The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

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Tax Archdeacon of Canterbury is so seriously India
posed that he le unalths to bold his visitation. He is
about eighty years of age.
Wg have just learnt, on reliable authority, that
Bishop TiHatboro. has appointed Dr. Newman to the
Roman Catholic' mission of Ozford, and that he is
immediately leaving Edgbaston for the University.—
s,

Teo papers report a "marriage under difficulties " in
Llangollen Church. In the middle of the memoe the
bridegroom objected to nay the words "with my body
I thee worship." The clergyman closed the book and
left, but at the entreaty of the parties returned.
Again the biidegroom protested, and (be clergyman
left &second time. The following day, however, another
effort wee made to effect tbe anion with better 11110301111,
the bridegroom repeating every word after the clergy-
man without any objection.

THZ LAwFULIII3II OF HIGH CHURCH PRACTICER.—
Three or four weeks sinoe, it will be remembered, an
"opinion" of Sir Remittal Palmer, Sir High Cairns, and
alien, founded on a case which bad bees submitted to
them" at the request of sevaral bishops," was published.
Tbe learned gentlemen condemned as illegal most of the
High Church pratices which have recently ocomioced
so mach alone. The Paglish Church Union forthwith
preparel another case, and in order that the opinion
upon it might his strong one, submitted it to Sir Robert
PMllinaire (the Queen's Advocate), Sir Fitzroy Kelly,
Mr. Bosill, Q C., /dr. J. D. Coleridge, Q C., Dr. Dean,
QC., Mr. J. D. Prideans, Mr. Hannea, and Mr.
Jain Cutler. The opinion of this long list of
luminaries has been prepared, and is mid to be in
direct antagonism to that of their learned brethren
who were consulted by "several biahope," affirming the
legality of vestments and most of the patellar practices
for which the High Church party contend. [We last
quoted in our leading columns the very temperate
deliverance of the Lower Honer of Convocation, which
is expected to set these pants at real

DIAN AND CHAPTER OP ROCHINTNI AND ANALL
BllDe.—From the following letter to the Times it
appears that if churches eometimas shelter sparrows
and swallows, cathedral presinets are not merciful to
them :—"Sir,—At this meson of the year, as you know,
the birds hays young. It is, therefore, an extra reason
why, if possible, the thoughtless and the heartless
should be restrained from waatonly distroying them.
In the district in white I reside poisoning has commonly
been resorted to. A lady boasts of the thousands she
he. poisoned, and I, in • severe visitation of caterpillars,
feel one of the results of the same system of destruotioo
adopted by a neighbour. I say nothing of the hundreds
of nests of eggs and young birds destroyed every Sunday
by the boys and lads who have no other way of spending
the Sabbath. But it small almost incredible that in •
meadow of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester, within •
short distant» from the cathedral, sparrows were
allowed to be shot a few days ago at a mates
which lasted the entire day. If, in addition to the
hundreds of birds destroyed, the young ooes belonging
to each be calculated, there can be devised no better
plan to injure the fruit and vegetable plantations which
abound in this place. The sparrows are caught at night
In nets, sod I am told that the ivy of Strood *harsh
and of the Rath:NW School-rooms supplies large numbers.
But is there no voice sufficiently strop' to reach the
Dean and Chapter with a view to abate or destroy the
nuisanee ? I believe that the prier in nob oases is our
only refup.—l am, Sir, respestfally yours, V. ROACH
fintra.—Shr. ood, Kent, June 29."—[Boat tisk season
there is even a dearth of caterpillars, worms, A.., so
much so that we know of a pair of blackbirds being
reduced to hunt for moths after dusk.]
Burma Doss.—lurcuri:airr Denstos.—On June
23rd the Court of @OM Beech—present, Justices
Shea, Blackburn, and Mellor—gsve judgment in the
Satiny Raster does ease of "Hall e. Osiris," the
plaintiff being the Bev. S. Ball, Baptist minister, sad
the defendant the Rey. Andrew Cossets, vicar of %Huy.
The court pronounced an opinion on a question which
has long been in debate. The Nottoonsformiste have
maintained that Easter dues are recoverable only from
ordeal oommussiesnts in the Beiabliebed Church. The
Court of Queens Bence has now decided that this is the
law. Three main questions were before it. The first
wan whether new matter wild be introduced into a
ease before the quarter sessions after it had been
before the usagetrates, aid on this Foist the d=
was that it could, and lodgment was gives against Mr.
Hall. The seeped related to the terriers of the parish,
.4 hers loin judgment was given against Kr. Ball.
The third was, whether, by the custom of Batley,
essfain property, such as cows and pigs, were not °barge.
ahla with Raster dues, and on this point judgment was
else against Mr. Hall. The fourth point, however,
rulod the application of the whole. The court asked
the questioa, what was meant by the word " eommeal-
I cant?" Did it mean any one who, in ancient times,
was regarded se under an obligation to eommunicats, or
did ft mean only those person who messily aoseauni.
sated ? The des:lista' wee, that It meant the latter only,
and. therefore Fester dues are net recoverable from
t;eiters. The desedea, suttees It be reversed by a
of Itstor,will,be the theste blew to this exastion.