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POSTSCBIPT. Saturday, Nov. 16.
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Postscbipt. Saturday, Nov. 16.
POSTSCBIPT . Saturday , Nov . 16 .
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A deputation from the parish of St . Andrew ' s , Holboxrf , waited , bv appointment , upon his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , at Irambeth Palace , yesterday morning , and presented an address upon the subject of the recent aggressions of the Church of Rome . The Archbishop expressed his gratification at receiving an address evincing so deep an interest in the great cause which he should always endeavour to promote . After referring to the subject of the address , he said : —
" Perhaps we may be thankful that an opportunity has now offered—though a very unexpected opportunity , and one of which we cannot help thinking without some degree of indignation—of showing how greatly mistaken those must be who supposed , if there be any such , that the Protest ant feeling of this country has in any degree diminished . It seemed to be necessary that something of this description should have occurred , in order that the feeling of the country might be drawn forth : and now that it has been elicited with so much
strength and firmness , it may , perhaps , be almost more necessary to keep it within due bounds than to add to the existing excitement . But , at all events , those who are anxious to preserve the principles of the Reformation—as , I am sure , those who have the appointment of the holy office like myself do—must always feel it a very great assistance when they meet with the cooperation of the clergy and laity of the country . It must be a matter of regret that anything should have occurred in our Church which should have
led to the error to which I have alluded—the supposition that the Protestant principles of this country have in any degree declined . I trust , however , that it will now be seen , if it be not already seen , that those who gave rise to that opinion form a "very small minority , not only in our Church , but in the country at large . I think , too , we may now see that to which we have hitherto been blind , but to which we must never be blind in future , that the Church of Rome is an aggressive Church , and that she never will be satisfied without domination so far as it can be obtained . "
" The following address , which is understood to be from the pen of Cardinal Wiseman—a fact which gives additional importance to it—will , we understand , lie at the various Catholic churches and chapels to-morrow , and will be otherwise circulated , with the view of obtaining signatures to it , to testify to the loyalty of the Catholics of England to " Her Majesty ' s royal person , crown , and dignity " : —
" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty . " May it please your Majesty , — We , the undersigned subjects of your Majesty , residing in England , and professing the Roman Catholic religion , beg to approach your Majesty ' s Throne , there to express our sentiments of unimpaired and unalterable fidelity to your Majesty ' s royal person , Crown , and dignity . " At a moment when attempts are being made to impcach our loyalty , we consider it a duty to give fresh utterance to these our feelings .
" During centuries of exclusion from the privileges of the constitution , and from the rights enjoyed by their fcllow-subjoets , the Catholics of England remained true to their allegiance to the Crown of this realm , and yielded to none in their readiness , at all times , to defend its rights and its prerogatives against , every foe . And now that , under your Majesty ' s wise rule , we enjoy equal participation with others in the benefits of the constitution , we are more than ever animated with sentiments of fidelity and attachment , and are equally ready to give proof , when occasion may present itself , of the sincerity of our loyal professions .
* ' The dearest of the privileges to which we have thus been admitted , by the wisdom of the British Legislature , is that of openly professing and practising the religion of our fathers , in communion with the see of Rome . Under its teaching we have learned , as a most sacred lesson , to give to Crusar the things that are of Ctesar , as we give to God the things that are of God . In wha ' cyer , therefore , our church has at any time done for establishing its regular system of Government amongst its members in this island , we beg most fervently and most sincerely to assure your Majesty that the organization granted to us is entirely ecclesiastical , and its authority purely spiritual . But it leaves untouched
presenting an address of congratulation , through his eminence Cardinal Wiseman , to the Catholic clergy of England , and of expressing their gratitude to our most holy father the Pope for his timely restoration of the ancient hierarchy of the English Catholic church . —Mountjoysquare , feast of St . Laurence O'Toole , 1850 . " At a vestry meeting held in the court-room of Bridewell Hospital yesterday , " to afford the inhabitants of the precinct an opportunity of expressing their opinion of the recent attempt made by the Bishop of Home to invade the rights and privileges of Englishmen , and adopting such measures as may
appear possible to frustrate such attempt , the Reverend Mr . Poynder moved an address , in which the creation of Roman Catholic Bishops in England was condemned as an attack upon the Church of England . This was opposed by several speakers . Mr . Anderton wished them to view the Papal interference as an attack upon the supremacy of the Queen and the constitution . The Reverend gentleman contended that it was his duty to mark the aggression of the Pope as an attack upon the Church of England . Mr . Spicer , as a Dissenter , could not support such an address : —
" He was for signalizing the attempt of the Pope as one upon their common Protestantism { Hear , hear ) , because it must be borne in mind that many of the clergy of the Established Church had gone over to the Papal Church , and [ had in a great degree occasioned the present unhappy state of things . { Hear , hear . ) None of the Dissenting body had gone over to the Papal Church , but many members of the Established Church had done so , and had betrayed their faith . Let men only look at the influence which the Bishop of London had lent to those innovations in the Church . Let those whom he addressed consider how much of the evil was attributable to the conduct of the bishops and clergy . He would propose to omit the words , ' declaring the supremacy of the Crown in ecclesiastical matters . ' "
After some discussion , the address , altered so as to characterize the aggression of the Pope as an insolent attack upon the Protestant religion , was carried unanimously .
every tittle of your Majesty's rights , authority , power , jurisdiction , and prerogative , as our Sovereign , and as ( Sovereign over these realms , and does not in the leastwise diminish or impair our profound reverence , our loyalty , fidelity , and attachment to your Majesty ' s august person and throne ; and we humbly assure your M .-ijesty that among your Majesty ' s subjects there exists no class who more solemn !}' , more continually , or more fervently pray for the stability of your Majesty ' s throne , l ' or the preservation of your Majesty ' s life , and for the prosperity of yuur Majesty ' s empire , than the Catholics of Kn ^ laml , in whose ' religion loyally is a sacred duty , und obedience a Christian virtue . "
A mooting of tlio llomaii Catholic clergy of Dublin has been summoned by Archbishop Murray for tlio jmrposu oi" addressing C ' artlinal Wisoiuan ami of expressing their grntitudu to tho Popo lor tlio recent measures mlnpted by him with ref ' creneo to tlio Koinnn Catholic church in England . Tho r . rtvertise jnent , which has appeared in the Kveulntj Post and Freeman ' s Journal , is in the following terms : — "Archbishop Murray requests a meeting of the Catholic clergy of Dublin and its vicinity , to be held in the parochial house , Marlborough-strect , on Monday next , November 18 , at one o ' clock , for the purpose of
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The last accounts from Germany are of a conflicting nature . Those from Prussia would lead us to believe that war is as imminent as ever , while the news from Austria is entirely of a pacific cast . The following extract from a letter , dated Berlin , November 12 , would lead us to expect speedy news of a hostile collision : — " Every essential military preparation for a possible war is now completed . The intercourse of our Foreign Minister with the representatives of other powers is very brisk . On several hands the greatest pains are taken to
persuade mutual concession , and offers of good offices arc made . In the incidental question of Hesse , Prussia is only opposed by Austria and the Diet . Russia holds herself aloof from the affair . Russia will not appear in arms against Prussia unless compelled to do so by the resistance of that power to the pacification of Scaleswig-Holstein . Under any circumstances , however , Russia will occupy Galicia and Hungary , should Austria be . involved in a Avar . Important bodies of military are already moving from Warsaw westwards , to be prepared for that event . "
The Berlin Monitcur says , the invitation to subscribe to a voluntary loan has been responded to with great avidity . Prince William , uncle of the King , one of the most beloved members of the lloyal family , has volunteered to take a command in the army . The Prince is the senior Prince in tho family , being sixtyeight years of age , and is the father of the Queen of Bavaria . The mobilization of the army continues . From tho admirable military organization of Prussia , this is easily effected in two or three days . All the superior odicers , who had retired from the army for a considerable time , have written to the King to offer their services afresh to the country . The military schools have been dissolved , as the officers who superintended the education have rejoined the army .
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Yesterday morning between six and seven o ' clock , a fire was discovered raging in a house numbered 4 , in a court behind the Emngham Saloon , in tho Whitechapelroad . The engines having been set to work , the parish engineer and firemen succeeded in extinguishing the flames . On entering the basement they found sufficient to account for the absence of all parties connected with the building . The cellar was discovered to be fitted up as a distillery , with a number of casks , wash , and spirits in the place . The furnace under the still was burning . The still , furnace , and plant were seized by
the officers of Kxcise and removed to Old Broad-street . — Shortly before two o ' clock yesterday morning a lire broke out at No . lo , Orange-street , Lomaml ' s Pond , Southwark . The firemen on entering tho premises found the bed and furniture in the baek room ground floor in a blaze , and in the midst the naked body of a female also much charred . Jt was ascertained that a female named Campbell died tho preceding afternoon , ami her bod ) ' was laid out on the bed . The cau . se ot the fire remains a mystery . —Lust night , at a few minutes pastcleven o ' clock , a inuch more destructive lire than either of the above
mentioned , broke out in an immense , range of premises situate in Crimseot . t-street , Orange-road , Bermoiulsey . At one time the destruction of property covering scvcial iicres appeared inevitable ; but owing to the exertions of the firemen , who were aided by an abundant supply of water , the fire by one o ' clock this morning was got under . Tho < l ; un : ige done by the disaster must be very serious , and up to that hour it was utterly impossible to tell the names of the sufferers with anything like accuracy .
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THE ROOT OF THE EVIL . Lord Ashley has lately "been visiting the chief towns in Scotland , and , in most of them , appears to have made a point of inspecting the various charitable institutions which are extending so rapidly in all directions . While in Edinburgh he delivered an address to a number of gentlemen who have formed an association , somewhat similar to the one in London , for improving the dwellings of the working classes . In the course of his address he made one statement relative to the main cause of our social evils which we think highly mischievous , and , as his lordship bears a high character for philanthropy , it is all the more necessary that the error into which he has fallen should be
pointed out : — " He said the domiciliary condition of the people lay at the root of many of the mischiefs which beset this land . He had known many instances of persons coming from the country in a good state of health , but who had been compelled , owing to the arrangement of things in great towns , to take up their abode in pestiferous houses , and even crowded dwellings , with part of their families , and who were in a short time cut off by disease ,
leaving a number of infant children to roam about the streets , or be thrown upon the parish He was convinced , from his own experience , and a minute survey of all the large towns in the kingdom , particularly London , that lie did not state the matter too strongly , when he said that all the efforts of private persons for the education and benefit of the poor , spiritual or bodily , would be of little or no avail so long as their domiciles were left in their present wretched condition . "
Now , the main part of all this is perfectly true . It is undeniable that thousands of healthy persons migrate annually from the country into London and other large towns , and that many of them are soon cut off by disease , owing to the over-crowded , ill-ventilated , ill-drained state of their dwellings . But it is a monstrous error to speak of this crowded state of our large towns as lying at the root of many of the mischiefs which beset this land . If Lord Ashley would only trace the history of those healthy immigrants to whom he refers , back to the rural districts from which they have been driven into the unhealthy towns by harsh poor-law guardians , anxious only to keep down the rates , he would soon discover the true root of the evil . So long as he remains in town , he is only bewildering himself and others among the branches . He fancies that he will improve the condition of the People by furnishing improved dwellings for some fo ur or five hundred persons annually . But , is he ignorant of the fact , that the poor and wretched population of London is encreasing at the rate of 20 , 000 per
annum r lie nas seen many u puur imuny starved for want of food , fire , and clothing , and has exerted himself , we doubt not , to place them in a comfortable condition . But , did it never occur to him and his benevolent associates , that for every single family they relieve in the course of a year , there are at least some ' fi fteen or twenty families equally wretched , swarming into the towns to beg , ? he need to be told that
or steal , or starve Does those wretched immigrants , who continually crowd the towns more and more , ought to be made comfortable on the land , and easily might be made comfortable there , if Lord Ashley and other noble lords who now waste their money and their energies in fruitless efforts to improve the condition of the poor who live in towns , would simply do their duty to the peasantry in the rural districts ?
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JUSTICE FOR CATHOLICS . No one will accuse us of a leaning towards the doctrines of Catholicism ; Our antagonism is sufficiently explicit . We combat incessantly for absolute freedom of opinion , and in that combat find ourselves opposed to all that is vital in the organization of Rome . But what we claim for ourselves we accord to others . Our reciprocity is not that
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There is notlnng so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in . eternal progress . —Dk . Arnold .
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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 16 , 1850 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 16, 1850, page 802, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1859/page/10/
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