The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-21 00:00:00

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castle and Stoke, at which latter place it joins a line
to bb formed by the Trent Valley Company to Staf.•
?'o 3. thess pi-6.jects, are glad to, find, have been
recently laid before a public meeting nelu it Staftora;
over which the Mayor of that town presided, and,•
with some additional accommodation to be given to the
Pottery district, have been received as satisfactory,
and meeting the requirements of the towns in-
terested.

With respect to the communication to be given to
Shrewsbury from the Grand Junction line, upon
which, it will be remembered, the difference occurred
between that Company and the London and Birming-
ham, two prOects will be offered to the consideration
of Parliament; one a line running from Shrewsbury,
by Wellington, to Stafford, and another branching off
near Wellington, and proceeding on to Wolverhamp-
ton. Another line is also projected, we believe, by
the London and Birmingham, proceeding from the
proposed Chester and Shrewsbury line, near Wem, to
the Shrewsbury and "Wolverhampton line near Wel-
lington, then cutting off the angle formed by carry-
ing their lines to Shrewsbury, and reducing the dis-
tance between Wolverhampton to Chester by this
route to something near that by the Grand Junction
route. A communication is also proposed to be made
from the Chester and Shrewsbury line passing by the
town of Wrexham and joining the Chester and
Holyhead line about midway between Holywell and
Chester.

We now come to the new projects of the Liverpool
and Manchester Company. It has long been acknow-
ledged that the stations both in Lime-street and at
Wapping were insufficient in size and arrangement
for the traffic of the Manchester and Liverpool and
the Grand Junction lines. To remedy these defects
it is proposed to purchase the buildings adjoining the
station in Lime-street, as far back as Hotham-street,
including some on the east side of the same street,
the north side of Gloucester-street, and the south of
Sidney-street; the dwelling-houses adjoining the
station at the bottom of Gloucester-street and Lord
Nelson-street. Upon the site thus formed an exten-
sive station will be formed, capable, it is thought, of
furnishing the accommodation requisite. The station
at Wapping is to be extended, by the purchase of land
and buildings, warehouses, &c., on the north side of
Cro3bie-street, and adjoining the station : the ware-
houses and buildings on the west side of Wapping,
and on either side of Ironmonger-lane, fronting the
King's and Queen's Docks. The funnels and works
at Edge-hill are likewise to be enlarged; a new tun-
nel to be made to Smithdown-lane, and another from
Edge-hill to terminate at or near the Waterloo Dock
in the north end of the town. By the carrying out
of these several projects much greater facilities will
be afforded to the commerce of the port than at pre-
sent
it enjoys.
Another project is the formation of a line branch-
ing off from the main line at Barton, and passing by
Worsley, Swinton, and Pendlebury, to a junction at
Clifton with the proposed Manchester, Bury, and
Rossendale Railway. A short line is also to be taken
from a point between Newton and Parkside to the
North Union line, to reduce the angle at present to
be gone over in order to get from the latter line to
Manchester. It is further proposed to form a branch
from Barrownook Moss, in Rainford, in the parish•of
Prescot (there to unite with an intended railway from
the St. Helena and Runcorn Gap Railway, near Ruf-
ford, a junction with the North Union at Buxton),
and terminating at or near Lightbody-street, Boun-
dary-street North, Victoria-road, Great Howard-
street, and Regent-road, in this town. Of this line
we have not been able to procure a plan in time to
enable us to include it in our map. The line from
Barrownook Moss, however, is intended to reduce the
present distance by the Liverpool and Manchester and
North Union lines to Preston and Lancaster, and as
it passes close to Ormskirk, is expected to remove the
necessity of the proposed Liverpool, Ormskirk,- and
Preston line. The communication with the north end
of the town will, of course, be a valuable feature in
the line, if constructed.
In conclusion, we shall regret if in the course of
these remarks, explanatory of our plan or in the plan
itself, we shall be found to have done injustice to any
of the lines enumerated. Our object was certainly to
be impartial and just to all ; and if we have offended
we shall be most willing to make all the reparation in
our power.—Liverpool Standard.

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INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.

TOTTENHAM- CHURCHES
AND THE BISHOP OP LONDON.
The parish of Tottenham l-as been for sc;me time
Vatt ir, crlnsiderafle agitation, caused by a dispute
between the setitholder4 and attendants of the
churches and the clergymen of the parish, as to the
introduction of certain practices in the services of
the church, which the parishioners consider as no-
velties. There are three churches in Tottenham
—the old parish church, the chapel on Totten-
ham-green, called Trinity Chapel, and a third
church, which has been recently erected at Wood-
green. This last chapel was erected by sub-
scription, and Mr. Corney, the deputy of Broad-
street Ward, was the treasarer of the fund. Of the
other two churches, the ,ene is the old parish church,
and the second has been erected about 16 years. Of
• this chapel the Rev. George llodgson Thomson was
for some years the minister, but some time since he
left his incumbency and went to Tonbridge. The
Rev. Mr. Newcome, the vicar, then appointed Mr.
Twining as his successor, the other officiating minis-
ters being the Rev. Mr. Winter, the Rev. Mr. Pun-
ster, and the Rev. Mr. Baker. It appears that certain
innovations were contemplated in the customary ser-
vice of the church bcfbre Mr. Thomson left. 'They
were commenced at the old, or parish church, where
they did not lead to any cpcn opposition. But on the
consecration of Wood-gram Chapel they were in
like manner commenced there, but with a very
different result. It has been stated that Mr. Conley
was the treasurer of the fund that bast been sub-
scribed to build the chapel. Tic had taken a very
active part in obtaining subcriptions, and when he
found that the forms already referred to were to be
introduced, he at once resigned his situation, at the
same time expressing his opinio:i that in soliciting
subscriptions for the chapel he had I.een " raising
money under false pretences." Upon this determina-
tion of Mr. Corney being made known, a meeting of
the subscribers to the Wood-green Chapel was called,
ostensibly for the purpose of hearing his reasons.
Previously to this, however, some of the influential
persons in the parish framed and signed a paper, as
follows :

"TO THE RE.. GEORGE B. TWINING, MINISTER OF
TRINITT CHURCH, TOTTENHAM.
" As seathoiders and attendants at Trinity Church,
1 having heard that it is proposed to make some mate-
! rial alterations in th,?. course and order of the service
as heretofore eonducted—which alterations in neigh-
' pouring parishes have created much dissatisfaction„
and will assuredly produce the same result in this—
we venture most respectfully, but most decidedly, to
express our opicicn that any such changes, by pro-
ducing such results, are calculated materially to pre-
vent that success in the preaching of the Gospel, as
well as good understanding between the minister and
his people, SO inuCe. to be desired ; and we therefore
earnestly hope that, in consideration of such opinion,
the order of the service may be allowed to remain
unaltered."
This was signed by a very large majority of seat-
holders and attendants at the chapel. Mr. Twining
addressed the fol.lewing answer to one of the gentle-
men :

" TotLe,iham-green, October 21, 1844.
" Dear Sir,—As 1 perceive that your name stands
as that of the first parishioner who has signed the
petition which was forwarded to me by Mr. Wilson
on Friday last, ezpressive of the desire that no change
should be made I the order of the service at Trinity
Chapel, I take the liberty of addressing my reply
to you.
" Let me, in the first place, assure you most sin-
cerely, that to receive a petition numerously signed
by the members of ieis congregation, and not to be
able to comply with it, is a source to me of deep
regret ; yet such, I am sorry to say, is my present
very painful position. Long before I determined on
the course which it behoved me to talie in the
matter referred to, .I considered it, as far as I could,
in all its bearings ; I deliberated upon it carefully
(with prayer and supplication) before I expressed my
sentiments even privately to any of my congregation ;
and even afterwards, at the request of one or two in-
dividuals, I took the subject still further into con-
sideration. The result of my reflections I must re-
spectfully state in reply to the petitioners to be this;
that I cannot consistently with my sense of duty
alter those opinions, which I have already made
known by private intercourse to many members of
my congregation, whom I have been fortunate enough
to see ; and which I felt called upon to explain yes-
terday in the form of a sermon. Having dwelt on
this latter occasion at great Icngth, and before a very
numerous congregation, upou the several points in-
volved, I conceive it to bo unnecessary to trouble you
now with any detailed explanation. Most earnestly
do I hope, however, that the consequences to which
the petitioners refer as likely to result from the con-
templated changes may, by (;rod's gootine.ss, be averted.

" 1 wish it to be known, if youi)lease, that circum-
stances prevented me from rece:vin;:; the petition until
Saturday evening; and that, if the opportunity had
been found, I should have considered- it due to the
petitioners to have sent an answer to their representa-
tions before I publicly explained my views.
" Believe it to be my continued prayer that the
hearts and steps of all concerned may be directed and
ruled aright, and in a way acceptable to God, and
allow me to remain,—Dear Sir, yours faithfully,
" GEORGE 13. TWINING.

" P.S. If you should be unwilling to receive and
make kno,:n to the petitioners this communication,
perhaps you will have the kindness to send me a few
lines and to returu my letter.
" To Robert Mushet, Esq., Stamford-hill."

-
Mr. Musbot reulied as follows :
" :Stamford-hill, 22d October, 1844.
"Dear Sir,—l ha'e been favoured with your com-
munication of yeztezday's date, which shall in due
time be laid before the Petitioners, as you are pleased
to call them, though the document forwarded to
you by Mr..Wilsc.n 1-!ad none of the characteristics of
a petition.
" I would rathelyou had sent your reply to some
more influential mernbar of your congregation, or, at
all events, to some one who has taken a more active
part in the measure than my avocations have per-
mitted me to take.

" At the same time (as an attendant at Trinity
Church), Ido not hesitate to avail myself of the
opportunity you have given me, of stating clearly and
distinctly the reasons which swayed me to sign the
paper, and of expressing my sincere and unfeigned
sorrow at the course you seem determined to pursue ;
this I hope to do without eliciting any bias of party
spirit, or exhibiting any personal feeling against your-
self, though Vac warmth with which the subject
inspires me may comp-1 me to speak the truth with
more freedom thalf rK.-rhaps will be agreeable.
" The reasons and opinions I shall express have not
altogether arisen out of this particular case, but have
been maturely formed, after some deliberation, by
watching the progress of events in relation to the
Church, though they have for the first time been put
to paper, in consequence of the question in dispute
now intimately affecting the peace of the parish in
which I reside.

" 1. It would be presumptuous in me to argue
with you on the merits or demerits of the Rubric—
which has lately become of such importance in the
eyes of the clergy. But you will agree with me,
that the Rubric, or, what it simply implies, rules for
the regulation of the Church service, has authority
only as far as it is cxi,edient or necessary to the
better performance of public worship : that the rules
are things in themselves indifferent, and, like any rite
or ceremony of the Church may fall into desuetude,
by changes in society or of opinion—which may be
abolished altogether, altered, or modified, as the heads
of the Church think proper ; and all this may be
done without disparagement to religion, or any article
of religious belief'.
" You will agree with me, that any form or cere-
mony whatever can form no essential part of true re-
ligion ; and to place any reliance on such form or
ceremony is superstitious, and contrary to the very
spirit of our religion.
" 2. The clergy who attach e.uch weighty import-
ance to the Rubric (the offspring of not the purest
era of the Church) may themselves, as men of edu-
cation and reflection, draw such necessary distinctions
as to relieve them from the charge of falling into su-
perstitious observances; but by enforcing obsolete
customs, laid aside by the general concurrence of the
clergy of another age, at the expense of the peace of
every parish, they are sure in due time to perplex the
minds of others (not so gifted), and lead them on to
confound religious truth with the mere accessories of
religious worship—things of human origin.
" Now, to mistake religious forms or ceremonies
for true religion is the superstition we all condemn
and lament in the Roman Catholic Church. To
placa any confidence in or reliance on them. is indeed
a retrograde movement in the mind of any Christian,
and, though sometimes a proof of mistaken zeal, ;t
always implies ignorance of the religion of Jesus
Christ, in its spiritual perfection, and proves rather.
reliance on the devices of man than on the goodnesa
of God.

"3. The Scriptures—that repository of Christian
truth, which is the standard of our faith, and is so re-
cognised by the Clairch, though some of her clergy
seem in this respect to have abandoned the opinions
of the Refortnatirm, distinctly declare, for the guid-
ance of erring n sn, that God, being a spirit, must be
worshipped it spirit and in truth (because Ile knows
the secrets of every heart, and cannot be deceived by
our lip-service, our hollow zeal, our pompous rttes);
and yet a certain party in the Church are doing all
they can to overturn that injunction by the introduc-
tion of frivolous ceremonies and nice distinctions,
which must, in the end, detract from the spirituality
of God's worship. All rites and ceremonies cannot
bring us near to God; they cannot please Hint ;
and, though they may not altogether be abandoned
in public wor,blp, still they are essentially marks and
tokens of man's infirmity, and not of his strength or
perfection. They must be employed, because the
weakness of hrir_rukri nature requires them to prompt