calculated to heal the social sore. Whoever may gain by such action, it is of no benefit to the poor. The Tories are the truest friends of the latter, if they had the wits to see it.

The robbery and disestablishment of the Irish Church-as anyone might have predicated-has done nothing whatsoever towards pacifying the Irish, or hindering the preaching of fervent sedition by those whose trade it is to do so. Upon the Government the screw is being put with great power to induce a release of the Fenian prisoners-we should not ourselves be astonished if it were proposed to release all prisoners and there can be little doubt that sooner or later they will be released. On Liberal principles there ought to be "no punishment for nobody "as quite recently one of the unwashed oratorically declared.

Our readers may not be generally aware that since 1851 it has been the rule of the authorities at Westminster Abbey to shut up the choir-aisles and chantry-chapels, on October 13th. This is done so as to prevent Catholics, whether of the English or Roman obedience, worshipping God at the shrine of our great national Saint, Edward the Confessor-on that day which is the Festival of the translation of his sacred remains. This was again the case on Wednesday last when two large blue curtains were carefully stretched across the grilles of the aisles, so as to prevent all view of the shrine being obtained. It appears to be against the rule of the worthies who preside over this national monument of our former Christian graces and glories, to allow anybody to pray out of Service time. Practically they say: "No praying allowed here." "Devotional attitudes forbidden." "Persons found on their knees will be excluded from the Abbey." And in order to carry this scandalous decision into effect the Cathedral has been for some years altogether closed on St. Edward's Day except during Morning and Evening Prayers. Any visitors remaining afterwards have been unceremoniously turned out. What has been determined by that great "Liberal" light, the Dean, and approved by the Canons, is very efficiently carried into effect by the male nuisances known as "vergers." These officials at all the Cathedrals were deservedly and efficiently shown up by Mr. Street at the Liverpool Congress; and as far as Westminster Abbey is concerned, fully merit the castigation they received. The dignitaries, however, are in this case the great offenders. The vergers only do as they are bidden. And what is the result? An act of mean-spirited spite is perpetrated which, if the nation's authorities had not become insensible to fair-play and justice, would not be tolerated for a day. And this from a "Liberal " Dean. Truly the Broad Church Liberals are the narrowest bigots in creation. As regards Dean Stanley, if the following extract from the Guardian be accurate, he will apparently tolerate Mahometans but be intolerant to Papists. The event chronicled happened some months ago :

"The sombre colours of Westminster Abbey were relieved on Saturday by the presence of an Indian Prince, dressed in his native costume, with his Prime Minister and attendants, who came for the purpose of strewing Lord Canning's grave with flowers. The servants bearing the trays containing the flowers, held aloft in Eastern fashion, was very picturesque. After expressing his deep love of Lord Canning and his grateful remembrance of his rule in India, the Prince knelt and himself strewed with flowers the stone slab which covers the remains of Lord Canning, and also of his father, George Canning. The Dean pointed out the spot in which the monument is to be erected, a fact which was of much interest to the Indian strangers. After bending in prayer the Prince bent down and kissed the stone, followed in the reverent act by his retainers. This is perhaps the first act of Mohammedan worship which the Abbey has seen within its walls."

Considering that Roman Catholics freely permit even the most noxious Protestants to enter their places of worship, and that the latter when there, as in foreign countries, often behave more like heathens than Christians of any kind, the least that persons who everlastingly boast of true superfine liberality can aim at, is "to do to others as they would have others do to them." But this is a Christian maxim, and

"A Catholic Priest of high standing, and well known in the north of England, lately received a visit from an Anglican Clergyman, who came to him as spokesman of a very large body of his colleagues in different parts of the country. The object of the visit was to consult as to the best means of sending to Rome a petition to the Council of the Vatican. And the pith of the petition was, that should the decision come to by the Council be unfavourable (as the petitioners believed it not improbable it will be) to the validity of Anglican Orders, the petitioners and others of their body who have entered the Ministry of the English Church through religious motives, should be received into the Catholic Church, ordained as Priests, employed as such, and allowed, if married, to continue so until the death of their present wives-those married not to be employed favourable to the petition, and that they will urge its adoption by the as confessors. It is said that many of our English Catholic Bishops are Holy Father and the Council. No doubt it will bridge over a great difficulty, and bring over to the Church an immense body of the very from publishing any names connected with the scheme, but for the truth best men amongst the Anglican Clergy. For the present we refrain of what we have stated we can pledge ourselves. The signatures affixed to the petition are already numerous, and are increasing every day." On one statement we have a further remark to make. The question of Anglican Orders is not before the Council, and certainly could not be even adequately discussed at Rome. For all the historical documents are in England; the inquiry, therefore (if there be any, which we doubt), must take place here. In the man it is one that concerns facts.

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neither Pope nor Council can alter facts. If English Orders are invalid, then there is no such thing as valid orders in the world.

We have the sincerest pleasure in announcing that Mr. E. S. Ffoulkes has a new pamphlet in the press, entitled "The Roman Index and its late proceedings: a Second Letter to the Most Rev. Archbishop Manning."" It is rumoured that Archbishop Manning has been selected by the Ultramontanes to propose, at an early period of the Session of the Lateran Council, that those gathered shall by acclamation affirm the infallibility of the Roman Patriarch. It is also stated that a large majority of his colleagues in England regret, and several will certainly oppose, this contemplated action.

The Rev. F. H. Deane, B.D., Magdalene College, Oxon, Rector of Stainton-le-Vale, and for a considerable period the Chairman of the Lincolnshire Branch of the E.C.U., has resigned all connection with that Society.

We are enabled to state that in all probability Dr. Newman's forthcoming work against Infidelity will be published in the early part of

next year.

A correspondent assures us on the best authority that the statement of a contemporary asserting that the Rev. Dr. Prebendary Irons was likely to consent to be made Bishop of Edinburgh is without any foundation. We are gratified at being enabled to announce that the President of the A.P.U.C. (the Very Rev. E. B. Knottesford-Fortescue, Provost of Perth Cathedral,) has appointed C. H. E. Carmichael, Esq., M.A., of Hyndford House, Brompton, to be the Honorary General Secretary of that organization, and George J. Murray, Esq., of Purbrook House, Cosham, to be the Honorary Treasurer of the same.

An influential meeting of Clergy ana Laity was held this afternoon at the Bristol Hotel, Cockspur-street, to oppose the appointment to the vacant Bishopric of Exeter.

he was at Eton few boys exercised a greater influence than he. At that Apropos of the Bishop-designate of Oxford, it is well-known that when time it required some moral courage openly to kneel down and say one's morning and evening prayers. But Mackarness, in this pious duty, never failed. A contemporary, in a poetical exercise, wrote as follows of him, as it now turns out in quite a prophetic strain :

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"With care devout, beside a lowly bed, Mackarness bows his mitre-destined head."

Last week the Bishop of London reopened St. Jude's Church, Bethnal Green, after extensive repairs and alterations. A new prayer-desk and pulpit have taken the place of the structure which formerly stood in the centre of the Church, and effectually hid the altar from the sight of the congregation.

The old Parish Church of Tynemouth, North Shields, is undergoing extensive alterations. All the pews on the ground-floor are being removed, and new seats of polished Vancouver's Pine are being substituted. A new chancel and organ chamber are also being built, and a surpliced choir is being formed.

It is currently reported in literary and ecclesiastical circles-though we decline the responsibility of vouching for its accuracy, that Dr. Temple was the author of certain leading articles on Mr. Disraeli which appeared in a contemporary under the offensive title of "The Jew Premier."

The Rev. Ralph Maude, Vicar of Mirfield, has resigned his cure. He was appointed to the Living in 1827, and since that time has hardly ever been out of Mirfield on a Sunday. Latterly his health has been enfeebled, and last Sunday but one he was attacked with a fainting fit when performing the Service.

At a meeting of the Leeds branch of the E.C.U., Archdeacon Denison said that so strongly did Dr. Pusey feel upon the matter that, after a long, intimate, and affectionate friendship with Mr. Gladstone, he had broken altogether with him in consequence of his selection of Dr. Temple.

It is stated that, notwithstanding the present troubles in the Church of England, a larger number of students than usual have gone up to Oxford this term, and that all the colleges are full, indeed, in most it has been found impossible to find room for all the students, so that some are in licensed lodgings. The vast majority who have gone up are destined

for the Church.

At St. Bartholomew's, Moor-lane, City, a Harvest Festival was observed on Sunday. The Church was decorated with fruit, flowers, and illuminated scrolls; whilst the altar was bright with many tapers. At Evensong a really eloquent Sermon was preached from the altar steps by the Rev. S. W. O'Neill. The subject was "Preparation." The Service, however, was far from being well rendered.

The Bishop of Rochester has issued a paper of searching questions to be answered by all the Incumbents in his Diocese preparatory to his general visitation. The questions relate to the residence of the Clergy, the frequency of the Services in their Churches, the number of attendants, the Administration of the Sacraments, the state of the schools, the amount of dissent, and the moral and physical condition of the people. The chancel of the Parish Church of Cloford, near Frome, was reopened on Saturday, after being beautifully restored and improved at the cost of the patron of the Living, the Rev. Prebendary Horner, of Mells. Besides the rebuilding of the chancel a new organ chamber has been erected, also a vestry, and the Horner Chapel has been restored. In the nave also many improvements have been carried out at the cost of the Vicar.

The Parish Church of Stepney was crowded on Sunday morning en the occasion of the induction of the Rev. Joseph Bardsley, as Rector, by the Bishop of London. At the conclusion of the Nicene Creed the Bishop addressed a few words to the congregation, asking them to kneel down and pray for a blessing upon their new Pastor. After a pause of a few minutes the Bishop rose and formally inducted the new Rector, and afterwards preached from the words "Brethren, pray for us."

During the past week an addition has been made to the Parish Church of Hinton Waldrist, namely, a reredos of alabaster, &c., the gift of J. L. Symonds, Esq. The subject is "The Last Supper," after one of the old masters. It is nearly identical with the one lately erected in Westminster Abbey, and is by the same sculptor. The faces show with wonderful clearness. The face of our Lord is as remarkably striking as that of Judas Iscariot is revoltingly hideous.

At the dedication of the Chapel of Dungourney, county of Cork, the R.C Bishop of Cloyne, Dr. Keane, reviewing the history of the Roman Catholic Church, stated that in Ireland at this moment there are 2,300, Roman Catholic Churches which have been built or rebuilt within the past sixty years. Two hundred convents have been established during the same time; forty colleges have been built, and forty houses of the regular orders.

Internally and externally the Parish Church of St. Margaret Pattens City, has undergone the process of whitewashing and painting, but the non-resident Churchwardens and parishioners would not allow of the removal of the high boxes-some over five feet-for open benches, on the ground that their forefathers "had worshipped in these family pews." Their plea to the Bishop on this score was really touching. The high reading-desk and pulpit they also refused to have touched, but they consented to the removal of a huge heating apparatus which prominently stood in front of the altar.

The arrangements for the transfer of the See of Winchester from the present Bishop to his successor, will probably not be completed for some

few weeks. Under these circumstances, the Archdeacon of Surrey has resolved not to hold his usual visitation during the present autumn. It is also understood that the Chancellor will not hold his visitation in Hants. The Archdeacon and Chancellor are anxious, if possible, with the approval of the Bishop, to make arrangements for holding only one visitation in the year.

Some days since the Bishop of Edinburgh announced his intention of resigning his See on account of his great age. The Bishop has, however, reconsidered his determination, and, resolving not to resign, has issued a commission to the Bishop of Moray and Ross to administer the Diocese. The Diocese of Edinburgh is now, therefore, in this singular position, that whereas it had until lately a Bishop and a coadjutor Bishop, it is now practically without any, and is placed under the direction of the Bishop of another See.

On Thursday, the Bishop of Oxford reopened the Church of Wooburn near Slough, which has been thoroughly restored, from designs by Mr. Pope. At the luncheon the Bishop, in giving "Church and Queen,' described the Church as the foundation, and the Queen the topstone of the whole building. In returning thanks for his health, the Bishop said they would understand the great sorrow he felt in going away from such a Diocese as that. He was now getting an old man and his strength was failing, and it was the hardest trial he had ever had in his life to leave the affection, care, support, and confidence of all living in it. Most reluctantly he came to the conclusion that he ought to do it.

"A Peer" writes in the John Bull :-"If the Dean and Chapter of Exeter firmly refuse to elect Dr. Temple, they will cover themselves with honour. 1. Allow me to say that præemunire is, to use an expressive phrase, all moonshine. 2. That the country would never stand its being put in force. 3. That if the Dean and Chapter elect Mr. Mackarness, they would show at least their respect to Crown designations, when possible, and not involving plain violation of the conscience. 4. That such a sham as a dictated election' in reference to such an office is absurd. It appears that the right of the Chapter to elect, and the duty of the Crown to approve, unless there be a reasonable ground to the contrary, is recognised in Magna Charta, and embodied in 25 Edward iii. 6. 3."

Sunday evening brought to a close the St. Paul's, Walworth Harvest Festival. The congregation blocked the aisles, crammed the benches, and extended to the churchyard. Many were unable to obtain admission. Mr. Mackonochie was the preacher, his text, Luke xiii. 23, 24. His Sermon was thoroughly Evangelical. He exhorted his hearers to "strive to enter in at the strait gate." This was his theme throughout. He connected their Harvest Festival with the "harvest of souls," which he prayed might be gathered in on November 14th. He told them that a simultaneous mission for the conversion of sinners would commence on that date in London, and implored them to take part in it themselves, and to induce others to do likewise. The whole of the Service was well rendered, but the processional hymns at the close ("O Paradise," and "Onward Christian Soldier ") were magnificently grand. The Offertories were for the school.

The Rev. Thomas Hugo, Rector of West Hackney, has obtained a summons against some street preachers for annoyance. The nuisance in question was occasioned by the assemblage of a number of open-air preachers on a piece of waste ground contiguous to the Church, where they shouted out their opinions on religious subjects. Their language, too, was not only defamatory, but slanderous; placards of an inflammatory tendency were exhibited, and a breach of the peace generally appeared likely to ensue. Mr. Hugo said that statements were made reflecting upon himself and one of his Curates. It was said that on one occasion the latter was so drunk as to be unable to perform Divine Service, and that he (Mr. Hugo) was in a similar state on Friday lastso completely, in fact, that he had to be carried home on the shoulders of some blacksmiths. The placards referred to likened the Pope to Satan, and the latter, in the dress of the former, was made to correspond with him (Mr. Hugo). He had also been likened to a serpent. He had been otherwise insulted.

A Thanksgiving Service for the ingathering of the harvest was held Lombard-street. There was a large surpliced choir, and the Church was last Tuesday at the Church of St. Edmund the King and Martyr, decorated with corn, fruit, and flowers. From the lectern hung a very fine specimen of the fruit of the passion flower; the panels of the pulpit were inlaid with moss, geraniums, &c. The preacher was the Rev. Stephen E. Gladstone, second son of the Premier; for his text he quoted the words of St. Paul, "That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die," and after developing at some length the analogy made use of by St. Paul in the words of the text, he proceeded to say that it was necessary for man to give up all for the growth of the soul; man was to cooperate with God, for without the genial influences which God had promised the soul would not grow, even as the seed would not grow without the genial influences of the sun. The body and blood of Christ were as necessary for the sustenance of the soul as rain and sunshine were for the growth of the seed.

The Parish Church of Thornton has been reopened after a thorough restoration from designs by Mr. J. H. Hakewell. A new chancel, porch, and north aisle have been opened. There was Matins and a High

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Celebration at eleven, with a Sermon by the Archdeacon of Nottingha At Evensong the Bishop of Lincoln preached on the doctrine of t mystical union between Christ and His Church. He remarked that one thing clearly shown forth in the architecture of their Church was the doctrine of the Holy Trinity--a doctrine which lay at the foundation of all Christian belief. Architects of old did not build at random or by chance, but after study and prayer. This doctrine of the Trinity was set forth in the nave and two aisles of that Church, in the three arches, and in the triple lights of the eastern window. Thus, on entering their Church they had everything to remind them of this blessed doctrine. Nor could they ever approach the Communion-table without seeing those embroidered lilies. Thus, the believer could never approach Christ's Holy-table to receive the pledges of His love; never go near where his Saviour feeds him on His broken body and shed blood without being reminded by the lilies embroidered on the altar steps that it was his duty to wash his hands in innocence, and thus approach His altar. Coming more immediately to his subject, they would bear in mind that it was by His incarnation that Christ as it were married our nature, and the incarnation of Christ was the very root of all Christian doctrine.

The Rev. J. C. Ryle at a meeting last week, presided over by Bishop Anderson, gave utterance to his views as follows:-"His theories-they were at liberty to call them Ryle's follies if they liked-were these:1st, that they wanted a diminution of the size of their Dioceses. As to multiplying Bishops he did not say much on that point. He did not think they would feel much gratified by the multiplication of such men as the Bishop of Oxford. 2. It was necessary for the organization of the Church of England that there must be a thorough going, a wholesale bringing in of the laity to the management of the Church. 3. If they were to have Convocation they should insist on a complete reform of it. He would shovel the whole concern out of the way, and have a new thing altogether. There should be no official members in it, no Deans, or Archdeacons, or Canons, because they were so. Let there be a proper representation of the Parochial Clergy, and side by side with them, man for man, an equal number of picked men, to represent the laity. 4. They must reduce the autocracy which the Bishops of the Church of England had at the present moment. He hoped the day would come when the Bishops would be put on a different footing, and when instead of being autocrats, every Bishop should be surrounded by a Council properly chosen, composed of Clergy and Laity, who should advise him in every thing he did. 5. One of the weakest points of the Church of England, and in which they wanted a complete re-organisation, was that of the Deans and Chapters of their Cathedral bodies. Speaking of the duty of the Evangelical body, he says that they should take care in all Diocesan movements or conferences called by the Bishop, and where they had the opportunity of speaking, to speak out boldly and let their voices be heard: let them have done with shilly shally, and cast away the idea that there was a great deal of common ground between Evangelical men and Ritualists."

Yesterday the Bishop of Oxford solemnly consecrated a new Church in his Diocese dedicated to St. Barnabas, the foundation stone of which his Lordship laid last year. The Church has been erected under the direction of Mr. A. W. Blomfield, and is said to be a very cheap, and at the same time substantial and effective edifice. A choir, raised three steps above the general level, is separated from the nave by a screen or septum of stone and metal-work, which entirely surrounds it, having gates at the west and on the north and south sides, at the east end of the stalls. Within the septum the stalls are arranged in the ordinary manner. The altar, which is raised nine steps above the nave floor, stands with its front on the chord of the apse, under a lofty baldachino of wood, decorated with colour and gilding. A metal cross, seven feet in height, hangs from the roof over the entrance to the choir. There are no mouldings throughout the building, and the carving is confined to the capitals on the nave arcade. The contemplated decorations have as yet only been carried out in the roofs, the baptistery, and the eastern apse. In the semi-dome of the latter is a figure of our Saviour enthroned, the general ground being a pale blue, powdered irregularly with stars of various sizes. Below the cornice in a series of arches are the figures of the Apostles, two and two, SS. Paul and Barnabas occupying the centre. The Bishop was the celebrant and preacher. The congregation was very large and there were a considerable number of Clergy present all vested in surplices, stoles, and hoods. During the Octave the Holy Communion will be celebrated daily at seven and eight a.m. Last night the Sermon was preached by the Rev. W. J. Butler, Vicar of Wantage, and during the octave Sermons will be preached by the Vice Chancellor, Revs. J. Crosby White, Luke Rivington, James Ridgway, Canon King, Richard Randall, A. H. Mackonochie, A. H. Ward, and Archdeacon Pott. In connection with the consecration the Holy Sacrifice was offered at the undermentioned Churches:-In Oxford, at St. Paul's, at 5, 7 and 8 am. ; St. Philip and St. James's, at 7.45 a.m.; St. John's (Cowley), at 7.30 a.m.; St. Thomas's, St. Giles's, and Holywell, at 8 a.m. the neighbourhood, at Abingdon, Dorchester, Wantage, Littlemore, North Moreton, Culham College, and Chilton, at 8 a.m.

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which has recently been made, has been widely responded to:"It is generally felt that the present time is a very critical one for the Church of England-may we not say, for the whole of Christendom?— and that the spread of irreligion and indifference threatens our land with great danger. Especially in this vast metropolis, in which so many souls are committed to our charge, there is a stronghold of carelessness and ungodliness, which is beyond the reach of our ordinary ministrations. "The strictness of the account, therefore, which we shall have One Day to give to God for those who have been bought with the Blood of Christ, and who are committed to the care of the Ministers of His Church, obliges us to consider anxiously whether we may not, by some unusual effort, reach some of those who are still the sheep of His Flock, though they have wandered away from their shepherd.

"Knowing the power of union, we have agreed to join together in making a special attack upon sin and Satan, by devoting twelve days preceding the season of Advent-November 14th to 25th-to earnest prayer and preaching for the conversion of sinners.

"We intend (D.V.) to open our Churches, Mission Rooms, and School Rooms daily during this period, for Services, Sermons, Classes, Prayer Meetings, and whatever spiritual exercises may be suitable for this one end-the conversion of men's hearts from the the love of the world and sin unto the love of God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

"No uniformity of method in the different Churches will be attempted. Each Priest must judge of the needs and capabilities of his own people, and arrange his Services accordingly. Our union consists in our making simultaneously this special supplication to God and appeal to man, and in our remembering in prayer, not only each one his own needs, but also each one the needs of his brethren. We venture to recommend, however, at least, a daily Celebration of the Eucharist, and a Course of Sermons, not by different Preachers, but by the same Preacher throughout. "For the sake of those Clergy who are unable to procure an effective Preacher for such a Course, we have made arrangements with some well suited for the work, to give their help, if required." Already more than fifty Churches have agreed to take part in this scheme, which promises, by the blessing of God, great good.

Notes, Literary, Archæological, &c.

has discovered the real Junius by means of an expert in handwriting, It has been announced that the Hon. Edward Thistleton believes he and intends to lay the evidence before the public.

Tourists in France are likely to have a new delight. The old and famous Chateau de Pierrefonds has been thoroughly restored. It will be the favourite residence of the Imperial family. The Empress now travels incognita as “La Comtesse de Pierrefonds.”

Mr. Charles H. Pearson's series of maps illustrating the state of Early Britain at different periods, will soon be issued. The proportions of forest and cleared land will be shown, as well as the towns, castles, monasteries and roads; and an explanatory text will accompany each map.

Photographic portraits are likely to become cheap. We have seen sarily as permanent as a printed text, and so easy of production that "mechanical photographs" printed with printer's ink. They are necestwelve thousand may be produced from a single plate in one day! They may be printed on any sort of paper, and with any width of margin.

The fossil remains of a flying dragon-long thought to have been a mythical creature-have recently been placed in the British Museum. It measures upwards of four feet from tip to tip of the expanded wings. The head is very large in comparison to the trunk. His tail is as long as the rest of the body. This remarkable flying reptile, now restored as regards its fossil bones, is in many respects of a distinct generic form. An 66

Autobiography of Edward Wortley Montagu," son of Lady Mary, is among the announcements for the autumn, it will give life-like portraits of dead men and women, amongst whom will be found: George the Second-Frederick, Prince of Wales-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu-Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough-The Earl of ChesterfieldWalpole-Fielding-Colley Cibber-Pope, whose absurd love adventure with Lady Mary is described at length-Howard, Earl of Suffolk— Savage-Lord Lyttelton-Bully Rooke-Lord Scarborough-Molly Segrave-The Duchess of Manchester-Dr. Young-Lady Vane-Lord Patmore and his wife, the Duchess of Leeds-Kitty Hyde, afterwards Windham-Pulteney-Lady Bolingbroke-Dodington-Lady Archibald . Duchess of Queensbury-Lady Betty Molyneux-Lady Fanny ShirleyHamilton-Sir William Yonge-Tom Warrington-Hogarth-Congreve Hervey-The Duke of Kingston-Bishop Burnett-Richard Steele-Gay-Prior-Fox, afterwards the celebrated Lord Holland-Lord Lady Bella Bentinck-The profligate Duke of Wharton, &c. The subject is of the greatest interest. We should like, however, to have, as in the case of the promised biography of Flora Macdonald, explicit details as to the documents on which the work is founded. At present, the public (as regards the Montagu biography) is kept completely in the