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Church Matters. The Monthly Report Prese...
organization as a divine institution , and that the sanie feelino- which should prompt them to refuse dictation from the officers of State in sacred things , should lead them to forbear from " expecting advantages ; ' a very sound maxim . . . . , " The more clearly we recognise the great principle that it is the duty of the State to sanction and empower by law , Jmt not to originate spiritual reforms , and that it is oar dutv as Churchmen , with a due regard to the mutual subordination of our different orders , to set these reforms m motion , the more disposed shall we be to rest satisfied with such dispositions as we have attributed to the Government , and to acknowledge the wisdom of confining them to narrow limits . It will be the duty of Churchmen in due time , and in no unfriendly way , to press on the minister the
reforms we desire , and if they receive from him that attention , which is due to their substance , and to the general feeling of Churchmen in pressing them , we shall have no ground for complaint . And while on this topic , it may not be amiss to draw attention to the remarkable words Lord Derby used respecting the interests of the Church beyond the limits of this country , words which can hardly import the creation of a church establishment where the feelings of the community would be averse to it , and which , therefore , probably point to such measures for the colonies as we have already requested—measures of religious freedom and wholesome self-organization;—and the Committee need not remind you that what is now created in the
colonies must infallibly before long leaven this country also . They think , therefore , that there is every encouragement to the plain duty of laying down a statement of Church grievances , and calling for redress . " They adhere to the principle laid down in the report of December 9 , that their sole demand from the State ought to be freedom for the Church ; a policy which is highly commendable , and which they propose to fully carry out , by doing their utmost to hinder the presentation of any bills to parliament which like the Bishop of London ' s Church Discipline Bill , would attempt to remedy internal grievances .
" Your Committee consider that we cannot , without the grossest and most deplorable inconsistency , depart from this course , whatever temptation there may be to do so . With regard , therefore , to the greater and more important class of Shurch grievances , they hold ihat _ not merely _ attempt should be made to redress them by the sole action of parliament , but that any attempt made with the best intentions , and by the most favourably disposed Government / to redress them in this way , ought to meet with the most decided , though calm and temperate , opposition of Churchmen . All such attempts should elicit but one reply —give us our Synods , and we tvill do it ourselves . " They strenuously oppose the notorious " Manchester and Salford Education Bill , " as adverse to the interests of the Church , a topic which affords matter for the following comment : —
" These grievances , discouragements , and dangers , we must , as it has been already said , endure for the present with patience , but not with acquiescence , until such time as bishops , priests , and laity can by common consent devise remedies . The time is , we hope , gone by when these things can be settled by the bishops alone ; by parliament , which is no longer limited to Churchmen ; by religious societies , acting without authority from the Church in her proper work ; still less by individual bishops or clergymo 1 , or by the rash and uncontrollable will of the people . " Specifying certain minor grievances , the report sums up in words of great import , to which wo call
attention . " Were such demands ns these yielded to us , wo should no longer fear that the Catechism was to bo set aside in order to make way for a general and anti-dogmatic ( socalled ) religious education . And one happy result of tho removal of suspicions will be , that Churchmen will no longer bo tempted to deny tho just duties of tho State as to education . It has a great civil duty to perform in looking after education . Happily the close connexion of religion witli education is now , in this country , acknowledged on all sides . That connexion must guide , but cannot abolish , tho duties of the State . We have to remember that what is conceded to us must bo granted to
Dissenters also . Tho Church is entitled to educate its own children in it s own doctrine and discipline , and wo must avoid tl ; o appearance of making a territorial claim to a monopoly of education for tho Church , which neither tho spirit of tho times nor those principles of religious toleration which have becomo a recognised part of tho constitution , will onclure . " U wo act in this spirit wo shall not , wo may justly hope , find tho State a taskmaster or a tyrant . And , oven if a policy antagonistic to tho rights of tho Church wore adopted , ' it could not bo pormanonf ; in a free country like this , unless popular projudico woro provoked and kept alivo by injutliciouH pretensions . And Hinco roligioufl questions poem destined to occupy a largo share of tho attention of tho civilized world for inany years to como , it ifl by all means incumbent on us to dovoto ourselves to them in
such a spirit as to avoid stirring up Uioro prejudices , ' no man having any oyil thing to Bay 01 us . ' " Wo obfiorvo one oiniHsion in this report—thoro id nothing said upon Mr . Gladstone ' s Bill on tho colonial church . '
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'LOUD CAMPBELL AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HICUI SHERIFF . Mit . Soott MunilAY , the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire , in a . lottor to tho daily papers on TuoHduy , has calmly , roHpoctfully , and with nn acknowledgment of Lord Campbell's personal courtesy , called in question
the justice and propriety of the reprimand administered to him at Aylcsbury , for having publicly appeared in his capacity of high sheriff , and accompanied the judges , attended by a Roman Catholic chaplain . Mr . Murray observes that he could not decline the office of high sheriff , arid that being a Roman Catholic , and supposing " that the chaplain appointed by the sheriff is-the chaplain of the sheriff , " he appointed a . Roman Catholic . chaplain . Mr . Justice Cromptpn was repeatedly in contact with the chaplain before the chiefjustice arrived , and expressed no objection . He then reminds Lord Campbell of the circumstances under
which . he accompanied him from the railway station to the court , to the protestant church , and finally to the judge ' s lodging , and that the chaplain was not dressed in the garb of any religious order , but in the " usual full dress worn by the Roman Catholic clergy on occasions unconnected with religious ceremonial . " He then observes , that after Lord Campbell ' s rebuke in private , he was not prepared for the repetition of it in open court , which led the grand jury to suppose that he had been guilty of " a violent and wilful innovation . " He then respectfully , but firmly , and with an appearance of logical correctness ; denies and combats the two
propositions on which the chief-justice based his reprimand . " 1 . That the chaplain appointed by the sheriffbecomes the chaplain of the judges . 2 . That the Protestant religion , by which was plainly meant the religion of the Established Church , is the religion of the judges of the country . " One of the duties of the sheriff is that of attendance on the judges of assize , a very important duty , but by no means the most important . The sheriff , " as a portion of the proper state appertaining to his position , " appoints a clergyman as his personal chaplain . "I never heard him called , except by your
lordship , the chaplain of the judges , or the chaplain of any one but the sheriff . " The appointment of a chaplain is not even obligatory on the sheriff , which it surely would he if the judges had any interest in the matter . He regards this claim as a direct encroachment on the privileges of the office of sheriff , which is the less warrantable , because the law expressly recognises the existence of the judges' chaplains as a totally distinct class frora-those of the sheriffs ' . By 21 st Henry VIII . the chaplain of the chief justice of the Queen ' s Bench was specially privileged , and by other acts various advantages were extended to all judges' chaplains .
" It is thus plainly in the power of the judges above mentioned to take with them , on their circuits , chaplains of their own , and if for any cause they have thought fit to discontinue their appointment , this can hardly afford a reasonable pretext for endeavouring to appropriate the chaplains of other and independent officers of the crown . " Lord Campbell ' s second proposition is that the state religion is the religion of the Judges of England . The laws of England say that Roman Catholics and Protestant dissenters of all classes may be judges .
" How are these conflicting propositions to be reconciled ? How is it that men who honestly dissent from the church of England can bo lawfully invited to tho bench , and yet , when on the bench , be required to conform to that church ? Are there two consciences for judges—one to bo saved or lost by , and another to go circuit with P or , if this bo not so , by what subtle contrivance of law is it that the same conscience is to bo at oncejrelieved and oppressed , declared to bo free—ay , and great credit taken for tho declaration—and at tho same time made subject to a dominant establishment P" '
Mr . Scott Murray contends that ho has followed the precedents of other Roman Catholic sheriffs , and adds in a postscript the following list of cases : — " In 1837 , . Tames Whoblo , Esq ., a Roman Catholic , was high sherifF of Berkshire , and attended tho judges at assizes , accompanied by his Roman Catholic chaplain , tho Rev . J . Ringrose . Judges—Spring : The Eight Hon . Sir James Parko , Sir W . Bollnnd ; Autumn : Lord Abinger , Mr . Justice Coleridge . In tho same year , G . T . Wlutgroave , a Roman Catholic , was high sheriff of Staffordshire , and attended tho same iudges , accompanied by thoRov . Edwd .
Huddlostono , his Roman Catholic chaplain . In 1839 , Charles Tompost , Esq ., ( now Sir Charles Tempest /) a Roman Catholitf , was hi / j h sheriff of Yorkshire , and attended tho judges , accompanied by a Jloman Catholic clergyman . Judges— -Spring : The Right Hon . Sir James Parko ; Mr . Baron AldorHon . Autumn : Mr . Justice Coltman ; Mr . Justice Maulo . During tho current year Richard Swift , Esq ., a Roman Catholic , is ono of tho joint sheriffs of London . Ho has attended tho judges , as well as tho Rocordor and tho Common Serjeant , accompanied by his Roman Catholic chaplain .
Progress Of Association The Masters' Str...
PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION THE MASTERS' STRIKE . A BrECiAX . meeting of tho Executive Council of tho Amalgamated Society was hold at their office , 25 , Little Alio-Btveot , Whitoelmpol , in consequence of mifl-statomonts that had boon made regarding tho number of ongincors who had signed tho , masters' declaration . Tho attention of the council was also culled to nn addross , issued by thoin to their membera on tho 2 nd ult ., having appourcd in tho Times of Saturday lost , and
represented as being a " new declaration , " with the inference that it was a partiaVabandoninent of thenposition . To prevent any misconception , the council agreed at once to issue an address to the members which had already been partially determined upon * The council profess in this address to feel no nriswivinj as to the result of the struggle being definitively in their favour . They explain that alj the factories did not close on the 10 th of January , and that the engineers who have always cbntiriued employed , together with the skilled workmen not belonging to the societv would give about the number returned as ¦ ¦" ' ¦ ' at work' * without any others having signed the declaration . The number of artisans , whether members or not of the society , who have signed is very insignificant .
An aggregate meeting of the brass trades took place at the National Hall , High Holborn , on Wednesday , to consider the claims of the operative engineers , and take steps for their support . —Mr . W . Allan occupied the chair . —No man , he said , ought to be compelled to work more than six days in the week . He , however , knew an engineer who had in one week worked 100 hours ; he also worked twenty-four Sundays in succession , and because he asserted his right as a inan and refused to work on the twenty-fifth , he was discharged . The engineers deserved the support of the brass trades in endeavouring to abolish
overtime .- —Mr . J . Barry , member of the Amalgamated Society , explained to the meeting the nature of the dispute from which the strike bad arisen , as it has been repeatedly explained in our columns . Several operatives connected with the brass trades afterwards addressed the meeting , and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — - " 1 . That in the opinion of this meeting the closing of the shops by the master engineers was an act of gross injustice , inasmuch as they have thereby thrown out of employ large numbers of men ; not only those connected with the Amalgamated Society , but also those who were in no way connected with the dispute in question ; and this meeting ; is also convinced that the question upon which the
employers and the operative engineers are at variance has a bearing upon the future rights of all workmen , and as the result of tho present contest must materially affect our relative positions , we therefore pledgo ourselves to assist the operative engineers by contributions and our influence while the struggle continues . —2 . That this meeting expresses its sympathy with the operatives who have been thrown out of employ by the employers ' strike ; and is of opinion that their noble , peaceful , and dignified resistance to the unjust demands of the employers , demands the admiration and support of the whole working population of our country . "—A committee was appointed to carry out the resolutions , and the meeting separated .
CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY . WeeTch j Official Report , March 2 nd to Martfi Mi . The Agency transacted business with the following stores : —Galaslriels , Leeds , Hawick , Ban-head , Banbury , Braintree , Brighton , Rochdale , Ullesthorp , Birmingham , Woolwich , Halifax , Swindon , Middlosboro ' , Burnley , Bradford , Bacup , & c . Wo hear from Cardiff that the Co-operative Store in course of formation there is in an advanced state of organization . An application was received from the Co-operative Store at Norwich , to have their rules certified . Wo tako this opportunity of stating that all customers not sending in their purchase books for the last quarter by the 20 th March , will forfeit their bonus .
Tho partners of the Central Co-operative Agency have resolved to send a copy of their Weekly Report * to tho editors of tho principal London papers , and to a certain number of persons likely to take an interest m its proceedings , with the following circular : — " Tho partners of tho Central Co-opcrativo A gency present their compliments to Mr . , and bog to *™}?™ a weekly report of tho business of tho ostabhahmont , oituor for his own perusal , or for tho information oi the public , ho thinks it proper . i- ^ ~ « ml " Such Rojorfa have boon published for some time , ana they aro to bo continued reg ularly . ^ d-Wml " Tho claims of tho Co-oporativo Agoncy to bo ™ nBia ™ ° as a public institution , are as follow ; :-Althou gh «¦"»
morcial firm , tho Agoncy is conduotou uncuw mw »~ r- Bion of trustees ; a Public Report is to bo madJuuj yearly ; tho books aro to bo audited by a public ™ counmn , and half tho profits are carried to a common iund uovot to purposes of public benefit . , „ nnn of » TKo objects of tho Agoncy aro-lst , To romocy' ono £ tho groatonfc evils of tho prosent mode oi traain ' *' * 'i ! n , r in toracting tho fivstom of adulteration now F ^ ya ^ g trade , , and whicfi includes nearly ovory article , o"O J tion , in food or raiment . 2 nd . To promote tho pi in"I of Co-oporativo Association aa a method oi' »»»>««» > . ift word Co-oporativo expressing that A «« ooiatl °£ ' Hob ft " understood by tho partners of the Af ? onoy , "" Pu ^ ^ equitable arbitration between Labour and 0 » P » » ^ tocomplete a conciliation aa possible of tlw conflicting " * roeta of tho present competitive system .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 13, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13031852/page/6/
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