has emanated from Oxford. That they view with deep interest, and, most probably, with undissembled satisfaction, the propagation of opinions so much in accordance with their own, may be gathered from the testimonies, which I am now about to subjoin.

The first which I shall bring forward is taken from a very subtle and ingenious sermon "on the Apostolical Succession," preached at the opening of a new chapel at Leeds, on Wednesday, Oct. 31st, 1838, by a Priest of the name of Walker." And now, my brethren," says the preacher, "I beg to call your attention to certain doctrines, bearing upon these subjects, which have lately been proclaimed,-proclaimed, I may venture to say, to the general amazement. I need not inform you that I allude to the doctrines so zealously maintained by certain learned theologians of Oxford, and their advocates elsewhere.

"Before I proceed to notice any of these doctrines in particular, I will make a few observations upon them in general.

"In the first place, then, there is remarkable about them, that the preaching of them at this day seems to scatter dismay through the ranks of every party, save the Catholic alone. Whatever may be the cause (I stay not to enquire what it may be) it cannot escape observation, that while all others look upon the spread of these doctrines as they do upon the mustering of the storm, the Catholics hail it as they do the rising of the summer cloud.

"In the next place, whatever diversity of opinion there may be, however differently men may speculate upon their tendency and ultimate consequences, all are unanimous in this, that they bespeak in those who hold them and preach them a satiety of things as they are, and a longing desire to restore, if they knew how to restore it, the ancient faith of this land and of Christendom. Here again the Catholics lift up their heads like men comforted. It is refreshing. after years of persecution for our adherence to the religion of our fathers, after hearing their doctrines and their rites scoffed at so long, as unchristian and idolatrous, to find men, nurtured in the bosom of another Church, and

ornaments of it, for that cannot be denied,-proclaiming aloud, fearless of every consequence, that in very deed and truth there has been a delusion over the land, that the Reformation is not that blessing which it has been deemed to be-that it went too far-that it lopped what it ought not to have lopped away, that they of those days had better have stood more by the ancient land-marks, and that it is high time to return, or, that the very Christianity of the land is endangered. I say it is beyond measure refreshing to find, from the admission of men like these, that some of our most unpopular doctrines-the doctrine of the real presence and eucharistic sacrifice, the doctrine of prayer for our departed brethren, the doctrine of communion with the saints in heaven, the long derided holiness of fasting and other penitential practices-it is cheering to find, notwithstanding parliamentary acts and articles, that these doctrines really are portions of the faith once delivered to the saints, and ought not to have been discarded as at the Reformation they were discarded."-Catholic Magazine. No. xxv. Feb. 1839, p. 79. In the eighty-eighth page of the same discourse, the preacher speaks of these writers as the "brightest ornaments" of the Church of England, "whom, as men, it is impossible not to admire, and, as Catholics, not to love; inasmuch as their hearts have been manifestly touched with the Catholic spirit, and their eyes captivated with the beauty and grandeur of the ancient faith."

A writer in the Dublin Review, speaking of "that remarkable revulsion of feeling and principle, which the late publications of the Oxford press display," observes,-" We regard this remarkable religious movement with the deepest interest, and we look forward to the issue with the most assured hope."-Dublin Review. No. xiv. Nov. 1839.

The account given by the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, in his speech at the Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, held at Exeter Hall, May the 1st, 1839, of the state of public feeling in Rome, with reference to the prospects of Popery

in this country, shall conclude this article." It is the prevailing impression, at this time, in Rome, among the Priests-indeed among all classes that are well informed there,-that we are on the very eve of abandoning the principles of Protestantism, and going over to the Roman Catholic faith. Now I pledge myself to the truth of that fact: it is no secret: it is the usual congratulation with which they approach you. There is a kind of fraternal embrace which they are willing to give; and the foundation of this regard is, a supposed assimilation of feeling and principle, and that we are on the verge of embracing the Roman Catholic faith. I asked the question, and a friend of mine asked the same, -Pray, upon what evidence do you ground this supposition?'— 'We ground it,' they replied, 'upon facts that are too obvious and too well known to require being stated.' We requested that they would state those facts-state them in detail, and argue the point, if necessary, to establish them. Now, though I do not think it would be prudent to enter into all the arguments that were brought forward, I would beg to say, that, among the causes which they assigned for this supposition that we are on the point of joining the Roman Catholics, some were political, of which their admission into Parliament was a leading feature:-another was the multiplication of their places of worship by means of Protestant money, and with Protestant attendance, and Protestant concurrence: and then, last of all, they appealed, and I am sure with a feeling of triumph on their part, which, upon mine, I felt as an insult,—they appealed to the state of one of our Universities. I lament to say it, I truly lament to re-echo the remark; but the cause of truth requires me to be faithful, I impeach no man: I do not impeach that body of men whom I allude to. I candidly acknowledge their claims to piety, and to zeal, probably far superior to my own; though I must as candidly acknowledge, that I do not concur in their interpretation of truth. But I feel it necessary to state, that our friends at Rome said,- Go to Oxford, go to your seat of learning,—not a place in a corner,-not

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a place marked by ignorance, but where science has established her banner, the place where your youth are educated for all your professions, and from whence your Ministers are to be supplied; go, and look there! THEY ARE DOING OUR WORK SO EFFECTUALLY, THAT WE HAVE NO NEED TO DO IT FOR OURSELVES.'-It was with profound grief that I heard such an imputation; and I am convinced that the authors of the writings referred to would repel the charge with indignation. But I would say, in conclusion, if these are the sentiments they form in Rome, what ought we to be doing in Great Britian?-I trust that we shall remember that there were once men called by the honoured names of Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley; and that one of them said, 'Be of good courage, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out!' If Rome thinks that that flame is now approaching the moment of its extinction, I pray that we may add fresh fuel and fresh materials to it: and while, in France, the Roman Catholic Prelates have met (in those parts of the country to which I have alluded) to enquire what can be done to check the progress of Protestantism, let it be our resolution to enquire what we can do, as Protestants, to resist the progress of Romanism."

No. 2.

IF, after the animadversions which had been made upon the first part of Mr. Froude's Remains, even, in some instances, by partisans of the Oxford Tracts, the Editors had quietly suffered it to sink into merited oblivion, instead of launching forth a second part, and prefixing to the latter a preface, in which his contemptuous treatment of the Reformers is vindicated; I should have deemed it uncandid and ungenerous to have dragged the former again before the public. But, since they have so little consulted the character and credit of their departed friend and coadjutor, as

to subject his opinions again to discussion, justice to the Reformers, whom, as it appears to me, he has calumniated and maligned, supersedes the necessity of any such forbearance.

To what extent the passages, which I shall have occasion to cite, may have previously appeared in print, I cannot take upon myself to say. In my selection, I shall be influenced chiefly, if not exclusively, by their apparent connexion with some of the topics which are touched upon either in the Charge, or this Appendix. The main object which I shall have in view will be to shew that, in the prejudice which he betrays against the Reformation, and in the acrimonious spirit which he evinces towards the principal agents whom the Providence of God selected for the purpose of effecting that glorious work, by which the Protestant nations of Europe were emancipated from the thraldom of Popery, he is scarcely to be surpassed by the most bigoted Romanist.

Lest any should impute some of his more astounding propositions to a love of paradox, and an affectation of originality, the Editors in the preface carefully guard against any such supposition. To obviate it, they remark that, "Many recoiling from his sentences, so direct, fearless, and pungent, concerning all sorts of men and things, will be fain to account them speeches uttered at random, more for present point and effect, than to declare the speaker's real opinions; and, so judging, will of course disapprove of the collecting and publishing such sayings, especially on high and solemn subjects, as at best incautious, and perhaps irreverent. But they who judge thus must be met by a denial of the fact. The expressions in question were not uttered at random: he was not in the habit of speaking at random on such matters."-Preface to 1st Part of Remains of the late Reverend R. H. Froude, p. xix. Whatever, therefore, he propounds in depreciation of the Reformers, is to be considered as the result of his mature and deliberate conviction.

Even in the preface a remark is made, which, from the terms in which it is couched, plainly indicates the feelings of the author