The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY Z

penseble to the secure enjoyment and employment
of $ free and independent British electors
rights and privileges, since the considersble di-
minution of the numbers of the nev-eleethre and
the proportionate increase of the numbers of the
electors ? What moans a show of hands when every
householder is or ought to be an elector ?
Some may my it never meant much.
But at least it eten meant that the
majority of non-electors voted one way and the
majority of electors the other, and the moral of
the " show " was obvious. With a suffrage which
ought to exclude only roughs and paupers, a show
of hands can mean nothing more thanthat so many
electors on one tide or the other have taken the
trouble to declare their sympathies by boating the
air a day before the election, or that the " rod-
" dump" is in favour of the candidate who has
the finest presence or the loudest voice, or the
largest supply of chaff and claptrap.

THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTRABURY.

Clzwzmu. satisfaction will be felt at the appoint-
ment of Dr. Tarr to the Arohbishoprio of Canter-
bury. Readers of the Exprees do not need to be
reminded that concurrently with our announce-

uncut of the death of the late ARCHBISHOP we
maned the Bishop of Lownott as his probable suc-
cessor. The chief doubt expressed as to the pro-
bability of our surmise being correct was of a purely
pt rsonal character. It was feared that Dr. TAIT'S
health was too delicate to enable him to undertake
tie duties of the highest post in the Church. But
those best conversant with the labours pertaining
to the episoopato of London maintain that tho
Primacy itself is not more onerous to its pos-
s.. ssor. It is matter for public congratulation,
t I aavh.ro. that a churchman at once so
moderate and so sound as Dr. TAlT—the con-
sistent upholder of a State Church as an abstract
as well as practical good, and the opponent on
principle of prosecution for differences of opinion
—should be placed at the head of the Church of
England. The kindly toleration which has boon
occasionally brought against him as a fault in the
discharge of bis late difficult duties will be of the
utmost value in his new position ; while the per-
sonal virtues, the practical benevolence and un-
assuming piety, the sympathy for the poor, and
the earnest zeal for the spread of religion, all mark
him out as a man eminently qualified to set an
example of practical usefulness to the Church.
Conscientiously opposed to Ritualism, and a
consistent upholder of the sober theology
of the Church of Englund, Dr. TAIr has shown
himself in many particulars a liberal thinker,
and a man of originality and breadth of view.
His opinions on the Irish establishment are, per-
haps, necessarily those of his order; but the
country will hail his elevation with satisfaction,
because they will see in it an earnest that common
sense and moderation will prevail in the highest
position in the Church.
It is stated that the Bishop of Lnceor.v will be
appointed to the vacant see of London. Should
this report be verified it is ono which will also be
received with general approval. Dr. JACKSON will
not come a stranger to London, having officiated
for many years as rector of St. James's.
The Venerable Archdeacon WORDSWORTH will,
it is said, replace Dr. Jsexsos in the see of
Lincoln.

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The that question which the sew Hann ad 120611.011 i
will have to decide is not, says the Daily J aa
but an imparts] questioa. Mr. Madame be-
fore the county the principles oa whisk the pressed cabi-
net conducted the government. He de•011201111 thous as la
the last deem unosastilationaL For the teependbility at
the Welders, Mr. Dina has sebstitats4 the resposidbi-
lity of the orown. He has sheltered himself Naiad the
crown ; and by proffering sot di twee &Moe, hat a choice
of alternatives to her Majesty, has made her responsible
for the courts takes, while leaving ia the rejected pert of
his counsels a loophole of escape for himself. The oesalry
is called upon to promote aphid the isnovations epos
constitutional practice of which Ilr. Disraeli is the author,
and which, though they may appear to inagaity the royal
prerogative, injuriously affect the dignity and safety of
the crown.

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211/ PIM= OP 11110LAWD.
In notifying the preferment of the Bishop of Lon-
don to the vacant see of Canteebery, the Ana be-
lieves the announcement will be everywhere resolved with
feelings of pencesal pleasure, and that it will give general
satisfaction in the church. Dr. Tait Man, daring
his tenure of the we of London, materially strengthened
the hold of the church of England upon all
'Aimee,. and it will be a great advantage to the church that
her chief ecclesiastical ruler should have inspired such
general sympathy. If, however, a fault is to be found
with his episcopal career, it is that, from good nature sad
too much readiness to trust everyone, he has not only
tolerated but occasionally favoured the representatives of
extreme opinions in the directions both of rationalism and
ritualism within his diocese. But his appointment
a material guarantee against our being disturbed by new
ecclesiastical experiments.
The I}ltyrepA also thinks this preferment will gratify
the whole country. Dr. Tait, alone among English
prelates, has displayed the union of the rare and lofty
qualities which are now requisite for the great once of
primate.