The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

Da. 17, 100.

THE REV. MR. BENNETT AND THE BISHOP
OF LONDON.

(Prom the Morning Herald.)
Mr. Bennett, it appears, is actually dismissed fteniAllitt
his churches,—St. Paul's and St. Barnabas; eethese
weighty task of providing fit ministers for bate
places,—now, of course, no longer to be held ant ir
has devolved upon the Bishop of London. ~I.eglioll
His lordship has at least the advantage and 834.'', fop
no one can blame him for the past.
of reflecting, that, except in the point of lenity on",„,,ga
Not ;it,
bearance,
the friends of the late incumbent's, if possessed e; the
smallest portion of common sense, can complain of the
slightest harshness or injustice in the bishop's e 0" but
His lordship carried his endurance somewhat too far;,bits
at last his patience has had this reward,—that it elilleod
Mr. Bennett in the light of one who could not be bound
by the limits and laws of the Church to which be

-
sworn allegiance. . labari"
We have seldom seen an instance of a mar e 5 l„ the
so hard and so successfully,. to put himself who'll '4s-1/of
wrong, as Mr. Bennett appeals to have done. 111704
a wrong-doer called to account by his lawful superior
offering to that superior such terms as these :---- 0501
~ I would take the following rules as my guide in the P
difficulties : rrchar(l4
"1. 1 have ascertained from Mr. Dodsworth, Mr..o o.hich
and Mr. Murray, all the points of ritual and ceremonY 0,,
,i, to
have been in use in their churches for many years, TIE
and sanctioned by your lordship. 1001
21. t is
yneittyr intentionlordsh iyour
wtooiwt alndreph er e to any
all
r all' of a
stladeosne reiitnualte
ceremonial observances.
and ceremony in your mreesmenbceeraatl thatthe consecration 0 •
It
I is
Barba
e, t my intention to adhere to any or all of that ritual and
ceremony. ....Toot the
3. 1 have collected together, from various catheu.-„tiod ift
Church of England, the forms of ritual observance Prg
them.

ocb

`lt is my intention to adhere to or adopt SOY °I
points as I may find authorised therein. n °she
" Whatsoever is not found or authorised by eitberaiti"
above rules, and whatsoever is not found, or cannot be the
mately deduced, from the Book of Common Prayer 0 yote
canons of our Church, it is my intention, in obedience t
lordship's episcopal requisition, to abandon." „ieg of
It will be observed, here, that the whims and tsa`",, and
" Dr. Dodsworth, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Mita* meth
those of Mr. Bennett himself, are placed first, sn,a.„„rell
in addition, " whatsoever may be found, or legIti":1" the'
deduced, from the Book of Common Prayer 81;;',. to'
Canons," comes in to fill up the complement! "sibs
reverse the order,—Mr. Bennett would consent to usddiair
forms contained in the Book of Common Prayer, a and
to it whatever he might deduce from the aim° .„„iglit
further adding whatever phantasy or frippery Nest'-ree-t;
find in Margaret-street; or St. Andrew's, "e 11-
or Christ Church, Pancras • or in any cathedral throtts,%p
out the United Kingdom! ! Of course, if the b "he
could have conceded such a rule of ceremonial as thisi3nt
would have made himself a perfect laughing-stock•
his lordship rmptly replied— rif°
"I cannot fora moment admit that any one of the n it
which you propose is binding upon me." "Your Pa;$101,
seems, is to pick out from various-churches ever-tithing ,t
ando
,A,
vvntodi combine
",With
tn
oc
oh elsc
iti htunedt mieo
tion,
tn,
ht
lanßoci
wso
hmos enat
lei,
yds system :Lm acceptance o f
your o,v
0 idflc vio ur
th
renewed offer to resign the incumbency of St. Paul's, an
it the chapel otSt. Barnabas." ate&
This first stage of a practical reform, then, is rea the
The most anxious interest, however, attaches tooat
bishop's nomination of a successor to Mr. Bennett• work
successor must be a wholly different' man, or the t lox
will be all to be done again. The public does a° tni,
amuslol
moderate,
ntehreasrtte.t.h
jbeaunew
James's,
n: cpumr
Piccadilly,obtesia instt o be Calvi ni sti c or ilrbe a
nian, Liberal or Conservative; but whether he shall par-.
square, and in Dr. M'Caul's nornSitn-antGioseenovretgoresYC.nsillt:,:Panc,;:ishbaS:
the name of which we do not remember,—the be
shown an excellent judgment. Never, however. nor-
greater occasion to seek for Divine guidance in tbisl; for
tant part of his duty than now, in selecting a Pa'"""
this most imOn Wednpeortan aistrict of the me;ropolis. of
[sday, t a general meeting of the mainlieblot
this society, of which Dr. Pusey, the Rev. Mr. deter
Lord John Manners, and other tractarians are the lea when
was held at their rooms, Lancaster-place, Strand, 11700
the following resolution was adopted :—" That thial St.
desires to assure the Rev. W. J. E. Bennett 0..1., for
Barnabas) of its warmest sympathy, and to thank bite
the courageous stand he has made against recent pets d,
tion ; and while it prays him to persevere unto the
entreats him for the sake of the Christian Chu re,
poor, not to be induced to desert a post to ribta
God's providence, he has been called.]

Mr. Wyatt; the architect, has declined to con-
thine e"
services at Lord Fielding's Romish Chapel at Pantaotiell
Lord Campden, who is stated to have joined theft
Church, is the eldest son of the Earl of Gainsborougton the
It is said that the Earl of Surrey may ba added of the
list of Roman Catholic noblemen who disapprove
late Papal bull. Co The Tablet of last week announces that Viscount
,to the
den and his lady have been received, at Paris,'"
Romish communion.
Milan Gazette of the 7th, states, from P e
that Lady Sussex Lennox abjured Protestantism, ,1!,,`
sole, on the 18th ultimo, and embraced the Cathen"
suasion. old
E. R.. T. Bastard, Esq., of Kelley, of a well•l"Wrnai-of
Devonshire family, has been received into the Churo of
Rome. The Tablet mentions by name other Ja3qn or'
rank who have also seceded, but we wait for orb
er
roboration.
•- h let
Da. ACHILLI.—The committee of the Malta ,retesova
College has published a lengthy statement for their
sue;
justification, respecting Dr. Achilli's dismissal•„t
of which is that the committee saw reason to be msltalisn
with Dr. Achilli's conduct at the head of the jests
Mission-house, and with that of some of the Italian Pr
le
its inmates."
THE AMBITION OF THE ROMISH PRIESTHOOD." he
• 180
one of. Southey's leters to his friend Wynn, In if the
thus alludes to the consequences which may ensliibertY,
Roman Catholic priesthood possess unrestrained • and
sMreacen
what the power of an army of priests, having no in
whatever but that of their order.
writingsf Ort;
accountin AB ncogrl
aroenfsdtpho:
Wiseman, says—" I have heard, from an eye-w.itnrzlish
pc
thi eosnt
ine r paper, arpe es rr,ctthe
Catholic family die other day, which testified a With
it
overpowering weight which the Papal bull carried eiveJ
in some quarters. The host and his household ree sad
his eminence at the threshold on their bended kneesw/hich
e—nccl'ea‘nrYdtoionufadla: not know what their zest is.
rest
through the evening honours were paid to him
might have been paid to the Pope himself."
THE EXPELLED WESLEYANS.—The expelle. ,
ans have got up an address at Bristol on the PaO3legrierthe
sion, in which they manage to make an attack p°
Conference in manner following Your Pe„tlesty to
therefore, humbly pray your most gracious 1" otuallY
discourage the growth of Popish principles
sanction the adoption of such measures as shall effe_ctioes
in the Established Church, and in the TriesleY.iens of
Terence, and shall drive from our shores the minio
jos
of
and Pr' con.
foreign priest,. who has dared to insult the prerogt loyal
your Majesty, and the religious principles of Yew"
and devoted people." ON*
ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCM.—The Rev. iur.,..goer,
Vicar of this parish, (a Puseyite,) having refused ;nal/
the ratepayers to assemble in the church (as cut ta the
on the subject of Papal aggression, they adjourne
reselu-
chapel of the workhouse, and after passing other vestry
tions, they passed the following That the
having been informed that the Vicar bad taken r 7,oor-
keys of the church after the special request of of
eiLi for
rate trustees, made through the upper church war" onngt
the use of the church for the vestry held that Id that
deserves the severe censure of the parishioners,
~8 carried
the same was thereby given." The resolution we 7; se
voting
two immense cheering, and on a poll the
two to one in its favour. OPS ?rc
WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH THE POPE'S- —lsllimpa sly
The verdict of the public has heretofore been unenratholl,
given, that by some means or other the Roman
of rid of
bishops, with their territorial titles must cheerfully e et"
The means of carrying out this decision it The
trusts to's Government in which it has confidencrenroot,
decision itself stands not in the power of the Govern is
nor probably of the Parliament itself, to arrest (Nes that
It is not through the medium of their representaa_tatileat
the people have spoken : it is not by their rep yawn
supposing, for the sake of argument, that those P
tatives had the wish,—that they will suffer thems_edivehgailne
this matter to be thwarted. The men of Enghal. bode
met together, and taken this matter into their uw.vatl to
in a firm and moderate spirit, and little would Itll4 they
attempt to satisfy them with anything less than
havß e determined to obtain.— Times
NE . rollj
RESIGNATION OF MR. BENIT, OF„
KNIGHTSBRIDGE.--II is at length officially am 13.
has
that Mr. Bennett has resigned St. Barnabas. Ist of
been in correspondence with his diocesan
since th,etter 0
July last. Referring to this correspondence in 8,In yolre
the Bishop, dated the 4th December, he saYe,—;•upoll wnd
lordship's letter, of November 27, you say•'—ficiter
whole, if you are not prepared to comply, WO tetter,,,,.
cx animo, with the requisition contained in MYoue on's
the 16th instant, I must call upon you to fulfil think lei
of retiring from the charge which I deliberately tfatiojarf
could not in that case continue to hold without gra'bie,colr(
to the Church.' My Lord, seeing that lam un clause
scientiously, to place myself under the former
eca, 00.11;
this sentence, e., to `comply simp/iciter allegoies th
with your requisition of the 16th instant,' it, ° hatter
Accordingly, I now redeem the pledge given In
_l4l toad
1 must submit to the ` call' made upon me lh. lettt
• ealll ?f, perpe:
of October 26, and in answer to your
upon me, I hereby send you my resignation olreviiiskeri
tual curacy of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge." leetiog irt
the circumstances of the case,
accepted the resignation, and in his replY, rl?,1 the lai;
four years I have several times cautioned your o.octliaed h
ject of the excessive ritualism which you were I Ogre
of the practice, as approaching too nearly to that
of.r„ajollo
On Thursday, an address to the Bishop or. "'"
lordBl°
from Mr. Bennett's • 11. *ng his says,_ . inn,he
to
paris ioners,:implori
not to deprive them of Mr. Bennett'a mtaltrign'isktil•
signature at the school-houses in St. Paul loef offl;
bridge, and St. Barnabas. The Morning A dver,„pv. bo
that the Rev. Sir F. Ouseley, Rev. G. Nuee, 7.-aatine
De Gex, and Rev. Mr. Fife all tendered their res aA.
the retests"Lord Colchester has denied that Mr. Law,.
of London, had anything to do with the cony
blishment of St. Barnabas, London. His lordshipaught e.;;
"It is indeed true that one of the late Recorder's "roocSn'ic
immediately Mr. Bennett's decision was announce" order
is a member of that society, ; but she only wriTs after a
consent from her father shortly before his deity,
__lied
and when
r. _ .11.1;roiroweid
opposition, in the course of which he had in yarn; 5!",,i55
tt!,
Mr. Bennett to second his parental endeavou te,Zaa
ahlelraftrtoommptthsetocoouprpsoessehheewr
bpsetow•_,_.----
availing, he made such provisions in his will ( w
daughter from —tattiar
airesp9ulurstiupinngWould PoPt1:411
me an executor) as would.prevent his wool Cs
any of his money upon this or sBy other con
mem."