The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

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On Friday afternoon the annual meeting of the
Sheffield Church of England Scripture Readers' Society
was held at the Cutlers' Hall. His Orace the Aribbishop
of YORE presided.
His Haim said—The society on behalf of which I em
now to say a few words to you seems to me to °missed
itself to the support of persons of every class in this
great and importaut community, and I think we have a
right to mention fleet what was mentioned last in the
report, that its working expenses, in proportion to the
amount of alms which it distributes", are almost beyond
example low. (Hear, hear.) Three-and-a-half per cent.
was mentioned as the working expenses of this year, but
in a former report the whole expenses were only 271.. as
against a sum of money disbursed of M.& Id. ; and there-
fore those benevolent pecan.. who confide their hinds to
this association have the satisfaction of knowing that it
goes straight to the object for which it is intended, with-
out any waste on what are called .Aloe arrows Now,
the population of Sheffield may be taken roughly
at a quarter of a million, and the number of churches
in this place is, I believe, 26. I am 'thankful to say
that number will soon be increased • but you will
see that each parish at that rate Contains co an average,
speaking again in round numbers, something like 16,000
souls, and it is impossible for an incumbent and his
curate, be they as active as they may, and let them work
from morning till night as long as their strength is given.
to give pastoral sayorintesdesos to any wok numbs es
that, no metier what their all my be. (Hear.) Now, ray
friends, I am to shock you; lam going to men-
tion a fact which lately come to my knowledge,
and it is through the agency of this social . Out of
a district of about 2,000 families, 914 enter as
going to no place of worship whatever. That is their
own account of their own condition. Will anybody
please to multiply that by five f Then ou will have
some notion of the amount of positive hesa in one
particular district ; and if you will multiply that by the
number of parishes in Blieffielaillio:gi will get a total
not only arcazhig, but indeed . (Hear, hear.)
Why, my friends, do we really hare at this time of
day to confess that in a Christian pariah in this town, Just
after the working chums have exercised an important
step for the government of the whole country—which is,
if they like to assume it, practically in their country-which
as to one-half of them they have been accustomed to live,
and have settled down into living, ins state which pro-
fesses no bops hermits* stud oOrtielosto D 4 994 hero P My
friends, it is impossible that we can allow that to continue.
Then it appeals that the bishop and clergyare held in the
greeted detestation, because the working men of .Iheffield
have got a notion that they keep us. (laughter.) I should
like very much to see 600 working men crowded at the end
of this room, that I
.might be able to tell there • little
about that. I will simply say,. on the part of the bishops,
that the working men do not pay a farthing to any bishop,
but that every bishop pays a good deal towards them.
But on the part of the clergy I will say something
more explicit that I should like working men to
know, I know several cases in which a man has
26v1. or 3001. a year from his benetioe, which comes
from property, independent altogether of my working
friend& That man gives to the support of the school in
his parish 301. or 401. a year—ii very large sum, more than
the tithe of his income—in order that the people of the
working classes in that country parish may not go without
a good sound education. (Cheers.) That is the way the
balsas stands between us and the workingclasses. (Hair,
bear.) It very often happens that • man who will spend
4001. or 6001. a year on his stable, and 1601. on his cellar—
and he never begrudges those expenses—if he wean asked
to give 1001. to this charity, would be quite electrified by
the demand, and if he were betrayed into giving it would
never recover from the astonishment that it would inspire.
(Cheers and laughter.) I wish we could open our mu*
a little more. What II there so marrioel 391. P 'pay,
_if rm. kVe your brother, do you love him to the ex-
tent of 20s. if you can spare more f Now let us try,
in this day of change and revolution, to disestablish 'a.
(Laughter.)

THE NEW PREMIER AND 818 CONSTITMTB.
A preliminary meeting of influential electors from the
three towns comprising the Borough of Greenwich, has
been bald to consider the best means of receiving Mr.
W. E. Gladstone on his tint visit to the borough
previous to his re-election. After some conversation
it was considered that there was ne public building
available which would be sufficiently large to accommo-
date tho audience that might be expected to attend, and
it wee therefore resolved to ask Messrs. John Penn and
:one for the use of their large factory, which will hold
many thousands of persons, and there is no doubt that
this request will be acceded to. The conservatives have
started a rumour that Mr. Gladstone's re-election will be
opposed, but his return by an immense majority over any
competitor who might appear to oppose him is perfectly
certain.
COVENTRY ELECnoN PETITION.—On Friday even-
ing • meeting of the executive committee and supporters of
litteirs. Carter end Jackson, the liberal candidate. at the
late election, was held at the Castle Hotel. There was a
large attendance, chiefly consisting of working men. It
was unanimously resolved that a petition should be pre-
sented to the House of Commons against the return of
Mews. Eaton and Hill, they being thoroughly convinced
that the election was won by bribery and corruption. It
wee further resolved to append to the petition some 30
eamme-16 were chosen from the working men present,
the other 16 to waist of Madmen= and retired gentle-
men. The petition was signed on Saturday evening, and
will be Dent off at once. A great number of cease will
be brought in support of the petition.
XR.BAADLauciff AND THI NORTHAMPTON ELIO-
TioN.—We quoted last week a statement made by Mr. C.
Bradlaugh IS the National lieferiner, to the elect that •
church of England clerentas at Neethampkin bed voted
for him. The agent of the cresievative eandidetes at
that election writes to the Nortlempten journals: "Ae
several clergymen have adled ape* me upon this=
I think *proper to observe Oa me shwa al
is vote far Xr. at each eiselisei,
elenadiZialte is altoßethir mistaken in that any
such vote was so I know end Individual of the
dorkei to the church service in Ws=
and could, body
from such general knowledge and
acquaintanceship, have at ones denied the anouraey of
Mr. Bradiangh's stetement; but, for better assurance,
1 have referred to the register, and can therefore author'.
tatively a.mtwe reamsthat there le no reoord of •
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