Intelligence-Miscellaneous. 461 replied: 'I can't stand talking to | casion, he said to Watson: 'This churchyard, the cemetery of the Collegiate Church, must be enclosed; and we shall want a lot of railing.' The Doctor archly replied: That can't be, Josse; there's railing enough in the church daily.' In his last illness the parish clerk came to see him. Joshua had lost the sight of one eye, and the clerk venturing to say that he thought the other eye was also gone, the dying man (who had remained silent and motionless for hours), with a flash of old fire, shouted twice: Thou'rt a liar, Bob!' A few days afterwards both eyes were closed in death. He died unmarried, in the sixty-eighth year of his age, and was buried at the south-west end and corner of the Collegiate Church. Poor Joshua! a very Ishmael' all his life, he found rest and peace at last. A man of many foibles and failings, he was free from grosser vices, and in all the private relations of life he was exemplary. -Chambers's Book of Days. thee; prayers' (that is, the daily a the LAST HOURS OF ARCHBISHOP WHATELY.-The following is an extract from a letter in The Christian Observer :- His (the archbishop's) last illness showed his principles; then he spoke plainly. To one who, observing his sufferings, asked him if he suffered much pain, he said, "Some time ago I should have thought it great pain, but now I am enabled to bear it." His intellect was unclouded by illness; he could think and speak. Some one said to him, "You are dying, as you have lived, great to the last;" the reply was, "I am dying, as I have lived, in the faith of Jesus." Another said, "What a blessing that your glorious intellect is unimpaired; he answered, "Do not call intellect glorious; there is nothing glorious out of Christ." Another said, "The great fortitude of your character now supports you.' No, it is not my fortitude that supports me, but my faith in Christ.' With such a witness on his lips and in his acts, Archbishop Whately passed away.' officials are paid by the State from funds compulsorily levied, those officials should be members of the Established Church. He had no hesitation in saying that the proceedings of this young man were not what an officer of such an establishment ought to do.' Mr. Henry Hudson, who was, perhaps, the only Dissenter on the bench, remarked that this was the first time he had ever heard that a gaol was a strictly Church-of-England community. The only complaint against the schoolmaster really was, that he read the prayers of the English Church. There was no imputation whatever on his ability or character, and he was sorry that in the nineteenth century such a question should have been brought before them. CLERICAL BIGOTRY IN THE NINE- ment establishments, where the TEENTH CENTURY.-It can scarcely be believed in these enlightened days, that a clergyman could be found who would refuse to read the burial service over the body of a person who had been in the habit of attending the church, and the Sabbath-school connected with it, just because the rites of baptism had not been performed. Yet such was the case recently. A daughter of a respectable farmer died at Newton Ferrers, and the body was taken to Yealampton churchyard for interment, when, to the surprise of the friends, the minister stated that he had received instructions from a brother clergyman residing near him that he was not to read the burial service over the body for the reason stated above. The friends remonstrated with him, but to no purpose, so the body was lowered into the grave and covered over without the service being read. THE WORCESTERSHIRE MAGISTRATES AND A BAPTIST SCHOOLMASTER.-At the last Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, the Rev. G. R. Gray, of Inkberrow, called the attention of the bench to the astounding fact that the schoolmaster in the county gaol was a Baptist, and that after attending the Church service at the gaol on a Sunday morning, he actually went to a Baptist chapel in the evening! 'At one part of the day he expressed his belief in one Holy Catholic Church, and one baptism for the remission of sins, and at another the reverse. He (Mr. Gray) had always thought the three leading officers of the gaolthe governor, the chaplain, and the schoolmaster-should be members of the Church of England.' Other magistrates having concurred with Mr. Gray in regarding the appointment as most heinous, Lord Lyttelton also, though he did not know what to say about turning out the young man after he had held the place three years, yet must express his surprise that such an appointment had been made. He understood that in all public and Govern The Earl of Dudley, the chairman, here put a stop to the discussion as irregular. The magistrates had, he said, at the time made the best possible appointment. The subject then dropped; but the unfortunate schoolmaster has since been called upon to send in his resignation. Had the bench consisted of laymen only, however high their Churchmanship, they could not have been guilty of such a contemptible piece of bigotry and meanness; but the clerical magistrates lead their fellows through the dirtiest sloughs and deepest puddles they can find. ANOTHER CASE OF REMARRIAGE.In The Chronicle of the 15th of August last, the following appeared in the list of marriages:-'On the 9th inst., at the Wesleyan chapel, Leigh, by the Rev. William Moore, Mr. Thomas Bramhall, of Pennington, to Miss Agnes Farrington, Westleigh.' The young woman had for some time previous to her marriage_resided with her parents near St. Paul's Church, Westleigh, at which place she was a Sundayscholar, her parents attending that church. Owing, however, to some family differences, she left her home, and went to reside in Jones's-row, Pennington, during which period she attended the Baptist Union Intelligence-Miscellaneous. 463 Sunday-school, at the Town Hall, | Lichfield, Llandaff, Gloucester and and continued to attend her class there after her marriage. A short time ago the couple removed to Westleigh, and have been residing near to the young woman's parents. They have been induced to attend church again, and upon the curate (the Rev. A. Wood) making inquiries as to where she had attended during her absence from Westleigh, was informed of all the circumstances, including her marriage at the Wesleyan chapel. These proceedings appear to have met with the censure of the curate, who denounced it as no better than a heathen marriage,' and told the young couple they were not lawfully married. He has induced them to be re-married, promising that he would exact no fees, and that he would give them their marriage lines.' The second ceremony was performed at the parish church, by the Rev. A. Wood, and in the presence of the young woman's parents. 'AUTHORISED' COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE.-The Guardian says, we are happy to see that the objections brought against certain portions of the Bible are about to be met by leading theologians of the Church of England in a very practical way. If a false and unfair system of interpretation has been applied to the text of Scripture, the best way of confuting it is to apply a true and legitimate one. The honour of originating the plan is due to the Speaker of the House of Commons, who consulted several of the bishops on the subject, and the Archbishop of York, at his instance, undertook to organize a plan for producing a commentary which should put the reader in full possession of whatever information may be requisite to enable him to understand the Word of God, and supply him with satisfactory answers to objections resting upon misrepresentation of its contents.' The plan has received the sanction of the Primate. A committee consisting of the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Bristol, Lord Lyttelton, the Speaker, Mr. Walpole, Drs. Jacobson and Jeremie, takes the general supervision of the work. The Rev. F. C. Cook, preacher at Lincoln's-inn, will be the general editor, and will advise with the Archbishop of York and the Regius Professors of Divinity at Oxford and Cambridge upon any questions which may arise. The work will be divided into eight sections, the first of which will consist of the Pentateuch, a difficult subject, and will be edited by Professor Harold Brown, the Revs. R. C. Pascoe, T. F. Thrupp, T. E. Espin, and W. Dewhurst contributing. The historical books will be consigned to the Rev. G. Rawlinson, editor, and the Revs. T. E. Espin and Lord Arthur Hervey, contribu tors. The Rev. F. C. Cook will edit, and the Revs. E. H. Plumptre, W. T. Bullock, and T. Kingsbury will annotate, the poetical books. The four Great Prophets will be undertaken by Dr. M'Caul as editor, and by the Revs. R. Payne Smith and H. Rose as contributors. Bishop of St. David's and the Rev. R. Gandell will edit the twelve Minor Prophets, and the Revs. E. Huxtable, W. Drake, and F. Meyrick will contribute. The Gospels and Acts will form the sixth section; the first three Gospels will be edited by Professor Mansel, the Gospel of St. John by the Dean of Canterbury, and the Acts by Dr. Jacobson. The editorship of St. Paul's Epistles is appropriately assigned to Bp. Ellicott and Dr. Jeremie, with Dr. Gifford, Professor T. Evans, Rev. J. Waite, and Professor J. Lightfoot as contributors. To the Archbishop elect of Dublin and the Master of Balliol is assigned the rest of the sacred canon. This really promises to be a work second only in importance to the 'LXX.,' or the English version made by the order of King James. Perhaps it will be quoted as the XXX.' The names of the editors and contributors, while they ensure orthodoxy, give promise that the comment thus put forth almost The with the sanction of the Church of England as a body will not be the utterance of any narrow school or section of it. 'WARILY DIPPING.-A Welsh newspaper of the 13th inst., gives an account of the consecration of Pontlottyn new church, in the parish of Gelligaer, and the county of Glamorgan; and in a very elaborate description of the beautiful edifice, we have the following:- Under the font there is a baptistry provided for the immersion of adults by the side of the font proper. It is approached by steps and lined with Goodwin's tiles; a large white cross of tiles is laid on the floor of the baptistry, going the whole length and width of it. The baptistry is a new feature in our churches, and has excited much comment in the neighbourhood, where the Baptist body are very numerous.' Notes of the Month. ECCLESIASTICAL. with such weapons, they would only swell their ranks.-The English church is getting ashamed of its attempt to 'silence' Colenso by ' authority;' and is now going to do what she should have done at firstanswer him. Many eminent scholars have given in their names to a scheme which, popularizing the ripest learning of the day, shall be an PALMERSTON has been most aptly styled the bishop maker.' Ten English bishops, five Irish, eight deans, and four archbishops owe their appointments to the unclerical premier. Our rumour as to the archbishopric of Dublin turns out to be correct. Dean Trench is the successor of archbishop Whately. Canon Stanley succeeds to the authorized defence of the Old and deanery of Westminister 'the New Testament Scriptures. This snuggest thing,' says a church is good, as far as it goes. But all organ, 'in the English church!' the scholarship does not happen to How oddly it would sound to read a be found within the pale of the similar description of the election Establishment, and in a work of of Epaphroditus as the minister of this kind it would have been gracethe apostolic church at Philippi! ful and wise to say the least, to The bishop of Oxford has made a recognize and profit thereby.-The marvellous discovery for so acute a church organs have been chuckling man, and announced it, with ap-over what they are pleased to call propriate wailing, in his recent the restoration to the church of a triennial charge. It is this-that the three hindrances of the clergy are, bad cottages, beer houses, and dissent! The presence,' says Dr. Wilberforce, of separatists in the parishes weakens the efforts of the clergy, and disturbs the minds of the flock. What we want is more distinctive church teaching!' Exactly. But instead of defeating dissenters popular Baptist minister.' The recalcitrant dissenter, it appears, however, is a Mr. Bailey, one of the students of Spurgeon's college, who has recently been settled over an obscure Baptist chapel in Hull. His 'recantation' does not give much evidence of principle. We wish the Church joy of their gain. The dissenters have lost nothing.-The Notes of the Month-General. Baptists of East Lancashire have lately held an important meeting at Accrington, which was very numerously attended. Its purpose was to promote practical union among the Baptists in that district. Similar meetings in other parts of the country would be an admirable preparation for what we hope yet to see a united Baptist Congregational Union. Such a body might be held for common purposes, without any destruction of existing organizations, and would put the strength of the Baptist body more fairly before the British public.-Our brethren in Courland are still suffering from the intolerance and bigotry of the Russian clergy backed by the government officials. Some are now in prison for conscience' sake, and a virtual prohibition of all meetings among Baptists for religious worship exists. Their condition is every whit as much deserving of the sympathy and help of the Evangelical Alliance as the condition of the now liberated Spanish prisoners.Mr. Landels, after mature deliberation, has decided not to go to Australia. The celebrated Scotch preacher, Dr. Guthrie, we exceedingly regret to hear is ill, and fears are expressed that the end of his public life is at hand. He is old, and needs rest. GENERAL. THE shocking murders in a London cab of a woman and her two children by her husband has created a profound impression throughout the country. During the interval which elapsed between the commission of the crime and the detection of the 465 murderer public curiósity was excited to an unusual degree. The murderer has been tracked outbut, before he was apprehended had anticipated his certain fate by taking poison.-The Crawley courtmartial, now being held at Aldershot, bids fair to occupy a large share of public attention. The gravity of the charges against the prisoner, his high station, the distance of the scene of the supposed crime, the number of witnesses which have been summoned from India-to say nothing of the vast expence which the whole proceedings will necessarily involve-give the affair unusual importance.-The municipal elections are over. A good average of dissenters again occupy the honourable position of mayor. - The annual banquet to the ministers at the Mansion House led to the annual display of a style of eloquence indispensable to official life-the power of saying with vigour and tact what everybody knows without in the least saying what everybody wants to know. There was no word about the Congress, about Japan, or about the steam rams at Liverpool. reference to the destruction of Kagosima Mr. Cobden has spoken sharply in a recent letter to the mayor of Rochdale. We learnt also that this affair will form the subject of a searching enquiry at the next session. Meanwhile we beg to call the special attention of our readers to a letter from an esteemed brother which will be found in another part of the present Magazine. — The French oracle has spoken. Europe waited with uneasy suspense for the Emperor's speech. His idea of righting every political difficulty by In |