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June 18, 1859
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254 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [June is, 1859.
Old Sireekie, R.A., thought it very hard that he could not run down to the Sea-side for a week, after the opening of the Academy, without meeting
" that pre-Raphaelite fellov) Cleevidge loafing about there, the first time he walks out."
ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF YORK.
A Solemn and imposing scene took place the other day in ihe
ancient and venerable Cathedral City of York. The clergy of the
Province of which that Capital is the Metropolitan See, assembled
themselves thereat in High Council of Convocation. The Archbishop
presided in the person of his representative, the Dean. The highest—
the only important—interests or man were contemplated as the end of
their momentous deliberations.
This fact being borne in mind, the commencement of the proceedings
of the reverend meeting, described in the following extract from the
report of them, must appear invested with a peculiar significance.
" After Her Majesty's writ, &c, had been read, several protests were handed
in by the proctors, and rejected as frivolous."
What a very proper ground of rejection! Procul, o, procul este,
profani ! No nonsense in the congregation of divines, met to discuss
the things of eternity. Away with frivolity ! There is a time to laugh,
but not now—a place in wliich it is pleasant to play the fool, but that
is not this ! Be serious here and at present.
And then, the report proceeds to say:—
" The Rev. J. Thwattes, one of the proctors for the Archdeaconry of Carlisle,
prayed that they might be allowed to elect a prolocutor, for which he said he had
the sanction of the highest legal authority."
It is a pity that the latter part of the above paragraph was recorded.
Had nothing been said about the reverend gentleman's reference to
the highes-t legal authority, or had the word legal only been omitted,
the statement that he prayed that they might be allowed to elect a
prolocutor would simply imply that he performed a suitable act of
devotion.
The following debate, the gravity of whose bearing on the concerns
of immortality cannot be estimated, then ensued:—
" Mr. Hudson, Deputy Registrar, in reply to the Dean, said that no licence had
been reserved from the Crown to proceed to business.
" The Rev. R. Greenhall, proctor for the Archdeaconry of Chester, wished t»
present a memorial to the Archbishop, numerously signed by the clergy.
" The Dean said he would receive it, aud give it due consideration.
" One of the proctors said he had come from a remote part of the province.
" The Dean said he could not allow of any discussion."
The remark of the Very Reverend the Dean op York was a just
rebuke to his unthinking brother the proctor. Suppose he had come
from a remote part of the province—what then ? Was that so great a
labour to endure in the exercise of apostleship ? To business—to the
all-important question before the clerical House! And so—
" The Rev. J. Thwaytes moved that Archdeacon Thorp, of Durham, be the
prolocutor.
" The Hon. and Rev. f. r. Grey seconded the motion.
" The Rev. W. Hornby. We have moved and carried a prolocutor.
" The Dean. No.
" Loud cries of ' Yes.'
" The Venerable Archdeacon Thorp thanked the proctors for his election as pro-
locutor."
This matter, so fraught with consequences affecting the spiritual
welfare of millions, having been settled,—
" The Rev. W. Dodd, from the Archdeaconry of Landisfame, wished to present
a petition, signed by the Archdeacon and fourteen of the clergy, in favour of pro-
ceeding to business."
That is, of course, to business of a still more serious and solemn
nature than what had been previously transacted. Accordingly—
" The Dean said Mr. Dodd must not discuss it.
" The Rev. W. Dodd proposed to read it.
" The Dean said he could not allow it to be read.
" The Rev. W. Dodd. Reading is not discussion.
" The Dean. There is no precedent.
" The Rev. W. Dodd. I am advised by the highest legal authority.
" The Dean said, on his own responsibility he would not allow it to be read.
" The Rev. W. Dodd. Lmean no personal disrespect to the Dean, but on my own
responsibility I will read it.
" The Dean and Mr. Dodd then commenced reading simultaneously, the former
the writ of prorogation, and the latter the petition he held in his hand."
This separate reading of two different documents, with which mys-
tical act the proceedings terminated, must have had a fine ecclesiastical
effect; superior even in grandeur to the "glorious mutter of the
Mass." Coming directly after the liturgical altercation consisting of
assertions and responses, between the Dean of York and the Rev.
Mr. Dodd, the duet, especially if it was intoned, must have been
awful.
This is the way to make the Church respected.
Old Sireekie, R.A., thought it very hard that he could not run down to the Sea-side for a week, after the opening of the Academy, without meeting
" that pre-Raphaelite fellov) Cleevidge loafing about there, the first time he walks out."
ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF YORK.
A Solemn and imposing scene took place the other day in ihe
ancient and venerable Cathedral City of York. The clergy of the
Province of which that Capital is the Metropolitan See, assembled
themselves thereat in High Council of Convocation. The Archbishop
presided in the person of his representative, the Dean. The highest—
the only important—interests or man were contemplated as the end of
their momentous deliberations.
This fact being borne in mind, the commencement of the proceedings
of the reverend meeting, described in the following extract from the
report of them, must appear invested with a peculiar significance.
" After Her Majesty's writ, &c, had been read, several protests were handed
in by the proctors, and rejected as frivolous."
What a very proper ground of rejection! Procul, o, procul este,
profani ! No nonsense in the congregation of divines, met to discuss
the things of eternity. Away with frivolity ! There is a time to laugh,
but not now—a place in wliich it is pleasant to play the fool, but that
is not this ! Be serious here and at present.
And then, the report proceeds to say:—
" The Rev. J. Thwattes, one of the proctors for the Archdeaconry of Carlisle,
prayed that they might be allowed to elect a prolocutor, for which he said he had
the sanction of the highest legal authority."
It is a pity that the latter part of the above paragraph was recorded.
Had nothing been said about the reverend gentleman's reference to
the highes-t legal authority, or had the word legal only been omitted,
the statement that he prayed that they might be allowed to elect a
prolocutor would simply imply that he performed a suitable act of
devotion.
The following debate, the gravity of whose bearing on the concerns
of immortality cannot be estimated, then ensued:—
" Mr. Hudson, Deputy Registrar, in reply to the Dean, said that no licence had
been reserved from the Crown to proceed to business.
" The Rev. R. Greenhall, proctor for the Archdeaconry of Chester, wished t»
present a memorial to the Archbishop, numerously signed by the clergy.
" The Dean said he would receive it, aud give it due consideration.
" One of the proctors said he had come from a remote part of the province.
" The Dean said he could not allow of any discussion."
The remark of the Very Reverend the Dean op York was a just
rebuke to his unthinking brother the proctor. Suppose he had come
from a remote part of the province—what then ? Was that so great a
labour to endure in the exercise of apostleship ? To business—to the
all-important question before the clerical House! And so—
" The Rev. J. Thwaytes moved that Archdeacon Thorp, of Durham, be the
prolocutor.
" The Hon. and Rev. f. r. Grey seconded the motion.
" The Rev. W. Hornby. We have moved and carried a prolocutor.
" The Dean. No.
" Loud cries of ' Yes.'
" The Venerable Archdeacon Thorp thanked the proctors for his election as pro-
locutor."
This matter, so fraught with consequences affecting the spiritual
welfare of millions, having been settled,—
" The Rev. W. Dodd, from the Archdeaconry of Landisfame, wished to present
a petition, signed by the Archdeacon and fourteen of the clergy, in favour of pro-
ceeding to business."
That is, of course, to business of a still more serious and solemn
nature than what had been previously transacted. Accordingly—
" The Dean said Mr. Dodd must not discuss it.
" The Rev. W. Dodd proposed to read it.
" The Dean said he could not allow it to be read.
" The Rev. W. Dodd. Reading is not discussion.
" The Dean. There is no precedent.
" The Rev. W. Dodd. I am advised by the highest legal authority.
" The Dean said, on his own responsibility he would not allow it to be read.
" The Rev. W. Dodd. Lmean no personal disrespect to the Dean, but on my own
responsibility I will read it.
" The Dean and Mr. Dodd then commenced reading simultaneously, the former
the writ of prorogation, and the latter the petition he held in his hand."
This separate reading of two different documents, with which mys-
tical act the proceedings terminated, must have had a fine ecclesiastical
effect; superior even in grandeur to the "glorious mutter of the
Mass." Coming directly after the liturgical altercation consisting of
assertions and responses, between the Dean of York and the Rev.
Mr. Dodd, the duet, especially if it was intoned, must have been
awful.
This is the way to make the Church respected.