NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION (continued). NAME. Farrell, H. George Freyberg, Percy *Gardner, Thos. MacGregor *Gould, W. Monk *Hillyard, Percy E. H. *Keir, James Joseph Rogers, Samuel Richard Rolfe, Rev. H. R. Ruddach, Rev. J. Stewart Rudgard, W. D. *Russell, William *Simpson, Arthur B. *Stanley, John Rye. Sussex 46, Mare-fair, Northampton Poplars, Staveley, Chesterfield 3, Parkfield-terrace, New Ferry, Cheshire 4, Malcolm-street, Litchurch, Derby Balliol College, Oxford 12, Constellation-street, Cardiff 25, Crayford-road, Erith 3, Hogarth-road, Kensington, S.W. 47, Cambridge-road, Hammersmith, W. 3, Clarence-crescent, Windsor 8, Guest-street, Birmingham 13, Highgrove-street, Totterdown, Bristol West Hill, Epsom 17, Shaftesbury-road, Hammersmith Walton Hall, Wakefield 4, Leigh-villas, Merton 2, Granby-place, Clifton, Bristol Stonesfield, Woodstock 29, St. James's, Hatcham The Chaplain's House, Warwick Cleveland Cottage, The Green, Barnes St. Michael's Schools, Bartley-green, 68, Blake-street, Barrow W. E. Moll J. N. Marshall (jun.) A. C. Hunter Rev. R. S. Hulbert Arthur E. Brisco-Owen Rev. W. A. Whitworth Rev. Dr. West Rev. J. B. Eccleston Rev. Turberville Evans Rev. W. A. Whitworth W. Glennie Smith Rev. F. W. Puller C. H. Oliver (jun.) Rev. Hubert F. Jones Rev. T. O. Marshall William Horner SECONDER. Rev. C. A. Smythies Major Heales T. Clater Andrew D. Eisdale Rev. Henry Westall John G. Norman Rev. J. W. Pickance Rev. W. F. J. Hanbury R. H. Jones Rev. G. C. Ommanney Rev. Fredk. A. H. Vinen Rev. W. H. Child The Parsonage, Arpafeelie, Inverness, Lt.-Colonel W. M. C. Acton Rev. H. L. Greaves 4, Queen's-street, Erith 2, Dalling-road, Hammersmith 15, Terrace-street, Wednesbury 81, Cranham-street, Oxford 48, Longcross-street, Roath, Cardiff 55, St. Peter's-street, Derby Rydal Lodge, Clapton 10, William-street, Derby 42, High-street, Erith St. Augustine's College, Canterbury 1, Cardigan-street, Oxford Frederic Wood Rev. W. A. Whitworth Rev. F. W. Puller William Barber Arthur Cox Charles Sleap Rev. Hubert F. Jones Charles Sleap Frederick J. Hanbury Edward P. Trollope 60 Women-Associates were elected by the President and Council during the past month, in addition to the 74 Members and Associates whose names appeared in C. U. G. for November, PAGE I am the more anxious to bring these interesting facts before your notice because an impression prevails in some quarters that the E. C. U. has lost ground during the past year, on account of the uncompromising stand which it took in regard to the Public Worship Regulation Act, and its application in the "Hatcham Case." To any of our Members who may have been under this 8 impression it will probably be no slight satisfaction to learn (1) that all the Principles on which the E. C. U. took its stand in the "Hatcham Case" (and other similar Cases) have since been unanimously affirmed by the Judges in the Court of Queen's Bench (Vide Resolution passed at the Ordinary Meeting of E. C. U., December 13, 1877*); (2) that the result of a firm adherence to these Principles has been that the E. C. U. has made the large increase of over 2,800 Members and Associates during the past year. 4 5 5 6 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 It is true that this increase would have been larger still but for the removal of 1,004 names from the Roll of the Union. But when it is remembered that 134 of these were the names of Members who had departed this life, and 396 the names of those who were removed by the President and Council for neglecting to pay their promised Subscriptions, it will be seen that the number who voluntarily withdrew from the Society was only 474, a number very slightly in excess of the usual annual average. Of course the withdrawal of a certain number in this way year by year is a real hindrance to the work of the Society, 22 and in every way a thing much to be regretted. Names of Candidates for Election as Members or Associate-Members 23 General Notices. E. C. U. DIRECTORY FOR 1878. The Directory for 1878 is being sent out. Every Member is entitled to a copy, also every AssociateMember and Woman who subscribes 5s. to E. C. U. The Secretary would be glad if anyone who is entitled to a Directory and does not receive it by the 8th inst. would inform him of the fact. The following Letter has been sent by the Secretary with each copy of the Directory: I send you herewith a copy of the E. C. U. Directory for 1878, and in so doing wish to draw your attention to the large and unprecedented increase in the numbers of the Union which has taken place during the last twelve months. The number of Communicants on our Roll, which at the end of 1876 was 14,225, is now 17,083, showing a nett gain of 2,858 during the year, after deducting the names of all who have departed this life, withdrawn from the Union, or been removed for neglecting to pay their promised Subscriptions. Of this number 2,551 are of the Clergy, and 14,532 of the Laity. A comparative analysis of the nett gains made by the E. C. U. in the last five years will enable you better to appreciate the increase above recorded. On January 1, 1873, the E. C. U. numbered exactly 9,400 Members and Associates. During the year 1873 its nett gain was 788; in 1874 it was 1,643; in 1875, 1,449; in 1876, 945; and in 1877 it was, as stated above, 2,858.* Since the issue of the Directory 42 persons have been elected, so that the nett gain for 1877 is increased to 2,900, and the total number on the Roll is 17,125, of whom 9,550 are Men and 7,575 Women, It seems that the large majority of those who have thus withdrawn have sent in their resignations on account of a misapprehension which is entirely groundless and yet most difficult to remove-namely, that Members of the Union are committed to and compromised by the utterances and actions of other individual Members. It frequently happens that a Member, in sending in his Resignation, states that his "sympathy with the Objects and Work of the E. C. U. is ununabated; but that as he wholly disapproves of what So-and-so said, or wrote, or did, he can no longer continue to belong to a Society which seems to be committed to such men." E. c. U. have no responsibility for, and are in no way comIt cannot be too often repeated that Members of the mitted to, the private or public actions or utterances of other Members. This forms no part of our terms of Union. We unite on a definite basis to promote certain definite ends, which we believe to be good, and to promote them by certain definite means which we believe to be right. Beyond this we are no more compromised by the (possibly mistaken) utterances or actions of other persons because they happen to belong to the E. C. U., than we are compromised by them because these persons happen to belong to the English Church. that of "Communion with the Church of England, or with As the E. C. U. exacts no Test from its Members beyond * "That this Meeting of the E. C. U. observes with satisfaction that the recent judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of the Rev. Arthur Tooth (in which all the Judges present were agreed) entirely confirms from a legal point of view the position taken by the E. C. U. in regard to the P. W. R. Act, and the Judge appointed under its provisions: as the Lord Chief Justice laid down, with the entire concurrence of the other Judges, that The Statute created a new jurisdiction; and that it is not as Dean of the Arches that the Judge exercises this jurisdiction,' but that 'his jurisdiction is the creation of the Statute,' and that his Office is an entirely new Office, and one with which no former Dean of the Arches had anything to do;' and, further, in regard to the Bishops, that 'the former jurisdition of the Bishop-i.., as it existed before the Actis taken away; and that 'a new jurisdiction and authority is vested in the Archbishop of Canterbury." some Church in Communion with her," it must needs include men who differ widely in taste, judgment, and opinion. If these differences were not allowed for it would be impossible to hold together a large Society like the English Church Union. The Organization of the Union has been well developed during the year. There are now 227 Local Branches, 34 District Unions, besides the Church Unions of Scotland, Bombay, and Calcutta, which are in union with E. C. U., and 92 Parochial Associations. I will conclude by expressing a hope that you will be able 10 make use of the three Forms of Nomination, which, together with a short Statement as to our Work and Objects, I enclose, and that you will return them to me in the course of the next few weeks duly signed by three Candidates for Election. I shall of course be glad to send you as many more Forms as you may require.—I remain, yours very truly, J. B. HARDY, Lt.-Colonel, Secretary E. C. U. P.S.-Subscriptions for 1878 are due on January 1. If your Subscription has not been already paid in advance I shall be glad to receive it by Cheque, crossed "Barnett, Hoares, and Co.," or by P. O. O., payable at the General Post Office, E.C. I wish also to ask your support for the "Sustentation Fund," which has been formed by the President and Council, and with which Mr. Fifoot's "Deprived Clergy Sustentation Fund" has recently been amalgamated; and further to say that a sum of between £900 and £1,000 will be required for the "Defence Fund" in order to meet the expenses incurred in the proceedings which have been taken in the Court of Queen's Bench with so much success in Mr. Bodington's Case, and the St. Vedast's Case, and finally in the Hatcham Case; and to meet further expenses which will probably have to be incurred in at least one other Case which has been long pending. Any contributions for either, or both, of these Funds which you may like to send with your Subscription will be thankfully received. ORDINARY MEETINGS IN 1878. There has therefore been a nett increase of 453 Ordinary Associates during the year. MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL. The Council of the English Church Union will meet at the Office of E. C. U., 35, Wellington-street, Strand, W.C., on Tuesdays, January 15, 22, 29, at half-past two o'clock. It is hoped that arrangements may be made for a Celebration of the Holy Eucharist on the Morning of the 15th, at which Members of the Council may be able to be present, before attending the first Council Meeting of the new year. VOLUMES OF C. U. G. FOR 1877. The Volume of the Church Union Gazette for 1877, bound in cloth, will be ready shortly, and can be obtained from the Office of E. C. U., post free, for 35. Every Branch Secretary and District Union Secretary should provide himself with a Copy for reference, charging the cost, if necessary, to "Expenses of Branch or D. U.," towards which a Grant is made by the Council. CLERICAL AND TUTORIAL REGISTRY. The Register is published on the 20th of each month, and is a cafe medium for obtaining Curates and Curacies, or Tutors and Tutorships. entry); to Non-Members 45. for entry, and a further fee of 58. on The fee to Members is 2s. 6d. for six months (with or without obtaining their requirement through the medium of the Register. THOMAS H. WILSON, Secretary Clerical Register. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. The Rev. T. Outram Marshall desires to acknowledge with thanks the following sums that have been sent to him for the E. B. E., 6r.; Mrs. Y., 10s.; Miss E. S. C., 5.: Miss M. G. C., 5. ; Missions of the Church in Africa :-(1) For Bloemfontein.—Miss £115.; Mrs. F., £1; H. F. A., 3. 4d.; A Churchwoman, £1; Miss E. J. D., 2s. 6d.; Mrs. M. (Rachel), 5.; Mrs. M. (Edith), Miss J., 15.; Miss M. C., 5s. (2) For Central Africa.-W. H. B., £1; Rev. F. C., £1; Miss E. F. T., 45. (3) For Maritzburg.Mrs. L., £115.; Miss M. F. L., 10s. (4) For Grahamstown.—Mrs. G., 10s. 6d. Also the following for the Missions conducted by the The following days and hours have been fixed for Meetings Cowley Fathers in India.-Miss E. S., 55. ; Miss F. G. H., £2. of the English Church Union in 1878: February, Thursday, 14th 8 p.m. 3 p.m. June (Annual Meeting and Anniversary. Days and hours will be duly announced in the C. U. G.) December, Thursday, 12th............................. 8 p.m. NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL. The following Member has been added to the Council during the past month: Henry Marshall, Esq., M.D., 28, Caledonia-place, Clifton, as President of the Bristol District Union, vice T. Todd Walton, Esq., who has left the County. ORDINARY ASSOCIATES. The number of Ordinary Associates on the Roll of the Union at the present time (Jan. 1, 1878) is 1,400. The numbers given in the Directory amount to 1,379; but since the Directory was printed, 4 more have been enrolled in the new P. A. at St. Peter's, Derby, 1 at Holy Nativity, Knowle, 1 at St. Mary Magdalene's, Paddington, 2 at St. Peter's, East Drayton, and 13 more payments have 1 een received from the Holy Trinity P. A., Gainsborough. He will gladly receive and acknowledge any further sums that may be sent him for any of the above Missions, and he would desire to remind Members and Associates of the E. C. U. of the special claims which the Diocese of Bloemfontein has on their support, inasmuch as it is, he believes, the only Diocese of our Communion abroad in which THE EUCHARISTIC SACRIFICE IS OFFERED DAILY IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH. The fact that in the Province of South Africa the Most Rev. the Metropolitan (Bishop of Capetown) and two of his Suffragans (the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Madagascar, and the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Maritzburg) are Members of the E. C. U. ought to be remembered with gratitude by Members of the E. C. U. at home; and that gratitude can best be shown by liberal and regular offerings of Alms to help them in the work they are carrying on. Subscriptions may be sent to Rev. T. Outram Marshall, 31, Bristol-gardens, Maida-hill, W,, by Cheque, or P.O.O., or Registered Letter. NOTICES OF CHURCH RESTORATION, DEDICATION assist Incumbents who are building, enlarging, or restoring Churches District Union and Branch Notices. ciation, it would be necessary for it to reject a name which is WEST LONDON DISTRICT UNION. The adjourned Meeting of the West London District Union will be held on Tuesday, January 15, at St. John the Baptist's, Hollandroad, West Kensington. By the kind permission of the Vicar, the Rev. George Booker, there will be a short Evensong at 7.30 p.m. The Meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in the room at the west end of the church; the President, Walter G. F. Phillimore, Esq., D.C.L., in the chair. The Meeting is summoned to take into consideration the following Resolution, proposed by Mr. Edward G. Varnish and seconded by Mr. Charles Lovekin : : "That the best mode of securing to the Church of England a voice in her own government and the means of legislative action is by Disestablish ment." The above Resolution was proposed at the Annual Meeting held on the 28th of November last; but, owing to the lateness of the hour, Mr. J. W. B. Riddell moved the adjournment of the discussion, which was put to the Meeting and carried. The attendance of the Members, Associates, and Women Associates of the District Union is particularly requested, and any Members of the English Church Union or Chur-hmen interested in the question to be discussed are welcome to attend, but only those Members of Branches comprised within the District Union will be entitled to vote, and visitors will not be allowed to speak except with the permission of the Meeting. BOWES A. PAICE, Hon. Sec. W. L. D. U 9, George-street, Hanover-square, Jan. 1, 1878. Correspondence. untrue and misleading. "The objects of your Association purport to be, in brief, to maintain the principles and doctrines of the Church of England, and to oppose innovations on the order of her Services. But in the exercise of this opposition you have hitherto steadfastly limited your efforts to cases, in your opinion, of unnecessary zeal on the part of some of the clergy, and of things done and practised in the worship of God in excess of what you consider proper and sufficient, and against which it is your practice to inflame the people by stating that the object is to make them Roman Catholics. On the other hand, I have never been able to discover that you ever have taken, or ever propose taking, any steps to oppose any innovation, however flagitious, provided it is confined to duties unperformed, and to things which, by the rule of the Church, are required to be done, but which have been left undone and suffered to fall into desuetude-if it proceeds, in short, from worldliness, indifference, and neglect on the part of men in holy office, whose lives and conduct tempt other men to be infidels. 66 Most, if not all, of the innovations you would appear to oppose are regarded by authorities of the highest eminence as being, in reality, not innovations at all, but simply a restoration of things thus neglected. The means taken by you to obedience to what has been termed the law,' have consisted, 'put down' what are thus called 'innovations,' and to enforce firstly, in attempts to get the law' altered; and, secondly, in the employment of spies, informers, and other hirelings, and by secular prosecutions-weapons, I need scarcely remind you, which not one of your opponents has stooped to employ. "For these and other reasons I am unable to comply with your request. "I have only to add that my co-churchwarden desires to be understood as concurring in this reply; and that, being THE NOTORIOUS PETITION AGAINST LIBERTY accustomed to act together in unison, it is not our wish for OF CONFESSION. (To the Editor of the "Church Union Gazette.") SIR,-Enclosed I beg to send you a copy of a letter sent to-day to the Secretary of the Church Association, in reply to a circular received from him, and I shall be obliged if you will do me the favour of publishing it.—I am, Sir, yours faithfully, W. H. FRYER. Coleford, Dec. 19, 1877. [COPY.] "Coleford, Gloucestershire, Dec. 19, 1877. "Dear Sir,-Your circular letter, dated November last, and addressed under cover to the Parishioners' Churchwarden' of this place, has been handed to me. "You ask me to obtain signatures to a proposed petition to the Queen, and further invite me to subscribe to the funds of your Association. "With regard to the Petition, I observe in the first place that it purports to be a Petition from Members of the Church of England' only. It is, however, impossible to be unaware that efforts are being made to obtain the signatures of all persons alike, and that the Petition is being largely signed by persons who are not members of the Church of England at all. With this knowledge of the facts, I should consider that my signing the Petition would be equivalent to my knowingly endorsing a fraudulent document. With respect to my becoming a member of your Association, I note that it purports to be a Church' Association, whilst as a matter of fact it is by no means what its name implies, but comprises, as members, persons who either never were members of the Church of England or have seceded from it. Before, therefore, I could honestly join your Asso communications of this kind to be made to one of us apart from the other.-—I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) "Captain W. C. Palmer, Secretary Church Association." "W. H. FRYER. THE ORDER OF CORPORATE REUNION. SIR, The Rev. Allen Whitworth, in his address to the Fulham Branch of the Union, reported in the Gazette for this month, makes a few remarks about the O. C. R. which require, to put it mildly, a certain amount of correction. The Order does not hide its principles from the public, as they are fully given in the Pastoral; and the Provincial of Caerleon O. C. R., in the Reunion Magazine for this quarter, says, "Conscious as we are of our own integrity and singleness of purpose, we are ready to make a frank avowal of all our aims and purposes." I can find nowhere in any official papers of the Order a denial of the spiritual authority of Anglican Bishops. The society simply suggests that, however sure we ourselves may be the Catholic Church deny that validity, we ought to do someof the validity of Anglican orders, yet, as fully three-fourths of thing towards removing that doubt, as the first step on the ladder which is to lead to that reunion of Christendom for which all good Catholics are praying. Dec. 20, 1877. M. O. C. R. W. A. Whitworth, who has sent us the following reply:— We thought it right to send a copy of this letter to Rev. (To the Editor of the " Church Union Gazette.") Sir,-In reply to "M. O. C. R.," and in explanation of my remarks published on page 314 of the C. U. G. for December, Your correspondent, however, says that the O. C. R. does not hide its principles. Perhaps, then, he will be good enough to answer the following questions: (1) Does the O. C. R. deny the spiritual mission of the Anglican Bishops? (2) If the Anglican Bishops have spiritual mission, the ministering of Sacraments without their authority would be a schismatic act. In this case I must ask, have the "Provincials" of the O. C. R. the sanction and authority of the Anglican Bishops in directing the celebration of Sacraments (in oratories) in English parishes, according to rites other than those authorized by the Book of Common Prayer? (3) If, however, the O. C. R. denies the mission of the Anglican Bishops, does it recognize the mission of the Roman Bishops in England, and are the "Provincials" acting with the authority of the Roman Episcopate? (4) Or, if the O. C. R. denies the mission both of Roman and Anglican Bishops, from what source do the so-called Provincials derive their power? To join the O. C. R. before such questions as these are answered appears to me to be an immoral act, because we should be giving our assent to some authority-we know not what. If the information I ask for is not forthcoming, you will admit that I am justified in the remarks I made last month. If, however, I can get answers to my questions I shall be ready to reconsider my position.-Faithfully yours, W. ALLEN WHITWORTH. English Church Union. FIRST ORDINARY MEETING OF THE SESSION. The first Ordinary Meeting of the session was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday evening, December 13, at 8 p.m. The subject for the consideration of the meeting was the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in the Hatcham case. The Hon. C. L. Wood was in the chair. Amongst those present were the Revs. Dr. West, Dr. Littledale, Dr. Irons, G. Greenwood, F. W. Oxenham, A. Lendrum, J. Fuller-Russell, and A. Brinckman, Lieut.Colonel Childers, Major Nutt, Captain Barchard, Sir John Maclean, Messrs. F. Barchard, J. T. Micklethwaite, &c. The Rev. Dr. West having read the Office, the Secretary read the minutes of the Annual Meeting, which were confirmed. The Chairman announced that he had received several letters from friends who were unable to be present, and among others from the Right Hon. J. G. Hubbard, M.P., Earl Nelson, Revs. Prebendary Grier and Canon Cooke, Mr. Cox, of Belper, Mr. Alderman Bennett, of Manchester, Mr. Hornell, Colonel Bagnall, and Colonel Makins, M.P. (whose letter congratulating the Union on the result of the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench was read to the meeting). The following passage from Colonel Makins' letter will be read with interest by the Members of the Union : "Personally I feel that this judgment [that of the Queen's Bench] has quite justified me in the opposition which I offered to the Public Worship Regulation Act in Parliament. I objected to it on the ground of its creating a new jurisdiction in Spiritual matters without the consent of the clergy in Convocation, and therefore as being unconstitutional in its, It was stated by the Prime Minister that it did not create a new jurisdiction, but merely simplified and cheapened procedure, and the House, accepting that state character. ment, passed the measure. I fear it is too much to hope for at the present time, that it should be repealed. I think, there. fore, our best course is to wait calmly for its becoming a dead letter; unless it is again used as an engine of persecution, which is hardly, I think, likely after the recent fiasco. I regard myself with much more alarm the constitution of the Committees of the Privy Council for ecclesiastical appeals. If they consisted entirely of legal persons, as it is I fear that, perhaps unavoidably, expediency has some their judgments would in all probability be governed by law; weight in the decisions given." : Our The President then delivered the following Address :We have come to the conclusion of another year, and as the days of 1877 draw to an end our thoughts naturally revert to the events of the last twelve months, and the share which we have been permitted, by the providence of God, to take in them. Let me then, for a few minutes, recall your attention to the history of the past year before touching upon those preparations for fresh work which, with the approach of the new year, are already opening out before us. meetings in December have always had something of this double character. They have combined a retrospect of the past with anticipations for the future, and never did the circumstances under which we meet so naturally group them. selves under such a division as they do to-night, for when was it that twelve more eventful months have been recorded in the history of the Church of England than those which we have just passed through? When was it that more eventful issues seemed likely to be disputed than those which are before us in the immediate future? It was exactly a-year ago -the fact is worth noticing-when we were met for our halfyearly meeting, as we are met to-night, that this Union in reply to Lord Penzance's Suspension of Mr. Tooth made its first public declaration that it would support Mr. Tooth in his determination to vindicate the Rights of the whole Church of England, and his own Rights as a parish priest, against the novel jurisdiction and the Parliamentary Judge established by the P. W. R. Act. It was with no light heart that we embarked on the contest. On the one side there was an imposing array of Civil and Ecclesiastical authorities marshalled against us, the majority of the press, and a considerdetermination, the few thousands of the Union, and the justice able section of public opinion. On the other, Mr. Tooth's of the cause. Tooth was the first case that had come to an issue under Nor was this all. The prosecution of Mr. the Act, and it was felt, when we thought of the animus that had prompted that Act, the avowed objects and motives for which it was introduced, and the forces with which we had to deal, that the battle would be a hard one. Some there were, even of our friends, who counselled submission. Success seemed so impossible; resistance imperilled so much. It was the law, they said; submit, but get it altered. Such seemed to be the advice of one never to be mentioned amongst us without the expression of our deep respect and affection-the Bishop of Lincoln-and hard it was to turn a deaf ear to such a voice; but we felt that the difficulty must be faced, that in grasping the nettle boldly lay the truest hope of must think safety, and, in reliance upon the help of Almighty God, we And, gentlemen, you know determined to risk the issue. how, as we by the good providence of God, the matter in regard to Mr. Tooth has been overruled. In the most unexpected manner, but yet in a way which goes to the very root of the subject, for the decision is based on the express ground that it is not as Dean of the Arches that Lord Penzance sits under the Public Worship Regulation Act, but as a new Judge, the creation of the Act, and exercising an entirely novel jurisdiction, the whole proceedings against Mr. Tooth have been quashed; and what is still more important, the alleged Spiritual character of the jurisdiction exercised under the Public Worship Regulation Act, by Lord Penzance, so entirely destroyed in public opinion that it is impossible to suppose any fresh cases will be tried before Lord |