The Sun. — London, England, 1868-09-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The Report of the Commission ob. the Irish Church, sail the Times, presents itself with all the solemnity of a funeral, not to say the silence of a spectre. Observing the strictest rules of decorum, and shaping itself to common imagina tions, it is exactly what was expected, and irreproachably what it was to be. The reduction of scale is perfectly uniform, only " fine by degrees and beautifully less." In all its prominent features, it is simply to Lord Derby's Irish Church Reform what that was to the previous state of things. There is not the slightest attempt to surprise, to put the public on a new scent, to alter the aspect of affairs, or even to compromise. The last, indeed, was not within the instructions of the commission, but commis. sioners, before this, have made exceedingly good use of their opportunities to represent the state of things as they wished it to appear. There is something like a bid for support to the holders of Church leases and to the payers of tithe rentcharge, but otherwise the Church of Ireland, as seen in this picture, exhibits only that mixture of obsti nacy and humility which makes up into vulgar resignation. It is drawing its robe about its limbs. It proposes to cast a somewhat smaller shadow over the land, and so leave its enemies less excuse. Such areport is not even an addition to the materials of the question. Its value has not even been discounted ; it has been simply anticipated, and taken for what it is worth— which is, indeed, very little. It neither helps towards the general decision, nor yet towards the disposal of the numerous difficulties confes sedly in the way of any settlement. The Standard considers it a significant fact that the changes recommended by the commissioners are so few and on the whole so limited in their character. Such are not the changes which would be counselled by a commis sion investigating the arrangements of a Church deserving the description given of it by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, and their adherents—a Church without work and barren of fruits, " whose cure of souls was a sinecure," and whose emoluments were out of all proportion to her duties. Such were not even the changes made in 1833 by a Minister not less attached to the Church than those now struggling to save her from threatened spoliation. The vast difference between the sweeping revolution of that year and the moderate and almost trivial reforms now suggested is the measure of the difference between the condition of the Church then and now, and proves both bow complete and sufficient was the correction of anomalies and the redress of abuses effected under the auspices of Mr. Stanley, and how earnestly the Church has since exerted herself to fulfil the trust reposed in her. It cannot be supposed that the commission would be inclined to do their work imperfectly ; to pass over proved injustice, or permit lucrative sinecures or mon strous disproportion between work and emolument to remain untouched. Their very tenderness for the Church would induce them to deal boldly with such dis• orders as they could detect, and to make their scheme of reform as thorough and as attractive as possible, knowing that it must form the basis of the alternative measures to be offered to Parliament and to the country as a substitute for Mr. Gladstone's scheme of confiscation and disestablish ment. They would be tempted to err, if at all, rather on the side of severity than of leniency, in order to produce a counter-proposition which might satisfy wavering minds, and perhaps win over some of the more moderate and reluctant of the_Liberals to accept it as a compromise. The Herald says the volume which is the result of the commission's labours abundantly justifies what we and other sincere friends of the Church in Ireland have always urged, that the actual condition of the Church was dangerous in the extreme. This condition of the Irish Church was a favourite topic for the Liberal party for many years past ; and, unfortunaely, the legal guardians and spokesmen of the Church did not undertake the task of reform when it might have been carried out in comparative security. One of the first declarations of the present Government on entering into office was to deal thoroughly with this question. The anxiety of the Government was, in view of the possible dangers which then threatened the Church, to undertake, in behalf of constitutional interests, the work which should have been long since carried out by the Irish bishops and the leaders of Protestant opinion in that country ; to thoroughly reform the Irish Church, so as to put this branch of our Establishment on such a basis as would enable her to defy her enemies. Had this been accomplished in time, Mr. Gladstone's attack on the Established Church would probably never have been made. Such a movement would have no longer presented the attractions, the promise of popularity and success, which at one time seemed to attend the famous Resolutions. The fate of that movement will soon be decided. Mean while, the policy of the Conservative party on this ques tion is being clearly marked out. That policy is to pursue the course of reform which they originated before Mr. Gladstone's conversion, and which they will yet carry out after his conversion and its consequences have ceased to have any import. Lord Derby, in speaking of Mr. Gladstone's plan as aiming at the confiscation of the entire property of " the Establishment," intends probably, the Daily News thinks, in the use of this term to speak with minute accuracy, and to distinguish the Establishment from the Church. Mr. Gladstone does not propose to take the entire property of the Church : he contemplates leaving it in full posses. sion of its private endowments. The distinction, if Lord Derby really intended to mark it, should have led him further. The property of a State Establishment, as a State Establishment, is surely the property of the State, Of all the parts of our army expenditure, the Post believes that relating to the colonial service is perhaps the most hopeful as regards retrenchment. The expenses, direct and indirect, of maintaining garrisons scattered all over the world are enormous ; the transport of the mer and stores and the maintenance of the barracks and other buildings are exceedingly costly, and the expense would be much less if the troops were concentrated af. home. For, leaving India out of the question, and allowing for the repayments and contributions of some of the colonies, the total charges for the regiments stationed throughout our colonial empire is no less than three millions, out of which the pay of the men is about half only. Whatever reasons may formerly have neces sitated the maintenance of these scattered garrisons, it is undesirable that the introduction of steam and telegraphs have not only rendered this system unnecessary, but even undesirable, for it is admitted by the best authorities that a force concentrated at home, and kept in a perfect stats of preparation, so as to be thrown en masse on any • menaced point on the shortest possible notice, would be far more efficacious, even for the defence of the colonies them selves, than if it were distributed in several weak colonial garrisons. Although we Lave to a limited extent acted upon this principle, we have, it appears to us, been much too slow in adopting it, and our army reformers would do well to press the matter vigorously next session, for un doubtedly a very large saving indeed can be made, even without that reduction in numbers which has always frightened the military authorities into determined opposi tion to the scheme. Mr. Burlinghame and his Chinese Embassy have arrived in London. From the accounts of the personnel of the mission that have already appeared the Star expects to derive at once profit and amusement from their presence among us, as they seem individually to unite all the attractiveness of the show Chinaman to the dignity of the diplomatist. Surely, from the days when embassies were first sent there have been none that promised to be so interesting to the curious as this one. Its chief is an American, its first secretary an Irishman, its second a native of France. It is in Chih-u-Kahn that we come to the real Chinaman, whose illustrious line is free from every taint of western barbarism. This gentleman is Associate Minister, and yet he only weighs 130 pounds. Here is a lesson that we trust will not be thrown away on those who are eternally complaining of the inadequacy of their meant to their desired ends. At 1301 b. height Chip-u-Khan has managed to lay his sovereign under an obligation : how many men are there amongst us who at 2601 b. have bestowed one thought on their country ? But, by the way, the other members of the embassy are gentlemen who interpret in the principal European languages. We wish them all a long and a profitable stay in this country—profitable to them and to ourselves. Mr. Burlinghame deserves thanks for having brought them here. It was a great undertaking, and it must not be forgotten that it is an undertaking not yet completed. The Chinese have shewn their usual happi. ness of thought in the choice of a name for the gentleman who has led their countrymen these thousands of miles from home to meet the West on its on ground. The translation of Mr. Burlingbame's title is " Minister of Heavy Responsibility." Could anything he fitter, more literally true ? LIBERATION OF IRISH POLITICAL CONVICTS. The Nation states that two of the political prisoners in Australia, Patrick Doran, convicted with General Burke for high treason in 1837, and Daniel Moriarty, of Mallow, have been discharged, on condition of not returning to their native land ; and that within the last ten days Michael Stanley, who, since February 1867, has been imprisoned in Millbank and Portland, has been uncon• ditionally released. THE ANGLO-SANSKRIT PROFESSOR AT BENARES CoLmtur.—Mr. A. E. Gough, 8.A., late scholar of Lin• coin College, Oxford, has been recently appointed Anglo. Sankrit professor at the Government College, Benares. Mr. Gough entered his university in 1862, and having won a Goldsmith's exhibition, obtained the following scholar , the Puscy and Ellerton (Hebrew), in 1803; Boden (Sanskrit), 1864 ; Kennecit (Hebrew), 1866; Deutz end Johnson (Theological), 1807. In the same year Mr. Cough was appointed Sanskrit Professor at 'Madras, from witenee he_ waB trA_OfeKrcsi to Benares. TRE BrarroPßlci 67 NEW ZEILIND, It is reported that the bishopric of New Zealand will be conferred upon the Rev. James Leslie Randall, rector of Newbury, Berks. Mr. Randall is the son of the Arch. deacon of Berkshire, and brother of the newly-appointed incumbent of All Saints Church, Clifton. Mr. Randall was educated at New College, Oxford, and became a fellow of that college. He graduated B.A. 1851, M.A. 1855, and would therefore be about 38 years of age. He was ordained by the Bishop of Oxford, deacon 1852 and priest 1853, and was presented by the bishop in 1857 to the rectory of Newbury, worth £3BO and a house. At the present time the income of the bishopric of New Zealand cannot be stated. Bishop Selwyn is now in New Zealand making arrangements for supplying a suitable revenue for the incumbent of the see. Appeals have been made in England for voluntary subscriptions. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE. The secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company has received letters from the commander of the steamship Rangoon and the captain of the Along°la. The former gives the following account of the eclipse :—" I enclose you a sketch of the eclipse seen on board the Rangoon on the morning of the 18th inst. The ship was at,that time on the central line—viz., in lat. 15 . 42 N., long. 0 . 15 E. The total eclipse lasted four minutes eight seconds. The sketch shows what was seen by a large number of persons. In observing with the spectrescope I saw what none of the others could see with their glasses—viz., two prominences on the right limb of the moon (shewing in the spectre scope to the left), of a yellow flame colour, immediately opposite to the red ones, the whole forming a square, with the moon in the centre shewing out like a mass of rock. The colour of the corona as seen through the prism was red, a yellowish green, blue, and violet ; the violet the brightest till the middle of the eclipse, when the red became lumpy, and shewed brighter. The spectrum from the moon cut through the centre of this, but very faint, the red thrown out with a curve. The motion of the ship was so great it was impossible to get minute observations. There was so much haze and flying cloud, only Venus and one other star could be seen. Ireturn the spectrescope, and am only sorry I could not make more use of it." A postscript follows, explaining four diagrams :--"1. A small red flame or protuberance on the right-hand lower corner of the moon, visible a few seconds before the sun was totally eclipsed, disappeared a few seconds after. 2. A minute and a half after commencement of total eclipse a long red flame of about smin. of arc on lower left hand corner, and a red flame or blotch on upper hand, both visible from commencement of totality and very bright. 3. Three minutes after commencement the long red flame rather shorter and the upper one increased in size. 4. At reappearance of the sun's upper limb the upper protuberance disappeared, the lower one was visible for about ten seconds after, about half its former MARRIAGE LAWS. The Report of the Royal Commission on the Law of Marriage, the most important sec tions of which we publish in another page, will, if adopted, remove many of the most objec tionable irregularities and restraints in the existing law. The fewer impediments law throws in the way of matrimony, the better and the more its religious character is acknow ledged, the less pretence will there be for State interference in any province relating to mar riage, beyond the duty of regulating its civil conditions and effects. In this report we are happy to see a determination to uphold the religious character of matrimony, and to give as much as possible a religious sanction to its solemnization. The declaration of matrimonial consent in the presence of an authorized minister of religion, or to those who desire it of an authorized civil magistrate, in the pre sence of two witnesses, is recommended as the mode whichshall in future constitute a legal marriage in all parts of the United Kingdom. The change in the law, as proposed by the commissioners, does away with the necessity of the presence of the registrar in Catholic Churches as it empowers the Catholic Clergy to perform a legal marriage, imposing upon them, at the same time, duties with respect to registration similar to those now performed by the clergy of the Established Church. For those who desire it, however, civil marriage will be retained—that is, the option of con tracting a valid marriage without any religious ceremony, and a law to this effect, enabling a formal and regular marriage to be contracted in the office and in the presence of a district registrar, is to form a part of the future mar riage law of the United Kingdom. Together with civil marriage, if the recommendations of the commissioners are carried out, the right of divorce will be also retained in the future marriage law. This great blot seems to have fixed itself irrevocably on the marriage laws of England ; the Catholic Commissioners, Mr. Justice O'Hagan and Mr. Monsell, however, appended a note, dissenting from the recom mendations concerning the laws affecting di vorce, because they held divorce itself to be contrary to the laws of God. Civil marriage and divorce, condemned by the Church, are permitted by the modern State. It is evident, therefore, that as long as this basis of Christian society is removed from the exclusive jurisdiction of religion, so long must there be unceasing war between civil and religious society. Putting aside, how ever, these two great evils in the proposed mar riage law—evils from which Protestant Eng land now seems to have no chance of escape — there is much to approve of in the recommen dations of the commissioners. The report might bear favourable contrast, in many re spects, with the recent legislation in Austria affecting marriage, and with the marriage laws in force in Revolutionary Italy. The spirit displayed in the legislation of' both those countries is hostile to the religious character of matrimony, and seeks to degrade this great Sacrament into a mere civil contract, substi tuting the authority of the State for that of the Church ; whereas the report of the English commissioners seeks the sanction of religion, and recommends that this sacred contract, affecting the highest interests of society as well as the eternal welfare of individuals, should be entrusted as far as possible to the control of the clergy of the various religious denomina tions of the country. State-omnipotence is the radical vice of the Revolution, and in nothing is this vice more prominent or more offensive than in the dealings of the modern State with the Church in regard to the laws of marriage. Not the State but the Church is the guardian of the moral and religious obligations of the peoples, and when the State does intrude into the province of the Church, such an intrusion is sure to lead to a disastrous issue. Nowhere is this usurpation more fatal than in the laws relating to marriage, for wherever the State has succeeded in abolishing the marriage laws of the Church, there marriage has become un certain in its character and feeble in its obliga tions. Divorce is the natural concomitant of civil marriage, and though divorce is a peculiarly Protestant institution, nevertheless, even in Catholic countries, it will also be the too certain result of civil marriage. To introduce civil marriage is to strike at the root of the Christian family, and to lay the foun dation of national apostacy. And it is the knowledge of this fatal consequence that in spires the irreligious and Revolutionary party in Austria and Italy and elsewhere in Europe, with such a fanatical eagerness to abolish the Christian laws and religious character of mar riage.—Westmin sic/. Gazette. TM SUN, LONDON, lUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1868. inconsistent with Mr. Meyrick's version of his sentiments respecting Prota. In that letter Mr. Langdon appealed ad 9nisericordiam, on Prota's behalf, but he made no pretence of possessing any evidence unknown to his cor respondent—the gentleman who was more im mediately concerned in stopping the grant. M. AIAcCoLL. THE IRISH CHURCH COMMISSION. The report of the Established Church (Ireland) Commission has at length been issued, and com- poses a very ponderous volume, comprising about twenty pages of preface and report proper, and 650 pages of tabular matter, containinc , statistical in- . _ formation concerning the Church and its property of every kind. The following is a summary of statements as regards Church affairs and recom mendations to her Majesty in reference to altera- tions, improvements, and economical arrangements. After reciting the objects they were to inquire into, the commissioners state :—" In order to obtain ac curate information, we early in November issued forms of queries to the archbishops and bishops of the Church in Ireland, to the corporations aggre- gate, to the deans, dignitaries, and other officers of the cathedrals, as to the circumstances, revenues, &c of their clerical districts ; and to the incuni- bents of the several benefices, as to the number of members of the Established Church, revenues, area, and general circumstances of their parishes or dis tricts. Upon receiving the returns (nearly 2,000 in number) we proceeded to have the contents ar ranged in the form of a tabular digest. Forms of inquiries were also directed to the Board of Eccle- Christ Church, Dublin ; St. Patrick's, Dublin ; Leighlin, Waterford, Lismore, Limerick, Cork, Cloyne, Ross, Killaloe, and Tuam. Thirteen have siastical Commissioners to obtain full and accurate returns of the lands and other property which, under the Church Temporalities Acts (Ireland), had be come vested in them, and the mode and purposes in and for which these revenues were applied. With respect, however, to the system adopted by this board, we thought it advisable that, in addition to written inquiries. a personal examination and inspection should be made ; and accord ingly one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and other witnesses were examined, and the books of account and other records inspected at the office in Dublin by some members of our commission. ilav no property whatever, either corporate or economy. Very few of the dignitaries of these corporations ieg obtained the requisite information, we directed our attention to that portion of the duties imposed upon us by the terms of your Majesty's commission which requires us to report whether,' in our judg ment, ' alterations or improvements should be made in the management, administration, and distribu tion of the revenues and property' belonging either to ecclesiastical persons and corporations, or vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In the dis charge of these duties we have felt bound to pro ceed without reference to the resolutions which have been adopted by the house of Commons with respect to the Church in Ireland after the date of your Majesty's commission. We now submit to your Majesty our suggestions with a view to the improvement of its internal arrangements, and the administration and management of its pro perty. The Irish branch of the United Church of England and Ireland consists of two archbishops, retain the emoluments which once belonged to their offices. The Church Temporalities Acts enabled the Lord Lieutenant in Council to suspend cathedral ten bishops, 30 corporations of deans and chapters, 12 minor corporations or quasi-corporate bodies connected with cathedrals, 32 deems, 33 archdea cons, 1,5C9 beneficed incumbents (including within this term perpetual curates), and more than 500 stipendiary curates. The number of persons returned by the census of 1861 as belonging to its communion was £693,357. Its annual net revenues amount to about £581,000, of which about £364,000 arise from tithe rent-charge, about £204,000 from the rents received from lands, and the residue from Government Stock or other sources. Of these revenues a considerable portion, about vices. £113,000 a year, is administered for Church pur poses by the central Board of Ecclesiastical Com missioners. About £19,000 a year belongs to the capitular bodies, and is applied by them for the maintenance of the cathedral fabrics and services. The residue supplies the endowments of the bishops, dignitaries, and beneficed clergy. The property of the Church has been derived from various sources before and since the Reformation. With respect to the property acquired after the Reformation from Royal or Parliamentary grants, and property that since the same period has been the gift of private individuals, we have inserted in the appendix to this report such particulars as appear in the Patent Rolls in Chancery, or in the diocesan re- gistries." Having referred briefly to the Acts altering the system of tithes to a rent-charge, by which the liability of the under tenants and occupiers was transferred to the landlords and proprietors, the report goes on : 1,074 benefices, the net under.£3oo a year. About £2OO a year, about 421 of i3nse6 ‘ o ' n T of e h t e ho r e e f s are ewah ee i h n a b Ireland ioa ve the remainder above £lOO a year, and about 297 under £lOO a year. Amongst these are many with large Church populations —some in important towns, and others so circumstanced that a supple mentary provision for suitable Church ministration is much needed. With a view to provide funds for the augmentation of such benefices we have ex amined into the existing distribution of property, and considered how far additional provision may be made for them. Previous to the Act 3 and 4 aWrcihllbiaismhoip‘ri.c' c. 37, there were i n Ireland four s and eighteen bishoprics. By this Act the sees were consolidated, and the number es and ten bishoprics. i r T e h d e u r c e e darteo nowtwo atrwcehlbviesh oupnrited dioceses. The net annual revenues of the twelve prelates amount to about £58,000. After a full consideration of the circumstances of these several united dioceses, we are of opinion that a further consolidation of dioceses, and w ith one excepti on (C or k) a reduc tion of the incomes of the bishops, may take place. The dioceses which we think may be consolidated with others, are (1) Meath ; (2) the united diocese of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, and Kilmacduagh ; (3) the united diocese of Cashel, Drily, Waterford, and Lismore ; (4) the united diocese of Kilmore, Elphin, and Ardagh. The consolidation may be effected as follows :—Meath to be united to Dublin ; Killaloe and Kilfenora to Limerick ; Clonfert and Kilmacduagh to Tuam ; Cashel and Emly to Lime rick ; Waterford and Lismore to Ossory ; Kil more to Armagh ; and Elphin and Ardagh to Tuam. If this arrangement be carried out, we re commend that the diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe be transferred from the see of Lime rick to that of Cork. A majority of the commissioners are of opinion that one archbishop of the Irish branch of th 6 Church ought to be sufficient ; that the archbishopric to be retained should be Armagh, and that the Archbishopric of D u blin should be reduced to a bishopric, with precedence over eve r y otherbisho p ric. The other com m i ss i one rs think this alteration is not required. T a ki ng into account the extent of superintendence which, in consequence of this re duction of the episcopate, must devolve upon the prelates, the various claims upon their bounty, and the social position conceded to the office, and having regard to the scale of judicial incomes in Ireland, we are of opinion that there should be provided for the primatial see of Armagh an income of £6,000 a year ; for Dublin, if retained as an archbishopric, £5,000 a year, and if reduced to a bishopric, £4,500 a year ; and for every other bishopric an income of £3,000 a year, with an additional allowance of £5OO a year for such of the bishops as in each year attend Parliament. These incomes and allowances should be free from any tax or deduction for ecclesiastical purposes. Any deficiency of income should be paid by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. We recom mend that all the episcopal lands should be vested in that board, the present system of charges for building and improving the see houses should be discontinued, and that such charges should be paid off by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. 'The cir cumstances of the corporations of deans and chap ters, and of the dignitaries connected with them, appear to us very clearly to demand a reduction in their number. These corporations were not in terfered with by the Church Temporalities Acts, and no less than thirty corporations of deans and chapters still continue. Of these two only have corporate property, viz., Waterford and Kildare. Sixteen have economy estates, viz., Armagb, Down, dignitaries, and to transfer their emoluments to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, &c., so that £14,000 a year, once enjoyed by these dignitaries, have be come part of the property of the commissioners. The exercise of a power of restoration has led to the revival of deaneries and other dignities without either official income or duty. The aggregate en dowments of all not being sufficient to maintain more than a reduced number in a state of efficiency, we recommend that, with the exception of eight, all existing corporations of deans and chapters be dis- solved, and the deaneries and other dignities con nected with them suppressed. The eight cathedrals which in our opinion should be preserved as such are those of Armagh, Down, Derry, Tuam, Kilkenny, Limerick, Cork, and St. Patrick's, Dublin, being all, except Down, situate in the cities in which the bishops of the SOO3 which we recommend to be retained, have their residences. Connected with ten of the cathedrals there are twelve minor corpo- rations or quasi-corporate bodies, of vicars choral or minor canons. The object of these foundations was to make provision for maintaining choral ser- The property of these three bodies has be come vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, subject to existing life interests and to other obli gations. The property of the other nine amounts to £9,000 a year. We recommend that all those minor corporations or quasi-corporate bodies be dissolved ; and that there be substituted two cleri- cal vicars choral with freehold offices, and a choir of lay choristers, under control of the dean and chap ter. All the property at present belonging to the cathedral corporations we recommend to be trans- 'erred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and 'orm in their hands a common fund, to be termed he Cathedral Estate, for repairs, choristers, &c. As to the maintenance of the eight deaneries to be continued, the income of the Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, should be fixed at £1,200 a year, that of the other deans equalised to £l,OOO a year, exclu- sive of every ecclesiastical tax or charge. Every dean should be obliged to reside at his cathedral, and daily choral service should be provided. The rectories of Armagh and Tuam should be respec tively united to the deaneries ; and so long as the cathedral is continued at Downpatrick, the dean should continue to be rector of the parish. All appropriations vested in the deaneries and other dignities should be severed, and, according to circumstances, should be either added to the vicar ages or curacies of the appropriated parishes, or transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, under certain conditions. Whatever deficiencies there may be in the revenues of any of the eight deans should be supplied by the Ecclesiastical Com missioners. In Dublin the Cathedral of Christ Church would, according to the suggestions which we have made, cease to be a cathedral. The build ing may, in our opinion, be usefully employed as a parish church. In order to effect this arrangement, power should be given to the Board of Ecclesiasti cal Comm;ssioners to examine into the circumstances of such of the neighbouring parishes as are in Royal or ecclesiastical patronage ; and power should also be given to the Lord Lieutenant in Council, on the recommendation of this board, to unite, divide, or otherwise deal with these parishes and their churches as they may think fit, so as to annex a suitable parish or district to Christ Church, and otherwise readjust the parochial arrangements as may seem advantageous. The present number of archdeacons (33) appears excessive. If the diocese of Kilmore be added to the dioceses of Armagh and Clogher, there may probably be an archdeacon for each of these dioceses ; but is all other united dio ceses proposed to be formed, two archdeacons for each would seem to be sufficient. The power to determine the titles of these archdeacons, and the territorial limits within which they are to act, may properly be entrusted to the Lord Lieutenant in Council upon the recommendation of the bishop of the diocese and Ecclesiastical Commissioners. It appears advisable that for the future the preferment shall be unconnected with any particular benefice ; and we deem it to be well worthy of consideration whether the appointment of the archdeacons should not be dependent on the episcopal incumbency of the see, the new bishop to reappoint the archdeacon whom he finds in office, or to appoint another, as he may think fit. There is in Ireland one exempt jurisdiction, that of Newry and Mourne, which owes its origin to a monastery established at a very ancient date at Newry, and of which the abbot was what is termed a mitred abbot, entitled to a seat in Parliament. The jurisdiction extends over the parishes of Newry and Kilkeel, with the chapelries of Kilcoo, Killegar, and Tamlaght, an area of about 100,000 acres, with a Church population of about 7,000. The jurisdiction is exercised by the Earl of Kilmorey or his trustees, though a vicar-general, from whom the appeal lies direct to the Queen in Chancery, and not to any metropolitan jurisdiction. An exempt jurisdiction of this character within the Church is an anomaly not attended by any compensating advantage. We recommend that the parish of Newry should be placed under the episco pal jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Armagh, and the other parishes under that of the Bishop of Down. One chantry chaplaincy exists, that of St. Mary, in the parish of St. N icholas-within-the- Walls, Dublin. The chaplain has no duties what ever to perform ; and we recommend that the lands shall be vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The original parochial divisions in Ireland were very numerous. For ecclesiastical purposes they have been much modified in form and reduced iu number. But for the purposes of geographical distinction they still exist. These original divi sions have been termed by the Census Commis sioners civil parishes ; their number, according to the Ordnance Survey, is 2,428. The number of benefices at present existing (including in that term perpetual curacies), and confining it to cases where the benefice is held by an actual incumbent, is, 1,518, of which all except 27 chapelries and 7 sinecure rectories have attached to them parishes or districts. There are many of these ecclesiastical parishes and districts, each of which comprises several civil parishes, or portions of several civil parishes grouped together. The distinction between the ecclesiastical parish or district and the civil parish is often overlooked, and thus the civil parish has erroneously been sup posed always to represent a benefice. The dis tinction is, however, important to be kept in mind, as the results of the religious census of 1861 have, in the published returns :of the commissioners, been stated according to the civil parishes. Of the ecclesiastical parishes a large proportion retain their original form and bounda ries ; and having been fixed at a remote period, with a view to considerations no longer applicable, are in many instances unsuitable. There can be little doubt that a real adjustment of parochial ar rangements and endowments, based upon a consi.. deration of the circumstances proper to be taken into account, such as area, Church population, and Church accommodation, is most desirable. Some statistable powers enabling improvements of this character to be male at present exist. Bishops can unite such benefices as are in their own patronage, under certain circumstances ; but they have no power of dividing parishes. Permanent unions and divisions of parishes can be made by the Lord Lieutenant in Council. The patron may object to the proposed plan ; but his objection is subject to be overruled by the Council. The Privy Council being, however, in respect of this matter, a judicial tribunal, rather than an administrative board, the result is that the initiation and expense of all pro ceedings in relation thereto are thrown upon the bishop. We think it advisable that this duty should be imposed upon the Board of Ecclesiastical Com missioners. A power of suspending the appointment to benefices in Royal or ecclesiastical patronage, in which by the certificate of the ordinary it should appear that for three years next preceding the let February, 1833, Divine service had not been celebrated, was given to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and about 57 benefices.have been size." The other letter contains this extract :—" On the fore noon of the 18th ult. witnessed total eclipse of the sun, which commenced at 16h. 19min. 7sec., and ended at 16h. 21min. rilisec., Greenwich mean time of 17th, making duration of total phase 2min. 48sec. The corona was very brilliant, but only one red protuberance was observed, pointing to S.E. There was considerable haze and strong wind, which made it impossible to obtain any observation of value." LAW AND POLICE. CHARGE or LIBEL. —Albert Henry Elworthy, solicitor, of Crow .ourt, Threadneedle-street, was indicted for un lawfully writing, and causing to be printed and maliciously publishing a defamatory libel concerning Mr. Thomas Cannon, journalist, of 139, Cheapside ; and Messrs. Charles and Edward Wyman, printers, of Great Queen-street, Lin coln's-inn-fields, were charged with printing the said libel. Mr. Metcalfe conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Poland de fended Messrs. Wyman ; and Elworthy defended himself. , The prosecutor was formerly a client of Elworthy's, but some disputes arose between them, arising out of pecuniary transactions ; and Cannon, at the instance of Elworthy, was indicted for making a false declaration, and found guilty. That conviction rested upon the testimony of Elworthy, who was afterwards indicted for perjury alleged to have been committed on the trial, and he was found guilty, but on a technical point a case was reserved for the Court of Criminal Appeal, and the conviction was quashed. Mr. Elworthy then wrote a pamphlet, con taining a violent attack upon Mr. Cannnon, entitled " Persecutions of a Solicitor," and it was printed by , Messrs. Wyman and Sons, the well-known printers of Great Queen-street. In this pamphlet it was stated that \ Cannon and his wife were suborned to swear falsely, and several libellous remarks appeared in it. The pamphlet had a large circulation in the legal profes sion. It appeared that Cannon put himself in communi cation with Messrs. Wyman, and that they wrote him a letter, expressing regret that they had printed matter which Mr. Cannon considered libellous. It was impossible, they said, in the multifarious trans actions of so large an office for the principals to read all they printed. They wrote to Elworthy to stop the circulation of the pamphlet, and offered to insert an apology in any paper. This was declined. Evidence was given to show that 250 copies of the pam rhlet were printed and delivered to Elworthy on the 15th of May last, and that a fortnight afterwards a second edition of 250 copies was printed, and sent to Elworthy's office in Crown-court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Elworthy, but strongly recommended him to mercy on account of the extreme provocation he had received. The Recorder, in passing sentence, said there was no doubt he had been considerably harassed in the course of these proceedings, and it was to be hoped that he hardly knew what he was about when he published this pamphlet. What he (the learned recorder) attached considerable importance to was the fact that he libelled the jury by whom his ease was tried by suggesting that they were tampered with. The sentence of the court upon him was that he be imprisoned for two months, and enter into his recog , nisances for £2OO to keep the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects for a period of twelve months. In the case of Messrs. Wyman, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, believing it was more a matter for civil than criminal action. On Sunday the Bishop of Lincoln held (for the first time) an ordination of deacons and priests in St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. Prebendary Morse, vicar of St. Mary's. SUDDEN DEATH OF A REVISING BARRISTEIL—OH Saturday Mr. Thomas Hugh Markham, the revising barrister for North Lincolnshire, held his court at Gains borough. Having returned to his hotel, he was writing a cheque when he was suddenly attacked by apoplexy. Medical aid was promptly in attendance, and deceased appeared to be better, but the medical man had not left the house before he was recalled. On returning to the chamber he found Mr. Markham was dead. DEFICIENCY OF POOR AND OTHER RATES IN ST. PANCRAS. — On Monday the Vestry of St. Pancras issued their estimate of the poor and local management rates for the half-year ending Michaelmas next, from which it appears that there is a balance of £3,000 due to the guardians of the poor on their precept of 12th March last ; also £13,806 on the police rate due 9th August last ; £1,157 on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade precept ; £479 for registration expenses, and £405 collectors' poundage ; total, £18,937; while the cash in hand and rate outstanding amounts to 0n1y£9,502 ; leaving a deficiency on the half-year now ending of £9,435. Two cases of what are described as " cannibalism" are reported in the Irish papers. Two men, half drunk, en gaged in a fight near Nenagh, bit off, the one a portion of the ear, the other of the lip, of his adversary. In Londonderry a man has been convicted of a savage assault upon two women, one of the women being nearly 90 years of age. In the struggle which ensued on his entering the room where the women lodged ho bit a piece out of the aged woman's arm and the face of the younger woman he also "caught in his teeth." A criminal intent was alleged, but the magistrates, not thinking this sufficiently proved, awarded him six months' imprisonment with bard labour. FOREST FIRES IN CANADA.—From the middle of July fires were occasionally raging in the timber dis. tricts north of Lake Simcoe, and on both sides of the Northern Railway track. In calm weather nothing was observable but a few flakes of smoke here and there ; the appearance was that of a smouldering mass ; but whenever the wind rose the smouldering embers were set in a blaze, and trees caught fire, burnt and fell, spreading the flames around. At these times the fires made rapid progress. In the last week of August the fire was three miles from the village of Silvershoe on Thursday evening, and by two o'clock on Saturday afternoon the place was destroyed. The inhabitants, taken by surprise, had but few means of resistance. The branches and bark of the felled trees and the marsh weeds were as dry as timber. AtteMpts had been made to arrest the progress of the fire in the woods by throwing up earth in its way, but it kept alive and burnt on under the earth thus thrown up. The scene when the fire ran along the railroad track is described as very striking. The noise of the burning of the dry trees on either side was like the escape of steam from an engine, with occasional loud roars like the fire of artillery. The rails, unable to expand lengthways, curved and twisted in all conceivable shapes. People miles 04 Bet about carrying off their effects. But heavy rainB at last OttlraWl.tlic grogid and put tkii, tli um 711 E ANGLO-CONTINENTAL SOCIETY. The following letter has been addressed to the Guardian:— SlR,—The Syndicate of Naples, under the pressure of public opinion, served notice to quit on Prota and his editorial staff. No reporters are admitted to the deliberations of the Syndicate, and therefore its proceedings are not made public. Relying on this bye-law, Prota boldly denied that he had been expelled from S. Domenico Maggiore, and insisted that he had voluntarily resigned. An English gentleman, resident in Italy, then asked a member of the Syndicate what the real state of the case was, and he received the answer which Mr. Clay has quoted. Still Prota stuck to his denial; whereupon the same member of the Syndicate, being again appealed to, stated in black and white that Prota was expelled ; but he expressed, very naturally, a wish that his name should not be mixed up in the matter. Mr. Clay says "he saw the note," and that it was " unintelligible." I saw it too, and found nothing "unintelligible" in it. But that may be owing to the fact that I spent, 1 believe, as many months in Naples as Mr. Clay spent days when he went to sit in judgment on the British residents and to overhaul the decisions of the Syndicate. I have no " wish to keep " Mr. Clay " silent," or to " tie his tongue;" I merely say that the " note " in question was shown to him and to me in confidence, that I made no reference to it, though it would have been of great service to me, and that I now refer to it under protest, and in order to do justice to an honourable man whom Mr. Clay has misrepresented—possibly from an imperfect recollection of facts with which he is not familiar. That was all I meant when I said that his statement was "literally untrue." I cannot understand Mr. Clay's quarrel with the " Magistrate," who simply gave a plain answer to a plain question. Do Mr. Clay and Mr. Meyrick really mean that the members of the Syndicate of Naples are under any obliga tion to produce the evidence on which their decisions are founded for the supervision of an agent of the Anglo-Continental Society, or any other stranger who may apply to them? Mr. Meyrick, in the face of Mr. Hogg's letter, too, repeats that Prota was " condemned un heard." My reply is, that Prota admitted, in a letter which still exists, that he had mis appropriated to his own personal use a large part of the grant which the Italian Reforma tion Fund made to him ; secondly, that he asserted, what even Mr. Clay now admits to be a falsehood, that he was not expelled from S. Domenico Maggiore ; thirdly, that he was invited to clear himself from the scandalous reports which were afloat concerning him, and undertook to do so ; and, fourthly, that he fulfilled that promise by getting a verdict of acquittal from the paid staff of his own news paper. Meyriek says that "the Rev. W. C. Langdon and the Rev. J. G. Clay heard both sides," and " learnt that " the rumours about Prota " were false." Mr. Clay has broken silence, and has not even pretended to adduce one scintilla of evidence in favour of Prota which the English Churchmen at Naples were ignorant of when they severed their connec tion with the Einanapatore Cattolico. Mr. Langdon has hitherto preserved an ominous silence. I saw a letter from him which is so suspended. We recommend that the suspen- sions shall be extended to all cases where at any time such non-performance shall have occurred for the preceding twelve months. A judicious exercise of these several statutAble powers of uniting, divid- ing, and re-arranging the area of benefices would effect much towards removing such anomalies as at present exist of parishes, on the one hand, with large endowment and small Church population, and on the other, with large Church population and inadequate endowment. But no redistribu tion would afford a sufficient remedy where the aggregate of the endowments of the whole district falls below what is required to supply its claims. In order to meet this exigency we recommend—First, to enable the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and bishop to suspend any benefice in Rhich the Church population does not reach a certain number, which we would suggest to be forty, the revenues there- upon to vest in the commissioners ; and second, to raise the soak of ad valorem tax now levied on all benefices above £3OO a year, in such of these as have not a Church population of at least 100. The number of benefices in lay patronage amounts to 309. 'We advise the provisions for suspension to be extended to these, if possible. Some charges now pressing upon the clergy may, in our opinion, be either otherwise provided for or rendered les3 burdensome, as the lending of money for build- ing or repairing glebe houses, with extension of the time limited for repayment, &c. We recommend that all instruments to encumber the benefice shall be declared void, as against not only the successor but the incum bent himself. In like manner we regard non residence as inconsistent with the purposes of a parochial ministry. We recommend the law on these subjects to be amended. A large portion of the temporalities of the Irish branch of the Estab- ... lisped Church (upwards of £204,000 a year) con sists of income derived from lands. Of these lands much the greater part, producing about £142,000 a year, belongs to the bishops, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the corporations aggregate, and the dignitaries of the cathedrals. The remainder (in value about £62,000 a year) belongs to the parochial clergy. The income arising from the lands of the clergy, although they are generally let at moderate rents, may be considered to represent the improved value. But as to all the other lands of the Church, the income received by the ecclesiastical landlord bears a small proportion to the. value. Originally there was an unlimited power of leasing and alien ating the lands of bishops, dignitaries, and corpora tions aggregate. Statutes have substituted a limited power, which still continues, to lease such lands when situate in towns for 40 years, and when situate elsewhere for 21 years, during the duration of the lease at the old rent, and after its termination at a moiety of the value. Certain lands given by the Act of Settlement of Charles IL•may be leased for lives." " The Board of Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Ireland is constituted under the provisions of the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Acts. These Acts provide that it shall consist of four ex officio mem bers, namely, the Lord Primate of All Ireland, the Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, being a member of the United Church of England and Ireland, the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, and the Lord Chic Justice of Ireland, being a member of the United Church of England and Ireland, of four bishops nominated by the Crown, and of three other ' pro per and discreet persons,' of whom two are to be nominated by the Crown, and one by the Arch bishops of Armagh and Dublin. Since the death of the late Bishop of Derry, who was a member of the board, the vacancy has not been filled by the Crown; and another vacancy has been caused by the recent death of Sir B. L. Guinness. The persons who now form the Board are the Lord Primate, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of Meath, Ossory, and Cashel, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Dr. Gayer, Q.C., and Mr. Quin. Dr. Gayer was ap pointed by the Crown and Mr. Q fin by the Arch bishops of Armagh and Dublin. Dr. Gayer and MI.. Quin receive salaries ; all the other commissioners are unpaid. A very large amount of property has by the operation of provisions iu the Church Tem poralities (Ireland) Acts become vested in this board. The net annual revenues at present re ceived by them may be estimated at upwards of £113,000 a year. These revenues are derived from the episcopal estates, which were transferred to them on the reduction of the bishoprics by the Act of 3 and 4 Will. IV., c. 37 ; from the property of dignities and benefices which have been suspended by orders in council; from tithes and lands disappro priated fromother dignities by similar orders in coun cil; from rent charges payable to the commissioners out of the sees of Armagh and Derry ; from an ad valorem tax imposed on all bishoprics, dignities, and benefices exceeding in annual value £3OO, and which increases in its proportion according to cer tain scales of income ; and from the accumulations of the purchase money received on the conversion of leasehold interests into perpetuities. The com missioners also hold as trustees some property ap propriated for particular purposes. Thus the funds known as Primate Boulter's and Primate Robin son's Funds, the former amounting to upwards of £89,000 Government Stock, and the latter to £985 Consols, being bequests of those prelates to buy glebes and augment small benefices, were transferred to the commissioners for these purposes. They also ad minister for like purposes in the dioceses of Water ford and Lismore a fund called Bishop Gore's Fund, bequeathed by a prelate of that name ; and some private endowments for churches, in all about £4,240, Government Stock, are also standing , to their account. Some changes in the present ar rangement of the board appear indispensable. Two of the ex officio members are judges, whose attend ance is extremely rare, and if they happen not to be members of the Church, there is no provision made to supply their places. We are of opinion that the laity is not in proportion sufficiently re presented on the board. It would be more advis able to have only two ex officio members—viz., the prelates of the sees of Armagh and Dublin ; two other bishops to be selected by the Crown, one from the province of Munster, and the other from the province of Connaught, to represent the local interests of the dioceses situate therein respectively, the two ex officio member‘sufficiently representing the interests of the dioceses situate in Ulster and Leinster ; three laymen, unpaid, to be nomi nated by the Crown, and two paid commissioners, to be nominated, one by the Crown, and the other by the Lord Primate. Au examination of the working of the Establishment has satisfied us that the official duties are discharged with diligence and ability. The proportion which the expenses of ad ministration and management bear to the revenues is high, and, in our opinion, capable of being re duced, without prejudice to efficiency. At present there are two paid commissioners, two chief subor dinate officers, the secretary and treasurer ; two architects, each with a salary, bound to give their entire time to the business of the commission ; a travelling agent, some local agents ; and, in addi tion, a portion of the income is collected by an agency firm. The percentage . for collection is in some in stances as high as 10 per cent. 'There are also paid local inspectors of the churches, and of the outlay upon their building and repair. The clerks are 25 in number, of whom twenty-one are termed permanent and four supernumerary. The paid commissioners of the Board of Ecclesiastical Com missioners in England, with the assistance of the Bank of England, discharge the duties of the trea surer's department under their commission ; no separate office of treasurer exists. The secretary of the Bank of Ireland has satisfied us that a like system might be adopted in Ireland, and the ex pense of the separate office of treasurer saved. Two paid commissioners, with the assistance of the Bank of Ireland, should act as treasurers. The employ ment of a head clerk in the agency department is unnecessary. The clerks' departments could be so modelled as to reduce expenditure without impair ing efficiency. The percentage for collection of rents and tithe rent charge ought to be revised with a view to reduction, and the system of supervision of rentals and accounts.is capable of improvement. " The surplus income of all estates and funds vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners should be applicable to the suitable augmentation of bene- flees inadequately endowed. The limit to augmen' tation imposed, which prohibits any augmented benefice being raised beyond £2OO a year, is injudi cious. The places in which such augmentation is most needed are where the Church population is considerable. We recommend that the Ecclesi astical Commissioners in dealing with such cases should be enabled to exercise a wide discretion. " The following is a summary of the principal recommendations made in this our report : " 1. A further consolidation of diocese and a re duction in the number and (with one exception) ill the incomes of the bishops. 2. A corresponding reduction in the number of cathedral establish ments, so that they shall not exceed the number of bishoprics. 3. A reduction in the number of arch deacons. 4. The suppression of all dignities and offices in the dissolved cathedral corporations. 5. A re-arrangement of benefices, to meet the exigencies of the Church population, and a more equitable adjustment of income to services. 6. That, With a view to rearrangement, the duty be impsed upon the Board of Ecclesiastical Commissioners of taking the necessary proceedings for the union, division, or alteration of benefices. 7. That the existing powers of suspending appointments to benefices be extended to all cases where for twelve mouths next before the time of suspension Divine service shall not have been performed, and also to benefices is Royal or ecclesiastical patronage where the Church population is under forty in number. In each case provision to be made for such spiritual duties as are requisite. 8. That an additional ad valorant talc be imposed upon all benefices above £3OO a years in which the Church population does not a mount to 100 in number. 9. That payment of th e expenses of providing the elements for the Holy Communion, or for music in any churches not cathedral, out of the funds of th e Ecclesiastical Commissioners, be discontinue d, and that in no cases, except where th e parishioners are unable to provide for the services of a parish clerk, shall a salary to a parish clerk h e paid by the commissioners, and that in such cases the offices of parish clerk and sexton be consolidate d, if practicable. 10. That the expense of maintaia ing the ecclesiastical courts and registries be de frayed by the general fund vested in the Ecclesi astical Commissioners, and that the clergy be there upon relieved from the visitation fees. 11. That the period for repayment of building loans from th e Ecclesiastical Commissioners be extended. 1 1 That the estates of all the capitular bodies, a nd such estates of the bishoprics as shall not be silo' cated for the endowment of those retained, 5b5 be transferred to the Board of Ecclesiastical Colt' missioners. 13. That the surplus arising from all property vested in the Ecclesiastical Commissioners shall be applicable at their discretion for the su it able augmentation of benefices inadequately ea: dowed. 14. That, with a view to carry out ther recommendations and others of a subordin ate character, and for the purposes of a more eff eetilo management of Church property, the consti tution of the Board of Ecclesiastical Commissioners be ja y proved, and its powers enlarged. 15. That the ef s ; pense of converting leaseholds into perpetuities ut diminished, and, with this object, that the a no/3 of purchase-money be ascertained, with such alte rs ; tions of the present system as have been sugges ts „ 16. That increased facilities be given for leaelii; lands belonging to the parochial clergy, an d t . the power to lease be vested in the Ecclesiaetica Commissioners. 17. That the owners of 1111 _ liable to pay tithe-rent charge be empowered to 1 :1 0 deem their liability. 19. That provision be 0 %, to prevent ecclesiastical persons alienating er ?hat cumbering by deed their official incomes. 20.1 . n g more stringent and summary powers of enf orcing residence be given to the bishops and ecclesiastics courts. " 27th July, 1868." " MEATH (Chairman). " STANHOPE. " DE VESCI. " JOSEPH N APIE " ROBERT ALEXANDER SIIAFTO Except as to sec. 16. " JOHN T. BALL. " EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY. " GEORGE CLIVE. " EE,IVARD lIOWES. " J. F. ELRINGTON, Secretary." A correspondent of the _Hartford Post give' r ° • F following version of P. T. Barnum's foot race at the ea . eonia House, White Mountains : _c , After dinner the is tire company repaired to the verandahs and prere entl ,, v ia front of the house for a little frolic as usual. The ,a spirits in the crowd seemed to be Barnum and Le afrose• Lockwood, who had been here for some 140 3 t i os o Barnum made a humorous speech, which set the O f t e into roars of laughter, and then proposed a race . t s slf. heavy men of the house, which should include 1 1 the Circulating among the company, he picked out of is largest and fattest men he could find, and placed th e , h ea a row directly in front of the steps of the piazza. " ces ce, addressed them, and said the race would be t o the 'OOO some fifty rods distant. They were to sWt bB t o his counting three, and the stakes were ._,tats a life ticket to his new museum, land a copy o f his head on humbuggery ; then taking his position at the t wo! the line, ho slowly and deliberately counted one"; dea d three. At the word ' three ' they all started o u d ove run, with the exception of Barnum, who quietly 110] on the steps. The fat men didn't discover the S i r s boo' they had reached the fence, and were greeted with of laughter from the crowd on the verandah." ache {ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is t': t tenr,, matory state of the blood attended with bad dig e- an eP' 3 " 6 general debility. 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