Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1883-08-18 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN A CHURCH. Unseemly disturbances occurred on Sunday at the notorious St. Jude's Church, Liverpool. The Rev. E. J. A. Fitzroy, who is under an inhibition from the bishop for Ritualistic Practices, attempted to post up a notice of the week's services, &c. but the notice was torn to pieces during a struggle between Mr. Fitzroy and Mr. Bailey (the people's warden) in the porch, the latter gentleman objecting to Mr. Fitzroy calling or conducting any meeting or signing any notices during his inhibition. Then came a little 'scene," Mr. litzroy calling Mr. Bailey everything but % gentleman. The rev* gentleman threatened to pin the notice on his breast and stand like a post, so that all the congregation might read it as they passed into church; but this threat he did not carry into execution. Not until the arrival of detectives did the "scene " end. The Rev. Mr. Watson (curate in charge by the bishop's direction) then arrived, and proceeded to the vestry_ or schoolroom underneath the church, followed by Messrs. Bailey, Cartmell, another churchwarden, and Fitzroy. Mr. Watson then desired that Messrs. Cartmell and Bailey would each collect after the sermon. The latter gentleman Mr. Fitzroy objected to, whereupon Mr. Bailey was told that if he could not get a bag he was to collect in his hat. It is stated that it was Mr. Fitzroy's intention to preach or conduct part of the service, but to this the Rev. Mr. Watson objected. Mr. Fitzroy uttered a few more sharp w%rds, and was interfering with the rev. gentleman s heed, at the same time stating that he would not be dictated to by anyone there. Mr. Watson thereupon threatened to leave the church if Mr. Fitzroy in anyway obstructed him. Mr. Fitzroy, it is believed, apologised, and promised not to take any part in the service. This little altercation prevented the Rev. Mr. Watson from entering the church, as is usual, with the choristers. Several minutes after the choristers had been seated the rev, gentleman entered, looking rather excited, closely followed by Mr. Fitzroy, who wore a cassock and surplice and a nonunivvreity hood Mr. Watson then proceeded with the service. At the conclusion,and as the choristers were returning to the vestry, headed by Mr. W. Cartinell (churchwarden), a very respectable looking young gentleman was about to step from his pew when he was suddenly pushed back by Mr. Cartmell, and several blows seemed to follow, Mr. Cartmell the whole time calling for a policeman to be brought. There were several detectives present.  Mr. John Stothart, who was station-master at Lockerbie, on the Cfeed( nian railway, when the fatal collision occurred there on May 14, and who was last month committed for trial on a charge of culpable homicide and culpable and reckless ntglect of duty, has received an intimation from tie Procurator -Fiscal for Dumfriesshire that no further proceedings are to be taken against him, and that his bail will be returned.  On Monday a letter carrier named Brown wall drowned in the Thames, near Isleworth. He was one of a pleasure party proceeding up the river in a yacht, and fell overboard.  Mr. James Butterworth,bookkeeper,died on Nlonday at Ashton-under-Lyne from injuries sustained in being shet on Saturday afternoon. The deceased, with a number of others, was practising shooting at pigeons when he was accidentally shot through the left leg. At Keath, near Claremorris, the tails have been cut off from a number of cattle belonging to a Claremorris shopkeepei, named Cutumiffs. The enly reason assigned for the outrage is that Cummins recently took a farm from which another man had been evicted. Three men belonging to the German Imperial corvette Blucher, lying off the Potnerawan CO, have been drowned by the c,apsizing of a isat in which 11 of the crow avere returning to the Vessel after a pleasure party on shore.