THE PRIMACY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11594, 20 March 1890, Page 3

THE PRIMACY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sib, — Having now myself received a copy of tho pamphlet on tho Primacy royiewod by you on the 14th inst. I think it only right that tho other side of tho case should be heard. Not that I wish to , defend tho tono of that pamphlet, for in this respect it is almost offensive as that j of soueral writers throughout the colony lon tho other side. Your comments, sir, , on the pamphlet are full of inaccuracies. ■ Tho Bishop of Nelson is not claimed as I the "favourite of the city," but as the ("favourite of tho laity,/ and the first I ballot does show this, as Bishop Suter I then received twelve of tho votes of tho | laity, -whilst no other Bishop received j more than five. Again, the insertion of . the words in ihe canon to make it clear | that tho Primacy should devolve on tho senior Bishop was not moved by Mrs j Hadfield's brother, and this insertion j was plainly not made with any notion of • benefiting Bishop Suter, but merely to save any future difficulty from tho am- ! biguity. Your informants as to the 1 appeal of the Bishop of Melanosia, whoI ever they are, cannot expect to prove a negative when the affirmative appears in a jleading- Church paper such as tho Guardian (December 24th, 1839). Such a report would not appear there if nothing of the sort . had occurred. As to your I argument that it would be better if tho old Primate wero in the chair while the ■ newonowfis being elected, it is worthless, I because, by tho canons, ho is not allowed ,to be. It is of no use to say that it would I be fairer; and so on, if it is against the | laws of the church. Whether it be wrong i or not for the senior .Bishop to have the I advantage of being in tho chair, it is certain that tho canons distinctly assort that ho shall have that advantage The whole history of the matter is as follows -. j — Bishop Harper was elected Primate i just as Bishop Hadfield was. Subsei quently the General Synod thought it ( necessary to pass an act to validate Bishop '■ Harper's primatial acts sinco his election. This was an acknowledgment that the validity of his eloction was at least questionable. Bishop Hadfield was elected in the same way! The election was conducted against tho words of tho canon, in, that the Primate had not resigned, and againstits spirit, iuthat words were spoken calculated to projudico the voters. Being advised that the irregularities of tho, oloction might load to | grave complications, Bishop' Suter wrote , to British Harper on tho subject. Ho roI plied that he was satisfied of its legality, and sent his resignation to Bishop Suter. Bishop Suter then asked the Bishop of Wellington which of two courses ho would prefer— a mooting of the Gonr-ral Synod in Wellington to validato his election, or to refer tho caso to the Standing Commission. Bishop Hadfiold said ho would prefer the latter, and the Bishops of Christchurch and Nelson then stated a caso for the Standing Commission. This i body, which includes Sir Frederick Whitaker, Mr Hosketh, and Judge Seth Smith, decided in the Bishop of Nelson's favour. Thus the Bishops of Nolson and j Wellington had virtually acknowledged ! the right of tho Standing Commission to ■ decide tho question, and this right is I certainly given them by title- C. canon IV., paragraph 9. It has been said that a body cannot bo bound by its own laws. But surely the caso in Parliament is analogous, when a short time ago it was found impossiblo to raise a loan bficaiiso tho law had not been ontirely complied with. Moreover such a body of lawyers would not have invested themselves with power which did not belong to them, and the opinion of Sir Frederick Whitaker will stand in such a case above that of any other man in New Zealand, As to, tho decision, how could it bo otherwise •when'the General Synod had deemed it necessary to pass a validating act for Bishop Harper's election, and thus created a very strong preccdont for any subsequent case of tho samo naturo ? Next, tho Dean of Christchurch acknowledged the Primacy of tho Bishop of .Nelson byasking him to arrange for tho consecration of Archdeacon Julius. The Dean, moreover, in a lottor to tho Christchurch Press, has since said that no blamo was to be attached to Bishop Suter, except for not moving two Bishops to ask him to eonveno the General Synod! The Dean is cernainly an authority on such a subject. Lastly, tho Bishop of Nelson has no power to convene tho Goueral Synod except at the request of two Bishops, and ho has nob yob received such a request. Now, sir-, takou ; as a whole, these facts, which aro all authoritative, show that the Bishop of Nolson has, aoted throughout in tho most | liberal way that was open ta him. As fat as I may presume to offer an opinion on tho proceedings of such a body, I say < that all tho Bishops of Now Zealand have I acted in such a way as would havo I avoided any unseomly controversy, but for tho int'orvontion of such press advocates of either sido who have cast tho ' peace and reputation of tho church to I the winds. All tho laity must hold in I abhoiTOiiCQ ohargos like those which havo \ boon lovollcd at one who is held in such | love, reverence,, and respect by all who • know him best. — I am, &c, J. M. MarshaiiL, B.A, St. John's HUI, March 18th, 1890.

Tho New Zealand Times London correspondent writes as follows :[ — Elopements do not always end in earthly j paradises. Some twelve mouths ago I wrote an account of the elopement of a young lady, aged 22, romarkably handsome, well educated, and speaking three or four languages, a musician of moro than ordinary ability, an artist whose works had obtained more than passing notico, the only daughter of a millionaire, of Wales, brought tip in the lap of luxury, tho bolle of tho connty, sought in marriage by dozens of honest men, yot in tho dead of night eloped with one of her father's grooms, a smart looking follow of 20, but illiterate and of a fearful bad tomper. I may say that her father allowed her .£2OO !i year pocket money, but stopped that allowance when sho eloped. Tho pair fled to Loamington, where they wero married, and the uoxt day went to tho homo of. the groom's parents at a little villago a few miles out of Loamington— a thatched coil-ago, with a flagged floor, containing four small rooms. In this oottago the millionaire's (\ai\g}itei'' made her home for three months, doing all tho work of tho houso. for her mother-in-law was . an invalid? Sho did tho washing, scrubbing, baking, and other chores. Afterward her husband sought work in Derby and other placus, sho, accompanying him. ■ Last week- they wero at Taunton, wb'ro ho. was employed as a eabdriver. Gna ho came homo from his wcyi'fc, and hit i her savagely in tho fi;co. The next day ■ ho thrashed hjy,-, until she could scarcely stand., Ho. had often kicked her ; he had repeatedly half-starved her, till she is a perfoct wreck of what sho was tv>-olvo J months ago. She has had to fly at night from her husband's cwielty, and seek in ', her night dross a rof ugo in a neighbour's bouso.'. For his brutal assault tho husband is now doing three mouth's hard , labour ; and friends of tho lady are endeavouring to get a reconciliation bot.wQon Uer and hoy estranged parents. '•

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