim to wale and undivided Mar. Every official document
Om its proper forms; and had those who blame Me terms of
Chit taken any pains to examine those of Papal doeuments,
they would have found nothiorWeerertthosuil in this.'
aNo one understands better than Cardinal WillelAX the
art of evnine, while be appears to answer a troublesome
'objection. The conclusion of Lord John Russell and others
le, that there is in the papal brief a pretension to supremacy
over the realm of Ileglud. Does Cardinal Wiseman deny
the accuracy of this eseclusion ? No; he admits it. Every
salami assesmeat; eats, ' bas he roper forms ; there is
Whig nem er *Menai ha the recent document; you only
show Tom liseemstef of papal documents in expecting Mat a
bull should mutate any limitation se to permits or claim
say thing leas than universal supremacy.'
" Dut It is said that the Bishop of Rome, though be ad-
heres to the proper and usual form of official document*, aad
appears in conseqessee to claim supreeney over the realm,
does not mean really to amen such a claim ; and that,
thought there is no limitation in the brief as to the persons to
chum it is addressed, it is designed only for the members of
the Roman communion. Ttey who are acquainted with the
history of the papacy can namely be expected** repose im-
plicit coislideoce in this disclaimer. The pretension has
been advanced; and when were the bishops of Rome known
to abandon a pretension which they had nee advanced ?
Toe question then is, whether the publication, and the
patting in execution iu thia country of • bull containleir such
a pre en • bull in which a foreign prelate addresses
the inhabitants of this realm generally as subject to his
spiel:sal rule, and treats England sa part of the Roman obe-
dience—is or is not a direct enumeheim sit upon the
supremacy Tasted In the crown by our conadtutios in church
and state t I concur with nos, my rev. brethren, in your
declaration that it is, and is the prayer of your petition to
the legislature, that It will in its wisdom adopt such mem**
so may secure to her Majesty, undiminished, all her un-
doubted prerogatives en supreme governor of all estates, ec-
clesiastical &nein, in the realm.
"I remain, my rev. brethren, your faithful friend and
brother in Christ,
"Nov. 26."

"I. LiwooLx.

THE BISHOP OF CHESTER'S REPLY TO
THE BIRKENHEAD ADDREBB.
The Bishop of Chester has addressed the following
reply to the address of the Inhabitants of Birkenhead cc the
oct ol the papal aggression;
" Cheater, Nov. 26.
"My desr 81r,—I hero rereited with great satisfaction the
elites. of the inesimat, ettankwardens, sad la/habitants
of Dalmatia is relation to the meat am of the Pope tor
astaillibmgrillemos sap Marshy over our peotestaat
• w 4, 911101 dandy rids that our governeaeat and
leglilatege was meat this osteatatioas prntension with firm.
sad tam slash measarts m the cede 0117 'Noire for
tladieatmg the royal supremacy sad the national Jude.
PilmilleMbeve ea former ooessioas borne willing testimony to
the seal and fidelity with which the Harpy of this diocese
perform their duties. lea curtain that no exertions will be
wentiLg on their pert to confirm sad strengthen the attach-
ment of their people to our stforsattd church, by seriptand
doctrine, godly exhortation, sad • fateful adherence to the
eimplicity of our rituaL
" The lay members of our communion have eons forward,
nuaterattely and promptly, to protest against this intrusive
promeding of the eisis of noise. They have been faithful to
ear church in former trials. I hope the present occasion
well induce them to strecgthen the heeds of the clergy, and
cu continue to tarnish, as they have of late yeers freely done,
means for extending tie koowledp of emiptural truth and
the benefit of Divine worship, by contributing to the .notion
sinew churches. to the maintenance of additional ministers,
sad to the tetablishmeat of new echoals for the religions. in-
itialled's( the tiring generation.
Gar people are sound at heart. end attached to the prin.
dpi.. of oar reformed church. Bat then are large numbers
—widely scattered over our rural perishes cr densely elm-
tend in our great Owns—whom Maims influences but
faintly reach. It will, indeed, be matter of great thank-
fulness if, by the blemiag of God, a fresh impale, be given to
the Catchiest seal, and efforts be sada by the cordial oo-
operation of our dregkimetialeity to 'mita our church with
lammed mass of e &deviate to the *aliened's of
the tines end the *Mont of population.
" 1 bee to man the sahuribers to the address of my sin-
sae rep-et, sad remain, my dear of,, truly yams.
" The Rev. A. Lam" " J. CHESTER.

THE BISHOP OF CHICHESTER.
To the Rev. John Wood Water, enrol deep, and
to sy elrrleel brethren, iambus a the rural diesel chapter
of Terriug.—Rev. sad deer ell,—l thank you sad all
sty brethren of the rural &awry of West Terris: for the
edam' you hare tattety•d to me.
I shin is the feelings you wrest to have bees ezeitod Is
yos by the late set of the Bishop of Rome. He has thereby
penned to attempt to szerske a dredges over oar