, 1877-03-11

y Tue man Gull either grossly ignorant and care
! seeond.y-Why should Ritua1itm be put down
WEI "nen y Hke II 80 much myself, md have encour
a3e9 m y. ioo: SIX hundred thousand pounds spen
| lar Xueen iu this world. who WAS not present &
SC , It Lord Mayors professions; bowings to tht
Inrone IN the Honse Of Lords; manning thu
yards oi ships At the risk of neeks; firing salute,
ana frightening inralids and horses; Judges In
scarlet robes and innsty wigs; presentation ant
salat,pg o. new coloEs, and sorr rowful function.
GveE tnc OLD ones! Why, sir, / ask again, arc the
Hinalixts to be hnl1ied and crushed for what in
| dnlge in myself:
| La.tiy-As said before, hate humbug; and il
y m not Of on.y hnmbug: but cowardly, to persccnte
! ne clergy, when all the while wr know that The
laNT-fFee- born, Constitutional loving Enelishmen-
are inc supporters Of what is called Rituaiy1n. The
ciergy could not keep it up without the laity; and
me people who like to have bright, ornate, musi-
en- service on Sundays, have as much right to
bas II ps1se s ssp Psfag sogges Is aSy aisd
1rreyerent service OF the old style. Again | say
I Is shane to bully the Rltaalists while The
leit asleep fair play for all, say I.
TIE EFFECTIVE POINTS
In this protest arc, that the English Govern
ment is the last in the orld which would have
the right to oppose Ritualism in the abstract,
since all its public displays are the very embod-
lment OF ltitualism. The Liberal papers have
not been silent as to the late costly pageant in
India At time when famine is devastating
some OF the most important provinces there;
opening Of Parliament rera the ycrr ..,,;lds,
piay OF uumeaninr furm: md ono cannot meet
the Lord Mayor:s riIded coach or his hcwionrd
and 9old-plastered footncr, without smiling at
the broad daylight of the ninrfnenfh crnt7rv
The weak points In the argument above. aud
in all the attempts to represent Mr.. Tooth
as ope who is prosecuted for Righteousness
to his (or auy other ,n;nistcr's1 conductjnnr K
hr3nht' orn;ta 1n,,sica1 snrv;ra ~ s,,,dare y.
for any conrreeotion who ctoos,. 10 nav for +
The only restriction il, that be cannot conduit
+ eor,h in an sdee j.. belonging jog to the National a
Public Worship e'
:. - .1,1v popoyna1r.
ana courts .1,,dges and norish;onero ,ora M
option but to ohey The Iaw Jf t.ns,rso a. mot. o
ters arr now in tI;s rountrr anr cn,,srras1at
bnilfiinr nn', su unnrt;no1 !.inrcH ~ H. Tont
would b. rnmncYied to nav n aid.;o1 40
ordinary cburr,-,tes NJ thrjr nor;sf, hut th;e :;
eriryanc. whir1, ron hc ramed;e,1 ,,n1,. ,,r tho
hranls;ryn, ~ tho Eetn11;chrant n31 - LIZ liz
thc tre5da ~ \! te e5t';scnt ,, anu 10 !ns
The above nrocIamatjon was 'ai issnri
hr an ass,c;n+ion +.a,1ad thn rss,i
Workiugnen's Society," who nave U1a1e Them
selves little prominent lin speechifyinr way)
with regard to Mr. Tooth's Imprisonment. /
need not say that workingmen as a class arc not
fcryent champions Of the National Church. md
that they are the subjects Of considerable net
ting and encouraging in certain quarters when
tiles are lo,'u 70 possess conservative or cccie-
1aaI; Saasuc tehoencaeS. recelEcd the other day
1.,tiS pau,pnle. lssueu " tle same Soc'ety,
ant1.1as mnivn s.Fuck me as hlsulS amusing 1t was
en''tlea; !:
THE Fight EoK THE CASTLE;
or, tne ms, the Rats and the Runl-Cats-" 1t
IS sost ol allesoFS, 10 "nfch me Castle repre-
ssnts Inc Ehelsh GhuTch attacked by the hats
}iSat1onallsts) and thc Kun15Cats 3koman Catbo-
llcsl anu aeienaeo .? 1he h,ts lKltualtsts). Tic
dsines anu scholars IN each denomi-
nauon afe described nnder certain nick
nhes, s;, As Newman nnoer that Of New |
oian: y " fuscy nGnres as Dr Pussy; |
Garulnal = Mannlns as "lhe M Marble Arcil',; aud
Monslgnor 9spgi e appears as 'lhe Great Mouser
aud Gaper-" me allcEory ends with the sue
ueaease oI Inc t;as1;e AGAINST ail IT'S enc
4 alcs, ano :, tne union OF az other churches or
castles w1th1n 1ts ample precincts. 10 IN
observer OF the various sects represented in
london, ana tile present DRIFT OF religious
honSht hcre. no consumtnat1on appears less
lkely than the one here set forth with hopeful
one OF the agreeable features In the musical
Iorid Eere OF late has beeu tue Wednesday
Venlng
POPULAR BALLAD CONCERTS
q st. James Hall. 1t has often been wonder
D Me, when at home, on observing how large
the class whose musical attaiuncnts or inii-
fffual TASTE make tfn whole liSf nf cn,r