The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

FAILURES IN GLASGOW.—GIasgow letters announce
the failure of Aitken, Mathie, and Co.. ironfounders, with
liabilities of about £30,000, and assets estimated at
:ClO,OOO to £13,000 ; the alleged cause being speculative
purchases of pig iron. Another firm, Rankin, Smith,
and Co., engaged in the New York trade, had also sus-
rended, with liabilities to the amount of £30,000 or
£40,000, believed to have arisen in a great measure from

THE PAPAL AGGRESSION.

looses on breadstuff

One or two other firms are named,

but their dekts were trifling.
COURT-MARTIAL—A court-martial has been held, to
try Lieutenant Harris, of the 4th Regiment, for having
suffered a placard to be exhibited in his room denouncing
Captain Hort, of that regiment, as a liar and a coward,
and for having stated to a corporal of the same regiment
that Captain Hort was a scoundrel and bully, and would
not fight. The result is not known. It is said that,
when the regiment was at Drake's Island, Lieut. Harris
was made the butt of the mess, with the sanction of
Captain Hort, and was subjected to a most disagreeable
system of practical joking, wine, &c., having been poured
over him. His father took up the quarrel, and sent.
Captain Hort a challenge. The captnin refused to meet
him, upon which Mr. Harris, the father, posted him as
" a liar and coward," in the manner above alluded to. •
A HIGHLAND HERCULES.—There lives on the hank of
the Dee side, immediately opposite Balmoral Castle, her
majesty's Highland home, a farmer, well known by the
name of Street of Monaltrie. Our informant tells us that
he has witnessed him raising on his shoulders the heaviest
horse (equal in size and weight to our own farm horses)
in that locality, and elevating him nearly two feet from
the ground. Such a feat is, in the present day, no mean
imitation of the wonderful exploits of Hercules himself.
It was under this same individual's roof that her majesty
the queen, on her last visit, partook so cheerfully of his
hospitable fare, cakes and milk, and pree'd Ilia bottle of
" Royal Loch-na-gar," after enjoying his facetious re-
" that she would ha'e nae better than that at
'—Scottish Guardian_
THE FOG AT LEEDS.—During the last fortnight, almost
vithout an hour's intermission, the borough of Leeds has
been enveloped in a dense fog; and on Monday evening
it hung, like a funeral pall over the whole town, becoming
at last so dense that carriages and other vehicles were
preceded by men with torches, and even foot passengers
were continually losing their way. In the no ghbourhood
of the river and canals no less than five persons are known
to have lost their lives by drowning during the fog—three
on Monday night, and two on Friday night last. On
Monday evening two men and a woman who were passing
along 'a street which lies by the side of the river Aire,
mistook their way when arriving at a turning, and walked
into the river, and were drowned.—The fog was also very
dense at Glasgow (where two lives were lost), and several
other places.

mark, '
hame."

FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.—Captain Forsyth, R.N., has
addressed the following letter to the Gutta Percha Com-
pany, Wharf-road, City-road, London :—"l4, Stratford-
place, Camden-square, Camden-town, November 18th,
1850. Gentlemen,—lt gives me much satisfaction in
being able to bear testimony to the value of Gutta Percha
in constructing boats. The Gutta Percha boat presented
to Lady Franklin by Messrs. Searle and Co., for the use
of the expedition under my comnian l to the Arctic regions,
proved an invaluable acquisition to the expedition. Whilst
the other boats, constructed of wood, suffered much by
the cutting of the young ice, the gutta parcha boat was
not in the least damaged, and returned to England in
almost as good condition as when she left, although she
underwent all the rough work of the voyage.—l remain,
gentlemen, your obedient servant, LaiAs. C. FORSYTH
Commander, R.N." ,

MIL.
MACHEADY AS KING JOHN.—King John has
always been esteemed one of Mr. Macready's finest parts.
He played it on Monday night at the Haymarket Theatre,
in his most effective manner, exhibiting the meannesses,
vacillations, and infirmities of mind which go to make up
this ably-drawn historical portrait with his usual dis-
criminative variety. The great incident of the evening
was the celebrated interview with the legate from the
Pope. The frequency. with which the memorable defiance
of the papal mandate has been quoted of late, and the
concurrent spirit of Protestant repudiation in which the
public receive it, promised an excitement of no common
kind, The moment the red hat of the cardinal was re-
ceived, a howl of execration ran through the house, but

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Nothing, however, could exceed the
ice with which the fiery rejoinder of the King
was echoed by the audience, though unfortunately the
great point of the passage was drowned in the hurricane

tolerable quiet
vehen

of acclamations which the irritability of the audience
would no longer suffer them to withhold. It is needless
to say that the antipathy of the spectators was not con-

ceased whenever the legate showed his face.
JURORS REBUTTED.—On Friday, at York, in a case of
sheep-stealing. heard before Mr.Juftice Pattesou, wherein
the identity of the prisonerwas most complete, thelearped
-dge, in summing up, made the following remarks :

Gentlemen, this is is a race wherein you haye no evidence
who speaks to seeing the offence committed. In 99 cases
out of 100 this is so ; because people do not commit rob-
beries in the face of the people belonging the property. It
is utterly absurd to think that such evidence should be
produced. I make these remarks because I understand
that there are some people who think it not right to con-
vict any man unless some witness is produced who saw
the crime committed. And I understand that there is a
gentleman summoned on the grand jury (I don't say it is
any one of you now in the box) who said yesterday he
would not convict any man unless some witness were
produced who saw the robbery committed. Why, gentle-
men, this is most absurd ; it amounts almost to insanity ;
because, as I said before, in 99 cases out of 100 no such
evidence can be produced. But when stolen property is
found upon a party it is natural to suppose that be had
stolen it. I remember being present once on a trial near
London, (where folks are generally sharper,) in which a
man was charged with stealing a leg of mutton. The
prisoner went into the man's shop and stole the leg.
The butcher, turning round, saw the Titan running off with
the leg, and he ran after him, shouting " Stop thief."
The man was stopped by the people who ran after him,
and the leg of mutton was found in his hand. The jury,
however, acquitted the prisoner. On being asked why
they had done so, they said, " because nobody saw him
take it."

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident from the
autious use of fire-arms occurred at Hull on Sunday
night, at the March of Intellect Tavern, Waterworks-
street. Two or three friends had taken tea with Mrs.
Allen (wife of the landlord of the house), and they were
all seated afterwards round the fire in the drawing-room,
when Mrs. Allen, who bad left the room for a few mo-
ments, returned with a pistol in her hand, and said,
" Now, we'll• have a bit of fun !" At the same instant
she presented the weapon at the head of a young woman
named Anne Freeman, of very respectable connexions,
and pulled the trigger, when the pistol immediately went
off, and the contents took effect in the forehead of the
unfortunate girl, who sank down in a state of insensibility
and expired in the course of a few hours. The unwitting
cause of the catastrophe, as soon as she perceived that
her friend was wounded. fainted and had a succession of
fits, which prevented her attendance at the inquest. Mr.
Allen had purchased a brace of pistols a day or two pre-
vious:y, and his wife and he had amused themselves by
snapping percussion caps at each other. On the day
before the fatal occurrence, however, Mr. Allen had
loaded both the pistols with ball, neglecting to inform his
wife, and had locked them up in a drawer, of which she
on Sunday happened to have the key. All the circum-
stances of the case pointed to accident as the cause of the
fatality, and the jury took this view of it in their verdict.
The melancholy character of the whole affair is height-
ened by the fact that the poor girl was betrothed to the
brother of Mr. Allen, who was in the room at the mo-
ment of the accident, together with a married sister of
the deceased.
AWFUL DEATH OF A FORTUNE-TELLER.—An old lady,
named Rebecca Swan, the sorceress of Kidderminster,
has met with a fearful death. Many years ago she was
prosecuted for obtaining money under false pretences
from a servant girl, and, in revenge, she said that the
magistrate who convicted her would not live till she came
out again. This, by one of those coincidences which can-
not be explained, was the case; and from that time her
skill as a " wise woman" has been unquestioned by those
who wished to look into the future. She would threaten
persons that the earth should open under their feet, and
was generally believed to be on intimate terms with
Apollyon himself. She had four magic dogs—Liverpool,
Pretty, Victoria, and St. John, the latter of which was
stolen by some waggish limbs of the law who once paid
her a visit. Cats of remarkable size also formed part of
her establishment, and were called by names of singular
import : a splendid calimanco was the " Queen of Sheba,"
and the large black one " Queen Caroline." The " Prin-
cess Charlotte" died a few years ago. These cats would
leap upon her shoulder, and purr in her ear, and she then
informed her dupes what she chose, pretending to have
received it from the cats, who were of course considered
as of somewhat questionable character. Among other
failings the deceased was very fond of gin, and being well
supplied with money by her patrons, would frequently get
drunk and pass the night in a chair by the fireside, in
conference, as she always afterwards said, with the invisi-
ble world. On the night of her death this was the case,
and in rising from her chair it is supposed she slipped
upon the fire, and was unable to put the blaze out, or
call for assistance. Her body was shockingly burnt. Her
neighbours and clients, however, shake their heads, and
consider that she was brewing some potent spell, and ne-
glecting some usual precaution, was caught at an advan-
tage by " Auld Clootie ; in proof of this they triumph-
antly point to the disappearance of the cats, who have not
been seen since her death, having probably been scared
by the noise and hubbub of the strangers who flocked to
the house.—Worcester Chronicle.
It behoves us always to be on our guard. When alone,
we should watch our thoughts ; when in society, our
tongues; and when in our families, our-=-temps.
Indeed, upon our properly guarding the' list, depends
much of our social happiness and 'domestic comfort,
taking care to counteract that, continued irratibility of
mind which is the precursor to ebullitions of passion.
But our mental dispose /iofi is so intimately connected
with our physical cylliition, that what is frequently
considered ill tem or peevishness, is, in reality, but
ri/eer
the result of a s pangement of the digestivs or other
organs of th ody, and requires medicinal not mental
remedies. o such we recommend with confidence
Fratnpto s Pill of Health, as being certain in its effects,
and gentle in its operation.
THE HIGH ESTIMATION IN WHICH HOLLOWAY'S
PILLS ARE HELD FOR THE CURE OF INDIGESTION, &C.—
In a letter written by Mr. H. G. Bell, of Geelong, to the
agent for the sale of Holloway's Pi Ointment, at
Melbourne, Port Philip, he s :—" Gratitude obliges
me to publish the great be my wife has received from
the use of these un alleled pills. We arrived in
Melbourne about ' e years ago, when she was attacked
with indigestio d constipation of the bowels. After
going to eon • erable expense for other medicine without
relief, sh ried Holloway's Pills, and by continuing to
take m for a short time she is perfectly cured, and is
Itow enjoying the best of health."

The Rev. F. A. Power, minister of Bevington District,
has forwarded from his congregation a very able and argu-
mentative address to the Queen.
Sir George Grey has acknowledged the receipt of the
address to the Queen from the Liverpool Church of Eng-
land Institution, and adds, " that her Majesty was pleased
to receive the same very graciously."
The Presbyterians of this town feeling dissatisfied with
the declaration of a section of the Liverpool dissenters,
have adopted one more in accordance with the real exi-
gency of the case. They state that they " regard the
bull recently issued by the Pope, as calculated not only
insidiously to undermine, but also directly to contravene
the authority of the Sovereign, and as a disowning of all
the existing religious arrangements of the land, and by
the introduction of the canon law manifestly endangering
the civil and religious liberty we enjoy in this free
country."

THE PRESENT CRISIS.—A special meeting of the Irish
Society will he held in Exeter-hall, to-day, at which the
Duke of Manchester will preside. The Revds. Dr.
M`Neile, A. R. Dallas, and J. Gregg will take part in the
proceedings.

Addresses to her Majesty against Papal aggression con-
tinue to be forwarded from all parts of the country ; the
number already presented amounts to upwards of a thou-
sand.

The Daily News says it is understood that the Bishop
of St. David's withholds his signature from the episcopal
address to the Queen " because of an expression deemed
by him too harsh to be applied to any Christians."
A numerously attended public meeting of the inhabit-
ants of Birmingham was held in the Town-hall of that
borough on Monday last. At least 9000 persons were
present. The original address to her Majesty, protesting
against the recent aggression of the Pope, was moved by
James Taylor, Esq., and seconded by Dr. Melson. An
amendment in favour of unrestricted civil and religious
liberty was then proposed by Mr. Joseph Sturge, and se-
conded by Mr. George Edmunds. The Rev. J. A. James
spoke in favOur of the original address, contending that
in so doing he was the best friend of civil and religious
liberty, inasmuch as the Church of Rome was not content
with liberty, hut sought pre-eminence and political supe-
riority. Mr. G. Dawson spoke in favour of the amend-
ment. Mr. Spooner, M.P., followed, but was scarcely
audible throughout. He warmly supported the original
address. The Rev. Brewin Grant (Dissenter), supported
the amendment, contending that the Church of England
would be as intolerant eq the Church of Rome, if it only
possessed the power. Mr. Gutteridge then sought to ad-
dress the meeting, but a majority decided that they would
not hear him ; upon which Mr. Stokes, as the represen-
tative of the Roman Catholic party, supported the amend-
ment, taking the opportunity to vindicate their character
for loyalty and allegiance to the rightful sovereign of Eng-
land. The Rev. A. Vaughan (Dissenter) supported the
original address in a speech which was only partially
heard. The Mayor then put the amendment, but the
show of hands was so nearly balanced that he required the
supporters of it to repeat the expression of their senti-
ments. This having been done, he declared the amend-
ment was not carried. The announcement was received
with tremendous cheers, after which the Mayor called for
a show of hands in favour of the original address. The
expression of feeling had now grown to the utmost pitch
of excitement, and after a contest unequalled for its seve-
rity and closeness, he declared that the original address
was also negatived. This announcement was received
with the most extraordinary cheering by the opponents of
the address, and with very marked expressions of disap-
probation by the requisitionists and their friends. The
result of the meeting is that the town sends no address at
all, and the proceedings of the day amount to a nullity.
THE PAPISTS AT MANCHESTER.--A meeting of Papists
of Manchester and its vicinity was held on Wednesday
last, presided over by the " Rev. Mr. M'Donough, from
Rome," for the purpose of " promoting the spiritual in-
terests of the expatriated Irish in Scotland." The chair-
man observed that "the mistress of the world—holy Rome.
was now amongst all nations a matter of ridicule, but in
Ireland she was not so. Ireland would die for her faith,
and so would the Irish Catholics of Manchester and the
whole of England." Another speaker " wished to know
who John Bull was, that he must cry out that he was an-
noyed and insulted by that for which the King of Prussia
had felt himself so much honoured that he himself wrote a
letter to the Pope, thanking him for the cardinals sent
into his kingdom." The same speaker intimated that in
Manchester and Salford alone, without going to the small
towns around, the " Catholics" numbered more than
100,000; and declared, that "so long as he had the law
on his aide, no Lord John Russell,—no Rev. Hugh
Stowell,—nay, he said it with all respect, not even the
Queen, should take from him one of these liberties." He
further gave it as his opinion that " the reading of the
Bible had done more to demoralise the inhabitants of this
country, and especially the youthful inhabitants, than any-
thing else,"

The Archbishop of Canterbury has addressed the fol- CANTERBURY TO THE tAirti The Archbishop of Canterbury has been appealed Ed ttji
lowing reply to the address of the inhabitants of 'Ware- ! a body of laymen who are interested in the Dresant moi,e-
home and Kenardington on the subject of the Papal i ment as to their duty with reference to the Papal aggres-
aggression :
„Ad ..n il lion. The application to the Archbishop stated, that as
lay members of his Grace's province, they were deeply
DEAR SIR—I have much pleasure in acinkinogwtolne(,lgninecg. st.l:e '
interested in the question which had recently occasioned
address which you have sent me from Warehorne and Kenard- .
ington. lam not surprised to find that unanimity exists ' such painful controversy, and that they were anxious to
They continued—
amongst your parishioners on the subject of Rome and Romish have some practical suggestions for their future guidance.
doctrines, and I think that a spirit has been displayed in Eng.
" Vast numbers of the laity, we need scarcely inform your
land which sufficiently shows that Cardinal Wiseman's triumph -
here will be only nominal.—l remain, dear sir, faithfully Grace, are deeply anxious to take their part in the pending
yours, "J. B. CANTUAR. i . .
i S.l"l.lrNe. nnri to fnllnte• 1.,. ~/------ _t_ ..• _•6. Ma flay Tnln.. 71.. ri ...- ,9

IMPORTANT SUGGESTIONS BY Tilt ARCIIIs;SHOF OF

...., -- .e wt.'', Lee clergy in their earnest protests
against the introduction into this country of those superstitious
The following letter has been written by his Grace the errors from which England happily freed herself at the Re-
Duke of Norfolk to Lord Beaumont. Its importance at formation. While the clergy are enabled from their peculiar
Position and their theological learning to meet the question at
the present moment can hardly be exaegerated, as indi-
eating the opinions of the Premier Peer of England and of issue by arguments derived from the most learned writers who
have flourished in different ages of the Church, the laity must
the Roman Catholic aristocracy of this country : i take somewhat lower grounds, and be content with adopting
•
" Arundel Castle, November 28. i practical measures for securing the important end which all
"My Dear Lord.—l so entirely coincide with the opinions Itrue-hearted members of the Church have alike in view.
in your letter to Lord Zetland that I must write to you to ex- I "Itis in reference more immediately to such practical mea-
press my agreement with you. I should think that many must sures that we now presume to ask your Grace's opinion and
feel as we do, that ultramontane opinions are totally incompa- guidance.
tilde with allegiance to our Sovereign and with our constitu- I "The first point on which we would seek your Grace's advice
tion.—l remain, my dear Lord, faithfully yours. is with regard to the prevalence of objectionable practices in
"To the Lord Beaumont. " NORFOLK." some of our metropolitan and suburban parish churches. It
is, doubtless, the duty of every parishioner to attend as fre-
The'Duke is not speaking—when he alludes to " ultra-
atly as his oprortunities will allow the servis of his parish
montane opinions"—of something foreign to the subject. onerch ; but it is impossible for any man tog ive his whole
He is dealing with Pio Nono's apostolical letter and Dr. mind to devotion when his attention is drrwn off by obser-
Wiseman's pastoral. It is these that he stigmatizes as vances which are not authorized, and which are not necessary
" totally incompatible with allegiance to our Sovereign." for the effective propagation of the Gospel. In cases where
Lord Winchelsea has addressed a letter to the editor of
this difficulty arises, we are anxious to know whether it is the
the Times upon the Papal aggression, in which he sa
duty of the parishioners to leave their church, and to attend
ys he the services in a neighbouring parish, or whether they should
has " lived to see the fulfilment of all his predictions as to continue to worship in a church to the ceremonies of which
the consequences and results of the measure of 1829"—the they have so decided an objection. Even if it should be the
Catholic Relief Bill—and adds, " had 1 been minister duty of parishioners to lteadvltchtr church, under the circum-
when the Popish recent bull arrived, not one day would mote
ece mentioned,dsistrictsinnflrineag another! difficulty
would
btco' experienced in
This is point on which great difficulties exist, and on which your
have elapsed ere a right trusty messenger had left. Eng-
land's shores with this shart and derisive communication : Grace's opinion would be of particular value at the present
`Victoria, by the Grace of God. Queen of Great Britain and crisis.
Ireland. Defender of the Faith, " We venture to ask you whether, in your opinion, it is the
' To the Pope, greeting. duty of those who have votes for boroughs or counties to with-
'lf the bell recently issued by your Holiness, claiming do- hold their suffrages from such candidates as decline to give a
minion within my realms, and placing myself and my Pro. pledge that they will, if elected, endeavour to do all in their
testant subjects out of the pale of Christianity, is not, within power to obtain a re-imposition of such- portion of the Catholic
one hour after this letter is delivered to you, withdrawn, and Disabilities Act as may check any future aggression on the
an ample apology made for the insult which you have offered Established Church of this country by the See of Rome, and as
to me and to my people, in the name of Protestant England I far as possible nullify the present proceeding."
declare war against you, and there shall be no peace with The last question put to his Grace had reference to a pro-
Rome till I have received' due satisfaction at your hands.' - posed alteration in the Prayer-book, so as to meet the divisions
" Would any one doubt, if such a course had been pur- which at present exist in the Church.
sued, that England would have risen as one man in favour His Grace retnrned the following reply :
of it ?"
"Addington, Dec. 11.
As regards the Tractarian party, the Noble Earl says :
"Sir,—You will excuse me if, in a time of such engagement,
" When I was at Rome in 1843, these were the sentiments I
I answer your questions more briefly than perhaps you expect;
frequently heard expressed towards them by members of her but I will, in few words, give it as my opinion:—
church— We wish for no better sons and daughters than the
'I. That only great unfaithfulness, and very objectionable
Tractarians.' The Pope, even then, had a regular account `
practices in his parish church, should induce a layman to leave
it for another; but that when salvation is concerned, order is
transmitted of every family, wi,h the individuals belonging to a
secondary consideration.
it, who professed their opinions."
The Earl of Winchelsea has also addressed the following "2.1 do not think that the occasion is such as to justify the
letter to The Times, on the subject of the amount of
easure. demand of a pledge from a member of Parliament to any par-
toleration afforded to Protestants at Rome : Heider m"
3. Men's minds are at present in so excited a state that
" SIR,—In consequence of Mr. Mancle's letter, which ap- any alteration of the Prayer-book or Act of Uniformity is fur-
peared in The Times, I beg leave to bear my testimony to the tiler removed than ever. Those who object to any part of the
accuracy of Mr. Walter's statement—namely, that the English
Liturgy should be reminded that it treats of subjects on which
Protestants are not allowed to have a chapel within the walls of there always has been a difference of opinion among members
Rome.' At all events, when I was there in 1843, this was the of the Church.
case, and I understood it had been so for many years, notwith- "The principal duty of the laity, at present, is to promote
standing the strong and often expressed feeling of
the teaching and preaching of the Protestant faith wherever an
the,English,
Protestant residents in the city. In the spring of 1843, before opening for it appears.
I quitted Rome, being assured by my late esteemed friend, "I have the honour to be your obedient servant,
"J. B. CANTUAR."
General Ramsay, who had lived there for many years, that lie
had reason to believe that the late Pope had relented in our
favour, I left with him and the officiating clergyman £25 to-
wards the erection of a chapel. As I have never heard of its
erection, I conclude that the consent of the Pope was• never
given. If so, as we have little reason to cxpect more toleration
from the present Pope, I shall request, through the medium of
your paper, that my subscription may be returned to me. The
present place of worship for Protestants at Rome is an old
granary over the pig market, the noise and stench of which
render it the most disgusting place of the kind 1 ever entered."
THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON THE PAPAL AG-
GRESSION.—The Bishop of Manchester has forwarded a
reply, dated Dec. sth, to the address of the clergy of the
parish of Blackburn recently presented to his lordship.
In his reply the right rev. prelate observes, " With the
sentiments and prtiyer contained in your petition to her
most gracious Majesty I heartily and entirely concur.
No one condemns more strongly than I do, tl:e folly, in-
solence, and unchristian character of the late attempt on
the part of the Bishop of Rome to palm the teaching of
his church as with authority upon us, to invade the royal
supremacy, and to set up a foreign hierarchy in this land,
dividing avowedly the body of Christ, claiming spiritual
allegiance and territorial jurisdiction." His lordship,
however, distinctly states that he would not be a party to
withdrawing any of the legislative concessions already
made to Roman Catholics, nor would he cease to acknow-
ledge the personal ecclesiastical rank of the Irish Catholic
prelates. His lordship then bestows a censure upon the
Puseyite practices within the church, which, in his opi-
nion, have encouraged the Pope's advances. " The au-
thority of the church (says his lordship) usurped by indi-
viduals, sacraments withheld, religious ministration denied
by evasion and technicalities not understood by or legally
binding on the parties to whose prejudice they were made
use of, auricular confession enjoined and practised, priestly
power in absolution magnified, I might add much more,
were all encouraging symptoms to Rome. Nor was the
prospect less hopeful to her emissaries if going (as I
myself did a short time since into a district church built
in this diocese a few years since) they found, as I did, the
three sedilia, on the south side of the chancel, for priest,
deacon, and subdeacon, whereas our rubric places the
minister on the north,—the piscine to wash the minister's
hands, while saying the " lavabo" of the Romish service
—the shells for the cruets of wine and water for the priest
alone in the eucharist—the altar tomb ready, as a sepul.
chre, for the crucifix at Easter—the almoric for the con-
tributions of such as come to pray for the souls of the
departed, the Virgin Mary crowned in the stained glass
above, the date of the erection of the church, ingeniously
disposed in a large M. (for its first period. 1000), the
Virgin's ." sacred emblem," with A and 0, and 1.11 S.
amid the emblem of Christ's passion, the cross, nails,
scourge, dice, coat, all copied duly from Roman artists,
on the pavement beneath." This is the 26th reply to
addresses which his lordship has penned within the last
few weeks

A TESTIMONY AGAINST POPEIELY BY

A PAPIST

Our readers will doubtless remember the story of the
last will of a wealthy and aged Popish gentleman named
Taylor, by which he virtually disinherited his natural
heirs, and made over his entire estate to the Popish
Vicar-Apostolic of London for the time being. The
matter has, of course, been denied by Popish priests and
scribes ; but the infamy of the whole proceeding is thus
made to stick to them by no less a person than the son of
Mr. Taylor himself. This ill-used but high-minded gen-
tleman says i❑ a letter addressed to the editor of the
Morning Herald:—

"The substance of the will is correctly stated in your article.
The bulk of my father's property is left to his children for
their lives only, and upon their decease, the inheritance is given
to the use of the late Dr. Griffiths, if living; and, if not, to
the then vicar apostolic of the London district for the time
being. 't his will contains no power enabling me to make any
provision whatever in favour of a wife or children as to the
property so devised ; but, on the contrary, my life estate is
coupled with very stringent provisions against any attempt at
incumbrance or al►enation, Such a will appears to create, not
a supposed, but a real and effectual disinheritance, and such I
have always felt it to be. I should add that the will was ex-
ecuted by a most kind and affectionate parent, after he had
attained the age of eighty and urswarda, and when his mind
was affected by severe illness, and in immediate contemplation
of that great change, the approach of which renders the
strongest and best-prepared wholly unable to resist any in-
fluences which may be brought to assume the sanction of re-
ligion. I should further add chat, about four years before, my
father had executed a will in which his whole property had
been left for the benefit of Ms children.
" As the heir-at-law and the person most affected by this
well-intentioned but most unjust and mistaken act, I was ad-
vised to contest the will,, and obtain, through the Court of
Chancery, a full disclosure of the circumstances under which
it was made; bu, I forbore from doing so because I was un-
willing to expose my family to the vexations and difficulties of
a Chancery suit; and I felt that no earthly consideration
could induce me to expose those I had loved and cherished
from my earliest infancy, and who had been induced to
acquiesce in the will, to the ordeal of Chancery and legal
interrogato►ies in order to compel painful and unwilling disclo-
sures relative to matters which they would consider to .be
sacred as the wishes of a dying parent.
" I believe that by the laws of most Catholic countries such
a will would be ipso facto void. Whether it is so by the law of
England, independent of any special disclosures or secret
trnsts, is a question which I reserve to myself the full liberty
of considering, if necessary, at any future time. lam bound
iin candour to state this, or otherwise the effect of the cor-
respondence published in your paper would be to produce the
impression of complete acquiescence upon my part in an act,
though originating in the best of motives on the part of the
testator, I must always feel to.be a great injustice, and calcu-
lated to throw a shade of sorrow over my path through life.
"I am, Sir, your obedient bum ole servant,
• "J. MoLywcux TAYLOR.
"11, Furnival's-inn, Holborn, Dec. 2, 1850."

Will the law not preserve this deeply-wronged family
from the insatiate harpies who seek to devour the sub-
stance of widows and orphans ?

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN ON THE. PAPAL.

AGGRESSION

On Tuesday, according to appointment, the addresses
of the London Corporation, and the Universities of Cam-
bridge and Oxford, were presented to her Majesty at
Windsor. The event was looked for with great interest.
Windsor was thronged with people, eager to witness the
proceedings and testify their loyalty. The deputations
were very large. The London Corporation contains 230
members, and full 200 were present. The procession was
very imposing.—From the city three addresses were pre-
sented. We give the most important part of the answers
to each.

To the Court of Aldermen, her Majesty said :
"That faith and those principles are so justly dear to the
people of this country, that I confidently rely on their cordial
support for upholding and maintaining them against any
danger with which they may be threatened, from whatever
quarter it may proceed."
To the Common Council :

"You may be assured of my earnest desire and firm deter-
mination, under God's blessing, to maintain unimpaired reli•
gious liberty, which is justly prized by the people of this
country; and to uphold, as its surest safeguard, the pure and
spiritual worship of the Protestant faith, which has long been
happily established in these lands."
To the Court of Lieutenancy :

"It will continue to be, as it has ever been, my earnest
endeavour, in the exercise of the power and authority entrusted
to me, as the supreme governor of this realm, to maintain the
independence and uphold the constitutional liberties of my
people against all aggression and encroachment."
To the University of Oxford :

" I have been much surprised at the attempted usurpation
of the Bishop of Rome. I am determined to uphold the
supremacy of the pure reformed faith in this country, of which
I am, by God's grace, and by the law, the supreme head."

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The impressions of the press the next morning on the
several replies are as various as the papers that print
them. The Morning Chronicle thinks them " most
satisfactory," for—

"However irritating may have been some of the expressions
in which the ultra-protestant zeal of some portion of the
community has found the vent, the Roman Catholielbody will
be reassured by the determination of the sovereign to maintain
the principles of civil and religious liberty, in the defence of
which,' it is appositely remarked, 'the city of London has ever
been conspicuous.' "

Her Majesty, at the same time, declaring her attachment
to the Protestant establishment. The Chronicle, how-
ever, makes one exception :
"The only passage into which the premier has succeeded in
introducing objectionable phraseology is that portion of her
Majesty's answer to the Oxford address, in which she has been
advised to refer to our 'reformed church' the supreme govern-
ment of which, under God, is by law confided to rue'—a position
which is erroneous, so far as the legal supremacy of the Crown,
in all causes, concerning all subjects of the realm, is confused
with a spiritual control over the English Church."

The Morning Herald says, with too much truth

" It is with the deepest regret that we find ourselves com-
pelled to be the vehicle this morning of conveying to the
loyal subjects of her Majesty tidings which, while the Queens
own name and her own words are apparently involved in them,
will render every Protestant heart in her dominions sorrowful
for the present, and full of apprehension for the future. The
Queen has received the Corporation of London—has replied to
the loyal address of both courts, and had done so in terms
which render it but too plain that the administration, up to the
present point, at least. has been unable to come to a resolution
to do anything! The replies contain `nothing—absolutely
nothing!'

The pallium is an article of dress of which the Pope
makes a present to archbishops.
THE POPISH INVASION.— Our metropolitan contem-
porary the St. James's Chronicle is making extraordinary
efforts in the present crisis of the Church. Besides its
own masterly exposures of the daring 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 Goldsmith wrote his "Citizen of the World"
In later years it has well maintained its rank both for
talent and energy, and 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's especial organ. The rigid exclusion
of everything of a questionable tendency, both in the ad-
vertisement mid the news departments, and the varied
and attractive character of its miscellaneous intelligence,
renders, the St. James's Chronicle a greet favourite ea a
newataper for the foxily circle,