, 1880-06-27

ter approving of Hradlaugh's candiduture. This
Br,dlaugh; and Mr. Chaplin. the young and act
i've Lincolnshire memaer, ''chaffs' the Noncor,-
iormst voters Mt Bradford this week with these
private member your Gladstone Government
would have allowed Dradlaugh TO take the oath,
thus turning, Into mockcry and ridicule one Of
Thus the Conservative Opposition point on ono
side to the Liberal patronage OF papal power
IN Official life, and oE tho other to tolerntion,
the degradation Of Inurriage, and ali the. other
horrors represented BY Charles Dratl!auEh. The
Nonconformists, however, have one source Of
consolation, one concession from Parliament
the Government Burials bill, which is to give
them p,,rochfal and religious rights in the Church
OLE or England 81 burial.grounds, These privileges
ought to have hecn theirs long ago. Even now
the new act which the Government is pledged to
pass 1s not u argc-hearted or generous minded
limitations, but 1t is the thin edge of the wedge
which tho Nonconformists must eventually
drive home 1t only requires few exhibitions
OF clerical higotry TO complete this reform. and
every church his its narrow-.nindcd priests
While, however, the English Establishment and
the lHssentess .rc lighting oyorthe very low wall
planting chapels and monasIcries Ali over the
1and: are finding pluces for their emissaries in
the very heart Of our Government. aud English
protestant parents are sending their children to
be educated in Continental Ronlish schouls, be-
cause the British boarding school for girls is, as
rule, II den of sexual intrigue and a licensed
The Noncomfor1nists in England will. no
dnubt, prove to be the bone and muscle and in-
tellectul strength OF the land when the next
light between Professionalism and Roman Gu
tholieism comes about in England. Just as Ger
tntn rs the European war now being promoted
Is the conflict that one day must ARISE between
thuse bitter old enemies, Professionalism and
Catholicism. English Churchmcn us a rule nre
more tolerant and allow Il wider margin to those
OF different fnith than the Dissenters do. \
canon and doctor of divinity III the Church
were on the platform, day or two since, OF tho
Sunday Society: Dean Stanley. and many other
dis'ines Of the Church favor the objects of the
Society, which desire the opening Of museums.
picture galleries, public gardens, and such like
institutions on the Sabbath. Tho most strcnu-
who, had they. power, would model the English
Sunday on the lines of tho Scotch Sabbath
I'll .the npp npurgatory," according to ineersoll, Of
cicty. In bis address he fnstaneed many
proofs OF progress in modifying the sevcrtttes
Gallery Sunday exhibitions. and the opening Of
the Manchester Public Library. Curiously
enough, he did not refer to the silent, but 1re-
ernmcnt in permitting the establishments Of a
coflee-tavern, chiefly for Sunday. customers
in Regents Pnrk. Whether it is that, conteln-
plating things ut u standpoint OF 5000 miles
AWAY, your correspondent sees more of the
ghme th1n those who watch London life from
y mere London standpoint, cannot say; but
it does often full to my lot to see and record
events md movements, social, POLITICAL artistic,
and religious, which utterly escape local OBJ
servation and record. was the first to draw
public attention to this undemonstrative re-
form Of the cofce-tavern in Regents Park,
and you will remember that I presented it
to your notice from the Sabbatarian point of
view. There Is no more remarkable instance Of
Sunday reform thnn the seyenth-day scene
in Regents Park Of hundreds of people sitting
inside and outside of coffee chnlet taking
harmless refreshments. and listening to
the strains Of q professional orchestra This
in public park belonging to the Queen is a far
bigger fuct than the Opening Of the Grosyenor
On u Sunday, or the concession made to public
opinion ut Manchester. Yet the Sunday Society,
with Lord Dunrs.ven in the chair, oyerlooks it
entirely: There is good deal Of the blind lead
ing the blind business In English public life. L
suppose his Lortlships Secretary, or tho Secre-
tary's wirepuler, did not properly prime him
with fncts and figures. 1 notice an important
decision Of the Supreme Court of Indiana In the
Tf,ncs, touching the selling of cfgurs ut hotel
stand OIL Sunday, which is quite in opposition to
the judgments of English courts. But one day,
when the British Legislature gets sufficiently
free from foreign questions and personal politics
to attend a little to home ntfa irs, the Sunday
question will be honestly and tolerantsy tackled.
The ~%sult which would do most for religion and
1noraI1.f T., and for sociul advancement. would be
the closing Of every bar-room and public house
from Saturday night until Monday, and the
opening during the same period OF every coffee
tAvern, "euting-housc," public museum, and
educational institution in the three Kingdoms.