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

THE RITUALISTS AND THE RECENT

DECISION.

A contemporary has the following :—" The com•
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. Blenk'nsopp, 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
Bright (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. Nug4e.

The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon has received an intima-
tion from a person who desires to remain incognito that ho
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, bad boon 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
ire betWoen 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 the total of the fund to £9,505, including
donations from Joseph Whitworth and William Fairbairn
of £l,OOO each.

An abbe, the secretary and treasurer to the
Bishop of Poictiers, has decamped. Ho 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 in Poictiers. The Bishop of
Poietiers is not happy in his choice of persons whom Le
honours with his confidence. This 's Lot the first time he
has been duped.
The Internationel has received confidential infor-
mation that all the efforts of Count Bismarck to produce a
breach between Count Audrassy, the Hungarian Minister,
and Count Beust, the Austrian Chancellor, Lava completely
failed. A complete reconciliation has been effected between
those two Ministers. The same paper says that 31. do la
Valettee has effected a decided improvement in the returns
between Florence aid Paris.

The Paris correspondent of the Army and Nary
Gazette says that the Convention between Baden and North
Germany had once snore roused the indignation of the war
party in France. Marshal Niel urged that this treaty be
considered equivalent to crossing 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—
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