The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-29 00:00:00

CONSECRATION OP THE BISHOP OF

SALISBURY.

The ceremony of consecrating the Rev. George Monertey,
D.C.L., a bishop, to fill the see of Salisbury,
has been performed in Westminster Abbey. The
choir and the transepts were filled some time
before the hour announced for the commencement
of the service, the special seats under the lantern being
appropriated to the use of the friends of the bishop
elect, and in these seats were to be seen many of his old
pupils at Winchester College. The attendance of the
clergy, places for whom were reserved in the immediate
vicinity of the altar, was also considerable. The procession
from the Jerusalem Chamber entered the choir at half-past
eleven precisely, and consisted of the Abbey officials,
Queen's scholars, choristers, gentlemen of the choir, minor
canons, the dean, proctor, and registrar, the bishop elect,
and the preacher for the day, the vicar-general, the
bishops assistant the Bishop of London and
the Bishop of Oxford--the apparitor-general and
secretary, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his chaplains.
The Archbishop having taken up his position on the north
side within the altar rails, and the bishops assistant on
the south side, the bishop elect being seated in the Sacra-
rium, the Dean on 'the south side of the altar, and
the canons on the right, the Communion Service
(morning prayers having been said at eight o'clock)
was commenced by his Grace the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, who read the office in a tone of voice singularly dis-
tinct. The Epistle and the Gospel were severally read by
the bishops assistant, and were followed by the sermon.
This was preached by the Rev. R. W. Church, DLA., of
Oriel College, Oxford, chaplain to Dr. Moberley, whose
appearance in the pulpit, habited in an M.A. gown, and not
in a surplice, was somewhat strange in a cathedral church.
The text upon which the discourse was based was taken
from 2 Cor. iii., 16, " And who is sufficient for these
things." The sermon—it was a long one—being ended,
Dr. Moberley, wearing his cassock and ordinary black silk
preaching gown, passed through the side gates of the choir
to a robing room sot apart for his service, where
he assumed his rochet, the choristers during his
absence dhaunting the anthem, " How lovely are
the messengers." The presentation to the Archbishop
then followed at the altar, where also the Queen's mandate
was read, and the oath of obedience to his Grace was
administered. The Litany chaunted by two of the minor
canons at a faldstool on the west of the lantern,
preceded the usual examination of the bishop
elect at the hands of the Archbishop, who sat

for the purpose in his chair of state, in front
of the altar. The special prayer for the new pre-
late about to be installed in the full dignity of his office
being said, Dr. Moberley again left the choir, the anthem
"Awake, awake, put on thy strength 0 Zion," being
sung in the interval. When ho again emerged from
the side aisle and approached the altar, the late head
master of Winchester College had assumed the remainder
of the episcopal habit. Kneeling before the Archbishop,
the bishops assistant being one on each side of him, the
" Veni Creator Spiritus" was sung,and his lordship received
his sacred commission from the head of the Anglican Church
by the imposition of hands. Still kneeling before the altar
the other prelates and the whole congregation, cleric and
lay, standing up, the new dignitary received a copy of the
Scriptures from the Archbishop, and the service of conse-
cration was virtually over though a large number of the
clergy and of the congregation remained to partake of the
Eucharist which was then administered.

A. NICE LITTLE Sint.—rl Dublin correspondent
telegraphs that inquiry has been made into the accounts
of Mr. Robert Shaw, stamp distributor for county Cork.
He has admitted defalcations to the extent of £15,800.
Several of the strikes connected with the South
Yorkshire collieries are about to be settled. At the Park-
gate pit of the Strafford Main Collieries the men have re-
sumed work, an arrangement having been made with the
masters to refer disputed points to arbitration. There is a
prospect that operations will be shortly commenced upon all
the collieries.

A gross outragewas enacted in Sheffield onWednes-
day. When the men were leaving Huntsman's pit (New Win-
nings) one of them named E. Thomas was attacked by five
men, who, with others, had been lounging about the road.
They knocked him down, and while on the ground struck
him with sticks, and kicked him several times. Mr. Hunts-
man hearing of the outrage, went with some police in pur-
suit of the assailants, who left Thomas on the roadway much
injured. No one was arrested, but it is believed that the
mon can be identified.

" E. 0. Bligh," writing from the " Church Reform
Society" to the Globe, says that, in answer to a memorial to
the Premier against the appointment of Dr. Terrill°, Mr.
Gladstone replied :—" I do not learn that the highest and
most responsible authorities of the Church are dissatisfied
with the nomination of Dr. Temple. At the same time, I
do not seek to transfer to them any portion of the respon-
sibility which belongs entirely to myself." Mr. Bligh lays
the blame of the appointment on the bishops. If they had
protested the result would have been very different.

A letter appears in the Cambridge University
Gazette, signed " Sedley Taylor," and addressed to the
Bishop of Ely, in which the writer says conscientious
scruples have induced him to give up his minis-
try in the Established Church. "Though," he
adds, " of course, I am perfectly aware that, while
the law remains as it is, I cannot free myself from certain
disabilities attaching to the clerical office, notwithstanding
the resignation of all its attendant advantages, including,
in my own case, a fellowship in this college." The letter is
published "to draw attention to the anomalous and unjust
state of the law affecting those who see fit to resign office
in the Establishment."

A conference took place at Bolton, on Wednesday, in
reference to the proposed reduction of 5 per cent. in the
wages of the cotton operatives. A fortnight's notice of the
reduction was given by the masters, and the men requested
that it should be extended to a month, in order that
they might have time to determine what steps to take.
The masters refused to accede, and the men then
risked them not to consider them on strike if they left for the
present. This request has been granted, and the matter in
dispute will be laid before aggregate meetings of the masters
and the men. At a meeting, held last night, of some of the
operatives concerned, a resolution was come to to the effect
that they did not think it would be wise, in the face of the
depressed state of trade, to offer any resistance to the pro-
posed reduction of 5 per cent. in their wages.
0 nWednesday a special meeting of the members of the
West Riding Chamber of Commerce was held at the Bull
Hotel, Wakefield, to consider the present unsatisfactory
mode of taking corn averages, and the desirability of
obtaining greater uniformity in weights and measures.
After a long desultory discussion it was resolved, on the
motion of Mr. T. C.'Johnson, of Chevet, seconded by Col.
Mackie, of Westfield House, "That the chamber, being
of opinion that the existing system of taking corn ave-
rages was most fallacious, involving great injustice to the
agricultural intbrest, believed that a more reliable result
would be arrived at by requiring growers only to make a
return of their sales ; and in case of re-sale such transaction
to be omitted altogether from the return." Subsequently it
was recommended that all grain be sold by weight, but the
settlement of specific quantities be left to the discretion cf
buyer and seller. The last resolution was proposed by Mr.
F. Thompson, corn miller, and seconded by Mr. T. K. San-
derson, corn factor.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE PARTLY SCOTCH.—Our
friends north of the Tweed sometimes get the credit of
being rather too ready to claim on slight grounds as country-
men of their own the natives of other countries, whom
high talent or great good fortune elevates into the position
of being the popular idols of the day. Thus the Empress
Eugenie has been claimed as a Scotchwoman by descent,
her mother being " one of the Kirkpatricks " of such and
such a stock. It will interest our Scottish readers to know
that her Majesty, recently at a reception she gave at Con-
stantinople, observed to Mrs. Elliot, wife of the English
Ambassador, "We are compatriots, for you are wholly a
Scotch woman, and I am half a one."

THE HORNET.—One of the crew of the Hornet
has made an affidavit at Washington setting forth that he
was enlisted in New York city, and went on board the
Hornet at Guy Head. Her supplies of coal, guns, and
men were received on board a short distance from the
shore. The Cuban flag was afterwards hoisted, and the
men told she was a Cuban privateer. There is other
evidence to the same effect—i.e., that the Hornet was
armed within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Information of importance has been received in regard to
the purchase of the vessel and the movements of
those connected with the affair both at Philadelphia and
Halifax.

PROFE SSOn ItisLEY,—A. letter from this gen-
tleman says :—" Though the verdict was unanimously
and without hesitation given in my favour, there is
still a taint of suspicion remaining. Deeply sensible of
the terrible degradation intended for me, I address
the public with a view to assure all who know me now
and all who may know me hereafter, that I am guiltless—
not only in deed, but in thought; not only legally
but morally. The accusation of 'unlawfully taking
hold' of a young child fell upon me like a thunder-
bolt. It has caused me mental agony indescribable ; and
the manner in which my name has been held up before the
public has been a dreadful and humiliating punishment for
a crime, not only never committed, but never for a moment
contemplated. I may add, that I never meant to compro-
mise the matter, but invited the fullest investigation,
despite the exposure." Mr. Risley returns Ids thanks to all
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who came forward in his defence.