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London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

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(t 3 ford Mr. Secondary POTTER )
C4O I'ICSVSON AND OTHERS V. RICKETTS.
tI
hthe aintiffS in this case are news-agents, carrying
Er 03n ege in Abchurch-lane, and defendant is a gen-
Oat residing in Hertfordshire. The action was
11,46 to recover the sum of 101. 12s. 11d. for news-
),teaoPplied to defendant.
4,1'4 htlilit,ot pleaded that he was not indebted, but
%l 4Lotiff's clerk proved that the newspapers bad
rWwarded in the usual way, according to letters
144,°eti to be written by defendant; and ono letter
'
r,t I; Post-office order.
Gr iIIbLo•HERIFF said that was sufficient evidence
~,NlLettcr ;
ai general; and it was unnecessary to
';,1t1,41 uecletlivery of every particular paper, as no com-
tivqe onim been received.
Y defence attempted was to show that all the
'„,11,114" 'a the firm had not been sot out in the declare-
‘t'lab j,.tho cross-examination on that point failed.
\vt:rY gave a verdict for the amount claitozd.
'I"AtINsTER, COUNTY COURT.
(THIS DAY.)
Th.
Of 111 the war, BETUELL V. MARE.
an notion to recover 25/. Bs. fur the funeral
cs",e f0,:;_43 Mr. Steele, and has been pending some
ti:d `,',l° attendance of Mr. John O'Connell, M.P.,
tit Reynolds, M.P., who had been subpccnaed by
tvt4 iTadant to produce all lists of subscriptions re-
Ll' the
vdsd ?:,t.hera for the funeral of the "Pacifica.tor," and
of his family. Mr. John O'CoAncll at-
% 4, 'las day to the subpoena, when it.was awertained
'Qullt wed for had been raid into court.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday morning, precisely at (sieve° o'clock. the
:lore the Lord Mayer teok ehete tle.
mon Council Chamber at the Guildhall, for the special
purpose of giving to the members of the court an oppor-
tunity to discuss a motion by Mr. James Anderton, with
reference to the Papal aggression, and for the transac-
tion of the general business upon the notice paper.
The minutes of the last court having been read by Mr.
Woodthorpe, a report from the Prison's Committee,
brought up by Mr. James Low, in the absence of Alder-
man Wire, for sealing a contract for the completion of
the building of the new prison at Holloway was agreed
to, and ordered to be sent back for execution.
THE MINISTRY AND THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.
The LORD MAYOR then rose and said that it was with
much pleasure that he had consented to call the present
meeting at an early hour, for the special consideration
of the notice given by Mr. Anderton on the subject of
the Papal aggression. He would suggest, therefore,
that the memorial be read, in accordance with the usual
custom.
This having been done by Mr. WOODTHORPE,
Mr. ANDERTON said that he rose upon that occasion
to propose the following motion, notice of which ho had
previously given, namely:—
" That netitione be presented by this court to both
Houses cif Parliament against the late aggression of the
Pope of Rome, and for preserving the supremacy of the
Queen, and protecting inviolate the civil and religious
liberties of her subjects."
By virtue of the oath of supremacy which I ho, in com-
mon with all the members of that court, had taken upon
their induction into office, he felt bound to resist the at-
tempt made by the Roman Catholics to establish eccle-
siastical titles in this kingdom. That oath, to which he
adhered, stated that "no prince or potentate hath or
ought to have any jurisdiction in these realms" for any
such purposes as those contemplated by the Pope of
Rome.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore it was that he upon
that occasion had thought it proper once more to bring
the subject before the representatives of the city of Lon-
don iu Common Council assembled. The question, then,
before them was whether or not the Pope of Rome, by
his recent bull, had or had not exercised, or attempted
to exercise, ecclesiastical authority within these realms.
—(Hear.) The question was whether these parties had
or had not attempted to deprive the Queen of England
of the authority to which that illustrious lady was
entitled by virtue of the puissant position she was
called upon to fill.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Au-
derton) thought he should have no difficulty what-
ever in proving that the Pope in his late bull had
done so, or at least that he (the Pope) had attempted to
exercise ecclesiastical and spiritual authority iu these
realms. If he proved this, he should consider that
he had entitled himself to call upon that court to ex-
press a further opinion upon the aggression to which he
had alluded. All they asked for was a common protec-
tion for their faith, and that ho called upon the whole
of the members of that court to give, while they had it
in their power; and to resist the present impudent ag-
gression on the part of the Pope of Rome.—(Hear,
hear.) Doubtless they had read, and unquestionably '
they would remember, that " his Holiness," in that man-
datory document, had referred to Gregory the Great,
who had given instructions to the monk Augustine to
Convert our forefathers. Now, what followed in that
case? Why, that in the train of the said monk there
was not less than forty followers or priests appointed to
bring the Saxons to Christianity. As it wee in this
case, so it would bo in the present instance. Pope Pius
had sent Cardinal Wiseman to convert the people
to Roman Catholicism, and the " priests" would, doubt-
less, shortly follow him.—(Hear, hear.) Suppose they
were to admit this aggressive principle, what would
be the result two hundred years hence, when they
would all be in their graves? Why, their children
would have to fight for the faith of their forefathers,
while their children's children would blame them for
their want of dignity of soul and determination of man-
ner in the present critical instance. Mr. Anderton
having minutely criticised several points of the " bull"
of Pius IX., in the course of which he (Mr. Anderton)
denounced very strongly the appointment by the Pope
of archbishops and bishops having ecclesiastical juris-
diction in this country, then proceeded to say that he
would make no observation to the court which would
bear at all upon the religious part of the question. He
would only say that he was most anxious and desirous
that every man should enjoy civil and religious liberty,
and that all men should have the opportunity of wor-
shipping God according to the dictates of their own
consciences.—(Hear, hear.) That he deemed to be every
man's right and privilege, as a man and a citizen.—
(Loud cheers.) But while he (Mr. Anderton) granted
this to his fellow-citizen, as a Roman Catholic, he (Mr.
Anderton) claimed for himself protection from that kind
of religious aggression which might deprive him, as a
Protestant, eventually of his immunities and privileges.
—(Hear, hear.) The present attempt on the part of the
Popo he could not but regard as an aggression, and r-
tain it was that it was their duty to say to the Pope,
Thus far shalt thou go, but no farther."—(Hoar, hear.)
Was it not the fact that the Pope was brought back to
his throne, or rather to St. Peter's chair, not by the
power of public opinion, but by the force of French
bayonets?—(Cheers.) That was the man who sought to
coerce England—a man who would not remain where
he was for twenty-four hours, had it not been for the
assistance of French bayonets. In illustration of the
arbitrary and intolerant proceedings of the Papistical
leaders in former times, Mr. Anderton read extracts
from one of the statutes of Henry VIII., in which it
was enacted that no woman, or artificer, or servingman,
or husbandman, should read the Bible or New Testa-
ment to himself or any other party under pain of one
month's imprisonment ; after which he (Mr. Anderton)
denounced most strongly the conduct of the Premier,
whom he said ought to have sent the celebrated " bull"
of the Pope back to his " holiness" at Rome, to deal
with as he (the Pope) might think fit. Ho (Mr. An-
derton) regretted the milk-and-water policy of Lord
John Russell, and he trusted that every man in that as-
sembly would unite with him (Mr. Anderton), who
would shed his blood in defence of the Protestant faith
if required to do so, to represent fully, fairly, and
honestly, to the Commons of the United Kingdom their
opinions upon this important question. He would con-
clude with moving that petitions be presented by that
Court to both Houses of Parliament against the late
aggression, and that the following shall be a copy of the
same :
" TO TEE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PAR-
LIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" The humble petition of the Lord Mayor, aldermen,
and common council of the city of London, in common
council assembled, showeth—
" That your petitioners have witnessed with deep re-
gret and indignation the arrogant aggression on the part
of the Pope of Rome upon the Queen's supremacy, and
in defiance of her crown and dignity.
" That your petitioners are anxious to preserve for all
classes of her Majesty's subjects the full advantage of
civil and religious freedom and equality; but they
humbly submit that a defensive measure is now indis-
pensably necessary to secure the independence and pro-
tect the rights of the Protestant religion in this country
from a spirit of Papal usurpation, insult, and ag-

gression.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that your
Honourable House will forthwith take such measures as
may be necessary unequivocally to suppress the use of
territorial titles, and the exercise of territorial jurisdic-
tion,foreign prince or
provisionseccle-
i as shall be necessary
with
such delegation
otr from
to prevent any synodical action on tho part of the siasc under,
Ito-
mish clergy, under colour of authority from the See of
Rome, and effectually vindicate the independence of the
Crown, and secure this kingdom from all interference or
domination.
" And your petitioners will ever pray, six.e
Mr. J. T. Nonaxs seconded the motion. In doing so
he did not think it was at all necessary for him to go
much at length into the argument, as the feeling was
evidently nearly unanimous in favour of the motion he
had tho honour to second. He
would, however, raise
his voice against that which he considered to be an at-
tempt on the part of some parties to abridge the rights
of the Sovereign, and to limit the liberties of the subject.
He regarded that as being the fitting time fur the Court
of Common Council to approach the bar of the House of
Commons upon the matter of Papal aggression, seeing
that of late it had presented such a peculiar phase.
lle
thought that that was the period for them to assert their
rights and liberties as Protestant Christians, and to
struggle against the attempts made for ascendancy by a
hierarchy confessedly Roman Catholic. He believed,
and ho spoke it without hesitation or reservation, that
many of the evils which had come upon them in this
matter were to be attributed mainly to the sleepy con-
duct of those who had been placed as warders of the
Protestant faith.—(Hear, hear.) It was the fact that
these men had been feeding upon the glebe of Pro-
testant profit while they had been the most active of all
other personsin leading the way to Popery and its
mumnaeries.—(Cheers,. and hear, hear.) In order to
show to the Court the significant evils connected with Pa-
pistry, he would take them back to the reign of the se-
e. end Henry in the year 1190, a period which, as the chro-
nicle! Mime, afterward. s corroborated by Dr. Lingard,
had been marke by signs of the most serious character
and peorteni:2lls. of the most fearful results both to the
regal and the authority, in consequence of the dic-
tatorial spirit of the Church of Rome. And this spirit
continued for many yeas_ and even so late as 1750 the
god in Parisnd the same
same principles were manife..
, , a
effects followed, showing that o,etholiFisin, professed
and practised in the Romish Church; is the same as it
always was, and as it always must be.--(Hear, hear.) He
did not appear there as the exponent of either Pro-
testant or Catholic opinions; these he left to live or die
as best they might; all he wished to 5( o was the purity
of their practice, and he had no doubt but that pract;ce
which was most puro would be best sanctioned, and
meet with its deserving meed of success. With, regard
to the influence of Romanisre, when. tried by this test,
he would refer them to an extract from one of the re-
cent works by Mr. Macaulay, who had stated that, in
the neighbourhood of Rome, where the immediate in-
fluenceslof Romanism ware most directly felt, there ex-
isted mental torpor and physical misery, whilst in nc igh-
bourhoods where Protestantism reigned might be found
mental vigour, philosophical industry,
.and healty-
sical developments—(Hear, hear.) Let them ph
com-
pare the country round Rome with that round the
city of Edinburgh, and they would find the facts
the same. So it was in Holland and in Ger-
many. In Switzerland, how different both in appear-
ance and intellectual development were the Protestant
and the Roman Catholic cantons—(Bear,hear)—and in
Ireland the fact broad and plpable was still the same.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Lot them look at the recent
period of 1848, when Europe was from one eud to the
other of her continental border racked with intestine
commotion. Even in Rome the Pope could nut shah-
curly even in St. Peter's particular chair—(
laughter)—while in England every man was proud to be
in a position to defend his Queen and his own liberties
by being sworn in as a " special constable,"—Gear,

bear.) For ono he was determined to adhere to the
faith of his forefathers. and therefore it was that he 50,3
,3 e, Cep :entice, ea; eplered hie fellow ecrToreZore te
support the same.—( Loud entering.)
Mr. GILPIN said, that at the risk of being " alone in
his glory," he would undertake to move " the previous
question," inasmuch as he thought that the motion did
nut go directly to the point required to be met. He was
not one of those who was favourable to the doctrinal
tenets of the Church of Rome, but he was in favour of
" civil and religious liberty " to all classes of men. He
thought the motion was exceedingly vague; and as re-
garded the fears entertained by some as to the assump-
tion, by the Cardinal or the Pope, of ecclesiastical titles,
no harm, in his opinion, would arise from that. He
thought it absurd for people to object to Ni-
cholas Wiseman's being made Archbishop of
Westminster, while John of Tuam was allowed
to call himself an " archbishop."—(Hear, hear.)
Lord John Russell had proposed a Bill, a very little
Bill, and finding afterwards that even that was not sa-
tisfactory, he (Lord John Russell) had struck out of it
the very clauses of any value in it, because they were
the only workable ones it contained.—(Hear, hear.)
What had been the result? Why, that neither the very
liberal Earl Fitzwilliam in the one House, nor the not
very liberal Robert Harry Inglis in the other, could say
less than that they were, both of them, disgusted with
it.—(Hear, hear.) He contended that the tendency of
the opposition to the measure was in a great degree to
give effect to the establishment of a Catholic hierarchy,
and hence in a great degree had arisen the present op-
position to the existing movement.—(Cries of " No, no.")
He believed it was so, or why was it that Milner Gibson
and John Bright had been scouted? Why, it was be-
cause they had seen and felt this, and therefore they had
voted against the measure.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
He denied that the " masses" in the country had had
the opportunity of fairly expressing their opinions on
this Bill. It was true that the " drum ecclesiastic"
had been sounded in the cases of Sheffield and Bir-
mingham ; but in the former place the promoters had
dared not come to a public meeting on the question,
and in the latter town they met with scarcely any
patronage. With regard to the proposition, he consi-
dered it to be inexplicit, unnecessary, and out of place,
moat likely to be mischievous, and prejudicial even to
those who desired to promote the object contained in the
resolution.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the best way
was to let the poor, puny measure of the Whig Premier
alone, for certain ho (Mr. Gilpin) was that it would
shortly be transferred to the tomb of " all the Capulets,"
the common receptacle of so many " Whig" abortions.—
(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Gilpin) would exhort the mem-
bers of that court to cast aside their fears with regard
to the probable influences which it was predicted would
arise from this " Papal aggression." What they had
to do was this, to send forth their missionaries to pro-
mulgate the truth and to spread around the world edu-
cation and sound principles.—(Hear, hear.) They need
not then be afraid of bishops' miters, nor of altars, nor
croziers, nor silk aprons, for the truth was "mighty,"
and it would " prevail." Any attempt to overthrow it
would prove futile, for as well might man, by his insig-
nificent masonry, attempt to produce a result which
should prove equal or superior to the " everlasting
hills.—(Loud cheers.) He would, therefore, move as an
amendment, " the previous question,"
Deputy PEACOCK seconded the amendment.
Mr. ELLIOTT regarded Poper) as being the sworn and
bitter enemy of intellectual advancement, as one of the
remnants of the dark ages, and highly dangerous to the
moral, political, and social condition of tne people at
largo. Mr. Elliott concluded a most eloquent speech
amidst loud applause.
Mr. JONES and Mr. BOwER then addressed the court.
Deputy PEWTRESS, who warmly supported Mr.
Elliott's view of the subject, said he would give perfect
liberty, both orally and otherwise. to the Roman Catho-
lics, so that they might disseminate the doctrines con-
nected with their religious faith; but if he found that
either the system they followed or the practice they pur-
sued was likely to interfere with his rights and liberties
as a Protestant Christian, he should feel it to be his
duty to ask the Government to protect him against such
an unfair advantage.—(Hear, hear.) The Ecclesiastical
Bill brought in by Lord John Russell he (Deputy Pew•
tres9) considered to be a most absurd thing—a mere
futile piece of legislation, which would be repudiated by
the House, and unanimously rejected by the country at
large.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Goreime said it appeared to him that the Corpo-
ration were at the present moment where they were when
they petitioned the Legislature on the subject of the
Papal movement a few months ego. Although the Bill
Brought in by the Minister was far short of the feelings
of the community, yet the principal clauses of that in-
effective proposition had been removed to gratify the
wishes of a fere individuals whom the Government con-
sidered it advisable to please, in the teeth of public
opinion.—(hear, hear.) He believed that what had
taken place in consequence of such a course would
have a salutary effect upon the Church of England, the
advocacy of whose cause by Lord Eldon he well remem-
bered, prophetic as it was of the dangerous incursions
of the Catholic priesthood. He felt convinced that the
most wise proceeding the Court could adopt would be to
address her Majesty, praying that she would dissolve
Parliament and give the masses the opportunity of re-
turning men able and willing to support their privileges, ,
especially those privileges which were connected with
their religion, and were attacked by the Pope of Rome.
—(Cries of " No, no," and " Hoar.")
Alderman COPELAND, in answer to an allusion which
had been made to his conduct in the ward of Bishops-
gate, as to the enforcement of the payment of the tithes,
stated that he was in the habit of attending to adjudicate
in that extensive district in order to promote the econo-
mical convenience of the inhabitants, and to facilitate
the collection of a very moderate amount of tithe, which
had been accepted iu lieu of a much larger claim by a
former incumbent.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to
the matter immediately before the Court, he was
determined to make every effort of which he was ca-
pable to uphold the Protestant religion. It appeared
to him that the question was now, shall the Reforma-
tion stand?—(Loud cries of " Hoar, hear.") That
was the question at issue. He would say, that if
Romanism were to obtain the ascendant, by and by not
a brick of the churches dedicated to Protestant worship
would be allowed to stand.—(Hear, hear.) For his part,
he would do all of which he was capable to get rid of the
dishonour which was reflected upon the character of the
Sovereign and of the people sho governed by the issue
of the Papal bull.—(Cheers.) He would ask those
around him to make inquiry in the offices of merchants
in the Italian trade on the subject of the treatment of
the poor Jews who were unfortunately located in the
dominions of the Pope.—(Hear, hear.) They would
learn that the persecution of that people rivalled the his-
torioal cruelties of former ages. He hoped the Lord
Mayor would soon give the citizens of London an op-
portunity of testifying their feeling upon the projected
measure, by calling together the livery in common hall,
to tell her Majesty's Ministers that they would not be
satisfied with any measure that was not calculated to put
down effectually the aggressive interference of the Pupa
of Rome.--(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ANDERTON, in reply, expressed his surprise at
the manner in which Mr. Gilpin had met the proposi-
tion, fur he believed that the Quakers were more in-
debted than any other body of Christians to the over-
throw of the Roman Catholic religion in this country.
He felt confident of the necessity of the measure he pro-
posed, and su he was assured every one would who be-
lieved that it' it had not been for the Reformation this

country would be now under the influence of the Pope,
instead of being blessed by the most tolerant religion

known in the world.—(Cheers.)
The question was than put, and the amendment was
lost by a vast majority, about a dozen hands having been
held up for it. The original motion was then carried
amidst cheers.
Upon the motion that the petition be adopted,
Mr. BowErt moved, as an amendment, that the follow-
ing words be inserted after the word "ecclesiastic:"," and
to secure the rights of private families from the unfair
influence of the Roman Catholic priesthood, too often
exercised at the bed of the dying."
Mr. R. LAMBERT JONES seconded Mr. Bower's amend-
ment, or rather addition to the petition. Ile could not
forego the opportunity of expressing his admiration of
the language used by Earl Fitzciflium, a few nights ago
in Parliament, when speaking of the tendency of the Bill
in the }louse of Commons to expose the Legislature to
contempt.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Low thought it would be injudicious to point at
any particular transaction in a petition intended to ex-
press the general feeling of the Corporation, and that if
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committee to draw up another petition, which might be
better adapted to the views of the great body of the
Court.
Mr. Deputy Lorr said the petition, in its original
form, was calculated to convey adequately to Parliament
the sentiments of the Corporation. Independently of
the objections made to the amendment by Mr. Low, he
considered that it would be prudent to avoid the use of
any language capable of being construed into an allusion
to the case pending at present in the Court of Chancery.
Mr. HENRY BLAKE suggested the reading of the whole
petition, with the amendment annexed, and commented
upon the difference between its original and its amended
form, to the prejudice of the latter.
Alderman SIDNEY approved of the addition proposed
by Mr. Bower. In France the law prevented any death-
bed interposition by priests for the purpose-of obtaining
legacies, and it was but right that in England similar
protection should be afiorded.
The amendment was then rejected by a large majority,
and the original petition was carried amidst acclama-
mations.
It was then agreed that the Sheriffs should present
the petition to the House of Commons.
A discussion took place upon a petition presented by
Mr. R. L. JONES from the Rev. Sir John Page Wood,
rector of the parish of St. Peter, Cornhill, for the assent
of the court,
as patrons of the living, to a lease of pre-
mites in the palish being granted for twenty-one years at
wase
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curate, and never showed himself to the parishioners
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except when he applied upon the pecuniary matters
attached to the living. It was answered, that with the
performance or nou-perfornaance of the clerical duties
the bishop of the diocese, and not the Common Council,
had concern; and that the report of a committee could
not affect the question in any way.
By one menthei it was argued that some advantage
might arise from referring the petition to a committee,
and it was stated that iu consequence of some agitation
in a neighbouring parish some time ago, an overgrown
pluralist had thrown up his City living, and it eventually
got into the hands of a reverend gentleman who per-
formed the duties of his sacred office so admirably that
the congregation increased sixfold.—(Hear, hear.)
The petition was ultimately referred to the general
pqrpoaea ooramittce,