The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-12 00:00:00

ANOTHER ARCHDEACOX ON THE
RELIGIOUS POSITION:

ine Ven. Archdeacon Atusgrave commencer} his
annual visitation of the Archdeaconry of Craven on
Monday. Addressing the clergy of the district at
Skipton, he spoke of the Act for the compulsory
abolition of Church•rates as a measure which, under
the specious pretext of a compromise, swept well-
nigh everything away without any appreciable
compensation in return. He, however, recommended that
wherever circumstances were favourable the new law
should be brought into full and practical opera-
tion. The aggressive sacerdotalism of the Ritualists
he designated as the most daring and defiant of all
the disturbing elements within the Church. Much as they
might see in the composition of Parliament to cause them to
doubt its fitness to deal with questions of theological
dogma or ritual, it might become a necessity to invoke
its interposition if the Church were to be saved from
internal convulsion and disruption. It was, perhaps,
too late, he observed, to repeat to any advantage the
ominous warning in a former charge with reference to
the then impending onslaught on the Irish Church, or
to analyse the influences under which public men were
confederated in a common sacrilegious ►evolution and an
unhallowed sacrifice to the exigencies of political expe-
diency. Still, all was not lost when man had done his
worst to humble the Church, and sever its connection
with the State, and despoil it of half its possessions. The
Church would not be left without resources for its spiritual
work, or without authority to form its future con-
stitution and government, without the security of law to
enforce its rules within its own communion. Holding
still to the same pure faith embodied in its formularies,
free from the suspicions which hung around it in the days
of its ascendancy, carrying on with unimpaired fervency
the duties of its sacred mission, there was encourage-
ment to believe that it would rise to more than former
blessing.

PLAYING AT TILE GAME OF "TAKING
UP."

A propos of the Disabilities Bill against the Mayor of
Cork, it may not be uninteresting to learn how a Lord
Mayor of Dublin treated an order to appear at the bar
of the Irish House of Commons. Alderman Green,
then Lord Mayor, had presided at a public meet-
ing held to obtain various political objects, amongst
which Parliamentary Reform was prominently de-
manded. The resolutions imputed corruption to the
House of Commons, and declared that it did not represent
the feeling or possess the confidence of the country. These
resolutions were brought under the notice of the House,
they were voted to be false and calumnious, and to
constitute a breach of privilege. The Lord Mayor's
name being subscribed to the proceedings of the
meeting, he was ordered to attend at the bar .of the
House. This order he disregarded, and the Sergeant-
at-Arms was directed to arrest him. Green
avoided the Sergeant until the day arrived for holding his
weekly court in the Tholsel. He arrived privately at the
Tholsel, and was holding his court when the functionary
of the House of Commons entered, and proceeded to
arrest him. Green immediately ordered his staffmen to
seize the Sergeant for contempt of court, and having
signed a warrant, he sent him direct to Newgate. The
House were rather surprised when it was announced
that their Sergeant-at-Arms was in durance vile, and still
more astonished when it was intimated that the Lord
Mayor would lock up every person whom they sent on a
similar errand. The sheriffs and city magistrates sided
with the Lord Mayor, and the volunteer corps of Dublin
expressed a determination to support his authority. Even-
tually the Sergeant was released, but the Lord Mayor
was not arrested.

By telegram from Belfast we learn that, at a
meet'ng of the committee on Tuesday it was resolved that
her llajesty 17e invited to be present at the inauguration of the
Albert memorial in June. If unaccepted then, an invitation
will be forwarded to the Prince and Princess of Wales. The
building is one which does credit to the town and is its
greatest ornament. It will cost £5,000.

REVIEW AT READING.—On Tuesday one of
the largest military gatherings ever known in the neigh-
bourhood of Reading took place in Bulmershe Park, the
seat of Mr. J. J. Wheble, where a great concourse of
civilians assembled to witness the manoeuvres. The corps
taking part in the review were the Royal Berks Militia;
commanded by Colonel Lord Norreys ; the Bucks Militia,
under the command of Colonel Lord Carington ; the Ist
Berks Administrative Battalion of Rifle Volunteers, com-
manded by Lieut Colonel Loyd Lindsay, V.C., M.P., and
Major Sir Paul Hunter ; and the Eton Corps:
THE GREAT CONV ENT CASE.—The committee
organised to raise funds for the purpose of indemnifying
and protecting the community of the Convent of Mercy,
in Hull, from the effects of the late trial —" Saurin v.
Starr"—have postponed for the present the collection of
subscriptions, stating as their reason that it is impossible
to arrive at any correct estimate of the amount of loss
the community may sustain until the whole of the pro-
ceedings shall have terminated. The committee, however,
have by resolution recorded their opinion that it is the
duty of the Catholic body to indemnify the Sisters from
any loss that may ultimately fall upon them, and the
committee intend to resume their duties whenever the
amount of damages shall have been ascertained.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.—The rate of mortality in
London last week was 23 per 1,000, as compared with' 25 in
thirteen other large towns of the United Kingdom. The
rate in Birmingham was as low as 16, and in Glasgow as
high as 36. In the metropolis 2,025 births and 1,421
deaths were registered. The latter approximated closely
to the estimated mortality, and exceeded by 133 the
number recorded in the previous week. The deaths from
zymotic diseases were 293, the corrected average number
being 321. Three deaths from smallpox, 21 from measles,
53 from scarlet fever, 7 from diphtheria, 91 from
whooping-cough, 9 from typhus fever, 21 from enteric
fever, 13 from simple continued fever, and 19 from
diarrhoea, were registered. The expected number of
deaths by horses or vehicles in the streets is 70 inlB weeks;
the actual numbers registered in the 18 weeks of this year
amount to 66. Seven persons were killed by horses, 2by
carriages, 4 by omnibuses, 8 by cabs, 20 by vans or
waggons, and 25 by carts. The mean temperature during
the week was 50'5, or 07 below the average. Between
the highest day and the lowest night temperature there
was a range of more than 34 degrees.

NETHERLAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. —An
international exhibition of articles of domestic economy,
&c., is to be held in Amsterdam from July to October,
under the superintendence of the Society for the Encour-
agement of Manufactures and Mechanical Industry in the
Netherlands. Its main object is to bring to the know-
ledge of the working classes such articles of daily use as
combine usefulness and durability. Articles of luxury,
art, and ornament will not be admitted. Among the
classes of goods for exhibition are tools and imple-
ments, household necessaries, plans of workmen's
dwellings, lodging and boarding-houses, &c., pre-
served meat, and clothing of various kinds. The
Lord Mayor is the chairman of the London Com-
mittee, and several well-known names are in the list.
The Dutch railway companies have agreed to convey
goods in Holland free, and some of the steamboat com-
panies will also carry articles free to the exhibition,
charging only return freight. Goods from British exhi-
bitors, if forwarded carriage paid to Hull, to Mr. Ringrose,
the Netherland Consul, will be sent and returned free
from Amsterdam, so that every arrangement has been
made for the convenience of intending exhibitors.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE LATE EDITOR OF THE
" MORNING CHRONICLE."— On Tuesday an inquest was
held at King's College (London) Hospital on the body of
Mr. Thomas Joyce, aged 55, late editor of the Morning
Chronicle, and more recently the editor of the Levant
Herald. A constable of the F Reserve said he was on
duty in the Strand about ten o'clock last Friday night,
when his attention was called to a gentleman lying
insensible on the pavement, near the corner of
Helmet-court. Thought he was labouring under
the effects of drink. Ile tried to rouse him up,
but could not succeed. He then sent for the stretcher,
and with the aid of other constables conveyed the deceased
to Bow-street station. On arriving there, a medical man
was at once sent for, who, finding deceased still insensible,
ordered his immediate removal to the hospital. John
Farrell, a porter, said about ten o'clock last Friday
night he was passing along the Strand, and when near
Helmet-court he saw the deceased, who was carrying
a large black bag, reel off the pavement and fall heaVily
into the road. He ran and lifted the deceased up, and
found him to be in a it. With assistance he placed
him against the wall, and then got some cold water and
sprinkled over his face, but he could not bring him round.
A police-constable, the last witness, then came up, and he
said to him, " Here is a gentleman in a fit ; lie had better
be taken off to the hospital at once." The constable said
he believed he was drunk, and would send for a stretcher
and take him to the station-house, which was accordingly
d me. He himself was convinced the deceased was
not drunk, nor did the vomit smell of drink. The
coroner said it was much to be regretted that
when policemen found a person lying insensible in the
street they at once jumped to the conclusion that the
person must be drunk. They should use more judgment.
Mr. John Lennox, house physician, said a post mortem
examination showed an immense effusion of blood on the
right lido of the brain, which had produced an attack of
apoplexy, from which cause the deceased had died. His
life could not have been saved had medical aid been at
hand when he fell in the street. A v_erdict. of "Death
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