The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-17 00:00:00

IZUMOU.RED SECESSIONS

The Weekly Register says: "We have reason to belie°
that a considerable number of Anglican clergymen ha",
determined to attend the General Council in Decetabe;
next, and to lay their difficulties before the assemble':
prelates of the Universal Church. The earnest
desire of these gentlemen is to be united with the
see of Rome, but as yet they have scruples which they
cannot overcome. That they will overcome them, and
that they—or, at least, a great number of them—will P 4..,
received into the Church as earnest and true Catholics,
what we have no doubt of whatever; for they are PI
to the feet of the Holy Father in a spirit of prayer and
humiliation. Those of the number with whom WO hae,
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spoken seem to find their position as Anglican
their chief difficulty. They believe their orders to be true,
and that reordination would be a sacrilege,
as would also
the giving up of their sacerdotal functions, and reverting t°
the position of mere laymen. But all these thing°'
we have no doubt, they will be led to see clearly
at Rome, where arrangements arc being made foe
a special sub-committee to inquire into the valid°
of Anglican orders, or rather to collect such docm
ments and opinions as have caused the Catholic
Church for three hundred years to regard
ordinations by Anglican bishops as being non-valid. I,_llB'e
ultimate result of this deputation to Rome will, no doll
be an accession to the Church of some of the best 011(
most pious Anglican clergy, and many amongst the 151t1
will follow their example."

THE BISHOP OF CORK. '

It is the fate of many great and good men to pe misnet
stood ; and Dr. Gregg, Bishop of Cork, is among
numerous martyrs to misapprehension. At a recent !nee;
ing in that beautiful city, " where all the men are brAl"
and all the women virtuous," &c., his Right Reverence //,,A6i,
reported to have used very strong language indeed wri:
regard to the Premier and his Irish Church Vil
The words imputed became a subject of comment in t,o'
press ; the bishop and his friends then indignantlY
nied that such language had ever been used ; and tilt:
local newspapers reiterated the original charge. Who i 5 nr;
decide between such authorities, when they conflict
Fortunately the reporters who took down the words
dispute have come forward to say exactly what it Oe
that cccurred ; and since one of them represents a°
Conservative paper, their testimony may be taken
almost unimpeachable. Their explanation is remarko:o
in its way, and does infinite credit to their good tat;
and correct appreciation of their duties. What t'd
bishop said, they aver, was, "We hear talk of bills 0,
bills, but Bill Gladstone may go to the with
bill." "his lordship," they add, "did not esol
where, or to whom, and we, in our reports, did
attempt to supply the omission." And very properly
We only wish the judicious reticence of these admirgu.,
persons had been imitated by the public here, wilece
their eagerness to think evil of dignities, filled UP ti:
blank in the way they would have done if the sPetief
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had been, not a bishop, but a a coalheaver.
reporters knew better what was due to the rasies:
of lawn sleeves than to impute anything 103sta/eh.;
How could they tell for certain what was meant by
impressive pause after the definite article ? It might brit
been a benediction of the most apostolic character, er
ld
might have been a new and colourless reading of all t.°:l
expression. It is quite conceivable, for instance,
a conscientious printer, recording a quarrel btiveeo
two clergymen, might put the words, " I'll see Yoe
disestablished first" in the way painfully suggestie;
of less strictly professional language. We
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cline, therefore, to give the bishop the he'll;
of the doubt, and to assume that he consigned td"
Premier to a sort of middle passage—something yell 11,-0
from the best fate, though, of course, short
of
worst. Possibly Dr. Gregg thinks Mr. Gladstone, e'L,
Rob Roy, " ower good for banning, and ower bad for blest'
ing;" and modifies his imprecations accordingly. 131111
after all, it does not matter much. AnybodY to°
looks at the Premier will see that the '`..o)
in which a certain witty minister of the Chug
of England describes what followed an awful ecclesiasflo,
censure, passed on a luckless bird much given to 0,13)e
priation clauses, apply with tolerable closeness to 0
fulminations from Cork city—" But what gave rise to:,
little surprise, nobody seemed one penny the worse'
Delhi Telegraph.

TIIE BIGAMIST BARONET.

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It is not generally known (says a conteniP°ll,o
hat the Home Secretary, amongst his other mercies)
(agned a free pardon for Sir Eardley C. Eardley bij
little while ago, as we must all remember, %(j
young gentleman was convicted of bigamy, $OO
.entenced to eighteen months' imprisonment; a seritte:6l
which was regarded as a light one by those who fob°,
the details of the case, and especially by those who belle.b'o
that on that occasion Sir Eardley was not tried 0,0841.-
first offence as a bigamist. llis release is said to have 'Ail
demanded on the score of failing health, which rendered
necessary that he should change the melancholy cliraotell
Coldhath-fields for the sunshine of Southern Europe'
so, then we are afraid Mr. Bruce has been imposed 111/19LI;
and not only Mr. Bruce, but Mr. Childers ; who, Oa();
he happens to he a near relative of Sir Earcilefej
would never have asked his colleague for the convied
release had he not been persuaded that the young 111-•,
health was such as to demand instant change 0f of
The truth is, that ever since his release, at any 114
he has shewn every sign of sound health and a ebe-,01
spirit ; moreover, the necessity of flying abroad see p•
quite to have disappeared, and the design to be 01)4,41
Boned. Of course, it maybe that the interesting crio,4o
is only waiting to redeem his promise of departure
is married again.

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RATES OF FREIGHT AND CHART-0

(From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette.) va
The tonnage loading on the berth for India, Chins'' ;01
the Cape of Good Hope amounts to 57,327 tons, and v

for Australia and New Zealand to 30,434 tons.
Berth freights are unchanged. 1016
Freights to the West Coast of South America are °,irs,l'
tonnage being in little request. From the Tyne to to
paraiso for orders 275. to 28s. is obtainable, and 245' i 4
jo
t
the From the Guano Islands a few fresh orders
the market at 70s. for Dunkirk and Nantes, and 65%
lartinique. Nitrate charterers are at present inacti!,llll
Some little more inquiry is manifested in coal fro',
to the East, but the rates ruling for most of the porgy 0
still low, though spewing some little disposition),)
advance. A ship is wanted at Singapore at
1,10
Yokohama £42 to £43, and Shanghae at 435. 40%19
£43 from the Tyne. Homewards, the orders from 30;0
and Java are the only freights quoted, and the 1114
from the latter is less pressing.
ritoo°
River Plate coal freights are much the same. '" jot
for the Brazils are advancing, and the rate de
hlaranham, for which a ship is much wanted, bas
up to 245.

Oft Tonnage is in good request for St. Thomas and
tinique. For logwood, from Jamaica, 375. 6d. is ""e
to United Kingdom or Continent.
fird,/
Iron freights to the United States and Canada ore yr
at the last quotations. There is but little doing ill 11
home.
The Mediterranean and Black Sea coal freights °Pop
in the main, no material alteration. There is, 11°1 fot
more demand for tonnage for Constantinople 0a
Alexandria. Azoff home chartering is still slack, allAief
rates from the Danube low. For cotton seed froth ,
andria 20s. per ton is offered for small vessels. Vier)
also some little inquiry for steam tonnage from Triegte

The Weekly Register strenuously denies the 117?
ment of the Pall Mall Gazette that difficulties have
respecting the (Ecumenical Council. Nothing has occ:00
to delay even for an hour the assembling of the CO'l3
December.
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On Monday Bishop Jackson will have bio P.1:1
experience in consecrating a church at which high 'ler
15 to prevail. It is the church of St. Chad, 1165di1
stone, at the East-end of London. There will be a 00°
celebration during the octave, and the preachers will beg',
of the most noted men of the " advanced" par* ;jol7l'
curiosity is felt as to the course which the bishop will
fto
The remains of the Earl of Radnor were ifitcb-ort
on Thursday in the parish church of Brilford , near
DI ,11
tbd
The funeral was strictly private, being attended °IA/ ,00,
members of the family and the principal servants froro Ceeo,
and Longford Castle. The chief mourners were the Pr",
Earl of Radnor, Lord Penzance, Viscount Folkostoliciff4
the Hon. John Bouverio. Tho Iron. E. P. Bouvorie'

was prevented by illness from being prosont. 004
The uncertainty as to whether Mr. Chaa'f St
would become Doan of Lichfield or retain the et
Pancras is now over. The Echo says ho will gisnlik
parish for his deanery. Our contemporary adds—“P
mistake has long provailed that the vicarage of St fl'oiff
is a very wealthy Church living; but it is now ASCer- Ot
that it is not worth more than £5OO or £6OO a Year',,°we
which there are payments for curates and other outgo Aft
The *Western Daily Press announces t"tr tre
Justice Hannen io
, who sentenced Wiltshire to death „-cltil,
murder of Harriet Nurse, at St. George's, rocommeo''', tt'
convict to the mercy of the Crown ; but that, eftei t3l
violent assault upon the warder in Gloucester 6111700;
lordship was induced lo alter his opinion, and the rd fc'
meudatioa was
_Ki_l4_4l!,al. Tha exeati9;l-4--
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