deed O'Connell's second son Morgan has already received a sinecure situation worth 1,500l. per annum. The arch-conspirator seems now to have the power of setting up and pulling down Administrations. Lord John Russell could never have come into office, had he not, by a previous compact with O'Connell, secured the votes of the sixty or seventy members under the influence of the champion of the Papacy. Lord John Russell is hardly seated in power before the priests, grow tired of him, and demand the re-appointment of Sir Robert Peel. They are instantly obeyed, and a coalition is formed betwixt Lord John and Sir Robert. But even this arrangement cannot be made without O'Connell's sanction and promise of support, for the coalescing parties when united, are too weak to stand independently of him and his followers. And conscious as he must now be of his importance, we cannot suppose that he will give his support unless his demands are fully acceded to. Behold, then, the deplorable condition to which the country is reduced! Are not the judgments of God upon the land, and are we not delivered over into the hands of those that hate us ? A FRIEND TO THE PROTESTANT Nov. 16, 1846. ISLINGTON PROTESTANT INSTITUTE. A SOCIETY has been formed at Islington under the above name, a Committee of twenty clergymen. They have put forth the following address to the Protestant parishioners of Islington : "The Committee of the Islington Protestant Institute have the satisfaction to announce to their fellow-parishioners the formation of this Society. Its object, as the name imports, is the counteraction of Popish efforts, and the support of the cause of Protestantism. The reasons which have led to its formation it is incumbent on the Committee, in inviting the cooperation of their fellow-parishioners, distinctly to explain. They are, how ever, anxious to premise, that all controversy, and agitation are utterly alien from their inclination; and glad would they have been had their lot fallen in days when they might, consistently with their duty, have 'joyfully served the Lord in all godly quietness.' But these are not such days. In every part of the world Popery is making rapid advances, and putting forth unprecedented efforts. But to recover her former ascendancy in England is the object of her most sanguine hope, of her highest ambition, and of her special prayers. By different administrations of our Government many a heavy blow and great discouragement' has been given to Protestantism. On the other hand, a marked countenance and support have been afforded to Popery; and there seems but too just ground for the general persuasion among well-informed persons, that the speedy and complete endowment of the Romish Church in Ireland is contemplated by the different leading parties of the State. 66 Now, the Committee are satisfied that their fellow-countrymen have too much love for Protestant truth and Protestant privileges to allow the nation to be thus unprotestantized without making strenuous efforts to prevent it, were they only sufficiently aware of what Popery is, of what Popery is doing, and of what Popery is expecting to attain. To confine themselves to the first of these points, they are deeply convinced that Popery is, as our Church and Constitution pronounce it to be, a system essentially idolatrous-a system which sets aside the Bible as the only rule of faithwhich eminently dishonours Godwhich disparages the whole work of the Saviour which fatally ensnares souls-which studiously shuns the light of truth-which on principle enjoins the persecution of those without its pale, and tyrannizes over the consciences of those within-which practically sanctions crime-which casts a blight over social happiness, and is utterly subversive of civil liberty. They regard it as that 'mystery of iniquity,' which is directly opposed to the mystery of godliness,' the apostasy' whose origin is from Yet beneath, and whose destruction will be speedy, sudden, terrible. further, the word of God declaresand it is a point which the nation should at this time seriously lay to heart-that those who partake of her sins' will assuredly receive of her plagues.' "Such is the deliberate conviction of the Committee as to what Popery still is, as a system. They do not, however, mean to assert that there are no individuals, connected from birth or other causes, with that communion, who in spite of its corruptions have shown piety and charity in their personal character. Nor are they ignorant that its grosser features are, according to times, places, and circumstances, carefully kept in the back-ground; nay, that sometimes that fallen Church appears to be almost transformed into an angel of light.' But, notwithstanding this, the Committee are persuaded that they can substantiate, to the satisfaction of such as will carefully and impartially examine evidence, the truth of the representation they have now made. To this end, and also with the view of awakening attention, and affording information in regard to this momentous subject, publications will from time to time be issued, and various other means adopted by the Institute. 6 6 "The farewell voice of the Bishop of Calcutta will not be soon forgotten. 'I consider Popery,' said that revered and zealous prelate, the rampant evil of the times.' It was the warning of wisdom and experience, of truth and soberness. Ít found an echo in many a Protestant heart. "But if these things be indeed so, and felt to be so, 'the time past must suffice' to have been torpid and supine. The resolution must be formed in the strength of God, and acted upon, that the Reformation shall not be renounced that the Constitution shall not be betrayed-that the Bible shall not be surrendered, the rights of the Sovereign invaded, nor the liberties of the people sacrificed. "It is a duty to act for posterity. Britons have derived their Protestant privileges as a birthright. They are bound to transmit them unimpaired to their children. By so doing they will, at the same time, act for themselves. Rome is unchanging and unchanged; she has abandoned no one superstition, she has abjured no one persecuting principle. Nor will it admit of a reasonable doubt, that if the Romish Church were fully possessed of its former power, Protestantism would not be permitted to exist.'* The sense, therefore, of danger to ourselves, to our rising families, and to our country, combines with the higher principle of fidelity to Christ and his truth, and forcibly urges to action. The effort must be suited to the crisis. It must be prompt, united, energetic, persevering, prayerful. "A centre of Protestant union is now presented to the inhabitants of Islington. The Committee invite cooperation and support; and they earnestly hope that the appeal will be responded to by their fellow-parishioners in a manner worthy of their Christian privileges. "Signed C. F. CHILDe, J. G. HEISCH, W. PITMAN, D. HAZARD, Frankfield, in the county Cork, and the throat, but she cried out, and the Inspector Morgan said, he had sent a serjeant to the Asylum to make inquiries, who was told by the superior that they were not aware of any of the proceedings stated by the prisoner, but that some one should attend at the court to explain. No one was, however, present.—Mr. Clive ordered the prisoner to be removed from the bar, while he considered how to dispose of her: and at a subsequent period of the sitting he gave directions to Inspector Morgan to see that she was taken to the Hammersmith workhouse, in order that she might be passed over to Ireland by the pa DR. WAREING. To the Editor of the Morning Herald. SIR, A Father, Mr. Paley, and Dr. Wareing, have, in their letters revived matters of deep and painful interest to Englishmen. The father laments the perversion of a son, and complains that it was effected by the trick and stratagem of his tutor. His tutor disclaims the credit or disgrace, which, according to different views, may be attached to him. The father reiterates the charge implicates Dr. Wareing in the guilt of the transaction, and of granting a dispensation to profess one religion whilst he belonged to another. The bishop equivocates. Various honest-hearted Englishmen write, expressing their surprise at the glaring dishonesty and deceptive nature of Dr. Wareing's reply. Had they known Jesuitism as well as their ancestors knew it, they would not have felt surprised. But Dr. Wareing, it may be said, has now given an unequivocal denial. Is it so? Even then that were not enough. The end may justify the means. Better, according to Romish casuistry, assert untruths, for which he may be dispensed, than to have his Church open to a true but injurious charge. Dr. Wareing, however, is not so much concerned as his Church. His Church is on its trial. She is charged with countenancing falsehood and deception. Whether she does so or not, she cannot, by any assertion of her own, disprove any more than a criminal at the bar of justice convicted of fraud, can purge himself by asserting his honesty. Other and unsuspicious testimony must be adduced.* We must decide by witnesses. Of these we have a host against his Church, too numerous even to mention in your valuable columns. From the writings of one of them alone, a man of sainted reputation, and canonised by the late Pope Gregory XVI. in 1839, St. Alphonso Ligouri, sufficient proof may be derived upon this subject. But to return to Dr. Wareing. It is clear he denies,-1. That he countenanced an individual professing one religion, and being at the same time of another, for the sake of deception. 2. He says, "I now beg most distinctly to deny, that I, in any way, beforehand proffered, or afterwards granted, any dispensation or permission to practise a lie, or tell a lie, for any purpose whatever, and that I should be acting against the principles of my religion, and unworthy to hold up my head in society, if I attempted to practise any such disgraceful or conduct." preposterous His Church justified the evasion in the first instance. It will equally justify it in another. But, Sir, Dr. Wareing's quasi contradiction may be, in reality, no contradiction at all. VOL. VIII. December, 1846. I beg your readers closely to observe it. The charge was that the young man was proffered a dispensation. The bishop's defence is, that he did not beforehand proffer or afterwards grant any dispensation. No charge was made that he had granted a dispensation. It was that he had proffered one. He denies that he proffered beforehand; he does not deny that he afterwards proffered a dispensation. Special pleaders even are not better versed in the subtleties of language and technical expressions than Roman Catholic bishops. They often outwitted our lawyers of ancient days, and seem not yet to have forgotten how to use language rather to conceal than express their meaning. To have made his denial clear and conclusive he snould have said that he neither beforehand gave or proffered, nor afterwards gave or proffered, any dispensation. Till he can do this the charge is not removed. Thus it has taken a Roman Catholic Bishop two letters to deny a statement which an honest-hearted charity schoolboy might have done in one; and the doctor seems farther from his point than ever. Yours, &c., WARY, BUT NOT † WAREING. Temple, Nov. 10, 1846. are not regarded as the rule of life. Every institution where God's word is not diligently studied must become corrupt.-LUTHER. A HYMN OF PRAISE TO BE USED UPON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER. For the Happy Deliverance of King James I. and the Three Estates of England, from the most traitorous and bloody-intended Massacre by Gunpowder and also for the happy arrival of his Majesty King William on this Day, for the Deliverance of our Church and Nation. By WILLIAM LAING, Undergraduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. "If it had not been the Lord, who was on our side, now may Israel say; if it had not been the Lord, who was on our side, when men rose up against us: then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us.”—Ps.cxxiv. 1-3. MUSIC-Mount of Olives. LORD, we give thee adoration, High upon thy throne above, For our rescued Church and Nation, Through thy grace, and pow'r, and love. As on this day, men unholy Sought to ruin Church and State: But thou, of thy mercy solely, Didst their hellish plot frustrate. Likewise, on this day of kindness, Thou didst to our succour come; And didst save us from the blindness, And the tyranny of Rome. This great day, then, Lord, for ever Consecrate we to thy name, Who didst us from death deliver, To thine everlasting fame. Gracious God, we pray thee, hear us; And, as thou hast alway been, So, on this glad day, be near us— Bless our Nation, Church, and Queen, God, the Father, we adore thee: God, the Son, we honour give: God, the Spirit, we implore thee, Come, and in thy temples live! NOTICES OF BOOKS. Luther and the Reformation: A Lecture delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association. By the Rev. JOHN CUMMING, D.D., Minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown Court, Covent Garden. London: Aylott and Jones; Shaw, Southampton-row. 12mo. pp. 74. THIS is a very valuable lecture. To be appreciated, it should be read. It is full of information on an important subject, conveyed in a popular and pleasing style. The Rev. Dr. observes, with equal judgment and eloquence; "One striking lesson is to be gathered from all that preceded the Reformation. It is the utter impotence of intellectual, imperial, or military effort, to achieve the triumphs destined to follow on the footsteps of the Monk of Erfürth. The sword of the Cæsars was shivered into splinters as soon as it struck the tiara. Genius, when it arrayed itself against the Popedom, and shot forth its burning shafts, no sooner touched the hierarch, than it was transformed, contrary to its design, from an aggressor into an ally. It was neither in the camp, nor in the Cabinet, nor in the academy, that the Reformation was to be accomplished. It was in the closet, and in the pulpit, it was by weapons 'not carnal, but mighty,' this holy revolution was to be wrought out. And the instruments set apart in the purposes of God for the high function of wielding these with success, were not princes, nor captains, nor prelates, nor always learned men."-Page 29. INTELLIGENCE. THE Rev. Mr. Newman, of Oxford, had an audience with the Pope on the 20th October, and on the following day heard low mass, which his Holiness celebrated in one of the chapels of St. Peter's. On the 23d, Mr. Buckingham, of the London British and Foreign Institute, had the honour of an audience with the Pope. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. WE are compelled to omit much interesting Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, and Notices of Books. These shall appear in our next. |