The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

PROTECTIONIST POLICY.

The Morning Post of Friday gives the following propo-
sitions as the ground•work of a system of Protection'st
policy. an instalment towards rebating the assertion so
frequently made against the party, that theirs is a policy
neither intelligible nor distinctly defined. The authority
on which the declaration is given is not named, but it
certainly seems like an embodiment of principles such as
Protectionists, as a body, might support ; and, without
pledging ourselves to an entire satisfaction with all its
details, ae have no hesitation in pronouncing it much
more English than the policy of the present government,
and much better calculated to ameliorate and improve the
condition of every class of the community, save those
who prey like harpies upon the rest •

" DECLARATION OF CONSERVATIVE POLICY FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF FAIR TRADE AND EQUITABLE

Sept. 29, 1946.

THE REACTION AGAINST TRACTARIANISM.

The reaction which is inevitably following the vagaries
of Tractarianism in some places naturally excites the
outcries of the persecuted party. Here is a lamentable
account, given in the Tractarian journal of last week, of
certain acts of sacrilege committed recently in a pariah in
Essex, the name of which is not given :
.4 It appears that on Whit-Tuesday last Archdeacon
Jones officially visited the church, and thought proper to
record the following very vague notice in his visitation
paper. _ _

" ' The archdeacon strongly disapproves the manner in
which the communion-table was [is] dressed up, and he
hopes the rector and churchwarden will see the propriety
of removing the flower-pots, and other obnoxious orna-
ments, without further notice.

(Signed' " ' H. C. JONES.'
" On Wednesday evening (yesterday week) the church-
warden (there is but one) entered the church, during the
absence of tne minister, who was just recovering from a
severe illness, and, just as the bell had ceased for evening
service, Mr. Dowsing, junior, seized upon the altar-can-
dlesticks and candles, the offertory basin, two small
flower-glasses (placed midway in the east window), and
an oak cross, inlaid with pearl, with the sacred monagram
in the centre. Having put these various ornaments into a
basket, and having trampled upon the velvet cushions, he
marched off with his sacreligious spoil, leaving the altar
gate open, and proceeded to the font, where he wrenched
off an ebony cross from the top of the cover, and departed
from the church ! All this took place in the presence of
the organist, who was utterly astounded, and during a
heavy storm of rain and thunder, which one might have
thought would have prevented even the most profane or
fanatical man from violating and despoiling the sanctuary
of the Lord at such a moment.

" It appears that the cross and the flower-glasses were
the private property of the incumbent ; the alms-basin
and the candle stick had been presented by him ten years
since. That the churchwarden is indictable for theft as
well as sacrilege we have no doubt whatever, and we feel
confident that the Lord Bishop of Rochester will see that
ample justice is done in this case. Unfortunately, how-
ever, we understand that his lordship is not in England at
the present moment, and, therefore, we have thought it
right to lay these facts before the church at large, especi-
ally as it may be useful that our readers should know what
a churchwarden, even in these days, is capable of. The
Puritan lessons of the last two or three years have not
been thrown away : the pupils of Mr. Chancellor Raikes,
and of the Record, may be expected to go somewhat be-
yond the letter of their teaching."
The cross and flower glasses were the private pro-
perty of the incumbent." A strange detence! Wbat
business had " the private property" of the incumbent to
occupy a place on the communion table of the parish?
We have heard of Oxford men of late years who have
gone forward. from the cross to the crucifix, with the
body of our Lord suspended in agonies from it. Neyr
we believe that " St. Mary" has also been similarly held
up to view in ivory or marble. Now, if one sort of " pri-
vate property" of this class may creep into our churches,
nhy not another ?—Record.