The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-09 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,

PAPAL AGGRESSION.

The fol!frAing h tter has bven widre.ss,,ed to the
Lord- Lieut-ouLit of the e:ttoty of Backingham by
Dkra(-li.

" :I.ly Lord,—l have received numerous appeals
from my constituents requesting that I would co-
operate with them in addressing your Lordship to
call a meeting of the county, in order that we may
express our reprobation of the recent assault of the
Court of Rome on the pr* rogatives of our Sovereign
and the liberties of her subjects.
" I think it very desirable that a meeting of the
county should be called for that purpose, but, as far
as I can gather from whnt reaches me, great misap-
prehension is afloat respecting the circumstances which
now so violently, but so justly, excite the indignation
of the country.
" Men are called upon to combine to prevent fo-
reign interference with the prcroszatives of al. Queen,
end to resist jurisdiction by the Pope in her Maj,:sty's
dominions.

" But I have always understood that, when the
Drcs n t Lord-Lieutenant arrived in his Arxeroyulty,
he gathered togeth,r the ltondsh bishops of Ireland,
addressed them as nobles, sought their coon el, and
courted their favour. On the visit of hcr 141aje,ty to
that kingdom the same prelates were presented to the
Queen as if they were nobles, and precedence was
given them over the nobility and dignitaries of the
National Church; and it was only the other day, as
I believe, that the Government ()tiered the office of
Visitor to the Queen's Colleges to Dr. Callen, the
Pope's delegate, art: pseudo Archbishop of Armagh,
!t.,_d to Dr. the pseudo Archbishop of Tuam.
What wonder, then, that his Holiness should deem
himself at liberty to apportion England into dioceses,
to be ruled over by his bishops! And, why, instead
of supposing he was taking a step ' insolent and in-
sidious,' should he not have assumed he was acting in
strict conformity with the wishes of her Majesty's
Government ? _ _ _

"The fact is, that the whole question has been sur-
rendered, and decided in favour of the Pope, by the
present Government; and the Ministers, who recog•
nisei] the pseudo Archbishop of Tuam as a peer and
a prelate, cannot object to the appointment of a pseudo
Archbishop of Westminster, even though be be a
cardinal. On the contrary, the loftier dignity should,
according to their table of precedence, rather invest
his Eminence with a still higher patent of nobility,
and permit him to take the wall of his Grace of Can-
terbury and the highest nobles of the land.
"The policy of the present Government is, that
there shall be no distinction between England aud Ire-
land. I am, therefore, rather surprised that the Cabi-
net are so indignant,' as a certain letter with which
we have just been favoured informs us they are.
"I have made these observations in order that, if
the county meets, the people of Buckinghamshire may
understand that the question on which they will have
to decide is of a graver, deeper, and more compre-
hensive character than, in the heat of their laudable
emotion, they may perhaps suppose.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your faithful servant,
"B. DISItAELI.
" Hughendon Manor, Nov. 8."

serve its course almost without control. But there
is one simple and sure way of securing ourselves
against all our dangers. Be we faithful to our own
.Apostolic Church—be we in earnest, when we cell
ourselves churchmen—be we sincere in showing forth
our sense of the value of that holy ordinance, which,
by God's bounty, we enjoy—your Bil.np, feeling, as
he ought, the awful force of those special obligationp,
which he incurred when admitted to his sacred office
—the people testifying their reverence for that cflice
—God's ordinance, I repeat, for their edification, not,
indeed, by a blind and unreflecting, but by a ready, a
dutiful, a confiding spirit of attachment to him who
bears it. And then, I will not say we may laugh to
scorn—fur scorn is not a feeling which ever becomes
a Christian—but we may view with cairn reliance on
an arm more powerful than man's, uplifted fur our
protection, the most daring displays of Roman ambi-
tion, revelling in the proud assurance of legal impu-
nity—if our laws do indeed permit such doings to
pass with impunity.
" Meanwhile, I must not omit one cc,ns:deration
which forcibly impresses itself upon me. Fur be it
from us to forget the demand of Chrivilin charity,
that we jc:ice, not in iniquity,'—still, we may re-

juice, thankfully rejoice, in hoping that this sh-ame-
less demonstration of the true character of Papal
Rolm—will do much in a%Nakening to a better, a
more truthful mind, those Lmongst us who, feeling
with distempered acuteness the fancied, or the real,
deficiencies of our oet•n system, may have been
tempted to look with too much ccmplace fey to a
quarter which hericefurth no consistent, no true,
Catholic can hesitate to regard as most schismatical.
" In conclusion accept—what is worthless, indeed,
to all who deem it worthless—but what will never
be lightly valued by any who regard it as it is, the
voice of one who speaks—be he himself as unworthy as
he may—with the authority of God's appointed mi-
nister—accept your Bishop's blessing. The Lord
bless you, and keep you! The Lord make his face
to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you! The
Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you
peace—together with the spirit of peace—both now
and evermore !"