The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-25 00:00:00

Rew Med to be palmed on us by the toast sad amp of
Somme
It lass been stated, " The late eircHon cf the (Roman)
catholic bierusby Is perfectly legal, perfectly lawful, and
unassailable by any present 4aw." Tao last five words may
be mbar, boned (tkinsgb I think not.) They will, I trust,
be contradicted by ssecient enactments in the next melon
of parliament. Vomit is simply untrue. The act 9 and
10 Victoria, which remised the royal unction August 18,
1846, among ether enactments. repeals (I quote the exalt
words), " An set passed In the 13th year of the throe games
(Elizabeth's) reign, Wankel 'An set epithet the bringing
In and putting I. execution of bulls, writings, or laitru-
ments, sad tether saperstitione things from the the of Rome,
so far only as the mime imposes the penalties or pettish•
meats therein mentioned; but it is hereby delsred that
nothing in this enactment contained shall authorise or
render it lawful for say pets= or persons to import, bring
le, er put in execution, within this realm, soy such bulls,
writings, en instrameats; and that in all motets, save en to
the said penalties or punishments, the law shall continue the
as se if this madame bsd net beet made.' " Be it re-
nthsabered, this catholic (so called) hierarchy derives its
*abscise, and claims to exercise its functions, solely from
writings or instruments from the see of Rome, so brought
in, la defiance of the law, and attempted to be pat In axe-

curiae.
What, thee, is our bounden daty under thus einem-
damns ? To ;ally round our beloved Queen, waving her
rezzaZiur deter.r.ination to protect her royal supessaey,
as well as temporal, to petition the legislature
by snistary enactments to suppress, as far u may be, st-
umpiest similar invasions of the royal prerogative ; jealously
to watch the movements of our Insidious adversary ; prayer-
fully and neeeasingly, in simple ministrations and seriptural
tea &lug, to seek to fortify the souls of those committed to
our charge, leaving no avenue for error and falsehood to
minds pre-occapled by faithful inculcation of the truth.
I would gladly finish my counsel here, but a more painful
task awaits me. The dangers which threaten us are not
solely from without. The attempt which failed in 1688, will
never seemed in 1880, amid the increased enlightenment,
vigour of mind, multiplied church ministrations and awak-
ened religious feeling with which it has p!eased a gracious
Providence to bless these realms, and specially (I say it with
deep thankfulness) cur manufacturing dis•ritne. Bet with
a document lying before me which contains, es stated on
authority, the printed resolutions of a meeting of 12 clergy-
men (I ieve not of this diocese) asserting the very exist-
ence of the English church involves the principle of her
submission in matters of fait to the church catholic, that
her national history, previous to the reformation, indicates
that such submission can only be made, in the 8 at instance,
through the medium of the papal eels, that the present state
of Christendom indicates the same fact ; and, lastly, that her
temporary non.recognition of this fact is such a bar to her
deliverance from the present impending ruin as admits of
being, and ought to be, removed;"—with du'rines like
these inculcated, and sought to be enforced among us, I do
feel there is danger. Nor is this feeling lessened when I etc
the superstitious ornaments of Romish sun revived in our
own churches, the piscine, the antipmdium, the sepulchre,
and similar strangers to our pure ritual. Let us put away
from us these childish things. Let ne cease to peril the
unity of the protestant Christian brotherho:d, the image t..f
Christian truth, ter a surplice, or an intonation. With some
of us these practices have happily as set proved harmless;
but let them well weigh the risk if they continue them;
with others they have but paved the way to the denial, in
nattered authority, by unworthy evasion, of church privi-
legs ; to refuel of admiesion to the church by baptism to the
living ; to neglect and insult to the memory of the dead ; to
pain, indignation, and alienation, to ths surviving.
And now, dear and d brethren, I commend you to
our great and unfailing source of consolation and support, in
the earnest prayer that we may by Him be ltd to work in
purity His will and extend in truthfulness His kingdnes.—l
am, with &inure good wiehts, your faithful friend and bishop,
J. P. MANCHEBIIIII.
To the Venerable Archdeacon Rushton, D.D.
Rector of Pr, etwich, and the Rtcters and
Officiating Cleray of the Parishes of Petit-
with, Stand, and Radcliffe.