The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1835-03-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

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 portion 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 proceedings 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- uunatural 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 considerately 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 hearing 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 apparentlydium 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.