The New York herald., 1870-01-12
Gladstone NIiires and Scarlet ''Hats''-TkS
Church Crisis I'm England and ROme.

Gla dstOno MitreG and Scarlet "HNts"-Tk0
Church Crisis i'm England and Rome.
By the death Of the English State Church
Bishop of Manchester another nitro Of tho
Establishment has been placed at the disposal
of the British Premier, Mr.. Gladstone. The
right honorable gentleman has just appointed
prelates to the sees of Winchester, Oxford,
Exeter, Bath and Wells, Salisbury, and Car
Isle, and is no doubt again communing with
tho Spirit in the invpcation of an inspired
guidance In the matter OF finding ft and
proper person to preside over the work Of the
cure Of souls in Manchester. AS the canon
ical 'splum' is worth the yearly sum of four
thousand two hundred pounds sterling, the
chief Of the Cabinet, with the Lord Chan
cellor-who is ''keeper of the conscience" Of
her Majesty the Queen, as the anointed Head
Of the Church-will have no trouble in obtain
Ing candidates for the holy Office, his chief
difficulty, as 1t appears to US, lying in the fact
that he can select only one, in corroboration,
we suppose, of the grand biblical truth that
"many are called but few are chosen" inter-
preted according to the light Of the Thirty
nine Articles. Premier Gladstone has been
officially most fortunate in the duty of the dis
posaf of church patronage, the moribund pre-
lates Of England ''holding on" bravely to the
first fruits and tithings until after Disrael had
passed from Office, fearing, perhaps, that at
his hands there would be too sudden q return
to the original routine plan Of Abraham and
Moses after their decease. If the spiritual
afinlties are permitted to commune from tha
other world, the souls Of Martin Luther, John
Knox and John Wesley will be likely TO be very
deeply troubled and afflicted by the ssgoings
on" which will be observed before the Man
chester mitre question is settled. st. Angus
tine himself will perhaps be astonished in
his place of eternal reward, and again aspirate
the memorable Ponti6cal words which
prompted his mission to unconverted Britain
"Non Anyi sed Angesi 81 Grant Christians"
Mr.. Gladstone will no doubt tide over the
difficulty in q secure and healthy manner. He
suffers in most venerable company, as will bs
seen by our special letters and kilograms from
Rome, for the Holy Father, Pope Plus TX,
has no less than thirteen cardinals ''hats" to
anxious to secure an ecclesiastical display Of
that color, famous from the time Of the lady Of
Babylon, at SO many different points-New
York duly included--and all at the same time,
that the good Pontif must really be sorely
perplexed. Mr.. Gladstone can sympathizs
with him completely, and as the Premier has
been in Rome lately it would perhaps be
very good plan if the Pope should return the
visit in London and meet him in consultation
on the great Church crisis which exists both
In Great Britain and Ireland The conference
would perhaps be productive Of an era of fra
ternity, if not of liberty and equality. Mr..
Gladstone could not lose anything, at all
events, as he is, according to the rule Of Pope,
the poet, Constant at Church and Change"
and his ''gains" consequently ''sure."