The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-04 00:00:00

MR. DELLEIV.

The London Bevkw is " informed upon reliable
authority that the clergyman known by the name of
the Rev. J. Montague Bellew, whose readings and
other appearances before the public have given him.
some notoriety, is about to be received into the
Church of Rome." It will be remembered that our
London correspondent referred to this event in his
letter of the week before last. We may add that
during the last few days the placards announcing
readings by this gentleman are noticeable for the
conspicuous absence of the word " Reverend." Of
course Mr. Bellew does not consider his orders valid.

WORKING MEN'S CANDIDATES.
The Conservative papers are just now greatly
exercised about the working men's candidates. They
are quite effusive in their sympathy for these gentle-
men, declaring that they have been grossly mal-
treated, and that the Liberals are no real friends
of theirs. The truth is, the " Constitutional " jour-
nals are a good deal disappointed because the
Liberal party are making up their differences,
and the superfluous candidates are retiring rather
than endanger the Liberal cause. Mr. Odger's
example at Chelsea has been followed by Mr. Merri-
man at Nottingham, and he urges the electors at all
events to return Mr. Bernal Osborne, and to keep
out a Tory. There are still three Liberal candidates
in the field—Mr. Osborne, Mr. Seely (son of the mem-
ber for Lincoln), and Mr. Clayden. Mr. Marten is
the Conservative candidate.

14 ti 'ZCTION."
The Record has many notable qualities, but the
most notable is unction. Our highly religious and •
most uncharitable contemporary publishes an account
from an eye-witness of the service at St. James's
Chapel, Brighton, last Sunday. The correspondent
witnessed the service, and then the far more satisfac-
tory spectacle of an English clergyman obliged to
run for his life before a hooting, howling mob,
belonging to that nation which demands liberty
of conscience for every man. The correspondent
complains that his " Sabbath" rest had been sadly
disturbed by—Mr. Purchas ! The same journal
publishes another private letter ; that is to say, a
letter written ostensibly for a friend, really for the
newspapers. The subject of it is the late Duchess of
Sutherland :—" My poor, dear, and invaluable friend
the Duchess of Sutherland, after much suffering, has
gone to her rest ! She loved magnificence and hey-
day—perhaps too much. But remember how, at all
times and on all occasions, when good was to be done,
virtue rewarded, sorrow abated, or innocence pro-
tected and wrongs to be redressed, she threw open
her palace, gave all her personal energy, and defied
a cavilling world, in the assertion of mercy and
Christian love. For forty-seven years she has been
to me the most constant, true, gentle, and affection-
ate friend." We don't know what being too fond of
heyday means. No doubt it is something very
dreadful ; yet surely it was not such an unpardonable
offence that the offender should be punished by being
praised in the Record. But the late duchess is not
alone in this misfortune. The Bishop of Lincoln
and the Archbishop of Dublin are both recommended
for the archbishopric by the highly unctuous prin#.
I3RIGUTON RITUALISM.
A curious feature of the proceedings at .St. James's
Chapel, Brighton, on Sunday last, has just been
brought to light. A number of large red-lettered
placards were posted on and about the doors and
high overhead, on the architrave, containing_tla,-,-.
words " Free Church of England." Whether Mr.
Purchas meant by this to proclaim himself and his
chapel independent of all bishops and regulations
whatever was a subject of some inquiry, while some
thought it was meant that, being a Church 6f Eng-
land, adra;ssion ought to be free, and not by ticket,
During the service a surprise was in store for a con-
gregation on the look-out for novelty and excitement,
Ladders were raised, and men were employed in
washing off the placards. This last extraordinary
innovation on the Ritual induced people to thinli
that the announcements had been placed there for a
hoax. An explanation will be awaited with some
interest.

THE PRONE PROSECUTION.

The Bishop of London's commissioners will hear
the charges against the Rev. W. J. E.. Bennett, vicar
of Frome, at London House, at eleven o'clock on
Thursday. The Record gives a general invitation to
the public to be present, as, according to the Church
Discipline Act, it is expressly directed that " all pre-
liminary proceedings shall be public." If, however,
the accused party shall make special applicationt the
commissioners shall, after hearing the parties, " direct
that the same, or any part thereof, be private." This
exception is intended to apply to cases of scandalous
immorality, and as nothing of the kind is charged on
Mr. Bennett, it is not to be supposed either that he
ivill condescend to make any such application, or
that if he made it the commissioners would listen to
an application so entirely opposed to the spirit and
to the terms of the Act. The Record appears very
anxious that the public shall have the benefit of the
proceedings, but the capacities of London House
must be rather limited for a public trial.