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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1853

TALK of the Inquisition in Spain ! Why we have
it, sitting in solemn conclave, on the banks of the
Thames. There, in murky back chambers, adjoin-
ing Somerset-House, whose huge piles of stone
buildings obstruct the light of day,—a most appro-
priate locale for such a tribunal—sits the Protestant
Inquisitor-General and his brother-officials of the
" Holy Office," plying their unenviable occupation—
deciding as to what, in the narrowness and imbe-
cility of their intellect, constitutes the heinous
crime of "heresy," or, in other words, exercising
the right of private judgment—fulminating ana-
themas upon their victims—interdicting the de-
velopment of mind—and limiting the boundary of
thought—saying to it, " Thus far shalt thou come,
but no further !"

Generally speaking the world is really too busy
to have its operations interrupted by mere polemical
bickerings, and angry theological disputations,
which serve no useful purpose that we know of,
but rather the reverse. Nevertheless occasions
sometimes arise, such as the present, when priestly
dogmatism and intolerance require to be exposed
to public indignation ; and we do not regard it
as unbelonging or derogatory to the office of the
journalist, to bring about so desirable an end.
Last Saturday morning Dr. JELF, the Principal of
King's College, intimated to the Students that
Professor MAURICE'S Lectures on Ecclesiastical
History, would thenceforth be discontinued ; and
there exists little doubt but that the Council of the
College intend depriving this eminent divine and
scholar of his Professorship, if, indeed, they have
not already done so. The fact is that, for a con-
siderable time, Mr. MAURICE has been an " eye-
sore" to the nambypamby officials of the College,
who compared with him possess but " the intel-
ligence of soap-suds and genius of gambouge."
He has been repeatedly accused of favouring all sorts
of theological views, Socinian, Neologian, and
Pantheistical; and his Essays were said to confirm
the charges brought against his orthodoxy in cer-
tain quarters.
PROFESSOR MAURICE has been long and favour-
ably known, not only as an eminent theologian and
metaphysician, but as a truly benevolent man,
whose labours were incessant in promoting the
well-being of the lower classes. Earnestly has
he laboured to demolish those conventional
barriers which, in this country, so successfully
separate the various social gradations from
interchange of thought, or community of ac-
tion. Religion and humanity were to him prac-
tical, indubitable facts—not that wishy-washy sen-
timentalism which turns up its eyes in devotion,
and at the sight of human misery and depravity
sots withal the part of the priests and Levites,
-1' passing by on the other side." We well remem-
ber, some years ago,-when Mr. MAURICE first began
to put into operation his scheme for the amalga-
mation of class interests, being present at one of
those public meetings convened for the purpose of
explaining his views and plans. We shall never
forget his dignified demeanour and extraordinary
forbearance on that occasion, when a rough un-
kempt artizan told him to his face he suspected
there was Jesuitry at the bottom of his designs--
for he could not regard a clergyman as entertain-
ing any benevolent views with respect to the class
which he represented. The Professor replied that,
he honoured the honesty and boldness which gave
utterance to such an expression of thought;
and concurred in the view that, generally speak-
ing, the clergy of his church kept too much aloof
from the masses, and seldom interested them-
selves, in promoting their interests, or ad-
vocating their cause. A similar feeling of
real benevolence induced Mr. MAURICE, in the
early part of the present year, to publish some
theological essays, exclusively intended for, and
addressed to, Unitarians. His main object was to
show how slight a distinction lay, after all, between
their views and those of their orthodox brethren;
and thus induce them to unite with the Established
Church. In a work of this nature it must neces-
sarily have badurred that the Professor should touch
upon very delicate ground—such as many who are
loudest in'heir condemnation of his sentiments,
would h,4 reared to tread, even did they possess
the necessaTerudition, logical acumen, and criti-
cal aualysiii,:4o completely at the option of the
writer. ciatis work Dr. JELF sat in council, and
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