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coarse.. *He tack to *ivering popular
lectures on
Traetarianisna: in t4e ihe did not mince matters, but, t
the pulpit traced the growth of that system in
Lon o the policy .and the proceedings of the bishop.The testa etthis,. in a chapel .to - whieh he was licensed
by the. bish4. n'ae Ferhaps questionable; the prudenee
nowhere; but the truth,, to great extent,' undentbted.
Trecterianisea. would nave spread in the diocese of
London had its present bishop been a Crantaer,lbtit :its
spread hai, no doubt, heeri greatly encouraged by the
fact thet,he is.'a Blomfield.! Nevertheless, it would
have bz,.o4ite as easy to have. delivered convincingand
powerful elssaitiies on ttie, teib,ect, without turning the
pulpit •iiitell,:lteeumsiofsuentation. even against Bishop
Blomftett.;—therek.!tateeeateight-not have been so po-
pular or attractive', unspicel the personality;. but
they would probstly-havo been,oquite as effective and
all, e'veh proprietary chapels
instructive. %file; ifter
are
_places: for .dieince worship and spiritual edification,
not for polemical strife .and ecclesiastical bitterness.
Exeter-intlfili'stilf open for the animosities of religion;
and for better things' too. In the midst of this curri-
culum the Bishop of London deprived Mr. Gladstone of
his licence; which he did without assigning reasons,
trying:lim for any ecclesiastical offence, or even tasking
any charge of irr. eularity against him. The Bishop
merely served Mr. Gladstone with the following docu-
ment, as plenary in its terms, and as it turns out in its
authority, as any Papal ball:—
" Charles James, by Divine permission, Bishop of
London, to the Rev, John Eddowes Gladstone, clerk,
B.A. Whereas, we did on or about the let August,
1851, give and grant unto you our licence and authority,•
but during our Pleasure, to perform the offide of minis-
ter of Long-acre Chapel, being an unconsecrated chapel,
to which-you :were nominated by Charles George
'Whitaker STith,;9lerk, sole lessee thereof, by and with
the written cOntent' OfHenry Mackenzie, clerk, vicar of
the said parish. Now, we, for divers good causes and
cOnsiderations, de, by virtue of our authority;-ordinary
and episcopal, and as far as in us lies, and by law we
can revoke, annul; 'and make void the saiditcencee and
do dismiss 'you from the office of minister aforesaid by ..
these presents. And we do further by these presents. •
prohibit.-you from•officiating as minister, or performing.
any ecclesiastical duties within the said chapel,.or 'else-
where, within' our diocese."
This peremptory prohibition Mr. Gladstone held to
be of no legal value, because of its assigning no canonical
reasons, or its containing no adjudication of his having
committed any canonical offence;
he therefore disre-
garded, it; and, pprsuing his ministerial labours in the
chapel (with certainly no increased respect for the
bishop). was, for, the reformation of his manners and for
his so.•.ll's health, thrown into the ecclesiastical courts.
Thereeon 'Monday last, Sir John Dodson ruled, without
*rheigshittattoiottietioorkdeonabcriertghya
clergyman's lahne'sbifihceonpr.ellefailolthuas eperfect
timnialregitlyl)
the whole race of curates and other licetved3'
and without 'stating' any reason.
clergymenthen,
are at the mercy of their bishops' whim and caprice at
any mement;—that his power over them is arbitrary and
despotic;-ethat lie may at any moment revoke. the_li-
cence he has granted them;--and that he is under no
legal
blatigatiOn-eto explain to any mortal -why oro
wherefore he has done so. All they have to rely on is
the bishop's sense of moral responsibility and of duty.
Beyond that they have no security that they may not
at any moment be silenced, ruined, and starved. If
this really be the state of the law as to curates
and licensed clergymen, it is certainly without parallel
in English jurisprudence; and not one of the inferior
clergy.of thiacountry is for an instant safe. He may •
be unfrocked whenever his bishop Pleases; and not a
word or explanation need the bishop give. -Yet no -'
sooner does he become a beneficed clergyman—no
sooner has be a living instead of a curacy or a chapel—
than he may set his bishop at defiance, be may perpe-
trate what moral enormities he chooses, and the bishop
cannot eject him from his benefice. All the diocesan
can do then is to silence him in his church; the profits
of his cure he may continue to enjoy—the only restric-
tion that can bo placed ou him being that he must ab-
' stain from public service. This contrast ieelearly very
discreditable to our law; it is arbitrary, and despotic,
and tyrannical' to licensed clergymen; it is over-protec-
-1 tive where beneficed clergymen are concerned. Nor is
this the only unpleasant contrast furnished by this case.
How long-suffering, enduring, quiescent, and tolerant ;
was the Bishop of London with Mr. Oakley, Mr.
Dodsworth, and Mr. Bennett! How premptory, haughty,
and intolerant with Mr. Gladstone! For the former ho
had, letters, entreaties, requests, and solicitations.. For
the latter; instant dismissal and the Ecclesiastical Court.-
He bowed Mr. Oakley and "dear Mr. Dodsworth"
politely to
_Rome. He will drive Mr. Gladstone un-
feelingly
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to dissent.

LAW -INTELLIGENCE.
_INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 5.
(Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.)
IN THE MATTER OF PATRICK STEWART.
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This insolvent, a clerk in theo;cinance:Ofio;, applied
'o be 'discharged.

Mr. Nichois and Mr. Caalteen opposed for creditors,
and other creditors appeared in person. Mr. Cooke and
Mr. Sargood supported.
_ _

In 1846, wheYthe insolvent's salary was 2101, he ap-
plied to the Court of Bankruptcy, and obtained a final
order. He had •paid 601. a year into that court until
the last quarter, and dividends had been paid. Being
without sufficient means be had raised money on bills,
and had paid for advances and, renewals more than 60
per cent. for the last two years, until he resolved to
come to this court. Ho had never been free from the'
money-lenders. He proposed to continue the 60/. to
the Court of Bankruptcy, and to pay 601. a year into
this court for the new eteditora out of his present salary
cf .eea_

It was arranged between the creditors and the insol-
vent's counsel that no/. a year-should be set aside. •
Mr. Commissioner LAW was not disposed to discharge
the insolvent, unless the Ordnance Department would
consent to the proposal, as the creditors might obtain no
benefit. As to the money lenders, he only wished the
law allowed him to pay the tradesmen first, and such
persons in twenty years time.
Ulti:natoly it u-,is scLC,d the inzcilvznit sLoald
out on bail, 'Eueh permission having been bolero refused,
and that the case should be adjourned to the 7th June,
to Carry the proposal of 1001. a year to the new Creditors
into effect. •

COURT OF 11VLAND REVENUE, May 5.
(Before H. F. STEPHENSON, Esq., C. J. HERMES, Esq.,
and CHARLES PRESSLY, Esq.)

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EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON THE REVENUE AND ASSAULT
ON THE OFFICERS—PENALTY 1,2001.
Charles Buckland, an extensive soap-manufacturer
of James street, Walworth-rold, was charged on an
information for the following offences against the
excise larva. Fur rumoring and conveying away
soap, with intent to evade the duty charge-
able thereon; for cffering and promising to
give 101: to an officer of the excise, to prevail upon him
to connive at the illegal removal of soap, and to neglect
to report-the discovery of such removal to the Com.
missioners of 141mA Revenue; for molesting and oh.
structing the officers of excise in the execution of their
duty to fein and detain a large quantity of soap,
and
six boxes containing such soap forfeited under an Act
of Parliament; fur resisting a seizure of goods,
diti'-, ai,d tninfr9; for cleansing without notice; comma.
for
without pro.1n
chi
ofexciadeciproosinitincxg.aaintidkagp,
venting the the pre_
1111905 and takieg, an account of soap and
samples;
for
np.k:ng use. of fit frames for cipanit g so
sntrj ; and for removing,
soap, with intent to defraud, her Majesty of
thereon. The penalties iu the aggregate Jesty of the duty
3,5001 ggregate amounted to
Air. Welsby, QC., appeared 0
Mr, Parry for the defendant. n the part of the Crevm;
The case occupied the entire
judgment in the
penalty of 1,200/.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
HARWICR.—The retirement of Sir F. Belly, mac-
quint upon .his election for East Suffolk, has, for the
filth time during the existing Perliament, caused 6 Va.
cancy in the representation of this borough. The only
candidate in the-field for the vacant seat is Mr. base
Butt, orl/41, C., who came down last week and prosecuted s:
active canvass, besides addressing the electoral body on two occasions. The resignation of the Solicitor-GeneralhsW led to the abandonment of the
of Commons against his return, which
" Zsr: of rlas
r.
drawn up and presented under the intrac
the ire of Mr.
petition to the Hoare
Coppock. This proceeding has arouseda
of ius
Butt, who a few evenings since convened
to meeting
them a counter
friends 'atielittPporters, arid submitted
petition " to haver. CoPrek
House Of COmmims for improper interference
to the bar of the
.
The writ for the
privileges of the electors of Ram The
with the
new election arrived on Tuesday.
MANCLIBSTER the supporters of Lard
Moreton and Mr. G. ecsfheld on Tuesday even-
ing at the Albion Hotel,
of
the
whole number of those
.---A
Loch, was
- About sixty or
seventy persons only,
Robert Gardner, Mr. Robert
most influential were
Robertr Barbour. Though the can-
to whom *oilers find been sent were present, and the
Gladstone, and Mr.
y are brought out by the high Con-
liberal principles,
tdethe chief motive to action is the
didates profess to
they
forward on independent and
servative party, an
present Members for the borough took
course
Titles Bill and a desire to thwart
onthe the
A nEcclesiasticalwtiparh.c urnthe
wLeague.

"
DEMOLITION OF TUE CRYSTAL PALACE.—la con-
seqUence of many thousands of persons in the United-King-
dom having been unable to obtain a copY of the °re
Exhibition Chart, printed in colours, and presented by the
proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch, to their subscribers and
the, public, in the months of January and February last, a
re-issue has been determined upon, to take place on Sunday.
an account
the 16th of May. The Chart, which has undergone a careful
revision, shows by simple diagrams the number of persona
that visited the Exhibition daily, the amouat of money takea
a memento
at the various entrances, the quantity.of refreshments eon-
e as
sratis to e
sumd ; the names of the Royal Coumissioners ;
of the origin of the Palace, and its dimensions in feet. In
order that every Individual in the country may pos§ess this
statistical reflex of curious and interesting results, to mark
abned
delivered o s ers•
thei
tcleemo existence,l itiono f
the
eo
Charth building,
nwgi ,i I
'very
subscriber and purehastr of the DiTatch on the day stated.
The Dispatch is pubisbed at four o'clock every
railway trains
morning, in time for the. first
Lond
and for the morning mails. Early orders should be givenan,'
all newsvenders in town or country; or to Mr. R. A -
No. 189, Fieet•street. The news agents will h - • Wood,
the Chart with every Dispatch of 'May ltith. have a copy of
TmoStAs FRANCIS MEAGHER. Th
distingui,bed exile requires confirmation. e escape of this
re-
ceived by some members of his family ion'
Letters were
yesterday (Monday) bearing a dat from Smith O'Brien
ru-
moured escape, and they contain e subsequent to the
subjeA. From this it would nothing relative to the
continues under surveillatte appear that Mr. Meagher still
brattier exiles.—Freesia's ...el awaiting the fortunes' of his
oournal
The East of Mem, b '
g UT
ymierdm at 1.p...1,, . ,bed ea audience of the Quell
'W"V-.lllgLaln Palace.

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