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leave. Why, the Wesleyans would not ac.
knowledge that." This, we suppose, refers to tb
7th and 9th of the Constitutions of Clarendr.n,
which provide that certain persons shall not be ex-
commmunicated nor their lands put under an in-
terdict without notice to the King. No &nit the
Wesleyans (whom Innocent 111. would nave exter- '
urinated without mercy) would regr.rd as highly
tyrannical a law which restrained tlac,m from spi-
ritually censuring persons who, of their own free
will, had agreed to submit to such c.ensures ; but if
any question arose as to. the temporal effects of
such a proceeding—as to the right, for instance, of
Conference to remove a minister who had been so
censured—they would at once appeal to the Court
of Chancery, and, in point of fact, they actually
did so in a very well-known case not many
years ago ; and no Wesleyan ever claimed any
authority over any person who had not volun-
tarily submitted to it. The clergy in Becket's time
not only claimed authority to excommunicate
independently of the consent of the excommuni-
cated persons, but temper:ll consequences of
the highest importance were attached to excom-
munication, and the process was continually re-
sorted to for the purpose of enforcing civil rights. :
"Another point," says the Archbishop, " was, that •

in the election of bishops the persons should be
chosen by his (the King's) recommendation."
The Established Church of Scotland, he
adds, would not suffer that. That is quite
true; but it is also true that down to the Refor-
mation the kings of England retained the right
in question, and that similar rights existed, and do
to this day exist, in most other parts of Europe, and
especially in Roman Catholic countries. Where
bishops are recognised by the law of the land as
great State personages, it is natural,that plaSove-
reign shoal have a voice in their appointment, and
we believe that there is no part of Catholic Europe
in which this is not the case.

It is remarkable that whilst he was upon the sub-
ject Archbishop Manning should have omitted all
notice of the most characteristic of all the questions
at issue between the King and Becket. It is ex-
pressed in the third of the Constitutions of Claren-
don in these words :—" Clerks accused of any crime
shall be summoned by the King's Justice into the
King's Court to answer there for whatever the King's
Court shall determine they ought to answer there."
One of the great principles of that " freedom of
conscience" which Becket vindicated so warmly was
the principle that whoever had received the ton-
sure—and all sorts of menial servants and persons
of infamous character did receive it—was to be
exempted from lay judges as often as he chose
to commit robbery or murder. Is there any
country in the world at the present day
which would permit such a development
of " religious liberty" as this? and can any one fail
to see that the only liberty of which Becket was
really the champion was the liberty of the clergy to
do as they pleased and to compel others to do as
they told them ?—Pall-Mall Gazette.

TATTERSALL'S—Last Evening.

EBOR HANDICAP.
10 to 1 agst The Spy (taken)
100 to 8 agst Tabourer (taken)

ST. LEGER.
2to 1 agst The Earl (taken)
4to 1 agst King Alfred (taken)
sto 1 agst Formosa (taken)
10 to 1 agst Green Sleeve (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Cap-a-Pie (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Cap-a-Pie 1,2, 3 (taken)
DERBY.
100 to 15 agst Bolladrum (offered)
1000 to 30 agst Archduke (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Portsmouth (taken)
5000 to 75 agst Vansittart (taken)

PROGRAMME OF BRIGHTON RACES.
WEDNESDA Y.

The Rous Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added; twolyoar
olds 7st 71b, three, 9st; the winner to be sold for 100
sovs, if for 50 allowed 71b. Bevingdean Course (about
4 fur).

The Pavilion Plate of 100 sovs for all ages, added to a
Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft. One mile.
The Sussex Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added; two
year olds, 7st 101 b, three 9st 81b, four and upwards lOst;
mares and geldings allowed 31b. New Ovingdean
Course (about 6 fur).

The Welter Stakes of 100 sovs, added to a handicap of 5
sovs each, 2ft (to the feud). Warrene Course, one mile
and a quarter.

The Ovhiplean Plato of 100 sovs (Ffandicap), for all ages,

New Ovingd?au Course, about six furlongs.
The Brighton Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 10 SCATS each,
h ft, with 100 added; T.Y.C. (Three-quarters of a
mile). 35 subs.

st lb
Acaster

st lb

Fleetwing
Dryad 8 6
Alpenstock 8 4
Iron Duke
Benbow
Intimidation colt
Nanny Thormanby
Lure 7 11

Imp3ratrice colt ;-.- --
i 0

Spider
C by Clarot out of
Latona 6 12
Blackbird colt 6 12
Lampoon 6 10
Tarquin
Storm King
Trarie Wind

The Rajah
Lopez
La Belle Helene 7 7 Provider
Glonmoro 7 7 Sweet Pea colt
Conrad 7 7 Tott 6 0
Seleucus
Christine
Light Cloud
Becky Sharp
The Brighton Cup, value 400 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 sovs each ; throe year olds 7st 101 b, four Bst 121 b,
five, six, and aged 9st 41b. Old Course (about two miles).
16 subs.

Paul Jones 3 yrs, Tho Returned 3 yrs, Westwick 5 yrs,
Blinkhoolie 4 yrs, Julius 4 yrs, Knight of the Garter 4 yrs,
Speculum 3 yrs, Tertullus 4 yrs, Suffolk 3 yrs, Lucifer
5 yrs (paid), D'Estouruel 4 yrs, Bluoskin 3 yrs, Fortunio
4 yrs.

PROGRAMME OP BRIGHTON RACE CLUB
MEETING. —THURSDAY.
The Brighton Club Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs each,
h ft, with 50 added by the Club. Bristol mile. 11 subs.
Ago st IL Ago st lb
Silenus 4 12 10 President Lincoln... 3 10 2
Acttea 5 12 0 Sampson 3 9 12
Pevensey 4 10 13 Chipponham 5 9 11
Clairon ... 310 11 Maesllwch... ... 3 9 6
Wulsey 5 10 8 Toy
••• ..• 3 9 6
Proserpine... ... 5 10 6
The Claret Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added by the
Club; winners of any race after July 31 61b, of two
or of the Brighton Stakes 101 b extra; to be ridden by
members of the Club. T.Y.C. 16 subs.
Age st lb, Age st lb
Silenus ... 4 12 12 Redivivus .. 3 10 7
Warrior a 11 9 Ettrick ... 4 10 10
Haymaker... ... 311 5 Aerolito ... 410 5
Victress 411 3 Sampson ... ... 310 5
Reindeer ... alO 13 John Leech ... 310 3
Foresight ... 410 12 Maesllwch... ... 3 912
Clairon 3 10 10 Traveller ... 3 9 9
Balsatuo ... 3 10 9 Toy ..• . 3 9 7
The Ninth Brighton Club Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each,
with 50 added, for three year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies
Bst 71b ; winners before starting (matches excepted)
once 51b, twice 81b extra; uutrieds allowed 31b. Bristol
mile. 20 subs.
Lictor (31b), York, Birdsceker, Grandee, Cock of the
Walk, Cuckoo, Quadroon (dead), Monkey Island, Le
Venitien, Mercure, Retirement, The Forest King (31b),
Pearl Mosque, Speculum, Porea, Northerner, Minute Gun,
Sedella, Veda, and Macduff (31b).
Tho Tenth Brighton Club Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each,
with 50 added by the Club, for three year olds ; colts
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. T.Y.C. ; 12 subs.
Sister to Veda, Brother to Cambuscan, Iberia, Lady Di,
Amazon°, L'Evenement, Burton, Cornet Stniko, Matilda
(6!b), Saga; Hermoiuo c (31b), and Queen of the Vale
filly (31b).
A Plato of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs
each, for two year olds ; colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b.
T.Y.C.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added; three
year olds Bst 71b, four 9st 51b, five, six, and aged 9st 91b.
One mile.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added; two year
olds Est 101 b, three Bst 101 b, four 9st 51b, five and up-
wards 9st 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. T.Y.O.
A Plate of 50 sovs (handicap), for beaten horses during the
week (two year olds excepted). T.Y.C.

PROGRAMME OF LEWES AUGUST MEETING.
FRIDAY, Aug. 7.
The Queen's Plato of 100 gs.; three year olds Bst 51b, four
9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 121 b. Two miles.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 50 added, for two and
throe year olds; two year olds 71b, three 9st 91b; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. Half a mile.

The Borough Members' Plato of 50 sous ; two year olds 7st,
three Bst 71b, four 9st 71b, five and upwards 9st 101 b.
T.Y.C.

The Castle Plate of 50 sovs ; two year olds Est 71b, three
Bst 91b, four 9st 101 b, five and upwards 9st 121 b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b. One mile.
The Priory Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added,
for two year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b; winners
of 100 sovs, 31b, of two such stakes or of 500 at any one
time 71b extra ; maidens which have sun three times
allowed 51b; the second to save his stake; T.Y.C.

(about 5 fur); 36 subs.
if by Plum Pudding out of Lozenge's dam, The Lad of
Scotland, Ca9rd, Pgraband, Yu, Trump, In cby Ydotto