The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-06 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

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C IDirlE, OCT. • 6 .—MeSSIN. -ThOMaA Remington,
B.A. jame4 Amiraux Jeretnie,.B.A. and James Challis,
B.A. Scholars of Trinity College, were on Sunday last
elected Fellows of that Society.
The Rev: Robert 'Ridsdale, YEA: one of the Senior
Fellows of 'Ogre Hall, has been instituted, by the Lord
Bishbv of 'Chichester, to the vicarage of Kirdford, near
Petworth, Sussei, on the presentation olthe Right Hon.
the Earl of Egremont.
On the 98th ult. Sir John Copley was unanimously
elected Rectirder.of the city of Bristol, in the room of the
late Lord Gifford. _ _

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The Rev. C. W. Hughes, B.A. of.Corpns Christi Col-;
lege,'has been licensed,: by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to
the perpetual >ciiracy of the Chapel of St: john the Evan-
gelist, at Lacy. Green, Bucks.
The' Rev..l. R. Major, of Thetford, B.A. of Trinity Col-
lege, was ;on Wednesday the 27th ult. elected,. by the
Town ,Bailiff and Capital Burgesses of Wished), to the
Head Mastership of the free grammar school of that town.
The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord
Bishop of Lineoln, at Budden, on Sunday the 24th' of
September :
DEACONS..

David Fulfurd Harridge, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge.
Henry 141argetts, .M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge.
George Pocock, S.C.L. Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Woolley Spencer, 8.A.• Christ College, Cambridge.
Richard Whitelock, U.A. Lincoln College, Oxon.
Henry Reginald Yorke, 11. A. St. Jobn's College, Cambridge.
George Harrison, B.A. Lincoln College, OXMI.
William Gray, Literate.
Henry John Branson, 11. A. Cling College, Cambridge.
Let. Dim. from the Archbishop of York.
Edward Cox, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge.
Ey Let. Dim. frota the Bishop of Exeter.

intrENTS.
Deorge Atkinson, B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge.
James 'leaven, B.A. St. Edmund Hall,,Oron.
John.Peaeock Brio, B.A. Pembroke ifall, Cambridge.
Edmund Fisher, M.A. Fellow of St. Peter's Coll. Cambridge.
,Jobri Fry, B.A. 'Trinity College.; Cambridge.
Thomas Harrison, ILA, St. John's College, Cambridge.
Charles Wm. Hughes, 11. A. Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge.
.Atigustur Davies lone, St. John's College, Cambridge.
John Mandell, B.A. Catherine Hall,'Cambridge.
'George Morley, Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
Pu&rt, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge.
Joseph Plaee, 11. A. St. John's College, Cambridge.
Thomas Satulersony 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Oxon.

THE CHRISTIAN EVIDENCE SOCIETY.

.Our Readers' will have remarked, in several of the
daiW Journals of laSt week, a report of a case at the
Mansion-house arising out of an assault committed at
one of the reeimt meetings of this abominable Asso-

ciatithi.- The proceedings gave occasion for several
questions and remarks relative to the character of these
meetings ; and we are happy to observe, that of all the
parties concerned, not one attempted the slightest de-
fence of the Society ; whilst the horrible an revolting
nature of its proceedings called forth deserved censure
and reprobation, not only from the aggrieved parties,
but even from the Aver who attended to endeavour to

preserve order. The Lord Mayor characterized the
whole body' as a sad set ;" and one.of our,eontem-
!wades has loudly called upon those who have autho-
rity to interfere and at once put a stop to these dis-
graceful assemblies ; whilst another has, more than
once, made an. appeal to the "Bishop of London to
the same Meet.

As to the revolting character of the Society's pro-
ceedings there cart be but one opinion, it, indeed, at
oaset, commenced vvitit a t %bow of impttrtial
tliscussion,---hoto impartial the ditamtision was may hi,
easily supposed. Latterly, however, the very form
of argument has been abandoned, and the whole en-
tertainment of the evening has consisted of nothing but
the most disgusting ribaldry and horrible parodies upon
every thing which is most sacred. Whether such
mockeries, shocking as they are, practically speak-
ing, likely to do much serious harm, may be question-
ed. The Lord Mayor has, more than once, had the-
hubject brought Wive him, and has uniformly perse-
vered in the course of treating the whole affair with

silent contempt.
The very extravagance and atrocity of blasphemy
is, perhaps, one ot, the surest e4guards against its
pros tieing any eitensive mischief in poisoning th,
minds of' the people. In a free country lika ours
religion is not indebted for its support to the ex-
ercise of power, or the artifices of inquisitorial vigi-
lenee ; it is established on the immovable basis of
PC4LIC .OpiNION. The great mass of our country-
men pyize and cherish their religion in proportion as
it i:; their guru by choice; they adhere to and vene-
rate it is proportion as it is not imposed upon them,by
authority ; the a.ll feel the insult put upon thenin the
idasphenion4 ridicule with which their religion is as-
sailed. At the same time, though we think snob meet-
ings 48 those of this infituunte Society are not likely to
make any impression whatever on the general religious
sense (,1 the country , we admit it very possible that a
few idle apprentices andelerks may 1w attracted by the
splendour, of that philosophic distinction which awaits
'them if they shall be found seated under the edifying
ministry of the I?e,6erentl. Deist who dispenses dill-
rriination at Pounders'-hall chapel : 'and, were it only
for sakes, we should, be gled to see the interfer
owe, of authority, and a ter:lnitiation put to these diS-
ueful assemblages.' They are, however, going fast
iii the wiy to bring dissolution upon thentselves,,,they
become noisy and tumultuous, and will, doubtless,
before long, be sCopressed, if it be only as a nuisance
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to the rielghbourhooo.
As to the calls so 10.01 Y made 'gm persons
'
n
power, We know :not exactly otv fin the Lord Mayor
,t; s
authoritypay exteed iii such cases ; bLlt we cannot help
.observing, that nothing he absurd than the
more
reiterated appeals with -which tnie i late
assailed the Bish(1). of:London on diet
ie subject. of
IJis
Lordship, we can undertalta: to it:4 h
in the mutter than we Bove,‘7ol:Pr`ire wer
been
successively ousted from -severa qe'Y
taverns and public
aware
rooms, as soon as the proprietor,' were of its na-
ture ; and after the notoriety it hes • •
game(l , we own we
cannot conceive what the woNlinifi 1 •
company of
Founders ran have been about in permitting sucli a de
se n oferatio their chapel. This Society ha .
s belied using
t ti
every possible art to gain a tt. I on, and certainly has
e&far Succeeded as to bring upon itself universal con-
tempt and all these artifices have so evidt ntly. their
object centered in nothing more than putting a few
shillings into the pocket of the reverend person, in,
whom are united the founder, president, secretary, and
treasurer, of the Society, that we conceive that they
hardly, need , exposure. 'rite Lord Mayor concluded
the business before him by declaring his belief in Mr.
Tayloia insanity : that this charitable supposition iS
evidently the fad we are enabled to assure our readers.
We 04n,state from the-most tindeniahle authority, that
he- actually !with, in that .unfortunate condition a few
years since ; and though at one time he ware supposed
to have so far recovered the'llge of his faculties as to
h' allowed to go at large, it was sociii sufficiently evi-
dent that the restoration was but partial. •We forbear
dwelling on, this topic ; we could easily bring forward
a detailed statement were it worth while. We think
, it a glaring reflection on the friends of this unfortunate

individual that better care is not taken of him. Mr.
TOylor was originally a clergyman of the Established
C urch, and was even remarkable for his zeal and as-
siduity in his duties ; his alienation of mind was
brpught on upon an occasion when he bad sustained
some harsh treatment at the hands of those who should
have been his friends ; and it soon displayed itself in
attacks upon all those truths and institutions of which
he had so lately been the zealous advocate ; his very
aPpearance in the public streets, must, to the most
casual observer, be a sufficient indication of his con-

c 1 iOn.
I From a catchpenny exhibition of a madman to the
p4blic, who, in his hallucinations, parodies the Scrip-
Oresacid
w the Liturgy—where disturbances are pur-
ely got up in order to advertise the entertainment
---,where police officers are necessary to prevent the
a4sistant actors breaking each other's heads—and
Acre even the semblance of an argumentative discus-
si is discarded ; from such an association held forth
a philosophic fountain of light, to guide free in-
(ikers to the rejection of religion, we repeat, little, in
our opinion, is to be apprehended ; nevertheless, the
existence, and the name of the thing, give offence and
excite disgust ; and, in this point of view, we should
think it worth the trouble of sweeping away.