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    JtHdT curious that the practical character of him who said , " Suffer little children to come unto me ! " who told the sinner to « Go , and Sin no more . ! " and who desired his disciples to break bread in remembrance of him , should not see that there are precepts involved in the mosfc mystical rites of the Church of England which are simple , plain , practicable , and capable of reuniting , not only the Church , but the whole Christian Church in this island .

    "We have seen something like it—ay , and in the very diocese that is about to become vacant . There is a parish that , a few years since , was the very allegory of the Church , and of our spiritual condition . It had a rector , eminently theological , who lived alienated from his parish . It had a parish church more and more deserted . It had a trust property left for the benefit of the Church , and the trustees quarrelling with the Establishment ; the money in Chancery . It had a poor population at the mercy of schismatics ; schismatics being by no means the worst monsters in that region .

    What is the state of that parish now ? Not long since there was , what in literal terms can be called nothing more nor less than a review of that parish ; this review was held on the 14 th of last month , in the grounds of the Archbishop of Casttebbttrt , at Addington Park , near Croydon . The rector was seen leading into the domain of nature three thousand representatives of his parishioners of every class , rich and poor , young and old , from the gentleman of fortune to the lowest pauper in

    the workhouse . The representatives of Mae-SHAiiii ' s trust assisted in the review . They have been helped by the rector and other parishioners to extricate the fund from Chancery ; they are building a parsonage for their rector , they are taking the lead in raising funds to build a new church . No division of creed can separate the humble parishioners from the good offices of their pastor . ITo division of creed prevents the wellto-do parishioners from assisting that pastor .

    Evangelical , High Church , Itonian Catholic , and Jew , are amongst his most active coadjutors . Joseph Bbowk , whose name is so well known to all that know the working classes of London , he is that pastor . He has not been distinguished among controversial theologians j but he has suffered little children to come unto him : he has broken bread with

    the poor man in memory of the Founder of Christianity ; he has told the sinner to sin no more , and has helped him to endure his repentance . He has appealed so to the common feelings and piety of schismatics , that in that work of Christianity there is no schism . Whatever may be the differences on " questions" among those who assist him , they are conscious that there is at least one G-od

    over all , and that Josispn Brown is His minister . Within that parish , therefore , the Church of England lias become veritably the Church of the people of England . It does appear to us that , by simple means , the same thing that has beon done in . a parish may be done in a diocese . And if in a diocese , in a kingdom . How would it not affect the conduct of that kingdom P The thing needed in public

    life at present is not knowledge—we have more o * apractical as well as a theoretical Bind thai * we could command in times past ; it is not-weal th—we have abundance of it ; not arts * not a . qexfcain " humanity "—our associations attest , it ; but it is a certain conscious piety , a generosity for its own sake , an appeal to that coWon humanity out of which unity in action Bprings . It ia tho want of that spirit which still leaves our 5 ™* fr * y . * liable to hideous accidenta , because , none o £ tho men . can . " care "

    its authority into every department , and leaves its own department in the very business and work of the day undone ? Could the Bishop of IiOiTDOU be to a London diocese what Joseph Beown has been to the parish of Christchurch , Blackfriars , what a spirit of zeal might infuse itself into our public works , into the half-holiday movement , into the choice of public servants , ay , into the election of a m ember of Parliament ; and how might London , then , become what it never has been yet—a community !

    of life beyond their set duties , or beyond what they are paid for . Colliery explosions , neglect of public works , party politics , all exhibit this narrow regard , and show that we lack the higher and more generous spirit . Whose business should it be to redeem the country from that state of indifferentism , if it is not the business of the Church ? Of the Church which meddles with the schoolmaster , to prevent the man ' s work ; which will thrust

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    NOTTINGHAM POLITICS . Nottingham cools . A Pagket 1 has been returned without opposition , unless Mr . Ernest Jones may be said to have opposed his election , by making a long speech , and declining to go to the poll . That is the affair of Mr . Eenest Jokes . If his friends are satisfiedsometimes they have not been satisfied—we are bound to suppose that he slided out of the contest patriotically .

    Still , we are sorry . It is much to be desired that Mr . Ernest Jones should go into Parliament . It is much to be desired , also , that several of his peers should accompany him . This may seem paradoxical , because we by no means assume to represent the principles , or opinions , or methods of action preferred by Mr . Hbnest Jones . But a species of red terror prevails among timid people , with reference to this order of politicians , which we should be glad to see dispersed . To us it

    appears certain that Mr . Ernest Jones would be a very harmless Member of Parliament . If he be no more than a man with a ready tongue—if he cannot be otherwise than fierce , declamatory , and impracticable—what way so effectual to prove the inutility of such liberal champions as his temporary promotion to Parliament ? " The people" would then take the measure of Mr . Ernest Jones , for he would be allowed to speak , and the House would be in no danger of yielding to the fervour of words that might raise a roar in the National Hall . In a reformed House

    such a man would even more rapidly be assigned his due position . A well-conducted public meeting supplies testimony to the truth of this . ! Let the chairman be a discreet and serious man ; let tho resolutions be calm and moderate ; let Mr . EitNisST Jones appear on the platform , and let an attempt be made to prevent him from speaking . What follows ? A tumulfc , and tho breaking up of the assembly . But let him say what ho has to say , let his supporters applaud him , and his adversaries keop silence . He then exerts no more than his

    proper influence , and no harm is done . Wo arc sure that tho dangers of deinagoguism have beon much , exaggerated by timidity and by imprudence . But , from another point of view , tho Nottingham election is peculiar . Tho liberalism of tho borough , apparently , is becoming loss cordial year by year . ^ Formerly , a " Consorvativo" had no chanco of succoas ; and such a Wliig as IIoTiiiousK was forced to ruako largo declarations . Jfcecently , howovor , Mr . Stiujtu and Mr . John Waltbb have represented the electoral opinions of Nottingham , where . Tobkpii STUitGK and IT ^ AitGUsO'CoNjfon iu former days gained a majority of

    suffrages . But why has Nottingham cooled ? Because , when it returned liberals , it returned the worst of there , and has been disgusted by its own experience .

    Deaths while Bathing . —A fatal accident has occurred in the channel of the river Eden at Port Carlisle , by which three young ladies who were bathing in the stream have been drowned . They went out one evening to bathe in company with two others , and at a short distance from Port Carlisle four of them went into the water , the fifth remaining on tho bank . As the tide was going out , the bathers went a considerable way into the stream , the centre of which is very dangerous to those unacquainted with it , as it suddenly shelves

    into a deep channel . Two of the young ladies ( one a daughter of Mrs . Hinde , of Carlisle , and the other , daughter of Mr . Hodgson , of the same place ) , having unwarily approached the dangerous part of the river , were immediately immersed . The younger sister of Miss Hinde , seeing her two companions suddenly disappeajr , hastened forward in the endeavour to rescue them ; but she met with the same fate as the other two girls . The remaining young lady likewise rushed to the spot where the accident had occurred , but she fortunately stopped before she had gone beyond her depth . She raised an alarm , and several persons , who witnessed the

    occurrence from different points in the vicinity of the river , immediately came forward and rendered all the assistance in their power ; and they succeeded , after a considerable time , in recovering the bodies of Miss Hodgson and the Misses Hinde , but not until after they -were all quite dead . The three girls who have been drowned were very young , their ages ranging from thirteen to fifteen years . An inquest was held , and a verdict of Accidental Death returned . The necessity for erecting some marks for the purpose of warning strangers from bathing at the place was strongly set forth , and several of the jury , who are owners of property in the village . Undertook to have this effected without delay .

    Fire . —A large oil , colour , and Italian warehouse , situated ia James-street , Covent-garden , was burnt down on Monday night . It appears that Mr . Bennett , the manager , went into the front shop , and , finding that a half-gallon measure , filled with spirits of turpentine , had leaked through the cock in the cistern , he put out the gas , in order to avoid an accident , and provided himself only with a single lighted candle . This he placed at some distance from the cisterns containing the oils , turpentine , and varnishes ; but , as he was in the act of emptying the measure into the cistern , the contents hecame ignited , and the flames encircled him . In his endeavours to save his wife and three children , who Averc

    in the back parlour , separated from , the shop and stores by only a thin wooden and glazed partition , ha rushed out with the measure in his hands , and with the blazing : contents ascending over his head , for the purpose of throwing it down stairs . Unfortunately , the turpentine in the shop also took fire , and the lighted spirits run through the woodwork of tho two compnrtnicnls , and fell over Mrs . Bennett and three of her children , who were in the parlour preparing to go to bed . The screams of the sufferers immediately roused the other occupants ,

    who had retired to rest , but who were enabled to escape in their nightclothcs . Mr . Bennett , his wife , tmil three children , were conveyed to tho hospital in n frightful condition , and it is thought they will not survive On the arrival of tho engines , the fire was soon extinguished . The same family met with a similar accident in the same premises in April , 1855 , when a quantity of kuiipowder exploded , and the lad named William BenneU ( one of tho present sufferers ) was then so dreadfully burnt , that he was taken to the hospital .

    " Unci . te Tom " again . —Mrs . M . E . Webb , a lady oi colour , daughter of a Spanish gentleman and of a female slave of Virginia , has recently arrived in London , bringing with hor a dramatized version of Uncle Tom ' s Cabin , composed by Mrs . Stowo herself , for the purpose of a public reading ; and on Monday afternoon she gave a reading of thia work at Stafford House , tho ramlc-nce of tho Duchess of Sutherland . The Earl of Hhaftiwlmry , and several diatinguiBhed members of tho anti-slavery party , were present at the entertainment , v'h >< - ' wn 3 received with great enthusiasm . ! nt

    National Gaixkiiy . —An altarpioce , l > y ml « n (; K Florentine master , Bonozzo Gozssoli , ban beon add * ' ! to tho national collection . It represents tho Virgin and Child , surrounded by angels and aaints . From the original contract , recently pnbliahcd at Florence , appears that this picture was painted in 1401-2 , for the altar m the church of tho Company of St . Mark : it is }}" identified with a work noticed by Vassari in 1 »«* ll / o ol tho artful . —Times . Dicatu KitoM IlYnnoT-noiJiA . —A worHted-spiti'Ki" ttt Keighley , in tho West Hiding of Yorkshire , has <'' () 1 hydrophobia . About four years ago one of hi * li'iK' ' * was bitten by a dog ; but no notice W" « tiiknn ° ' ' until u f « w days sinco , whun a peculiar twitching '" * 10 arm came on , followed by decided Hymptomn of hydrophobia . The sufferer wan ratiomtl to tho inHfc . ueomB questionable , howovor , if the injury received fotu years boforo could luivo led to Him rctuilt . . .

    Tina Oahid of Akoiidkacon Dkmhon . — Tho decision in this case has boon postponed till Tuesday week , tno 12 th of Aiuruat ;

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 2, 1856, page 734, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2152/page/14/