Dec. 7,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



females. The committee express great confidence that, if 

 proper assistance be rendered, the institution will be able 

 to extend relief to the unemployed sempstresses in all 

 parts of the metropolis. The timely interference of the 

 institution has also been the means of rescuing many per- 

 sons in the last stage of distress and misery from starva- 

 tion and disgrace. Among the workpeople employed by 

 the Society, and now earning 95. per week, are numbers 

 of those who were compelled to make shirts at 2\d. per 

 shirt. From the account of receipts and expenditure, it 

 appears that the subscriptions were 456/. 6s., and the 

 value of needle-work sent to be made up 336/. 1*. 5.}tf., 

 making the total receipts 792/. 7s. 5.Jcf. The disburse- 

 ments, which consist chiefly of wages to needlewomen, 

 and of materials bought and made up for distribution to 

 the destitute, amount to 7>0/.— Lord Ashley then ad- 

 dressed the meeting at great length, and said that this 

 Society was founded for the purpose of carrying out that 

 grand and glorious truth that " the labourer is worthy of 

 his hire." Numerous modes were suggested to the com- 

 mittee for attaining this object, but many of them were 

 open to objections. One suggestion was, that a large 

 building should be taken where the goods manufactured 

 might be disposed of ; but this remedy the committee con- 

 sidered would be almost worse than the evil, as it would be 

 interfering with trade, and that was far remote from their 

 intentions. Trie assembling of the needlewomen in large 

 hou-es would have been of itself a serious evil, and would 

 have interfered with the objects the Society had in view. 

 In earrytng out their charitable efforts they did all they 

 could to encourage the domestic system ; to keep the 

 mother at home to exercise her liiiih and heavenly calling 

 of wife and mother. It was also an object of this Society 

 to obtain for the needlewomen a remuneration of at least 

 9s. per week, with moderate hours of work. They did 

 not proyose to limit the earnings of the workwoman to 

 fiat amount, but the object of fixing that pi ice was to 

 prevent the growth of an evil similar to that it was their 

 object to remove, by giving opportunity to any party to 

 set up an establishment in which girls might be made to 

 undergo the very privations the needlewomen of the me- 

 tropolis are now suffering. He attributed the evils to 

 which the needlewomen had been exposed to the efforts 

 unfortunately now making to get everything done for the 

 very minimum of remuneration, regardless alike of the 

 coudition of the labourers as mortal and immortal beings. 

 This was the cause why these poor women had been 

 ground down to the last stage of existence. As an in- 

 stance of the manner in which they were overworked, 

 his lordship adduced the case of one woman that h*d 

 come within his own knowledge, who was compelled to 

 work for 20 hours out of every 24, to earn enough for 

 the subsistence of herself and children. It was, he ob- 

 served, utterly hopeless to attempt to introduce any 

 social or moral improvement in the condition of the 

 distressed needlewomen whilst they w.re destitute of 

 food and clothing, which were the necessary preli- 

 minaries to any moral or religious instruction, for 

 it was absurd and almost cruel to talk of their 

 moral improvement, until their urgent physical wants 

 had been supplied. It should be borne in mind that 

 many of these needlewomen were mothers of families, 

 and that in their present state of destitution there was 

 no chance of domestic or religious training for their 

 children. He had on former occasions often said, and 

 he would repeat it till satiety, that the women of a 

 country were the chief sources of its virtue and its vice ; 

 and that, if they be not raised from a state cf destitution 

 and disgrace, there was little hope for the safety of the 

 British nation. If, by means of this Society, they could 

 train up a race of mothers, they would be conferring a 

 lasting benefit on the country, and by removing the wants 

 of the destitute they would prove that they considered 

 themselves, as they professed to be, the children of one 

 common Father. The report having been adopted, Alder- 

 man Farebrother moved that, as the Queen Dowager had 

 consented to become the patron of the Society, Lord 

 Ashley, the former patron, be requested to become the 

 Tice-patron. The resolution was unanimously adopted, 

 and several gentlemen subsequently addressed the meet- 

 ing in favour of the Society. 



Bethnal-green.— -The revenue of the rector of this 

 parish has hitherto been chiefly derived from a fund 

 called "Garden Pence," given in lieu of tithes. This 

 source of income has greatly fallen off, as in a neighbour- 

 hood formerly notorious for its gardens, scarcely any now 

 remain ; and, though established from long usage, the 

 rate being according to the rental, it has never been 

 legalised, so that the payment of late years has been 

 nearly entirely voluntary, for as soon as the circum- 

 stance of its non-legality came to the knowledge of the 

 rate-payers, the great majority declined paying it. This 

 has therefore led to an application to Parliament for a 

 new source of levying a rate for the support of the 

 churcn, notice of which was given in the Gazette last week. 

 Scottish Hospital.— The festival of Saint Andrew was 

 celebrated by this ancient corporation on Saturday, under 

 circumstances of more than usual eclat. The chair was 

 taken by Lord Saltoun, supported by his brother, the 

 Hon. W. Fraser, for many years the treasurer of' the 

 corporation, by Sir Henry Pottinger, by Colonel Burns, 

 the son of the poet, by the only son, brother, and nephew 

 of Mungo Park, and by 220 gentlemen. Several speeches 

 were delivered, and the subscriptions amounted to 805/. 



Peninsular and Oriental Company. — The half- 

 yearly meeting of this Company took place last week. 

 The first subject mentioned in the report was the con- 

 tract with Government for the extension of the mail 

 iervice to and from India. The financial arrangements 

 for carrying out this service have been already made by 



the directors, and the proprietors have paid the first in- 

 stalment of 5/. per share on the 40U0 new shares of 50/. 

 each. The report states that the directors have entered 

 into contracts for four new ships of 1200 tons each, and 

 one vessel of 700 tony, which are to be ready for sea next 

 year. It is expected that the new monthly line of com- 

 munication to Calcutta, Madra?, and Ceylon, will be in 

 operation from January next, and the communication to 

 China will be opened as soon as the vessels now building 

 for the service are placed upon that line. The profits of 

 the year ending the 30th September are stated at 65,042/., 

 which, with the undivided profits of the preceding year, 

 make a total of 109,897/. The usual dividend of Z\ 

 per cent, was declared for the six months ending the 1st 

 of October, and the undivided profits, after deducting 

 both this and the April dividend, were stated at 74,020/. 

 To reduce the expense of insurance, which is found to 

 weigh heavily upon the profits of the company, the in- 

 vestment of 10,000/. towards the formation of an insur- 

 ance fund was voted. 



Mr. Belaney. — This notorious individual has again 

 visited Stepney, and at present is residing with a friend, 

 not more than a stone-throw from the spot where his 

 unfortunate wife met with her melancholy fate. 



The Barking Fishermen.— These sailors have almost 

 all returned to their smacks, and proceeded to sea, the 

 employers having consented to their return home every 

 voyage, instead of stopping at Gravesend to unload their 

 fish, and then going out to sea again without seeing their 

 wives and families for six or nine months together. As 

 regards extra wsges, no concession has been made : the 

 men, finding that their complaint respecting the voyages 

 was attended to, were content to forego their demand 



on this point. 



Mortality of the Metropolis.— The following is the 

 number of deaths registered in the week ending Nov. 30 ; 

 West Districts, 147; Northern, 174; Central, 201 ; 

 Eastern, 258; Southern, 295; ToUl, 1075. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 946. 



3probfncfal ftfcfo*. 



Bangor. — The local papers state that it is the intention 

 of Earl Powys to renew his efforts, during the next ses- 

 sion, for the preservation of the Welch bishoprics, should 

 not the repeal of the act for the union of the sees of St. 

 Asaph and Bangor be previously determined upon by 

 Government. It is also said that during his recent visit 

 to the Principality the Bishop of London stated, that as 

 the members of the Church throughout the country 

 generally were so eager in their desire to prevent the 

 extinction of one of the Welch sees, he trusted that means 

 would be found to establish the see of Manchester, with- 

 out depriving the Principality of one of its bishops. 



Bolton. — The Bishop of Chester consecrated a new 

 church in this town on Sunday, unde*r peculiar circum- 

 stances. The building was erected in 1822 for the use 

 of the Methodist new connection, and was always well 

 attended, on account of the learning and eloquence of 

 the preacher. About four years ago the minister and 

 congregation held several meetings, the result of which 

 was that they determined on conforming to the Esta- 

 blished Church. Since that period the building has been 

 occupied as a chapel of ease to the parish church. A 

 district has since been assigned to it under the provisions 

 of the 6 & 7 Vic, and on being consecrated it has 

 becomea parish church, under the name of Christ Church. 

 Bristol. — The local Papers state that, on Wednesday 

 week, the new leviathan iron steam-ship Great Britain, 

 so long locked up in the Bristol docks, made her first 

 experimental trip of her powerful engines in the Cum- 

 berland basin, when they were found to be perfectly 

 satisfactory. — Intelligence reached this city at a late hour 

 on Friday evening cf an awful explosion of fire-damp at 

 the Cwm Avon Collieries, near Neath, on Wednesday 

 night, by which between 50 and GO lives were sacrificed. 

 The particulars were not given, but from accounts which 

 have since arrived it appears that the first reports were 

 greatly exaggerated, and that only four lives were lost by 

 the accident, which was caused by a man entering a cell 

 with a naked candle. At the inquest held on the 

 bodies the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. 

 Cambridge.— -The friends of Sir Peregrine Maitland, 

 K.C.B., late commander-in-chief in South India, being 

 desirous of testifying their respect and esteem for his 

 character and principles, and for his disinterested zfal 

 in the cause of Christian truth in the East, have raised a 

 fund for the institution of a prize in one of the Univer- 

 sities, and for the establishment of two native scholar- 

 ships at Bishop Corrie's Grammar School at Madras ; 

 such prize and scholarships to be associated with the 

 name of Sir P. Maitland. In pursuance of this scheme, 

 the sum of 1000/. is offered to the University of Cam- 

 bridge, for the purpose of instituting a prize, to be called 

 11 Sir Peregrine Maitland's Prize," for an English Essay 

 on some subject connected with the propagation of the 

 Gospel, through missionary exertions, in India and other 

 parts of the heathen world. This offer was accepted on 

 the 29th ult., when a Grace passed the Senate for the 

 purpose. On the same occasion the sum of 30/. was 

 granted to Professor Henslow, to enable him to visit and 

 obtain information respecting botanic gardens, with a 

 view to the laying out of the new botanic garden. — The 

 Vice-Chancellor and Heads of colleges have issued an 

 order forbidding, on pain of rustication or expulsion, 

 all undergraduates from having any tradings or dealings 

 with Messrs. W. Crowe, Robert Haylock, and Daniel 

 Pate, who have been severally convicted of lending money 

 on security to a certain student in statu pupillari, con- 

 trary to the good order of the University. 



Carmarthen.— We are happy to learn that the health 



of Gen. Sir W. Nott lias much improved within Una last 

 week, and that no more fears are entertained bv his 

 medical attendants for his speedy recovery. — The sub- 

 scription now in progress at Carmarthen far erecting a 

 monument to the memory of General Pictoa is going on 

 favourably. 



East Farle'ujh. — A correspondence has been published 

 between Mr. Gabriel Kennard, jun., late churchwarden 

 of this parish, and the Archbishop of Canterbury 

 respecting certain forms and changes introduced into the 

 church service by the Rev. H. W. Wilberforce, the vicar. 

 Mr. Kennard complains, in a letter of Nov. 22, that 

 the same doctrines and practices against which the 

 parishioners protested eight months since, are st 11 con- 

 tinned ; that Mr. Wilberforce believes with Dr. Pusey 

 that a change takes place in the consecrated elements • 

 that he is an advocate for the use of the material emblem 

 of the cross both in the service and in churchyards ; and 

 that he introduces the word "blessed" before the name 

 of the Virgin Mary in repeating the Creed, where it does 

 not occur. Mr. Kennard makes complaints on other 

 points adverted to in the Archbishop's reply, and con- 

 cludes by saying : — M I am truly sorry to be obliged to 

 appear thus again before your Grace; but as I am unwil- 

 ling to become a Dissenter, and as I feel tint the Church 

 is for the people, and that its services ought to be con- 

 ducted strictly in accordance with the principles of our 

 Protestant reformed faith, your Grace will pardon me 

 when I say that I think it my duty still to go on perse- 

 vering in my complaints until proper redress shall be 

 administered." To this letter the Archbishop returned 

 the following reply : — 



" Lambeth, Nov. 25.— Sir— With respect to the complaints 

 which you and some other parishioners preferrrd to me about 

 eight months ago, I made you acquainted with my d>cisioo, 

 which was founded on the reports, first of the Rev. Dr. Gii i, 

 and afterwards of the Archdeacon cf Maidstone, who at my re- 

 quest undertook the inquiry. Two more competent judges, in 

 point of learning and piety, and knowledge of the particular sub- 

 jects, could hardly be found, and I see no reason to question 

 the propriety of that decision. I am willing, however, to con- 

 sider any further complaints with respect to the performance of 

 the Church services, if you will state the charges distinctly and 

 clearly, avoiding generalities, on which no judgment can be 

 formed. In your letter of the 22d of this month you say— 1st, 

 'That the service is performed in a way that is unintelligible 

 and unedifying; 2dly, that unedifying doctrines are preached 

 from the pulpit — the Church being put in the place of Christ, 

 and the sacraments being made of more importance than 

 that inward and spiritual grace of the Holy Spirit of which the 

 sacraments are the outward and visible signs.' The first 

 of these charges is expressed in such general terms, that 

 it must be regarded as mere assertion only, more especially 

 as it does not concur with the opinion of the Archdea- 

 con of Maidstone, who attended the church for the express 

 purpose of ascertaining in what manner the service was per- 

 formed. The secoudia more specific. It relates to points of so 

 much importance, and is of so grave a character, that it re- 

 quires to be substantiated by citation of passages, or by refer- 

 ence at least to particular discourses. Indeed, I cannot but 

 think that here there is some misapprehension; it seems to me 

 hardlv conceivable that any clergyman should be so extremely 

 absurd as to exalt the Church above its Divine Founder, the 

 servants and ministers of Christ above their Lord, or so pro- 

 foundly ignorant of the nature of a sacrament, which consists 

 of two parts, the outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual 

 grace, as to speak of the outward sign as the whole, and 

 even attach to it greater importance than to the inward grace. 

 You then speak of Mr. Wilberforce's reported intention of 

 erecting crosses-an intention which, could it even be proved 

 to be wrong, not having led to any overt act, would not consti- 

 tute a legal offence. You state that Mr. Wilberforce has carried 



the practice of chanting the service to a still greater extent than 

 before, so far indeed as to deprive the parishioners of the privilege 



of common prayer: but you have not informed me what addi- 

 tional portions of the service are now chanted, ° r fro ™ ™f 

 source the anthems which you speak of as having been substi- 

 tuted for hymns, are taken. You complain of the introduction 

 of the word ■ blessed ' before the name of the Virgin Mary 

 but you have not stated whether such i. the "gular practice of 

 Mr. Wilberforce, or how often it has occurred. Tfae i«troduc. 

 tion of any word not found in the Creed is Mfff«w ] MjJfgJS 

 the application of the term blessed to the \ irgin Mary isjusti 

 fled by the rubric of the Common Prayer, as >wc : la" »> "£ 

 authority of Scripture. (St. Luke, chap, I.) I^VV^the 

 confined myself to those parts of y our letter which reUt * to the 

 performance of Divine serrice in the church of East FwUngn. 

 Mr. Wilberforce cannot be answerable for ^ J\ ? °!L r w 

 written in other places, or by other persons ; nor ' canj pr .openy 

 notice on this occasion that which does net i™^ 1 ^^ 1 ^ 

 to my spiritual jurisdiction.-I remain, Sir, y?™*"™^ * 

 obedient servant, W. Caxtuar.-P.S. On ref *™*«***£ ° 

 your letter, I perceive I have overlooked one of the most serion 

 charges against Mr. Wilberforce-belief in the doctnne o^ 

 transubstantiation, a doctrine which I have not discov erea m 

 any sermon of his that I have seen." an prific 



To this letter Mr. Kennard replied, adducing specihe 

 instances of the various causes of complamt, espec a J 

 of the doctrine of transubstantiation, and the pari 

 manner in which the referees appointed by nis ur 

 conducted the inquiry, concluding by saying :-- * • 

 Wilberforce has been observed three or four times 

 least to introduce the word - blessed' before the name 

 of the Virgin Mary in the Creed, as also to mention he 

 with laudatory epithets in his sermons .which F» C " ot 

 Id not perhaps have been noticed by m f baa A u 

 wn what Dr Hook has acknowledged, that Man 



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Known wnat ur. xauun. ««» «~» — • -- ° nar tv to 



olatry is advocated by some of the Jractanan party^ 

 which party I have every reason, independently ot tn 

 to believe that Mr. Wilberforce belongs. 



Exeter.-We noticed last week the intention of B«MP 

 Philpotts to introduce certain alterations in the Chare 

 service throughout his diocese. The Dean » nd Ch u ^ ect 

 of Exeter have since addressed a memorial on the ^.u 

 to the Archbishop of Canterbury, in which *ej 

 as follows :-" Whereas it appears Jo wo^nor a i 

 highly desirable to put an end to certain divers. ties.n 

 celebration of Divine service, which no* *£* ea . 

 weaken the Church, they most humbly « d """^.oB 

 treat your Grace that you would be p leas «*££,„, 

 with all the Bishops of your pro «nce . as to he be 

 of obtaining this object; and, for that purpose , £ rf 



cure their concurrence in some umform p ln ' e / r P whic h may 

 those Rubrics in the book of Common *%"** ^ 

 teem obscure or conflicting, and in some uniiorm 



