Nov. 2.3,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



been found, and they were all passed in the neighbour - 

 hood on the two days preceding their apprehension. 



Exeter.— &. meeting of the whole chapter of Exeter 

 Cathedral, consisting of tiie Dean, Chancellor*, Canons, 

 and Prebendaries, with the Archdeacons of the Diocese, 

 was held last week at the Chapter House, having been 

 convened by the special request of the Bishop, for the 

 purpose of aiding his Lordship with their deliberations 

 on the propriety i f a reg r conformity to the Rubric 

 by the clergy throughout the diocese of ExeJer. The 

 meeting was private, but it is said that it consisted of 

 the Bishop, the Dean, six Canons, and eleven Pre- 

 bendaries. On the question of approving a more strict 

 obedience to the Rubric the Chapter divided, and the 

 approval was carried by twelve votes to six. 



Gloucester.— The local papers state that the liberal 

 donation of 500/. has been presented, in the most hand- 

 some manner, to the rector, by the executors and de- 

 visees of the late James Wood, E q , to enable him to 

 complete the restoration of the church of St. Mary de 

 Crypt. 



Helslon. — Considerable sensation has been produced, 

 not only in Cornwall and throughout the whole diocese 

 of Exeter, but in ofner parts of ti.e kingdom, by certain 

 proceedings connected with the introduction of Tracta- 

 rian piactices in the parish church of this town. The 

 curate, the Rev. Walter Blunt, a zealous disciple of the 

 Tractarian school, having displayed t xtraordinary activity 

 in the revival of certain obsolete usages of the Church 

 which proved peculiarly distasteful to his congregation, 

 they, after many respectful expostulations, determined 

 to prefer a complaint of bis conduct to the Bi>hop of 

 Exeter, who appointed three coramUsioners (one of them 

 a relative of his own) to investigate i ir allegations 

 and report to him upon them. The inquiry accordingly 

 took place, the principal promoter of the complaint 

 being Mr. Hill, one of the churchwardens, and the 

 result has this week appeared in the Times, occupying 

 severnl closely printed columns, independent of the 

 bishop's long and elaborate jvdgment. The charges 

 were not confined to Mr. Blunt's Tractarian practices, 

 but included several other accusations, some of which 

 are admitted to have been well-founded. On the 

 greater part of them, however, the bishop has pronounced 

 that gentleman to be right and his congregation wrong. 

 Even on those parts of Mr. Blunt's conduct of which 

 hi3 lordship disapproves, his censures are extremely in 

 dulgr nt ; whilst his condemnation of the congregation is 

 stem and unequivocal. In the letter to the bishop, con- 

 taining the charges alleged against Mr. Blunt, Mr. Hill 

 stages the motives which led to his appeal. The parish 

 had been thrown into confusion by the pertinacity of Mr. 

 Blunt ; his congregation had diminished to less than one- 

 half — the wealthier communicants attending service in 

 n bouring churches, and the poor either remaining at 

 home or resorting to Dissenting places of worship. To 

 many who did continue to attend, the Sabbath was to 

 them usually a day of excitement utterly subversive of 

 the temper of mind usually asso tted with that sacred 

 day. Mr. Hill adds, that he could mention an occasion 

 on which "ladies had been incapacitated from the per- 

 form ::ce of their religious and other duties, for the* re- 

 mainder of the day." The result of all this was stated 

 to be that the churchwardens have been left without 

 funds for those necessary expenses which cannot be 

 leg y included in a church-rate ; and that they cannot 

 even attempt a church-rate, seeing that there are not two 

 persons in the whole town who will propose one. The 

 charges against Mr. Blunt are eight in number :— 1. "The 

 use of the surplice in the pulpit." Of this practice the 

 bUhop approree.— 2. "The substitution of an extempore 

 disieit >n on the Liturgy, for a sermon/' Of the habit of 

 preaching extempore the bishop altogether disapproves ; 

 but as he never told Mr. Blunt his opinion, he says that he 

 cannot blame him for adopting the practice.— 3. 

 disuse of prayer before and after the sermon." 

 bishop pronounces this to be in accordance with the ru- 

 bric, but its omission is said to be justified by practice.— 

 4. " The substitution of an extempore lecture on one of 

 the Lessons, for a sermon io the evening." The bishop 

 admits this to be an innovation which ought not to have 

 been hazarded without previously ascertaining that it 

 would give no offence to the congregation. —5. " The 

 compelling all persons to remain in the church on Sacra- 

 ment Sundays until the conclusion or 'he exhortation, on 

 pain of excommunication, ipso facto: 1 The bishop de- 

 scribes this as the most mischievous, and in its progress 

 the most irregular and the least justifiable of all the par- 

 ticulars stated against Mr. Blunt.— 6. " Refusal to read 

 the Lord a Prayer or administer the Holy Communion to 



a man who had been baptised by a Roman Catholic." 

 Approved. 



man who ,.«« mu u«puscu oy a Dissenting „ 

 a colony where no Church minister was to be found." 

 Approved.— 8. " Refusal to marry persons, unless they 

 could prove satisfactorily they had been baptised." The 

 bishop says that this would have been approved, if the ob- 

 jection had been made before the publication of the banns. 

 Beside these charges it was alleged (among other causes 

 of dissatisfaction with his ministry), that Mr. Blunt 

 "compelled women coming to be churched to the 

 exposure and fatigue of kneeling at the rails of the 

 communion table, instead of allowing them to re- 

 main in the seat appropriated for the purpose." Ap- 

 »ved. u Tint he dismissed the church singers, and 

 substituted the national school boys, whose ignorance of 

 music eaused them to derange the devotional feelings of 

 the congregation." Approved. To these opinions there 

 succeed some general remarks, addressed not only to 

 Mr. Blunt, but to his parishioners, in which the bishop 



admits that Mr. Blunt has been culpably indiscreet, but Houses on the subject of the prevailing errors in the 



severely censures the congregation for their opposition University ; and a committee is now sitting to concert 



to him. The bishop concludes his judgment with calling I measures for checking their progress. Mr. R. Ley of 



on Mr. Blunt •' to be more cautious than he has hitherto Brasenose College, a connection of the Rev. Isaac Wil- 



been : espec : ally to avoid all extempore addresses from liams, has avowed himself the author of a report that 



t lie pulpit — a practice not safe to any man, but most "* "*" T " 



hazardous to a fervid and zealou3 mind like his." Let 

 him, he S3ys, be content with performing the worship of 





"The 



The 



™„ „ tt u uccn oapusea oy a Koman Catholic." 



pproved.--7. •« Refusal to bury the corpse of a young 

 an who had been baptised by a Dissenting minister in 



prove 



God according to the real ordi nces of our Church, in 

 all their fulness, if he will, but also in all their simplicity 

 and all their purity. Let him avoid all unauthorised 

 innovation ; above all, that woist species of innovation, 

 the revival of bygone usages not ordered by the Church, 

 which are associated in the minds of the people with the 

 remembrance of the superstitions and corruptions of 

 Rome. " In the course of this investigation," says his 

 Lordship, " we have seen much of violence and unseemly 

 provocation on both sides ; too much certainly, to allow 

 either party to look back upon it with feelings of exulta- 

 tion, as on a triumph over an opponent Yet, it can be, 

 and, I trust, will be, made by both an occasion of a far 

 better triumph — a triumph over prejudices, temper, pas 

 sions — over feelings, natural, it may be, but surely not 

 on that account less requiring that they be subdued. 

 Instead of perpetuating strife by publishing statements 

 and counter-sta'ements, let me express my hope, or 

 rather my earnest entreaty, which churchmen will not 

 on such an occasion suffer their Bishop to address to 

 then in vain — that as far as i3 possible all may be for- 

 gotten— every document suppressed — this my judgment 



with the rest." 



Hurst. — Another controversy on the subject of Trac- 

 tarian innovations has taken place in this parish. The 

 Rev. Mr. Cameron, the perpetual curate, having 

 determined to revive the weekly offertory, Mr, Walter, 

 of Bearwood, late M.P. for Nottingham, and proprietor 

 of the Times, remonstrated against the introduction of 

 any changes in the services of the Church. Not being 

 successful in his remonstrance to Mr. Cameron, he took 

 the opinion of an eminent civilian as to the legality of 

 the changes, but the curate declared tbat he could not 

 attend to legal opinions, being bound by solemn vows 

 to enforce the rubric. Mr. Walter then appealed to the 

 Bishop of Oxford, who replied in the following terms : 

 — "As there appears to me to be nothing in Mr. 

 Cameron's course, or mode of introducing the offettory, 

 which is deserving my censure, I do not see there is any- 

 thing which calls for my remonstrance." 



Ketvedon.— The remains of the late Lord Western 

 were interred in the church of Rivenhal?, on Wednesday 

 the 13th. By the will, which is dated the 17th April 

 last, Lord Western entails all his estates in strict settle- 

 ment on Mr. Birch Western, of Tattingstone-place, 

 Suffolk ; with remainder to his sons and brothers, suc- 

 cessively, and their heirs male; with remainder to Mr. 

 J. Western, of London, and his heirs male. H. C. 

 Tuffncil, Esq., the Rev. J. Page Wood, Bart., and James 

 Western, Esq*, are executors and trustees. By a codicil 

 of September 29, his lordship bequeaths some pecuniary 

 legacies, and makes various provisions for his servants 

 and dependents. To each of his agricultural labourers 

 who have been in his employ for 10 years, the number 

 of whom are 50, he has left 10 guineas. 



Liverpool. — Another serious collision occurred in the 

 Irish Channel on Friday se'nnight. It appears that the 

 Firefly schooner, belonging to Messrs. Maxwell and Co., 

 left Liverpool on Wednesday for Africa for palm oil, and 

 had arrived between Point Lynas and the Skerries, 

 when she came in contact with the Britannia steamer, 

 from Dublin. The collision took place at midnight. 

 The Firefly was so much injured that she sauk imme- 

 diately afterwards ; but there was time to save the whole 

 of the crew, who refused to leave the sicking vessel. 

 The collision was altogether accidental, and arose from the 

 dark and thick weather prevailing at the time. 



Manchester.— The subscription for the public park 

 goes on prosperously, having last week exceeded 700/. 

 There is also a continual and regular flow of subscrip- 

 tions from working men, ui.der 5s. each, of which there 

 were 60 the week before last, and about 30 last week. The 



list gives abundant evidence of the interest taken by all 

 classes in this excellent object. The total amount of the 

 subscription at present is 26,701/. 



Xi:wcastle-upon-Tyne — An alarming occurrence took 

 place last week, at St. Peter's Quay, about 3 miles 

 below this town, the surface of the ground, for some 

 acres in extent, having been affected with what in this 

 district is called the creep, being a sort of incipient 

 earthquake, by which considerable destruction has been 

 done to property in the neighbourhood, the extensive 

 building yard of Messrs. Smith, the ship-builders, having 

 been rendered for a time entirely useless. The work- 

 men heard a loud noise and observed the surface of the 

 ground moving. When this heaving erased, the men re- 

 turned to the building yard, and found the ground rent 

 in various directions, presenting chasms several feet in 

 depth ; the bottom of the spacious dry dock, capable of 

 admitting vessels of the largest size, was thrown up in 

 I confusion, the sides rent, and the whole presented a 

 j scene of complete destruction. The quay next the river 

 sunk several inches, and the bed of the river, which be- 

 fore was high and dry at low water, is now covered to 

 the depth of from 18 to 24 inches. The water in the 

 river was agitated, and the motion felt en board the ves- 

 sels lying near. The men employed in the building-yard 

 have been discharged, and all work suspended, and it 

 will be some time before the injury can be repaired. 

 Fortunately, no lives have been lost. 



Oxford.— The Arcbbish p of Dublin and the Bishop 

 of Kildare have addressed the Board of Heads of 



Cramer and Card .veil, the Provo&t of Oriel, and 

 r of Balliol himseK, are among the number. Mr. 





Mr. Newman had written to Mr. Williams, intimating 



his probable secession from the Anglican communion . 



It is stated that the new Vice-Chancellor, at the request 

 of the Master of Balliol, has appointed a secret board of 

 six to sit in judgment on the lately published work of 

 Mr. Ward, in order, if possible, to obtain its condemna- 

 tion, and his expulsion from the University, his own 

 College having refused to take any steps in the matter. 

 The tribunal now sitting is composed entirely of persons 



opposed to Mr. Ward's views ; the late Vice- Chancellor 

 Drs. ------ 



Maste 



Ward, it is said, has had no notice of the step taken, or 

 any invitation to defend himself. — At a meeting of the 

 President and Fellows of Magdalen College, on the 

 7th inst., to consider the designs submitted by the 

 several architects for the choristers' schools and masters' 

 buildings, the design submitted by Mr. Derick was se- 

 lected for the first prize, and that of Mr. Pugin for the 

 second. There were 17 competitors. 



Stapleford. — The papers contain long accounts 

 of a very serious conflict between the tenantry of Lord 

 Harborough and the surveyors and workmen of the 

 Peterborougb and Midland Railway. The railway party 

 were desirous of entering his lordship's estate, for the 

 purpose of measuring their intended line, and Lord Har- 

 borough was determined to prevent the encroachment. 

 The riots lasted three days, and some hundreds of people 

 on both sides took part in them. On the third day a 

 party of nearly 100 men climbed over the park paling 

 on the pdi-t nearest Oakham, headed by the company's 

 solicitor and surveyors, and commenced measuring 

 with three or four chains ; the party being so formid- 

 able, and hi9 lordship's retaineis having been dispersed 

 at several points in the park, containing 800 acres of 

 land, the force at the part where the breach was made 

 was too small to rfsist them, snd were mere spectators. 

 By the time the surveyors had reached opposite to bis 

 Lordship's cottage, where he resides, Mr. Fabling, his 

 steward, on a pony, came up, bringing with him a few 

 of his troops. Mr. Cope, the head surveyor, told him 

 that if he wished not to be hurt, he had better retire; 

 and on his refusing to do so, tbe railway men were 

 ordered to remove him. Mr. Fabling ordered the 

 measuring chains to be taken up. His situation at that 

 moment was perilous ; bat his Lordship's tenants and 

 servants rallied round him for protection, and began to 

 feel confidence in their leader and their own strength, 

 and the fight became general. To describe the scene 

 that followed is impossible. The lock-keeper of the 

 Oakham Canal, a powerful man, rendered great service 

 to his Lordship, sending his opponents head over heeiS 

 at every blow ; tbe noise was so great that it was heard 

 in the village two miles off. The spikes of the railway 

 party were thrust intp the sides of the defenders of the 

 park, and after a battle of about five minutes, and many 

 broken heads, wounded faces and sides, the lower grade 

 of the intruders gave way. At this moment his Lordship, 

 accompanied by Lady Harborough, appeared, but being 

 weak from a very severe illness/ was not able to get near 

 the scene of action. Noise of the affray having brought 

 together more parties of his Lordship s men, it was evi- 

 dent that the railway party must beat a retreat, their 

 staves and chains having been broken into many pieces. 

 Mr Fabling, who was not injured, would not et the ten 

 Principal Persons get out of the park without giving the* 

 names which they did with some reluctance, and war- 

 rant have since been issued by the magistrate, for the 

 anorehension of the other rioters. 

 VV Stockvort.-Yor some time past the factory operatives 

 of ^his own b ave been at variance with their employers 

 reBDectinK an advance of wages. The improvement in 

 the stae of trade induced the workpeople to think that 

 hL should share its advantages ; and about a month 

 go y the spinners of this town issued a circular to the 

 masters, in which they asked for an **™£ °^Xl 

 cent, for hand-spinners, and 20 W^^?^* 

 minders. The masters nnding that tbeir prices 

 I ner cent, lower than those of their neighbours, an 

 an'ced "per cent, to all the hands in their employ , but 

 the hands were still discontented and ^ mande ^ a 1 ^ t0 

 ther advance. This the masters have ref sed , and U 

 U mills have struck. At Ashton, Oldham, ana oi 

 Jlaces in that district, similar disputes have taken place, 



According to previous .moments a cordial and 



sia6l io ^gs^s^m^.v^SL r„Tuu 



w years since entir 



lordship has subsequently inn 000/ 



r - cost of nearly 100,OUW, 



According to previous arrangements a cordial anu ^ . 



was a few y ars since entirely destroyed by fire, i«dW 

 torf.h pV.. subsequently bad it rebuilt on a cab = « 

 princely grandeur, at a cost of nearly 100.00W. ^ 

 Mansion has witbin the last month been «»?««*•*•£ 

 all tbe necessary preparations were orde red for h r 

 ception of Lord and Lady O.norben and Lady Card ^ 

 daughter of bis ^d S h>p, on the 14tb. A com 

 had been formed, intrusted with .be va nons r egoU 

 for the reception, among which were a process on 

 tenantry, and other marks of respect f»« the wn 

 ants at large. A congratulatory ? dd ;« 5 J^l^urs, 

 sented to Lord Dinorben by las friends and neign 

 signed by upwards of 2000 persons. g 



Sunderland.-1'he guardians of the poor of the 





