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London, England, 1852-05-05 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY fi.
TM: derision of Sir Jomm Donates, judge of the
males Court. in Mr. OLADOTOINI'D 41111111/2 I soother
ample of the loom and liiiiiiiiin slab d the
be regulating the powers of med the rights
of their licensed clergy ; whilst the tub of Ws case
aly,,ra another illustration of the imeemeletemt maw
in which the diocese of London ie geommed
i by its Bi-
shop. The Mr. OLADSTONN is it s sosroely
necosary to state, is not the reverend gentle-
rein of that name who y preaches in
the 'louse of Commons—who is he sorelutioois-
eht the church of England in the souls—who
has assumed the care and protection iit lila spiampi
conunuuton in Scotland--end wham geMls
rhino. and essays on ecclesiastical milesets
Ilmillljraz
t many column remarkable he anything
everything hut coherency of opillien. The deitslast
Ia this case is a reverend gestlsibmi who wee blely
brows! by the Bishop of LoNDOW le prealla MASI
'Mier tu in unconsecrated and cmigrietary chapel
re Lorserc, where, it seems, he sib ....dr aa
remarkable fur his low church °plains ee tie ether
Mr. Or iosrofts is foe his high cher& views.
Fond is the Bishop of LONDON is of building new
churches, even where they are not at all times
wanted, he has a huge dislike to private pro-
priktsly chapels. lie was always
_sorely troubled
about the one in John-street, Bedford-row, where
Mr. 80. [Or \oat. preached so long and so popularly.
Hernia keeps a sharp look out after.Dr.TUOILPE and
his ruts' in Belgravia, where he will not have huh
entares. however able, pious, or devoted. It was in
a proprietary chapel in the Bloomsbury district that
he, last year, silenced the foreign ministers. Re is
sew is hut water with Mr. ClLtiorrove shout his
sole of preaching in a similar place of worship ie
Losgocre; and some of these days we may see
him fall foul of the teverend author el " Satess-1
yam' who occupies the Percy-street couveatiole.
Doubtless proprietary chapels such as these, are
make-shifts. Nowadays no one thinks of resorting
to such irregular and defective means of church ex-
tension ; and the sootier they can be all used op se
district churches the better. But bishops should re-
collect their origin ; how they were started to supply
gnat and notorious deficiency of church accommoda-
tWO, how in these days the liberality, the means and
the legal facilities of the potent time were
wanting;. bow. wanting them, dissent would
have received the overtlow of the old parish churches.
And recoll..u:ting all this and the supineness, the
indifference. and the perverseness of their prede-
cessors. bishops might be excused if they treated
proprietary chapels, their ministers and their con-
gregations, with a little Ices haughtiness and a little
more respect anti consideration than they do. But
so it is—bishops look harshly and unkindly at them;
and no bishop more so than CHAU= JAKEs of
London.
It must, however, be admitted that their incum-
bents arc not especially bishop-loving clergy; they
cannot. of courses, belong to the high church party,
for none of its member, would condescend to mecrifice
or mediate within unconsecrated walls; and of the
low church party, they are generally the lowest.
They look more to their congregations than to their
diocesans, and have much of the sturdiness and lade-
redeem of dissenters. They work hard, preach
with vigour, and lecture frequently. Perhaps, we
may add, that they love to see their names in large
placards on the wall.
Of this sort and school seems to have been Mr.
fines-rove of Legg-acre—earnest, active, decided,
and, if we judge correctly, a little strong and coarse.
He took to delivering popular lectures on Tree-
tmianism : in them Ise- did not mince matters,
but, from the pulpit, traced the growth of
that system in London to the policy and the
proceedings of the bishop. The taste of this,
in a chapel to which he was licensed by the bishop,
was perhaps questionable; the prudence no where ;
bat the truth, to a great extent, undoubted. Tads,-
Maoism would have spread in the diocese of London,
had its present bishop bees a Ch'a'ins; bet its
spread has, no doubt, been greatly encouraged by
the fact that be is a BLONITIKLD. Neverthelees, it
would have been quite as easy to have delivered
convincing and powerful lectures on the subject,
without turning the pulpit into a forum of ac-
cusation, even against Bishop BLOKTILLD ; the
lectures might not have been so popular or
attractive, unspiced by the personality; Ist they
would probably have been quite as enslave and
instructive. And, aftsrwetareven... ~., chapels
are places for divine edi&e.-
tion, not for polemical strife sad bitter-
ness. Exeter Hall is still sabissities of
religion;—and for better lee.
In the midst of his the Bishop of
LoxtkoN deprived Mr. GUMMI el his lions;
which he did without wairtiagsmeiaatcylagbit kw
anytvelesiastical offence, or own 807 =
of irregularity wheat his. 'The
served Mr. OLADerowe with the hose*
as plenary in its terms, and as it tees eat is its
authority, as any papal bell:
Charles Janice, by Ann possininsr lltebsp et Leedom.
to the Rev. fobs Wass Oblasees. dark. LA.
Whereas, we did ea se abed the lea 1851 give
vent unto yes see Meson Z. but owls
our pleasure, vs ;whom the of Ima-
ms Chapel, being as taanarrearallall4=l, WIN=
were nominated by Charles
see lessee thereof, by eat wleasZwAtaaessastitUes
Mackenzie. clerk, visor at the ail paeldi. New. wet its
divers goods anima sad maidanalliana, de, by IMMO Of War
authority, ordinary and episseeet, sad as tie es es es Iles,
and be law we may or eon, ma*. mod, and MU veld
the said License, sad iie Salta yes ken the elissehehister
sforessid by ths:ss prows. ANA we Is hags kg those
piss, sta prohib4 yes sat eitaiseles ee salsaiwits
forms; as, erdeskilkel Smite 111.1111 a Os snit et
elsewhere, within ere dieesse.
This pentacle*, prolulidea Mr. Cltstisfola
held to be of no legal she, beams of its assign*
an canonical reawasour its sataialag ao
tam of his having aemitted sty eassekels=
he therefore clierarid it ; asiddire=rt OW;
serial labours is as it-
emised respect he the
teas ler the shwas,
tine of his maisams mike awn health. throws
into the erclesiesSal assts. Them ea Mesday
last, Sir lows Dommat sleek without WWI= et
doubt, that the %Asp had a period bpi right te
melte a sierigyman's }imam that somisarßy, and
Without stating any reales
It follows, then, that the whole etaOfileillisill Old
other licensed clergymen areat the away Of their
liehop' whin sad ' at say saceseat ;--4101 lie
proof seer them le sod degatioi—Alist be
say at say aessat revoke the Asses be bee
muted them;—red that he is wear se=
too to repaid* he say mortal why ea
hie done see Al Swiss to rely ii So VARA
Nom et mewl emplatibility mid eles Mr. Beyond
that ther Um am * Imo*" tbe taw not at any
tamest la dim aka. end
If this be lim date of the law en M mile,
and licensed e it le isoblely *Alma pan&
lel in Plaghah t sad stet see et the im;
tenor clergy or this amatry is *it arke_sillo
lit may he unfrocked wbeemet his taffeDs
and not a word of expiated* wed rsiva
litt no mimes dos ho beano a bssellseil elwassa
—no sooner has be a living inlandet seamy or a
chapel—than be may est his Webs et delatee, he
nal
"n t Perprtrats what moral meormitiss Its shwas*
hr Nebo . All t assist eject kin ken hie bees
the can do the Is is Anse
him in km. Sarah ; the prate et his own
be ma continue enjoy i—the sly reshistisa
that an be pissed so him bin thee be mad
abstain from public venire. This eastrast is dearly
very discreditable to oar law; it is winery, and
despotic, and tyrannisel to hesseed sisemes• ; it is
over-protcetive where bessileed ciergyisa we ODD-
ocrned.
. Nor is this the only unpleasant contrast hamhied
by this case. How long-suffering, enduring, guise-
!tot, and tolerant wit the Bishop of LONDON with
Mr. OAKLEY', Mr. DoDswuerit, and Mr. BENNETT 1
ow peremptory, haughty, and intolerant with Mr.
Oupbtonl For the former he had letters, sa-