The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-15 00:00:00

THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.

Mr. Page Wood, the new Solicitor-General, was amour
the hearers of Cardinal Wiseman at St. George's Romisi'
Chapel, Westminster, on Thursday.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.—Copies of the subjoined placard
were posted on Sunday last upon the Tholsel and chapel
gates of Kilkenny. This significant appeal to the passion,
of the rabble curiously illustrates the meaning some 10;
man Catholics attach to such cant phrases as " liberty 0'
conscience," the ' free right to petition,'&c, The
Pope—Cardinal Wiseman ! ! !—The following strangers
in this city have petitioned Parliament against the Pope,
Cardinal Wiseman, and the Catholics of Ireland, CO''
firming the base charges of Drummond against the re",
ligious institutions of our country. Men and women °'
Ireland will you stand this ?' The natural effects of 81/
appeal which would have done credit to the genius of the
Inquisition itself have been attacks on several unoffendlog
individuals.

THE GREAT ANTI-PAPAL LEAGUE.—The noblernell,
members of the House of Commons, clergymen of tl4
Church of England, and dissenting ministers of all tr
evangelical denominations, who have been engaged '5
some weeks past in forming a basis for a great Anti-paP
League, concluded their labours in Osborne's Hotel. on
Friday. The formation of this powerful league will be.
forthwith inaugurated by a great gathering in the largas'
place which can be got in London. When its constito'
tion and plans are brought before the public, it will strike
terror into the heart of popery. It will be more than de-
fensive. It will assume the aggressive. It will bring ifs
means and appliances to bear even on the very city f
in
duct
the itself. One of its principal objects will be to
the British government to demand from the Pope tbil„
toleration to English Protestants in Rome which we E"
abundantly accord to Roman Catholics in this countrY."'
Morning Post.

MORE RESERVE.—In one of the principal villages to
the north of London, some benevolent ladies have RI
maintained a school for the children of the poor, man"; .
and supported by themselves. They had selected are of
tress, who came to them with the recommendations ,0
two of the Chelsea clergy, and who professed to belong:ep
the Church of England. A short time back, in con- •
quence of some unpleasant rumours, a close inquiry
set on foot;—when, after for some time professing aut
herence to the Church of England,—the mistress vree!ab
last brought to admit that she had visited the Rottosa
priest once, twice, perhaps more than six times,-13°
confessed,—in short, after long fencing, the plain avow.B
came out, that she had joined the Church of Rome 1,
June last ! "And have you, since then, and while Y°l
continued mistress of the Church of England schoo,,,
confessed to the priest ?" " Yes ; to two priests .0
" And have they, knowing this circumstance, given 3°4
absolution ?"—" Yes." " Then, I must tell you, that, 't
you were to call in the first stranger that went by, and 'e
him know that, while occupying this post, you have eoll‘
fessed, and been absolved by your priests, he—anY Iv;
different person—would declare that those priests rre'
nothing better than a couple of rogues !"—Herald.
THE PAPAL AGGRESSION AND PORTUGAL.—A COf
respondent of the Times thus writes from Lisbon,
ference to the " Papal Aggression" upon Portugal • ,
" This aggression upon Portugal consists in the POP! ,
attempt to deprive the Archbishopric of Goa of its jul,
diction over the Roman Catholic Church, in those 11,,,
jacent possessions, which have passed from Portugal to
dominion of the English and Dutch. The Pope had el'
dently attempted to tamper with Archbishop Torres be:
fore he went to Goa, but he, upon his arrival, insiste:t_
upon maintaining intact the rights of the Portugue-.!
Crown ; he would not allow the Pope's Vicars-ApostoltE]
to usurp the jurisdiction of his Archbishopric, and, so far
as the English possessions are concerned, it appears tba
Archbishop's spiritual authority was acknowledged, 01.1
the Pope's innovations disallowed. The Holy See le'
however, never at a loss to compass its ends, and there;
fore the Nnncio in Lisbon adopted the Count of Thonaer,..
party, and the Count being appointed by the Saldant"
Ministry to arrange the affair with the Nuncio, Arch
i
bishop Torres was recalled from Goa, with the consent of
the government, and no other successor being appoint!
to that distant See, the Pope can, in the meantime, pia,,
his cords in India just as he likes.

utrNi n PIEDMONT.—AN
Signor
INltoor
e.
LAND.—In the sitting of the 27th ult. of the Chamber 0-
DeNpuutNieNsEßolfETS
tion of considerable importance in the present position 0,,
Piedmont with respect to Rome. The first article dire':
that no person under 21 years of age shall take religion;
vows in a convent. By article 2, such person must /131 i
r oAnNe developedAiPr' Ea
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lived in a society at least six months within the period °,„.
two years before taking their vows. Article 3 prescribe_;
that no foreigner who shall have taken vows in °qty;
countries, contrary to the rules laid down in the prececliPt;
articles, shall be admitted into a religious communo,
within the Sardinian States. Article 4 extends this P, lip
vision to Sardinian subjects who have taken vows
foreign countries. Article 5 provides that any Pcf tv
accepting vows, or allowing them to be taken, contrary 99
~e
the above provisions, shall be punished with five Y'j
exile ; and any person taking such vows shall be dePPI,
of civil rights. The Chamber took this bill into conslo';
ration by an immense majority. It is obvious thtr
Popery is in its death struggle in Italy ; and that, but Nie
the presence of Austrian and French bayonets, the wh° a
horde of spiritual vampires who have for ages fastene,,
themselves upon the heart of humanity would be dricr,
out of every portion of the Peninsula. In addition to tl'_/
above fact, full of hope as it is that the regeneration
Italy is not far distant, it is understood that the comn'!3
nial council of Turin has decided that the ground require
for the erection of the monument in commemarationli
the Siccardi law, abolishing ecclesiastical privileges, 511'
be granted gratuitously by the city.
CHALLENGE TO A POPISH BISHOP.—The vr Aid
Herald of Thursday last, contains a letter from the ftl,
Joseph Baylee to the Roman Catholic Bishop Br°"
from which we take the followint; pithy extracts : ,Do
Corifes.yion.—Uuder this head you again evade
proofs.
They are too disgusting and abominable for me to PuIP.
lisßuh, even in Latin. tc
t I offer to prove, in the presence of twelve resPe
able husbands and fathers—
I. Priests are bound to ask obscene and polluting rue'
tions of all females moral and immoral.
11. All females are bound to explain, with rev:4o'o
minuteness, subjects which ought to strike any wool'
mind with horror. dint'

111. No heathen classic is a thousandth part so P°'
ing as Romish books of devotion. oti
S. these •e awful accusat: mill hire to

.dese are ccu.ations ; will you venture
them to the test •, do
The Celibacy of the Clergy.—Under this head 51,00
not even attempt an answer to my arguments.
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merely say, that it is lawful for n man to make a vOVO
if the Church enforcing a vow was the same as a ,
re'
voluntarily making a vow. I shall merely, therefore?
state the arguments :
1, OP,
I. Celibacy is recommended, not to the clergyto the laity, in all the placesin the New Testament vgn`
is referre to.
11. Marriage is recommended to bishops, and lt!, tho
his children and household well regulated, is given ler,
Holy Ghost as one qualification of a Christian minisfailP'
111. Forbidding to marry is a departure from the
the work of seducing spirits.
IV. St. Peter was a married man.
V. Marriage is honourable in all,
Therefore in the derv.