19 SEPTEMBER 1868, Page 2

The Ritualists are evidently getting a little cracked. At Lambeth,

and at Haydock in Lancashire, they are going in for the most tremendous ceremonial on the most extraordinary occasions. At All Saints', Lambeth (Mr. Lee's), on the eve of the nativity of the Virgin, there was a procession of precentors, crucifers, thurifers, banners, societies of St. Joseph, of St. George, of St. Augustine, of Benedictines ;—and a hymn was sung to the Virgin, of the most devout character, calling her "fairest pearl of Time's broad sea," "brightest star of even," "Queen of Earth and Heaven," "Mother of Salvation," and a lot of other epithets, of which we can only say that they would be honest in the Church of Rome, and if honestly used in the Church of England, can hardly be used by honest persons.