The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

godd and so much ill. The-question now was, whether
they of the present day could take up that building and
incorporate it into our own church system, and so per-
manently maintain it? It was a monument of piety
dedicated to the service of Almighty God ; and it would
be a lasting reproach to them if they neglected to main-
tain an edifice at once so grand and so worthy the vene-
ration of Christians. (Hear.) It was clear that it wee
too large to he dealt with by our parochial system. That
system had no means of providing for the permanent
sustentation and support of such a building ; it could
only be taken up and dealt with Ify our ecclesiastical
system; and he-saw noway of permanently maintaining
it unless it was incorporated into a see and made the
seat of a bishop's throne. For that an absolute nee*.
eicistect in the' 'spiritual warts of the population of
the county, and in its peculiar relationship' 'to the ^
diocese of which it .now formed. part.
Mr. C. W. FULLER, in seconding the resolution, ~
drew 'a graphic picture of the diocese of Rochester, of
whieh Hertfordshire formed part, which, he raid, corn- -
pretended the whole of two counties, and extended over:il
a part of a third. Its length, one way, was conkiderably..
more than 100 miles ; it had an area of more than 2,800
square miles, and a population of 600,000. It compre-
hended within its boundaries 600 churches and chapels ;
its bishop's palace was situated in the middle of the ,
county of Essex, 25 miles as the crow flew from the
nearest part of the county of Hertford, and 50 miles
from that town of St. Alban's. Its cathedral was iu
some remote corner of the county of Kent, and was septv.:,
rated both from Essex and Hertford by the river Thamm
fie asked if it was poaible that a bishop so s:ituated,',
however kind and genial his disposition, could eier be'
the real Mond, helper, and adviser of the great body of'l
the clergy over vrhern he ruled ? The remedy, be sub-
mitted, was simple ,and.. easy ;..and it was to separate
from that vast diocese a new bishopric, co-extensive, or
nearly so, with the county of Hertford, and with St.
A;ban's as its centre. (Hear.)
The resolution was carried unanimously, as was also
the third, briefly moved by Lord R. Own', and seconded
by the Rev. Dr. ROBINSON, Master of the Temple, con-
stituting a committee of noblemen and gentlemen to
press upon the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and upon
the Government the pre-eminent claims of the venerable
church in question to the distinction of a cathedral, and,
should their prayer be ijanted, to receive subscriptions!
and apply them to its restoration and re-arrangement;
the committee to consist, among others, of the Earl of
Verulam, as treasurer; the Marquis of Salisbury, the
Vlarquis Townshend, the Earl of Essex, Earl Cowper,
Lord Deere, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir E. B. Lytton,
Archdeacon Grant, and Mr. Puller, with Lord Robert
Cecil as honorary secretary.
The' meeting was also addressed by Mr. Clutterbuck
and Sir A. Dalrymple. Nearly 4,3001. was subscribed
in the room towards -the object in view, of which the
chairman gave 500/. ; the Marquis of Salisbury,. 300/. ;
T F. Gape, 290/. ; Sir E. B. Lvtton, 100/. ; Lord
Robert Grosvenor, 100 guineas; the Earl of Essex, 1001.;
Earl Brownlow,lool. ; the Countess Dowager of Hard-
wieke, 100/. ; the Countess Dowager of Caledov, 100/. ;
Sir Thomas Sebright, 1001. ; Mr. Abel Smith, MY., ,
100/ , and many other gentlemen similar sums.
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to
the chairman.

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