The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday, in Lord Ro,desiale's Committee, the
Isle of Wight Bill was passed, with amendments,
and the London and North Western (Ashby and
Nuneaton lines) Bill was passed without amend-

ments.
In the Standing Order Committee of the House
of Lords the standing orders were dispensed with in
the case of the Midlam' and Eastern, Norwich and
Spalding, &c., Bill, and in the case of the London
and Sonth Western Bill.
Before Mr. Palgrave, the examiner for Standing
Order proofs of the House of Lords, the following
bills were passed :—The Devon and Somerset, the
Devon and Somerset (Extension), the Bristol and
Exeter (Exe Valley), and the Bristol and Exeter
(Further Powers).
In the House of Commons, before the Chairman
of Ways and Means, the Furness, and the Sidmouth
Railway and Harbour Bills were passed.
In the Committee on group 12, the London,
Chatham, and Dover was adjourned. The London,
Chatham, and Dover (No. 3) was proved, and ad-
journed ; the London, Chatham, and Dover (No. 2)
was adjourned, as was London, Chatham, and
Dover (No. 4) Bill.

The Montgomery (Alabama) Daily Mail pro-
poses General Grant for next President, on the Conserya•
tine ticket.

NEWSVENDORN BENEVOLENT AND
PROVIDEN2 INS7ITUTION.

The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this

praiseworthy institution took place last evening at
the Freemasons' Tavern, under the presidency of
'W. H. Smith, Esq., of the firm of Smith and Co.,
the extensive newspaper agents in the Strand,
The chairman was supported on the occasion by Mr.

lanby Seymour, M.P., Mr. Frederick Chapman,
Mr. John Hodge, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Gruneisen,
Mr. Collinridge, Mr. Edwd. Levy, Mr. Wentz4l

(the Governor of the Incorporated Society of Li-
censed Victuallers), Mr. William Smalley (the
Secretary of the Incorporated Society of Licensed
Victuallers), Mr. 11. T. Smith, Mr. C. S. Lewis,
Capt. Mayne Reid, Mr. Edmund Yates, Mr. Alex.
M'Mullen, Mr. Westerton, Mr. Johnson Miles, Mr.
IV. 11. Bradbury, Mr. Woods, M.P., Mr. Egan, Bc.:.
Several ladies graced the diunner by their pre-
sence.

The cloth having been removed, and grace —" For
these and all TLy mercies given"—having been ad-
mirably chanted by the vocalists—Miss Eyles, Miss
Mabel Brent, Miss M. Edmund, Mr. G. Perren,
and Mr. Lawler, who had the direction of the
vocalists, _ _

The CHAIRMAN proposed the usual loyal toasts,
which were warmly responded to by the company,
Captain MAYNE REID acknowledging the toast of
"The Army, Navy, and Volunteers."
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The House of Com-
mons," coupling the toast with the name of Mr.
Danby Seymour, M.P. He observed that the house
was a very hard-working institution. His earliest
recollection dated from his boyhood, when his great
anxiety was to ascertain at what time the House
rose, knowing that if it had been sitting to the un-
reasonably late hour of two or three o'clock in the
morning he would have a very hard day's work. In
later years, however, he had begun to see that the
duties of legislation involved a great deal of self-
denial and industry with very small thanks. He
asked them to drink " The Health of the House of
Commons," the third estate of the realm, and
coupled with it not the least influential member of
that house, Mr. Danby Seymour. (Cheers.)
Mr. D. SEYMOUR, M.P., expressed his belief that

the House of Commons, whatever might be the
franchise, fairly expressed the opinion of the
country ; and that it desired to do the best to pro-
mote the nation's welfare. (Ilear, hear.) He,
however, held that it was capable of improvement,
and that the efforts now being made with that view
would meet with some measure of success. (llcar,
hear.)

The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to propose the
toast of the evening. He said that their institu-
tion was not only very little known by the public,
but he was afraid very little known by the news-
vendors themselves. It vvas one, however, which he,
as a newsvendor felt had strong claims upon the
trade, upon the Press also, as well as upon the

public at large, for encouragement and support. Of
all occupations that of the newsvendor was probably
one which taxed to a large extent the health and
the strength of those engaged in it, frequently re-
sulting in their breaking down prematurely. (Hear,
hear.) He spoke from personal experience when he
said that there was scarcely any occupation that
absorbed so much of the energies of the man as
that of the newsvendor. For many years he rose
early and late, took rest,
and he certainly ate the
bread of carelessness. The man who pursued this
business must accustom himself to early rising and
constant watchfulness, and work in all sorts of
weather, under all circumstances. (Hear, hear.)
In some occupations it was possible when health
broke down, or when other difficulties occurred, to
lie in bed later in the morning, or to put matters off
until the following day ; but the newsvendor must
work moment by moment, under every variety of
circumstances, keeping time by the clock. There-
fore, on account of the wear and tear involved in
the occupation of the newsvendor, it was incumbent
on him t) make provision against a future day,
when sickness, old age, or misfortune might over-
take him. (hear, hear.) It was also incumbent
on those who were interested in the success of the
Press to lend their helping hail I, seeing that it was
by the agency of the newsvendors that the papers
were circulatedthroughout the country. He could not
control the circumstances under which the news-
papers were delivered to him from the several offices,
but he had to convey them to the subscribers or cus-
tomers ; and, standing between the newspaper pro-
prietors and' the public, he had to bear the entire
blame of any irregularity. (Hear, hear.) He be-
lieved the newspaper agents afforded to the press of
England a cheaper, a more regular, and a better ser-
vice than any which could be brought into existence
by the newspapers themselves. He therefore thought,
on that ground that theNewsvendors' Institution had
a claim upon the press of London, and he was glad
to say that the claim was warmly acknowledged.
(Cheers.) Going further, he thought that the news-
vendors had some claim also upon the kindness and
coLsideration of the public, whose servants they
were. The newsvendors delivered the newspapers
for but small remuneration, with unfailing regu-
larity. He, indeed, hardly knew the word "irregu-
larity" in the delivery of the papers, and he appealed
to his friends, the newsvendors, whether the papers
did not arrivepunctually with the milk and the bread
every morning. It was taken in as mental food,
without which other food necessary to existence
would be but a dry morsel. Nothing was asked for
the institution which they could readily get them-
selves, but only that which they were not able to gel
wholly by themselves. (Hear.) The society had
now only £2,500 of stock, which sufficed to pension
seven perftons, who in early life had good hope that
they might make their way in the world, but who
had been overtaken by misfortune, and were left
without the comfortable means of subsistence which
all desired. These seven pensioners received £l6 a
year, which was little enough to be a matter of ear-
nest solicitation and great canvassing in order to
obtain it. (Hear, hear.) There were also three per-
sons at this moment in very great need, to whom the
society could not give the assistance that was ne-
cessary for them. He, therefore, asked the assembly
to sustain the institution and do what they could, so
that these deserving persons, who had themselves
been members and subscribers, might receive the
assistance they required. (Hear.) It was not a large
petition he put before them. Their numbers were
not increasing, and he believed he might say they
were not an increasing class, whilst their remunera-
tion was perhaps diminishing. The question was
whether the three persons he referred to, who had
carried on their business for so many years honestly
and respectably, were to be left without the means
of support, without the £l6 a year which was given
to the pensioners of the society, while it contained
many who enjoyed positions of prosperity and com-
fort ? (Hear, hear.) He thought the committee
acted most wisely in deciding not to give pensions
out of the annual subscriptions, and limiting those
pensions to the interest on the stock. By this course,
though there might be dissatisfaction amongst the
members of the society, and though they might
quarrel amongst themselves and subscriptions fall
off, the pensioners had the security of always re-
ceiving what was promised them. (Hear, hear.) He
wished he could talk to that assembly of a prosper-
ous society, and expatiate on almshouses and those
arrangements which would tend to the comfort of a
large body of people, and on the beautiful tt cottage
in a wood" which all of them desired to realise some
day. (Cheers.) He begged those of his friends who
represented the press to consider the strong claim
now made upon them ; and he also appealed to the
public, who were also represented in that assembly,
to give the institution their support. (Cheers.)
Mr. G. P. TUXFORD proposed
"The Press," which
was felicitously responded to by Mr. EDMUND
YATES, who, in conclusion, proposed the " Health
of the Chairman," which was received with en-
thusiasm, and was cordially acknowledged by that
gentleman.
" The Ladies" was gallantly responded to by Mr.
W. D. SEYMOUR
" The Secretary" and other toasts having been
proposed, were duly acknowledged.
It was announced by the Secretary that the sub-
scriptions amounted to close upon £6OO, being nearly
double the amount subscribed at previous festivals.
The dinner, which was served a la Russe, under
the auspices of Dir. GosdeD, the manager of the

establishment, gave entire satisfaction to the com-
pany.

Mr. Toole, who officiated as toast master with his
usual ability, gave his services for the benefit of the
institution,

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, June 4. —ln shipping yarns we
have had a very strong market to-day, and spinners
generally have been asking higher prices. The ad-
vance has had the effect of rather checking business.
At Friday's quotations, which were nearly id. per
lb. under those of to-day, a very large business could
have been done ; but buyers are not prepared to fol-
low such a considerable advance as tha; demanded
by spinners. In home trade yarns there has been a
moderate demand, at rates a little in excess of those
obtained at the close of last week. The market for
these yarns is very strong. In the cloth trade there
has also been a pretty steady business for the last
fortnight, and the orders placed during that period
have considerably relieved the requirements of
buyers. Still there are orders in the market to
complete, and to-day's market is very firm. The
general aspect of trade is healthy, and manufac-
turers are well supplied with orders. They are
consequently disposed to adhere very firmly to their
quotations, and though a shade less has been of-
fered for some kinds of goods to-day such conces-
sions are not listened to with much attention. The
bulk of the business doing is still for India, including
particularly mulls and jacconets. Light shirtings
have also been in demand. Values increase in
about the same proportion as yarns. Messrs. John
Slegg and Co. report of this day's cloth-market :
" The improved demand exhibited in our market
during the past fortnight has within the last few
days received a check, owing to the manufacturers
having considerably advanced their quotations, and
buyers having supplied themselves at the lower
rates."

CARDIFF, 3.—The steam coal trade of the dis-
trict keeps quiet, and business at the docks remains
without any material alteration. Several rather
large vessels have lately arrived, principally Ameri-
cans, and one is now taking in 3,000 tons of coal
at renarth docks. The expected movement in the
demand from the Mediterranean markets has not
been as yet experienced, and the mail packet com-
panies are not large purchasers, taking into consi-
deration the season of the year. The collieries in
the Aberdare and Rhondda valleys are indifferently
employed, and the men are beginning to see that
the 4‘ Union" restrictions attempted to be placed
upon the masters are of no avail in the present state
of trade. A new pit has been opened at Bodring-
allt, which, with an addition to the consumption,
will give employment to a good number of hands.
In the iron trade the tendency to an improvement
is maintained, and the inquiries from several of
the foreign markets are increasing in number.
On home account plates continue in slow demand,
while bars, if anything, are selling better. Rails are
quiet, but there is every probability that the rail-
way companies will be in the market soon. Slack-
ness is evinced in the tin plate trade.
_ _

LEEDS, 4th.—To-day there was a fair attendance
of both buyers and sellers in the cloth-halls. The
market was a little more cheerful than last Tuesday,
but not much more business was done. The pur-
chases were of a miscellaneous character, including,
however; more heavy goods than have lately been
sold. Many of these, however, were more in the way
of pattern than of bulk. The autumn trade has
scarcely commenced yet, except in the way of orders,
and it is probable that not many goods for that
season of the year will be sold in the halls till next
month. Tweeds and fancy coatings are in moderate
request, but there is enough of both to meet the
demand. Hair-lists sell but slowly, and only a mill
bulk changed hands in the market to-day. The
tone of the market is firm as to price, the hardening
tendency of the current sales of wool in London
having checked any inclination there was to a fall.
ROCHDALE, 3.l.—The flannel market to-day was
quiet, without any material change in price. The
manufacturers arc tolerably well employed, many
of them on orders, and the trade is quite as good as
it has been for some fink% There is no change in
the York-lire goods trade which keeps dull. Though
there is no great activity in the local trade, prices
are firm. The dealers are buying freely of the home
growers, who are stiff in their demands, at the late
general currency for English wools.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

POST.—The completion of the Reform Bill has
been postponed till after the W hitsuntide holidays.
Mr. Disraeli is doubtless well satisfied with the pro-
gress that has been made, and is not unwilling
to take a little breathing time for the purpose of
considering in what fashion the curious edifice
that has been built up during the past few weeks
shall be crowned. He has obtained in every par-
ticular much more than he demanded, and in an
embarras des richesses he finds it almost impossible
to decide on his future conduct. He asked for
thirty seats, and he has been given fifty-two •, and,
but for a mere accident, he might have been forced
to accept ten others. If the Ministerial bill had a
principle, as we are constantly assured it has, it is
perhaps fortunate that it never embodied any spe-
cific plan, for from day to day some modification
or another is made by the House of Commons
which completely ignores the intentions of those
who introduce) it. For instance, Mr. Disraeli
proposed to take a seat
.from every borough now
retaining two members, but with less than seven
thousand inhabitants, and went to the trouble of
devising what he conceived to be an equitable
mode of redistributing the seats thus placed at his
disposal. The House of Commons, however, de-
cided on increasing the limit of qualification for re-
presentation by two members from 7,000 to 10,000,
and thus threw on the Government the necessity of
discovering a means of utilising the additional seats
thereby vacated. When the house resumes after
the recess the Chancellor of the Exchequer has in-
timated that he will submit a scheme necessarily dif-
ferent from that which has now been rendered in-
complete and useless. Assuming that Mr. Laing's
proposal to group certain boroughs is accepted by
the house, there will be 52 seats, inclusive of the
seven furnished by the disfranchisement of Lan-
caster, Totnes, Great Yarmouth, and Reigate, to be
distributed either amongst existing constituencies
or new boroughs. Any proposal dealing with such
a matter must to a great extent be arbitrary and
incapable of being justified by arguments which
would carry conviction to the minds of all, but there
are at the same time smne general principles which
should govern any scheme of redistribution, of which
•we hope the Government will not entirely lose sight.
It seems to be taken for granted that the numerical
strength of the House of Commons must be retained
at its present standard, and be neither diminished
nor increased, and the reason of this is tolerably
obvious, for it is felt that on the one hand this
country, having increased in population and in
wealth, needs a House of Commons at least as
numerous as in past times, whilst on the other it is
rightly thought that for deliberative purposes the
present house is sufficiently numerous. Mr. Smol-
lett, in the course of the debate on Mr. Sergeant
Gaselee's amendment on Monday evening, ven-
tured to advocate the reduction of the number of
representatives now sent to Parliament, but the
derision with which the suggestion was received
proved how useless any attempt at curtailment
would be even though it were made by a Minis-
ter of the Crown. Assuming, therefore, that
the number of representatives is to remain unal-
tered, and that 52 seats must somehow or other
be bestowed, the only question is in what manner
should this be accomplished. Mr. Laing proposes
that 26 should be given to counties, and the remainder
either to existing borough constituencies of consi-
derable magnitude, or to newly-created boroughs,
and it is not improbable that the Ministerial scheme
will substantially coincide with this proposal. It is,
however, not difficult to show that if the vacant
seats are thus disposed of, not only will the general
basis on which representative power has hitherto
been apportioned be entirely changed, but a new
standard will be established, tested by which
existing anomalies will be considerably aggravated.
In the first place, it is said that the counties are
not adequately represented, and therefore it is pro-
posed to give to several of them a third member.
But why? If you give a county, or for that matter
any constituency, three members, you may as well
give it thirteen. Where is the line to be drawn ?
If two were considered sufficient previous to and at
the passing of the Reform Act, why are three requi-
site now, the aggregate number of the House of
Commons remaining unaltered ? and if three are
the fitting number now, why should they not be in-
creased to four or more, in proportion to the in-
crease of population ? If we start with the prin-
ciple acted upon in the United States, and recently
adopted at the election of the North German Par-
, liament—namely, that every district should return

representatives bearing a fixed proportion to the
numbers of the population, then indeed it would
be easy to understand why certain constituencies
which are more numerous than others should
return a larger number of representatives. But
we are careful to repudiate any such notion. The
original system of representation established in this
country seems to have proceeded on the supposed
necessity of the several counties, together with a
variety of towns, being represented in the great
council of the nation ; but in no case was a consti-
tuency permitted to elect more than two representa-
tives, nor were the numbers of a constituency re-
garded as a test for ascertainine, how many members
it should return. This may have been a bad system,
and there was no doubt something absurd in a purely
nominlil constituency being able to elect as many
members as a populous county. But it is substantially
preserved, and unless it is entirely swept away, new
anomalies will becreated by simply endeavouring to
engraft on it a system which rests on some fanciful
ratio between the numbers of the constituents
and those of the representatives they elect. Mr.
Disraeli, a few nights since, expressed the opinion
that every constituency should be limited to a single
representative, and unless it was proposed to adopt
in its entirety the principle of a fixed proportion
between the numerical strength of a constituency
and its electoral power, we are much inclined to
agree with him. At all events, we fail to see why
the borough representation should be diminished
for the sake of increasing that of the counties. Dis-
franchise a small borough, and enfranchise a more
populous one, and, however, invidious the act may
be, it is at least intelligible. But why a number of
towns should lose one of their tworepresentatives in
order that a third may be given to certain counties,
or overgrown towns, we completely fail to under-
stand. Counties and boroughs have, as far as we
know, proceeded for the past half centurypari passu,
or, if anything, the latter have outstripped the for-
mer. Why, under such circumstances, therefore,
should the electoral power of the boroughs be di-
minished and that of the counties be needlessly in-
creased ?

THE " WESTMINSTER GAZETTE " ON THE BISHOP
OF SALISBURY AND PROTESTANT UNITY.—Any person
who understands the English language, and takes
the trouble of considering the true meaning of
words, must at once see that a Protestant Religion,
a Protestant Church, a Protestant Faith, and Pro-
testant Unity, are inconsistent and contradictory
terms. For Religion is that by which men are
bound to submit their consciences, and protesting
is inconsistent with submission. A Church is that
to which men are called in peace and harmony,
and protesting is inconsistent with continued peace.
Again, Faith is that which obliges men unhesita-
tingly to accept and embrace what is beyond human
comprehension, and protesting against what we do
not like, or do not understand, is, therefore, in-
consistent with Faith ; and Unity being that which
does riot admit of division, cannot possibly be pre-
served if protesting be encouraged in any body of
people. Hence, it must plainly appear, to every
reflecting and impartial mind, that the right of
protesting is inconsistent with, and must be sub-
versive of, Religion, Church, Faith, and Unity.
We are led to make these remarks by the recent
conduct of some of the clergy, churchwardens, and
congregation of the Bishop of Salisbury. But if
the simple truths here enunciated had been im-
pressed upon their minds—if the bi ihop, clergy,
and people had been taught to feel that they were
all bound to submit to, and uphold, in the true
sense, the Religion, Church, Faith, and Unity Which
they profess, none of them would consider them-
selves at liberty to protest in the manner they have
done, and they would not now present, in the eyes
of the world, the saddening spectacle they do, that
of a diocesan Church without a recognized head,
and a bishop dictated to in matters of Faith by his
protesting churchwardens and congregation, with-
out any means of averting the public scandal and
irreligion which invariably flow from such unseemly
divisions. It is manifest to all who have eyes to
see, and will see, how very different this protest-
ing system is from that which existed under the
Apostles, who were the first bishops, and who, as
we read in the Scriptures, authoritatively decided
matters of Faith, whilst " the multitude of the
laity held their peace." Many things have occurred
from time to time during these three hundred years,
since the hydra-headed system of Protestantism
first appeared on the earth, to show the want of
solid principle in the Anglican Church ; but few
things demonstrate more clearly the incohesiveness
of this political institution than the protest just
served upon the Bishop of Salisbury by the rebel-
lious clergy and laity of his diocese. Whilst on
his Visitation, a few days since, the bishop deli-
vered a charge in All Saints Church, Dorchester,
to his clergy, church-wardens, and a numerous con-
gregation. This charge he deemed necessary for
the purpose of teaching them, as he believed him-
self bound to do, what he considered essential for
their souls' salvation. All true Christians know
that the Redeemer, whu was sent by His Father
to teach mankind the truths of the Divine reli-
gion, blessed His Apostles, conferred upon them
the power bestowed upon Himself, promised that
he would be with them to the end of time, and com-
manded them to " go, teach all nations." The
bishops of the true Christian Church are the eccle-
siastical descendants and living representatives of
the Apostles, and therefore the clergy and laity are
bound to hear their voice and observe their teach-
ing. But it is manifest that the clergy, church-
wardens, and congregation of the diocese of Salis-
bury do not believe that a bishop of the Anglican
communion has this Divine mission, or that he
possesses this Divine right of teaching ; but con-
sider, on the contrary, that it is they themselves
who are best informed in matters of Faith, and
that it is the place of their bishop to sit silently
by, and the duty of the laity to instruct him in the
doctrine which he is to preach ! Hence, we find
that the Bishop of Salisbury, having ventured to
read his charge for the purpose, as he supposed, of
teaching them some articles of Christian doctrine,
they immediately draw up a counter charge for
the purpose of teaching his lordship, and actu-
ally denounce their bishop's teaching as " strange
and unscriptural." Now, if the learned Bishop
of Salisbury be not capable of understanding the
meaning of a verse of Scripture, what safety is
there that the masses of the English people are
sure that they rightly understand all the Scrip-
tures? And yet it is on the fact of each person
rightly understanding them that Protestants are
taught to base their hope of eternal salvation. The
churchwardens and laity, together with some of his
lordship's. clergy, protest against his episcopal
teaching in the following plain and insulting words :
My Lord,—We, whose names are appended to
this paper, having given our most earnest atten-
tion to your lordship's charge, feel ourselves com-
pelled by our unwavering attachment to the Church
of England, and our jealousy of the purity of her
teaching,
i to take this earliest opportunity of pro-
testing, n the most solemn Manner, against-the
strange and unscriptural doctrines set forth in
that charge." Now, if the bishop cannot discover
what Scriptural doctrine is, what safety is there,
we again ask, that the churchwardens and other
laymen have discovered it ? They then go on
protesting against. the doctrine of the sacerdotal
power, as taught by their bishop—against the
simple words of our All-Merciful and All-Powerful
Redeemer being taken in their obvious sense, when
he said, " This is My Body ;" and they protest that
it is not, whatever Christ or their own bishop may
say to the contrary. They further protest against
powers being assumed by their ministers as distinct
from the whole congregation. If these things be
so—if a Protestant bishop is not capable of teach-
ing Scriptural doctrine, and if a Protestant minister
have no power, "'as distinct from the congregation,"
surely then it must appear to every man of common
sense that it is unnecessary and most unwise to
burden the English people and the State with the
cost of supporting thousands of powerless ministers
who can do nothing for their congregations but
what the congregations can do for themselves. And
if the bishops of the Church Established by Law
have no certainty of knowing defined and Scrip-
tural from " strange and unscriptural" doctrines ;
and if the churchwardens and laity are able to in-
struct their bishops in such matters, surely every
impartial man of common sense wilt then admit
that there is no further reason for maintaining
so expensive an establishment as the Bench of
Bishops in the Anglican Church. It is plain
that the Protestant laity of his lordship's diocese
consider themselves not only as good but better
judges of Scriptural doctrine than he is ; and, of
course, the Protestant laity of every other diocese
in England consider themselves as good judges of
Scriptural doctrine as those of Salisbury. Hence,
it followi that bishops are worse than useless in
the Anglican Communion, and only tend to lead
the laity astray by their "strange and unscriptural
doctrines." But let us return to the protest of
the protesting Protestants of the diocese of Salis-
bury. Addressing their bishop, they say, " These
doctrines and statements, set forth by a bishop of
our Church, we declare to be contrary to the
plain and recognized teaching of that Church; and
we most solemnly, as in the sight of God, pledge
ourselves to use every lawful means to prevent the
introduction of them into our Church, by whom-
soever that introduction may be attempted." To
this determined and contumacious protest of his
protesting Protestant congregation, the bishop
writes in reply—" I am bound to do all I can to
help my clergy to be faithful to their obligation to
minister the doctrines and Sacraments, and the
discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded,
and as this Church and Realm hath received the
same, and lam persuaded that I have justified

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what I have said in the discharge of thi
by the authority of the Prayer-book, and other
formularies of the Church of England." So the
dispute
. rests at present, each party abiding by
its own opinion—the laity asserting that the doc-
trines taught by their bishop are " strange and
unscriptural," and the bishop asserting that the
doctrines taught by him are justified by the Prayer-
book. Is, then, the Prayer-book opposed to the
Scriptures ? And, if so, are the Scriptures to be
superseded by the Prayer-book ? Or who is to re-
concile the two? The bishop declares that he has
only done his duty in teaching the doctrines env!'
ciated by him ; and the laity, with some of his
lordship's clergy, most solemnly pledge themselves,
in the sight of God, to do everything in their
power to prevent their bishop, and all others,
from teaching what, he says, " the Lord bath com-
manded." Now, who is to decide between the two
protesting parties? Some people will be apt to
answer this question by saying—The Queen, as she
is Head of the Anglican Church. But the Queen il
in Scotland, and cannot be expected to allow such
subjects to interfere with her desire to gain the
good opinion of the Scotch Unitarians, among
f
whom she deems it prudent to pass a portion of
every year, and to whom -such subjects would be
most unpalatable. Others will say, perhaps, that
it t
ought to be settled by her Prime Minister ;
Lord Derby is too busily occupied with the ar-
hamentary Reform Bill, and cannot therefore be ex;
petted to devote his precious time to what he and
so many other Protestants regard as comparativ(!
trifles. The dispute must, therefore, be allowed
to go on—protest must he allowed to succeed pro'
test—and this unseemly, but by no means unfre-
quent, kind of quarrel allowed to rage and widen
until such time as the Bishop of Salisbury, or some
other of his episcopal brethren, shall produce 11
more startling Charge, and thereby call off atten-
tion from the present casus bell among the Ang,-i
lican protestors. The independent laymen Nrip
not, of course, yield to the bishop ; and how.
could he fairly expect them to do so, since his
Church has taught them to test all doctrine by the,
rule of their own private judgment, and to protest'
against whatsoever is not agreeable thereto? The
case of the diocese of Salisbury is the case of all
Protestant England at the present day; for, whetker
we look north, south, east, =or west, we find broils
and fierce contentions respecting doctrines, sacra-
ments, and discipline ; and Anglicanism split into,
as many sections as there are in it men capable of
giving expression to their peculiar religious idea;
How different this splitting, quarrelling, protesto4,_
system is from that of true Christianity will he
manifest to whoever is acquainted with the Scripture
history of the early Apostolic Church, of which wee
read in the Sacred Volume, that " the multitude
the believers had but one heart and one mind ;" g4;1.1-;:
also to whoever will impartially survey the Catholic
Church, which, spread over the nations of the
iv
earth'
and composed as it is of hundreds of millions of
believers, still retains, after the lapse of eigh.tee.,.
hundred years, the same Scriptural characterist,
and has " but one heart and one mind " at the Pie
sent day.

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