The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

Liverpool, .11Psy 30111, 1838.

MEETING AT WARRINGTON OF THE BRITISI
SOCIETY FOR THE PRONIOTION OF THE REL
GIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE REFORMATION.

Last evening, a meeting of the friends of the above society
was held at the Lion Hotel, Warrington, at half-past six o'clock.
The society was formed for the purpose of checking the progress
of popery, and the meeting was called to " communicate in-
teresting information as to the progress of popery in this
country, and the efforts of this society to check its progress."
The meeting was numerously and respectably attended, the
large room of the Red Lion being quite fa. We observed on
the platform, beside the speakers, the Rev. T. Lowe, Rev.
James Todd, Rev. J. Jones, Rev. R. Parkinson, Rev. Thomas
Whittington, Rev. C. T. Quirk, Rev. P. S. Dale, Rev. D.
Slvman, Rev. W. C. Clarke, and the Rev. J. Cunningham and
the Rev. It. Parkinson, from the patent society, &c. On the
motion-of
Joust CLARKE, Esq., Thomas Greenhall, Esq., was called to
the chair.
• The'CHAIRmAN then called upon the Rev. James Wright to
open. the proceedings with prayer. After which,
The CHAIRMAN said he had been requested to take the chair
that evening, and under a sense of duty he complied with that
request. •He thought, in these eventful times, Christians ought
not to remain still, It was his opinion that the time was not tar
distant when they should :be-called on to give a reason for the
faith that was ire therm,' There were two gentlemen present who
had visited them for the purpose of laying before them the pro-
gress of Popery in the land. He trusted from the statements
to be made to them they would see the necessity of uniting as
one man in opposing its progress, and in support of the truth.
WILLIAM HALL, Esq., then rose to move the first resolu-
tion. " That this meeting considers the distinctive dogmas of
the Church of Rometo be directly opposed in their nature, and
practical effects to the words of God, ruinous to the soul, and
subversive of real godliness and 'morality. If that meeting
had been convened for any party or political purpose—if it had
been convened on matters unconnected with the present and
future wellbeing of men—if it had been for any purpose
of hostility towards his Roman Catholic brethren, (he spoke
the sentiments of many around him, as well as of 'him-
self), lie would not have countenanced such a proceeding. It
was not against Roman Catholics they protested, it was
against Popery, and the spirit of Popery, conceiving that
it was detrimental not only to the present but the eter-
nal interests of their fellow creatures. Man, from his na-
ture, was inclined rather to trust to his own merits than in
the atonement of a Saviour, and therewith to be reconciled to
God ; and Popery was sustained on the fallen nature of man ;
for it said " by baptism a man was converted, and by penance
his sins were blotted out" and when he came to the hour of
death, extreme unction was open to him to cleanse him from sin.
Such were the doctrines of Popery; and such they were called
upon as Protestants to protest against, as contrary to the word
of God, for St. Paul said " being justified by faith, we have
peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ."
The Rev. Mr. PARKINSON, one of the deputation from the
society, rose to second the resolution, which he did at consider-
able length. Ile desired to treat the subject with all that so-
lemnity it so eminently deserved. They were met not for the
discussion of a political subject, for the society which they
came forward there to advocate, by its very title excluded from
its consideration, the politics of this world. It was termed "The
British Society for the promotion of the Religious Principles of
the Reformation." These principles concerned their immortal
souls, and when they considered the importance of the salvation
of the immortal soul—when they considered that when this world
with all its fleeting pomps and vanities should have passed away
for ever—when the time should arrive when the angel should
stead with one foot oil the sea and One on the land, declaring
that time should be no more, and that the everlasting happiness
or tnisery of the souls of men should then be determined, they
might calculate in some measure the worth of an immortal soul.
For the smallest transgression we were liable to condemnation,
and unless we found a refuge from God's wrath we must perish
for ever. That refuge was in the revealed Word of God, and
they came there to declare that the Church of Rome, so far
from providing this remedy, had substituted the inventions of
men, or to make use of the language of the articles of the
Church of England, had substituted "blasphemous fables and
dangerous deceits." They meant to bring before the meeting
some of the dangerous doctrines of the Church of Rome; and
first of all, the Word of God declared one Mediator between
God and man—the Saviour Jesus Christ. The Word of
God declared that he was "God over alt blessed for ever;"
and at the same time it declared to us " when the fulness of
time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, under
the law, that we might Through him receive the adoption of
sons." By reason of his divine and human nature he was fitted
for his mediatorial work between God and the sinner. The
Church of Rome came forward and substituted many media-
tors—the Virgin Mary, and a long catalogue of saints, and they
found the Virgin Mary in the Popish doctrines often asked for
those blessings which could only be asked of God himself.
Therefore, popery destroyed the word of God by substituting
many mediators for the one he had provident in his mercy and
in his love. The church of Rome inculcated the doctrine of
transubstantiation—that in the sacrament of the eucharist the
bread and wine was changed into the actual body and blood of
Christ, a doctrine founded on a literal reading of a figurative
expression in the Bible, and which he contended the church of
Rome had in no other instance followed. This doctrine had
first been preached by a man named Radburt, in the ninth
century, and was at first universally scouted by the heads of the Roman Catholic Church, by Scobus, and Bertram, and
others, and yet this doctrine had gradually crept into the church
of Rome, and at length at the council of Florence it was de-
clared to he a doctrine of the church; and in the 16th century.
in 1564, it was hi-might into Pope Pius' creed. The practical
workings of this doctrine were, that the Roman Catholics were
brought to believe that the sacramental bread and wine after
the consecration were changed into the actual body and blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and poor people were intliced to fall
down and stupidly worship the bread and wine; and the Coun-
cil of Trent had ordered that-- the same aderstion should
be given to the consecrated host ad to Almighty God
himself. Thus the Church of Rome involved her followers
in the most awful idolatry. In order -to prove that this was
the true doctrine, the Church of Rome said our Saviour said,
" This is my body, and this is my blood," so also our Saviour
had said, " I am the true vine;" and again he had said to his
disciples, " You are the branches." And did the Church of
Rome believe that he was a vine, and that his disciples mere
transubstantiated into branches ? No such thing. 'She there
adopted the figurative language. They were entitled by this
figurative language, adopted throughout the New Testament,
to believe that our Lord Jesus Christ, when he said, "'Phis is
my body, and this is my blooe,i, spoke figuratively, and
so only. Just as a person would say, who had a map of Europe
spread out before him, "'This is Ireland, this is England, this is
France," and so on, meaning that this represents Ireland, this
represents England, and this France; but who would ever ima-
gine fora moment that he meant that the paper map was transub-
stautiated into the countries it represented. (Applause.) But
this very text, on which the Church of Rome founded this doc-
trine, taken from the 6th chapter of John, was spoken two
years before our Lord's supper. The Church of Rome quoted
the 53d and 54th verses to prove this extravagant doctrine.
" Then Jesus said unto them Verily, verily, I say unto you,
except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood,
ye have no life in ye." The Church of Rome said the Lord
Jesus Christ in that text pointed to the supper of the Eucharist;
but what was the natural result, if this were the meaning of
that text, that unless we were partakers of the Lord's supper,
we could not by possibility enter into the kingdom of Hea-
ven. According to this view all infants must go to hell. And
what did the Church of Rome do ? She absolutely took
away the consecrated cup from the laity, and, according to
her own version of the text, sent all her followers to everlasting
perdition. The Rev. gentleman then went at considerable
length through many of the doctrines of the Church of Rome,
proving their unsoundness; but the lateness of the hour com-
pels us to omit them. Pi otestants were taunted with their creed
being a new one, and originating in Martin Luther. Such was
not the case, for it was founded on the word of God. But it
might be asked where was the religion of the Church of Rome
before Luther? Where was it to be found? Not in the
bible, unless it be described in the spirit of prophesy as the
awful apostacy from the living God; but it was to, be found
in the canons of the council of Trent, and in the de-
crees of Pope Pius the IV. The council of Trent ,did
not sit until the sixteenth century in 1545, so that Roman
Catholicism was not yet three hundred years old, and, in
fact, had uot, existed until after Luther was dead. Again,
they might ask when Was the creed of Pope Pins IV. founded ?
Not until the year 1564: but at What time was the creed of the
Church or England founded? It• was written so long back as
the year 325. (Hear.) Hco.riben would the Church Of Rome
make it appear to the world that the creed which she held, that
of Pope Pius IV., was older.than that of the Church of England?
The iev. gentleman then alluded to the rapid strides of popery,
in different parts of the country, and to pie establishment of a
society recently in London, for the purpose .of obtaining sub-
scriptions for the buntline of chapels throughout the country,
the distributing of Roman catholic tracts, &c.; and the deliver-

A vote of thanks bras moved tivthe RPv. Mr. Parkinson, ant
the Rev. Mr. Cunningham, by JouiV CLARKS, Esq., seconded
by Mr. HALL, and after a d9xologv had been sung, the
meeting concluded at half-past nine o'clock.

BLOCKADE OF THE 'MEXICAN 'PORTS.
The following letter Iva posted on Wednesday in the Under
writers'-rooms, being a' reply to one from'•that association tq
Lord Palmerston, on the subject of the blockade of the Mexicali
Ports :

• • " Foteign Office, May 29, 1838.
" SIR,--I am directed by Vistonnt Palmerston to acknow.
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th instant, and to ac-
quaint you in answer thereto, that the only information of the
blockade of the ports of Mexico by the French, which ber
Majesty's government have as yet received, is derived front
official papers publishOd at Washington on' the 4th instant,
announcing that an effective blockade of the Mexican ports
was declared on the 16th of April by the admiral command-
ing the French squadron in the Gulf of Mexico:—l am, Sir,
your obedi nt humble servant, • •

" J. BACItHOUSE.
' Thos. Cort, Esq., Secretary to the Lirerpod!
Underwriters' Association."

A CONSERYATIVH SONG.'
The following spirited song, cornpoSed by,Mr. W. H. WoakeS,
M.R.A.P., was sung with rapturous •applause at the Peel
Banquet, by Mr. .1. G. Collins.—See advertisement.]
Like a plain dealing soldier has Wellington spoke,
Ere the Crown shall go down there are crowns to be broke,
Ere we gise up the tattle we must have a nevi deal,
So stand fast with me round the banner orPeel.
Then till up your cup and I'll fill up my Can,'
A fig for the Whigs and their Master King. Dan !
We shall soon see them both to the right-about wheel,
If we only are true to brave Arthur and Peel.
Who does not remember—who e'er can forget
The field where the star of Napoleon set,
And say, shall it now be remembered in Vain ?
Or that long track of glory, the triumphs of Spain ?
No! fill up your cup and I'll fill up my can,
The Wbigs like the Drench have mistaken their man :
The name of the Duke is a phalant of steel,
And the mantle of l'itt is the banner of Peel!
It is useless to murmur for what is now past,
The conservative flag intist be nailed to the mast!
The ship is still sound from the deck to the keel,
And will weather all stoims when she's guided by Peel.
So fill up your cup and I'll fill up Env can;
A fig for the Whigs and the big beggarmani
For, trust me, they both in dile season shall feel
That they've not seen the last of brave Ailhur and Peel !

..41kit
One of the late' r, Wilberforce's plans Of church reform, air
we learn from his h, was; that " one-sixth of the income of all.
benefices exceeding'L4lso per annum, were the incumbent was
not resident, should be added to the curate's stipend."
Mr: Hyett, the late member for Stroud, came down from
London, to the election for this city, expressly to vote in taYour
of Mr. Hope! Mr. Hyett, and his late colleague, Mr. Ricardo;
, both resigned their seats for that radicril borough, and both now
entertain decidedly conservative principles. What a tale does
' this tell !—Glouce6rerxhire Chrabiele.
Mr. Grant, son of Colonel Franeis W. Grant, M.P. for the
county of Elgin, has started for Inverness-shire in the tory in-
terest, in the room of Mr: A. W. Chisholm, who has accepted.
the Chiltern Hundreds. It ih said that Mr. Murray Grant, of
Gleumoriston, who contested the county on•two former occa-
sions, will again take the field in the whig interest.
A Goon MARKSMAN.-- Our old friend; Captain Richard-
son, of this city, went oOt on ToeSday for a bit of sport, and,
with a new rook rifle, at a distance .ef 'nearly seventy yards,
shot a yellow hammer in the head With a'ball. Before we would
venture a Yankee dtfet With the captain, we Would imitate the
celebrated Bob Acres, and walk quietly away from the scene of
combat, to prevent us getting a bullet through cur " small gut."
—Chester Gazette. - • : • •
THE GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.—By the arrival of the,
Sirius and Great Western steam-vessels, it is said that a large
sum has changed owners, many high bets have been laid on
their resnectiYe speed, and the power of their boilers; it is like-
wise more than whispered that several great capitalists, some
of whom are largely interested•in Ainerica, have betted a large
sum that they *ill shortly produce a vessel, which, fitted up with
the boiler advertised for sale by Mr. George Robins, early in
June, will easily ,pass either of the above vessels, or any other
which may compete with her; they are also determined, as far
as in their power, to introduce this into general use—viz., the
patent &wide tubular iron boiler, which will effectually put 4
stop to the ahful loss of life occurring froM thebursting of the
dangerous ones now in use. Certainly our own :enterprising
capitalists will not let slip the opportunity now offered, by the
formation of a company to apply this patent to vessels, rosads;
railway carriages, Sze.
STEAM FROM THE 'NNE TO iHE CONTINENT.—We have
much pleasnie ifi, @ongratulating our readers and the public ge-'
nerally, on the fair prospect we now have of the speedy esta-
blishment of a weekly communication, by means of swain-ships,'
from this pert to the' continent of Europe, via the• Elbe and the
Rhine. This means of communication has been long much
wanted, not only,hy the mercantile interests of 'this great port,
but by thegebtrY,; of the surrounding populous and wealthy
neighbourhood:- DUring the past week several of the most in-
fluential gentlernenlit this town have determined on the forma-
tion of a etircniranv fin. that purpose, the prospectus of which, we
are infortnet.l4:lll be submitted to the public in a few days.
Newcastle his' 1%):,g been acknowledged the greatest manufac-
turing and commercial town in the North of England; its situ-
ation on the limes and on the termination of several of the
greatest railroads in the kingdom; its' chise connection Ly
means of that magnificent undertaking, the Newcastle and Car,
lisle Railway; with•fhe west coasts of England and Scotland,
and the east. toast.of Ireland; its situation opposite to the ports
of Haniburgh and Rotterdam, the great depots of the merchan-

disn of the Uontinent,-1 he great highway Co the several capitals,
of Europe,—natuially point out our good old town as the half-,
way house for, all travellers to and frono the northern parts of•
this ki Otto:* gad the Edropedrr 6olititrent. Nezetafile Joii)tiii:

ing of leetures-by. their einisoiries, and called on Themretiog to
come forward with counter effurtb to do aWay with the poisonous

the upstart fraternity may attempt in reply to make it, for, like effects of such a 'society. He entitled to the gtegt 0112111)er of
many others possessed of some spare capital, I shave lately Roman catholic chapel's that have been built in England re;
had occasion to employ brokers in the purchase and sale of teently. He had seen a very handsome one erected at Hudders-
shares ; and while every facility was afforded me to pay for those field, in Yorkshire, towards which he had heard that protestant
bought, I have had to wait for kriouttis„ and even to employ* Manufacture, s had subscribed underthreaisfronathe priests there
legal means helm e I got the price of those sold. • Nor dig that ifthey did not their trade with Ireland shouldbe put an end to.
I require to ask any commercial friends if this was frequentll or , He mentioned the instance of a Mr. Stables, an extensive ma.-
generally as to their transactions ; for, during my many hours i ft ofacturer, of Huddersfield, who had been Compelled by the
of attendante at their offices, I was as much astonished as they Priest there to subscribe £5O. I.OWards the neWcatholic Chapel,
(the brokers) ought to have been ashamed at the numbers and though a Protestant and agoinst his conscience, and he was
importunitiesof du niters like myself. But, roused and annoyed told ifthe did tint dos(); his trade with Should be put an
by such practices, I took pains to inquire pretty extensively how end to: The same thing had ti4fi attempted to be 'practised in
others bad been treated; and I found that—with some few ex- Manchester on Mr. Win. Townstiend, but he, mush to his
ceptions—their treatment had been similar tomy own. I found credit, had said it was contrary to his principles, and sooner
many, too, who having been kept out of their money for several than his pisinciples should be comprornited, be would sacrifice
months after a sale of shares, had at last to enforce payineut by his principles. (Applause.) Forty years ago there were only
the strong arm of the law. Nay, more, there are many living 30 mass-houses in England ; now there were between 500 and
witnesses now on 'Change who are cognizant not only of this 600. He called upon the meeting to aid that society in rooting
fact, but also of another equally easy of proof, viz., that it is no out that plague spot from tbe land, and conclnded with second-
uncommon thing to see one of those transfer-men transferred to ins the resolution.
the care and keeping of a sheriff's officer! The Rev. Mr. PowELL rose to move t 6 next resolution,
Why, then, should this disgraceful and dangerous system be " that the present state of Popery in Ireland; and the exertions
permitted to exist any longer, and what means should be adopted of the Church of Rome to extend the systeni.its England and
to put a stop to it ? Scotland, are swill as ought to awaken in:the Minds of those
To the public, or rather to that portion of it who deal in who feel the blessings of the Retorrnatiorr, Most intense
shares, I would say, "Part not with your scrip till you get value desire to counteract
nit& evil,- 1310 imperatively Call for the
received ; or, if that is not always practicable, make the signing immediate adoption, on their .Part, of all those Means which
of the transfer at once the condition and the term of payment. the Word of God supplies and, iectilearis. fur ;that purpose."
This is invariably the casein London, and ought to be obtained He would not trestlass on their time by arty lengthened obseri
here; for, as the commission of brokers is an ample and lucrativ vations, knowing by whom he was to Ire followed but as a
equivalent for their trouble; without the reaping the interest of friend. to freedom he must be an enemy to Popery, .bicausa
your money—you, who require and pay for that trouble, have a where Popery existed freedom eoitld not find a.being. (Hear.)
right not merely to expect, but to insist upon the prompt and He described at some length the social
evils which PlatieiT safe- transaction of your business; and richly will you deserve flitted, in dissevering friends and prodricing diicord in families,
the worst of consequences if you do not unite with me in de- a part of whom were Protestants and the rest Catholics- Such;
nouncing and exposing the rottenness of the present system." however, were the insinuating and snake-like lures of Roman
To the Association of Brokers I would say—not, however, Catholicism, that in nine cases out of ten the Protestant of a
before premising that I entertain the strongest objections to the family of mixed faith was converted to Catholicism.
working, and even the existence of such a society—" Take the The Rev. Mr. CiesitNo, one of the emissaries of the society,
remedy into your own hands, by instituting certain stringent rose tn. second the resolution. He spoke at great length, with
rules on the conduct of the members, insisting on the strict surpassing eloquence, and we regret that ant time and space
observance of those rules, and punishing or expelling all those compel up to give but a very brief outline. It appeared to hint
who are complained against for their infringement. Failing in delightful to see the ministers of the Church of England and
this—l would add—let some of your leading members announce of Scotland assisting together in a cause so holy; Scotland and
to the public that they bad ceased to have any connexion with England had shed their blood, and laid themselves together on
an association ; that they were determined, and would pledge the same field, but now their efforts were, that their throne
themselves individually, to transact the business of sharebroking might be secure, their altars holy, and their people happy.
on those principles which alone can merit and obtain
public The institution he advocated was not associated in any shape
confidence." with the affairs of the present world, he left these subjects to po-.
So strongly am I impressed with the necessity of some change liticians and statesmen. His call was a sacred call, and be
or check being effected in the present mode of transacting the came forward as an ambassador of God, and would endeavour
important business of share-broking, that I apprehend more to stand forward as he of old, between the living and the dead
mischief or injury will accrue to the public by continuing to be —the living proteStantism and the dead popery. Some would,
subject to its consequences, than by any depreciation of stock say this was a gratuitous insult to the respectable body of
that can possibly arise in the market—of which by the bye this Roman catholics for them thus to insult their religion and roger
association is now become the all-ruling power. faith; but it he saw an individual in that room ready to drink
While—as in justice, 1 said before—l exempt most if not all off a delicious draft, which was a deadly paison, and were to dash
of the older brokers from the causes of complaint which I have the cup from his lips, would that not be the height of humanity to
now preferred, I must also in justice add that there are some the individual ? So said they all to the members of the Church of
amongst the younger ones most honourable, prompt, and trust- Rome; they did not dash the poison from them which was de-
thy men of business. It is for the public to decide whether struction to the body, hut which dealt death to the soul. The
these constitute the majority or the minority—the rule or the Church of Rome hail once proceeded honestly, holding out the
exception.-1 am, sir, yours, &c., Council of 'lrent iu her left hand and pointing to the martyr's
A SHARE-DEALER. " stake and to the faggot with the other; but now, in a land where
Protestantism was still triumphant, she knew she dared not
" play such fantastic tricks before high heaven," and therefore
assumed another attitude; she was now a .deceiver; she dared
/ not roar as a lion, but tried to sting like a serpent. They
were told that the Church of Rollie professed to be infallible.
This was just wat they (the Protestants) wanted—an
ble church; but where were they to find the proofs of its,
infallibility? (Hear, hear; heir.) He went to one priest
and he told him the Pope was infailible •' he went to a second
priest and he told him mat the General Ctiinicil was infallible;
he went to a third and he told him that ,vas quite a mistake, ;it
was the Pope at the head of the ccrtincil that'was • infallible ;,
he went to a fourth, and he told him the other was all quite
wrong, that it was only the Pope when he sat in a certain
chair—the chair of St. Peter—that was infallible. (howl
laughter
.) He had tried in vain to find this philosopher's stone
of infallibility. When he went to one it was here; then there;"
and like the airy ghost they read of, they no sooner got a hold
of it, than it sprung from their grasp and got somewhere else.
What mattered it to the sick that there was a panacea for the
plague if it could no where be found. Suit w.as with the Church
of Rome; infallibility was a delightful thing, but it could
no where be found. The great boast of Roman Catholics was
that they were united, but that Protestants were divided among
themselves. He (Mr. Cunningham) deplored that there were
sectarians—that there were divisions among them, but take
them all, with the exception of the doctrine of ,Siitinius, which
he called a religion robbed of all that wa divine, end they would
find that Protestants all held one Common hope in Christ as a Me-
diator with the Fat her in the hour of danger, and in-theday ofjudg=
men[. It was contended by the Romish church, that intention was
essential to every act done. Therefore, tinleii it was the intens•
tion of the priest to baptise or to marry, or to administer the saw
crament, a person might go through those rights to no avail, and
be in effect neither baptised nor married. nor .receive the sit=
crament. After adverting at great length to the doctrines and
precepts of Catholicism, and their unscriptural foundation,
he proceeded to notice the tesults if it Wheiv it was pro-
fessed. He compared degraded Catholic Ireland with Pro-'
testant Scotland and England, and compared Ireland with her-,
self, showing the peaceable and orderly demeanour of Ulster
with the unsettled and criminal state of the other three provinces.
Catholicism had ever been found degrading in its effects, whe;
ther in peace or in war. On the battle field, what troops so brave
as those of Protestant England and Scotland; nay, the 'fish.
regiment of Enniskillen dragoons, which was a Protestant
regiment, had proved itself brave in battle, and conducted itself
with heroisin; whilst the other Catholic Irish regiments had
been prove to be poltroons. He concluded, amidst rapturous
applause, with seconding the resolution.
• The Rev. JOHN M'KENZIE, of Wigan, moved the next re-
solution—" That it appears to this meeting that the British
Society for promoting the religious principles of the Reforma-
mation, is calculated under God to catty its object into effect,
and is therefore wdrthv 'of our cordial support " He spoke at
considerable length, and With much power in favour of the- re-
solution.
The Rev. Mr. WRlGHT;olWarrington, seconded the reso-
lution, which was unanimously adopted, as were all the resolu-
ions.