The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-02-25 00:00:00

RITUALISM AT A Disootrwr IN DORSET.

An old writer, describing the inhabitant. of Dorset.
Mira says, " It is • great pleasure to see, that • plies
so noted for Ignorance uid superstition, both under
Papialnm nod Its loccomor, Popery, should be so
famous for freedom of inquiry into the more disputed
polots of theology. The people are in moors' religions,
without superstition; and pious, without hypoirby."
And Ilsosaky tella us that Dorsolatiire was one of the
strooglishis of the opposienta of that perjured tyrant
James IL At the preterit time the county bids fair to
uphold its old reputation, in spite of the half.bearted.
ogee of some who ought to be its leaders and in the
fame of s powerful ascardotal aqre.iou. We see that
the Bishop of Salabury, in the House of Convocation,
takes credit to himself for not giving encouragement to
Rituariam. He rosy safely take audit for having tailed
to mdsavouring to de so, bat with the facts Wore se
of his appothUng two, almost the only two in the
osonly, coal mestors of timellOharel Union,
tol;oohing Part la eta
an•evielga at • ad ••
his epee patronage of the Ritualista LO hit recent
Charge: with these facts before es, we rosily °moot
mines& to him the =Art credit for not encouraging
them Ritualistie follies. Hi ham seen plainly enough
that the people will not have it, and so has wisely held
his hand, sod now molly takes andit for not doing that
which he .vldeutiy could not do. What may have
berm done in the cethedrnl at Salisbury, as motioned
In Oenvemtlon, is of very little Importance: but before
his lordship hossle! of making no changes there, he
should soarnida whether the Dees, who is so affec-
tionately attached to him, would continue to be so, if
he istarfered with his rights and duties.
His Lordship has had however another very plain
intlniatica that the people of Lionel will not be bullied
or humbammd. Ritualism never bad • more •
oxponeat than the late Vicar of Slierborne."Vti a
fair amount of ability, courtesiesmanner., Er=-
MON and Monty, he joined greed
Soo and an boldness. His position was all
Is his favour; with • magnificent church newly
restored, and well eshoileted to set off to the greatest
advantage the whale pomp and eireurnalionoo of •
gaudy ritual ; there was *ally of room for largo pro-
motions ; nothing was wanting to socesse, but • people
submissive In Mainsasie and saperstition. And what is
the result? Alter a few years of determined but fruit-
less itregile• the View of Mothers* retires from the
lel& broken In health and apirth to brood ever the
haver sad the mosey he has expended in the vein
amdeevoar to lead away the people of airborne
Iron the Ohara el the at °remt
Without wishing to deal harshly with • defeated
opposes*, we meet tall samara to the following
perm* in the Viser's farewell Woken :

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" Torie, I hen melinse bad to newt Indio(
men apoowd by sem to wham Mann It mold hen
been • to.. to han deferred, lf f mild, on the gonna
of Churn Met It is • tanks Mt am to abuse form sod
rewavanne me mine WIWI, sad to modem nem shish ere
@haply °ethane, sad ae nol es the Ohtani MK with ea men
bitterare •• wen me Meted the adoption at the
souplice and the ase of the nor in his Tel vs, oboe.
=the folly of nob opposition co the part of ta• ea
, enemy whit at dm In oar day In tsittmcz eLi
which in in moon an thondhost the rat of
r Minn ereidering that we of the nineteenth notary ere
exalting ow owa prints tenn end °planes elms the Mahn
mind of the Mann me dentin"' fma Onholle ems Is all
ens If the Marsh bath °Mined it It is right, for the
Ohm& hath power to Mee •Ma eadl emitninV ee the
10th article Mena, .AU ritual n intended to be ortolan],
it, Mlle objsoh sod to represent then Mak We
Invidble.' If , Mal le an imioyed 1. Mash, then it
le mink end non ; wham, when the ..i.
of the nfe Or .rle node use of to Man the spirit wltidit to
the nom of God, thee Mod it bossur Inehronne to in
and le felt by the sir twerger Oristlane to hol
lorphrl to Ifientil in In wants with enl."
This is • ree7 fah sad isrersbio nthrenstatios of
fillnablinki mitinfbelde. note who oppose tb• lutrodar
tios of • Tiler, manor in our Mune for 300 years,
sae styled Periling; rod reused of cesderazing usages
se old as tlte Char theft Cbristesdoom weer the
Greek and Roar sod driller amebas nil other
churches are ezeomsnuroted, sod it is Spoloored that
ritual is sealer Ruler ".employed to trait." Now,
reorders' rat the rehire taught by this ritual—
Trsountheinetisdies, sad re Itherillos of the Rase—wen
arrows for esstarise after the days of the A
how ean the ritual be r "old as the rut
itself 1" But this is the stern nyle ofaw=
liars all history rat doss mot support your t
sad rake bold setertlos take the plass of argument
Weil, b• is gone! and the bell thst bad the high rod
oltriuguirird privilege of being comosersted 1::
" dowriike heads" of lb. Bishop sad bushed tho
error, rut feel • thrust, truly A ,
ntivianig to wrier re good people of Mothers to
re simple wed florrisrel serler ef the Ohereb of
Begird.
Now, we say, that re Risks of this Diocese tasl kV
tree trap to heart' it is so great wisdom to rise •
storm at say tier it le pest sereolost to do so to or's
ova poressal dissosithrs W• wish we arid brier
sad hope that it would bar the am of =rift hie
lordship • litre aro pruoirt to his prayers, erne,
but therthels of Orreries rent rake es d
3'he Blurt of Larson Irvin, et re requstmrtirb"
Ardthirep of Orterary, presser "ether resolutions
the red Apr of width wee, that " rhea obarvares
right is rased by hp! serstityo° wits arse forward
to rooms these marline by :=llllOO Previous
quertor The Biros of II ele lkary, eeppoded by
Orford, Reellester, sal li cilabil, %auk 4 wet roger-
mu, leers' rest this, ”111 el PAWN'S Irma AA
has sot is the Irsespod bar Awe the days ol LAL
bagw. But As Mem at evades re defeeted, sad tho
ressistioes Sy shared erre orried. the Biros of
ishostry 0817 diossliont Dais ldslesishiple
Minat sad aessesk
_prising whet Asir
timissed with, he modeeks allowlig NeaszkA6
ststeurat :

ile would reeelnd their lordehip that OW was sootier
dm or papas, tor wham there slight be some sympathy.
bet who speared to be entirely oveMosimit—thoes who were
ad away from to. Chun* by the lest that so many el the
clergy ffid not **Pam to the Pea taw of the Church with regard to emeettlel mama Who neglectod the 141Mailiketian Of the Rely Ccannuninn, who lad no daily but who, on to. oralmy, continually stirred up ilotte against thasa
who taught to do their duty. For penoe, o bud any be *oak' Mks to bear somelYiepolhJ =premed by
lerdehips.
Ben we ban It anortell Nat 04111Dna ore lod amyl too.
lb. *WA by lb.ulassodemalfsy of the vibb
" lbe plait leor al lie elettli." Is 100111113 a
M. Whelp Amid lave kid to when We Lod Won
ono one bt Walks et Wee toel Goole le shim
(so place where time woo so see le dram& Moe
olleemost, that theme liatren who eetlest Min
"oh up WWI tees vito KVA isle tarle
aais We de tot pooload to lo looonoi la ‘• sa•
OW eskeeetkuri eteolowt. Rio lowelohip
I deeply Ott be has bees anolguil Ware Its Ade
' smalgoe bueehli. theitiege a mins, wiik

fleyiptural Olnireh ; es having *buts
gailty of • meg ael ef plagkid is borrewhig, without
mk.awlaggacaat, from Bishop of fireehls, Luge
rano: ci Ifte Euebariatie idolatry ecietabied in hie
Lad thia wesplai aesseation is brolight
widest lb* own who have dared to @bow that they arc
truer Churehmen and better Divisee thee himself.
Now l 4 idm take the list of them Protestant elergyinoi,
and let him ascertain Um fasts of the ease, wad h•
will lad in the wait majority at that, oho:lbis
that the number of cenimunieeaft has bees
doubled, or even trebled, during their ineicetheacy.
His lordship, at the last viaitatioa, complained of to.
imperfect answer, to his questions that are beat rousd
10th. alarm One of thorn rols4e to the communi-
tante. Wit know that many robins to answer that
question from tho unfair ormeinsios that may be drawn
from such answers; the% " stzife-atirrine me., a.,
rale, are most pertiodar ea to the qnalideation at tom-
municen4 : other. encourage all to (mane to the Oak
aod yet in ilite at thews differewens, it will be 'mad
that lb. Proientent clergy are not bobbed in number.,
what lb.y are iallaitely in advance in respect to the
We maintala that the ohargie in.
ginuated in the passage quoted above are utterly with-
out foundation„

Bat his !opiate aeratared to &elate ths ormalpla
of Ritualism, when the following little Jute:lade et..
tarred :

Bishop ot The altuellate slimed that the
4orth 4 Revelation included the Beal Promos U.
Ructs.ristle Beexilloe, aad other matters, bat he would oot go
into

The Bain" of Illy —"That le Roman doctrine.'
The Shama of SaUsbury bald Mat It cm not nett for any
mess so be aa accuser of the

Now emisidewing That just before be himself had been
amusing some of his own clergy of " ingleciting the
plain law of the Churoh." lending people sway Iron,
Church, sad stirriag up strife wind their more dutiful
brethren, this roma of the Bishop of Ely is, to say
the least of it, rot. oral However, we must excuse
his lordship's want of temprst ; we are glad to see that
be doss not forget the exposers of his errors :

" Monet WO soft ropostuma
Judicion Paredls, 'prologue UNA' forum'

Lad his kedship eviden-tly feels that Dorset mein are
still the lase they woe 900 years ago, and tt they won't
submit to his saaerdohilisin at home, it la some 000-
. . . . . .

eoletioe to be Silk to abase them ia tb. more mo-
rale' atmosphere el the Upper Roam of Ooavoestios.

foreign intelligence.
AN Wiese to the Babes, sigma by 1,11001) Cretans,
has boom remised, ia wbloh the sigaseertee oak per-
Woks far their trainee to rotors to the inked.

for thee,

• ulnas storm prevails& ia .
days lately, and la a matted that 30 psopis have
wished from the .014 .04 fa the maw.

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IT is doted that the Moat Oasis .It Railway Is
expected to to owed for regular trans ma the Ist of
Ifay.mist.
Caocsa• prevails to sash • swims !tied at /Woos
Ayres that Waimea is completely wallies& The disease
has spread to all puts of Im Plats.
Puma has arils pprehassil • harp Pusher of
berms is El wary. 111. stated that so lass this 25,000
will be suomesively demettebed from ?nth to fltrasbery.

Ma. CHARLES DICKWIII Galled upon President Johnson
on the 17th of February, at the Executive Ehinidon,
Weettington, to pay his respasta, and was very cordially
reeeived.

Tag Imo or HArortat's HOrna—ht the
dinner given by the K.* si Hanover on Tuesday, to
Hanoverians, O celebrsUon og the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his marriage, Me Maiesty said be enter-
tained tbe einivieties that be should return to Hanover
se a free sad Independent sovereign, end be conolodsd
by drinking "prosperity to Hanover and a speedy re-
unites in the land ot the °adobe."

ITALT LTD TIM Birrug3n COSIMITTON. Th•
Proses mays that the Italian Government has instrucood
Olutvolier it. Nigro to inform the Preach Cabinet of its
inteation lionourobly to carry out the tome of th•
soirrention of the lath September, also that it has made
the neesseary arranimmente to pay the intemort on Its
portion of the Pounded debt on the Ist April nail
Ten Empress Charlotte hos addresemed to the Pope a
touching letter, imploring his prayers for dm soul of
her anfortunatehmsband. The letter, whisk hes a deep
border of block, is writtea In yew, good Italian, and
oracles the impression that the Empress is no longer
suffering Isom mental olianation, or at least that she
has lucid inomeatia
THE 001A31110 CONTSOVEINT.—Tb. judgment eves
at Natal in the suit of Bishop Wiwi° lapdog Dean
Grim will greatly dieciontort the Bishop of (..petowo
and those who have acted with him in his attempt to
depose Dr. Cobneo. The Supreme Court his set aside
the judgment of the Privy Council. and doctored that
Natal was a grown eolony whets the plaintiff's patent
was issued, that Dr. Colons° I. thorvfore trusts* of the
buildings, and hes oodesiortical jurisdiction. By the
judgment Dean Green is eject.' from the deanery, and
I. prohibited from 'officiating in any of Dr. Colombo's
cannabis. What will now become of Dr. Gray's schema,
for cousegrating a new bishop?

Tan A ITUBINIAM EIPIDI7IOII. —Corneepoodince has
been reesived from the expeditioam7 fore. in Abysainia
op to th• Ist inst. The transport department ia still
the week link M the abain, though of lat. its eowilition
has been mush improved. The total available transport
forge is now about 8000 animals, but many of these are
in • very weakly *audition. Of 1600 camely forming
the depot at Yoomaylie, 800 ars on the sink list, tho
deaths averaging fovea to eight per &WEL Grain la
brought into tits markets of & l
safe in mirth
oliies than wee the sees up te within Me=
maga ;ad by dint ad vowing broadens* Weer dollars
our army is beginning to rasp • harvest of many
peasable cminniodihes.

Tai EMIT.—The Patric of Thursday evening pabhee,
uDS! reserve, news from Ibraila. announcing a softest -
tration of ..co troops ow Kangas, Hoops*, and
other villages on the frontiers of Beenerabia and
Moldavia. The Petrie adds that these movements, the
motive for whisk it is ignorant of, do harm, ht giving an
apparent eceiretation to the operations of the coat-

niateas who are endeavouring to mese the Bulgarian
populations from their apathy by affirming that if a
rialag were effected Russian troops would ems to their
aid. The Russian Govornmect would sot wisely in
&routing everything that might tend to smarm mob
falss Maenads.

Tea AITNIThILIf CAPTIVEL—Tbsodon hat to..
writing to Hamm as if he wore his dearest friend, sad
Russia has been wintering hien ss if he were Theodore's
grovelling slave. Theodore. letter runs in this style:
—"How are yea I Are you well? lent quite welL
Pear not. lam coming to your sesistanes. Hasp up
year head. I shall soon be with you. I have two big
Gannon. They are terrible, but very beery to move."
Remus mowers in this style—" Illustrious and most
Hesitant of potentates. I, your lowed of &levee. ?oe
at the thought that year omegas will throw a light
upon our darkness. Our bawls swell with a great joy,*
sad more fulsome staff of the some character. Dr.
Manes Wien to as are at owe spirited and Maly.
" We are delighted," he says, "at the thought of year
seating. How it will end no ono ma say. We art all
foe the worst; but we have at least the maw.
prepared
nlf koowiag that our deaths will be aireaged."—
libwitotion Oarresponelad.
Wm Munn= sr • Drams Hamm —A street
sister named Cello* wee tried on Thursday by the
Clout of Amines of Ports for the murder of hie wife.
The amused, s one-legged man, warn of a violent sad
drunkest sham:der, and was weastoened to 111ame the
wow in a brutal manner, Weddell spending in drink
I all her elitaltior=oe the soloing of the Ist of Jaanary,
on',Atomise she remarked to a aeightmar that
ohs had may ono fries daring the day, sad wee
afraid her bodiand would best bar. flhe was sot mi.-
tams, m daring sadsrperi of the night the penmen
wbo slep4 ha the rooms weld bear the lam
repeatedly striking with his mote, 'ad thriving
her out of bed ea the floor. Haab soros Wag, how.
sues, habitual, so atleatios was paid to the qesar•L
On the following morning the maa called in oat of the
neighbours, sad showed him the woman lying en the
bed in as dying data, sad she expired shortly diet. A
=edictal examination proved that the immediate some
of death wsa elmsagalation, the body slim being erweved
with braises. Rite men vas sentenced to 15 vide hard
labour.

MILLION MMIDI3.—A Lombard peasant Wt hle
home mane veers ego to try hie fortune is the truism
Eldorado. After the usual ape Lad downs Widest to the
lii. of the emigrant, he found Unmet, the powwow of
a net am of 40,000 francs ober ealeelatiag the eeet of
his return to his native had. With.. large ea entosnt
as this be ooald indulge in the Imry at revisiting bar
native hills, moo, whisk he might bo to mad the
✓emnant of him days b.iood the nab of want In
Italy be moos learned *at his 2,00 D geld Owes were
worth 45,000 frames Is =its rake of 1.4 per sent.,
and lost no tine in • them fer neer at the
National Bank. H.,.. living Novelised whoa he
had barbered hie Ifiesehree- - sell ilium

he apple flaly—for gmoramont ,
math spew • table, sad Wiled whips to dam
• bargain for the panes= of • mall brill ha the sigh.
boarbood, Mavis( • little add at play hi his now
Too will hare ampinad what happened. Whin Iss
retuned home le found Ws hard-..rend fortune, the
frail of moan of anxious toil aid resoluta mit -deralal, •
sone arocaddedng hemp of ashes span his ova hearth.
The and, for neat of soma heater ammemank bad
dug Me OM el instils foto she to,. la • paroxysm
of Mia• fury the man streakeed th• hammed offsmisr
load at his fist with • Ms& Um, sad is Dew is gaol
aneinag his trial for murder.

Tel Paestum Ann run maw Burma Mumma
The New York ewers by tkis nity at London erminin
sesounts of the preesninfies of Kr. Thornton, the new
Britiab Minister to the United to Preetiktut
Johnson by Yr. floward_i_on the 7th bast. la bie address
to the President. Mr. Therston esnuniasiested the sr
Nuance of the Qaten's friendship towards the senntry
over whirl: Kr. Johnson so worthily presided. Her
Majesty's Government felt deeply grateful kw the
empathy shown by dismisses amount of Mr Frederick
Hesse. Mr. 7'hersion sonsindid by deslaringee lk*
would he his esdtsvour to illesugthen tit*
between the two rionatries. ruseasia• Jcaa••••
that the Queen acme than any oast Boversies
the rawest and empathy of Ibo Amodio* tomb: air
ILajosty's kind = kin is
bee* kw •
ray dillknowis 10•11••••
two ts. eir Freacrisk Bross hod won
the raped sod Mende* of this Goverment sad
"4"474:14/I:ll.444lprimosa6b. "am!
crasinglizieliddars*" sad sea
M....
atiendelll 6
1161.1.16 Ms
Nod or. at Mr. Theralisa.
" Neltrjed to the existing dte betwets
the Hafted and Great Britain, ftlinpan
Thrention, it is rid. attend then words

" I do lid delis, dr, to lave say trivial oesvereeliera
the floarearry of gluts to mord to the soomUst slalom
daises or ear kindred eubjeet. Whatever remarks INight
make up= snob isetten I peeler to nisei to wilting, and
submit at the prefer time

fialretary 8.1r;r4 maid at :ow Micogh sposking
roast to I byAsadier Moo lis Mr. Masks :

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"Isvomit sot to amain tor es 11121olor tem Groot 111110
to rotors sod Atilt from Isar aws•tes Gotommost at hono
mt. aloft law upoa motto, sow mew %wpm 0.
Quits& Slaw sod 0111111 Basis al midi cleft ki,
dotootolittooty Itornet."

Probabl7 tie nal lob la Us ow ban he. is-
waristil.