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the Rev. W. F. Taylor,

opening the proceedings, said they
an important work ; they were embarked
—in an anti-Russian war, and in an anti-
he would endeavour to show them some
lance between them. The Czar of Russia
ie called a Protectorate over the Greek

in a double War
Papal war, and

Arbich term (Protectorate) he meant an abso-
tyranny. Millions of the members of the
_ _ were subjects of the Sultan of Turkey, and,
following the explanation given by Lord Palmerston, he
Id say that, the Protectorate admitted, it would pro-
led allegiance. The Greek Christians would be
is of the Sultan, but their allegiance

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nominally

would be to Russia ; and to such a system the Sultan
lot accede. He resisted the demands of Russia,
pealed to the British people, who at once pro-
__d for the independence of Turkey against Russia, and
the war was pronounced by the British people. He feared,
however, that it had not been conducted with sufficient

means. The government had forgotten the advice of the
Duke of Wellington, that there should never be a little
war, and had not sent out in full time those reinforcements
which now, by popular demand, they were compelled to do.
(Loud cheers.) He did not know whether it suites his
;ion or his character, but he could not conceal his
-nation that our gallant soldiers should be left in
_icient numbers to stand the shock of so many
thousands, in the trenches by night and in the battle-field
y day. (Cheers.) Hewor'

now come to the other part.
The Pope of Rome claimed complete jurisdiction over all
the members of the Latin Church. Millions of these were
subjects of Queen 'Victoria, and they acknowledged but a
a. allegiance, for their spiritual obedience was owing
where. It was the assertion of the claims of Rome to
spiritual dictation against which our Queen had sworn in
her Coronation Oath, which constituted the Papal aggres-
The people had spoken out ; it was the duty of the
to act; but some of the Ministers were men of
~e, and, like their hesitation about Russia, they had
refused to act against Papal aggression. It was the cause
I the people, however ; it was the cause of truth and
the people had had their eyes opened ; they
were every day becoming more Protestant—(hear, hear)
—and they would demand, in a voice of thunder—No
peace with "Rome. (Loud cheers.) He advised them
not to be deceived by the cry that there was no use in
petitioning-: there was use—it strengthened the bands of
their representatives, and he advised them to continue to
exercise their right of petitioning. There was the send-
ing of Romanist chaplains to the army, which Parliament
had refused to sanction, but which the executive had done
without the sanction of the legislature. Parliament would
be called together in a few days, and he hoped some
member would ask the question, why Romish chaplains
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Minister

had been sent, for they should look with suspicion upon
its being established as a precedent. The time was ap-
proaching for their proceeding to business, and among
their petitions was one respecting education in Ireland,
against grants to—alas, that he should havelo call it—the
Royal College of Maynooth. The Chairman then read
an extract from a Spanish paper, describing the Spanish
contingent for the'war, the contributions consisting of a
miscellaneous collection of secular and ecclesiastical pro-
perty. He would not, however, detain them, as several
gentlemen were there who would mace and second the
1 resolutions. (The Chairman sat down amidst loud

;beers.)
The Rev. V. M. WHITE moved the first 'resolution, and

in doing so said ii had been objected to the society that it
had a political object under a religious disguise. He did
not believe that the objectors believed in their own ob-
jection, and therefore he would not waste their time to
refute it. It might be asked, and the question was of
importance, whether a knowledge of the Bible was neces-
sary to understand the religion of the Bible. Would any
one in any business entrust his affairs to a man utterly
ignorant of them ; and how then could they teach the re-
liAon of the Bible without they taught the Bible itself ?
They had been asked, why they did not preach the
Gospel He did not know what was preaching the
Gospel, unless it was preaching the whole Word, for a man
might as well paint a man's nose and call it a portrait of
him as for a man to preach the Gospel without giving the
Bible—the whole Bible (cheers). They had been asked
why did they indulge in controversy ; but he would say
r controversy there must be so long as the Bible was denied
to hungry souls and the Bread of Life withheld from those
who were fainting by the way. Those who were opposed
to them talked of charity ; but where was the charity
when the country was against the 'Reform Bill? Where
was the charity when the country demanded waragainst the
despot of the north ? And where is the charity of the party
to whom they are directly opposed ?—of the priests, who
wring from their poor dupes the hard earnings of their
labour, and who bend their souls to a despotism far more
grinding in its tyranny, far more accursed in its effects,
than that of Nicholas, and one which was more soul-
destroying' than any system with which the -earth had
ever been cursed, or human souls lured to destruction. It
had been objected to their society that it consisted of
working-men—they were working-men ; but they were
those who valued their own souls, who had done their
work well, and now had grown so numerous that they
required a new lecture-room in order to hold their
numbers. -

T. B. HORSFALL, Esq., MP., on rising to second the
resolution, was received with laud and vociferous cheering.
He said that, had it been other than a meeting of the
working men of Liverpool, and for another object than
the Protestant Reformation, he should not have been
there, as he laboured under a severe cold. We lived in
stirring times, and few questions were of more importance
than that upon which they were assembled. Remarks had
been made about political and religious questions, but it
was impossible to treat of opposition to Rome without
going into a political subject. He then referred to the
question of Nunneries, which was brought before the
House of Commons last Session. It might be asked, was
it not carried when there was a majority in its favour.?
It was virtually defeated by interminable discussions,
which were wasting the time of the House, and the mover
withdrew it, to bring it forward again another Session in
a shape which be trusted would render it successful in
spite of any opposition that might be brought against it.
Another question before the House was the payment of
Romanist chaplains on which the ministers were defeated.
Lord Palmerston had said that he was as good a Pro-
testant as Mr. Spooner, but he (Mr. Horsfall) had told
him that without pretending to decide, he saw Lord
Palmerston recommending thm to pay for the teaching
of what he knew to be wrong, whilst Mr. Spooner refused
to pay for teaching more than what he believed to be
right. There was the Jews Bill, which was rejected,
he believed, because many were of opinion that it would
streegthen the hands of the Romanists, and he would tell
them that he believed there was a strong and increasing
Protestant feeling in the House of Commons. The ques-
tion to be brought before Parliamont next session was the
grant to Maonooth College. The Ministers who carried
it had been told that it would prove.: thorn in the side of
the CrOvernment, and they ought to join with vigorous
determination to extract this thorn. Before sitting down,
they must not be surprised if he Troposed Lord John
Russell as a member of their society—aye, even their pre-
sident, for he could prove, by his celebrated letter to the
Bishop of Durham, that he was as zealous a Protestant as
any of them. Mr. Horsfall then read an extract from the
letter, and, amidst much laughter, said if Lord Bohn
Russell would prove his words, he should be most happy
to propose'him as one of their society. :Before admitting
him to this'honour, however, he would 'like his lordship to
go a little further. The people would not be satisfied by
a mere admiration and reverence for the Protestant insti-
tutions of the country ; and be trusted that they would
likewise show something more than mere contempt for
the doctrines and superstitions of Rome. 'Let the people
of Liverpool, and of the country, pour in petitions to Par-
liament, and in-these petitions plainly express'their wishes,
and, by so doing, they would get rid of Maynooth and the
other grievances of which they complained. (Mr. Hors-
fall down amidst'loud and long•continued cheering.)
The resolution was carried with acclamation.
The Choir then -sung " And the glory of the Lord shall
be revealed," by Handel, during which a collection, was
made.
The Rev. W. F. TAYLOR, on rising to propose the
second resolution, was received with enthusiastic applause,
the Kentish fire, and 'loud cheers. On these subsiding,
the reverend gentleman proceeded to move the second
resolution, which in general terms may be represented as
pledging the meeting to a.conviction that the principles of
Romanism are antagonist to religious truth and the free-
dom of thought--is at variance with civil liberty, and
that it is, consequently, the duty of every rightly consti-
tuted Christian to oppose those principles, and to do the
best that is in their power to disseminate among Romanists
a knowledge of that Scriptural truth which will indeed
make them free. He remarked that the resolution set
out by declaring that the principles of Romanism are
opposed to civilization, because civilization is based on
intellectual culture, which the Church of Rome in every
age has determinedly opposed. Wherever she had had
the power or the opportunity, she had put her chains
around the intellect, and used her most strenuous en-
deavours to nullify every principle of scriptural Christian
faith, and substitute for them a counterfeit Christianity,
by her priests. Well knowing that every exercise of
intellect is a step fatal to her teaching and de-
structive of her influence, she had, by the guises
of her institutions, as well as by her law and
enactments, lent all her efforts to crush it. Inquiry
of every kind had been restrained and circumscribed ;
and by the tenth rule of her directory no book is allowed
to be printed, to be lent, or to be read until it has been
first examined by the bishop of the diocese, or by the
inquisitor of Heretical doctrines. How was it that she
was thus careful to stifle inquiry ? And why was she so
fearful of her children acquiring knowledge ? It was
because she knew well that information would be fatal
to her power. Protestants, instead of feeling such a dread
of knowledge, court inquiry, and urge upon their people
the necessity of carefully examining the Scriptures for
themselves, and solicit them to use their knowledge of the
Scriptures as a rule for their guidance in all things.
The resolution declared that Romanism was opposed
to social progress; and in illustration he remarked
that the WWII, Qf christiaulty fully Ws out the