The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONMY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1R52.

,RY CAREER OP A LONDON
CLEROVIAN.

The inhabitants of the district of St. Marimbas, in
the parish of St. Luke's, Old-street-reed, have been pain-
fully excited for some time past by a series of statements,
which have resulted in the rensestion of the Ikea*, of the
Rev. Richard Jones Temple by the Bishop of Leaden, and
• prohibition against again taking clerical duty is the me-
tropolitan diocese. The case will be understood from •
brief recital of the facts, as they are stated by Mr. Hill, in
a pastoral letter to his parishioners. Mr. RIB states, that
dories him last few months he has found that he was
allas slim et his parishioners which he formerly vi-
ald_4l. Illikisi inquiries, he bad reason to suspect
11111MIefil his *4s were being poisoned by Mr.
ample, Ms snrstie. Mir eirmunstasees arose, which
entgelied hire, in testlise te himself, end for the satisfac-
tion ef the Bishop, to lialted• a esarehing inquiry uto Mr.
Temple's previous career. Mr. Hill states that Richard
Jens., alias Risiart Johns, alias Robert K. Jones, alias
Richard Jones Temple (for by all thew fictitious names was
the identity of his curate mystified). commenced his public
, ee'ministerial life in December, 1841, at the Independent
Disputers' School at Blackburn, in Lancashire, which
school, being subsequently merged into a more general
college, near Manchester, in 1843, the inmates of
the Blackburn school were received there as first 'tin
dents in preparation for the ministry among the dissenting
b.slies, and included in the number thus transferred was
Richard Jong.. From that college Richard Jones wag I
publicly expelled by an act of the Renard ementitese at
management, on the ground of such mend derfleiessy of li
character and conduct as in the opinion of the authorities
wholly unfitted him for thu ministry. Shortly after this
Mr. Jones changed his name and his religious principles.
lie became • baptist, and us the Rev. Risiart Johns was
inducted into the office of pastor of the baptist congregation
at Whitchurch. While holding this podtkia he pave eat
that he was engaged to a Miss Mary Owen, a you* lady
at Bangor, who during his residence at Mamba/eh became
suddenly pomeseed of 18,0001., bequeathed to bar by as
uncle in India. One morning he informed some lallnentiel
members of his congregation that he had dreamed that hi.
betrothed lady had been thrown from her carriage by •
runaway accident, and that dreadful and ghastly appear-
ann s bud told him that the lady was hopelessly injured.
On the strength of these representations 101. were advanced
to him to enable him to go to Wales, a letter written in
Welsh, which none of his people could read, purporting. to
come from Bangor, and confirmatory of his dream, having
been produced. This letter, he said, informed him that
Mies Owen had died from concussion of the brain. He
started accordingly fur Bangor, but proceeded as far as
London only, and then returned to Whitchurch some days
after, stating that his health had there failed him,
and that his physician lied told him that to pro-
' mate his journey into Wales would imperil his
lik. Net appearing. ill on his return, he was taunted
lat lie quiet resignation and submiss ve apathy under the
lea of ea heiress of 18,0001., and doubts arising as to the
hudifulness of the story, connected with other circum-
stances which had occurred, inquiries were prosecuted. The
' clergyman and the registrar of Bangor were written to, as
well as the registrar of Somerset House, and it was weer.
tinned that no such accident bad happened at Bangor, nor
was any such person as Miss Owen known. The rev.
gentleman was consequently obliged to lea.* Whitchurch,
and hiving become acquainted with • clergyman of the
established church, the conversation frequently turned
upon the subject of church and state, and in the course of
time, Mr. Risiart Johns acknowledged the errors he had
fallen into in keeping aloof from the established church.
He sought employment within its pale, and after six
months privacy, he re-appeared, Richard Pritchard Jones,
in the character of an Insh Scripture reader, and was
eventually admitted into holy orders by the Bishop of
Cashel. In the coven of • few months he left Ireland,
and on his arrival in England assumed the name of
Richard Jones Temple. Having succeeded in inducing Mr.
IliU to appoint him curate of St. Barnabas, application
was made to the Bishop of London for • license, but his
lordship refuses to receive any clergyman from another
diocese who has not been in orders two years, and he had
therefore, to seek clerical employment elsewhere.
This he found at Northampton, receiving the
appointment of curate of St. Sepulchre's. Im-
mediately on entering upon that sphere of la-
bour, he informed certain members of the con•
gregation that he was inheritor of • fortune, that he
had lived in the family of the Marquis of Sligo, that he
had been in the habit of writing leading articles for the
London morning newspapers, whence at one time he
realised 1,5001. per annum. That be was intimate with
Earl Spencer when Lord Althorp, that he was very
intimate with Shell and Tom Moore, and that he had ob.
tarred prizes in his youth for distinguished poems. lie
remained but a short time at Northampton, and then re-
turned to St. liarnabas, a license to whisk Mr. Hill in-
formed the bishop be obtained from his beak* by 4•4741
testimonial. This testimonial purported te be by
the Rev. John Jackson vicar of' Tallow, meaty at Tallow,
but Mr. Jackson di avowed all knowledge of it. All
these circumstances were represented by Mr. Hill to the
bishop, and a vast quantity of documentary evidence, sow
slating of letters from all parts of the country when Mr.
Jones, Johns, or Temple was known, was put in, In Mies
firmation of the charges made against him by his inns.
bent, with regard both to his previous career and his cow
duct since filling the curacy of St. Barnabas. They coo-
'winced the bishop that all his statements were untrue, and
his lordship, after a careful consideration of the case, pro-
hibited, the rev. gentleman from the exercise of his elencal
functions in the diocese and admonished him to seek in
some remote part of the world, in some suitable calling, a
laws that Naisbt atone, as far as possible, for his previous
velletillsil weer of duplicity and falsehood, and there to
saes he limit a character for honesty of purpose and
trieht•lavas In its pursuit. This extraceclinary affair ham
been productive of much ill feeling in the parish, and it
is feared that much time will elapse before it is allayed.

EXTRAORDINAZT CHARGE or 1111131 D LING.—AI the
Dever Petty Bonions, en Tuesday, • these of swindling.
of somewhat singular elsometer, was lionshi before C. B.
Wilkins and J. Celan" Zeros. '=AO'Beien Fitz-
gerald end Lady laNy logs& Fit his wife, were
charged with *Makes. Mm Mr. W. . Pays, eolith
tar of Dover, waist sestescee, Soy having steed
that Mr. Sews Fellefr •• ster. ruaiveredes.
their neat, MS 8.4001 , sad other
Om. fa hie peessies, at the seaseilltreslienbal= se
roses poems la eahleass. TM parties uiiel* two
111048-0 Bythesse, sear Doerr whilst
I.l"esithe semthatel with Mr. Pa. Os
Ifirberse, whirs they pal& al theirdebts,they pe=l
is Beni
_is the Bemis Pyrwases, where they et ipki
emboli &nem. The sot late debtsad were bar-
seisloi kr theakdas Neil us* aeransi swath They
was Oar moils without Mel; and at hag* were era-
, Weed were pees Fres the prima Pits-
' well aliesossi les=lostlt. PI" hit
pedsidesel assithses esethate them. sal that
disk Wee wail he osedithi sales the Gam of plied
wisest the ethlsses. 3k. Pays ,needed to rani and
aver eximbehsi into the is of their ststemeste (thr
sill they wave fully peeposi, producing their
emthisalm totters ham dm Quern of the Frateh...=
Merle. ac.) aid hie sympathy being sashed he
ess' ters and mien* essillfia, he was isibissitm
irk aslith 1111 4501. ; Sad afterwards sse
Othr awes hefts the Mewl of Appel, sea Anima their
Ces=lTina sad brought WWI balk is He
esithes4ol.to enable thioaltßitodmileeth
to their Muds' sad hiring waited saes ass*
for presto( listr dolmas, is rethesas• Ns. Nebr.
the barites est their Immosmalle sistless,thi 11%
reforms ile.assil lathe la the isseadme
into awry et *dr estseeedieeei dem
roadralte lave *so sods *est is wastaiy, Or
be proceisied is Bassori Cam* era whla pleas,
raProllsol Alms, sellsiwaLa,witkw siddesse of two
active pollee sithera, he sasossied in espesdag fen, and
=o.thelr papers. They were takes Isles Odds's=
who seat then us* mart to Dever ; sal the
magletraise rensainl thin he three week; to glee thee
her timber Imptiriee. Imiy_ladly's parade were stated
to he Li Am
_Labels *ward and 9ssoral Wm. IL
O'Brien Mbrinald, of the Overdo. it was stated that Lady
Badly was ilmft the widow of Chevalier Dienbacher,
who was iM Ills, commandant at Norm"
is 1830.—Dover Advertiser.
REVIVAL OF THE BANK or MANciffiTha.—The
Crtteof the Bask of Maatheater have given notice
ggs
they veal name trasisem It will be recollected that
this era IMO of the chartered )olat stock banks which
stepped payment tram tea to dicteth years ago. The
Neeihms sad Central Beak gad gave way, then the Cen-
sers* Beak, rat the Impesisl Beak of England, and
Lady the Bask of litheberfar, when Mims bat now Wen
smoseded shoat to yams. The propristere of all the
sewers. hit tho whole of their phi up capitals, and those
who moo wealthy eategh hid mess thousands to advance
bodies. Keay of the piegeheses of the Beak of Maa-
s** wen involved Is Isms essflog helms. 20,0001.
sad 30,0001., and greet aulahme lisis ware totally
raised. The attain of eons et thee sessmae lave sot
Imes sampleiely wound up yet. mil Ono of the Omit el
Nsaahester were wdy sow shout beteg dosed. It has
Mesa babes stated is Os Deity New that the proprietors
d 116 Molt always hiked their skitter ea a valuable
ma was
to merlin it if the beak
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who hot se anwilli Wes should he OW. ad it
lees nth eathlieraties to mike or their smith
Ur sineral of lho Wks basks
sal as Iserseoll *Oh sal Mims .1 an am will,
se iltsbt,
AN
Me mesa i Ow« of imenee.
FOB AND La at 1 Was.—Oa WArtay
Os thestal Ithellsoe isuitraZanroceived sonsals hese
one
• Use, is , of a calesthots ire
tbst tows temal=st suthiss Vag r
which the
Wall, kaserabliatil Rom mil Tenn of
Dies Beak, we.
ie~.irsitorriel. •years flash, the of the famillse.
la the woe shoat 4 Vim* elms the
sorties
Ott eserneell. It se ham selsitheml
is the Mawr pen of the fir Yew
the
daimon Asa the Meth wee la
wise of the imam swat palm, who hod
Peigithrsathe hest of the oalthilamest. bed the
sae of their Lifts Wadies plan tgiieit
rie Mess I this aerial s aim of
wasps, and all OM.
Weed, star nub Offireliff. to iseseal isto the street,
with the •26.105 a of the of
the ownsts. girl between
17 and 18. The be talleelljitiarit.ters, end
the bank was but the
was. Asir fa Winnow 1111111ef the
maenads till wen dug sat of he rain, bursa doom
to s dither. Mien woe •laths swami of geli, weir ether
meow sal WO aster, Is OM basks Oise, wilt the Lea's
boob, inse la slurped two mat vas heat oda

CONSOLS AT PAR.
Mom Ur Da* Nam)
Consols have once more been at par. The 'spirits
of the stockbrokers had been animated through last
week by the expectation of that event and by a more
than usual flow of business; and on 100 being called
there was loud cheering, according to the custom of
the Stock Exchange. At that figure memo sales IMO
made, and prices subsequently declined /. They again
recovered, however, but afterwards, on Saturday,
again declined, and went slightly below par. An event
of this kind directs attention to the past changes ia
the prices of the funds, and to the probability of a re-
duction in the rate of interest on some portion of the
National Debt--am such reductions have frequently
been made when the rate of interest, as at present,
has been very low.
Since 1824, when Consols reached in April 901,
the price has been comparatively high and steady.
The maximum within that period 101 was reached
in December, 1844, the minimum 731 in February,
1826, the utmost variation having been 27Z per
cent.o
highest,lletwen 1824 and 1792, when Consols were
at the 971, the price was much lower and
the fluctuation greater. ''hey attained a maximum
in 1792, atter the depression of the American war ;
the minimum of the whole period between 1792 and
1824, 471, was reached in September, 1797-the most
depressed point, judging by theffunds, in the fortunes
of the country.
The chief of these fluctuations, such as the. great
falls in 1700, 1745, 1782, and 1797, were owing to
political causes ; but souse of the chief fluctuations in
uur time have had other than political causes. The
revolution in France iu 1830 and again in 1848, and
our reform agitation, affected the funds; but the
great mercantile speculations of 1824-5 and 1845-6,
with the subsequent failures, were as depressive as
either of those revolutions or the reform agitation.
For many years put there has been no serious ques-
tion of the stability of our government, or the extent
of its revenue and resources; and all the serious
fluctuations in tho funds, in these latter times, have
arisen either from political causes connected with
other countries, or from causes connected with our
own trade, and with 'speculation.
As tLt government borrows in the common mar-
ket, like any other spendthrift, it must always pay
the market price for its loans; and the price it has
to pay is influenced, as is the case with othtr bor-
rowers, by the nature of the security it offers. In
1797, when, in common with all the governments of
Europe, it was shaken to its foundations, it had
to give a very high price for tke money
it required ; but apart from the character of
the government and the opinion men may. have of its
stability, the common market rate of interest has
a supreme influence over the terms on which it can
contract loans, and on which its securities are sold.
When there is a great demand for money, and large
profits to be made in trade or manufacturing industry
by using it, or borrowing it, as in San Francisco at
present, where the rate of interest is 3 per cent. per
mensem, a government must pay for its loans at a
similar rate to that of individuals, affected only by
having a superior security to offer. Nor will persons
keep money vested in its securities at 3 per cent. if
they can get 6 or 10 per cent. with an equal certainty
of the repayment of their capital by lending it to
individuals. At alt times, therefore, the facility or
difficulty of employing money at a high profit in
ordinary business, or the market rate of interest, is
the controlling power over the price of the funds.
Accordingly the present high price is no test of
inherit in tho ministers, as the tory journals represent
k, for they have added neither to the resources nor
the stability of the government; it is only a proof of
a great abundance of capital in the country and of a
difficulty of finding for it adequate employment. If
men could make, with reasonable security, ten per
cent. by emlnrking in the Mariposa and other mining
schemes, they would not purchase the government
stocks, which yield only three. How there corms to
be so much capital and comparatively. so little em-
ployment for it, are matters of great interest dune-
mg the most attentive consideration. The quantity
of gold obtained from California, a large portion of
which finds its way to England in exchange for our
manufactures, or to be placed in security ; the great
activity of our trade, which has rapidly accumulated
wealth ; and the late and still continued tinsetdei
condition of the continent, which keeps the dam*
for capital there very. inactive, are amongst the aid
causes of our possessing an abundance of capitals
and they, having all been in operation long before
the I)erbyitea were thrust into office, are as much'
beyond ministerial influence as the winds and the
tides. The opposite system to that which tho minis-
ters follow-by opening the way to many new enter-
prises-has contributed to lessen the evil of an exerts
of capital ; while their accession to office, by infect-
ing all transactions with uncertainty, making the
national policy doubtful, has increased the evil. Fee
the time it paralyses exertion and diminishes the
demand for capital. In that sense it may
temporarily have contributed to raise thien,
of the funds, but it is only by
some productive enterprises doubtful, and caus-
ing them to be suspended. Such a redundancy
of capital is not an uncommon thing, as the high
prise of the feeds in 1844, 1824, 1792, 1749, and
1737, indicates ad it has generally been the comm-
it a mom of peace and tranquillity. It was
=setbaleen of Utrecht that Sir ROBERT WAL-
Ms wee enabled, in 1716, as Mr. M‘Crukeit
dein, to seat a laving on the annual charge for the
Mt to the Mourn of 324,4567., by offering to
yea off the mediten. Money could be obtained
falba market at lower terms than the government
W borrowed at, and therefore the creditors ac-
=this abr. It was after the peace of Aix-la.
e that Mr. PELHAM made the next great
reduction on the interest of the debt of one per cent.
on 57,000,0001., effecting a saving, u some of the
holders refused the terms, of 565,0001. per year. His
courage and perseverance in carrying through the
measure were much praised by other statesmen and
public writers, but the circumstances of the country
prevented any statesman from imitating him for a
great number of years. In Sir Jour BARNARD, a
great merchant of London, who warmly advocated
such a measure, Mr. PeLnAm found-es more modern
statesmen have found-a guide and Mentor who
helped materially to prepare the public mind for the
reduction which the minister earned into effect.
There can be little doubt but that Mr. Prrr, who, in
the reify part of hiscareer,especially prided himself
his dasecial talents, and on promoting the commerce
, sad wealth of the country, was preparing to imitate
L Peutam in 1792, when the peace had carried
Onsols in ten years from 631 to 971, and
Sat he was seriously disappointed and vexed
d having all his financial schemes marred
hy the French Revolution. That was the
only period between 1749 and the peace of 1815,
that gave the least opportunity of effecting a saving
by reducing the interest on the debt ; and it was not
1822 that the second operation of this kind, in
avowed imitation of Mr. PELHAM'S proceedings, was
carried out. In that year, Mr. VANslrmar being
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Consols at 84, the
Navy Fives, amounting to 142,500,0001., were re-
duced to a Four per Cent. Stock, and 1,230,0001.
saved on the annual change. In 1824, Mr. F.
ROBINSON, the present Earl RIPON imitated Mr.
VAnsirrmer, and, Consols being 97, reduced the Four
per Cent. Stock to Three-and-a-Half, thus effecting on
76,000,0001. an annual saving of 375,0001. Mr. Gout.-
BURN followed their example,and firstinlB3o,Consols
being at 93, reduced the Now Four per Cents. to a
Themand-a-Half per Cent. stock, effecting, acoord-
big% his calculation, an annual saving of 778,0001.;
mein, in 1844, Consols being at 101;h• reducedthe
Thzerand-a-Half per Cents. through a Three-and-a.
Quarter per Cent. stock, to remain in existence for
ten years, to Three per Cent., effecting an immediate
saving. of 625,0001. a year, and a perspective saving
to begin, in 1854, of an equal sum, making together
a reduction of charge of 1,250,0001. per annum. The
whole sum thus operated on was 25,000,0001. These
successive reductions of interest, and successive
savings to the public, naturally make people specu-
late, now that Consols have again reached par, on
a further reduction of interest.
We neither advise nor discountenance such a mea-
sure ; but the consolidated annuities amount alto-
gether to not less than 380,000,0001., which is
130,000,0001. more than the largest sum ever pre-
viouslx dealt with. To be able to carry such an
operation into effect, there must be not merely a rise
o? Consols to par, but a rise above par, and an as-
surance that the rate of interest will continue low
for a considerable period. Now, of the two causes
which affect the government as a borrower-its own
security and the market rate of interest-we may