New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-19
NOTES FROM LONDON.
RELATING TO ARCHBISHOPS, TO MARRIAGE,
AND TO EMIGRATION.


custom house oaths. The Bishop is elected by The
Dean and PrebendS of the cathedral. The Queen
sends these gentlemen congo d ellre, or leave TO
elect; but also sends them the name of the person
whom thew a-e to elect They go into the cathedral.
chant and pray and beSeech the Holy Ghost to as
sist them M thrr choice and, after these inyOca-
ti1ns luvarIab find that the dictates OF the Holy
Ghost agree with the recommendations OF the
Queen.
Emcrson's account is that of a .srept1c lin
his own sense of the word, which is
not the sense in which pulpit performer like the
Rev Mr. Talmage would use it). But here IN The
Times OF Tuesday is letter signed "Fldelis," obyi-
ousy shocked believer-the letter scream Of
pious agony. The scandal to him is :" tearful"
one:
Dr. Benson treats election by the Dean and Chap
ter as the farce which it is But what shall be SAID
o q farce in which part is assigned to Almighty
Godi Assembled in Chapter, the Dean ana Cahohs
will in solemn mOckery inv Ike Gods guidance, ana
IN HIS name wit declare that they have chosen Dr.
Benson-had the Prime Minister required u, they
would equal have chosen DE-. Kyle or Dr laser
as rho finest occupant of tie See OF st. Augustine
Whatever the difference IN tone between these
two drscriptions. they agree as to facts. Nor can
there. except perhaps on one point be any contest
rs TO the facts. DR.. Benson down to Monday was
only Archbishop designate He had been offered
the see of Canterbury the Primary of All England,
and had accepted It, but he has no legal standIng0r
rights unless rs legal authority has pointed out
he might have right to sue the Prime Minister
for damages should Mr.. Gladstone change his mind
and give the place 10 somebody else. Before ne Is
really Archbishop he has to be l. nominated Z,
elected 3, confirmed; 4, cnthroned. The nominal
ton. which practically makes him in the opinion OF
the public the second head of the Church THE
Queen being first leaves him where he was. Flee
ton does n seem much to improve his position.
Confirmation confers upon HIM spiritual preroga-
tiyes Enthronization gives him right to BIS pay
and completes the ceremonies by which
ne becomes fully entJed to perform
archicpi,copa functions The Times which occa-
sionally cxhbisa very queer sense of what 10 httng
remark. in view of all these forms, that an arch
bi,hop designate has to sunnount many obstacles
before he can commence his duties as a croquet-
PLAYER has hoops 10 pass through. You might as
well and better. go back TO the Olympian games
for an illustration. Croquct is as eXnct as chariot
racing.
The Royal Letters Missiye and the other machin-
cry of the congo a. clIre matters of statute ana
as old as King john. Il was Henry Will, n might
bc guessed who made tine recommendation OF the
Crown obligatory upon the CHAPTER The old forms
were retained rs was aud the fashion in England
where nothing seems so firmly rooted as n custom
ont of which all meaning has de-
parted If the Chapter should now
refuse % elect the persons -iEnlfed In the license
t.r cauons womb be liable to penalties. nothing
less. II seems. than ou'awry and imprisonment
during the Royal pleasure. The chance Of these
p,nAltics wa, what the minority Of the Chapter Of
Exeter bravcd when, in 1869. SIX of them yoted
against Dr. Temple. then under suspicion Of hetcr-
odo1v for his innocent contribution To hat damna-
blr and i'm the theological sense, much damned vol
nmc. essays and reviews. II the five ecclesl1Suc'
who then followed DR.. Trowor, sub-dean and lead
cr of IA, anti Temple party, INTO the lobby oil the
Noe, had been a majority instead Of a min0uty'they
would have accomplished nothing but a protest
The Crown has a right to appoint by letters patent
twelve days after the Chapter proves recalcitrant
suppose no chapter ever came 80 near to b'ing re-
Exeter. In Canterbury on Monday
every body was most happily auinou.-th" Queen
the Chapter and the Holy Ghost declaring wihone
accord that Dr. Benson WAS tho right and proper
man 90 be- Archbishop.
Bat now comes the Dean Of Canterbury, with a
prrt settlement about the congo d'clre. The Dean
OF Canterbury is Dr. PAYNE Smith. well-known
man. learned IN divinity. OF which he has been
mot. .,or AZ Oxford iu Hebrew a-o and IN Syrlac
which latter tongue is, think. his specially. Dr..
PAYNE Smith dIss .nts from the DESCRIPTION 90 The
ceremony IA which he has just taken leading part
AZ a farce or a solemn mock'ry.' " The
PRAYERS really offered by us' says the Dean. were
th, last two 90 tho Office for !hc conservation of
bishop. with slight alterations, and the Lords
PRAYER: and no word was spoken by uo implying
that our choice was free Tho c'ntradIc-
ton sGkrs one a. cautious. Implying
ca, only mean inplyiug to the mind of the
Dean. People not trained IN th0 @ubileiy OF ihr'-
logical en- .ustrcs might think thar to Invoke Gods
On dance implied freedom Of choice. or freedom to
be- Guided II there was no such freedom, tho re-
Quest would hardly Boz civil. Bat here we are get
ting into deep water and you haye perhaps lad as
much about congo tcuc as you caro- lor.
Once more. hear, the United states, which have
served so often "a an awful example to the older
world are 10 Dee summoned 10 the bar You would
never guess why or how, but tho truth Is that a
fresh argument ~ wanted against the bill tor legal
ling Marriage with a Deceased WIfe's Sister and
is TO be sought across the Atlantic. such mar /
ACES are legal in the United States, and It ia the
evil consequences Of them which are now to be
brought To the attention Of the British Legislature
and of the British pnbic in general. An article
in Tho church Quarterly EcrcU has already
started tins cry. Tho writer OF 1t cites
letter from an American clergyman, name
not given describing IN vague but emphatic
terms the horrors that have ensucd IN consequence
of these marriages Time was, we read, when u
brolher-in-aw after an absence would kiss ma
brothers wife in all purity "a ms own sster' anu
| she would confde in HIM without Thought OIL eVh
or feeling of embarrassment THIS state oil
prmeyal innocence has ceased to exist since it be-
| came possible for the brother-In-aw to marry his
sister-in-law. So complete il the Generalization
and distress caused by this innovation that tho very
| children are now learning to look with apprehen-
sion on their mothers sisters" This is hut one IN
cident Of the rcpelliug picture painted by the
American clergyman, but You will readily under
stano how black it must all be when the artist docs
not shrink from detail so groesque IN It's eXag-
geratlon AZ this about the children
| The name Of tho late Lord llatherley
is invoked in support of tins letter, on the ground
| that it was addressed to him. and the American