The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-07 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OP WINCHESTER AND "AN
AGGRIEVED PARISHIONER."

Yesterday the Bishop of Winchester hold a
visitation of the clergy and laity of the parishes on the
Surrey side of the Thames, at the parish church of St.
Saviour's, Southwark. There were present among others
the Rev. J. F. Langham, M.A., rector of Lambeth ; the
Rev. J. Bowstead. rector of St. Olave, Southwark ; the
Rev. J. Wallis, M.A., minister of Stockwell-chapel ; the
Rev. J. Williams, M.A., vicar of Camberwell ; the Rev.
Dr. Carver, bead master of Dulwich.college ; the Rev. H.
R. Lloyd, KA., incumbent of St. Mark's, Kennington ;
the Rev. J. A. Johnstone, Y.A. incumbent of St. John's,
Waterloo-road ; the Rev. Dr. Allen, rector of St. George's,
Southwark ; the Rev. W. H. Berke, ILA., rector of
Mickleham ; the Rev. G. F. Galaher, M.A., incumbent of
St. Mark's, Horselydown ; the Rev. N. A. Garland, M.A.,
vicar of Brixton ; the Rev. R. D. Brown, M.A., incumbent

of St. James's, Bermondsey ; the Rev.' J. T.'Jenkinaon,
M.A., vicar of Battersea ; the Rev. R. Gregory, M.A., in-
cumbent of St. Mary-the-Less, Lambeth ; the Rev. H.
Thompson, M.A., incumbent of St. Michael's, Stock-
well ; the Rev. E. J. Beck, M.A., rector of Bother.
hithe ; the Rev. T. H. Tarlton, rector of St. John's,
Horaelydown ; the Rev. Messrs. Wyche, M'Anally, Urea,
Eastman, Caftin, Aubrey, Price, Garden, Morris, Tugwell,
lac. After service in the church the bishop and clergy
retired to the Lady Chapel, where the names of the clergy
were called, but in so indistinct a tone that many of the
rev. gentlemen missed the appeal to them to answer, and
will be inserted in the bishop's record as not having re-
sponded to the episcopal command, whereas they had
been present during the whole of the morning. On the
name of the Bev. William Curling, M.A., chaplain of St.
Saviour's, Southwark, being called, Mr. Thomas Colin, of
4d, Borough, and 5, Aberdeen-terrace, Blackheath, rose is
the body of the meeting, and said that before that name
was passed be had to request the bishop, with the greatest
respect and deference, to receive the presentment of an ag-
grieved parishioner, a term which had now become tolerably
well known in consequence of its having been used in
the report of the royal commissioners on ritualism. He had
banded in the presentment to his lordship's chancellor,
and he requested that it might be read in the presence of
the assembled clergy and laity. The Bishop of Winchester
said it would not be in order to read the presentment at
that time. Mr. Collis said he was advised on high autho-
rity that it was competent for him to ask that the docu-
ment should be then read. The Bishop of Winchester
said the law required that the presentment should be
given to the commissary or the chancellor of the diocese in
open court. That course had been taken, and the present
was not the time for reading it again. Me Collis said be
should bow with submission to his lordship's ruling, but
under protest. Perhaps his lordship would allow bins to
say one word on the subject. The Bishop of Winchester
(rising from his seat within the altar rails)—No ; because
it interrupts the order of these proceedinga. Mr. Collis—
Then his lordship did not with that an aggrieved parishioner
might be heard on the one side, while he was freely beard'
on the other. The bishop said he was willing to heir
everything at the proper time. The presentment of
Mr. Collis (who it appears is a munificent contributor to
church work of various kinds, and who carries on the
business of a hop merchant in the parish of St. Saviour,
Southwark) complained that the Rev. William Curling,
M.A., who had been thirty yearn chaplain, had
not resided in the parish ; that daily morning and evening
prayer was not " amid throughout the year," es prescribed
by the Book of Common Prayer ; that unauthorised vest-
ments (the black gown, were used in the parish
church ; that services were said at the holy table un-
authorised by the Rook of Common Prayer ; that holy
baptism was not administered at the font, bat that a metal
basin placed upon the holy table was used for that pur-
pose ; that public meetings were held in the church, at
which not only laymen but dissenting preachers spoke.
Mr. Celle., after enumerating some other irregularities,
prayed that has lordship would take formal and official
' notice of them. The Bishop of Winchester then proceeded
to the delivery of his charge. He said that, look-
ing around the diocese and analysing its records, he
found that 21 incumbents only, out of its 400 cures in
Hampshire, and no more than three in the 2:10
churches of Surrey, now occupied the posts of duty to
which they were admitted by his predecessor in the
see ; all the stalls in the cathedral bad been successively
vacated, and the present members of the capitulai body
were successors to the men who welcomed him ou his
first entrance in the see as its bishop. His lordship con-
demned the ritualiotio practices, defended the Pan-Angli-
can Synod, strongly recommender! the offertory system
(particularly recommending that the parishioners should
be informed how much was collected, and bow it was
expended), and gave suite interesting information in re-
ference to the state of education in the diocese, concluding
with an earnest prayer that grace might descend upon
them all.

INDIAN TRAMWAY COMPANY.— Yesterday a depu-
tation from the Indian Tramway Company (Limited)
waited on the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northeote, Secre-
tary of State for India, upon the state and position of the
company and the extension of their line in India to Pon-
dicherry. The deputation consisted of Sir Macdonald
Stephenson, chairman; Mr. Norton, deputy chairman;
General Alexander, C.R., General Green, Mr. Brackett,
Mr. Kimber, directors; Sir Charles Fox, engineer of the
company ; Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, of the firm of
Messrs. Arbuthnot and Co., agents in Madras, and Mr. M.
R. Scott, secretary of the company.
ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.—
An accident, fortunately unattended by any fatal results,
occurred
_yesterday morning on the North London Railway
between Dalaton and Hackney. The 8.5 train from Broad-
street to Poplar left Dalaton to time, but on arriving
about midway between that station and Hackney suddenly
came to a stand, in consequence of the coupling rod which
connects the wheels of the engine having given say.
This happening whilst the train wan in motion neces-
sarily disarranged other portions of the machinery and
rendered it impossible for it to proceed upon its journey
without assistance. A ballast engine was soon procured
from Delano, and attached to the rear of the disabled
train, which it pushed slowly towards Row, the
brtaksman being sent down the line to prevent anything
passing. Considerable delay was of course occasioned by
this, and in the meantime the 24.2 U train from Rroad-street
had arrived at Dalston. The signalman it appears gave
" line clear" to Hackney before be should have done, and
the 8.20 train left the station as usual, and ran into the
disabled train, damaging to argue extent both the engines.
The passengers were considerably shaken and frightened,
hut beyond that we believe they sustained no injury.
The driver of the 8.20 engine, seeing that a collision was
inevitable, jumped from his engine, by which his kg was
broken. The fault, it appears, rests between the breaks-
man who was despatched to protect the ballast engine
and the signalman who signalled " line clear." Both
trains were driven on to Bow immediately after the colli-
sion, and the delay occasioned to the passengers of the
5.5 train was not more than twenty minutes.