We regret to record that Mr. Kensit, who was seriously
wounded the other day—a chisel was thrown at him by an unknown pa-son during a riotous scene at the close of one of his meetings—died in Liverpool Infirmary on Wednesday morning. The cause of death was not the wound, from which
he was recovering, but pneumonia, which developed later. Though we do not doubt that Mr. Kensit believed he was furthering the Protestant cause by his action, we cannot but express our strong belief that the violence of his language did infinitely more harm than good, and made many men sym- pathise with the extreme Ritualists who would never otherwise have done so. Needless to say, though we do not approve of the methods of the Kensit preachers, we hold that they ought to be protected from mob violence in all eases. If they break the law and cause a disturbance they must be restrained, but by the police, not by a cowardly mob which cares nothing about the "cause," either for or against, but simply desires an opportunity for violence.
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