The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

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wed name. The head of that family
3pected, and he believed would con-
d. Let them call the man to whom
ime which he seemed to have given to
__matins. Let them k hi to that
name, and never call him " the Hon. and Rev. Gorge
Spencer." (Hear, hear.) The noble Marquis here refer-
red at some length to the course which Father Ignatius
had recommended to be pursued in reference to parties
entering families as servants, for the purpose of making
converts to the Romish Church. He (the noble Marquis)
appealed to them to adhere to their Protestant insti-
tutions, not merely because they were the institutions
of their childhood, and under which they were bred, but
because they still believed them to be founded in truth.

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himself—Father li

Difficulties and dangers might affect them ; but so long
as they were true to themselves, they might say to all
foreign nations and Princes, that as long as England re-
mained what she was, "so far shall thy proud waves
cattle, but no further." (Tremendous cheering.) Let
their principles be as the oak,—injured, perhaps, in part,
but yet sound; seared, it was true, by Heaven's thunder.

but still consecrated by the blow. Let them remain firm
to their Queen and to their country, and that country
would then continue to be what it had long been—the
admiration and envy of the world. (Loud cheers.) In
the course of the noble marquis' address he alluded to a
horrible curse which he said Cardinal Wiseman was not
only cognizant of, but which was part of his Pontificate
Rom anum ; it was in his library, and it was acted on
throughout the whole of the ceremonials of the church.
Supposing a young person had been taken to a nunnery,
and her parent objecting to' her being immured for life,
rescued her, and took her home, then the following curse
f was to be pronounced against him by the bishops of the
P,•tran Catholic Church :
be cursed in his•home and out of his home ' • may
• - in the field, cursed in watching
ng and drinking, cursed

there_light upon him the

,w byMoies on the sons of

he hook of the living,

portion and
uatricide, with Dathan and
_.‘s and Sapphira, with Simon Magus,:and
,th Judas the traitor, and with those who said to God, " De-
part from us, we will not follow thy ways." May eternal fire
devour him with the devil—(cries of horrible) and his angel,
unless he make restitution ar.d come to amendment."
There were other curses which he might read, also very
horrible, but that would suffice.

W. Tatton Egerton, E3q., M.P., seconded the address.
Robert de Hollyngworth, Eaq., said that before the
address was put to the meeting he wished to say a few
words. He thought it did not go far enough, and he
therefore wished to make an addition. They ought to
strike at the root of the evil. The speaker charged th
Government with having encouraged tl
(Hear, hear.) In the spirit of a fal

barriers

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curse of the age—they had thrown down tho___ _________
which their forefathers had raised for the maintenance
and protection of their religion. (Loud cheering.) The
Queen's rulers had discouraged Protestantism and la-

wished their favours on Papists. Lord John Russell now
affected indignation at the Pope, but it was nothing but
humbug on his lordship's part. (Cheers and hisses, and
a voice—" Aye, that's the correct word : it's nothing but
,t.

It was

lollyngworth was pursuing would

?r an irregular conversation, Mr. Hollyngworth was
.d to proceed, and moved that the following be added

We feel it our duty to ex-press our

earnest conviction that the present outrage agaiii— ,
Majesty's royal person, and the constitution of this
country, by the Bishop of Rome, would not have been
lffered but for the system of encouragement given to the
"e' 'holies by her Majesty's Ministers."
having been nut to the meeting

' THE BIRKENHEAD MEETING.—On Tuesday, the ma-
gistrates met at tho Town-hall, Birkenhead, to receive
the reply from Sir George Grey to the application men-
tioned in our last; after deliberating some time they issued
the following notice :—" The magistrates give public
notice to the ratepayers of Birkenhead and its neighbour-
hood that they have communicated with the government
on the subject of again summoning the adjourned meeting
which they had called upon the requisition from respect-
able inhabitants. for the purpose of addressing the Queen
on the encroachments of Rome, and that it is not deemed
expedient that they, as magistrates, should take an active
part in summoning .% meeting likely to lead to such an
amount of violence as might renew the disgraceful and
unprovoked riot that prevented the holding of the meeting
on Wednesday last." We are happy in being able to
announce that a subscription has been set on foot in behalf
of the unfortunate policemen who were injured in the
affray. Already the amount collected exceeds £4O, and
we have no doubt it will be considerably augmented.
The following gentlemen have formed themselves into
a committee for the purpose of equitably distributing
the fund :—N. Pyke, Esq., T. Tyler, Esq., Stanlow
Baliff, Eq., and Henry Gough, Esq. At the meeting
of the Birkenhead Commissioners on Tuesday, Mr.
Percy M. Dove and Mr. Eckford Watson attended be-
fore the board, to urge that the commissioners should
move in convening the meeting.—The Chairman, Mr.
John Laird, thought that, before the Commissioners could
give an answer, they should know what the communica-
tion from government was, else they might be placed in a
very improper position.—Mr. E. Watson said government
did not, as they understood, object to the meeting, but
only:demurred as to their having troops.—Mr. Pike said
he had always felt that the magistrates were not the proper
body to call such a meeting, acting as they did generally
in a judicial capacity ; and that, he thought, was the chief
objection of Sir George Grey. The government did not
otherwise object to the meeting.—Mr. Green thought it
would be most improper for the board, to whose chairman
the requisition should, in the first instance, have been
addressed, to interfere now.—Mr. Ravenscroft expressed
disapproval of the calling of any further meeting whatever.
He was afraid that the language which would be used
would irritate the navigators, and that anarchy and a state
of petty civil war might exist in the township throughout
the winter.—Mr. Hughes moved that a special meeting,
to consider the question, should be called for next evening ;
and this was, after some discussion, agreed to.—At the
meeting on Wednesday night the subject was resumed.—
The Chairman and several other gentlemen expressed their
opinion that it was desirable, before the Commissioners
undertook the responsibility of calling a meeting, a requi-
sition to that effect should emanate from the inhabita
Other gentlemen differe

,d on the point, and were in favour
of a meeting being at once called by the Chairman.—His
Proposition, however, was agreed to. The meeting is
fixed for Friday next, in the Market-square.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.—
At the Wiltshire county meeting on Friday. a letter was
read from the Marquis of Lansdowne, declining to take
part in the proceedings, as his doing so " might fetter
that discretion which as a minister of the Crown he was
bound to exercise ;" but adding,—" So far as the resolu-
tions express a firm determination to uphold, by every
means, the Protestant Establishment, and, more espe.
cially, to resist all attempts by any foreign potentate,
ecclesiastical or civil, directly or indfrectly, to interfere
with the ordinances of our Church, or her Majesty's
supreme authority as its head, they will have my entire
and cordial concurrence."

At a meeting of the Incorporated Law Society, on
Tuesday, an address to the Queen was agreed to, one
paragraph asserting that the aggression had been greatly
encouraged by Romish principles and practices within the
Church. Some Roman Catholic members protested
against the meeting as foreign to the objects for which the
association was formed. Mr. Ripley supported the ad-
dress, because " he had seen the Tractarian practices at
Oxford since their first commencement at Balliol." Mr.
J. A. Murray thought it was no use sending " Wiseman
out of the country, unless they sent along with him the
Wilberforces, the Dodsworths, the Sewells, and the Ben-
netts, who were absolutely pimping for the harlot of
Rome ?" He also advised the meeting, now Christmas
was coming, "to make their sons and daughters bring
home their school-books for inspection, for he verily
believed that in every educational establishment in this
country there was a Popish Jesuit." The address was
carried unmutilated.

DURHAM.—One of the largest and most influential
meetings ever held in Durham assembled at the Town-
hall on Monday evening week, on a requisition to the
Mayor, for the purpose of considering the expediency of
drawing up petitions to the Queen and both Houses of
Parliament n*, •'
I addresses

"Au apal aggression ; anc.
to Lord John Russell and the Bishop of Durham expre.
sive of their concurrence to the true Protestant principles
advanced by their Lordships. On the platform were
several gentlemen who bad filled the office of mayor,
many of the corporation, professional men, citizens, and
resident gentlemen, a member for the city, two of the
canons of the cathedral, two or three parochial ministers
of Durham, all the Dissenting ministers, and several
strangers from the neighbourhood. A more triumphant
meeting in expression of lnvalt., .„

abhor-
rence. of Popery and Puseyism, and of adherence to sound
Protestant principles, was never held in any place. The
Dissenters of Durham stood forward in a wise, a manly,
and a generous manner by the side of their Protestant
brethren of the Establishment. None could protest in
more uncompromising terms their opposition to the com-

mon enemy

A most enthusiastic meeting of the inhabitants of Run-
corn was held at the Forresters'-hall, on Monday evening,

which was densely crowded. ae platform were the
principal clergy and inhabitants of the town. Mr. Jackson,
one of the churchwardens, presided. The first resolution,
expressing the surprise and indignation of the meeting at
the usurpation of the Pope, was moved by the Rev. Mr.
Barclay, and seconded by the Rev. James Cox, in powerful
and appropriate speeches. A Roman Catholic priest named
Carr, seconded by a Mr. Daley, moved an amendment,
which was lost by a large majority, the audience listening
with great impatience to their remarks. A second resolu-
.

tion, deploring the recent concessions to the Roman Ca-
tholics, was moved by Mr. James Cawley, and seconded by
the Rev. R. C. Faulkner, the latter speaker including in
his remarks an attack on Dr. Pusey. A working man,
named Joynson, supported_ this resolution in a smart

speech, in which he urged the working classes to oppose
Popery by all the means in their p ,wer. Mr. John Johnson
and Mr. R. H. Hare then proposed an address to her Ma-

jesty, which differed in no 'material point from those
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at, ziumar weeungs. An auaress to Lora Joon
Russell was also agreed upon, and, after singing " God save
the Queen," the meeting separated.
ORANGE SOCIETY.—On Sunday night, a meeting of
the various lodges in London belonging to the Grand
Protestant Association of Loyal Orangemen of Great
Britain was held at the offices of Messrs. Jones and
Clarke, solicitors, 30, Bury-street, St. James's, for the
purpose of considering the best course to be adopted to
stop the recent step taken by the Pope. The chair was
taken by Mr. Hill, one of the grand masters of the dis-
trict, who was supported by the Rev. Mr. Greig, one of
the grand chaplains, and a large number of the masters be-
longing to various lodges, who wore their orange-coloured
sashes and other insignia of office. The Rev. Mr. Greig
alluded to the recent act of the Pope as being nothing
short of an audacious outrage on her Majesty's preroga-
tive and the Protestant religion of the country. He
maintained that the legislature should not pause in
enacting laws to put down these aggressive measures. It
could be done by a Christia❑ Government and Christian
legislation. All the laws making concessions to the
Papists ought to be repealed, as they had broken every
pledge they made, and ought to be dealt with accordingly.
Ho would allow them toleration. but nnthin,,

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Papists ought not to have the same privilege as other
_
- Atheists were better
harm, whilst the

.igious s

ntidels and

Homan Catholics surrendered their brains to the priests,
and they were not fit subjects for liberty. Hating
addressed the meeting for nearly an hour, it was finally
agreed that the rev. gentleman's views should be laid
before the Grand Lodge, when the meeting separated at

eleven o'clock
GREAT DEMONSTRATION BY LAY MEMBERS OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND AGAINST POPERY AND PUSEY-
Ism.—An immense meeting of lay members of the Church
of England was held in the Sussex Rooms, at Freemasons'
Tavern, Great Queen-street, London, on Thursday, for
the purpose of protesting against the " insolent and insi-
dious" attempt of the Bishop of Rome; and also to
invoke her Majesty's aid to suppress the various innova-
tions recently introduced, in some quarters, into the ser-
vices of the established church. We have referred to the
meeting elsewhere. The meeting was convened for one
o'clock, but so great was the intense interest of the pro.
ceedings, that long before that hour had arrived the hall
was crowded to the doors, the galleries being filled with
ladies. Lord Ashley, M,P., was called to the chair amidst
the boisterous acclamation of the meeting. Amongst the
gentlemen who surrounded his lordship were the Earl
Waldegrave, the Earl of Chichester, Lord Charles Russell,
Mr. Childers, M.P„ the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. R.
C. L. Bevan, Mr. Locke, Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., the Rev.
Edward Auriel, St. Dunstan's ; Captain Sir Edward Parry,
Mr. Plumptre, M.P., Mr. Baxter, of Park-street, and
Doncaster; Mr. J. Carter Wood, Westminster; Hon. H.
Milbanke, &e., &c. The meeting was altogether of a very
uncommon character. Add, first, it was so in the mode
of its being brought together. To assemble a really large
concourse of persons in a tnid-day meeting in the busy
metropolis is usually an undertaking involving a very
large amount of labour and expense. The walls must be
placarded for many days previous, and notices must be
affixed to all the church and chapel doors. When all this
has been done for ten days or a fortnight, the result often
is, a room only decently or barely filled. In the case of
Thursday's meeting, none of these means were employed.
A simple announcement that such a meeting would be
held was inserted in three or four morning papers, for five
or six days precedent to the day of meeting. The public
were also warned to take tickets, by applying at three or
four houses named. So eagerly was this notice responded
to, that on the night before the meeting the applications
for admission exceeded the capacity of the room. One
consequence of this naturally was, that hundreds who
wished for admission could not obtain tickets, and were
wholly excluded from sheer want of room.
COUNTY OF FLINT.—A public meeting of the freehol-
ders and inhabitants of the county of Flint was held on
Wednesday, at the County Hall, Mold, to address the
Queen upon the late acts of Papal aggression. An unu-
sual degree of interest attached b this meeting, arising
from the circumstance that the High Sheriff of the county,
whose duty it was to have presided over the meeting, is
Viscount Feilding. Since the publication of his lordship's
correspondence with the Bishop of St. Asaph relative to
the church at Pantasaph, the noble lord's effigy has been
burnt in several villages in Flintshire, and he has himself
been hooted and hissed when attending the Roman Ca.
tholic chapel in the neighbourhood of his residence. To
compensate for the loss of the esteem of his lordship's
friends and neighbours, Lady Feilding has, at is stated,
received a most flattering autograph letter from the Pope,

in which his HolinesX expresses the pleasure it will give
him to receive at the Holy City two such illustrious con-
verts to the Papal faith. It -vas expected that the noble
viscount would have been present at the meeting. The
requisition, was signed by the Marquis of West-
minster, Lord Dungannon, Lord Kenyon, Lord Dinor-
ben, Lord Bagot, Lord Mostyn, and nearly 1,000 free-
holders. Lord Feilden, however, instead of adopting the
language and object of the Requisitionists, convened the
meeting " to consider the effect of the late ecclesiastical
arrangements of the Catholic Church in this country,
and, if thought necessary, to address her Majesty on the
subject." This attempt to dictate to the county gave
great umbrage to the numerous, respectable, and highly
influential gentlemen who had signed the requisition. It
was also remarked, that in the notice convening the
meeting the noble viscount claimed for the adherents of
the Papal creed the title of the " Catholic " Church,
an assumption which could not fail to be most offensive
to the feelings of the inhabitants of that Protestant
county. Instead, however, of being present to defend
his conduct, and to bear the brunt of the indignation he
has raised, the noble viscount neither thought fit to attend
nor to send the smallest apology for his absence. It was
stated thet his lordship has set out for Rome, and that
he regards the strong language of the requisitionists, and
the extraordinary unanimity with which the requisition
was signed, as conveying a marked personal censure upon
himself. The requisition was signed, it is assorted, by
every nobleman and gentleman in the county of Flint.
The County-hall at Mold, in which the meeting took
place, was filled to overflowing. Among the persons
present were Lord Mostyn, Viscount Dungannon, Sir
W. H. Clarke, Bart., the Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, M.P.,
Sir J. Hanmer, Bart., M.P., Hon. Capt. Rowley, Col.
Phillips, Hon. T. P. Lloyd, Messrs. P. D. Cooke, H.
Raikes, J. W. Eyton, A. Jones, 0. C. Read, Archdeacon
Clough, and a great number of the neighbouring gentry
and clergy. Letters expressive of concurrence in the
object of the meeting, and of regret at being unable to
attend, were read from the Marquis of Westminster,
Lord Kenyon, Lord Dinorben. Sir S. Glynne, Lord-
Lieutenant of the county, the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, &c.
The venerable Lord Mostyn, who is in his eighty-third
year, took the chair amid the applause of the meeting.
An address to the Queen was unanimously adopted.
County meetings have been held since our last, in addi-
tion to those we have alluded to elsewhere, in Warwick,
Essex, Derby, Cumberland, Wiltshire, Somerset, &c.

Lord John Russell came to town on Friday, and had a
long conference with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
It is said that Lord Shrewsbury has not been successful
with the Pope in his advocacy of the Trish colleges.
A distinguished Roman Catholic was lately asked if he
had been to St. Barnabas's ; he said, " I have not, and I'll
tell you why; I don't like mock turtle."
The Morning Advertiser, of Thursday, hints at the
discovery of an "intrigue between the rractarian party
and the Roman Catholics" to bring the Church of Eng-
land over to Rome, and promises a complete discovery of
the plot shortly.
Archdeacon Manning, it appears, by a paragraph in the
Tractarian organ, has at last resigned his office. This, we
doubt not, is only the first step, to be followed by two or
three others, the last of which will probably land him in
the Romish Bishopric of Southwark.
Dr. Wiseman has been on a visit to Mr. Murray, for-
merly M.P. for Bucks, where he met Lord and Lady
Feilding, Mr. A. L. Phillips. Mr. Maskell, Mr. and Mrs.
Allies, and Mr. Pugin, the whole being converts, through
Puseyism, from the Church of England to the Romish
apostacy.

- A correspondent of the Times, noticing Dr. Wiseman's
professed solicitude for the masses of poor and filthy crea-
tures about Westminster Abbey, writes that a few days
since he was visiting the industrial schools there and found
that Cardinal Wiseman did not subscribe towards them,
and never visited them, and that on returning through
the wretched streets, "he met—not the Cardinal—but
Lord Ashley, picking out the cleanest path he could to-
wards the establishment."
REVIVAL OF CONVOCiiTION.—The Tractarians have
called a public meeting of clergy and laity in London, on
Tuesday, the 14th January, " to adopt addresses to her
Majesty and the two Houses of Convocation on the sub.
ject of the recent Papal aggression, praying for the resto-
ration of the Synodal functions of the Church, as the
most legitimate and effectual means of opposing all en-
croachments from without, and vindicat'ng the doctrine
of the Reformed Catholic Church against error of every
kind."

We have reason to believe that an individual of consi-
derable wealth, but who has hitherto taken no consider-
able part in public affairs, and who resides the north of
England, has resolved upon instituting a prosecution
against one of the newly-created Roman Catholic bishops
for a misdemeanour. The legal question may thus be
brought to issue without the intervention of the govern-
ment. An eminent Queen's counsel, and a gentleman
with large practice below the bar, have been retained to
draw and settle the indictment.—Legal Observer.
Mr. Roebuck, M.P., has written a letter to Lord John
Russell, published in.the Times, accusing his lordship of
inconsistency and impolicv, with deserting the principles
of Catholic emancipation, and fomenting those religious
differences which he has been striving to allay since 1829.
He contends, moreover, that the re-establishment of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy in England was the natural
consequence of the removal of Catholic disabilities ; that
if the " aggression" was not foreseen, his lordship must
confess himself a short-sighted politician ; and, if it was
foreseen, his indignation must be feigned to serve a party
purpose.
A CHECK TO TRACTARIANISM.—A correspondent of
the Dublin Mail says,—" I have every reason to believe
that immediately on_the assembling of parliament a bill
will be introduced, the provisions of which will authorise
parishioners to withhold payment of tithes, &c., from all
clergymen, of either country or town parishes, who have
introduced the Oxford novelties. The party so withhold..

.
ing payment to state specifically, in a writing signed by
him, and lodged with the register of the bishop, the
reason of his so withholding payment. The proof to lie
on the clergyman that he has not made any such altera-
tions in the decorations of the church, or in the manner
of administering divine service."
THE AMBITION OF THE ROMISH PRIESTHOOD.—In
one of Southey's letters to his friend Wynn, in 1805, he
thus alludes to the consequences which may ensue if the
Roman Catholic priesthood possess unrestrained liberty
in England :—" You do not know what the zeal is, and
what the power of an army of priests, having no interest
whatever but that of their order." What would he have
said if he could have foreseen that about forty years after
he wrote thin, more than a hundred clergymen of the Es-
tablished Church would secede to Rome, and that many
who did not secede would by their preaching and prac-
tices assist the "zeal" and " power ' of the Roman Ca-
tholic priesthood ? _
_ _

words can do justice to this by any adequate
=-Church and State Gazette.

THE BIBLE IN ROME

—A correspondent of the
ork county meetinu. Mr

thus writes

" At th

The Morninq Advertiser has recently given a cutting
expose of the Pope's financial affairs, founded on a report
of his financial agent in Paris, Signor Thomassy, with a
view to a loan. From 1816 to 1849 inclusive, the Papal
expenditure has been yearly in excess of revenue. The
Papal debt amounts _to nearly five and-a-half millions

sterling, notwithstanding the large revenue and immense
domains of the Pope. The debt will be increased one-
half at least by the deficit of the present year. His Holi-
ness is raising money on treasury bonds at some ten or
fifteen per cent. interest, although by infaliible Papal
bulls usury is forbidden, and declared accursed, both to
lender and borrower. His Holiness keeps a standing
army of some 24,000 men, commanded in chief by a Car-
dinal Archbishop.
POPISH RAPACITY IN CHESHIRE.—There was a person
of his acquaintance, a young man, a very promising cha.
racter, an amiable excellent youth, rather addicted to the
sports of the field. His mother was dying, and she was
visited by the priest frequently. One day the priest at-
tended and found her in a deep slumber, and he said,
" She must receive extreme unction," the last ordinance
of the church. "Oh !" said the young man, " don't dis-
turb my mother, she is in a quiet sleep, it may be refresh-
ing to her, and through it, by God's blessing, she may be
restored to us." His request was granted, and the suf-
ferer slumbered on. but it was the sleep of death. Now,
what bad resulted from that act of this young man, ami-
able and kindly as it was ? He was possessed of pro-
perty bringing in between one and two thousand a-year,
and he had been so acted upon because his parent had not
received " extreme unction" that he had no longer one
farthing of money in his possession ; all had been paid
over to the church to pay penances for his deficiency
in religious actions, and he was a noviciate in one of the
mendicant Popish institutions in this country—a miser-
able recluse.—The Marquis of Westminster's, speech at
Knutsford.

menial occupaions, such as the place of a scullery-maid—
(oh, oh)—for the purpose of proselytising Protestant
families. (Shame.) He held, therefore, that it was time
to speak out, and tell these people—(great cheering,
which rendered the rest of the sentence inaudible.) The
Protestant people of England were amused at the denun-
ciations of the right rev. prelate ; but why did it not occur
to him that there was another name equally dear to
Englishmen, and that it ought to call a blush upon his
face to think that name also was to be found among the
perverts to the Romish faith. (Great cheering.) And if
he saw danger from the intrigues of an humble scullery-
maid, could he not see danger also following a full-
developed archdeacon. (Cheers and laughter.)—Lord C.
Russell at the Metropolitan Lay Meeting.

POPERY WITHIN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.-The
Protestants of England feared no open enemy in this or
any other righteous cause; but unhappily they had
enemies to whom the well-known term of "insidious,'
might be more appropriately applied than to the Bishop
of Rome and his direct emissaries. (Cheers.) With the
latter they had to wage an honest stand-up fight, and
from them they neither expected nor desired any favour.
(Hear, hear.) It was not so much the Pope who had
done the evil of which they complained. Even Popery
itself—that monster evil of the world (cheers)—that
mighty lie (cheers)—that very master-piece of Satan, to
delude and deitroy sinful souls (cheers)—even Popery
would be comparatively harmless and powerless, if it
were confined to Roman Catholic countries, or even to
individuals among ourselves. It was Popery among
nominal Protestants (cheers)—Popery practised in our
Protestant churches and preached in our Pr f,,,--
- and by those we--"-^ th-

THE ROMISH CHURCH. IN THE 'UNITED STATES.—A
correspondent, writing from New York, says:—" Arch-
bishop Hughes, who has just left us in order to go to
Rome to receive the pallium from the Pope, delivered a
lecture here a few days since, in which he asserted the
positive and rapid decline of Protestantism in this country
and in Europe. The lecture excited much attention here,
but I undertake to say it was a fallacy from beginning to
end—false in its facts and in its inferences. The only
additions made to the Roman Catholic Church here are
derived from Irish and German immigration. The cnly
Americans who belong to it are the immediate descendants
of foreigners, who keep up a show of reverence for the
church in order to control the votes of these poor ignorant
people. It is with the greatest difficulty the Romish
churches are kept up in this city. All the congregations
are deeply in debt, and in danger of being sold. All the
Irish servant men and women are taxed a few cents each
a week to keep the priests from starving ' • while on the
other hand, the Protestant churches of all denominations
are liberally sustained, without any resort to compulsion
or censures. If Protestantism is on the decline here we
cannot perceive it."

THE POPISH INVASION.-- Our metropclitan contem-
pory the St. James's Chronicle is making extraordinary
efforts in the present crisis of the Church. Besides its

own masterly exposures of the daring V devices of the
Papacy, its ample pages afford a complete record of every
thing said or done by prelates, priests, and laymen, in
every quarter of the country. Charges, pastorals, and
speeches, calculated to throw light on the one-engrossing
subject are reported at great length. And all this in
addition to a copious digest of the general news of the
day. The St. James's Chronicle, published three times
a week, is one of the oldest of the metropolitan journals,
having numbered some ninety summers. It was noted in
times gone by as the newspaper to which Dr. Johnson,
George Stevens, Colman, Garrick, and other choice
spirits of the eighteenth century regularly contributed,
and in which G ildsmith wrote his "Citizen of the World"
In later years it has well maintained itc rank both for

talent and energy, tnd has -earned a well-merited reputa-

tion as the active champion of the constitution in Church
and State; and as par excellence, the clergyman's and

country gentleman'; especial organ. The rigid exclusion
of everything of a questionable tendency, both in the ad.
vertisement and the news departments, and the varied
and attractive character of its miscellaneous intelligence,
renders the St. James's Chronicle a great favourite as a
newspaper for the family circle.,

Dec. 10, ISSO,

ENTHRONEMENT OF CARDINAL WISEMAN. - The
Romish ceremonial for the induction of an Archbishop to
his see, was performed at St. George's Church, South-
wark. on Friday. The procession of the clergy of the
new " archdiocese" having been formed two and two,
habited according to their respective ranks and orders, at
least 200 in number, preceded the Cardinal, who wore a
gorgeous mitre ana pallium. A graceful canopy, fringed
with silk and gold, was borne over his path by the " con-
verts" exclusively. The cardinal was followed by Dr.
Doyle, who was preceded by Dr. Cox and two other
priests. Cardinal Wiseman proceeded to kneel at the
foot of the altar, when, after the customary form of
prayer had been read, the mitre, which h.d been ex-
changed for a scarlet cap a short time before, was formally
placed upon the head of the new archbishop, and the
crozier in his hands. He was then conducted to the
archiepiscopal chair, at the foot of which the whole body
of the clergy made the usual obeisance—kissing the
cardinal's ring in recognition of his spiritual authority.
High mass was then performed, after which the bull,
conferring upon Cardinal Wiseman the archiepiscopal
jurisdiction of Westminster, was publicly read. The
proceedings closed with the presentation of an address to
the new " archbishop," and an exhortation from him to
his clergy.

At lißil •
home or abroad—whether at St. Peter's or - ' ant 1
in Protests . ,0
—that they would not have Popery totiCh Lid
gland (loud cheers),—that they would not even 9 not P.
had led them to think they were so,t°
unclean thing—and that Protestant England a ptos
prepared—though some few of her false and Tee° "b'
tbe 5-
jects, soul and body, of th Popish Cliuten:,,,,, 0
of Sir Edward Parry, R.N.,at the Netropolo'
hecon?e
....speet
Meeting.
__.......,.e.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE " MUMMERIES OF
SUPERSTITION."—The Rev. Mr. Bennett, the notorious
Puseyite, of St. Barnabas, Pimlico, has addressed a letter
to Lord John Russell, stating that his lordship, was for
nearly seven years a member of the congregation of St.
Paul's, Knightsbridge, had given countenance to those
peculiarities of ritual which he now holds up to reproba-
tion as " mummeries of superstition." The letter will
help to open the eyes of the Premier to his former folly.
Its priestly tone is only equalled by that of Dr. Wiseman's
manifesto. Mr. Bennett says that Lord John Russell
sanctioned the proceedings at the mother church by his
long-continued presence at divine worship. What busi-
ness, enquires the cautious pamphleteer, have he and the
Bishop of London now to scandalize Christianity by up-
holding Popery as :the enemy of the faith, people, and
Sovereign of England ? As for the bielop he may re-
monstrate as he will. Mr. Bennett will not recede—he
will alter nothing. " I have told him so !" As for heed-
ing what Lord John hints at, the reverend writer tells him
that he is unworthy of being attended to ; that he has
subdued his conscience to public opinion ; and that for
selfish motives of gain, of place, and of power, the once
friend of the Papists is now their foe. After this Mr.
Bennett proceeds to show that Lord John was for years
a contented and constant attendant at his parish church
of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge; that he never censured
anything done or said therein ; that ha highly approved of
the building of the church and school of St. Barnabas,
and had no word to say against the purposes for which
they were erected. Mr. Bennett goes even so far as to in-
timate that the fact of Lord John and his family having
taken the sacrament at his hands so lately as Ash Wed-
nesday, 1846, is a proof that up to that time his lordship
was an abettor in all done or designed by the minister of
his parish !

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD AND DR. PIISEY.—Are we
under a delusion, or is the Bishop of Oxford mad ? We
are credibly informed that, by an arrangement with Mr.
Marriott, haring the sanction of the Bishop of Oxford,
Dr. Pusey will henceforth preach the four o'clock Sunday
sermon at St. Mary's, in that city. Both the bishop and
Dr. Pusey preached at Littlemore on the 24th ultimo.
Now, mark,—Not very long since, Dr. Pusey was sus-
pended by the university. Upon Mr. Newman's seces-
sion, Dr. Pusey became the leader of the Tractarian party.
At the meeting at St. Martin's-hall, just previous to the
recent intrusion and outbreak, Dr. Pusey publicly advo-
cated a straightforward movement towards Rome. He
announced, at the same time, his own opinion that the
Church of England had "no distinctive doctrines." Dr.
Pusey has been publicly charged with practices, in rela-
tion to auricular confession, not less adverse to Cnristian
morals than to the doctrine and discirline of the Church of
England. He has not denied, or qualified, or retracted,
any tittle of what was so laid to his charge. He has been
prohibited—virtually, if not in form of law—from nrpnrh-

ing in the city of Bristol, by the bishop of that diocese.
And under- these circumstances—at this season of excite-
ment—the Bishop of Oxford gratuitously sanctions and
encourages the preaching by this man, in his city and uni-
versity, of the very same weekly sermon by means of
which Mr. Newman did originally work so much mischief

THE BISHOPS.

lidlciv
The following is a copy of an address frolont rs)°
bishops and Bishops (except Exeter and St. s'a-
Her Majesty : 110. pi
May it please your Majesty,—We,
"The humble Address of the Archbishops an
u
"TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT A 00,
of the Church of England. tbishoPs
the Arrnd,
end
and undersigned Bishops of the Church of Eng B,i-on so
proach your Majesty with sentiments of basvenera been
offered to the Church and to your MaiestY'
loyalty at a time when an unwarrantable insult wbot3
toof to
appertains the chief government of all cstates,,Thisost
Holy Catholic Church, in which the
realm, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil. „"cliridt
country, whose Church being a true branch 01 , God
preached, and the Sacraments are duly ministerea:hop of
ing to Christ's ordinances, is treated by the Di tulati3
Rome as having been a heathen land, and is congtaspise
on its restoration, after an intervalof 300 years, te four
rn o
og
rr
potentate
on
tdeendt
aotne
shall w
among the Churchesof Christendom.Theretu , ..nr•
ana P".l,
pure word °f God
is anticipated to a communion the eve and whit'
ruptions of which they deliberately renounced,as wordti
continues to retain practices repugnant to G° 14 .sn
,o'rtheß.
inculcates blasphemous fables and dangerous dece.l:,deS
prescribes as necessary to salvation the belief of tle°-
tahuitshroeriatlym,are.--141
" It is part of the same arrogant assumptiontbs
use natnyd
exercise Scr i pt uarney. a i .
.._aitolel.:e
fiance of the law which declares that ' no foreigl; 00
_miner 0' r ittilit
00-
is op of Rome has pretend ; a
spiritual dominion over the people of this count'', tick
in nominating certain Romish ecclesiastics to Prof st .
places or sees in England, has reasserted his clan with s
premacy over the kingdom, and has interfereulbjestl
prerogative constitutionally belonging 1, J
..„, your '
alone.
united 0451
jurisdiction,h spiritual or ecclesia:ctiituoe
and'
"We consider it our duty to record our -ritsP•
tO a srtiosi
against this attempt to sub'
tyranny from which they were freed
people ..._rorio
~,
at the l'el tv to di'l
and we make our humble petition t your .11isies,;,,5 tt‘'
countenance by all co t* - o - the c'e'-' 'OS
ns ituttonal meanspill
usurpations of the Church of Rome, by which r- v 03'
divisions are fostered, and the labour' of our clesi tell'
peded in their endeavours to diffuse the light of tt"
gion amongst the people committed to their chargi!,oll'
"J. B. CANTUAR. "G. PETERBO,,,gvg.
" F. EBOR. " H. WORCESIP
"C. J. LONDON. "J. LICHFIELD,o,
"E. DUNE LM. "A. T. CHICHE
" C. R. WINTON. " THO. ELY.
"R. BATH & WELLS. "S. OXON. S?
FOWLER
"J. LINCOLN. "T. VONA/Lw-

......-Al. 'I •
" C. BANGOR. rti SO
ASAPH. .E
"G. ROCHESTER. "J.P. m A.N,-,- fa
" H. CARLISLE.
"J. H. GLOCESTER "J. CHESTER;
and BRISTOL. "S. NORWCI,I.,;-0 , 0
" C. T. RIPON. " A LLANDM,N,O•
"E. SALISBURY. "J. SODOR and 'to the
i
The Bishop of Exeter has written a long addrestead°
Queen in which he denies that she is " earthlY ,thergt
among "eistes'
the church,', and that this is one reason
witted to his Lordship of Exeter, it was
why he could nor sign the memorial of his'fellow l'r 41).
• ollv .0
It appears that, after the memorial was origg! ,ti to 1 ,
" R. D. HE- REF°
present form, with a view of meeting his objeen°,,eocle"
rootO'ns, ill
his lordship sent his address before viesving the slelos
form, though to the latter which we give aheve'o sorol
appl;npa 4 ..,1,......a,„ 1..:.....' ..• k-5......-101,1,_,A5 ti.

dale is reported to have said, that had he been prepared
he could have shown the meeting a paper from the Pope
himself enjoining all classes to read the Bible. I do not
intend to question the accuracy of Mt. Langdale's 5tate-

of his objections have been removed." The :~a
the Bishop of Exeter to her Majesty having u`Lntsto—
by his lordship to Sir George Grey for pre''' ,
the following answer was returned
Whitehall, 4th Decen/lb•etr'oriaogr
c, My LORD,—I have to acknowledge the receP.,,or
of the 22nd ult. enclosing to me a document Pyuldr
- 1- that 1 n

to be a petition to the Queen, nith a request tll.` t,
"As this document contains no prayer
sent it to her Majesty. ced wesst
addresr-addr
Queen, and is not in the usual form of petitions 0 obics
.
to the Crown it does not appear to me to be 00emajeslY•

- .. .1
secretary of State could prOperly lay before ber_cishiP•
have, therefore, the honour to return it to your lor
" I have the honour to be, my lord, 0
" Your lordship's obedient servan,t,96. GII

shop a

Bishopstowe, Ta

.., out it the Pope did issue* such an injunction in sin-
cerity and good faith, it must have been, so far as his own
capital was concerned, tantamount to a proclamation
JO
which our own government might issue, enjoining all SHIPS.
mps is Pro•
classes to eat haunch of venison, turtle soup, and ortolans. The establishment of transatlantic steam s“: 00 irl roe
I will tell you why. When I was in Rome in the winter demonstrating the utility of rapid communicati oncl
_or
of 1847, I was very anxious, for a particular reason, to moting the increase of commercial intercoursello loatge,
obtain a copy of the Scriptures in Italian. I !sought for extension of trade. Atlantic steaming is neseera setae bd
one at all the booksellers at Rome, but without success, an experiment. By general acquiescence all See is ' ha,
until one day, when I bad nearly given up the quest as mined to aid its progress. A complete revolati „„id cne,
, that r-,- al.'
hopeless, I entered a shop not far from the College of the nntki„m.pd „,i 0,,„,), ;,. _;11 .„.,. 1..,- -
.... _

STEAM TO PHILADELPHIA

v.~~ ST:

...,....... A inane my usual inquiry tor me yid and ,---,, —ALL ""aatile Imtbos°
New Testament in Italian, and the shopkeeper replied racter to materially affect our present mere . sas stet
that he had one copy. ' Good,' said I, and began to feel there seems little probability of such huge shIP hereP.os
for my purse. ' Stop,' said the tradesman very honestly, recently placed in the American tilde, hello. it vlbs
constructed without auxiliary steam power, sets all le
"you. had better see it first." Whereat he mounted some becomes evident that the arrival of screw vessoalle,,ets
steps, and after much diving, pulled out a dusty copy of calculated with the same regularity as those Pr ...' nac"_„ the desired work in five, or eiv unitmines r.vve...4,-. .......) AA .- .. C

`.""'`"' """ `"" the ordinary way, and that while the old saillill Ow
price of which unbound, was, lam sure, not less, if it was make but three voyages per year, screw WO a
not even more, than £4. It was of course an 'authorised on
plete double that number. , tbershott
copy,' with en enormous mass of notes, but to enjoin the The eminent firm of Messrs. Richardson D,rreade, 001
people, the poor, the Roman poor ! to read the Bible of
which the only copy I could find in Rome cost some 20 •
Co., who have long been in the Philadelphia
just laid down three new screw ships ; two in l'• be ' v a
scudi, or more, was little short of mockery."
with t do°
one on the Clyde, to run in conjunction w base to
A HINT FOR THE BISHOP OF OXFORD.—Rome- of Glasgow," which vessel they have just Rarepr of to
always was insolent in her pretensions and insidious in purpose despatching to-morrow, as the Pmneta-te in 04
her practices—insidious in her day of penury, insolent in fleet, to the chief
almost of them ost important oods,.dj
her day of power. (Uheres.) One word with respect to
the " foes of our own household." He said, they ought Union. She has
to look to them, because those whose immediate duty it oak pannelling relieved with gold, and views u jo id,
was appeared to have blinked the question. (Cheers.) in the main saloon—which is richly decorated
,s 0 pollo
machee—already nearly every berth is taken' eegag.„s,
If they wanted him to bring proof of that, he would ask
The charges are quite as low as those of 172 glinl,o6
second cabin there are also great numbers ,et,slOevo
them to get it for themselves from a speech of one of
their own prelates. He would not mention his name, but being, inclusive of provisions, 22 guineas, and 9. .0'
the subjects of which he treated would come home to respectively. She will carry in all 120 passengeool
them all. (Cries of " Name, name.") He (Lord C. City of Glasgow has just undergone a complete,`„ gCV.e..O
Russell) was no great speaker, but he thought his description in every particular. She has been visited ".4.,c1',7,
tion would be so accurate that all would recognise it. In nautical men who pronounce her a beautiful cra,""toan
in! fore and aft—her lines - I fine—nnL!., C°P
speaking of the Pope's aggr,- be referred,
el,- tit * t- t I,^ '

-,
..at. 111..._
-- -- i ---d bY "f OP
oquent language, to a name that muss be dear to all
Englishmen, and then spoke with great regret of this rigged as a clipper barque. ...e is commanded jo g
Matthews, late of the Great Western. The secoTo Ild
line will be called the City of Philadelphia' es Start name having been one of those perverted from the faith of
the Church of England to that of Rome. He told them York there will shortly be a number of screw ine-ore, 50
of one new-styled "Father Ignatius," who was going Captain Eldridge Greate shortly expected Wit'j, as c/cs,
through the north of Ireland, calling upon the Romanists is as long as the G Britain, and is expeoiet. Scot 0
to get, by any means, a footing in Protestant families, in Yankee friends say, to "do great things." CAPA eSe to
rrhiorder that they might convert them. (Cries of " Oxford.") bury will shortly b placed in command of atolt late to
R Father Tomati”. ,n 11,..) ~,-. Pr,..,--:^1.- •-- -I-' .
steamer for the American trade. Capt. 13r", e tot; to
the Constitution. proceeds from England by tf.ich are
lay down a boat in America, the engines of w"sball!lter
be built in England. Within a few weeks cv,e.„ gedlet,
not less than twenty-seven boats trading to t"' 011 TO
ranean and Egypt, &c., most of which are VI
ri°diewn tort
ing. In fact so much enterprise is now being 'eed o
~clO
we may shortly expect to see not only steam to ptr
in America, but to every place in which Englari
can be cultivated.

urned anc

Eitstrut Aletus. frfirli
Three Wesleyans at Bolton have been ClPele ref0
r
.0_
the society_ " for identifying themselves with the
movement "

Last week the Irwell Bleach Works, b.
cupied by Mr. Holmes, were destroyed by fire. Ise'
is about £5OOO, fully insured. f olarg•
On Friday night an explosion of fire-deroP 1 ge55
at Haydock Rushy Park Colliery, the propertY ° of
Evans and Co, Four lives were lost. o'i°drei
A fine pheasant flew through an open edroor° t'
at Lancaster, a few days since, and was b
sPeedilY sec
e)
walk a.
by the inmates of the house.
.c2O, tic
On Friday a pedestrian, for a. wager of -•-,etttY"
from Preston to Kendal and back in l" 11
i. 11
hours and a-half. i to )iori.
The magistrates of St. Helen's have refuse"tessol.4
meeting there on the subject of the Papal age,,c it tie•
From the number of Roman Catholics in the plat o's lit
feared that if the meeting were called a riot mil' o°oo
Whilst some men were watching a dog orrY,
the Pierhead Beerhouse. Allipvt.qtrept. Meecl'o eOl
L:tatekhe
sv,tr!A

nt Pend le,1,°;;I°0:0

floor gave way, and about 2 persons were
the ground, a distance of twelve feet. INea.4' 13P ,
men were more or less bruised, and one man
thigh broken. nodiel
At the Prescot Sessions, on Thursday, forfro.
Billington, living at Manchester, was committ,eh-erll'd.b°
charged with an indecent assault upon, and co'!,"ini- et,;ere
Henrietta Perry, a domestic servant of Mr.l"„`Trill'lle
resides at Huyton. The prisoner and procec,"„ri..,o9
travelling on the railway from this town to 131”;`,," rsovii
prisoner and prosecutrix were travelling on
triage
from this town to Huyton in a second-class carrl the
the assault was committed. ; bt, 4)/1100
A blacksmith was killed, on Saturday n•gAretlY,
railway, near Huyton. When about three hen— tbiPor
from the station, he was under the impression the ely
train had passed, and persisted in leaping ffle 045„,Pb
riage, notwithstanding the remonstrances of imtelsgiiicil
gers, In doing so, he came in contact with
post, and was drawn under the wheels of the tfrietelirilf
passed over both legs, one of which was COlnYd51)000
vered from the body, and the other amPut3*.eed tin
after the occurrence by a surgeon. He Engel
following day, when he died e p
ife
THE LATE ELOPEMENT FROM BURY.-- ' .
Times states that the surgeon who deserted hi 9 bolo,
,pissawthreohtrir,oetsitook up his abode nearhis
three children, to elope from Bury with the claufficerofe:
tbn
tiwWdhheeenesrgtleieetynytiath,onl ewefmitmfiettien gentleman commenced practising "
villa*e 0
sion. The newspapers, however, got into the cells Di!
ia sr
tyhoeunygeung lady has retYsuvet roaanufstetesdl
ruywst poad ere cdhntseieerfidd
family,etdthh.
ee Pai,ectret
ds"btseb,
gate has been restored to his wife. vcf,lo,os.o<trt)„f`
AN AWFUL BAD LEG, WITH FIFTEEN
CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILL'', toile
of a latter from Mrs. Sarah Eastment, of roiotir
Crewkerne, dl6th January, 18 '• 06P id'
Holloway. hi SiSir,—About six year- o and
jeiltoti°,
able symptoms manifested th• -elves in rn,
which proved to be scrofula or king's Folber:
time there were fifteen wn .s about my ankie itocl,loc
four months I was in heltenham Hospital' to
pronounced as incura• e. From thence I Wereect
College Hospital; ere also they failed to e
and I was oblige, o return home a complete 4,e' 00 •
this state I co.. enced using your Oiatrao"
which have - fectly cued eig

pits, erring the garb, professing the faith,
performing the services,—ay, and eating the very bread
of our dear Protestant Church (cheers)—those were the
real enemies they had to contend with, and the enemies
of the blessed Reformation. (Cheers.) He, for one re-
joiced to find that the true friends of the Protestant faith
and the Champions of the Reformation were rising up in
the length and breadth of the land to defend that which
they reckoned dearer than life (cheers) ; and he believed
they did well to stand up for their faith and keep aloof
and separate from those enemies who were within the
camp, and who of late had been professing so much zeal
in resisting the common enemy. (Hear, hear.). He did
not like the professions of the Tractarians on this matter.
Their mode of resisting the Pope of Rome appeared to
him to savour a great deal too much of Popery (loud
cheers); and he believed from his soul that it had proved
them to be just what they had supposed them—unsound,
dishonest, and disloyal. (Cheers.) Just let the meeting
observe how the Tractarians dealt with this matter.
Were they ready to assist and uphold the supremacy of
our beloved Queen ? (" No, no !") Not a bit of it.
They were foremost—ay, even before the Pope of. Rome,
—in denying and resisting that supremacy. (Cheers.)
Had they been ready to protest afresh against the errors
and superstitions and idolatries of the Church of Rome ?
(" No, no !") Had they professed themselves ready to
fight again, as it must be fought, the battle of the Refor-
mation ? (No, no !") They did not, because in doing
so they would have to protest against their own doctrines
and practices, which were essentially Popish. (Great
cheering.) Then, what had they done with reference to
the Papal aggression ? They called it " schism."
(Laughter.) They only employed that nice, convenient
little word "schism." (Hear.) Now, if the Church of
Rome was what the Church of England considered her to
be, it was not a schism. (Cheers.) The Tractarians felt
upon this matter as Archbishop Laud did. (Cheers.)
Laud would not be in subjection to the Bishop of Rome.
He would have seen him at the bottom of the Red Sea
first; his wish was to be Pope in his own province.
(Cheers.) And need he tell them that there were some
in the Church of England—not a great many he hoped,
—who would be Popes in their own dioceses and chap.
tors (Cheers.) But they were met there that day to
defend something higher still than the Royal supremacy.
They were there to maintain their Protestant faith in.
violate and incorrupt. (Great cheering.) In short, they
were there to tell tbe Tope and ha abettors, whether at