The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1850.

DOCTOR CUMMING% LECTURE.

Yesterday the Rev. Dr. Casmaiag delivered, at the
Rllll4Tativian Boom, bit eoadedieglemsero is the widt-
hs( of Cardinal Wiseman; the issaediete subject being
the cardinal's oath to Pope Piss IX and its ooligetions.
The rooms was, if possible, more dessely crowded this on
the former occludes.

The Admiral V. HARCOURT having takes the chair,
amidst load sheen, and lathered a few observations to this
meeting,
The Rev. Dr. CUMMING cummeaterad his Inter.. He
legs* by referring to the meson preached by Bebop Doyle
is the Roman catholio ehu eh of Bt. George's. Lambeth,
wherein Dr. Doyle denied teal Cardinal Wiseman Weaken
the oath preeeribed Is the " Prettified, Romaasm," and to
his Dr. Cummings) &mileage to both Cardinal Wiseman
and Dr. Doyle to close and make good that denial, which
neither of them Ro eat catholic doctors bad accepted,
although the eudiaal had nest a missive. He (Dr. Cum-
ming) bad aeserted, on the authority of the Roman oatholie
church itself, that its arthhishopsand bishop', upon receiving
the paltiam took an oath that bound them to persecute and war
against, as far as lay in their power, all heretic,, echismatice,
and rebels to the Pope and hie successors. Bishop Doyle had
declared in his sermon that no such oath bed been taken, al-
though he admitted there was an oath taken—which oath,
however, ha did not produce, and Gould not produce, because
it was not to be found in any authority—by which the arch-
bithop and bishop remised and swore to esnabat error
and uphold the sacred doctrine of the church. His (Dr.
Cumming'.) answer to that was • reference to the " Poetl-
Scale Romatthea," which bad bees revived end approved by
two Popes; one of whom, Urban VIII., had in els bull de
Blur d " that be withdrew all former editions, and resolved
that no one should add to, or substreet from, or in ought
change that Pthtificale ROMAIMIII. then sanctioned by
him, and that wboeo should preform the sacred offices
should be bound by it." It was from this parti-
cular edition that he (Dr. Cunintiog) had quoted, ar.d in
that he found it ordered that, when the archbishop
should noel,* the pathless, he should take the prescrihed
oath, one clause of which ran thus:—'• Heretical, :chi,-
speaticos, et rattles Domino Nears., est ssioesesoribms
predirtos, proposes, persetwor re impugnobo." The mild
Canon of Weetminsur, Dr. Wordsworth, translated that,
"to persecute and wags war with all heretics, schismatics,
; while Dr. Burgess, of Chelsea, we. of opinion that,
to render it into homely vernacular English. it should be
"to persecute and pitch into all heretics, Sec" Lest the
"Pontifical* Reatinum," Antwerp edition, 1627, which
he had Ars: quoted from, should be said to be obsolete, he
(Dr. Cumming) had sought for and found one dated 1846,
and in this he foetid that all archbishops and bishops, on
receiving the palliate, should take the oath with the above
clause, and to this edition was prefixed bulls of Urban VIII.
atd Benedict XIV., and it was commanded to be observed in
all the churches througbrst the world. Theretore, presuming
on the truth of this authoritative document, Cardinal Wm man

must be considered to have taken the oath. But, incead of
c, mien himself to that meeting, as he had been challenged
to do, the cardinal had sent a letter, addressed " To the
edit'r of the Tema," and in that letter he declared that he
had not taken the oath with the above clause, because, by a
rescript of Pius IX., that clause was omitted by all bishops
end archbishops who are subjects of the British crown.
His eminence further stated in this letter that an authorised
espy of the oath now administered was kept at his episcopal
residence is Golden.equare, and that Dr. Cammieg might
see it there should he think proper to 'asks the request.
If such a document existed, end if it were trite that what
two Popes declared should sot be altered another Pope
should chop and change at his pleasure, where was the
boasted " unity " of the church of Rome? But he (Dr.
Cumming) pledged himself to go to Golden square and sift
this matter to the bottom. Bus Bishop Doyle had, in his
preaching, held up Alfonso De C setro as an example of the
mildness of the church of Rome; and from bins it would be
well to asertain how heretics and schismatics ought to be
treated. That good, coons. ons, devout, and mild friar, De
Castro, had, 'receding ti Bishop Doyle, denounced the
bloody edicts of Queen Mary, and the principle' he pro-
homed were, also according to Bishop Doyle, the principles
of the Roman catholic church of this day. Lot De
Castro be then taken as the exponent of the Romish
eherch now; and opening his work, "Concerning the Just
Punishments of Heretics," what was discovered I That the
confiscation of their property was a most excellent punish-
ment; that the deprivation of every sort of jurisdiction or
preeminence over others was also very of lcaci:ut; that a
king or queen becoming heretics should be de,: iced of their
kingdom, end their subjects be absolved from all allegiance
to them; and that death was the moot just and proper
punishment for incorrigible heretics—the manner of death
brio, of little ceinsequecoe, by boiling oil or otherwise,
although it was the ancivnt opinion of wise Christians that
heretics should be burnt to death. Theme wereDeCsetro'smild
principles—the very principles, according to Bishop Doyle, of
the Romish church of this day. Having thus identified Cardi-
nal Wiseman with the oath to persecute and destroy all here
tics, 'eh i pieties, and rebels against the pope, and having identi-
fied Bishop Doyle with DeCsitre, and his horrible principles
of persecution, he (Dr. Caroming) would not identity Pope
Pius IX with Pope Pius V. On coming to the popedom,
Pitts IX. declared that he chose Pius V. for his patron, in
order that he might be enabled, like him, to defend the
flock of Christ by word, example, and teaching. But Pita
V. was the supporter of the inquisitien, and the author of a
bull for dethroning our glorious Queen Blisibeth, and fur
absolving her subjects from their &beeline*, and, therefore,
it was to be presumed that Pins IX. would imitate the
example of his patron in regard to the present Queen of
England—that is, according to the words of his oath,
proposes Having thus disposed of the three great
moving powers in this late assumption of Rome, Dr.
Cumming exhorted his hearers not to do the work of the
Jesuits, by resorting to violent " No Popery" cries, and by
assaulting chapels, but to petition the Queen and the
parliament to say emphatically to the Pope—'• Take beck
your bull ; we advise you to do so; bat, if you don't, we
will put every archbishop and bishop constituted under it
on board a 12.0-pin ship—with Admiral Vernon Harcourt,
the sou of the late Archbishop of York, as commander—and
we will land them quietly at the mouth of the Tibor."
Dr. Cumming, having disposed of Cardinal Wiseman and
Bishop Doyle, prooseded with the examination of the
cerdiaare oath and it, obligations, and quoted from the
authorised canon., des:metals, sad councils, to show that the
Romish church held the temporal power as subject
to the spiritual, the civil to the ocielesisatieal; and
that Cardinal Wiseman moat, of severity, hold the sooptre
of Queen Victoria subject to hie sneer. As vicar-apostolic,
he could not—se he confessed la his appeal—set up the
canon law in full force; but se eazdinal-archhishop nadir the

late bull be will be Oil; to do so, and will donbilits then is.
tablish in fall fora—that is, if he can—the royalties of Si.
Peter is these regime. Hsvieg answered some of the state-
ments mods in Cardinal Wissman's appeal, and having
quoted from Mr. Maganlsy's descriptions of the contrasts
primer% in ignorant and degraded Roman catholic coun-
tries with those to be found in enlightaned and progisring
prountant lands, Dr. Cumming cloud his lecture by elo-
quently appealing to all acts of protastante to oombioe, and
units the whole unbroken protestant belted of the coun-
try, in goodomnatiiia of the audacious assumption sad intra-
sion of Rome. . .

The UV. lecturer was soot vehenseutlycheered throughout
his eery able addrm, and at As conclusion the whole as
suably Ems and sang " God save the Queen."

MEETING AT BRISTOL.
Ow of the most numerous and enthusiastic med-
ia. that Ism been for as., years held in that city, took
plea is Wednesday, tot the purpose of agreeing to as
address to the Clasen, is reference to the to Mashies
Bull of the Bishop of Rome, to empress indignation at that
meanie, and alas to declare the devoted attacement of the
citizens to the protestant principles of the reformation.
There were upsrenis of 3,000 persons presest, moat
whom were Essay of the most influential of the clew
and laity of the Church of Ragland, and several of the
Medias Walston and inmehese of the different dissenting
Wile.
Ups the ammitte• mitering the ball there was •
general cry raised of throe cheer' for the Queen, which
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TM Blait t Wonialphl the Mayor, J. H. HABBRIPIRLD,
8.q., bristly moral as ant resoluties That thus meat
fag mods tka moat Bull of tke Bisitop of Roma, for
establkiting la the asetiopois of this empire, and tbrovabort
Use ansatry, ono instranoinan and twelve ernoepal seen, for
taa avowed purpose of r Meting what in Om bogeys of
the Boom Goan is railed ' a restoration of oar tree hierar.
alai government is communion with ties sae of Year; as
a daring assulaptim of pretended authority, imaldaji alike
to her Majesty the Queen, sad to our mum protest-
swim."

The Row. T. H. CRISP, Baptist Minkler,in seconilleg
the resointios, said they were mot to bold a Protestant
meeting, and on that common ground they had ample
epee* to meet together. without me least apprehensions of
jealousy and mapieion—(hear, hear.), and without tear of
internaption from the distinctive notions which they might
bold ea Churchmen and Dissentrre. They made no pro-
saism; they asked no.. from eatt ether as to any views
which referred to relipitotis truth, or to church organiestion,
which they deemed important. But (oontioued the rev.
gentleman)) if we are ail screed to Protestantism, what
shall binder us? Party sprit shall not (Loud cheers.)
No, it shall not binder us from making an open, a deter
mined, and united declaration of our principles—the prin.
ciples of the Reformation. (Reamed applause.)
Tee resolution having been amigo amidst deafening
chime.
The Bev. J. HENSMAN, motor of CUR..), moved the
second resolution as follows :—" That this sot of Patel
aggression proceeds upon aa utter ignorance of the real
sentiments and &wings of the people of England, who we
are firmly persuaded will ever remain faithful to the grist
principles which 'Mutated their forefathers at the glorious
epoch of the Reformation; principles in the strength of
which they burst asunder the claim of Popish despotism,
which we, their descendants, will never suffer to be
retorted."
The Rev. Dr. ETHERIDGE,WeaIs) an minister, seconded
the motion.

P. W. 8. MILES, E q , M.P., moved the next /isolation
—" That this mooting rejoices In the conviction that their
beloved Queen is cordislly attached to the protestant faith,
and is utterly opposed, in common with the groat body of
her people, to the corruptions of the Umiak church, in
whatever form they msy appear, whether promoted by its
open emissaries, or by say party among ourselves mote or
less favourable to its superstitious spirit, rites, and °beery.
some."
The Very Rev. t►e Dean of BRISTOL, in seconding the
resolution, said : I shall confine myself strictly to matter
contained in it, and that very briefly. I believe is
the conviction that our beloved Queen is cordially attaches
to the protestant faith, the faith which is bullion the gospel
solely, cad which admits of no other interpreter than the
llsly Spirit. In speaking of the protestant faith, I mean
thefaith which is built upon the word of Clod. (Loud cheer-
ing.) It is difficult to pier°, the modest retirement in which
her Majesty with each wisdom and einipiiiity loves to dwell ;
but I think quite encash Is known trout those who are
privileged to approach her, as well as from her public acts,
to assure us that the Queen is utterly opposed to the cor-
ruptions of the Romisa church, In whatsoever form they
may appear, whether promoted by its open emissaries, or by
any party among ourselves more or lees favourable to its
superstitions spit its, rites, and observances. This resolution,
then, seems to affirm that there is a party among minstrel

more or Ins favourable to that superstitions ;pint, end
I sot afraid it can scarce be doubted to whom this
part of the resolution points. It is admitted, nay,
affirmed both by the B. men catholic' themselves, and by al.
most every bishop, it not every bishop who km spoken on
the occasion, that this act of the Pope, against which we this
day protest, is 'minty attributable to, is the result of, the
natural result of the conduct of some of the dopy of the
established church—that there is a party within the
established church that has encouraged the Pope of
Room to take this measure of aggression. If this
be tens then indeed the church of England owes a heavy
debt to ehe British community. If, as I believe, the people
a England !separated from the church of Rome. in earnest
protest against her falsehoods and domination, and framed
the church which is now established among us, in direct an-
tagonism to the church of Rome and for the overtheowing of
thou troths of the gospel which Rome observed, and that
allegiance to it which Rome claimed for her pontiff that sits
on her throne—then that any clergy of this church so esta-
blished should have ministered to the interests of Rome,
should hate adopted more or less her principles, her
doctrines, her practices, argues some great supineness, some
dereliction of duty upon the part of some one within that
church. (Loud chews.) Either her bishops, the overseen
of the clergy, have been remiss—or else another party, alai
I shares yes now, the laity, have been remiss, or else both I
bishops and laity have been remiss; and the church of
England owes a great debt to the British community, whisk
can only be discharged by a newly awakened vigilanee,
• determination to repress this treason to the church, eitis
tram= to the troth of the gospel, and loyalty to our Sove-
reign, which has unhappily so lug bun allowed to hair
SO close to its very hurt. (Loud cheers.) Now, don't be
alarmed at the next sentence lam going to say ; I am not
going to enter into any discussion, but just one word. It hos
been said that the um:ltalians have countenanced popish pow
tires in the formularies of our church. I shell not stop to
discuss whether this be leo or not. I shall content myself by
alleging that 1 do not believe within the whole formularies
of our thatch, in their spirit or in their letter, eau be found
the slightest shadow of so much as to^untenssice, I will not
say for some of their practices and of their practices I am
willing to take but secondary heed, but for that doctrine of
tractarienhin which links them so fatally to Rome, I mean
the substitution of a human priesthood for the sole priest-
hood of Christ. (Loud cheers.) The substitution of the
agency of man for the workings of the free spirit of God.
(Cheese.) But if it be so, if it could be proved to be really
true that the church of Eastland doss speak with so uncer-
tain emu es to admit of Tramarianiu within hse pale, with
thou who ere favourable, more or less, to the maperstitiou
spirit of Rome, and their Masud obeereanees, the people of
England owe a great duty to the Almighty God of teeth. sad
disci' not to rest until a church, speaking so assertaisly, be
again nforined—(loud eheers)—sad brought newer to the
principles of the Reformation, that is, to the peiseinples of
the pars, sincere word of God. I trust, however, *attire
discussions which present events may provoke will prove me
to be right. I trut that this will slow that the traeurians
have no eousistent footing within our thumb. By this
resolution you seem to say that you think they have not a
proper footing is our church, that the Qua is opposed to
such. Then take you also saris that you show yosreelute
opposed to them—(toed cheers)—wlnether you be members
or the Established Cherub or not ; I speak to the laity.
Already this city has spoken well out; lie memorial has
been addressed to the Whop, pointed against tneta-
rianiam, and asking for the bishop's intimWuee to re.
press it. That memorial I have to state to you has been
signed by 6,247 people. Now, I spook then to yos,
citizens of Bristol; follow up th steps yea have already
taken; and now, as a clergystae, I speak to yea words
which, perhaps, you think ought net to fall from the lips of
one of the slum bet I tell you, the laity of every
denomination, let the clergy of every desominatios keow
that they ore not lerds over God's heritage. (Tr,-
mandate applause, the cheering cascading to the platform.)
There is a great contest going on in the world ; wo have not
only to coutend against Romeo popery, but we have to
contend against Atglo papacy—(chnn)—and when I spook
of Anglo papacy, I mean not the papacy only within the
estaolishmeet, but the papacy which is miss; to establish
itself within seek denomiaation. (Loud shun.) Let then
your clergy, whoever they bp, know that a church of Christ
means • othapeuty of faithful men—(;oeid cheep)—sad that
it 4 the duty of alsegymea to take weasel together, and be
guided by SUP:fiat voles of that thurehorkish Imo sommitte d
to It the Elblag of the temple. Ono messes more, the
Tractarians are always extremely happy to appeal to the
fathers for their authority, I mean also to follow them and
to all for ou moment's attention to • sonitheie of cog father,
• most eminest one, Father Ambrose, who says, leThere is
scarce a heresy that has ever entered into the Church of
Christ, except themigh the way of the clergy ; but the truth
and simplicity of the Gospel has ever been retained by the
fidelity of the laity." (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
I am rare, I speak for the clergy of the established church
to you, the laiiewthan I ley we confidently commit to you
pres
ent et • (Loud applause, and throe sheers.)
The Rev. G. . DAVIS staved the adoption of an address
tothe Qum, founded on the resthation,and delivered an ad-
dress In whit* he reviewed the charades sad proteosions of
W popsy.
Tas nodes wadi eteseadol by the Rev. 8. I. Raw, and
adapted, and the suoting having been farther addressed by
W Rev. A. Rogers and J Livett,. Req., the gompany snag
W National Anthem sad dispersed.

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