The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AT II ULL.

The foundation-stone of a now church dedicated to St.
Matthew has just been laid at Hull by the Archbishop of York.
His Grace made a speech on the occasion, and said—" My
friends, the religion of our Lord knows no sleeping; the
Christian who is not doing some good in his generation to
those that are around him is not thoroughly a Christian at
all. It is not by merely keeping and going to the custo-
mary pews, and subscribing to the customary charities —it
is not by that steady-going christianity that in these times
the evils that are around us can be subdued. I wonder if
any one would tell me if there has been a dearth of
public-houses or low places of amusement, whore people
pass their time, but do no other good. I should
be told, no doubt, that on the contrary idleness
and drunkenness greatly abounded, and that there
were whole regions and districts in this town where
education in the fear of God was greatly and sadly
neglected. As long as those things are so we cannot take
any comfort to ourselves. Wo can only then be comforted
when each feels that he has done his very utmost to
combat these evils when they come before us. Let that
blessed feeling be ours, here present. There is not one of
us, whether ho bo dressed in the fustian jacket or the
broadcloth of a gentleman —there is not one of us but is
called upon to do his part in this work. We of the
Church of England make very high claims. We map
out the whole of this town into districts, and wo say we
aro the ministers of everybody in this town, whether he be
a Dissenter or not. If you ask the Vicar to go to the sick
bed of anyone, whether Churchman or not, he will not re-
fuse, providing the sufferer was in his parish. If we make
that great claim, it brings with it a great responsibilty. The
clergy, single-banded, can do nothing. The community
will only be in a healthy state when a deep feeling of
responsibility rests upon clergy and laity alike, when they
feel it to be their duty to strain every nerve and move every
obstacle out of the way in order that the name of God may
bo honoured and worshipped everywhere, and sin a►nd vice
may be as far as possible banished out of sight."

The Pall Mall Gazette regrets to learn that Capt.
Grosvenor, M.P. for Westminster, has met with a hunting
accident in the Midland Counties which confines him to his
bed. No bones are broken.

The Sheffield father, George Pethars, whose ill-
treatment of his son caused so much indignation a few
days back, has been committed for trial on a charge of
cruelty by the magistrate.

The Lancet has good authority for stating that the
rumours which have recently been circulated in Paris in
reference to the health of the Emperor of the French are not
founded on fact.

QUAND MEME,—As an instance Of the ruling
passion, it is said that Rothschild, who knew his death
would cause a great fall in the shares of the Lombard
Company, of which he was the president and chief support,
speculated largely for the fall just before he died The
profit, of course, goes to his heirs.

The Ttmes is authorised to state that the Convo-
cation of the prelates and clergy of the Province of Canter-
bury will be opened at St. Paul's Cathedral on Friday,
the 11th inst., when the returns will be presented to the
president and a prolocutor elected ; but the Convocation
will not assemble for the despatch of business until Parlia-
ment meets after Christmas.

It is stated that an irregularity has occured which
will vitiate the election for the country of Monaghan. The
nomination was held on Fri,lay, and the polling on the follow-
ing Monday. Two clear days should intervene, and Sunday
being a dies non it is believed the return is bad, and a now
election must be geld, the expense of which will fall upon
the Sheriff.

Mr. lt. Henly, jun., one of the Caine guardians,
writes to say that it is not true, as the vicar of Caine as re-
presented, that the guardians have apprenticed a workhouse
girl to a dressmaker of Particular Baptist principles, and exe-
cuted an indenture obliging her, although she is a member of
the Church of England, to go to her mistress's chapel. There
is, Mr. lienly says, no indenture at all, and the girl can
leave her mistress whenever she likes.

The Spanish Revolution has, according to the
Lancet, effected a reform iu medicine. Titles have been
abrogated, and the curriculum has been altered. One of
tho most curious points in those changes has boon the abo-
lishment of Latin as a necessary preliminary attainment-
El Senor Zorrilla considers that an acquaintance with Latin
is necessary only for making "useless rhotoricans, plodding
Lit:uists, and sterile argumentators."

An example of the kind of political toleration per-
mitted by the Roman Catholic priests in Ireland is furnished
by the following from Sligo which is published by the Dublin
Express:—" The spirit of intimidation has not, unfortunately,
died out, and it has assumed its worst phase iu the fact that the
priests of the town will not admitany Catholic elector to any
of the chapels who voted for ths Conservative candidate.
On last Sunday Servant Doyle, a respectable member of the
militia staff, was ordered out of the Friary Cl.apel by the
Rev. Mr. Ilibb:Ate, before the assembled congregation."
At the Leeds Town Hall two men have been com-
mitted to the assizes for the manslaughter of an Irish
labourer named Michael Flannagau. The deceased and
• several fellow-countrymen, on the 14th ult., were drinking
at a beerhouso in Kirkgate, and an altercation arose on the
subject of the payment for the liquor consumed. After
they left the house the quarrel was resumed. Deceased was
attacked by two or three of his companions, knocked down,
and injured severely. He was taken to the infirmary, where
he died on Wednesday.