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    Dec. 7, 1850.] &%$ It IE frit* 867

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    A CATHOLIC JUBILEE. A document, issued b...

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    END OF THE GERMAN MELO-DRAMA. A sudden a...

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    . Uuucacao . The Anti-Popery Movement. T...

    it ; and to pray more earnestly for their beloved , yet erring , country . The church was crowded , and the preacher -was listened to with marked attention . A large public meeting of the laity of the Established Church was held on Thursday afternoon , at the Freemasons' Tavern , for the purpose of addressing her Majesty on the subject of the recent Popish aggression . The meeting was convened for one o ' clock , but long before that hour the large room of the tavern was densely thronged , while the galleries were filled with well-dressed ladies . The chair was taken shortly after one o ' clock , by the Bight Honourable Lord Ashley , M . P . The requisition and advertisement calling the meeting having been read , the chairman

    addressed the meeting . He denounced in strong terms the insulting attempt to force an . obnoxious hierarchy upon the people of England . They must petition her Majesty to put the constitutional law of the land in force to cleanse the Church of her insidious enemies , and he trusted that the meeting would be unanimous in attaining this end . Captain Sir William Parry , who then addressed the meeting , said " they had been called together to tell the Pope that , whether at St . Peter ' s or St . Barnabas , they would not have Popery in England . " The second resolution , which strongly condemned the semi-Romish practices in the Church of England , was moved by Mr . Childers , M . P ., who said : —

    " He had always been a friend of toleration ; but resisting oppression was not an act of intolerance . The Tractarians had good cause to cry ' Heaven save me from my friends ; ' for the shining forth of the Roman , sun had brought to light a crouching or hidden viper that lurked in the Established Church , and he for one hoped shortly to see cast out . The Tractarians were now beginning to be held in contempt by even those whom they looked upon as their friends , and nothing would more clearly prove this than a bon mot he heard the other day . A Roman Catholic priest was asked if he had been to St . Barnabas ' , and his reply was very significant . He said he did not like mock turtle . { Cheers and laughter . )

    The officiating minister at St . Barnabas , on Sunday ' was the Reverend Mr . De Gex , who in the course of his sermon said he was afraid that many in that church had come merely out of curiosity , and had no thought of worshipping their Creator and Saviour . At this point a few hisses were given by some of those standing in the middle aisle , which were soon silenced by those near saying , " Shame , shame ! " He ( the preacher ) hoped he was wrong in supposing that many who had attended that morning had come to disturb the rest . Many persons in different parts of the church here commenced coughing , -which was continued for some time , hut the sermon was brought to a conclusion without any

    formidable obstruction . Upon the congregation dispersing they found a crowd of nearly three hundred in front of the church , and several persons made an attempt to enter the building . The police , however , kept a space clear for the congregation to pass through , and at the same time prevented the crowd from forcing an entrance . Many of those who found themselves prevented from entering the edifice amused themselves by crying out as they walked to and fro , *? No wafer gods ! " «* No Pope in London ! " " The Queen , and no surrender ! " One man , who was rather more loyal than the rest , proposed that they should sing in the street , as the parties were leaving the church , " God save the Queen ! " but the motion was not seconded .

    The freeholders of Dorsetshire assembled on Friday to consider the recent aggression of the Church of Rome . The meeting was held in the County Hall , which was crowded to excess . Among those present were the three county members—Messrs . Bankes , Seymer , and Floyer , Colonel Freestun , M . P ., several magistrates , and the Archdeacon of Dorset , and upwards of fifty clergymen . The High Sheriff having opened the meeting , Mr . H . Ker Seyraer proposed the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Porcher . The Reverend William Casey , Catholic

    priest , of Marnhull , then moved , as an amendment , "That this meeting is unanimous in the expression of its unshaken loyalty to our beloved Queen , and is of opinion that any interference with the doctrines and discipline of any other of her gracious Majesty ' s subjects would be a violation of the rights of conscience , against which this meeting protests . " This was seconded by Mr . Cooper , an Unitarian minister , but only two hands were held up for it . Mr . Bankes moved an address to the Queen , -which was seconded by Mr . Floyer , and unanimously carried .

    A numerous meeting of Church schoolmasters resident in London and the vicinity was held on Saturday , at the second City of London Schoolroom , Shoe-lane , for the Surpose of considering the propriety of addressing the lueen on the recent aggression of the Bishop of Rome . A lecture on " Canterbury and Rome " was delivered by Mr . Ernest Jones , at the Mechanics' Institution , Southampton-buildings , on Monday evening , to a large audience of working-men . The lecturer forcibly described the nature and history of the two Churches , contrasted both with Christianity , and exhorted his audience , the

    amidst tremendous applause , not to meddle between rival hierarchies till the time came to get back Church property for the people . One of the largest and most influential meetings ever held in Durham assembled at the Town Hall on Monday evening to address the Queen , and petition Parliament on the late Papal aggression , and also to address Lord John Russell and the Bishop of Durham , expressing their concurrence in the Protestant princi p les advanced by their lordships . There was a good deal of opposition , chiefly from Catholics and Puseyites , but the resolutions were carried . It was thought proper by the University officers to forbid the attendance of the students in the Town Hall , for fear of disturbances there , but the young

    men assembled on the Castle-terrace , which overlooks the town , and sang " God save the Queen" with hearty good will . The Incorporated Law Society met on Tuesday at Chancery-lane , and carried an address , under protest from a number of Roman Catholic members of the society . A meeting , convened by the Mayor of Stafford , took place in the Shire-hill , oa Tuesday evening , at which an address to the Queen against the Papal aggression , and a vote of thanks to Lord John Russell , were unanimously agreed to . At the close of the proceedings " God save the Queen " was sung .

    An Essex county meeting was held at Chelmsford on Tuesday . The members and leading gentlemen , were present . Mr . Havens , of Colchester , proposed a " religious liberty" amendment , which was not seconded ; and Mr . Hardcastle , M . P ., another , denouncing Puseyism , which was supported by Sir E . Buxton , and added to the address . The large room of the Corn Exchange , Preston , was densely crowded on Tuesday evening , on the occasion of a meeting of the Protestant Nonconformists , for the purpose of expressing their condemnation of the recent appointment of a Papal hierarchy in this country . All the resolutions were carried , and the proceedings terminated -with three cheers for the Queen .

    A crowded public meeting was held on Tuesday evening , in the Cutlers ' -hall , Sheffield , for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken in reference to the late arrogant assumption of the Bishop of Rome . A resolution expressing indignation at the recent bold and unwarrantable agjgression of the Bishop of Rome upon her Majesty ' s prerogative was carried with only one dissentient . A vote of thanks to Lord John Russell for his letter to the Bishop of Durham , moved by the Reverend G . A . Jacobs , and seconded by Mr . James Montgomery ( the poet ) , after much discussion was carried by a small

    majority . A public meeting of the county of Flint was held on Wednesday to protest against the Papal aggression . The requisition , which was signed by the Marquis of " Westminster , Lord Dungannon , Lord ELenyon , Lord Dinorben , Lord Bagot , Lord Mostyn , and nearly 1000 freeholders , called upon Lord Feilding , the high sheriff , to convene a meeting of the county , " for the purpose of addressing a memorial to the Queen expressive of their astonishment and indignation at the late ecclesiastical appointments by the Pope in these dominions . " Lord Feilding , however , instead of adopting the language and object of the requisitionists , convened the meeting late ecclesiastical

    " to consider the effect of the arrangements of the Catholic Church in this country , and , if thought necessary , to address her Majesty on the subject . " This attempt to dictate to the county gave great umbrage to the requisitionists . It was also remarked , that in the notice convening the meeting Lord Feilding claimed for the adherents of the Papal creed the title of the " Catholic" Church , an assumption which did not go down very well with the men of Flintshire . The meeting was held in the County Hall at Mold , which was crammed . In the absence of Lord Feilding , who , as high sheriff , ought to have presided , Lord Mostyn took the chair . An address to the Queen was moved by the county members and carried unanimously .

    A numerous meeting of the Dissenters of Liverpool was held on Wednesday , to determine on the course they should take with respect to the recent aggression of Rome . The Reverend Dr . Raffles occupied the chair , and was supported by the ministers of the various dissenting denominations of the town . A declaration was unanimously agreed to , condemning the Pope ' s act in unqualified terms , but expressing an opinion that it had been caused by the spread of Tractarianism in the Church of England . _ _ . . _ _ m , forward in the Oxford

    A motion having been brought Town Council to address the Queen , protesting against the Papal aggression , an anti-Puseyite amendment was proposed and rejected by a large majority . The Unitarian congregation at Cheltenham have presented an address to the Roman Catholics of that town , as " brethren and fellow-Christians , " condoling with them on the injury done to their place of worship in the late riot there , and earnestly disavowing sympathy with the spirit of the prevalent agitation .

    George Bacon , Esq ., of Lamcote House , near Nottingham , a " Dissenter of the Independent sect , " has written a letter to the Roman Catholic priest at St . Barnabas , Nottingham , presenting a painting ot " Christ in the outer Court , crowned with Thorns , " by Gasper Crayer , for an " altar-piece to his chapel , as a proof that he is not one of those whose mind is contracted in matters of Church discipline ; " and that he " would be the last to enslave the consciences of others who do not see with the same eyes as himself . " The painting is valued at 200

    guineas . The Reverend E . F . Browne , the Roman Catholic clergyman at Birkenhead , has published a statement in the Liverpool Chronicle with reference to the late riot , of which the following is a summary in his own words : — " It is clear the police were the aggressors , and the disturbance a collision between them and those they had abused . Beyond this , not one act of aggression , or even insult to any other person can be brought forward . Great parade has been made of the police wounded , but little is said of the poor creatures who were in the first

    instance so wantonly maltreated . Eight , I am informed , of those wounded in the attack made by the police at half-past eleven were dressed by one doctor—D . Robertson , of Hamilton-square . I have been accused of exciting the people to this disturbance ; let my conduct be my answer . The greatest desire of myself and the gentlemen accompanying mo was to secure peace . We sought only a fair and impartial hearing . It was our duty to attend a meeting which was called public , and the decision of which , without our protest , would have gone forth a ? that of the entire people of Birkenhead . We attended

    to show that there was a large portion of those people who do not concur in the sentiments expressed oa the placard calling the meeting . " Archdeacon Manning has , we understand , resigned the archdeaconry of Chichester , in consequence , it is supposed , of difficulties about the present position of the Established Church . —Morning Chronicle . It is stated that the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has had conferred upon him for some years the " Cardinal ' s hat , " but that for certain reasons his grace kept the conferred honour a profound secret . We believe we are justified in stating that , as it would be a glaring anomaly to recognize the right of the Church

    of Rome to have a hierarchy in one part of the United Kingdom while that right is denied to her in another , it is the intention of Ministers , in the ensuing session of Parliament , to bring in a bill for the abolition of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the sister country . We have further reason to believe that , though some of Lord John Russell ' s colleagues were , in the first instance , opposed to the contemplated measure , they have now given way—regarding it as the only ^ practicable mode of getting rid of the anomaly as refusing to recognize Popish prelates in England while they are acknowledged in Ireland . —Morning Advertiser .

    We have reason to believe that an individual of considerable wealth , but who has hitherto taken no considerable part in public affairs , and who resides in the north of England , has resolved upon instituting a prosecution against one of the newly-created Roman Catholic Bishops for a misdemeanour . The legal question will thus be brought to issue without the direct intervention of the Government . An eminent Queen ' s counsel , and a gentleman with large practice below the bar , have been retained to draw and settle the indictment . — Legal Observer .

    Rumour has been making a free and painful use of several noble and fashionable names in connection with that downward course from Tractarianism to Romanism which has of late been so frequently trod by members of the higher lay and ecclesiastical classes ; and , as the reports proceeded from Roman Catholic sources usually well informed of such descents , it behoves the noble personages themselves or their friends to contradict the statements if susceptible of denial . Without , then , mentioning the names referred to , whilst uncertainty and hope exist , it will , perhaps , suffice to add that a gentle lord and lady , an Irish peer having considerable property in Wales , and another member of the aristocracy , are included in the list . A distinguished commoner , or his brother , is also spoken of . —Daily News .

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    Dec . 7 , 1850 . ] & %$ It IE frit * 867

    A Catholic Jubilee. A Document, Issued B...

    A CATHOLIC JUBILEE . A document , issued by Cardinal Wiseman , appointing a jubilee and granting plenary indulgences , was read on Sunday , previous to the sermon , at all the Roman Catholic chapels in the metropolis . An application from the reporters at one chapel to be allowed to make a report of it was met with a peremptory , but courteous , refusal , the priest stating that «• his Eminence " had desired that no one should be allowed to copy it . A shorthand writer had , however , anticipated this refusal , and taken such notes of the missive as enabled him to publish a tolerably correct copy of it . The document commences thus : —

    " Nicholas , by the divine mercy , of the holy Roman Church , by the title of St . Pudentiana Cardinal Priest , Archbishop of Westminster , and Administrator Apostolic of the Diocese of Southwark . ' To our dearly beloved in Christ , the clergy secular and regular , and the faithful of the said archdiocese and diocese . " Health and benediction in the Lord : — " Upon the 23 rd of July last his Holiness graciously bestowed upon the Bishops of the Church the power to publish an extraordinary jubilee within the current year .

    " It has been the practice of the Church for many centuries to proclaim a great year of jubilee every twentyfive years , at which period multitudes repair to the shrines of the blessed Apostles in Rome , in order to partake of the spiritual benefits which there abound . " He then goes on to describe what ought to be done by all true Catholics in a period of jubilee , and fixes the date of it , commencing on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , and ending on Sunday , the 22 nd . Among other duties , all good Catholics are enjoined to ' pray earnestly for the prosperity of this empire , and the stability of the constitution by which it is governed , and especially for the life , health , and prosperity of our beloved Sovereign . "

    End Of The German Melo-Drama. A Sudden A...

    END OF THE GERMAN MELO-DRAMA . A sudden and unhoped-for conclusion appears to have been put to the German question by a circulnr note of Lord Palmerston ' s , declaring that England will never consent to recognize the Diet , and strongly exhorting all parties to peace . In consequence oi this , it is supposed , Manteufiell despatched u message to Prince Schwarzenburg , desiring to meet him at Odonburg , and the Prince consented to the interview at Olmutz . At that conference it was decided that tho Bundestag troops should evacuate Hesse-Cassel , provided those of Prussia did tho same .

    The evacuation , however , does not talco place without securing to tho Hessians tho status quo befort the commencement of their quarrel with tho Kleotoi and Hussenpflug . Tho Elector is to return in a da ) or two to Cassel , accompanied by two Hessian regiments , which arc to bo reconstructed for tho ijurjwso , The Hessian Landtag is to be rcassombZcd ot once ,

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 7, 1850, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07121850/page/3/