The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-02 00:00:00

CHURCH MATTERS.

There is hardly a bishop on the bench who is not
recommended by his partisans for the Primacy,
unless he be too old. No one has ventured to recom-
mend the Bishop of Salisbury on the one hand, or
the Bishop of Carlisle on the other ; but the Bishop
of Durham has been suggested in one quarter, and
the Bishop of Oxford in more than one. The
Spectator thinks the Church would be injured either
by the appointment of the Archbishop of York or
the Bishop of Oxford. The former is an able
man, and a shroud ecclesiastical lawyer, but he
would be a Primate of the type statesmen too much
love—the type which more than dilutes the Church
with the world. The appointment of the latter
would make it an ecclesiastical intriguer's weapon. The
same paper thinks that if the archbishop were elected
by the suffrage of all the educated men in Great
Britain, Dr. Temple would be chosen. The Record
thanl, a Heaven that Mr. Gladstone is not in power, or
Dean Stanley would have been appointed. The John
Bull gives prominence to the name of the Bishop of
Gloucester among others, and it is somewhat strange
that he has not been brought forward before. If the
Christian World represent the feelings of Dissenters,
they evidently think that, if ability have anything to
do with the appointment, the Bishop of Oxford
should be the man ; and it is asked whether the
Premier will venture to recommend him to the
Queen.
On the day of the funeral, neat Monday, the
meeting of the S. P. C. K. will only transact formal
business. It would be a strange sight for Church-
men to be squabbling together on that day.
A letter from "A Presbyter" appears in the Times,
in leader type, recommending the transfer of the
archiepiscopal residence from Addington to Canter-
bury. The Primates are in the habit of driving
from Addington to London, and this takes them one
hour and 35 minutes—the exact time the express
occupies in the journey from Canterbury to London.
Dr. Evans writes to the JOk Bull in reference to
the church of St. Mary-leLStrand, now closed. He
says that, apart from his unfit condition of health,
owing to the annoyance he has undergone, to resume
all our services, it has been deemed best that the
church should continue closed in order to bring the
pending question as to the alterations of the church
to a more speedy issue, but that those who have
placed obstacles in the way do not manifest any like
desire. The suspension of the services he states to
have been a great grief to him.
" A Cumberland Rector " has possession of a copy
of the resolutions signed by thirty-six archbishops
and bishops in 1856, referring to the shortening of
morning service, and would publish it were not the
following sentence prominently marked upon it :
" You are particularly requested not to allow this to
appear in any newspaper." The resolutions werenot
sent round as a circular, but only given to clergy-
men who applied for permission to omit the Litany.
The Rev. J. 11. Gibson, the preacher of the
Brighton sermon on Protestantism, complains that
he has been misreported. lie was not preaching up
Romanism against Protestantism but complaining
of the renunciation of the word
of " Protestant." " oatholic " favour
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DISTURBING THE RITUALISTS.
The faithful witness to the truth who bawled out to
the Protestants in the congregation of St. James's,
Brighton, to " come to the rescue," has made his
appearance in the police-court. Ile narrowly escaped
committal to the sessions under the Act of 1688,
'nrhte heweuld 'Laic_ been mod not Lew thane g2O.

Poor Mr. Morgan Howard. He aspires to repre-
sent Lambeth in the Constitutional interest. A
gentleman bearing the same name, and known as the
" Coloured Tragedian," writes from the Theatre Royal,
Bath, to say he is not the candidate, though vulgar
rumour has been cruel enough to announce so. He
contradicts this as likely to do, him a serious profes-
sional injury. It would be interesting to know
whether the actor wishes to have a hit at the House
of-Commong, the no-or congtrFrEncies in general,
Lambeth in particabu-, or whether he means the rub
for an individual—say Mr. Morgan Howard himself,
or some former representative of whom Lambeth
has no reason to be proud.

I \DUSTIFAL C IIOCLS ACT.

It would, perhaps, be better for the par little street
Arabs if Sir Richard Mayne were to take them off
the streets and shoot them, rs he does the dogs,
rather than that they should be left to a hopeless
career of ignorance and crime. It appears that there
is only one man to look after them, the Marquis
Townshend, and he is sell-elected. Yet there is an
Act, two years old, which provides that any person
maybringbeforetwo justices or amagistrate any child
apparently under the age of 14 years who comes within
any of the following descriptions :-1. That is found
begging or receiving alms (whether actually or
under the pretext of selling or offering for sale any-
thing), or being in any street or public place for the
purpose of so begging or receiving alms. 2. That is
found wandering, and not having any home or
settled place of abode, or proper guardianship,
or visible means of subsistence. 3. That is
found destitute, either being an orphan, or
having a surviving parent who is undergoing
penal servitude or imprisonment. 4. That
frequents the company of reputed thieves.
The child may be sent to an industrial school and.
kept there till the age of 16, or, with his consent in
writing, beyond that age ; and there are powers of
apprenticeship, &c. Parents of ability may be com-
pelled to contribute towards the expense. The Act
does not leave it to parishes and ratepayers to pro-
vide the funds, but this important part of the
business is given to the magistrates in quarter
sessions, and whatever is required is to be raisea
by a county rate, assisted, if necersary, out of
the Imperial treasury. We grudge the expense
of taking care of these little ones, but when
they arrive at riper years they come unpleasantly
before us in the form of our friend the " rough," who
becomes such a nuisance that we look after him
then, and it costs us more to keep him in penal
servitude than it would have done to educate the
child. Our pockets are touched before our con-
sciences.

A BLOT IN TIrE FRENCH TREATY.
Nottingham is dissatisfied with the French Treaty.
At least its Chamber of Commerce is. Switzerland
has obtained a concession much more advantageous
to it than Cobden in that particular obtained for
England. Certain goods of the muslin class aro
admitted into France from Switzerland, subject to a
duty of 10 per cent. Nottingham goods pay 15 per
cent. So the Nottingham Chamber of Commerce has
sent a memorial to the Board of Trade asldng that
this may be altered.