The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-10 00:00:00

LISHED CHURCH IS REQUIRED TO BELIEVE ?

Matthew, 15th chapter, 12th and 13th verses : " Then
came His disciples and said unto Him, knowest thou that
the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?
But He answered and said, every plant which my heavenly
Father hath not planted shall be rooted up."
Acts of the Apostles, 20th chapter, 33d and 34th verses :
" I have coveted no man's silver or gold, or apparel : yea,
ye yourselves know that these hands have ministered unto
my necessities, and to them that were with me."
2d Corinthians, 6th chapter, 4th to 10th verses :—'

"In

all things approving ourselves as the Ministers of God, in
much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in
stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watch-
ings, in fastings : by pureness, by knowledge, by long suf-
fering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour
of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour
and dishonour, by evil report and good report : as deceivers)
and yet true; as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying,
and behold we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sor-
rowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many
rich : as having nothing, yet possessing all things."
There has recently been published a new translation of
the gospels of Matthew and M irk, accompanied by a
learned, critical commentary. The author is Lancelot
Shadwell, Esq,, (late fellow of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge.) Shortly after its publication, he was borne to his
grave. Such was its boldness ofappeal and invective in refer-
ence to the bishops and the hierarchy that it has been sup-
pressed, and a copy of it cannot be obtained. I will give
you one specimen from the commentary on the first text-
12th verse. Referring to the Pharisees taking offence at
what Jesus said, Mr. Shadwell says—" The High Church-
men did not like being brought to book. It is so at the
present day. The Churchman will speak from the pulpit
where he has all the talk to himcelf ; but if any reader of
Scripture will call his attention to the written Word of God,
and point out some of the monstrous falsehoods in the
Prayer-book, the Churchman will immediately endeavour
to slink out of the discussion." This is strong language
for a man who has held a fellowship in St. John's College,
Cambridge, and who was the son of a Vice-Chancellor of
England. He has left his testimony to what he believed to
be the truth, and has now entered upon his rest. To my
mind the words of Jesus, in the 12th verse, c mvey a great
gospel truth. It is good to read on such authority that all
error shall be rooted up; we receive it as gospel or glad
tidings. It has been very largely fulfilled, but there is a
great work to be done among Christians in respect to insti-
tutions, offices, titles, and hierarches, with their flagrant
abuses; and the time will come when the truth of Jesus
will be vindicated—" My kingdom is not of this world."
The means by which these great results will be achieved
will not be by the dignitaries, the councils, nor the synods
of any Church. They are obstructive to all advancement.
If you will try and consolidate their system, extend their
hierarchies, increase their power, they will exalt you ; but
seek to spread the simple truths of the New Testament—
use the mental freedom God has given you to comment on
the words of Jesus and the written revelation; and unless
in the Popish Church you harmonise with the creeds—and
unless in the Protestant Churches you do the same, you
must expect slander, malice, and vituperation in every
form. Nevertheless, it is true that every plant which my
heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.

We have now to refer to the service for the " Consecra-
tion of Bishops and Archbishops," to the Articles, and to
the Canons, and we shall learn in reference to these " What
it is that a clergyman is required to believe." I pass by the
dress of a bishop before and after his consecration ; I make
no comment upon his titles ; but when the " most rev, father
in God, the archbishop, demands the king's mandate for
the consecration of a bishop," my attention is arrested, and
I ask, is it a part of Christianity, is it an institution of
Jesus Christ, that men like Henry VIII., Charles 11., and
George IV. should issue mandates, after having selected
some favourite in order to promote him, that he may be
consecrated a bishop in the church of Jesus Christ ? Did
Jesus Christ intend an irreligious prime minister of an im-
moral and debauched monarch to elect bishops in his Church,
and the monarch to command their consecration ? is not
this "one of the strange doctrines" that priests and bishops
should drive out of the Church ? Is not this a part of the
ecclesiastical polity of the Church of England to which
archbishops and bishops, priests and deacons, give their
assent and consent ? Can anything be more corrupt than
such a source for the selection of bishops ? It is well known
that for writing a political pamphlet a man has been made
a bishup—for services rendered WI °ugh. the support of mem-
bers of the House of Commons a man has been made a
bishop—as a reward of tutorship to the children of a mis-
tress, and through the influence of that mistress, a man has
been made a bishop. Such things in connection with the
religion of Jesus are iniquitous and atrocious; and that they
have happened during the present century cannot be
denied.

As in the "ordination of priests," so also in the consecra-
tion of bishops—the archbishops and bishops charge this
say,nom in,,esetirofutphethkie ngfagtoce'o' ref
GceoidvewthhiechHoly isgiGvhenostt," thee
eanbdy they
say, "stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this
imposition of our hands." In what light can this appear to
those who have been behind the scenes P They look upon it
as a piece of politico-ecclesiastical humbug—other persons,
seriously disposed, wish in deep sorrow to throw a pall over
the whole act, whilst others laught outright and treat the
dramatis personm with contempt. Is there nothing in this
contrary to the Word of God ? To the simple and beauti-
ful religion of Jesus ? Would it not meet with the
approval of the whole kingdom, if the bishops were deter-
mined to deliver the Church from such folly and wicked-
ness so provocative of contempt for and unbelief in every-
thing bearing the name of religion? But I have not time
to enlarge upon this unscriptural service. On the two sub-
jects—lnspiration and Miracles—there is neither rubric,
Canon, nor Article; so that anything written by the
Essayists on these topics, however much it may be opposed
to prevalent opinions, taught by the clergy, cannot be con-
sidered as a violation of any law or Article to which they
have given their assent and consent. The only exception,
which we shall presently refer to, is, that no devil is to be
expelled without the license of the bishop.
In his Majesty's declaration, prefatory to the Articles, it
is distinctly said " that no man hereafter shall either print
or preach to draw the article aside any way, but shall sub-
mit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof, and shall
not put his own sense or comment to be the meaning of the
article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical
sense."
This is a galling chain to thousands of ministers of the
Church of England. There are 39 Articles and 141
Canons. To suppose that these, drawn up three centuries
since, can be approved and agreed to as is required is absurd.
Continual doubt, scepticism, mental warfare, and conviction
of positive error, lead to mental compromise and reserva-
tion, and to struggles for liberty which in the present
state of ecclesiastical law must be ineffectual. The articles
are not drawn up in the words of Scripture, but in scholastic
phraseology. If under every heading of a chapter, texts
alone had been collected and arranged, it would have been
a method at once scriptural and unobjectionable to every
believer in Christianity. But it is not so. They are con-
sidered to be strictly Augustinian and Calvinistic to the
annoyance of thousands of the English clergy. I have not
time to mention even the titles of the articles and canons.
I will quote the 13th article and a part of the 17th, as illus-
trations of what very few of the clergy can believe, and a
vast majority of them repudiate.

XIII. Of Works before Justification.—" Works done be-
fore the graco of Christ, and the inspiration of his spirit, are
not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith
in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive
grace, or (as the schoolmen say) deserve grace of congruity ;
yea, rather for that they are not done as God has willed,
and commanded them to be done, we doubt not they have
the nature of sin."

This may be very sound scholastic theology, but it is
opposed to the facts of human life, hostile to the virtue of
society, and directly opposed to Christianity as taught by
Jesus. Part of XVII. Article on Predestination and Elec-
tion.--" As the godly consideration of predestination and
our election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and un-
speakable comfort to godly persons and such as feel in them-
selves the working of the spirit of Christ, mortifying the
works of the flesh, and their earthly members, and drawing
up their mind to high and heavenly things as well, because
it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal
salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth
fervently kindle their love towards God ; so for curious and
carnal persons lacking the spirit of Christ to have continu-
ally before their eyes the sentence of God's predestination
is a most dangerous downfall, whereby the devil cloth thrust
them either into desperation, or into wretchlessness of the
most unclean living no less perilous than desperation ?" Is
this Christianity ? Is it in harmony with the teaching in
other parts of the Prayer Book ? Do all the Bishops and
the too Archbishops believe this, and all the clergy also ?
If not, are they to live and die in this state of falsehcod ?
As to the canons and constitutions they cannot be believed
and acted upon in the present day. For instance, any man
may be excommunicated for saying that the church estab-
lished by law is not an apostolic church, teaching and
maintaining the doctrine of the apostles; the same for
speaking against the Book of Common Prayer—the same
as to the rites and ceremonies—the same for speaking
against the form and ordering of bishops, priests, and
ettuno.nlscolnfcaonnrmci,nt ggeoh. churches
of them to (tractor mute, some describe the clerical
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dress, and one goes so far as to prohibit the wearing of a
wrought night-cap ; and the 72d canon expressly provides
that without a licence from the bishop no clergyman shall
attempt on any pretence whatever either of possession or
obsession by fasting and prayer, to cast out any devil or
devils, under pain of the imputation of imposture or cosen-
age, and deposition from the ministry." Surely some change
is necessary to prevent men giving their assent and consent
to such ridiculous and obsolete opinions.
How different would be public opinion, both of the bishops
and clergy, if they were known to be honestly at work endea-
vouring to bring the Articles into harmony with the New
Testament, and revising the Canons so that they might be
of use to regulate the affairs of the Church. But they are
not, as they think, in a position to do it. The time is not
distant when it must be done. The coming proceedings in
the Court of Arches will show the necessity. Many will
read the Essays, and wonder why the authors should be
exposed to punishment, while their own consciences tell

them that they in some things are farther from the
Articles than the Essayists. Public attention will be
called to topics of the deepest theological interest. Men
not accustomed to ecclesiastical reading will study the
peculiarities and eccentricities of the Prayer Book,
and the conviction will gain in force and depth that for the
relief of the clergy, as an act of justice to Christianity, and
to harmonise the National Church with the intelligence of
the people of England, there must be both a revision—and
a reform.

It may be said, that it is commonly considered that the
greater part of the Prayer Book is not to be received as in
the days of Charles 11., that it is to be understood in a mo-
dified sense, where it is not absolutely repudiated : and that
no one now thinks of believing in the obsolete ritual, and
dogmas of a former time. Is this honest ? Are not the
the terms of subscription the same P Have not the Bishops
opposed, and do they not continue to oppose even the
slightest revision of the Prayer Book, and of the terms of
subscription? Is not the system of falsehood, which is up-
held and enforced by subscription, a national disgrace ? Is
it less so, because it is the daily work of religious men—
the teachers of our national Christianity ? How can the
doctrines, :the creeds, and the dogmas be obsolete when
they are daily brought before the people in the various ser-
vices—and universally submitted for the belief of every
candidate before he can be ordained ? Admitting they are
prescribed by authority, is it light, that men should say
they believed them, when they do not ? that they will ob-
serve and teach them when they do not ? If the question be
put 'respecting Popery and Papal priests, the Protestant
makes short work of giving an answer. And so would we
We sometimes talk of men being before the age : but in
this matter we are sadly behind it. Some five centuries
since John de Wycliffe uttered the following noble senti-
ment in a letter to the Pope :—" I take as a part of faith
that no man should follow the Pope, no, nor any saint that
is now in heaven, but inasmuch as he followed Christ; for
James and John erred, and Peter and Paul sinned. "If this
be true why should English priests of the 19th century be
sworn to obey the decrees, doctrines, and ceremonies deter-
mined by :a corrupt and tyrannical monarch, a sycophant
convocation, and a slavish parliament ? And if the chains
they are wearing chafe their flesh, and the rust on them
irritates their wounds, are the bishops of the present
day to try and rivet those chains more closely to the galled
and wounded body ? The hereditary principle in the epis-
copacy is the same : greedy after ecclesiastical law and
power. Lord Chatham in one of his noble defences of Eng-
lish liberty, satirically said, turning to the bishops in the
House of Lords—" If I had a doubt upon the matter, I
should follow the example set us by the most Rev. Bench,
with whom I believe it is a maxim when any doubt in point
of faith arises, or any question of controversy is started, to
appeal at once to the greatest source and evidence of our
religion, I mean the Holy Bible I" The Bishop of Salis-
bury does not believe in this, and practically ignores Jesus
and the Apostles, and upholds Charles, his Ecclesiastical
Convocation, and his Parliament.
It is said that the Essayists have transgressed the bounds
prescribed by these authorities. And why should they not ?
Is the state of Biblical criticism only what it was in the time
of Charles ? Is the state of science the same ? Have we
no more theological knowledge than we had 200 years ago ?
Are there no changes in men's views of civil and religious
liberty ? And is it because an educated gentleman is a
priest of the National Church that he must walk in theruts
of King Charles, and think in harmony with the ecclesias-
tical statutes and dogmas of that period? Can there be a
more weighty and just argument for the thorough reform of
the Church establishment, than its want of harmony with
the Scriptures, and with the spirit of truth and just liberty
required by a free nation in all that relates to its religious
interests and welfare ? If we take the Prayer Book as the
acts of Parliament require it to be taken, as the declarations
made by the clergy, honestly made, must be understood,
then it is not possible from the laws of the human mind and
the multifarious contents of the book one bishop upon
the Bench, or one clergyman in the Church, can believe
every part of it. The high Anglican glories in the offices,
and repudiates the Articles—the low Churchman delights
in the Articles, and ignores the offices. The former keeps the
saints' days, and the latter ungratefully passes by them as if
they were not in the calendar he has promised to observe.
The Essayists are outspoken, and so were some of the bi-
shops before they attained the episcopal mitre; but chat orna-
ment has a magic power. It does not prevent a bishop from
doing imprudent and rash things, but it soothes his mind,
renders him less curious, less anxious about the truth, bet-
ter satisfied with things as they are, and very irritable with
any one who thinks as frankly and writes as honestly as he
once did.

We may receive it as a fixed truth, that persecution for reli-
gious opinions and free theological thought, is not approved
by the intelligent, educated, and liberal classes of English
society. The persecutor must claim infallibility ; if not, the
opinions he is trying to suppress may be truth, which men
will one day universally receive.
A very remarkable paragraph has just appeared in what
the editor considers to be one of the most liberal papers of
the age. He considers himself to be the model and cham-
pion of religious liberty. In the true spirit of infallibility,
he approves and glorifies the Bishop of Salisbury for ap •
pealing to the Court of Arches in the case of the Essayists.
The paragraph is headed "Right at Last," and the editor
of the British Standard—the popular Non-Conformist jour-
nal, thus writes in the year of grace 1861:—" Let the bi-
shops avail themselves of all the means at their disposal for
uprooting error and heresy ; if they succeed, well ; if other-
wise, let them proceed to the Legislature for fresh powers.
It is not to be endured that men occupying the highest
places of the Establishment should be suffered to go on
preaching,writing, printing and publishing what they please,
although it involves the very vitals of Christianity. We
congratulate the Bishop of Salisbury therefore on his deci-
sion, and have no doubt that the results will be satisfactory
The court that should support the seven would deserve
to be instantly annihilated." The editor of the Re-
cord copied the paragraph into his columns, and
notorious as he is as a persecutor, a garbler of quota-
tions, and as an unscrupulous opponent, and glad as he
would be to endorse anything by the editor of the British
Standard, his faith failed him, and his want of accuracy, as
usual, was conspicuous. He gave what went before the sen-
tence I will re-quote, and what followed after it, but not a
mark or a sign that he had omitted it, being ashamed of it
himself and unwilling to degrade his brother editor among
the readers of the Record. The words omitted were, "The
court that should support the seven would deserve to be in-
stantly annihilated." No one in reading the paragraph in
the Record would imagine that such an immortal sentence
had been omitted. I censure not the editor of the British
Standard for these sentiments ; he has a perfect right to ex •
press and publish what he thinks on religious liberty and
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proves of ecclesiastical courts for theological opinions. If
their powers be limited he would have them enlarged; and if
the Court of Arches should do justice to the Essayists if it
should determine they have violated' no law—that what
they have written is contrary to none of the Articles, that
they have committed no offence against Rubrics or Canons,
then (says the greatest champion of religious liberty now
living) that Court would deserve to be instantly annihilated.
It is five centuries since, this very year, that John de
Wycliffe was elected Master of Baliol College,—" THE
MORNING STAR OF THE. REFORMATION." Suppose the
paragraph from the British Standard had been written at
that time, what a chorus of thanksgiving would have been
shouted at matins and vespers for such a champion of the
old ecclesiastical faith. The Oxford Professor of the period
would, however, have been as calm as the Oxford Professor
of the present day, whose Essay has been so abused and
misrepresented. ue): tu ri
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Jowett is intent upon the right interpretation of them.
Both of those men have had to pay the penalty of their
honest advocacy of what they believed to be the truth. The
spirit and principle of the paragraph I have quoted would,
had it been vissible, have crushed the Reformation by the
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strong arm of ecclesiastical law : thank God that five
centuries since ecclesiastical law could not triumph, nor
will it, nor can it now.

There was another man, not a professor at Oxford, who
flourished about three centuries after Wycliffe. Every
element of true nobility was in his nature ; his gifts for
the work he had to do were of the highest order, and his
power over his mother tongue enabled him to employ those
gifts for the benefit of all future generations. There were
infallible men at that time, as now, who denounced him
because he differed from them. They acted upon the advice
revived in the British Standard. " They availed them-
selves of all the means at their disposal for uprooting (his)
error and heresy,"—there was no need of " fresh powers,"
—what existed doomed him to twelve-and•a-half years'
confinement in Bedford jail, but he went on " writing, print-
ing, and publishing," and when a milder ecclesiastical
regime was established under jamea, John Ihuiyan

was liberated, and continued to propagate his
"heresies" until the time of his death. And
what is thought of him now? What is thought of his
persecutors and of the ecclesiastical law that de-
prived him of his liberty ? So recently as last Monday
evening (May 27) a public meeting was held, presided over
by Lord Shaftesbury. The chair Bunyan used to sit in was
on the platform, and it was intendod on that occasion it
should be occupied by the chairman ; but Lord Shaftesbury
declined to occupy it, saying " that he thought no man in
England was worthy to fill it ; so fat as he was concerned it
should remain vacant." Now, mark the judgment of pos-
terity upon Bunyan's heresy—Lord Shaftesbury said, "By
God's immediate inspiration, or something very close upon
it, Bunyan had produced a book, which, after the Bible,
had conferred greater benefit on every class of society than
any other that had ever been written." Yet the author of
this book, by the ecclesiastical Jaw now invoked upon the
Essayists, suffered imprisonment for twelve and a half years.
It is not reported that Lord Shaftesbury, who is among the
persecutors of the Essayists, said one word about Bunyan's
imprisonment and persecution by the Church of which his
lordship is a member.
It was in the year 1660 (two years before the Act of Uni-
formity came into operation) that Bunyan was first impri-
soned, and when that act took effect, about 2,000 clergymen,
rather than give their assent and consent to the Book of
Common-prayer, resigned their livings, and with their fami-
lies were cast upon the world for conscience sake. There
were among them some of the noblest and best men that
ever lived. Ths Prayer-book to which they could not con •
form was the same as is now used ; the terms and the form
and manner of subscription were the same then as now—
they could not tamper with truth—they would not pawn
their manly honesty—they could not pollute their con-
sciences—but casting themselves upon the providence of
God they went forth not knowing whither they went.
The late Dr. Richard Winter Hamilton thus eloquently
refers to these truly honest men—" They were compelled
to admit the incompatibility of an Establishment with the
rights of private judgment and conscience. They had
passed through many ordeals before, and each
one purified them. It is impossible to reprobate
in proper phrase their wrong. None could even doubt
their learning, their worth, their religiousness. These were
their offenses. If firm as a rock, they were serene as a star.
Never was there a more transcendent spectacle I their dis-
tant spires receded from their eye ; their gray hairs braved
the storm; their conscience was their all * ' We could
not have spared the spectacle. Our world is too poor in
such examples of sacrifice not to have needed this. The his-
tory of those times is too dark for perusal but for such
relief."

Of course they were branded as heretics, and whenever
the mild and gentle powers of the ecclesiastical courts could
be brought to bear upon them, " for the health of their
souls,"—those powers were invoked. Ecclesiastical law was
at that time, by the many, thought to be, as it is now by
the few, a cure for heresy. We expect such notions to
flourish in the church of Rome, but not in the Church of
England ; and we are not surprised if we find them advo-
cated in a French, or Spanish, or Roman newspaper ; but
we are amazed when we see them dishonouring the columns
of a Nonconformist journal.
We have now finished the work which we undertook to
do. The injustice, misrepresentation, and slander heaped
upon the Essayists by the bishops and clergy, and a small
section of the Dissenters, compelled us, having read the
volume, to state our convictions both as to its truths and
errors. We are grateful for its publication. It will prove
a great defence and bulwark in behalf of true Christianity.
It will reclaim multitudes of sceptics. The matters that
are not essential will be regarded in their proper light,
while those that are essential will be revived in all the
force in which Jesus placed them before mankind. The
religion of Jesus has been too long overlaid with creeds and
ceremonies. The Christianity of the New Testament must
come forth and claim its proper authority in the human
heart. We hail this volume as one great means to this end.
Seeing the state of the clergy relative to the Essays
and Reviews, and hearing their charge against the Essay-
ists, that they have not faithfully kept their ordination
vows, we were led to ask and to answer the
qustion, "What is it that a clergyman of the Church
of England is required to believe ?" We have answered it
in the last three discourses. We owe it to the bishops and
clergy that we have had to do this work. Had they been
quiet and wise, the Essays and Reviews, like their prede-
cessors, would have disturbed no one. As it is, they have
challenged the intelligence and Christianity of thousands of
persons, both in and out of the Church, and they have re-
sponded to the call. Now, the appeal is to the ecclesias-
tical courts : should it fail, the disgrace to the Church of
England will be deeper than ever : should it succeed, it
win over to the views of the Essayists thousands of per-
sona who will feel that Crutli eaoont be dependent on
ecclesiastical law, and a favourable verdict will but con-
vince them of the truth of what has been so vituperatively
denounced. For ourselves we are satisfied that the works
of God in his universe and the truths of his Divine reve-
lation, irrespective of the errors of men, will vindicate
themselves, and prove to be harmonious, while just
liberty and true piety will ever be allied in exploring
the one, and investigating the other, and like the alliance
of God, of nature, and of revelation, will prove to be
immutable, immortal, as fixed as the firmament of heaven.
I conclude in the words of Bunsen. He says :—" I
know full well that an author who attacks conventional
opinions on which prejudices and interests have been
largely built, exposes himself to malignant attacks, mis-
statements, and misunderstandings, rather from what he
says,
than from his maintaining with prudent reserve com-
plete silence upon such important questions. I cannot,
however, see how such a reserve is to be justified, even on
the purest motives, if we consider the gravity of our times,
and the sacredness of the public duty imposed on those who
communicate their convictions upon such momentous sub-
jects. I would venture to say on my own behalf, after
forty years of meditation and reserve, or silence, that I
know in whom 1 believe, and that I believe what I know
and say. To those who are wedded to contrary opinions,
or are restrained by doubts and fears, I wish the same in-
ternal conviction to which meditation and study have led
me upon religious subjects, and the same peace of mind
which has resulted from that conviction."

THE IVITHDRAWALOF MR. DUNLOP

FROM PESTS.

PESTH, May 31.—Mr. Dunlop, who has resided
for seven months here at Pesth, and has been
treated with much distinction by our highest circles,
is, as we have just learnt from Vienna, to our regret,
to take his definitive departure in a few days from
the Hungarian capital. Our correspondent writes
as follows :—" Vienna, May, 30.—1 have just learnt
from a perfectly sure source that, in consequence
of the repeated and urgent requests of Count Rech-
berg, addressed to the English Government, Mr.
Dunlop, the Secretary of the British Embassy, who
has resided in your city for some months, will
leave his post there in the course of next
week, My informant adds that Count Rech-
berg probably considers the recent expressions of
Lord John Russell in the House of Commons in
favour of Hungary as the result of Mr. Dunlop's
sympathizing reports from Hungary, and for that
reason renewed his often-repeated request in the
most urgent manner, so that Lord John thought it
best to yield. Mr, Dunlop will now again resume
his duties at the Embassy here." So far our Vienna
correspondent. If his announcement be true, and
we have not the slightest reason to doubt its authen-
ticity, it is another proof of what path the Austrian
Ministry has now entered on. We should like to
address only two questions to its leader ;-1. Does
Count Rechberg believe that the presence here of
Mr. Dunlop encouraged the Hungarian move-
ment ? We should think that it must at last
have become evident to everybody in Vienna
and elsewhere that we cannot, and may not,
abandon our legal basis ; and that to this end we do
not require any external encouragement. Besides,
Mr. Dunlop's expressions, as far as we have learnt,
have been chiefly of a nature to discourage those
who drew foreign notions into their calculations.
If, for that reason, the Vienna statesmen are really
apprehensive of Mr. Dunlop's influence on the
aspect of affairs here, then those are not so far wrong
who are convinced that on the other side of the river
Leitha (at Vienna) they would be glad if the men
here of the " legal-passive resistance" were to give
place to the " men of action," for in this respect the
Vienna Ministers might certainly have to complain
of Mr. Dunlop, who, as we know, never in any
conversation concealed his anxiety lest the move-
ment might overshoot the mark—go too fast and
too far. 2. Or rather has Count Rechberg to fear
the influence which Dunlop's reports on the move-
ment have exercised on the English Ministry ?
Then it would be very difficult, not to say impossi-
ble, for Count Rechberg to close all the sources of
information to Lord John Russell which present
themselves to him in lieu of Dunlop's reports.
France has no representative here, and yet we fre-
quently find extremely well informed letters from
this place in the ,Iloniteur, and we have only lately
heard from Paris that the Emperor has received de-
tailed communications from here. Can Count
Rechberg really think seriously, in the second half
of the 19th century, of cutting off the possibility of
a foreign Government receiving accurate informa-
tion about a movement like the Hungarian ?
Pesth Lloyd.

THE PURE LITERATURE SOCIETY.-011 Friday
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embraces thirty-four events—Tuesday numbering eight,
Wednesday nine, Thursday eight, and Friday nine. The
Ascot Stakes, the Gold Vase, and the Queen's Stand Plate
are the principal stakes on the first day: Wednesday will
be a quiet day, the Royal Hunt Cup being the principal
feature, invariably commanding a large field. Thursday,
will be the grand day of the meeting, owing to the attrac-
tion attached to the Ascot Cup, though the withdrawal of
the 11 izard has materially weakened the interest that would
have been excited had he have met his old antagonist,
Thormanby ; yet, should St. Albans prove sound, a fine
struggle may be looked for, as the latter beat the former for
the St. Leger. The New Stakes will also add to the
strength of the day's sport, as the winner generally turns
out a thorough racer. Friday, the off-day, will be enjoyed
principally by sportsmen, as it is free from the noise and
excitement of the million, and should the weather prove
fine a prosperous meeting may be calculated on.
For the Ascot Stakes 44 horses entered, but only one half
has accepted, the top weight being Moorcock, who has the
steadying weight of 9st 21b. From his victory at Bath he
ought to run forward. Pretendant I have a great fancy
for, and no doubt he will form one of the first flight at the
finish. Optimist, from his easy defeat of Lupus, who after-
wards ran a dead heat with Umpire, is almost certain to get
a situation. Horror last year ran well over this course,
but his performances this year have been wretched. Pre-
dictor is a good horse, but I do not think this is his journey,
or I would not be against him. Dilkoosh and East Stanley
are both in the same stable, and I would give the preference
to the former. Danae is well in, and as she can travel the
distance, may get placed. Calpe and Prince Imperial are
both in. Godding's stable, but I shall trust to the latter.
Conscript ran second for this race last year, but he has had
rather a " fishy" appearance in the market for the last two
or three days ; but if he is backed in earnest again, I would
select him alone to beat the field. Knightsbridge, Juno,
and Weatherproof will turn out the best of the light weights.
I shall look to one of the light division furnishing the
winner, which I anticipate will be

WEATHERPROOF or PRINCE IMPERIAL,
followed by OPTIMIST and PRETENDANT.
The Gold Vase has not only a more numerous but a bet-
ter entry than last year, as it includes the winner of the St.
Leger (St. Albans), the fourth in the Derby (Aurelian), the
fourth in the Oaks (Si lverhair), besides Klarikoff and
Royallieu, and five others, all winners besides. The
weights stand thus :—St. Albans, 4 years, 9st 61b Cantine,
5 years, Bst 121 b ; Ebony, 4 years, Bst 101 b ; Parmesan, 4
years, Sat 101 b Klarikoft, 3 years, 7st 71b; Lupus, 3 years,
7st 71b ; Royallieu, 3 years, 7st 31b ; Aurelian, 3 years, 7st
31b ; Sporting Life, 3 years, 7st 21b ; and Silverhair, 3 years,
7st 21b. Royallieu and Aurelian have both an allowance of
41b, and as Klarikoff will be an absentee, I shall expect one
of them to furnish the winner, their only dangerous op-
ponent being Cantine.
There is an excellent entry for the Stand Plate, which will
furnish one of the best races of the meeting. Amongst the
speedy animals in the heavy division are Miss Julia,
Twilight, and Hesper, and the light weights will be repre-
sented by Wingrave, Marignan, and Buckstone. The win-
ner I expect will be

WINGRAVE or MARIGNAN.

In the absence of St. Albans for the Ninth Triennial
Stakes, the next best is King of Diamonds.
The Ascot Derby will go to Lord Stamford with Imaus.
The Fourth Ascot Biennial will be a match between
Carisbreok and Buckstone, the latter for choice.
There are 91 horses engaged in the Royal Hunt Cup. To
attempt to pick the winner would be almost impossible.
The winner, I anticipate, will be found in the following
lot :—Cheesecake, Sir Hugh, Lava, Anthem, Rockley, and
Tolt.el la.

The Fernhill Stakes cannot fail to go to Marignan, and
the Selling Stakes to Little Drummer.
The Third Ascot Biennial will be carried off by Dio •
phantus.
If Queen of the Vale has improved on her Oaks form,
she should have no difficulty in disposing of her opponents
in the Conflation Stakes.

The Gold Cup will bring out a very small field ; and from
the way they back Thormanby, it would seem to be all over
but shouting. No doubt Thormanby is entitled to the
premiership in the betting, but I think Aurelian and
Royallieu will give him some trouble to shake them off at
the finish.

The principal race already closed after the Cup is the
New Stakes, which, like the Biennial, has obtained the
largest entry since its establishment, no fewer than 61 two
year olds being nominated. The principal performers likely
to take part in the race are—Wingrave, Buckstone, Canis-
brook, and Ross; and if Buckstone has any pretensions to
be at 15 to 1 for next year's Derby, he ought to be success-
ful on this occasion.

The 50 Sovs. Sweepstakes should go to Big Ben, followed
by Cashio and Prudence.

The other events are of no importance.
A FRESH MAN.

ARRIVALS AT ASCOT.

Parmesan, Reveille, Redpole, The Sage, Babette filly,
Baron Munchausen, Ebony, Janus, Struggler, Preceptress,
Allington, Pardalote, Beane, Lava, Little Lady, Diophan-
tus, Leontes, Suburban, Walloon, Barabbas, Prince Plau-
sible, General Hess, Fergus, Man•at-Arms, Cutler, Pit-
man, Brother to Spanish Fly, Medora, Tom Sayers, Prince
Imperial, Wing, Jung Frau, Laughing Stock, Junio,
Miss Julia, Jingling Johnny, Spicebox, Wingrave, Queen
of Vale, Walpole, King of Diamonds, Molly filly, Bandage,
Yorkshire Grey, Morocco. and Feu de Joie.
The following have left Newmarket for Ascot :—Chere
Amie, Snapshot, Handsome Jack, Marignan, Nemesis,
Carbine, Coulon, Southport, Bandsman, Surprise, Alerte,
Sir Hugh, Gabriel d'Estrees, Knightsbridge, Barb Pigeon,
Gibraltar, Pretendant, Royallieu, and Angelo.