Dec. 7,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



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con Stevens, 

 Bull, Canons, 

 acknowledging 

 entering into 



tor. toe direction of the clergy with respect to cer- 

 tain forms and practices which have, more or less, 

 fallen into desuetude. A measure of this nature, not 

 confined to any particular dioceses, but sanctioned by 

 the united authority of all the Prelates of our Church, 

 would, as they humbly hope, under God's blessing, allay 

 these unhappy dissensions, and would meet with the 

 cordial acquiescence of the laity, who could not suspect 

 the influence of party, when all the fathers of the Church 

 concurred in the same regulations." This document was 

 signed by the Dean, by Chancellor Pott, Archdea- 



and by Drs. Martin, Rogers, and 

 The Archbishop has replied by simply 

 the receipt of the memorial without 

 the question to which it refers. — 

 The Bishop has since published a pastoral letter to 

 the clergy of the diocese, touching upon the several 

 points which are at present causing so much dispute. 

 His lordship deplores the threatened disunion in the 

 Church, and expresses his conviction that the only means 

 of counteracting it is by strict obedience to the law. 

 He then lays down the law upon the several subjects at 

 issue, especially in all that relates to Divine worship as 

 enjoined in the Rubric ; and proceeds to apply it by en- 

 joining the clergy to read at least one sentence of the 

 Offertory whenever the communion service shall be read, 

 but leaving it to their discretion whether they shall read 

 more, or, in other words, whether they shall enforce a 

 collection. The Bishop advises a collection where the 

 congregation are willing to assent to it, but in cases 

 where " the pervading tone and feeling is not yet of this 

 high order," he enjoins the clergy "to be patient, and 

 strive to raise the people to a better mind." He recom- 

 mends, however, caution in the adoption of these rules. 

 "While I urge you," he says, "to return to a full observ- 

 ance of the Rubric — falling short of your prescribed 

 part in nothing — beware of exceeding it. The peculiar 

 dangers of the times, as well as the prevailing tone 

 of public opinion, call upon you most powerfully, 

 as you would avoid being in the number of " them 

 through whom offences come," to forbear all un- 

 necessary innovation, especially, as I have recently 

 had occasion to urge, that worst kind of innovation, the 

 revival of obsolete usages not required by law, which are 

 associated in the minds of the people with the super- 

 stitions and corruptions of Rome." He also advises 

 that no deviation be made from the mode which the 

 clergy may be now in the habit of performing Divine 

 service, until there shall have been an opportunity of 

 collating the practices and propositions of the different 

 deaneries. In conclusion his lordship states that the law 

 is clear on the subject of the surplice, and he therefore 

 requires that the surplice be always used when preaching 

 the sermon. In regard to evening service, his lordship 

 directs that where there is a sermon in the evening, it be 

 delivered after evening prayer, preceded by a collect and 

 the Lord's Prayer, and followed by the blessing, adding 

 that the clergy must introduce no prajer of their own 

 composing either before or after the sermon. 



Hillmaston. — Another of those meetings of the work- 

 ing classes, which have lately been frequent in Wilts, 

 took place last week at the Independent Chapel, Goat- 

 acre, in this parish, which was crowded with persons of 

 both sexes long before the commencement of the pro- 

 ceedings. Mr. Read, the minister of the chapel, was 

 unanimously called to the chair. Several working men 

 and women addressed the meeting. The following are 

 two out of several speeches : — Charles Gingell, of Pres- 

 ton, in the parish of Lyneham, said he felt great dis- 

 tress and grievances, but could scarcely find words to 

 express himself. For the last 12 months his wages 

 had amounted to 19/. 2s. He was 34 weeks working for 

 7s. a-week, and 18 weeks for 8s. per week. This gave 

 an average of about 7s. Ad. a-week. Out of these wages 

 he had to maintain himself, his wife, and six children. 

 If he could spend all that sum for food he would not 

 grumble, but there were many other things to be paid 

 for ; 3/. a-jear rent ; the shoe bill of the family 

 he could not put at less than 1*. per week, and 1*. 

 per week for firing, reducing the sum to about 4s. 

 per week, or Gd. per head for food per week ; to 

 say nothing of tea, sugar, butter, soap, candles, &c. He 

 wished to pay everybody their own, but he could not do 

 it. It was high time some remedy was provided to 

 alter the condition of the labourer ; and he thought if 

 they could once get free trade the condition of the peo- 

 ple would altogether alter and improve. Eighteen years 

 ago he married a wife from the manufacturing districts, 

 and women at that time were earning 12s. a week. At 

 that rate his family would earn 26s. a-week, while his 

 wages from the land would increase.— Mary Ferris, 

 of Chalcut, then addressed the meeting. She said the 

 fathers did not know all the distress which was endured. 

 When her husband was at work her children were fre- 

 quently crying for food. Last year her husband earned 

 8s. a-week. The rich knew nothing of the misery which 

 they endured. They thought if they saw the labourers 

 with a decent smockfrock on that there was no distress 

 among them. She had often gone to bed and lain 

 awake for hours with the stomach-ache for want of 

 food. She had three children, one 13 years old, who 

 ought to earn 5d. a-day ; another 10 years old, ought 

 to earn Ad. a-day ; and the third, 8 years old, ought 

 to earn 3d. This would add 6s. a-week to her income, 

 and then they would not complain of being badly off. 

 If the factories were now open, as they were 30 years 

 ago, the elder children would have employment in them, 

 leaving the younger to fill their places on the farm. Now 

 her husband frequently had " the trembles" so from 

 want of food, that he could hardly do his work. 



(Voices, " I've otten had the trembles too.") Her 

 children were dirty an 1 ragged ; for she could neither 

 buy soap nor firing to wash them or their clothes pro- 

 perly. The following resolutions were unanimously 

 carried :— " Resolved, Is', That we the labourers at this 

 meeting assembled have met to make known our distress 

 and our wants, trusting that our statements will meet 

 the public eye, and reach the hearts of our legislators, to 

 the end that they may pass such measures as shall secure 

 to industry its full and fair reward, and thus improve the 

 conditions of ourselves and our fellow-countrymen. 2d, 

 That we meet not to ask for charity, but for justice in 

 the shape of profitable and independent labour, so that 

 we may supply ourselves and our families with the neces- 

 saries of life, which we fiud at present to be utterly im- 

 possible, in consequence of the scarcity of employment 

 and the lowness of wages. 3d, That we firmly believe 

 the restrictions imposed upon industry by the corn and 

 provision laws are a principal cause of our destitute con- 

 dition, inasmuch as scarcity, dearness, and uncertainty, 

 are the result of tampering with the people's food ; and 

 that we further believe, if those laws were abolished, re- 

 munerative employment would be more abundant, com- 

 petition for labour less severe, the farmer rendered more 

 secure by steadiness of price and fair rentals, and the 

 happiness and prosperity of all classes of society mate- 

 rially and permanently advanced." 



Horsham. — A letter from the tradesmen of Mr. Hurst, 

 M.P., has been published, in which it is stated that Mr. 

 Hurst's departure from this country was not sudden, that 

 the accounts of the subscribers had been always" fairly and 

 honourably paid," and that they expect the claims for 

 the current year to be duly met at the accustomed time. 

 They add that Mr. Hurst's disappearance from Horsham, 

 so far from being sudden and unexpected, was a matter 

 of common notoriety for a considerable time previously 

 to his departure, and that the other sale of household 

 furniture, farming stock, &c, is nothing more than the 

 ordinary sale of farming stock, &c , by a gentleman 

 quitting his farm, and declining to follow that occupation. 



Hurst.— On Friday week an influential meeting of 

 the inhabitants of this place was held to express their dis- 

 approval of the innovations recently introduced into the 

 Church Service by tbe Rev. Mr. Cameron, and to signify 

 to him their hope that those innovations would not be 

 persevered in, as they were the cause of the greatest dis- 

 satisfaction to the parishioners. The meeting was 

 attended by T. Garth, Esq., J. Leveson Gower, Esq., 

 J. Walter, Esq., the churchwardens, and the principal 

 farmers in the pariih. Mr. Gower took the chair, 

 and said he trusted that Mr. Cameron would yield to 

 the wishes of the parishioners upon the subject, for the 

 feeling against these innovations was not confined to the 

 parish of Hurst. Mr. Walter stated that in Islington, 

 near London, similar innovations had been objected to ; 

 and in consequence of the objections they had been relin- 

 quished. In Tottenham, also, so strong a feeling had 

 been manifested against them, that, on the advice of the 

 Bishop of London, they had been suspended for a year. 

 This compromise was useful, inasmuch as it implied 

 a concession to the objections of the parishioners. Mr. 

 Walter concluded his remarks by inquiring of Mr. 

 Cameron whether or not he communicated to the church- 

 wardens before he introduced the innovations which had 

 caused such universal dissatisfaction. Mr. Cameron re- 

 plied that he had mentioned the matter to the church- 

 wardens and they made no objection. The church- 

 wardens said that they had made no objection to the 

 collection at first, supposing it to be for the Reading 

 Hospital ; but if Mr. Cameron had spoken out plainly to 

 them about a general collection once a week, they would 

 certainly have objected. Mr. Cameron having heard 

 various statements made by the parishioners, observed 

 that he felt bound to follow the instructions of the 

 Rubric, by which he was ordered to read the sentences in 

 the Offertory, and the prayer for the Church militant. 

 He promised however to confer with the Bishop, and to 

 inform the Chairman of his decision within a fortnight. 



Isle of Man. — Mona's Herald states that Sir J. Gra- 

 ham has been in communication with the authorities of 

 the Isle of Man, and has declared, " in the most un- 

 qualified and unreserved terms," that if the people desire 

 popular representation in the House of Keys (an anoma- 

 lous kind of local legislature and board of management), 

 Ministers are prepared to concede the boon to tbe fullest 



extent. 



Liverpool By the Hibernia steamer letters have 



come to hand with the melancholy intelligence of the 

 shipwreck and total loss of the ship Elizabeth, Capt. 

 Paton, belonging to Liverpool, with, it is apprehended, 

 the loss of 22 persons, including the commander, mate, 

 several of the crew, and many passengers. The vessel 

 was on a passage to New Orleans, having on board 16 

 passengers, of whom there were a number of ladies, 

 when on the 4th Oct. she sprung a leak in a gale of wind, 

 and sunk. All hands got into the three boats belonging 

 to the vessel, but they were separated by the storm. 

 Two of the boats were picked up some days afterwards, 

 but the third has not been heard of, and it is feared that 

 all hands on board of her have been lost. 



Luton.— The estate and mansion of Luton Hoo, be- 

 longing to the Marquis of Bute, was offered for sale at 

 the Auction Mart last week. The estate compn.es 

 3600 acres, and adjoins the town of Luton. The first 

 offer was 100,000/., and the biddings advanced to 

 131,000/., at which sum they ceased, and the estate was 

 bought in. The second lot was the next presentation 

 and perpetual advow.on to the vicarage of Luton the 

 tithes of which had been apportioned at 13o0/. The net 

 value, after deductions for poor-rates, &c, was 11 OS*. 



Ins was bought tor 9650/., the purchaser being iixc tier. 

 Mr. Sykes, curate of Luton. 



Manchester. — The greatest excitement prevails in 

 this district among the colliers, and little doubt is enter- 

 tained that a general strike will be the result. Meetings 

 ire being held in most of the districts, and every pre- 

 paration for a cessation from labour is making. The 

 union among them is rapidly extending, and the weekly 

 contributions in Lancashire and Cheshire alone are said 

 to be upwards of 250/. On Monday two large meetings 

 were held, one near Oldham, and the other at a village 

 called Lamberton-green, about nine miles from Wigan, 

 which is the most extensive coal district in Lancashire. 

 At this place there was also a meeting of delegates, con- 

 sisting of about one hundred delegates from as many 

 coalpits in the two counties. The proceedings of this 

 meeting are kept private, but it is said that their object 

 is to make arrangements to enable them to withstand 

 the strike. — A meeting of the leading merchants of this 

 city was held on Monday, at which it was resolved to 

 invite Sir Henry Pottingtr to a public dinner, which, it 

 is understood, is likely to tike place about the 20th inst. 

 It was also resolved that a subscription should be entered 

 into, for the purpose of purchasing a piece of plate, or 

 some other suitable testimonial ; and it appears that 

 the call 1ms already been most cordially responded to by 

 the public, for the subscription already amounts to 

 •2014/. 55.— Tbe Lancashire Central Short Time Com- 

 mittee held a meeting in this town on Tue d ly, at which 

 a letter was read from Lord Ashley, in answer to an in- 

 quiry as to the course his lordship intends to pursue in 

 the next Session of Parliament, on the Factory Bill. His 

 lordship, in his reply, says : — " I see no reason why the 

 question of the Ten Hours Bill should not be renewed 

 at the earliest possible period. I will endeavour, on the 

 first night of our meeting, to fix a day for bringing ihe 

 Subject igain under the consideration of the House." 



Oxford.— The Committee of the Hebdomadal Board 

 is still sitting on the subject of the Rev. W. G. 

 Ward's recent work, entitled " The Ideal of a Christian 

 Church considered." Some misapprehension appears 

 to have existed as to the proceedings on Saturday 

 and Tuesday, when Mr. Ward appeared before the 

 Board, and that gentleman accordingly addressed a 

 letter to the Vice Chancellor, after the meeting on 

 Tuesday, from which the following is an extract :— " I 

 was summoned on Saturday, not as before a tribunal 

 which claimed the power of au'horitatively putting 

 questions, but merrly that I might have the opportunity, 

 if I so wished, of disavowing certain opinions, previously 

 to tbe Hebdomadal Board proceeding further against me. 

 The questions I was asked accordingly were these : — 1. 

 Whether I wished to disavow the authorship of the 

 above mentioned work ; secondly, whether I wished to 

 disavow the sentiments contained in certain propositions, 

 selected from it, which were then read to me. My an- 

 swer was, that in a matter so important to myself, I 

 wished to take no step whatever without the advantage 

 of consulting with my friends, and taking, if necessary, 

 legal advice j accordingly I asked to postpone my answer 

 until to-day. You replied that nothing could be more 

 reasonable than such a request, and kindly suggested 

 that even a later day might be preferable, an offer, how- 

 ever, of which I did not wish to avail myself. On ap- 

 pearing before you to-day, I stated that, acting under 

 legal advice, I must decline answering any questions 

 whatever, until I should know more definitely the course 

 which it was intended to adopt against me. From this 

 statement it will appear, I think, that I have adopted 

 no unworthy subterfuge, but rather proceeded on the 

 acknowledged principles of justice. Whenever I am 

 authoritatively informed of the whole method of pro- 

 ceeding which it is intended to pursue against me, there 

 shall be no want of perfect openness on my 6ide also ; 

 but nothing surely could be more unreasonable than to 

 expect that, so long as strict secresy is preserved on that 

 head, 1 should volunteer any statement, however unim- 

 portant, or make any admission, however apparently 



insignificant." 



Portsmouth. — The Queen has presented Mr. Grant, 

 storekeeper of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, with 

 a handscme gold and silver tazza, bearing the initials of 

 Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the King of the French, 

 and an inscription commemorating the circumstance of 

 the roval party taking refuge in Mr. Grant's house 

 during the storm of Oct. 14, and the attentions which 

 they experienced from him on that occasion. 



Southampton.— On Monday the Town Council of 

 Southampton gave a public dinner to Sir Robert Sale 

 previous to his departure for India. The greatest en- 

 thusiasm prevailed, and after the banquet Sir Robert 

 joined Lady Sale at the theatre, where he was received 

 with continued bursts of applause. On Tuesday after- 

 noon Sir Robert and Lady Sale embarked in the Oriental 

 steam-packet for the seat of their former exploits, amidst 

 the cheers of hundreds of the inhabitants, who crowded 

 the spacious quays of the docks. At the steamer went 

 out of dock a salute was fired from the platform in honour 



of her gallant passengers. 



Stourbridge.— The Worcester papers state that the 

 County Assize Grand Jury have just ignored the bill 

 against Mr. Hassall, of Stourbridge, charging him with 

 manslaughter, in having accelerated the death of his i wife. 



Sudbury.-The Suffolk papers state that the Church 

 of All Saints, in this town, narrowly escaped being de- 

 stroyed by fire last week. The roof was found to be in 

 flames about 6 o'clock in the evening, and but for the 



exertions of the parishioners, and the good supply of 

 water, the whole building must have been destroyed. 

 The fire, it has been ascertained, was caused by the care- 



