The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

PAPAL AGGRESSION.

PRESENTATION OF THE
CITY ADDRESSES to her MAJEST Y
AT WINDSOR.—(THIS DAY.)

The Lord Mayor and officers of the Corporation
assembled at Guildhall at half-past eight o'clock, and
proceeded from thence, at nine o'clock, to the Great
Western Railway station, Paddington, which they
left for Slough punctually at ten o'clock.
On the members of the Corporation arriving at
Slough they drew lots for the carriages waiting there
to convey them to and from Windsor.
The procession having been formed, proceeded in
due order to Windsor, arriving there by a quarter
before twelve o'clock.

The procession from Slough to 'Windsor was formed
in the following order:—

Police-constables on foot, four abreast.
The Commissioner of Police.
Lord Mayor's footmen in state liveries.
Officers of the Lord Mayor's household in carriages.
Senior City M irshal on horseback.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
in his carriage drawn by six horses.
attended by the Sword Bearer, Common Crier, and
Chaplain.

his Lordship's Beadle on foot, in his gown, bearing
his mace.
Tho Aldermen past the chair in their carriages,
each attended by his Beadle on foot, in his gown, bear-

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ing his mace.
The Recorder in his carriage.

The Aldermen below the chair in their carriages,
each attended by his Beadle as above.
The Sheriffs in their state carriages,
accompanied by their Chaplains.
The principal officers in their carriages.
The junior City Marshal on horseback.

The Mover and Seconder of the Address in their carriage.
The other members of the Corporation in their carriages
Police-constables on foot, four abreast.
The procession was flanked by mounted police.
The Great Western Railway Company placed at
the disposal of the Corporation the railway carriage
hitherto used by her Majesty, a new one having been
provided to suit the Queen's comforts on her railway
travels, as far as the Great Western is concerned.
The company took down 70 private carriages and
200 horses for the accommodation of those who went
by the special train.
A large body of the City police were in attendance
along the route from the Guildhall to the Paddington
station, and a still larger body were in waiting for
the civic procession, at Slough, to conduct them to
Windsor.

After the presentation of addresses the Queen
commanded an elegant luncheon to be provided for
the gentlemen composing the various deputations,
which took place at half-past two o'clock, in the
Waterloo Chamber. Preparations had been made
for the entertainment of between 200 and 300 persons.

The following is the address agreed to at the pub-
lic meeting held at the Guildhall on the 25th ult.,
and which was presented to her Majesty this morn.
ing "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" May it please your Majesty —Wn, the undersigned,
merchants, bankers, traders, and other citizens of Lon-
don, desire humbly to approach your Majesty with the
assurance of our sincere and unabated loyalty towards
your Royal throne and person.
" We have seen with surprise and indignation the
proceeding recently taken by the Bishop of Rome for
establishing ecclesiastical dioceses in this kingdom, and
appointing archbishops and bishops to preside over the
same.

"We regard this proceeding as ap invasion of the
royal prerogative, an attack on the Constitution of this
free country, and an attempt at internal interference
therein wholly inconsistent with our national independ-
ence.

"We humbly believe, and we acknowledge with de-
vout thankfulness, that the great advancement made by
this nation during the last three centuries in all the ele-
ments of national strength is, under God's blessing, owing
to the deliverance of this country from the baneful influ-
ence of foreign ecclesiastic domination, and the evils of a
divided'allegiance.

" We also feel it our bounden duty humbly to repre-
sent to your Majesty that we view with indignation and
alarm the extensive promulgation and introduction of
Romish principles and practices into the service of the
Established Church by many of the clergymen of this
and other dioceses, and to express cur belief that not
only has great encouragement been thereby given to this
aggression upon your Majesty's prerogative, but that
equal danger to the Protestant faith is to be apprehended
from unfaithful teaching within the Church as from open
hostility from without.

" We pray God to bless your Majesty in all things,
and so to endue your Majesty's councillors with grace,
wisdom, and understanding, that the interests of pure
and undefiled religion may erer be upheld in this land,
as the only true safeguard of the Crown and of the
people.

" We believe the present proceedings of the Roman
Pontiff to be dictated by a desire gradually to restore
that foreign domination, our deliverance from which
has been sealed by the blood of the martyrs of the Re-
formation.

" We, therefore, earnestly pray your Majesty to take
such measures on this occasion as may effectively uphold
the Ro) al authority, vindicate the independence of the
State, and repel all attempts, direct or indirect, to in-
vade that article of the British Constitution, which de-
clares,—' That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state,
or potentate, hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction,
power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authbrity, ecclesi-
astical or spiritual, within this realm.' "