The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-11 00:00:00

THE RITUAL COMMISSION.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has been speaking at
West Dartford upon the subject of the Ritual Com.
mission. He remarked that the time was coming when
the position of the Church of England, as an Establish.
meat, would be assailed. It was the duty, therefore, of
her members to remove any blots that might be upon her,
and by zeal and self-denial to thew that they were really
doing God's work. The Ritual Commission were considering
her Liturgy- -They did nnt think matters of doetzineAvera
within their scope; they rather sought to increase thepresent
work of the Church. There need be no fear (the Arch-
bishop said) that Parliament would legislate against the
will of the Church, the difficulty was to get Parliament
to legislate at all. That obstacle overcome, the will of the
Church would be the ground for legislation. "The
Ritual Commission (his Grace continued) has Leen sitting
long, and the changes which they think desirable have.
now been drawn up and are at present being circulated
among the divinity professors of the universities
and other dignitaries of the Church. They
may be summed up as follows:-1. A new Lec-
tionary. Many chapters have been added, as suited
to edification ; some have been omitted. A greater elas-
ticity has been given to the Lectionary. The principal
changes are in the daily Lessons. 2. Alterations in the
ordinary daily service. Evidently, to men busily engaged
the service as it stands at present does not commend itself.
A shorter service therefore will be proposed—shorter, but
strictly based upon the existing materials. 3. Every
facility for dividing services and using different services at
different times, according to the exigencies of different con-
gregations. 4. In the Burial Service some solution of a
difficulty commonly felt will be offered. Nothing revo-
lutionary need be anticipated. The character of the
Prayer-Book will be preserved intact. Other matters
imperatively demand attention. What a scandal to take
up a newspaper and find whole columns devoted
to the advertisements of the sale of livings,
and to see the tone and language of some of
the advertisements themselves. It may be difficult
to deal with this, but an attempt will probably be made.
The bill which has lately passed with reference to the
resignation of bishops is identical in its scope with a plan,
proposed in Convocation three years ago with reference to
the other clergy. It is not unlikely that a similar measure
will be proposed for this end. More efficient episcopal
supervision is required, although Churchmen may not
have made up their minds as to the best means of gaining
it. The desirability or non-desirability of a service for
children is a matter upon which the clergy will do well to -
form an opinion."

At the Bridgwater Election Committee yesterday,
Efenry Nicholls, draper, re-entered tho box, and made certain
explanations about transferring the account duo from Sir
John Shelley to Mr. Vanderbyl which was paid by Levi-
bond, after Vanderbyl's election. Alfred Nicholls, the first-
named witness's partner, and Mies Jones, his assistant, gave
evidence on the same subject.
At Beverley, a Liberal town councillor raid the
influential people hal been the means of the greatest
bribery. The borough was very rotten, but the ballot would
show Beverley to be Liberal. The Liberals had net invited
the other hide to concur in stopping the disgraceful state of
things now known to exist. More evidence has been given
that the pasture masters have broken the solemn declara-
tion they make on taking office.

To show tha impetus which has been given to the
reading of Byron's works by Mrs. Stcwo's narrative, a Glas-
gow librarian writes : —"Since the publication of Mrs. Stowe's
narrative there has Leon quite a 'run' on Lord Byrou'a
poetry. Six copies are out, and have been out this last
week, and I have had since Wednesday thirteen additional
applications for the much-coveted -volumes. Pmay add that
the demand has mainly come from young ladies and from
youths of sixteen and seventeen years, and that Parisina'
and Don Juan' are the most sought after. Two young
lady members have four times ask, din vain for Parisina.' "

At Judges' Chambers, before Master Janson,
an application was made on Wednesday afternoon by Mr.
Hume Williams, on behalf of a Mrs. M'Niel, the plaintiff
in an action against Rachel Levison, who is now in Mill-
bank Prison, that the plaintiff may proceed or sign judg-
ment for want of the appearance of the defendant to a
writ. The action is on an I 0 U for £2,000, being part
of many sums of money lent by the plaintiff to the
defendant under, as it would appear, somewhat similar cir-
cumstances to the well-known case of Mrs. Borradaile, the
exception being that the desire to be " beautiful for ever"
was not with the view of captivating any " William." Ac-
cess to serve the writ on the defendant had been refused at
the prison, but it had been left with the governor. The
master mado tho order as requested.

At an official inquiry, held by the Liverpool
Local Marine Board into a charge of drunkenness pre-
ferred against Captain P. T. Peterson, of the Liver-
pool ship British Envoy, it transpired that some
extraordinary proceedings had taken place on board
that vessel. At 8.30 a.m. on the 19th of August
the ship was on her 155th day out from Bombay, and had
made the land, which was twenty miles off, when the
captain came on dock, found fault with the way in
which the sails were trimmed by the mate, and
ordered them to be so sot that the vessel Muffed"
and " got into irons," as it is called. The mate
complained that hie seamanship was being interfered with,
that the captain was drunk, and that the ship was being put
on a dangerous course. Tho captain threatened to shoot any
one who interfered with the sails as he had ordered them to
be trimmed. The crow were appealed tc -nd they one and all
declared that they bad confidence in the mi...., -nd that tho
certain was too drunk. to have charge of the ship. After-
wards the captain threatened to shoot the mato, but he
was seized, his revolver taken from his pocket, and he
was put into irons, and so kept until the vessel arrived
at Liverpool. Yesterday the mate, two apprentices of 18 or
19, the carpenter, and some of the crew, deposed that tho
captain was so drunk that the ship was in danger, and
that ho had been in the same condition several times on
the voyage out and home. The Court considered the
eharge proved, and suspended Captain Peterson's certificate
for three months, this leniency being in consideration of his
previous good character.

A Cable despatch to the New York ller•ald's
European bureau in England brings the information that
the American yacht Meteor, with Mr. Lorrilard, her owner,
and a party of friends on board, put into Bermuda on tho
25th of August. No particulars are given, but great anxiety
had been felt for her safety, as she had been some 25 days
at sea on her way from New York to Cowes. The Sappho
and the Dauntless will, it is believed, winter in our waters.
The correspondence about the International Yacht Race
for the Queen's Cup, won by the America, bas been pub-
lished in the New York papers. Mr. Ashbury proposed,
in the event of winning, if the race be over run, to hand
it over to Lord Alfred Paget, Commodore of the Royal
Thames Yacht Club, in trust for future matches.

At the Crystal Palace, last Wednesday, a mon-
ster concert took place in imitation of the Peace Jubilee,
at Boston. The first piece was the National Anthem, and
the roar of the cannon, which resounded through the
building, simultaneously with the utterance) of the first
woPds, startled the N isi tors. Atter the first shots the au-
dience appeared to consider these de :p notes a valuable addi7
tion to the effect. The guns were placed on the upper terrace
and fired by means of an electrical apparatus, worked by a
detachment of tho Royal Engineers, from a table close to
the conductor's desk. "Hail Columbia." was warmly re-
ceived, as was also the "Star-spangled Banner;" but ho
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holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is ra -
commended by the medical profession in preference to French;•
Brand). Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion Quotations on application to Messrs. Dunvillo and Co ,
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