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THE LUCKNOW HERO W ‘l.l
DOVER, SATURDAY Ev
The remnant of the gallant body of men widse S
names are imperishably linked with the heroic de- oT
fence of the city of Lucknow have just arrived
here, to- take up their quarters in this garrisoa,
having landed at Portsmouth at 9 o'clock this rin
morning. Their arrival had been anticipated with 1
a good deal of enthusiasm by the people of Dover,
ever since the depot of the regiment, under Major 71"
Clapcott, was removed hither from Aldershott, and
it became known that it would be joined here by
the head-quarters, on the latter returning from
India ; and the reception they met with did credit
to the grateful and patriotic feelings of our towns-
men. For some weeks past it has been determined
that whenever the head-quarters of the regiment
should arrive something like a demonstration should
take place, and also that a more substantial mark
of the sentiments entertained for the courage and
endurance manifested by these gallant fellows under
circumstances of the utmost danger should be
afforded. To advance these objects a committee of
townsmen wos formed, with one of the oldest and
most esteemed inhabitants, Mr. C. Lamb, as its
chairman. By these gentlemen a subscription was
opened, and we are glad to state that the response
' has been such that a fete of some kind will at no
distant day be given to the gallant fellows who
arrived here on Saturday, in celebration of their
return home. Upon this point the commanding
officer will of course have to be consulted, but it is
more than probable that it will take place in the
course of the ensuing week. It was understood
that the train conveying the troops from Ports-
mouth would arrive here at half-past 5 o'clock, by
which hour a vast concourse of persons had assem-
bled at the railway station and its approaches. In
the interior of the statiou was a large assemblage
of the very elite of the place, in this its most
fashionable season. Among the official personages
were Major-General Craufurd, with his Aide-
de-Camp, Captain Malet, Brigade-Major Barnard,
Colonel Cuppage, R.A., Captain Triscott, R.N.,
&c. On the outside a very large crowd had
gathered, patiently keeping their ground from the
time mentioned as the expected hour of arrival un-
til the train actually entered the station at about a
quarter to seven o'clock. The chairman and several
gentlemen of the committee above referred to were
also in attendance, and on the arrival of the train
headed a procession then formed, and which passed
through the principal streets of the town to the
military quarters at the Western Heights, preceded
by a banner bearing the inscription, Welcome
home, heroes 'of Lucknow !" The arrival of the
train was greeted with loud huzzaing and waving
of handkerchiefs, and the greatest enthusiasm was
manifested, these demonstrations being warmly re-
sponded to by the Lucknow men. The bands of
the Oxfordshire Militia and of the 32d depot were
in attendance and played on the way to the Heights
" Home, sweet home," and such other airs as were
suggested by the circumstances. The number of
civilians, which comprised some thousands on quit-
ting the railway station, increased at every step,
and the cheering was incessant. At several win-
dows flags and laurels were displayed. Some of the
poor fellows seemed touched with the ovation, and
when on reaching their quarters the depot saluted
the colours of the regiment, for the honour of which
so much had been sacrificed and imperilled, the
scene was very affecting. The head-quarters are
about 300 strong, and with the depot, which is in
an admirable state of discipline, the entire strength
of the regiment is about 1,100.

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RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN ST.

GEORGE'S EAST.

Yesterday there was a repetition, though not to a
very serious extent, of the disgraceful disturbances
in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East.
The morning service was conducted by the Rev.
Frederick George Lee, S.C.L., of St. Edmund Hall,
Oxford. There were some strange singularities in
the service which are worthy of notice, inasmuch as
they are partly the causes whichlend to keep alive
the spirit of religious animosity with which the
parish is unhappily afflicted. The rector is away,
and the churchwarden (Mr. Thompson) who has a
most painful and difficult duty to discharge, states
in reply to inquiries that he does not know where
the rev. gentleman is, nor who is in charge" of the
parish. There is, consequently, no one who is re-
sponsible for the ecclesiastical condition of the parish,
and the churchwarden is at the mercy of any strange
clergyman who may appear to take the duty. At the
commencement of the service yesterday morning,
Mr. Lee appeared at the altar, to which he did re-
verence, in the vestments of a Roman Catholic
priest, the ordinary ecclesiastical habit of a clergy.
man of the Church of England being entirely dis-
pensed with. The reading desk was also ignored
by him. He knelt in front of the altar and intoned
the prayers, and when the time came for reading
the lessons that duty was performed by a layman,
who ascended the desk habited in a plain white sur-
plice of a pattern similar to that worn by acolytes
of the Church of Rome. At the close of the Com-
munion service Mr. Lee (who had previously dis-
pensed with the Litany) ascended the pulpit in his
white robes, consisting of chasable, manciple, stole,
&c. To the uninitiated in ecclesiastical millinery
it may be stated that the vestments consisted, not
of an ordinary linen surplice with the graceful ap-
pendages of scarf and university hood, but of a
yellowish white cloak fastened close round the
neck, all the trimmings consisting of broad gold
lace embroidery, with a cross woven into the back.
He selected for his text the 4th verse of
the 9th chapter of St John's Gospel, " I must work
the works of Him that sent me while it is day ;
the night cometh when no man can work." The
sermon—or rather the last half of it—consisted of
a general condemnation of the press on account of
its malignity ; of the Church, on account of its
apathy ; of the public, on account of its
antipathy to the ultra High Church party; and of
the mob of St. George's parish, who (the rev. gentle-
man delicately observed) were disciples of the
gospel of Belial and followers of Beelzebub. His
sermon, so long as he kept to his text, was one of
a much higher character, both for lucidity of ar-
gument and sound evangelical teaching, than one
generally hears in London pulpits. Although of
the simplest character, it was clearly the work of
a gentleman and a scholar. Departing by a despe-
rate leap from the text which he had so well ex-
pounded, Mr. Lee proceeded to a consideration of
the present state of the Church and Church parties.
He drew a lamentable picture of the State of the
Church at the time when Wesley and Whitfield
aroused it from its slumbers, and seemed to think
that the present position of affairs had not much
changed for the better—or, rather would not have
changed for the better at all, had it not been for
the Oxford movement, with which he very honestly
admitted he was a sincere sympathiser. In the
church of St. George's, he remarked, there was a
form of service which was not generally recognised
in the national establishment, but nothing was
done there in violation of the law of the land,
which in ecclesiastical proceedings allowed great
latitude. Owing to the publicity given to
last Sunday's proceedings, there was an
overwhelming congregation at the afternoon ser-
vice, v hich was commenced at a quarter-past two
by the Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., the lecturer nomi-
nated by the vestry. The preacher selected for
his text the 18th chapter of Ezekiel, verse 32,
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that
dieth, said the Lord God. Wherefore turn your-
selves and live ye." The sermon was of a highly
explosive character. Towards the close the rev .
gentleman begged the congregation to depart
peaceably as soon as he had pronounced the
estsor whichthe Litany
benediction. A very few indeed followed his
advice, and nearly 1,000 persons waited for what
isfo
ucralol,ecdlotchke,
arnedctowrh'sichn
service,
osicommencesat
said
before the altar. It was quite plain • from the cha-
racter and demeanour of the people that a serious
disturbance might be expected, but the intention
on their part was thwarted by the very commend-
able and discreet conduct of M
r. Thompson, the
churchwarden, who at • a minute or two before four
o'clock went into the t
ves ry and informed Mr. Lee
that he would, in fulfilment
of is duty, render him
all the assistance he could •in his performance of
the service, but that he would not be responsible
for the result if it were persisted in. The result of
the interview was at four o'clock made known by
the churchwarden, who ascended the steps of the
reading desk and announced that the four o'clock
service was suspended. Still the people were un-
willing to leave the church. At length a man with
vigorous lungs, and who ran the risk of ecclesiasti-
cal censure for " brawling," proposed that the
Doxology should be sung, and gave it out in due
form. It was executed with considerably :more
strength than harmony at its close, and after a few
hisses and groans the churchwarden, with the assis-
tance of the police, succeeded in clearing the
church.
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A novel incubator has been made use of by Mr.
11. Forman in the form of a bakehouse, under the oven of
which the experimenter placed a sitting of eggs, six of
which in due season were hatched, and are now stout healthy
liambro' chickens a month old.—Stamford Mercury.
DISCOVERIES IN NEWFOUNDLAND.—Extraordi-
nary mineral discoveries have lately been made in New-
foundland, which will become the Cornwall of North
America. We have been shown specimens of copper pyrites
containing from 8 to 12 per cent. of metal, taken from a lode
60 feet in breadth ; the ore being as valuable for sulphur as
for copper. It crops out upon the surface, and thousands
o: tons can be obtained at a trifling outlay. Several very
r:ch lodes of lead have also been discovered; and the tele-
graph announces that a valuable vein of silver ore has been
,found.—Quebec Chronicle.