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The Coming Bishop. The See Of London Is ...
ifcriot * curious that the practical character of Mm who said , " Suffer little children to come trntb me ! " who told the sinner to " Go , and sin no moref" and who desired his disciples to break bread in remembrance of him , should not see that there are precepts involved in the most mystical rites of the Church of JSngJand which are simple , plain , practicable , and capable of reuniting , not only the Church , but the whole Christian Church in this
island . We hare 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 j 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 Ca ^ tebbuet , 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 jbhe workhouse . The representatives of Mae-^ HAii ' sHErust 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 . No division of creed prevents the wellto-do parishioners from assisting that pastor . Evangelical , High Church , Roman Catholic , and Jew , are amongst his most active coadjutors * Joseph Bbowit , whose name is so well known to all that know the working classes of X < on- > don , he is that pastor . He has not been distinguished among controversial theologians ; but he has suffered little children to
come unto him ; he has broken bread with the poor man in memory of the Pounder 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 God
over all , and that Joseph Bbowk is His minister . Within that parish , therefore , the Church of England has become veritably the Ohitrch of the people of England . It does appear to us that , by simple means , the same thing that has been dono in a parish may be done in a diocese . And if in a diocese , in n , kingdom . How would it not affect the conduct of
that kingdom ? The thing needed in . public life at present is not knowledge—wo have xnoxe ofra practical as well as a theoretical kind than , we could command in times past ; it is not wealth- *—we have abundance of it ; not arts , not a certain " humanity "—our associations attest i it ; but it is a certain conscious piety , a generosity for its own sake , an a PJP * to that common humanity out of which . , unity in action , springs . Ifc is the " ^^* ° f * hat spirit which Btxll leaves our railway , system , liable to hideous acoidonta , because , none , o £ tlio men . can " care "
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 its authority into every department of life ,
and leaves its own department in the very business and work of the day undone ? Could the Bishop of XiONDON be to a London diocese what Joseph Bbown has been to the parish of Christchurcli , 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 el ection of a m ember of Parliament ; and how might London , then , become what it never has been yet—a community !
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Nottingham Politics. Nottingham Cools. A...
NOTTINGHAM POLITICS . Nottingham cools . A Pa . get has been returned without opposition , unless Mr . Ernest Jones may be said to have opposed his election , by making a long speech , and decliuing to go to the poll . That is the affair of Mr . Ebnesx Jones . 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 .
frages . But why has Nottingham cooled ? Because , when it returned Liberals , it returned the worst of them , and h as bee n disgusted by its-own experience .
This may seem paradoxical , because we by no means assume to represent the principles , or opinions , or methods of action preferred by Mr . Eunest 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 . Eenest 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 Joneb , 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 the resolutions be calm and moderate ; let Mr . Eunest Jones appear on the platform , and let an attempt bo made to prevent him
from speaking . What follows ? A tumult , and the breaking up of the assembly . But let him say what he has to say , let his supporters applaud him , and his adversaries keep silence . He then exerts no more than his proper influence , and no harm is done . Wo aro sure that tlio dangora of deraagoguism have been much exaggerated by timidity and by imprudence .
But , from another point of view , tlio Nottingham election is peculiar . Tho liberalism of the borough , apparently , is becoming lose cordial year by year . Pormorly , a " Conservative" had no clmnco of success ; and such a Whig as IIodjiouse was forced to make largo declarations . Itocontly , however , Mr . Stutttt and Mr . John Waxteh have represented tho doctoral opinions of Nottingham , where Josisrii Stuhgm and l ^ Aitaus O'Con-3 « ob iu former days gained a majority of suf-
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Deaths while Bathing . —A fatal accident has occurred in the channel of the river Eden at Port Carlisle " hy -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 the bank . Aa 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 oil 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 disappear , 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 . Aa 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 in 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 , fillful ¦» ' *¦ ' > cjr > ii-it » t » f- * . iirp « vitir >*» hn <] 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 became ignited , and the flames encircled him . In his endeavours to save hia wife and three children , who were in the back parlour , separated from the shop and stores by only a thin -wooden and glazed partition , he 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 ran through the woodwork of the two compartments , and fell over Mrs . Bennett and three of her children , who were in the parlour preparing to go to bed . The screams of tho sufferers immediately roused the other occupants , who had retired to rest , but who were enabled to escape in their nightelotb . es . Mr . Bennett , his wife , and three children , were conveyed to the hospital in a frightful condition , and it is thought they will not survive . On the arrival of the 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 «"" - powdcr exploded , and the lad named William Bennett ( one of the present sufferers ) wa 3 then so dreadfully burntthat he was taken to the hospital .
, " Uncle Tom " again . —Mrs . M . E . Webb , a lady of colour , daughter of a Spanish gentleman and of n female slave of Virginia , has recently arrived in London , bringing with her a dramatized version of Uncle 7 Wa- f ' abtn , composed by Mrs . Stowc herself , for the purpose of a public rending ; and on Monday afternoon she gave n reading of this work at Stafford House , tho residence of the Duchess of Sutherland . The Earl of Shnft < wl > ury , and several distinguished members of the anti-slavery party , were present nt the entertainment , which was received with great enthusiasm .
National Gaiabuy . — An altarpiece , by an ancient Florentine niauter , Benozzo Gozzoli , haa been added to tho national collection . It represents tho Virgin and Child , surrounded by angola and saints . From tho original contract , recently pnblished at Florence , it appears that this picture was painted in 146 * 1-2 , for thb iiltnr in tlio church of the Company of St . Mark : it in t » un identified with a work noticed by Vassari iu hi .-i I '' tho artist . —Tiitus . Djcatii fiiom HvnKornoniA . — A worsted-np iniifr "' d ol
Koighloy , in tho West Hiding of Yorkshire , hat ) «» u : hydrophobia . About four years ago onn of hi « i" > K . J wnb bitten by a dog ; but no notice , was taken "' ' until a few duya since , when n peculiar twitching m 1 (! arm came on , followed by decided symptoms of- ny " phobiu . Tho tuiffbrer wns rntioniil to tho lust-Heoma questionable , however , If tho injury received loi yearn before could have led to the result . Tine Cams cut AitoimicAcoN Dknison . — Tho decision in this case lww boon postponed till Tuesday week , l" < 12 th of August .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 2, 1856, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02081856/page/14/
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