The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dec. 23.

THAMES.—THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN
ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST.—Mr. King, a solicitor,
applied to Mr. Solfe for a postponement of a case
against a young man, named Barnes, who is charged,
under the act of Queen Mary, with making a dis-
turbance and disquieting the congregationin the
parish church of St. George-in-the-East._

Mr. Selfe—Oh. indeed.- Pray do not let us have
any more of the St. George's disturbances. What
good has arisen from the discussions here, I should
like to know ?

Mr. King said there were three summonses taken
out by Mr. Howie, superintendent of the K divi-
sion, by order of Sir Richard Mayne, against three
persons, for disturbing the congregation. One was
disposed of on technical grounds, by an acquittal.
The case against Mr. Bradford, a pupil teacher, was
proved, and the magiStrate postponed his decision.
The third case, against a person named Barnes, was
postponed for three weeks. Mr. Bradford came
before Mr. Yardley on Tuesday, and said he was
going out of town, and the magistrate postponed his
case for three weeks longer, and adjourned the sum-
mons against Mr. Barnes until to-morrow (this day).
Mr. Selfe—Who are'you concerned for?
Mr. King—For the clergy of St. George-in-the-
East.

Mr. Selfe—Are you really going on with these
eases ?
Mr. King—l am so instructed.
Mr. Selfe—Cannot some concessions be made ?

Mr. King—lf we make concessions, it is looked
upon ks a triumph by the other party.
Mr. Selfe said there ought to be no triumphs on
either side. His object in postponing the case
must have been obvious to every one. He adjourned
the cases until the Tuesday after Christmas.
Mr. King—No, sir ; until Tuesday last.
Selfe—l intended to postpone the cases until
the Tuesday after Christmas, in the hope that be-
fore Christmas there would be mutual concessions,
and yeace would be restored.

Mr. King—We cannot make concessions when
the other side view it as a triumph.
Mr. Selfe—l am very sorry for it.
Mr. Weddle, the second usher, said the case
against Mr. Bradford was postponed by Mr. Yard-
ley, at the particular request of the defendant, who
said he was going to Yarmouth on business.
Mr. Selfe—Then we are to have one case to-mor-
row and another three weeks hence. When is there
to be an end to this ?

Mr. King said a material witness could not at-
tend on Saturday, and he wanted a further post-
ponement. The material witness was at Sutton in

Surrey.
Mr. Selfe—Then he can be here to-morrow.
Mr. King—He is visiting the sick and the poor,
Mr. Selfe—ls he a physician P
Mr. King said the witness was the Rev. Charles
Fuge Lowder, the curate of St. George-in-the-East,
and he would prove that he was annoyed and dis-
quieted by the conduct of Bradford in the church.

Mr. Self° said the Rev. Mr. Lowder would come
to town to do duty in the church on Christmas-day,
and surely he could be at that court on Saturday
afternoon. He did not see the necessity of the Rev.
Mr. Lowder's evidence at all. He must be clearly
understood as having no disposition to favour one
side or the other. He had no bias in the matter;
but he would say this, that if' there was a disturb-
ance in the church he should take it as a matter of
course as a disturbance within the meaning of the
statute of Queen Mary, whether the clergyman was
annoyed or not. It must not depend on the nerves
or moral courage of the minister, whether he was
annoyed and disquieted or .not, by a brawl or dis-
turbance in a church. It depends on the act done.
Some ministers would not be annoyed or disquieted
by any row or brawl in a church. Mr. Maconochie,
one of the curates of St. George-in-the-East, per-
haps would not. He should take
.it as a matter
of law—in fact as a matter of course that the
minister was disquieted if there was a disturb-
ance in the church. He could not go into the case
on Saturday unless Mr. Barnes was present, and he
must be it formed the case was postponed until that
day. He (Mr. Selfe), however, never meant the
unhappy disputes in St. George-in-the-East should
be revived in that court before Christmas, and he
should be very happy if he never heard of them
again.
It was then arranged that Mr. Barnes should be
communicated with, and the solicitor having
thanked the magistrate for his courtesy, retired.

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