, 1877-02-04

Oh SUNDAYS, till further notice, admission VIII
be by card only underneath which there Was
the statement in writing, ''Tfckets all given
away;'' while another piacard nade Known tna6 Z
there would be no evening scrvlcc About
o'clock, or an hour and q half before tnatlns
were to commence, persons desiring aauhs5lon
began to present themselves before sue oooi
in the fence; but only those who were furnls1eo
with 4 card we're allowed to pass through. ihe
barrier was guarded BY policeman, q strong ue-
taehmcnt OF the Division being present uul.
Ing the morning under Superintendent dofaon iS'o
and Inspector Ralph. for the preservation o. tne
public peace. 1t soon became evident that tne
occasion was to be remarkable one 10 lug
history Of the Ritualistic disputes. The church
WIS filled before 10:3o by the holders o1
tickets; but others were oatsiuc lnsssn sr;ef
church. and were far from being satlshea oy TUG
assurance that the church was full. By10 O'CLOCK
some hundreds Of persons we're gatnercnI, ou.- y:
side the barrier. and the number efaquall} ~
creased to thousands, until the whole street,
more than 100 Yards long, leading to the church,
which forms sort Of etl dc sac to the upper end
of St. James, road, wos througed with people.
At one period there must have been at least
5000 persons outside the church, but ataoIs
them, It was stated, were many who sympa-
thized with Mr.. Tooth, and q considerable num-
her who were actually provided with tickets aEd
had come too late to ti1ld them Of any use. The
religious question was not the only one at stake
lie "'*@S
the fence violated public rlght-of-way, in op-
position to the view Of the. Vicar and Church
Wartlcns The Church Wardens contcndcd that,
Is pew rents were levied before free slttinss
and the o1fertory were established, tncy 'l1d
right to limit admission to the church IN
the manner mentioned above. The
inside Of the church was much less crowded
than on the Sunday before, when the pre:au-
tionarv device Ut issuing tickets was not adopt
ed. On the former day: the passages between
ffln1
UP with people; yesterday they were almost
clear, all the seats being fully occupied. 10
assist the Church Nardens in preserving order
there was body OF sidsemen, thirty In num-
ber, and distinguished BY q white band round
one arm, and several Of them were stationed
near the entrance gate OF the chancct On tue
pillars OF the church were placards, signed by
the Vicar and Church Wardcns, by means OF
which the congregation were earnestly request
ed to keep their seats should any disturbance
here that, shortly before the services began, Mr..
Fry, the legal representative OF the Church AS
sociation, OIL presenting himself was admitted
to the church, for the purpose, as WAS stated,
of satisfying himself by peros1lal observation
whcthcrorn not there was any alteration in the ar
rangements. None were dtscernible by an Or
ui1llry Apectator, the altar anl the decorations
presenting the usual aspect. Mathis, or morning
Lrayers, were gone through In the customary
manner, the clergy and clloristers, seven in num-
their faces turned toward Tic altar during the
nrayerg. The Rev, Mr.. Hoge, Of St. Alban's,
Hnihnr1,. of}iriatel. being assisted br the Rev
NJ. Hanhnry: the Rev, Alfred Hcadlam reading
the first and the Rev. Mr. Maxwell, OF st. AZ
han,s. Holborn, tho second lesson. During this
service !, number of boys of the adjacent or
nlanagc sat on the seats in the nave nearest to
FIR altar hci,r under the care Of three or four
S;stnrs ri 1jcTrv hclonrinr to that establish
1ncnt. The nrayers. p:aIus, and Te Dcum NAV
hc sai9 n have bccr rather read in Il nonotonr
Inn intnncj. and in n manner which was dis
tin,tlr o1,t,ihIc In the u,i1dr nf Tho chnrch. IN
fact fh,s nrcnorotorr nort nj thr service was
t-a-sar,1i rnnt;nr ari orort fro,n thc o,,eetion
- r1iat i;.a ros;t;on r,.narta1,,n f,r s;n,n;,;tv
~ ta,r ,1,},,"+as 1ofora ~ a. ,rhjch t{mn Hfr
ot.s -" .ana, ~, at,,r, at,1 ,rnnaaaad :, tho
eAt1so 49, ,ro ,us haasa ;;5a 80 oh,rt
'estEy, tnete Mas nsa ,d +,.;n s ,eae no, ~ -
sounu ~ auuutuS ou.au., aau taia ~ ss. soo
1ol!o"eo ~ !puuer a!u itiole pio'onscu .3 nu.sI
OF tnc saue hiuu, "n!cA sauseu ~ eAensa tns
movement ~ soIne paris u t11e cnurc4. lug
cc1ebratlon OF tne 11o4y communion co;nMcnceo
at II. just before, cnorlslee hgnted lhe SIX
high candies at inc oack OF Tue aitaI, ano tWo
on one side, aud shortly after therc was tne
clerical procession from the vestry to the eio.r
Leo BY the tncense-oesfer, altcr Weom came Inc
each side Of him an asolyte wearing cTlns1n aas1
cap, and carrying lighted candle; Nr. looth,
otlicfatlng priest, wearing plretta, ao, anu
chasuclc, closing Tue Proeessloii7 anu lneense
being freely waved near thc altar before Inc
cc1eorant proceeded Win LUG o1hcc. ooon
after the lntroiI lou4 singing was neaia
HFnh T.