6 in intelligence, wealth, and knowledge, particularly the knowledge of religion pure and undefiled,' and Protestantism and prosperity are prominently conspicuous in our history as concomitant circumstances. "That the mental subjection of the Papist Laity to the arbitrary Government of the Priests, who assume in the confessional discipline the power of Almighty God, has created for the artful combinations of the Papal Hierachy and Priesthood an instrument of destructive power, which they are bound by official duty to employ against the Protestant Established Church; and the history of times, as well past as present, manifestly shows, that all disturbances and rebellions, in Ireland, have been fomented by the Papist Priests of that for ever distracted, because Roman Catholic, country. "That from the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, the Papists in Ireland have been engaged in successive conspiracies against the Clergy of the Established Church, and the lives and property of the Protestant Laity, which are clearly set forth in the several Statutes necessarily passsed for Ireland since that ever-to-be-deprecated measure, particularly in the 2nd and 3rd years of the late King William the Fourth, the several Statutes to counteract the combination against the payment of Tithes, and for the suppression of local Disturbances. "That in every Session of Parliament some new act of encroachment by the restless ambition of the Papal Priesthood, is attempted and designed to weaken and undermine the Protestant Established Religion in these Kingdoms. "That the present Pope pronounces Popery to be unchangeable,— that all her tyrannical edicts for the murder and extirpation of heretics are held to be in full force, whenever they can safely be acted upon,— and that the oath which enjoins secrecy on the confessor makes the Papist Priest a party to every crime which he conceals, or might pre vent. "We therefore humbly pray that your Honorable House will the more carefully direct your labours to ensure the undisturbed and quiet permanence and ascendancy of Protestantism in every part of the United Kingdom, and the absolute depression of Popery; and enact such measures to restrain and keep in check the dangerous encroachments of Papist Priests and their coadjutors, as in your wisdom shall seem meet; and preparatory thereto that you would be pleased to withhold all future Grants of Public Money from the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth. "And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. &c." THE IRISH EDUCATION BOARD.-By a letter from Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, published in the Irish Papers, we are glad to notice that such concessions have been made as will enable the Presbyterians, and subsequently, it is hoped, the Members of the Irish Church, to avail themselves of pecuniary aid towards their schools, without violations of conscience. These concessions are, that in certain hours the Bible, unmutilated, shall be read in the schools, though those parents who object to it may be at liberty to take away their children during those hours; and that no other signatures to an application for pecuniary aid shall be necessary save those of one sect or denomination of christians, so that the consent of neighbouring Papists is not required: the query sheet is abolished, and the management of the school is vested in the Trustees, not in the Board. Now let our readers remember, that the New System of Education for Ireland was established in 1831; ever since, up to the present moment, these concessions have been refused, and particularly during his four years of power by the "conciliatory" Lord Normanby. Lord Ebrington for now making them great credit is due. To THE LATE PETER LANGFORD BROOKE, ESQ.-We have a melancholy pleasure in giving insertion to the following paragraph, from the Liverpool Mail; for such an address, testifying so strongly to the piety of an eminent champion of the Protestant cause, must be deeply interesting to all who are zealous in the support of the principles which the lamented Mr. Brooke, as Chairman of the Warrington Protestant Association, so warmly espoused. "His works do follow him," and we trust through the cleansing blood of Christ have been acceptable to God. ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE. On Friday, an address of condolence was presented by the Protestant Association of Warrington, to Mrs. Brooke, widow of the late Peter Langford Brooke, of Mere Hall, in the county of Chester, as a small tribute of respect to the memory of that gentleman, for his unequivocal attachment to the cause of Protestantism, and his fearless opposition to the efforts of the church of Rome in this country. The deputation consisted of the president of the association, two of the vice-presidents, and twenty gentlemen and clergymen, being members of the committee. A few minutes after their arrival at Mere Hall, they were admitted to an interview with Mrs. Brooke, who was attended by His Grace the Duke of Argyle, Lord Arthur Lennox, and Mr. Campbell, of Islay, when the following address was read and presented to her : : "Committee Room, Warrington, Jan. 22, 1840. "Madam,―The very melancholy event which has so lately deprived you of your beloved husband, and the Protestant cause in this neighbourhood of a warm and steady friend, calls upon us, the members of the Warrington Protestant Association, to sympathise with you, in this the season of your sorrow, and, sacred as we hold the widow's tears, 'to weep with her that weeps.' "A deep sense of gratitude to the memory of your departed husband for having attended, and presided at public meetings of our association, when others were unwilling to take so prominent a part, urges us to condole with you on his irreparable loss, and to mourn, in common with the whole neighbourhood, his lamentable and premature death. "Of all reflections upon those whom we have loved, but whom the Lord has removed out of our sight, the most pleasing to a Christian mind is, that of knowing that the dear object of our affections walked, while in this world, in the path prescribed of God; and when we look back, Madam, upon the course pursued by your departed husband, in publicly standing forward to contend for, and uphold the faith once delivered unto the saints,' we are afforded a most gratifying opportunity, from his own words and conduct at public meetings, invariably sanctioned by your presence, of testifying for your comfort, under so heart-rending a bereavement, and according to the extent of our acquaintance with him, that he lived reverencing the religion of his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and fearlessly exposing the dreadful superstition with which it is degraded by the church "We have the honor to be, madam, of Rome. "Your faithful and very humble servants." Here follow the signatures of the gentlemen and clergymen who composed the deputation. Mrs. Brooke received the address with deep, but silent feeling, and having placed the following answer in the hands of the Rev. gentleman who presented it, retired: "Gentlemen,-Anticipating my inability to speak my gratitude to you for the very gratifying tribute you have been so kindly pleased to render to the memory of my beloved husband, I beg you will accept, with indulgence, the but sincere thanks of, "Gentlemen, "Your faithfully and obliged, poor, "Mere Hall, Jan. 24, 1840. "JULIA S. B. LANGFORD BROOKE. "To the gentlemen composing the deputation of the Protestant Association at Warrington." NEW POPISH APPOINTMENTS.-Mr. Morgan O'Connell, late M.P. for the County of Meath, has been appointed to the lucrative situation of Registrar of Deeds in Dublin; and Lord Edward Howard (son of the Popish Lord Treasurer of the Queen's Household,) has been appointed Under-Secretary to Lord John Russell as Colonial Minister. THE NEW TEMPERANCE SYSTEM IN IRELAND.-Father Matthew, of Cork, has lately, in a tour through Ireland, been advocating the cause of temperance with extraordinary success. We cannot regret this, of course, in so far as relates to the temporary cessation of drunkenness caused by it; but we cannot help noticing the marvellous power of Popery evinced in the effect of Father Matthew's tour. He has succeeded in obtaining between two or three hundred thousand pledges to temperance. In some towns he has taken declarations by wholesale from thousands who appear to have been moved by no other convictions than those produced by one sermon ! It certainly is a matter of serious consideration. If Popery can even make the mass of the lower orders of Irishmen suddenly temperate, what can she not do with them? We have little doubt that the real object of this temperance movement is political. THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS.-We regret to hear that the Duchess of Orleans, wife of the heir to the French throne, who was considered so sound a Protestant at her marriage, has recently been perverted to Popery. SHEFFIELD PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. The following Resolutions and Rules were passed at a Meeting of Tradesmen and Operatives, held at the Cutlers' Hall, on Wednesday Evening, Jan. 22, 1840:— 1.-The history of past ages proves that the system of Popery,-claiming as it does, supremacy for its head,-is alike inimical to the authority of the Monarch, and opposed to the freedom of the subject. 2.-The encroachments now making by the Romish Church in Great Britain, and the apathy with which those encroachments are regarded by professing Protestants, call aloud for the active exertions of all who desire the continuance of pure Religion and Civil Liberty in our land. -- 3. That, as the experience of mankind attests the truth of the adage,― "Union is strength,"- -an association of the Trading and Working Classes be now formed, for the defence of our National Church, and the preservation of those Institutions connected with it, the safety of which is menaced by the rapid extension of the Popish system. 4. That the following be the officers of the Association for the present year:-Patrons, Rev. Thos. Sutton, the Vicar, and Rev. James Dixon, Wesleyan Minister; President, Mr. Joseph Holmes; Vice-President, Mr. Josiah Barnes; Treasurer, Thos. Deakin, Esq.; Hon. Sec., Mr. Geo. Douthwaite. The Sheffield Protes The following are the Rules of the Association :I. That this Association shall be designated,tant Association of Tradesmen and Operatives." II.-The object of this Association is to endeavour, with the Divine blessing, to rouse the dormant spirit of Protestantism amongst the Working Classes of the town, and to impress upon all the necessity of using every lawful exertion to resist the encroachments of the Church of Rome, and in a Christian spirit to endeavour to convince the members of that Church of the dangerous errors and soul destroying principles of that system. III. That this Association shall be composed of Protestant Tradesmen and Operatives, members of, or friendly to, the Established Churches of England and Scotland. IV. That the Association shall be under the superintendence of two Patrons, a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee of Management, consisting of twenty-four, to be chosen at the Annual Meeting of the Association. V.-That each Member shall pay One Shilling and upwards annually in advance into a fund for defraying the expenses of the Association. VI. That the Protestant Magazine shall be supplied to any operative being a Member of this Association, at Two Shillings per Annum, or Twopence per month. VII. That the Association meet monthly in some convenient Room, for the purpose of admitting new Members, and stirring up and encouraging each other to persevere in this laudable work. VIII.—That the speakers at such meetings shall be chosen by the Com mittee. JX.-That the Clergy and Ministers of any denomination favourable to the views of the Association be occasionally invited to attend at the Monthly Meetings of the Association. X.-That all the Meetings of the Association shall commence with Prayer. SINCE our last Magazine was made up, an Operative Protestant Association has been formed by Mr. Callow in Finsbury, and a preliminary Meeting held. A Meeting of the Liverpool Operative Protestant Association has also been held, at which a petition against Maynooth has been agreed on. Addresses against the Popish Appointments have been sent in from London, Derby, Lancaster, Elgin, and Congregations at Colchester and Lewes, Brighton, Whitchurch, &c. MAYNOOTH PETITIONS have been adopted at the following places since our last: Whitchurch, Salop Durham, three different Bourton on the Hill New Church, Rossendale, Rochdale Randwick, Glo'stershire Minchinhampton Ashby-de-la-Zouche Elland-cum-Greetland, Peckham Protestant As- Matlock, near Derby St. Mary, Aldermary, field Moreton in Marsh Newcastle under Lyne St. Werburgh, Derby Aure, Gloucestershire The Petition from Whalley was signed by THIRTY-THREE CLERGY MEN. Petitions also have been adopted against the Irish Corporations Bill at Badingham, Dublin, Drayton Hales, &c. Petitions for the Repeal of the Emancipation Act have been prepared, from Ashby in Staffordshire, Manchester, Whitchurch. GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING AT MANCHESTER.-The Manchester Protestant Reformation Associatiou held their Annual Meeting on Monday, February 10th. The speech of the Rev. Hugh Stowell, (who presided on the occasion), was most admirable: we trust it will be printed in Manchester for general distribution. A TRAVELLING AGENT will as soon as possible be appointed for Scotland exclusively. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Z. D." will find the quotation he has sent us in two or three of Mr. McGhee's speeches published and sold by the Association; and there also he will see the manner in which the Decretals are treated. We hope to insert "Popery in the Manufacturing Districts" next month. Phoenix's communication is thankfully acknowledged. The Address sent by a "Reader of the Protestant Magazine" is too long for insertion, but the Association has circulated it very widely in the country by another means. WE have received, and regret that we have not room to notice, and therefore must merely thus recommend, Prince Albert, his country, and his kindred. A work that recalls to mind very opportunely the noble stand his ancestors made for the religion of the Bible, against the soul-destroying heresy of Rome. |