The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-02-06 00:00:00

AND AGRICULTURAL

tations on the subject of the Ritual have
waited alike on Earl Humell (a Dissenter 19,
and the Archbishop of Canterbury i but we i
are strongly of opinion that this s out of all
order, and that no recommendation for any
alterations in that liberty of action on which
the Church of England, High or Low, at
present rejoice., should be listened to by the
authorities of Church or State, without first
bearing the impress and authority of Convo-
cation. It is in Convocation alone that the
first step can be taken sith safety to the
standards of the Church, and it is only with
the concurrence of that venerable body, the
Parliament of the Church, that any steps
ought to be taken it all. If the established
form of worship were laid open to the tender
mercies of lay innovators, like Lords Ebury
and Westmeath, going up as deputations to
premiers like Bsrl Russell,—even were it on
no better pretence than to require the
appointment of a commission to put down
"vestments and candlesticks,"—the stability
of our most ordinary and accustomed forms
ef worship would soon be rendered far from
secure. Earl Russell, to do him justice, gave
a wise and considerate answer to the strange
demand for State interposition in the orders
for public worship. Professing to have him-
self formed no Individual opinion on the
subject, he could of course say nothing about
the opinion of his colleagues. And he
reminded the es parts dep!itation before
him, that as regarded a revision of the ser-
vices and rubrics "other parties would also
deeite alterations of a different character to
those which the present deputation would
approve." A different deputation, composed
entirely of clergymen, headed by Arch-
deacon Wordsworth, of Westminster,
waited on the Archbishop of Can.
terbury e lembeth Palace, and com-
plained of the "recent introduction
into the celebration of Divine Berri,* of
practices which by their diversity and by their
deviation from law and from long-established
usage are disturbing the peace and impairing
the efficieng of the Church, and are disquiet-
ing the minds of devout members of our
community." This, it will be noticed, is
altogether another view of the ratter. A-
ccording to this statement, the Liturgy and
Rubrics require nc revisiop, but contain with-
in themselves a law sufficient, if' only en-
forced, to repress alike the " diversity " and
" deviation " so loudly complained of. Which
of the complainants, yre ask, are the more
likely to be well informed on the merits or
demerits of the case—the lay faction who
desire to sweep away every *lie of the past
from the Church Service, until nothing huts
severe and naked simplicity of worship is
presented—or the airmail sestion, who may
at all events be presumed to possess a profes-
sional familiarity with the forms which they
seek—not to do away with, but, on the eon-
trary, to prevent being diversified or deviated
from. In fact, the latter d.putation was on
Saturday followed by another deputation of
clergymen, who waited on his Grace to pre-
sent a numerously signed memorial objecting
to any alteration in the Book of Common
Prayer, respecting the ornaments of the
Church and the Ministers thereof, or the
mode and manner of performing Divine
Service according to the use of the Church
of England; an identical document being
afterwards presented by Earl Carnarvon and
other lay members of the Church. His
Grace has accordingly summoned a meeting
of the Prelates of the United Church of
England and Ireland, and of such colonial
Bishops as may be now present in this
country, to held we believe, whilst we write,
on Monday, to debate this question of ritual-
ism and that of a lay diaconate.

lll.—V•cciskrioir is • Timms.* No-
thing remains for the Cattle Plague but the
Aberdeen process of stamping out. Though
startled by Dr. Murchison's reasoning, and
well prepared te csrry it out were there the
least prospect of Success; the holders of
cattle stock could not but remember that the
same thing had been tried and had as signally
Wed long ago in the outbreak of pleuro-
pneumonia. The Aberdeenshire system, and
a joint rating upon rentals by landlord and
tenant to idemnify the loss, have now become
the cry. As for Government indemnity
no man hopes for it, and not every man
wishes it. Having taken a leaf out of the
Aberdeenshire book, we may perhaps help
ourselves to another in the way of, to some
extent, utilising the slaughtered victims. Of
course, we don't advocate the use of unsound'
meat, which is altogether contrary to law, as
many know to their cost. But it has been
asserted by many veterinarians that the flesh
of animals killed in the first stages of these
typhoid fevers is perfectly wholesome. And
sure enough, what do we see, in the midst of
our wondering what has become of the beef
killed in Aberdeenshire, but an announce-
ment of the manufscturs of that scarce irticle
esirsetess ~sir " kom the finest Aberdeen-
shire beef." It is well enough known that
there is at this moment no cattle plague in
Aberdeenshire any more than in Dorset and
Somerset (which a Tissels writer declared the
other day would suffer more from its out-
break than any other county in Rngland) but
the cattle, of course, cannot in many cases be
moved about, and had as well be killed whilst
they are worth anything. Now, extraction
cornia, which when first introduced to the
notice of our readers cost 14s. per lb., can-
not be had under 21's., and more than
probably the manufacture presents a mode of
preserving as well as of utilising any super-
fluity of meat it may be found thus desirable
to submit to the "pole-s-r.." Thus, for one
thing, it was found last week at Beading
Spring Fair that whoever had been in the
habit uf tilling with oxen was supplying
their places with horses. From this
cause alone a great many head of cattle
will go to the shambles. At all events
it is worth calculating how far animals
not actually diseased, but precariously
situated throughout the coon, should not
be at once extensively disposed of for con-
sumption. This ermiM certainly, if anything
would, check the disorder by anticipating its
I victims. The be "odd eease to burn were
I the fuel removed.

THE BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND
warms NEXT SHOW.

it is Mill undecided whether or not this society
Will hold its meetieg this year at Elolishary ; for.
although ths Coutial have resolved to make tha
forthoorning azhibitica as ottswitivo pamiblo in
the abeam of stook, some of the local gentleman
are of vial= that tho show, is the absence of fat
Mesh, will he deprived of Mt greet attraction to
agriculturist% sad are is favour of declining the
society's air to nowt 413alisbury ..it Jun., wits.
More is something like • polar, promise that the
moiety will also bold that best fell show there
spas the dioappteranos of lb. Oattla flagon The
Town Counod bare defined their reply to the
society until allow Ms &minion of the local coca.
edam which will meat to determine the point as
Tuesday (this day).