The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-16 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 16, 1854.

We have only selected a few salient points.
There is about the whole letter a sort of
paternal admonition, a quiet tone of severity
tempered with regretful kindness, which,
perhaps, Sam Weller would have described
as " rayther overpowering," especially when
employed towards an equal in age and stand-
ing, though not in ecclesiastical position.

Mr. Bsocx does not take the medicine
kindly ; quotes HOOKER; strikes out right
and left. " Your lordship must excuse me
" if I say that the strain of your invectives,
" when coupled with your profession of friend-
" ship, painfully reminds me of the spirit and
" vocabulary of the Bishop of EXETER ;" " the
" insult which you would insinuate that I
" have cast upon my honoured diocesan is
" yours, not mine ;" and appeals to a " tri
" bunal that would take as the basis of its
" investigation the Thirty-nine Articles of
" Religion' "—a court which, unfortunately,
does not exist.

The sting of the Bishop's letter lies in its
ending—that of Mr. BROCK'S in the beginning.
In fact, he has been " cut" by the Bishop.
He has " twice during the last few months
" been face to face" with him " without re
" ceiving the slightest marks of recognition."
The Bishop's reply is, we must fairly say,
very kind and peaceful. When he answers to
this last charge that "he certainly never saw "
him onthe occasions referred to, severer critics
will say, Of course not ; he was making a
speech, or indoctrinating a lord, or bambooz-
ling a bishop. Mr. BROCK is at best a " coun-
try cousin," and doesn't understand the me-
tropolitan science of " not seeing " people.
Besides, the Bishop did walk with him once
in the Green-park. What more can he want?
For the sake of the great Conservative party able
to govern England—and the only party that is
able—we deprecate all this sad forgetfulness
of an old admonition—" Sirs, ye are brethren;
"why do ye strive ?" Mr. BROCK we hold to
have been entirely right in bringing before the
world a book which (to our view) is unprotes-
tant and unreal ; but we doubt the wisdom of
trying to include among the condemned any
beyond the actual offenders.
On the other hand, while we respect the
Bishop of OXFORD'S untiring diligence and
versatile capacities, we grudge that they
should so often spend themselves in Peelite
speeches and works well meant, which yet
have given offence. " Cum talis sis, utinam
noster esses." He has reminded Mr. BROCK
of his father: let us be allowed to remind him
of his own. He may do very noble service
yet; but it must be in his father's way, the
true old way of the Protestant Church of
England.

SIR FITZROY KELLY'S PROMISED
MEASURE FOR INDIA.
THE announcement made by Sir FITZROY
KELLY, towards the close of last session ,of his in-
tention to bring forward next year a measure to
prevent the recurrence of such injustice as the
case of the Nawab of SuaAT disclosed, was not
of a nature calculated to make much impres-
sion on our public. In England we are so
accustomed to legal rule that we can with
difficulty comprehend that there is any part of
our empire in which it does not prevail. But
whoever is acquainted with India must ac-
knowledge that a regular and equal adminis-
tration of justice is the great want of that
country ; and it is the more imperative on us
to supply this want, as it is for many reasons
impossible that we should concede to the
natives the power of self-government. Rightly
viewed, it is not only our duty but our policy
to convince them that our power is employed
to advance their best interests ; but this we
shall never get them to believe, let us say
what we may, so long as we allow local op-
pression and injustice to prevail. The first
necessity of a people, under every form of
government, is to have the tribunals of justice
both competent and pure ; yet, excepting
the Supreme Courts, whose jurisdiction, as