The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-26 00:00:00

TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY

" MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJusTv,—The pe ition of the
undersigned Ministers, Churchwardens, and Members of the
Congregation of St. John's Church, in the parish of Liverpool,
humbly sheweth,

" Tliat your petitioners desire to express their devoted
attachment to your Majesty's royal person, and their determi-
nation, as loyal subjects, to uphold your royal supremacy in
connection with those glorious Protestant principles which
placed your Majesty's illustrious house upon the throne.
" That they view with just indignaticn the late audacious
attempt of that foreign potentate, the Bishop of Rome, once
more to intrude his authority into your Majesty's realms, by
assuming to create dignities and confer local and provincial
. .

risdict ion on ixelatei of his own appointment.
" That this power is not conceded to the Pope even by the

Roman Catholic sovereigns of Europe, and was not ad►nitted
in this country during the darkest period of the Papa' usurpa-
tion.

" That it has long been one of the great bulwarks of the liber-
ties of this nation, that no foreign prince or potentate bath, or

ouglit to have, any jurisdiction; power, superiority, pre-
eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this
realm, and, therefore, that the attempt to break down that
bulwark, by insinuating such foreign jurisdiction, ought to be
met with prompt and determined resistance.
" That your petitioners are deeply sensible of the great
blessings, civil and religious, which this Protestant nation has
enjoyed since its emancipation from the thraldom of the
Romish schism, and are prepared to defend and maintain, by
every legitimate means, the Protestant religion and the liber-
ties of England.

" That your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your
Majesty %sill be pleased to take such measures as, in your
royal wisdom, shall seem best, to put down the intolerable
pretensions of the Bishop of Rome, to repel his wanton inva-
sion of your Majesty's supremacy, to rebuke the insult he has
offered to the Established Church of this land and to all your
Protestant subjects, and to prevent the acknowledgment or
assumption within your Majesty's dominions of any ecclesias-
tical dignity. pre-eminence, or Jurisdiction conferred by him,
or any other foreign prince, eotentete, or bishop.
" And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray."
The following address to her Majesty was agreed on at
a meeting held on Saturday last, at the Church of St.
John the Evangelist, Knotty Ash :

"TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
"The humble address of the undersigned, minister, wardens,
and members of the congregation of the Church of St. Join'
the Evangelist, at Knotty Ash, in the parish of West Derby,
in the county of Lancaster. . .

" We. your Majesty's most dutiful and devoted servants,
beg leave warmly to approach your Majesty with the warmest
assurances of undeviating loyalty to your Crown, and of sincere
and fervent attachment to your royal person.
"Considering that this country having, in past ages, been
mate to feel, by painful experience, (in the persecution of its
martyrs and the control exercised over its sovereigns,) that
the Bishop of Rome, in opposition to the principle of all
Christian churches, has exercised, with his ecclesiastical
system, temporal power—reflecting that the boasted principle
of Rome, vs has been shown by the persecutions of later years.
perpetrated in less favoured countries, is `ever the same e

Cr.nsider it our duty to declare to your MajtstytVal we view
with feelings of alx.'m and indignation his recent attempt to
interfere with your Majesty's undoubted prerogative—an
attempt which, if it were successful, could never he satisfac
tory to him until it should be consummated by the thraldom
of the sovereign and people of this country, his practice having
been, by intrigue or otherwise, to compel all sovereigns to
bow to him.

"We, therefore, humbly venture to express our earnest hope
that your Majesty will, by the help of Goal, ever maintain and
preserve inviolate your Majesty's authority, as by law estab-
lished, within thepe realms; and that your Majesty will cause
the immediate adoption of such measures as will effectually
prevent any foreign prince, prelate, or potentate,
g, from exer-
cisin or attempting to exercise, any jurisdiction,
. power,
superiority, or authority, within your Majesty's dominions."
The following is an additional letter from his Grace the
Lord Primate, on this important subject :

"Lambeth. Nov. 21, 1850.
"I am much gratified by receiving the address of the Arch-
deaCons and Clergy of my diocese of Canterbury, ' protesting;
against the act of aggression upon our church recently com-
mitted by the Papal see.'
"I was well aware that the clergy of my diocese were ani-
mated by the same sentiments which have been so generally
expressed by the Church of England concerning this extra-
ordinary measure, and I have waited for your address, con-
sidering that it would afford the most suitable opportunity of
declaring my own sentiments upon this occasion.

"You justly observe that the appointment of bishops to take
spiritual charge of the several counties of England and Wales

is: in direct opposition to the statutes of a courit;y;;l7eli affirm
that no foreign prelate or potentate bath, or ought to have, any
jurisdiction or authority within this realm, in which the
Queen's Majesty, under God, is the sole supreme governor.
' When a foreign potentate assigns particular districts of the
realm to be ruled over by his episcopal delegates and nominees,'
he certainly assumes to himself a pre-eminence and power
which is opposed to the spirit and purport of our law.
" We therefore have just reason to declare our indignation
at the present invasion of our rights, and the assumption on
which it is avowedly grounded, that our protestant communion
is unsound, and even heretical. But whilst we are indignant
we need not be surprised. All religions, whether false or true,
must be in a certain sense aggressive, if it is sincere ; and it is
the known characteristic of the Roman Catholic religion
to be not merely aggressive, but encroaching, and to rest satis-
fied with nothing short of absolute domination. We stall
therefore act wisely if we look around us and inquire whether
any peculiar circumstances amongst ourselves may have caused
the present time to appear to the court of Rome a favourable
opportunity for the movement of which we complain.
" Ten years have elapsed since I thought it necessary to warn
the clergy of another diocese against the danger of adopting
principles which, when carried out, tend naturally to those
Romish errors, against which our forefathers protested, and
which were renounced by the Anglican church.
"The result has proved that this judgment was not harsh
or the warning premature ; on the contrary, certain of our
clergy, professing to follow up those principles, have proceeded
onward from one Romish tenet and one Romish practice to
another, till in some congregations all that is distinctive in
protestant doctrine or protestant worship has disappeared.
Ctlisr circumstances might be mentioned, such, for instance,
as the titles and precedence allowed to the Roman Catholic
dignitaries in Ireland and our colonies, which have afforded
some colour to the belief that a change had come over the
spirit of our land, and that an act of Romish aggression might
be ventured without risk of serious notice or national opposi-
tion.

" Happily the event has proved that the errors were on the
surface, and confined to few ; the heart of the nation adheres
to the Word' of God, and rejects the traditions of men:
"Our first duty, therefore, in the present crisis is to retrace
our steps wherever they have tended towards Romish doctrine
or Romish superstition ; and, whilst we appeal to the legis-
lature to protect our church from foreign invasion, to be espe-
cially careful that we are not betrayed by enemies within.
" But another duty is incumbent on us, of still greater
urgency. The corruptions of the Romish Church are very con-
genial to the human mind, and especially to the uneducated,
una wakened mind. Amongst the population of our crowded
towns and our remote villages too many, unhappily, are unable
to test the truth of any religion which is proposed to them by its
only sure standard, the Bible. These may easily become a
prey to teachers so subtle, so skilful, so insinuating as Romish
emissaries are known to be. There is, likewise, a constant
immigration from Ireland, of men who have imbibed super-
stition from their cradle, and by companionship, or alliances
among their fellow-workmen, are too likely to aid the exertions
of priests or Jesuits, of nuns, and of sisters of charity. It be-
comes doubly necessary for the clergy to guard their people
against this danger by every means through which Scriptural
knowledge may. be diffused amongst them ; acquaintance with
the Scriptures is the sure defence against Rome ; the laity must
lend their aid and supply the means of adding to the number
of clergy, together with a provision for household visitors and
Scripture readers, without which it is impossible to make head
against the ignorance and apathy of an untaught multitude. If
the recent assault upon our church should thus become the
means of extending Scriptural instruction, the measure which
was designed for our injury may, under a gracious Providence,
result in an eventual good. The enemy shows that he con-
siders we have a weak point. It is our business to strengthen
that point, and guard it from attack ; and not to allow the igno-
rance of any part of our population to betray them into the
hands of Rome.

"The clergy who have addressed me, may depend upon my
using whatever influence belongs to the high office and station
to which I have been called, to maintain her Majesty's "royal
prerogative and title, and to assert the rightful claims of the
Church of England." And I have full confidence that they,
on their part, will never be wanting in their endeavours to ren-
der harmless any attempt which may be made to weaken or
subvert the Protestant faith of which they are the appointed
guardians. "J. B. CANTUAR."

Lord Drumlanrig, as Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfrieshire,
has convened a meeting of the inhabitants of that county
to address the Crown " to use to its utmost every power
to prevent the Intrusion of Papal dominion into Great
Britain."

The following spirited letter from the Bishop of
has been published since our last
"Auckland Cistle Nov. 20th, 1850.

• "Rev. and dear Sirs,—l fully enter into 'the feelings' so well
expressed in the address which you have transmitted, and
which is so very numerously and respectably signed by laity,
as well as clergy. _ _
_ _

"You rightly describe this unexpected and unprovoked
aggression by the Court of Rome as an invasion on thrprero-
gative of the•erown, bound up, as that is, with the exercise of
our civil rights ; as well as upoi the religious privileges so long
enjoyed by our church and people.
"As an Englishman, I am not disposed to regard it merely
in the light of a contest between rival religions, but as- an
outrage upon the independence of a nation always renowned
for its love of freedom, and for its power to secure it. I,
therefore, do not inquire whether such a proceeding be schis-
matical; or whether it be, or be not, in accordance with the
practice of this or that church, or the decrees of this or that
council ; but whether it be not a direct attempt on the part of
a foreign prince to usurp spiritual authority, where he had no
chance, he was well assured, of exercising temporal power.
There can be no doubt that it is an unwise, but not the less
daring, attack upon the supremacy of the sovereign, and con-
sequently upon the privileges of our church, which acknow-
ledges the sovereign as its head upon earth, and looks to that
source, and that only, for the distribution of its honours, and
the arrangement of its territorial boundaries.
"No doubt the religious world may well look at this
audacious attempt with astonishment. But, contrasting our
own scriptural creed ,nd simple mode of worship with. the
errors in doctrine and (Os in practice prevalent in the
Romish communion, we may well laugh it to scorn. Never-
theless, we may learn from it some useful lessons.
'lst. The dissensions among ourselves may have been
greatly exaggerated, but undoubtedly they have prevailed
among us far too much; and I cannot but fear that they have
contributed to this attack. Here, then, we have a solemn
warning against dissension, and additional cause to `hold the
faith in unity of spirit, and in the bond of peace, as well as
righteousness of life.'

" Again. The melancholy spectacle of a few unhappy and
misguided men, even among our own ranks, who have taken
refuge from, I know not what, apprehension, In, I know not
what, security at Rome, may admonish us of the evils which
cannot fail to ensue, if we mistake the broad and plain paths
marked out in the inspired Word of God, for the inventions,
and fancies, and devices of man-
" Lastly. It affords a striking illustration of the fact; that
the :spirit of Papacy is ever aggressive. It is insatiably

ambltious. So nil- tiOm regarding-any removal of disabilities
in the light of a favour, or as an act of pure justice, it looks
upon it as a concession extorted by fear, and as the means of
further detriment to those who have shown such Christian
feeling to their erring, but still their Christian, brethren. We
must, therefore, be cautious of extending the privileges and
increasing the power of those who have shown such a disposi-
tion to misuse both.

" As you wish for my counsel in this. time of anxiety,l should
recommend an address to her l‘lajesty, as soon as it can be
prepared, and petitions to both houses of parliament when
they again assemble.
I am, rev. and dear sirs, your faithful servant and affec-
tionate brother, " E. DUNF.LM.

" The Rev. .1. P. Eden, H. Peters, and B. Kennieott."

Dr. Cumming, in the course of his second lecture, spoke
as follows on the subject of the oath which Dr. Wiseman
took at Rome :---

Why, if there ware any truth in this book, if there were
any authority in this pontifi,mte, Cardinal Wiseman did
swear, " Omnes hereticos, schismaticos, et rebelles, Do-
mino nostro, vel successoribus prte ictis, pro posse, per-
sequar et impugnabo." (Cheers.) A few minutes before
(Dr. Cumming) entered that room, he received a letter
from St. George's, Southwark, with a cross prefixed to it,
and signed " Francis Searle," which was the name of the
gentleman who acted as Cardinal Wiseman's secretary.
That letter enclosed another, which it stated had been
forwarded to the editor of the Times on Tuesday last,
but had not. yet appeared in that journal. The enclosure
was as follows :

"TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

" St. George's, Southwark, N0v.19.
" Sir,—Dr. Cumming, in his letter in your pager of to-day,
gives an extract from the oath taken by bishops and arch-
bishops, copied from the Pontifical,' printed at Antwerp in
1627. and states, presume, that Cardinal Wiseman, on re-
ceiving the pallium, took that oath.' To prevent further mis-
understanding, I have the Cardinal's permission to state to
you that, by a rescript of Pope Pius VII., dated April 12,1818,
the cause quoted by the rev. doctor, and so subject to mi:
understanding, is omitted by all bishops and archbishops who
are subject to the British Crown."
(cheers, oh, oh, hisses, and laughter.) This showed, at all
events, what was the splendour of that Crown, if it were
true, and what was the pressure of the subjects of that
Crown, even upon the Vatican itself—if that were true.
(Cries of "hear.") The writer went_on to say :

"The authorised copy, now lying before me, used by our
bishops is hewled--,,

FORMA JURAMENTI,

" Pro Episcopis et Vicariis Apostolicis Episcopali dignitate
ii-feditis, qui in locis Magure Britannia sublectis versantur,
wwscripta a SS.Pio P. VII., (tie 12 Aprilis, 1818.'
. .

In the copy of the Pontifical' kept at the episcopal residence
in golden square—the copy, perhaps, generally usucl in the con-
secrat on of bishops in England—t:e sentence is cancelled."
. . •

What a sleepy archbishop to go and consecrate bishops,
and not. to know what they were doing—not to know whe.
then these things were done or not. (Cheers.) He pro-
i•eeded—

" Dr. Cumming is at liberty to inspect this if he will arrange
with me for that purpose,"
—and call at the episcopal residence, in Golden-square
(Laid laughter.) " go there." exclaimed Dr. Cum-
with much emphasis. (Great cheering.) But, con-

tinued the rev. doctor, he had some disclosures to make
with respect to Dr. Do• le's statement and Do Castro's

book that would horrify all England. He wanted this to
ba rivetted upon their minds. He did not want Dr.
Wiseman to escape by means of his Jesuit sophistry. (A
voice, "Go with the police." (Laughter.) No, he was
not afraid ;he would go alone. (Loud cheers.) Did they
ever hear of a Scotchman who was afraid of any body ?
(Graatclice.ting.).. Theietter acred • .

" When Cardinal Wiseman was consecrated bishop in Rome,
in 1840, he took the English form of oath. On receiving the
pal I hint, at which ceremony I assisted, his eminence took no
oath, card, nals being exempt. Had he been required to do so,
he would, no doubt, have repeated the same form."
Why, what laws had this man ? Here was a solemn
pontificate whiCh he was bound to observe, under the
most solemn conditions, with the most solemn bulls
prefixed : here was a document which all priests, bi-
shops, and archbishops were bound to observe, on
which Catalano wrote notes, and which stated that
when the archbishop received the pallium he must
take that oath, and that until he had taken that oath
lie could not receive the pallium; and yet the Cardinal
Archbishop of West minster said that lie did not take that
oath. (A voice-: " Oh, it won't do"—cheers.) Now
suppose that he did not take that oath. Urban VIII.
arid Benedict XIV. both stated that nothing was to be
changee' in, added to, or subtracted from the pontificate;
but Gregory XVI. and Pius IX. said th..t anything might
be added to or subtracted from it, and that it might be
treated in any way Dr. Wiseman pleased to suit the Bri-
tish Crown (hear, hear.) The Church of Rome assumed
that it was the united Church, and that we heretics were
all at issue with one another. But what was really the
case with Rome ? Why, two Popes said, " You must not
add to, subtract from, or do anything contrary to this
pontificate ;" whilst two other Popes, Gregory XVI. and
Pius IX., said "You may chop and change, and do any-
thing you like with it."

A special meeting of the members of the Church of
England Institution was held at the Charitable Institu-
tion, Slater-street, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose
of adopting an address to her Majesty upon the recent
daring Papal aggression. The attendance was numerous,
and included several clergymen and influential laymen.
Mr. George Jones occupied the chair, and delivered an
excellent speech, as did the Rev. T. W. Moeran, Mr. T.
Mirams, Mr. J. W. Mallett, and the Rev. W. Brewster.
Thanks were voted to the honorary secretary, the Rev.
It M. Mosse, for his unwearied exertions in furtherance
of the interests of the institution. _ _ _

A meeting of the congregation of All Saints' Church,
in this town was held in the school-room on Monday eve-
ning, to consider the propriety of addressing her Majesty,
in consequence of the recent aggressions of the Pope of
Rome, and notwithstanding the very unfavourable state
of the weather, the room was crowded to excess. The
Rev. H. Marlen took the chair, and having opened the
meeting with prayer, and stated at some length the object
for which it had been convened, was most ably supported
by his lay friends, who were unanimous in their opinion
that a loyal address should be drawn up, and forwarded
to her gracious Majesty, expressive of their steady and
firm attachment to those Protestant principles in support
of which their forefathers bad been willing to peril their
lives. A resolution to this effect was then moved in a
very appropriate speech by R. Y. Ackerly, Esq., the
minister's churchwarden, which was seconded in a very
able manner by W. Roxburgh, Esq. The motion was
unanimously carried, and the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed throughout the meeting. Every one seemed to
feel the importance not only of resisting the arrogant
assumptions of the Papacy, but of doing all in their power
to check the influence of the soul-destroying system of
Popery in their own parish, by the establishment of schools
for the rising generation commensurate with the wants of
this populous neighbourhood. It is doubtless in the re-
collection of most of our readers that some time before
the appointment of the present incumbent, the old All
Saints' Church, with its commodious schools, passed into
the hands of the Roman Catholics, and though the loss
of the former has been in some measure compensated for
by the liberality of the pnblic, in the erection of a new
church in Great Nelson-street North, the latter has been
only partially supplied by a hired building, insufficient for
the present schools. _ —

PRESCOT.—A meeting of the parishioners of Prescot
was held in the Town-hall on Tuesday. The building was
very respectably filled, and as the locality is inhabited by
many Roman Catholics, several of them attended, fully
determined to give battle to the proceedings of the day.
Among those present we noticed the following :—Rev.
Mr. Sampson, vicar of Prescot ; Rev. E. Carr, of St.
Helen's; Rev. Mr. Ingham, of Rainhill ; Rev. W. Jeffs,
of Farnworth ; Rev. Mr. Valiancy, Sutton ; Rev. Mr.
Groom, Rainford ; Rev. W. Bellew, Prescot ; Rev. Mr.
Sampson, Whiston; and the Hon. G. Stapleton, brother
of Lord Beaumont. The Rev. the Vicar of Prescot was
called to the chair, who briefly addressed the meeting,
stating his full concurrence in its objects. The Rev. E.
Carr then moved the first resolution—" That this meecing
regards with indignation the late arrogant assumption of
jurisdiction within these realms by the Bishop of Rome,
and trusts that no one of their fellow-subjects may be
found to countenance so manifest an usurpation of the
undoubted rights of our sovereign lady the Queen." He
said the time was come when they, as Protestants, should
manfully stand forward, and battle against the aggressions
of the Church of Rome. The Rev. Mr. Valiancy seconded
the resolution. After which the Hon. Mr. Stapleten rose
to address the meeting respecting the loyalty of Roman
Catholics ; but there was no inclination to hear him. A
person called Pennington also wanted to speak, but was
also put down, The Rev. Mr. Tiernan, P.P. spoke seve-
ral times in opposition, contending that the Church of
Rome was not such as had been represented, and denied
that the Church of Rome countenanced persecution : it
was only persecution of doctrine. A resolution► of thanks
to Lord John Russell, for his manly and Protestant let-
ter, was agreed to, after which an address to the Queen
was read by the Rev. Mr. Jeffs, put to the meeting, and
passed. The meeting broke up, at four o'clock, giving
three cheers for the Queen, =Woad, cries of "'No Po-.

A great Protestant demonstration took' place in the
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on Thursday: The vast
edifice, with its galleries, was crowded to overflowing, and
two or three thousand persons were unable to gaiman en-
trance. The admission was by ticket, and the meeting
was restricted to the friends of Protestantism: The pro-
ceedings were of a less enthusiastic c' aracter than those
of the Liverpool demonstration on Wednesday, where the
spirit of partizanship Was strongly evoked by the presence
of so many Roman Catholics ; but the vast assemblage
listened to the variouespeakers with the grave and earnest
attention of men thoroughly in earnest, and a solemn
protest against the recent unwarrantable assumption of
Papal power in this country was unanimously agreed to.
The appeals of the speakers to rally round the Queen on
this invasion of her civil rights were responded to with en-
thusiastic loyalty by the entire audience springing to their
feet and cheering them in the most deafening manner,
Addresses to her MaiEsty and Lord John Russell were
unanimously agreed to, and the meeting quietly dispersed
at II o'clock.

The London daily papers are filled with reports of
meetings held in every part of the kingdom.
The great Yorkshire meeting was held on Friday, in
the Castle-yard at York. The High Sheriff took the
chair. Earl Fitzwilliam moved, and the Earl of Hare-
wood seconded, the address to the Queen. The Hon. C.
Langdale moved an amendment, condemning the inter-
ference with the rights of conscience. Sir Wm. Lawson
seconded the amendment. R. P. Milnes, spoke in
favour of the address. W. C. Maxwell, Esq.., followed
in favour of the amendment. After a reply from Earl
Fitzwilliam, the amendment was put and negatived, and
the original motion was carried by an immenee majority
One of the lergest meetings ever held in Bristol took
place on Wednesday last, when the Dean of Bristol, in a
short speech, which might almost be said to have electri-
fied the audience, said :—" It is admitted, nay affirmed,
both by the Roman Catholics themselves, and by almost
every bishop, if not every bishop who has spoken on the
occasion, that this act of the Pope, against which we this
day protest, is mainly attributable to, is the result, the
natural result, of the conduct of some of the clergy of the
Established Church—that there is a party within the Es-
tablished Church that has encouraged the Pope of Rome
to take this measure of aggression. If this be true, then
indeed the Church of England owes a heavy debt to the
British community. If, as I believe, the people of Eng-
land separated from the Church of Rome in earnest pro.
test against her falsehoods and domination, and framed
the Church which is now established among us in direct
antagonism to the Church of Rome, and for the uphold-
ing of those truths of the Gospel which Rome observed,
and that allegiance to it which Rome claimed for her pon-
tiff that sits on her throne, then that any clergy of this
Church so established should have ministered to the in-
terests of Rome, should have adopted more or less her
principles, her doetrines, her practices, argues some greet
supineness, some dereliction of duty upon the part of some
one within that Church. (Loud cheers.) Either her

bishops, the overseers of the'cler

else another

have been remiss, or

pirty—(and I charge you now

--the laity

. .
have been remiss; or else both-bishops and laity have
been remiss; and the Church of England owes a great
debt to the British community, which can only be dis-
charged by a newly-awakened vigilance, by a determina-
tion to repress this treason to the Church, this treason to
the truth of the Gospel, and loyalty to our Sovereign,
which has unhappily so long been allowed to fester so
close in its very heart. (Loud cheers.) Now, don't be
alarmed:at the next sentence lam going to say—l am not
going to enter into any discussion, but just one word. It
has been said that the Tractarians have countenanced Po-
pish practices in the formularies of our Church. I shall
not stop to discuss whether this be so or not. I shall
content myself by alleging that I do not believe within
the whole formularies of our Church, in their spirit or in
their letter, can he found the slightest shadow of so much
as countenance, I will not say for some of their practices
—and of their practices I am willing to take but secon-
dary heed—but of that doctrine of Tractarianisn which
links them so fatally to Rome, I mean the substitution of
a human priesthood for the sole priesthood of Christ—
(loud cheers)—the substitution of the agency of man for

the workines of the free spirit of God. (Cheers.) But if
it be so, if it could be proved to be really true, that the
Church of England does speak with so uncertain a voice
as to admit. Tractarianism within her pale, with those who
ire favourable, more or less, to the superstitious spirt of

. . .
Rome and their rites and observances, the people of Eng-
land owe a great duty to the Almighty God of truth, and
that is, not to rest until a church speaking so uncertainly
be again reformed (loud cheers), and brought nearer to
the principles of the Reformation—that is, to the princi-
ples of the pure, sincere, word of God. I trust, however,
that the discussions which present events may provoke
will prove me to be right. I trust that this will shew that
the Tractarians have no consistent footing within our
Church. By this resolution you seem to say that you
th.nk they have not a proper footing in our Church, that
the Queen is opposed to such. Then take you also care
that you shew yourselves opposed to them (loud cheers)
whether you be members of the Established Church or
not ; I speak to the laity. Already this city has spoken
out well ; its memorial has been addressed to the bishop
pointed against Tractarianism, and asking for tl

interference to repress it. That memorial I have to state
to you has been signed. by 6,247 people. Now, I speak
then to you, citizens of Bristol ; follow up the steps you
have already taken, and now, as a clergyman, I speak to
you words which perhaps you think ought not to fall from
the lips of one of the clergy ; but I tell you, the laity of
every denomination, let the clergy of every denomination
know that thq,are not lords over God's heritage. (Tre-
mendous applause; the cheering extended to the plat-
form.) There is a great contest going on in the world ;
we have not only to contend against Roman Papacy, but
we have to contend against Anglo-Papacy— (cheers)—
and when I speak of Anglo-Papacy, I mean not the Pa-
pacy only within the Establishment, but the Papacy
which is trying to establish itself within each denomina-
tion. (Loud cheers.) Let, then, your clergy, whoever
they be, know that a church of Christ means a company
of faithful men (loud cheers), and that it is the duty of
clergymen to take counsel together, and be guided by the
joint voice of that church, which has committed to it the
ministry of the temple. One sentence more. The Trac-
tarians are always extremely happy to appeal to the fathers
for their authority ; I mean also to follow them, and to
call for one moment's attention to the sentence of one fa-
ther, a most eminent one, Father Ambrose, who says,
" There is scarce a heresy that has ever entered into the
Church of Christ, except through the way of the clergy ;
but the trutn and simplicity of the Gospel have ever been
retained by the fidelity of the laity." (Loud And pro-
longed cheering.)
On Tuesday, meetings were held in Hertford, Maccles-
field, Great Yarmouth, and Stepney, at all which the
greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and petitions were adopted.
A court of the burgesses of Westminster was held on
Wednesday, when an address to her Majesty was unani-
mously carried. The
.Royal College of Physicians in Lon-
don has delivered an address to the Home Secretary for
presentation to the Queen. The Pope was burnt in effigy
on Tuesday night by the inhabitants of Ware, Herts, amid
groans and execrations.

The clergy of the East Riding of Yorkshire met at Be-
verly on Wednesday, in order to memorialise the Queen
in support of the church and throne. The Archdeacon,
Robert Wilberforce, ref uFed to attend, though he had
summoned the meeting. He wrote a letter stating that,
" it was unwise to impose any further restrictions upon
the religious liberty of any class of the people. This,
however, would not have prevented him attending the
meeting, were it not that the civil power has this year as-
sumed that office of settling matters of doctrine which our
formularies assign to the church."