, 1873-01-07
LONDON.
Another Contest in tho Church
Of England.
Some Christmas nooIis---" Gr0tcsQuo
Animals "---llepworth Dixon.
Tho N1ornlOns and tho Silver
Ntincs---Dlic11to OH tho
United States.

| LoSpoE, Dec. 10. 1872.
| ANOTHER CONTEST IN THE CHURCH OF EIttLASD.
| Agotltlomnn who WIS In conversation, tho other
ay, with The ablcst an ainceroBt Of llo chiefs OF
tho Conservatives, was nsIsod what ,tno ho al-
| lowod for tho continued existence Of Etato
Church. "Oh about thrco or four years." lie
replied; "a1d what do you givo2" at all do
! ponds upon Mr.. uladstono'a health" WAS tla
ailbwor. porhaps his Lordship roa1ly meant
| what ho asil, but thoro is no rcason to bolieyo
tint hlr. Gladstone 1las my notion Of tho sort.
Io mover has until ho Ia pushed OH, md t,en lo
suddenly seryos tho now article Of liH creed with
passion. To-day, the question of tho Church
mud it's rulers is forced upon us by yostorday's
contest at Oxford respecting tho appointments OF
Doan Stanley as ono OF tho Select Proachors ho-
foro tho University. Tho oxcallont Dean Ia
fond OF oxpatiating to his laical and Dissenting
frionda upon tho breadth Of tho Establishment.
Ho delights to picture IN institution aa compre-
lcnsiyo aB tho world; and, Mt timssr ho really
aoon,u tu bolioyo TINT oYory sl,ado OF opinion,
from tho cStromest Ritualist to tho oxtromcst
lsationaliBt, coil 10 vory comfortable together In
tho Establishment, although tho 1nc,nbora u6o n
common soryicc, nnd express their bcliof in a
common for1nula1y. lcatorlayu proceedings
show that tho boast is not, at any ratc un-
challenged.
Dean Stanley is exceptionally wcll crcutn-
ssnnced as representative of free inquiry in tho
Church Of England. II ho Gun bo ostraciucd
WHO Rhall cscnpo2 Flo IL d f,yorito with tho
Queen, md will bo noar to tho Throno ho has
Htrong hold upon English sociaty by tho
captivating character Of bis books ;
and ho las brought tho 1unguago of evasion to
such state of porfoctnosa TINT ho mover shocks
my ono outright. 1to is n contributor to tho
Times, and cnjoys lilo powerful support Of that
organ Of tho philistipcs; and ho
has intimate friends iu the Offices Of
all tho bcat journals. Ho ia, personally, very
agreeable; all his paths, III fact "run over with
fatncss." 10 attack him ia 10 bring down q
hest. Iot 1t In triod. I cannot profess any
sincoro surprise. / caunot sec why bishop
Colcnao, without any Court favor, ID to ho
secuted and Hncorod, wl1i1o DR.. Stanley, with
tho snmo opinions, is to basls in tho s11nshuo
Besides, the worthy Dean il too fond Of smooth
things. uo avoids what IL lotlnito, and insinuatoa
rather tlRn aauertB. lie l,aa had uoue Of tho
burden aud tho heat Of tho DAY.
In point Of fact. thcro ought to DO no "Uni-
rcrsity sermon" Mt all. BY recent legislation.
the Universities aro deprived Of all ecclesiastical
character. Logaly, they aro not Church
nt Engnr;a ,a1; ~, any no more than they nro
any rreason for providing tho mombcra with a
particular service. Lot each seek for himself,
amidst tho many shades ut Oxford, tho pattorn
Which lie most almires. It ia time to hayse dot,o
with theso special privileges Of particular sect.
TLo Dem triumphcd yesterday not from tho
liberation OF Tho Conyocation, bnt from COM
mon fright of tho voluntary principle. The
principle Of tho Establishment Is in tla>gor, AMI
Pr. Stanley is ono Of its strongest advocates.
Not that they like him or his opiionB, hut tlat
thoy like tho State Church tho moro. Honce lis
majority.
oun1sr:rAs nooEo.
While tho butchers nre hanging immense
blocks of beef III their wil,lowa, and polttcrorg
ccra arc hoapil4s up, piles Of raising, and
whilo holly iu beginning to groot us from, behind
plato, glaas,--.tho booksellers display tho food
Dooks aro pouring out from tho ieatl stores.
Among theao is q curioug workcallod "Grotcsgue
Animala,"' invented, described, md portrayed by
hlr. e. W. Cooke, tho ltoyal Acaden,iciali. With
an imn,onso knowledge Of tho anatomy of ami
mails. Mr.. cooko las pitt together parta Of marine
animals, insects, zoophytos, land and sea mon-
HtcrB, etc., in HI alarming manner. Iho6e who
have seon the plates declare tlat mover since tho
Old Du:ch painters portrayed the temptations OF
st. Anthony has there been Gncll confnaod and
get coherent SGT Of horross, all in the trno spirit
of grotoBquo carcaturo. Mr., Hepworlh Dixon
will not admit ho is crushed by tho contelnna-
tion Of his late works, and llo announces Same
Wives " Ind not boon Tho subject of al action
fc- libel. Tho literary remains OF tho Into Miss
Susan Fcrrler, author Of "Dcstiny," &o., arc
about to DO prepared for publication. Miss
cluAes letters from Sir Walter Scott and John q.
Lookllavt; and l1or Commonplace Book las I'LL
published compositions Of Scott, Thomas Camp
boil, and other eminent roeta.
When tho lreo Tra&o Cougrc5s holds it Hit-
tinga here, next summer, n strenuous attempt
will s,o made to il.togest tho t'ologatos in itor-
national copyright and uniform international
poatase.
THE s1ona1oss AND THE SILVER MINES.
4 capital book called - Tho hlornonB and tho
Follow Of tho Royal Geological Socif ty. juht out,
deserves to DO reprinted in tho Staicu. The
author, alr. j. Donwick, is very FREQ in his
criticisms, and tlioy aro worth reading unl dis
cuBsing. Mr. Don~ick SAW no rceson, when at
salt l.atso to think that tho religious sy;tom OF
Mormonislu waa losing: ita power, but lle detect
cd, as lo believes, ma'ly sigma Of tho impending
a asaruction on,ora,, 81 tho R;faseo Of polay
is ilo mott important. Tho increasing
Investments Of English captal In Amcrican
mines makes lii curious On tho subject Of metal
Lie resources. In 1870. the amount Of English
two millions, while tho year nftor it wly eloyon
1niliionB. The preBnnt ycur hua still lar,or III
ycsn,ont. Noyatla nna tho whole neiylborood
Of Mornan-land l,aIo already ahsosbo.l 80 . 'cll
than American. D.. Donwck oIiors uororal Gun
sidoratior'H for inycStoru. lIo booycs tllat tho
time l1ns como wl,n mining ventures in tho sill
yor-1altd around tho A1ormons hnYo moro cor
tainty about thom tlan somo othor supposed
safo lnoiion Of Investment but he doAeribos tho
injuries which should precos|c deposit Of dol
lars. A vast fell Of enterprise will open,
lo uays, aono day in Novata, Utah, ETC.,
for rhydraulio opcrationn. When the supply III
THO caycrnB below can bo Utilized, "1,ot only
will mining 10 " glorious succeas, hut This
American dosort will become u harvest homo,
aud blossom M tho roHo."
THE LATE 2IR. BUCKLE UPON THE UNITED STATES.
Thsco volnncH, consisting Of miscellaneous
and Tosth,linous wo,kn by tic lato Mr.. Rucllo,
woro insuel to-day, under Tho oltortl,il of MtA
llelon Taylor, Atop-1aushtor Of Mr.. John sluurt
Mill. pArt OF tho tirst volume co,laiutd Of
"rragments." made up partly OF notes for
books, such as ho afterwal.ls might hayo OIL
tered In llia Commonplace DookH partly OF lilo
tlrnt rough form III which Ao was in tho
habit OF putting lia ideaa upon paper; and
partly Of thoso portionH Of tho original