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care of that—that no foreign power can lay hold -of a
British subject, put him in prison, and abridge his liberty;,
lay hold of his property, and deprive him of it by force
yet it is not true thatno foreign power canaddressitself to
his conscience, to his feelings, to his superstitions, to his
hopes and his fears, and-all that he holds dear as a mortal
creature, and can make him bow down at his feet. (Loud
and enthusiastic applause.) Now, Mr. Mayor, are we
prepared to do away with these words, and openly to avow
by their withdrawal that a foreign potentate may have—
may have spiritual jurisdiction in this realm ? (Cheers,
and. another Irish yell.) Why, Mr. Mayor, if we did so,
then I say—in point of national independence —in point
of allegiance and affection for our sovereign, the very
Turks would rise up against us. (Loud cheering.) What,
may I ask, has been the occasion of the present war ? The
Czar claims a jurisdiction beyond his own realm. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) He claims a jurisdiction over the sub-
jects of the Sultan. He calls that jurisdiction a protecto-
rate ; but by whatever name it is called, it is an inter-
ference with an independent sovereign within the realm
of that sovereign. (Great cheering.) On Monday night,
on the floor of the House of Commons, Lord Palmerston
r told the country and the world that " What Russia de-
manded was nothing more nor less than a right—(cries of
" Question," and "'Tis the question)"—of sovereignty
over twelve millions of the subjects of the Sultan;
because (as the noble lord most conclusively argued) the
power entitled to protect them in all their affairs, religious
and civil, would have been the power to which these 12
millions would have looked, and the Sultan would no
longer have been any more than the nominal ruler in his
own country. (Hear, hear, and applause.) What is the
answer-- I say, sir," said Lord Palmerston, " that is a
concession which Turkey is justified its refusing, and which
every, other power—England, Prance, Austria, and
Prussia say, to concede, would be an abandonment and
sacrifice of the independence of the sovereignty of the
Sultan." And let us hear the spirited answer of the
Turkish minister. He says, as voted by Lord Palmer-
ston, " It is far better that one of the limbs should be
cat off than that poison should he infused into the whole
body, throwing Turkey at the feet of a powerful neigh-
hour."
Mr. Mayor, I want to know the difference i
between a Czar and a Pope? (Cheers and laughter; and
a voice, " The Pope's the worst.") It is a religious
quarrel ; the plea of the 'Czar is the unity of religion
between him and some of the subjects of the Sultan.
The claim of the Pope arises from the unity of religion:
his plea is unity of religion between him and the subjects
of Victoria. (Great •ehtering.) Turkey refases and
stands upon the sovereignty of its own monarch, 'Eng-
land approves, and England goes to war to defeed Turkey,
—(applause,) —and while troops are being embarked at
our various ports to go to prevent the head of the
Greek Church from }having a protectorate over the sub-
jects of the Sultan, we are proposing to allow the head
of the Latin Church to establish a protectorate over the
subjects of . (Loud and continuous cheers.)
Forbid it consisthtey—forbd it public spirit—forbid it
national independence—(cheers)—forbid it attachment to
our beloved sovereign---(increased cheering) —forbid it
allegiance to our \God, who has taught us hi his word that
" the king and notthepriestis supreme." (Applause.) There
is another important feature of the papal system to which
I shall ,trill :dttention,—it is the eanordlaw respecting
property, and which is found in the great volume of the
canon law, under the head of Restitution." (Interrup-
tion.) I haVe the original document here, and could
favour some of our friends with the \very words iu Latin,
but they would not understand theta. (Laughter and
cheers.) The canon law about property lays it down that
no 'conquest 'by what they choose 'to .call " heretics," in a
war which",they choose to call an -"injust war," can give
the ,conquerors any right to the reoperty so seized ; bat
that it belongs of right to the faithful from whom it has
been taken, and that no lapse of time in the hands of the
heretitalspossessors gives a titletto that property. Nils'
lain *trams eeclesiee °crews*. No length of time acts
as any-bar to the claim of the therein Therefore, when-
ever the -"heretics" can be ,overcome, the property is to
be restored to the lineal descendants of the original ;pos-
sessors oef it among the faithful They carry things 'so
far, that if even in the meantime such property had been
'purchased by one of the faithful from the "heretics," ugea
the restoration, that purchaser could establish no right to
his purchase, but the land mast revert to, the lineal. de-
, seendatt of the original proprietor antecedent to the ton-
sanest. This might be denied, but I happen to ha.votthis
took; and I might even have been prepared with the
erigirsal—(the rev. gentleno-ns was about to proceedswith
a Latin quotation from the book, when his voice was
drowned by a series of discordant sounds from the Amon
Catholics.) This is going a little too near home, ,(he oh-
served, with a sagacious' smile.) You are not fond of
Latin from a " heretic"--(laughter and applause)—but
:epee:lions dose you get kf it from your own. (Renewed
laughter and groaning!) But this law about property—
, seeshow it applies in England, and with what justice it
is that we have an oath on the subject for Roman Ca-
thoiie members of parliament. Of course, the ovar to
which our Jewish friend referred in the reign of James
llais considered an =Oust war, and, of essirse,the con-
-I:cLuest by William HI. is held to be an unjust conquest,
and the settlement Of property under our revolution of
1088 is held to be an unjust settlement ; and, therefore, no
"heretical" proprietor who came into the posaession of
nand at that time has any right to it accordiugto thecanon
law, but has got possession of it like a robber anda plun-
derer, and, as soon asepportunity serves, they wouldthink
they were doing right by dispossessing him oftheasroperty
and restoring it thefaithful. Does it not then seem absurd,
inithe face of that, to require Roman Catholic members of
parliament to say they have no intention of making use of
their privileges to interfere with the present settlement of
property? (Hear, hex., and loud cheering.) This-,;part of
ithetcath required 4f them,—" I do swear that I will defend
to eve utmost of ray power, the settlement of 'property
\withai these realinsins established by law," &c. there
a geed•reason forremaving that ? Do none .of them en-
tertain the slighesCaesign on the restoration of property
.when_ the power shaZcome ? (Cheers.) Es there nc-reason
why. a. disclaimerof such a notion should still be irnin-
tainod ? I say agarn, as before, that if gentlemen:don't
entertain such an .oPinion, their disclaimer ,cannot hurt
them in any way ;,,mhile it gives us a little more, peace.
We are again appealed to on the score of charity ! eGreat
advocates of charityare these men when it suits them • 'and
great-advocates of dicey are these allies—these:fritn:uls of
civil and religious liberty ! I appeal to these. entlemen who
preach charity for the members of the Roman Catholic
Church- You feel seourselves strong ; you bear the
infirmities of thearselk. It is poor, unhappy;Protes-
tants who are 'frightened, if you don't take this oath.
They midl go and take their property. Now—(mimicking
tones of sApplication)--do show a little kindness ! (Loud
laughter.) But, on the, other hand, if gentlemen da enter-
ean these opinions,, if, they be sincere disciples of canon
law, ifthey know,whatis written in canon lawsandbelieve
it as they profess to do, -then there is danger, and ive ;do
well to guard .against it, because prevention, as 'far as
po!silale, is better than-cure. (Cheers.) There is another
point which has been: brought before the meeting, and
which belongs to this, subject--the law. Another impor-
tant branch of the papalsystem refers to the law abont
equivocation I shall not attempt a detailed reference to
canon law in 'this matter—the accusations of history are
sufficiently strong—they nee multiplied on this point. The
canonisation-referred to, which has been established by the
imprimatur ef the papacy,. has declared that in the_ works
of that man (IhlPhonsiis Ligr.ori) nothing is written ,con-
trary to the Catholic faith. Ehat man (recently eauonised
at Rome) declares that ,it .is lawful to prevarieate-s(A
voice : " You don't understand it")—and that it is lawfal
to deny what a man knows .to be true; and gives ,en-
couragement and instroctionsto witnesses in a court of
justice how they are to give ovi-fence accordingly. (Laud
cheers.) " Thereds," says Liguori, "an important point
to be considered leareference to the accused person, when
he is not lawfully examined." Mark, Mr. Mayor, when be
is not lawfully examined. When he is asked whether be
has really committedthe crinse, hecis at liberty to reply, "
1.
inave not done it When ":lawfully examined !" No court
.efjustice, no one of our courts 'of *dice is a lawful tribu-
nal in the eyes' of canes). Jaw, but lloine. The canon law
bag been published, and .ought to he read, and gentle-
mon who wish to give a free course to the Church of Rome
England should male themes-so acquainted with
thecanon law: (Cheers..) '" When be Ia asked," continues
the sainted Liguori, "whether he bad any accomplices,
he may answer that he had wt. Yet the accused should
be caaeful to use such expressions according to his mean-
big of Ithe true sense, as, if he intended to say, `heave.
not slime 'it,' meaning since I have been in prison.'
(Laughter.) And I have had no accomplices, under-
standing .hy that ' in other crimes.' " (Groans, and cries
of "Oh, oh !") It iss 'no wonder gentlemen groan.
(Laughter-) But these are the principles of Liguori, and
Liguori was canonized at Rome under theimprimatur of
,the Pope—put on his books. (Cheers) Therefore, it is
'riot without cause that we require members of,parliament
to take this oath, and make this declaration in 'the plain,
ordinary sense of the words of the oath, without any
evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatever.
(Cheers.) It is ' now proposed to blot it out, and also to
cancel those words of the oath, and. to supply that pro-
posed by Lord John ;Russell. (Hear, hear)" But, now,
Mr. Illayor and gentlemen, this is plainly nothing less
than a proposal to repeal an important part of the eman-
cipation hill (Hear, hear.) That bill was sought for by
the Roman Catholics, and was accepted by them as a set-
tlement. There were oaths upon oaths before it was
passed, to the . effect that, if it was granted, peace and
quietness, contentment and harmony, would be the result
amongst her Majesty's subjects,. The Bishops of the Romish
Church in Ireland issued a declaration to this effect; and
evidence was given to this effect before the committee of
the House of Commons by Dr. Murray, Dr. Doyle, by Mr.
O'Connell, and by many others, who were examined.
(Cheers.) They all sought for the measure. They all
protested that these oaths were no embarrassment to
their consciences, because all the obnoxious principles
objected to in them had long ceased to bwede princip n
les of
the church. (Hear.) On that ground, avoly, and i
so many words, the Crown and the British parlianient
granted the emancipation bill. It never could have passed
without these oaths in connexion with it. And now the
predictions of some who said, that instead of a settlement, it
would be but opening the door for further contentions,
are being realised. (Hear, hear.) We were told it was to
be looked at as a settlement ; but there were some who
were dissatisfied with it=even with the oaths—and who
were stared at as bigots of the first water. But now
comes my Lord John Russell, a liberal of the first water—
' (" three cheers for Lord John Russell.") Oh ! those
cheers are eloquent, Mr. Mayor. (Laughter.) Lord John
takes an important part in the Emancipation Bill, and
proposes to repeal a portion of it. Mr. Mayor, is there
any objection to any member of the House of Commons
rising up in his place, and saying the,
the noble
will go with you—l will go further than you. If you
lay a hand upon the bill, lay a-hand upon the whole bill :
repeal it altogether." (Cheers.) It was a settlement !
Why break in on one side only ? If you break the set-
tlement, break it altogether ; and make a new one.
(Hear, hear, and cheers)" No," Mr. Mayor, bet advantage
is taken of it. [A voice, " We're tired. 4) Dr. M'Neile
then said that some of them would be delighted to hear
of
that Lord J. Russell had postponed his intention
bringing forward the oaths bill on Monday—it was post-
poned sine die (cheers and uproar). At all events there
this
hesitationwas one o
fatbhoeu t
cleverestth e m
thinui t minister
f himself. Lord
JoHh
ne thoughtßu ssell.
lie was pledged to do somethiningh,iasnhdearprtoptiosmetditsocnimiletdhiiiroigt
so outrageous that he knew
the resolution, as follows :
patsThlittathz. of this meeting the proposed
tillieeotphinerlionread. _ _ ,
repeal of such portions of ths 901 P 1?ill a§ cmbodY our

,protest against the papal system, and such portionS and
additions as were introduced in the Emancipation Bill of
1829, to be taken by the Roman Catholic members of
parliament as a security against disloyalty,_ aggression,
and equivocation, ought to be strenuously resisted by the
nation, and at once rejected by the parliament." (Hear,
and cheers.) I have shown a reason for this, Mr. Mayor,
taken from their canon laws, on all these points—dis-
loyalty, aggression, and equivocation. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) I might have enlarged on all these points. I
might have called attention to the fact respecting the
great and fearful principle of dethroning, deposing, and
excommunicating monarchs, and their being liable to as-
sassination, according to canon law, by their subjects.
I might refer to Henry the Fourth of France, who was
excommunicated by the Pope, and whom Shibet tried to
assassinate, but his weapon struck the king's lip, and
merely smeared the royal face with blood, but in a short
time after Cavaillac, with better success, stabbed the king
at St. Cloud, and killed him. (A voice—" He was not a
Catholic.") Dr. M`Neile : He was a Catholic, and he did
the bidding of the Pope. (Cheers.) I might refer to
Henry 111., who was assassinated by Jacques Clement,
twenty-two years of age, who approached him in the garb
of a friar, with the avowed object of making some request,
and who, while the king was reading his petition, thrust
his dagger in the monarch's bosom. I might refer to
the bull fulminated against our Queen Elizabeth,
already alluded to ; and to the frequent attempts
made to assassinate her majesty, after the bull was
issued, during her long reign. Through the mercy of God
she escaped, and reigned for forty years. (Cheers and
hisses.) I might refer to the oaths of supremacy proposed
after the attempt to destroy James I. and his court by
gunpowder, and I might refer to the fact that that oath
of supremacy was forbidden to the subject's of the Pope,
who consequently refused to take it, and confusion and
dissatisfaction reigned throughout the realm. These his-
toric recollections might be multiplied; but I have said
enotigh in reason, and in argument, and iu proof,—and
these let any man answer, instead of evading the questions.
(ilea; hear.) Let any man show that the canon laws do
not contain these principles. (Cheers.) Let any man, in
answering me, prove—(A Voice, "" There is a priest present:
let him say.") —Mr. Mayor, bear with that man : he has
uttered, in the honesty of his heart, the poor prostrating
sentiment, that the moment a priest speaks it is as if God
spoke, and they dare not contradict him. (Cheers.) Let
any man show, in replying, that the hierarchy, established
in 1850 by a papal bull, was not to bring into operation
that very canon law. Now, if the canon law contains
these principles, and if the ohject of the hierarchy was to
bring in that law; if, in spite of our Ecclesiastical Titles
Bill, a hierarchy has been established, I unhesitatingly
and confidently ask gentlemen to say upon what principle
it is they can allege that all danger from these circum-
stances is at an end, and that they are obsolete ? It was
denied the other day that any Roman Catholic priests in
Ireland had forbidden the people to enlist at the .present
time in the British army. I have here two placards'which
were net known to Sir John Young, though they were
known 'to every one in Kilkenny, where they were pasted
on the walls. TA. Arrice : " Who put them there?") They
have internal evidence of who put them there. :(Cheers.)
I will read one Irishmen, read ! Let no man take the
Saxon shilling ! Utemember the Six-mile-Bridge work !
Night and day nrm yourselves ! Read John Mitchell's
paper,and burn The Telegraph. Prepare-: the day is at
hand : rally to 'the barricade !" Another :—" Boys of
Kilkenny ! Do not become wretched tools of the British
gevernment: de not take the Saxon ! Mitchell
and Meagher tome to strike off the thtters that have so
!long bound you. England's difficulty,is -Ireland's oppor-
tunity." (Cheers and groans.) Ay 'that is where the
-shoe pinches! (Laughter and cheerie) Tow, Mr. Mayor,
I will soon !release you. (A voice: '" What's all this
about ?") d•-will tell you what it's all bout : it's about
the determination of Rome to prostrateithe Protestantism
of England, and the determination 4f England that she
shall do 'no such thing. (vehement cheering and the
Kentish fon.) We know her strength ; and we know her
tactics. (Three groans for Dr. M'Neile.—Three cheers
for Dr-A/IR-elle.) According to their own statistics, the
I Roman Catholics in Great Britain—(interruptions and
cries sif'"Order")—there is nothing in the world like
being in ;goad humour : I am in each a good humour to-
day, that I shall eat my dinner 'cost heartily. (Laugh-
'ter.) livers going to tell you thieJor your comfort : the
Roman Catholics of Great Britain,-according to their own
statistics, are a mere insignificant minority. According
to their own showing, they haveint a few hundred thou-
sand in -tie whole of Great Britain, in a population of 113
millions. (Cheers.—A voice: " Ysasere frightened at them,
nevertheess.") As to being irlghtened at them, 86'.11
gentleman here says, I protest I make no boast that I am
not frightened of any man; butil will tell you what they
!do. ;Though numerically insignificant in Great Britain,
being reinforced from Ireland, and having a compa.A holy
in parliament, they are able te-nzake terms with the Bre-
, tish minas' try. (Hear, hear.) ;In the divided state of psah-
lie -opinion in Great Britain, ithey form the casting niaje-
rity in-ether side among the Orotestant members; and,
•by keeping together, they threw themselves across 'the
house from side to side, and can thus check a minis-
try ; they can make terms with the ministry ; they
can coerce the ministry. In that consists their passe' :
not in their numbers out .'of doors, but from their
tactics within, by which they are enabled to give a
castingenajority to a Pretestant ministry. (Hear, hoar.)
They have thus a power which does not belong to them
except from their position. in ,parliament. That is better
understood now than it was. I cannot sit down without
saying•or e thing more: for rpeaking this way, for taking
this side, for advocating this cause, I, for one, among
others, lime been called very hard names. The gereVe-
men who make a great profeseion of charity, and who lie- '
nouure ,calling hard nanaesi.ere amongst the first, when
they get.cacited, to call harlr.ames themselves. (Chem.)
We have been accused of a want of regard for Teal
Christiankar, and real love cifinankind. Now, Mr. Mayer,
gentlesfsen wflo profess Ufiriffirss.mty pub their own Suber-
pretution•npon it. We must file allowed our interpreta-
tion. Viremefer alone to the interpretation of the written
Word of God. (Cheers.) That is our Christianity; and
that COUtfailf4, not only gentleness and quietness, and
pew and.forbearance —(cheers-flrom Mr. Rathbone) —but
long-slifferirg, zeal,. and charity, which rejoices in the
truth. We rejoice m the truth ; not as man interprets
it, but as God has revealed it. (Cheers.) We rejoice in
the truth that there is no mediator, male or female,—that
there is no name given under Heaven amongst men
whereby sincere can be saved, but only the name of Jesus
Christ the Lord. (Cheers.) Wterejoice in the truth, that '
for poor fallen transgressors, the divine law of Jesus
Christ is offered' freely to all. .We rejoice in the cirenla-
tion of this truth, that every man may read in his own
tongue the woelderful works of Ceod. (" Question ! ques-:
tion ! questiouir; " Time," Sze.) And, therefore, for the;
regard and lore,we have of their souls, for the anxiety we.
have that they may read, mark, understand, believe, an&
be saved, we lane opposed to a -system which closes',
that book in an unknown tongue, or, where it renders
into a tonga.e which is known, renders it necessary to ob-
tain the express permission of one mortal for another mor-
tial to read the Word of God. (Hear, and loud cheers.)
ii wish it to be understood that it is not out of any un-
iindness towards nitr. that I say this. I think that
tlemen who had so little regard for the peace and quietness
:Of:their neighbours should not be so ready with their
charges of unkindness against us. (Cheers.) It is not
froel any unkindnees--iit is not because re have animosity
:agakist.any man. I leeow this is not believed. I know
'that gentlemen who talk about charity, are charitable
enough to believe other gentlemen are net speaking the
truth. I will tell the truth ;it is not from unkindness or
aninus. ity, but for the real value we set on human souls,
that we declare the truth •eerealed in Holy Scripture, that
there:is no way of salvation, and that no inan can come to
the Fat'eer but by the Son:; ;therefore, it is that we declare
this trail —that we maintain the outarorks—ethat we de-
fend the,citadel, for the sake:of the precious truths con-
tained,within. (Hear, hear, andcheers.) le* therefore,
:for this reason that I feel it my.dsty to take a part in this
disegso,on. There is one other fact to which I will allude,
viz., to thecmistake in the place of meeting. (deers and
;interruptions.) Private placards hare been issued by each
side ; one bythe reformers inviting attendance atthe Sea-
, eions-beuee; ,the other by the protestant seetioniitviting
attendance atthe Amphitheatre. ,(Cries of " No, uq," and
" Yes, yes," f&e.) I repeat' that a private placard was
issued callingnpon the reformers to meet in this Iplace.
(Load,cries of no," during which u gentleman beaded
up a small hand4hill, which Dr. 31-Welk was proceedirtr to
read,? when
The. Mayon dedlined to receive it, as ;it did not ,come
within the scop.a.ef the debate.
Dr, M`Nnete--I, am content; it is not essential to what
wished to say. All that I wish to make public this.: that
the meeting held ;ill ,this room under the circumstances i
of this morning—whatever the result of the vote now r
to taken may be—was sot, and cannot be understood to
be, a fair representation a the feelings of Liverpool on
this question. (Loud applause. " Three cheers for Dr.
M'Neile," aceompauied by :the Kentish fire.)
Mr. C. Tuaara seconded the motion; and then Mr.
JAMES AIKIN moved, and Alf. THOMAS BOLTON 6OPAM2Ied
as au amendments—" That .certain oaths required to be
taken by members of the House of Commons, while
useless as safeguards of the eonstitution, are offensive to
the religious convictions and feelings of a large section of
her Majesty's loyal subects, and it/consistent with the
principles of civil and religious' liberty."
Mr. Alderman PAnicea, in an energetic speech, de-
fended Dr. M`Neile from some strietares iu which Mr.
Aiken had indulged in moving his amendment.
, Amidst a second scene of tumult and uproar the
amendment was put, and after a careful scrutiny of bands,
declared by. the mayor to be loot,
The original motion of Dr. M`Neile was then put, and
a somewhat singular occurrence took place—viz., the re-
jection of the motion also.
Mr. .1, R. JEFFERY attempted to induce the meeting to
adopt a petition to Parliament, in unison with the prin-
ciple embodied in the resolution proposed by Mr, Reth-
bone ; but was unable to obtain a hearing or to effect any
practical result.
The mayor then dissolved the meeting, as it was found
impossible, from the continued disturbance, to bring the
proceedings to a formal conclusion.

THE TO MEETING ON FRIDAY.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
Ox learning from Mr. Bushell that Papists and Radicals
had packed the Sessions-house, in order to oppose the
motion for adjournment to the Amphi-theatre, and
that the only hope which remained was for the Protestants_
to go down at once to the Session-house and demand an
immediate adjournment to the Exchange-flags, the
Protestants flocked by hundreds and thousands to the
place where the enemy had entrenched themselves T
. hey
crowded into every part of the building, but quickly found
that it was utterly impossible to effect au entrance into the
Court-house, as it was already as full as it could possibly
hold. In the Magistrates'-room, an animated scene took
place ; the doors were beset with gentlemen calling out in
indignant tones for an adjournment ; they loudly denounced
the whole proceeding as factious and contemptible ; the
confusion and noise at times was truly deafening. Within,
the mob of Papists and Radicals were determined to put
down by clamour every aftempt on the side of the Pro-
testants to enter into the merits of the question ; without,
the hundreds of gentlemen were resolved that this puke()
hole-and-corner meeting ghoul(' now go forth 0 tiv3

empire as a legitimate exponen-f of the views of Liverpool
on LorciJohn's Oaths Bill. So that between the yells
of the Popish rabble and the loud remonstrances of those
who were unable to find admission, and who ceased not to
call on the Mayor, the scene was a Babel of confusion.
Alderman Parker distinguished himself in his endeavours
to effect an entrance or to procure an adjournment. At
length Mr. William Rathbone, whose anti-Protestant
views are well known, came out and fell foul of the worthy
alderman, commanded him in a tone of authority, worthy
the Czar himself, to desist or he would have him removed
by the police—a rather summary mode of procedure on
the part of one who professes such liberality of sentiment.
Mr. Parker, however, was not to be put down, and showed
an evident determination to allow no interference what-
ever with his liberty of speech or action ; upon which Mr.
Rathbone, thinking discretion the better part of valour,
and that bullying would not go down, bustled out of the
room, amidst the sarcastic cheers of the Protestants, in
order to bring in the police. At one time, however, it was
seriously thought that the two belligerents would come to
blows.
After a considerable time had passed in this way, many
gentlemen left the building, despairing of being able to
effect an entrance to the meeting ; the hundreds who
remained, however, determined to hold a counter meeting
in the magistrates' room, in order to record their solemn
protest against the disgraceful proceedings.
Alderman PanitEnproposed that the Rev. W. M. Falloon
should take the chair, but that rev. gentleman having
shortly before left the room, he proposed that the Rev. W.
F. Taylor should be called to the chair, a motion which
was seconded by T. BOUM, Esq., and carried unanimously.
Before taking the chair, the ev. Mr. TAYLOR said that
he thought it would be better that a layman should pre-
side, and that he would propose that Mr. Alderman
Parker should do so ; but as no one seconded the pro-
position, and the meeting were loud in their cries that he
should, he took the chair amidst acclamation. He addressed
the meeting in a brief speech, stating, that as the public
had been led to expect that the meeting tailed pro forma,
in the Sessions-house, would be instantly adjourned to the
Amphitheatre, thousands had assembled in the latter
place.; that on being told by Mr. Bushell that the motion
for adjournment had been lost by the opposition of Papists,
they had come thither either to obtain admission to the
meeting, or to entreat his worship to adjourn to the
Exchange flags ; that as all these attempts had been
ineffectual, it was the opinion of several gentlemen there
that a resolution should be proposed to the effect, " That
The meeting in this Court-room could not be considered An
Adequate representation of the people of Liverpool, said
that a meeting should be convened in a larger place." He
would not enter upon the consideration of Lord John's
bill, however desirable to lave that matter discussed; and
although there were many gentlemen present who were
really anxious to hear the merits of the case, he conceived
that their proceedings should be strictly limited to the
passing of a resolution snob as he had mentioned. (Cheers.)
J. Bnowar, Esq., then moved the following resolution:— ,
" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the meeting
held this day-, in the Court-room, is decidedly inadequate
to give a free, fair, .and impartial expression of the
opinions of the inhabitants of Liverpool, hundreds being 1
assembled and unable 'to obtain admission, and that kis
desireable thereupon to have another meeting in some
public 'Awe sufficiently capacious to accommodate all who
may wish to attend, in order to give expression to
public feeling on Lord John Russell's oaths bill."
The resolution was seconded in an able speech by Al&
Parker, and supported by T. Bouch, Esq., president of
the Chamber of Commerce, in a most temperate .and
moderate speech, wherein, without uttering a sentiment
which could be ransidered offensive to any one, he gave
it as his decided opinion that the other meeting, in the
adjoining room, could not be considered a fair
_public
meeting. He-sat down amid much applause.
Before putting the resolution, a gentleman stood up,
and, with the permission of the chairman, addressed a
few •words to the meeting, stating that he had intended
to have .prepesed an amendment, as he conceived a
censure on.the Mayor was about to .be proposed, but as
he.found there was nothing of the sort, he would not do
-so, .as he fully concurred iu the resolution then submitted
/to the meeting.
Here a ;person stood up and attempted to oppose the
iresolution, antending, as he said, to propose an amend-
.ment. He made some rambling, -incoherent remarks,
which bad not much to do with the matter before the
.chair. ;,so the meeting became impatient, although the
chairman .endeavoured to get him a hearing.; yet, as an
opposition was evidently factious and unreasonable, and
:seemed. intended for the purpose of occupying the time,
the meeting demanded that the resolution .be put, which
was.accordingly done, and carried, swith only two
.dissentients
The resolution was then signed 1 ,the chairman, and
sent .in ..to his worship, who read it, without Comment,
before the meeting in the Court-house broke up.
A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the
Rev. W.. F. Taylor, for his conduct in the chair on the
occasion,.-who replied that it would always give him much
pleasure to join them in their struggle to maintain the
. integrity of our glorious Protestant constitution. (Cheers.)
Among, cur leading laymen who wenepresent at this
auxiliary. meeting there were, besides other active cham-
pions cf.P.rotestantism, Mr. Alderman Bold, Mr. Chas.
Groves, M. John Campbell, Mr. Daniel Waterhouse, &c.

22LE LONDON GAZETTE.

'TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1854.

BnilcaurTs.—T. Evans, Manchester, ironmonger, March
S and April 3, at twelve, at the Bankrupts' District Court :
solicitors, Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Manchester; official
assignee, Mr.• Fraser, Manchester.—D. M'Gregor, Chorlton-
upon-Medlotk, iLancashire, travelling draper, !starch 9 and
30, atitwelve, gt the Bankrupts' District Court, Manchester .
solicitor, Mr. 'Wield, Manchester; official assignee, Mr.
Hernaman, Manchester.—S. Carlton, Darlington, Durham,
coach manufacturer. —D. A. Ramsey, Kensington-park-
terrace, Notting-hill, builder.—C. Clarke, Norwich, maltster.
—F. S. 'Robinson, Bloomsbury-square, manufacturer of
patent medicines.—E..B. Green, Bilston, Staffordahire, iron-
monger.—A. Rizzi, Leeds, looking-glass manufacture.—D.
Sheffield, draper.
RTN It tiff rPS tOSOLV RD. —Morris and ,Co., Liverpool,
grocers.—Thompson and Vernon, Liverpool, milliners.—
itowlins and \Watson, St. Helens and Liverpool, manufac-
,tering chymiate-, —Mellodew and Co., and ,Lees and Co.,
Oidham cotton spinners.
Divtoursos.—March 15, J. Tomliinson. 'Liverpool and
Runcorn, stonemasons.—March 16, M. !Sowell, Manchester,
publican.—March 15, G. N. Manuarino, Manchester, mer-
chant.—March 16, H. Taylor, Waterfoot, 'Lancashire, coal
dealer.— Marth t 5, .1. Milnes, Rochdale, woolstapler.—March
15, W. Wheeler, Cleobury Mortimer, Shrophire, miller.
CanTirtomens.—March 30, W. Falls, Hnlme, Lancashire,
•huilder.—March 'l4, T. Wilkinson, Openshaw, Lancashire,
builder.—March 16, J. Rothwell, Southport, •grOcer.