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another—(At this moment Mr. Pox Mauls made his ap-
pearanc on the platform, and was received with great
cheers)—:f there was one truth more firmly rooted in his
mind than another, it was that Popery was damnable
idolatry.—(Loud cheers and hisses.) With this conviction
he had no hesitation as to the course he should pursue in re-
gard to any measure that might be proposed to support it.
—(Cheers.) It was said that the measure was for the better
education of the Roman Catholic priests. But what was
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professed, education would have the tendency of making them
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worse instead of better men. The Rev. Gentleman then read the
resolution expressive of surprise and indignation that the
House of Commons, after the general expression
testant feeling throughout the country,
agreed to the second reading of the Bill. He
should have
was prepared for the course the House of Commons were
taking, of thrusting the measure through the House,
beedless
of the wishes of the great body of the Protestant com-
munity. The conduct of Sir Robert Peel towards a deputa-
tion, which had waited on kim to point out the impolicy of the
measure he had brought forward, might be aptly illustrated
by these words :—" Sic robs, sic jubeo; stet pro ratio=
voluntas."—(Cheers.) He would tell the light Hon. Baronet
that he had aroused a feeling in the country which he was
not aware of, for he thought he had mesmerised the people.
—(Laughter.) But the Protestants were not prepared to
give up their principles at the wish of any man, and they
ought to oppose, by every means in their power, the endow-
ment of the Roman Catholic religion—for, in reality, such
would be the ultimate object of the principle of the grant, if
once adopted.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. ARTHUR TIDMAN, Foreign Secretary to the
London Missionary Society, seconded the resolution. He
said it was generally conceded that the introduction into the •
British Senate of the principle laid down by the Premier
was of a new character, and that it would be followed by
results which, when they once began, who could tell to what
they would lead, or what change they might effect ? He
admitted that Ireland was a suffering country, and
required improvement ; but its unfortunate condition was
to be ascribed to the machinations of a bigoted priesthood.
He denied, on the part of the Protestants of this count'''.
any desire to destroy the rights of their Raman Catholic
fellow-subjects.—(Cheers.) He would give to the Roman
Catholics as much as he asked for himself, and considered it
was unfair to tax him for another man's religion. He then
passed a glowing panegyric on the beauty and simplicity of
the Protestant religion, and it was for its stability that he
had to contend.
The Rev. C. J. GOODHEART, of St. Mary's chapel, Reading,
censured Sir Robert Peel for the course he had adopted in
supporting a religion which would have the effect of tearing
the crown from her Majesty's head.—(Cheers.) He was
astonished how he could stand by her side with his Bible in
his hand, and act as he had done—that was if he read or
believed his Bible.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Popish.
Church was the mother of harlots and of all abominations—
(Cheers)—and he could not but pity those benighted indi •
viduals who were members of that Church. Wherever
Popery prevailed there existed misery and unhappiness.—
(Cheers.) If they were asked why they met in that
way, he would tell them they did so because the Protestants
did not support them as they should. If they had the Ca-
tholic Emancipation Bill would not have passed into a law.
—(Cheering and uproar.) The question was, whether the
Protestants of England would be ready, when the day of
reckoning came, to oppose the extension of the Popish reli-
gion. If they did this England would preserve her religion,
her constitution, and her crown.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then carried by acclamation.
EDWARD BAINES, jun., Esq., of reeds, rose to propose the
second resolution, protesting against the utter disregard
shown by the majority of the House of Commons to the peti-
tions and remonstrances of the Protestant community, and
thanking the minority for the course they bad taken on last
Friday evening. He said he had come up from the country
to aid the cause. It had pleased the Hon. Member for Edin-
burgh (Mr. Macaulay), and the Hon. Member for Danger-
von (Mr. Sheil) to cast vituperations upon those who met at
Exeter Hall. Such aspersions came with abed grace from Mr.
Macaulay, who at one time represented the Dissenters of Leeds,
and now the Presbyterians of Edinburgh, and who had been
associated with the progress and extension of the Protestant
religion, and the course he had taken was unworthy of his
name, of his talents, or of his obligations.—(Cheers.) He
would admit that nonsense was sometimes talked in Exeter
Hall ; but if there were any Members of Parliament there,
they would admit that Exeter Hall had not a monopoly of
that article—(Laughter)—the walls of St. Stephen's did not
always echo to absolute wisdom. Witk reference to the
speech of Mr. Sheil, the assertions he had made were most
uncalled-for. Then with respect to Mr. Cobden's speech,'
in
which he stated that he thought it would be more desirable
that there should be less theology and more logic introduced
into the debate—(Laughter)—he thought the Hon. Member
himself had introduced less logic than theology into his
speeches in that House.—(Laughter.) Mr. Cobden sup-
ported the proposition, because he considered it an educa-
tional, not a theological grant, but he (Mr. Baines) was
firmly of opinion that it would be the means of propagating
the Roman Catholic faith.—(Cheers.) It was no reason,
because one man gave money to support Maynooth, that he
should follow his example. If the Parliament passed the
Act the blame would rest with them, not with the people,
who, he believed, were strongly opposed to it. Was it right
that Sir R. Peel should sacrifice the consciences of the people
of England to pacify Ireland, which had no right to such a
grant? He was in favour of governing that country in
a spirit of mildness and conciliation ; but what he
was opposed to was that the Protestant reli-
gion of England should be made tributary to the
Roman Catholic religion of Ireland.—(Great cheering.) He
called upon them to unite as one man, and to do their utmost to
prevent the carrying out of the measure now before the House
of Commons. He could not conscientiously give one farthing
to support the Roman Catholic religion. Was it for such a
measure as this that the great Reformers of the Church had
laboured to free religion from the bigotry and superstition
which at one time degraded and enslaved it?—(Cheers,)
JAMES Cuatatnes, Esq.. seconded the resolution. He said
the happiness of the Queen and the safety of Europe were at
stake in this question, and when so much was at stake it was
their duty to unite and defend them. The only impediments
which Sir Robert Peel expected to be raised against the grant
were—first, the unwillingness of the Catholic priests to accept
it—(Laughter)—and secondly, the determined hostility of
the people of England to it.—(Cheers.) The first was
a nallity—(Laughter)—and the second a great fact—,
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tion of the people of this country.—Great cheering ana
waving of handkerchiefs, which lasted for some seconds.)
Men of different opinions met there in a spirit of
amity, because they were bound together by the
Bible. It was because they believed that Popery was op-
I posed to the word of God that they had met there to oppose
it.—(Cheers and hisses.) Maynooth was to be made a nur-
sery of Popery against the word of God, and care was taken
that Protestants should not penetrate into it and examine
the education taught there.
The second resolution was put and carried unanimously.
The Rev. THOMAS MORTIMER then rose to propose the
next resolution, and was received with great cheering. The
resolution was in substance condemnatory of Popery, and
calling on all Protestants to resist its encroachments. It had
not been his intention to attend the meeting, but he had
yielded to the wishes of the committee, and had come there
to bear testimony to the importance of the subject to the best
interests of religion. He thought the Protestant religion was
the true one, and that it must prevail; but they were not
united as they ought to be for its protection. They must
talk together, sing together, pray together, and commemo-
rate the dying love of the Saviour together.—(Cheers.) Sir
Harry Inglis had made him a present of a stick—oh ! how
unworthy he was to receive it—which he wished he had
brought to his Lordship—a stick which Sir Harry had
brought from Marathon. They wanted the men of Mara-
thon there to aid them.—(Cheers.) He had two silver cru-
cifixes, which had grown black in his cupboard, that he in-
tended presenting to the committee in aid of their funds in
opposing the grant to Maynooth.—(Cheers.) Would they
just look in their cupboards, and see if they could find some-
thing there which they could present to the committee in aid
of the funds?—(Laughter.)
Sir C. E. Salim seconded the motion. He thought that
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Dissenters ought to aid them in defence of the Principles
enunciated that night, for they were equally interested with
those belonging to the Established Church. A formal de-
claration was made by her Majesty at her coronation to the
effect that she would support the Protestant religion, and it
was, therefore, inconsistent for her Ministers openly and dis-
tinctly to propose an endowment of a Roman Catholic college
in opposition to that declaration, and in direct opposition to
conduct reat body of the people.—(Cheers.) He deprecated the
of Sir Robert Peel, and called upon the meeting to
protect the Protestant religion.
The Rev. WM. CHALMERS (a member of the Free Church
of Scotland) rose to support the resolution. lie said the
Church of which lie was a minister was ready to aid them in
the struggle. However much the House of Commons might
sneer at Exeter Hall, he thought that the motion was too
clearly worded to give them any reason to call them an
" organised hvpocrisy."—(Clieers.) He then proceeded With
much vigour to show the effects that would result from the
fostering of the Catholic religion, contending that that reli-
gion was founded in error, and that the Government propo-
position would endanger the safety of the Church ; and called
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last election for the city of London. It was the duty of the
Dissenters in Lambeth, Southwark, and the Tower Hamlets,
to show their representatives that the conduct they had
pursued with respect to the Government proposition had
forfeited their confidence and their seats.
This resolution was also carried.
Dr. BENNETT, a Wesleyan, who proclaimed himself an Irish
Protestant, and that because he was a lover of Ireland he
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it was not demanded, and the Catholics
of Ireland were in a
condition to support their own
—(Cheers.) He trusted that they would soon have an as-
sembly, sitting in the largest building in London, which
would represent the Protestant community.
This resolution was also carried.
Mr. F. MAULE , M .P., then came forward, amidst enthusi-
astic cheering, to move a vote of thanks to the Noble Chair-
man, and availed himself of the occasion to state that the
Maynooth Bill was not what it pretended to be, but a bonti
fide step towards the endowment of the Roman Catholic
Church in Ireland, which he ever would oppose.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. D. PAUL rose to second the motion, but seeing that
the meeting was about to separate, requested them to remain
for a very few moments. It bad been said that the Roman
Catholic religion was superstitious and idolatrous, and that
her Majesty swore it was so. Now he could prove it to be
blasphemous as well.—(Cheers.) To do this, he need only
refer to an extract from a sermon which was delivered by .a
Romish priest so late as the month of August last year, in
the presence of a Titular Romish Archbishop :—" Any
person who practises the reading of the Bible will inevit-
ably fall into everlasting destruction. I would, therefore,
my dear friends and followers, most earnestly beseech you,
by the love that you bear the Virgin Mary, and to the
saints—by the love that you bear to the dear priests, not
to allow these Bible readers near your houses—not to speak
to them when you meet them on the roads ; but put up your
hands and bless yourselves, and pray to God and to the
Virgin Mary to keep you from being contaminated by the
poison of the Bible. The worst of all pestilences--the in-
fectious pestilence of the Bible—will entail upon yio Is
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