The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-27 00:00:00

RADICAL MEETING.

On Tuesday evening last a meeting, called together by public
advertisement, at the instigation of an itinerant ,reacher, 1
ing himself the Rev. Tully Crybbace, was held in the Music
Hall, Bold-street, fur the purpose, as the placards expressed it,
of .petitioning parliament m favour of the right of the people to
elect their,own ministers, to 'relieve the bishops front political
service in parliament, to abolish all compulsion in support. of the,
gospel, and to mentorialize his majesty's government regarding:.
defesits in the new marriage bill.
Atr. LAWLIENCE HEYWOUTti was appointed chairman.
' The principal speakers were the chairman, the rev. gentlenien
alluded to, and a Mr. Peter Hope, of Whitechapel, who indulge'd
in a, strain of invective against the established church and its
ministers. They contended that a priesthood was altogether
inconsistent with the intention and doctrines of the New Testa.
tneut; that their practice had ever been to defraud the people of
the fruits of their honest industry by cajolery and cheating ; that
all compulsory payments in Support of religion were contrary to
the teller of the Scriptures. Did thepublic feel the pressure of
taxation ? As the only remedy they must reform the church.
Were they burdened with the maintenance of a standing army
Reform the church, and it would no longer be required. Were
they further' burdened with the police, magistrates, and gaols ?.
Reforixt the church, cud the moral renovation that would take
place would render all such things useless, &c.: every complaint
and grievance which they felt was more or less connected with
the church. They wished all to unite with them in this object.
They came there in the name of Jesus of Nazareth; but they
would combine even with infidels and atheists, provided they
had the same end in view; for this could be done with perfect.
consistency, and by their union of purpose, they would be ena-•
bled to scatter all the minions of corruption.' The standing
army was merely kept up to keep the people in darkness and
superstitious:awe, and to assist the clergy in collecting their
tithes. They need only reform the church, and the working
classes would be in a snore prosperous condition ; and one por-
tion of the people would not be suffered to prey upon another,
The principle of non-interference adopted by many.diaeenting
ministers was condemned by wholesale; and Mr.'Crybbace
hoped the meeting would maintain their, right to interfere with
any religioureor political- establishment with which-they did not
themselves' agree, and to set their determination against a,
church which; iii-order to be maintained, sent police officers to:
seize tie goods of the people, and.soldiers to murder them.. The
fact was, he believed that the church would have been reformed
long ago hed•it not been for the apathy of dissenting ministers,
who so hing as they.could get their own little differences settled
were satisfied. In the saute way the speakers went on, amidst
alternations of cheers and hisses, and an occasional "Turn him
out !" followed by summary execution, winding up their pro-
ceedings with a petition and memorial embodying the sentiments
of the speakers, and " humbly" requiring tjeit the king should
resign his usurped headship of the church; that the bishops
should vacate their seats in the House of Lords ; that the- uu-
natural and anti-seriptural connexion between church end state
should cease, together with all compulsory church payments;
and that the propelied dissenters' marriage bill should be
amended' iu six particulars, which the gentlemen were con-
siderately pleased to pointout, for the consideration and guidance
of Sir gobert Peel. In conclusion, the meeting having held
together as well as it could, by dint of hearing some objectors
without anSwering them, and putting others aside without hear-
ing them, voted a committee to -4o what they liked with the
memorial—either to convey it to Sir Robert through the me-
-0.. which consisted of between 3110 and 4(X) of ap-
parentlydium of Mr. I:wart, or of Mr. Abercroinby, the speaker.
The rneetin
the lowest rabblei., then dispersed. A collection of
pence was made at the doork but for what purpose none of the
speakers explained.