The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-12 00:00:00

the Times ;—:1-Ab,
from the purlieus c

a ' group of G
as by therm

through the streets, must be fairly pronounced the
pageant of the day. This group had evidently been got
up' by some zealous anti-Romanists regardless of cost.
It consisted of about fourtoen • •

over by a colossal Guy about sixteen feet
t,
_who, elevated in his chariot,—a van drawn by
rses,—was compelled to bow down considerably
before he could be made to pass beneath Temple-bar.
This pageant included an animate effigy of the new Car-
dinal Archbishop of Westminster, attired in the gaudy
canonical robes of the Romish urch. and wearinc, fh

:e and irian-

irate—preA
in heig-
two he

red and broad-brimmed hat appertaining to his office.
The Cardinal was supported on the right by a waggish
fellow, habited in the robes of a nun, and upon the left by
a jolly fat monk, who leered impudently under his mask
at the passers-by. There wag n?..

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lug very iuguormusiv. and called ' St. Gu", the
An inanimate figure held a brush and a pail of
*-- scribed ' Holy water for the penitent.' A
r_
' threa or four masks, corn_

whi6'wash,

man in barrister's robes, an.
pleted the group. The van bore two large inscriptions
the one,—` Cardinal St. Imnudence ffoino, to t.ito

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and several

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minster,' and the other,—
rze in_ St. George'

s, such as ' No Popery,'
•street this group attracted ar
ted it with loud cheers n
cars were in attenc

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ter. Several polii

companyi

an-ac-
oce.ssion to the confines of thed,
city,
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nature, are generally thought to bespeak favour and inclination
Romanism. Jruteed tle Papists themselves avowedly ground
their prestitntltnos‘ ho Ms• upon thosajlesertions and those
practices. The instances of converts to Romanism, though
individually to be deeply lamented, are stilt not sufficient in
number or. character to cause alarm to the Church or triumph
to its enemies ; but the fact that some of them had before their
desertion practised and recommended simEar alterations in
the forms of our Protestant worship has caused uneasiness in
the minds of n large portion of the laity, and tends to diminish
confidence in their spiritual guides; a result in every way to
be deplored. That the practices which have caused this alarm,
have arisen in most cases from the warmth of pious and de-
votional feeling'. and that Him, nrp enticionnt

of the idolatrous parts of the Romish system, I firmly believe.
Nevertheless, no person can fancy that he is obeying the calls
of duty when overstepping the injunctions of his Church, while
the evil consequences are too palpable. I, therefore, take this
• . ,

,C 114.4 I, u bubpicton, nOw-
ever ill-founded, of your approving the peculiar habits and
practices of Romanism."

In reply to an address the Bishop of Ripon says—
"ln the first place I should recommend that protests repu-
diating this usurped supremacy, now practically assumed for
the first time since the Ref,irmation, should proceed from the
clergy and laity of every parish in the diocese, as a permanent
record of their resolution to resist this act of foreign aggres-
sion. Next I should advice that petitions be addressed to both
Houses of Parliament, craving that a statute may be passed
forbidding all, save those by law authorized so to do, from as-
suming or using the title of any Archbishopric, Bishopric, or
Deanery, now existing or hereafter to be created, derived from
any place within these realms. This will he a fresh vindication
of the royal supremacy on the part of the legislature of this
find will serve, I should trust. to noirr

country

ClnibLlCliceS
of those who might otherwise feel a difficulty in taking the
oath in favour of it, so long as the legislature seemea tacitly to
acquiesce in the Papal assumption. I need hardly add, that
in your own parishes and districts the utmost vigilance will be
requisite in ascertaining Nsliat attempts are being made to
tamper with the faith of your people by the emissaries of
Rome. You will then be able to judge for yourselves how far
it may be necessary to meet these aggressions by instruction
from your pulpits on the points of controversy between the

two churches; by the distribution of tracts, setting forth the
errors of the Church of Rome; and by yet more diligent visit-
ing from house to house, that so you may in every way labour
to drive away those erroneous and strange doctrines which the
Head of that Church is now especially bent upon inculcating.
I believe that he has miscalculated the effects of the step he
has just taken; and that it will result in a more firm adher-
ence, on the part of the people of this land, to those pure and
lynorinitrtlrnfnti at.

imanuitcraieu trutns of tne gospel of our Lord Jesu-s Christ,
which our forefathers vindicated in protesting against the cor-
ruptions of• Rome; while it leads many who have been inclined
to regard that church with too favourable an eye, to acknow-
ledge that her spirit is unchanged. that it is irn.n..tht..

yumact.- pettucau ly in ner pretensions without betraying the
cause of their own church, and consenting to the destruction,
of which the idle sentence has now been launched forth against
her."
The Bishop of Exeter has replied to a l f,

one of the

.ay adart—
__., parishes in Exeter, in which he condemnslin
the strongest terms the recent "shameless demonstration
of the true character of Papal Rome." His Lordship
observes :

PUCCI lOC, •
" Whether this act be, indeed, as you designate it, an
aggression on the constitutional rights and sovereignty of the

wince mouern teg,istation has introduEed, I do not presume to
say. If it be, it is manifestly the duty of the advisers of the
Queer, to take steps to vindicate the outraged rights and hon-
our.of their Royal Mistress. But, perhaps, there is too much
reason to fear, that the innovations which have been made
_

from Ron
If this sli

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that which is the subject of our presentcomplaint
prove to be the case, it will become the people of
..nd to blame their own culpable disregard of their highest
,erests, in spite of warnings repeatedly pressed upon them
ather than to indulge in furious, but idly •
•

invective

other advice the Bishop of Lincoln advises,
like most of the other bishops, controversial preaching,
which our hierarchy have too long discountenanced. That
right rev. prelate says—

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the votes

3ishop

diocese in a Christian country, where one language is spoken,
thereby breaking that unity of which he professes to be the
centre, denying virtually the legitimate authority of the Eng-
lish Episcopate and of the British Sovereign, the sole fountain
of honour and dispenser of titles in this ream ; and asserting
schismatically an ecclesiastical jurisdiction over a part of that
territory which by lawful authority is committed to your
charge.
" We having been duly called, according to the Taws of this
church and realm, to exercise spiritual functions in that town
and part of your lordship's diocese in which this foreign Bishon
now assumes jurisdiction, having solemnly declared that the
Sovereign of England, under God, is the only supreme gover-
nor of this realm in all spiritual and ecclesiastical causes as in
temporal, and that no foreign prelate ought to have any eccle-
siastical power, superiority, pre-erninence, or authority, within
this realm, feel called upon to protest against this presumptu-
ous encroachment on the rights and honour of the Crown arid.

kAiurcn or r.n_,giana, and crave directions from your lordship
how we may best vindicate the rights of our Protestant Church,
and the principles of the British Reformation which we are
sworn to defend.

" We bare the honour to remain, my lord, your very faithful
and obedient servants, &c., &c."
The memorial was signed by eighty-one clergymen.
Tha Rev. Dr. M'NETLE moved the adoption of the me-
morial, and hoped the Bishop would give a firm reply to
it. The present meeting was important, as the great body
of the laity were already prepared for action, and awaited
• imPatiently the decision. There were two ways, he said,
in which the country might speak out. They might either
petition the Queen to call parliament together immedi-
ately upon the subject, or so strengthen her with memo-
rials that an order in council might be issued, which
would upset the proposed usurpation. There was great
difficulty of knowing how to proceed more decidedly ; be-
cause our statute-book had been gradually denuded of
these anti-papal acts, which would have enabled us to
have grappled at once with such a matter. (Hear, hear.)
It was quite true that popular excitement, unless it
could be followed up by legal enforcement, would subside,
and we should be left in the same position as before.
The Roman Catholics, who knew that we could not touch
them, laughed at us ; and said this was only " a storm in
a teapot." There was no law against them; and they
said, " Let these bigots rave their raving out." That
was the tone assumed by the Roman Catholics in this
town ; and the question was, how such a state of things
was to be met ? It seemed quite clear that we must have
some new enactment—that there should be such an ex-
pression of sentiment from the country, and from the
representatives of the people, as would justify the ministry
in recommending to the Sovereign an order in council for
summary proceedings in the matter. He did not think it
would be their place to put forward any definite measures
in addressing the bishop, but it might be their place to
address the Queen—to ask her Majesty to call parliament
together for the discharge of important business. After
stating that they only waited the result of this meeting to
have a very large and effective public meeting in the town,
the rev. gentleman proceeded to express his conviction
that Rome could never rest with anything short ,of supe-
riority. Equality was not a condition in which she could
rest, although she might use it as a step or ladder on
which to rise. Parliament had given her equality in
secular matters, and the Pope sought to make ber spiri-
tually equal ; but she would not be satisfied with equality.
Therefore, be believed the time was come when the
Church of England must not only endeavour to keep
What she had, but endeavour to remedy what was lost.
(Hear, hear.) He thought the recent aggression had
done more to rouse the slumbering energies of English
protestantism than anything else could do ; and he called
upon them to awake from apathy into activity, and to deal

rite motion was seconded by the Rev. Mr. JONES.
The Rev. Mr. Pol.,Locx said that he had meant to
move an amendment, which he read, (and which was of a
still stronger character than the memorial, referring to,
your guidance at this juncture and protesting against, the past recognition of a Rotnish
tne able and learned and nious men, who in hierarchy inlreland), but as it was so desirable that
e rFigh of the second James, when the Bishop of Rome en- their application to his lordship should be unanimous,
'-led the hope, which he appears now to entertain, of
fn his spiritual dominion, fear-
this he would withdraw. (Applause.)

The memorial then aildpi.
it, and in their Writings, drew We can only verywas b iefly notice the general movement
witted to their charge to the that is going on throughout the country. Stepney has
o churches, end satisfied them, agreed upon an address to the throne and to the Arch-
hurch of England is in posses-
"waled, n sppealed successfully, bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London. Ken-
ad_..iss of the people. Let us not doubt that sington has an address to the Crown now lying for signa-
.ess will, by the blessing of God, attend our ture. Manchester has adopted a memorial proposed in
,e them the same directions; if from time to phrase of fiery eloquence by the Rev. Canon Stowell, and
'isputed points thesubject of our discourses; Leeds is being looked after by Dr. Hook. Bedford
,1 without exaggeration, expose the erro-
.,ll tenets, and call upon our congre ga-
is in no wise behind other provincial capitals. "Bath,otesting against them." and Wells," throughout the diocese, has responded to the
-.. deputation from the London Common letter of its bishop. Coventry is equal to the crisis. Two
ed on Lord John Russell to present to him
'tanks passed by the council to his lordship imously adopted an addr s
urian . . _ _ .
of .
, hag n similar address now In course st
thousand of the men of Reading met on Wednesday, and
e sto the Queen. Knares-