Inhabitants, in conclusion, I confidently appeal to you, if you ever knew me do an ungenteel act to any Protestant in point of religion. I have always wished equal rights and equal justice for all, both for Protestants and Dissenters; I have always wished to live in peace and charity with all; in short, I have always endeavoured to observe, as far as my human weakness would allow, that heavenly precept of our divine Saviour, "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for one another;" and I can confidently appeal to the public, if this has not always been the tenor of my conduct. I assure you, that it is very contrary to my wishes, to have to appear before you, with my pen on these occasions. Among the Protestants I have many sincere friends, and of course, what I shall have to advance in my Address, may not be very agreeable to their feelings. But as I really know, and conscientiously believe, that the Church, of which I have the honour to be a minister, is really the true Church of Christ, to shrink from its defence for the sake of private feelings, and private interests, would, in my ideas, be a most base and an unchristian act on my part. I exclaim with the poet,
"A day, an hour of virtuous liberty,
Is worth a whole eternity in bondage."
Farewell, inhabitants, for the present, and if, when my Address appears before the public, you would like to have a little innocent merriment, and to hear some plain homely truths, I hope you will not be disappointed if you purchase my Address.
Catholic Chapel, Ugthorp, Dec. 21st, 1850.
COPY OF A NOTICE
To the Worshipful the Magistrates for the Division of Whitby, in the North Riding of the County of York.
We, the undersigned Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Whitby, feeling deeply the propriety of presenting an address to Her Majesty, on the late extraordinary and presumptuous movement on the part of the Bishop of Rome, and expressive of our loyalty and attachment to Her Majesty's person, authority, and government, do request that you will be pleased to convene a Meeting for these purposes, to be held at an early day, in some convenient place in the town of Whitby.
Dated, November 21st, 1850.
| James Davidson, Minister, | ||
| John Fox, Minister, | ||
| Joseph Hughes, Minister, | ||
| Francis Simpson, | ||
| John Cass Potter, Independent Minister, | ||
| Henry Belcher, | ||
| William John Bullivant, Wesleyan Minister, | ||
| Thomas William Belcher, | ||
| Thomas Richardson, | ||
| John Blanchard, | ||
| Appleton Stephenson, | ||
| James Walker, | ||
| John Chapman, | ||
| G. H. Holtby, | ||
| Gideon Smales, | ||
| William Jameson, | ||
| Henry Barrick, | ||
| Henry Simpson, | ||
| John Brewster, | ||
| John Rickinson, | ||
| George Clarkson, | ||
| James Wilkinson, | } | Churchwardens |
| Charles Fisher, | ||
| William Frankland, | ||
| Thomas Broderick Simpson, | ||
| Henry Simpson, | ||
| William Cavalier, | ||
| John Corner, jun. | ||
| James Brown, | ||
| Charles Prudom, | ||
| John Brown Nicholson, | ||
| R. M. Woodwark, | ||
| William Taylor, | ||
| Francis Kildale Robinson, | ||
| Robert Kirby, | ||
| Robert Swales, | ||
| John Green, | ||
| Charles Bartindale, | ||
| William Clarkson, | ||
| John Gaskell, | ||
| William Frankland, jun. | ||