The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-10 00:00:00

SATURDAY

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE
REV. J. E. GLADSTONE.
The follovving correspondence bas taken place be-
tween the Bishop of London and the Rev. G. T. Drif-
field, the rector of Bow, in consequence of an an-
nouncement that the Rev. Mr. Gladstone intended to
preach in the church of the latter gentleman :

My dear Sir,--I have just seen an announcement
of a sermon to be preached in your church on the 7th
London March 29, 1852.
of April, by the Rev. J. E. Gladstone.
I take it for granted that you are not aware of his
having been formally inhibited by me
from preaching
in my diocese. As I cannot fora moment suppose
that you would intentionally act in defiance of my
authority,
and to desire that you will not permit Mr. Gladstone
I think it right to apprise you of the fact,
to officiate in your church.
I am, dear sir, your faithful servant,
(Signed) C. J. LONDON.
The Rev. G-, T. Driffield, the Rectory,
Bow, Middlesex.

2.
My Lord,—l have received you Lordship's letter,
referring to the announcement that Mr. Gladstone, of
Long-acre Chapel, is to preach in my church on the
7th of April next. Rectory, Bow, March 31, 1852.
Permit me to mention under;, what circumstances I
have invited him so to do.
For the last five years I have had an evening ser-
vice during the first four days of Passion Week, as
well as the usual services on Good Friday. It has
been my custom to request some
of my personal
friends, whose views of doctrine were in accordance
with my own, to occupy the pulpit on these occasions.
I invited Mr. Gladstone in the present instance, as a
personal friend of many years' standing, and as hav-
ing, by a sermon
which he preached at Bow last year,
rendered himself highly acceptable to my congrega-
tion. From these considerations, and in pursuance
of a wish long previously formed, I some weeks ago
requested Mr. Gladstone's services on the 7th of next
month, and not from any
intention of disregard-
jog your Lordship's authority.
As, however, Your Lordship's letter renders it
necessary to advert to the position in which it is un-
derstood that Mr. Gladstone is placed, I would simply
say that the validity of your Lordship's inhibition as
against that gentleman being a matter of doubt, and
forming the subject of legal discussion in the Court of
Arches, I think your Lordship will agree with me ,
that it is an open and consistent course to me, in a
moral as well as a legal point of view, to admit Mr.
Gladstone, under existing circumstance, into my
pulpit.
I
therefore,o
remark further upon the hope .that your Lordship may
not
ar-
rangement which has been made.
Regretting that incessant occupations have pre-
fweeoluiltd,
necessary
vented my replying more promptly to your Lordship,
I remain your Lordship's faithful servant,
(Slgned) G. T. Darrrumn.
The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop of London.

London House, April 1, 1852.
Dear Sir,—The question to be settled in the Court
of Arches is not whether I have power to inhibit Mr.
Gladstone, about which there is no doubt, but simply
whether he has disobeyed my inhibition.
As you appear to be determined to set my authority
at defiance, notwithstanding your oath of canonical
obedience, I have direocterdfaipthrfoueleesderinvganst,
to be insti-
tuted for the purpose of enforcing it, and of recalling
you to a sense of your duty.
I amdearSlrD'yru (Signed) C. J. LONDON.
The Rev. G. I. iffi d.

Charles James, by divine permission, Bishop of
London.—To the Rector and Churchwardens of the
parish of Bow, in the county of Middlesex, and within
our diocese of London, and to all others whom it may
concern.—Whereas we did on or about the 16th day
of January last past, by an instrument under our
hands and seals, revoke and made void a licence there-
fore granted by us to the Rev. John Eddows Glad-
stone, clerk, bachelor of arts, for performing the office
o
(being an unconse-
crated f
chapel),minister o fLong-acrein the
pa
rsh Chapel
of
St. Martin-in-the-
Fields, in the county of Middlesex, and within our
diocese and jurisdiction, and did further prohibit
the said John Eddows Gladstone from officiating as
minister, or performing any ecclesiastical duties
within the said chapel, or elsewhere, within our dio-
cese. Now we do hereby monish and require you,
by virtue of our authority, ordinary and episcopal,
not to permit or suffer the said John Eddows Glad-
stone to preach, or otherwise officiate as minister, or
perform any ecclesiastical duties whatever in the
church or parish of Bow aforesaid, under pain of the
law and contempt thereof. Given at London House,
this 2d day of April, in the year of our Lord 1852,
and in the 24th year of cur translation.

5.
Public Notice given by the Rector and Church-

wardens of Bow.
St. Mary, Stratford, Bow.—Services in Passion
prohibiting them
Week.—ln consequence of a monition issued under
the hand and seal of the Bishop of London to the
rector and churchwardens of Bow,
from permitting the Rev. J. E. Gladstone to officiate
in the church, they feel it their duty to give notice,
that that gentleman will not preach, as announced, on
Wednesday evening, April 7.
The sermon on that evening will be preached by
the Rev. G. T. Driffield, Rector of Bow.—Bow,
April 5, 1852.

Rev. Sir London House, April 5, 1852.
,—I have to inform you, that if my moni.
tion, which has been duly served upon you and the
churchwardens, be disobeyed, I shall feel it my duty
to institute
ecclesiastical proceedings against you and them in the
T. Driffield.
court.
I am) Rev. Sir, your faithful servant,
The Rev. G.
(Signed) C. J. LONDON.

,
My Lord Rectory, have the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your Lordship's two notes, dated the Ist
and sth of April instant, and also a document ad-
Rectory, Bow, April 6, 1852.
dated the 2d of April, requiring us not to permit
the Rev. J. E. Gladstone to officiate, under pain of
and the churchwardens of Bow,
I have consulted the churchwardens on this sub-
tdhreeslsaewd. to myself
it ring
sub-
ject, and have to inform your Lordship that your',
Lordship's monition will be complied with. I have,
therefore, withdrawn
Gladstone to occupy my pulpit. 1
In my letter to your Lordship of the 31st of
court bad not decided on the legality of
March, I thought
your
rt
right
invitation isuggest
t to
thatm yyferhi ern:
Lord-
ship's dr:
ship's interference was premature, as the ecclesiastical
against Mr. Gladstone.
Lord-
ship's proceedings yoNurotLwoirtdh:
Notwith-
standing your Lordship's statement that there is no
for my
todoubtd es
does
y, about
b o
considert it y
i t would be only
owp:iwtietartitfioctlitnihonib,itthhainulnfeGelladbsotuonnde
I therefore, abandon my opinion
Power as part of the question in
Icannontobte treated as guilty or incapacitated
just and fair that Mr. Glad-
stoneso before the proper tribunal.
I will only, in conclusion, add that, after the public
notice taken by your Lordship of the intimation that
Mr. Gladstone would preach in this church, I shall
proved to be
Publicity to the correspondence
which has taken place between your Lordship and
myself.
dispute.
should
I have thee honour to
be your Lordship's faithful
servant,
ftuehneatltilat liberty to give
(Signed) G. T. DRIFFIELD.
The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop
of London.

with much •
regret that,
April 6, 1852.
to you yesterday, I am
under the necessity of asking y
you to postpone your
my church nu.:
preaching at . until some future occasion.
copies of the correspondence which
monition, s,
- COpy of
lsboetween_thhe Bishop and myself, in
which you have
seen, appears to leave no alternative as to our course
. ...
.m Rectory,
eid' BO w ,
save respectfully stated to
him my conviction tha it unfair, pendente lite, to
deal with you as with a condemned person, or as one
legally incapacitated.
feel
Let me add, that Ithe hardship of the course
which his Lordship has seen fit to pursue to be great
towards myself, in compelling me to relinquish a step
howfahslpi crtsaohekcnyeedenoduyPi nolwaugei lael se e th a
at
I.
was open to rue conscientiously to
be involvedin tedious and expensive
litigation, in conducting which the opposite party
would be possessed of influence and resources so far
question between
beyond
I rather
moyt, a
ott es:nand:: t
n..ly trust that you will
be wisely directed, and that
. it will please Almighty
God to overrule the decision .for the welfare of his
Church.—Believe me to remain ever dprtehseumßeisbtoopp.rejludoge, the
most sincerely
yourself Idomant
arcahllieyvßedriesyahro hastily Gladstone,--It d t °inn eti
yours.
(Signed)
The Rev. J. E. Gladstone.

G. T. DELFIELD.

enjoy a special immunity, and are
without molestation. Many years since
T ----At Noct ' GIPSY IMMUNITIES-- the gipsy tribe
who, wherever else they encamp, are dreaded by farmers and
proscribedsufer
it is stated a gipsy saved the life _of one of the young ladies
edto
ettocccaomrdpinly,
of the illustrious house of Buckinghamshire, who was thrown
from her pony, and was being dragged along by one of her
feet remaining in the stirrup. For.this heroic act of one of the
race, the promise was given that the wanderers should
never thereafter be disturbed in their vocation within the
boundary of the Buckinghamshire domains; and the privi-
lege accorded le said to be so•sacredly respected that, though
great numbers avail themselves olit, none are ever molested,
and Nocton is a kind of sanctuary where the tribe can rest
without being disturbed by 813 1'
pre eheiezt of the constable.—
Stamford jtcrcury.