in all parts of the kingdom. A few only can be
mentioned as specimens.

The Court of Common Council held two meetings, on
the 7th and the 21st. At the former, Mr. J. Wood gave
notice of motion for an address to the Queen in reference
to the proceedings of the Pope of Rome, and expressing
the undiminished attachment of the Corporation to her
Majesty's person, authority, and government. As he
resumed his seat, amidst "immense cheering," Mr.
Blake started up, and moved the rescinding of standing
orders, so that he might propose a vote of thanks to
Lord John Russell for the noble letter addressed to the
Bishop of Durham. He read the letter, amidst loud
cheering, tumultuously renewed, with clapping of the
hands from all members of the court. Mr. Bennock,
Mr. R. Taylor, and Alderman Wilson, supported the
motion, and it was carried by acclamation. A resolution
of thanks was then proposed and unanimously carried;
and it was ordered that a copy should be presented to
Lord John Russell. At the latter meeting, Mr. Wood
moved the address, which was seconded by Mr. Blake.
Mr. Carr, a Roman Catholic, opposed the address, as
promoting deplorable excitement which would separate
man from man. The address was carried with the
single dissentient voice of Mr. Carr.

At a meeting of the parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, the
Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of King's College, in moving a
resolution acknowledging the Queen's supremacy, and
repudiating the ecclesiastical authority of the Pope in
this country, made the following statement:—"The
Queen herself had been the first to resent the recent
audacious usurpation of the Pope. She sent speedily
for the Home Secretary, who found her in her drawing-
room in a state of great excitement, and her Majesty
exclaimed, 'Sir George, I am Queen of England, and I
will not bear this.' (Cheers.)" Mr. Daniel, a barrister,
gave a version of the same story, with a little more
theatrical embellishment, at a meeting in St. Andrew's,
Holborn. He said—"A very few days after the Pope's
bull was published there was a report current amongst
them that her Majesty, the first time she read it, sent
instantly to Lord John Russell, commanding his
immediate attendance. On arriving, his lordship found her
Majesty reading the bull, and the first thing she said
to him was this;—'My lord, am I Queen of England?'
Lord John Russell replied, 'Who dares doubt it,
madam?' and her Majesty's rejoinder was, 'Look to
it, my lord.' Hence, they might depend upon it, had
arisen Lord John Russell's movements, and the invitation
which had been given to her Majesty's subjects to
do what those assembled were doing that night. Her
Majesty was as sound as the British oak. (Tremendous
and long-continued cheers for her Majesty followed this
statement.)" Archdeacon Hale appeared at another
meeting, also to vouch for expressions which, of course,
were never uttered by her Majesty.

Among the most remarkable provincial meetings was
that held at Bristol, on the 20th. It was one of the
largest and most influential ever held in that city. The
Dean of Bristol enforced the sentiments which he had
previously delivered at the meeting of the clergy, in a
speech of great power, which made a deep impression on
the assembly.

The meeting at Liverpool, on the 20th, was attended
by a numerous body of Protestant inhabitants; and a
number of Roman Catholics were also present, in
consequence of placards in the streets, "to prevent their
religion from being insulted and their rights trampled
upon." They interrupted the proceedings by hooting
and groaning; and, when some of their number
attempted to speak, they met a similar reception from
the other side. When the Rev. Hugh M'Neile rose to
speak, the uproar became an absolute riot. When he
found he could not obtain a hearing, he drew a chair,
and sitting down, leisurely began to make a speech to
the reporters. The gentlemen of the press stood up,
and, leaning forward with their note-books, formed
themselves as well as they could into an audience for
the reverend gentleman. This proceeding was at first
received with shouts of laughter and great cheering by
the vast meeting. But presently the malcontents jumped
upon the reporters' table, and made a sortie upon the
platform. The confusion at this moment was
indescribable. Inkstands were upset, and note-books and
slips of copy were flying about in all directions. The
reporters were compelled, of course, to leave their seats
and take refuge upon the platform. At this moment
a body of the police, armed with their staves, made
their appearance, and attempted to drive the invaders
back into the pit. The mayor mounted the table, and
exclaimed that he would not desert his post, although
his worship's voice was all but inaudible in the uproar.
In a few minutes, through the exertions of the police,
the disturbance was subdued, and the proceedings were
resumed.—Dr. M'Neile finished his speech, and the
Protestant party carried all their resolutions.

The meeting of the county of York on the 22nd was
attended by above 9000 persons, comprehending the
principal noblemen and gentlemen of the county. A
letter from Lord Beaumont to the Earl of Zetland,
intended for that meeting, did not reach Lord Zetland
till after the meeting had taken place, but has since
been published. It expresses the entire concurrence of
the writer, though a Roman Catholic, with the object
of the meeting.

The following address, said to be from the pen of Dr.
Wiseman, has been circulated for the purpose of obtaining
signatures:—

"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
impeach 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
fellow-subjects, 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 the same
sentiments of fidelity and attachment, and are equally
ready to give proof whenever 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 ever learnt, as a most sacred lesson,
to give to Cæsar the things that are of Cæsar, as we give
to God the things that are of God. In whatever, 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 organisation granted to
us is entirely ecclesiastical, and its authority purely
spiritual. But it leaves untouched every tittle of your
Majesty's right, 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 Majesty that among
your Majesty's subjects there exists no class who more
solemnly, more continually, or more fervently pray for
the stability of your Majesty's throne, for the preservation
of your Majesty's life, and for the prosperity of
your Majesty's empire than the Catholics of England,
in whose religion loyalty is a sacred duty and obedience
a Christian virtue."

Cardinal Wiseman has published an Appeal to the
People of England, in justification of the recent
measures of the Pope; a document of great length and
ability. Prefixed to it is an introduction, purporting to
be a history of the Catholic hierarchy in England; and
he proceeds to treat the question under the following
heads:—1. The royal supremacy, and bishops named by
the Crown. 2. What was the extent of religious toleration
granted to Catholics—Have they a right to possess
bishops or a hierarchy? 3. How could Catholics obtain