The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 515, 22 March 1851, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1851.

Be just and fear not : Let all the ends thou aims't at, be thy Country*, Thy God's, and Truth's.

By the Overland Mail which arrived yesterday, we have Wellington papers to the 22nd of February. This is only one issue later than we received a fortnight since by the John Whiteley ; but we have a few back numbers which complete our files, and contain some interesting Hems of intelligence. ] A numerously signed Address had been presented to Sir George Grey from the Hutt settlers "repudiating any participation in the Public Meeting held at Wellington on the subject of the future constitution of New Zealand," and expressing general confidence in His Excellency's administration of the affairs of the Colony. The owners and occupiers of land and buildings comprised in what was known as " Mr. David Scott s Crown Grant " had also addressed His Excellency, thanking him for his settlement of that harrassmg question, and declaring their conviction that "in this, as generally in other matters, His Excellency's sole desire has been to promote the happiness and welfare of this colony and people." The Government Surveyors had commenced the survey of the Town pieparatory to issuing Crown Grants. The Spectator says this has been " rendered necessary by the course pursued by Mr. Fox, in withholding from the Government the plans and records of the New Zealand Company."

The settlers at, Wanganui whose houses were destroyed by the troops during the military operations in that district in 184-7, in Older to prevent the occupation of them by the rebel natives, and who were declared to be entitled to compensation by the Legislative Council of the Province, were about to be paid the amount of their respective claims by the Government. An alarming fire had taken place at Te Aro Flat. It originated in the setting fire to some rubbish, winch communicated the flames to the grass, the dry state of which soon cause-1 it to blaze. The exertions of the soldiers and j neighbours, however, checked its progress betore any very serious d image was done. Mr. Petre, as Colonial Treasurer, had certified the amount of Notes of the Colonial Bank of Issue at Wellington on the Bth of February, to be £4,207, and the amount of Coin held by the Office on the same day, £2,207. He adds the following information, which is more satisfactory than that with which we were favoured in the analogous return, lately published here : — " The sum of Two Thousand Pounds has been invested under the warrant of His Excellency the Governor - in- Chief, in the public funds in England, through the Commissariat Department, by arrangements made through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury." Two very interesting documents had appeared in the Government Gazette. One is a lengthened report by I<red. A. Welb, Esq., of his successful attempt to explore an inland communicatio l between Wauau and the Caaterbury Settlement, which places it beyond all doubt, says the Spectator, " that an easy communication does exist through the centre of the Island, and that the country through which he passed is well adapted to pastoral pursuits." The other is a Repoit by Captain Stokes on the Coal and Wood Fuel of these Islands, as experimented upon in the Acheron. This is of so much importance, that we shall insert it in our next, together with a communication lately received from our Government by the Waikato Coal Committee in this town, which, but for the pressure of other matter, should have appeared in our present issue. We regret to find that Captain Stoki-s's opinion of the coal which he tried is not as favourable as we could wish ; but, as he observes, " the coal we procured was from surface seams, and probably a better quality lies beneath." Mr. Roberts had been instructed to prepare for the consideration of the Governor-in-Chief a Report on the most eligible plan for leclaiming from the sea and laying out for building the land in front of Lambton Quay. The same architect was engaged in superintending the election _jj£_thk _new_jColonial Hospital, for which Mt. Mills had obtained the contract. We before noticed the first day's sports at the Aglionby Races, On the second day, the Hurdle Race was won by Mr. Skipwith's Ancient Mariner, and the Petoni Stakes by Mr. St. Hill's Pasiile. Three horses were entered, for the Consolation Stakes, but their owners not being satisfied as to the weights, there was no race. The Governor-in-Chief was expected to be absent about a fortnight longer, on his visit to Nelson.

The arrival of the Cresswell has placed us in possession of English news to the 16th of November. But it is very unconnected, — a previous mail, which would be necessary to our understanding some of our present intelligence, being probably wandering somewhere in the South of the Colony. We, however, compile as we can from such files as the London PostOffice magnates have thought fit to send us. The Queen and the Royal Family were at Windsor. The Prince of Wales's ninth birthday was celebrated with the customary rejoicings there, but was almost forgotten in London amidst the attractions (on this occasion novel in their character) of the Lord Mayor's show, — it having happened to be the Heir Apparent's luck to be born on u Lord Mayor's Day." Prince Albert was pursuing the even tenor of his amiable and useful way, paying all attention to the preparations for his Grand Exhibition of 1851, and occasionally inspecting works of Art, and receiving deputations on non-political subjects. On the 14th of November Parliament was prorogued with the usual forms till the 17th of December. It had not transpired on what day j it would really meet " for the despatch of business." I The " Romish Intrusion," or " Papal Ag- j gression" — (these are the two headings one of j which we find at the top of almost every column of the newspapers before us) — not only ! continued to engage general attention, but seemed to be every day laying a deeper and firmer hold on the public mind. No ecclesiastical question in our times has produced an excitement at once so strong, so wide -spread, and so rapid. We say this with a clear lecollection of the Catholic Emancipation struggle, the Church of Scotland disruption struggle, and the Anti-May nooth stiuggle in 1845, when Sir Robert Pkel succeeded in making bt. Patrick's College at Maynooth oae of the established Institutions of the country. The last named contention was the mobt analogous to that now in progiess. We remember it well, as at the time we occupied a position uhich brought both its principles and Us details very

fully under our notice. But earnest and devoted as was that struggle on the part of those who felt it a duty to engage in it, it wanted some of the characteristics of the present. The Ministerial and Opposition Leaders (Sir R. Peel and Lord John Russell) were in favour of the Maynooth Endowment ; some of the Bishops took the same side. But now there is ' a complete leverse. Our whole sheet, were we to fill it from the title to the imprint, would not contain half the reports of Meetings in England which are now in our hands. The Clergy and Laity were address- | ing the Bishops on the subject from every part of the country, and the Prelates were replying in a tone quite accordant with the earnest popular feeling. As a specimen, and as important, both from the ability which it manifests and the specially influential position of its writer, we extract the Bishop of London's Reply to an Address from the inhabitants of St. George's, Hanover Square, which had about eight thousand signatures :—: — The Bishop replied in the following terms : — Gentlemen, I am deeply gratified by the address which you have done me the honour to present, not from any personal feeling 1 , nci umler any imagination thnt it is intended (or me individually so much as for the church of which, as your diocesan, I may be considered, for tho time at least, as the representative. I look upon that address as an assurance to the church heiself that her lay members— at least those of them who have signed (he address — are fully bent on resisting; the audacious aggression (for I can call it by no gentler term) which a foreign bishop has thought fii to mnk« upon our constitution in church and state. With respect to the attorn 1 1 he lias made, with respect to the insult he hus offered to the Sovereign of this country and to the Protestant constitution of that rountfy, I need not trouble you with any remarks; but I shall confine the few observations I have to make ti the aggre-sion which he has attempted upon the Protestant church of this realm. He has dealt with the Chuich of England as though it had no existence. He treats us as though we were unbelievers ; for it is only on the ground that we are still in partibu? wjidelium that be can justify, even on the piinciples of his own canonists, the pretended assumption of authority in constituting see* of this kingdom, when has been already divided into ancient archbishoprics and bMioprics, which have been recognized by bis predecessors ; and though, in the eyes of the Pope, those si-es have been filled for some centuries by heretics, as he terms us, or schismatics, he has never befoie questioned the ex'stence of those sees, nor dealt with us as though we were absolutely unbelievers. But now. without an express abrogation of our ancient sees in England in terms, the Bishop of Rome lias thought fit virtually to wipe them all, as it weie, oui of the map of Christendom, and to parcel out this Christian country into new sees of bis own constitution. I boldly maintain that he was not justified in doing that even on ihe piinciples of his own church. We need not trouble oui selves much what the principles of his church are; we take our stand up n the ground that this m an innovation of oui constitution of church and state. We hold that the Church of England is entirely independent of the Pope. We do not deny that the Romish Church is a part of the Church of Christ; but we maintain that it is a very corrupt part ; and that the corruption is so j>ross and intolerable that cur ancestors wre not only justified but weie requued by Chnsu.m duty to separate from that church. Our chuich at the present moment holds and maintains 'he same doctrine* and principles so boldly asserted by our ancestors at the time of the Reformation They then took their stand upon the ground of Sciijnure truth and primitive antiquity; and we still continue to protest against the coiruption and usurpation of the Komn-lt Church as contrary to both, and to plead as our jo tifvation of this that we believe and ho d last all the pure doctrines of the Chiistian religion, as taught by tbe primitive church of Christ, and that we h<ive only cast off mid rt- j-cted those superstiti ns which overlay and stifle the truth, and render the chuich, not a blessing, but in m-iny re pects a cutse to mankind I was quite confident, when I first Sc>w the bnel of the Pope, that it would call forth a general leeling of indignation, not only among the cleigy, but among tbe lay members of ihe church also. 1 have not been disappointed ; and lam fully persuaded ihst notwithstanding ihe divisions which unhappily disturb the peace of our own church, and the conduit of some of its mem<ber?, there is still in the people at large a depth of Chiistian feeling, and an earnest and determined ailhertuics to the pure truths of the goijiel as held and taught by the Church of England, which will not for « moment tolerate this arrogant assumption of authority jon the part of a foreign bishop. We have nothing ro do with the Pope. We reject him al'oge.her. We oeny that be has any ground whatever on which to base his pretended authority over these realms. It is | quite true, looking at the question in one point of view, j that this pretention of Papal authority is absurd and ' ridiculous. But the Pope knowi very well what he is j about. He knows, that if this assumption of authority be quietly submitted to under tbe nouon tbat it is of no consequence, and he is ouce permitted to insert the sharp end of the wedge, he will by degrees, through those subtle emissaries of his that are scattered throughout the kingdom, and working underground to a degiee of which you can hardly have a conception, — he will succeed ultimately, nut in subverting the chuich or destroy iug the constitution, but in cieating a great amount of dissensiou, discord, and disquiet, and, by agitating people's minds, perlups lead to a popular commotion ; and you know there is no kind of intestine division so injurious in it» character and tendency as that which is grounded on religious questions. By the blessing of God we shall be able to settle our onn disputes, for we htive one c st of truth to which the Church of England has ift ways recourse — the pu • word of God ; and though there* may be shades of difference in the opinions of those who minister at her altars, or worship in her sanctuaries, yet we always have the rit^bt or appeal to that one test of truth as explaiued by the church herselt in language which no one has a ri»ht to alter or misinterpret. We are therefoie competent to settle ou< own disputes, and by the blessing of God we will do so without requiring the interference or permuting the interposition ot any foreign spirHu »l jurisdiction. Genileinen, this is a subject on which it is more easy to be,in than to end, but allow me to sugges' that there di-c other measures b sides that of addressing the bishops which should be adopted; and I would venlure respectfully to point out to you ihai it will Be exUvmily impoitaiit that you should not consider you have fulfilled your duty by merely assuring the bishop ot i be diocese* in which yuu reside of your attachment to the Pr. teotaiit Church ; but you should proceed lo o her steps, all peaceable, all chaniable, but firm, uncompromising, determined, and not ceasing until you have gained your ends. I cannot help remarking

on the base ingratitude of the Romish Church, after all that has been done of late years in the way of concession and the removal of every civil restriction which was placed upon her by permitting the Iree and unimpeded use of her worship. Not content wlh that, she now claims universal dominion over the consciences of the people of England and tells us to our face that unless we submit to that dominion it will be at the peril of our eternal salvation. Gentlemen, be so good as remember, that in resisting this invasion of Rome you are resisting 1 not mPiely a spirilnal power, but a court which uses its spiritual power in ordme ad temporaria. Not one of those decrees or Papal bulls which have asserted the plenitude of his authority over all temporal Sovereign? has ever been repealed or disowned ; and I have not the lea«t doubt that if we were to give them the opportunity, and if the Pope wcrr to obtain that spiritual influence in this country which he "ieeks 'or, it would be all over with our glorious constitution. It is tnerefore your duty, I think, as citizens as well as members of the Reformed branch of the Christian Church, to use, every effort, consistent with chaiity, to resist this aggression of the Papal power. You will therefore, I trubt, take measures to address Her Majesty the Queen, as temporal he»d of 'he church, to assure her of your faithful allegiance to her in that character, aa well as in her position of supreme governor in ci'U matters. Address her ai " the Defender of the Faith," —a title which she has not yet laid aside, and call upon her 10 disallow and disc luntenance by all the means in her power the assumption of spiritual authority by the nominees of an Ital an bi-hop over her Pr,)testtint subjects. Gentlemen, I pity those deluded prisons who may be oveicnmr, as perhaps some few weak minds may, by the very audacity of the Papal assumption. But if you — and I address now not only the higher walks but those in the middle rank* also, in which I may be permitted to say that I think the strength «if our constitution in church and state consists,—if you will be but firm, and but uphold the rulers in your church in their attempts to preserve her purity unsullied, and to resist all attemi ts from any quarter to violate her rights, or (o impair her purity, 1 think, under God's blessing, we have nothing to fear. One Innjiy effect of this attempt of Rome will be that it will call forth an amount of Christian Protestant feeling which will show to those who wish her downfall where the ma n secret of her strength lies —in the deep religious principle and feeling of the gieat bulk of the population. Gentlemen, I will say no more as to the countenance that has been unhappily given by some members of our own church to practice! and opinions which savour of RomanHin, than to express my own deep regrt tat the circumstance, aud to assure you that for some years paat I have earnestly and anxiously protested against it, aud have endeavoured to cull back those who appeared to be going they knew not whither. A crisis has arrived at which we mv->! ail take our stand. We must cither continue to tie Protestants, or by drgrees succumb to the secret, subtle, and continued aggresi-ions of the Papacy. We have laken our stand, and, I have no doubt that in the course of the next few weeks the misguided person who has attempted this usurpaiion of authority will be convinced that his advisers little knew the real feeling of the people over whom they instigated him to claim spiritual jurisdiction. I ought to apologize for having addicssed you at this length, but the subject it> an important one. I can answer for my brethren as well us tor myself that they will be faithful and earnest in their endeavours to preserve the pure li»ht of the Gospel upon the church's t'oMen candlestick, unsullied on the owe band by the conuption of Popery, anu untarnished on the other by a wild f uatici-m. Both the Archbishops had given equally strong expression to their sentiments. The Parishioners of St. Andievvs, Holborn, addressed the Primate in terms which we quote as illustrative of the state of public feeling on the subject. His Grace's Reply, though guarded in its tone, is firm and explicit :

"To His Ghace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, " May it please your Grace,— \ c, thi j undersigned, the lector, parochial clergy, churchwarden*, and inhabitant householders of the parish of St. Andrew, Holbom, have seen with rfrep regret the increasing: aggressions ol the Church of Rome in Eng'and, and we de,ire to approach y<mr Grace— not so much with leeliugs of uppiehension at, of indignation at the very presumptuous,, but equally powerless, invasion of the episcopal right* and privileges in this your Grace's diocese, hy the appointment of the Rev. Dr, Wiseman ra Cardinal Archbiihop of Westminister. We consider huch appointments as> contrary to the existing institutions of the country, and as an attempt to subvert ihe ancient privileges and authority oi the church of England. " We would take this opportunity of assuring your Grace of our sympathy, and of such support a. it may be in our power to give under the piesent unusual circumstances. And we pray that the God of all Grace may give your Grace firmness, wisdom, and sttengih to maintain, at this momentous crisis, the paramount importance of the puie word of God, and may enable you to uphold the venerable church of England in all its true integrity <nd usefulness." The Archbishop, having taken the address, rsplied as follows :— lt is very gratifying to me to receive this address, which evinces so deep an interest in that great cause which I shall always endeavour, as far as may be, to promote. Coming from so important a pßruh as that of St. Andrew, Holbom, I cannot but regard it ai an important addition to the testimony so generally borne by the country in opposition to the recent act of Papal aggiession. Perhaps we may be thankful that an opportunity has now offeied, though a very unexpected opportunity, and one of which we cannot help thinking withou* tome degree of indignation — of showing how greatly mistaken thoie must be who have supposed -if there be any such—that the Piotestant feeling ot this country ha-> in any degree diminished. It teemed to be necetsary that nomeihing of this description should have occurred in ordrr that the feeling of the country misht be drawn forth ; and now that it has beeu elicited with so much stiengtb and firmness, it may perhapu be almost more necessity to keep it withmdue bound* thau to add to the existing excitement. But, at all events, those who "re anxious to preserve the principles of the Reformation, as I Bin sure do those who have the appointment «f the holy office, like myself, must always feel it a very great a»«Mance when tuey meet with the co-operation ot the clergy and laity of the country. It must bu 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 decree declined. I trust, however, that it will now he seen, if it he not already seen, that tho6e who gave rise to that opinion form a very small minority not only in our church, but m tbecouu* iry at larg<\ I think too we may now iee that to which we have huheito been blind, but 10 which we must nevtrbe blind in fu;ure, that the Chutch of Rome is an aggressive church, and that she will never

he satisfied without domination so far as it can be obtained. Tlie suiest method by ir'.ich we can oppose such atcgres«-ion. and preserve ou- selves free from such domination, i> to diffuse a-, wide'y as pus Mble those truths on which our Protestant church is founded, resting as they do upon tlif pure woid of God without hum-in a<ld,iion or adulteration. In conclusion I must repeat my gratification at_ this instance of confidence which you h.ve shown in me hy the presentation of this address. There is no reason why as Vletropolit-m I should not .iccept it, and with God's Rrare I sh«ll always he wtlli'ig to promote, hs far as po'siMe, the principles whicli it pnunrh'es. The Archbishop of Youk had taken a similarly decided stand. The following is his Reply to an Address from the Clergy of his diocese .—. — My Rev. Brethren,— With your sentiments on " the recent aggression of the Roman Pontiff" I entirely agree. You describe it as " unprovoked, and without a parallel." Hut surely it is at the siine time rash, precipitate, and ill-advised. So tint the "danger to our civil and leligious institutions," from this bold and presumptuous measure, may not ptove so fjimidable as your address would imply. If indeed, it had been received with silent submission, or with apathetic indifference, the case would he fai othemisc, and the penl imminent. But the religious principle, that mighty instalment of strength and power when well diiected h.is been roused. The vast majority of chi soberminded and intelligent counliymen tieat the insulting message with indignation. They regal d it duly ,is intended to rob our Soveieign of the supiemacy vested in the Ciown, to ignore (as if it had no existence) our branch of the universal church, and to re-establish on its ruins the corruptions of Papal Rome. They earnestly desire, and with God's hr>lp are tully determined, to maintain the Queen's lawful and undoubted authonty, and (like yoursplves) " to uphold and transmit unimpaired to posteiity the sound doctrines embodied in the formularies and aiticles of our cbuich, together with the civil and religious liberties contended for and obtained by the maityis and confessois of the Reformation eia, and confiirmd by the Revolution of 1688." The proceedings taken by the Bishop of Rome w uld bt surpiising and un i< countable, but for the well kno«n f«ct that unhappily there have not been wantim; in our i own body some unstable members, who, tlnough mis I taken or misdiiected zeal, by mischi vous approximations to the prictices and doctiines of his church, have encouraged and emboldened him in his ambitious and daring enterprise. You ask for my " advice as to the course which you ought to pursue in the piesent ciisis of .iff irs." The resolutions which you have formed and expicsscd testify your sincere and unbi-ndmg attachment to the constitution m Chinch and State. You will thcr foie have read with satisfaction and tlmiUulnesb, the letter of the Prime Minister. And you may uldiess hei Majesty the Queen, the supreme mler of this kingdom, and defendi-r of the faith, declaring your dutiful, unwavenug, and undivided allegiance to her person, ciown, and dignity. You can also lay befoie the Legislature the cxpiesMon ol your unalteiable decision, that " no foieign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath or ought to have, any jmisdiction, power, superiority, prfeminenee, or authonty, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within these realms." I know the diligence and anxiety with which you labour for the edificmon oi your flocks ; and I am far from wishing to awaken among you a conuoveisal spirit, which ib so apt to engender bittriness .mil wraih. But you cannot stand wholly alool. Your weapons, however, must be spnitual, "The sword of tin- Spint, which is the word of God " Out of that wo d yon may reasonably be allowed to defend and explain to join own people, from tune to tune, the principles of youi faith and practice; and to point out the enoimous errors of the faith and piac.ice of the Romish Chuich. You may show how ineconcilable these two aie with each other, and must ever lemain, so long as the intolerant claim of infallibility lasts If ibis be done with cahnncs and with tne moderation becoming a Chr.stian temper and a stored cause, much wholesome and necessary Distinction may be conveyed, and much g^od may be effected ; and by en deavouiing, in the education of the rising geneiaiion, to pioniote an intelligent acquaintance with holy writ, and with the truly scriptural character of our < lunch, yon will raise up the strongest barrier that human wisdom and means can piov'ue against any encroachment ol the Church or Couit of Rome. And now, commending jou to God and to the woid of His grace, I subscribe myself, My rev. biethren, Your faithful friend and seivant, T, Eisou. To the Clergy of the town of Kingslon-upon-Hull who signed the address received this 9th of Nov jnber, 1850. The festivities of Lord Mayor's Day partook of the character of the popular feeling It is not often that we have heard of a Lord Chancellor and a Prime Minister speaking at a civic banquet as follows :-- At the banquet in the evtningnt the Mansion House, alluvions w<-re made by t>ome of the speakers to the subjet of the Papal a.giesion; and the mauifebta ions of a thorough determination o resist this aggression vrere universal and enthusiiistic. Tne L RD Ciianci-lciß, in the course of bia sprecb, said— lt is true thai in one of your £ieatestab ishmeuts in this city I, in common with my valued ami learned friend the Lord Chief Baron, received my education. There 1 fiist imbibed those feelings of affection for the Reformation winch became endeared to tne as my understanding ripened — which I have Jeamed to value, and continue to value, as intimately connected with civil and religious lioerty— a llefotnintjoa which, I am sorry to say, at this time ctlla more tban ordinarily on every true-hearted Protestant to maintain and defend it (cheers) against the insidi<>us nithin and the enemies without. (Hear, hear.) There are !<oiiie who have thought it right to depart from that simplicity of Christian worship which ouraiviue Saviour Adopted and left us an example of, and who have souglit to approximate as near a» poisible to Romish fotn»a, one would almost think to invite that very inv»sion with which we have oteu recently visited. (Hear, hear.; You are called upon to wstch the piog^sof that invasion. Protestant England is lnloimed that she has now come under a Roman Catholic hieiarchy. The hymn of triumph for the admissiou to equalit) in civil libsrty has given place to the note ol in>ult, triumph, and domination announcing that you huve come under a Roman Catholic hierarchy. (Hear, hear.) Consider ing the language of the document to which 1 reft- r, and considering the truly Romish construction which some attempt to" put upon the outU of supremac-y, it wou d seem a> if lome weie acting >a antu ipanon of the iulfiluient of an ancient prophecy, which piesents a cardinal's cup as equal to the Crown ot the Queen of England. If such tie anticipated, I an§ wer itaeui in the laniiuaye of Glos"er, — " Under our feet we'll stamp thy Cardinal's hat, In spite ol Pope or dignities ol Church." ( Cheers ) The Lurd Au>oi having piO|"St!d the lil'allu ol "Lonl J. lluxsell and lur Majrsty's Minivers. " Lord iJ. RusbELi. rose amidst a storm of applause. ,

Ladies waved 'heir handkerchiefs, and gentlemen vied with our another in exnre-Rions of approbation an' l de i<»ht, audit was some time before the no'>ie loid roultl proceed. At length the wplromp terminated in one lou'i rheer, nnd almost in an instant the c wa-. thioughout i!ip ball an etitue silence, which roivuiiiPil a* loiiii »s his lordship spoke He said— -On behaif of her Majesty's mi i^tcis I have to return our most gra'etul (hunks to the Loul Miyr and fr> tliis distinguished company for llie honour iha has been done us. I trust we deserve the praise which he bus been pleased to bestow upon us — tint it has been our pndeavours to promote th^ best interests of the country (hear, hear ;) «ud it is a source of Hie gieatesUatit-fjc tion to us that at this moment the tiinquility or' the c untiy and the general b nte of tuule betoken a s'nte of well-hem:; and of rnmfott whirh we caimot but look upon with ihe highest gratification (clieei t ) ; and, gentlemen, if, as I am sorry to say, some of the powers of Eui ope seem disposed t<> i-iteirupt that peace which has happily prevailed for so nutiy yesrs, I can only cay that the best ended* oats of her Maj-stv's government will be npp'ied t>pie«ervp that peace— tliat we trust we may be successful m thatendeavoii' — and that, at all events, tie p and beavy will be th>lesponsibility of th ?se who wantonly incur the mise.ies of war. (Hear, l.eai ) With repaid to this country we can have no hesitation in pronouncing that we (ire piesemng terms of amicable rehtions with all the countiies of the wodd, find that we trust tbose relations ma\ be maintained. (Che. rs.) J'heL>rd Miyoi,iri s caking of any meiils which her Mnjusty s Ministers may have, has alluded to declarations which have been made on my part. (Loud dies of " Ilsar, hear-") I can only say, gentlemen, that that attachment to the religious freedom of this countiy which i h>ive IntliPi'O felt will always continue to animate my breast, and that it will be my duty to maintain (o ihe uttnos 1 ot my powei the supremacy of our Sover>-i£n (>i loud and general burst of cheering,) and tlio ldigiom liberties of the people, from whatever quarter they inuv be assailed. (Kenened cheering.) Let me add however, one thins? further. When perils much mote grave, much more immiment, impended o*ei this country, a wi-e princess', wlio at that nmc ruled our oestinies, thought (it to call to her aid all those, whatever muht be tbtir rehi>iom jieisuasion who wcie faithful to the throne and true to the. interests of their country. Such was the conduct of JEhstaieih in times of as a real dansei as ever occui red to thii country Such conduct, I will venture to say, is worthy of mutation ; and I believe that with leligmus liberty estab. i lished in thii country, poisons of all leligous per-ui-sions, while obeying the dictates of tinir toiucieuei's a- to the mode of worship they think it right to adopt, I may nlly round the institutions of the countiy, pay a grateful homoge to the Crown foi tiie protection they r ceiv-e, and rej uce that they live <n a lmd where fre.dom is i-enemlly, and 1 trust 1 may say permanently established, (Enthusiastic cheeiing.) Meanwhile, the Roman Catholics were not I regardless of this course of events, or slow in their endeavours to turn away the odium heaped from all quaiters on their (Jhuich. | Cardinal Wisfman (who had arrived in London just after the publication of Loid John Russlll's memoiable lettei, and who is s^ id to have been exceeding y surprised by it) had pieparedthe following Addiess to the Quikn, which was laid for signature ;\t the various Roman atholic churches and chapels on ! Sunday the 17th of November: — "To 'he Queen's- mo>t Fxeellenl Mdiestv " Way it please Your Majest\. — We Hip uihlpisiijned subjects ot you Majesty, i< siding in En land, nnd protesiin^ the Rom m Cntlndic religion, beg io approach your Maj-sty's throne, thcie to expiesi oui sentiment!) of unimpaired aiu\ unaltetable fidelity to your Mfjestv's royal person, crown ai.d dignity. "At a moment when attempts are being made to impiach our l-.yalty, we consider it a duty to give fresh utterance to these our fe» lines. " During centuries of exclusion f'orn Ihe pnvi!e<jrs of the constitution, and fiom the riuhts en|oycd by their felloiv ku!>jecth, the Catholics of England remained true to their allegiance of the Ciown of thu realm, and yiMded to none m their readiness, at all times, to defend i's rights "nil its prernjra ives against evoty foe. An<.i now that, undei jour Majesty-, wi-e rule we enjoy equal paitU'ipiUion with others in the benefits ot the cojistiiutnui, we are moie than ever j animated with the same tentiments of fidelity ami mtachinent, and are equally nady to mve ptoaf, whenevei oicasion may pieseiH itself, of the sincerity of our lojal profi j siions. 4 The dearest of the privileges to which wp have thus 'teen admitted, by the wisdom of the British Lruishitnre, ib that ot opinly piolebsing and j)racn«in<r the i elision of our father, in communion with the see of Rome. Under its teaching we have learned as a m st. Sac-ed les-on, to give o Cssar the things that are ol C«?ar, as we nive to God the things that are of God. In whatever, theiefore, our Church has at any time done for establishing itsr^ulnr «ystem oftjovernmsnt amon«st us member^ in this i-lanJ, we b q most fervently and nvst hinceie'y lo u-sure your Ma jesty that the organization granted to us is entirely vcclesmstcal, and its authority purely spiritual. But it leaves untoucned every litile of your Majesty's ri^h s, authority, power, jurisdiction, and pioro^uive, as our Sovereign, and a> Sovereign over these realms, | and t^oes not in the leastwise diminish or impair out profound reverence, our loyalty, fidelity, and attachm>nt to your Majesty's august per on and throne ; and we burnt Iv assure \our M 'jesty, that among your Majesty's subject-, there exibts no ciusbjwho mate solemnly moie cnilinually, or more fi-jve-nliy pray foi the stability of your Majesty's throne, for the p eservation of your M ijesty's life, and for the prosperity of your M ijesty'h empire, than the Catholics of England, in whose leh^tun loyalty is a sacred duty, and obeuience a Chiisiian vinue." Several of the Bishops had advised their Clergy to pi each on the Ronnsh contiov rsy,; and one result of the movement was aheady apparent, in atevivalofearnest discussionof tlv points at issue between the Reformed churches and the Papacy, This at least is matter of j congtatulation, as Truth is mighty, and must pie vail in proportion as it is subjected to searching investigation. The populace of course panicipated in the general excitement. This was specially manifested on the fifth of November, when the usual celebrations were repeate i with lncieabed spirit and eneigy. The walls and pa\ements of London weie marked with such inscriptions as " No Popery,' "No Wafer Gods," ' No CaI tholic Humbug," &c, and poor Caidinal Wiseman was the chief "Guy "of the day, and was over and ovei buincd in effigy with all the pomp of a nnmic auto de Je.

The Scotch and Irish papers are, like the Fnglish, full of the same subject. Scotland has its own proper quanel in the case, as it is announced th.it the Pope has resolved upon the establishment of a territorial hierarchy in the North as well as m the South. Instead of the three "districts" into which the Roman Catholic Mission in Scotland has hitherto been arranged, it is to be partitioned into seven "dioceses." Synods of both the Established Church and the Fiee Church had taken up the mattet,— although in their own way, as may be mferied from an observation made by Dr. Candmsti at one of the Meetings, where he disclaimed any " sympathy with those who appaiently could look on with great comparative indifference while shoals of their people, and even of their Ministers, were going over to the Chinch of Rome, and were only alarmed when their own titles were invaded, — when there was a lisk of their own bishoprics and archbishoprics being touched ; he felt no sympathy with that, and least of all with the question that aiose with the Huh Church Episcopalians in England and any of the Bishops or Aichbishops appointed by the Pope, namely, the question as to the validity of their ordeis ; for he believed that what was awakening many of the High Church paity in England was just the cifficulty laised as to the validity of th-ir oideis." In Ireland, it is scaicely necessary to say, theie was a fervid agitation on the question. We have devoted so much space to the subject which all but completely absoibs the attention of the English journalists, that we must postpone to our next some of the more general news which we had intended to sum up today.

Oftning 01? t«e PniMixiVE Methodist Chapfl. — The newly erected place of worship in connection with the body of Primitive Methodists, under the Ministerial care of the Rev. R Ward, was opened on Sunday last, when three services were conducted by the Rev. Messrs. Buddlc, (Wesleyan), Macron ald, (Independent), and Ward. The Rev. Mr. Inglis, (Presbyterian), also preached on the occasion on Tuesday evening. The several services, especially those on the Sabbath, were attended by large congregations, including a gratifying representation of the various Protestant denominations in the town. All present spetned to feel " How good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unit, ." The collections amounted to upwards of £24. —The Chapel is built in the Elizabethian style ; its dimensions are thirty-five by twentyfive feet ; and it will accommodate about one hundred and eighty persons. The efforts made for its erection, and the manner in which it has been brought to completion leflect much credit on the Tiustees and all concerned. The Government has acted very liberally in the matter, granting a piece of ground with a frontage of one hundred and seventy feet, and a depth of seventy-five feet, and permitting the deed to be drawn up according to the connexional form of the body of chnstians for whose use it was designed. Situated as the chapel is at some considerable distance from the other places of woiship, and in a rising neighbourhood, we anticipate that it will be well attended, and trust that it may prove an instrument of much good. We understand that many of the sittings have already been taken.