The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-27 00:00:00

MEETING of the CLERGY at WAKEFIELD.

On Wednesday lost a very numerous and re-
spectable Meeting of the Clergy within the Arch-
deaconry of York, was held in the large room .at
the White Hart Inn, Wakefield, to take in!-o:COn-
sideration the propriety of petitioning both
Houses of Parliament against the Claim. of the
Roman Catholics.
Soon after eleven, the Chair was taken by the
ARCHDEACON, who briefly stated the object of the
meeting, which he had called, in consequence of
requisition, signed by 115 of the clergy.

A Petition was then read, anti after a long and
excellent speech front the Rev. T. COTTERILL,
Minister of St. Paul's, Sheffield, and late
Fellow of St. Joble3 College, Cambridge, point-
ing out the danger of farther concessions to Popery,
unanimously ag►eed to ; and in consequence of
the shortness of time between the meeting and
the day appointed to consider the subject in Par-
liament, it was determined to confine the signa-
tures to the Clergy assembled on this occasion.
Several Resolutions were deco put and car-
ried.

We are extremely sorry that any circumstances
should have tendered it necessary to adopt the
petition as that of the meeting alone ; as malty of
the clergy, who, from various causes, were pre-
vented from tieing present, and expected that
the usual mode would be pursued of sending
the petition to the large towns of the Archdea-
conry, are thus precluded front joining with their
brethren in the furtherance of a measure so
closely connected with the preservation of our
civil and religious privilegi,s, and the best in-
terests-of our Constitution in Church and State.—
(Leeds Intelligencer, April 26 )

POR THE SUN*.

ON THE CATHOLIC QUEIiTION.

Ma. EDITOR-.^.1 feel impelled to resume my
pen, though scarcely able to guide it. I was
tone surprised to observe hi your journal of Sa-
turday that a Gittlentran, who.se..rernatks.do ho-
nour to his heart and understanding[alll as:
to his professional skill, should uncondition-
ally concede, that the Roman Catholic is the Pa-
rent Church ; that it is so, wholly, spiritually,
HIV! essentially, I must beg leave positively to
deny ; that it is so partly, and as to the letter of the
law, I ant wiiling to concede ; yer it must be re-
! collected, that the ten es of the Protestants are
perfectly consonant with the doctrines, &C. de-
livered by our Lord and li;s Apostles ; while
those of the Roman Catholics are widely diffe-
rent, not only in point of doctrines, but also
with regard to the number and nature of the Sa-
craments, &c. Henri-, it necessarily follows, that
tie Protestant is spiritually and essentially the
True Parent Chinch ; and that the Roman Ca-
tholic is only a collateral and corrupt branch ;
what sort of fruit it has produced, and does still
produce, I leave to your Readers to hirer. Nor
sines it, Mr. Editor, invalidate our conclusion,
that the latter was so s!yled by designing Pon-
tiffs, sanctioned by weak Monarchs, and legalized
ll by• their Parliaments for centuries ; since ilei her
the one nor the other constitutes it spiritually
and essentially such, but only the identity and

purity of its Tenets.
It health permit, you will hear from me bily,
until the Catholic Question shall occupy the at-
tention of l'Arlisment. Being unable to add more,
I beg to sub*cribe myself,
Ycur's, &c.

A BIIITON.