The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-05 00:00:00

dear!") He had met a gentleman of Bath in a ra;l-
way train, who told him that a good Protestant Ope-
rative Association might be formed in Bath.—(Cries
of "Go back by the next train.") He had made such
liberal speeches, that he could not fail to please the
people of Bath, for many who had heard him had set
him down for a thorough-going Radical.—(Soft soap.)
But he was open to declare himself a red-hot Tory.—
(Cheers from the persons, and groans and yells from
the meeting, with cries of " A bad lot al'.ogether.")
His motto was to fear God and honour the Queen.—
(" What's to be done with Prince Albert and the
babby ?") He had done much to relieve the distresses
of his own starving flock. He wished more attention
had been raid by the nobility and gentry to the wants
of the people. He must say they were too widely se-
vered, and the best way to unite them was to form such
associations as he had come there to establish. He
would as soon sit down, on the three legged stool with
the poor man, as on the cushioned chair of the rich.
He was an advocate of religious liberty, but he would
beat down Romanism —(Oh, oh.) He would not de-
stroy the man, but he would destroy the principles of the
Romanist'. lie had met with a poor Irishman by no means
unintelligent,who rasa Papist—he said he declared to him,
that if the priest directed him to burn his only child, a
sweet little girl, he would do it.—(Disapprobation.) Was
that a power any man ought to have over the mind of
another ?—(No, no, no.) The same man had told
him he believed the priest to stand in God's own shoes.
—(A voice, " And so do you.") There, there ! (em-
phatically) that's an honest man—there, he has toll the
trnth.—(Great and long-continued disapprobation.)
He had always made it a practice to invite the Re-
manists to discussion. Did they want the Pope of
Rome to rule in these Protestant dominions ?—('' No,
no," " Nor the Bishop of Canterbury either?) He
would willingly meet Bishop Baines and the whole
squad of Prior Park, in controversy.—(" Don't malign
them behind their backs," " What have you done with
the property taken from them answer that—l
never fear to answer a question. You all admit it is
no harm to take stolen property from a thief !—(" Oh,
oh, then it ought to he taken from you !") we only took
that which belonged to us before. Protestantism ex-
isted before Romanism. At the Reformation, the
Church was not formed but reformed.—(Confusion.)
Mr. CRISP rose, aed, taking out the bill convening
the meeting, said he had not come to hear a tirade
against the Catholics.—(Loud cheers.) There was
now no Chairman. The business had already concluded.
Mr. Stowell had, however, commenced maligning the
Catholics in their absence, which was illiberal, and
wholly irrelevant to the object of the meeting.—
(Cheers.) The time of Mr. Stowell had expired. He
must now come to what he desired to say respecting the
Association he would form, and then permit another
person to reply.
Mr. STOWELL then complained of interruption, and
said he was sorry to observe the people of Bath did not
know how to behave, as well as his townsmen of Man-
chester.—(This was received with a burst of disappro-
bation. Unable to bear which, Mr. Stowell seized his
hat and cloak, exclaiming " I can stand this no longer,"
and made his exit, followed by his " Reverend bre-
thren" who retired to console each other over their
disgraceful defeat.

Mr. CRISP remarked, that they were now skulking
off, escaping from that chastisement he intended to
have inflicted. To answer all the calumnies that Lad
been heaped upon the Catholics, for ages, would oc-
cupy the entire time of the professors of the Catholic
faith. It would be as useless for him (Mr. Crisp) to
attempt to answer the infamous calumnies and false-
hoods which the disgraceful Bath Chronicle was for ever
heaping upon himself. What had the Protestant
clergy been doing with all the property and power they
had possessed for the last 300 years ? In Catholic
times, at least, three were no degrading Poor-law
unions—(Loud cheers)—the churches were repaired,
and the poor maintained, out of the Ecclesiastical reve-
nues. Ttiey had brought the country into a state of in-
describable misery and wretchedness. After some fur-
ther remarks, Mr. C. concluded by saying they were
now endeavouring to cajole and delude the labouring
classes into an union to prop up their tottering fabric.
—(Tremendous cheers.) The meeting then quietly
broke up.