The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

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BIGAMY AT ULAIDPOID.
Anna Week a married woman, on the shady side of
40, DOW indicted 00 a chute Of bialcal. by mn
John Mont, whilst her former henbane, Heasegl
West, was still alive, ea the 4th of Jane last —Mr.
Dallas peceoeuted, and the prisoner wee defended by
Yr. W. Ffooks.
Yr. Collins, to opening the case, said the prisoner was
, charged with the Grime of bigamy, sad this sans was,
' from its 14:0414.401018, very pesalier, and would demand
a ens skis degree of attention at the bands of the
jury. Now at her Bnt marriage the prisoner was
married to Resekish West, as far back as the 31st
Osioltsr, 1847. They lived together for • few mouths,
when be believed the husband deserted her, and whilst
he lived with some other woman, As lived with another
man. In Jule last she married at the Wesleyan chattel.
Is Blandford Foram, a man named John lildont, and
that wan the bigamy complained of. As the learned
judge was aware, it lay with the prosecution to prove
that within seven years of the sesond marriage the
pawn contrasting that, second marriage was aware that
her husband was alive. The only evidence he should be
able to I.y before them—and he eonfessed it was rather
slight evidence—was that of a kr. Darby, who told her
just before this marriage that the marriage would be
vciririkliving as a ramp that Miami had formerly
married
the prisoner's sister and that Ow woman
husband wee at that time alive. That was the only
evidence that for 18 years be could trace of the husbands
being alive, and be had DO proof that for 18 years she
had ever commusioated with him, or he with her.
They lived all this time apart, and be weld not prove
they had met lines Mat time. Yr. Darby had said the
husband was alive; but it was not shown that the
primmer knew of It, so they must take it for what it
was worth. It was weak evidenos. he admitted,
on which to asks jury to oonvict for so serious an
offence.

DORSET BUMMER ASSIZES.
bis, yawns Ksa, wood in Danielle, shortly
alter midday nn *Jsssda7. sad ass reesivadi by aim
fligh Sheriff and the meaty °Waal& His lecithin
proceeded in the nerd state ferriage to the Cloarity
Hons., and soon atter went to the fittirehall Nth
opened ooniniirei°s. lie then prompeded to flt. PIMA
church, whin Warn were real by the Eth. H. W.
sod the sheriff's thisplain (the Rev. Eklest
tk.k..) preselied the sermon from Romans at, 7.
"No man Hosea unto himself.* After service, his
iord„bip ess esoorted to the Goun_q House. Yr.
J,,,tice Willem spent the afterooth at Weymouth.

CROWN COURT, Tammy.
(Before Yr. Justice KIATTNIL)

The usual formalities having been observed, the
following geetletnat were sworn on the grand (cry
The Lord Ashley (foreman) W. P. Medea, R.
Williams, R. H. 0. Sendßold. J. Ganda!, 0. W. NOY,
J. limner, 0. W. Ferrer, 3. C. Manesl, R. H.
Ilinehibie, H. Williams, H. 0. Goodden, U. S.
Yeatnean, G. P. Mame& H. P. Guebridge, 3. altearer
Meade, J. R. Bridge, A. S. Fodor, Y. Williams, B. J.
Weld, H. T. Cox, R. W. Ilioi,andi. W. T. Fyler, Erma
His lordship, in charging ii. grand jury, said he was
glad to be able to inform them that the Wender at this
sasime was • very light Goo—there were bet nine
prisoners for trial—a state of things which undoubtedly
reflected great credit upon the magistracy of the county,
and all pentium who assist them in the maletenance of
the poses of the musty. Amongst the shags' there
was one for .111 .1 murder, but that was a °harp which
when it came before them would require very careful
attention. It appeared that In the month of March
last the daughte of the prisoner (Mary Knight) was
delivered of two Andrea In the hon.' of her mother.
There was a midwife in attendance, and he collected,
although it was not stated on the deporithme, that the
children were illegitimate. But a midwife wait engaged,
all dee preparation was made, and there was no pretence
upon the feu of the depositions for myosins that
them was any intention the ebildren Auld be unfairly
dealt with in the way in which they were brought into
the world. The midwife having performed her duties
went away, but she directed that the children should he
put to the breast Th. children appeared to bet to be
prematurely born, bet in that the daughter at prisoner
rather altered from her. But there summed to be no
doubt the children did not present the same
vigorace appearance u those born in geed health.
There also appeared to some diagrams whether the
prisoner heard the directions given to her to put
the child to the breast and aloe the *Adams varied as
to whether the mother had milk in her bared to give
the child, but certain it was, that the children were not
put to the breast. bit were fed, or rather attempted to
he fed on gruel, the prisoner stating that was the way
in which ate treated her own children, and that it was
the usual way not to give them the breast until the
second day. Howaer, .he described the children se ;
having been as ii were, born in • dying state. At all
events these was no doubt, that the children having
bees bore on the Saturday, one died on the Sunday and
the other on the Monday. Now the coroner's inquest
eat upon these children, sad they seemed to have
arrived at a verdict of wilful murder against the
grandmother. He (the Judge) presumed that they
mat have suspected in some way that the
daughter, the mother of the children, was anxious
to return to service in order to earn her bread, and
therefore, to ass her own wade, if the children
had been put to the breast they meet wen have been
taken from it ; he imppoesd the jury must have suspected
that the children wive unfairly dealt with for the
purpose et enabling . the mother to tarry out her Man.
tin, but he was bound to say that upon the depositions
he saw no proof of intention to take the lives of the
children; he could see much that would probably came
the jury to entertain the amploion that they did, but he
neat not tell rentlemen of the grand jury of the suety
of Dorset, that suspicion alone was not to be bated upon
in that case. However it wait partible that when they
came to investigate the matter that the deficiencies as
appe red to him in the depositions might be 'applied,
and that thee might some to the conclusion that the
prisoner wilfully and intending to destroy the children
did omit to feed them, or to sunply them with nourish•
merit and their milk, and if so they would find
a bill; but there was the possible alternative
of manslaughter. He did not think looking at
the facts as disclosed by the depositions that there
was much ground for the charge of manslaughter, and it
teemed whim that it must be murder or nothing, because
if there was not an intention to injure the children
or to destroy them, why the obligatioes imposed upon
the grandmother under the circumstances were only
ugh obligations u would be imposed upon a pram
gratuitously, and not under any legal obligation of
assuming the oharge of the ehildren, and In that case
all that would be expected of her would be not the
utinciat skill that • skillful person might employ, but
such skill a. she poseess-d, and if she screed to the beet
of her judgment, however erroneous that judgment
might be, it wool I not be culpable negligence,.
In reference to the legal obligation, which
would render her liabie for manslaughter, he
would take this occasion to express his regret that in
such cases there should not have been a subsequent
Inquiry before the magistrates, though in this particular
instance the prisoner did not rem to have suffered very
mush, for having been committed on the 9th of March,
she was admitted to bad on the 3rd April, but it wee
always desirable, and he would impress it upon the.
that whereccroar's jories found !serious rdiets of that
description, that there should bee sub.equene inquiry
before the mag.stretea, and for this reason, invert*,
lions before coroners juries were quitedifferent to those
before the magistrates The coroner's jury held an
inquest to ascertain how the deceased person had some
by his death, and if &stip; that inquiry there appeared
any ground for charging any individual with the Grime
of murder, of course the coroner was bound to commit
the person, and the jury to end • verdict moordinglt ;
but the natty charged was placed in • position entirely
differeat from what he or she was before • magistrate.
Some communication was here road. to the judge, and
he said he found that the prisoner had been taken
before the tuagistratee who had dismissed the
charge against her. The evidence that came
before them was I.gal evidence and they seemed to
have taken the view which impreseed itself on his
mind when reading the depositions. No doubt
if the case did come before the jury they would give
their best attention to it, bat he still adhered to the
opinion be had expressed, that it was desirable in all
such cans that the parties should be brought before a
magistrate after being committed on the coroner's
warrant. There was only one other eons be thought it
newsary to allude to, and that was a ease of arson. He
was always sorry to beer mow of that sort brought before
him, hector the sonisequenee upon these wanton and
otalielotta wits was a destruction of property, property
involving the food of country. In the present case the
person els cited was a soldier, who elided that he did it
for the purpo.• of getting out of the army ; mometimes
they said they did it for the purpose of getting into gaol,
and alleged various reasons for their wicked conduct,
but looking at the result it was neeeese.v to pot such
proceedings down with . strong hand, and the j ita were
determined even in oases of arson from reckleseneeN
when there was an absences of malice, to severely deal
with the ofendera. The learned judge then oomph.
meted the grand jury upon their fell attendance, and
diseased thous to their labours.

13/1111ZZLEMMIT AT WTIIIIOIIII.

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RI% Molts, quoting from the first crown omas in the
Law Reports, viz., tin Queen v. John Canaan& said
that "upon a triel for bigamy, when it is proved that
the prisoner and his first wife have lived epart forth.
seven yearl preeeding the second marriage, it is
tocumbeet es the prosecution to show that during that
time he was aware of her existence ; mid, in tic. Anon
of such proof, the prisoner is entitled to be semitted."
He submitted that the ease 'mold not be proceeded with,
as it had not be, proved that the prisoner was aware
of her husband's entkonse at the time she sontraeted
tin second maniacs with Ridont.
The Judge overruled the objection, and the first
witness called was
The Rev. W. Darby, cunt* of lin pariah of Ashmore,
who said In the month of May last be hid. eonveria-
Sion with the prisoner. She was at the house of •
person owned Job. Ridout, and he mid to her, "You
are on ise Üborty to marry your brother.in.law,
menially as your first beabsod is alive." Elbe made no
answer. He did not know Use first husband, neither
bed be seen him; bat be produced the original register
of the parish of Ambition. Turning to lb. 31st
October, 1847, he read the register of the marriage of
H.sekiah West sod Anna Bench, signed by Bennet
West and Benjamin Bench, as teapot's& —Cross-
examined : Had only been in lin parish three years,
and was not prestnt at the marriage. Ridout was a
man of good charector in the parish so far am witness
knew, but he had been living in sin with the
prisoner for • long time. Ho might say, without being
thought ungallant Oh that it was not the man's fault as
much as the women's I— The Judge reminded
the witness that he could not listen to voluntary state-
ments; be must only an wer the question. inked. The
witness then retired from the box.
Oeonte Rare, pariah clerk of Ashmore, proved that on
the 3lsl October, 1847, he was present at the first
marriage of the prisoner with Hemekiah West He hut
not seen the prisoner for moms years, until he met her
In court that day.
John Bounders Curtis, regis'rar of marriage. for the
Blandford district, said on the 4th day of June last
he witnened • marriage anording to the rites of the
Western Methodists at the Wesleyan Chapel, Bland-
ford. He produced • certificate which be maned for
Mr. W. H. Atkinson, superintendent registrar for the
Blendford district
William Henry Atkinson. superintendent registrar at
Blsndford. said on the 15th May last John Ridout came
to his office and gave notice of an iotended marriage
between himself and Anna West, After 21 clear days
he granted a oertilleste for the maniage lobe solemnised
In the Western Chapel, Blandford.—Oros-azamined
by Mr. Rooks: The woman came for the on lignite,
and on his inking bet if she was the man's mother, she
replied she was the intended brid•—(lsuintor.)
Ffooks, for the donnas, maid Mr. Darby had failed
to prows legally that the plaintiff wee aware of her first
hu.band's existence at the time of the present transac-
tion, and it had not been proved that the Wesleyan
*lmpel was registered for solemnising marriages.
His lordship thought that Mr. Atkinson had proved
prima lave that the chapel was registered, and having
summed op the case, the jury returned • verdict of not
guilty. The prisoner was then discharged.
BIONIMG A YALU DECLARATION AT ILANDFOID.

John Ridont (on bell) was charged, in connection I
with the above ease, with knowing and wilfully making
and signing • false notice, for the purpose of procuring
• marriage between himself and Anna Meet, atßland
ford, on the B.h May last. Mr. Collins for the promo&
tion and Mr. Ft ooks for the defence—Mr. Rooks said
the prisoner withdrew his plea of not guilty sod pleaded
guilty, but that he was not aware at the time that he
was making an improper declaration. He believed this
would be admitted by the prosecution.—Kr. Collins
said, on behalf of the prosecution, the only thing that be
wonted was that it should be made publicly known
that persons mast be correct when they male these
declarations. The prisoner signed it alter having it read
to him, but he did not press for punishment. His Lord-
ship said it was of the groatest importance that persons
should be tiorrect. In passing sentence the learned
judge said the prisoner had pleaded guilty to the indict-
ment of making • false statement in a marriage register,
and be entirely concurred in the observation which the
learned counsel for the prosecution had made—viz ,
that it was of the utmost importance that people should
know they cannot with impunity mike incorrect or
false statements with referenee to these registers, •
hithful keeping of which vu of groat imports:ids to
the social condition of the country, The seperinten-
I dent registrar, who directed the prosecution, was of
opinion that justice was sufflaiently ans. ered by the
prisoner being brought before the court, and be did
not press for any heavy punishment. He should there-
fore only pass upon the/ prisoner a sentence suMoiect
to show that he had committed isa offence against the
law, and an offices it mast be mod-dared. The rentenes
of the Court was that he should be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for the sparse of seven days.
NOS•111Pkill OP • 111011 WAT.

The Queen,. the inhabitente of the Pariah of Ower
moigne.—Tbis Ina an indictment found at the Iset
unites against the inhabitants of the parish of Oyer.
mol,ats for non-ropair of • highway, the •me having
been tenni times before the public. Kr. H. Cola, WI,
with uhotn was Kr. Collies, instructed by Hr. Carter,
of Wool, were for theprosecution ; and Kr. W. Tfooks,
instructed by Mr. H. C. Weston, of Dorchester, for the
defendant& Tb• parties, howeVer, had cease to aa
arrawment, and therefore the jury formally returned
a verdict that the inhabitants* Oweromigne were sot
guilty. It is understood that the terms of the agno-
ment are that after the road has been made good, and
the parties indloted have paid the 00,041, the road will
In future be kept in repair by the pariah.

NISI PRIM COURT, Tffteunte.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLI' and a common jury).
Joyce,. EMlL—This was an action to mover
Clon of a small pie** of land situated in Church.
,mlifireborne Waster. Mr. Cole, p.c., and Mr.
ii"driard for the Plaintiff, and Mr. Prideaux, au., and
Mr. Coates for the defendant The uses occupied
the Court for three hours, bet it wes of not the
slightest possible interest to the public. The plaintiff
purcheesd Rome property in 1850 from the swipes'
of a Br. Barnes, who bad become bankrupt, and the
plaintiff now after 10 years had elapsed, alleged that
It inoludei the smell piece of land aught to be
recover d and on which originally stood a feel house
extending to the Town-balL But the diefeedant
endeavoured to establish that. the disputed property
never had been 'ln the possession Barn% bet formed
Part of the holding of a Mrs. Spencer, from whom it
lied been tranderred to the defendant. The jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff, and hie lordship said
be was deeidedly in favour of the finding, brews be
was Belittled Barnes's property included the whole
sous up to the Town-hall, and that the ourapaelon of
illra Spencer was only perminsive. Mr. Prideanx
&eked hie lordship to reserve • point aa to his ruling
on the e estrootion of "eppurtenaneeme in a dud a sea-
Toyama., but the judge, after complimenting thei 'eau
counsel for the defendant on the seal and ability be had
displayed, and oaring he away. listened to anything
Mr. Prideaux advanced with the rupee* due to the
learned gentleman's parities, said he felt bound to
decline woodier/ to his appliestioo.
HIGOIIIIII s. STIIONDII.—This wee an ctlon to mover
£45 15s. 104., for goods *old and delivered. Mr. Cole,
a and Mr. Lopes were for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Kingdon, with him Mr. Bailee, for the defendant. The
plea was never indebted. Plaintiff is a corn dealer and '
seed merchant, residing at Waterton. near Oreerkerne,
and defendant ia farmer living in this cutely, Mr.
Cole having stated the fade, Mr. Higgins well galled.
Plaintiff said he attleaded markets and
fair., and on the 10th January lard, he met defendant
at Beetoluter market. He had a conversation with
him about the sale of some peas, and told him he tumid
sell them at 24e. • sack. Defendant said Mr. 8..
AIM. AT WTKII ng, Swatridge would sell him some cheaper. He said be
John Aidereiry of the 50t11 regt., was arraigned at the wanted them for oar ova &mimeo. Afterwards he saw
bet chanted ow, totting Sr. toe et„h of hey at wybe defendant at the White Bart lee, and showed him
Ririe the property of Mr. R. Keeping. From the a simple of (Parker wheat He liked it, and witless
evidence viduced it appeared that on Sunday, 23rd of pile him the pries. £l7 per load of 10 make Deemed.
May, penerentor bad • risk of hay near his farm yard— wit boollitt ffff twidni and tlq. if the wheat tune up
In all sheet 20 teen It was safe abut 10 o'clockat to his expeotatioes he would give
bat about an hour afterwards a man named plaintiff a mown the expense of carting it to Beamiester. The
slliht.s saw it on ere, and gave an alarm. Endeavour, 4nattion aft to manioc some PI" Win wee breath,.p
nee* mole to put out the fire, but the whole of the and plaintiff sold him 30 nobs at 23.., &nu a
boy red. red useless. Prisoner was seen about 12 he we__ to wad sboth
i, s_w_t°
Mr. Olpiis'e
o'clock 'nu the rink, coming from the direetioe of at w"ww•wf "`n jwf. Wades..
ffurd'in'tind. He wee q tenoned by P.S. Pitlield, sa to dile Plaintiff 'ins" an enter of dealing
what he warded about at that time, when pocket book, and showed it to defendant asking him if
he said he had been knocking about for it win on Flint. Dolonffint looked at it. and said it
• couple of hours and that he had lost his was all right. At the time of selling the peas end wheat
way. In wir7 to wither question he said the tie the name of Cbiloott was not mentioesd, and defeadant
was not es re situ he peed it. He eke steed the did not say a word to the elect that he WU Sabra
be was out on past, but on hele pressed to show it said u agent for anybody. His memorandum was that the
be had not got one. When a detaehment arrived with sale was to Symonds. On the following Saturday he
the fire engine from Weeinoeth, the westehie ene. meet the peel on to defendent, and made an entry in his
mnnicated his suspicions to se officer that the prisoner day-book. Oe Thursday, January 17, he sent the wheat,
war the man who bed set the riot on fire. The next and that was entered in the day•book his by wife.
morning the prfener was weaned in the gwd.jr,,,,, Sew defendant', carter at Beaminstee on the 27tb,
end in ...invnen of whet the police ems,. told with leeks Smiler to thou in whist the peas were seat
colour-sergeant he visited hie. Pieciee the admitted to defendant ill the cert. It WY the rule to send an
setting the rick on fire, and in the hearing of another invoice by post, but be amid not remember that this
°flue be again °Quarreled the statement he had already particular Invoice was sent.—Mr. Ledgard asked the
made, and further added that be did it to get et of the defendant's counsel to produce the invoice according to
regiment, for he had done enough duty at Portland. A notice. Mr. Kincdon said they had never had one.
police officer WY sent for and prisoner Maio admitted Witness continued to say he hired the sacks of the
Out it was he who sot the rick on Sr.. In eonsequene West of England flack Comeene, and, according to,
of this he was given in oh.ric Prisoner now denied custom, he wrote to them to transfer the sacks
that he was the peruse who had set the risk on lire, but that time to the defendant, and Mr. Symonds
the witnesses—two ooloorisergtoote and a pollee "ties of it. Shortly after It• redwived • lettt
°Meer proved to the coottery. some innifor metaes one for defendant in which he mid. .
not bfol
were found on the prisoner at the stet:tom—ln him an
his the sinkt" bk.*" O°I shall
she 14th INbreary
&slue, the prieoner etrennonely denied that be set the be saw defendant at Doric/teeter
ndinot. win.
rick on du, asking the jury whet "edge geed it weld he told him he bad got "dii. ,
the in bin
packet. for a
do him if he did at After a premed egneletien, months' credit weew be usually
la". And
during chick they were baked ey, the jury teem she defendent told hie r• •010
t
him it ilhe
.attot would pay him If he met
T:labaonfne., sad be was natuleed 111 months' hard In half-an-hoar. Plaintiff
Wes them,
Atireriss{ sem came. When bee..

Charles Crean, stated In the ealendnr to be onlr 43,
clerk in coal stores, plead.rd guilty to ..Irsnres of emhezalr
in money the property of his masters. Wenn Soo. and
Co., at Wimkorne on Oak 26. 1866. Mr. rooks
prosecuted, and recommended the prisoner to the mercy
of the Court. Mr Collins defended and handed to,
statement numerously signed, gi•ing the Prisoner &rad
ohsracter. The learned ludp mentenood him to throe
calendar months' hard labour.

PABIRT AT TORTLAIND.
James Wilaon, 23, soldier, 13011 regiment, pleaded
guilty to steahno £4. the property of John domannbe,
at Portland, 18th July, end wee sentenced to three
mooths' hard labour.

STZ•LING • COAT.

Win. Holland, 19, solidi.; of--t-he 80th regt., wasi
placed at the bar eherged with stealing a cost the
property of Thos. Jaekett, at Weymouth. 111th May.
Hr. Carter promented. On the night in intuition the
beck window of Jeakett's hone. wee foreed and a jiteket
stolen which the prisoner was afterwards on the same
night caught by a pollee ownstehle wearing. Ho pleeAed
that he had picked it up, and the sapient jury believed
him and acquitted hint. His lordship mouppeg
prisoner as to his fistula (audio., as he might not
find another jery to believe bins.

REEVE= MULDER AT IBLAMDIORD.

The bill against Nary Knight, 59, (barged with tit*
wilful carder of two obildren, amid, and • facial., at
Blandford, woe thrown mot.
MIS.

1011ALNI

Matilda Coombs, 21, servant. pleaded galley to eon•
stealing the birth of her fPritsle child, at Pa, ketone
near Poole, on Marsh 5, 1867. There were extenuating
clreum-taneen, and m the pri.ner had already under-
gone tmr month,.' imprisonment, she was mateneed to
one month's farther imprisonment with hard labour.
At a later period of she day Matilda Coombs was
again brought or, and the learned Judge mid, haring
reconsidered the ease, he reduced the seataisee to 14 days,

the defendant oe the 14th he asked him why be
r•Pudiated the transfer et the sacks. Symonds replied
"I wont ham anything to de with Hie Sack Compitoy :
I returned twenty of this to Beaminster a fortnight
sines" Plaintiff told him he bad
and that be (defeedast) ought to hare advised him of H.
He had sines reersi•edi the 10raeks,blit ten were wanting.
He applied twigs for the money by letter. To the first
he reesived no answer, to the second defendant replied
on the 10th Much, that "A. Chiloott had been home
from O•nada them three yeas, and I have not been to
Stratton Moor, and you must apply to him for your bags
and the elm pm." This was dated Saturday morning.
Litton Cheney, and signed H. Symooda Plaintiff
wrote in reply that he did not resognies A. Chileott as
his debtor, and should outset the cheque frost
defendant at once. Waness knew that Chileott had
pee to America, and did not know that the defesdant
was carrying on his 1111413614.—The counsel for plaintiff
asked for defendant to produce the letters mot, what
Mr. lgingdon said they had none. His lordship ex-
pressed amorist, when Mr. Kingbolt said they mast
either not have been written, or they were not delivered.
The fudge said he did not think the plaintiff appeared
at all suspicious, and " quiavd" him steadfastly for •
minute or two through hit vorotvoloi.-113 0r064-81*
amination by Mr. Kingdon, plaintiff said he had no
&thugs whatever with Mn. Chileott after her husband
went to America. Be did not know Mrs. Obiloott, and
had had no dealings directly or indirectly with her.—Mr.
Curio° : I pat the question pointedly to you that
there may be no mistake hereafter. —Witness : I answer
you as pointedly.—Cross-examination motioned : When
Cbiloatt went to America he owed him a bill for sack
hire. Could not remember that he sent the bill to Mrs.
Chiloott. He asked Henry Symonds to try and get it
for him, knowing be lived at Stratton Mills, and was •
particular friend of the Chilootta. Had no other
tracceetion with Mrs. Chiloott. Did not sell
her any oata in June, 1866, nor did she pay
him for any. He sold Henry Symonds some,
and he paid him. The cheque was produced, and
' was signed 't H. Symonds for Mary S. Chiloott,
Stratton." The °begot' for the amount due for sack
hire was signed "Mazy S. Chiloott. Did not know
that Chiloott had returned from Megrim, but
r, had the name of Mr. B. Symoode written
on the opposite side about the time the money
for the cen.n became due. Didn't know of
it till be was informed of it by Symonds's letter. Was
aware that Cbileott had become bankrupt. Rs.
emroined Symonds was often a visitor at Stratton
mills before Chiloott went to Americo. Symonds rode
and hunted a good deal, and attended fairs and markets.
• Did not notion how the cheque for the oats was signed.
Did not know that he cold them to any one but
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BT. Joys CowinrinT V. WWI ATlllool.—This wu
se Woe* of Ointment, the plaintiff seeking to recover
posmanion of • mall Mime of land, formed, taken as an
enermehniont on Um manor of Carlo Mallen. Mr.
Mandan, go, with him Kr. Sere, for the plaintiff, and
Yr. OM*, • C. , with him Yr. Bosom, for the defaidan•
no land in question arm admitted to be within the

manor.
The carte for plaintiff was Add by Hr. Einem In
1784 Mr. John Attwool looks ptiaoe of land,eopyhold of
the manor of Cods Mellen. for three lives, namely,
his own, that of his son Charles, sad that of Benjamin
Cherrett. He occupied it till lfill, when, by the per-
mission of tbe lord of the manor (Hr. Churchill),
a pietas of the adjoining waste vu enclosed by
him, and to recover whinh this action was brought.
There was another encroachment above it, to recover
which there was an action against William Attwoot
John !Owed kept the copybold land and the enerosob-
meat now in question till 1822, when (it having
been in the meantime been enclosed), he permitted his
eon John Attwool to build a oottage upon it. In 1824.
change of ownership took place for a short time. John
Attwool sold his interest in the property to Elizabeth
lattwool. and surrendered the land to the lord, who
is•granted it to her. Bat she died shortly after, end
the Puolmety again came to John Attwool as her heir-at'
law. He occupied it till his death, in 1834, when he
was succeeded by his eon John Attwool, who occupied
the cottage, and permitted his own son William Atiwool
to build a cottage on the higher part of the encroached
land, and he now resided there. In 1862 the original
oophold land reverted to the lord of the manor and was
Peen uP to him, but a portion of the encroachment
bad been leased to Aturnol in 1822, and that '
did not fall in till 1867, up to which time,
In accordance with* custom, the Att wools were allowed
to maintain the rest of the encroached land
For the land enclosed he should be able to
prove payment of rent from 1811 to the present time.
and that in 1.863 John Attwool 'Omitted, eta 'peels'
lord's court, that the whole of the property he held
would revert to the lard of the manor at his death. The
enclosure was made at three times, at the first the
rent was ad. per year, at the second is., and the third
In 1867, when the copyhold lapsed, application was
made to Elizabeth Attwool to give up pi:mention. and at
first she expressed her willingness, but afterwards said
she had been told the property belonged to them. Hence

this action. .
His lordship said the payment of a small rent for.
great number of yeors would be prima facie evident)* of
Ito being on ancient freehold, but if the property was a
modern enclosure it would not be likely to be of that

defendant.
Kra niggles, wife of plaintiff, spoke to making the
entries of the sale. of the pees and wheat, and also that
she made out the birders, bat did not remember poet-

ebarsetar.
George Lawrene• Did he we. 76 pare of age, and
Hoed in Code Mullen for nearly 50 years. H. knew
old John A ttwool. also William and Elisabeth
&Merced, mid the land on which the cottaaes were built
where the latter parties live. It was formerly open to
the road, there was no Grim. It was enclosed nigh
46 years ago. Did not know who did it. Had known
the land before it wee fenced. Nobody occupied it
before it was fenced—it was& road to acorn field. Old
John Attwool ocenoted it afterwards, and said he
begged it of Kr. Murtha to put ups house and make
a garden there. The hones occupied by Elisabeth
Attwool was built about 46 years ago by John
the wood, who told him one day, when ha wan in the
prden with him, that ellen he died it woald go to
WI% Coventry—it would be all lost. Crocvezamined :
This was laid about • month before he died, for he acid
to gain and have • yarn with him. The lest John
lees hard of hearing. Couldn't say be waa not talking
about the eopyhold when he maid it would all be lest
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Dg them.
This was the ems for the plaintifL
Mr. Kingdom thou addressed the jury, saying that
although Mr. Cole had opened the O.SII in the light and
sketchy way which so well became him, it would require
their serious attention. When Mr. Cbiloott went to
America he executed • power of attorney for his wife
to carry on the bud's*e daring his &homes, but a
woman, of course, could nelt be expected to orrery out all
the details of suck a business. Mr. Symonds, defend.
ant's unite, we. a great friend of the Chiloo.ta, and bad
made himself responsible to the Dorchester bank for
certain payments due from Chiloott, and he thought it
advisable, with the consent of Chiloott before he left for
Ameriek that some one should go to market and buy and
Dell for Mrs. Chiboth, while she remained at the mills
and kept the books. Thenapon young Mr. Symonds,
the defendant, went to live at Stratton mills, and for
his services was to 'emirs • salary and board and
lodging. These cirommtances were notorious to every
one who attended the fairs and market, of Dorset, and
further the plaiatiff had plain intimation that Symonds
wits acting as Mr. Chilacitt's agent by remiving • cheque
for the oats signed by "Symonds for Mrs. Chiloott."
It was only when Chilettit's affairs became involved.
and plaintiff saw he had so thanes of getting the mosey
from that, queerer, that he turned round to mare a
demand on Symonds, who was merely Mrs. Chikott's
managing clerk. Bet the aw required their
serious consideration, for if defendant was liable for
this amount, no doubt be would be sued for twenty or
thirty others.
Mr. N. M. Leggin, solicitor, of Brideort, proved the
execution of the power of attorney by Charon in favour
of his wife.
Mrs. Mary Seymour Chilsott was galled, and said : I
am the wife of George A. Chiloott. He went to Canada
lest year, and before he did so gave me the power of
attorney produced, and an arrangement was made with
the bank by ehieli Kr. Symonds became guarantor
for certain money on behalf of my husband. The
defendant then came to live at Stratton mils, wirli
the consent of Mt. Chileott. He was to have £7O
a ye.r, board and lodging, and a horse to ride. For
that be was to attend to the whole of the out-door
badness of the farm and eorn trade. He was there 10
months, and attended to the out-door business. Re
bought and sold for me. I know he boughs for we
from Mr. Higgins, the plaintiff. I remember an account
being sent in by plaintiff for £l2 its. 91. for sank hire,
and! rave him the "berm produced to pm ie There
was on it simply my own name. I also remember giving
the cheque for £32 10s havitg only my own name. It
was my custom to give him blank cheques signed by me,
for him to 811 up es he required them. During the
time Symonds was living with m• he was not earryieg
on business any altered's. Three dayi after Chiloott rams
home I left because I was obliged by my husband, as he
took the whole arrangement of matters in his own
hands—he looked up the home, took all power from
me, and ()thereto bebaved in an outrageous manner.
Synroeds loft the day before. My husband's conduct
was such that t was afraid of personal violent. and I
left and went to my father's house.
Henry Symonds, the defendant, said he was 24 years
of me. Mr. Chiloott left for Canada in March. 1866,
and by arrangement he went to conduct the out-door
business during his absence. Knew plaintiff before this
*emotion. War in business on his own amount,
nor for any one else except in this instance. After Mr.
Chiloott had gone he attended the markets and
trenseeted badness for Mrs. CU.:rote He eoefirmed
Mrs. Chilootes statement as to the nature of the two
cheques he spoke to. Mr. Chilton came bask on Feb. 15.
'lie
sae plaintiff at Dorchester Fair (Feb. 14). when be
told him he had the bill in his pocket, and he replied
he should be at the Antelope in half-an-hour, and would
sec him: that was AIL On Kr. Chiloott's return he had
nothing further to do with the management of the
business, and left.
Cruse-esamined : The invoices of the peas and wheat
might have been sent in the shape of lettere, but be
could not recollect. Believed he did receive the letter
saying the wheat was at (lapin's. Could not say the
paper produced was a copy of the Invoice. Could not
, swear. Bought the peas for his uncle's dairyman, and
six seeks went there. Kept one horse, mid hunted with
It. Should come into his fortune when be was 25, which
would he next year.
I Mr. Kingdon reviewed the evidence, contending that
It had been shown the defendant was simply acting as
I Mild efinoott's meet in the transaction now in question,
, and that plaintiff had had ample notice of the fact.
Is souclusion he said, they would rerrilleotthat Mr Cole,
In opening the cam, had said that when Mr. Chileol
peat to America young Symonds went and took up his
abode at Stratton Mills, kept his banters and saddle
horses. and was on the most intimate terms with Mrs.
Chita:at. Now, could they have any doubt of the
Infamous character of the insinuation which his learned
friend intended to convey? warmly, that as soon VI Mr.
Chilsott left this country young Symonds went to
Stratton mills without hie knowledge, took up bin abode
In the house, and made himself master of Cniliort's
house, his property, and his wife, and that they lived
there on terms the most dishonourable alike to Mr.
Chiloott and hi. wife. But, his learned friend did not
attempt to support the statement by one word of
evidence, nor did he, in hieeromexaminalton, dam to ask
a single question of either Symonds or Mn. Chiloott
concerning the slimed criminal connection between
them. He asked them to judge from that'of the character
of those who instructed his learned friend in this
melon.
Kr. Cole then replied upon the whole ease. He said that
some gentlemen were posemeed of such bed taste that
they could not resist any opportunity of making
an attack be that attack never so unjustifiable. Mr.
Ringdon had exhibited that bad task in this ease, by
taking advantage of his (Mr. Cole's) momentary themee
to make an attack upon him for what be had
supposed was the most delicate conduct • counsel could
take, seeing that Met Chiloott was turned out of
doors three days rifler her husband returned
from Canada, and Symonds the day previous.
He should bare theses% -his learned friend would have
been glad to throw a veil over the whole affair. He
(Mr. Cols) did not wish to ire into It, and 'tediously
avoided whine a gustiest of Mrs. Chiles:et ealealated at
all to throw &eredit upon her. But hie learned friend
proceeded to re-examine that lady upon matters which
ha would not, and in the learned counsel's address
bemuse his (Mr. Cole's) self-respect and good tedis led
him to avoid the matter. which was quite immaterial to
the ease, he said he dared not mit any questions on the
mildest. Be (Kr. Cole) had refrained from motives
of delicacy.
In summing up, the judge said the case seemed to
have been invested with adages. of mimetic* for whit*
he amid easement. It was something like the sense.
tion novels of the day, the writers of whir* seemed to
think that nothing would be acceptable to the
public, velem some exceedingly amiable and virtuous
young lady, the heroine of the story, was brought into
trouble by a married man. Such an infirreose seemed
to have been exercised in this ease, and it
had affected the good taste of the learned counsel
on both sides, neither of whole statements he could
at all approve. Be did not think it right for counsel to
make insinuations where a woman was concerned,
between whom and whole husband they might make
discord for life, unless it was intended to follow it up by
a searching examination. On the other hand, he
thought it was not right for the learned mensal for the
defendant to complain so bitterly as he bed done. Having
said thus much in all good feeling, and he cossidered
himself strongly called upon to make these remarks.
he must further say—end be begged the learned
counsels' pardon for it—that the observations they bad
mad• on the matter were totally irrelevant to the WU'.
His lordship thee explained the law of the ease, and
milled the &Meatier, of the jury to the facts upon
which their verdict would turn.
fothie • Ter' brief consultatien, the jury gave • verdict
tee puichig.
Niet P 8.1178 COURT, TBIDAT.
(Before Kr. Judie* WILMS and • mania try'll44
t Balt arr BientOßY v. L 11711.1.— r.
Mr. BOTopas were 'or the pleintiff, and Mr.
imEoODg 4.0.' .Ith Min Mr. Sere for the deism.
dant There were two scabies b, his lordship
against Lewes, and one by Lower ahaince the
noble ked. After some eonvereation between thy
Court and the learned counsel on either side, it
w"..e agreed at the 1111i1410. of the judge to refer
the mattters in dupe* which refer to the drab age of •
tarot which Mr. Lower held under the noble earl, and
also to rent. Mr. Kingdon said he desired to state
publicity that there was no imputatien oast either on
one side or the other—lt was a boom fid• dispute
between them, and both stood forward as seeds*en
asserting their rights. Mr. Cole said be peilestly ion.
mired in the remarks made by his leaned friend. Thc
terms of the referee's being arriaired, his lordship
directed the jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff,
seeped to • reference to Mr. Busbies • barrister a
great experience, formerly cei this

at his death:-
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Georg* Pardy, farmer, said he was 73 years of age,
was brought about in Corte Kellen, and bad li red there all
his life. Recollected old John Attwool taking in the
bit of land in question. It was clayey lumpy laid,
where people dug out clay and stone. Old John pat up
the fence enclosing the land f rant the road. Kr.
Churchill told him to take it in. He than built a little
mud cotters upon it. sod lived there. Subsequently
the mod *Atone was pulled down, and the second John
built the house now occupied by Elizabeth. Had at.
Maui the courts baron with John the second, who
paid 2s. a year rent innerly—at first it was 64., and he
paid rent up to the time he died.—Croe,examined : Mr.
Churchill said to the defendant's father "Yon take it
(the Medlin John. end I'll give you • stick or two to
help build a tones*. Did not hew him nay " pits
you the lend." This WU about the year 1880. Some
people paid quit rents; at the courts baron. One of
the cottages was put up about IS or 20 years ago by
Williams.
By the Judge Saw defendant's father pitying the
rental for years, and had seen John (the grandfather)
there and his wife too.
Mr. J. 0. Chislett, land agent, Wiroboroe, mid he
was chief clerk to Mr. W. Castlomao from 18315 to 1845,
and from 1845-54 to Mr. B. Cutlemen. The Castle.
mane were etewards of the manor of Cone Mullen to
1854, and he had been the steward from 1855. Had
been blind about two years. Prom IE3B held the courts
as deputy steward, and front 1855 es steward. Remem-
bered John Attwool attending the courts and paying 2s.
rent every year. for the land on which stands the cottage
ommpied by Elizabeth and that by William. De.
fandent's father told him that at his death the property
would fall into the hands of the lord. Knew the lease-
hold land on which John Attwool's life was, and John.
the son of Charles, lived there. John Attwool's was the
last life on it. Held a murk 10th April, 1802, and de-
fendant's father attended it, when he asked him about
his bolding, and made a minute of it in writing. [The
judge ruled the minute could not be read to the witness
to refresh his memory, unless the jury were out of
court, Ind the counsel would not take that coarse.]
He remembered John Attwool telling him that at his
death the cottage in which he lived would fall to the
lord. He understood him to make that answer also as
to William's house.—Croesexamined : The leasehold
was explained before this. When he was clerk to Mr.
Castleman the tithe commutation papers were made out
by a clerk under bin direction. John Attwool might be
charged partly foe land belonging to Mr. Coventry and
part his own.
By the Court: Did not give receipts for the lord's
rents
Mr. Henry Chislett, lend agent, of Winiborne,
steward together with his father for the manor of Corte
produced • copy of the court rolls. In 1834
there was a surrender of the oopyhold of John Attwool
to Elizabeth Attwool, on three lives, and the rent was
In, He also produced a paper, which, from the hand-
writing, he judged to be that of Mr. Davis, steward.
[This was not admitted.] He prodneed the book in
which the lord's rents wereentered. The letter. I. c, e,
meentleasehold,oopyhold, and encroachment. [Mr. Cole
objected to this interpretation, but hi. lordship over-
ruled it.] Attwool owned he produced the lease of
1822, the last life on which was John Atwool, and the
manor survey. The name of Attwool occurred f •ur
dram is the rent book—twice against "e," once 'against
"1' and once 'n." Had received those rents from John
Attwool, defendant's father, and from William, Charles
Attwools eon. Saw Elribeth Attwool • few days after
her father's death. Told her that he had mentioned to
Kr. Coventry that by his death it would fall to the
lord of the manor, to which she did not reply, and he
continued he had come to me about it. She then said
she hoped Mr. Coventry would allow her to continue in
the cottage. He said he thought not, as they wanted
cottages for fernlike on the estate, while she was a
single woman. She said she hoped the lord would not
hurry her out. Ha said she must know Kr. Coventry was
the last men in the world to oppress the poor' and he
would venture to give her on his own authority throe or
four months.
Thomas Goodard, chief clerk to Mr. Chislett, spoke
to attending the lord', courts during 13 years. He bad
seen John Attwool Par rent thus. Was present at the
Medal wart in 1861, which Mr. Chislett attended.
Young John produced the lease of 1811 end old John
said "what 1 bold will fall into hand at my death and
deo where John (his nephew) lived."—Cross examined:
The old man said the life hold would tumble in at his
death, and all he held; be was a little deaf.
Mr. Cole then asked his lordship if the plaintiff had
nude out any ease to go to the jury. pointing out that
there had been an occupation for 34 years, a payment
d Is. a•yeer, no 'Mention being made when • (attest
was built 18 years ago, and no substantial met 'odd the
whole period, and =netting that the land had been
given to the first Attwool in fee, but that the mover
woe had been lost by his detorndente.
His lordship said he should put the whole case before
the jury • whether the encroachment on the waste
was aliened by the lord of the manor to take place for
• small rent which looked like a quit-rent, but which
really was not, and it came to an end at the second
Mewed? death; or whether there was • orinveyenes of
the property in fee to Attwool, the grandfather, from
Kr. /Churchill, which WM lest so that the descendants
mould not produce it, and which was made into a recent
dunce in 1834. Re suggested whether defendant and
plaintiff email not now come to terms.
Mr. Cole proposed to arrange, but Mr. Kingdoo
related, saying defendant had pat them to MOO expense
for • thinig not worth E 5, sod now asked for terms.
Mr. E. J. Weld, who was foreman of the Puy, said
they did'nt want to beer mussel for the defendant, they
would God for the plaintiff, that wet his opinion.
Kr. Cole said be thought they were making up their
minds with undo* baste, and that when he had laid the
IMO for the defendant before them they would Ind
It was a ease respiring great consideratioo. It was
perfectly deer that the enclosure was made with the
tensest of the lord of the manor, and the Bret stetter,
was erected by his permission, for he said be would
assist Attwool in its erection; and was it likely that a
men in the position of the lord of that manor would
tell a poor rase like Attwool to build a cottage on the
waste, if he intended to teke it away from him
No doubt Mr. Churchill intended him to keep the land
and the cottage be built upon it. But the question
was how far they could snake out • title. But
for the evidence of Kr. Chided, who spoke to
some supposed admission by the stead John Attiredt
there would have been no dividers* to go before them,
because the small rent paid for the property unchang.
lag through the carioca alterations in vales of it was
not evidence of rest properly as celled be% of a qnit•rent.
The defendant felt very strongly that her father never
made such an admission, bemuse be was not in •
position to do so. He behaved the answer which Kr.
Chialett said referred to all the property Attwool
hold was made oonserning the leasehold Pad,
which would, as he said, fall in to the
lard at his death, but the enclosure ; If an eneroschnsent
might have been tam at any time, and Attwool's
death had aothing to do with it's falling in. It was
Use his learned friend opened by setting up that the
occupation of the Imid was continued to the present
time, in deference to a custom, because of Attwool
holding some leaaisizoid land, but be had not attempted
to Prove any such custom. It had been shown by
plainiiffs own witnesses that Mr. Chnrehill told Attwool
to Inks in the lead, and another was told by Attwool
that he begged the land. And this wu supported by
the statement Mr. Chisiett took down from Attwool
respecting the land at the special court in 1862. But
then Mr. Chislett said the old man stated all would fall
In u•ad when he died, though he didn't put that down,
and to autv.rt him came the Inevitable lawyer's clerk,
who rememberas evetything just at the right time
(langhtet)—ead rionnalad: him of the Somerset lawyer
who "u said to wits at I, And of his brief " if 0r0.4
of anything else is named csij a. clerk r—(renewed
lenghtet).
In summing rip, his lordship explained lA.. kw of
quit rents, and lucidly reviewed the facts of the case.
After consulting a minute or two, the jary return/6d
• verdict for the plaintiff.
In the ow of Bt. John Coventry v. William AMwool,
• similar toilet was risconled.
This concluded the Wein= of the ease.

GREAT PROTRSTANT MEETING
AT SALISBURY.
Nine hundred members of the Churtn of England
met as the Asseinbly-rooma
Saßebury, on Tuesday
last, for the purpom of "taking into consideration the
present &tete of the 'hutch in this dicome." They
were aseembled from tariona parts of Wilts end Dome.
and consisted nearly all of men—agriculturists, gentry,
and clergy. General Buckley, of New Hall (chairman),
was supported on the pletlorm by the Hon. W. H. B.
Portman, 111. P., Lord E. Bruee lit., Ur. & Antrobue,
if Y., the Rev. Lord S. G. o.borne (who was hailed with
long and continued cheering), Mr. IL P. Long, 11. P.,
Mr. J. Revenhill, Mr. T. F. Grove, ti ft., Mr. J.
Du Bosley. Er. C. Penruddocks, Mr. J. C. Manuel,
bfr Gundry, Rev. E. W. Pears (Dorchester), Rev.
Talbot Gramm (Weymouth), Rev. li. kende (Dort
cheater), Yr. )(Arwood FL Yeatman, Rev. T. W. Knipe,
Yr. Grove, Captain flantiam Mr. G. D. W. Digby,
Rev. W. Templer (Burton Siadstock), Col. Selman.
Mr. J. 11. P. Montagu, Rev. Carr .7. Glyn
(Witchampton), Er. J. Stratton, Rey. IL if. Chatfield,
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Mr.O. Biown",'Ac. he.
In the body of the Hall were—Rev. H H. Methuen.
Rev. J. B. Skipper, Rec. Sub• Dean Byre, Rev.
Preantor Lear, Rev. W. C. Badger, Rev. H. C. Deshon,
Rev. J. D. Hating% Mr. T. Clark, (Trowbridge) Mr.
T. B. Sambas, Kr. R. A. Ferryman, Mr. W. Knapp
(Fairwood House), Mr. H. G. G. Ludlow, Mr. W.
liancouab, Rev. G. L Porter (Trowbridge), B. e . S.
Littlewood, Mr. Geo. Shorland ( Westbury), Mr. J. B.
Gwatkin (Semingeon). Mr. J. Y. Welinoth (Sherborne).
Mr. W. Redman (Coniston), Rev. P. B. Maddock
(Seaverton), Mr. J. A. William (Barton). Mr. Bayly
(Warminster), Mr. G. Slaw (Trowbridge). Mr.
Eliot (Weymouth), Rev. C. J. Bird. Re,. M. S. B.rry,
WM. 8. U. Lakin, J. Pinniger (Kennet), Mr. Neste
(Haden). Mr. Hillier, Rev. U. Patterson (Melksham).
Mr. Painted:, ce ci., Mr. Hillier (Devises) Colonel
Glossop, Rev. E. Headland, Mr. G. Corms (Mayor of
Dorchester), Mr. G. J. Andrews, the Rev. Reginald
Smith, the Rev. &Ludlow, Rev. Prebendary Chermaide,
RAW. R. Me Chatfield, Rev. W. RBA Rev. G. L
Haknoss, Rev. W. Churchill, Rev. Mr. Cave, Rev. J.
Hadfield, Ire, As.
No lees than 200 churchwarden!' had sent signed
papers Ito Mr, Dr. Botany, deputing him to express
their alarm at the doctrines expressed in the Bishop
of Sidiabury's charge. The following are from Dorset:
George Andrews, Yetminster ; T. W. Wells. Samuel
Bartlett, Handley; George Andrews, Blackwood ;
Fred. Wm. Todd, Tarrant Keynston ; J. H. Sounder',
Warmwell ; Win. Barerstook John Coventry, Cods
Mullen; Charles Kent, Henry Bat, Dowlish ; Stephen
Luna.% Wareham ; W. Wallis, Henry Henley, L7lOO
Regis; Samuel Cleat, John Oxenburry, South Perrot.
Hsnry Butler, Joesple Oxford, Farnham ; Samuel
Gifford, Henry C. Godwin. Durweston ; Samuel Symes,
Nether Corse ; George Rabbets, George Hare, Ashmore;
Samuel Stroud, West Stafford; William Taylor, Rufus
A. Barrow, Stelbridp; Robert Danford. Robert Seeley,
°borne ; Wen. Case. Edward Biddle, Bincombe ;
John Coleman, Thomas Watts, Melbury Osmond ;
James Lomlin, Joseph Thelborny, Piddlehinton ; James
Barrett. W. G. Pragnell, Castleman ; John Bugg,
Isaiah Maus, Stourton Caundle ; James Oliver, Han-
ford ; James Oliver, G. R Baveritock, Child Okeford ;
John Ken% Thomas Edwards, Alton Pacers; Edward
Chiloott, Theophilus Bartlett, Maiden Newton; Robert
Loa m , William Thomas Misr, Blandford Forum;
Andrew Tucker John Cohn. Chat-mouth; Thom."
Farr, James C. Chick, Cane ; George Stoneham Fakir,
' Hinton Parrs; Walter T. Cole, R. W. Reynolds,
Meloombe Regis: William Herrington, William Day,
Pentridge ; Charles Bawtell, John Gillard, Nether
Compton • G. S. Miller, Jno. Utfield Bradpole ; G.
A. Prevat, Henry Foot. Lytohet Minster; Robert
Rayne, C. E. Maher, Fordington ; Henry King. B. C.
Shade, Cane; Chas. T. Hall, Wm. Chileott, 01 sming•
ton; Samuel S. Bartlett, Elhaperick ; Felix Gatehouse,
Win. Homer Drake, Fulham; George Darden. John
Groves, Godmanstone ; Edmund 85:444d, John
Roberts., Bitten; Frederick Bugg, Harry Aylar, Purse
Csu'
ile • John Pitield, John Pope, Symondsbury ;
Thomas Patton, J. H. Mitchell, Witebampton • John
Remake, Wiiviford Eagle; John Trood. Frome Vataleurch;
Josh. Barnett, Charles Atkinson. Woodsford ; Robert
Rogers, II A. H. Castleman, Cattle; George Groves,
Benjamin &la. tinhorns St. Andrew; William Cato,
John Cate, Hammoon ; R. Luarbsm, Broadwey ;
Francis J. Gilloott. Burton Rootstock ; Joules Sleds,
John Cains, Chorminetsr ; William Snowdon, Barnard
Macy,Corsoombe Mama Etyma, Charles Portacy, Winter-
borne Abbas • Robert Holloway, Mark Vincent, Bar
Racket; John Talc Sutton, John Byname, Stapleton;
George Symonds, Winterborne Monoton ; Joseph
Saunders, Samuel Holloway, Frame St. Quinton ;
Joseph Gundry, Richard Garland, Walditch ; George
Keynes. Spetisbury ; Joseph S. Studley, John White,
Broad...Masa ; J. A. Taito, Charles Breant, Bore
Regis ; George Stay, Wm. Drake. Winterborne
Houton; James Templeman, Henry If. Cow, Bridport ;
Levi Groves, Melcombe Heresy; Joseph Wiltshire,
Robert Collins, Ilfehead Neville; John Osmond,
George E. Burt, St. Junes, Poole; Etht. Elliott, Wart
Parley; William Han% John Parham, Illarnholl •
James Cull, John C. Foot, Rockland Newton; Geo.
Santo, H. W. Hawkins, Winterborne rit. Martin.
The prof...dings were opened by Mr. Penruddooke,
saying they had assembled there for the purpose of
expreseing their opinions against certain doctrines and
practices, that had most unhappily been promulgated
and observed in this diocese, which they believed were
contrary to the teaching of Scripture in the Protestant
Church of Ragland, and therefore they considered it
to be their duty to reject them. He propoad that
General Bonkley take the chair.
Mr. G. D. W. Digby, of Sberborre Castle, seconded
the motion, and it was carried by andamation.
On taking the chair, General Buckley was loudly
cheered.
The Rev. Prebendary Chermaide, vicar of Lady
, Herbert's parish of Wilton, adranoed to the platform,
and said, May [crave of your indulgence leave before the
basiheas of the meeting is gone into to put a couple of
questions to yourself as chairman?
General Buckley I think the meeting is called for
the purpose of expressing certain opinions which are
arranged, and I don't think that any question can be
put till that beeriness is somplea--(hear, hear,
applause. and cries of "chair" and 'sit down?' amid
which Mr. Chermaide abided).
The Chairuinn then proposed that they commence
with prayer, and the Rev. Cam J. Glyn offered up a
prayer that they might be led to at in each • way as
to atrengthen each other's hands, and that God would
tarn the harem of these misguided men from the
pursuit of practices so dangerous to the troth, and so
contrary to the spirit of the English nation. To this
there was a loud and general "Amen."
Mr. Du Bosley read letters from the honorary presi-
dent of the Lay As a:nation, Lord Wsraninster,
expressing his concurrence with th. objects of the meet.
ing-chsers) ; from Lord Folkestone, who cordially
agreed with it. and wished it suecess —(cears) ; from
Lord IL Grosvenor, and J. J. Farquharson, Esq., who
would, if possible, hare gladly attended, and who
expressed his fall concorrenoe and his great regret at
not bang able to attend (loud cheers); from 111. r.
Ketcham, who offered to sign any memorial for promote
tog the objects of the meeting. Letters had also been
received from Mr. H. D. Seymour, Hr. A. Seymour,
Mr. Glyn, M.P.. and Mr. Feller Ridge.
The Rev. Mr. Chatfield read a letter from the Rev.
Mr. Handley, who said, ea one of the incumbents of
Salisbury, he should have really desired to give bis
personal sanction to the meeting, and to protest still
more strongly than ever against the sad and unscriptural
dateline lathe, set forth in their midst—(much

eheerine).
The Chairman brie fiy addressed the meeting, express-
ing his regret and sorrow that they had bad claims to
differ from those whom they respected and loved, and
for whom they had • high regard. Mestinp had been
held in other parts, Dedsm and Warminster, and it wu
thought that in this part of the country the people
shoold have an opportunity of expressing their opinion.
He bad no hesitation in saying that the expression of
public opinion was what they required—(cheers). The
public had been lukewarm on previous occasions; they
bad not some forward, Mat now the large assembly be
saw around him demonstrated that the doctrines pro.
pounded by persons in high authority did not meet
their concurrence. In sane tiding he read an extract
from the charge of the bishop of St. David's, who
referred to the continual importation of more and more
t"chharTetathriesticCanwrof Roctedish
deserved by some derv/awn, and publM honours were
edlrtsi:;inr'gtwhheniocitoeilsmttsishn; orfthegotnie amongst
of Corpus 'Christi was
paid to the Virgin Mary. Be (the Chairman) trusted
they would read this sharp to counteract another that
had lately been delivered —(cheers).
The Rev. Lord Sydney Godolphin then rosy and
was redeved with tremendous applause. He Woke as
follows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen —I have
a.tendsd bars to-day at the earnest wall of many
personal friends of mine, from whom I have received
niuoh kindness, end from many of whom I
have received under trial • great deal of sympathy ;
but I honestly tell the chairman, and I tell this
meeting, that I have attended here with • certain
amount of unwillingness. I cannot conceive any
meeting met more under more solemn or more trying
circumstances thee that which is now before me--
(" trim I true!") We bare opened the meeting with
prayer ; we have invoked the blessing of God and
pleaded the intereession of our Redeemer, and yet,
what gentleman is the WO—That we are met here
(I will not mince terms), in direct opposition to the
thief Alen of our cherish, in the town in which be
dwells—in which be is greatly loved and respected—
(hear, hear)—and I will admit that no one has more
true feelings of friendship with him than I myself,
and lam called to move the first resolution under
these most trying eircumstanee•—(cheers). I can,
therefore but ask of you to give me your indulgence.
I cannot: aspect, with the peculiar opinions I hold,
that I can make a speech that will entirely please all
parties. I never dld belong to • religious party, and
while I live, I trust, will Ido so. But there are
occasions when I think it nesessary to look boldly in
the face, not that which affects parties, but the true
simple, pure !engines faith which I and my forefather;
and all I bold dear to me have been taught, rested,
and bred up in—(loud cheers). It is clear that the
shame of Or. Hamilios, the Bishop of Salisbury, has
caused the greatest amount of anxiety to many who,
whether they differ from him in opinion, or even if
they agree with him, would still have prayed that at
this present moment—in the disturbed condition of
religious feeling in this country—that a charge es
Crneed in language and doctrines should not have
Lend by him. But I will give him this credit
—would to Heaven I could believe every bishop of the
church deserves Us* same credit—(lood cries of hear,
hasir)—he has, I believe, conscientiously spoken that
withal enhetreatmtlony and
dis meeewnateg,y ifbelaieugveght—rYbgoesord*is toI
come of it—if we are to purses that line d conduct
on which our prayer has been bated, do let our proceed.
lugs be distinguished by • spirit of widespreed Christian
charity. No man living can more utterly detest what
Ii called extreme ritualism than myself, but still I am
npiontag.u:yelyttti;otefen r,sgwitataahwuesbiaoantudidappsasdu;ithrePthathaleagangttilthndid:iirei,ttot
.thf ci:iyesiii;:dirm(r.:7;tyckristihr:l oobsutbtrthnhwe.o.lCii
Pride and power. In all classes of men there are those
D jai us oonfound the two, and let us give credit
1mq"1"4.14 we should take their sets as matter,
ofproolPiti. Ilavutaiallsaid so much to prove the
s tla which Ism so view this matter, let

meters moment say whet my opining epee this ' minister ; don't be in • burry if be reject peer semen ;
subject are There ma be ise tioubt that the two go again and again, keep moderate but does, set the
dthtasedmistanitheeis,
wwillsenbed
points to which all the interest in this question comes , opinionu of your brother parishioners, and let him see
and ...mod with I where his practices annoy, and let him me where they
are, the powers of the priesthood,
avertedte danger ;
b .til whicho.
those powers the various sots that they a.m. alone to Ido more—touch the very hearts of Ids people. lam
perform. I should be very score, sir, at • meeting like attar that if that practice is permed, • great deal .1
istheki°itnewarg lit
this, even had I the theological knowledge to do is,
years ego these matters were well eonsidered—(hear, 1 hostility to everyclergymen who should differ from him.
those
&bit
ifri:ler tigesTiliyons'thawehlticfuhluethaatfingledl3ouop eburchwardens beck to set in unmitigated and perpetual
have „boo grown. The ' Give up not one tittle of that simple faith in Christ that
bear)— were well gone into, and men's mind' were formed , I rhould regard it as most perilous and disastrous,
to the mould in which they
faith that I stand b re to efend (I care not whether I you may draw for yourselves from • perusal of the
it is opposed to those who lived in aped which we have I scriptures. Remember you saner he ministered to
but the remnants of whet they thought and did). lam eon. I without • minister, or preached to without • preacher:
tent to uphold and to rest my whole hope of Heaven never turn away from your church berme you are
generatime before us, who have showed the power of the spirit of Christian charity
; meet them as friends
on It; insomuch as it fee been ice opted as the faith of offended in some little matter; pass there by but only in
it in their lives, and Its strength in their deaths (much in life bet se foes in doctrine, and whilst you go to the
ebeering)—who, upboldieg the pure free Principles of throne, or to wherever you may, go for justice to the
aura to which you belong. that you may be defended
that blared Reformation, have accepted the services of
every honest clergymen gladly, but have never made from them inroads; go in a spirit of moderation,
their soots the slaves of his power, or given up their I cannot tell you of the extreme danger which I fear,
judgment to his dictation —(enthusiastic cheer"). With not only to the established oburch, but he all religion,
regard toll's claim put forth for the clergy to be • un'ess we are determined not to give op one single iota
priesthood, withthe slat powers asserted for them, lof the faith of our forefathers, sod remember in
can only say I can never bring my heed to believe it— defending the truth Christians should never lend theme
(cheers). If so vest a power is to be held by timing • selves to the use of weapons which they would be
kind of genealogical descent, I cannot, where the power ashamed to use in other warfare. I thank you from
is so vast, and the mese-inseam of its ale so my heart for the kind way in which you have listened
great, consent to receive it unless that genealogy is to me, I have not spoken in the spirted a theologian,
perfect from end to end, as far as such mold possibly be nay, it may be said not in the spirit of a Merryman,
traced. I utterly deny that ills so—(oheers). I, as • , but I came here to tell you what I think and believe,
clergyman, an' proud of the feet that the order to which I and I have done it honestly and truthfully. No one
I belong is • very ancient one; but if you ask will be more thankful, no one will more enjoy the
me to gay that I believe I can trace it beak to tranquil hour than molt when we can mender them
the very first apostles, I tell you candidly and thines without passion or projection', and bold the simple
honestly I caner b lieve, Ido not think it capable of faith embodied in our own formularies, propounded in
that proof which that which is claimed for it most our liturgy, and taught in our churches, and then theme
decidedly demand•—(cheses). I say further, that if I who are not with as may go elsewhere to seek their
defined—withont one unbroken link from the apostles— I gamed his seat amidst most enthusiastic cheers,)
had the genealogy of the Church of England so clearly , home and leave us alone in peace. (The Ear. Lod re-
f should still myself dispute that we are possessed of , Major (trove. iii.P., who was also warmly received,
three miraculous powers which the arimities powered— I said that for having expressed his opinions upon this
(cheers). I should look (I say it with all respect to my I subject elsewhere he had reseived • considerable amount
profession) for • very different kind of man— for a man of odium, but be considered the cause so good that.
so different that I cannot find him in any one profession whatever the odium or the abuse (for be had actually
in this money making age, ere. this age of Nam, been abused by more parties than me) be had new
gambling, harlotry, open contradiction to His Word, took the same pert as be had then taken, sue he hoped
and obedience to H —I would not believe they are to do so hereafter ; hi. conscience wee shear and he felt
to be found in any clergymen who meld keep • quiet Perfectly satisfied. Haring some to the isonclesion he
stand among this stream of guilt, and not be moved to had dons, end feeling with the Bishop that there was "a
denounce this wiekedness—(leud cheers). I will tell time to speak and • time to be silent," and believing
you bow far lain prepared to go. I read that portion that the "time to speak" had arrived, he considered
(and no one can reed it without kind feeling) of the that, holding the position be did in the (aunty, be
Bishop's charge in which he speak. of all laymen, If true should have been guilty of pusillanimity and cowardice
Christians, being, in connection with Christ, • priest- if he had not appeared there and stated what be felt
hood; that • son asking of • Christian father 'that that neon that momentous question. Them attacks upon
father should give him his blessing, he justified that the Protestant religion of the country were sit all
father in giving it, and claims that in the giving of it, new, for ever sines the Beformattra there bad been
if his heart is hound with the heeds that conart these constant aggressions mode by the great &mist,
him with Christ, that he gives it, yea, even as Christ mete. Let them suppose for one moment that this
would give it. Well, en I would feel the. the Christian antagonise to the Protestant religion was to succeed,
father from whom the Christian child asks the trimming did they suppose that the great middle clam would,
may well bestow that blessing upon him with the full for one mcment, allow such • thing— (loud cries of no,
remembrance in his mind that "the effectual fervent no)?—he believed there would be such a revolution
prayer of a righteous moo availeth much," I am and uprisina as this country had or withered for
morally certain that the prayer of such • father for hie rotaries ; therefore be thought it was their duty, as
child will be received by his Father in H . I will clergy and laymen, to unite together end do the utmost
tam the ore of such • child a long distanse off in some in their power to prevent any such disruption of the
foreign land, end that same Christie' father goes out to state. Though in a minority the Ritualists were
most that child end seeks to baptise it. There is no infinitely more native than they were. In his charge
power that lem aware of to forbid lay baptism under the Bishop had said that Bit...lien did not exiet to
such circurnstanoes. If in the service of the cline& any great ectent in his diocese; he did not believe the
In ordinary baptism we use the expression, "Sanctify outward practices did, but he attributed the reason
this water to the mystical washing away of sin," we why it did not spread, to the honesty and single
pray to God that the water may be a means of repro- mindedness of the churchwardens of the diocese—
meeting the washing away of that child's sin by faith , (ebeers)—and he was borne out in that by the fact that
that is yet to be given to him. Now I say if such • something like 200 had signed a protest against the
father, by excerising the office of the priest, if • laymen, charge. And with reference to the charge itself, he
under such circumstances, laptise that child, we know bud read it over bell • dome times, and he was bound
perfectly well he would be at liberty lode it, and where to confess that be had got considerably maimed at
is the man who can doubt that in heaven the act would portions of It; there was such • multiplicity of word",
be held as good for that child as though done by any notes, and observations, that it was difitrelt to get
priest on earth! Now I will cany you one step at the actual miming of it, and it certainly had not
farther, and in all humility will offer an 'tegument the merit of abbreviation; now it appeared to him
which has often Come home to me. You may not that the particular object of it was the assumption
agree with me, but it is one in which any own cowrie- of divine power by the bishop for the clergy, whir was
time are most assured. I will follow that father and granted to them by the band of the bishop at the
child on some distant voyage (the tale is mace • false ordination ; but he believed it to he perfectly
o
one): the vessel contains no minister, the vessel is on to common sense, third from the tar of any indrrad l
fire or a leak has sprang; they are told their hours are brought up smog themselves, though perhaps of
numbered. In that whin the layman, the Christian I impeder 'Militia, raised by patronage, or family conned'
father, gathers all around him and tells them the truth lions, to the office of bishop, by virtue of that office,
—that they are about to die, and asks them to kneel in and by performing certain ceremonies and by
prayer, and in all the earnestness of Christian spirit, I imposing of hands upon she head of • eandidate for
offers a prayer through Him by whom all prayers are criers, that that candidate from that time forth was
surely beard. He comforts and consoles them—yet, is endowed with the Holy Spirit. Having also spoken
there nothing wanting not wanting, but yet of confession to the Priest, the speaker writ on to my
nothing that they may convey more comfort, be did not believe there was any person in this diocese
more consolation! There is toe brad and wine who Lad greater respect forth, bishop than be had,
at hand. Shall that layman, that Christian father, he believed him to be Sneers and honest, but that was
whose blessing could be bestowed on his child, the very fact that made him the more dangerous—
and whoae hand could baptise, shall be now hold his (hear, beer). Mr. Grove having referred to the fact
hand and refrain from saying. "We have cried for help that the Bishop had quoted in support of his arguments
to the same Redeemer? here is the bread and wins; he not only Protestant but 'Loutish writers, alluded to the
asked us with such to commemorate h s death. Now services at St. Altanes, Holborn whose minister, Dr.
let as quicken °in dying faith by doing the act in Meelionichis, be said he had beard upheld in his own
remembrance of him." Will any man say that that perish church ma man who had done • groat deal of good,
father is not justified, though no priest, in offering and concluded by seconding the motion. This was put
that commemoration for their comfort, in that hour, and and carried nem Cm.
that he has done • good and blessed work! The Mr. Long, xT. for Devise", then moved the following
proves, I think, • little too much for the all-powerful resolution :—" That in the opinion of tbie meeting
spostolio priest; when we can do this mach --what ritualism is paralysing the spirit of the thumb, and the
Is to prevent the making each Christian man, as I mutual confidence which ought to exist between the
tree'e be is, in one sense, • priest before God, different members of our church." He saki he thought
offering sacrifirs, prayers, and thaakegivings for the time had come when they must accept the ebellsoge
all that be has appointed us? But now having shown thrown out to them, and examine the nature of the
you what I fear many of my brother clergymen may system which was more and more growing and increasing
think sad laxity in my opinion—(cries of no, no, rapidly upon every side of them ; they mast settle each
from several clergymeo). Ah I you know not as I have man for himself, and woman for herself between the
hail reason to do the real, the true, the conscientious authoritative doctrinal system d the Church of England,
opinions of so many—l are perfectly coneincied that and these doctrines which were now given out by
.hat I have said must grate on many • heart ; but I ecclesiastical authorities. He asked whet was the eon'
oak them Lobelias that I have said it in earnestness and ditim of the aura in this diocese., and then rated that
truth. I now turn to that power of Absolution: it is at Cable and Bournemouth many person had left the
of all subjects the one that I think mist difficult to die. i parish church and had provided themselves with other
cuss at • publie meeting. There I. something in this i means of worship; in those aerobes the Bible was not
Interference, whether of priest or laymen, under any I read in • manner in which it could be understood, and
authority whatever, with the private feelings of our the services were performed in • way which was called
homes and hearths —(loud cheers)—tha is almost re. I monotone, but becalmed itdroned—(hear, bear)—it was •
pane., and nothing is easier than to win • cheer from ' poor paltry imitation of the say in which the services
• public meeting by 'eking "will you have any one to of the Church of Rome were performed— (cheers). He
have dominion over wife or child r Let us look this ' wadi coot an expression be bad recently seen in •
matter in the face—lt verges all to one point—to give i leader of the Times, "We dislike ritualism because it
the Sacrament that vast power by means of • curious (I is the shadow of • great national ciehunity ;" but it was
hardly like to ray learned) interpretation of the words not • mere shadow; they did not fight against the
in whion it is conveyed—to give it • power derived I shadow, they fought against the subetance—it was the
directly from the priest himself. So with Absolution forerunner, it was the reality iteen—Blesaime embued,
and Confession. We are prepared, I tent every soul in incarnated in the Church of England —(vociferons
this room, to admit that there is no duty more binding cheering)—and when he said Ritualise% he meant that
on Christian men than Confession—nothing that God assumption of priestly power which the Bishop of
bake more of man than that man should pour out the I Salisbury, in his recent charge claimed for himself and
real truths of his heart to Him. But I confer, having I his clergy, of changing the substance of the breed and
bad to wade for months past through pamphlets, tracts, I wine, so that in the words of the Bishop it beesme an
charges, collections from the learned writing, on this one objective presences—a predawn without, and not in any
point, I never yet could see in any one of them anything way dependent on, the faith of the receiver and to remit
tnat could justify any man with common Drum in allow. and retain sins; If they granted them that, they
ing the conacienoe of child or wife to come under the then followed of necessity the duty of eonfeesion. as
dominion of • priest, simply became confession to • the Bishop had plainly laid down, and then when they
priest would be productive of that which confession to had the sonfessional erected in their churches, and
no one else could produce—Goad cheer.). I did island when confession was a duty in order to obtain priestly
to have brought with me (I hays it in the town) certain absolution, then, he would mak, whir was them wet of
passages from • letter written by Mr. 'Luken, of the the principle of the Church of ilagland—(theen). There
diocese of Exeter. They were written in severe reproof were cardinal distieettrne between the English and
of Dr. Poesy, and set forth in strong leaguer the Romish Meath which it behoved tbein, new more than
practices white he and others followed—that he had ever, to grasp more firmly than ever—(ebeers)--and be
received letters, under different signatures, by post, he Act he may, whether bishop, priest, or layman, who
making appointments unknown to parents, all those endeavoured to confuse or disturb their minds of honest
artifices which they who push this doctrine of confession moviotions, es members of the aura, and to drew them
are in the habit of using. lam heartily glad I did not over, by whatever inflames he might be possessed of,
bring them. I would rather mesa to your common rank, learning, or personal infleenee, from allegiance to
sense, and would ask you, many of you aged men—men the doctrines*, the Chnosh of England, and to transform
of all ranks and degrees in life—e id you ever meet men, them into • kind of chrysalis state, abaft in the end
laymen or clergyman, whom you could really and truly would develop itself into the Church of Rome, against
believe walked this teeming earth, invested with the such • Man he trusted they would resist to the utmost
power to clear off from Heaven's records the more of of their power—(comile cheering). He with
any cos poor sinful soul!—(loud Meer.). I ask of you previous speakers se to the valuable qualities of
if in an me in which the Bible is broad sown through' the bishop, but he Raked them not be sontesad by the
out the laud • when none can plead ignorance of that eminent position which be reared, or the rarest due
which iscontrinee in it, whether we can by any ingenuity to his office but to remain Ira to the doctrines a
so cermet, not this or that text, but the whole common the church' and the People—(hear hear)—end if be
sense of our Lord's own teaching, Into anything with compelled them to choose between the Bishop and the
regard to confession but a simple exhortation, binding Prayer Book, in God's name let them keep the Prayer
—sorrow over disbearteseed, by my combinatioss, nor to be brow
on me and you and every one, to loofas Book—(nhems). Let him entreat of them never to be
our sins to Almighty God—(obeers)
their, and ask fchoe.f7tiveNtessw,
itth.roughay
be
said,
„thee! in t b:Litetbn. by anay.ifntflho.lenoes;.be. tatothh4old, their own, for :et
follow that all this ritualism is the carrying out of all all of their children. Let them remember Lord
that against which we are here to protest. Why, I Gsborne's meellent advice. Let their protest be done
hope you have • better opinion of the clergy (I have of trimly and courtemaly ; but let these lake ears. as fag
the laity) than to believe that we put any real im• uin them lay, that the doctrines which luid been
portant.e in the question whether • man's coat is black handed down to them by their forefathers. and which
or grey, his neck-cloth black or white, his vestments were won at the mores of their noel, were transmitted
violet, peen, or of academical colour. 1 do not by them pure, unstained, encentileted to those who wore
think you would have got this meeting together to income liter them—(cheers) let them not, bemuse warm
protest against any one robe so long as it was decorous, words might arise. and angel words might be spoken to
and it was only the robe—(cheers). But it is impossible or against them—and many each bad been spokeo—be
to close our eyes to the fact that where this extreme ruffled in their tempers, and above all, be not turned
ritualism prevails ills considered the necessary and just from their purpose ;let but the middle Mass bold their
and proper companion of ceremonies containing within own, and they used not be troubled at the result, he did
them those doctrines which were at the Reformation not say that they might not regret the abeame of many
declared to be erroneoes—(loud cheers). It is nothing whom they would have wished to have seen at their
more nor less than what it has been described to be— head ; but, before these doctrines should perish, the very
histrionic theatricals, for placing upon the Choreh's otones would cry out and help them ; let them protest,
stage certain proposer and performers that are aseirel. gently, and kindly ;fitat to their clergy, and if be would
lard to that church which the faith of our forefathers, not listen, then to the bishop, if be would not help
as well as our own, declared to be false—(sheers). Do them, then to the archbishop, and if be could not, then,
not let us confine ourselves to that poor narrow question however unwillingly, they must appeal to Parliament,
cheering).o webthelflhagavethnaot ydo.obtmathyukmwiaw.ytha
ebrovesstbit --(olelorgyude swihothuldabrimmbrig abtovit's trial and reassetneplextePeDgesttliviatewnhticolh
of vestments. But whilst I say this let me entreat you end that most imperial Parliament should furnish them
man Is now deeply grieved at the extreme length to this oontroversy—(loud timers),
which he bus been led, and could be retrace his steps The Rev. Talbot Grease, of Weymouth, remarked
backwards would gladly do so. Finding no return into thet the goodly and venerate city of Salisbury where
the Protestant lines, be fears to enter within the Catholic they had met had played • brave part in the annals of
lines—bus in hest, perplexed in soul, with eon- our counter. The barons premed it savagely mates
Detentions desires, from my heart and scull pit— I in their wars, and "the Roses" made peat red blemom•
would not persecute- such a man ; but still I would say in it. burning buildings at night, but, he was bold to
to him, as I would say to my hired the Bishop, that the city had never witnessed • greaterstrellto HIM
"You are honest in what you say, and I thank you from that throughwhich theemetryhadnowbegue trims. In
my beset, that, feeling as You do we have not in you • the moot tronbloas years of English hiMerl—in John's,
persecutor, because we will not follow the line to which and Stephen's, and -bloody Marys, and stern Croinwell's
you mint ; I object to it from my heart, as si son of tbe days. yonder ettitrdral re had 'Pte.:4 P•intipg int° lb.
Protodant Reformed Church wbich our Sovereign has still blue boom of the elry like mortified humus prayer,
sworn to support by her coronation oath—(volleys of and carrying • roes nearer to heaven trb.arn,:a rise;
ri
cheenc)—and by the stronger language of that Dealer- spire of this proud blood, but he was to say
Son which she had signed. I will not give up one atom that under the shadow of that Cabled spire name
of that which I learnt from my mother's lips, who I had forth sad cohere " that which =
goneso •
know died le the tenth. I vein not be tali Dow lam lis met in sad and solemn membly to raider, to
error, and because a certain party in the ebilnith has and to protest againet—lbear. hoar). Ho Said is sal
gained authority and power, and is now causing all these assembly, because • mon painful position than that in
disturbances, that lam a persecutor, • creel and hard. which the °krill B_,__l4°l. r. ta......,t °"rnakia_,,,,_.°llt hardliaLb:
hearted opponent of the opinions ut- others. bemuse I aomedved- To "."" '. .............PV."...... ... a -----'
speak as strongly eel do now—(Protracted Mewing). I from whom many of them had received much pommel
have spoken, perhaps, more than I ought. but I ham kindness, amid towards
,_ „,whom they mtertrined great
been fooled here, and I determined none should be personal relied. was illa•sa • I•Yinifimwl painful "al.
ignorant of what I feel ; H abitat of you, as far as in Hon ' • and be wished that loyalty to trial truth which be
You Halite con luctthis meeting to Ha aloes in • firm and trusted be loved bitter than the life itself, devotion to
determined spirit, and to uphold in all the plain mean- that Saviour whom ha ised to mem, and whose
log that Englishmen put upon the plain word gospel he booed to preach NI long 88 life shim" l•••—••
"Protestant." In doing so revile not those who differ wished that loyalty to the interests of Mae laity could
from you, nay pray for them ; but at the same time, have permitred that ite should have been absent from
china for yourselves, as members of this established that mooting. But he felt that this was not • con.
church, the chief oharaoteristio of whisk is to summit trowers7 for the people only—it was • controversy for
these Protestant doctrines, your right to say that, grant- the pastors also. The church he opined wee Doe the
log great liberty of conscience, greet elaseelty of forme- laity or the clergy but the united clergy and laity of
Italy, there is rill • line at which that indulgence must this Protestant leingdoes—(applause).and be lonebed
iZes.
cease; and that even, if you are in error one way, and that the c'ergy and laity might be found standing
they are in error in another tell them boldly that at all shoulder to streakier in this great for the faith
events yours is • hiring towards that which onoe for all delivered both. eante—(i. ie lose,.
was proclaimed dearth e atthe Reformation and siderum the ratter which bad I them logelher
not e laPellig towards that which was mat away—fiord he thought It was one comfort at lease that they were
thews). In your own pariah you may do mush; I not galled upon to express any opinion's to the motives
would have every churchwarden iind layman of every et tin, Bishop ot this encase in his labs asege—it mu
Parish. who feels the Protestant truth in in &eget by not, he thought, for them to examine that day into the
any of them hostileencreachmente upon the truth, logo imemio. or it., that, though for his owe pert he
""17, in Pad hu••••i senolli7, gad nPub to yogi matemeol he thought that be traced in A.** bandy.

work of more minds than osse-(bear. hear). It might
be that the charge, like our new Reform Bill, was of
doubtful parentage-thesr, bear, and lasenter). The
Bishop of Salisbury was the reputed father, but perhaps
It was rather • stolen child after all, and he thought be
could undertake to show them, did time permit and
were that the tight plan, from whence • very coati-
derahle number of the statement. of that charge were
called ; and if it were a seden child, why they might
indulge the hope that the putative father did nut
thoroughly understand its meaning-(efieers). But,
whatever may be the intention of the Bishep in the
charge, he felt betted to wirer his eonvietion that the
innitelde tendency of the charge was to indoctrinate, asd
&Melina and prepare the clergy of the dioceee, so far
as they received, to go forth and delude and deceive the
people of their respective pariah,' into the pitiful
mummeries, titivellieg superstition., and the grommet
idolatry of the church of Rome-icheersh That charge
had taken tbetu entirely by surplus, just as every
treat development of Roman Cttholie doctrine
in this country did take them by surprise, brew
they had just been going to sleep under the
&Inane that Romanis= was really dead amount tie
- they thought that in the religious world it was like
the old rotten botough of Sarum, living on upon lie
privilege when it bed no reel existence at all-whets
there was not • house left on the sin of the old city,
and the may constituency to be represented wu the
sheep and cattle on the bill tops-(hear, hear, and
laughter). Bat there was one thing to approve about
this charge-it would do inealculahle good in awakening
the Protestant feeling of the ooantry-(applanse). It
would drew forth, he believed, a national protest-he
said • national pretest, because he believed they were
but sounding in the west that day the key-note which
would, he believed, be taken up from the north to the
south, when Parliament 1•01 dissolved and • general
electioa took plate, and be only hoped when such
general election name they would take care in that
diageiet that Mr. Long went to Parliament sigein-(hear,
heart That not. which would be sounded by these.
fourth. of the Protestant electors of the country at that
time Lod been Bounded to-day-not the Reform but
the Peformation-(applause). The wholesome inflames
of the Protestant electors mon be brought to bear- it
must be brought to tell not only on far an possible in the
selection of men of sound Protestant principles
to represent no in Parliament, but also in
-coercing and controling that they might act accord-
ingly when in the House of common.. Let the
electors of Great Britain remember -some 200 or
300 of whom, he supposed, were before him-that
the maintenance of the Protestant faith fa this country
was very largely in their bands. It was in vale they
spoke, they showed, they petitioned, they agitated,
unless the Protestant electors told upon every election
throughout the country. That was whet they wanted,
and let them do their duty boldly when the time of
trial Pone-(applaue). Let them take oar* that their
representatives had • clear Protestant voles, and the
same for the House of Commons as they bad for the
beatings and the polling booth-(applause). There was
another point very important to be borne in mind.
They had not some together in • state of mental doubt
and uncertainty. They were men, be trust-d, who were
well aware of what was to be said on either ride of the
question, and were persuaded in their owe minds. The
doctrines which they were maintaining were those for
which their forefathers laid down their livee. ma
Fraction end the doctrines which they were rejecting
to-day were the very same which were repudiated by
this country 300 man ago, and they would not have
them beci-(cheers). They would not have them beck
again on any authority, on any new or old hemp/eta-
lion of Scripture, on any medieval rage, or on any
alleged weakness or loop hole that might be found in
the formilarin or rabrice--(theers). The positions
they lob, be thought, was very simple. It gram • position
which he thought would not be offensive to an y honer man.
Ile only wished the Bishop were present that he might
be convene:l as an honest man, as he believed he would
be, that the position they took was an intelligible and
just one, n.mely, That if this statements contained in
his lordship's charge were the true doctrineu of the Church
of England, then he had no doubt but that every
person in that room, end the large majority of the
English people, had noright to remain in that Church-
(applause). Became, the fact was, they would not
and assent to these doctrines, and if they were
compelled to accept them in order to remain in the
Church of ffeeiand, then they would go out of it- (loud
cheers). Bet, if on the other hand, those were not the
true doctrines of the Church of England-if they were
-is feet, Roguish doctrine., then those who made snob
sitteements sod thus troubled their minds, created the
dlivisicto of which the resolution spoke, and alienated
the feelings of the people from the clergy-they ought
to retire- (loud cheers and cries of • 'brino,")--every man
had a right to maintain his own opinions, but be had
no right to maintain such opinions as those to which he
referred and continue in the Church of England-
Ise; lame). They knew that • house dieided against
Itself way • prey to fosolation. and a Church-he did
not care how eleetie its communion-could not per.
inuently nide within its communion, he was bold to
say, men holding such opinions -nay, con•ictione-con-
•ictions which were ss opposed to Protetantism as light
Is to darkens. He was not going to deliver •
theological speech bemuse that was not the plaoe for it,
hat let them examine one doctrine as laid down by the
Ile said " our Church witnesses that through
conseerstion thebody and blood of Christ berme really
present, and by this I mean present without no ;" mark
that, and not only in the heart of the faithful receiver.
Now they beheld, he believed, that the Lord's table
was not an altar, that the bread and wine were not •
sacrifii e, and that the mieister who communicated it
was not a sacrificing priest -(applause). They held that
Christ was not present either bodily or spintuelly, or in
sly prosible sense whatsoever in the bread and wine,
either before or titer consecration-(loud applause).
But that he was present truly and spiritually, and in •
ly faahion, in the hearts of those who worthily
receive Owe elements-(theere). The 29th article
distinctly told them that in the Lord's sapper the wicked
did not erosive Christ, which was the old doctrine of
the reformer.. He then read several extracts from the
works of Cranmer and Hooper to show that they
held the real Tonne. of Chriat'e body and blood
was not to be Nought for in the Sacrament
but in the worthy receiver of the game. This
they maintained, and consequently, that the
homage or revenuer paid to the bread sod wine
whiten oonsecrated as worship offered to Christ, who
was alleged to be present in their elements, was nothing
but • subtle idolstry-(applause). Idolatry perilous to
the souls of men, and most dishowsuring to our glorious
Lord, who Is not here but is risen-(applause). He
knew that the Bebop of Salisbury and the ritualise
who recently pat forth that remarkable declaration of
faith loudly disavowed trentohstantiation in its moren
seese-they repudiated the worship of the elements,
but still he must hold that within the folds of that very
subtle storm nt were wrapped the weenie of the
Romish donrine, and that the words would sonny to
the mind, of ordinary men the idea of • perusal ne-
wer end of seerameutal homage in the Lord's Soppier,
and he believed horn his soul, that if our Reformers
were ow here they would smut all them fite. wirm
drawn distinctions and definitions in the game way they
did the old Rome), mass, saying they were "bleepliermous
fables and dengerou dreita." Now the question was,
what could they to do to get rid of this? Would any
change in the formularies or articles of the church efface
this object? U there were some orasional old excep-
ting exprerimis which might appear to sanction doubt,
tine general spirit was that settled at the Reformation,
and if men mold rods • subtle form of transubstantia-
tion in the feu of the articles-if they maid speak of
Christ offering • continual rarities, and the priest on
earth doing the same, notwitherseling the clause in the
Communion Service, that "Christ by his one oblation
of himself once offered bath made a fall, perfect, end
sufficient surillos, oblation, and satisfaction for the gins
of the whole world," why, then, the most clever lawyer.
on the fees of the earth could not frame a sentence to
shut such men out. Therefore, he thought they were
driven to this-they most seek to rouse up the Pro-
testant feeling of this emery, and having done that
they wou'd get all neeeseery legislation. That was the
enures pursued at the Reformation. In the meantime,
don't let any of these things shake their &enigma to the
Protestant Church of England -(mpel...). Don't let
them join the ranks of the Nonconformists, and above
alh dOOl MUM the hearts of the Ronianists and the
Romareare to rejoice by joining in that wicked crusades
to rend asunder Church and State ander the supremacy
of our godly and Protestant Queen' -hipping.). Re-
member that the written Church of England had not
changed; thank God for that. He did not budge
one inch out of the Church of England till the written
Church of Reiland changed. Neither the artiotes, nor
the formolaries, nor the liturgy, nor the orders were
changed, and when he wanted to know the teaching of
the Marsh he would not ask Dr. Pussy, or Dr. Hamil-
ton, or any other doctor or bishop, but hi would read it
In his old Prayer Wax himself -(applause). They did
mot went the Church Papietitised. They did not want
their good old pariah churches decked out with all the
trickery of Rome, no that they were unable to worship
there They did not want such n date of things to
emu about that they could not go into yowler
Getheiral without Moline it streaming with men in
dregs and manners the very ghosts of the old monastic
system. They did not want the eonfideoce meting
between the deity and laity destroyed, and anarchy and
revolution in the land, and therefore, they would not
ban these Itmnish teaching amongst us-(appl.use).
The spirit which enabled their martyred forefathers in
patient meekness and victorious faith to embrace the
burning faggot for the truth's sake still lived ant burned
In the hearts of those their children, who were not to
latterly degenerate as briee
up the determination which
they have left them. They lived under a constitutional
Government, when the yoke of majorities is ever wont
to be listened to, and they (the Protestant.) were the
gosjority, for the great body of the Fattish people were
with them. Humbly they would petition Parliament to
devise means for the dogi security of our Protestant
faith, end to enforce upon all who minister in our church,
whsther bishops or ',sabre, fidelity to our faith, and
obedience to our dissipliee • and if, ales, the voles of
wee petition •I 1101 Ist;ard, they would on to the
foot of the throne, and with no feeble voice, but with a
voice as of mien 11•11•1111 and of mighty thanderinp,
they would go with the VOW 01 Many peoples-united
Christian Protestant and tell our Protestant
Queen that Proteraur bore? Protestants we
were bled, Protestants WO were, and Protestants we
meant to dl.-(loud eheen).
Lord Ballirat B+,loo, u r., in euPPeeting the re. 311"
lion, rid the rev. gentleman who had just spoken
had said, 'Aiding to meniben of parliament, that their
ender would be watehed be was veer Sled W b."
•O• although It we"' add to the &Mettler many,
at this moment, toned themselves in-Pettghter)-under
the eery trying eireumstanees in whieh they would
have to mord to the congtituares. Going on to refer
to questions of ritualista he said he did not think that
eternal •0111•0•13 t met* 00 Important • matter as the
▪ teringe pratehed, he disliked innovations in the Aura,
end be thought the changing of nemesia to be a
piece of eoek's-eombeing, that meld be very well done
without; but that he did not consider tbe Impart.
ant paint, it was what we preached; it would of mune,
be presumptuous of him to dictate to them whet a
good sermon ought to be, but this be thought it to
amidst of, faith in the Lord Saviour, charity towards
your neighbour, respect to your suiserion, and kind-
ness and affection for them below you-(sheen). If
the Church of England was not • hosed, Sipa?*
Prow/tut shank, pray, what ought to he? Upon
what ground was it estedsliebed' but the User Protest-
ant glorious prineiples of the Reformation, and if the
Chunk of England, which they wished to support to
their "week was not • Protestant Church. this It WY
p shawls) robbgey-(hear, hear). The greet rfrojority

of the members of Parliament, they might be assured,
would never forget what this country owed to the
Protestant relives, where would they have bee, but
for it. Instead of one of the first nations in the world,
they would have been • third or fourth rate ustion,under
the rule of the Pope. He deeply regrettel the inroads
made by the system upon their aristocracy, no one bad
• greater right to deplore it, It bad wino nearer him
than be eould further allude to: it bad exercised • great
influenee upon their householdera, hot of one thing be
felt *sacred, the middle and lower classes would never
submit to lc _

Al this point Mr. J. A. Williems, of Itagdon, s
shiarelivnarden, rose to address the meeting, bat as he did
Dot moans himself to the sobjeet matte r of the meeting,
bareas met with ones of order, and sat down.

Mr. J. Du Boulay then proposed th;4 iii-s-raeeting do
eousur with those various churchwardens who in many
parts of the diocese have expressed thpir alarm at the
statements contained in the bishop of Salisbury's charge.
He announced that 140 who bad been unable to attend
the present meeting had entrusted him with p•pers
expressing their entire ooncurrenos in the objects for
whlch it was called end that other snookers held in their
poeseemon many more, and he then proceeded to enter
into a defence of the omitted of their churchwarden'.
it had, he said, been stated that the alarm expressed
by these churchwardens was only the alarm of foolieh
and ignorant men, but he was prepared to deny this,
and he trusted the result of this meeting would be to
vilify the predictions and refute the calumnies of the
opponents who, having first endeavoured to prevent
the formation of this society, and then to stop this
public meeting, were now eagerly wetohing and trying
to turn every expressiou or mistake they may make
against them ; they had asserted among other things
that their meeting in this place was intended as •
personal affront to the bishop, but this be would deny ;
it was simply chasm as the meet coneietent place where
mould come from North Wilts and Dorset. irr as
s willing to concede to the biaop all those good
qualities which were allowed to him, bet those were the
very eircunistancee that increased the alarm and peril,
via, that doctrines which previous to this bad been
held, as they should be, daegerous and false, should be
advocated by • prelate of the Protestant Church,
pommeling amiability of character, and sineerity
purpose. It was said that meetings of this kind lad to
irreverence on sacred rob** declamation, and that
they could not come to speoilha point., bat when they
did, it was said oh, but churchwardens are not fit judges
of these matter.; if they referred to the explanations
of these matters as given by the ritualists, he would
admit they were not, and be would say that—that it
scam never intended they should be, they were only
meant to bewilder people's mind.; but if he was asked
were churchwardens judges of the question of the
Lords' supper as given in scriptare, and in the articles
and formularies of the church, his answer would be
that they were. 300 years ago in this 4*(7 there lived a
mighty champion of the church, who defended those
very doctrines which they wets defending, that
champion was Bishop Jewel—(load elteers)—bishop of
Saliebury, and his opponent was Harding, • high priest
of Rome. As in the days of Jewel. the words pawed
down the ranks of the rithalista. " Keep quiet for •
little time until this breese is blown over; so it was
now, bat if he could read the English sky aright, he
would tell them that this Protestant boos, will
not go down, but will increase, and will blow harder and
harder, until this tree of ritualism, imported from
Italy, whose fibres have stuck so deeply into the
Church, has been torn out, never to take root in English
soil again—tlond cheering).
The Rev. E. W. Pears, of Doroliester, who was
greeted with applause, said he thanked them for giving
the clergy an opportunity of erpremaing their sympathy
with them in this matter, and went on to remark that
it might appear strange at first sight that a clergyman
should COMO there and stand in oppotition to that
digoitery of the church to whom he had promised
canonical obedience, but be knew of no moon—and las
knew them all —which obliged him to listen in ajleaaa to
doctrines which he knew to be in direst opposition to
the teaching of the church of which he was a minister,
and which were totally subversive of all religious and
civil iibapty_(applausa). By whomsoever that charge
was compiled they bad nothing to do, and however hind
and honest the bishop might be in private life he could
prove that it contained a most groin insult to every one
of the clergy—inch no ineult that if he and his brethren
of the °Orgy present sat down contented under it, they
would deserve to lode the sympathy and the morel of
every honest F.nglishroen—(applause). His lordship
spoke of honesty as being deer to every Englishman,
and so on, and they ought to get honesty in those who
were leaders in matters of paramount importance. Well,
in that charge the clergy were told that unless they
agreed with a certnin interpretation of a passage lithe
Prayer Book—which his lordship rolled it. htstorlcsl
interpretation. but which it requiied immense "presence
of mind" to affix to it—they bad been guilty of a sense.
lees unreality every time they had taken r art in or
exercised one of the most solemn ports of their minis-
terial duty. Did they believe that?—tapplawa, and
cries of "no, no.") 'Therefore he felt perfectly justified
in being present, and he vu glad that many brother
clergymen had come from dear old Dorset. But they
had exposed themselves to • great deal of false amuse-
Hone for this. They had been called &asthma because
they were loyal to the Queen as being over all "cause.
eeedesiastical as well as civil, supremo." and in the
charge they were tolled Zaingliana because they
loved the Reformation and had respect for their
martyred forefathers. They were told that cokes
they agreed with the Bishop's interpretation
of the passage to which be referred that the
Communion Service lost all its real power, force, sad
sense. But he did not believe It. There were amongst
them persons who had learnt the English language as
well as his lordship, and though they were unaW to
" transmit* shadows into suboanoe" they could road
God's word for themselves, and judge whether that in-
terpretation wee false or true aooording to the help given
them. And be vas thankful they bad given the clergy
sn op unity of being present. They might be called
Eraslov Zola/liana, but at any rate it should not be
said they were cowards—(eppOuo). Without going
very deep into the charge, be should be able to
show them that the doctrines there set forth
were not held by our Church, and he would show
it by the circumstance that whitener thaw doctrines
were endeavoured to be inpported from our Cbureh the
quotation was always garbled—(bear, hear). With re-
gard to the pai iestly power of which his lordship spoke,
first the judieiel sat, then public discipline, and next
private discipline, which opened up the whole iniquity
of the beastly confesaional ; one of the first propositions
was that God had delegated powers to his ministers to
administer pardon to sinners, or to 'apnoea the same
In the well-known words, "Almighty God, the Father
of our Lord Jesus Chriet, bath given rower and cam.
mandnent to declare and pronounce to his people, being
penitent, the absolution and remission of their sins."
How did the minister declare and pronounce it? "H.
oerdoneth and aloolveth all them that truly repent,"
kr. He could t.. 11 it, but he did not sdminister geodes
at nth Thereto., it was perverting the words of the
Prayer Book to quote them as baring any reference
whatever to the mattes'; and he could not help think-
ing that his lordship had learning enough not to give a
bad quotation if • better were to be found. Directly
alter came the words, "Wherefore lot us beseech him.
as minister and people" Where was the priestly
power and superiority there? They placed themselves
by the side of the people, as with them they needed
repentance and pardon. Than again, his lordship says,
"If," with the Hn,niltes, "we describe shoulution as •
Sacrament." but if they turned to the homilies they
would find it indeed "absolution IMPI • asarament" Yea
his I..rdship made that reference in support of his pro-
position. However, the Bishop was too tired to quote to
the end of the chinas, which would have shown the
absurdity of his propoeition—(lsaghter and cheers).
Then the Bishop spoke of the Jews ea a kingdom of
priests, bat be had no warrant of Scripture for it. In
19th Exodus they read the Jews were to be • kingdom
, of priests if they kept the eorreant, but they didn't
' keep it, and so an order of priesthood was appointed
for them. They could not keep the coveoant, so be
believed Christ come to keep it for them. Therefore, the
priesthood belonged to every member of Christ's Church,
and he believed the people of England would have no
other. In another plase. his lordship spoke of their being
"fellow-workers with God.* But there was only one
yokes of in the Bible as the Lord's fellow—Christ him-
self. They were referred to us as workers "together
with God which was a very different thing. Those
were the quotations he brought forward In support of
the fearful power. of the priesthood, and if he had no
better argument to maintain them, that was no argu-
ment at aIL No duels quotation was fairly given, but
all were garbled in the peculiar manner which he
' believed throe doctrine* always ruperindueed. He
than spoke at some length of the impertinent intrusion
of the human system of priestly confession, and eon.
eluded with • fervent warning against the beginnings
of ritualism, and bid them not despise the danger,
bosom of the insignificanoe of the agents. for God, who
punished the Egyptians with frogs, and lice, and flies;
could, as they well deserved, bring them to shame by
the listakonochies, the Desisons, and the Bennetts of the
present day—pood applause).
The Hon. W. H. 13. Portmito, supported the
resolution. He attended the meeting not to yak, any
prominent part in the proceeding., but simply treat •
desire to show his sympathy and his entire concurrence
In the objects of it--(bear, beer) He begged most
distinctly to disclaim being there to make any political
capital in referenee to it. He was mach encouraged in
his determination to come there by the expressions
which had fallen from cburohtwarditas of the diocese,
who have taken so active • part in this matter and who
said they hoped the meeting would he well ationded by
representatives of the landowners of the district, and,
at soy rate, that they were in earnest, and if they were
not supported by those to whom they bad a right to
look to go with them, they were determined to go
forward by theenselves—(applause). He thought, there-
fore, that all who agreed with them on that eubject
were bound in duty to attend, to prove their con.
eurrenee and sympitthy—(eheers).—and that was his
nosition—(appleuse). He referred to Bournemouth,
whale, in consequence of ritualistic practices at the
church, another church had been built and endowed,
whore the people could worship sosordins to the forms
to which they were oesistomod. There were plums, of
wane, where such • course was impasetioable, and they
only had the choice of suffering ritualism or going over
to the nonalonformista. He trusted it might be
long before any of them were forced to take
their choice between those two alternatives, but
for himself, if such • tiroe arrived, he knew
In whoa direction his synekleir would go—(typbutes).
With regard be the doo.telnee of the Bishop's *ergs,
they might be right—(eo, no)—or they might be wrong,
but at all events, they were not in sooordonce with what
they bad beim breaght up to believe. Them was a one ,
now before the proper tribunal, and the decision might
clear up mach ambiguity on this question. At all events
if those practices were not Illegal, he did not believe
there was any warrant is law for sanctioning them, and
pt them as the
fttinerofolorawoinhheyipwbeyre not bound to ewe
Lew of the Church of England. He
then wake of the growing fooling in opposition to
pltualisoa, and of the importances of distendoitopgrwtht.e
woman of Ragland from
spoket losidduthor
weft. In ocoolusioomarked difference
differanoe
Of the Protestant and Homan
In the material P"d" d amain
Catholic 01111101111 of Beritsarlan , as g to this
appotry, and an igellikiTO to all
twnwhoironlove
dotiomabbantay
to unite with tirms in keeping
of priesteraft--(aPPlams)t
Mr. Joseph GondrY, 01 Th" Hyde,lkid"ra' sad
, when he same there that morning fla. a Taw*. part
of thi• dicers Sotto welierable oity of Baliebary, ins hod
, no idea that be mbeala be apes to Wrens QOM,
thenfore, be aboald not deteia the. fee um 10140 el

tbaa. The rooolottaa be had to propose was to ask them
to support the folloirlair poUtioa to Our Houma of
Lcrda

To the Ripht HonoeraUe the Lords Spiriteal and
Temporal in Pa rbannet assembled. The heatable
Petition of the under...owed members of the Chunk of
/viand in as Diocuisof Sedisbary.

Sheweth—
That your Petitioners find in the recently pnblished
charge of the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, the following
doctrines taught, namely:
That the Bishops of our Established Church inherit
from the Apostles an authority to confer on all who are
fully ordained certain extraorth=ry powera
I. A miraculous Sacerdotal power to produos by
certain words and actions, an ecternal objective
presence of Christ's body, and of Christ's blood, in every
celebration of the Lord's Supra..
H. A Supernatural Sacerdotal Judicial power either
to retain sin by Esoommtnication, or to remit sin by
ordinance of Absolution, necessitating a previous
Confession.

Your petitioners, therefore, protesting against these
doctrines m contrary to the plain teaching of Scripture,
of our Protestant Church, and of its great Divines,
Humbly pray that your lordships may devise such
measures as may avert the evil consequences of the
doctrines pet forth in the aforesaid Charge, by appoint-
ing some 'Tribunal which shall afford a speedy and
inexpensive means of settling all cases of controverted
doctrine or practice. . _

And your Lordships' Petitioners will ever pray, to.
He hoped they wool.' approve the petition unanimously,
and that they would support the Ley A esociation for
the purpose of preventing in this diocese
what they tionsldered heretical and schismatical doctrine.
Let them take care that they did not lose sight of the
principle of the association. It was the laity of the
tenantry to whom the clergy molt look for that support
and untotenos which they required to resist the progress
of error, and to prevent the doctrine of the Church of
Fagland being taken from thene—(applans4
Hr. J. C. Menai, of Longthorns, Illaodford, seconded
the propneition in • brief speech.
Captain T. B. Benham, a. 0., supporta' the resolu-
tioll. He thought it very Important, es Lord Osborne
bad said, that they should know under what deg they
sailed, and he would carry the a,mile • little further.
He considered that they were in the position of a TONNA
in the Need an enemy, the Captain of whisk was of
doubtful loyalty, and was almit to carry the ship, with
a her mew, guns, and stores, into the enemy's port, or,
in other words, into the Church of.Rorne.

A vote of thanks wait pored to the Chairman.
Mr. Williams again same forward and said, as the
meeting was closed, he wished to enter his @chime
protest against the omistruotinn put upon the Biahop's
charge, a statement which am received with "oh, oh s"
end much laughter, by those who beard it.
The meeting then closed, and the petition was exten-
sively signed.