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only things common to them all being their daily rations , their periodical pay , and suits of unexceptionable black kerseymere and superfine broadcloth — -for ^ those who can ^ get 1 them . Of course , the " mission " of the vessel is unfulfilled . She simply runs before the wind , . drifts dowrt the tide / or welters in an unenviable calm . All this is very true and very sad . if there is to be a Church of England—a Church of the People of England seems out of the question-r-let there be , at least , unity of command , unity of belief , unity of discipline , and captains resolute to enforce obedience , and not under the control of "landsmen . " "Lambeth "
and ** York " are only lieutenants without powers ; " Buckingham" is the real captain , also without powers , and , what is worse / unwilling that there should be any powers ! How can Mr . Gorham and the Bishop of Exeter , for instance , row in the same boat ;; or Mr . Bennett and "J . B . Cantuar . " trims sails to the same wind ? or Archdeacon Denison and Dr . Lee agree upon the soundings ? It is manifestly absurd . And / yet these gentlemen exist in the same institutution , pretend obedience to the same articles ,
concurrence in the same doctrines , belief in the same fundamental interpretations of Scripture . It is monstrous . Let the Church be the Church , or give up her pretensions to be the Church . " Salvation " by means of a ministry more or less conscious of imposition ? It is impossible . The moral health of the country is damaged by the continuance of this state of things ; the real religious health of the country undermined . Two cases have lately been made public , illustrative of our views .
The Marchioness of Bath appoints the Reverend William Bennett to the vicarage of Frome . Mr . Bennett is a high Churchman j he is , like Dr . Pusey logical in his interpretation of the scriptures * creeds , doctrines , and formulas of the Church . He has high notions of the divine nature of his ministry as derived from the Apostles ; and altogether pretensions , intolerable to us , but honesty andthereforewe respect them . He was forced to resign the ministry of St .
Paul ' s , Knightsbridge , for "histrionic practices and a general tendency to Romanism . What are the consequences of his new appointment ? An appeal from the " clergy of Frdme , " first to the patroness , next to the Bishop ; the former replies that " Mr . Bennett is appointed "; the latter , that he fully concurs , not only with the appointment , but with Mr . Bennett ! Meanwhile , what becomes of the unity of the Church ?
But a more astounding instance of the mental anarchy extant among clerical persons , is to be found in the correspondence published by the Reverend W . Goode , between himself and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York . The point in question is the supieme right of the Queen , mediately through the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council , to settle Church matters . The Reverend W . Goode informs us that a "
declaration " has been handed about , a copy of which is before us , testifying the " thankfulness" of the undersigned at the Gorham judgment— " a wise and just sentence , in accordance with the principles of the Church of England . " Further , they hold all attempts to bring said judgment into contempt " to be equivalent to the enforcement of a standard of doctrine in our Church by unauthorized individuals , opposed to that established by its supreme authority ; and , consequently , to be irreconcilable with the first principles of all Church polity , and necessarily to lead to a state of disorder , strife , and confusion in the Church . " This declaration of servility is signed by 3262 of the clergy , including " dignitaries . " We are told ,
with exquisite naivete" ( as we presume the facts are an indication of the absence of «* disorder , strife , and confusion " in the Church ) , that the declaration represents only a fraction of those who cordially agree with the views therein stated , " a very large number of the clergy being reluctant , from tailing to recognize its necessity and other causes , to * 2 oko * Y public movement in the matter . " Mr , Goode enclosed the declaration to Dr . bumner and Dr . Musgrove , arid from both these lofty nersonages he received replies whereat he rejoiced greatly . ^ The epistle signed " J . B . Cantuar . " is a miracle of audacity .
" From the Reformation , " ho saya , " until the present time , numbers of our clergy jjave subscribed the same articles , have used the sa me formularies , have ministered in the same ohurohea whoan Bfinf ( mente if they hud been obliged toTt ' atethem with logical precision , would have been found to varu more or less , from each other , both with recard to regeneration and to the effect of in fant iTfiS
this difference has not prevented their harmonious * cooperation , orimpaired their usefulness ; arid I should have been seriously grieved if the period of my archiepiscopacy had been chosen as the period when freedom of opinion , within the reasonable limits hitherto deemed allowable , was , for the first time , denied Ao bur clergy iii a case where it is not denied them by the word of God , * or the declared doctrine of the Church of England ?' Freedom of opinion , within reasonable limits ! Happy elasticity of phrase ! But what limits ? An infallible Church—within reasonable limits :
Articles , necessary to salvation—^ within reasonable limits ; regeneration and the effect of infant baptism—within reasonable limits ; truth , why not ? truth , within reasonable limits—Where are we ? For a ruler * deriving under the Apostolical succession , for the head of a Church which takes upon itself to save our souls—this is the most extraordinary Gospel ever preached 1 Said we not that the vessel of the Church is manned by a crew in a state of irreconcilable mutiny ? What remedy ? Honesty . As we have
repeatedly urged , the Church must be set free to develope what is really in her . She must have Self-Government . The reputation of her ministers is at stake . Emancipate her , and let her do her best . But , for the sake of public moral health , for the sake of honesty , foiwthe sake of conscience above all , let an end be made of " freedom of opinion , within reasonable limits "; and let the members of the Church be made , either to take the consequences of what are called Church principles and Church doctrine , or let us all have real freedom of opinion and true Catholicity .
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BREECHES' POCKET PUNISHMENTS . If Fresco decoration should ever be extended from our Courts of Parliament to our Courts of Law , and artists should be called on to adorn the blank walls of Police Offices with appropriate impersonations of Justice , we recommend to our rising generation of painters . some such composition as this : —Represent Justice as an avaricious old woman , sitting behind a counter , with one hand on a "till , " the other holding a ledger . Let the stock in trade of this commercial female ' s shop be composed of ticketed indulgences for the commission of crime , plainly marked at so much each , in the following
manner :- — " For brutally assaulting your own child , £ 3—Very cheap ! " " For hurling one policeman to the ground , and violently kicking another on a nice tender place , say the lower part of his stomach , £ 1—Exceedingly reasonable ! " Moreover , let it not be forgotten to paint a placard , hanging in a conspicuous part of the shop , and thus inscribed : — " No credit given : those who can't pay ready money , must go to prison , like other fraudulent debtors . " Depict such a scene as this , and your allegory of Justice , though it may not be very classical , will have the great compensating merit of being perfectly appropriate .
To persons perversely doubting the accuracy of this assertion , we beg to present some passages from a case reported in the Times of Wednesday last . Daniel M'Carthy , an Irish labourer , was brought before Mr . D'Eyncourt , at Worship-street , charged with assaulting his own child ( a little girl only six years old ^ , and afterwards attacking the police who took him into custody . The evidence proved that this miscreant , after having beaten his daughter cruelly about the head , finally struck her so violently as to " send her staggering against a
brick wall . " The poor little creature , on recovering from the blow , took to flight , pursued by two bricks , thrown after her ( but happily without hitting their mark ) by her father . The indignant bystanders interfered at this point , and probably saved the little girl ' s life by securing M'Carthy till the police came up . On two constables arriving to take him into custody , he violently kicked bothone in the " lower part of the stomach . " The policeman gave his evidence , still " sick " from the effect of the injuries he had sustained , .
Now , how' does the law , as administered at Worship-street , punish this cowardly Irish savage ? McCarthy ' s defence before Mr . D'Eyncourt was that he was drunk . He did not deny that he had vilely maltreated his own helpless child , or cruelly kicked two policemen—but he was drunk , poor fellow I and therefore excusable . The magistrate admitted this gin-bottle defence ; and , bowing before the mediation of the publichouae , told the prisoner that , had he not been drunk , he would have been committed for trial j but that , being drunk ( that is to say , having added another offence to the offences with which he stood already charged ) , he would be
let off with a fine— £ 3 , for furiously using his fists on his own child , and £ l more , for cruelly injuring two policemen . This fine , M'Carthy happened to be unable to pay , so he went to prison , by a fortunate accident , for six weeks—not , mark , because he had savagely attacked a child six years old , and tried to injure two policemen for life ; but because he could not pay four pounds . Oh , wise ana worshipful legislators ! when you allow of the principle as punishing a man through his breeches' pocket , punish him for offences that payment can atone for . Is the outraging and defacing of God ' s image-ran image doubly sacred when tenderly shrined in a child six years' old , an image that should be trebly sacred to a father in
the person of his own daughter—is the commission of such sacrilege as this , a crime to be punished through the purse , whenever the purse can pay for it ? A crime that only sends a man to prison , in the event of his being unable to compound for it by dropping a few gold pieces into the cash-box of Justice ? Oh , Mr . Magistrate D'Eyncourt ! remember that M'Carthy might have been able to pay you , —remember that he may be able to raise the money for his fine yet ; and the next time a prisoner excuses himself before you , as that Irish villain excused himself , think on the frightful consequences drunkenness can produce ; and , if you have no other motive for the proceeding , righteously send the man to trial , though it be only on the charge of having been drunk !
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GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS . — No . V . II . —Secretaries or Statk { continued ) . We have seeir ~ bow the nunrtTeT ^ fnSe ^ retaiies of State varied from tune to time—sometimes one , sometimes two , sometimes three j but , whatever their number , they are considered to fill one office only , being equal in rank and authority , and each one competent to execute any part of the duties appertaining to the Secretary of State ; although the practice is for each to be restricted to his particular department . Let us just glance at the functions and establishment of each . 1 . THE HOME SECRETARY . To the department of the Secretary of State for the Home Department belongs all that description of state-business which the designation implies ; he has cognizance and control of whatever relates to the internal government of the kingdom—including ; Ireland , the Lord Lieutenant of which is in immediate correspondence with him ;—excluding , only , matters of revenue and Admiralty . Crown grants , patents , charters of incorporation , commissions of the peace and of inspection , as well as army
commissions and Crown grants , and militia and magisterial appointments , pass through his hands . la cases of emergency , he commands the military through the magistracy ; and issues warrants for the opening of private letters passing through the Post-office—a power , however , so repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen , that , when known to be exercised , it never fails to elicit strong animadversion ; as in the case of Sir James Graham , in 1845 when committees of both Houses of
Parlia-, ment were appointed to inquire into the allegations touching the opening of letters addressed to M . Mazzini and other foreign exiles in England , under warrants issued by the Home Secretary . The Secretary of State for the Home Department has the supervision of the inspectors of factories , mines , and prisons , and other convict establishments ; and the police and constabulary force are under his direction . Connected with the Home-office is the
• TATB PAPER-OFFICE . established in 1758 , for the reception of papers " concerning matters of State and Council , " although it was not till the time of James I . that these papers were reduced to form and order . Mr . N . S . Thomas , Secretary of the Public Recordoffice , gives , in his History of the State Paper-office , a patent of James I ; , dated March 15 , 1609-10 , in which is set , forth the importance of preserving and well-ordering papers and records , especially such l
as concern matters of State and Council , as wel respecting negotiations with foreign princes as other institutions and directions ; and it recites " the careful endeavours of Robert , Earl of Salisbury , our Principal Secretary , and our High Treasurer of England , to reduce all such papers , as well those that heretofore remained in the custody of Sir Thomas Lake , Knight , being the papers of some of the Principal Secretaries of our predecessors , as also some such papers as he shall think fit to depart ; with , being either such as he hath collected of
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 17, 1852, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1918/page/13/
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