The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-06 00:00:00

PUSEYISM.

It is an encouraging symptom, in the midst of so
much that is discouraging in connexion with the Trac-
tarian heresy, that whatever progress it may be making
in high places—and we rejoice to see that even there, if
it is gaining on one aide it is losine• on the other—the
common people, the lower and middle ranks of the Pro-
testant community, seem to be heartily and unitedly op-
posed to it. We have had various examples of this in
what has oceured in other places, and in further illustra-
tion of it we refer to the following passage from the re-
port of the Protestant Operative meeting in this town on
Monday night :
The Rev. Joseph Baylee moved the adoption of the
report, and, in doing so, said he attended Operative Pro-
testant meetings in Liverpool with greater pleasure than
he should feel in attending meetings of the wealthy
classes. They had two men on the platform that even-
ing who were living examples of the liberty Rome
allowed:—one was a native of the city of Rome (Signor
Ciocci), who had been three weeks in the Inquisition
because he bad dared to read his Bible, and the other
was Mr. Samuel Philips Day, late a monk of the Presen-
tation Order, in the county of Cork. He, therefore,
looked not with despondency on the present state of
things.
A voice—What do you think of the Puseyites?
Another voice—Turn him out.

Mr. Baylee—No; don't turn him out. lam glad he
has asked me the question. I think a Puseyite is a little
worse than a Papist.—(Loud cheers, and the Kentish
fire.) When I resided in the West of Ireland, we ILkd
two Roman Catholic Archbishops—Dr. M'Hale, who
said he would bring the fish up out of the sea if they
would kill me; and Dr. Murray, who spoke soft things
and who sat at the National Education Board with a
Protestant Archbishop. What we said at Achill was,
that, of the two, we should much rather have Dr.
M`Hale inasmuch as we preferred the man who carried
a pitchfork on his shoulder, to the man who carried it
under his cloak. So with Puseyism. I would much
rather have a Roman Catholic priest in my parish than
a Puseyite; because the Puseyite brings Romanism into
the church, while the other brings it outside the door.—
(Great cheers.) I want no candles on the altar—no sur-
plice in the pulpit, none of the innovations of Puseyism,
none of the justificatory works of the system, none of the
corrupted gospel of Newman.—(Vehement applause.)
The Rev. Gentleman proceeded at much further length
to show that the Puseyite was a Papist inside the church,
and that it was impossible to hate Romanism more than
God hated it.—Liverpool Courier.

PUBLIC MEETING OF COLLIERS.
The coal miners of the Ashton and Oldham dis-
tricts met on Monday afternoon last, at Knott Lanes,
in the division of Ashton, for the purpose of carrying
out their object in connexion with the miners' union.
lietvveen two and three o'clock, a cart was brought to
the place of meeting; when, on the motion of an
operative collier' a man named Joseph Price was
called to the chair. The chairman opened the pro-
ceedings by introducing one of the colliers' lecturers,
named Welsby (who, we understand, comes from
the mining districts of Yorkshire), to address the
meeting. The speaker dwelt in the usual strain
upon the objects of the unionists, and called upon all
miners present to enrol themselves as members ; as-
suring them that if they forthwith united with their
brethren in the other districts, they would obtain
their just demands. Two other itinerant lecturers,
Harrison, and Dixon, the reporter for the Northern
Star, addressed the meeting ; they advocated the
propriety of the colliers uniting themselves in one
bond, that they might obtain an advance of wages,
and work a less number of hours. Dixon stated, that
the miners in the Rochdale division had obtained an
advance of tetwence upon their " quarterage," which
we understood to mean thirty baskets, a basket con-
taining about two hundred weight. The following
res.lotions were agreed to:—
" 1. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that
unless we organize ourselve, we can never better our
condition; and that we pledge ourselves to do so im-
mediately, believing that we ought to use every
means in our power to obtain that which the miners
so richly deserve, viz., a fair day's wage for a fair
day's work.

2. That it is the opinion of this meeting that we
particularly adhere to the question of working shorter
hours, believing it to be the only safe way to gain our
just demands."
At the conclusion of the meeting it was announced
that all the colliers working in the Oldham district
(with the exception of the men at three pits) had
sent in notices for an advance of threepence in the
shilling, and those of the Ashton district for twopence
in the shilling. The notices which were sent in on
Saturday last, were to the effect that unless the ad-
vance asked be granted in fourteen days the men
would strike work. Coals are much scarcer than
they were a few days ago. On passing the " sett,"
on the Oldham-road, yesterday morning, we observed
upwards of thirty carts standing waiting to be filled
with coals, such is the demand for them under present
circumstances. Another meeting was announced to
take place at Hurst Nook last evening.—Manchester
paper.

ANTIPATHIES OF REMARKABLE

CHARACTERS.

(From Cruikshank's Comic Almanack for 1845.)
Almost every person who has lived in history has
had some particular antipathy. Julius Caesar couldn t
eat a periwinkle, and Alexander always fainted at' the
sight of a blackbeetle.
Chaucer would be unwell for days if he heard tie
cry of " mackerel !" and Spenser never saw a leg of
mutton without shivering all over.
Boadicea hated red whiskers : it nearly cost Cane
tacus his life because he came into her presence one
day with a tremendous pair on.
The smell of pickles always sent Cardinal Wolsey
into hysterical fits. He called upon Henry the
Eighth once while the monarch was lunching off some
cold meat, and Wolsey fell down under the table as
soon as he smelt there was pickled cabbage in the
room. Henry, thinking the cardinal was intoxicatA d,
had him locked up in the Tower immediately.
Cleopatra couldn't look at a person with freckles ;
Antony had all his soldiers who were at all freckle ,1
painted black to please her.
Napoleon took a violent hatred against any one who
didn't take snuff : it is said, the -cause of his separa-
tion from Josephine was because she would never take
a pinch from him.
Alfred the Great could not bear the taste of ma t
dumplings.
Artaxerxes had such an intense horror of fleas that
he would not go to ,bed riithout a suit of armour,
made like a night-gown, to fit close to his skin.. Ho
would lose his reason for days when bitten by one.
There was a reward of ten talents, during his reign,
for the appfehension of every flea, dead or alive; and
merchants would come far and near to claim the reward

Queen Elizabeth had the strongest antipathy to a
sheriff's officer : she would run away as fast as she
could directly she saw one, and continued running for
miles, until her guards, who knew her weakness,
stopped her.
Old Parr would turn pale if he touched a piece of
seap : this is the reason he never shaved. Cicero had
such an antipathy to the Wednesday that he used to
remain in bed all that day ; and Anna Bolena could
not hear the word " potato"' pronounced without
turning violently red, and feeling low-spirited for
weeks afterwards.

Charles the Second never could go through Tein-
ple•bar. It used to take the whole strength of Vil-
liers, with Rochester and Nell Gwynn, to push him
through it. Cromwell never could pass a tripe-shop
without bursting immediately into tears.

EXTRAORDINARY SLATIGITER.—Prince Albert,
companied by Duke Ernest of Wirtemberg, and attendett
by some of the gentlemen of the Royal Household, sho:
over the preserves of Flemish Farm, in the Great Park
at Windsor, on Monday last, and bagged, in about as'
hour and a half, the extraordinary number of 210 hese.
of game, 110 of which consisted of hares in the finest
condition, and the remainder comprising pheasants, par •
fridges, and rabbits, with a fair sprinkling of woodcocks
STRENGTH OF THE ALLIGATOR'S JAWS.—A friend,
one of the party engaged, has communicated to us the
following narrative, which cannot fail to prove interest-
ing to our sporting readers :—ln the latter end of August
last four officers—Lieut. Hill and the Hon. Mr. Foley
of the Cambrian, and Lieutenants Vansittart and Phayre,
of the Serpent—were elephant-shooting near the river
Cotiar, in Ceylon. In wading a shallow lir. Vansittart
came suddenly on an alligator, and fired one barrel intc
his shoulder, at a distance of not more than three yards•
the brute, turning round, received the contents of another
down his throat. Thinking him disabled, Mr. Vansit
tart crept up behind him to thrust a couteau de chaast
into the softest part of bis throat, but before he could
effect his purpose, his antagonist had turned round, and
made at him. With considerable presence of mind the
sportsman saved himself by thrusting his gun down the
animal's throat, and dispatched him with his knife. Or
removing the gun one barrel was found to be completely
bitten through, and the other to present several deer
indentations. The alligator was eight feet long.—Boni.
bay Times.

A PRISON SCENE.—The following laughable dia-
logue occurred on Friday last in the Jersey prison. Sir
John de Veulle and Mr. Bisson presented themselves as
visiting magistrates at the door of Mr. Wilson's room,
about half-past ten o'clock. Mr. Wilson was not up. A
knock at his door being heard, Mr. Wilson called out in
the loudest tones, " Who's there ?" Answer—" Sir
John de Veulle." Mr. Come in." Sir J. de
Veulle (Mr. Bisson remaining a little in the rear)—" I
wish to know, Mr. Wilson, whether you have any com-
plaint to make 2" Mr.Wilson—"Five hundred. In the
first place, where are your prison rules 2—they ought to
be posted up in every prisoner's room ; but before I talk
to 70u, take off your hat." Sir J. de Veulle—" Really,
Wilson—"
Sir J. de Veal' Mr. " Take off your hat 1"
" I moved my hat when I came in."
aomff
,yit:lr hat, Sir, I'm bareheaded
Mlior.w\Vdtnrou." Takeenter
.)etrh"lit.6throom with your hat
on ?" Sir J. de Vette
so n y
_ Then ou
say, I shall leave you." Mr NV*l
self off." This unceremonious rejection
of tleprirsolntfriled
kind offices, tendered to th.., man he had
must have somewhat -tavtled and annoyed that func!
tionary ; more especially if, as we believe, he intended to
renew the offers fruitlessly made through Mr. Hammond.
.—Jersey Gazitte.