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    the Reformation No.452,NovembiSb20,1858....

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    ECCLESIASTICAL ITEMS. Tuk Bishop of Lond...

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    Political Foresh Ado Wings. Mr. Berkeley...

    form . The requisition has been signed by a large ^ number ^ the reformers of the borough , and the meeting is intended to be held in the Athenaum ^ Tuesday . Lord Lyttleton . —At an educational soiree held at Birming ham , Lord Lyttleton Said :-I am unwillingto meet anv large assembly here without saying a few words on a pa ! sage relating to the upper ^ classes in one of the recent speeches of Mr . Bright ; for Imust . saj that the obvious effect of that passage is to hold ^ up those classes to public odium , and that if such are the sen - ments of the t body of the i"te , gent people of tins of think twice

    grea ^ nf an ; me % b 7 r them may weH before he presents himself to any assembly here . Phe _ « ords to which I refer are those in which Mr . Bright said that the aristocracy of England acquired predominant powei at the revolution of 1 C 88 ; and from that time to thrs they have deliberately used that power for the purpose of plunging this country and the world into a series of ruinousf unnecessary , and sanguinary wars , with the direct object of putting money into their own pockets . A greater crime could not be imputed to any class : and I do not hesitate to say that if that charge were true ,

    the confiscation of every acre of land winch we possess would not be too severe a punishment for that great crime . I think that the people of this place do not agree with the statement which I have quoted . They have almost always-been represented by gentlemen holding Liberal views—views in which I myself , to a great extent , share ; but they have never yet been represented by one in whose public life a main object seems to be to inflame the feelings of one part of the public against another . . ¦ _ . _

    Mr . Duklop , M . P . —On Tuesday Mr . Dunlop addressed his constituents at Greenock . The hon . gentleman , referring to the Reform question , said : —So far as regards the franchise , I expect that the Government measure will go further than is generally looked for . The Government bill , even though plausibly liberal in many of its provisions , would require to be narrowly watched to secure that it shall he a real and true , arid not a sham reform . In this view the question of the distribution of seats is one of vital importance , though

    I must guard myself against being committed to any absolute rule , which , if carried out without qualification , would give London as many members as Scotland , the number of whose representatives I trust to see adequately increased . I am still opposed to the Ballot , which I believe would prove a cloak of corruption , and would undermine the bold independence of spirit and action which is far more valuable to a nation than any form of voting . Nor am I satisfied with the proposed rating franchise ; it will , I fear , exclude a large body of clerks and rising mechanics not settled down in life , -who may perhaps be the very elite of their class , while it will , I fear , embrace classes whom experience has shown not to be beyond the influence of corruption .

    Mr . E . C . Egekton , M . P . —At a recent meeting at Macclesfield , Mr . Egerton touched upon several political questions , declaring that the topic of education had been worn so threadbare that it was impossible to say anything more about it . He sincerely hoped that in the promised Reform Bill the framers of the measure would not forget an educational franchise . The working classes had shown , by their extreme forbearance in all times of difficulty , that they were intelligent , and worthy of the privileges conferred upon them . He therefore hoped that those who sliould have the redistribution of the franchise would not overlook any further claims which the working classes were entitled to urge .

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    Ecclesiastical Items. Tuk Bishop Of Lond...

    ECCLESIASTICAL ITEMS . Tuk Bishop of London ' s Cu . abge . —His Lordship ' s charge was delivered afc great length on Wednesday to nearly a thousand of the metropolitan clergy in St . Paul ' s Cathedral . Church-rates and Pusoyism were the topics chiefly adverted to . With respect to the former , the Bishop advised tho clergy not to bo sanguine in their hopes , for where Church-rates have onco been refused all chance of recovering them is gone . Ho looks to a land rent-charge being imposed in rural parishes in lieu of the rates , but ho cannot hope that such a substitute will bo found in towns . Generally speaking , tho Church now-a-daya raust not look to bo propped up by the secular powers if it forfeits tho affection of tho people . The Bishop ' s opinions arc whatmiglit have been expected from one who is a liberal churchman , but yet a churchman .

    He can aoe no hardship in any man . being oallod upon to pay for a public institution lilco tlio Church , which the majority of the nation is content to keep up . Against Pusoyism the Bishop spoke plainly . " Why should any clorgy man wish to mako his ohurch such that a common man , placed suddenly within it , would not bo able to any whether ho was | in a church of England or a Romish place of worship ? " The Bishop commented upon a published letter addreaaod to him by tho Hon . and Rov . Mr . Licldoll , in reference to tho summary dismissal of Mr . Poolo . With reapoct to tho sorvicoa in Exotor Hall , the lilahop stated that the incumbent of tho parish in which that building id situated liud taken a mistaken view of his responsibilities . Tho Bishop nlao dwelt , and at considerable length , upon tho desertion of tho flooks from tho City ohurohoa , and projosed a bettor application of existing endowments ,

    The Bishop op Ripon on the Reformation . * —On Tuesday evening the Bishop of Ripon delivered a lecture in ' the great hall of Exeter Hall . The Right Rev . Prelate commenced by stating that they were on the eve of the three hundredth anniversary of the Reformation . On the 17 th of November , 1558 , Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne , and from that moment the power of Popery was abolished in this country . The effects of the Reformation - had three influences—political , religious , arid social . With regard to the social influence , nobody could regard the Reformation but as a deliverance from bondage and a Papal supremacy . The Pope could depose sovereigns and absolve their subjects from obedience to them ; arid it was not for the want of will ¦ «—^ fc . ¦ W ft ' * »__ * ^^_^ ^—^ ^^ M I

    that that power was not exercised now . That was at a time when the power of the Pope ' s bulls , which made kings tremble , was not the shadow which it had now become . In former times the Popes filled the Church benefices with Italian priests , who took the money from the flocks they never saw , and never intended to visit , lie also taxed the country heavily to support his Papal State , and carry on his foreign wars , and thus impoverished the kingdom over which he usurped a power ; and the abolition of these things was a great benefit to the people of this country . The breaking up of the monasteries had been accompanied by acts of spoliation , but , notwithstanding that , he considered it a national blessing . The first great effect of the Reformation was had the

    a deliverance from mental bondage . They now blessing of thinking for themselves , and judging for themselves , which was against the first principles of the Roman Catholic religion . The result of this emancipation was the advancement of science , art , and comrnerce ; and if Newton were alive again , he would wonder at the progress that had been made in his own science , which had already gone further than he ever conceived it would reach . The Reformation had given them the Bible , established the right of private judgment ; it had given them a pure liturgy , upon which they were complimented even by the Dissenters ; and it denounced auricular confession —( tremendous cheering)—for which there was no ¦¦ authority in the Church of England , and against which a hundred arguments might be used .

    Anti-Confessionai ., Meeting . —At a meeting of the Kensington Vestry , the subject of the confessional in the Church of England was considered , as an adjourned question on the report of a committee which recommended the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons , praying that they would address her Majesty to take into her consideration the abuses and innovations which had been introduced into the Church . The petition was unanimously adopted . The Church in India . —A memorial , numerously signed by members of the Church of England , to the Earl of Derby , has been published . The memorialists deplore that laws still exist in India whereby the superintendence of lands devoted to the support of idolatrous

    temples is vested in the officers of Government . They suggest that the observance of heathen festivals as public holidays in our courts of justice and other public offices should cease , as this gives a sanction and recognition on the part of Government to idolatrous worship . With regard to caste , they ask that no ground of exemption from the discharge of any military or civil duty voluntarily undertaken be admitted on the plea of respect for the usage of caste . The memorialists suggest that the best mode of meeting educational difficulties is by the system of giving grants in aid to any school which secures to children a specified amount of secular knowledge ; and , further , that in every school maintained by Government tho opportunity of Christian instruction should bo offered to all who choose to profit by it .

    The 300 th Anniversary of Quekn Elizabeth ' s Accession . —An attempt was made among the evangelical party to got up a demonstration on Wednesday to celebrate that day , but it w 4 s not very successful . The Lord Mayor went to church , and there was a special service in Westminster Abbey , and i" other places of public worship . Dr . Cumming , and another bidder for popular applause , tho Rev . Robert Maguiro , " improved tho occasion " before admiring audiences . Important Meeting op Dissenters . —A tea party in connoxion with the Religious Liberation Society was hold at the Milton Club on Wednesday night . Mr . Miall presided , and with his accustomed vigour expounded tho principles of the movemont . He remarked upon tho extent to which their sentiments wore now being indirectly supported by leading statesmen ,

    instancing as the latost proof the case of Sir James Graham . Ho avowed that tho separation of the Church from the State wns tho object which ho sought to accomplish , and declared hia conviction that the moral and spiritual power wlilcli belonged to tho Church of Christ would suflico to give it vitality and success . On tho question of church'rates , ho said that no settlement short of their entire abolition would be satisfactory . A vast amount of speechifying followod , diversified by " sentimonta , " tho first of which ran as follows : " Church-rato abolition , total and immediate ( by Parliament if it -will ); but , failing Parliament , by tho people in tho parishes . " Tho Rev , John Burnet proposed " Voluntaryism at homo as well ns in tho colonies ; may the tendoneios of legislation stimulate its friends , and tho teachings of experience hasten tho conversion of its opponents . "

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    _ . _ . . _ . . __ ^^ * n ^^ ^^^ . ^^ - ^ ^^^ ^ GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . At the Court of Bankruptcy , Commissioner Goulburx has delivered judgment on the question of certificate Ii the case of Joseph Levy , of Jewry-street , Aldgate . Th < bankrupt applied for a certificate on the 23 rd of June last . 'The Commissioner , who on the former occasiot saw grounds for suspending his judgment , now whollv refused the certificate , granting protection for twentyone days only , for the purpose of appeal . There has been a certificate meeting in the case oi Davidson and Gordon , when , after considerable discussion , an adjournment was ordered , to obtain the evidence of Mr . Chapman , late of the firm of Overend , Gurney , and Co ., and also that of J . Windle Cole .

    A charge of stealing 150 / . worth of boots has been preferred against Henry James Dell , cab proprietor , of Hoxton , at Southwark police-court . The evidence represented that the owner of the property had warehoused it with Dell , and on applying for the goods , with a view of removing them , he was met by evasive and shuffling answers , and the ultimate confession that some part had been disposed of . It was then stated by Mr . Solomon that the prosecutor in this case had been associated with one Roberts , formerly in Essex-street , Strand , and it was believed they were engaged in an extensive swindling transaction perpetrated on a wholesale bootmaker of Northampton , and it was probable the property in question was a portion of that so obtained . This statement was indignantly denied , and Dell was remanded .

    The case of Mr . Samuel Griffiths , metal broker , who in the recent crisis " went" for the third time , and for a very large sum , has excited considerable attention ' because . of its connexion with the affairs of the Wolverharnpton Bank . A few days ago , Mr . Commissioner Balguy , of the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court , gave the bankrupt a first-class certificate , and the solicitor of the Wolverhampton Bank threatened to appeal to the Lords Justices . Bills were circulated throughout Wolverhampton , announcing Mr . Griffitlis ' s return to his home , and inviting all who were the friends of justice to meet at the railway station " the friend of the poor , the fatherless , and the orphan , " give him the welcome reception that he deserved . At the hour appointed there issued from bo me public-houses , where drink had

    been provided , a large number of the baser sort . These soon swelled into a mob 1500 strong . There had been got together two bands of music , and all the cabs in the towji . Upon these , upon the hats of the multitude , and otherwise exposed , there were many such placards as " Success to Commissioner Balguy ! " * ' Welcome to Mr . Griffiths ! " " Return of the Persecuted to his Home . " " Down with his Enemies ! " On alighting from the train , Mr . Griffiths was presented with an address . The bands struck up " See the conquering hero comes ;" and the bankrupt made a speech , saying he was a persecuted man , and that demonstration showed that his neighbours confirmed the testimony of one of the judges of the land , that he was an honest man . He then distributed barrels of beer to the thirsty crowd .

    At the Southwark police-court , on Tuesday , the engineer , carpenter , and firemen of a Hamburg steamer were charged with smuggling . There was clear proof that the offence of smuggling had been committed , and tho carpenter admitted that he had put some of the brandy and tobacco in the place where they were found . There was no evidence against any of the other prisoners , who stoutly protested that they were innocent , but yet the magistrate declared that under tho Act of Parliament ho was compelled to convict the whole of them , and they were accordingly sentenced to pay a fine of 1001 ., or to endure six months' imprisonment .

    At the Middlesex Sessions Mary Ann Davis -waa indicted for robbing Samuel Bennet , a police-constable , w . ho formerly served as an artilleryman in tho Crimea ; and having been on a day ' s pleasure along with another policeman , wont into a public-house , and there met the prisoner and another woman ; and from thence went to other places with them , when the prisoner contrived to rob liim of the moneys stated in the indictment . She was found guilty , but sontonoe was deferred , as she is to bo tried again on another charge . At tho Surrey Sessions William Tweed , an ox-policeman , was convicted of stealing 1 / . 8 s ., a pair of boots , and other articles from his former companions in the force , taking advivntago of tho circumstance of having lived along with them at tho soction . house . Tho court sentenced him to four months' hard labour .

    George Pearoo , a cabman , and William Brooks , o , " buck , " hrtd tho charge preferred against th , om of having robbed a lady who had hired tho cab at night . Instead of being driven to where flha desired , Penrco , taking advantage of hor ignorance of the locality , drove her to some other place , and on handing her out oC his vehicle , robbed hor of a purse , n inulV , and n brooch , and also attomptqtl to got possession of hor gold watch . Tho prisoners wore remanded . A judgmont arising out of tho Now Building AoC was given by Mr . Bondon , at Marlboroiigh-stroot policecourt , which his worship had postponed from laat week for consideration , Tho not requires that a certain , vacant apace bo loft behind dwelling-houses for tha purposes of light and ventilation . It was represented

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1858, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111858/page/5/