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

"TO THE-QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" The humble address of the Rector, Churchwardens,
and other inhabitants of the parishes of Warehorne and
Kenardington, in the county of Kent, in public meeting
assembled.

" May it please your Majesty,—We your Majesty's
loyal and faithful Protestant subjects, the rector, church-
wardens, and other inhabitants of Warehorne, and Kenar-
dington, in the county of Kent, desire most humbly to
approach your Majesty, and declare our unalterable at-
tachment to your Majesty's Royal person and govern]
went. and to the institutions of our country.
" We are deeply sensible of the great blessings, both
civil and religious, this Protestant nation has enjoyed
under the wise and beneficent rule of the illustrious House
of Brunswick.

" We view with feelings of astonishment and just in-
dignation the insolent and audacious attempt of the Pope
of Rome to rob your Mejesty of the supremacy vested in
the Crown, by assuming the right to create dignities and
confer ecclesiastical and territorial jurisdiction within
this your Majesty's realm of England on prelates of his
own appointment.
We regard this pretension and unwarrantable as-
sumption of power an insult to your Mejesty, a violation
of the spirit a the Constitution, and a daring attempt to
break down the great bulwarks of the rights ilnd liberties
of this Protestant nation.

" We are anxious to assure your Majesty of our de-
termination, as elutifal subjects, to uphold and defend
your Royal - supremacy and prerogatives in connexion
with the glorious principles of the Reformation, which,
under God, have been the security alike of the privilege
of the Throne and the best interests of the people.
We humbly pray and earnestly appeal to your Ma-
jesty to take such steps, as in your Royal wisdom Shall
seem best, to vindicate your Majesty% lawful and un-
doubted rights, to preserve the religious liberties of your
Majesty's subjects, to repel the intoletable ageresieion
ihe Pope, and pre--.vest the acknowledgment or assump-
tion in this, your Majesty's realm, of any dignity, juri.,
diction, or authority ry any foreign prince or potentate.
"Nor can we resist the conviction that this aggression
has been encouraged from the insidious withtn,' by the
niiiny errors both in doctrine and practice which have
Lately been introduced by a humanizing party in the
Church of England.
" We fersontly pray that your Majesty may long
under the Divine guidance nod blessing, to away the des-
tinies of this great empire. end to be the defender ol
their civil and religious liberties.
" Your M-ijesty's loyal and faithful subjects."
Three cheers were then given for the Queen, and
it was proposed that part of the National Anthem
should be sung, which was enthusiastically and ener-
getically responded to by the whole assembly.
Mr. 13.4.E1NG next came forward and said, they had
been called together by their worthy rector at a mo•
mentous crisis, and met, he trusted, as Christians who
valued the simple and blessed truths of the Gospel
which God bad been pleased to reveal. They had met
also as loyal and faithful subjects, to express their
opinions on the assault that had been made on the
rights of their Sovereign, and their own freedom and
liberties, and to resist it.—(Cheers.) He thought we
lived in a highly-favoured land, and under the sway of
a good and gracious Queen, and a tolerant Government.
We enjoyed the great blessing of religious freedom,
every man having the privilege of worshipping
God according to the dictates of his own conscience.
This was a blessing indeed, and he thanked God
for it.—(Cheers.) He then forcibly pointed out the
many civil advantages we enjoyed, and called on all
heartily to unite to defend the Queen.and our faith
against this impudent assault of the Pope of Rome.—
(Cheers.) Having made a few remarks on Lord
John Russell's manly letter, be moved the recond re-
solution.

Mr. JOHN THURSTON, sen., of Ham-street (Wes-
leyan), said he had listened with much interest to
the excellent speech and explanations of the Chair-
man, and did not expect, when he entered the room,
to receive so much information as he had done. He
thanked Mr. Dufton for it. He agreed in all that had
been said of the inestimable value of the pure word
of God.—(Cheers.) The truths of the Gospel were
worth struggling for, and he rejoiced to believe that
all the Wesleyan body would come forward and op-
pose the present presumptuous attack on the Queen,
and the religious liberties they enjoyed.—(Cheers.)
He seconded the resolution, and that the following
address be presented to Lord John Russell, M.P.,
which was carried unanimously :

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD J. RUSSELL, M.P., FIRST

LORD OF nEn MAJESTY'S TREASURY, &C., &C.

" The reepectful address of the rector, churchwar-
dens, and other inhabitants of Warehorne and Kenar-
diegton, in the county of Kent.
" May it please your Lord. hip,—Feeling in common
with the great body of the Protestat,t clergy and laity
of this country, the utmost indignation at the attempt of
a foreign potentate, the Pope, to establish an iireaeized
hierarchy, within this portion of her Majesty's dominions
—en attempt involving a direct and flagrant invasion of
the Royal supremacy, of the rights of the Prote,taut
Bishops and clergy, and of the • spiritual iudepent:erice,
of the nation, we have read with the warmest admira-
tion, and the liveliest gratitude, a letter which has ap-
peared in the public prints, hearing your signature, aed
addressed to the Right Reverend the Bishop of Dur-
ham.' We rejoice to read in this letter your Lordship's
explicit declaration that the present state of the law
shalt be carefully examined, and the propriety of adopt-
ing atiy proceeding with reference to the recent assump-
tion of power deliberately considered.'
" A,sernbled as we are in public meeting to address
our beloved Qut(n at this eventful crisis, 'at; cannot si-
karate without this public expression of cur adinimien
of the noble and constitutional tone of your Lordship's
letter, and of our heartfelt thanks for the course your
Lordship, in your high .and responsible position, has
I.,,ken—a course in which your Lordship sill be enthu-
siastically supported by every sound-hearted Protestant,
and every lover of civil and religious liberty.
"We have the honour to remain, with grateful re-
sreA, your Lordship's faithful servants."
The third resolution was moved by Mr. KINGS-
NORTH (churchwarden), and seconded by Mr. WOOL..
LEY (Wesleyan). After a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, a number of signatures was affixed to each
address, and the meeting, which lasted three hours,
separated much pleased with the proceedings of the
evening.