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London, England, 1869-01-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINC4, JANUARY 9, 1869.

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TA E HO Y, C. I . WOOD O.V TII E CII UT CIT.

Tho }Ton. C. L. Wood presided on Thursday over a meet-
ing of the English Church Union at Leeds. He delivered
an address which expressed his conviction that the Union
might be of great service to the English Church, its obj,ct
being to maintain unimpaired the discipline of the Church.
After reviewing the position of the Church abroad, Mr.
Wood proceeded to discuss matters at home, and freely
admitted that all was not so satisfactory as might be. One
of the most painful features of the English Church just now
was the presence .cf those who slued formularies, but
misconceived her character, and therefore they, as de-
fenders of the faith, had to contend against op.'u enemies
and the desertions of friends. The President complained
of the neglect shown in too many churches of the
prescription of the rubric, and plhukel to th
heretical doctrines maintained by some wLo professed to be
Churchmen, urging upon his hearers tho importance of
unity emong all true believers. He did not put reliance in
any Folitical party or statesman, but counselled patience and
trust in Providence. He concluded by impressing upon the
meeting the importance of being prepared for great changes,
and of steadfastly upholding the principles of the English
Church.

THE ,BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER ON THE

CHURCH CRISIS.

The consecration of Emmanuel Church, in College-road,
Clifton, took place on Thursday, after which there was a
luncheon, and among those present were the bishop of
the diocese (Dr. Ellicott) and Bishop Anderson. In respond-
ing to the toast of " The Bishop and Clergy," Bishop Elli-
cott spoke of the effects of the late judgment on the Church.
" The law," he said, " has now spoken. There will be
much anxiety, I suspect, about that law ; but, whatever
may be our private ways of thinking, as Englishmen we
all respect the law, so that when we have a clear
knowledge of what the law is, I believe all sides
will agree, and that there will not be any in the Church
of England who will not loyally bend to the majesty
of the law. All of us, in a friendly way, must bear
and forbear, remembering that a certain degree of laxity
has prevailed, and we must allow our brethren who have
gone to a certain degree to return to the central position.
We must welcome them, not with notes of triumph, but
as men who have erred and strayed, but who have not
done so with any bad intent ; we must clasp hands with
them and claim their hearty brotherhood. There
may be others who have fallen short of the required
standard, but they may plead, and rightly plea,d, that things
were left in an uncertain state ; but now that things are
settled and brought home to them, they will join the great
and grand army, and we shall go forward, in a hearty,
united, tranquil, and rejoicing spirit, and I believe in the
future the Church of England—and this is not merely
an after•luncheon utterance—this temporary cloud having
passed away, will appear before her Master more
tranquilly lustrous than perhaps she over did before.
They tell us there are questions in the far-beyond—that
there may be separation of the Church of England from the
State—but Ido not now accept these auguries. I believe
we are simply passing through a time of transition and
anxiety, testing our courage, faith, and moderation ;
but that time will pass over. We shall see the Church of
England not only in her present position, but even in a
better position—clearer unto the hearts of all—Noncon-
formity drawn, perhaps, a little more in.

MR. E. A. L EATHAM, M.P., ON EDUCATION

At a soiree given at the Marsden Mechanics' Institute,
Mr. E. A. Leatham delivered an interesting speech on
education. He observed that nearly ten years had
elapsed since he had last presided at a similar
meeting, and he congratulated them on the great
strides which had been made since then towards solving
the problem of national education. If mechanics' insti-
tutes had answered one good end, it had been to keep
before the people an interest in their own education, for
no national scheme of education could be successful with-
out the co-operation of the people. He thought no
one could doubt that the denominational system, how-
ever excellent it might be, was inadequate for the
completion of this stupendous task. At the present rate,
and with the present system, fifty years must elapse before
education could be diffused throughout the nation. But
they must remember that upon the existing system a great
amount of labour and of capital had been expended.
He thought it would be hardly honourable for the
State to draw back from her promised assistance
‘.,0 schools so long as the managers performed
their contract, but where the work had failed
the State ought surely to step in. But how were they to
pay for this? He hoped that they would ILA adopt the
system of local rating. In the very districts where schools
were most wanted the ratepayers were least fit to
manage and control them. The roads in such
districts were a shining example . of rural local
management. Were the schools to resemble the
roads? And how were these schools to be upheld? They
had in Germany a compulsory law, but that would not do
in England. No doubt we should have less crime, less
pauperism, and a great deal more propriety if we would
surrender ourselves, bound hand and foot, to the inspec-
tion and interference of a paternal Government ; but the
price to be paid would be too high. Mr. Leatham
thought it would be far better to make education
gratuitous, and let the school-doors stand open like the
church-doors. The people would pay for their education
through the taxation of the country, and they would
feel that the schools were theirs, and not the squire's nor
the parson's. He wanted the people to have an honest
pride in their schools, as they bad in America. Education
was free and universal there, and so it should be in this
country. The change would no doubt demand a vast popu•
lar effort, like those which had resulted in free trade and
in household suffrage, but when the effort and the sacrifice
had been made they would be amply repaid by the
exults.

LAW AND POLICE.

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DANGERS OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.-At Worship.
-treet, Alexander Smith, an engineer, was charged with a
robbery in a railway carriage. It seems that the prose-
cutor was travelling on the North London Railway,
from Broad-street to Homerton, between eleven and
twelve at night, in a second-class carriage, when he was
suddenly attacked by all the other men in the compart-
ment. He was afraid they would throw him out, but they
contented themselves with robbing him of some silver.
Two of them got out while the train was in motion, but
the prosecutor succeeded in detaining one of his assailants.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.
ACTION AGAINST MR. SIMS REEVES.— A case which
cull excite some interest came on for hearing in the Chel-
tenham County Court lately. The action was brought
by Mr. George Hodson, lessee of the Cheltenham Theatre,
against Mr. Harrison, the agent to Mr. Sims Reeves.
It was said that Mr. Hodson arranged that a
concert should be given at the Royal Old Wells Theatre,
Cheltenham, on the night of the 17th December, at
which the chief singers were to be Mr. Sims Reeves,
Miss Bankes, Madame Patey-Whytock, and Mr. Patey.
Mr. Reeves came to Cheltenham, and, as was alleged,
stayed at the Plough Hotel. But when a large and
fashionable audience had assembled, and all were on the
tiptoe of expectation, Mr. Harrison, the agent, had
to come forward and announce that the great tenor
was suffering from bronchitis, and was too ill to sing.
Next night, it was said, Mr. Reeves sang at Worcester,
and it was contended, therefore, that he was not ill.
Hence the action. It was now stated that the bailiff of
the court had been unable to serve Mr. Reeves with a
subpoena, in consequence of his uncertain movements. The
case was adjourned that a special bailiff might be em-
ployed.

EXCISE PROSECUTIONS.—TWO prosecutions against the
keepers of refreshment-houses in Panton-street, Hay-
market, have been undertaken by the Excise, for selling
wines, spirits, and tobacco without a license. In both
cases the offence was fully proved by constables who had
visited the houses in plain clothes, and had been supplied
with all they asked for. Mr. Knox said he believed this
sort of thing had been going on for a long while, and
he should inflict the full penalty on both offenders—Xso
for spirits, £5O for tobacco, £2O for wine, and £2O for
refreshments.

AN IMPOSTOR,-At Tunbridge Wells Police-court, a
man was charged with feigning to be deaf and dumb. It
was shewn that he called at several houses and wrote on a
slate that he could cast nativities. He was sentenced to
three months' hard labour.

THE BOARD OF WORKS.—At the Bow-street Police-
court Edward Hughes, the chief accountant of the Metro-
politad Board of Works, was charged on remand with em-
bezzling -22,005. The evidence was chiefly gathered from
the prisoner's own private pass-book. The prisoner was
again remanded.

TLe Manchester Guardian notes that while the
Reform League as a body has decided to memorialise Parlia-
ment in favour of secret voting, one of its members', Mr.
Ilolyoako, Las proposed on independent and highly origi-
nal course. Mr. Holyoake justly enough afibins that
many quiet people are often scar, d from the polling booths
by the scenes of violence which consttattly disgrace our
contested elections. This he calls '• enervating decency"
and " deplorable propriety," and he desires to see a law
passed which shall compel every elector to record his vote,
thus "enforcing among electors recklessness of personal
sacrifices and a manly spirit of fighting and fearlessness."
Our informant thinks if Mr. Holyoake bad had a little ex-
perience of an election mob, say in Ireland or Blackburn,
he would alter his opinion about " the manly spirit of fight-
ing and fearlessness." •

THE FUTURE OF TEE 17::1817 CHURCH

The pamphlet which Archdeacon Stopford has psi-
issued has not been hastily concerted, but is the result of
diligent observation. Its publication was suspended until
after the elections, but it was completed by May last.
The archdeacon considers that the decision of the elections
may be looked upon as final, and regards it as useless fox
anyone to ignore the fact. The archdeacon is a stcdfast
friend of the Establishment, and a zealous advocate for
internal reforms, and his views are therefore well worthy
of attention. He is opposed to the sudden capitalization
of all life-incomes, but as regards those who hold tempo-
rary positions in the Church the main question
is whether or not they shall have compensation.
He advises the friends of the Church to look at the question
like men, and meet it with dignity and earnestness. "Is
is desirable," he says, " that Mr. stadstone should intro-
duce a bill so carefully and liberally drawn that we might
accept it in this session with such amendments as we can
reasonably claim ; Or is it desirable that his measures
should be so ill drawn as to give grounds for a party light,
not on principles, but on details, extending perhaps far
beyond this Scission? In my opinion it would be wise for us to
do all that may be in our power to obtain the former alterna-
tive." The Archdeacon thinks it a,matter of gr eat importance
that they should be allowed to make their own future
arrangements unfettered by the State, and he therefore
abstains from any discussion of what should "afterwards
be settled by ourselves alone." Above all things, he
would avoid the danger of subjecting the Church to the
tyranny of a majority of the House of Commons,
in place of its present constitutional relation to
the Crown. He considers that a disestablished
Church will need a system of administration
similar to that established in colonial Churches. The
archdeacon emphatically declares that to remain unpre-
pared for the worst would be the greatest danger that
could befall the Irish Church, and he appeals to the laity
to act promptly in the matter. If revolution is to proceed
by hasty steps " we have still left the force of superior
intelligence, of energy and of resolution, and we will use it
as we may."