The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1569.

tams at least three men who are not themonviti
partisans.

TI 1 TIMEATF,NED SCRIM.

Mr. C. G. Prowett, of the Temple, writes to the
Times that ait is impossible that we should shut
our eyes much longer to the disintegrating influence
which is at work on the Church of England. There
are now two parties in the Church. On the one
hand, we have those who see in the Eucharist the
communication of the element of Christ's humanity to
the members of II is Church—a doctrin e which, wh ether
you term it Real Presence, or Consubstantiation, or
Transubstantiation, is assuredly of such high signifi-
cance that it may well become to those who are
impressed by it the central feature in the Christian
life. On the other hand, we have those who bitterly
impugn this doctrine as downright idolatry, and
whose whole sphere of religious thought must be dis-
turbed by a notion so contradictory to the Calvinistic
aspect of Christianity." Is it possible, is it desir-
able to retain these within the same communion ?
Mr. Prowett contends that " there is not,
and never has been, at all events since Eng-
land was a nation, any such spiritual body
as the Church of England.' Our forefathers,
at the Reformation, never designed any such separate
constitution for themselves. They meant to remain
members of the Catholic Church, only seeking their
coercive jurisdiction from the King's courts instead
of the common centre of spiritual authority at
Rome. Consequently, the ecclesiastical organisation
which they set up is not, as in Scotland, that of
a Church, but simply that of an establish-
ment." This being the case, it would greatly
simplify the matter if the Establishment
(which already includes Episcopalians south, and
Presbyterians north of the Tweed) were made to
comprehend various religious bodies in England.
The Ritualists, on the one hand, and Lord Ebury's
" reformed " on the other, might then group them-
selves into separate " Churches " for spiritual
purposes, according to their genuine sympathies.
Such would be voluntary societies, like the exist-
ing Nonconformist bodies, or the new sect which
Bishop Gray wants to found in South Africa." The
Establishment might recognise and employ all, only
stipulating that those who might take clerical func-
tions under it should abide by its laws, which must,
of course, be adapted to the new aspect of spiritual
affairs." Mr. Prowett does not say what advantages
he offers to the Ritualists by way of inducing them
to subject themselves to the State.
" Consistency," writing on the same subject in the
same paper, contends that the Rituahsts will be
guilty of dishonesty if they do not leave the English
Church. He argues that even if they should obey
the judgment, they disapprove of, they mean to teach
the doctrine which they say is impugned by it, and
as they mean if they can to effect a reversal of
that judgment, they cannot in the interval remain
in the Church without a suppression of that doctrine,
which they would think heresy, or an enunciation of
it, which he thinks dishonesty. " Consistency " does
not explain how the Church of England could have
been reformed 300 years ago if all the Reformers
had left the Church instead of remaining in it to
reform it.

" A Catholic (Ronan) Layman," formerly a clergy-
man of the English Church, writes to the Daily
Telegraph to remind Mr. Mackonochie that when
inducted into the incumbency of St. Alban's he took
the oath of supremacy, and thereby acknowledged the
Queen to be " in all matters and causes ecclesiastical
supreme." The writer cannot understand Mr.
Mack onochie's strong objection to the Privy
Council as a court of final appeal. It comprises two
archbishops and a bishop, it was by this court that
Archdeacon Denison was restored to his preferments
and ecclesiastical status as an archdeacon. The
writer adds that there is a solution for Mr. Mac!:ono-
chic's problem. He (the writer), rather than be
bound hand and foot to the Queen in Council, dis-
endowed and disestablished himself by seceding, and
renouncing social position, a moderate professional
income, and reasonable prospect of promotion. He
adds : " I have since then suffered much
tribulation. I have been ' buffeted and per-
secuted,' but not forsaken.' I have ' wandered
about,' if not 'in sheepskins and goatskins,' almost
denuded of any skin but that which nature gave me;
but yet I enjoy the consciousness of having done this
for Christ's sake, and that having forsaken all' to
follow Him, He will recompense me by not 'forsaking
me in the day of trouble.' I assure Mr. Mackonochie
of the completeness of the remedy for the disease."

PLURALISM.

The new Bishop of London's first appointment is
causing some dissatisfaction. He has appointed
Canon Cook one of his chaplains, although Mr.
Cook is already Canon of Exeter and Preacher at
Lincoln's Inn. The grumble is scarcely jus-
tified. A bishop generally selects as his chaplain
an able man who has distinguished himself in some
capacity; and the pay of a chaplain is not so large
that the man selected would be inclined to give up
other preferment for it. Canon Cook is un-
doubtedly an able man ; would probably have been.
Bishop of Cornwall if any of the recent Govern-
ments had had the courage to found a new
bishopric. But he has signally failed in one matter :
the new (" Speaker's ") Commentary on the Bible,
which was projected some seven years ago, is not yet
even in the press.

LONDON ALDERNIP.N IN COUNCIL.

The Court of Aldermen, London, has just been
discussing the propriety of allowing a Roman Catholic
priest to hold divine service on Sundays for Roman
Catholic prisoners in Newgate. Some of the Christian
aldermen vigorously resisted the proposal. A certain
Alderman Wilson predicted that if the application
were granted they would soon be called upon to fur-
nish " a pool for the Baptist,aharem for the Mormon,
and a dancing girl for the Shaker "—a sapient remark,
implying, in the first place, that Mormon and Shaker
next,are a
tihruatm erous as Roman Catholic prisoners ; and
harems
and
dancing girls are essential
parts of Mormon and Shaker religion. It was re-
served for Alderman Salomons, a Jew, to demand
liberty of conscience for the prisoners whom some of
their fellow Christians refused to tolerate. Fortu-
nately, there were an equal number who accepted his
arguments, and the resolution was carried by a
majority of one; but notice to rescind it has already
been given.

ADMTRAL ROUS AND THE TURF.

It is Admiral Rous, and not John Day, who has
"bentunder." in high feather, and
the Admiral's " with-
drawal."writes :—" As the legal proceed-
ings pending between us have been stopped by you,
I now withdraw
my letter published in the Times
newspaper
to
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briefg i Dayvin
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the 16th of June, and the fact of my
o n
having addressed a second letter to the Editor on the
same day, requesting him not to insert the first, is a
proof that I did not consider myself justified in
desiring it to be published." So ends—and unsatis-
factorily enough—the famous scandal of "The Earl"
year.
SHEFFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

At the annual meeting of the Sheffield Chamber of
Commerce, Mr. Hall, one of the vice-nresidenta, snoka
of the restrictions of legislation upon female labour.
He thought it was a mistake to legislate for adult
female labour at all, as in many cases the restrictions
pressed heavily on widows who had families to main-
tain. Mr. Hall thought, too, that it would be neces-
sary to watch future legislation with regard to capital
and labour, as much sentiment had been introduced
into the deliberations on the subject. The uncertain
effect of the Workshops Regulation Act, which does
not practically control the smaller factories, gave rise
to some discussion.
THE LAW COURTS AND THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.

Sir Charles Trevelyan has written to the Times
again on the subject of the New Law Courts, and
observes that the sum already expended on the
Carey-street site is more than £BOO,OOO, and the
further sum required is £700,000, but these will not
complete the arrangements. By the time all is
planned £2,300,000 would be spent, and after all the
Law Institution and King's College Hospital would
have to be bought up. The Thames Embankment
site is so much better situated, that light, air, and
approaches are all comprised
in 21,500 ,000, which is
the estimated cost of the site. The aim has always
been, in the discussions which have taken place, that
the principle of consolidation should be
adopted,
and this was often used by Sir G. Lewis's com-
mission. This end would be answered if the Law
Courts were placed on the Embankment site, for their
entire eastern side would face the western side of the
Temple, and their entire western side would adjoin
the eastern side of Lincoln's Inn in its new position
at Somerset House. Sir C. Trevelyan declares that
we ought not to be content with anything short of
the best practicable arrangement, and with regard to
the Carey-street site the resources of art would
be thrown away, because the building would be
wanting in the primary condition of being seen.
"A. Lawyer " writes to the Daily News on this subject,
and condemns the " Embankment " plan in the
strongest terms. Ile thinks that Sir C. Trevelyan
has been misinformed, and that great inconvenience
and injustice would arise from the courts being
erected upon the new site that is proposed. He
considers that the Law Courts on the Embankment
would be as unsuitable for business as the Grand
Stand at Epsom on the Derby day. We believe
there is some prospect of the new courts being erected
either in Carey-street, on the Thames Embankment,
or somewhere else by the year 1970.