The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

in Old Palace-yard

-.ppm ucu uy LIJV VI TV 111U1111.0rarg v.
mont, and Mountcashell ; Viscount Mandeville ; Sir p;
Verner, M.P. ; Mr. Plumptre, M.P. ' • Mr. Id„• en
Mr. Frewen, M.P.; Mr. Coiquhoun, M.P. ; Mr. Shirley,Spooll.;
M.P. ; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, M.P. ; Captain Taylor, NI
ty;
Sir D. Mackworth ; Revs. Dr. Scoresby. R. Montgoii,:=i
James Harris; &c. After the toast of The Queen' „jo,
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the 'to
tional Club," observed that the object of the club was of
disseminate right principles, to alleviate the Fondition,
their poor fel' t- )te so- P'

.ow-countrymen, to prob..
cation, and to of e-, as they hoped, an effectual resist.ao.,.`a
to any further inroads from Popery. Nations were rsit,:o
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1./I knit! ttecuruitis Lll LIIC s.t!
men, having certain rights as citizens, and means o'j to
fluencing the government of their c wintry, were bolold. A
make conscience of using all their of portunities for G 0 ;,j,
great opportunity was at hand in the coming election; '4ll
if if st, our rulers, whoever they might be, would prolo
hal d over the country Romanism. (Hear, hear

Mr. CoulunouN; M.P., being called upon to rettl..rog
thanks, recounted the history of the rise and pro:ogre:lV
the club. He had heard a whisper on the benches o'pll
House of Commons about the impudence of the tw;ise4.
erecting a meeting-house directly in front of the Hohei4
of Parliament (a laugh), and attempting to tell merfp
ieyoug ht( toa %a-out:1.1)8, adolad,
beengu guilty
yo
of that ow t 1
audacity
intended to persevere in it. (Hear, hear.) They 'l:o'6
tolif e the
c l club House
had Commons
the first trial of their audacity in the case of Mr. Wats' 04
bill, and the sound Protestant feeling of the countrYby
successfully aroused, and the bill was thrown out„ticsi
majority obtained without the countenance of a P,°,ii-ifs
leader, without manifestoes from Tainworth
cheers), or sanction from any such quarter. And th,eoO
sociation would not shrink from constantly exposinbii,
resisting the wiles and the efforts of Popery and Libellii4l:
to do us evil. He had named Popery and LibeltPt
together, and indeed they were but different aspects
same nrincinle: both of them displaced Scripture I„.i

ever he leaves Eton. The fortunate captain is the son u,
the Rev. S. T. Gully, rector of Berrynarbor, Devonshire. The leev. C. PREST moved the following resolution .
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT TO THE BISHOPS.—The "That the members and friends of this association have
Archbishop of Canterbury gave his annual entertainment felt that Popery, being opposed' to the written word of God,
to the members of the Episcopal Bench on Thursday, at must be opposed to the best interests of men, whether as nati-
ons Palace. At half-past six o'clock prayers were odsigia7d, ie,nottpirilawonas dte;l;irsee of misery
individuals. That en
arethe presenti calamitous condition
read in the Archbishop's private chapel, the Venerable almost unparalleled in peoplee history
Archdeacon Harrison, one of his grace's private chaplains, sires to express its deepest sympathy for their'sufferinmgetrienthreen,
officiating. The chapel was opened for divine service for and feels itself under a solemn obligation to declare its convic- .
the first time on this occasion, having undergone exten tion that the frightful misery now desolating that country evident - d ----- o f
may and both will prevail."' lt was from one ,rpiti.
b e tracedar in part to the principle and policy which the
sive restoration and repair during the past twelve months. Court of Sir It. Peel's recent speeches that he was 11r-140
adopted and
Ireland
daxitt
maiieicaenatlaiet.
At seven o'clock a superb entertainment was served in and
Reformatfohno,fwitTimthehavvierwa• to tell us in that case,---.-" Popery is completely etlWeff
the banqueting-room of the palace. The Venerable beeorcing and enslaving the British empire, divine displeasure
uld it is not what you bigotted people suppose Ihiglitii!
Archbishop presided, and was supported on his right by also regarded as a manifestation of the divine p for enlightened philosophy of Italy, sublimed by the.( 0,"
the Archbishop of Armagh, and upon his left by the Arch- the guilt of the land, and the sinfulness of the nation in endow- principles of modern legislation." And this l'cotl Do
6) t
statesman who in ' 1838 told a deputation from '..iinkiell,
bishop of Dublin. The Venerable Archdeacon Harrison ing the idolatries of the Church of Rome."
and the Rev. Dr. Mill, chaplains to the Archbishop, had The rev. gentleman, in the course of his-speech, ridiculed that so rapid was the progress of Popery, so alar"ce io'ioa
the honour of joining the circle at dinner; the idea of liberalism being allied to Popery. A liberal Pope events on the continent, so great the disturball 0), 110
CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.--The annual gene- was a contradiction in terms; a liberal Pope was, in fact, that formidable system was producing in Polefd if oto
ral meeting of this society took place .at Exeter 'Hall. an impossibility. No liberal man could be a good Pope, Germany, that he for one should not be surpris , oetiA
Lord Ashley presided, and the hall was densely crowded. his very liberality would disqualify him for the office. day were soon to arrive when we should be calleop to,;geo,
Amongst those on the platform were the Bishop of Oxford. (Cheers.) The fact was, Popery knew nothing of libera- choose whether we would have Popery again set tie cil)'„4.o
the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Chester, Earl lity, though she had made a great pretence of it since it country or Protestantism, and when we should thee`'lir
Waldegrave, Lord Teignmouth, &c. The noble chair- came into fashion ; and if any other thing were got into . to decide the question afresh. But the minds 0,,,,,
man having briefly opened the meeting, the secretary fashion that could aid her in her purposes she would adopt pie of England were made up on that question (Cli‘ otiff
read the report, which commenced by stating that the it too. Heavy assaults had been made upon the citadel with those of the good earnest men of past times. ;te 0,1!, otif
Earl of Denbigh, Earl Waldegrave, the Bishop of Mel- of Protestantism in this country, but that citadel was not A resolution calling upon Protestants, "to 1111iotoy;ilite,
bourne, and Lord Teignmouth had accepted the office of yet decayed. The constitution of the country was yet Protestant national principles in order to nii` viboit,"
vice-patrons of the institution. With regard to the funds Protestant, though there were unfaithful men within the faith against the encroachments .of Roinanis7;ool a Et'
of the society, the total receipts of the year had been citadel. (Cheers.) There were traitors within the walls, attempted insidiously from within or openly , 10 1
£29,941 16s. 10d., exhibiting an increase of £7,435 over and shame rest upon them for their cowardice and dis- out.' was moved by the Earl of Wtrtenitss-' ifil
that of the year preceding. The expenditure for the year, honesty. (Cheers.) He respected the noble earl who- conded by the Earl of,RonEN. .. . of 0115cot'
had been £'24,800. During the year 119 new grants had had left the house and gone to RoMe. (Cheers.) He re- A resolution, avowing it to be " the dutY
0 prcocrsi
-been made, eight of which to clergymen appointed to new spected their conduct as having something gentlemanly in Protestants to support the established chnrcb,., itsilog
districts amounted to £660. The incumbents aided during it; but he utterly despised the men who, whilst eating the ing to existing and future ages, in its creed4,l of ,AO
the year. numbered 114, having under their care an aggre- bread of the Protestant church of the country, and re- menus, and in its articles, a fixed stand
-ate population of 6a,207 persons. The society now mining in it, brought by their doctrines and practices, truth," was moved by Sir B. W. BRIDGES
IA ,ricutilbents! having under their care a alien to it, reproach on that which was honourable, and conded by Mr. PLUMPTRE, M.P. '
- a tower 1 A resolution, commending the Nati(

which was to guide the conduct of men. If askedv::s:4
thought of the present Pope. he (Mr. Colquhoun)
answer that he believed the necessities of his P4e,,
would dictate to the Pope the course which the A.'r I",f
la Mennais was driven from the Romish church :0*

soon proposing, when he urged,—" You must do '7:
the world what Mr. O'Connell has done in 1re1a0,",40
must liberalize Popery ; unite democracy with 1".3.„,1

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550. After referring to the of

ie-5.b-; Mr. G

'OONER,
•, In moving a vott

, inveighed in strong
z, against Sir R. Peel

second`"( tl
carried ticauin3