The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, 140VDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER. 2O, 1844,

The Earl and Countess of Harrington have arrived
in Whitehall -gardens, from Elvaston Hall, their seat
in Derbyshire.

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A notice has been posted at the Custom-house, and
in conspicuous places at the several dock establish-
ments, by order of the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, to the effect that every merchant-seaman in
the British service must, in pursuance of the Act 7
and 8 Vic., cap. 112, be provided with a mariner's
register ticket, by the Ist day of January next, pre-
viously to acting in any capacity in a ship belonging
to the merchant service (except as master, physician,
surgeon, or apothecary), and that those registry-
tickets may be had by personal application at the
General Registry and Record-office of seamen in
London, and at the Custom-houses of the several out-
ports of the United Kingdom, on and after the second
day of December inst. By the 4th section of this Act,
a penalty of 101. is imposed upon every master who
shall not obtain from a seaman his register-ticket
before going to sea.
The 16th Regiment of Foot, at present stationed
in Dublin, got the route for Cork on Saturday
evening to replace the 72d Highlanders, who embark
for Gibraltar on the 24th instant. The 6th (Royal
Warwickshire) from Chester, will, it is supposed,
form part of this garrison, on their arrival from
England.
A few of the friends and admirers of the Rev. I'.
Dale, residing in the parish of St. Sepulchre, of
which church the Rev. Gentleman has been evening
lecturer for sixteen years, have determined to present
him with a piece of plate, " in testimony of their
high estimation of his ministerial services," and of
his unfailing eloquence in the cause of charity.
A meeting was held in the National Association-
hall, Holborn, in aid of the fund now forming for the
relief of the apostle of temperance. Mr. L. S. F.
Buckingham presided, and opened the business of the
meeting in a long speech, eulogising Father Mathew's
exertions, and demonstrating his claims to national
gratitude. Mr. Feargus O'Connor moved the first
resolution, expressive of the sympathy of the meeting
with Father Mathew. The second resolution, deter-
mining to send roand collectors from house to house,
for subscriptions in aid of the fund, was unanimously
carried. A subscription was commenced before the
meeting separated.
The neat extensive stone building recently erected
at the corner of St. Swithin's-lane and King Wil-
liam-street, City, known as the Gresham Club-house,
was opened last evening for the accommodation of the
members for the first time.

On Tuesday a highly-influential meeting of the
bankers, merchants, manufacturers, &c., of Birming-
ham, took place at the Town Hall, for the purpose of
considering the propriety of establishing public baths
for the use of the inhabitants, and of procuring
grounds for the amusement and recreation of the
working classes.
On Tuesday the half-yearly meeting of the British
Iron Company was held at the offices in New Broad-
street, J. 11. Polmer, Esq., in the chair. It appeared
from the report that there remained still a debt of
189,7121. due by the Company to the 4th of July,
and that since that period the debt had been reduced
to 110,0001. Arrears of calls to the extent of 24,8031.
had been recovered, and legal steps were being taken
to compel defaulters to pay their calls, with a view to
liquidate the above balance of debt, when the Com-
pany would be extinct.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW S
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a very inactive market for Cotton at Liver-
pool yesterday, but without any variation in prices.
Sales only 1,500 bales.—Shares were firm, and in rather
extensive request :—Birmingham and Gloucester, Quar-
ters, 241 ; Chester and Birkenhead, 32i ; Chester and
Holyhead, 51- ; Churnet Valley, 80s. 78s. 9d. ; Eastern
Counties, Perpetual, No. 1,71 s. 10d. ; Grand Junction,
215 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 29i ; Lancaster and Pres-
ton, Three-Quarters, 30f ; Liverpool and Manchester,
2031 ; Ditto, Quarters, 34 ; London and Birmingham,
321. Shares, 37 ; Ditto, Quarters, 26 ; London and
York, 61s. ; London and South-Western, 75 74f ;
Midland Counties, 108 ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 105 f ;
North Union, 140 ; South-Eastern, 38 ; Ditto, New,
11i; Trent Valley, 7i ; Lyons and Avignon, 2i 535.;
Paris and Lyons, 61s. 6d. ; Paris and Rouen, 38i ;
Paris and Strasbourg, 50s. 495. ; Tours and Nantes,
295. 295. 6d.

The private letters received from the West Indies this
morning are generally of a satisfactory character. The
prospects of the planters were improving. A report had
been spread at St. Lucia and other islands, that there
was an intention on the part of the Home Government
to re-establish slavery. It need hardly be stated that the
rumour had beenmost emphatically contradicted. It is not
an unimportant feature to Notice, that in those plantations
where guano had been used, the vegetation is most cheer •
in.., We take the following from the St. Christopher
Gazette of Oct. 23:—" The fine rains that have fallen
since our last report have already given a deeper green to
the cane-fields, but general as is the verdure, patches
here and there that have been guanoed are distinguished
by their intensity of hue from all canes around them.
The whole island looks extremely beautiful, the
exquisite loveliness of the scenery being exhausted by
the richness of the cultivation."

This favourable sketch of the Island of St. Christopher
applies with almost equal truth to other parts in the
same direction. It may be said with truth that the
West Indies are in a state of rapid improvement. "We
have (says a West India Contemporary) internal
prosperity both in the planting and the mer-
cantile world, and the prices of our produce still
continues remunerative, in spite of the admission of
foreign free-grown sugars into England, and of the vast
increase of maple sugar in America, of which the State
of New York alone produced last year 25,000 hhds.
Nothing more cleatily proves, than the unperceived
growth of that gigantic antagonist, how rapidly
the demand for sugar is spreading over the
world ; and we have good reason to believe
that our markets will soon be in a state of activity,
and yet at the same time that protection will be awarded
to us, as we have right to expect as British colonists,
and as will secure us against the competition of more
cheaply grown sugar." Again, " upon the whole, we
have not at present any serious grounds for complaint,
but many for inspiring confidence and hope."
If the information received to-day from the Brazils
are correct, there was no desire on the part of the Go-
vernment of the empire to bring on a rupture with Roses.
The Exchange at Rio was firm at 251 d. to id. There
was a demand for freights, shipping being rather scarce
than otherwise. The dates from Rio Janeiro are to the
3d of October, and from Buenos Ayres to the 7th of the
same month.
There was a good demand for Consols. For the Ac-
count the quotation has this morning been loot-. and
1001. All the other stocks have been firm. The Com-
missioners took Reduced at 99k, and New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. at 1024. Bank Stock has advanced.
to 206. India Stock has been dono at 2861, and Ex-
chequer Bills at 60s. to 645. premium.
There has not been any material variation in the
prices of the Foreign Stocks to-day. Spanish has been
done at 241, Portuguese at 5.5 i, Mexican at 36*, the
Brazilian Five per Cents. at 88i, and the Venezuelan at
42.
rhe Railway Share Market is somewhat firmer to-day.
At Liverpool there is also more business doing. The
general feeling is in favour of a decline in prices.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock .. . . 205% 2C6
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 0996%
3 per Cent. Comols. Anna; 100616
New 3% per Cent. 1024 %IA
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... .....
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 186th ..... 12 5-16
Indiandia Bonds,Sock
Ditto under ....... 78
Bank Stock for Account 205)6 205
Consolg for Account ...•..•.«•»•»•«.»•»••••«••••• 100)6
Exchequer Bills. 1•3(1. 1)d.
64
1 0001. •••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••• 60 Pm.
Ditto 917.... 64 Pro-
Ditto AdvertaZ........ ............
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... 88%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ......... 341
Columbian 80nd5............ ....«......•»..
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per
Ditto for the Account .....».«....•..«.».».«••
Ditto Deferred 5t0ck....... ....... ....... 16,
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... ...............
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account 5534
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent
Ditto for the Account 21%
Ditto Passive Bonds ..............»....»•••• 64
Ditto Deterred 15%
V Bonds, 2 - • Cent, , 42%

ienezuela Bonus, 2 per .
Dutch 2% per Cents •••••• •,•••••••••• 00000000 •••••••••• ••••
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 06% 14
Dutch 5 per Cents. 0000 ••.•........ 00000 ...........• 99% 99
PRICES OF SHARES IHIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pea SHARE.
Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100 00000 ... i. 9
Bristol and Exeter •.............. 70 ....•.... 69.• 000000 to
Bristol and Gloucester 3O .... ..... 35yi4 to
Cambridge and Lincoln
Chester and H01yhead.......•....... 5 ........ 5% % ... to
Churnet Valley ..............»........ 2 ..... ... 4 ......... to
Direct Northern... 2% 2% ...... to
Eastern Counties .................. 25
Eastern Union 5 -
Ely and Bedford
Great North of England. lOO ••••••••• 94. ..... to -
Ditto New ........».»....» 5 .... ..... 15%
London and Birmingham. lOO .......219
Ditto New Thirds ..... ............. 2 -
London and Brighton ..... ........ 50
London and South Western ..... 41% ...... 75%
London and Croydon ..... .......... 13% ...... 17 % to
London and Y0rk................... 2%......... 3
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 ..... .. 51 .....
Midland
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct 2l ..... ... 49% ..... to
Norwich and Brandon
Sheffield and Manchester ...
South Eastern and Dover .....».. 3% 38% % ... to
Ditto New
Trent Valley
York and North Midland ......... 50 lO2 ..... .... to 103
Ditto Scarbore' Branch ........ 10
Ditto Selby Scrip ........ ......... 20 ..••..... 69%
Ditto Extension — l:,}4 12% to 13
Boulogne and Amiens
Orleans and Vierzon
Orleans and Bourdeaux .... ..... 1
Paris and Lyons
Paris and 0r1ean5.........••..•.•.... 20 • 39r 's ••• to .•••
Parisand R0uen........................ 20 •••••-•• 38
_, % ••• to

Pads and Stra I;Oing
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. 19.—Our
market continues good, and a fair business doing without
much alteration in prices. Birkenhead and Cheshire
Junction, 7i ; Accrington, 21; Wigan and Liverpool; 4*;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 2 ; Churnets, 4i 4 ; Eastern
Counties, 13:8-1 ; Ormskirk and Preston, 2 ; London and
York, 3 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 101 ;
Manchester and Birmingham, 494 ; Wolverhampton
and Dudley, 1/ Sheffield and Manchester, 961; South-
Eastern, 381, ex New ; Ditto, New, 151, cum New ;
Ditto,
.I•l.ew Creation, 71 premium ; Sheffield and Lin-
coln, ; Southport and Euxton, 2i ; Boulogne and
Amiens, 4.

THE TOTTENHAM CHURCHES
AIND THE BISHOP OF LONDON.
The parish of Tottenham has been for some time
past in considerable agitation, caused by a dispute
between the seatholdera 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 Tottenharn
—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 treasurer of the fund. Of the
other two churches, the one is the old parish church,
and the second has been erected about 16 years. Of
this chapel the Rev. George Hodgson 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. Dun-
ster, and the Rev. Mr. Baker. It appears that certain
innovations were contemplated in the customary ser-
vice of the church before Mr. Thomson left. They
were commenced at the old, or parish church, where
they did not lead to any open opposition. But on the
consecration of Wood-green Chapel they were in
like manner commenced there, but with a very
different result. It has been stated that Mr. Corney
was the treasurer of the fund that had been sub-
scribed to build the chapel. He had taken a very
active
.part in obtaining subscriptions, 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 opinion that in soliciting
subscriptions for the chapel he had been " 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 REV. GEORGE H. TWINING MINISTER OF
TRINITY CHURCH, TOTTENHAM.

" As seatholders and attendants at Trinity Church,
having heard that it is proposed to make some mate-
rial alterations in the course and order of the service
as heretofore conducted—which alterations in neigh-
bouring parishes have created much dissatisfaction,
and will assuredly produce the same result in this—
we venture most respectfully, but most decidedly, to
express our opinion 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 much 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 following answer to one of the gentle-
men :

" Tottenham-green, October 21, 1844.
" Dear Sir,—As I 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, expressive of the desire that no change
should be made in the order of the service at Trinity
Chapel, I take the liberty of addressing my reply
to you.

4 Let me, in the first place, assure you most sin-
cerely, that to receive a petition numerously signed
by the members of my 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 take 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 fortunateenough
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 length, and before a very
numerous congregation, upon the several points in-
volved, I conceive it to be 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 God's goodness, be averted.
" I wish it to be known, if you please, that circum-
stances prevented me from receiving the petition until
Saturday evening; and that, if the opportunity had
been found, I should hjave 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 B. TWINING.

" P.S. If you should be unwilling to receive and
make known to the petitioners this communication,
perhaps you will have the kindness to send me a few
lines and to return my letter.
" To Robert Mushet, Esq., Stamford-hill."
Mr. Mushet replied as follows :
" Stamford-hill, 22d October, 1844.
" Dear Sir,—l have been favoured with your com-
munication of yesterday'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. Wilson had none of the characteristics of
a petition.
" I would rather you had sent your reply to some
more influential member 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 the warmth with which the subject
inspires me may compel me to speak the truth with
more freedom than perhaps 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 expedient 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 such 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 ; bnt 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 dne 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 wo all condemn
and lament in the Roman Catholic Church. To
place 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, it
always implies ignorance of the religion of Jesus
Christ, in its spiritual perfection, and proves rather a
reliance on the devices of man than on the goodness
of God.

" 3. The Scriptures—that repository of Christian
truth, which is the standard of our faith, and is so re-
cognised by the Church, though some of her clergy
seem in this respect to have abandoned the opinions
of the Reformation, distinctly declare, for the guid-
ance of erring man, that God, being a spirit, must be
worshipped in spirit and in truth (because He knows
the secrets of every heart, and cannot be deceived by
our lip-service, our hollow zeal, our pompous rites) ;
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 Rim ;
and, though they may not altogether be abandoned
in public worship, 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 human nature requires them to prompt

the heart, or to excite the languid devotion of the
soul. But there is a point where they become offen-
sive to those who have a clear perception of true re-
ligion ; and when such reliance in their efficacy is
placed, as implied in the conduct of some of the
clergy, they must in time degenerate into frivolity
and superstition. The rite or ceremony, or the point
enforced, may be harmless in itself, but a wise man
will look to the consequences of magnifying the im-
portance of such. things as form no essential part of
religious faith or conduct.
"4. I do not here contend that the changes you
have introduced are themselves objectionable ; I do
not profess to divine the motives which have led you
to the conclusions you have arrived at; I do not
wish, as I have said, to argue with you the merits or
demerits of the Rubric, as it is out of my province to
enter into any such controversy; but I cannot, on the
grounds of common sense or right judgment, defend
the enforcement of those changes in the ordinary
worship of the church which are certain to disturb
the quiet and harmony of the parish for years to
come.
" If I granted all the changes you are determined
on to be simply good,
or harmless, or things indifferent
(as the preface to the Prayer.book says of forms and
ceremonies), still I cannot think you can be justified
in disturbing the peace of your congregation for ob-
, .
pets that really form no part of religion ; objects
which, if you succeed in, may gratify your own
feelings, but which cannot possibly advance the eter-
nal interests of man, or tend in any way to the glory
of God.
" On the contrary, it is certain, that whatever en-
genders strife, or promotes discord, or excites
or scatters the flock (of which you are the appointed
shepherd) must injure true religion and man's best
interests, at the same time that the impetuous zeal of
the clergy excites grave doubts in the minds of calm,
reflecting, religious men (who find their religion in
the Bible), whether the clergy are proving them-
selves the best friends of the Church, or the warm
supporters of spiritual truth. Their intemperate
desire to revive forms and ceremonies of another age,
at any expense, may lead others to doubt whether
they have really formed in their own minds the dis-
tinction between religious forms and religious truth.
" At all events such is the impression their present
proceedings are likely to leave—to pass by the false
ideas they are sure to engender in the minds of the
weak (and they are not a few) who, in all ages, have
I tended to confound those two things together, and
thus in the end have gradually fallen into all the
mummery and superstitious observances we see, with
pain and surprise, existing in the Roman Church.
" When the importance and necessity of forms
have once taken possession of the mind, there is no-
thing more difficult than to root them out, as all his-
tory testifies ; for no reason I can conjecture than
that man is naturally prone to mistake the shadow of
religion for the substance, the type or symbol for the
object represented.
" When we know that the Church of Rome has its
foundation in such superstitious observances, we ought
to he cautious how we multiply them, or unnecessa-
rily revive old ones, worn out by time, and abandoned
by general consent.
" Let us always consider it a maxim of truth, that
forms or ceremonies, or rites of any kind, called by
whatever name, are nothing in the sight of God, ab-
solutely considered.
" 5. Why the Rubric, which seems to arrogate to
itself no undue weight of importance, and which has
nothing to recommend it but the prestige of antiquity
(and that not of a remote date), and I may say good
sense, should all at once, in the eyes of the clergy,
swell into something. of great purport, and almost of
Divine obligation, is an anomaly difficult to be ex-
plained or understood.
" If a party in the Church were to make an attempt
to bring the Church of England into conformity with
the simplicity of the age of the apostles, to assimilate
it to the severe and simple religion as promulgated by
its Divine Founder, there really would be something
meritorious, however unsuccessful the attempt, some-
thing good, however much savouring of enthusiasm;
but an attempt, at enormous sacrifices, to revive cer-
tain formulae which have been neglected, as super-
fluities in the Church service, without assigning ade-
quate reasons for so doing—to give to the Rubric a
power and authority and weight in public worship
which it nowhere claims for itself, seems to me most
extraordinary and inconsistent.
" G. In an age like this, when men are apt to think
for themselves, and analyse more carefully than before
their ideas on religious questions, it seems remark-
able that the clergy should make an effort to mystify
the truth, and tarnish the purity of religion, by re-
calling those clouds of mystery, those • pious frauds'
characteristic of times less civilised. The attempt Is
sure to prove an unsuccessful one, because I think the
same intelligence, the same power of thought, which
brought about the Reformation, in an age compara-
tively barbarous, must, in the end, dissipate all those
errors and delusions of good, but mistaken men, in
times more refined and civilised. This is hardly an
age to make an attempt on the credulity of the
people ; or draw the veil of error over the face of truth.
" The power and independence of the clergy pos-
sessed by virtue of their holy office, as well as by the
mode of their appointment, may permit them for a
season to proceed in their course, but, for my part, I
can see, in their very success, the elements of injury,
if not of destruction, to the Church herself; because,
while she is now assaulted from without by hosts of
Dissenters who await eagerly any breach in the wall,
the clergy are at the same time creating innumerable
enemies within ; they are making those who would be
friends lukewarm and indifferent; they are creating
a spirit of party very inconsistent with the unity they
preach and pray for, as one of her essential preroe-
tires ; they are causing doubts to arise where faith
should be one, and where practice should be uniform.
" 7. In the prayer for the Church militant here in
earth,' God is solemnly called upon to inspire the
universal Church of Christ with the spirit of truth,
unity, and concord; but do her clergy not throw a
firebrand into her very bosom by these new forms ?
" In the forms for the Ordering of Priests,' the
Bishop asks the candidate if he will 'maintain and
set forward, as much as lieth in you, quietness, peace,
and love, among all Christian people, and especially
among those that are or shall be committed to your
charge ;' but I ask you to say candidly whether the
clergy are keeping their solemn promise ?
" Again, the priest is asked, if he is persuaded that
the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all doctrine
required of necessity for eternal salvation, through
faith in Jesus Christ ; but how can his answer be re-
conciled with the present practice of the clergy, who
seem to regard as articles of belief things nowhere
mentioned or seven alluded to in Scripture?
"8. There, indeed, the clergy are called upon to
preach the Gospel—the truth as it is in Jesus ; the
revelation of God to man ; that eternal truth, ex-
pressed in simple language, and given to man with-
out pomp or parade ; which soars far above all con-
ventional rules and human devices, and which still
exist after all those objects on which man places a
foolish reliance shall have been consigned to oblivion
—when the Rubric, the Church herself, her rites, her
forms, her ceremonies shall be no more; when all
those who administered them as essentials to true re-
ligion, as well as those who condemned them as the
vain delusions of the human mind,shall be laid quietly
in the grave.
" Religious truth is eternal ; but is it not also spi-
ritual ? It is spiritual and pure as the spirit of God,
because it came from Him ; and any form or cere-
mony must (abstractedly speaking) diminish the
purity and sully the lustre of that truth; and I think,
therefore, it would become the clergy—when nobler
thoughts of religion are gradually appearing—to ele-
vate and purify religious ideas, and not debase them ;
above all, to impress strongly on the minds of the
people the inutility of the shadow when the substance
is lost.
" 9. It appears to me that in reviving those obsolete
portions of the Rubric, on a plea of conscience, the
clergy are indirectly throwing a stigma on the
brightest ornaments the Church has given birth to—
whose lives are lasting memorials of devotion and
sincerity, and whose labours form one of the noblest
portions of our literature. These great men fulfilled
their duties with scrupulous fidelity, but they seem
not to have been staggered by those conscientious
feelings which sway men now, perhaps of equal
piety, but possessing not one tithe of their wisdom
or learning. If they had been so affected, they would
have accommodated their declarations to their better
judgment, and not have revived rubrics of dark ages
to satisfy scruples of conscience, or make the past bear
witness to the truth of new lights.
" 10. Again I say respectfully, that the object you
would attain is not worth the sacrifice you must
make. So long as you were not compelled, by a
higher authority, to revive those forms, or make those
changes, you cannot in my mind be justified in raising
strife where before all was concord ; in forcing your
opinions where almost every man is opposed to them;
in causing and separation, when your mission
is to preach peace and unity.
" With these observations (which I have aimed to
write in a candid spirit, and with a freedom which
the occasion can alone justify),
" I beg to subscribe myself your faithful servant,
"ROBERT MUSHET.
"To the Rev. George B. Twining."
The following rejoinder was sent by Mr. Twining :
" Tottenham, Oct. 24, 1844.
"Dear Sir—l have just received the favour of your
letter of the 22d instant, and I wish to lose no time
in assuring you, that I am much concerned to find
that I have employed a term in my letter of the 21st
instant which you think inapplicable to the document
referred to. It was far from my intention to use
the word 'petition' in any objectionable sense; my
object rather was studiously to avoid speaking of the
is a paper or address,
persons who signed it in any way that could be
disagreeable to a single individual. Let me now
profess my willingness to retract tbg term s--1
, .. LO
speak of the document taerOy ..0
s,

signed by certain seatholders and attendants at Tri
nity Church.

Ilrith respect to my having sent my reply to you,
I took the liberty of doing so merely on account of the
position of your name upon the list. I thought it
best to
,abide by such a rule, fearing that otherwise
it might be considered that I had taken upon myself
to determine who were the more influential members
of my congregation, and who had taken the more
active part in the measure.

I ':liiaddressing toyouthis immediate explanation
it is obvious that I cannot have had time to give due
attention to the several points of your letter; and I
will therefore only subscribe myself, your faithful
servant, " GEORGE B. T WINING.
"To Robert Mushet, Esq."
At the meeting already referred to of the sub-
scribers to the Wood-green Church there was a very
strong expression of public opinion, and the clergy
were much blamed for taking subscriptions for the
building without declaring their intention not to
conduct the service in the way to which the subscribers
had been accustomed. The clergy having agreed to
refer the matters at issue to the Bishop of London, and
N abide by his decision, a deputation was appointed,
consisting of Messrs. Mushet, Josiah Wilson, Shad-
bolt, A. Johnson, P. Johnson, and Windus, who had
a very long interview with his Lordship, who went
into minute detail as to the several changes pro-
posed, complaining that the sad results spoken of in
the parish of disunion in families, dissent from the
Church, and general dissatisfaction were produced,
not by the changes, but by the parties objecting to
them. He dwelt much upon this view, and said
that if all the parishes in his diocese, particularly
referring to Islington, and complaining much of
that large parish refusing positively to conform to
his recommendations, had done otherwise, all the
opposition would have been prevented. He said, the
forms and ceremonies complained of being ordered
by the Church, no reasonable person ought to object;
and, for himself, he at once declared that he would
not preach in any church in his diocese whgre that
regarding the offertory was not adopted. In
answer to a remark that it was not so much
the forms or changes proposed that were com-
plained of in themselves, but that they were
such as were adopted by a certain party, and would
probably be stepping-stones to others, which
might endanger doctrinal principles, his
LDrd-
ship replied, that he had very clearly already ex-
pressed his opinion, and now repeated that he was
entirely opposed to those opinions, which, for short-
ness, he would describe—for he was obliged to use
the word—as Puseyite or Tractarian; and that he
would again, as he had already done, reprove or
prevent any of his clergy from disseminating them.
His Lordship gave the deputation his full permission
to make these sentiments known; indeed, he said
he had done so already, and that he would always
be accessible to any of the laity having any cause of
complaint, and would immediately institute a strict
and searching inquiry; stating, at the same time,
that any of his clergy who, by preaching or gesture,
or any other means, exceeded the line laid down for
them in the Rubric, or, on the other hand, fell short
of what was their duty, would be liable to a penalty
of 5001.

The deputation, in the first instance, stated that
their object was to get rid altogether of the changes
complained of. The Bishop opposed their wishes in
this respect, and suggested that if they went back to
their fellow-parishioners their influence might be used
to allay all unpleasant feeling on the subject, and
that ultimately all might be arranged. His Lordship
was informed that such a result was not likely to
occur. One of the deputation (Mr. P. Johnson) then
suggested that the new forms should be suspended for
a year. The other members of the deputation
objected to any compromise, but ultimately the
Bishop intimated his readiness to accede to the
suggestion as to the postponement, and promised to
make a communication to that effect through the
clergy. The deputatton then withdrew.
In a few days after,—on Thursday, the 14th,--a
further meeting of the subscribers to the Wood-
green Chapel was held, at which the Rev. Messrs.
Winter and Twining attended. It was intimated
that a letter had been received by the clergy from the
Bishop, the substance of which they proposed to state
to the meeting. The meeting objected to receiving
anything but the original document, and at length
after some extremely angry discussion it was pro-
duced and read, the Rev. Mr. Twining flinging it
down on the table. The purport of the letter was,
that the Bishop had no objection to the postponement
of the introduction of the new forms for twelve
months, leaving it, however, to the discretion of the
clergy. He still urged the importance of the changes,
and hoped in the mean time a better spirit would arise
in the parish. The conversation was carried on with
great warmth prior to the production of the letter ;
and after it had been read, the Rev. Mr. Winter re-
vived the angry feeling by saying it was to be under-
stood that at the end of the twelve months the changes
would again be put in force. This was repeated most
vehemently by the Rev. Mr. Twining, with arms
a-kimbo ; but this was decidedly objected to by the
meeting. One gentleman observed, that there was no
knowing what might happen before the end of the
twelve months. The Bishop might be translated be-
fore that time ; or the clergy might learn discretion
before then, and resolve wholly to abandon the inno-
vations.

At this meeting Mr. Corney was re-elected trea-
surer of the Chapel Fund.

On the Sunday following the subjoined paper was
posted on the church doors :
" Notice is hereby respectfully given to the mem-
bers of this congregation and to other inhabitants of
this district, that it has been determined, under an
appeal to the Bishop of the diocese, to defer for the
space of one year those alterations which, in con-
formity with the Rubric, have been recently proposed
in the order of Divine service in this chapel.
" The afternoon service on the first and third
Sundays of every month will be performed as already
announced. " T. NEWCOMBE, Vicar.
" G. B. TWINING.
" T. BAKER.

" Tottenham, Nov. 15, 1844."
Thus the dispute has terminated in the withdrawal
by the clergy " for one year" of the innovations
objected to. The changes objected to were—the
omission of the anthem at the commencement of the
service; the giving out the psalms by the clergyman
instead of by the clerk ; and the offertory, with a
collection from pew to pew on the occasion of charity
sermons, Queen's letters, &c. The changes were
first introduced at the parish church, and then at
Wood-green. They were threatened at Trinity
Church also, but the energetic proceedings of the
subscribers to the Wood•green Chapel prevented
their introduction. The excitement in the parish has
been very great. One gentleman, Mr. Craven, offered
to build a new church at his own expense, if the
attendants at the old ones were obliged to leave in
consequence of the obstinacy of the innovators.
Another gentleman did the like ; and one parishioner,
a barrister, alluding to the offertory, said, he should
search his wife and children before they went to
church to be sure they had no money, and write on
his pew door, " No alms given here."

ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA

MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.—This morning at half-
past nine o'clock, the Royal West India mail packet
the Clyde, Captain Symons, arrived in the river, and
landed her mails, which were dispatched to London
by the eleven o'clock train. She sailed from St.
Jago de Cuba October 19th, Jamaica 24th, Deme-
rara 20th, Trinidad 21st, Barbadoes 24th, Grenada
26th, St. Thomas 31st, and Fayal 12th November.
The Clyde brings home thirteen passengers, and on
freight 1;620 dollars, 181. British money, 75 ounces
gold dust, 699 ounces silver, 399 ounces platina. On
the 24th October the royal mail packet the Thames
left Barbadoes for Trinidad, Tobago, and Demerara.
The royal mail schooner Larne 25th from Grenada
for Guayno. On the 26th the royal mail packet
Forth left Grenada for Jamaica and the Gulf, and on
the 31st the royal mail packet Dee was at St.
Thomas, as also the city of Glasgow. Mr. Edwards,
an officer on board the Clyde, died on his voyage
home.

The mails which left here yesterday by specia
train, were delivered at the General Post-office it:
London within two hours and a half.

The Mary Ann, from the Cape of Good Hope, put
into Cowes last evening, and forwarded to this place
four boxes and three bags of ship letters, which were
sent up to London per mail train this morning; she
left the Cape on the 16th of September.
The Royal Tar will leave the docks on Thursday,
and take out the Gibraltar and other mails.
By these arrivals we have Jamaica and other West
India papers, from which we extract the following
paragraphs :
" Her Majesty's ships Inconstant and Spartan are in
the Gulf of Mexico, and the Electra at Antigua.
"It appears that the season throughout the West
Indies has been unusually hot, causing great sickness
and mortality. Demerara was particularly unhealthy,
typhus and scarlet fever raging, in addition to the indi •
genous fever of the colony.
" The Jamaica House of Assembly was opened by the
Earl of Elgin on the 15th of October. The Hill Coolie
proposition was brought forward in a very full house;
and, after a lengthened discussion, was carried, the num-
ber, however, being limited to 2,000 instead of 5,000, as
proposed by the Home Government.
" A dreadful fire occurred on the Canal Coffee Plan-
tations, near Demerara, on the 14th of October, and was
burning on the 20th, whereby nearly the whole of that
valuable district would be destroyed. The plantations
were fired by the peasantry, in consequence of a tax on
the sale of plantains having been recently exacted by the
collector of the district."

6. DREADFUL DEVASTATION AT MONTEGO

BAY.

" Since the year 1818 there has not occurred such a
dreadful visitation at this place, as was witnessed on the
sth inst. (October). On the night of the 4th the wea-
ther' which had been for days past rather threatening,
assumed an unusually lowering and portentous appear-
ance. Between nine and ten o'clock, P.M., it commenced
to blow very hard from the south, a strong ground swell
heaved into the bay from about three P.M., and at about
a quarter to two A.M. Saturday it acquired a terrific
force. The situation of several vessels in the outer har-
bour, Green's Hole, and the Close Harbour, became
now very critical. At Green's Hole one man called
George Young, on board the sloop Isabella, was placed
in the most perilous situation; the sea made a complete
breach over the vessel, and in utter despair he clung to
the mast uttering the most piteous cries, which were
heard from above the remorseless dash of the wild ocean.
He remained in this dreadful state of anxiety and alarm
until half-past twelve, P.M., when fortunately a line was
conveyed on board from Gun Point Wharf, on which he
swung himself ashore; in the very act, however, of
touching the wharf it broke, but we are happy to say
he was seized in time and safely landed, though consi-
derably worn out by fatigue. There was during the
day comparatively little wind, but the sea raged in the
most dreadful manner. Between six and seven, A.M., the
fine schooner Africanus was driven ashore at Meagre
Bay, and very shortly after became a complete wreck.
"It is impossible to describe the havoc that has been
occasioned. The whole line of coast from Christie's
Rock to Kathren's Beach has been ploughed up, and
bears more or less the marks of the extraordinary vio-
lence of the sea. Every wharf has suffered, and the loss
of lumber and other property is immense. The crane
at Gun Point Wharf (Jump's) was carried away. The
front part of the wharf (Jump's), occupied by the Messrs.
Melhadaes, was considerably undermined. I cannot de-
pict the scene of distress which prevailed in our town
yesterday, from four P.M. up to dark. Persons of all
classes and sexes were to be seen hurrying about in the
greatest possible state of agitation and alarm. The sea
rose higher than it has ever yet been known to do, and
the waves dashed into the bay with noise equal to that
of the loudest thunder. The following is a list of the
vessels and other property destroyed
" The schooner Africanus and the Rachel, the pro-
perty of Captain Bates, completely wrecked. Four
boats, the property of Captain Bates. The schooner
Exertion and Sloop Isabella, the property of Joseph G.
Jump, Esq. The sloop Cissia, the Wave, and the Mary,
the property of Captain Selley. The sloop Magna
Charts, the property of Captain Brown and Son. The
sloops Hunter and Tom Smith, the property of Messrs.
Watson and Mowat. The sloop Glassinia, the property
of Mr. Peter Watson. A sloop boat, the property of J.
C. Hart and Co. A schooner boat, Davy Levy, Esq.
A lighter, Mr. Garth. A ditto, Mr. Manderson. A
ditto, Captain Heslop. A ditto, Mr. Thompson. A
ditto, Messrs. Watson and Mowatt.

"A large number of small boats and canoes, and Mr.
Lindo's bathing-house, a considerable quantity of lum-
ber, staves, heading boards, and scantlings, the property
of J. G. Jump, Esq., washed of!' from Green Point wharf.
Several wharfs considerably injured."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 11 per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25
421 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at shoe t
being 25 57k, it follows that gold is 0.59 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4341
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 141
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 91 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London LI
110 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.43 per cent. in favour of England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at GO days' sight, the interest must be added to the
above difference.
SUN.—English Stocks advanced this afternoon, Consols
being per cent. higher, viz., 1001 Bank Stock im-
proved to 2051. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. were 102 to Exchequer Bills touched 60s.
premium.
Spanish Stock left off well also, the Five per Cents.
being 24* 1, and the Three per Cents. 351 a. Portu-
guese Converted were 54i to 551 for Account. Mexican
Bonds receded to 351. Colombian were at 14, and
Brazilian at 88i.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New, were
61 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, to 1 ; Churnet Valle,
VI to 2 ; South-Western, 34! to 331 • Croydon, 3i ;
London and York, -1 ; Manchester and Ikeds, 45 ; Ditto
and Birmingham, 11 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 28i ;
Northern and Eastern, Quarter, 4 ; South-Eastern, 4!-;
York and North Midland, 52 to 52i ; Ditto, Scarborough
Branch, 22 ; Ditto Selby Scrip, 491; Paris and Lyons,
14 ; and Paris and Rouen, 19 to 184 premium. Direct
Northern were at par. Australasia Bank Shares were
16 to 16k premium, and Colonial 11 discount.
The Exchanges on the leading continental cities were
firm this afternoon.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last :
Gold Coin to British West Indies 650 ounces.
Silver Coin t 50 „
Silver Coin to Rotterdam
Silver Bars to Calais 24 „

Copper Coin, Cape Cos
COURSE OF EXCHA]
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12 66
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13
Altona l3 13
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 95
Frankfort on Maine l2l
Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. 11.3 M 953
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36%
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona
Seville

71
st Castle 751.
GE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar —
Leghorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 85
Milan —
Venice . .
Naples 39
Palermo, per oz llB
Lisbon 55
Oporto 55
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Ayres —
NewYork,2ldyssight
Philadelphia —
PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz.
Foreign Gold, bars...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons.... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 9,73
Silver in Bars O, 4 Ili

ARUNDEL, Nov. 19.—We are all gaiety in the
extreme, owing to the arrival of a large circle of royalty
and nobility at the castle. The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and suite, arrived on Monday evening, as
also Lord and Lady Lincoln, Lord and Lady Jersey,
and the Hon. Sloane Stanley. The Prince and Prin-
cess Mecklenburg Strelita, arrived this morning, and are
expected to remain till Thursday. A grand ball on an
extensive scale will take place on Wednesday evening,
at which upwards of 150 of the resident nobility and
gentry are invited. The town has not presented such
an appearance of bustle for years. The Norfolk Arms
is fully occupied by the ovorplus company that cannot
find room at the castle. The bells rang a merry peal on
Monday evening, on the arrival of his Royal highness the
Duke of Cambridge, &c. This day the party were all
out at an early hour, engaged in the sports of the ,field.
Upwards of one hundred and twenty head of game were
bagged before one o'clock. At the time our caries-
pondent was writing carriages were arriving from all
directions.
INCENDIARISM AT DgNIIIGIL—On Friday Diglit
'giA, fire to a
th© property of Thomas Ili IV
last some evil-disposed person,. or. persons
&tack of hay, a
situated in tbd '"",;_lane, near the entrance to t.
s Church, but happily it was soon discovered,
and through the timely interference of the neighbours,
the flames were extinguished before much damage was
done. The fire occurred about 10 o'clock. No doubt,
had it been at a later hour, the consequences would have
been very destructive—Chester Cogrant.