Star.
London, England, 1828-11-07 00:00:00

tHE ROMAN CATHOtIC QUESTION.

, The following address from the pariah hf Wood-:
boloogh, in the coulty of N .ttinglititn, has her I tor'.
warded to th, Duke 01 NewcAsTrat, for gue.entation to'
our gract,u S ereißii •
TO TOP. KING.
The tumble Petition of your Majesty's dutiful and loyal
the Minister, Choral,/ erdetis, and principal Inhabitants of Woods
uorough, in the county of Nottingham.
" Showetb,
" That your Majesty's petitioners see, with deep concern, the•
endeavours of a portiuu of your Majesty's subjects earned, not
merely to disturb the peace of your Majesty's reign, but absolutely
et de troy the constitution under which this nation has flourished
iser •ince your Majesty's family were called to the Throne.
" The designs of a large portion of your Majesty's Homan Cabo-
:it subjects can no longer be mistaken. The liberality of our happy
constitution protects every person in the free worship of Con ac-
tin ding to his conscience; but this security of Worship neither
satisfies nor plea‘es the Rom in Catholics; it is evident that their
;im is to overturn the Protestant part of our constitution, and to
raise their own Church in its stead ; hut your Majesty's Petitioners
hope and trust that so long as the Throne is filled by one of the
House of Brunswick, so long will these realms be blessed with a
Protestant constitution; and your Majesty's Petitioners humbly
tiolkit your Majesty to strengthen their confidence by refusing to
sanction any further concession to the Roman Catholics; and your
Majesty's Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
s. Woodborough, October —, 1828."
ARRANGEMENTb FOR LORD MAYORS' DAY.

The procession this year, in addition to the usual
somber of armed knights and their attendants, heralds,
ancient banners, and other reminiscences of the 46 olden
times," will be graced by the presence of the renowned
personages, Gog and Magog, accurate counterparts of
which, to admeasurement, have been for some weeks
falnicating by Mr. Marriott, of Fleet•street. The effect
two such Brobdignagian figures must have, in all re-
spects the site of the originals in Guildhall, may be
conceived from stating that they exceed fourteen feet
in height, and ate every way large in proportion.
The feast will be on a scale of lib. rality, fully ade
quate to any of late days; for which all the neces.
saty arrangements are so far completed, that this pre
sent evening (Friday) the Hall will be illuminated, and
the general effect of the whole tried. All the monuH
meats have been cleaned, and look as fresh as if from
the chisel of the sculptor. The entice lower part of
the Hall is hung round with scarlet drapery, elegantly
festooned, and attached to wooden frame-work pre-
viously prepared. The raised part called the hust-
ings, imitative of the haul pas of our ancient baronial
halls, will be carpetted, and the tables and railwork
in and surrounding t decorated with scarlet drapery
corresponding with the ether parts; besides which, the
great tables h lot•, as well as that portion of the Hall
in which they ate situated, will be tastefully orna-
mented ; and, to relieve the plainness of the walls above
the-drapery, there will project from them large and
richly.•pain e.tsiik banners of the City arms and achieve-
ments. At the back of the hustings, opposed to the
giants at the other end, are three Gothic niches, which
will contain t' e suits armour a orn in the procession,
and give to this part a venerable and highly imposing
sir of antiquity ; and in the centre above them, will
be a superb transparency. Both the great s•ained
glass windows will be illuminated, and the whole Hall
lighted by glass chandeliers and numerous coloured
lamps.