The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-17 00:00:00

The late Rev. Dr. Downeswehh won two of the
" prizes" of the church ; he was rector of the fine
living of Stanford-Rivers from 1802 to his death—a
period of some seven and forty years; he had else
enjoyed for a long series of years a Stall in
Christ Church, Oxford; and was probably iit
possession of ecclesiastical pre ferments to the
extent of E 2,500 a year. This reverend gentleman
lately died ; and in consequence of his death the Rev.
Dr. OGILVY, the Professor of Pastoral Theology in
the University of Oxford, becomes, by
.virtue of his
professorship, Canon of Christ Church in his place.
Hitherto the canonry has been reputed to be worth
1,2001. a year, independently of occasional fines, and
to it a fitting residence for such an income belongs.
When Dr. OGILVY was appointed Pre.:.mor of p„.
torsi neology, his ern:Lune= .n Slut capacity were
trifling; tut in order, •as we are assured, to enable
him to properly fulfil the duties of that post, he was,
in 1839, collated by the late primate to the rectory
of Ross, worth 1,3001. a year. The professorial en-
gagements of Dr. OGILVY require or lead to his
residence at Oxford for, it is stated, nearly two-thirds
of the year. Consequently, since his incumbency,
the parish of Ross, with its population of nearly
4,000 souls, has, notwithstanding its great ecelesi-
asticsl revenue, been left by Dr. OGILVY to
two hard-worked and, we are told, ill-paid
curates. The late Dr. HOWLEY may have been
quite right in coming to the opinion that the nurture
of young gentlemen at Oxford in pastoral theology
was of much more importance to the church than the
practice of pastoral theology by the ircumbent of
Ross amongst hie own parishioners; and the greater
must of course always give way to the lesser. As,
however, in the course of nature the rich pluralist has
vacated the stall in Christ Church, and henceforth it
is attached, by statute, to the professorship, church
reformers everywhere, and the people of Ross parti-
cularly, are anxious to know whether Dr. OGILVY
will make his election between Ross and Oxford.
" For it were monstrous," writes one of our corre-
spondents, "in the face of the Bishop Wearmouth job,
to suppose that 1,3001. at Ross, and 1,2001. a year at
Oxford, should be retained by the same individual;
and it is hoped that Dr. OGILVY will see the impro-
priety, even if he possess the power, of combining
them."
In the hope expressed by our correspondent most
Ipeople will agree; and we shall not do Dr. Ocit.vy
the injustice to suppose that he will hesitate for a mo-
ment in taking that course which his duty end the in-
terests of the church so obviously require. On his
resignation of Rots an opportunity will be afforded
the Bishop of Hereford (in whom the patronage now
is) of procuring the division of the pansh—a measure
which the parishioners have long desired.
We now turn to Ashton-under-Lyne. This great
living, in which there are no fewer than 53,000
people, is a rectory worth not less than 1,500/. a year.
There are in it eleven churches and chapels, capable
of containing about 11,000 people, or one-fifth of its
inhabitants. And the gentleman who has the esurage
to assume the cure of its 50,000 people is the Rev. G.
Carrwone, presented thereto in 1816 by the late Earl
of STAMFORD. It is a cure which would certainly
startle and affright most clergymen by the extent of
its responsibilities. But it is a trifle to its reverend
incumbent; for he is non-resident and a pluralist;
he gives neither time nor talent to his Ashton pa-
rishioners; he quietly takes their money, aid gives
them their choice of his curates. Non hic meter
aernur. Hear the vestry clerk, who writes thus to a
member of the Manchester Church Reform Society :
The amount he pays to his curates is 2201. per annum, and
the rectory for the residence of the senior curate. We know
fno chewable, spiritual, or other purports in our parish
connected with the ree:or, excepting 21 given by him to the
annual collections for the Sabath Schools beloogirg to the
pariah church. There mey be other gifts, but they must be
trilling.
There is, however, a spice of modesty left
to the reverend gentleman who receives so much
from arid renders so little to the parish; for he has
the grace seldom to show his face in it. " His visits
here," says the complaining organ of the parish vestry,
"are at uncertain intervals, and have been from three
to four years between." Modest Mr. Cusreveme.
The simple fa-As of Ashton-under-Lyne are then these :
the rectory is endowed with 1,5001. a year ; of that
sum 2221. are spent by the rector on the spiritual
wants of its 53,000 inhabitants; and voluntaryism
does the rest for the church there as well as for
dissent.
But, perhaps, this holy man has an attrac-
tive living or a rich still elsewhere? Perhaps he has
in some other diocese datiea which require his un-
devoted attention? Perhaps lie is overwhelmed
with the weight of pastoral functions in another
parish? Alas, for the church, he has no
such excuse. He has fled from duty and
responsib lity in Ashton, to ease and comfort in
the parechial curacy of Chilton in Bucks. He has
left the noise, the filth, the vice, the misery, and the
paganism of a manufacturing town, which gives him
a handsome income, for the quiet, the repose, the
health, and the simplicity of a rural parish in happy
Bucks. He has retreated from Ashton-under-Lyne,
carrying off 1,3001. a year as booty, and retired to
Chilton, which yields him annually 671. in addition,
but which is only troubled with some 300 inhabitants.
The law allows him and his conscience forbids him
not. Reproach from the press will of course fall dead
on such a man. But has either of his diocesans ever
urged him to resign one of his livings; and, if they
have not, how can they reconcile their silence with a
sense of responsibility! Legal power they may have
none over Mr. Cirerwons, but moral power they
must have, and their duty to the chore' requires all
the exercise of authority which they can bring in
such a case. For the retention of so paltry a benefice
as Chilton is obviously a mere excuse for neglecting
Ashton-under-Lyne.

INDEPENDENCE OF HUNGARY.

THE WESTMINSTER MEETING.
A meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster who
are friends to the cause of Hungary took places yeeterday
evening at the Hanover•square Itthms, which were tilted to
overflowing.
Mr. LUSHINGTON, M.P., having been riled to the
chair, amidst much cheering, said that although ecarcely •
recovered from the excitement of the unanimous applause
which had been conferred upon the council of the National
Reform Association at Drury-lane Theatre, on Monday
evening, yet he felt himself called upon to attead this meet,
log, where, if he was not mistaken, a still stronger feeling
was likely to prevail. (Hear.) They were called upon that
evening to :manifest their sympathy with the great and foible
.•
es ...in of the Huneatians. Thet.s w „.seven ;`„:".;1-eil4
do that unrestrictedly, without the fear of false law or the
impotent threats of tyrants. (Cheers.) Ergiishmee couhl
speak now without toe fear of their intentions being znioe.
presented, and surely there was good cause for their ..peek.
iog in favour of the Hungarians. He was net
very well versed In the history of the quutioti
now at issue, but it was impossible to read
the public prints without having the mind raised and de.
lighted by the narrative of the noble struggle in •ehejs the
Hungarians were now engaged. (Cheers.) Theo mei,,t,
tion was the same as ours, and, therefore, should we support
them in the maintenance of their rights. Teey had nobly
exerted themselves to repel the advances of their tyrant., by
sebucceemon of vic:ories which no modern prowew had et.
celled—he might say equalled. He paw it tudrioned in ens
of the newspapers that amongst 200 Hungarian whimsy
taken by the Russians, there were 130 grey headed old
men, and eight boys under 12 years of age. (Loud chests.)
Loud Dailey S•uart's noble exertions is the teen
of Poland were already well known; while Lord Nu.
gent woe the first to draw attention to t'se eOgyakce
of a body of Hungarian Hussars who, beiag Witted
to abandon their country, had fled to this; end h. e ity
set a subscription on foot, had them sent hack to lion.
;eery in safety. (Hear.) It was competent for the meting
to come to any resolution it pleased ; but he claimed for Lm.
self the exercise of an independent opinion. lie woad
theretore say that if they urged the government to guts cos
they would rue it for centuries to come. (Hear.)
Lord NUGENT rose, amidst much chtsriug, to 'meth
following resolution:
" 'lnset this me eting watches with intense interne the pre
greys or the present etruggle of the Hungarian paeole for Us
right of set-government, which they have loose acd wiesly
exercised, a right to which they are entitled by the comers-
tion of their country, and which they have proved the:swine
eminently qualified tlgnjoy by the possession of moth,
axial. and poli•ical v era, unexcelled by any other country
in continental Europe."
He cwt. e-ed his difficulty in recommending this resolution
was that it strongly recommended itself by the simple props.
salon it contained. (Cheers.) He was sure he via net
wrong in supposing that the feeling and spirit which brought
them there that evening throbbed in every breast through-
out the country. was no matter of surprise that they
should meet, then. Looking to the 'pinto( sjmpsthy which
lied uuret forth in Birmingham, Meacbestr, E linthrgb,
and or her pare of the country, how could the peepito
Westminster do otherwise than melt t in the same cause.
The case of Hungary was not any sudden outbreak of the
mounting spirit of liberty against tyranny; it was the
case of a constitution, granted by five successive treaties,
sad spreading over a range of GOO yeses, ape*
and violently menaced by one who usurped to
himself the title of King of Hungary, a title which
neither by de scent, constitution, nor law, he had the slightest
right to. The House of Hapsburg'-Lorra ne had fahjece
tide, the ugh di scent, by a deliberate refuel to setarribe to
the conditions by which any man could become the :tali-
mate sovereign of Hungary. (Hear, hear.) She hed,ist
every act, violated the Hungarian constitution; du ea
assumed a title, in regard to Hungary, for welch she had
totally disqualified herself. She had tilled Hungary, aal•
teary to the constitution, with functionaries not native ban.
(Hear, hear.) She claimed the crown of Hungary waters-
c•sele us much justice, acd no more or lees, seers est
Queen to abolish the Salle law in Hanover, to declare has
self amen ign of that country, and t send her wapitis%
to establish the usurpation. (lieu, hear.) Aar ns bad
endeavoured t+ enforce her claim by means of unperrallelleal
treactiery —of inconceivable rutlimism (cheers) —by
casting aside every law which had hitherto beta respected
by all civiiirol states, in time whether of peace or of wan, by
making war on the principles of severe Indian
inroad ; by sacking towns, by hanging and showing
prisoners of wan, by scourging women in the I,uleis streets.
(Groans) Did they know the real meaning of that prods•
maims which the monster Haynau—(groans) —hed ;seed
to Pesth and Buda, in which he declared that wh,eeer is-
suited one of his soldiers shculd be then and tiers put to
death on the spot ? (Grouse.) Did they know whatths
meaning of this war? lie would endeavour, leds,vst
faintly, to give them a sketch of its meaning. The r toles of
Austri in soil lien are at tree quarters in the 611141,f d eines
of Hui gory ; the tither of a homily in vain closes his door;
the distant but approaching tread of the soldiers i• heard;
rapine, death, dishonour worse than death are ha :hat seutel;
the daughter, cliuging to her father's knee, shrieks to his
tor protection ; the spirit of liberty, of humanity, of p instal
love rises in the old nean's heart and serve his um, he ',tilos
the ruffian ssoailant to the ground, and in doing this he has ne
suited the free-gum-ter soldier of Austria • and the tether and
the daughter are shot on the spot for 'Moulting lisynael
soldiers. (Groans.) How had this atrocious vestment eels
met by the Hungarians ? Not one example had they
afforded of cruelty. (Hear, hear.) Not one act of retells
Lion had they committed ; not one drop of blood had h.es
shed by them but in fair fight; no, no such charge had bees
advanced against them by even their moot maig-
nant enemies. (Loud cheers.) Let them, as Eorlith-
. men, remember there was a time when a greet Bestidi
statesmen, Lord Chatham, boasted—and with kin it mot s
truth—tnat not a cannon shot should be fired i,t l: ,rope
without the consent of England. (Cheers.) L. t t..tut re-
mind the government of this bust. (Cheers) Let area
urge on Lord Palmerston—(cheers)—or rather, let that
support Lord Palmerston (renewed cheers) ; and tiro not fa
the way suggested by a very amiable man, the Archbishop
of Paris, who had just told M. de Tocqueville, in behalf d
Vestice, that France, as a substitute for war, should oho. lofty
words to Austria. It did not become a great 141'...0 Etc
,gland to use lofty words unless she was prepared
also f r lofty deeds. The English mind on this ....owl
had been abused and evil dealt with. (A voice: "De
Times," groans and hisses.) It has been *lowed end roil
dealt with by a calumnious and prostitute pros. (Groans.)
And that spirit had moreover been abused and evil dealt with
by some of the members of a weak and timid st. ,vere.niait
He had spoken strongly of the conduct of some pordou stow
public press, hut let him not fail to state that there were otha
portions of the nubile press which had done excellent semi
to the cause. Glory and thanks to the Sun—(cheer, I ; elool
and thanks to the Daily News—(chtani); to the osererr,
to the Morning Advertiser, to the Standard of Freedom—
(cheers)—and glory also to many of the commercial bighead
this country. When his noble friend and himself were
endeavouring to give effect to the generaldesire to enab:e the
Reliant IL ungesian hussars to regain their countryond usual
their efforts in her cause, they were most nobly met by the
managers of several of the steam packet companies, and mete
especially by the managers of the Peninsular and Orentel
Steam Packet Company, whom chairman, Mr. Dickson, all
honour to him—(cheers)—had guaranteed to convey these
gallant men to Coastantinople, and thence to the frontiers d
their own country, at a charge involving a decided lase to
the company—(loud cheer)—Mr. Dickson further insisting
that he himself should be accepted as one of the ginerantea
for the payment of the amount agreed upon. (Cheers.) lie
wished that the hearts, and honest cheers which had hem
sent forth that evening could at once reach the gallant Bay
miens ; but they would heir of them by his friend Coust
Polleky, who would faithfully convey to his countrs dom
his own knowledge, from observation, of how deep,' sad
earnestly the stout heart of England beat fur Hutory.
(Cheers.) They had one more great duty to perform. *I hey lid
given the Hungarians who had been cast on our shores the
means of regaining, please God, the country of their birth
and of their affections. Let them further establish on Atha
eomenunicinion between the people of this country and tfe
people of Hungary—(cheers)—and give whatever graded
amietscce we could to the gallant patriots. (Cheers.)
Mr. WYLD, M.P., in seconding the resolution, leaded
he would not be regarded as wanting in respect t.. ebeir
hon. chairman it he gave utterance to an opinion at • .naties
with that which he expressed in his opening address ts
the meeting. In doing so, however, his opinion must 02
be regar fed as the sincere avowal of a single indiciO
He thought the time for mere sympathy and 'pealing is
reference to Hungary was oast. (Cheers.) le oroo !
great question
townot merely between Hungary, Austria, ens
Russia, hut a question of European civi:,l etia-
(Cheers.) Great and noble and daring is were the abr.
of the Hungarian people, they were not fighting for thew
selves alone, but for the independence of Europe. Toe lie''
sian emperor had thrown down the gauntlet as the :de ern
of despotic principles, and he was convinced it ees
the
duty of the English people in conjunction
America, to take it up, and say, "as yn !•"'
dared to menace the librties of a prow ah!
are constitutionally entitled e
to them, and as manifest ,
through your ukase have expressed your intertote.
stifle throughout Europe the feeling of constitutional ;0.,
we whose enc store have gained for us a glorious rn:••''''
tion, knowing its value, will net see a simile
wrested from a noble people without an effort to pre, iots,
He thought it the duty of England to support tee:
cause of the Hungarians by deeds u well as so•
(Loud cheers.) He wanted the English people to sPT..II
intelligible language to the Austrian and Rumen c.o•s;
He wanted them to call upon the English fteoconu',
Act towards Hungary as they had done towards au Qitt
of Spain, and then they would be able to see whether t
were not many Englishmen ready to join in eetablietl!
powerful kingdom. (Cheers.) He did not wi
bring this country into a war with Russia or Au n..!!
but he would like to see a few British sail of eh, do._
anchored off' some Russian ports, and the minister 'a' c
to the Russian emperor that, whilst he rune,
his own country, we did not like to interfere,
having crowd the frontier, and acted against tee I t!,;.
nations and the law of Gad, in endeavouring to cf7o,,
other power, unless he withdrew hie f vas, the hr
of the British nasv
_ should be opened upon I.
(Loud cheers.) We wanted ne war. We wi•n• 10..;o4
no
war. 6,000,000/. of produce was annually i
t rises
net:
thet his
moment
yt
some thefromsuchstrong
estates of o
ltruseretioue
as he had pointed out was adopted by this countre,
would force the Emperor to adopt a different rill-
would cease to exist. (Cheers.)
theMera.rißieDoLrA—erry,
garians bed est;
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"he sSaTid°,Nthes
free, a noble, and a gallant people; loyal to wet "
pintuento the resniution.
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