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LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13.

Qrtzte VICTORIA is 102011 t to treat the court at
Windsor to its usual winter theatricals. Why does
not the Bishop of Loimois tAlow this royal ex-
ample, and entertain at Fulham his allergy with the
ise old comedy of "She Would and she Would
Not " They would profit by the performance; and
where else, in this crisis, they are to learn wisdom
and get counsel, must puzzle the wisest heads amongst
them.
Not, certainly, from a diocesan who, to vary the
fatigues and relieve the monotony of episcopal life,
now runs with the hare and then hunts with the
hounds. For years, to please a smiling, flattering
clique of his clergy, the bishop disported and philan-
dered with the " milk white hind " which DRYDIN,
in his pitiable perversion and in his glorious verse,
describes as "immortal and unchanged." And tow,
to soothe and satisfy his indignant laity, he has
shuffled on all the impatience of the " Panther," and
is determined to be Snit in at the death of the poor
animal he once tenderly patted, and so long per-
mitted to affectionately lick hie "purple and fine

ham'
So, whetting his appetite and stimulating his con-
, he has insisted that Mr. Bit/WM. of St. Paul's
sod St. Barnabes, shall either be as changeable u
himself, or shall resign those churches.
Mr. Beatterr's mind is, however, of that order
which retains convictions as well se receives impure-
dons, and his conscience not only values self-reopest,
bet, to preserve it, can " bear the slings and anew
of outrageous fortune." He hue, coosequently, shed
his benefices rather than abandon the principles
which he learnt at the feet of his episcopal GAMSLIZIL,
or lose the consistency which. he found elsewhere.
Poor Mr. BENNETT! The victim of an episcopate
he would have made • demi-god of—an expiatory
sacrifice for a bishop into whose heart he would
have infused the spirit of a hero—a propitiatory
offering for the future popularity of a prelate who
sea never undo the mischief of his past career ; even
though he slaughtered a hecatomb of tractariaa
balls and goats. Poor Mr. BENNETT! Fashion
crowded to his churches, ministers " frequented
them." Belgravia repented of its sinful routs and
saw the error of its sumptuous ways when stormed by
his minion. Duchesses sat in sackcloth and ashes at
his feet, and with his aid fat counteces were passed
through the eye of a needle. To Mr. TIIACXERAT'S
Lord Mekhesideck his doctrines were comfort-
ing and to Lady Ifelter•skelier his morning ser-
vices were a prolongation of the delight and joys
of the previous night's opera. His sermons frightened
bank notes out of the pockets of the sged and the
weak; and brouuht bracelets into his offertory off
the arm of the youthful and the enthusiastic who
had left their purses behind them. rm.! Mr. But-
trerr ! He cared for the poor amidst the applause Of
the rich ; and in his efforts to serve them, he set an
=ample worthy of all imitation. Poor Mr. Batt-1
awry! He aimed at carrying out in practice, what I
bishops only talked about, and having exposed to thel
pee of day their theory in all its completeness, he has
been punished for getting episcopacy into a scrape.
There was, however, no keeping Mr. Brarsnrr in
St. Ilsruabas during the raging of such a tempest as
the present. That must be admitted. The man who
boasted that he did carry the cross and pay it
honour on all important «cutout • that he did be-
lieve in an infallible church, that without such belief
"you could not be • Christian ;" that he did assume
a mediatorial character; and that be did repudiate
the royal supremacy over the church; could not be
retained. if his bishop had not got rid of, the mob
would have expelled, him. So the unhappy church
of England is well quit of such a minister, even
though some respect roust still linger after such a man:
determined, sincere, conscientious, and plain speaking:
fell of parochial zeal, influential with the rich, not
forgetful of the poor.
But the manner in which he has been made to re-
Nip is most instructive. With hie usual inconsis-
teocy, Dr. Btourieto had, it seems, tor four years
been alternately encouraging and repressing Mr.
BIONZTT'S seal and practices at St. Paul's; now
eommeading, then censoring him; now escort-
raging complainants, then dismissing the com-
plaints; and so oscillating and vibrating between cep
planes and rebuke down to the Bth of March, 1849,
when he roused himself to tell Mr. Bitterer, " I
certainly understood at the time of the consecration
of St. Paul's that the prayers were to be read, not
intoned ;" and with this mighty act of courage, sank
tato silent approval, for, apparently, the next twelve
months; Mr. Batmen meanwhile intoning away as
weal.
Well, in June, 1830, Mr. Beceerr had St. Baran
has ready for consecration ; and on the festival GC
that Saint, Bishop Bunirtzt.g proceeded, amidst]
the Intoning he verbally objected to, taking part is
the processions of priests he now finds fault with, fol-
lowing a great ClO2O, and, it is said, a figure of St.
Bensalem also in those twoomions, looking omplo-
eiestly on the elevation or the sacramental elements.
surrounded by clergymen notorious for their and&
crone irregularities and sympathies with Mr. Bat-
tee pr's extremist views and practices, and b laymen
who upheld them in so doing—proceeded in this
guise to consecrate St. Barnabas; after which, with
his knowledge and sanction, Mr. Sesser and hie
Mends followed up the eonsecration by a series of
" mummeries" that lasted eight dem and which they
is their " catholic " enthusiasm dubbed an " octave"—
sr rather, The Octave of Ft. Barssisbas!
Now, what is the plain and natural inference from
this ? Why, to use Mr. Baggerfe own words, that :
My views sad priseiplee is the regolatten of the writes—
istasdiss teas, teach, sad preserve my way is the very way
1 ea sow ramble—ell this wee hooves so has bishop.
If it were not, Bishop Bt OMFIELD must have been
wilfully blind or perversely deaf. For what it all
street was openly stated and avowed by Mr. BM
NUTT aid friends; and their weekly organ, at the
very next week, claimed the bishops sanction for all
that the octave had embraced. If then, there hem
been any deception in the matter, it has not been of
Bishop 13LOMFILLO ; and Mr. may well
eomplain that if he were not deceived by his dioceses,
that diocesan stood at his side and allowed him to
deceive himself.
But if Bishop Btoairtem previous to St. Bamboo.
day, 1850, disliked at St. Paul's " certain peculiarities
ef manner which are not necessary to • segued
eiservenos ri the rubric, and which affords herolls.
• objertord'—if he had previously had to tell
Mr. -Eminent that the services at St. Paul's
carried things too far"—and, if previously he had
had to remonstrate spinet • breach of the under-
standing come to when St. Paul's was consecrated—
what security did he take from Mr. Bmriurr for •
better order of "Weep" at St. Barnabas what
terms did he impose on Mr. Banserr before spier
that church—what restrictions did be place OR WIMP
Why, none! He took no security, he undone torma,
he imposed no restrictions. For all that apposes be
ewer said a word abent what he, is his way
of speaking about sods "things," would call the
matter. On the contrary, there he was, first eel
foremost, in the " mummeries " of tbeOetwet ewer
orating, preaching, bowing, procudedeg and aremigt
himself, at the bead of one luideelaf the wry
highest flying clergy in the kiwis% aimbisill is
isaugurate a church which should bs a nada albs
ssratotials sad. practices of the " dere magas' lay
this realm.
Bow, in the presence of them brOus. Bishsp
BLOWIFIRLD duo ,jo give an "wphato denial" to
Mr. Biturrr's sUltement to Lord Jogs Museum,
pastes
.all truthful eoesprebensios. Why, he, and be
dew, se really responsible fee Bt. Bared's, and all
that has marred there. By hie unconditional noose-
er•ticn of it, sad by his emphatic assistaace in its
Octave, he obliterated the entwining rewire he bad
earPreesrd date practices at Bt. Paul% and pee Mr.
Baum welataksable sseearegetactit to carry