The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

eccicsiastical !nit!llama.

A PRECIOUS OUTCOME OF THE PAN
ANGLICAN SYNOD.
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One of the strongest arguments in favour of Episcopal
Goveniment, among those who have sense enou.fh to see
the transparent absurdity of the Apostolical sucoession
myth, is that it places in authority men of !natured
judgment and sonnil scholarship, whose previous
experience makes them well acquainted with all the
difficulties of the parochial clergy, whilst their age
enables them t teat the Ca ious shades of opinion
within the church with caudour and a ith patience.
Ibe present state of affairs will do much to rob the
best fiend' of Episcopacy of this argument. The Tan
nglican Synod, and its precious fruits—the Natal
farce. as acted by the Bishop of Capetown, will lead
men to ask. up n what principle men are selected for
this important office? The pnuciples involved in this
matte-, and the fecklessness wi h which these prin-
ciples have been trifled with. make it important that
the whole question should be fairly understood. Dr.
'clen•o, having been duly appointed and consecrated
Bishop of Natal, after • few yea's put firth opinions
and statenieuts so utterly at variance with the teaching
of the I 'hurch of England that an attempt was made to
remove him from his office. This attempt would, we
Ii •ye so doubt, have been successful, but f r the Bishop
of Cat etowes anxiety to keep up his own rights as
!Metropolitan, which rights have practically r.oemi tence,
except in his own imagination. However, the attempt
failed. and Dr. Colenso returned to his diocese,
highly amused at the impotent wfath of his Metropo-
litan. De was appointed by the Queen's mandate, and
that could not be set aside except by tier Majesty ;
his income was secured him, and so he was safe.
Now, however he *Meal Dr. Coleus!) may be, he has a
perfect fight to all the p•o'eeion that the law can
give him, and if he cannnt be deposed legally, be ought
not to be deli:teed illegally 'the one is pr • secution,
the other persecution . In his diocese, except among
the clergy, he is much more opular than hi. would-be
Metropolitan; and the unfair treatment he has met
with has only bound lie friends more closely to him.
and prepared them to receive his hefetical doctrines
more readily. Haring failed at law Bishop t ;ray triesthe
Church. The Pan Anglican Synod preselted a r .re
opportunity for establishing his own dignity and
crushing his advefsary. That Dr. Colenso would not
be present, that he would have no oppo•tunity of
defending himself, were matters quite indifferent to
Christian rulers of Dr. i;roy's stamp. But there were
difficulties that were little foreseen. The Itishop of
Capetown may be a great man in South Ifrica ; but,
like the port Trine of that country, his value is small
by the side of the genuine article, and so he found that
in England there are bishops who will not be dragged
through the mud at his bidding; and in the so called
Pan Anglican Synod the subject was all but tabooed.
However, certain committees were formed, and certain
resolutions passed, mysterious in purpose, oracul r in
language; and then, as a kind of selim• nt of the
Synod, there was extracted the astoundi. g fact, that
the Church had determined to ammo ate a bishop for
Natal, ast if that see was vacant ; and to do it in
England, without leave or lice. se from Her Majesty.
The Papal aggression was bad enough this was teally
snore monstrous still. Rut, as is ever the custom and
disposition of the English Government, it read of these
re•olutions and intentions in calm and silent contempt.
Reales, Finlen, and ifr. Gray might talk, and so
relieve their minds, but it would be a mistake to take
notice of what they said, it would almost make heroes
of them. But in be time a clegyman is found
willing to accept the office : the flay i• fixed ; the placd
is accured. hut, as in the case of pica fights and other
illegal proceedings, it is kept dark to the last moment,
bishop elect preaches his farewell sermon to his
congregation. asks their prayers for the next Saturday,
the 25 h moat on which day beta to be consecrat-d,
and the South' African Metropolitan is in eatacies.
The Sfuedurd takes up the matter and highly approves
of it. so it must he tight. But alas ! they had all
reckoned without their host. Ihe Bishop of London
takes the unpanionahl • liberty of writing to the South
(clean Pope; and shows hint, in • few very simple
lines, the utter absunlity of his proceedings, and
p•esumes to ask when this deed is to be done.
The rchbishop of York follows suit, and begs to
decline the honour of haring the affair "come
off" in his diocese. The Times takes up the matter,
and now even Dr Gray, bewildered as be is by his
imaginary authority, and supernatural powers, begins
to think matters getting serious. Sir Roundel! Palmer
is con.ultel, and says "it won't do," and so the
Standard, which on Friday treated the higher c
lonflon's letter as beneath contempt, on Pe
announces, in snout of the way corner, that t'
is postponed. What is ti be done? Let
I•cotland, that is the next move. But no ;
Bishops, if they • lowed it to take place th
acknowledge their real position as Noncont. .
SO now it is put off, until a ylace can be found
bishops appointed by Royal mandate can with imp!.
insult that very antho ity to which they owe tin
position. In the meanwhile we strongly recommen..
Mr. Meer rie to stay at Accrington. He will be wofully
disappointed if ever he goes to Natal Nothing can be
more incorrect than the representations made Acre of
the state of that diocese, except they be those that
are made of Capetown itself. Either of the colonies,
if fairly polled, would by a large majority prefer
Dr. Colenso to Dr. Gray, and the arrival of a
second Bishop would be little leas than the destruc.
tion of the church in that diocese. In the mean.
while what a spectacle do these ecclesiastics present
to the country at large? To honest churchmen,
indignant at having their church made a laugh-
ing stock? To Nonconformists, naturally glad of
any fresh argument against Episcopacy? And bow we
we to account for this outburst of Episcopal Pm-
sumption ? It is the result of a lone cherished and
carefully prepared scheme for making the Church, i.e.
the Bishops. independent of the f.tate. These Colonial
Bishop., who came to the Synod for their own honour
and glory, and who have now made such a ludicrous
exhinition of themselves, little thouilit all the
while that they were but puppets In the hands
of a very clever artist, who, keeping him-
self concealed from public view, has been
secretly pulling the wires, and directing every move-
ment. We seethe impress of his skill in the wending
of the resolutions of the Syno•l, and the reports of
the C,ommi tees; and now the Bishop of Capetown
is put fo ward a• a f der. to find out how much the
Church will hear • and if this bail succeeded, smother
attempt would speedily have fol owed. Thanks, how-
ever, to the Bishop of London, it has failed. The
mischief in Natal is small and insignificant com Pared
to the disturbance of the whole Church of England;
but Dr. Gray, with the recklessness of little minds,
intent on their own glorification, would throw the whole
world into confusion, rather than give up one jot of his
own dignity. Defend us from such friends of the
Church I The silly Fenians would releases their friends
from Cletkenwell by blowing them to atoms Dr.
Gray's idea of helping the church out of her difficulties
seems to be &oust what similar. We beg, however, in
conclusion, to f entind our resides that we warned them
of the real object of the P..n Anglican Synod from its
very commencement. We knew who WY the chief
mover in it • anti we know him so well and thoroughly
that we had no hesitation in uttering a warning voice,
although considered uncharitable for doing •f. We
trust that Dr. Gray will now fetire to his d ocese. He
came to Fng'and with great importance; he was
lionized through the Prottinces, he will now return a
smaller, but, let us hope, • wiser man.

Ton SAYERS'. CHILDIES--At Chancery-chambers
Mr. Marshall, chief clink, heard an application (Soyers
r. Smut) for an Lague IA be dirooted to • oourt of law to
try who were the legitimate children of Tom Rogers
living at the time of his death. About £3OOO was
collected th«rtly after tho fight with Heenan and
settled on Tout &trim for his life, and at his death the
food was to be divided amongst his children then
living. Mr. Edward Jottnem now appeared for thies
children born after the unity's'« with hie wife, stud
thtre were other children born of the wife hobos her
marriage with Tern Rayets. The chief clerk perused a
statement of the facts, and Intimated the intentioe to
refer the matter to the Master of the Rolla. Mr. Gay
said he had no obj«etion to the coarse I reposed, sod
the matter was accordingly referred to the court. The
Heater of the Rolls hag &aided to Mks the case on
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viva ewe evidence in Much.
A MISCHANT CAPTAIN'S FAITHLESS Win.- In the
Divorce Court there bag been bead the osse of Simon.
Sims and Parson,. The marriage, which bad taken plasm
•ri 1850, bad been followed by the birth of no fewer U is
nine children—. ight girls and • boy. The patiqoner
act &master mariner, engaged in the coal trade, which
took him front home two or three seeks at • time.
During these absences, the respondent had lett rly
formed an seqnsintance with Parsons, I constable in
the Portsmouth dockyard. This at but led to rtngrreig,
•nd the oohabitation name to an end on the 17th of
Deo.. 1866 when the respondent eloped cith Parsons.
and committed &dotty y with him at • coffee-house in
Loudon. letters were viol which she had written to
hsr bud:aim,' imploring forgiveness. She now denied
the charge. and pleaded various recriminatory allega-
tions, the evidence of which ass not of a character to
eduiit of . further description. The Court granted a

th coets. •
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BREACH OF PROMISE 011 Maßßlern: DAMAGES
£1,200. Al 3 astion for breach of promi e of marriage,
in which tbe lion. William Bruce Odi:V7, reside. eg
Cderden-house. Penhabire, wan defendant, and Mi.@
Fanny Pogh, nodding at the North W, ate, I
B,afford, was punster. wait tried before Lord ft„egepie
And a jury. in do. CO/10 of Petsion, at Edinbur. 6, on
Tuesday. The pursuer is daughter of theists Benjamin ,
Pugh. of Trebetth, Pembroke-hire, gentleman farmer. '
and 27 years of age. In 1865 she was managing the ,
Crewe Arms Hotel at Crewe, when the defender became
aequeieled with 'he', and, an the alleged, not only
promised marriage, but wrote to Mr. Halsey, in whose
employment she then use, • lett r announcing that he
was to be m.rried to llies Pugh, and that he hopes he
would be able to dispense with her services under the
usual month's warninir. The defender subw.cpsently
hrok• off the engagement, and in 1866 married Sarah
Boyden, daughter of the late Henn Boyden, of Be'
minghano, pew-opener at the Jewish Bynagogne.
Damages were laid at £5,000 ; the jury returned •
verdict f,ir £1,200.
A' Penni AS" CIAIOYMAIII.—The Court of Divorce
on Wednesday won (*copied with the nuns of Codoor e-
Codner, in which the wrig sought for a decree of judici .1
*mention on the ground of the huabspa's adultery.
The marri•ge took place in August, 1819, smiths
pities cohabited until 1862, when theyseparated. Tbe
conduct of the respondent, who was curate of one of
the churchee at Dartmo,th, was at ibis Period an I
peculiar that it was thought sdvisable he should go
abroad for sortie time. Ho did an, hot apparently with
no beneficial effect. On his ',turn in 1856 he desired,
although• clergyman, to become a w liter, and then to
enter the diplimstic service, scouring his wife (for which
there was nAt Die least found•tiou) that through the
ii.auenee of Lord Talbot, the Duke of Northumberland,
the Fad of Mairnetbory, and other distingui•ind
persons, he WILK shoot ts be appointed attache or deputy-
einbaassdor at Naplea. The appointment of Lord
Lyons to Naples. so he wrote to hit wife. frustratel
all his hopes. Not hint further was heard of him until
1861, when he nourti•A to England with • lady, tbe
wife of A gentleman Irving at Totnes, with whom he
had cohabited abroad, and by whom he had
children. In 1865 he formed another improper.
intimaav at Rlmfield, in Devonshire, with • WoMlin
, named Blskey, and li' wife, who had supported herself
after their separation by keeping • richool was
, ultimately induced to institute the present milt. The
, respondent answered, denying thP tulgttet7, but there
.4* no defence. The court decreed judicial separation,

with co.ts.
Dge•taret INHUMANITY TO • shocking
cage of cruelty to child is reported from Monmouth-
shire. At U.k, "' 'V and Sarah Thomas have been
charged with or - child el von years f age.
Mary Thomas. • aid nine Web the daughter of
Th.m•st Thom. .alaughter f Sarah Thotnoo.
She often had to eat. Somatitnes her father
dare her brew . " His atepmetlur whipped
her, and aft. ed her fteith • saucerful of stilt."
000• LS her wan )creating her with a cane
r father • . it, beat her more ; that isn't
h•lf ennui) gas pot to bed. sad the nest day
her hands erlyn.l der to the bcdpust by lie?
otennioth. •ye her no breakfaeL She was tied
all ricy, e . a untied and put to bed by her step-
mother, , tied her hands, and they remaiord
tied or lay and tlituday. She was stain
fa .tant autpost till the Thuroday she broke
limee piece f bread the s.sa of h-r heed in
the t at nothing after. He father knew of
thin and when they lived at Maindee he used
to In At a ramp. When the child as taken
ch. re polio. all she had on was a frock and
ch. • I two pieces a rag for stockings. Dr.
iined the child. He raid she was ill : • tin. re
• of severe whipping slung the right shoulder
. back, and deep old Nebo on her. She was
•er the abdomen and thighs and in a very
• , state. 'there were mute on tier waist; the
d was much swollen, and the child was
il for want of foul. Her stomach was to,
retain food, and the marks on her were from
eatinga. The father was oommittei to take hie
, the sermiona ; the stepmother was lined £3 and
r two months' impel...went. They were both
ed in custody. The relieving officer took 14408.440 n
child.
\Pion Wirt.—There is a touching simplicity in
rcuinstanme which re-ulred in a decree nisi •ith
in the earn of Moat r. Mose and Bushman in the
Divorce. Mr. and Mu. Nose were married in
• '461. and lived happily together at Bronip.on
Bat on the 13th f October in that year
'cession to visit Manch. ster. and his wife
at ..comptinied him to the Fulton-square
stat i if. Just as the train started Mr.
HIM% I to the twiny of seeing Mrs Moss
contem, more earneatness than was agree-
able to . like-looking gentleman on the
platform • was onooquainted. When Mr.
Moss retort, a teeter Mrs. Moss in her tam
pioprned to a • cocain who resided rear
Sodbury, in 1. Mr. Moss affectionately
sec 'minuted her •ditab station to tom her
•
off. wt,en he one bed by t is sight of the
taina sol.:ierlike-Lart an attempting to enter
the carriage in wide, ced his wife. Mrs.
Morn, how'. r, frowns u her head, and the
solduirlikelerking man . another carriage in as
train. Tim liudrnni's Salo ~ons being not unsturally
aroused by them coincidence., he repaired to Scotland.
yard, and invult.d Deteetive Wyober, tdrooth whose
instrumentality Mrs. Mo-s's frailty was placed beyond
doubt, that lady and the aoldierlike•looking gentleman,
one Captain Bushman, hsving tak..n no their abode as
man and wife at the Red Linn lintel, at Colche•ter.
Urn, Morn ingennonely pleaded " lest (molt,' and the
gallant captain observed, ' Here's a pretty go •, just like
my hurt," when they were fliseove.red at the Red Lion
by the petitioner and his father, accompanied by the
father of the frail Mrs. Moss.
TRIAL OF THIS " PICIILIAR PIMPLE. TbOtel
Wogittiffe, and Mary Andrew• Wustaffe. hie wife, the
" Pc.calise people" who lost their b.by through retailing
to send for • doctor, surrendered to take their trial at
the Old Bailey on Wednesday for its msnalseghter.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted. The prisoner* were undefended
hy souneeL The offence impated to the prisoners was
that, while their child was suffering from RR attack of
inlamation of the longs, all that wog done was to
anoint the chest of the child, and call in the elders of
the "Peculiar Pimple" to pray to God for its recovery.
Pt witness named Fanny Adlarn, oce of the sect of
"Peculiar People." stated in •usger to quernions put
by the learned jodge that the members of" The Church"
did not think it was any sin to call in • doctor, but
since they had corns to the "true knowledge of the
Lord" they had entire faith in God. She bad herself,tahe
wet, suffered severely from perinea Blowers and had
lied in a doctor, bat had ;diced faith in Gnd,
and she bad always reacvered. Mr. Justice Willes to
the witness: " Then you think it is a ouperffoity to
cell in a doctor? You believe God will answer your
prayers and that he will heal the patient without the
amistanos of a doctor?" Witness: "That in our belief.
We have seen so many °Yell where a recovery has taken
place that we have entire faith. We consoler that it
is all very well for those who have no faith t call in a
oe dtor.n Mr. 0 Donoghue: the medical gentlemen who
had been Galled in einetreed an opinion that if a
tnedicel man had been called in the child's life would
probably have been saved. Mr. Justice Willes summed
up the erne at ornsiderable length, and he observed that
it was notorious that the Medical profession differed
very mach as to the treatment of lung diseams, and the
Bole question for them was whether the Prisonrda hail
canoed the death of the child by gross and colpable
negligence. The jell, after • short deliberation.
returned • verdict of "Not guilty," but at the name
time censored the prisoners for not having called in
medical advise.