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London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

himself, from the ill-A, a convert to the Tractarian
sequel and
This was a very natural

ma.

fined convert

tunately, commenced—openly, if
mated. The Bishop of EXETER adopted a.
iiiThrent course. He twisted and twirled the question of
Puseyite innovations with all the casuistry of which he is so
accomplished a master until it was most difficult to get at
what his own view of it really was. But though, like CA-
TILINE, unrivalled in the dangerous art " simulare et
dissimulare,"—he could not long dissemble his own
nature when stimulated by the opposition and sar-
casm which his coquetting with the Scarlet Lady did not
fail to provke. He got exasperated. This was natural enough
in a prelate of his easy temper When exasperated he gave
full vent to his prepossessions for Puseyism on the one hand,
and for theological denunciations on the other. This was
not only natural, but a necessity of his temperament. But
the scolding bishop did not conclude as Mr. WARD
did, by making submission to and throwing himself
into the arms of the Church of Rome. He had from
ten to twelve thousand good reasons for every year against
any such excessive sacrifice to impulse ; and he has
retired, for' awhile at any rate, from the Pusey
controversy, vanquished and compelled to notify the fact of
his being restrained by the superior authorities of the Church
to his own clergy; But we are sorry to be compelled to infer
from the very able letter of Mr. Churchwarden CLAYTON to the
Bishop of CHICHESTER, which we yesterday published, that
the see of that ancient city is filled by a determined fol-
lower of HENRY of EXETER. The former, with all the bland
amiability of the latter, seems to have taken offence with
the parishioners of New Shoreham for addressing their re-
spectful remonstrances to him against the introduction by
their new vicar, a Mr. WHEELER, of the Tractarian
school's innovations of ceremonial and ritual. The
case of Mr. WHEELER'S Puseyism was so flagrant, that
the Right Reverend Prelate could not but rebuke him. But
to compensate the vicar, his Lordship has thought proper to
vapulate his querulous congregation, by significantly quoting
to them certain passages in condemnation of "strife and
vain glory." The parishioners, through their churchwarden,
very reasonably assume that this gentle hint is intended for
themselves—a caustic rebuke for having presumed to im-
peach either the discretion or the orthodoxy of their pastor.
This letter, with the signature of the churchwarden, is most
honourable to them as Christians and Protestants. As pole-
mical controversialists it reflects upon them signal credit. They
express their sentiments with a moderation and a firmness, a
felicity of expression and a vigour of illustration that are
worthy of TAYLOR or BAXTER, the racy JORTIN or the acute
BUTLER. Having so recently printed Mr. CLAYTON'S epistle
to the Bishop, we do not here more in detail refer to it; but
it deserves to be long remembered as a model of the temper,
tone, and even the language, of which certain right
reverend correspondents might study with advantage.
But we cannot abstain from asking what it is that
this infatuated affection for the distasteful Popish re-
vivals (we will, for the sake of the argument, call
them by no harsher name) proposes to accomplish?
Is it the introduction of forms which they conceive to be es-
sentials ? The answer is, that the Protestant laity of this
country regard them as theatrical and empty mummeries.
Do the Puseyites change their ground, and urge that those
forms are in themselves indifferent, but proper to the due and
decorous celebration of Divine worship ? Will they persist
in upholding them when they find that the observance of
these forms disgusts the frequenters and assistants at that
worship itself? Are they mad enough to cling to a prescribed
pantomime of religious action, which has no more reference
to the holy and imperishable, the spiritual and intellectual
truths of Christianity than the old dramatic "mysteries"
and pageants of the Roman Church in this country in
the dark and middle ages ;—to cling to outward
ceremonials like :those of the irretrievable and
guilty cost of making vacant the Protestant temple itself ?
Of withdrawing, for the sake of their human inventions, the
true worshippers of the living GOD and the REDEEMER from
the simple altars at which they were received into the Chris-
tian community, of which their fathers, for many past gene-
rations, had also been members ? In sober truth, the guilt
of all this pertinacious wilfulness, exemplified in the mis-
chiefs it has already worked, and is so fatally calculated still
to produce, in the defection of Protestant Christians from the
pure faith and unpolluted worship of their ancestors, is one of
the most grave offences against the cause of Divine Truth
which the history of heresies has recorded for centuries past.

,ransition, fairly, if

lamentably , t

Accounts from Switzerland state that the deliberations of
the Grand Council of Berne had been brought to a conclusion.
On the 12th instant M. NEUHAUS summed up the proceedings
in a speech of two hours duration. The proposition of the
Executive Council was at last adopted dy a large majority, it
being voted by 138 to 42, that the Grand Council approved
of the principles developed in the report, or, in other words,
approves of the policy of the majority of the Executive Coun-
cil, which has been protested against by the minority.

The intelligence brought by the Dutch mail is important,
and exhibits in a striking light the paternal character of the
Government. A scarcity of provisions is apprehended in
Holland from the failure of the potato crop and the cold, late
harvest, and the KING, resolvedto provide in time against such
a calamity, has, therefore, issued a royal decree reducing the
import duties on flour, rice, beans, potatoes, and other neces-
sary articles of food. This Order in Council, which comes
into operation immediately, announces that measures will be
proposed in the ensuing session of the States General for the
purpose of continuing till June, 1846, the minimum duty on
wheat duty, barley, &0., aa tbatorminod by the law or
Dec. 29, 1845. We have no wish to raise unnecessary alarm,
but the ahnost universal failure of the potato crop in this
country as well as the continent, and the present unfa-
vourable weather, and the doubtful quality of the new crops
cannot fail to have their effects on prices. Holland is within
a few hours sail of England, high prices in that country of
course must be felt here, and the question arises—will our
Government imitate the good example and issue au Order of
Council in time to guard against the danger ?

Madrid journals of the 10th have been received. They are
occupied chiefly with the proceedings of the court-martial,
the excitement caused by the conduct of the authorities in
regard to the late outbreak, and absurd rumours of an inva-
sion from General ESPARTERO. Some of them state that
English gold bad been plentifully distribUted among the in-
surgents, as well as 'the soldiers, and one of them (the Es-
panol) publishes a report that the ea-REGENT is about to
leave England in a vessel-of-war, wich is to be followed by a
steamer, carrying 25,600 stand of arms. " This news," says
that journal, "is communicated to us from Lisbon, and is
considered authentic."
The Gazette states the real cause of the dissatisfaction
excited by the new tax in these words :—" From the bad
system in the collection which has hitherto been adopted,
many have been able to avoid payment, and as they can no
longer do so under the new arrangement, they have become
dissatisfied." The capital was quiet, but considerable anxiety
prevailed respecting the fate of the prisoners, whose conduct
was under investigation before the court. martial.
On the 10th some business was done on the Bourse, at the
following prices :—Three per Cents., 32% Cash; Fives, 22%
for Account.

Certain of the Paris journals, from want of other topics,
have been compelled to take their text from some articles in
two London journals, respecting the visit of the QUEEN to
Eu. According to one of these papers it was anything but
a friendly visit. It was based on intrigue, and our simple-
minded QUEEN was inveigled to the Court of LOUIS PHI-
LIPPE solely for the purpose of giving her consent to the
marriage of the Duke DE MONTPENSIER to the sister of the
Queen of SPAIN. Two of the Freneh papers gravely reply to
this charge, and one of them, the France, declares that such a
marriage is impossible. " Spain," it says, "is now out
of all diplomatic course with the Powers on the
banks of the Rhine, and can only return into
it by one means—that of a marriage between
ISABELLA. and CHARLES VI. On this depends all her futu-
rity—on this depends her lasting tranquillity. All other
combinations must fail. England may be ready to promote
the interests of the Prince of Comma, and France those of
the Duke DE MONTPENSIER; but Spain will never allow her
destiny to be disposed of without her consent, and she has a
horror of foreigners. Neither the Prince of COBURG nor the
Duke DE MONTPENSIER will meet with any sympathy in
Spain. The marriages of these Princes will have no other
effect than that of uniting all parties against them, of hasten-
ing on the catastrophe, and they will go only to serve as
escorts to the two Princesses, when the storm of revolution
shall drive them precipitately out of their country."
The papers contain the following accounts from Eu :—" On
Sunday morning, between eleven and twelve, the KING,
accompanied by Generals ATHALDT, GOURGAUD, and FRIANT,
and the Prefect of the Seine Inferieure, took a walk in the
town of Eu, and stopped on the place to see the National
Guard, who had assembled for a religious ceremony at the
church, file off. At two o'clock his MAJESTY left the Chateau
a second time, accompanied by the Mayor and Deputy-Mayor
of Eu, the Commandant of the National Guard, and some
members of the Tribunal of Commerce, and took a walk near
the mills of Mr. PACEHAM, but in consequence of the un-
favourable state of the weather, his MAJESTY returned to
the Chateau by three o'clock." We subjoin additional
extracts from the papers :

" The Guetteur de St. Quentin states that the health of Prince
Louis Napoleon is visibly declining. He is said to suffer severely
from rheumatism. .

Marshal Bugeaud arrived on the I Ith inst. at Toulouse from Soult-
berg, and that evening received the officers of the garrison, and on
the following evening went to the theatre. On the 13th he left for
Excideuil. The Emancipation of Toulouse states that the Governor-
General announced that he should soon return to Algeria.
" The Chargé d'Affaires of France at Hamburgh has just informed
the Minister of Foreign Affairs that the last arrangements of the
Government of Saxony relative to the navigation of the Elbe, having
given rise to many remonstrances from the principal merchants and
traders of Dresden, a society of capitalists, amongst whom are
several Frenchmen, have funned a project for a railroad from Magde-
burgh to Wittenbergh, connected with the Hamburgh and Berlin
Railroads. The Burgomaster of Magdeburgh is at the head of the
Company, which has a capital of 4,500,000 thalers (16,195,000 f.) It
is expected that this railroad will be opened at the end of next year.
" A Lyons journal gives some details of the state of the fortifications
of ithat city. The forts of Vitriolerie and Charpenees are almost
fin shed. The bastioned wall between the fort of Loyasse and the
barrier St. Georges will be finished in a few months. The heights of
St. Foy have been strongly occupied, and a citadel of great strength
is being constructed there. Montessuy has been also much
strengthened. The second line of the same defence from the Rhbne
to the Saone has been added to by the construction of formidable
bastions along the old wall of the Croix-Rouses. A f,rt of large di-
mensions has been elevated on the heights of La Duchere. The
whole of the works will be finished in 15 years, and will cost
50,000,000 f.

" The Nouvelliste of Marseilles, publishes the following from Ve-
nice, Sept. 4. We hesitate to give credit to it (says Galignani) as we
have seen nothing of the kind in any other journal :--` A dreadful
event occurred two days ago between Belluno and Feltre. Two
hundred Italian soldiers were manceuvering, under the command of
an Austrian ()Ulcer, who ordered them to cross a ruinous bridge, the
passage of which had been forbidden by the local authorities on ac-
count Of 019 ,]finger. The bridge gate Way with iht, 200 men upon