The Press.
London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

THE EXETER FULL SERVICES.

The Bishop recommended the newly.forrned Dio.
cesan Home Mission as a satisfactory means or
pro.
pagating the Gospel amongst the poor. He re.
gretted that the incurr.bent of the parish in which
Exeter-hall was situated, taking, as he conceived, a
very mistaken view of his responsibilities, though
acting, he could not doubt, from thoroughly eon.
scientious motives, should have thought it his duty
to oppose what at first, on the Bishop's request, he
sanctioned. He regretted this opposition the more,
because in none but the most technical sense could
a great building, erected for the UPI 3 of the whole of
London, he regarded as belonging to that parish in
which it was accidentally placed. The opposition on
the part of the incumbent to the services there held
was, in his estimation, not only unfortunate front its
exhibiting a clergyman as resisting his Srother clergy
of his own Church who, under the sanction of their
Bishop, sought by those special ministrations to win
souls hitherto neglected, but also because it seemed
to advance a claim on the part of town incumbents
of a right to exercise a control over public building.; in
their parishes, to which he thought. they could him
no moral, even if they had a technical legal right.

THE EVENING SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S will soon be
commenced, the arrangements being very nearly
brought to a close. A temporary organ, of consider-
able compass, has been erected in the nave, and a
pulpit l•as been taken in, but the precise spot in
which it is to be placed appears to be a matter of
doubt. Temporary stalls have been erected for the
accommodation of the minor canons, choristers, and
singing boys. The first sermon in connection with
the new evening services will be preached by the
Bishop, in all probability, on AAvent Sunday. The
list of preachers for the subsequent services has not
but been completed.
THE " GOURRIER " PARIS CHURCH FUND, having
for its object the purchase of the chapel in Rue
d'Aguesseau under the Consular Act, and the en-
dowment of a service in the Ft emit language for the
use of Church of England Anglo• French residents in
that city, has been the subject of a preliminary in-
terview between the Rev. William Goode and Mr.
Thomas Wiukworth, two of the trustees, and Mr. G.
A. Hawilton, Secretary to the Treasury.

THE EXEMPTION OF CLERGYMEN FROM TOLL was
raised in the case of Temple, appellant, v. Damson,
respondent, which was heard in the Court of Queen's
Bench, on Saturday. It was a case stated by magis-
trates for the opinion of the court, and which raised
a question whether toll could be exacted from a
clergyman under these circumstances. It appeared
the Vicar of Steignton, in the county of Devon, died,
and during the vacancy the Rev. Mr. Dickenson was
appointed by the churchwardens, and with the
sanction of the bishop, signified by letter from the
bishop's secretary, to officiate in the parish. The
clergyman lived at Teignmoutli, and iu going to the
parish of Steignton, on the 14th of February last, to
do duty there, he had to pass through a toll-bar in the
adjoining parish of Broadmeadow. The tollgate
keeper demanded of him Sd. for a toll, which the
clergyman paid under protest. He then summoned
the toll collector before the magistrates, and claimed
exception under the 32nd section of the Turnpike
Act, the 3rd George IV., cap. 120, which, among
other exemptions, enacted that no toll should be
taken "from any rector, vicar, or curate, going or
returning from visiting any sick parishioner, or on
other of his parochial duty within his parish." The
justices decided that the clergyman was entitledto
the exemption, and convicted the toll collector, who
now appealed against the decision. Lord Campbell
said he had no doubt that the clergyman was a
curate within the meaning of the statute, for he had
the licence of the bisbon, though not under his hand
and seal. His lordship thought the respondent was
entitled to the exemption when going to and re-
turning from the performance of his sacred duties,
though the turnpike might be in another parish.
The other judges were of the same opinion. Con'
viction affirmed.