The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OT THE =Num.

Sm,—Until the decision of the magistrate was
given we have deemed it advisable to abstain from any
remarks upon the late occurrence at St. Mary, Stoke
Newington. We should consider our (market sufficiently
vindicated by that decision, obtained as it was without
the hearing of the strong evidence with which we were
prepared to rebut the accusations made against us, had not
one of the morning papers given strength to the state-
ments made by Mr. Sleigh, on application for tke sum-
monses, by a leading article still more unjust.
The withdrawal of all charges of ewes of violence leaves
us nothing to say about the statements sworn to by the
witnesses ; but we call attention to the fact that the organ
I desks on the floor of the church, not in a gallery or loft,
and that the footboard on which Mr. Smee stood when
ejected is less than one inch higher than the adjoining
door to which he was removed. A model of full size
was in court, but the withdrawal alluded to frustrated
our wish for its production.
The inducements which led us to undertake the cans of
churchwarden were a strong desire to bring about an ami-
cable settlement of the differences existing in the parish,
and a belief that by conciliatory and temperate proposals
much might be accomplished. We regret to add that our
earliest advances were unfortunately rejected, and we have
been forced to the conclusion that the wishes of the oldest
pruiabionere and the counsels of the earliest and most
liberal supporters of the new parish church were not
deemed worthy of consideration by those who introduced
the objsratiosable changes into the serviese—ellanges which
violated a guarantee proved by the evidence of several pa-
rishioners to have been given by the rector prior to the
collection of funds for the erection of the new church.
We have uniformly and continuously, as it were,
in anticipation of the magistrate's roominendation, urged •
reference to the bishop of the diocese, and the Prayer
Book clearly indicates such a course—nay, enjoins church-
men to submit all differences to his arbitration, with
further appeal to the archbishop, if needed. We Lave
also, as the correspondence between the solicitors will
confirm, expressed • desire and willingness to take a
judicial decision upon the points raised. The blame for
refusing to accept these peaceful solutions, or other modi-
fied proposals, dues not rest with us. We hope t hat while
acting on hslialf of the pat ish in the mainteniins, of
and privileges entrustsd to us as churchwarden-, we have
not forgotten our higher duties as Christian men. We
with confidence affirm that our friends and supporters
unite with us in renewed offers of arbitration, desiring
earnestly now, as heretofore, to witness a return of peace
and goudwill.—We are, dc.,
GEt). SINGER
}Churchwarden,.
JAS. A. CARSON
October 16, 1866.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAFLAINN TO GAOLS.—At the
Staffordshire Quarter &talon', held on Monday. the Earl
of Lichfield presiding, a discussion ensued on the motion
of Mr. James Bateman, " That the order of court :mule
at the April sessions, 1866, for the payment of a Roman
catholic chaplain at the gaol be rescinded." He called the
attention of the court to the argument from consistency
and the argument from equity, and taking the last first, it
had been said that, as the Roman catholic' paid f•oor and
county rates out of which the protestant chaplains were
paid, therefore they were entitled that to Roman
catholic chaplain should also be paid out of the rates.
But here figures and facts would come forward and
overthrow the argument, fur the Roman catholic h only paid
in England and Wales a sum which did not teach by
200,040. their share of the amount which they should pay
to place them on an equality with the protestant,. Again,
this plea of equity might be carried further still, and
tothey
might be called upon to pay chaplains belonging the
Wesleyan', Baptists, Independents, and other religions
bodies, all of whom had the misfortune to see Moir mem-
bers in our gaols. If they confirmed the pay ::mat of a
1 Roman catholic chaplain, the neat thing would I.e to pro-
vhle apartments In which the worship of the Roman
catholic, could be carried on within the precincta
of the gaol. And thus, ',crimps, within the walls
of a building provided from protestant funds,
those very rites would be celebrated wlSah our
martyred ancestors yielded their bodies to be bona rather
than sanction. These things ought not to be, end cab'
cially at this time, when, while they were heaping favours
on the head of Rome, in the other parts of the world she
was receiving heavy blows and deep discouragenont. To
do as was proposed, would be to deal heavy blows at our
national protestuitheu, with which, if history had any
weight, our prosperity would seem to be identified. Major
Chetwynd aecoeded the resolution. The Hon. awl Rev. A.
C. Talbot, believing that in this country their contributions
were greater towards the salary of the protestant chaplain
than those of the protestant' were towardsthat of the Roman
catholic chaplain, said he should oppose the motion. The
Furl of Dartmouth observed that he was one of those who,
at the last sessions, opposed the appointment of a Roman
catholic chaplain to the gaol ; but as the appointment wail
carried, he was not prepared to lend big aid in rescinding
the order which had been made. The Right lion. C. B.
Adderley thought as they had a national religion, the paid
religious officer of every institution should be a member of
that religion, and the other religious officers, if any,
should be paid as incidental to the wants of the institu-
tion, and not as national and recognised officers. He did
not think that the fear that the introduction of Roman
catholic chaplains into the gaols was setting a dangerous
precedent 16116 visionary, for it was clear that the con-
aequences would ramify and spread widely. Mr. Whit-
grease entered his solemn protect against the malting
language used by Mr. Bateman. The motion vas then
negatived.
RitfivENTION OF TYPHCS. —Dr. Allbutt,
of Leeds, has lately proposed a scheme for the radical pre-
vention of typhus, by establishing wholesome dwellif
for the really poor. The houses are not, like those built
by Alderman Waterlow, intended for artisans and others
who can pay good rents, but for hawkers, costermongers,
and unskilled labourers of all kinds. These latter are the
persons who breed typhus, and for thein the new dwellings
are most appropriate the cost of rental being Is.,
_ ls. exL,
and a. 2 par week. There is now an" Industrial Dwellings
Company" started in Leeds on this plan, with a capital of
50,000!., soda bloek of fifty teaemesta is *early com-
pleted irethe heart of a labouring district of the town. The
dmgn L admirable, and we shall watch its progress with
the deepest hatereet.—ifedical Tiara,