Among the addresses forwarded to the Queen has been one
from the parish of St. Anne's Limehouse, praying the adoption of such measures as the Queen in Council should think fit for "the immediate and absolute repression of the assumed power of Rome in matters either spiritual or tem- poral, within this realm." Sir George Grey in acknowledging the re- ceipt of this address, and stating that he has laid it before the Queen, adds—" And I am to inform you that her Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously."
The clergy of the diocese of Oxford were yesterday convened by Bishop Wilberforce, to protest against the "new and distinct" aggression upon the Church and Realm of England by the See of Rome. The attend- ance was so numerous, that the meeting adjourned from the large ball of Merton College to the Theatre. " Neither Dr. Pusey, nor any of the more prominent members of the Tractarian party, were present.", Bishop Wilberforce spoke with his accustomed eloquence and tact, but was tasked to the utmost to preserve the appearance of harmony. The excitement felt on a very gentle allusion to the Tractarians found vent in interruptive cries, and was restrained by the Bishop- with extreme difficulty. When he had brought the meeting into a favourable tone, he _said that he proposed something like a re- newal of the memorable protest which Archbishop Cranmer put out so many years ago," not in the forth of a popular resolution, but in a solemn manner, to be formally consummated by signature, and lodgment "in perpetuam memoriam" in the archives of the diocese, and published in the face of Christendom, by the despatch of a copy to the Bishop of every see in communion with the Church of England. The protest was in the following terns. " In the name of God—Amen " We, Samuel, bZ divine permission Lord Bishop of the diocese of Oxford. with the undersigned priests and deacons, being assembled, under the protection of Al- mighty God, in our cathedral city of Oxford, on the 22d day of November in the i year of our Lord 1850, do hereby, in presence of God the leather, the Bon, and the Holy Ghost, and before the whole Church, make this our solemn protest and decla- ration.
" Whereas we have seen or heard that the Bishop of Bonn has pretended to divide the ancient church and realm of England into certain new dioceses, and to appoint omvietrttheer certain government of the etitsheefsaail BLit, tphree,rnd pretends to con:: contrary to the rights of this church and the ancient lawspof people therein
realm : Now we,
the said bishop, priests, and deacons, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do ut- terly protest against any such invasion of this church and realm; and we do declare that the Church recognized by law in this land is the ancient Apcstolic Church thereof, possessing the ancient faith, true sacraments, and a lawful ministry; and that her bishops and clergy are the bishops and clergy thereof by unbroken -descent from the bolTApostles ; and That the missionaries of the Bishop bt Itmae}vithfn the
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)dill; who are atayhtg Do withilitea'.kherf Peopolfonta,t1to 4 assawillstof 'the' Bdiltakl Crotch ere eitruao. eaitid ischiereatical:, and we protest, heforeiGe/14114,1047CompAL against their schismatical claims and proceedings ; as also against their d and, teaching, lip , heing-on many points of faith and practice contrary to God's Wo iia4 the„teachiog.of the Universal Church; all which are more especlaly declared in the Articles of the said Cbutch.of.England- And.we doileelare tbakonibalierwthat this'Our protest would be approved', anettko schiamatiotiata, and .corropt,darmdoes andiiea:iees maintained by the Bishop of Rome would be condem iftr, ji/dg- me 'id.the.UnivWmIChurell:ff it Were ticlia6f1c ti0iPpMeliJUdgment eh 1f01. by nelt ALLY', tl.tnilent,641 And' , 146011n 0414'4 A TAgland did, . . )404"- tion,makd; and Nall now' ... . YRIF¢IC/999440,, this pre . asainatthe claim of the ..said-BishOP.o . we to exercise3urneuction aver the Church .rlrniveisal, and,over the Church of England in particular;. and also against the idse doctrine of the *aid Church et Rome;. and that we dd. now,renew and !e ontirme- the mew pretest. An we do he solemnly warn all. obristierleeople 'cirrnaritted' NS our t at thetyield no ob .Aence' tothe so-called bisbopznowthrost into. ou010#14.. ., oftiOurring.all guilt Of Wilful 'tenon."' ...,,,4 „A,, Archdeacon I erke . proposed. the:id:ciao:1i. of the iiiterit:;'. luiLwas F.,,,, sectihded- by Mt: Hussey, - the Regius Profetzarffilic ,, SeilW#0-ta;t009. Several 'clergymen,' however, 'testified, amidst signs O 'dissitt'stactioe and calls to order, a desire to give the protest Anti-Tractarian.tone : Alr. Illiyivard Cox, late Vice-Prineital of:St: Mary Halt wader Dr. Hampden before MS elevation to the bishopric of Hereford, moved the insertion of a clause embodying this feeling. In the end, the protest was amended by the insertion, amidst general applause, of the word "idolatrous" be- fore " practices" and after "corrupt doctrines." Thus amended, the pro- test was adopted with only three dissentient voices. On the motion; of Mr. Vaughan Thomas, the meeting then adopted an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty to defend all the just rights and privileges of the "independent Christian Church" which "from the earliest ages has ex- isted in this nation."
The great County meeting at York, yesterday, was an imposing de- monstration. About eight .thousand persons were massed in the Cas- tle-yard;. most of them lei-a:int:1Y cif 'a fattener class to those usually gathered round, a county hustings. The High. Sheriff presided. Earl Fitiwilliam, the Earls of Harewood, Effingham, and Zethind, Lords Hawke, Itibblesdale, Wharneliffe, Feversham, Wenlock, Londesborough, and Milton, Mr. Becket, Mr. Denison, Mr. J.' G. Marshall, and several other Members of Parliament, with an immense list of the county gentry, were present. The leading resolution was moved by Earl Fitzwilliam; who made a Yorkshire` speech, characterized by smart but ' goodnatured plain-speaking to the small phalanx of influential Roman Catholics who were pre Int. The Honourable Charles Langdale moved a counter-reso- lution, : .d was heard through a long defensive address of much general and per cal interest. ' The other speakers were the Earls of Harewood and Zo . end and Lord Feversham on the Protestant side, and Sir John Lawson eacIblr, Constable Maxwell on the side of the Romanist& The -amendment was supported by about a hundred and fifty hands; the ori- ginal motion for an address to the Queen was affirmed by the remainder of tIawmany thousands assembled, amidst a deep roar of cheers.
The Daily News publishes the reply of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the clergy of his diocese of Canterbnry. It observes—" All religions, whether true or false, must be in a certain sense aggressive if it (sic) is Sincere " ; it adverts to the conduct of "certain of our clergy," in whose congregations "all. that is distinctive in. Protestant doctrine or Protestant worship . has disaPpeared," while " other circumstances"—as the titles and precedence allowed. to Roman Catholic dignitaries in Ireland and our Colonies—have afforded colour to the belief that a Romish aggression might be ventured ; and it concludes by stimulating the demand of more clergymen, and of provision for household visiters and Scripture readers.
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