The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-22 00:00:00

ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS, EABLSWOOD.

The annual summer Ftc for the amusement of
the inmates of this institution took place, yesterday, in the
beautiful grounds of the asylum, at Earlswood, near Red-
hill. The weather was fortunately exceedingly fine, there
was a good attendance of visitors from London, ua well as
from the mote immediate neighbourhood of the institution,
and all who were present entered frankly and heartily into
the various amusements which had been provided for their
entertainment. The whole of the entertainments w ere
under the inunediate direction of Dr. J. Lengthen, H.
Dover, the medical auperiutendent, ably assisted by Mr.
Alderman Abbias, treasurer to the institution, who acted as
clerk of the course and judge. By the kind permission
of Colonel Wood the fine band of the Coldstream Guards
was iu attendance, and played a selection of operatic and
dance music during the afternoon.

We read in the Dirif to of the 19th : " Mies
Grant, a relative of the gallant American general, has pre-
sented to Garibaldi, through an officer of the Ist Regiment,
the sum of one thousand francs, to be distributed to the
most necessitous volunteers. Such • generous act is •
proof that this audahle lady is in every respect worthy of
her illustrious family, and iKtleserves to be mentioned with
profound gratitude."
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ear All Epps s Homeopathic Coe, a, as being prepared and intro-
duced by Jas Es, the Homeopathic Chemist fr►t
established
In
England . The very agreeable cl.aractr"r of this preparation
has rendered it 'general favounte. 'I he fine natural flavour of
high-elass Cocoa is relined and mule extremely delicate and
grateful. For breakfast no other beverage is equally Invigorat-
ing and su=t.duing This Cocoa is rued by thousands alto never
used Cocoa store " cocoa stand• far higher than tea or coffee,'
Ur. Hassitil so s —Sold in ;',1)., !lb., and Ilb. packets.-{Adver-
tikement. J

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'APPIN BROTHERS.—Established A. D.lBlO.

CHESTS of SILVER PIATE for the COLONIES.

CUTLERY and SILVER PLATE for

'APPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGE.

MAPPIN BROTHERS, 222, REGENT-
STRUT.

TURTLE, TURTLE, TURTLE.
Clear, Thick, and Invalid TICRTLE sor PS always ready.
BT. JAIIII9I-11ALL, BEGENV-IVREEP, PICCADILLY.
W.ll. DONALD, Proprietor.

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
ROOM for Gentlemen.—Remember, we waft for you at
•RYAN\y;" atter the Covent Garden Opera an.l the Theatre.

the crarrelso.

HAY MARKET.
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BacPaton., Chippendale., and &Ahern; Mre. Chippendale. &c.
—LORD DI:NI/REAM al AMUR() AND DONE FOR. Mr.
klothern, &c.—And FISH OCT OF WATER. Mr. Compton.

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BRITANNIA.
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L Blinders, tte.—And LADY AUDLEY'S sEearr.

DIOR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE
TEM DAT —Morning, Ob. 23m Afternoon. filt. 56m.
TO-YO94oM—Moruing, 10h..2.im Afternoon, 11h. Om.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22.

Sour: of our legislators are as reluctant to ao-
knowledge
as they were slow to discover the
position which the branches of the Church of
England must necessarily occupy, and the cha-
racter with which they must be clothed in the
colonies which are in possession of representative
government. That the statute law which binds the
Church in this country, where it is established,
cannot apply to the colonies, where no religious
community enjoys that pre-eminence, and where no
Church courts exist, must be oh% ions upon reflec-
tion ; yet the authoritative announcement of this
truth by the Privy Council has created a revolu-
tion in the external affairs of the Colonial Churches,
and is, most unreasonably, as we think, discourag-
ing some of their friends in this country. We
hear it asked what will become of the Colonial

Churches when there are no bishops holding

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patents from tho Crown, and when no appeals lie
to the Privy Council ? Let us, in turn, ask what
it is supposed will become of them. One thing
seems tolerably certain. There can hardly be
greater uncertainty of doctrine or extrava-
gance of worship in them than may be seen in
the dioceses at home under all the supposed safe-

guards which it in desired to extend to the
colonies. This extreme anxiety is, we submit,
moat unworthy of churchmen. If, indeed, the
Church of England were, as some injuriously
assert, the mere creature of the law—a branch of
the civil service—we might well fear for its future,
when cut away from the restraints proper to such
an institution. Let it be remembered, however, that

these things are said, not by members of the
Liberation Society, but by " the friends of the
" Establishment," who dread nothing so much

as that the Church should be recognised as a part

of a divinely instituted society, and be treated
accordingly. The worst that can happen to a

Colonial Church under the cireunistamcvs in pros-

pea is that it will be thrown upon the wisdom
and devotedness of those who have most interest

in its prosperity, who receive its doctrines, and
value its communion, instead of being at the mercy

of legislators and judges who may not even be
Christians. This is not a future which convinced
churchmen ought to regard with dismay. It does
not daunt those who are actually engaged in
the struggle of colonial life, and most of the
difficulties of which we hear are imaginary
and speculative. The American Episcopal
Church and the Scottish Episcopal Church can
go alone although unestablished, without losing
orthodoxy or sinking in the respect of their
neighbours, and so will the Colonial Churches,
sustained, as they are sure to be, by the sympathy
of their brethren in England. It is really time
for men professing to be Churchmen to desist from
degrading representations of the dependence
of the Church on what, after all, are only its
accidents. Churches existed before establish-
ments, and can exist without them. Except
on the supposition that the colonial branches of
the Church of England are less Chr:stian than
the religious bodies by which they are surrounded,
they will prosper in that state of freedom which
their circumstances require. We know what has
happened under the control of Parliament and
tho Judicial Committee, and colonial church-
men may be excused, if not applauded,
for desiring liberty to walk iu the light of the
teachings of the great divines of the Church
in preference to that of great lawyers
who have imposed their dicta upon it.
That they will have difficulties to en-
counter arising out of the novelty of their
situation is to be expected. The multiplication of
colonial bishops is comparatively a recent event,
which it is customary to refer to this prelate or to
those counsels ; but which must have taken place
sooner or later as the increasing importance of the
colonies was recognised, for the idea of treating
settlements of our countrymen as parts of an
English diocese was too preposterous to be main-
tained while other religious bodies in the colonies
were free to organise themselves with the view to
the utmost efficiency. Free from the interference
of those equivocal adherents who for their own
purposes are churchmen to-day and nothing at all
to-morrow, cherishing the Prayer-book and Articles,
and prizing their connexionwith the Church at home
as an honourable distinction, the Colonial Churches
will be in a situation most favourable to unity and
progress. But if the prospect were otherwise, the
Imperial Legislature would still have one, and
only one, course to follow. All the religious
bodies in the colonies, without exception, are
free and independent, and must so remain. The
Bishop of LONDON objects to this state of things,
thinks that it would be time enough for the
monies to be independent in ecclesiastical matters
ten they are so as to those which are civil.
It the QUEEN'S sovereignty is exercised through
laws, and in the colonies there are no Church
iurta from which an appeal can lie to the
TEEN ; it has been well remarked that
appeal cannot lie from that which is not
court to that which is. Nor is it practicable
this time of day to establish Church courts in
colonies. Colonial legislatures might do so ;
it they will not, and no British ministry is likely
ask Parliament to legislate over their heads.
to wiser course will be to acquiesce in that state
things which the Privy Council has ascertained
id declared, but which it did not create, and
two the Colonial Churches to the enjoyment of
freedom of which they cannot easily be de-
lved.

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