The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-09 00:00:00

ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHURCH ABUSES

The Rectory of Redbridge, near New Romney,
has become value by the promotion of the Her. F. Scott.
It is wee* 1001. a year, and is in the gift of the Archbishop
of Caaterbury.—Ddiip paper. What says the History of
Heat ? That the sketch of Redbridge has keg been in
ruins, the population being 251, and the titbits 881.65. ed.
What say persons upon the spot ? That, besides the tithe,
there is glebe ; that ditty has not been performed since
1846, whoa the Rev. F. Scott was ladected. The poor
complain there are so charities. Rastbridp is one of the
New Romney clerical petrestesom. One service in odes
years-7001. paid to the clergy in that period—no church-
-22 parishionan ! Yet, mark! The archbishop will again
pigment, a service like that at Hope All Saints, will again
be shiftily performed, and the fortunate sumeseor of the
Rev. F. Scott may then imitate the incumbent of the nest
parish, Orgarswick (so church there either), and absent
himself for 24 years, nine month•, and two days, should be
so long live, or fail to obtain a still mom scandalous sine-
ctn.—Dow CAromick.

For years post the parish chiral of South Hsieh has been
supplied by the Rev. 0. Young, bat by some menu at
other the rev. gentleman was not very popular : the slam
all left—there mu as clerk—and the congregation way
become so small that on Masterday last there was only ono
women and tyro or three children present. The mats
stated tbat if he meld get la to bear him he would son_
tinge his ministrations, but it wm impossible for him to
some again to each a congregation, he should therefore m-
aga pro ten. ,Vicar Macdonald then gave seders that
another of his curare. (Kr. Marty, who serves Marlborough
Church, a quiet and inoffensive mu), after he had done
duty at his own church twice in the day, should preach at
South Bulb at five °Walk in the afternoon. Vas pa-
rishioners bad no objection to the man, bat ths time was
isseemesisst, as they boded, cattle to attend to, sad other
secsarary matters. They therefore represented the ease to
the vicar, wins changed the time to half-past 12 in the
morning, at the same time giving them a alga:Scant hint
Ithat if they were not pleased with that he should send them
back their old puma as e pusithment for theft insabordi.
nation. This wm a cheap from bad to wens, far that was
their dieser boor—and the attraction of the church was not
suflitient to compensate for the toes of a good hot dinner.
The consequence was that on Sunday last then was not one
present when the minister arrived; he therefore, without
mach ceremony, returned to Marlborough. The parishioners
feel annoyed at the manner in which they are treated. They
contend, as they are regular in the poritent of their tithes,
that they ought to have preaching at the regular time. The
churchwordens intend to bring the matter before the Vial.
lation Court at its neat meeting. Fortunately for the
villagers, there is a respectable dissenting chapel about half
• mile from Knish, where they now attend.— Western
it Tian.

Darnarrri CONVICTION.—On Saturday, at the
Judge's Chambers, as application was made for the die-
charge of the prisoner Curial., wh., was committed fortwo
Jan for ionise tndeaeet boaks and immoral publications,
Om the ground of an error in the 0011111Cti02. Baron Martin,
oi•
aablig Awn.. aniruntenis in support of the discharge,
made an order for the release of the prisoner. The public
ought to be informed by whose carelessness this prisoner
has enured a legal escape.
THE MARLBOROUGH, which left Plymouth recently
for Australia, was spoken with in the Bay of Biscay, all
well ow board.
8a EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON, M.P., hes now
samed the Mtn inst. as the day on which he will be
able to visit Leeds, and la emordasee with Ms saw
visisses, the swat mires of the Leeds Meditate? lw
'Oaths awl Uterary esseaty, at which he is to prods*
Imo Men Susi to take Sees on that dam