Vrottiurial.
Three elections have taken place this week—for Pontefract, Scar- borough, and Beverley.
The election of a new Member for Pontefract took place on Monday and Tuesday. At the nomination on Monday the two candidates, Mr. Childers and Mr. Waterhouse, were proposed. The show of hands was in favour of the Liberal, Childers. The friends of Mr. Waterhouse de- manded a poll. This took place on Tuesday, when the numbers were-- Childers, 320; Waterhouse, 257.
The Honourable W. H. F. Denison having succeeded to the title of Lord Londesborough by the death of his father, a new election became necessary at Scarborough. It took place on Tuesday and Wednesday. The candidates were Mr. Dent, Independent, and Lieutenant Jobriel Caulfield, Liberal. Mr. Dent won the show of hands. At the close of the poll, the numbers were—Dent, 472; Caulfield, 340.
The Beverley election took place on Monday and Tuesday. There were two candidates. Mr. Gridley, Liberal, and Mr. Walker, Tory. Mr. Gridley carried the show of hands, but was beaten on the poll. The numbers were—Walker, 596; Gridley, 473.
We have recently received a copy of the speech of Mr. Philip Howard, of Corby, at the Newcastle Pro-Papal meeting. Mr. Howard is an en- lightened Roman Catholic, yet these are his views. Among other things, he referred to M. Montalembert and M. Villemain, saying-
" Montalembert, a great admirer of English institutions, has in friendly terms warned the people of this country not to allow their religious zeal to be so carried away as to enter into an aggressive league against the Sove- reign Pontiff.' That warning was given in friendly terms, and, I trust, that the rulers of this country will not forget it. Another very celebrated writer, Professor Villemain, has come forward in this cause. He is known to many friends of English literature, by his able essay on the life and writings of Milton. He, on this occasion, enters the field of controversy, and declares and demands that the territorial and political independence of the Holy Father should be maintained—(Cheers)—and that it should be main- tained as a right and as a great act of policy in the highest sense of the term. . . . I am sure that you know that the Sovereign Pontiff has already given municipal institutions on a large and liberal scale ; that the financial Council of State is in a measure elected by the ratepayers, who present cer- tain persons to the Pope, who selects one from each province to form the Council. That is an important reform ; and I am sure that if the Papal Government be restored in those provinces, which is more than probable, for my .friend, Mr. Rhodes, has informed you that the voting paper of adhesion to Sardinia was only passed by a small minority—if that be done, I am sure that you will prove yourselves the friends of freedom by advocating the li- berties and substantial freedom of the people of Romagna."
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on Monday, Mr. Edward Potter in the chair. It was stated that the cotton exports have increased to 46,000,0001.; or 3,000,000/. above last year, and 5,000,000/. above the preceding year ; an increase due solely to India and China. The speakers approved of the commercial treaty with France. Mr. Potter and Mr. Cheetham objected to the import duties on British manufactures in India.
The riband manufacturers of Coventry have determined to send a deputation to the Government, to remonstrate against the treaty with France.
The Reverend Canon Wodehouse has resigned his canonry. His let- ter to the Bishop of Norwich, explaining his reasons for this course, is full of interest. Mr. Wodehouse has been in the church since 1814.
"Led in after years," he says, "to examine more particularly the sub- scriptions required from clergymen, I came to the conclusion that I could not assent in what I conceive to be the literal and established sense of our language, to the following parts of our Liturgy—namely, the damnatory clauses of the Athanasian Creed, tile Form of Absolution in the Visitation of the Sick, the words used at the imposition of hands in the Ordination of Priests, And the corresponding form in the Consecration of Bishops." Under great uneasiness of mind, he consulted Dr. Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln, and that distinguished prelate said he should not have con- sidered the views of Mr. Wodehouse an impediment to ordination. Bishop Stanley spoke in the House of Lords to the same effect. When the Gorham case was decided, Bishop Hinds, appealed to by Mr. Wodehouse, said he considered the latitude of interpretation permitted in the Gorham case, applied to all the formularies of our church. But Mr. Wodehouse was not altogether satisfied. Now that 450 clergymen have requested alterations in the Liturgy, Mr. Wodehouse cannot hold back. He there- fore resigns his canonry, as he had previously resigned other preferments, because he cannot join in the ordination service, which, as canon, he would have to do.
" On one point, it is my especial object not to be mistaken. While earn- estly desiring some alteration or explanation as to the points above men- tioned, it has been far from my wish to advocate exclusion; on the contrary, I would advocate the largest measure of comprehension consistent with the maintainance of scriptural truth, which I conceive to be the special duty and object of a national church. In past rears I have written much upon this subject—I hope honestly—I am sure without much ability or effect.
A clever robbery has been effected in a jeweller's shop at Sunderland. Some thieves secreted themselves in a closet during the day. At night, when the premises were closed, they tried to break into the shop, but an iron lining to the door frustrated them. Going down into the cellar, they cut a hole in the floor above two feet square, ascended, packed up jewelry worth 700/., descended into the cellar, and broke out into the street by the ordi- nary door.
An accident occurred on the North-western Railway near Warrington junction, on Tuesday, whereby a driver and stoker were seriously injured. An engiue, with a Post-office tender from Liverpool, ran into a goods train. One of the engines escaped from control, and ran away.
Three men have been buried alive by the fall of earth in a deep cutting on the London and Chatham Railway near Bekesbourne. Their bodies were not recovered until after great labour.
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