The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-11 00:00:00

THE _RITUALISTS AND THE RECENT
DECISION.

A contemporary has the following :—" The cora-
mittee of Ritualists appointed at the recent meeting at
Freemasons' Tavern, consisting of the Revs. W. J. E.
Bennett, T. W. Perry, J. H. Molyneux, Dr. F. G.
Lee, C. J. Le Geyt, E. L. Blenlensopp, T. T.
Carter, H. J. Nihill, Dr. Littledale, the Hon.
C. L. Wood, Mr. J. D. Chambers, Mr. R. Brett,
&c., which is presided over by the Archdeacon of
Taunton, have been hard at work over their report, to be
presented to the adjourned meeting on Tuesday night. It
is said to be a long, elaborate, and closely-reasoned docu-
ment, treating the questions at issue both legally and
historically, and pointing out the consequences of the
judgment. The committee recommend that a memorial,
to be publicly agreed upon, both from clergy and laity, be
addressed to the archbishops and bishops of England and
Wales and mutatis mutandis to the Convocations of the two
provinces of England. Amongst the speakers at the
public meeting on Tuesday next will probably be found
the names of the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. Pusey, Canon
Blight (of Oxford), the Earl of Limerick, Lord Eliot, the
Rev. H. P. Liddon, Dr. F. G. Lee, the Rev. W. J. E.
Bennett, and the Rev. G. Nugh.

The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has received an intima-
tion from a person who desires to remain incognito that he
is anxious to build a chapel, some schools, and a number of
almshouses in connection with the Metropolitan Tabernacle.
South London Press.

An instructive beer-house case was before the
Liverpool magistrates on Friday. The defendant, it was
stated, had been fined no fewer than ten times—on several
occasions £s—and yet found the profits of an illicit trade
sufficiently great to run the risk of another conviction. An-
other penalty of £5 was inflicted.

The appeal for the purpose of extending Owen's
College, Manchester, has been readily responded to. There
are between twenty and thirty subscriptions of £l,OOO each,
as many more of £5OO each, besides many lesser amounts.
There is one subscription of £3,000 to the engineering fund,
which raises tho total of the fund to £9,505, including
donations from Joseph Whitworth and William Fairbairn
of £l,OOO each.

An abbe, the secretary and treasur,.r 'to the
Bishop of Poictiers, has decamped. He has not gone alone.
The reverend gentleman is followed by a coffer of valu-
ables, which had been intrusted to his care, and, alas
by a lady in high. position iu Poictiers. The Bishop of
Poictiers is not happy in his choice of persons whom be
honours with his confidence. This is Lot the first time he
has been duped.
The Internationel has received confidential infor-
mation that all the effof ts of Count Bismarck to produce a
breach between Count Andlassy, the Hungarian Minister,
and Count Beust, the Austrian Chancellor, have completely
failed. A complete reconciliation has been effected between
those two Ministers. The same paper says that M. de la
Valettee has effected a decided improvement in the retuns
between Florence and Paris.

The Paris correspondent of the Army and Navy
Gazette says that the Convention between Baden and North
Germany had once more roused the indignation of the war
party in France. Marshal Niel urged that thin treaty be
considered equivalent to cresting the Main ; but M. Rouher's
peaceful counsels once more prevailed. Austria, who has
been accused of stirring up the difficulty between Turkey
and Greece, is not ready for war. This writer, however,
believes that the Conference will have no permanent result—
the disputants intend to fight, though Russia is anxious for
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