December 6. 18 73.] Church Bells. 7

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING, contain an even number, and the other half an odd number of changes. Thus, in a peal of Boh Doubles, sixty of the rows will be in, and the other ♦ ---- sixty of-course rows. This comes to pass because any one of the 120 [T h e papers we are now about to publish in weekly succession will prove rows of Bob Doubles must differ from some one other row by a single change interesting, not only to our ringing friends but to the general- reader; and we only. As the number 8 differs from the number 9 by an odd number only, hope they will induce the former to take all the more interest in the writings so the row 2^1 3 4 5 differs from 1 2 3 4 5 by the making of one change only. of another author, viz. Mr. W . Banister, whose work wo are pleased to hear But it is not to be understood that these rows must necessarily follow one is nearly ready; and we hope these articles by Mr. Snowdon will stir up those another in practical ringing, but that they do exist in the peal, and that they who are ignorant of the science to study the mysteries of 'practical permuta­ do correspond to one another in the degree mentioned. tions, which Change-ringing is. W e advise all who wish to possess Mr. Since I have endeavoured to illustrate my meaning by the use of ordinary Banisters book to write at once to him, 10 Moriee Square, Devonport, that numbers, I shall carry this illustration farther, and lay down a few axioms they may receive a copy as soon as it is out.— Ed.] which may probably be more easily understood by first applying them to numbers before applying them to the rows. ON THE IN AND OUT-OF-COURSE OF THE CHANGES. I. If an even number be added to an even number the result must be an even number. By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers; IF >> >) >} >] uneven ,, ,, ,, uneven ,, also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. III. „ uneven „ „ even „ „ ,, „ „ Chad. I.— In and Out-of-Course Changes. EF „ „ „ ,, uneven ,, „ „ even „ It is of the greatest necessity that any one attempting the composition This can easily be understood with reference to simple numbers, and can of peals, or seeking a thorough knowledge of the science of Change-ringing, with as much facility he applied to the rows, thus: — should be acquainted with what is termed the ‘ in and out of course’ of the changes. ^ Among other things, by this knowledge it can he ascertained I. I f a n even N o. in-eourse (even) row, the result must still be in course, I I . „ whether it. is possible to acquire a certain length by the system and on the out-of-course (odd) row, the result must be an out-of-course row. principle it is proposed to frame a peal. As a simple example o f this, it can III. „ uneven in-course row, the result must be an out-of-course row. rv. be easily proved, to those acquainted with these courses, that it is impossible, „ „ out-of-course row, the result must be an in-course row. by any arrangement of the ordinary bob changes and plain leads in Bob Examples of these axioms, showing how the alterations affect the row's in Minor, to produce more than 300 of the 720 changes that can be produced on which single, double, triple, and quadruple changes are made, will be found six bells. A knowledge, therefore, of the arrangement of the changes, whether in those given before and marked a, b, c, d. in or out of course, ■will in this case save the wraste of time which would occur I. The row (6) differs from rounds by the alteration of ail even number of if any one endeavoured to realise this impossibility. changes, and is therefore an in-course row : the row {d) is another example In nearly every treatise on Change-ringing the value of this knowledge is of this, from rounds. impressed very emphatically on the reader; but as the explanations published _ II. The rows (a) and (c) differ from.rounds by odd numbers o f changes liitherto appear to me to be generally very hard to understand, and in some being made, and thus out-of-course rows result. cases quite at variance with the truth, I shall now endeavour to state the III. The row (c) differs from the row ( 6) by an uneven, that is an odd, matter so as to be at once both as simple and plain as possible. number of changes being made, and the result is an out-of-eourse row. First of all it is to be bome in mind, that the consideration of ‘ the two IV. The row ( d) differs from the uneven row (a) by an odd number of courses of the changes5 belongs wholly to the science of Change-ringing as changes being made, and the result is an (even) in-course row'. distinguished from its practice, and that the word ‘ course ’ is here used in a From all this it may he inferred, that if an even number of changes is sense altogether different from that intended -when speaking of c one bell made, the row resulting is continued in the same course, hut any uneven coursing another,’ or in the expressions, c the course of a bell,’ ‘ a plain course,’ number of changes being made an alteration of the course ensues. and the like. To explain these three latter expressions would be needless [To be continued.) for my present readers, besides leading away from the subject; I shall there­ fore confine myself to the former. And I may add, that although of opinion A Nut for Change-ringers to Crack. that other words might be found better adapted to express the meaning than A Cokbesponbent has kindly sent us the following account of a Date Peal, are those actually employed, yet (to quote from Shipway) ‘ as the use of these or rather Touch. W e should like to hear what our friends who are proficients terms has long been sanctioned by the custom of the exercise, it is not my in the science of Changes have to say about the difficulties of 187:1 in the design to make any alteration.’ Grandsire method, and whether they commend Mr. Diimsday for his happy As the same term in Change-ringing is often used to denote two different discovery how to crack such a n u t:— things, I will, before proceeding farther, fix the meaning of some of the ‘ Bolney.— Change-kinging.— On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the Bolney ringers, technical terms which I shall employ. with the assistance of two from Cuckfield, achieved upon the well-known Bolney "When one bell changes its position another hell must of necessity take church hells the number of changes in the method of Grandsire Triples to its place,; therefore, to produce any alteration, two bells, that is a pair of hells, correspond with the date of this year, 1873; it was accomplished in 1 hr., must he changed, and therefore by a change I shall mean that two hells have 8 mins. The performers were— G. Walder, sen., Bolney, treble; T. Dums- altered their positions. This is a single change. A double change, therefore, day, Cuckfield, 2nd; A. Dumsday, Cuckfield, 3rd; G. Walder, jun., Bolney, means that four bells, or two pairs, -are altered; and a triple change, that six, 4th: A. Attree, Bolney, fifth; H. Potter, Bolney, 0th; T. Attree, Bolney, 7th ; or, in other words, three pairs, are changed, and so on. A. Walder, Bolney, tenor. I t was composed and conducted by Mr. A. Dumsday In order that this word ‘ change’ may not be confounded with the arrange­ without a single, and came round at hand. Some explanation might he ment of a certain number of hells, as 2 1-4 3 G 5 ,1 shall call such an arrange­ useful, as this number of changes deviates from the order of change-ringing ; ment a row ; the row 1 2 3 4 5 6 being the row of rounds. that is to say, this method is divided into leads, each one numbers fourteen ; When attention is required to be drawn to the fact that certain pairs of therefore 134 leads will make 1876 changes, which is more than required— a bells have been altered, either from rounds or from any other given row, it difficulty which, of course, was made right by the composer. This number of will be shown by a line drawn underneath those so altered. changes was reported in February to have been performed by the Brighton A single change may be called an odd change, and a double change an ringers, but the calling fell in the hands of Mr. A. Dumsday, who proved it even change; that is, in the first case an odd number (viz. one pair), and in false by three changes in the first lead being repeated in the thirty-eighth the latter an even number of pairs (viz. two pairs) of bells is changed; like­ lead. I t is evidently, therefore, a task of considerable difficulty to compose wise, a triple change makes an odd change, and a quadruple change an even the date of the present year.’— Sussex Daily News. change, and so on. The following are examples of these rows : — Bells and Bell-ringing at Bawtry, Yorkshire. (a) B y a sin gle change 2 J L 34 56 7 8\ g an odd change being made. (out), Akkangements having been made with Messrs. Taylor of Loughborough (b ) B y a d ouble change 2 1 4 3 5 6 7 8 an even change being made. (in), to add a treble bell to the present ring of five in Bawtry church-tower, on (c) By a triple change 2 14 3 6 5 7 8 [ § | odd changes being made. (out). Nov. 19 the ringers had a farewell pull, and rang several touches of Grand- sires as Echo or Double Peals. The hells being -well muflled on the back­ ’ (d j By a quadruple chai 2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 ) S ^ vcven changes being made. (in). stroke, the effect was very good. B. Ledger, treble; E. J. Oram (in some The terms in and out of course are used to express whether any particular pulls, C. Swinden), 2nd; G. Davison, 3rd; 1-’. H. Cartwright, 4th; O. Fawcett, row differs from rounds by the alteration of an odd or an even number of tenor.— Per Letter. pairs of bells. The row of rounds, and those rows which differ from it only Change-ringing at Gorton, near Manchester. by the alteration o f an even number o f changes, are called in course, whilst On Saturday, Nov. 22, a mixed company of change-ringers met at Gorton, those which differ by the alteration of an odd number of changes are termed and rang at Brookfield Church a true and complete peal o f Kent Treble Bob out o f course. Thus, in the above examples, the single change makes the Major, comprising 5088 changes, in 3 hrs. 12 mins. The peal was composed row (a) out o f course, the double change makes the row (b) in course, whilst and conducted by Mr. Thorp, and had the sixth bell its full extent right at the triple change produces an out, and the quadruple change an in-course row. nine different course-ends. The ringers were stationed as follows :— W . Har­ The course of any given row can therefore be ascertained by altering rison, Mottram, treble; T. Fletcher, Manchester, 2nd; B. Ainsworth, Gorton, the given row to rounds by only one change 3rd; T. Stopford, Ashton, 4th; B, Broadbent, Ashton, 5th; D. Heap, Ashton, at each alteration, and if it takes an even Given row 2 1 4 3 6 5 7 8 out. 6th; T. Whitehead, Saddleworth, 7th; J. Thorp, Ashton, tenor.— Per Letter. number of changes to bring it round, the 1st change 1_2 4 3 6 5 7 8 in. row contains an even number of changes Change-ringing at Pendlebury, Lancashire. 2nd „ 12 3_£6 5 7 8 out. and is in course; hut if, on the contrary, the On Saturday, Nov. 22, a mixed set of ringers met at Christ Church, Fen- 3rd „ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in. number of alterations is an odd number, it dlebury, and rang Holt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, containing 5040 is an o?^-of-course row, as example. changes, in 2 hrs. 58 mins. The ringers were— W. Booth, Prestwich, treble; As in any even number— for instance, in the number 100— there are fifty W. Pendlebury, Whitefield, 2nd; B. Fray, Whitefield, 3rd; S. Hilton, White- even numbers, 2, 4, G, 8, &c., and fifty odd numbers, 1, 3, 5, 7, 0, &c., so in the field, 4th; T. Worrall, Pendlebury, 5th ; W. B. Watson, Pendlebury, Oth; total number of rows that can he arranged on any particular number of bells W. Warburton, Whitefield, 7th; J. Briscoe, Pendleburv, tenor. Conducted half of them will be in and the other half out of course; that is, half wil by W. Pendlebury. Weight of tenor, 15 cwt.— Per Letter. December 13. 1S 7 3. ] Church Bells. *9

BELLS AND BELL-RING-ING. Date Peals. [ T h e nut is cracked, and we have the pleasure to present the k e rn e l to ^---- Mr. Dumsday. W e hope he w ill enjoy it and digest it.] ON THE IN AND OUT-OF-COURSE OF THE CHANGES. Si r ,-— The account in last week’s issue o f Church Bells respecting a touch By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers; of Grandsire Triples, comprising the exact number of 1873 changes, has also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. induced me to pen a few observations to you on the subject of Date Peals. Chap. I. — In and Out-of-Course Changes. The accounts which I have seen lately of some of these performances ( Continued.) have struck me with a peculiar interest, inasmuch as some of them appear T h e foregoing principles can now be applied to any system, and having impossible to obtain by the true and orthodox permutation of the principles previously referred to it, I will illustrate it on Plain Bob Minor. The of the m ethod; and, therefore, I am strongly o f opinion that they should changes made in the rows of Bob Minor are: first, from rounds a triple never be attempted unless they are composed in accordance with the strict change, and then from the row so obtained a double change is made. The laws of the particular method selected, and no artificial means employed to changes run thus throughout the peal,— first a triple, and then a double obtain an exact number of changes, such as (in the Grandsire method) inter­ change. No alteration in this rule is made either by the leading of the treble rupting the treble in her work, or other peculiarity, preventing the recognised or by a bob; because in the former instance second’s place is made, and in proper mode and true working out of the system. the latter instance fourth’s place is made instead of sixth’s (the whole pull To bring Grandsire Triples round at the exact number of 1873 changes, behind). Hence, Bob Minor runs thus,— first a triple change and then a by ringing the strict method, is an impossibility, and several other methods double change. The triple change will, as shown, alter the course o f the which have latterly been selected for date peals will not allow of that exact rows,* whilst the double change will have no effect on them, the rows con­ number. I am not attempting to disparage the endeavours or desire of any tinuing in the same course that they were in before the double change was young composer, who may be aiming to produce a touch for the present or made. The first row from rounds contains a triple change, and is therefore the following year: quite the contrary; but let a method be selected enabling an ot/Z-of-course row ; then comes the double change, which leaves the rows the bells to come round at the exact number of changes required, without still out of course; then the triple change alters the rows to in course, and disturbing, artificially, so to speak, tlie treble, or any other bell, in its natural, so on, the rows running two out and then two in course throughout. work. To be at all times able to accomplish this object, on any number of Now by the given example of the first treble lead it will be seen that both bells, and to any length, the principle of Stedman seems to be most con­ the rows when the treble leads are in course, and as the rows in all the sub­ venient. sequent leads will be in the corresponding course, all the It is said in the account of the touch at Bolney, that the hells came round rows when the treble leads are in-course rows, and it has at hand without a single ! Now the principle of Grandsire Triples being one been shown that the bobs have no effect on the courses; 1 2 3 4 5 G in. change in and one change out-of-course, alternately (the hand-stroke being so all the rows that can be obtained by bobs or plain leads, 2 1 4 3 G 5 out. out, the back-stroke in) throughout the peal, it is obvious to the meanest when the treble is at the lead, will be in-course rows. 2 4 1 6 3 5 out. capacity that they cannot he brought round at hand without the aid of a single But there are 120 rows which can be obtained with the 4 2 G 1 5 3 in. or triple change; either of these turns the course of the hells, the hand- treble at the lead, of which one-half will be in and the 4 6 2 5 1 3 in. stroke change becoming in, and the back-stroke out-of-course, clearly showing other half out of course, and so some further call is 6 4 5 2 3 1 out. that whatever unnatural artifice Mr. Dumsday has employed to bring his necessary to produce these out-of-course rows. The 6 5 43 2 1 out. touch round, the same effect has been wrought upon the course of the hells ordinary means is to have a ‘ single,’ which implies a 5 6 3 4 1 2 in. as if he had used a single. Y e r it a s . single change, instead of one of the ordinary double 5 3 6 1 4 2 in. Augmented Ring and Opening. 3 5 1 G 2 4 out. changes. This is usually, though not necessarily, made T h e ring of six (tenor, 11 cwt. in F sharp, by Taylor) in the Ilkley parish 3 1 5 2 6 4 ou t. at the end of the first half of .the 720 rows. For in­ church has lately been increased to eight by the addition of new* treble and 1 3 2 5 4 G in. stance : supposing you call the tenor behind without the tenor bells; the fourth being recast 2 cwt. heavier to form the fifth in the 1 3 5 2 6 4 m . fifth, the bells would come round at the 3G0th row with a new ring of eight. Messrs. J. Taylor of Loughborough have very successfully plain lead, the row at the hand-stroke of the treble, the executed the work of casting the new hells, which weigh 5 cwt. 20 lbs. and 359th row, being 1 2 4 3 0 5, ■which will be, as previously demonstrated, an in- 18 cwt. 13 lbs. respectively, the tenor being a capital bell, and in this case course row. Now if, instead of making a double change at the next row, a have produced two ‘ maiden bells,’ without any further tuning. A ll have been single change only is made, 1 2 4 3 5 0, you will have an out-of=course row, rehung, with new fittings, &c., by Mr. T. Mallaby of Masham. The bells, and in the next half of the peal the rows will all he which were first rung for evening service on Sunday, Nov. 23rd, were opened different; that is, where you had in you will have out-of- on Saturday, Nov. 29, and on Nov. 30 special collects were used and a sermon, course rows, and vice versa, as shown by the first treble 1 2 4 3 5 6 out. preached by the A’icar, the Rev. John Snowdon, M.A., and the offertory and lead of this half of the peal. 2 1 3 4 6 5 in. collection devoted to the bells fund. The Ilkley Amateur Society of Change- AY hen the 359th row of the second half of the peal is 2 3 1 6 4 5 in. ringers, whose contribution towards the new bells, consisting of the personal arrived at, the 00 cu/Z-of-course rows, with the treble at 3 2 6 1 5 4 out. subscriptions of the members and all sums received for ringing on such occa­ tlio lead, will have been used, as there are 59 in this half, 3 6 2 5 1 4 out. sions as weddings, &c., amounts to above 50/., entertained the visitors on and to these must be added the row (1 2 4 3 5 0) in the 6 3 5 2 4 1 in. Saturday to tea, when upwards of forty ringers sat down, M r. Jasper AY. first half, therefore another single must be called, which 6 5 3 4 2 1 in. Snowdon, the conductor of the Ilkley ringers, presiding. A ll those who rang 5 6 4 3 1 2 out. alters the course of the rows and uses the only bi-course expressed their approval of the way in which Mr. Mallaby bad carried out his 5 4 6 1 3 2 out. row which has not been used, which is 1 2 3 4 5 G, viz. work, the bells * going * very easily. Altogether the alterations will cost 4 5 1 6 2 3 in. the round. nearly 350Z., of which about 40/. remain to he raised.— Per Letter. 4 1 5 2 6 3 in. Any observations on the arrangement of the ‘ courses ’ 1 4 2 5 3 6 out. Change-ringing at St. Mary’s, Lambeth. in Bob Minor would be incomplete without some allusion 1 4 5 2 6 3 out. On Monday, Dec. 8th, eight members of the AVaterloo Society of Change- to the peal, obtained without the use of singles, by Mr. ringers rang a true peal of Grandsire Triples, containing 5040 changes, in Holt, the composer of the well-known ten-part peal of 3 hrs. and 5 mins. Performers:— A. S. Ough, treble; AY. Baron, 2nd; G. Grandsire Triples. This peal is a capital illustration of the use of the Mash, 3rd; C. Hopkins, 4th ; P. Coote, 5th; R. Rose, 6th ; J. Breakspear, knowledge of the two courses. 7th ; AY. Digby, tenor. Called by Mr. AV. Baron. As already stated, the rows in this system run alternately two out and two in course. Now Mr. H olt causes a bob to be made when the treble is in five-six, where she dodges and then proceeds in her ordinary hunting path. BELFRY RECORDS. Although a boh does not alter the arrangement of the courses, the treble ST. PETER’S, ST. ALB AN’S. (Tablets in the Belfry.) dodging behind adds two rows to the lead, and thus the rows, when the treble (Continued.) is at the lead, become out of course. In this state they continue until another 560. List op True Peals rang i n this Church. bob, when the treble is in the same position, is called, which adds two more In 1728, 5 on t o f th e p eal o f 6 w ere b roken. rows to the lead and causes the courses in the following leads to be reversed. In 1729 th e o rig in a l p e a l o f 8 w ere east b y P . Phelps. These bobs are at a distance of thirty, that is, half the whole number of treble NO. OF TIME. leads from each other, but as they each add two rows to their respective leads NO. DATE. NAME OF PEAL. BY some means must be taken to obviate this addition. This is effected by the CHANGES. H. | M. treble between these two dodging bobs making fourth’s place in an additional bob, which shortens the lead four rows, and thus equalises the parts of the 1 27 Dec. 1729 5040 B oh M a jo r unknown College Youths peal without deranging the courses. This was the first peal ever rung in Hertfordshire. By the use of the rules previously given the course of the rows in any 2 23 M a y, 1763 5120 Treble Bob Major 3 . 28 Do. 3 26 M a y , 1767 5040 Grandsire Triples 3 . 10 St. A lb a n ’s R in gers system can be ascertained, and also whether by certain alterations the full In 1787 2 m ore bells w ere added b v John B ria n t— m a k in g 10. extent of the rows can be obtained. 4 28 Dec. 1788 5200 Treble Bob Royal 3 . 37 College Youths In concluding this part of the subject, I may add that there are rows 5 4 Ju ly, 1808 5040 Grandsire Caters 3 . 31 Cum berland Grandsire Triples 3 . 16 S t. A lb a n ’s R in gers which may be termed simple, and others complex rows : the former being 6 4 Alar. 1810 5040 7 8 June, 1840 5040 Treble Bob Royal 3 . 24 Cum berland such as are recognisable at sight as to the number of changes which they 8 26 D ec. 1857 5081 Stedman's Caters 3 . 32 College Youths contain. Thus, 2 1 4 3 0 5 is what I would term a simple, and 3 5 2 1 6 4 9 21 A u g . 1865 5079 Stedm an’s Caters 3 . 26 Do. a complex row. There are many ways by which the course of a row can be 10 1* Ju ly, 1867 5000 K e n t Treb le B ob R oyal 3 . 27 D o. In M a y, 1868, 2 more bells were added by John AArarner and Sons—making 12 obtained by an analysis of the positions of the bells. These I purpose to and opened 19th Alar, 1868, by a joint Company of College, Cumberland, investigate in another chapter, hut it may meanwhile be remembered that St. A lb a n ’s, and B en n in gton R in gers. the course can always be determined by altering two bells only at one time, 1 1 2 A p ril, 1870 5040 Grandsire Triples 3 . ft C ollege Y o u th s and observing, when rounds are obtained, whether it contains an odd or even number of changes. N o t ic e to C orrespondents.— Please to send what you wLh for insertion {To he continued.) on separate paper— not on the same as you write the letter of request.— E d . 30 Church Bells. [December 20, 1S73.

Si r ,— Could any of your correspondents kindly inform me as to the best CORRESPONDENCE. means for organising a Band of Hope or Guild for the purpose of resisting the terrible and increasing evil of Intemperance ? H f.nry G. M oore. Professor Max Muller at Westminster Abbey. Sin,— Can any of your readers inform me where the following lines are to Sin,— Many of your readers will, I venture to think, regret with myself be found, and who is the author of them ?— that your Hells of last week ‘ rang out the false ’ with so uncertain a sound, in ‘ I do not ask my cross to understand, that peal upon the appearance of.Pnofessor M ax Mitller in Westminster M y way to see : Better in darkness just to feel Thy Hand, Abbey. ‘ Taken by itself,’ very many of us cannot fail to see that harm has And follow Thee.’ SlSTER CATHERINE. been done; and we have yet to learn that even Professorial brilliancy, or (to quote your own words) 1 exceptional position in every way, social, intellectual, An sw ers, academical, ecclesiastical,’ are passports per sc to the lecterns or pulpits (if Sir ,— In reply to * J. H . B J :— Formerly banns were ordered to be pub­ you care for the distinction) of our Church. lished only after the Nicene Creed. To iirovide for cases where there was I f a lecture is demanded by popular taste, let it by all means be delivered, no Morning Service, banns were ordered to be published after the Second with any number of reserved seats, under the lectern in a lecture-room. Lesson at Evening Service. There is no contradiction in the two rubrics if Exeter, or St. James’s Hall, is sufficiently. central and spacious for such a read thus: ‘ During the time of Morning Service (after the Nicene Creed as purpose; hut let the consecrated houses of God be houses of prayer on usual), or of Evening Service if there be no Morning Service, immediately special days of intercession, and omit from the programme that intellectual after the Second Lesson.’ luxury of the sceptical world, so aptly described in your article as 1 Stanley’s S ir ,— In answer to ‘ An Inquirer,’ a peculiar place for saying or singing last.’ the Litany in seems to be required by the rubric before Ps. li. in the Con­ Your contemporary the Guardian is right in describing the proceeding as secration Service, where the priest and clerks are required to kneel ‘ in the ‘ unprecedented and unwarrantable,’ introducing, as it lias, the sole note of place where they are accustomed to say the Litany,’ evidently mentioning a discord ‘ to mar the perfect harmony on a day when all should have been different place to the reading-pew or pulpit where the first part of the service absolutely at one.’ Such views may be deemed narrow and old-fashioned, but is to he said. As regards its position, the following remarks of Cosins, quoted they are shared, thank God, by many ‘ in these dangerous days ’ besides in the Annotated Book of Common Prayer, may be taken as a guide :— (I) H e A L over o r 1 t iie Ol d P a t h s .’ inquired whether a certain church bad ‘ a little faldstool or desk, with some How to increase the Circulation of ‘ Church Bells.’ decent carpet over it, in the middle alley o f the church, whereat the Litany may he said.’ (2 ) In his Notes on the Cornmrm Prayer, he says, ‘ The piiest goeth Sin,— I observe with much regret an intimation in your paper that Church from out his seat into the body of the church, and at a low desk before the B e lls is not yet self supporting, and being one of those who believe it is doing chancel-door, called the faldstool, kneels, and says or sings the Litanv.’ The good service in the Church, and who would ‘ greatly deplore its extinction,’ I Book of Joel, ii. 17, seems to give some authority for this position, which is have immediately ordered two extra copies for distribution, and know another almost universally adopted in those churches where the faldstool is used. subscriber who intends doing the same. I f all who can afford it would do ______II. T. Ca r r in g t o n . this, and if those who can not afford it would make an effort to procure new subscribers, 1 believe the circulation of the paper might soon be almost ‘ C. C. S.’ will find the lines doubled. I would suggest to subscribers that real good may be done by ‘ L o ! the poor Indian, whose untutored mind sending Church Bells to hospitals, where it is sure to be read by the better Sees God in storms and hears him in the wind,’ educated men of the working class, and may influence them for good, besides in Pope’s Essay on M an, Epistle I., lines 99, 100. helping to make the paper widely known. May 1 add, that to my mind the ‘ S. G. B.’ recommends Pleasant Hours (National Society) as suitable for absence of ‘ vituperation ’ from your paper is one of its chief merits, and one ‘ T . S.’s ’ purpose. which particularly distinguishes it from other (so-called) religious papers. I hear great regret expressed at the proposed discontinuance of the R e c e iv e d als o .— A Subscriber; Curate; R. S. B.; Saif; T. People’s Magazine, and, I must say, much blame attributed to the S .P .C . K. on that account. I f the Religious Tract Society can (as I believe it does) supply two periodicals, surely the S. P. C. K. might, even at a pecuniary loss, have continued to provide the reading public with one. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. A Subscriber to C n m e n B e l l s prom its Commencement. ♦ ------ON THE IN AND OUT-OF-COURSE OF THE CHANGES. Christmas Reunion Services. By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers; tint,— I earnestly appeal to your clerical readers, and especially to those also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. of them who are members of the Home Reunion Society, to invite their Ch a p . II. — On the Analysis of Rows, whether In or Out of Course. Dissenting parishioners to their churches on Christmas Day. The expense and trouble involved would be trifling; but I am satisfied that this effort, if H a v in g explained the nature of the rows called in and out of course, I made in the name and for the sake of Christ, would not he barren of results. will now give some hints towards discerning the course of any particular row. Although the course o f some can be seen at a glance, others are more com- " W il l ia m T. M o w bray. Xdicated; these, however, may be so simplified, that their course can then be analysed at sight. For this last reason every attention must be paid to the NOTES AND QUERIES. course of the rows on three and four hells. As previously stated, the simplest way, though not the quickest, of ana­ lysing any row, is by pricking it until rounds are obtained, only altering one Beer in Working Men’s Clubs. X>air, or an uneven number of pairs of bells, at each operation. I f rounds Sir.,— Let me intreat your correspondent, ‘ W . H. Hitchcock,’ to admit beer come up in an even number of rows (exclusive of the in his Working-men’s Club, or, at any rate, to give it a fair trial. The ex­ given row) it is an in-course ; but i f an odd number periment lias been tried at a Working-men's Club in Sheffield, and has been of rows are pricked, an o?^-of-course row. This arises 3 2 5 7 1 4 6 in. attended with the greatest success. Surely we Mo not want our working-men from the facts (1), That changing an odd number of j 3 2 5 1 7 4 6 ou t (4) to be children, kept in leading-strings, but men, conscious that they are trusted, pairs each time changes the course of each row in 2 3 1 5 4 7 6 in. (3) and determined to prove themselves worthy of trust. Certainly I think that succession, so that if any row is in course the next 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 out. (2) of the two ‘ sets ’ it were better to lose the * steadiest and best,’ that is, if to it is out of course, and vice versa. (2), That the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in. gaining one involves the loss of the’ other, but I confess I do not at all see row of rounds is fundamentally in course, hence (1 ) why this should necessarily be. Granted, however, that it he so, then leave starting from rounds and working backwards to the the ‘ steadiest and best ’ to take care of themselves ; they are better able to do given row, all the alternate rows (i.e. the 1 st. 3rd, &:.■ are in #ourse, and all so than the ‘ young and independent’ ones, who, by a little judicious guiding, the intermediate rows (i.e. the 2nd, 4th, Ac.), out o f course, as will be seen in not driving, may be led to become useful, manly, self-respecting citizens.' the annexed example, 0 2 5 7 14 6. bet me add another hint, that the management of the club be left entirely in I shall now proceed to examine the courses of rows on different numbers the hands of the men themselves. They may want a little help at first start- of bells, and also consider the order of the courses in the systems usually ing, in raising the necessary funds: but let them frame their own -code of practised. laws, and let each man consider bimseli responsible for their being carried Two B e l l s . — The rows are 2 1 ar. t 1 2 : the first being an odd change out. Working-men do not want to he ruled or supported by their superiors from rounds, and therefore o u t o f course, and the latter rounds, which is in rank, but they should be helped to help themselves. The Sheffield club owes therefore in course. its success, in a great degree, to the fact that its members manage it. Even these two rows may be applied to a larger number of bells ; because Je a n ie H a s le h u r s t . if other bells be added, either in front or behind, in their own positions, i.e. Queries, at home, it w ill be seen they have no effect on the course: as in examples,— Sir,— J dm Wesley, in one of his sermons uses the phrase, < Cleanliness is ( « ) 2 J 3 4 5 6 7 8 ou t. j f l ) 1 2 3 4 5 G 8_7 out. I (c ) 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 out. next to godliness,’ as if it were a quotation. Can anv of your readers inform ]_ 2 3 4 5 6 7 S ir . | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7_8 in. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in. me whence the sentence is taken ? L. W est [A similar question was asked in our No. for Jan. 4, 187d, but it does not In the first instance, (a*, the two rows are used with several bells following; seem to have received a reply.] then, (6), with several bells in front of them, when the figures 8 7 and 7 8 represent 2 1 and 12. Again, (c), bells are added both in front and behind, i- " A ose cu-t0,i-v '5 tMie-map and apportionment of a parish kept . What fees are legally payable for inspection, &e. ? Are the fees 4 6 and 3 4 being used for 2 1 and 12. It will therefore he seen, not con­ payable to the clergyman or parish-elerk? A. A. sidering what numbers represent the bells, that any quantity of bells added ■'.( home on euner side will not affect the known course of any given row. n So- ’T WiU, an?" ■' om 1' ' ' ' kmdly tell me of a good Hymn-book for It may seem that this simple fact is too elaborately explained, hut it is the biuiday-school— of distinctive Church tout— and the price ? because this principle can be applied with a larger number of hells that I A C o u n try Cu r a t e . wish to show it so plainly. For example: if the coprse o f such a row as 3 2 1 December 20. 1873.] Church Beils. 3i

. (out) on three bell's is known, it is available for such a row as 1 2 8 4 7 6 5 8 9 , Change-ringing in Ireland. where three consecutive bells are changed. Since 7 0 5 answers to the row On Tuesday, December 9th, eight members of the Waterford Society o f 3 2 1, with hells added in front and behind, and as these bells are at home Change-ringers (all members of the Ancient Society of College Youths) and have no effect on the course of the row, you know 12 3 4 7 6 5 8 9 to be of occupied the tower of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford, and rang Mr. the same course as 3 2 1. John H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in T h r e e Beij.s.— In pricking the rows on three 2 hrs. 50 mins. The ringers stood thus:— G. W. Boy, treble; B. Cherry, hells, only one pair can be altered at each operation : 1 2 3 1 2 3 2nd; B. S. Blee, V. S., 3rd; G. Clampet, 4th; C. Lee, 5th; G. J. Mackesy, M.B., 6th ; T. Atherton, 7th; W. G. D. Goff, B.A., tenor. W eight of tenor, the first row is therefore out and the nest in course. 2 1 3 out. 1 3 2 out. 20 cwt. Conducted by Mr. Charles Lee. This is the second peal ever rung In the second row two pairs are changed, viz. one in 2 3 1 in. 3 1 2 in. in Ireland, and the first ever rung by a company of Irish ringers.— Per Letter. the first row, and another from that row, which there­ 3 2 1 out. 3 2 1 out. fore makes an even number of pairs altered. 3 1 2 in. 2 3 1 in. A True Touch of 1873 Stedman’s Caters. Therefore, throughout the six: rows that can be ob­ 1 3 2 out. 2 1 3 out. C urious and interesting, but utterly useless after the departure of the year, tained on six bells, the rows run alternately out and 1 2 3 in , 1 2 3 in. however, ‘ here it goes: ’— course. in 1 2 8 4 5 0 Bob on 7, 8, 9. I would again direct attention to the fact already ,— 4 5 0 10 stated, that when one pair change the position of two bells is altered. The 2 1 3 0 5 4 - - - row 2 3 1 is therefore only the result of changing the treble until it gets be­ 3 1 2 4 5 0 hind, which in this case requires it to make two changes, viz. into second’ s 3 1 6 2 5 4 and into third’s place. Although this also throws 2 and 3 into the first and 0 1 3 4 5 2 second places respectively, their position being still 2 3, their course is not 0 1 2 3 5 4 affected except it he through the treble. Now it is evident when the treble 6 1 4 2 5 3 makes its first change into second’s place (2 1 3) the row is out, and when it moves into third’s place {2 3 1) the row is in course, therefore the following 5 1 4 3 0 2 rule is arrived at. 5 1 2 4 0 3 The alteration of one bell from its own position an even number of places 5 1 3 2 6 4 leaves the course unchanged, hut an uneven number of places causes the 3 1 5 4 0 2 course to be altered. 3 1 2 5 0 4 Examples.— If from 123 45 0 (rounds) you remove the treble only be­ 3 1 4 2 0 5 hind, the row 2 3 4 5 0 1 is out of course, as one bell only is altered an uneven 4 1 3 5 0 2 number of places. The row 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 is in course, as the treble has been 4 1 2 3 0 5 moved an even number of places. 2 1 4 5 0 3 On three bells, the three out-of-eourse rows are 2 1 3, 3 2 1, and 13 2; the 2 1 3 4 0 5 first and last rows are what I have termed simple rows, and can each be seen Brought round hy the following Bobs at once to differ from rounds by the alteration of a pair of bells only. The 478912503 row 3 2 1 is more complicated, but can be analysed thus : The treble has been 792041835 removed two places from its position, and therefore its situation has no effect 0 3 5 897142 on the course of 2 3, but as 2 3 are reversed from the position to which the 84327501 9 treble would have altered them in moving behind, and are now 3 2, there is 451983207 an odd change in them, and so the total number of changes in the row 3 21 Bound at eight sixes and one change. is an odd number, and the row is therefore out o f course. H a r v e y R e e v e s , College Youth. The i«-course rows are 2 31, 3 12, and 12 3. I have shown that 2 3 1 is caused by the removal of the treble only two places, and the course therefore Notice to Ringers. not altered ; and in 3 1 2 the third only has been moved two places forward, T h e following peal of Kent Treble Bob Major contains as many changes • the course is likewise not altered. The analysis of this latter change might as there are verses in the New Testament, namely, 7950. It is the composition also be made in this manner: — The treble is moved one place, which is a of Mr. John Thorpe of Ashton-under-Lyne, and contains the 120 course- single change, and comparing the position of 2 3 we find they are reversed to ends:— 8 2, which is another single change, and these results taken together make a 7 9 5 0 double, that is, an even change; the result, therefore, is an 5:-course row. The 1 2 3 i 5 0 7 8 row 12 3 is ‘ rounds,’ and fundamentally in course. N.B .— The simplest way of impressing the course of these six rows on the 2 1 4 3 0 5 8 7 ’' memory I have found to be the fact, that i f any one bell only is in its own 241G3857 place (in rounds every bell is in its place) the row' is out of course. In 13 2, 4 2 0 1 8 3 7 5 3 21, and 2 13, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively, are in their places, and 4 2 1 0 3 8 5 7 these rows may thus easily be recognised as out’ of-course rows. The other 24018375 rows, 2 3 1 and 3 1 2, have not any bell at home in them, whilst 12 3 (rounds) 2 0 4 8 1 7 3 5 has every hell at home. 26847 1 53 ( To he continued.) 2 8 0 7 4 5 1 3 2 8 7 0 5 4 8 1 Advice to the Composers of Peals. 2 7 8 5 0 3 4 1 Sir,— As a postscript to my letter in last week’s issue, I would advise all who 2 7 5 8 3 0 1 4 are desirous of attempting the art of composing to digest the able lesson by Mr. 2573810 4 Jasper Snowdon, now issuing in Church Bells; and I would also entreat young 2537184 0 ringers, as soon as possible after they have mastered the elementary part o f 2 .3 5 1 7 4 8 6 the science, likewise to give their earnest attention to composing. If, instead 32154708 of money being thrown away upon prize-ringing, some prizes were to be 32517480 offered for the best productions in this branch of the science, under reasonable, 2 3 1 5 4 7 0 8 » s «„ but efficient stipulations, some hidden talent might possibly be discovered which 2134507 8 JjV-SQ may have the happy effect o f solving some of the grand problems of the 1243G587 j ^ exercise hitherto shrouded in obscurity. V e r i t a s . 14203857 Change-ringing at Almondbury, Yorkshire. 3 1. o . w . H . 3 2 0 5 4 - 1 2 O n Saturday afternoon, 15th November, the Almondbury Society o f Cbangc-ringers occupied the tower of thoir parish church, and rang a true and 0 2 5 3 4 1 - 1 complete peal, consisting of 5280 changes of Kent Treble 13ob Major, with the 3 0 2 4 5 - 2 sixth hell twelve times w'rong and twelve times right, in five-six, which they 4 4 2 0 5 J completed in 3 hrs. and 15 mins. The ringers were placed in the following 3 5 2 6 4 1 2 order:— E. Scliolefield, treble; T. North, 2nd; J. Broadbent, 3rd; E. Brier- 0 0 3 4 3 0 5 2 4 3 - 1 2 ley, 4tb; A. Haigb, 5th; Wm. Lodge, 6th; W. Lodge, 7th; W. A. Womersley, tenor. Weight of tenor, 18cwt. The peal was composed expressly for the 5324 0 2 - 1 2 occasion by T. Haigh of Huddersfield, and conducted by Allen Womersley. 8 4 - 2 5 0 1 - This is the first peal of 50C0 changes rung on the Almondbury bells since the To be twice repeated. two new treble bells were added to the former ring of six.— Local Paper. N o tice to Correspondents.— W e shall be thankful to any friends wlio Change-ringing at Bristol. will favour us with copies of Belfry Tablets for insertion in our columns; On Monday, December 8th, eight members of the St. Stephen’s Society of but we cannot pay anything for them. Change-ringers rang at A ll Saints. Bristol, a true and complete peal of 5370 W e have heen requested to state that the peal of 8544 changes of Kent changes of Kent Treble Bob Major, in 3 hrs. and 29 mins. The ringers were Treble Bob Major, which was rang at Liversedge on Nov. loth, and published stationed thus D. Morgan, treble; J. Wilkey, 2nd ; A. York, 3rd ; J. Davis, in our paper of the 29th ult., was composed hy Mr. John Thorpe of Ashton- 4th; J. Bryant, 5th; W. Thomas, 6th ; J. Brain, 7th; and A. Jones, tenor. under-Lyne, on the itbh May, 1809 ; a part of which peal, comprising 5408 The peal was conducted by Mr. D. Morgan. Weight of tenor, 18 cwt., key F. changes, was rung by the Ashton ringers 011 Dee. 28tli, 1872, and published This is the greatest attempt in the art of ringing ever accomplished in in our paper of the l l 'h January last, with a reference to the said peal of Bristol.— Per Letter. 8544 changes. December 27. 1873.] Church Bells. 43 BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. A Prayer. A P r a y e r to be used with Ringers on New-year’ s Eve, in any well-con­ ducted belfry, more particularly where the Parson shows him self:— ON THE IN AND OUT-OF-COURSE OF THE CHANGES. A ll kneeling down, let the Parson or other say—- By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers; 0 Lord God Almighty, who didst appoint the Levites to blow silver also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. trumpets for the assembling Thy ancient people the Jews, in the Temple Ch a p . IT .— On the Analysis of Rows, whether In or Out o f Course. at Jerusalem; we, Thy humble servants, would faithfully acknowledge Thee (Continued.) in our like office of calling together Thy people, and reverently glorify Thee F our B e l l s .— The changes made in the rows on four by the service of our hands in the ringing of these Church Bells. W e thank hells are : first, from rounds a double change, and then 12 3 4 rounds. Thee that Thou hast brought us to the close o f another year. Thou hast from the row so obtained a single change is made. The 2 1 4 3 in. been very gracious to us in thus lengthening out our lives. We bless Thee for changes run thus throughout the peal, first a double and 2 4 13 out. preserving us from numberless accidents and dangers: it is of Thy mercy that then a single change.. No alteration is made from this 4 2 3 1 out. we are still living. 0 Lord, for Jesus Christ’s sake, forgive us all our sins of rule at the leading of the treble, as second’s place is then 4321 in. this year now ending: Blessed be Thy Holy Name that there is forgiveness made instead of the whole pull behind. 3 4 12 in. with Thee for Christ’s sake. O Lord, with a new year we desire to give our­ The first alteration being a double change retains 3 14 2 out. selves afresh to Thy service: may we, by Thy grace, love Thee more and the rows in course, the single change following then 1 3 2 4 out. serve Thee better: and may the new year be begun, continued, and ended in alters them to aid of course, and the next being a double 1 3 4 2 in. Thee, by us Tby servants, and all near and dear to us. Grant this, for Jesus change keeps them out of course. Therefore the first 3 1 2 4 in. Christ’s sake. Amen. Our Father. Ac. E. row is in, and then the rows run two out and two 3 2 1 4 out. in course, until the last row, which is in course and 2 3 4 1 out. Date Peals, 1S73. 2 4 3 1 in. rounds. Si r ,— In ’answer to ‘ Veritas,’ m Church Bells, No. loo, I beg to state, in Referring to those rows when the treble is at the 4213 in. the first place, that I am not the youny composer he supposes, as I made my lead, their course is known by the positions of 2 3 4, 4 12 3 ou t. first 5040 in 1833—just forty years ago— and have since rung Union Triples, which may be considered as 12 3 represented by different 1 4 3 2 out. Stedman’s, Bob Major, Ac. In the second place, my peal was ‘ in accordance 1 4 2 3 in . signs. These six rows, which display all the permuta­ with the laws of the particular method selected,’ viz. Grandsire Triples ; being- tions possible of the three figures 2 3 4, should be well done from beginning to end by each bell making but one step at a time. impressed on the memory, since in most course-ends the treble being at the 1 am much pleased with your correspondent’s letter, and am satisfied lie lead is seldom pricked, and when analysing course-ends on eight bells, as well understands Campanologia,* and as T do not wish to publish my composi­ 5 (i can be brought home by a method of transposition, which I shall here­ tion, I will, should he ever be in my neighbourhood, have great pleasure in after explain, the course of the course-end may be known by the positions of giving him all and full particulars. A. D um sday. 2 3 4. Talbot Ho!el, Cuchjield. The course of the other rows on four bells may be known by an analysis of the course of 2 3 4 read as if no other bell intervened, and a comparison Combeinteignhead, Devon. of the position of the treble. Having considered the course of 2 3 4, in the T h r e e new bells from Messrs. Mears and Stainbank have lately been position they take in any given row, then take the position of the treble, if it substituted in the tower of this place for three old ones in a ring of five, has been moved an even number of places, viz. into third’s place, the course which are said to have been no longer fit for service. This little affair was o f the row is unaltered, and is therefore the same as the course that 2 3 4 are made a matter of village festivity and a quasi Dedication Service on the 11th in. If, however, it has been moved an uneven number of places, the course inst., on which occasion the Rev. W. Laidlay, Vicar of W est Teignmouth, is is contrary to that of 234. Examples.— Take the row 42 1 3 ; now 42 3, which reported to have preached ‘ a very impressive sermon’ on the little bells answers to 312, is in course, and the treble being in third’s place is thus altered which were suspended on the skirts of the vestments worn by the Jewish an even number of places, and therefore does not affect the course : thus, 421 3 high-priest—his text being taken from Exod. xxviii. 33, 34.— Local Paper. is in course. Take the row 3 4 2 1; now 3 4 2 is in course, but the treble, being moved an uneven number of places, has an odd change in its working; this Change-ringing at St. Giles-in-the-Fields, London. added to the even number of changes in 3 4 2, renders the whole an uneven On Saturday, Dec. 13th, the following members of the Waterloo Society number of changes, and so 3 4 2 1 is out of course. Take the row 4 1 2 3, now rang at St. Giles-in-the-Fields a true peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting 4 2 3 is course, and contains an S^tFYhange ; the treble being moved of 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. 58 m ins:— W. Baron, treble; J. Mansfield, 2nd ; one place aT&o contains an odd change: these two-odd changes taken S. Holding (first peal), 3rd; C. Hopkins, 4th; G. Sheppard, 5th; J. Barrett, together make,an e ^ n number of changes, thus 4 1 2 3 may he known to he Otli; R. Rose, 7th; A. O. Robins, tenor. Conducted by Mr. W. Baron.'— Per cmX pe course. Vt eh ’A'. Letter. In a manner similar to one of these examples the course of any row of Change-ringing at Ashton-under-Lyne. four bells may be analysed. On Saturday, Dec. 13th, the ringers of the parish church of Ashton- F iv e B e l l s . — The systems generally practised on five bells are Plain under-Lyne met in the tower and rang a true and complete peal of Kent Bob, Grandsire, and Stedman Doubles, of which we give examples: — Treble Bob Royal, comprising 5000 changes, which was composed and con­ Plain Bob. Grandsire. Stedm an. ducted by M r John Thorp, and brought round in 3 hrs. and 22 mins. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 The ringers were stationed as follows:—T. Moss, treble; J. Bocock, 2nd; C. Thorp, 3rd; T. Stopford, 4 tli; B. Broadbent, 5th; D. Heap, Cth; J. Thorp, 2 1 4 3 5 in. 21354 in. 2 1 3 5 4 in. 24153 „ 23145 „ 2 3 1 4 5 „ 7th ; J. Gillott, 8th ; S. Andrew, Oth; L. Broadbent, tenor. Weight of tenor, 28 cwt. Key D .— Per Letter. 42513 „ 32415 „ 32415 „ 4 5 2 3 1 „ 3 4 2 5 1 „ 2 3 4 5 1 ,, 5 4 3 2 1 „ 4 3 5 2 1 „ 24315 „ Change-ringing by the Ancient Society of Cumberlands. 53412 „ 45312 „ 4 2 3 5 1 „ On Monday, Dec. 15th, eight members o f this Society rang at St. George’s 3 5 1 4 2 ,, 5 4 1 3 2 ,, 43215 „ Church, Camberwell, the late Mr. H olt’s 10-part peal of Grandsire Triples, 31524 „ S. 5 1 4 2 3 „ 3 4 2 5 1 „ containing 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. and 54 mins.— J. Potter, treble; G. New- 13254 „ 15432 „ 4 3 5 2 1 ,, son, 2nd; W. Hoverd, 3rd; T. Gleed, 4th; S. Jarman, 5tli; II. Davis, 6th; 1 3 5 2 4 out. 1 5 4 2 3 out. S. 4 5 3 1 2 „ J. Page, 7th; W. Strange, tenor. Conducted by Mr. G. Newson.— Per Letter. 3 1 2 5 4 ,, 5 1 4 3 2 „ 5 4 3 1 2 out. 3 2 1 4 5 ,, 5 4 1 2 3 „ 53421 „ Change-ringing at Leatherhead. 23415 „ 4 5 2 1 3 „ 35412 „ On Tuesday, December lbth, eight members of the Leatherhead Society 34521 24351 „ 42531 „ „ of Change ringers occupied the tower of their parish church and rang Mr. In Bob Doubles, the changes, as the name ‘ doubles J signifies, are all John H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, double ones, and therefore the rows are in course until the treble leads, when with 98 bobs and 2 singles, time and complete, in 2 hrs. 50 mins. The ringers second’s place is made, and as a single change only is then effected the course stood thus :— H. Newnham, treble ; H. Wood (his first peal ) 2ud ; T. Gaiger o fth e]o w s is altered. The rows, therefore, from the baek-stroke -when the (his first peal), 3rd ; W. Marks (his first peal), 4 tli; J. Hewitt, 5th ; T . Gadd, treble leads, to the hand-stroke at her next lead, are first all of one and then Cth ; S. Brooker, 7th; J. Lisney, tenor. W eight of tenor, 20 cwt. Conducted all of the other course. by Mr. S. Brooker.—Per Letter. In Grandsire Doubles, as each change is a double one until a single is called, all the rows are in course until such time, and then all out until the Change-ringing at Holy Trinity, Hull. next single. This is also the case in Stedman’s Doubles. On Tuesday, Dec. 16th, eight members of the Trinity Society of Change- (To he continued.) ringers rang the late Mr. Holt’s original one-part peal of Grandsire Triples, with two doubles in the last four leads, containing 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. l-> mins. The performers were— E. Prince, treble; C. Jackson, 2nd; W. Leg- College Youths. gott, 3rd; J. Grassby,4th; W . South wick, 5 th ; T. Jackson, 0 th ; G. Harrison, A C o u n tr y R in g e r wishes to know whether the Ancient Society of College 7tli; H . Jenkins, tenor. W eight of tenor, 25 cwt. Conducted by Mr. C. Youths are ®n strike, or have given up ringing long peals, as no account of Jackson. This is the first time it has been rung in the East Riding of York­ their clever performances have lately appeared in the columns of Church shire.— Per Letter. Bells. R e c e i v e d .— Constant Reader (has not sent name and address): J. B .; Sam. Sliaw; Treble Bob; J. W. Ii. (has not sent his address, that we may * Barbarous word ! Better all agree to .discontinue it, and use plain English instead reply direct) ; R. E. Egglestone; C. Randolph; G. Harrison. namely, ringing, ringers, &c. January 3 , 18 7 4 .] Church Bells, 55

number of bells, and that it is therefore unnecessary to proceed to higher BELLS AND BELL-RINGING, numbers. On seven bells, when the treble is at the lead, by transposing 0 7 home the rows can easily be analysed, or if the treble is in the work 5 6 7 can be brought home, which will of course have the effect of an uneven ON THE IN AND OUT-OF-COURSE OF THE CHANGES. number of changes. On eight bells the eourse-ends can be analysed by By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers; transposing 5 6 home, and any row by transposing 5 6 7 8 home. also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths, I must conclude with an acknowledgment o f my thanks to Mr. Hubbard, Chap. IT.—-On the Analysis of Rows, whether In or Out of Course. as it was from the information contained in his work, on the analysis of the ( Continued.) course-ends on eight bells, by the transposition of 5 6 home, with the effect produced by the position o f the treble, that I was led to look into the I m ust now introduce the reader to other means of analysing the rows, reasons for these deductions, and to apply them to gradually increased num­ namely, by the transposition of one, and afterwards of two or more bells, to bers of bells. their own places, by which means the rows containing five or more bells may Finally, I hope that what I have advanced on the course of the rows, be very much simplified. This mode is something similar to the one pre­ although it may seem lengthy to those acquainted with the subject, is yet viously used, of counting the position of one hell from its proper place, and rendered so simple as to be understood by those who Were not previously then considering what effect its removal lias had on the course as'certained possessed of this knowledge. I would also express my opinion that too deep a mystery has been made of this very simple matter, and that, like everything from the position of the other hells. I must again insist on the importance connected with the great science of Change-ringing, the more it is examined of the fact, that in making one change two hells alter their positions. I f in detail, the more its wonderful simplicity becomes apparent. from 1 3 3 51 you transpose the. fifth to its own place, a single change is only requisite, although both the fourth and fifth are altered. Again, if from Bell and other Music in Cornwall. 5 2 3 41 you transpose the fifth home, the result reads 12 34 0. Now the fifth has been transposed four places, and the treble four, but if tbis is written W h a t the Rev. Mr. Ellacombe and Mr. Charles Troyte o f Huntsham Court out, chaugiDg one pair at each operation as example, are to Devon, Colonel Trelawny of Poltair, near Penzance, is to West Cornwall— it will be seen to require seven changes only, not an ardent promoter of the music of the hells, a practical and scientific bell- 5 2 3 4 1 eight. Tbis is because, although each bell is trans­ ringer, and willing at all times to make the belfry a place of pleasant work posed four places, one of the changes acts in bring­ 2 5 3 4 1^ and musical recreation. Ten years since that gentleman took great interest ing the other bell forward one place. Referring to 2 3 5 4 1 in the inauguration of a new ring of bells for St. Mary’s Church, Penzance, F o u r and from that time to this he has instructed and led the ringers there. Mrs. the example .it will be seen that the first four 2 3 4 5 1 changes. changes bring the fifth home, and advance the Trelawny and the Misses Trelawny, like many an English poet and thousands 2 3 4 1 5 treble one place ; therefore, to bring the treble into' of their neighbours, share in this love for tunable bells, and, by means of the position that transposes it with the fifth only re- 2 3 1 4 5 : handbells, ring out, with skill and taste, those changes in regular peals which quires three more changes. 2 1 3 4 5 T h re e are almost peculiar to the English. To promote a love of his favourite study, changes. As what I have explained would necessarily follow 1 2 3 4 5 and to afford an evening’s amusement, Colonel Trelawny invited Mr. Ban­ if any two bells were transposed, i.e. it is not necessary ister’s famous band from Devonport, and others, with his own family and that either of them be transposed home, this rule is the Penzance Handbell Ringers, to join in giving a concert at St. John’s Hal], therefore arrived at. Penzance, on Tuesday evening, the 9th ult. The room was well filled. The transposition of any one bell with any other can only he effected in The hells were the great attraction, and hearty applause greeted every per­ an uneven number of changes. Therefore if one bell be thus transposed the formance, and encores and loud plaudits conveyed thanks to the Devonport course of tlie row resulting is opposite to that o-f the row from which the men.— Local Layer. transposition is made. Change-ringing at Clyst St. George, Devon. Even supposing the hells selected for transposition be distant an odd number of places from each other, the rule will hold good. Because, as each On Friday, the 20th Dec. the Huntsham Society of Change-ringers (all bell is transposed the same number of places, the total number of places College Youths hut one) paid their respects to the Rev. PI. T. Ellacombe, they are transposed would be an even number (as any two odd numbers the Rector of Clyst St. George, accompanied by Mr. Win. Banister from make an even numbdr), but when the one place is deducted which the Devonport, and rang on the musical six in G#, tenor 13 cwt., three six-scores transposing the one bell will forward the other, the result is necessarily an of Grandsire Doubles ; 720 Kent Treble Bob M inor; three scores of Sted- uneven number. man’s Doubles ; and other touches in each method; one six-score Grandsire Any row of five bells may be most easily analysed by transposing the Doubles, in which the Rector rang the treble. The striking throughout was fifth home, and then analysing the position of 12 34, remembering that in excellent. The ringers (who changed the stations in each peal) w ere:— whatever course they are then found that the given row will be of the C. W. Troyte; J. E. Troyte; R. Troyte; J. Nourish; II. Payne; R. Fry; opposite course. A. J. Davey; Wm. Banister, who interchanged with Mr. Troyte the con- Six Beels.— In plain Bob, as explained in a former chapter, the first ductorship. They also rang with the hand-hells several touches of Triples row is in, and then the rows run two out and two in course alternately until and Caters, to the great entertainment of the visitors and villagers assembled. a single is called, when the courses are reversed. They all left for home at four o’clock, highly delighted with their Christmas In the Ivent variation of Treble Bob Minor tbe rows holiday and entertainment.—Per Letter. run as shown in tbe annexed example. If the treble lead be pricked in full, it will be seen that the rows Change-ringing at St. Barnabas, Ranmore, Dorking. 123456 from the treble passing into tbe middle on the way On Friday, the 26th Dec., a mixed band of Change-ringers rang at the out until it reaches the same place on its way down, are' 213465 in. above church a complete peal of Grandsire Triple, consisting of 5040 changes, alternately two in and two out of course, and that in 1 2 4 3 5 6 out. with 98 bobs and 2 singles, in 3 hrs. 14 mins. The ringers were as follows:— each treble lead the rows with the treble in the same 214365 ,, T. Gadd, Leatherhead, treble; T. Gaiger, Leatherhead, 2nd; H. Boxall, place are half of them of one, and the other half of an 241635 ,, Dorking, 3rd; G. Sayer, Ashtead, 4th ; J. Hewitt, Leatherliead, 5th; C. Boxall, opposite course, and therefore singles are not required, Dorking, th; S. Brooker, Leatherkead, 7.th; C. Dudley, Dorking, tenor. 426153 iu. 6 as in plain peals, to turn tlie course of the bells, and W eight of tenor, 20 cwt. Conducted by Mr. S. Brooker.— A ) ' Letter. thus tbe whole, of the 720 rows can be produced by 421635 Bobs only. Tbe rows of six bells can be easily analysed by trans­ 2 3 1 5 4 6 out. posing the fifth and sixth home, and then analysing the 213456 ,, BELEEY RECORDS. course of the four remaining hells. 'When two hells 123465 ,, ST. M ICHAEL’S, ST. ALBANS. (Tablet in the Belfry.) are transposed with two others, their transposition has 2 1 4 3 5 Gin. 581. K in b e r s a t St . M ic h a e l ’s , St . A l l a n s , H ertfordshire . no effect on the course of the row, tire row resulting .j 124365 Samuel Pike .... a .d . 1819 being of the same course as the given row. The reason 142635 ,, Jas. Tomlin ....;, 1820 of this is, if the transposition of one bell with another Thos. Birclimore . . . ,, 1822 gives an uneven number of changes, performing this 412653 Jas. C u rran t ...... 1837 operation twice will give two uneven numbers of changes, 1 4 6 2 3 5 out. John M o n k . . . . „ 1837 Jas. Scrivner ....,, 1S44 416253 which taken together give ail oven number of changes. Mind, tke Hules of this Belfry must li’ere be forgot. Midmples.— 5 2 6-4 3 1. Transpose 3 with 5, and 1 461523 On carelessly pulling a bell off it’s a fine of a pot. ” with C, when the row will read 32 14 5(1; now 3 2 1 4 Now this is a thing we likewise nmst say— may be seen to-be out of course, and therefore 53G431is Kindly bring forfrlua shilling' if yon break a stay. out of course. Supposing one of tlie bells to be trans­ John Mark, Clerl;, O ct. 1, 1837. posed to occupy the place of the other, as in the row 0 213 4 5. Transpose the fifth to its place, which wili bring the fourth to sixth’s place ; then trans­ A nsw e r to ‘ A Co n stant R e a d e r .'— Messrs. Tlnvaites and Reed, o f pose the fourth with the sixth, the row will therefore read 4 2 1 3 5 6 : knowing Clerkenwell, are not bell-founders— that matters not. No doubt1 six hells 4 213 to be in course, 0 2 1 3 4 5 is therefore in course. Should the two may he made for 1201.,’ and for much less; the cost depends upon size and bells you wish to have at home be in tbe places of each other, as 3 1 4 2 0 5, weight. Ask the bell-founders, we do not tout for any.— E d . the simplest way, since they cannot be transposed except with each other, E r r a t u m .— In the description of ‘ In and Out-of-course Changes ’ in our will lie td consider that 0 5 have an odd change in them, and therefore the issue of Dec. 27, tbe following misprint occurs. In the last example o f tlie course as known by 3 14 2 will be contrary, which in this case will prove the analysis of rows on four hells read thus :— ‘ Take the row 2 4 3 1, now 2 4 3 is row to be in course. out of course, &c. . . . thus 2 4 3 1 may he known to be in course,’ From what" I have already shown, I hope the reader will now be able to ascertain for himself the working of the eourses in any variation and on any R e c e iv e d ,— Subscriber, New’ Ross, Ireland, Ja n u a r y io, 1874.] Church Bells.

rung at Liversedge, Nov. 15th, 1873, was made choice of out of the number" NOTES AND QUERIES. not knowing that Mr. John Thorpe, of Ashton-under-Lyne, had such a one in his possession, as stated in Church Bells, Dec. 20th. Coal Clubs. Query,—How to Ring Out and In the Old and New Year? Sir ,— M ay I be allowed to ask, through your columns, any of your readers S i b ,— I shall feel greatly obliged if you, or any of the London ringers, who may have a satisfactory ‘ Coal Club ’ at work in their parishes, to forward will inform me through Church Bells which is considered in London the most me a copy of their rules ? I have seen several sets of rules, but none by proper of the two following ways of ringing the Old-Year out and the New which the interests of those who are past work, or in the receipt of parish Year in, namely:— To commence ringing about a quarter to 12, and cease relief, are protected. This class cannot make so large a weekly deposit as ringing just before 12 , and start ringing again immediately the clock has their neighbours in receipt of wages, and are often wont to suffer by the very struck 1 2 ; or, to commence at about a-quarter to 12 , and continue ringing means intended to afford them a remedy. T. B eay. until about a quarter past 12, without ceasing ? A Paeishionee. Dover court j Essex. Funeral Reform. Change ringing at Liverpool. S ir,— In answer to ‘ E . S.,’ the way to carry a corpse two or three miles O n Saturday, November 29th, 1873, eight members of the Society of Royal without a hearse is to use a bier, which is by far the best mode on all occa­ Youths, rang at St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool, a true and complete peal sions. In my last parish, which was extensive and populous, there were of Grandsire Triples, comprising 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. 51, mins. The three or four biers kept for that use. E. fingers were stationed thus:— T. Beacall, treble; J. Moore, 2nd; J. P rit­ Q ueries. chard, 3rd ; R, S. Mann, 4th; IV. G. Mann, 5th ; R. Williams, 0th; J. Aspin- wall, 7th; T. Jones, tenor. Composed by John Aspinwall, and conducted by Sir ,— Can any of your readers give in full the lines of two very remarkable Thos. Beacall. This is the first peal rung hy the Society.— Per Letter. epitaphs, or say where they can be found? One begins like the following:— ‘ Bold Infidelity; turn pale and die, Change-ringing at Belbroughton, Worcestershire. Beneath this urn two infant children lie. O n Sunday, December 21st, six of the Society of Change-ringers rang Say, are they lost or saved? I f death’s by sin they sinned, for they lie here/ &c. on the hells of the parish church a true and complete peal of Bob Minor, The other alludes to the use of wealth, and is something like the following containing 720 changes, in 27 mins. The band was as follows:— P. Leek, 1 What I kept I lost, treble; C. Goodyear, 2nd; E. Hatton, 3rd; E. Baylis, 4th; F. Bate, 5th; * iS * & H. Martin, tenor. The peal contained 42 singles, which was composed by What I gave I have.’ S. M. L. J. Rogers of London, and conducted by F. Bate, this being the first time rang 1 H o l l y B e r r y ’ will be much obliged if any reader of Church Bells will let in the county of Worcester.— Local Paper. him know, through the columns of this newspaper, the best and simplest [The next time the Belbroughton ringers go in for Bob Minor, we hope book upon Apostolical Succession. they will not do it on a Sunday, there being six days for work and pleasure.2 1 C. P.’ will be obliged for any information as to Edmund H . Sears, author Change-ringing at Sharow, Yorkshire. of a very beautiful Christmas Hymn (xxxviii.) in the Book of Praise. Lord On Friday, December 20th, 1873, a few members of the York Cathedral Selborne states that he is an American. Is E. H . Sears a member of the Society of Change-ringers assisted the Sharow ringers in ringing Mr. Reeves’ Episcopal Church, and has he written other hymns of equal merit? peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in 2 brs. 55 mins. They were stationed thus :— J. Bowman, treble; T. Clark, 2nd ; W . Pick of M r s . Pi. B a r t l e e t , the Shrubbery, Redditch, thinks she can help £ Sub­ Sharow; 3rd; J. Underwood, 4th; W. Hoiyard, 5th; C. Underwood, 6th; scriber5 in disposing of ready-made clothes, if she will send address. W. H . Howard, 7th ; W. Morrell, from York Cathedral, tenor. The peal was conducted by T . Clark, and is the first ever rung on the bells since the { T h e R e v . J. D. P a r r y .’— Many thanks for your letter, which was not, augmentation to a ring of eight. Weight of tenor, 13 cwt. in the key of G.—- however, quite suitable for ‘ C. B.’ That it was not acknowledged was an oversight for which we apologise. Per Letter. Date Touches. ‘ A. P. H a l s t e a d .’— W e are sorry not to be able to give the information On the 1st January, at Sandbach, Cheshire, at Dudley, and at Ashton. for which you ask, and hardly know to whom to refer you to obtain it. under-Lyne, 1874 Grandsire Triples.

R e c e iv e d also .— One of Peace; '\Y. T. Mowbray; J. D. Close; G. C.; R. Y. Hodge; A Layman. BELFRY RECORDS. ST. MARY-THE-GREAT, CAMBRIDGE. ("Tablets in the Belfry.) 562. O s th e 14th M a rcli, 1779, w as ru n g in th is steeple a tru e a n d c om plete p eal o f 5010 BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Bob Major, in 3 Hours and Twenty-six minutes. Performed by the following persons :— Ed. Widnell, F irs t, j Rd.Langhton, T h ird I .J. B o w te ll, F if t h . | J. Sanders, Seventh. J. Cooper, Second. | W. Bland, F o u rth . | J. Swan, S ix th . | J. H a za rd , Tenor. Mr. Sottanstali to Ringers generally. N.B,— This peal was composed by J. Sanders, T h e following is the first part of 8004 changes, which, being twice re­ peated, completes the peal with the 0th twelve times each way in 6, 0. By LW oflyer, } ^ e h w a U m s , ringing the 23 changes, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 braced,in place of the first four treble 563. O n M on day, Jan y. 21st, 1788, -was ru n g in tliis to w e r a tru e & exqu isite peal, con- leads in the first part, reduces the peal to 7050 changes, being the number of sisting of 6600 Changes Bob Maximus, In 5 hours and 5 minutes, Without a false chaiigxq by the undermentioned Cambridge Youths verses in the New Testament— not 7956, as stated in yours of the 20th ult. by J. Sm ith, F irs t. I J. Lawson, F o u rth . I T. Jones, Seventh. W. Young, Tenth-. Mr. John Thorp of Ashton-under-Lyne. By any peal of 8004 of Oxford or W . B lan d , Second. J. Coe, F ifth . P. Goude, E ig h th . J. Hazard, Eleventh* Kent Treble Bob Major may he had the number of verses in the New Testa­ R. Laughton, T h ird , j T. Steers, S ix th . | C. B a y , N in th . J. Bowtell, T en or. ment, hy applying to the rule of the 23 changes braee-marked Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Bobs byG. Hay. }

1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 [The above board is ornamented with 12 bells & a painting of St. Mary’s Tower.] go into changes at back-stroke, 564. a . D. 1790. On Friday, 16th Feb., was rung in tliis tower a true and complete peal of Oxford Three 2 1 4 3 5 0 7 No. 1 Bob, consisting of 6000 Changes, performed in 4 hours & 15 minutes by the following 8 ) members of the Cambridge Youths :— 1 2 4 3 0 5 8 7 leacl. J. Cooper, Treble. I J. Sm ith, T h ird . Chs. Day, S ix th . P. Spenceley, N in th . 1 4 2 6 .3 8 5 7. end. 8064 changes. T. Steers, Second. J. Lawson, F o u rth . J. Sw an, Seventh. J. B o w te ll, Tenor. 1 4 q 0 8 3 7 5^ I T. Hazard, F ifth . C-. Cooper, E ig h th . Bobs b y J. Spenceley. 4 1 6 2 3 8 5 7 No. 2 The first part of the peal. This tablet is here erected as a memorial of the performances. 1 4 0 2 8 3 7 5 ’ lead. 2 3 4 5 0 31. W. H. L .SiSsey, 1 Churchwardens. 1 0 4 8 2 7 3 o. end. • 3 2 0 5 4 565. a .d . 1791. 1 2 Ox Monday, 31st of October, was rung in this tower a true & complete peal of Grand­ 0 1 4 8 7 2 0 3> 3 0 5 2 4 1 2 sire Quaters, consisting of 7002 changes, performed in 4 hours & three quarters by the 1 0 8 4 2 7 3 5 ’ 0 2 5 3 4 1 following members of the Society of College Youths :— 0 1 8 4 7 2 5 3 • 0 2 3 4 5 1 R. Widnell, Treble. I J. Coe, T h ird . I Chas. Day, S ixth . I p. Spenceley, N in th . 6 1 4 8 2 7 3 5 No. 3 2 4 3 G 5 J. Cooper, Second. J. Lawson, F o u rth . J. H a za rd , Seventh. J. Bowteli, Tenor. 2 I T. Steers, F ifth . 1 G-. Cooper, E ig h th . ! BobsbyP.Spenceley. 4 7 q n 1 6 8 5 o lead. •4 5 3 0 2 2 1 2 That the same may be transmitted to posterity this inscription is here erected. 6 1 8 4 2 7 3 5 * 4 5 0 2 3 1 1 0 8 4 7 2 5 o 5 4 3 2 6 2 2 T.' Bereft, } Churchwardens. 1 8 6 7 4 5 2 3 end. • 4 2 3 5 0 1 566. a .d . 1793. O n Thursday, 14th February, was rung in this tower a true and complete peal of Grand­ 8 1 0 7 5 4 3 2-1 To be twice repeated. sire Quaters, consisting of 5039 changes, performed in three hours and twenty-seven 1 8 7 6 4 5 2 3 minutes by the undermentioned Cambridge Youths:— 8 1 7 0 0 4 .3 2 Composed by W. Sottanstall J. Widnell, F ir s t. I J. Coe, T h ird . i W. Goodes, S ix th . I P. Spenceley, N in th . L. Cooper, Second. W. White, F o u rth . J. Hazard, Seventh . T. Pidley, Tenor. 8 1 0 7 4 5 2 3 ( No. 4 Sowerby, Yorkshire. J W . Lander, F ifth . J. Bowtell, E ig h th . | Bobs, P. Spenctlev. 1 8 6 7 5 4 3 2 lead. ______S.' 1 * 3 / } Churchwardens. 8 1 7 0 4 5. q OQ 1 8 7 0 5 4 3 2 N o t ic e .— Thanks for In and Out-of-Course from Ipswich mislaid. Please 1 7 8 6 4 5 2 3. encl. to write again. 7 I 8 0. 5 4 3 h R e c e iv e d .— C. P .; vYm. Hinton ; Thos. P rice ; A. M arshall; E. C. Merson ; In my ringing career I have obtained more than twenty peals of Treble Staffordshire Festival; John Thorp; Jos. Green; W. Prentice: New Ross Bob Major, consisting of 8544 changes, with the tenors together. The one correspondent has not sent his name. Ja n u a r y 17, 1874.] Church Bells.

A n sw ers. Change-ringing at Hyde, Kent. Sib ,— I am glad to be able to give your correspondent *S. M. L .’ one of On Tuesday, the Cth inst., the Society of Change-ringers, Hyde, rang at the epitaphs for which he inquires. It is,— St. George's Church, Mr. J. Beeves’ ten-part peal of' Grandsire Triples, con­ * As I was so arc yc ; sisting of 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. -48 mins., by the following members.— As I am you s'nali be ; B. Brierley, treble ; M. Sale, 2nd; C. Asliwortb, 3rd: T . Sale, 4tii : That I had that I gave, That I gave that I have. IV. Beeley, 5th; H. Rostron, 6th; J. Wilde, 7th ; G. Sale, tenor, freight Thus I end all my cost, of tenor, 16 cwt. Conducted by J. W ilde.—Per Letter . That I left that I lost.’ There is another of a very similar character in Tiverton Churchyard, on the tomb of Edward Courteney, third Earl of Devon, and Maud his wife BELFRY RECORDS. (date 1419) :— ‘ H o c ! ho.e ! w h o lie s h ere ? ST. MARY-THE-GREAT, CAMBRIDGE. I th e g oode E rie o f D evosshere, (Tablets in the Belfry.) W ith Maud my wife, to me full deere. Wo lyved togeather fyfty-fyve yere. ( Continued.) What wee gave wee have, 567. a . d . 1797. - What wee spent we had. On Friday, 2nd June, was rang in this tower a true and complete peal of Grandsii-e What wee left wee loste.’ T rip les, consisting; o f 5040 changes, in 8 hours & a half, originally composed, by Mr. Holt They are taken from Norfolk’s Collection, of Epitaphs; publisher, John in 1 course & 2 doubles in the 4 last leads, by the undermentioned Performers :— Ilussell Smith., ;Soho Squ,are: F . H. •T. Coo, Treble. j W.-Lender, T h ir d . 1 W. Goodes, F ifth . , j P.opencoley,S etien t h [ ‘ O’. F/ aoid ‘ B.: Hopkins ’.. send the same lines with some variations.] W . E ve, Second. J I. ffowma.n, F o u rth , j J. fjowtell. Sar'li, ( J. Hazard, E igh th . The peal was called by J. Bowtell. Sin,— The following are the lines of the epitaphs inquired about in Church Bella' of January 10th ;— J. H o m e , ( Churchwardens. * Bold Infide’ity, turn pale and die! 568. I n tliis tower, on Monday, May lltli, 1830, was rung a true & complete peal of Beneath this stone four infants’.ashes lie. Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5010 changes, with 190 hobs & 50 singles, in 3 hours & Say, are they lost or saved ? twenty-four minutes, by the undermentioned Cambridge Youths- I f death*s by sin they sinned, for they are here ; J. L ee, Treble. I-F. Y o r k e, T h ird . I T. Mansfield, 'F ifth . I M. Rockett,S cvciilh . I f heaven’^ by works, in heaven they can’t appoar. W . PagCj SctJO^t?. | . Wvight, Foiirtli, j It. Willby, | T. Holliday,E ig h th . Reason, oil how depraved ! The peal composed by Tayler, Conducted by,R. Willby. Revere the sacred page, the knot’s untied— R ev. Cal’us, E frJ i­ They died, for Adam sinned ; they live, for Jesus died.’ lt . W h ite, | Churchwarden. Taken from Hauxton Churchyard, near Cambridge, on stone o f four S. H u rrel, children who died in infancy. No date. T. E. E. 569. I n this tower, On the 16th Feby. 1852, was rung a true & complete peal of Grand- [T h e same lines, yiiiith some variations, are given by ( E. H .;’ by ‘ H. E. sire Caters, consisting of 5039 changes, in 3 hours

Bell-music in Oxford. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Sir ,— W e must only trust that those in authority may, sooner than at present seems likely, put the bells which were tbe pride of Oxford ringers New Bells at W est Tanfield, Yorkshire. in such condition that your columns may again record true peals rung on them— and may my name then also figure among the performers. New-year’s Day, 1874, was rendered memorable for this parish by the O n e w ho r an g i n t h e l a s t P e a l of G rand s ir e opening of a ring of six bells in G, cast by Messrs. Warner of London. Since T r ip l e s , A p r il 5t i i , 1869. the restoration of the church, some thirteen years ago, the sound of ‘ C h u r c h - going B ell1 had not been heard at all in the parish; three old bells Change-ringing at St. Mary, Battersea. were taken down at that time, and never, until now, replaced. The late O n Monday, January 5th, eight members of the Cumberland Society rang Hector (Rev. Jas. Hall) left by will 200Z. towards the re-casting of the largest at the above church an excellent peal of Steclman Triples, containing 5040 of the three bells (which had been broken some time), and the founding of a changes, in 2 hrs. 50 mins. J. Cox, treble; R. Rose, 2nd; P. Coote, 3rd; ring of six. The remainder of the expense has been borne by W. R. Hall, Esq. W. Coppage, 4th; O. Newson, 0th; W. Hoverd, 6th; D. Stackwood, 7tli; of Speenhamland, Berkshire, in memory of his late brother. The work was J. Brazier, tenor. Composed by J. Thurstans and conducted by John Cox. carried out by Mr. T. Mallaby of Mash am. The day’s proceedings began about nine o’clock, when the Masham Society of Change-ringers rang a peal of 720 Change-ringing at Upper Clapton. Bob Minor. Divine Service began at eleven o’clock. After an able sermon O n Monday, tbe Otb inst., tlie following members of the Ancient Society of by the Rev. W. C. Lukis, Rector of Wath, the clergy and ringers proceeded to College Youths (established a.d. 1037), rang at St. Matthew’s, Upper Clapton, the tower, where the Rev. F. Earle, Rector of the parish, offered up Prayers of H olt’s original peal of Grandsire Triples, comprising 50-10 changes, in 2 hrs. Dedication, which had been approved by the Lord Bishop of Ripon. W e have 50 mins. H . Page, treb le; T. Jackson, 2nd; J. Pettit, 3rd; T. Page, 4th; been favoured with a copy of the Service and the Hymns used on the occasion : W . Greenleaf, 5th, C. IP. Jessop, 6th; E. Turner, 7th; R. Turner, tenor. as there is a slight difference from wliat we have before printed, we are now Conducted by J. Pettit.— Per Letter. glad to annex it. Ringing continued throughout the day, during which many Change-ringing at Glemsford, Suffolk. thousand changes were struck. On Saturday, January 10th, tbe Glemsford Society of Change-ringers rang HYMN. at St. Mary’s Church 720 of Kent Treble Bob, 720 of Oxford Treble Bob, B e f o r e t h e S e r m o n . 360 of Double Court Bob, and 74 of Bob Minor, being the date of the year, in C. M . 1 hr. 20 mins. Jno. Slater, treble; Jos. Slater, 2nd; C. Honeybell, 3rd; U nison. We too in order true would be, N ot idle are the fleeting sounds W h e re G od w ou ld h ave u s s ta n d ; Z. Slater, 4th ; S. Slater, 5tli; E. P. Adams, tenor, who conducted the peal. Which earth-borne upward steal, W e too, or great or small, would do — Per Letter. If that they aid to higher flight Whate’er He doth command. Muffled Peals in Herefordshire. What man to God doth feel. Each, with the force to him allowed, ‘ A M u f f l e d Peal is still always rung on the bells of the parish church of H arm ony. A Herald of His Word, Incobley on Childermas, or Innocents’ Day. This custom was observed also in New voices in our church to-day, A ll in one voice of blended might, New notes upon the air, A peal of sweet accord. the adjoining parish of Dilwyn, and was only discontinued about five years W ith willing echoes swell the sound ago because the mufflers, or “ muffs,” as the ringers call them, were worn out.’ O f Praise and solemn Prayer. Unison. — From Notes and Queries. Each bell in size and tone apart A ll g lo ry to th e F a th er be, Date Touches. Doth its own tale repeat, A ll glory to the Son, And all attuned in order form All glory to the Holy Ghost, Jan u ar y 1,1874.— At Liversedge, Yorkshire, Kent Treble Bob. At Almond- One harmony complete. W hile endless ages run. A m en. bury, Yorkshire, Triples. ______A f t e r t h e Se r m o n, The Clergy with the Ringers will 'proceed to the Tower, where the officiating BELFRY RECORDS. M inistc" shall say ;—- CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, OXFORD. In the Name of the Father, the Son, a .he Holy Ghost. Amen. (Tablets in the Belfry.) O u r Father, &c. [These boards were moved from the old steeple at the same tim e that the bolls were taken The Collect. down. They are now placed in the new wooden tower.] P r e v e n t us, 0 Lord, a i tv x r;___rm. L..7 i i t Afuio PaffTi I H . P it t , Seventh. A J. H in e, Treble. D. Higgins, T h ird . [ H. Mills, F ifth . J. Castle, Tenor. Thanks to Mr. Jasper Snowdon. E. H a rriso n , Second. C.Homislow,Fourf7i. ( R. Young, Sixth. Conducted by C. Hounslow. Sir,—I wish to return my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Jasper Snowdon for tbe explanation of ‘ In and Out of Course,’ given by him in Church Bells, from which I have received much benefit, and the mystery is so explained. W y e , R e s t .— W e have not been favoured with the names of rmgers on A n A m a te u r .- the belfry tablets. Ja n u a r y 31, 1874.] Church Bells. 103

person as candidate for a seat in the new parliament who will not pledge himself to resist any interference with the 25th clause of the Education Act, BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. any attack of the Liberationist party, any Burials Bill such as Mr. Morgan’s, which claims the parochial churchyards as national property; or any Bill which should interfere with any church endowments. I f we would only unite Another Specimen of Belfry Desecration in Devonshire. for these purposes, it would soon be evident that the power of the Church is S ir ,— A ll true Churchmen will he grieved to learn that a Prize-ringing by no means moribund, hut that Magna est Veritas, et prevalebit. C. P. P e ac h has taken place at Bradninch in Devonshire, on the 2Gth inst., with the usual The ‘ Old Evangelicals.’ waste of money ill/ . !) for paltry ' ups and downs, rounds and rounds,’ and, Sir,— Why is it that those who profess to he more Evangelical than their after the so-called ringing, a dinner. Somehow these fooleries always smell brethren will persist in saying that High Churchmen confound Baptism with strongly of the publican’s getting up, and it is difficult to imagine how the Salvation ? Are not all agreed that a man can in 110 real and true sense be ‘ kind permission of the Vicar and Churchwardens ’ is obtained to allow these said to be 1 saved ’ till the Lord lias received him into Paradise ? Are not, all, abominable practices to take place. High Churchmen and Evangelicals alike, agreed that Baptism admits into Presuming they are all professed Churchmen who take part in this farce, (what the Catechism calls) a state of salvation, which if it continues, will end I would venture to ask them if they would like to see the pulpit occupied by in reception into Paradise? I f so, why these accusations ? P a x . one who preached for the sake of a prize of money ? I f not, why desecrate the belfry ?— for the bells have been consecrated to God’s service, and are as much a part of His holy temple as anything in the church. B ob Sin g l e . NOTES AND QUERIES. Testimonial to a Change-ringer. T h e Annual Supper of the Waterloo Society of Change-ringers took place on Thursday evening, the22ndinst., at the ‘ Feathers Tavern,’ Waterloo Bridge. Q ueries. Twenty-six members were present, Mr. J. Martin-Routli in the chair. After S111,— W ill any of the readers of Church Bells kindly help me to the right the usual loyal toasts, ‘ The Waterloo Society,’ Ac., the Chairman rose and said, understanding of Gen. ix. 25-27? Am I to understand that, in addition to, — ‘ I have been requested by the Society to perform a very pleasant duty—that and irrespective of, the original or birth-sin, which is equally the heritage of is, to present Mr. William Baron with a testimonial on behalf of the members.’ all who ‘ naturally are engendered of the offspring of Adam,’ all the sable The testimonial consisted of a handsome timepiece with a suitable inscription. sons of Africa— the whole of the Turanian race— or even the descendants Mr. Baron was one of tbe founders of tbe Society in 1808, and has since held of Canaan, whoever they may be, or wherever they dwell, come into this world the office of Instructor, which duty he has attended to in the most assiduous with the curse of the Almighty on them ? What is the nature of that curse ? manner ; his energy is well known to all who have visited ‘ Waterloo,’ and the Is it moral 01-physical ? Does not a belief in this curse warp the minds of members can testify to his noble exertions in promoting tbe art of Change- those Aryan clergymen who have the charge o f Turanian souls ? Does it not ringing, and bis ever-ready assistance to young ringers. The presentation cause them to make a difference between the ‘ whites’ and the ‘ blacks?’ was then made amid hearty and prolonged applause. In acknowledgment, Is not. Bishop Rawle’s assertion true, that the ‘ colour of a man has no more and with visible signs of emotion, Mr. Baron assured the company how deeply to do with his character or his intellect than the colour of his hair or his gratified he was in receiving from his brother-members this valuable token of eyes?’ Is there anything very monstrous in regarding the words of the their regard, which should always be treasured as commemorating one of the patriarch as spoken in wrath, and having no sanction from on high; and as hapipiest incidents of his life.— Communicated. having reference solely to his intentions towards his children in the distribu­ Change-ringing at Manchester. tion of his property, as a reward for their conduct towards him in his unfor­ tunate fall ? Good will be done by giving the subject a good airing. On Saturday evening, Jan. 10th, a mixed company of Change-ringers met Bio Ponga, Sierra Leone. A Se a r c h e r a f t e r T r u t h . in the tower of Manchester Cathedral, and rang a true and complete peal of Kent Treble Bob Royal, comprising 5000 changes, in 3 hrs. 24 mins. The Si r ,— I have in m y possession an edition of Beza's Greek Testament, and peal was composed and conducted by Mr. John Thorp of Ashton, and the would like to know from some of your readers what its value, as an old book, ringers were stationed in the following order: — T. Moss, Ashton, treble; may be. It is a folio, published in a .d . 1598. It has three columns of text— J. Bocock, Ashton, 2nd; H. Royle, Manchester, 3rd; T. Stopford, Ashton, one Greek, one old and one new Latin translation; copious notes in Latin 4th ; II. Bostrin, Hyde, 5th ; S. Bennett, Hyde, Gth ; C. Thorp, Ashton, 7th ; accompany the text, and at the end is an index. Bound up with this is a J. Gillott, Ashton, 8th ; J. Thorp, Ashton, 9th; J. Wilde, Hyde, tenor. W eight Commentary upon the New Testament by Joachim Cainerarius. Nunc denuo of tenor, 25 ewt. This is the first peal in the above method that has been plurimum illustratus et locuplele Indice auctus. Cantabrigiic: ex officina Rogeri rung on the Cathedral bells since the rebuilding of the tower.— Per Letter. Lanielis, Almat Academia Typographi. The latter was published a .d . 1542, and is thus 332 years old ! The print is superior to almost any book in my Change-ringing at Redenhall, Norfolk. possession. On the fly-leaf is written in letters, partly German and partly On JaD. 13th, the Redenhall ringers held the 138th anniversary o f their English, the ink of which is scarcely legible from age, 11 warrant this book Society. There were about forty ringers present, from different parts of perfect. Witness my hand, D. St o r y .' Any particulars respecting the above Norfolk and Suffolk. During the day touches of Bob Major, Oxford Treble will interest A L over of O ld B ooks. Bob, Graridsire and Stedman Triples, were rung, and all expressed their admiration of this fine peal of bells. — Per Letter. Sir ,— As I know several gentlemen desirous o f seeking H oly Orders, I should be glad if any of your correspondents can tell me what a young man, Change-ringing at Appleton, Berks. who has had a good English and classical education, and who lias since then On the 19th inst., four members of the Oxford Society of Change-ringers been in business more than five years in a large warehouse, ought to do in the and four of the Appleton Society rang 5120 Kent Treble Boh Major, in 3 hrs. matter. I wish also to inquire what should be done by one who has no means 13 mins. The ringers were:— S. Woodward, Appleton, treble; J. Newman, whatever of providing for any education other than that which he has received Appleton, 2nd: J. Field, Oxford, 3rd; J. Rogers, Oxford, 4th; N. White, at school. I should he glad of any good answers that could put them in the Appleton, 5th ; C. Hounslow, Oxford, Gth ; E. Harrison, Oxford, 7th ; F. White, right direction. Ch o r is t e r . Appleton, tenor. Conducted by J. Rogers, Oxford.— Per Letter. ‘ St u d e n t ’ desires to know if the Enchiridion of St. Augustine is published Change-ringing at St. John’s, Waterloo Road. separately, also the price and publisher's name. On Saturday, Jan. 24th, eight members of the Waterloo Society o f Change- ‘ A. A.’ will be glad if any reader of Church Bells can tell her of a home for ringers rang the late Mr. Holt's 10-pal't peal of Grandsire Triples in 3 hrs. boys at Brighton (or in the neighbourhood of Brighton) where a homeless 4 mins. The hand was stationed as follows :-—A. S. Ough, treble ; W . Baron, boy of nine could be received, either by payment or election. 2nd ; C. Hopkins, 3rd; J. Martin-Routh, 4th; H. Hopkins, 5th; W . Coppage, Sir ,— Can any of your readers inform me of a book giving a description Oth; J. Breakspeare, 7th; W . Cook, tenor. Conducted by W . Baron.— and history of the different Religious Orders of the Latin Church, and the Communicated. names of the localities where such institutions formerly existed in England ? Muffled Peal at Coventry. 0. E. R. S. On the 13th inst., the ringers of St. Michael's Church, Coventry, rang their Si r ,— I f any person could recommend a work calculated to aid a young 85th anniversary Touch in memory of the late Mr. Edwards of this city. man in preparing to give himself to the Foreign Mission service purely for the The ringing consisted of 1008 changes of Grandsire Triples, with the hells love of Christ and saving of souls, they would earn the best thanks of S. muffled on one side, and was rung by the following persons :— S. Elliott, treble; Sir.,— I should be much obliged if you, or some of your correspondents, T. Temple, 2nd; T. Srawley, 3rd; W. Johnson, 4tli; C. Lenton, 5th; could inform me of a small book setting forth the doctrines and professions J. Bickerton of Warwick, Gth ; C. Horsfall, 7th ; W. Gilbert, tenor. Conducted of the Plymouth Brethren. W. II. by C. Horsfall. The ringers afterwards adjourned to an inn, where a sub­ stantial supper awaited them. The history of the annual ringing is this :— [P e r h a p s the account which we gave of this sect in our No. 104, for Dec. 21, The late Mr. Edwards was a master-builder of this city, and bequeathed 100/. 1872, may he of help to you.— Ed.] in trust to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Michael's Church in this city, and part of the interest of it was to be equally divided amongst the sexton and ‘ A. C.’— Your first question, about intoning, is too wide to enter into in ringers, after which they shall ring a peal in remembrance of him on New- these columns. There is no absolute law of abbreviations, and the abbrevia­ year’s Day, old style, for ever. Various touches of changes and tunes on the tion ‘ S.’ appears to have the authority of earlier usA than ‘ St.’ The third liand-bells were given during the evening, after which a vote o f thanks was question a gardener could answer best. heartily given to the Editor of Church Bells for the vast amount of good his ‘ 0 . F .’— The change in the hood, which you mention, is made when an paper is doing, both in and out of our belfries.— Communicated. M.A. proceeds to take the B.D. degree, not otherwise. 1 Y. X.’ could be best informed by Messrs. Parker, Strand, W.C., the pub­ N o t ic e .— Our repeated request for Belfry Boards is for such as have not lishers of Keble's works. been sent. W e are publishing them as much as we possibly can in Counties. R e c e iv e d also .— Rev: f?hftrles Lowe; E, D ayi W. L. Stanley Bond; 0.; R e c e iv e d .— E. Harris; A. P. Moore; J. A. H. Scott; E. J. Massie; H . B .j Suffragii Jus; Painswick Tablets; I- Whitmore* Address of a Country Clergyman requested * February 7, 1874.] Church Bells. US

S i r ,— What is the most suitable English History for Pupil Teachers; and BELFRY RECORDS. what the best book on the Prayer-book ? E. E. [A Primary History of Britain and the Student's Hume (Murray) are good MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD. (Tablets in the Belfry.) text-books of History, and An Elementary History of the Book o f Common ( Continued.) Prayer by Proctor (Macmillan) is a good book on the Prayer-book.— Ed.] 583. On F rid a y , A p r il 11, 1862, w as ru n g on tliese bells M r. J. H o lt’s O rig in a l P e a l o f Granclsire T rip les, con ta in in g 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. 19 m ins., .by th e fo llo w in g p erso n s:— 4 J. A.’ would be glad to hear of an article or pamphlet proving Prayers J. H in e, Treble. I W. Saunders, T h ird . I H. Mills, F ifth . 1 D. Higgins, Seventh. for the Dead should not be used by the Church iu England. -T. H ill, Second. | C.Hounslow,F ou rth . | R. Young, S ix th . | J. Castie, Tenor. A n sw ers. Conducted by 0. H ou n slow . 584. A r t h a t h n o E n e m y b u t I g n o r a n c e . T . T e m p l e ’ had better advertise the book which he wishes to sell. 4 R u n g in this tower, Monday, Octr. 8th , 1866, a tru e P e a l o f G randsire Caters, consisting 4 Miss P a g e .’— W e should recommend you to send your inquiry, which is of 5021 changes, with 5th & Oth behind 9th, in 3 hrs. 18 mins., by the following persons, VIZ. : not suited to our columns, to the Exchan ye and M art. A . W h ite , Treble. It. Young, F o u rth . H . W h ite , E igh th , ‘ A. A.’ is informed that there is an Orphan Boys’ Home at Brighton, H . M ills, Second. It. Barrett, F ifth . F . W h ite, N in th . where they can be received by payment. Address, Mr. Williams, Orphan T . H ill, T h ird . C. Hounslow, S ixth . H . P itts , Tenor. F.E . Robinson, Esq., Seventh. Conducted by H. White. Boys’ Home, Buckingham Place, Brighton. 555. Ox f o r d S o c ie t y o f C k a n g e -R in g e r s .— Rung on these bells on Saturday, Sept. 19th, 4 J. 0.’— There appears to be no authority for the charge about which you 1S68, a B ob and S in gle P e a l o f G raiidsire Trip les, con tain in g 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. 10 mins., inquire. b y th e fo llo w in g m em bers :— 4 Ox o n ie n s is ’ will find an answer to his question in Sunday, No. XI., for H . M ills , Treble. I C. H o u n s lo w ,T h ird . I J. Hino, F ifth . I J. Rogers, Seventh. E. Harrison, Second. | T. Hill, F o u rth . | W . Saunders, S ix th . | H. Pitt. Tenor. February 9, 1874:. Published by W . W ells Gardner, 2 Paternoster Buildings^ Conducted by J. Rogers.

4 Cantab’ begs to inform 4 Student’ that the Enchiridion o f St. Augustine 556. Ok W ednesday, J u ly 7th, 1869, a P e a l o f Stedm an Caters, 5033 Changes, in 3 hours is published separately, and may be had f r o m Messrs. H all and Sons, Cam­ 14 m inutes. bridge, price 2s. (id. John Cox, London, Treble. Charles Hounslow, Oxford, Sixth. John Rogers, Oxford, Second. Noble White, Appleton, Seventh. 4 C h orister.’— W e have two sealed letters addressed to you on the subject Robert Rose, London, T h ird . William Howard, London, E ig h th . of your inquiry of last week, which we shall be happy to forward to you on Isaac Rogers, London, F o u rth . Frederick White, Appleton, N in th . receiving .'your name and address. W e wish to remind our readers that Henry White, Appleton, F ifth . Edward Harrison, Oxford, Tenor. we do not, as a rule, keep the names and addresses of our correspondents, Composed & conducted by H r. John Cox. nor do we undertake to forward letters to them. A ll who wish to receive 587. T h e Oxford Society of Change-Ringers rang on these bells, on the 1st of April, 1872, answers otherwise than through our 4 Correspondence ’ columns should send a tru e p e a l o f G ran dsire Caters, consisting o f 6030, in 3 h rs. 56 m ins., v iz. H . M ills, Treble. J. E. Troyte, Esq [Ch. Ch.], J. M. Hine, Seventh. their full name and address, not only in confidence, hut for insertion in J. Rogers, Second. F o u rth . G. Hounslow, E ig h th . Church Bells. Perhaps some correspondents, whose letters may have seemed R . Y o u n g , T h ird , J. W a rn e r, F ifth . E. Harrison, N in th . to have been neglected, will kindly accept this as an explanation. T . H ill, S ixth.' F. Bayliss, Tenor. Composed & conducted by J. Rogers.

T h e Publisher will he glad if Mrs. Henry Forde will forward her address; W YE, KENT. (Tablets in the Belfry.) her remittance and order were duly received. The same applies to some one 5SS. On Monday, the 29th of March, 1736, was rung in this Belfry, by the underwritten writing from Doncaster, enclosing stamps but no letter. Also Mrs. Mancott; m en, 5040 G randsier T rip p ]cs, in 3 hours & a half, b ein g y c firs t s et th a t e v e r r u n g i t in th e postmark, Paddington. County without the assistance of Londoners or others. 589. I n this steeple was completely rung by ye men of this Town, as fo llo w sviz. D e c e iv e d also . -Geo. W. Jones ; J. D. P .; L. E. E .; N. E. S. N o v . y « 30, 1738, 5040 G randsivc T riples, in 3 houss & 20 m inutes. 590. N o v . y e 16, 1742, 5040 p lain T rip les in 3 h ou rs & 45 m inutes.

591. I n this Steeple, on Friday, the 13th April, 1821, was eomx>lcte!y rung by the men BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. o f this Town, 5152 Bob Major changes, in 3 hours & 20 minutes. 592. A g r a n d peal of 5376 Bob Major was rung on the 28tli of Deer. 1S2P, in 3 hours & 32 m inutes. Belfry Reform at Publow, Somerset. 593. A s p l e n d id p eal o f 6048 B ob M ajor, in s ix p arts, w ith 78 bobs and 2 singles, w as rung on the 22nd February, 1838, composed and conducted by Mr. Silas Haycock, which T h e ringers of the parish church of Publow have formed a society or band was brought round in a superior style, in 3 hours & 38 minutes, by himself and other resi­ of ringers, with the Yicar (the Kev. A. Bellamy) as president, and several dents of this Town. parishioners as honorary members, who desire to encourage them in their [The names of the ringers follow in each case.] laudable efforts to improve by paying a small annual subscription. The fol­ BRAUGHIN, HERTS. (Tablets in the Belfry.) lowing are among the rules:— That the hells are not to be rung for any 594. These 8 Bells were rung yE first time, September ye 25th, 1745. And the first com- worldly purpose whatever, but their use to he confined strictly to Church pur­ p le a t p eal o f 5040 T rip p l es w ere ru n g in 3 hours and 10 m inuits, S ep tem b er y* 30th, 1716, b y poses; that no smoking, drinking, or disorderly conduct be allowed in the Jno. Scripps, Treble. | Geo. Wallis. I Thos. Bayment. I Wm. Chamberlain. belfry at any tim e.— Bath Chronicle. Wm. Welch. | Thos. Hubbard. | W. Welch. | Fray Uncle. All of this Parish. Peal-ringing on the Continent. Given by Wm. Fi’eeman, Esq. T h e r e is nothing of the sort as in England. A single bell rung up at [W eight of tenor (by repute) one ton ; key E.] 45 degrees continuously, either by a half or quarter wheel, or by a platform- ,'95. C a m p a n a r u m . lever worked by tbe foot, would be called a 4 merry peal.’— E d . R u n g by the Society of Braughin Youths, April 25th, 1778, A com pi eat peal of 10,080 Changes Bob Major, which was performed in 6 lours and 34 minuits, by Change-ringing at Benenden, Kent. Lawrence Tottingham, Joseph Piggott. Joseph Walker. Treble. W illiam Pry or,aged 17 years. Jam es W a lk er. O n Monday, the 12tli lilt., the Change-ringers of St. Mary’s Church, Samuel Welch. J ohnHubbard, aged 19 years. George Beadle. Frittenden, visited our parish church, and rang a peal of Plain Bob Triples, 5f 6. M a y 10th, 1779, w as ran g b y th e B r.a igh in Y o u th s a com pleat p eal o f 12,240 B ob 5040 changes. The peal consisted of 138 bobs and 2 singles, was con­ Major, which was performed i» seven hours & 34 minuits. ducted by Mr. T. Daynes, and brought round in 3 hrs. 3 mins. C. Payne, Lawrence Tottingbam. I George Beadle. I James Walker. treble; J. Potter, 2nd; J. Taylor, 3rd; E. Potter, 4th; W. Brattle, 5th; T. Wm. Pryor. Jas. Hubbard. i Jos. Walker. Potter, Oth; T. Daynes, 7th; T. Marshall, tenor. Weight of tenor, 20 cwt. W m . H o y . | | Com posed a nd called b y J am es W alk er. It was long each man did stand with zeal, Key F .— Per Letter. And ardent Union performed the Peal. Change ringing at Shipley, Yorkshire. 597. On the 11th May, 1829, was rang by the Braughing Youths, a complete Peal cf O n Saturday, the 24th ult., a company of ringers met at St. Paul’s Church 6160 Changes Bob M ajor, in fo u r houi-s, b y and rang various touches on both six and eight hells, in commemoration of Thos. Lawrence, Treble. j Wm. Lawrence. I Geo. Taylor. Jno. Loots. Wm. Bailey. Jas. Bayford. James Lillgy, a member of the Shipley company, attaining his seventieth year. Heny. Bayford. I I Wm. Carter, Tenor. The company included some of the oldest ringers in the district. On the It was conducted by Wm. Carter. Oth February, 1825, he assisted the Bingley company to ring 240 changes r X .B .— 1, 3, 4, and 7 are s till liv in g . 1 and 7 r in g n o w w ith m e a t F u rn ea u x P elh a m .— each of 36 different methods, a feat supposed to be unparalleled in Change- W . W .] ______ringing.— Per Letter. N otic e to C orrespondents.— W e desire to repeat what we have said Change-ringing at St. Peter’s, Walworth. before about tbe impatience of some of our kind friends. They are evidently O n Monday, January 19th, 1874, eight members of the Cumberland Society quite ignorant of the mode of working a weekly periodical. They seem to met at the above church and rang a true peal of Grandsire Triples (H o lt’ s think that their contributions can be immediately attended to and inserted ten-part peal), containing 5040 changes, in three hours. G. Newson, treble ; with telegraphic despatch. W e request them to be more patient. Beports II. Nunn (his first peal), 2nd ; S. Jarman, 3rd ; H. Dains, 4th ; T. Gleed, 5th ; are inserted as soon as possible ; some are not fit for insertion, others are D. Stackwood, Oth; J. Page, 7th; W. Strange, tenor. Conducted by Mr. so badly written that we cannot make them out. In all cases we reserve to G. Newson.— Per Letter. ourselves the liberty of curtailing, weeding, and clipping, according to the Muffled Peal at Spalding, Lincolnshire. best of our judgm ent; and timing as suits us, or rejecting altogether, without returning anything.— E d . O n Saturday evening, the I7tli ult., the following members o f the Spalding Society, with the assistance of one of the Bourn and one of the Sutterton M u f f le d P e a l on I n no cents’D ay.— The custom prevails at Maisemore members, viz.— W . A. Tyler, Bourn, treb le; J. S. Wright, 2nd ; G. Clow, Snt- and Cirencester, Gloucestershire. ferton, 3rd ; J. Burrows, 4th ; E. Creasey, 5th, conductor ; I ’. Dalton, tenor— D e c e iv e d .— C. W . B. (who will receive a d ir e c t answer when he favours rang a full-muffled peal, a half-muffled peal, and an open peal, of 300 each, of us with his name and address): J. Milverton Hurley, (music is printed in Bob Minor, as a last tribute of respect to Mr. S. Toynton, aged 54 years, who Bristol); J. J. Serjeantson ; C. Staden ; D. S. M il ward. for several years was treble-man to the above Society.— Contributed. I. W . II. and H. A. K. have not sent addresses, February T4, 1874.] Church Bells. 127

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Change-ringing at Hurworth-on-Tees, Durham. O n Tuesday, January 27th, six members of the Hurworth Change-ringing Society succeeded in ringing for the first time a peal of Bob Minor (720 The Evil of Bell-ringing Contests denounced by Devonshire changes) in 29 rains. The ringers w ere:— W. Goldsborough, treble; R in gers. J. Gaines, 2nd; E. Hern, 3rd; J. Thompson, 4th; J. Hern, 5th; R. Newton, T h e annual supper given by the inhabitants of Hols worthy to their church tenor. Weight of tenor, 17 cwt. Conducted by Johnson Hern. I t is hoped ringers lately took place. An interesting and pleasing novelty was constituted that the Round-ringers in the county of Durham may be stimulated to greater by the attendance of the neighbouring Bradworthy ringers, who were invited. exertions, as it is only by intense perseverance and application that this really The Rector occupied the chair, supported by Messrs. Honey, Lanyon, and intricate art is to be plastered. Now' that the Hurworth ringers have, obtained others of Brad worthy. Occasion was taken in the course of the remarks the full extent of changes on six bells, they trust the inhabitants will show which were made fo discountenance the practice of prize-ringing, as being their appreciation of their endeavours by placing one more new bell, with usually attended by feelings the very opposite of those sought to be encou­ another old one now hanging useless, in the tower.— Per Letter. raged, and to substitute in its stead the much more wholesome and friendly Date Touches. plan which had been adopted that evening, of inviting their neighbours from A t St. Peter’s, Nottingham, 4th February, 1874 Grandsire Triples. adjacent parishes to join them in the promotion of harmony and good feeling, and in the mutual improvement of a grand old English art, which, by certain associations and practices that bad been allowed to creep in in times past, BELFRY RECORDS. especially that of intemperance, had tended to bring ringing into general dis­ PAINSWICK CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. credit and disrepute. This, together with a better tone in the belfry, would (Tablets in the Belfry.) be found to be the only means to elevate ringing in public estimation, and to On a brass chandelier hanging up in the Binging-room of Painswick Church :— enlist many who hitherto bad stood aloof from joining a science which, as a 508. T h e G il t o f th e S o ciety o f R ingers, A n n o 1734, w hose nam es a re u n d er 'W ritten •— healthy physical exercise, had no superior.— Local Paper. W in n . R ic lid . W h ite.Thos. Jon. Merrett. Georg. Viner. Chls. Hill. Tiios. H i bert. Edwd. Wliitelioad. Jon. Bryan. R in g ers ’ Thanks for ‘ Church B e lls.’ Sami. Symons Step Wood. Jos. N or then. Eiclul. Butler. Edsvd. Shatford. S i r ,— Church Bells having now ‘ rung out the false and in the true’ so very successfully these last three years, I would like on behalf of us Change- 500. T h e Lovers of Ringing Haveing agreed to Add Two New Bells to make this Peal ringers to thank those clergy and gentlemen who have so earnestly en­ complete, and that it may be Handed Down to Posterity, have Erected this Tablet with deavoured to develope our noble art of Change-ringing by contributing to tlie the Names of the Principle Subscribers thereto. T h e Subsci ibers marked * are Ringers s. S. 4.‘ s- pages of Church Bells during the past year. Foremost of those is that worthy Society of Ringers 18 0 *Danl. Gyde . 1 1 W m . W eb b . 1 1 and veteran ringer, the Rev. H . T. Ellacombe, the Rev. W . Wigram, C. A. W. * James Cook 1 1 0 *Wm. Savory . 1 1 Wm. Portlock 1 1 Troyte, Esq., J. E. Troyte, Esq., and many others. The last-named gentle­ Win. Baylis, Esq. S13 “Win. Holder . 1 1 W m . P h ip p s 1 1 *Cbrisr. Webb 5 5 *Thos. Minett , 1 1 W m . G ydc . 1 1 man deserves our best thanks for the interest he has taken and the endeavours * James Savory 4 0 Edwd. Baylis . . 1 1 Rev. G. N. Watkins . 1 0 he has made in connexion with the Oxford University Society of Change- Thos. Holbrow, Esq 3 3 John Baylis . 1 1 Jno. Wight . 1 0 ringers. I t is through this Society we may hope to gain the attention of the \Tiio. Tunley 3 3 Thos. Holder . 1 1 Edw. Gardner 1 0 upper classes to our art that it really deserves. I t is pleasing to observe the *Jno. Mansfield . 2 10 Robt. Beard . . . 1 1 K in g G e o rg e 1 0 *Wm. Estcourt . 2 10 Thos. Gardner . 1 1 Wm. Bidmadc 1 0 great number of clergy and others who have taken this important matter up Revel. Chas Nevill 2 2 Chas. H o rlic k . . 1 1 Thos. Baylis I 0 (thanks to Church Bells), and are now trying to dive into the mysteries of the Edwd. Brainsford 2 2 Joseph Hitcliins . 1 1 Thos. Loveclay . 1 0 science of Change-ringing. During the past year Church Bells has recorded Thos. Phillips . 2 2 Richd. Pegler . . 1 1 Thos. Bliss . 1 0 2 Thos. Hitchins 1 0 the setting up of nineteen new peals of bells, from twelve down to fiv e ; the John H an ks 2 J. B. Pegler . 1 1 Edwd. Jerningham,Esq 2 2 Jno. Pegler . 1 1 Rich. Bailey 1 0 augmentation or restoration of thirteen peals : total, thirty-two. Surely the *Wm. Merret 1 10 Jas. O rgan . 1 1 Thos. Walker 1 0 bell-founders ought to be as thankful as we are. A great addition, too, has Sami. Cook 1 6 Thos. Heague . . 1 1 Mary Phipps 1 0 been made to the peals of eight bells; and I hope, as do many others, that *Gls. Mansfield . 1 1 Tlios. Holistev . . 1 1 Sundry Subscriptions. 10 15 *Tlios Beth ell . 1 1 Sami Gardner . . 1 1 during the present year many of the heavy peals of six may be augmented to A.D. 1821. Total . . £120 0 the more perfect and pleasing peals of eight. Of ringing performances, 73 GOO. T h e Society of Ringers of this Place (being desirous of Transmitting the following Ideals of 5000 and upwards have been rung, 36 of which are Grandsire Triples, to Posterity) caused this Table to be erected, which gives an Account of the several Long 10 of which are H olt’s ten-part peals; and how many more not recorded! Sir, Peals that have been rung here, with the Number of Changes contained in each Peal, the I am sure this is very gratifying to every lover of church bells, who may take Time taken up in ringing them, and when they were rung, Together with a List of those courage and pull on. In conclusion, I would again ask those who have done P erson s’ N am es w h o ru n g th e said Peals ■ C h a n g e s . so much in the past, that they will for the. sake of us ringers, our art, our Febry. 10th, K k ,, ) T h e w h o le ill ye 3 . 37 J Church, and, above all, for the glory of God, be no less indefatigable in the Marh. 1st, } 1,01 [■ Peal of f 5010 1 space 3 . 36 future. A C o lleg e Y o u th fr om N o r f o l k se tt le d in D u r h a m . M arh. 26th, 1733 j T rip p ]cs, o fI 3 . 24 M arh 1st, 1734 j 8,064 in y c 4 . 45 A P ea l o f ( Marh. 1st, 1735 } 10,080 space ~\ 6 . 27 New Bells made and completed during the Year 1873, Caters, A p rl. 18th, 1737 j 12,C06 ) o f I 7 . 55 hy Messrs. Mears and Stainbank of Whitechapel, who have kindly favoured Riclid. Butler. Sami. Cook. Jos. Bryan. Stepn. Wood. us with the list Thos. Hulberfc. Chas. H ill. Edt. Shatford. Thos. Winn. UlUIJCI VI Gigli I, Jno, Bryan. Jno. Merrett. Danl. Fort. Sami. Symons. W h e r e s e n t t o . of Bells. o f Tenor. Note. Geo. Viner. Richd. White. Edd. Whithead. Winkleigh, Deyon .. 0 SO cwt. E Rd. Stephens. Jos. Northern m d c c x x x ix ; St. Peter’s at Gowts, Lincoln .. 0 8 „ A 001. T h is Tablet Records the greatest Achievement of Change-Ringing in England, by The Old Steeple, Dundee 8 20 „ E ten m en on ly, in th a t M usical C om position o f T ittu m G randsire Caters, com p risin g 12,312 Changes, Rung in this Steeple by Painswick Youths, being on the 5th day of May, 1S17, . . (i Biddulph, Staffordshire 1 1 „ GJ? which was Nobley Performed in 7 hs. 44 mts., and the Artists were Stationed as fellows, St. Thomas’s Church, Moorside, Oldham .. 8 18 ., E v i z . :— St. Paul's Church, Brighton .. .. 8 1 1 „ G Danl. Gydc, Treble. Wm, Estcourt, F o u rth . Thos. Beth ell, Eighth. Jno. Tunley, F ifth . Thos. Handy, N in th . Keble College, Oxford, ‘ Hemispherical ’ .. 8 « C Gils. Mansfield, Second. Geo. Harding, T h ird . Jas. Savory, Sixth. Jno. Wood, Tenor. p'lint, North Wales . . (i 0 „ Aiz Robt. Selwyn, Seventh. Denbigh, North Wales .. 8 1 1 „ F W eight of the tenor, 26 cwt. 2 qrs. 22 lbs., neat Bell Metal. Aslistead, Surrey .. 8 1 1 „ E 602. T h is Tablet was erected to commemorate a Peal of Stedman Caters, containing Christ Church, Hampstead .. 3 o „ C5? 8105 Changes, rung January 25th, 1842, in 5 Hours and 10 Minutes, by the following Gorleston, Suffolk .. 0 10 „ G A rtis ts Jas. Morris, Treble. Jeremli. Birt, F ourth. Wm. Estcourt, Eighth. Besides many olcl bells recast and peals augmented, and several sets of three, Or. Estcourt, Second. Wm. Smith, F ifth . Jas. Savory, N in th . for Canada, &g, Jno. Wheeler, T h ird . Hny. Wheeler, S ixth. Jas. Hallevvell, Tenor. Change-ringing at Gravesend, Kent. Jas. Chaudler, Seventh. Compos’d and Conducted by William Estcourt. On Saturday, January 24th, was rung at St. George’s Church, Gravesend, James Andrews, M aster. hy eight members of the Ancient Society of College Youths (established 1637), 603. T h e Painswick Society of Ringers caused this Tablet to be erected to commemorate a true and complete peal of Kent Treble Bob Major, consisting of 5088 the two undermentioned Peals, rung in this Steeple by the following Artists:— changes, in 3 hrs. 7 mins. This is the first peal in the Kent variation ever 10,224 844 S rung on the bells of the above, church. The ringers were:— II. Booth, T r e b l e B ob M a x im u s . St e d m a n Cin q u x s . John Morris .. Treble. John Morris .. .. Treble. London, treble; W. Tanner, London, 2nd; J. W. Aitkin, Gravesend, 3rd; Jas. Savory, Junr. .. Second. Her.ry Morris .. .. Second. W . Jones, London, 4th; S. Hayes, Gravesend, 5th; E. Ilammant, Crayford, Joseph White, T h ird T h ird . Jeremh. Birt .. .. T h ird . 0th; G. Breed, London, 7th; J. M. Hayes, London, tenor. Composed by Sam uel Cook F ou rth . A lfr e d W a lk lc y .. F ou rth . J. Reeves and conducted by H . Booth. W eight of tenor, 18 cwt. Jas. Chandler .. F ifth . Jas. Estcourt • • •. F ifth . Chas. Holder Sixth. Robert Birt .. ■. Sixth. Jas. Savory, Sen. Seventh. Alfred Keen .. .. Seventh. Change-ringing at Macclesfield. Tbos. Clissold .. Eighth. A lb e r t E stcou rt - • Eighth. On Monday, January 26th, the Change-ringers of Macclesfield ascended Willm. Holder.. N in th . David Beard .. . • N in th . the tower of the parish church, and with the assistance of Mr. J. Wood of Thos. Bethell Tenth. Wm. Estcourt .. .. Tenth. *Wm. Estcourt.. Eleventh. Geo. W righ t ...... Eleventh. Ashton-under-Lyne, and Mr. W. Ashworth of Leesfield, but formerly of W m . S avory Tenor. John Powell .. .. Tenor. Macclesfield, rang a true and complete peal of Grandsire Caters, consisting of Run. D ecem ber 0th, 1S33, In 6 H ou rs & Rung February 16th, 1S58, In 5 Hours & 5021 changes, which was composed and conducted by Mr. James Wood, and 50 Mts. 52 Mts. Composed and Conducted by William Composed and Conducted by William brought round in 3 hrs. 17 mins. by the following persons :— J. Farrish, E stcou rt. Estcourt. treble ; W. Hulme, 2nd; J. Wood, 3rd ; J. Towler, 4th ; Charles Bamford, 5th ; Isaac Vanstone, Master. Oliver Estcourt, M aster. W. Ashworth, 6th ; J. Holt, 7th ; E. Flannagan, 8th; J. Morris, 9th; J. Mor- >nd lidge, tenor. W eiglil bt tenor* 20 ewL N o t i c e ,— Bell news from ' BuUuhaU,**-liY{here is i t ?)-**■cannot be r< . February 21, 1874.] Church Bells. 139

Change-ringing at Leatherhead, Surrey. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. On Tuesday, Feb. 10th, seven members of the Leatherhead Society of Change-ringers, assisted by W . Sayer of Ashtead, rang at their parish church Church Bell-founders, Bell-hangers, and Bell-rope Makers. Mr. J. Holt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, in 2 hrs. 50 mins. The ringers were stationed in the following order;— E. Hull (his first peal), treble ; W e are often aslced to recommend one or other of these worthies, but as H. T. Lipscomb (his first peal, 16 years of age), 2nd; T. Gaiger, 3rd; public journalists we have felt it our duty not to ‘ tout ’ for any particular W . Marks, 4th ; W . Sayer (his first peal), 5th ; T . Gadd, Cth ; S. Brooker, 7th ; parties. However, we see no objection to give our readers a list of the goodly W. Templeman (his first peal), tenor. Conducted by S. Brooker.—-Per Letter. company, so far as we know them ; and as the works of each are scattered Change-ringing at Liverpool. broadcast all over Great Britain, and far beyond, the bells can ring out their On Tuesday, Feb. 10th, a select band rang at St. Luke’s Church a true own merits to any who like to hunt them up and listen to their notes ; and peal of Grandsire Triples, containing 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. 53 mins. without tipping the ringers, it may he easily found out how the hells ‘ g ,’ and 0 The following were the ringers:— T. Beacall, treble; A. Nicholson, 2nd; whether the ropes are fit and pleasant to handle. Though wo decline to II. Rogers, 3rd ; R. Mann, 4 th ; R. Williams, sen. 5th ; 11. Williams, jun. recommend any particular firm, we have no hesitation in warning all Hectors, Cth; T. Jones, 7th; J. Aspinwall, tenor. W eight of tenor, 17 cwt. The Vicars, Churchwardens,

Election Peals. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. W e are very grieved to hear of ringing being allowed in some places at the late Elections. Such party rejoicings are always most objectionable, and Bell-hanging- we cannot hut censure the Parsons and Churchwardens for allowing such to take place. Sie ,— T he article in your issue of the 31st inst., abomt the various We have been favoured with a letter from Manchester on the subject, and Craftsmen connected with Church-bell work, reminds me of a letter of mine on gladly reproduce it as an example to be followed:— ‘ Bell-hanging ’ (from which I beg to send you extracts), read at the Ordinary T h e Ca t h e d r a l B e l l s . General Meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects on the 1th To the Editor o f the Manchester Courier. January, 1801, containing information relative to Bell-ringing, & c.:— Sir,— I entirely agree with several correspondents in the daily papers, who ‘ I have long contended for bringing the ringers down, ad pavimentum et express regret at the ringing of the Cathedral hells to celebrate the return of in conspeclu ecclesite; they and churchwardens may make difficulties, but there Conservative members, and I for one was quite sure that it was done without are few, i f any, but what may tie-got over hy consulting those -who know how the consent of the churchwardens before Mr. Alderman Lamb’s letter ap­ to make the arrangement. H ere we have a very beautiful western Doom by peared. It might seem, however, from the air of surprised and virtuous indig­ H ardman, after Giotto’s design, and the ropes and guides do not at all damage nation shown by some of our Liberal friends, that such an impropriety would the view. The guides are iron bars, 1 inch square, opened where required to never be dreamed of on their side. Permit me, therefore, to give a leaf out of embrace a 2J galvanised thimble; one end is let into the wall, the other my own experience. At t ie time of the last general election I was resident screwed against the opposite side. The 20 feet noticed by Mr. Christian as in Derbyshire. When the Liberal candidates drove into the village where I the length of the pull must he a mistake for the distance from the floor to was curate, for the purpose of addressing their supporters, a rush was made the first guide. I think Mr. Denison gives 16 feet, hut here the distance is for the belfry-door hy some of them— one of the foremost being a Dissenter 18 feet from the pavement to the first guide, and (10 feet 9 inches, say) 17 of some position and character. Unhappily, however, for them, it was locked. feet from the pavement to the top of the wheel of the tenor, and 7)3 feet to 4Half-a-crown for any-one who will hurst it open!’ exclaimed a prominent the top of the wheel of our Albert Memorial hell, for that is hung above the Liberal of the place, but no one seemed to like rising at the bait thus thrown others. There is no difficulty whatever in the p u ll; 1 speak from experience, o u t; nor would it have been of the least use, since the bell-ropes were quietly for I ring generally once a-week. reposing in my study. I had heard it whispered beforehand that the bells 1 With all respect for the professional members of the Institute, I would were to be rung when the Liberal candidates appeared on the scene, and beg leave to suggest that architects in general would do well to avoid having knowing that some of their followers 4 feared not God nor regarded man/ I anything whatever to do with the arrangement of the hells, or procuring had every rope removed, so that to ring the hells they must have first scaled them, or hanging them : all they should do is to take care that a substantial the steeple. oak floor of 2 -inch stuff (to be laid, when required), on beams and joists of the The churchwardens and I had agreed beforehand that the hells should he same material of substantial scantling, not less than 8 inches square for rung for no political demonstration, least of all for the anticipated overthrow joists, and 12 inches for any beams, the ends to rest on corbels, or, what is of the sister Church. I f the recipe is useful to churchwardens they are wel­ better, on a set of 10 or 12 inches all founcUbe provided for the bell-chamber, come to it.— "Sours, &c. T homas Kt r k h am . such as will be found in all old towers; ana it would be better not to arrange the timbers, nor, consequently, lay the flooring-planks, until the bell-hanger Change-ringing at St. Peter’s, Walworth. has been consulted as to the size and exact spot he will require the trap to be On Monday* January 19th, 1874, eight members of the Cumberland Society left: there, wherever it may he, one or two trimmers will he required. I met at the above church and rang a true peal of Grandsire Triples (H olt’s would almost defy any architect being able to do credit to his abilities, or any -part peal), containing 5010 changes, in 3 hours:—G. Newson, treble; general contractor to carry out honestly the requirements, without a previous 10 II. Nunn, 2nd (his first peal); S. Jarman, 3rd ; IT. Dains, 4tli; T. Gleed,,5th; consultation and understanding with the bell-hanger; by so doing both D. Stackwood, 6th ; J. Page, 7 tli; W , Strange, tenor. Conducted by Mr, G. parties will get rid of a deal of worry, which percentage and profit will barely counterbalance, and the employers will he better satisfied. In bell-hanging Newson.— Per Letter. so much has to be done pro re nata, that it is often most difficult to foresee all Change-ringing at Willenhall. the details connected with the getting up aud completing a peal of bells (and On February 3rd, the following members of the Walsall Society of Change- the more so if there are chimes and a clock to contend w ith ): all that should ringers, assisted hy W . Johnson of Darlaston, rang a peal of Grandsire Major, he left to the bell-founder, or bell-hanger, as the case may be, for different comprising 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. 18 mins., being the first on these bells, parties may be employed; and either is the proper party to construct the lately augmented to eight hy Messrs. Mears and Stainbank, London. The cage for the bells, independent of the general contractors. I t seems tom e ringers were:—E. Hallswortli, treble; H. Summers, 2nd ; J. Astbury, 3rd; that an architect and a builder might just as well design and manufacture thy D .° Chapman, 4th; J. Lees, 5th; J. Westly, Cth; W. Johnson, 7th; steam-engine and power-looms, or other machinery to be set up in a m ill the W. Hallsworth, tenor. Composed and conducted by W . Hallsworth.— Per had constructed, though they would, of course, have taken instruction before, Letter. hand from their employer or the mechanician as to requirements. Change-ringing at St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. ‘ In modern towers the general complaint is, that the bell-chamber is not O n Tuesday, the 10th inst., a select company of St. Peter’s and St. Luke’s sufficiently capacious, though the very object of a tower is for the purpose of ringers occupied the tower of St. Luke’s, and rang a true and complete peal of receiving a ring of hells ; therefore that (capaciousness) is a point that the Grandsire Triples, comprising 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. 53 mins. The ringers architect should insist upon carrying out. It is a great mistake to suppose were stationed as follows:—T. Beacall, treble; A. Nicholson, 2nd; H. that hells may he hung one above another, and squeezed in anyhow ; they Rogers, 3rd; R. S. Mann, 4th; R. Williams, 5th; ft. Williams, Oth; mag be, it is true, hut not with any satisfaction to those who have to pay the T. Jones, 7th ; J. Aspinwall, tenor. The peal is the celebrated composition cost, nor without great inconvenience and increase of expense, and very great of J. E. Troyte, Esq., of the London Society of College Youths, and was con­ danger to the permanent stability of the building. Another complaint I have ducted by Mr. T. Beacall; and it was rung as a compliment to the Rev. J. R. heard is, that in modern towers the ringing-floor is often placed close under Eyre, M.A., on his appointment to the incumbency of St. Luke’s.— P er Letter. the b ells; and that, in some, the stone staircase is carried up close to the hell-chamber, taking up a large portion of the area required inside for the Muffled Peals on Innocents’ Day. hells. I t is far better to stop the staircase at the lower floor, and thence have a ladder leading to the hell-chamber floor, entering one of the pits of the cage. A t R oss, Herefordshire; Great Risington, Gloucester; and Selworthy, 1 In the tower of this church, the walls of which are 3 feet thick at the Somersetshire. hell-chamber, 1J feet by 10 feet 6 inches, and 5 feet at the base, 9 feet by 8 Date Touches. feet, we have six bells all well hung, and in a substantial new cage of oak. A t Willingshall, Staffordshire, on the 12th Jan., 1874 Stedman’s Triples. The ropes of three pass through the very heart of the clock, in metal tubes, A t Walsall, on the 14th Jan., 1874 Stedman’s Caters. and one of the ropes is conducted to the floor through a trunk as crooked as A t Bolney, Sussex, 1871 Grandsire Triples. a long f, and inclining as much in the other direction; to do that was the work of a mechanic, and such as no architect or building contractor should have anything to do with. BELFRY RECORDS. 4 Experience in the subject of over half a century induces me perhaps to ST. PETER’S CATHEDRAL, GLOUCESTER. make these remarks with the more pertinacity and freedom of speech ; but they are made with genuine Christian goodwill to all, and I trust Will he (Tablet in the Belfry.) received in the like spirit, and oblige yours, 615. S e p t e m b e r 22nd, 1820, Was rung in this Tower a Peal of Grandsire Triples, con­ taining 5340 Changes, and brought round in three Hours and sixteen Minutes, being the 4 IT. T . E lla c o m b e , M.A. Oxon.’ First Peal e ver ru ng at this Cathedral. Perform ed by the following ban d o f College Y ouths 4 Rectory, Clyst St. George, Devon.' Michael Jennings, Treble. I John Avery, F o u rth . j Thomas Handey, Sevmth. James Lloyd, Second. Charles Wheeler, F ifth . William Walker, Eighth. Disgraceful Ringing of the Church Bells at Kingston-on-Thames. Richard Morris, T h ird . | William Longney, Sixth . | ConductedbyThomasHancley W e can scarcely believe what is communicated to us on credible autho­ UPTON ST. LEONARDS, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. rity, that on Wednesday last, being the day appointed hy the Church from the earliest times as the first of a forty days’ fast 4 with weeping and with mourn­ (Tablet in the Belfry.) ing,’ a merry peal was rung as usual from the tower of the old parish church GIG. To Record Futurity.— A Peale o f5040 Changes was rung on these Bells by Six Courses of Kingston-on-Thames, during the time of Divine.Service in nearly all the of Grandsive Method, in two Hours and Forty Minutes, on June 4tb, 1803, by John Moms. I Rt. Freeman neighbouring churches, although the "Vicar and Churchwardens had been asked Robt. Morris Thos.Brown. severally the day before not to allow the lingers to do as they think proper on Thos. Handy. | Geo. Smith. such a solemn occasion. Yerily, the Yicar and Churchwardens are to he cen­ Geo. Fi'eeman, Tirnekpr. sured for allowing such disgraceful conduct. Can any one explain the reason why they allowed it ? R eceiv ed .— Vigorniens is ; G . Bum; L, M, 162 Church Bells. \March 7, 1874.

Daily Service. A n sw ers. Sin,— I read with great interest the discussion open 111 the Church Bells S i r ,— ‘ A Constant Subscriber f is probably not aware that the Benedicite about the Daily Service. The prescription of the Prayer-book is positive, and was ordered to be used during the whole season of Lent in Edward Y I.’s there is no getting out of it. The general neglect of a duty is no justification first Prayer-book, and that this is the reason, perhaps, why the custom still for the transgressors, and it would be very good for the bishops, at the time obtains. Shepherd {Book o f Common Prayer, vol. i. p. 20L) observes, that of Ordination, to draw the attention of the young Levites to it. where the First Lesson treats of the Creation, or any extraordinary exercise However, the observations of your correspondent ‘ I. P.’ are very serious. of God’s power or providence, Benedicite might with propriety and advantage It is true that there is no clergy in the world who have so much hard work he adopted in the place of Te Beum. C h a r l e s W o r t h y . on Sunday, both bodily and mentally, as the clergy of the Church of England, * C. S.’— The ‘ knocking three times at the church door ’ is probably a local and an earnest man of middle strength is very tired on a Sunday evening. custom, but the tolling or the ringing of the bell by the newly-inducted But have we no remedy at hand without altering in any way our beautiful incumbent is to announce the consummation of the act— he being locked services ? I think we have. Let us merely return to the ancient manner of in by himself. It would be well for such happy men if, in the interim, they performing the services, and we shall soon find that the officiating priest may would copy the example of that holy man of days gone by— George Herbert be dispensed from a great part of the harassing labour which has fallen to his — and fall on their knees and ask God’s blessing. E. lot. 1st. The Psalms ought to be chanted; if, for some reason 01- another, it cannot be done, they may be said antiphonally. One portion of the congre­ T h e Publisher informs c C.’ that Church Bells is Registered for Trans­ gation might say one verse and the other portion another, joining altogether mission Abroad. The postage is not necessarily Id. in consequence ; to some in the Doxology. 2nd. The Lessons may be read by a layman. There are places it is '2d. and even more. few parishes, if any, where the curate would not be able to find one or two or more good Christians able to read distinctly. Then the officiating clergyman R e c e i v e d a l s o :—‘ Eager Young Layman;’ Alleyniensis; Curate; R . I I . would have only to say the prayers (which must neither be mumbled, nor W. T . S.; C. preached, or declaimed, but simply said in a moderate tone), and to deliver his sermon. By so performing divine service on Sunday, a clergyman cannot possibly BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. be unfit to read prayers on week-days, even twice every day, before a small congregation, ancl of course without strain of voice. I hope that my sugges­ tions may be of some use. J. G. T h e following article on Change-ringing we reproduce from a contem­ porary and we call it ‘ W il l ia m P e a r c e ,’ a correspondent who does not think ‘ J. F .’s ’ difficulties (Bell's Life), of daily service insurmountable, says, ‘ Every Churchman must long for the Grandsire Triples Historically Investigated. time so eloquently described by a former Dean of Chichester, when “ no sun ‘ Although the date of the origin of Change-ringing, and its progress until should go down on sins unconfessed or blessings unacknowledged; and if any the attainment of the present w-ell-nigh perfect state of the art, will, from the be truly hindered, still in their own home, or by the way-side, or in crowded very scanty records of any worth preserved, always be enveloped in consider­ marts, or in busy cities, or in the fields, when the bell is heard afar off, or the able doubt, yet some interest w ill ever be attached to the first true peal com­ known hour of prayer is come, they may say with us the Confession and the posed and rung in each system. In many cases there seems to be sufficient Lord’s P rayer; and, though far from us on earth, may meet us in the courts of grounds for the determination of this matter, and as Grandsire seems to have heaven.” As one of the “ eager young laymen ’’ your correspondent mentions, been the first system which received general practice we nowr select it for I hope when a sober old man to see a godly, good old custom, a general one.’ consideration, and propose to weigh up the evidence in favour of each of the Sir,— May I inquire through your columns if * J. E/s * assertion in his composers who claim the honour o f having first obtained a true peal in this letter on ‘ Daily Service ’ that two sermons are required by Act of Parliament system. is correct ? I always understood that only one in the morning was obligatory ‘ There is much obscurity concerning the ringing of the first true peal of by law, and that the sermon in the afternoon was quite optional. B e t a . Grandsire Triples, as it seems that at times peals known to be false were rung. It is therefore evident, that considerable study must have been ex­ S i r ,— I dare to say many of your readers are ready to inform ‘ A Constant pended on this matter, as undoubtedly great credit would be accorded to the Subscriber’ that the Benedicite is used in Lent, as well as the Jubilate, composer o f the first true peal. I t has been argued that peals when ob­ Can!ate, and Bens misereatur, instead of the alternative Canticles, as being tained were not always given to the public, as those who first obtained them less joyous; and those more joyous hymns comeback on Easter Day with said that as they had taken the trouble to find them, others might do the special appropriateness. The congregations in this place say the invocations same for themselves. I f this were the case the motive was a most selfish one, in the Litany with the clergyman. I did not know it wras irregular, and had and would not tend to improve the art as the publication would have done; no idea that any party purpose could be served by it. May I add for the in­ and, moreover, those capable of proving such a peal would be unlikely to formation of your correspondents on ‘ Daily Service ’ that a little tract of mine accredit its production to any one, were they not able to ascertain its truth by with that title, for which I have often had inquiry made, is about to be re­ their own investigation. Any peal thus held back, however ingenious or printed by Messrs. J. & C. Mozley. meritorious its accomplishment, will never receive its due honour, nor the Hambledon Rectory, Henley-on-Thames. W . H . B id l e y . credit be universally allowed to the original composer, as if it were given to A Just Burials’ Bill. the public soon after its production or after its accomplishment in the tower; whilst, on the other hand, if it should meanwhile be obtained and published Si r ,— It is to be hoped that Mr. Beresford Hope and Lord Beauchamp will by another composer, the credit would be allowed to him, and the original at once pass through Parliament a B ill requiring every clergyman— on re­ discoverer be considered merely to have copied the work of the other. ceiving a written notice from the executors or proper representative of a de­ ‘ W e will now consider what information can be gained from the various ceased parishioner— to allow the body to be carried to the grave without any works o d ringing on this subject. In Campanalogia, or the Art of Ringing, service in the church or churchyard. The fees— being for the ground, not 1702, a half peal in this system is given, followed by these remarks concerning for performing the surplice duty— will remain the same. Thus the friends the whole peal:— “ But in regard that there is no certain method known of a Dissenter can have their own service in chapel, and those of a Secularist whereby this peal (as to truth) can be rung, and that the number of changes none at all. A C o u n try Cl e r g y m a n . contained therein, being so many that they require so long a time as four hours to perform them in, which being not only very tedious, but likewise tiresome for any person to ring a bell so long, we shall therefore, for these reasons, suspend what may be expected in reference to this matter, save only NOTES AND QUERIES. add, for the satisfaction of those that are desirous to adventure upon so great an undertaking, that the only way that hath been practised is, by making of a double change at the end of the half, wherein the bells in second and third Q ueries. places (when treble leads) must lie still, according to the same method and S ir ,— Would any reader of Church Bells kindly recommend to a lady a suit­ rule as the singles in Grandsire, upon five bells, then by observing the able Home for a poor boy of thirteen, who is nearly blind and partially paralyzed? same method for the bobs, as is before shown, will double the peal to 5010 The latter renders him ineligible for a Blind School. H. T. changes. Si r ,— Would you, or some of your readers, kindly tell me of some Blind ‘ In Campanalogia Improved, 1753, the fourth edition of the above work, Charity where a pauper can receive relief? This class are not available for the same half peal, but no greater length, is given, the remarks on the extent the benefits of Hetherington’s well-known charity. I am anxious to procure being entirely eliminated. Were it not that these books seem to have been for a blind pauper either an admission into an almshouse, or else a weekly reprinted in their various editions with a repetition of many of the errors pay. H is case is one of hopeless blindness. G-. Y . C o l i.is o n . which occurred in their first editions, and without any notice of the various Si r ,— Would any of your clerical readers, who have been in the habit of improvements which had been effected in the meantime, this would appear catechising children publicly in church, be good enough to give some hints very strange, especially when we consider that Mr. H olt’s one-part peal had from their oivn experience as to the best method to adopt with reference to been rung two years previous to the date of publication of this edition. This the younger scholars, and the order of questioning generally, and any other is, however, only an instance o f the extreme carelessness with which “ new' information that they may think valuable to a beginner ? Cu r a t e . and corrected ” (?) editions of this work seem to have been published. • In Claris Campanalogia, 1788, Mr. H olt’s now well-known peals of Grand­ Sir ,— W ill you, or any of your readers, kindly inform me if they know of sire Triples are for the first time published in such a work, and for the benefit any book with coloured illustrations of the New Testament, with a short o f those unacquainted with this scarce book, which also ran through several explanation of each, interesting to boys from three to eight years of age — editions without correction of many of its excessive errors, we quote the not very expensive ? M a r y . flowery remarks with wrhich these peals are prefaced:— “ Ever since Grandsire T h e following, in answer to a recent, query, are named as makers of Triples hath been discovered or practised, 5010 changes manifestly appeared Church Clocks, good and r e l i a b l e M r . Evans, Soho Street, Handsw'orth, to n ew ; but to reach the lofty summit of this great climax was a difficulty near Birmingham ; Messrs. J. and M. B. Warry, Red cliff Street, Bristol. that many had encountered, though none succeeded, and those great names, March 7, 1874.] Church Bells.

viz. Hardham, Condell, Anable, &c., who are now recorded on the ancient at hand, and vice versa. It will also be observed that 6 7 come home every 15 rolls of fame, had each exhausted all their skill and patience in this grand leads in both peals, and whilst in the “ unknown’s ” peal 5 6 7 come home every pursuit to no other purpose than that of being convinced, that either the task part end, in Garthon’s peal they are at home at six out of the twelve- itself was an utter impossibility, or (otherwise) that all their united efforts part ends into which the peal is divided. I t seems probable that the “ un­ were unequal to it; and it is possible, that had it not been for the author (of known’s ” peal may have, been thought an improvement on the original one whom we are now about to speak) that this valuable piece of treasure would of Garthon’s, as 5 6 7 are brought home at each part end, and by a more at this day be fast locked up in the barren womb of sterile obscurity ! Not liberal use of singles the fifth-place bob is dispensed with, and the calls thus but they had a peal, to be sure, which they rung ; but what credit or satisfac­ reduced to those in use in ordinary Grandsire ringing. tion can arise from repeatedly practising a false peal, when so many true ones ‘ It is, however, questionable whether these advantages compensate for the present themselves in other methods ? However, thus it was until a poor dispensation of the fifth-place bob, as, owing to it not altering the course of unlettered youth appeared. No sooner did he approach this great pile, but, the changes, there is this advantage in Garthon’s original peal, that the con­ as if by magic power, lie varied it into whatever form he pleased, and made ductor can form a better acquaintance with the course ends, and watch the cor­ it at once subservient to his will. After paying this small, though just tribute rect j>rogress of the peal, than in one where the courses are continually dis­ to the memory of this ingenious composer, the exercise in general can scarcely turbed by the singles. be at a loss with respect to his name, nor once doubt but that we mean Mr. ‘ W e have now given the information we have obtained on this subject, and John Holt, whose extraordinary abilities, aided by his surprising natural gifts, consider that it is very probable that the peal here given of Garthon’s is the one which were such as must for ever excite the astonishment and admiration of rung at Norwich in 1718, and that the peal given by Ship way was also the the professors ip this art, whether novices or adepts.” After this follows Mr. work of Garthon ; at all events, if the latter is not the case, at least Garthon H olt’s famous one-part peal, of which it is said, “ W e have placed this first, nor was undoubtedly the first to compose a peal on this clever three-lead course- need we hesitate to affirm that it stands foremost in point of merit of all Mr. plan. Before presenting these peals for the inspection of our readers we H olt’s compositions, the dividing. it into parts or courses for the purpose of would remark on the ingenuity of Garthon in shifting the fifth-place bob retaining it in memory, for calling is a matter that has totally baffled all the from the first course of the first column to the seventh course in the second skill and penetration of the present age, and the author himself (we are told) column, whereby the truth of the peal is preserved. W e would also remark could not retain it so sufficiently as to call it without book; and though he that an improvement on the “ unknown’s ” peal is also given by Shipway. In composed several peals of Grandsire Triples, yet we have great reason to this peal (by Mr. E. Taylor) the singles are disposed at more regular intervals believe this was his first, because it was the first that was rung and per­ this peal is also appended. formed at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, on Sunday, July 17, 1751.” After this Mr. H olt’s ten-part peal, with variations on it, and his six-part peal, T h e Or ig in a l P e a l of G r a n d s ir e T r ip l e s , b y Jo h n G a r t h o n . follow. These are succeeded by one on which these remarks are m ade:— 2 3 4 0 0 7 ... 1 2 3 4 3 5 2 0 7 ... 1 2 3 “ The last peal of Grandsire Triples is on a principle very different from either of the preceding; it contains 100 bobs and 50 singles— the method 2 4 7 5 6 3 - * - ■ 3 5 7 4 0 2 is thus : The sixth (which is the observation-bell) comes home every 42 2 7 3 5 0 4 - * ~ 3 7 2 4 0 5 ... - * - changes or three leads, the seventh comes home with her every 210, and the 7 3 4 2 6 5 7 2 5 3 6 4 fifth, sixth, and seventh together every 840.” Then follows the peal which 3 4 5 7 6 2 2 5 4 7 0 3 will subsequently be presented to the reader, but it does not give the name of 4 5 2 3 0 7 ... - - 5 4 3 2 0 7 ... - - its composer; and it is on this subject that we shall have some recent re­ searches to communicate. 4 2 7 3 6 5 _ * _ 5 3 7 2 0 4 - * - ‘ The next prominent writer on ringing was Ship way, who, in his remarks 2 7 5 4 6 3 ... - - 5 7 4 2 0 3 _ * - on Grandsire Triples, states the honour of having produced the first true peal 7 5 3 2 6 4 ... - - 7 4 3 5 0 2 — - to be claimed by London and Norwich, and sums up the state of the con­ 5 3 4 7 6 2 ... - 4 3 2 7 0 5 troversy on both sides. H e recounts the evidence from the Claris which has 3 4 2 5 0 7 ... - 3 2 5 4 6 7 ... - just been quoted, and says, “ On the part o f Norwich it is said that the 5040 ‘ The above twice repeated would 1 The above ten courses twice re­ was the study of the most ingenious men of the age, and that all was error come round at the quarter peal, but peated, with the substitution of a bob until John Garthon, of that city, after considerable perseverance, discovered hy the substitution of a flftli-place hob single at the 60th course-end, pro­ what had been so long hidden from the eyes of all the ringers in England. for the common one at the 30th duces 14 3 2 5 6 7, the end of the first It is also stated that the peal was rung at St. Peter’s, Mancroft, Norwich, on course-end, the course-end 14 3 5 2 6 7 half peal. Both halves are called the 26th of August, 1718.” The quotation Shipway here gives is from the is produced. alike. belfry-board commemorating the above peal, which board is reproduced below. ‘ The mark * represents a fifth-place . (3 1 4 5 2 6 7 ‘ The boh single Shipway proceeds thus: — “ Without pretending to decide, I shall briefly bob. 13 1 1 3 4 5 2 7 6 remark that if the peal had been rung in Norwich in 1718, it appears un­ made t h u s - ( 1 4 3 2 5 6 7 accountably strange that information on so important a discovery had not reached London in 1751, and that the composition o f the same peal should The Peal by the ‘ Unknown Auihoe ’ eboai Shlpway and the C l a v i s . then have been considered original, and generally attributed to Mr. Holt. It 2 3 4 5 0 7 is also further remarkable that of the three peals, viz. Bob Triples in 1715, —------Grandsire Triples in 1718, and Stedman Triples in 1731, said to have been 7 5 2 6 3 1 ,7 2 3 0 5 4 ?, 7 3 3 6 4 5 ? 7 2 5 0 3 4 ? rung at St. Peter’s, Mancroft, not one can be found to ascertain the truth, 3 4 7 2 0 5 7 S 4 5 7 3 0 2 7 S437502“S547362, whereas Mr. H olt’s peals are universally rung, and indisputably correct. S3 5 3 6 1 7 , 2 3 4 G 5 7 ? 2 3 5 6 4 7 ? S524637? 1 Sliipway then gives and reviews the peals of Mr. H olt alluded to above, 4 7 2 3 0 5 75 7 2 4 0 3 7 4 7 2 5 0 3 “ 3 7 5 4 6 2 7 after which follows the peal we have mentioned as in the Clavis. This peal 5 3 4 0 7 2 , 3 1 5 6 7 2 ? 3 5 4 0 7 2 ? S 4 2 3 6 7 5 ? he states to be “ hy an unknown author.” From this it is evident that the 7 2 5 4 0 3 “ 7 2 3 5 0 4 7 7 2 3 4 6 5 “ 7 5 4 3 0 2 “ peal was not one of Mr. H olt’s, or it would have been classed with his other 3 1 7 6 2 5 , 4 5 7 0 2 3 ? 5 4 7 0 2 3 ? 2 3 7 6 5 4 ? discoveries, as they all seem to have been well known. I t is also improbable 2 5 3 7 0 4 7 2 3 4 7 0 5 7 2 3 5 7 6 4 “ 5 4 2 7 0 3 7 that it was the production of a Londoner, or his name would have been known 4 7 2 6 5 3, 5 7 2 6 3 4 ? 4 7 2 6 3 5 ? 3 7 5 0 4 2 ? to Shipway. I t would also for that reason appear to have been composed S35420 7“ 3 4 5 2 0 7 S5342G7 4 2 3 5 0 7 “ some time before Ship way’ s connexion with change-ringing, or surely he ‘ The above four columns are the first of the p ea l: to complete which it would have known who was its author, especially had it been composed in is necessary that they be five times repeated, with the addition of a single at London, because there were many old ringers alive when Shipway wrote, who the third and sixth-part ends, being the half way and on coming round.’ could have thrown some light on the subject. Of its origin, had it been of any recent date, these men would also have heard, had it been claimed as the ‘ “ The following by Mr. E . Taylor is the same peal rendered still less diffi­ production of any of the metropolitan section. cult, as the eight singles in each part are more regularly divided, having one ‘ Having thus exhausted the information to be gained from books, we will each time 6 7 come home, except at the half-way and at the end, where instead now set before our readers an answer of Mr. Hubbard (late of the Society of of two extra singles there are two omitted, reducing them to 46.”— Shipway. Norwich Scholars, and the author of a well-known work on Change-ringing) 2 3 4 5 6 7 to our inquiry whether any record of the calling of the Norwich peal, whether 1 1 1 true or false, was in existence. In his reply Mr. Hubbard stated that, 7 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 3 6 5 4 7 2 4 6 3 5 7 2 5 0 4 3 2 2 o curiously, the following circumstances in connexion with this peal had come 3 4 7 2 6 5 S 4 5 7 3 6 2 S 5 3 7 4 0 2 <■ ■43 7 5 (i o J.-j 1 L1 under his notice. When he (Mr. Hubbard) came to Leeds, about thirty years 2 3 SJ 0 S 2 5 3 6 4 7 2 3 4 0 5 7 2 2 4 5 0 7 O 4 0 3 7 ago, the then conductor of the Leeds ringers showed him a copy of a peal of 4 7 2 3 6 5 5 7 2 4 0 3 3 7 2 5 0 4 3 7 5 4 6 2 i 1 1 Grandsire Triples, composed by Garthon of Norwich, which peal was said to 5 3 4 0 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 4 5 3 (i 7 2 2 4 3 (j 7 5 Ao 2 9 be false. This peal came from the hands of Mr. Croft of Nottingham, who 7 2 5 4 6 3 7 2 3 5 6 4 7 2 4 3 6 5 7 5 2 3 6 4 J.1 1 1 had it from his ancestors, who were in some way related to Garthon. The 3 4 7 0 2 5 4 5 7 6 2 3 5 3 7 0 2 4 J 3 7 0 5 2 o 2 9 same Mr. Croft is mentioned in Shipway’s work in connexion with the 10,080 2 5 3 7' 6 4 2 3 4 7 0 5 2 4 5 7 0 3 5 2 4 7 6 3 JL1 1 T1 of Treble Bob Major by Tebbs of Leeds. This peal of Grandsire Triples by 4 7 2 6 5 3 5 7 2 6 3 4 3 i 2 0 4 5 8 7 5 0 2 4 9 2 9 Garthon is given below. M r. Hubbard also stated that he had been carefully S3 5 4 2 0 7 S 4 3 5 2 0 7 S 5 4 3 2 6 7 S 4 2 3 5 6 7 through the peal, but had failed to find it false. ‘ Now the question arises, Is not the peal given by an “ unknown author” in Shipway a production of Garthon’s, or, at least, an alteration or supposed W e are pleased to hear that a masterly book on Change-ringing, by Wm. improvement on his peal ? They are both on the same principle, and have the Banister, is ready for deliver}. We advise all who wish to jiossess it to send same distinctive peculiarity, viz. the sixth bell is never in the hunt, but always 2s. 8d. to him at No. 10 Morrice Square, Devonport. works in three lead courses. This is a very ingenious plan, as the sixth is, B e c e iv e d .— H . (who has not sent address); J. Lockwood; J. Tander (or therefore, never in the same place, with regard to the seventh, at the back and some such nam e); G. Day; C. IJ.H atterley; T. Stopford; A. W . Pulteney; h&pd-strokes; it is, therefore, impossible for any back-stroke change to occur G. Bum ; E. A. March 14, 1874.] Church Bells. 175

therefore call on all creation to join with us in proclaiming H is goodness and complete peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. mercy, wliile we magnify His^Name for creating and redeeming love. This 8 mins. The following were the rin g e rs W . Pawson, treble; T. Lockwood, sacred song is an expansion of Psalm cxlviii. G. T. H . 2nd; J. Lockwood, 3rd; W. Whittaker, 4th; W. Walker, 5th; H. Hubbard, 6th; J. Dixon, Holbeck, 7th; G. Robinson, tenor. This peal is a very re. V ig ils . markable one, being the first time it has ever been rung. The second bell Sir,— Judging from the words of the Prayer-book, I should imagine that comes home every course-end throughout, the peal containing 140 calls, ancl all vigils are closed hy the first evensong of the feast; i. e. in commoner lan­ all made alike. Composed by J. Lockwood, and conducted by T. Lockwood. guage, by the evening service of the day before the festival. I am the more Weight of tenor, 16 cwt. disposed to this opinion, as it seems to me the Church’s intention is to pre­ 2 3 4 5 6 7 vent vigils from being protracted into the night. Is this a just view ? L. 2 3 5 6 4 7 1 4 6 This is the first part of Q ueries. 2 0 3 7 5 4 1 - 6 the peal by the course- 2 7 6 4 3 5 1 - 6 ends; four times repeated Sir ,— Should 1A Country Curate ’ live in this neighbourhood I shall be 2 4 7 5 3 is the half, omitting tlie very glad to show him a new clock just fixed in the tower of my church. It 6 1 - 6 2 7 3 4 5 6 1 2 6 call at the fourth lead in lias been made hy Messrs. W . Potts and Sons, of Leeds, from designs hy 2 3 7 4 5 the first course in the Mr. E. B. Denison, Q.C. I believe it to he as good a church clock as can be 6 1 2 6 other four parts. R e­ wished for, and it promises to keep excellent time. Any information your cor­ 5 1 7 2 6 3 41m , n „ 1 5 7 2 6 3 4/ The CaU- peated is 5040. respondent may require I shall have pleasure in supplying. Communicated. Westhouglitoii Vicarage, Bolton. K in t o n Ja.cqt:es. 1 7 5 6 2 4 3

Sin,— In reply to 1 A Country Curate,’ I beg to inform him that I shall be Change-ringing at Ashton-under-Lyne. most happy to supply him with every information concerning the obtaining of On Saturday, Feb. 21st, eight members of the Society of Change-ringers church clocks if he will communicate with me. ' J ohn S m it h . of Ashton-under-Lyne rang on the bells o f St. Peter's Church, in that town, Midland Clock Manufactory, Queen Street, Derby. a true and complete peal of Kent Treble Bob Major, comprising 8804 changes, A n sw ers. in 5 hrs. 27 mins. This peal contains the greatest number of changes that has ever been obtained in the above method with tlie two tenor hells kept Sin,— W ill any competent judge kindly state the proper style and designa­ together, and was composed and conducted by Mr. J. Thorp. The ringers tion of the Assistant-Biskops in this country ? Are they ‘ Lords Bishops ’ stood thus:— o r simply ‘ Bight Reverend Sirs ?' C l e e i c u s . P articu lars o f th e P eal. Sib,— W ill any one of your readers kindly tell me if there is an English 2 3 4 5 6 . M O W H translation of Barberini’s Latin Poemata (Cardinal Barberini, who was after­ 3 6 4 5 2 - 1 2 wards Urban V III., 1508) published; if so, liy whom, and the price ? 'Thomas Moss, Treble ... 2 6 5 3 2 4 A. J . W i l l i a m s . 5 2 0 4 3 - Sin,— Would any of your readers tell me of a Home where a factory girl 4 5 2 3 6 _ 2 , could bo taught to be a servant f M. G. Joseph Bocoek, 2nd 3 4 2 5 6 1 - 2 ‘ L. A.’ will find her question answered in Bishop Wordsworth’s Theopkilus 0 4 5 2 3 2 - 1 Anglicanus; or Sadler’s Church Teachers' Manual o f Catechetical Instruction ; 2 6 5 4 3 1 - 2 or, at greater length, in Pearson’ s Exposition o f the Greed. It is too large a 6 3 5 4 2 2 - 1 2 subject to enter upon in our correspondence columns. Thomas Stopford, 3rd ... 4 6 5 3 2 1 - 2 6 2 5 3 4 2 _ 1 2 .3 6 5 2 4 1 - 2 R e c e i v e d a l s o . — 0. E. T .; Ella Marian; John Vallancey; An Eng­ o lish Clergyman; J. S .; G. B .; A. If. B. ; Alleyniensis; S. G. E. 4 2 5 0 3 2 - 1 Daniel Heap, 4th 6 4 2 3 5 - 2 4 3 2 6 5 1 - 3 4 5 G 2 - 1 2 BELLS AND BELL-RINGING, Benjamin Broadbent, 5th 6 3 4 2 5 - 2 3 2 4 6 5 1 - 2 3 5 6 4 __ L 2 Bell-hangera. 6 2 3 4 5 - 2 ‘ A cobeespondent, whose name we cannot decipher, asks, I f bell-founders 2 Joseph Gillott, 6th 4 3 6 5 1 - have the best hangers, why they so often employ others in the country? W e 4 6 2 5 3 - suppose, because they consider the country workmen as good as their own, 6 5 4 3 2 _ and therefore kindly transfer a job to them ; or, being full of work, they have 5 3 6 2 4 - not hands enough to spare. Charles Thorp, 7tli 2 5 3 4 6 - 2 [W e do not wish to make mistakes in printing the names of ringers, hut 4 2 3 5 G 1 - 2 when names are hadly written it is impossible to help it. Pray write plainly, 2 6 3 5 4 2 - 1 2 and with good ink.] John Thorp, Tenor 6 5 2 4 3 - Change-ringing. 5 4 6 3 2 - Sin,— I see in the issue of Church Bells for Feb. 28th that a peal of Grandsire 3 5 4 2 6 - 2 Triples was rung at Liverpool on February 10th, which is entitled ‘ The W eight of Tenor, 20 cwt. 2 3 4 5 0 1 - 2 celebrated composition of J. E. Troyte, Esq., of the College Youths.’ Two Communicated. or three years ago I mixed a good deal with Chauge-ringers in London and elsewhere, and heard of Mr. Troyte as a very promising young ringer, but On Saturday, February 28th, a mixed company of Change-ringers ascended was not aware that he had composed any peals. I am now, unfortunately, the tower of St. Peter’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, and rang a true and almost entirely cut off from all Change-ringing Societies, and I should be greatly complete peal of Kent Treble Bob Major, consisting of 5184 changes, which indebted to you, or any of your correspondents, i f you or they would inform was composed and conducted hy Sir. James Wood, and brought round in me where I could get the composition of the peal in question. I cannot find 3 hrs. 15 mins. by the following persons :— T. Moss, Asliton, treble; H . Shaw, it even in the second edition of Troyte's Change-ringing, and that is the most Stalybridge, 2nd; J. Wood, Ashton, 3rd; E. Scholdfield, Stalybridge, 4th; modern work I know on the subject. I hope I am not taking a liberty in C. Thorp, Ashton, 5th; W. Harrison, Mottram, Cth; T. Whitehead, Saddle- asking for information absut this peal, but I believe compositions are not worth, 7th; L. Broadbent, Ashton, tenor. Weight of tenor, 20 cwt.— Per kept back as hidden treasures in the way they were at one time. K. 0 . R. Letter. Fressingfield, Norfolk. Change-ringing at Staveley, Yorkshire. On the 21st ult. the Staveley Society of Change-ringers. with T. and T h e reopening of the eight hells in this parish, which have recently been C. H . Hattersley of Sheffield, rang at Staveley a true peal of Kent Treble rehung with new wheels, &c., took place on Monday, the 23rd ult. Ringers Bob Major, containing 5088 changes, in 3 hrs. 19 mins. as follows :— W. were invited and present from all parts in the neighbourhood, namely, Ips­ Worthington, treble; J. Broadhead, 2nd; C. H. Hattersley, ,3rd; T. Hat­ wich, Bungay, Diss, Eye, Halesworth, Redenhall, Cratfield, Worlingworth, &c. tersley, 4th ; J. Hunt, 5th ; N. Young, 6th; G. Berresford, 7th ; H . Madin, Eacli company rang various touches throughout the day, consisting of Sted- tenor. The peal was composed by Herbert Madin, and was conducted by man’s Triples, Oxford Treble Boh, Grandsire Triples, &c. About seventy George Berresford. Weight of tenor, 18 cwt.— -Per Letter. ringers sat down to a dinner at the Fox Inn, in a spacious booth erected for the occasion. The chair was taken by the Rev. W . R. Colbect, the Vicar, [To oblige our friends we have inserted the above reports of Change- supported by W . Clutten and R. Moore, Esqs,, Churchwardens, Capt. A. P. ringing, but we do so sorrowfully (especially such a joyous event as the re­ Moore, T . Rush, J. Fisher, and others. Ringing was kept up with great opening of a ring of eight at Fressingfield; , because we wish to remind our spirit throughout the day. The entire work has been done by Mr. G. Day and friends that we are now in the season of Lent, during which, as Churchmen Son of E§?e, and carried out to the greatest satisfaction. The bells were (which we presume all ringers are, or if not, they ought not to be ringers), we formerly a ring of six till the year 1819, when two new trebles were added. have never approved of any ringing for mere pleasure. Let the bells be silent W eight of tenor, 18 cwt. Key E.— Communicated. for the few weeks, and then ringers and others will the more enjoy and ap­ preciate the joyous sounds of their merry bells on the early morning of the Change-ringing Extraordinary at Holbeck. Resurrection at Easter.] On Saturday, February 21st, seven of the Leeds parish-ehurch company, assisted by one from Holbeck, rang at St, Matthew's, Holheck, a true and PiECF.rvED.— J . Drinkwater; Jos. Lax ; D . Prentice; Treble Boh. A la rc h 21, 1874.] Church Bells. 187

Sip.,—-In answer to ‘ M. G.’s ’ inquiry, in last number of Church Bells, I The simplest application of the method is in ascertaining to what length should recommend application to the Matron, Servants’ School, Casterton, a touch called on any given plan will run. For instance, if it be desired to Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland. A l ic e K in g s t o n . know when the hells will come into rounds if a hob be called 2 3 4 0 7 5 1 H .’ will find an answer to his question in Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, at every third lead, this may he ascertained at once. 2 7 5. 3 4 6 B art. Jocliebed, from which he will also see that the rendering ‘ cousin’ is not The first lead in Grandsire Triples is ; — correct. Since one hell moves to the left at each lead, the third lead 4 6 2 7 5 3 may he found by moving back too bells to the left. The 4 5 3 6 2 7 B ‘ G o veeness ’ would probably find that The Narrative of the Acts of the fourth hob will bring the bells round. The small figures 2 7 4 5 3 6 Apostles (Rivingtons, price 2s. 6cl.) would suit her purpose. on the right denote the number of leads in each course; 2 3 6 7 4 5 B ‘A k t h u K T r o l lo p e .’ Many thanks. Not quite suitable, the lines divide the courses. 7 ‘ K. J.’ had better consult the list of the National Society, or the S. P.C.K . The system is useful also in finding how to produce 4 5 2 3 6 4 6 7 5 2 3 B ‘ A. H . S.’ will find advertisements of such books as those about which any required change — as Queen’s or Tittums. But before 2 3 4 0 7 5 ho inquires in Church newspapers. W e cannot undertake to judge between we proceed to this it will he desirable to arrive at a clear understanding of some of the peculiar properties of leads. them. Every change belongs to some one distinct lead. No two leads can have one change common to both, without having the same throughout. This does Received also.—3. D. P .; A Lover of Order; J. M.; W. T. S.; J. R. H .; W. H. R .; Ail Irishm an. not, however, apply to changes in which the treble is leading, since these may he. produced by bobs or singles in leads to which they do not strictly belong. There are 360 distinct leads in Grandsire Triples. No others can he produced without some departure from the method. But every one of these leads may BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. he reversed. I f we take the twelfth row of any lead and write the changes from it, making it the beginning of a fresh lead, we shall obtain a lead which contains the same changes as the original lead, but in reversed order. The Change-ringing at Appleton, Berks. changes which fell on the fore-stroke before will now come on the back-stroke. O n Wednesday, March 4th, the members of the Appleton Society of This reversed lead is expressed in the proposed notation by the figures of the Change-l'ingers celebrated their fifty-sixth anniversary by ringing at the first original lead taken in reversed order. T hu s:— attempt a true and complete peal of College Single Triples, containing 5040 Original Lead— 2 3 4. 6 7 5. Reversed Lead— 5 7 0 4 3 2. changes, being the first true peal ever rung in the above method. The bells A single (or double, as it would be more correctly called in Triples) always were admirably struck and brought round in 2 hrs. 56 mins. The lingers reverses the leads, and they continue to he reversed until another single is were:— C. Harper, treble ; A. hite, 2nd; B. Barrett, 3rd; Rev. F. E: Robin- called. I t is easy to discover whether a lead is reversed or not by analyzing sou, 4th; — Avery, 5th; F. White, 6th; II. Woodwards, 7th; J. Barrett, the figures which denote it. If these figures differ from 2 3 4 6 7 5 by an tenor. The above peal contains 210 bobs and 2 doubles, and was conducted odd number of changes, the lead is reversed; if by an even number, the lead by F. White. The members with their friends, to the number of 26, then is a direct or natural lead, retired to the Greyhound, Besselsleigh, and sat down to an excellent dinner I may add, as a matter of curiosity, that the second half of a lead always served by Mr. A. White. The chair was taken by the Kev. E. E. Robinson, contains the changes of the first half reversed, thus;— M.A. A very happy clay was spent.— [Communicated.) First h alf— 2 1 3 5 4 7 6 Second half— 6 7 4 5 3 1 2 2314567 7654132 Change-ringing at Ealing. as at a bob. this will be to bring back the last two bells to the first place on the left, dis­ Middle ) placing the hunribell, thus :— 5 3 2 4 6 7. The 5 will now be in the hunt Before when she has 1 hell before the treble. until the next bob, and the hells will follow the same rule as Into the Hunt „ 0 „ „ in the first course ; thus. I f a single had been called instead 5 7 3 2 4 6 This is shown in the following example. It will be remembered that the of a boh, the 5 and 3 would still have moved back to the left, 0 6 7 3 2 4 treble is always understood to stand in the last place on the right. but in reversed order. The 3 would have become the hunt- 0 4 6 7 3 2 , 2 3 4 6 7 5 Call the 7th or Call the 6th. bell until the next bob or single. I f this rule he followed out 5 2 4 6 7 3 2 5 3 4 G 7 B ...... Before Into the Hunt. further, it will be found that the bells will come back to their 1 6 7 2 5 3 4 B ...... With a Double or Wrong Out. original position at the fifth bob, or the sixth single, a bob or single being 2 3 4 0 7 2 5 called at every fifth lead. 3 5 4 6 7 2B ...... Into the Hunt Middle. The proposed method of notation will be found to have these advantages;— 7 2 3 5 4 1. I t reduces the labour of writing out touches to about one-twentieth part. 6 7 4 0 2 3 5 B "Out at 3 Home. 2. The transpositions required to bring the bells into any given position can he easily seen, and also the calls by which they may be effected. 3. The qiatli 3 5 7 4 0 2 o f any bell taken as the observation can be easily traced and expressed in the &c. usual technical terms. 4. The in and out-of-course of the changes can be If any of your readers will take the trouble to write out Holt’s Ten-part ascertained as easily as from the lead-ends. 5. The order in which the hells Peal on the above plan, they will find that it is easily contained in a page of come to lead being the same as that in which any particular hell meets the foolscap paper, and that it will show well the admirable symmetry of the others, the conductor can at any moment discover it in hunting up or down. composition. H. B. O. I am sure that any one of your readers who will take the trouble to learn this method of writing w ill find it a source of amusement, if not of useful R e c e i v e d . — A Working Man; AY. Newell: it c a n n o t be d o n e unless information in the art. i sufficient Bell news is sent to us. M a rch 28, 1874.] Church Bells. 199

masses, on the ground that there was no one to give the response when tlie ‘ M. G.’ will find several Homes mentioned in Low's Charities o f London priest should say, ‘ Lift up your hearts.1 The principle appears to me equally (Sampson Low, Is.). E. E. applicable in the case of daily service. Of course 110 priest omits to pray for ‘ R. A. W .’ recommends to ‘ Old Catholic’ Daily Steps towards Heaven others, even where, for want of a congregation, there is no daily service. I (Parker & Co.), of which there are two editions— a good-sized type one, and a fancy a congregation would be more likely to be forthcoming if we had prayers large-print copy for the aged (a work not half well-enough known). Night for our schools, our missions and missionaries, for local wants, &e.; and if Lessons from Scripture, compiled by the Author of Amy Herbert (Longmans some discretionary power were given to the priest to add some approved form & Co.), is also a good hook. A Daily Text-book fo r the Christian Year of prayers as occasion should be given. Geo. W. Jones. (Hodges) is also recommended. ‘ Prayer for the Dead.’ ‘ H . G.’— An answer to your inquiry would be too long for these columns. You had better write us another letter, giving your full name and address for Si r ,— There is just one difficulty, as it seems to me, in accepting what f Latse ’ calls ‘ the plain meaning of the expression, that with them w e in the publication, and requesting that letters may be sent to you. Prayer for the Church Militant. Do 1 we believe that the dead in Christ are partakers already of Christ’s kingdom?’ and if so, do we not believe what is R e c e iv e d a l s o J. P. Wilson; Decently and in Order; A Layman; A Reader of Church Bells; St, Edmundsbury; Meta; J. D. H .; L. W ; II. A. M .; Z .; F. B.; E. W. ; false? Is not the entrance into the kingdom future till the judgment-day? J. F. M. {See St. Matt, xxv. 34.) And so in the Burial Service, have the faithful de­ parted received their * perfect consummation and bliss?’ Is Heaven no better than Paradise? It is easy with * L.! to make universal statements; not so easy to be BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. sure that they are true. Is he quite certain that there is ‘ no Scripture warrant ’ for prayers for the dead ? Can he prove that Onesiphorus was alive Church Bell-hanging and Local Tradesmen. when St. Paul wrote 2 Tim. i. 16-18? It reads very much as though the Sip.,— A llow me to supplement your remarks on bell-hanging by some head of the ‘ house’ were not there. Let me recommend your readers to get thoughts on the above-mentioned division of the subject. a little tract on the subject by a former curate of mine, Ilev. S. C. Austen, When any work has to be done in our towns we naturally wish to employ published by Masters. I t seems strange that persons should be so afraid of our own parishioners ; hut I believe it will be found, ordinarily, that the local praying that the blessed faithful may enjoy their blessedness more and more, builder or carpenter cannot do justice to his work or to his employer if he i f they believe that so thin a veil parts them from us, that they are watching attempt church-bell hanging, and, therefore, had far better let it alone. us with as keen interest as is taught by St. Paul, Heb. xii. 1. 1. He is not at all likely to have in stock materials fit for a hell-frame; In answer to ‘ A Catholic,’ a little book o f mine, The Every-day Com ­ for oak felled three years ago will not he sufficiently dry, and certainly such panion^ published by J. Parker, takes ‘ notice o f the Church’s Festivals and cannot be bought at will of a timber-merchant. Seasons.’ Daily Steps towards ITeaven, by the late Mr. Troyte, will perhaps 2. Not only does this work require the accuracy of the joiner in materials answer both his purposes. W. H. R id l e y , heavier than a gate-post, but, also, it is so distinctly ‘ especial work ’ that a Si e ,— I t seems to me that your correspondents, whose letters appear in man will not know it without learning i t ; and even if he visit a belfry he will your last issue under the above heading, are mistaken as to the true meaning not understand what to see unless he bave some friend to assist him. of the sentences, ‘ that with them tie .may be partakers,’ &c., in the Prayer for 3. This work has to be done in the tower, where the light is bad, the the Church, and ‘ we, with all those that are departed,’ &&., in the Burial Ser­ standing worse, and where there are many stairs to ascend. A ll of which vice. To put the argument in a popular form, if T say to a friend : ‘ I hope combine to cause loss of time, and to require that a man who has to work on we may be able to go to Switzerland with our friends next midsummer,’ the such terms should know exactly what he has got to do. sense I wish to convey is surely this : ‘ 1 hope we may be able to go to Switzer­ Hence it may easily come to pass, that when a local man tries his hand at land, and I hope our friends may be able to go with us.’ The analogy is bell-hanging unforeseen difficulties arise, and the job drags on beyond all ex­ obvious. H. J. B lac kb u rn G oulson. pectation : employers remonstrate, the parishioners make remarks, the trades­ [W e should like our correspondent to observe, that whether Iris view of the man employed begins to perceive that if he is to make a charge which shall words he quotes is correct 01* not, it is quite possible to put the case in another be remunerative he w ill be fairly ashamed of the amount of his D ill; and way, and say o f friends already in Switzerland, or on the way thither, ‘ I hope those who have to pay it are yet less likely to he satisfied. However, at last I may he able to go there too, that with them I may he able to enjoy its mag­ all is done, and the newly-hung peal is opened. Then all goes- -wrong: the nificent scenery and its sweet and fresh air.’ Tlie analogy to our mind is audience say that the time is very bad; the ringers complain that the wheels more obvious, as we are certainly in different circumstances from those of slip rope, that one bell speaks quick, another slow, and that to ring the tenor the dead; whereas lie represents his friends and himself as in the same is work for a horse ; and our poor local tradesman, who has done his very circumstances.] best and is money out of pocket, has given satisfaction to nobody, and wishes S ir,— Surely ‘ Ratse * is wrong in supposing that the Prayer-book teaches from the bottom of his heart that he had never been employed. us to believe that the dead in Christ are partakers already of ‘ God’s heavenly In illustration of these remarks I can point to three rings of six and one kingdom’ referred to in the prayer for the Church M ilitant? For, in the of eight bells, hung by four different local men. In one case, the work of the prayer preceding the Collect in the Order for the Burial of the Dead we pray village wheelwright leaves nothing to be desired; hut the three others present God to ‘ hasten His kingdom’ that the faithful departed may have their quite a curious collection of mistakes: two of them were left ‘ unringable; ’ ‘ perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul’ — a state, therefore, and the third would be the same now but that the bells are very light. into which they cannot enter before tbe resurrection of the body. G. Pi. What is true of bell-hanging holds good of bell-rope making. They are Sir,— In a notice of the ‘ Ordination at Lichfield, Lent, 1874,’ it is stated made differently from common ropes; and the ordinary rope-manufacturer that addresses to the candidates at the evening services in tlie Bishop’s Chapel ■who has never learned this difference does not know wherein it consists. I •were ‘ delivered by Bishop Abraham ; the Rev. W . Walsh, an Australian clergy­ have been urged by a rope-maker, excellent in his own department, to give man ; Dean Champneys; and the Bishop of Lichfield.’ I t reads oddly that him an order for bell-ropes; and I have known him turn out, simply from an ‘ Australian ’ clergyman should have been asked to undertake so important ignorance, Lell-ropes which I literally should be sorry to accept at a gift— a duty. I t would read as oddly if the Bishop of Lichfield and Bishop Abraham subject to the condition that I must ring with one myself. were called 1 New Zealand’ bishops, and the designation would be manifestly I may add, that since our bell-ropes have been greased their length has inaccurate. I had the privilege of working for many years in an Australian hardly varied in any change of weather. W . W iorabi. diocese. But for the last nine I have been working in England, and for six The Guild of Devonshire Ringers. years in the diocese of Lichfield— one year as curate in a sole charge, five years as vicar of this parish ; holding also the office of an (unrevenued) pre­ Sir,— Your readers will, I am sure, welcome any effort which maybe made to take away the reproach which has hitherto attached to the term ‘ Devon­ bendary in the Cathedral, and of Bishop’s private chaplain. Hence my being asked to take the part I did (so unworthily and self-mistrnstfully) in one of shire R inger; ’ and hence I venture to ask for a little space in which to record the fact, that at a meeting recently held in Exeter a Society was set on foot, those helpful and solemn emher-week evening services. W . PI. W a l s h . A Ire was Vicarage, Lichfield. called ‘ The Guild of Devonshire Ringers,’ having for its objects ‘ the cultiva­ tion of Change-ringing and the promotion of Belfry Reform.’ C. A. W. Troyte, Esq., has accepted the office of President, while the Vice-Presidents are the Rev. H . T. Ellacombe, Rev. C. S. Bere, and Mr. Banister. Such well-known NOTES AND QUERIES. names are a sufficient guarantee that the guild will constantly keep the objects for which it is founded in view, and it is hoped that it may he the means of introducing Change-ringing into many districts where, at present, nothing A n sw ers. is heard but monotonous ‘ rounds.’ May I, in conclusion, express the wish S i r ,— ‘ W . H . R .’ asks for a Treatise on the Mohammedan Religion. I that all your readers in the county may enrol themselves in the Guild of would name The Mohammedan Religion Explained, hy Dr. Macbride ; Mohctme- Devonshire Ringers; and, moreover, my willingness to afford any informa­ ianism Unveiled, by Rev. C-. Forster ; Bampton Lectures fo r 1784, by J. White ; tion about the Society that may be required ? J. L . Lanodon F u lfo rd , History o f Mohammedanism, by Charles Mills ; the first Lecture in Maurier’s The Parsonage, Woodbury, Exeter. Hon. Secretary. Religions - o f the W orld; and perhaps, most valuable ©f all, Sir W. Muir’s Life of Mahomet, &c. J. C a v e B r o w n e . Date Touch. n S i r ,— In answer to ‘ Curate,’ I can tell him of a little hook, called Aid to O the 16tli March, at Immanuel Church, Streatham, 1874 Grandsire Parochial Visiting, or a Manual fo r keeping a Record concerning each Parishioner, Triples in 64 minutes. hy the Rev. A. Denne Hilton, published hy J. & C . Mozley. This hook was ‘ Campanology.’ recommended by the late Canon Binder when I was at Wells. I believe Mr. W e are asked our opinion on this word. W e consider it a bombastical form Hilton was formerly a W ells student. The price was Is. Gd. As my copy of speech— -we prefer plain English, viz. bells, bell-ringing, &c. was purchased in 1863, and the book had then reached its third edition, 110

doubt it has since received alterations and improvements. It can he carried R e c e i v e d .—A Campanological Ghange-ringer; A Youth; G.E Livermore; T. Pawson; n a breast-pocket. J. M y d d e l t o n E v a n s . G. Jessop; A Young Ringer; Hand-bell Performers (with thanks), will appear in time. 210 Church Bells. \April 4, 18 7 4 .

Texts or Mottoes they may know of, to he inscribed on a stone above a well CORRESPONDENCE, in a country village? H e n r y St o b a r t . Warkton Rectory, Kettering. 1A C u r a t e ’ would he glad to obtain the addresses of any schools where ‘ A W ord on Churchwardens and Easter.’ the daughters of clergymen are received free, or on payment of a small sum. S i r ,—I fear that the article under this heading in your number for last week is likely to mislead; and as the subject is an important one, I trust that A n sw ers. you will allow me to point out what I believe to he true law on the subject. Si r ,— ‘ S. M . C.’ would find The Net Cast in many Waters, sketches from The Canons are more particularly binding upon the clergy; but the 89th the Life of Missionaries, edited hy Anne Mackenzie (a sister of Bishop Canon has been held to be the rule which governs the laity also, where there Mackenzie), and published by Messrs. Bemrose, a most interesting publi­ is no special custom to the contrary. W here there is such special custom the cation either for children or for grown-up-persons. The Net comes out Canon cannot affect it. Such a custom, however, is to be taken according to every month, and the price of it is Id. The publishers will send 2 copies or its legal meaning; and the evidence in support of it must, I apprehend, be the multiple of 2 post free if the copies are prepaid. The Net makes a very so strong as to lead to the conclusion that it was in existence before the Canons inviting-looking book when hound up in the pretty green and gold cover of 1(303. belonging to it. I f ‘ Little Workers and Great Work,’ which came out in It has been supposed that the Canon was only declaratory of what was the Mission Life, can be procured in a separate volume it would he a very good general custom, or common law, at the time the Canons were passed. H ow­ and amusing gift-book for a child. E. A. H. ever that may be, there is no doubt that, in general, the 89th Canon is in S i r ,— ‘ S. M. C.’ might like Stories fo r Workers, hy Author of Copsley Annals accordance with the common law, and that it correctly describes how the (Seeleys, I s . ) ; and A ll True, three sixpenny packets (S. P. C. K .). Headings election of churchwardens is to take place. Still, however, there may be such from the S. P. C. K. or other Lives of Missionaries, and Stories o f Missions, a special custom; and, where it exists, the election must be according to such are sure to interest children, with judicious skipping. custom, notwithstanding the Canon. This position is in no way affected by recent legislation. I n reply to * S. M. C.’ the following Missionary Stories can be recommended : The 89th Canon directs that ‘ all churchwardens in every parish shall be — Stories fo r Workers, 6 in a shilling packet, published by Seeley, Jackson, and chosen hy the joint consent of the minister and the parishioners, if it may h e ; Halliday ; ‘ Needles and Spades,’ in Our Curate's Budget; The Three Christmas but if they cannot agree npon such a choice, then the minister shall choose Shillings, 2d., S.P. C K .; Paper Deputations, Id., Wells Gardner. one and the parishioners another.’ The case of the churchwardens of Wilms- low, in Cheshire, must have been incorrectly stated by the Standard, in the B e c e i v e d a l s o : — E. W. C.; A Curate ; W. G.; W. S. ; B. Bullock ; extract quoted in your paper. I take it to be clear that Mr. Justice Brett did A Young Member o f the Church of England; Eat®; ‘ May’s ’ wishes shall not, and could not, set aside the question of custom. H is duty would be to have consideration. ascertain whether such custom existed. That was the case before Park, J., at the Croydon Summer Assizes in 1839, referred to hy Mr. Justice Brett. There the evidence established that for upwards of 200 years the minister and BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. parishioners had concurred, and there was no evidence that the minister had ever separately appointed on e; hut it was held that this was not enough to support a supposed custom in exclusion of the minister, because their long T h e A b t and Science oe Change-ringing. By W illiam Bannister. concurrence was not sufficient to affect the general right. This case is re­ Printed for the Author by William Pollard, Exeter. 1874. ferred to hy Cripps in the fifth edition of his work on the law o f the Church, T h is author is well known as a ringer, composer, and teacher of others, and he concludes in these words, which, I apprehend, contain a correct state­ and the book before us contains the results of his long experience in ail ment of the law :— ‘ This decision, however, would only seem to show the three departments. Its contents may be divided as follow s:— Preliminary necessity that the custom must he clearly and satisfactorily proved; for it is matter— Rudimentary Instruction for Beginners, illustrated by five wood­ certain that at the present time themode of choosing churchwardens is wholly cuts— Practical Ringing—The Science of Ringing— Vocabulary of Terms regulated by custom, which may in some cases have existed independently of the Canon, and probably, in many other cases, sprung up in consequence of —A List of the Performances of the College Youths, from the year 1724 i t ; and the only question could be, What is the customary or common-law to 1873. method that is to prevail in the absence of any special custom satisfactorily The pages devoted to Practical Ringing commence with a statement proved? and that customary method, according to the decision just mentioned, (which we believe to be the only correct one ever published) of the is the same as that directed or affirmed by the Canon.’ C. H. B. five original methods from which all peals are form ed; these methods are next applied, in all their recognised variations, to all numbers of bells, Burial-Fees. from five up to twelve, and expanded into a most copious selection of Sir,— I wish to make the following comments on the letter of ‘ C. H. B.’ touches, or short peals for practice, furnished with rules hy which to ring in regard to the above-mentioned fees. No doubt some confusion exists as to the origin and cause of payment. I have no doubt, however, the facts to them. be these : that the bnrial-fees to the minister are originally for the ground, and The scientific portion of the work explains very carefully the manner that by custom certain payments have grown up which can be attributed only in which long peals, of 5000 changes and upwards, are composed and to the office; as, e. g., increased fee for morning funeral. ‘ The clerk must not proved; and then proceeds to illustrate the principles of composition by (nominally) demand anything for the ground or for the office.’ Nevertheless, applying them to a variety of peals, selected as affording instructive that the fee to the minister originates in the use of the ground the following examples. This accomplished, the author next sets before his readers a facts seem to indicate :— large collection of peals, 150 in number, by all the most eminent com­ 1. That the churchyard is the vicar’s freehold. posers, both dead and living, to each of which the name of its composer 2. That there is a difference between the fee for the burial of a parishioner is appended; thus bringing the subject down to the present time, and and non-parishioner, though the sendee is the same. The increased fee is depicting the existing state of the science and practice of Change-ringing'. obviously in reference to preserving the ground for parishioners. The great object of the author is very evident, and it may be said to 8. That the minister's fee varies according to the nature of the grave, constitute the distinctive peculiarity of his book. H e wishes to instruct vault, or otherwise. conductors so fully in scientific ringing that each may he able to adapt I am unable to refer to any definite legal statement on the subject, and doubt whether any clear authority could be found. But, with the above facts, peals for the practice of his own company, according to their powers and the onus of proof lies the other w ay; and I believe the clergyman is justified proficiency— exactly as a skilful bandmaster arranges music for his pupils. in maintaining that he receives no fee for performing the service. H. A. M. Hence arises, also, one great excellence of the work— every part of it is treated scientifically; it does not contain, from beginning to end, a single ‘ rule of thumb ’ receipt; but in all cases the author knows, and enables his reader to understand, the ‘ reason wdiy ’ of the directions which he gives NOTES AND QUERIES. them. I t would, perhaps, have been an advantage if some of these di­ rections and explanations had been given at greater length. For, although Q ueries. we cannot point to any which are really insufficient, yet thejr are con­ densed as much as possible. And such is the perverse ingenuity of the S i r , ——Ts it compulsory upon Church wardens, where no Church-rates are made, to pay the fee required at the Visitation at Easter by the Archdeacon? human mind in misunderstanding that which is new to it, that it seems I f so, to whom or what fund is the fee devoted ? My reason for asking is impossible to render preliminary explanations too clear; and brevity is simply for instruction and suggestion. B. H . dangerous. More detailed and more varied explanation might have made [I n answer to * E. H .’s ’ other inquiry, we recommend the use of Collects in this book yet more acceptable to complete beginners, without its becoming the Book of Common Prayer, if he is not able to do without a book.]—En. prolix. Si r ,— Can any reader of Church Bells recommend a cheap, popular work There is one point on which we sincerely hope that the authority of on the subject of Eternal Punishment, suitable for the careful perusal and Mr. Bannister w ill be sufficient to induce other composers and conductors study of a clever man who denies this doctrine, and believes in the total to follow his example. H e abandons the expressions, ‘ in and out-of­ annihilation of the bodies of the wicked ? L . D. course,' merely referring to them in a note; and substitutes ‘ odd and S i r ,— W ill any reader of Church Bells recommend a teacher in a Sunday- even' to describe the difference between collective changes of the one school a plain History of the Children of Israel, showing how 1 all the things kind and the other. It is high time that we gave up the use of words that are written of them are written for our learning V Something in the form which are admitted by all to he misleading, and to convey no clear idea of lessons, or readings, would be most suitable. Plas the Church Sunday- to any one of that which they profess to describe. school Institute anything on the above? E. C. W e recommend Mr. Bannister’s book without hesitation as the most S i r ,— Would any of your correspondents kindly give me any appropriate j complete and exhaustive upon the subject which has appeared since that A p ril 4, 1874.] Church Bells. 211

of Sliipway. W e anticipate that its publication w ill give a stimulus to A Correction. intelligent and scientific ringing', by enabling ringers to understand the Sib,— In Church Bells of March 14th a correspondent asks for information principles of their art, and thus to feel greater interest in it. W e predict about a peal of Triples, rung in Liverpool on February 10th, entitled ‘ the cele­ for it, without fear, a high place in Bell literature. brated composition of J. E. Troyte, Esq.’ Allow me to thank him for setting us right. I t should have been stated as a celebrated peal from the work of Holt’s Ten-part Peal of Grandsire Triples. G. A. W . Troyte, Esq., of the Lon don College Youths, but in giving directions 1 st Bart. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5tk. to the young man who wrote out tho report I inadvertently gave the wrong name. I hope this explanation will be quite sufficient. T. B eacall. 2 34(1 7 6 1 240753 207534 275346 253407 752346, 532407, 342075, 4 6 2 7 5 3 , 672534, Change-ringing at Kenninghall, Norfolk. 354267 4 3 2 7 5 647253' 7 6 5 2 3 4 5 7 3 2 4 0 6 On Saturday, March 14th, the Kenninghall Company of Ringers, assisted 3 4 7 6 5 2 5 4 6 i) i 3 2 5 073542s 754362s 530472s by Mr. J. Rudd of Diss, occupied the belfry of the parish church and rang a 376524 457326 630427 743625 564723 true and complete peal of Oxford Treble Bob Major, containing 5120 changes, 2437655 264573, 276354s 257480s 235047s in 3 hrs. 4 mins. The peal was composed by Mr. J. Miller, of the Cum­ 237054 245730 203547 274305 250473 berland Society, London, and was ably conducted by Mr. Rudd. The ringers 5 4 2 3 7 6 ' 3 6 2 4 5 7 1 4 7 2 0 3 5 1 6 5 2 7 4 3 1 7 3 2 5 0 4 1 were:—W. Oxer, treble; T. Oxer, 2nd; G. Edwards, 3rd; J. Woods, 4th; R. Hutton, 5th; R. Stackwood, 6th ; J. Mordey, 7th; J. Rudd, tenor (weight, 7 6 5 4 2 3 5 5730245 3547265 4 3 0 5 2 7 5 047325s 16J cwt.). The above was rung on the anniversary of, and to commemorate, 754236 5 8 G 2 4 7 347205 465273 673254 the ringing of 10,176 changes of the same method in 0 hrs. 20 mins. on 5 4 7 3 2 , 367542, 475362, 653472, 7 3 4 6 5 2 , 6 March 14th, 1871.— Per Letter. 320754' 427536" 625347 723465 524073' 5 4 3 2 0 7 5 304275s 476203s 057234s 735246s Change-ringing at Ormskirk, Lancashire. 5 8 2 6 7 4 342756 402537 072345 752463 On Saturday, March 21st, a mixed company of ringers occupied the belfry 745320s 508427s 374620s 450783s 037524s of St. Mary Ann’s Parish Church, and rang a true and complete peal of 7 5 3 2 (i 4 534276 346257 407235 675243 Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. 9 mins. The ringers were :■—J. Pritchard, Liverpool, treble ; T . Jones, Liverpool, 2nd; J . Eastham, 6 4 7 5 3 2 s 7 6 5 3 4 2-5 573402s 354672s 436 7 52 qs Ormskirk, 3rd; Rich. Williams, Liverpool, 4th; J. Iligham, Ormskirk, 5th; 675324 753426 534627 346725 467523 Rob. Williams, Liverpool, 6th ; J. Aspinwall, Liverpool, 7th; J. Prescott, Orms­ 235704 kirk, tenor. W eight of tenor, 26 cwt. The peal is the composition o f Mr. E. 6 th. 7th. 8 th. 9th. 10 th. Taylor, in six parts, with 5 0 7 at home each part-end, and was conducted by 235704* 2 5 7 6 4 3 1 2 7 0 4 3 5 1 8 6 4 3 5 7 1 2 4 3 5 7 6 1 Rob. Williams of St. Peter's Society.— P er Letter. 642357s 432570s 352764s 572043s 762435s 623574 425703 327645 520437 7 2-4 3 5 6 BELFRY RECORDS. 7462855 634257s 453276s 375204s 5 6 7 2 4 3 5 7 6 2 3 5 4 642573 432765 352647 572436 ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, GLOUCESTER. 547623s 736425s 6 5 4 3 2 7 5 4 7 3 5 2 6 5 365724s (Tablet in the Belfry.) 576234 704253 0 4 3 2 7 5' 435267 357240 (On nine panels.) 617. ( l . ) L a u s e t V it u p e r t u m , T intinnabularum . 345762, 5 3 7 6 4 2 , 750432, 6 7 4 3 5 2 , 4 6 3 5 7 2 , Aurea dulcisonam dant Tintinnabula, tinnita exporti cum sonuere manu; vocem sed 324576 523764 725043 627435 420357 sonitu reborante cadunt sursum atq. deorsum, cum Rudis obstrcperos tiuniet iiidesonos, 763245, 645237s 437256s 350274s 574263s (2.) A s o l e m n e Peale o f tune-full Bells, 732450' 052374 472563 362745 542637 Wellrunge, admitts noe Paralells ; Whether at Fcstivalls or Knells, 5 6 7 3 2 4 1 7 4 6 5 2 3 1 6 3 4 7 2 5 1 4 0 8 6 2 7 1 3 7 5 4 2 6 1 ’Tis melody divine. 245673s 23746o5 2 0 6 3 4 7 s 274530s 263754s It doth inchaunt the ravish’d eare, 2 5 0 7 3 4 274053 263475 245367 237546 ’Tis like the Musicke of the Spheare, Or like a Consort which doth Cheare, 342567s 532740s 702034s 072453s 462375s A t Banquettings of wine. 3 2 5 6 7 4 527463 726345 024537 4 2 3 7.5*6 (3 .) B u t tune-full Bells haue tune-les tones, 743250, 630274, 457263, 3 1 6 2 4 0 2 5 0 4 2 3 7 „ When rung by sense-les art-les drones, They sound like (batterings of Bones, 764325 643527 435726 357624 576423s With an obstrep’rous Cry. 234675 They doe not ringe, They doe but iangle, And w ith priepostrous noise indangle, H olt’s Single— a true single— is thus represented in the above notation:— Their sound in one another’s angle, Bring up the last two hells to the left, as at a bob. Reverse the order of the Without all harmoDy. remaining four. (4 .) In1 liberall Science Musicke hath a part, Which doth delight the eare, & cheere yc heart; Notice that at the heads of the columns in the first part stand the five The vocall & wind Musieke men doe prize, leads of the plain course. A t the heads of the columns in the second part The noise of stringed Instruments likewise. stand the five leads of another plain course, in which 2 is in the hunt, and the But if you aske what Musicke doth excell, figures 4 0 7 3 are reversed. Melodious Ringing beares a way the B ell; The Fife, the Trumpett, Cornett, and Recorder, The figures 3 4 0 7 5 are repeated in corresponding places in the five Come short of hue, or Six Bells rung in order. columns in every line— in the first part when read from left to right, in the The Harpe, the Lute, Viol and Violin, second when read from right to left. Organs, & Virginalls, with all their kin, What are they to high-sounding Bells whose worth The order of calls is reversed in the second part, i. e. the figures repre­ Above them all, these few lines w ill set forth. senting the length of the courses occur in reversed order. H. B. 0. ( 5 .) P s a lm 150— c Pra ise y e th e L o rd e .’ What are Triple Changes ? (A panel contained the Changes referred to below, but has been stolen.) (6.) The sound of well-tuned Bells the Ayre doth cleare, Silt,— Would you please to insert this question in your paper? I wish to Towres vp, spreades far, comes downe, & chavmes ye Eare. know what is meant .by Triple Changes? I have asked men that are good The change of notes, & tunes, breeds much delight, ringers of Grandsire, Stedman, and Treble Bob : some say it is changes on j p g Note here v e Changes offer’d to your sight, Which may be rung on Bells; and thereby raise seven bells, with the tenor behind ; others say that it is six bells changing Your thoughts to Admiration and to praise their position every change. Mr. Snowdon, in his remarks on in and ouhof- Such Musieke, and the Author of such skill, course of the changes, says a triple change is six bells changing at the same Jehovah, who makes Changes as he will, tim e: but I am not quite satisfied; because, if so, there are no peals of 5040 Whithin this Ringing Island, and else where, Throughout y e Vniversc; that men might feare, of Grandsire triples, for where there is a single there is not a triple change. Him who hath Souereigne power & in him trust, I do not write this thinking that ringers do not know this, as all do, but to Who chaugeth not, but turneth man to Dust. get my question answered on this point. 1 am only a young ringer, but I ‘Praise ye him upon y° loude Cymbales.’ want to go on further; and although a very simple question, I find there are ( 7 .) Ringe up Ringers, marke your numbers, few ringers that can agree over it. I f you will please insert this, and some Whoso clammes we say he Slumbers For hisrope-mates he much cumbers. good composer will be kind enough to answer it, he will greatly oblige many N ic h o l a s . oung in g e k besides myself. A Y R . (8 .) He that plyes his rope aright, Change-ringing at Holbeck. And guides his bell by eare & sight, He is (he it by day or night) Sib,— W ill you kindly allow me to say a few words in reply to the remarks A R in g er. in Church Bells on the 21st ult., on the above peal, which took me by sur­ (9.) Come, Boves, cleanely in out, prise. I have been a change-ringer and composer upwards of thirty years, Keeps true stroke at every Bout, yet I never knew a 0040 Grandsire Triples rung without either singles or And then 1 11 say ye are out of doubt doubles being introduced, more or less. I have one before me by Mr. Day of True Changers. Birmingham, whose merits as a composer are well known, with singles and doubles amounting to 286; yet I have never heard any one remark, ‘ Surely SANDHURST, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. (Tablet in the Belfry.) this is not Grandsire Triples! ’ The fact is, there never will be a peal of all 618. D e c k . 25th, 1S30, w as ru n g in th is T o w e r a p eal o f 5040 Changes, b ein g 42 peals o f six-score changes each, in two hours and forty-three minutes, by the iollowing band : Triples unless it can he had by-bobs alone. The object I had in view was to Joseph Daniell, Treble. I Wm. Daniell, T h ird . 1 Anselm Brawn, Tenor. make the observation-bell have one uniform course throughout the peal, with John Drink water, Second, j Wm. Brawn, F o u rth . | Shadrach Daniell, F ifth , the same call. Ja iie s L ockwood. Conducted by Joseph Daniell. A p r il ii, 1874.] Church Bells. 223

at least a dozen corks, some bones, and the leavings of fat meat'and pieces of BELLS AND BELL-RINGING, biscuit. Thus you can see that our church made a very convenient refresh- ment-room. Our band of ringers are far from being a bad lot of men, but they have 110 reverence for sacred things— not one of them have I ever known Change-ringing. to be a communicant. I blame the men for taking part in such prostitution Si r ,— A s a resident in Devonshire, and an admirer of good bell-music, I of God’s house and goods, but much more blame is attached to the parsons am much pleased to know that another effort is being made to diffuse the and church wardens. I had better add that the Yicar, whom I highly respect, science of Change-ringing by method, throughout the county; and heartily was from home when the above farce took place. I trust every endeavour wish the movement that success which the favourable auspices under which will be made by Church Bells to put a stop to such proceedings; but cannot it is sought to be done appears to prognosticate. I have often witnessed with the authorities of the Church do something by advice? I write this simply wonder and amazement the unseemly gatherings of Devonshire ringers at because I feel it a duty so to do. X. Y. Z. our public churches, for the purpose of contesting in peals of rounds (bell gamut) for prizes given by our local clergy and gentry, avowedly with the in-^ Change-ringing at St. Giles’s, Ashtead, Surrey. tention of promoting the practice of bell-ringing; and from the lists of On Monday, April Otli, was rung at the above church by a select company amounts I frequently see advertised, it would appear that no mean sum is of Change-ringers, Taylor’s peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 distributed annually in this work. This having been the custom in this changes, true and complete, in 2 hrs. 59 m ins.; being the first on the bells, county for very many years, and also in Cornwall, one might fairly have lately augmented to eight by Messrs. Mears and Stainbank of London. The looked for some advance in bell-music : but 110, 1 find from year to year the ringers were:— T. Miles, treble; W. Sayer, 2nd; G. Sayer, sen. 3rd; G. same amounts offered in prizes; the same class of ringers contesting; the Page, 4th; G. Sayer, jun. 5tli; W. Clapshew, 0th ; S. Brooker, 7th ; W . same description of peals rung; and (if we may judge from the readiness Arthur, tenor. Conducted by Mr. W . Clapshew. W eight o f tenor, 14 cwt. with which the money is subscribed) the same amount of satisfaction is given. in the key of F.— Per Letter. O11 referring to the valuable works of the Hev. H. T. Ellacombe, I find it shown on reliable data that the practice of ringing bells in peal has been in general vogue for nearly 300 years, yet with some very few exceptions (where BELFRY RECORDS. scientific ringing has heen successfully introduced, and prize contests forbid­ ST. NICHOLAS, BRISTOL. (Tablets in the Belfry.) den) no advance whatever has been made in bell-music in this_county or 619. So c ie t y o f B r is t o l Rin g e r s .— D ecem b er Gtli, 1814, 10 o f th e above S ociety ru n g Cornwall through this very long series of years: this of itself is sufficient in this Steeple a true and complete peal of Grandsire Cators, consisting of 5039 Changes, in 3 hours and 28 minutes, being the first peal ever rung 011 these bells. Performed by to show that the prize-ringing system has signally failed to produce the John Summers, Treble W in . C ary, F o u rth Wm. Thomas, Eighth. desired effect, whilst the dissatisfaction and ill-feeling occasioned by the Joseph Jones, Second Wm. Summers, F ifth . Thomas Newport, N in th . decisions of the judges among the contesting companies not unfrequently John Morgan, T h ird . Wm Smith, Sixth. John Barrow, Tenor. end in a disgraceful quarrel. I would therefore like to suggest, through the Wm. Washer, Seventh. medium of your paper, to the supporters of these prize-ringings, that they Mr. wm'Wm. SBarrett, S geJ I j cMrAmrdm. withhold their contributions from them in future, and direct their good in­ This peal was called by Mr. Washer. tentions to the support of the Guild recently established for the promotion 620. S t . N i c h o l a s R in g e r s , B r i s t o l (being also a branch o f the Society of College of scientific ringing in the county (see notice in our issue, March 28tli); which Youths, London).—On Monday, February 9th, 1870, was rung by eleven Members of the above Societies an excellent Peal of Grandsire Cators, consisting of 5129 changes. The peal of itself is both musical and intellectual, and conducive of good order and was composed of five courses, with the 2nd, 3rd, 4tli, 5th, & 6th, regularly behind the 9th. decorum.- C. Y. The Bells were most admirably struck, and brought round in 3 Hours and 15 minutes. What are Triples ? The members were stationed as follows Alfred Jones, Treble. John Davies, F ifth . John Bryant, Eighth. Sin,— In reply to 4 A Young Ringer,’ the word 4 triples ’ is used in two J oh n W ilk e y , Second. Alfred York, Sixth. William Sladon, N in th . senses; the one its strictly accurate, the other its common meaning. In William Dowling, T h ird . W illiam Thomas, Seventh. James Price, j T strictness, a single change means one pair of bells changing places at one David Morgan, F ou rth . Edwin Bowers, ) W eight of Tenor, 36 cwt. in the key of Cfl. time, as 12 3 1 ,1 2 4 8; a double change means two pair so changing, as 12 31, The above peal was composed and most ably conducted by Mr. Alfred Jones. 2 113; a triple change means three pair so changing, as 123150, 2 1 4 36 5. But, in common language, doubles means five-bell work, minor means six- ST. M ATTHEW ’S, GOTHAM, BRISTOL. bell work, and triples seven-bell work. The expression ‘ 5040 Grandsire (Tablets in the Belfry.) triples’ means 5040 changes rung in the Grandsire method on seven bells: 621. Society o f B ristol Youths. — O 11 Tuesday, January 10th, 1S37, was rung by the ringers of this Church a true and complete peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 5043 Stedman’s triples means that number rung in Stedman’s method on changes. The bells were brought round in Two hours and forty-nine minutes, being the seven bells. In the same way ringers would speak of 5040 of Union triples, first peal ever rung on these Bells. The ringers were stationed as follows of Bob triples, of Court triples, Ac. Ac. William Smith, Tieble. | William Cary, F ou rth . I Abraham Davis, Seventh, In the first sense, all the 5040 are not triple changes, and so far the ex­ Jam es M a w d itt, Second. William Chilcott, F ifth . William Murcb, 4 Tenor James Harman, T h ird . | Josiah Millard, S ixth | William Cooper, J pression is incorrect; in the second place, any and all changes upon seven Conducted by William Smith. hells are triples. Thus in ringing, as in othtr things, there is much difficulty ] Churchwardens. caused which nrght be spared; and many a misunderstanding, which might Mr. F. Prideaux, } be avoided, is brought about hy the want of attention to definitions, and by The bells was the gift of John Bangley, Esq. 622. U n i o n Y o u t h s ’ S o c i e t y — Monday, Nov. 4th, 1S39, a true and complete peal of the lack o f strict accuracy in the language employed. W . YV. G randsire Triples, con sistin g o f 5040 changes, c on ta in in g 194 bobs and 46 singles, w as ru n g in this Steeple in 2 Hours and 45 minutes. The 6th the observation bell. By St. Matthew’s, Upper Clapton.— Ancient Society of College Youths. S Jones, F irs t. I T. Humphry.?, F ourth. J T . B rain, Seventh. Thu hells of this church, which have remained silent for ringing purposes W . H u ish, Second. J. Wilkey, F ifth . G. N ich olls, | p ' t j 7 during Lent, were rung on Good In d a y before both the morning and evening J, Alsbury, T h ird . | E. Androw, Sixth. j. Bullock, ^ orboys, ) churchwardens. services, being double muffled, inviting the congregation to the solemn ser­ Mr. F. Prideaux, j vices of the day-, which were well attended. O11 Easter morning there was an Conducted by W. Huish. early choral celebration of the Holy Communion, to which a large number ST. MARY’S CHURCH, W ARW ICK. (Tablet in the Belfry.) were called together by a merry peal on the six bells. The church was 623. T h is Tablet Was Erected by the St. M artin’s Society of Change-ringers, Birmingham, beautifully decorated with, banners and flowers, especially the altar and font. To Record the following Peals Rung b y Members of that Society on these Bells:— There were frequent services during the day, all well attended, particularly D eer. 28th, 1786. — A P eal o f G randsire O n Saturday, Sepr. 25, 1869, A. S u perior the morning and evening services, which were crowded. The day, which had Cators, comprising 5040 changes, in 3 Hours Peal of Stedman Cators, comprising 5021 .1 .1 - H I * ..... 1 ... 4-kft IV.1 1 TChanges, U which 71700was OAmnlAfnHCompleted in 3 a HoursIfdlirQ been celebrated so joyously, was brought to a conclusion by an impressive and 35 Minutes, by the following Per fo r m e r s :— and 80 Minutes by the following Persons sermon by the Rev. L. E. Shelford, the V icar; Beethoven’s Alleluia Chorus Wm. Martin, Treble. John Perks, Treble. and the bells ringing the people home.— Communicated. Sami. Lawrence, Second. Willm. Haywood, Second. Wm. Coton, T h ird . JobJo.ynes, T h ird . Prostitution of Church Bells in Cornwall. Willm. Bennett, Fontth. Ily. Johnson, seu., F o u rth , E. Hareourt. F ifth . S. P o w er, F ifth . W e have been favoured with the following cutting from a local paper. In J. Black, Sixth. G. W. Baldwin, Sixth. accordance with our principles we feel it to he our duty to publish it, de­ J. Mackenzie, Seventh. H y. Bastable, Seventh. nouncing at the same time the useless practice which we condemn :— Chas. Shuter, Eighth. J oh n D ay, Eighth. J. N o ck , N in th . John James, N in th . 4A prize bell-ringing contest took place at Launceston on Wednesday, 25th Josh. Bickerton, Tenor. March, and the ringers of seventeen parishes competed; namely, Lanivet, Com posed b jT H . Johnson, sen. Lamer ton, Bratton Clovelly, St. Dominick Marystow, Lanlivery, Shaugb, Lin Conducted by J. Mackenzie. Conducted by John Perks. kinkorne, Northill, Kelly, Pridestowe, Milton Abbot, St. Stephens, St. Neot, This was the first Peal on these Bells. And the first Peal in this Method on the Bells. and St. Kew. The first prize, 0/. was won by K elly; second, 51. Lanlivery; Weight of tenor, 28 cwt. third, 8/. IPs. Bridestow; fourth, 2/. St. N eot; and fifth prize, 11. Lanivet.’—- 1872. C. D . N ew m an , V icar. Local Paper. W e have also received, from another reliable correspondent, the following letter:— SOUTHWOLD, SUFFOLK. (Tablet in the Belfry.) 4 Si r ,— I herewith send you a cutting from the Western Weekly News, which 62.4. O n M onday, J u ly 26t.li, 1858, E ig h t M em bers o f th e R ed en b all S ociety o f Cliange- I trust you will insert in 3 our most valuable paper, and condemn strongly Ringers ascended this Tower, and rang a true and complete Peal of Oxford Treble Bob Major, consisting of 5088 changes, in 3 hours and 3 minutes, it being the first peal ever such an unhallowed practice. This kind of desecration of God's holy and rung on the Bells. The Ringers were stationed as it flows :— beautiful bouse is carried on to a great extent in Cornwall. Not a 3 ear Benin. Smith, Treble. I Ambrose Frost, Fourth.. I Jam es R u dd, Sixth. since, in the beautiful church where I am organist and choir-master, a John Ellis, Second. Stephen Nobbs, F ifih . Charles H. Hammond,Seventh. GervasHolmes,Esqr.,Th ird . | I Elijah Harper, Tenor. prize-ringing contest was held, in which thirteen sets competed with our six Conducted by Benjamin Smith. charming hells. About an equal number to those who took part came to H e n ry D eb n y and P e te r P alm er, Churchwardens. hear out of pure love for the art, which consisted in “ rounds and rounds ” Tenor, abou t 12 cw t. and “ ups and downs.” I was from home on that great day; hut on the following day I went into the church and collected several lemonade bottles, R e c e i v e d .— H. E. J . ; Bob Major. A p r il 18, 1874.] Church Bells. 235

Sir,— Would any reader of Church Bells kindly give ‘ Q.’ some information J. Underwood. The composer is unknown; hut it is recorded hy the lale as to the formation and working of a Church Institute ? J. E. L. Society o f Union Scholars to he the first peal of Treble Bob ever rung, which Sin,— I should he obliged if you, or any of the readers of Church Bells, could was performed, in 1718, at St. Dunstan’s in the East, London. The same loll me whether there is a cheap map of England and Wales published, showing ringers were:—J. Hern, Hurworth, treble; J. Strodder, sen., Ripon, 2nd; the division into dioceses, and where it can he obtained. T. Clark, Sharow, 3rd ; Joel Hern, Hurworth, 4th ; C. Underwood, York, 5th ; M . A . L i n d M o o r e . TV. Howard, York, Gth; TV. H . Howard, York, 7th ; and J. Underwood, York, A n sw ers. tenor (weight, 18 cwt.). Afterward they accompanied the York ringers home, To ‘ Decently and in Order.’— Double fees for marriages in Lent are not and on the following day rang at the Cathedral and other churches in and lawful unless supported by immemorial custom. E. near York several touches of Treble Bob and Grandsire.— Per Letter. ‘ W. S.’ should write a courteous letter to the Secretary of Hetheringion’s Meeting of Ringers at Sheffield. Charity for the Blind, M. S. S. Dipnall, Christ’s Hospital, London; and request Instructional Papers. E. T h e members of the Sheffield, Rotherham, Rawmarsli, Dronfield, Ililla- marsh, Peniston, Eckington, and Shiroaks companies of Change-ringers form Sie,— ■* W. H . C.’ may learn from Guericke or from Wheatly that Sundays a Society, of which the annual meeting is held at one of these towns every are not included in the forty days of Lent. Wheatly observes that * it was Easter Monday. This year’s meeting took place at Sheffield on April Gth, never the custom of the Church to fast 011 Sundays (whereon we commemorate when a large number of ringers was present— 87 sitting clown to dinner. so great a blessing as our Saviour’s Resurrection); therefore we begin Lent on Touches of Grandsire, Cinques, Caters, Treble Boh Major, Oxford and Violet Ash-Wednesday, to supply the room of those Sundays.’ Guericke also Union, were rung. Rotherham was appointed the place of meeting for next observes that the Sundays are omitted from the forty days’ fast. Wheatly year.— Per Letter. offers as a reason for repeating the Collect for Ash-Wednesday 011 the Sundays, Chewton Mendip, Somerset. that it is to ke’ep us in mind of the duties we have undertaken in the intervals F o r many years past the fine heavy old bells in the church tower have of fasting. C h a r l e s W o r t h y . been so much out of order that they have been rung hut seldom, and always In like manner ‘ J. H .’ writes, that the forty days of Lent, being fast days, with danger both to tlie ringers and the tower. The hells having now been do not include the Sundays, which are in Lent, not o/'Lent; every Sunday in re-hung, and fitted with new stocks, wheels, gudgeons, &c., a trial peal was the year being the weekly feast of the Resurrection, just as every Friday in rung on tbe evening of Lady-day, and all who handled the ropes were much the year is the weekly fast of the Church in commemoration of the Cross and pleased to find how well the bells went, and how thoroughly successful the Passion of her Lord. bell-hangers’ work had been. The re-hanging of the bells was entrusted to Sir,— Both ‘ 0. H .’ and CR. W. C.’ would find some of the following hooks Mr. Thomas Hooper of Woodbury, near Exeter, and the work was most ably useful;— Fragments fo r the Bide, S. P. C. K . ; The Invalid's Friend, S. P. C. K .j carried out hy his foreman. Mr. Hooper has also fixed an excellent but Services and headings in Prolonged Sickness, (I forget hy whom) ; Bourdillbn’s simple apx>aratus, 011 the jdan of the Rev. H . T . Ellacombe, by means of Bedside Readings, S. P. C. K .; Words o f Peace, or the Blessings and Trials of which a hoy can easily chime the six hells for the church service.— Local Sickness, by Bishop Oxenden; The Home Beyond, by Bishop Oxeivden; Light Pttgscr. at Eventide, Hatcliards, 187 Piccadilly ; The Sick-Room Attendant, hy a Lady, Change-ringing at Burford, Oxen. Kishets. R e t t a . On Easter Monday, April Gth, a party of the Oxford Society of Change- Sin,—‘ O. H .’ will find Bishop Anclrewes’ Manual fo r the Sick an excellent ringers visited Burford, and rang Mr. John H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire hook for a priest to use in pastoral visitation. A new edition was published Triples, containing 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. 0 m'in. The following were the hy Rivingtons in 1809, with a preface by Canon Litldon, at the special desire ringers:— R. Annis, treble; J. Field, 2nd; PI. T. Mills, 3rd; F. White 4th; of the late revered Bishop of Salisbury. C. R . P e r r y . J. M. Hine, 5th; C. Hounslow, Gth; E. Harrison, 7th; E. Bayliss,. tenor. ‘ 0. H.’ will not find any better book for pastoral visitation than the Rev. W eight of tenor, 2G cwt. Conducted by Mr. C. Hounslow. The church and W . Walsh am Ilow e’s Pastor in Parochia. (W. W. Gardner.) G. W. bells are very ancient, and this is said to be the first peal ever completed 011 ‘ H . H .’ recommends to ‘ R. W. C.’ The Evening of Life, by the Rev. W. C. them.— Per Letter. Heygate. (Masters, os. (id.) St. James’s Society, London. ‘ A Country Parson,’ who asked for a simple book on gardening in the On Friday evening, April 10th, ten members of the above Society rang No. for March 21, should procure Gardening, one of the Finchley Manuals at St. Clement’s, Strand, a true peal of Kent Treble Bob Royal, containing for Industrial Schools; it is elementary, clear, and practical. M . S. 5000 changes. Time, 3 hrs. 29 mins. The ringers w ere:— J. Cox, treble; G. Newson, 2nd; G. Stockham, 3rd; TV. Jones, 4th ; G. Mash, 5th ; P . Cooke, Gth; J. R. Haworth, 7th; J. Dwight, 8th ; W. Baron, Gth; E. Horrex, tenor. The peal contained ten courses ; the Gth behind the Gth, six courses. Com­ BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. posed and called by Mr. J. Cox.— Per Letter.

Muffled Peal at Earlsheaton and Dewsbury, Yorkshire. O n the 29th ult. the remains of Geo. Lee were interred at St. Peter’s BELFRY RECORDS. Church, Earlsheaton. H e had been a ringer of the above Society for upwards ST. LAWRENCE, WALTHAM ABBEY, ESSEX. of twenty years. A muffled peal was rung there and at Dewsbury; and again (Tablets in the Belfry.) on the 3rd inst., as a last tribute of respect, a complete peal of Kent Treble 625. Ox July 20tli, 1806, the Society of Cumberland Youths rang in this Steeple A O m- Bob Major, containing 5280 changes. The peal is in five equal parfcs, and was plete Peal of Treble Bob 8-in, Consisting of 5056 Changes, in 3 hours & 16 minutes, con­ composed by W . Harrison of Saddleworth, and conducted hy W . Preston. taining 15 Courses, with the Gth twelve times wrong aud twelve times right, being the first peal on those Bells. Performed by the following Persons:— The ringers were:—W. Preston, treble; A. Beaumont, 2nd; S. Senior, 3rd; Geoge. Gross, F irs t. | Analochi Channon, F ou rth . [ James Stichbury, Sixth. M. Idle, 1th; I. Idle, 5th; C. Senior, Oth; J. Buckley, 7th; J. Garforth, John Hints, Second. Thos. Freeth, F ifth . Wilm. Sliipway, Seventh. tenor. The time, 3 hrs. 9 mins. W eight of tenor, 14 cwt. Key E .— P er J . Nash, T ld rcl. | I John Marlton, Eighth. , Composed and called by Mr. George Gross. Letter. .John Pain, A T es tim o n ia l to a Y orksh ire Ringker. John Smith, > CJiurcliwarden s. Itich d . B an ks,) T h e Leeds Parish Church Company of Bell-ringers at their Quarterly Meeting, held at th e‘ Thirteen Bells’ Inn, on Thursday evening, April 3rd, QQ0. W a lth a m A b b e y Y o u tiis .— M onday, June 15th, 1819, B a n g in th is Steeple M r. Ship-way's 5-part peal of Bob Major, Consisting of 6000 Changes, in 3 hours and 38 minutes. presented to Mr. W. Gawkrodgers an address of thankful approbation and Performed by the following* Persons:— goodwill, together with a silver-mounted walking-stick. Mr. Gawkrodgers John Carr, F irs t. I Wilm. Carr, Fourth. Wilm. Weodbridge, Seventh. acknowledged the compliment with feelings of thankfulness. H e had been J. Kennerley, Second. Wm Kennerley, F ifth . Ed. Overmen, Eighth. Called by Ed. Oven den. a ringer since 1819, and upwards o* 40 years a member of the Ancient Society Chas. Evennett, T h ird . | Chas. Woodbridgc, Si*Jh. of College Youths, London. In 1841 the splendid ring of thirteen bells in 627. W a l t h a m A b b e y Y o u t h s .—Monday, Seper. 27th, 1S19, rang in this Steeple A true and compleat peal of Gransire Triples, consisting of 5040 Chauges, in 2 hours and 51 the parish church of Leeds was designed hy him.—Per Letter. minutes. Performed by the following persons :— Hy. Woodbridge, F irs t. I WTilm. Carr, F o u rth . I Wilm. WToodbridge, Seventh. Tribute of Respect to a Ringer at St. Peter’s, Hindley, John Carr, Second. Wilm. Kennerley, F ifth . Chas. Woodbridge, EigM h. Lancashire. Chas. Evennett, Third.I. | Ed. Ovenden, Sixth. | Called by Henry Woodbridge.

On Monday, the Cth inst., the ringers of this place, with their wives, were 628. A n c i e n t S o c ie t y o f C o l l e g e Y o u t h s . entertained with a supper. The Rev. P. Jones, Incumbent, presided, and On Saturday, Octer. 29th, 1864, E ig h t On Saturday, Jany. 7th, 1865, E ig h t presented to Mr. P. Johnson of Ince, on behalf o f the ringers and clergy of St. Members of the above Society rang in this Members of the above Society rang upon Steeple A true and Complete Peal of Kent these Bells Mr. J. H olt’s one-part peal of Peter's, a splendid silver watch, gold chain, and seal, as a token of universal TrebleBobMajor, Consisting of508S Changes, Grandsire Triples, Containing 5040 Changes, respect. The watch bore the following inscription :— ‘ Presented to Mr. Peter in 3 hours and 8 minutes. Performers in 3 hours and 1 minute. Performers:— Johnson, sen., by the ringers and clergy of St. Peter’s, Hindley, as a token H . W . H a ley , Treble. R. Hopkins, F ifth . Hy. Allsup, Treble. 1 M. A. Wood, Fifth. T. Britten, Second. G. G rice, Sixth. H.W : Haley, Second. | J. Pettit, Sixth. of respect for teaching them the art of Change-ringing.’— Per Letter. T. Powell, T h ird . T. Pettit, Seventh. T. Powell, 'T h ird . I G. Grice, Seventh. E. Horrex, Fourth. H . B o o th , Tenor. R. Hopkins F ourth. | T. Pallett, Tenor. Change-ringing at Baldersby and Thirsk, Yorkshire. Composed and Conducted by Conducted hy H. W. Haley. On Easter Monday last a mixed number of Change-ringers met at Mr. II. W. Haley. The Revd. James Francis, M.A., Incum bent. Baldersby Church, and rang several touches of Grandsire Triples. The Mr. Dl. Read, D ringers were:— J. H ein, Hurworth, treble; J. Strodder, sen., Ripon, 2nd; Mr. Pr. Mills, > Churchwardens. T. Clark, Sharow, 3rd ; Joel Hern, Hurworth, 4tli; W . H . Howard, York, 5tli ; Mr. Wm. Stout, ) W . Howard, York, Oth ; C. Underwood, York, 7th ; J. Underwood, York, tenor Mr. Wm. Carr, Sexton. (weight, 20 cwt., in Cg). Thence they adjourned to the church at Thirsk, DULLINGHAM , CAMBRIDGESHIRE. (Tablet in the Belfry.) and rang* a true and complete peal of Kent Treble Bob Major, comprising 629. On Jan. 6th. 1S30, -was jui g* in this Tower 50 peals, making a compleat number of 5120 changes, in 3 hrs. 5 mins., being the first peal ever rung since the 6000 changes, in 4 hours 20 m ins. b y th e fo ’lo w in g :— augmentation of six hells to a ring of eight, The peal was conducted by Giles Wilson, j James Roe. | John Edwards, j Robert Edwards. ] Stephen Jackson. April 25, 1874,] Church Bells. 247

assisted by Messrs. Haley and Pettit from London, a>nd Mr. W . Banister BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. from Devonport, entered the tower, and on its conclusion rang the new bells ^ ------out for about four or five minutes. The hymn, ‘ Not idle on the fleeting sounds,’ was then sung, and the service, which has appeared in our columns, The Use of Bells and Belfry Reform. was read. After the service a very good 720 Treble Bob Minor was rung on W e gladly reproduce from a local paper the following portion of Arch­ the'lower six, the two trebles being not quite fit for ringing. All eight bells, deacon Freeman’s Charge, delivered at Exeter on Tuesday last:— however, were ready by Easter Sunday morning, and at 6.30 the morning of * On one portion of the furniture of our churches, as distinguished from this glorious festival was ushered in, as we hope it may he at Huntsham for their fabric, I have been requested to say a few words, and do so most many years to come, by some good touches of Triples. The parishioners were willingly. I have in former years been not unfrequently consulted as to also treated to some excellent ringing during the day. O 11 Easter Monday the law and right respecting the churcLf bells. But of late no such request the Huntsham Society and their London friends were driven in a break wilh for guidance has reached me. I venture to conclude, therefore, that it is four horses by Mr. Troyte to the neighbouring steeple of Oakford, where, now perfectly understood that it rests solely and entirely with the Incumbent after a good three hours’ ringing, the party sat down to dinner, at which they to say by whom, and for what purposes, the bells shall be rung ; subject only were joined by the Rector, the Rev. Canon Hylliard, who, after dinner, most to an appeal to the Bishop, if there is good reason for alleging that the use kindly invited them to tea at the Rectory, where they rang several touches of of them, for their proper purposes, and on fitting occasions, has been with­ Triples and Caters in hand, and they returned to Huntsham much pleased held. But besides the occasions on which bells should be rung, there are with their day’s amusement. The work has been done in the Huntsham other considerations, viz. as to the manner of ringing them, and the rules steeple by Messrs. Taylor and Co. of Loughborough, who have added a treble by which those who ring them should be bound. Ringing is n. branch, and tenor (12 cwt.), and re-cast the old 4th into an excellent 5th. The bells though an humble one, of m usic; and all music is a work of art, and a are in perfect tune, and a very good splice has been made; the two trebles matter of practice and exjDerience. And ringers, again, have special tempta­ have had to be hung over, but the work has been admirably executed.— tions to forget that their work is closely connected with the work of the Communicated. sanctuary, and ministers to the highest purposes and the most solemn A Guild of Change-ringers at Porlock, Somerset. occasions of human life. Hence the scandalous abuses in times past and W e are glad to be able to announce that at Porlock a step has been taken present of the belfry-chamber. And it is accordingly a well-known crux of in the right direction with regard to the belfry. A Guild has been formed, the parochial incumbent, so to adjust and watch over this matter as to secure under the able presidency of an experienced College Youth, with the object of the due and skilled use of the bells, without the evils which are so ready to introducing the scientific method of ringing, and of making the belfry and the follow in its train. W e want a higher standard both of skill and conduct than ringing worthy of the House of God. The ringing hitherto, though very good generally prevails. As regards the former, it is not easy to see how it can be of its kind, has been confined solely to rounds and call-clianges. The hells attained without allowing and even promoting opportunities for practice and are five in number, and in very fair ringing condition; the ropes are bad, mutual improvement, by gathering together the bands 4 of different parishes. but already a present of six new ones has been made to the new Guild; and The same has been found to be the case as to church music and singing. But we hope soon to be able to report the addition of a sixth bell to the ring,, there is this difference— that any number of choirs can unite their voices in and the progress of the Guild on the eareer on which it has just started,—- one musical effort and practice ; whereas only one set of ringers can ring at a Contributed. time. Hence, naturally enough, competition in ringing has been the induce­ ment held out to the different bands to meet and improve themselves in the art. But serious evils have been found to follow from meetings at which BELFRY RECORDS. prizes are offered to the most skilful; and it is, therefore, most desirable to ST. M ICHAEL’S, COVENTRY. (Tablets in the Belfry.) ascertain if there is not a more unexceptionable way of promoting the same end. 630. Ox Monday, October 15tli, 1SG0, St. Micliael’s company of ekange-ringers ascended I do not refer to matters incidental to all meetings and inseparable from the Tower of St. Michael’s Church, Coventry, and succeeded in ringing a True Peal of them ; nor do I admit that past meetings have failed of their immediate pur­ Grandsire Royal (the first of that method rung on those Bells), and consisting of 5000 pose. On the contrary, it is unquestionable that, even by this somewhat changes, which were rung in excellent style, in 3 hours and 23 minutes, by the following persons, viz.:— rough method very great improvement in ringing has taken place, extending W e ig h t o f W e ig h t o f over a large area of parishes. And such meetings may be conducted, as I each bell. each b ell. know from my own experience, not only with perfect order, but with many w t. qr. lbs. cw t. q r lbs. 2 beneficial results : such as the promotion of self-respect, and the setting before Thos. Temple, Treble 6 3 Chas. Lenton, S ixth .. . 11 2 16 Jas. Oldfield, Second .. 7 0 8 Wm. Burden. Seventh . 14 0 26 unaccustomed eyes the spectacle and example of a belfry kept free for long years, Chas. Horsfall, T h ird 8 1 13 Merr’k. Shortley, E ighth .. 27 0 20 from the slightest irreverence or impropriety. Nevertheless, attendant and J oh n W ilson, F o u rth .. 9 0 0 Thos. Wilson, N in th .. . 23 0 20 unavoidable mischiefs no doubt exist. The feeling of rivalry, often resulting Win. Johnson, F ifth .. 9 2 21 Josh. Bickerton, Tenor . 32 0 9 in disputes, is stimulated to excess by the existence of prizes, however humble The above peal was composed by Mr. Henry Johnson of Birmingham, and ably conducted by Mr. William Burden. in amount; so that this, rather than mutual improvement, becomes the pro­ minent feature of the gathering, and idlers and gamblers are drawn together 631. On Sunday, the 24th of May, 1857, was rang a true & complete Peal of 5130 Grand­ sire Cators, in 3 hours and 19 minutes, by the undermcntion’d persons, v iz.:— by it. I rejoice, therefore, that a society called the “ Guild of Devonshire Wm. Johnson, Treble. Josh. Hitchcock, F ifth . [ Edwin Sprague, Eighth. Ringers ’ has been formed, having for its object “ the cultivation of change- Thos. Wilson, Second. Chas. Horsfall, Sixth. Josh. Bickerton, N in th . ringing and the promotion of belfry reform.” I could wish that it would add John Wilson, Th ird . Wm. Burden, Seventh. Chas. Lenton & Tenor. to these perfecting of ordinary ringing and the promotion of skilful chiming. Thos. Scrawley, F ou rth . | Sami. Elliott, j The proposed method of action is to have annual or occasional friendly The above peal was conducted by Mr. William Burden. meetings, without prizes. I earnestly commend this improved method and 63*2. To Celebrate the Marriage of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess of Wales. the association for promoting it to your support, and trust that the practice of On Tuesday, M arch 10th, 1863, T h e R in gers at' St. M ich ael’s ra n g on these B ells a tru e P eal offering prizes will be entirely discontinued.7 of Grandsire Cators, consisting o f 5147 Changes, In 3 hours andS minutes, by the following persons, v i z . :— Change-ringing at Beverley Minster. Thos. Temple, Treble. John Wilson, F ou rth . j Jam es B ate, Eighth. Jas. Oldfield, Second. H e n r y A ston, F ifth . Chas. Lenton, N in th . On Saturday, the llt li inst., six of the Trinity Society of Change-ringers Willm. Butlin, T h ird . Willm. Johnson, Sixth. Sami. Elliott, Tenor. (H ull), along with three of the Beverley Society of Change-ringers, rang Mr. Chas. H orsfall, Seventh. | H olt’s celebrated ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, comprising 5040 changes, T h e a b ove peal w as C onducted b y Chas. H o rsfa ll. in 3 hrs. 17 mins. The performers were placed as follows:—W. Whitfield 633. A Peal was rung on these Bells, On Monday, 17th of August, 1S12, consisting of (Beverley), treble; C. Jackson (Hull), 2nd; W. Leggott (Hull), 3rd; J. 5000 Changes of Oxford Treble Bob Royal, in three hours and thirty minutes, by the Grassby (Hull), 4th ; W. South wick (Hull), 5th; G. Harrison (Hull), 6th; following persons, viz. W. Blaxton (Beverley, 7th); Messrs. Roberts (Beverley) and Jenkins (Hull), Gcoe. Hawkes, Treble. Jereh. Payne, F o u rth . Wm. Hanson, Eighth. Wm. Phillips, Second. Wm. Adams, Fifth. Thos. Clarke, N in th . tenor. As far as can be ascertained this is the first true peal ever rung on Wm. Hassall, T h ird . Wm. Simkins, Sixth. Frans. Jackson, Tenor, tlie Minster hells. Afterwards the members of the Beverley Society and Josh. Keene, Seventh. their Hull friends, about 20 in number, adjourned to the Minster Boys’ The above peal was composed and called by Josh. Keene. School, and partook of an excellent and substantial tea, the Vicar of the 634. On Easter Monday, 1S07, a peal o f 56*29 Grandsire Cators was rung in thts steeple parish, the Rev. Canon Birtwhistle, their invited guest, presiding.— Per Letter, bythe undermention’d persons belonging to the society of St. Martin’s Youths, Birmingham, in 3 hours & 29 minutes, viz.:— Change-ringing at Earlsheaton, Yorkshire. J. Edmonds, Treble. Js. Dovey, F o u rth . Sam. Lawerance, E ighth. On the 18th inst. a mixed company of Change-ringers ascended the tower St. H ill, Second. Wm. Coton, F ifth . Wm. Bennet, N in th . of St. Peter’s Church, and rang a true and complete peal of Kent Treble Boh B en. P u gh , Third.\. Js. Grayson, Sixth. J. B ill, Tenor. Thos. Midlam. Seventh. Major, consisting of 5440 changes, which they accomplished in 3 hrs. 16 mins. The peal was called by Wm. Bcnnct. The peal is in five equal parts, and was composed by H. Hubbard and con­ ducted by W. Preston. The ringers were as follows:— M. Garforth, treble 635. O n Sunday Morning, 24th of May, 1846, was rung on these Bells a true and com­ plete Peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in 3 hours and 3 minutes, by (first peal); C. A. Fox, 2nd; S. Senior, 3rd; M. Idle,4th; L. Senior, 5th (first th e fo llo w in g persons, v i z . :— peal); W. Preston, Gtli; F. Bailey, 7th; J. Sclioley, tenor. Weight of tenor, Richd. Jones, Treble. I Merrk. Shortley, F ou rth . I Win. Burden, S ixth 14 cwt. Key F . — F e r L e t t e r . Jas. Phipps, Second. Thos. Wilson, F ifth . Josh. Biekertoil, Seventh. Jno. Boulton, T h ird . | | Sami. Elliott, Tenor. Huntsham, Devon. The above peal was call’d by Wm. Burden.

T h e ring of six bells in this lovely little church has lately been augmented 636. O n Sunday Morning, the 6th September, 1S07, was rung in this steeple by the to eight, through the exertions 01 Mr. J. Norris 11, the Rector’s churchwarden, following persons belonging to the society of Coventry Youths, a Complete peal of Bob major largely assisted by Mr. Troyte and his brothers, who between them have sub­ royal, containing 6140 changes, in 4 hours and 2-i minutes, viz. :— scribed about half the necessary funds. The new bells were opened during Composed and called by Joseph Keene. service on Easter Eve, when, as is the custom, there was a full choral evening Thomas Clarke, Treble. Heavy Barnwell, F ou rth . E d w a rd Eardlc-y, Eighth. service. After the third Collect, the hymn, ‘ They are lifted to the steeple,’ William Phillips, Second. Thomas Dagleys, F ifth . Josh. Keene; N in th . James Mazey, T h ird . Willm. Mickclwriglit, Sixth. | F ran e i s J aek son, Ten o r was sung, during which some of the Himtsham Society of Change-ringers, Jereh . P a y n e j Seventh. j M a y 2, 18 74 .] Church Bells. 259 tbe People's Hyxnnah In Hymns A . & M . the last line of each verse is altered A n sw ers. to '.Jesus onr Lord,' Ac. Faber wrote, ‘ Jesus our Love is crucified.’ In Sib ,— ‘ M eta’ should apply to the Rev. J. H . Watson, M.A., Principal of Canon W. W. How’s Pastor in, Parochid a similar change is made, with 1 The Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb,' Old Kent Road, London, S.E. This several others also, which, in my humble opinion, are by no means improve­ Institution is quite free for the children of poor parents. T homas C o r k, ments. The expression, ‘ My Love is crucified,’ is, as is well known, em­ ployed by S, Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (see Butler’s Lives of Saints, Feb. 1). Si r ,— ‘ M eta’ would learn particulars about a good Home by applying to Wesley uses it frequently. There is one hymn of his with which Father Mr. Sleight, Deaf and Dumb Institution, Brighton. Payment not less than Faber must have been familiar, commencing, ‘ O Love Divine! what hast 8/. a-year at any age. 3'1. E. Thou done ?’ Each verse of that ends with, ‘ My Lord, my Love, is crucified.’ ‘ M e ta .’— An Institution for Deaf and Dumb Children is established in And so, too, we find the same words in two preceding hymns. Hull, Yorkshire. Apply to the Secretary, Mrs. Scaping, the Trinity-liouse No one objects to ‘ Jesu, Lover of my soul.’ Few Christian people would School, Hull, who will give you necessary information. M. J. M. hesitate to apply to our Blessed Lord many of the expressions found in the Song of Solomon, such, e.g., as ‘ Saw ye Him whom my soul loveth ?’ 4 My Beloved is mine, and I am H is.’ Whatever else words such as these may R e c e iv e d a l s o :— Walter II. James; Thomas F. Williams (with thanks); have meant, yet all to whom ‘ H e is precious ’ must feel that Jesus Christ, at C. W. Purchas; A. M. A. least, is the ‘ ehiefest among ten thousand; yea, H e is altogether lovely.’ Is all warmth of devotional feeling to be kept under ? W . M . P u tto c k. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Church Missions— More complete Information asked for. Sir ,— I entirely concur with what you said in a late issue respecting tlie strictures of the Times on Church Missions, and its more recent and More Bells at Worcester Cathedral. appreciative sketch of those of the C. M. S. But let me call attention to the T h e late Mr. Alderman Lea contributed to tbe special purpose of tbe sixth paragraph of G. S. O.’s article, which states that in Sierra Leone there Carillons over a00 guineas. It has been found that for perfecting these are 28 day schools, with 2818 children; and IT Sunday schools, with 1203 musical chimes two additional ‘ h alf-ton e’ bells were indispensable for children ; speaking ‘ somewhat of a reality in the work going on there.’ The adapting the musical scheme of the whole to many compositions in popular C. M. S. lias had the field, I think, entirely to itself for seventy years, and has favour. W e are pleased to learn that this deficiency lias been most generously, spent there large sums of money and many valuable lives. Last year the and without solicitation, promised to be made up Mr. Charles W. Lea, so that expenditure from England was 7308/.— and this, remember, in the 70th year his revered parent’s gift may be complete.— Communicated. of work— for an area about equal to that of Anglesea. This seems a large sum, especially when a district one hundred times as large (and much open Devonshire Guild of Change-ringers. to Missionary effort) has to be satisfied with less than 000/-. The object of Sir ,— L et me he the first to thank Archdeacon Freeman for his recognition my letter is not, however, to make comparisons; it is rather to obtain trust­ of our Guild. But I should be stultifying one of our chief objects were I to worthy explanation. K, T. allow a remark in his Charge at Exeter to pass without notice. H e says, The Wine at Holy Communion. ‘ It is unquestionable that,’ through prize-ringing, ‘ very great improvement in S111— Our national vice of drunkenness, and the remedies employed ringing has taken place, extending over a large area of parishes.’ Where against it, are now attracting much notice; but one difficulty has been almost those referred to may he I cannot conceive, but there has not been in Devon­ entirely overlooked. I refer to cases of men who are excellent Churchmen shire tlie slightest improvement in the ringing, which alone lias competed and would be communicants, but having been at some period of their lives for prizes, in my experience (some eight or ten years), any more than there wrou!d have been in gravedigging, had prizes been offered for that branch of slaves to this y ic c , now feel that their only safeguard is in total abstinence. Few can sympathise with or understand the danger and temptation to which church-work, graves being all of one shape as rounds are all of one time, and, a man so situated is exposed by the mere taste of such adulterated and fiery therefore, no material improvement being admissible in either. No, sir, every wines as are too frequently given to us at the Lord’s Table. I t is a subject of prize-meeting which has taken place in Devonshire and Cornwall has been a deep regret to many that on this account they find themselves debarred from distinct blow to progress and improvement in ringing, and as such it lias been the H oly Communion. C. O. taken and felt by those who have been fighting in the ‘ forlorn hope’ of improving it. Although I do not at present clearly see liow we can carry out [Our Correspondent adds that he is disposed to question the correctness the Archdeacon’s wishes with regard to chiming, I shall support any movement of using fermented liquor at all for the Eucharist; but this topic cannot well in tbe Guild which may lead to that end. I do not, however, think it possible be di,cussed here. No doubt wine, such as genuine Tent, would not he so that we can go into tlie matter of improving the * ordinary ringing.’ As far as open to the difficulty stated.] it goes, it is perfection already: hut then it goes nowhere, and is nothing ; hence the folly .of giving prizes for it. Nothing but a study of what can be done with bells can ever explain what I mean to an outsider. Ch a r le s W. T r o y t e , NOTES AND QUERIES. President o f the Devonshire Guild of Change-ringers. [W e believe that the generality of outsiders are not aware of the vast Q ueries. difference between round-ringing and half-pull change'ringing, which is wliat we mean, and what all thorough ringers all over England mean, and have Si r ,— Can any of your readers te ll me where I could purchase or borrow meant for the last 250 years, when they talk of ringing. Such change-ringing Vol. II. of The Gale o f Prophecy, by William Brown Galloway? (Published by is .intellectual work, and a great strain on the intellect all through a peal; Francis and Jolm Rivington, London, 18Ifi.) Also, can any one recommend whereas round-ringing is merely mechanical, in which the greatest dolts in a a sermon or treatise on the subject of the final Purification of tbe Saints ; the parish may become proficients : hence the absurdity of prizes for such.— Ed.] difficulty which the doctrine of Purgatory is an attempt to remove ? Also, some small book answering the arguments from Scripture for the doctrine of Change-ringing at Sheffield. the gradual annihilation of the wicked after the judgment? N o r f o l k . Ox Monday, April 13th, was rung at St. Peter’s Church a true peal of Si b ,— (1 ) W ill you kindly tell me i f there are any books published as Grandsire Triples, containing 5010 changes, in 3 hrs. 32 mins. C. II. antidotes to Modern, Christianity Civilized Heathenism; and another by the Flattersley, treble ; F. Coates, Rotherham, 2nd; W. Coates, Rotherham, 3rd; same author— I)o our Clergy believe in Eternal Punishment I (b) Can you C. Steer, 1th; T. Hattersley, 5th; T. Dixon, Oth; S. Nadin, 7th: J. Ileald, recommend me a Sermon or Exposition of St. Luke, xx. 18 ? (3) Can I tenor. The above was IiolVs original one-part peal, with two singles in the obtain Hearty Hints to Lay Officers o f the Church in the form of leaflets, or four leads, and was conducted ~by T. Hattersley. Weight of tenor, 1 cwt.— tracts ? E .G . Per ’Letter. I t any of the readers of Church Bells is acquainted with a printed form on Mourning Touches at Nottingham. which Candidates for Confirmation can signify their intention of presenting themselves, with blanks for name, date of baptism, ago, &c-., it would be Ox Saturday evening. April 18th, the ringing members of St. Mary's and esteemed a favour if information were afforded to U e v . H. Hawkins. St. Peter’s assembled in their respective belfries to pay a last tribute ot respect Chaplain's House, Coin eg Ha/ch. to their late brother, John Burton, change-ringer at the former church. And on Monday evening, April 20th, the members of All Saints’ rang upwards of Si b ,— I shall be extremely glad and grateful i f some of your readers will 1000 Triples on Stedman’s principle. The deceased was one of tbe founders furnish me with suggestions and hints for the formation of Communicants’ of the Society for the Unity of Ringers in that town, and for the promotion of Classes. Are there any books or pamphlets published that would aid one in the art and science of ringing. H e died at the early age of 25 years, greatly this matter? H. respected by all who knew him, and he is now deeply lamented.— Per Letter. Sib,— W ill some kind reader of Church Bells send a copy of Buies for a Query. Sunday-school Lending Library to 1 Superintendent,’ Post Office, "Wrexham? S ir ,—W ill some one of your readers kindly inform me whether it is a Sir ,— A re there any lives of musicians suitable for lending to choristers? customary thing for coins to he let into a bell when it is cast? T* e have in our E. E. tenor hell five halfpennies of the reign of George the Fourth.— R. H. D. T. E. C. asks if there are any Church of England Homes for the aged and [They are not veritable coins, but only impresses from coins, and such infirm, and would be glad of information respecting such. Address E. C., may he found on bells of the earliest date.— E d .] 50 Burton Crescent. Correction. Sib ,— Will some of your readers give (lie general opinion as to tlie Training College for School-mistresses most noted for its rule, efficiency, and Si r ,— Tn the peal of Treble Boh Royal, reported in your issue of the 18th, success ? Is the Hom e and Colonial College in any way connected with the react— < the peal consisted of eleven courses; the Gtli at home, six courses;’ Church:; 11. S. "We n c h . I instead of ‘ ten courses; the Gtli behind the Oth, six courses.’— G. M a s h . M a y 9, 18 74 .] Church Bells, 271 sacrifice for us upon the cross. That one oblation of Him self once offered, H e continually pleads and represents to the Eternal Father on our behalf in BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. heaven, so also on earth. On earth, in that high and holy sendee which links earth to heaven, and heaven to earth, through the instrumentality of His earthly ministry. H is priests do, therefore, at the altar of their God, con­ Change-ringing at Earlsheaton, Yorkshire. tinually show forth their Lord’s death till H e come, in accordance with O n Saturday, May 2, a company of Earlsheaton and Dewsbury ringers, divine command. True, with St. Justin Martyr, the oblation is of bread and with Messrs. J. W . and E. Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change- wine: but with the same Father that bread and wine is both the flesh and ringers, rang on the bells of St. Peter’s Church, Earlsheaton, a peal of 5888 blood of the incarnate Jesus. The Eucharistic Sacrifice is, therefore, the re­ changes of Kent Treble Boh Major, in 3 hrs. 46 mins. The ringers were presentation of that Sacrifice once for all made on the cross. I have no room to stationed thus :—W . Preston (63 years of age), treble ; Yv. Senior (74 years of dwell on the Church of England’s teaching regarding the Lord’s Supper, much age), 2nd; S. Senior, 3rd; E. Snowdon, 4th; J. Idle, 5th ; J. Garforth, 6th; as I should wish to do so. I feel sure Church Bells has, under God’s blessing, J. W . Snowdon, 7th; C. A. Fox, tenor. The peal, which has the sixth 24 done much to build up many a one in the faith and practice of our holy times wrong and right in 5-6, was conducted by G. A. Eox. W eight of tenor, Church. Would, therefore, it would give us as certain a sound on the Sacra­ 14 cwt. Key o f F. The ages of the two who rang the treble and 2nd are given ment of the Lord’s Supper as it does in that of holy Baptism ! Would you, of to show what exertion a man will make to ring ; and how many ringers keep your kind courtesy, give publication to this letter, in spite of its length and well and active when very old.— For Letter. arrival somewhat after date ? From whatever point viewed, the subject is one of great importance. A L o v e r o e t h e O l d P a t h s . Reopening of Sharow Church. T h i s little church, built in 1825 through generous gifts from Mrs. Sunday Liquor Traffic. Lawrence of Studley Royal, and other donors, and of course endowed with Sm,— Having lately canvassed this parish in support of closing Public- square, high-hacked pews, and a gallery, lias been lately improved hy the houses on Sunday, perhaps our experience may lead others to do the same, removal of these, and was reopened by the Bishop of Ripon on Tuesday, the and thus, without doubt, obtain our object. 28th ult. A large number of the neighbouring clergy was present. The Our labouring class are frame work-knitters, many at their own homes, and Bishop preached at the morning service, which was choral, and Bishop Ryan all paid according to the amount of work performed ; thus they are an inde­ in the evening. Our bell-ringing friends will be pleased to hear that the pendent class. W e found nine-tenths in favour of the measure; those belfry bore its part in the festivities o f the day. The Sharow_ Society of addicted to drink wished that the temptation might be removed out of their Change-ringers, accompanied hy two members of the Cathedral Society, rang a way; and many publicans wished that it might be made law, and then they true and complete peal of Grandsire Triples, composed by Mr. E. Taylor, con­ would secure a rest-day. And as to the united vote of the wives and mothers taining 5040 changes, 192 bobs, and 46 singles, in which they were ably con­ of future England, it was both heartrending and also an encouragement to ducted by W. Pick. Weight of tenor, 13 cwt. in G .; time, 2 hrs. 57 mins. pursue our way. The ringers were placed as follows:—J. Bowman, treble; 1. Clarke, 2nd; Mr. C. II. Wilson’s Bill comes before the House for second reading on the W. Carling, 3rd (his first peal); J. Strodder, sen., Ripon, 4th; John Horner Otli inst.; but as it is too much to hope that it should become law at once ( I (his first peal), 5th; W. Pick, 0th; J. Strodder, jun., Ripon (his first peal), am writing on the 4th), perhaps your continuing to advocate the cause may 7th; H . Rumbold (his first peal), tenor. Other peals and chimes were rung act as a stimulant to many more, as it has to myself. W . J. L. during the day. Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. 'Peers or Fathers?’ O n Sunday and Wednesday, the 26th and 29th ult,, the bells of this ‘ M. A .’ writing on this article says :— ‘ Many a struggling clergyman, wish­ church, which are now swung, were rung in a very creditable, manner, ing and anxious to do his duty conscientiously to his people and to his God, with rounds and golden changes. The ringers were:— N. Bates, treble; J. would be glad to hear his Bishop’s voice, advising and counselling him in the Cook, 2nd; T . Wood, 3rd; B. Wkiteley, 4th; J. Whiteley, 5th; H . Wade, way be should g o ; but to hear of nothing but new laws, and new rods where­ 6th; Yv. Sunderland, 7th; B. Greenroyd, tenor. A ll these are young men with to beat him into submission, when he is at the same time quite uncon­ connected with the Sunday-school, and have been trained hy the veteran scious of any disobedience, is, to say the least, disheartening. Is there no eampanologian Mr. AV. Sottansta.il, of Sowerby, who lias bad them under higher way lor a bishop to exercise his authority and discharge his duty than tuition fur len weeks, previous to which they had never handled a bell-rope. hy the lash of the law ? St. Paul tells Titus that there is : “ A bishop must The perfection to which they have already been brought reflects great credit be no striker: (but) holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, upon Mr. Sottanstall, and also upon the industry of his pupils. — The Halifax tiiat he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the Guardian. gainsay ersC * Clocking Bells. The Home Reunion Society. B e w a r e of allowing hells to be c l o c k e d by itinerant hand-bell musicians. Sin,— Will you kindly allow me to intimate to those of your mulcts who M a n y such, who are first-rate performers, go a b o u t the country and call them­ are members o fth e above Society, or otherwise interested in its work, that I selves R i n g e r s , a lt h o u g h they o n ly strike tunes or changes hy tying the am leaving Birkenhead in consequence of ill health, and that my address, clappers o f c h u r c h bells, or with their haud-bells. Such clever work may be after the fit'll inst., will be (until further notice) 29 Carter Gate, Nottingham. very amusing to listeners, but it is not r i n g i n g — a term which implies the The address of my co-Secretary, the Iiev. T. Kirk, remains the same: viz. swinging of a bell. I f a man does not throw a bell up, but merely tolls it by The Grammar School, Wrexham. Wm. T. M o win : a y . the wheTl or clapper, he is not a r i n g e r , but a c h i m e r . Hundreds of bells have been cracked by c l o c k i n g , therefore b e w a r e . W e advise all tower authorities not to allow hells to be so treated.— E d . NOTES AND QUERIES. BELEEY BECOEDS. Q ueries. SS. PETER’S AND PAUL’S, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM. S ir,— I am anxious to find a good and cheap children’s LIymn-book. (Tablets in the Belfry.) Would any of the readers of Church Bells kindly send me a post-card with 637. O n Monday, Oct. 17, 1814, The Following- Members of the St. Martin’s Society Rung (1), name; (2), price ; (3), and publisher of any Children’s Hymn-book they on the Bells in this Tower (as a Opening Real) 5020 Changes Grandsire Royal, in Three are acquainted with ? J. P o t h e c a r y . H ou rs 20 M inutes, viz.. Jas. Jarvis,• T ~ r " Wilm. Newman, F ou rth . Geo. Harrison, Eighth. 15 Ifield Road, West Brompton, S .W . Jas Phips, Second. Thos. Chapman, F ifth . Josh a. Short, N in th . gIRj— Can any of your readers tell me of any Institution in London for the John Edmonds, T h ird . Willm. Hassall, Sixth. Willm. Marsh, Tenor. Heury Cooper, Seventh. care of infants during the absence of their mothers’ through the day ? Pi. G. Composed and Conducted by Hy. Cooper. Tenor, 21 cwt. Si r ,— Can any of your readers kindly tell me of a Cripples’ Home, where 6 'S. On O ctober 18, 1814, was R u n g on these B ells b y th e St. M a rtin ’s Com pany, B ir ­ a boy, aged ten, -would be taken in and taught a trade ? A. M . A . mingham, 5021 Changes of Grandsire Gators, in Three Hours & 21 Minutes. Jas. Dovey, Eighth. _ [T h e same question has been put to us before. Perhaps Low’s Charities Jas. Jarvis, Treble. Josh. Riley, Fourth. Jas. Penn, Second. Alexr. Sanders, F ifth . Sami. Lawrence, N in th . o f London (Sampson Low and Co.) may help you.— Ed.] Sami. Green, Third . Robt. Farmer, Sixth. Willm. Marsh, Tenor. Henry Cooper, Seventh A n sw ers. Composed & Conducted by H y. Cooper.

S i r ,— By those using the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act the ‘ Venite ’ 639, (The Particulars are Entred in the Society’s Book.) is omitted, and on reference to it, ‘ II. B. G.’ will find, that after ‘ Praise ye Changes. J u ly 16,1776. 5,040 G randsire T rip le s in 3 H ou rs 5 Mins. the Lord,’ &c., he is directed to go straight to one or more of the Psalms Oct. 10, 1776. 5,040 Bob M ajor ,, 3 „ 18 ,, appointed. There is a convenient form o f ‘ The Shortened Service,’ printed Oct. 25,1785. 5,120 Ox fo rd T reb le B ob M a jor „ 3 ,, 33 „ by C. L . Clay, Cambridge. C h a r l e s W o r t h y . N o v r. 5, 17S7. 5,040 Grandsire T rip les „ 8 ,, 3 „ April 21,1788. 5,C40 Bob Major „3 „ 12 „ Sir,— In answer to queries by ‘ E. C.’ lately in Church Bells, I beg to call Sepr. 29, 1783. 10,080 Bob M ajor „ 6 „ 23 ,, his attention to Fallacies Exposed in a Work entitled Modern Christianity Oct. 4,1791. 6,160 Bob Major „ 4 ,, 15 ,, J u ly 30, 1792. 7,552Grandsire M ajor 1 „ 4 „ 34 „ a Civilised Heathenism. Price Is. (Brown, Salisbury; Simpkin and Marshall.) Sep. 29,1792. 10.192 Bob M ajor „ 6 „ 26 ,, Also A Letter from the late Eev. Richard Lyne to his Daughter on the Eternity O ct. 1, 1793. 15,360. Bob M a jor* „ 9 „ 31 „ of Future Funishment. (Wertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt.) Probably 2d. Oct. 15,1793. 5,120 Oxford Treble Bob Major „ 3 „ 26 „ The Above Peals Were Rung by the Birmingham & Aston Companies Umted. Also, in answer to another correspondent, ‘ II.,’ A Manual fo r Communion The W eight of Tenor, 21 cwt. Classes, by C. Pickering Clarke. (Bell and Daldy, 1803.) About 3s. 6d. * This Peal still stands unrivalled on this weight of metal single-handed. A R eader.

R eceived also :— A Liverpool College Youth; H. W. P. Richards ; Treble R e c e iv e d a l s o :—John Wood; L. Y. L .; J. F. Morton; Oi e of the Unbeneficed; M . A . ; T . H , E. Bob : A ll Saints, Chilwell; W. W . H, M ay 16, 1874.] Church Bells, 283 commentators down to the Reformation. The divine authority which they strangely claim for their Church they cast away when it suits their convenience.’ BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. What can the Church be that is supposed to contain Drs. Wiseman and Wordsworth, and apparently does not include the Vicar of Fenwick ? Referring to the note to Exod. xii. 11 he says, ‘ No instance appears to have been given Devonshire Guild of Bell-Ringers. of such a rendering as “ a Passover to the Lord.’’ ’ O f course the learned S i r ,—You will be pleased to learn that Archdeacon Freeman’s remarks in Doctor must he aware that that is simply a translation of the words in the his Visitation Charge on the subject of Belfry Reform have been followed up I.XX. But I should like to ask some one more versed in the Greek Fathers, by Archdeacon Earle, who at the dinners of the Clergy and Churchwardens if they cannot give any instances of this reading being quoted. on the occasion of each day of his Visitation during the past and the present Surely, Sir, it is mischievous, if not reckless, to class together such week in South Devon, introduced a numerously signed memorial in support opposite men as Wiseman and Wordsworth, as if they concurred in teaching of the efforts now making to improve the prevalent system of ringing the hells the same doctrine ! And when I see stated that the object of publishing these of our churches, and the moral supervision o f the belfries. The Archdeacon tracts is to scatter them broadcast as an antidote to ‘ high Anglican and enforced the arguments of the petition with much earnestness and ability, and Homan teaching,’ I cannot help fearing that many who read them will he led was supported with good effect by some of the clergy, and by the Organizing to distrust even sound doctrine, because the teacher of it has been held up Secretary of the Church Institution for the Diocese of Exeter, who recom­ to suspicion as associated with Romanism. Who that ever read our good mended the purchase and circulation of your excellent periodical, Church Bells, Bishop's works could believe such a thing ? But. unfortunately, those who as an effective mode of interesting and instructing the public mind upon a will he reached by these tracts will probably not lie among that number. ‘ reform ’ which is now attracting general attention, and will, no doubt, soon W . B. H. make the grand melodies of our steeples less suggestive of Ophelia’s simile— ‘ Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune, and harsh.’ J. H .

NOTES AND QUERIES, Political Bell-Ringing. S i r ,— I am grieved to read in the Times of the 5tli instant, that the return of the Conservative candidate at Wakefield was considered a proper occasion Interference in the Election of Churchwardens. for the ringing of the church bells of that parish. I trust that you will Sin,— Much was written, and well written, by various gentlemen in Church always raise your voice against such unseemly demonstrations. Bells lately, about the injustice of improper persons having a right to interfere A C onservative C h u r c h m a n . in the election of Churchwardens. But time is getting on again, and I see [W e condemn the practice, and wish it could he inhibited under the head no notice of the matter in Parliament. W illn ot some good and true Church­ of Bribei’y and Corruption.— E d .] man secure the passing of a Bill which may deliver some of our parishes from a scene every Easter, which is disgraceful, unjust, and most injurious to The Largest Bell in Ireland. religion? T. 1 1 . E. M r . S h e r i d a n , Bell-founder of Dublin, has just cast a very fine hell, about E pitaphs. 55 cwt., diameter 68 inches. It has been cast by order of ‘ The Commissioners Sir ,— I shall feel obliged to any of your readers who will tell me of any of Irish Lights,’ as a Signal or Fog Bell, to be hung on Daunt’s Rock, near book, or list of suitable epitaphs, which might be put into the hands of any Kinsale, Co. Cork.— Communicated. stonemason who prepares gravestones, or of persons desirous of erecting a gravestone to the memory of any deceased friend. S. M. L. Change-ringing at Birmingham. Q ueries. O n Saturday, April 18lh, eight members of the St. Martin’s Society of Change-ringers, Birmingham, rang at St. John’s, Deritend, a true peal of Sir ,— I s there any place where a servant coulcl be received on leaving Grandsire Triples, containing 5010 changes, in 3 hrs. 2 mins. The peal con­ Walton Convalescent Hospital until she is equal to and can hear of a place? tained 101 hobs and 16 singles, and was conducted by J. Banister. The band A R e a d e r o f Ch u r c h B e l l s . was as follows :— J. Joynes , treble; H . Johnson, sen., 2nd; II. Bastable, 3rd ; Silt,— 1. Is there any treatise or book published from which I can gather F. Bate, 4th; H . Johnson, jun., 5th; F. James, 6th; J. Banister, 7th; hints on the formation of Lay Helpers’ Associations and Guilds ? 2. Is there J. Edgehill, tenor.— Per Letter. any one who will kindly give me the name and address of the, or any one, Secretary o f the London Lay H elpers’ Association ? W . H . R. Change-ringing at Bramford, Suffolk. [1. The Report of the London Diocesan Lay Helpers’ Association and O n April 10th a peal of Plain Boh was rung at Bramford by a mixed Leaflets issued by the Association may furnish hints. 2. E. A. Ford, Esq. company, comprising 120 changes. The ringers were stationed as follows:— [i College Terrace, N.W.] J. S. Alexander, Ipswich, treble ; T. Sadler, Wilnesham, 2nd; G. Oxborrow, S ir,— Am I correct in asserting that in cases of extreme illness and danger Wilnesham, 3rd ; G. Pyett, Wilnesham, 4th; D. Prentice, Ipswich, 5th ; a layman or nurse can administer the Sacrament of Baptism to an infant? W. Kemp, Ipswich, tenor. The peal was conducted by W. Kemp.— Per Must a clergyman he waited for ? Can you tell me wdtere any petitions can be Letter. signed against the Archbishop of Canterbury's Bill being framed to press [W e cannot allow the above to appear in our column (observing that the unfairly 011 one party only of the Church ? Albert. 10th ult. was a Sunday) without raising our voice as usual against such [The rubric directs that if necessity compels that a child be baptized at ringing for mere amusement on the Lord’s Day. The ringers not being home, ‘ the minister of the parish (or, in his absence, any other lawful natives, evidently met at Bramford for the pleasure of having a Sunday pull. minister that can be procured),’ &e., shall administer Baptism. Article X X III. W e will hope they all attended the services of the Church; if not, more the defines a lawful minister. W e refer you, however, to our answer to ‘ Ignoramus ’ shame. Dear brother-ringers, just bethink yourselves— set an example to lor Hooker’s opinion on Lay Baptism. W e do not think any petition can others to reverence the Lord’s Day. In all kindness we would commend to exist in such terms as that for which you ask. There are many petitions your notice the following quotation from a late number of a localized Parish against the Bill.] Magazine:— A n sw ers. ‘ It is much to he feared that people generally have not sufficiently regarded S ir,— ‘ A Conservative Reform er’ can procure a Map from S. P. C. Iv. and remembered the religious character which thus belongs to the work of P ric e 10s. W a l t e r H. Ja m e s . ringing for divine service. Ringers are assistant-ministers of the sanctuary just as much as choristers, and that religious disposition and fitness which is ‘ Fu ater S em em ’ had better consult Robertson's Church History (John considered requisite in the one is also equally appropriate and necessary in Murray), or any other Church History of the first five centimes. the other. Never will they rise up to the dignity and sanctity of their calling In answer to ‘ R. G.’s’ question about an Institution for children, St. Peter’s in being permitted to assemble God’s people in the house of prayer until they Nursery, Fulham Road (an account of which will be found in the Evening Hour realise the fact of their being engaged in a religious occupation, and one, for February), is recommended by S. J. \V.; Mrs. Hilton’s Creche, 11 and 16 Step­ therefore, which ought to he performed as in the sight of God. ney Causeway, Ratcliffe in the East, by K.; Mrs. Cummings's Creche, 5 Black- “ Who rings church bells, let him look well to hand, and head, and heart; land’s Terrace, King’s Road, Chelsea, by M. M. C .; who also, in answer to The hand for work, the head for wit, the heart for worship’s part.” ‘ A. M. A.’, mentions the Cripples’ Home at Kensington. ‘ Of course these remarks apply with greater force to the northern counties I gnoram us. — The late Professor Blunt recommends that one who has been of E ngland; for in the south, even where the church tower possesses a ring baptized by a Dissenter be brought to the church to be baptized, and of bells, it is only customary to ring them on the week-days for practice and recommends the use of the hypothetical form ; i. e. the words 1 I f thou he not on occasions of rejoicing— never on Sundays for divine service.’— E d .] already baptized, I baptize thee, &c.’ Hooker (Ecc. Pol. v. 62) holds lay and even heretical baptism to be valid if it be administered in due form, i.e. with Ringing at Sowerby Bridge, Yorks. water and in the name of the Holy Trinity. Though the rubric in the Prayer- A n Old I.ondon College Youth wishes to know what Mr. Sottanstall means book is not absolutely clear on this point, it is clear on another, viz. ‘ that by ‘ Golden Changes ? ’ none be admitted to the Holy Communion until such time as he he con­ Something about Triples.

firmed, or he ready and desirous to he confirmed.’ S i r ,— W ill any o f your kind readers inform me whether it is possible to 1 L. Y. L.’ will probably find what lie wants in Canon Norris’s Manuals of obtain a true peal of triples containing 5040 changes in 60 courses ; and if so, Religious Instruction (Bivingtons), in fifteen Is. parts, five each on the Old in what method ? A S u b s c r i b e r . Testament, the New Testament, and the Prayer-book. The other question [Y es— in plain Bob, Place, Stedman, &c.— E d .] is hardly put in a sufficiently definite form. 1 A .’ — W e would rather not raise your question.— Ed. R e c e iv e d .— J. S. Alexander, with peals rung in 1817. (Query, are they recorded on a tablet or in somebody’s memorandum-book ?) H. Eyre ; A R e c e iv e d also .— W . Gray; H. Algar; A Christian Mother of England; Subscriber and X. H i have not sent address, which is always requested before S. ff, W.; IX Hipwell; Xa E. E, 0. L ; Q.; L, P.; L, §i insertion i M ay 23, 1874.] Church Bells. 295

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. BELFRY RECORDS. ST. JOHN’S, DERITEND, BIRMINGHAM. (Tablets in the Belfry.) Inquiry for Old Bells. 640. O n Deer. 9, 1821, was Rung on these Bells by the St. Martin’s Society, a Peal of Silt,— Can any readers of Church Bells tell me in your columns where to Oxford Treble Bob Major (in the Kent Variation), 5280 Changes, in 3 Hours and 10 Minutes, purchase one or two ancient hells, perfectly sound, with Latin inscriptions, Wm, Marsh, Treble. I Jas. Jarvis, F ou rth . I Win. Hill, Sixth. which may be destined to be melted down as old metal ? The diameters and John Hopkins, Second. Nathan Blunt, F ifth . Thos. Thurstans, S w a th . inscriptions, and price per cwt., will much oblige A CmmcnwAitDEN. Josh. Powell, T h ird . I | Wm Bennett, Tenor. This was the first Peal in this Method on these Bells. Conducted by Thos. Thurstans.

St. Peter’s, Coggeshall, Essex. 641. O n O ctober th e 29, 1S44, w as R u n g a C om plete Peal o f Stedm an T rip les, 5010 Changes, in 2 Hours 59 Minutes, By the St. Martin’s & St. Philip’s Societies T h e reopening of the ring of six bells of this noble church, which had not Thos. Bingham, Treble. John James, F ou rth . T h os D ay, Sixth. been rung for four years, owing to serious defects in the frame-work, took John Hopkins, Second. Win Haywood, F ifth . Wm. Chatcell, Seventh. place, to the great joy of the parishioners, on Tuesday, the 13th of May. The Jas. Jarvis, T h ird . W m . H ill, Tenor. bells have been rehung in an entirely new frame of oak by Messrs. Warner Composed by Thos. Thurstans. Conducted by Wm. Chattell. The first Peal in this Method and Son of London ; a chiming apparatus is attached to enable one person to on these Bells. chime all the hells. The cost of the whole work is about 1001. The ringing ST. M ARTIN’S, BIRMINGHAM. (Tablets in the Belfry.) of tbe bells commenced at 10 o’clock; the Coggesliall ringers having 011 the occasion the hoip of the ringers from Booking, Great Tey, and Chipping Hill. 642. ‘ N i l t a m D if f ic il e e st , q uo d n o n S o l e r t ia V in c a t .’ Divine Service was held in the church at 3 o’clock, commencing with a T h e Company of St. Martin’s Youths, Birmingham, desirous to bequeath some Memento processional hymn, 385 A. & M . The hymns 149 and 314 A . it M . and of their Labours which may excite posterity to emulate them in the science of Ringing, cause this Tablet to be erected, to record Two excellent Peals of Changes rung on the an antliem were sung. An appropriate sermon on Exocl. xviii. 35 was Twelve Bells of this Church by the Persons whose Names are inscribed hereon. preached by the Sector of Markshall. The offerings, which amounted to Anno Domini m d c c c x x . upwards of 131., were laid upon the H oly Table, and after the Blessing had 1S20, A p r il 17.— Seven thousand tw o hu n ­ 1820, D ee. 28.— S ix thousand s ix hu ndred been given by the Vicar of tbe parish the 335th hymn was sung as a dred New Treble Bob Maximus, in five hours Stedman’s Cinques, in four horn s thirty-five eight minutes, by tbe undermentioned per­ minutes, by the followiug persons. Con­ recessional. The rest of the day was given up to the ringing of scientific sons. Conducted by Mr. Henry Cooper. ducted hy Mr. Thomas Thufstans. changes by the various skilled ringers who had assembled to witness the William Bennett, Treble. William Bennett, Treble. joyous results of this good work.— Communicated. James Jarvis, Second. Jam es J a rvis, Second. William Hassall, T h ird . Thomas Chapman, T h ird . Staindrop, Durham. Thomas Worrall, F o u rth . Thomas Worrall, F ou rth . A le x a n d e r Sandei's, F ifth . Joseph Powell, F ifth . T h e fine ring o f six bells in this church, which for some time have been Henry Cooper, Sixth. Henry Cooper, Sixth. out of order, have lately been rehung with new frame and fittings hy Mr. Samuel Lawrence, Seventh. Samuel Lawrence, Seventh. Mallaby, Masliam, Yorks. As the hells were finished in Lent, and change Joseph Grayson, Eighth. Joseph Riley, E ighth. Joseph Riley, N in th . Charles Thurstans, N in th . ringing so little known in this county, no particular opening took place. The Thomas Chapman, Tenth. William Hassall, Tenth. tenor is 14 ewt. in G. A ll the hells except the fifth were east in 1767 by William Marsh, Eleventh. Thomas Thurstans, Eleventh. Chapman, London. The fifth hears date 1080, and was cast by Sellars of Thomas Thurstans, Tenor. William Marsh, Tenor. R e v . C. Curtis, Rector. Sir. Isaac Ainsworth, ) C7mrch,carders. York.— Per Letter. Mr. Humphry Pountney, J St. F a ith ’ s, near N o rw ich . 643. F e b v . 1, 1S32, was Rung in this Tower by the St. Martin’s Coy. a Peal of Kent T h r o u g h the munificence of Miss Twining and others, this church has Treble Bob Cinques, 5104 Changes, which was accomplished in 3 Hours 47 mins. viz. just received a fine ring of six bells. Three old ones (one of which was Thos. Cole, Treble. W illm . ILassall, F ifth . Nathan Blunt, N in th . cracked) have been recast, and three new ones added hy Warner and Co. of Thos. Chapman, Second. Hy. Cooper, Sixth. John Bayliss, Tenth. Jas. Jarvis, Eleventh. London. The hanging of tlie bells was done by Mr. Wm. Crane of Marsham. John Hopkins, T h ird . Joseph Riley, Seventh. Thos. Worrall. F ou rth Elijah Roberts, Eighth Willm. Godfrey, Tenor. At tbe opening ringeis were invited, and attended from Norwich (St. Peter's, This was the first Peal of Treble Bob Cinques ever completed. Mancroft), Yarmouth, Aylsham, Diss, Eye, Marsham, A c ,; and all expressed Composed and Conducted by Hy. Cooper. themselves much pleased with the way in which the work had been done. As 644. 1848, Jany. 11, was Rung in this Tower by the St. Martin’s Society a Peal of a proof that tbe art of ringing is one of the most healthy and beneficial of Stedman Cinques,*'comprising 52S0 Changes, which was completed in 3 Hours 30 Minutes, recreations, it may he stated that on the opening day seven out of eight old v i z . :— ringeis, geveral of whom are over seventy years of age, who in 1844 rang a John Hopkins, Treble. j Hy. Johnson, F ifth . \ Josh. Spencer. N in th . Thos. Powell, Second. Joseph Mitchell, Sixth. John Billingsley, Tenth. peal for 5 hours and 40 minutes, were present on this occasion, and were Willm. Andrew, T h ird . John James, Seventh. Thos. Hobday, Eleventh. frequently seen assisting in the ringing.— P er Letter. J. R. Sharman, F ou rth . Robt. Yates, Eighth. Henry Whitworth, Tenor. The Above Peal was in four Equal Parts. Composed & Conducted hy Hy. Johnson. The Largest Bell ever Cast in Ireland. 645. 1848, M ar. 21, w as R u n g in th is T o w e r b y th e St. M a rtin ’s Society a P e a l o f K e n t 1 W e were much gratified yesterday on visiting tbe foundry and iron-works Treble Bob Maximus, containing 5088 Changes, which was completed 3 Hours 53 m., v iz.:— of Messrs. Thomas Sheridan and Co. of Church Street, to see the splendid Wm. Haywood, Treble, Joseph Mitchell, F ifth . Robert Yates, N in th . specimen of bell-founding cast by order of the Commissioners of Irish Lights, Thos. Powell, Second. Hy. Johnson, Sixth. John Billingsley, Tenth. Joseph Spencer, Th ird . Joh n Jam es, Seventh. [J a m e s J a ivis, Eleventh. and intended as a fog^bell, to he placed on the coast of Cork. I t measures John Hopkins, F o u rth . Emanl. Stokes, E ighth. J. R. Sharman, Tenor. eighteen feet in circumference, stands six feet in height, and weighs nearly The Above Peal was Composed & Conducted by H y. Johnson.

three tons. As a work of art it could scarcely be surpassed, and the tone is 64 6. 1848, D eer. 12, w a s R u n g in tb is T o w e r b y tb e St. M a rtin ’s Society a Peal o f deep, sonorous, and powerful. It is calculated that when in position its sound Stedman Cinques, comprising 7392 Changes, which was completed in 4 Hours 55 Minutes, will be audible at a distance of from fifteen to twenty miles at sea, and this v i z . :— must be a great boon to mariners in foggy weather, as a warning of impending John Hopkins, Treble. John James, F ifth . Robt. Yates, N in th . Thos. Powell, Second. Joseph Mitchell,- Sixth. John Billingsley, Tenth. danger. Messrs. T. S. and Co. have east several hells of the same kind for Josh. Spencer, T h ird . Hy. Johnson, Seventh. Thos. Hobday, Eleventh. the Commissioners, and they are now in use at tbe Bailey Lighthouse, H ow tli: Wijlm. Haywood, F ou rth . Willm. Kitson, Eighth. Edward Haywood, Tenor. Daunts Bock, Cork; the Lighthouse, Kingstown ; and all have been found W e ig h t o f ten or, 36 ew t. The Above Peal was the Longest Length in this Method up to this Date most useful. Some of the gentlemen from the Board, accompanied by their Composed & Conducted by Hy. Johnson. engineer, visited the works yesterday to inspect and test the bell, and, having done so, expressed great satisfaction at the manner in which Messrs. T. S. 617. 1S48, D eer. 19, w a s R u n g I n this To w e r b y th e fo llo w in g M em bers o f th e St. M a rtin ’s ^ t>™i cin4man niiinnpa mi-nnncincf 5016 Changes, which was Completed in and Co, completed their contract. The bell will not be removed to its desti­ Society, a Peal of Stedman Cinques, comprisiu, 3 Horn s 32 Minutes, viz. nation fur some days, and may be inspected in the meantime at Messrs. John Hopkins, Treble. Josh Spencer, F ifth . Robert Yates, N in th . Sheridan’s foundry.' Thos. Powell, Second. James Newbold, S ixth . Hy. Johnson, Tenth. [W e are pleased to reproduce tbe above from a Dublin paper, as a supple­ John James, T h ird . Joseph Mitchell, Seventh. Thos. Hobday, Eleventh. Willm, Haywood, F o u rth Willm Kitson, E igh th . Edward Haywocd, Tenor. ment to the short notice in our last week’s issue.— En.] Composed & Conducted by Joseph Mitchell. Change-ringing at Ashton-under-Lyne. 64^. 1849, A p r il 17, w as R u n g in th is T ow er, b y th e fo llo w in g M em bers o f tb e St. M a rtin ’s Society.iiety, a Peal of Grandsire Cinques, Comprising 6336 Changes, which was Completed in Os Saturday, May 'Jth, tbe change-ringers of Ashton-under-Lyne met in 4 Hours 25 minutes, viz. tbe belfry of St. Peter’s Church in that town, and rang a true peal of Boh Willm. Haywood, Treble. John James, F ifth . Robert Yates, N in th . Major, consisting of 5040 changes, composed and conducted hy J. Wood, sen., Thos. Powell, Second. Josh. Mitchell, Sixth. John Billingsley, Tenth. Thos. Hotday, Eleventh. and brought round in 3 hrs. 18 rains, by the following personsT. Moss, John Hopkins, T h ird . I Hy. Johnson, Seventh. Josh. Spencer, F o u rth , j Emanuel Stokes, Eighth. Edwai-d Haywood, Tenor treble; T . Stopford, 2nd; J. Wood,sen., 3rd; J. Wood,jun.,4th ; S. Wood (aged The Above Peal was in 2 Equal Parts, with the 5th & 6th Bells 12 Times Wrong and 17 years), 3th; J. Gillatt, Oth; C. Thorp, 7th; L. Broadbent, tenor. This Right each. makes one hundred peais of 5000 changes and upwards Mr. Wood has rung.— Composed & Conducted by H. Johnson. Per Letter. 649. The Foiling Peals Have been Rung By the St. Martin’s Company, & the Particulars Change-ringing at Aston. are entered on th e C y.’s Bookr I I. M. O n the 1 1th instant, the following members of the St. Martin’s Society of N o v r. 19, 1758. £040 Changes G randsire C aters in 3 22 CJjaHge-lingers, assisted by My. C. H. Hattersley of Sheffield, and Mr. S. A u g t. 28, 176S. 6210 ,, „ 4 ,, 3 Jarman of the College Youths, London, rang in the Parish Church, Aston, June 3,1773. 5324 .. G ran dsire Cinques O ct. 25, 1779. 5280 B ob M axim u s >, 3 near Birmingham, a peal of Stedman Caters, comprising 5001 changes, which D eer. 5, 17S9. 8027 G randsire Cators „ 5 was completed in 3 hrs. 32 mins.; the company being stationed as under;— A p r il S, 1793. 6000 O xford T reb le B ob M axim u s ,, 4 J|. Spetlft-i', irebla; J. Banister, 2nd; W. Haywood, 3rd; H. Johnson, sen., A p r il 27, 1813. 5104 G randsire Cinques ».3 Jun. 12, 1S15. 5040 G randsire M axim u s » 3 4th ; H. Bastable, 5th ; C. H . Hatters]#}’, 6th ; H . Johnson, jun., 7th ; S. Mar. 17, 1S17. 5040 Oxford Treble Bob Maximus ,, 3 Jarman, 8th; J. James, Oth; T. Edgehill, tenor. The peal was composed D eer. 28, 1S22. 5016 G ran dsire Cinques and ably conducted by Mr. C. II. Hattersley.— Fee Letter. Jan y. 29, 1827. 5040 K e n t T reb le B ob M axim u s May 30, 1874.] CImrch Bells. 3 0 7 till they have a sound basis. T o give them this (no such easy matter) is the first thing. This done, they can, in money matters, take caue of themselves. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. I speak from an experience of over thirty years. W . H . R id l e y , Hon. Treasurer o f the South Bucks Friendly Society. Golden Changes. Sir,— In answer to the query of ‘ An Old London College Youth ’ in yours T h e following has been in type some time, but was not inserted for want of space:— of May 16th, as to what I mean by Golden Changes, I give the following peal Designation of Bishops. 8 6 4 by the Bob changes:— 2 6 4 5 6 7 8 S i r ,— I have only just noticed the question of ‘ Clericus’ in Church Bells o f March 11th as to the proper style and designation of Assistant-Bishops. 6 4 2 6 8 5 7 v ■///, y /6 • v .: V I t is certainly the custom to address all Bishops as 4 My Lord,’ even those of 8 2 6 4 7 3 5 the Roman obedience. In my opinion it is an error to attribute this designa­ 6 8 2 4 7 3 5-/ tion to the circumstance of English Bishops being Lords of Parliament. It 13 5 7 2 4 6 8 J.Golden change, queens, or single thirds, arc chords of thirds# is usual throughout Christendom to apply some high title of dignity to the 8 4 7 3 0 5 2( i i episcopal office, and custom in England has for centuries attached that of 3 5 2 6 4 7 8; ^ Tittums, chordsof fifths. ‘ Lord ’ to it. There is no reason whatever why one of the Irish Bishops 6 7 8 4 5 2 ~ 3 ^ f should disclaim this title because his branch o f the Church happens to be 8 0 7 4 5 2 3 Y disestablished. A L a y m a n . 2_3 4 5 0 7 8\Bounds. There are three terms for Golden Changes, as stated above; they are chords of thirds. Tittums are chords of fifths. I suppose, in London, the Golden NOTES AND QUERIES. Changes are called Queens: we know them at Sowerby as Golden Changes, Single Thirds, or Queens. W il l ia m S o t t a n s t a l l . Q ueries. Change-ringing at Rotherham. Si r ,—W ill any of your readers kindly inform 1110 where I can get a card or On the I 8th instant the Sheffield and Rotherham Society of Clu.nge- a very cheap little book -with prayers for morning and evening, lie., for Sunday- ringers rang at the latter place a true peal of Grandsire Caters, containing school scholars, with prayers for them to use when praying for their teacher ? 5030 changes, in 3 hrs. 30 mins., with the 6tli 24 times wrong and 24 times J. W . W a r l a n d . right. They were stationed as follows:— C. H. Hattersley, Sheffield, treble; T. Jenkinson, Rotherham, 2nd ; F. Coates, Rotherham, 3rd ; J. Athey, S i r ,— I shall be much obliged if any of your clerical readers will favour me Rotherham, 4th; W . Coates, Rotherham, 5th; J. Hale, Rotherham, 6th; with a copy of any tract or address which they give to women who come to T. Dixon, Sheffield, 7th; T. Lee, Rotherham, 8th ; T.Hattersley,Sheffield, 9th ; be churched, or to sponsors. W i l l i a m A l l e n . A. Rodgers, Rotherham, tenor. The peal was composed and conducted by The Vicarage, Walsall. C. H. Hattersley. Weight of tenor, 32 cwt.— Per Letter. W ill Churchmen, who have experience in the matter, be so good as to recommend Tracts for distribution, to counteract the efforts of Methodists to Date Touch. create schism in a country parish, where hitherto there is none ? A t Hunslet, Yorkshire, on Thursday evening, the 14th instant, a hand of A CocNTr.Y P arso n . Change-ringers met in the tower o f St. Mary’s Church, and rang 1874 changes of Oxford Treble Bob Major hi 1 hour 13 minutes.— Communicated. S i r ,— I want to get information about State aid to Education previous to Mr. Forster’s Act. Can any of your readers mention any book or paper O ld B ells. bearing upon the subject, and giving an abstract of the various codes, See. ? S ir,— Medimval bells are not articles usually * .kept in stock.’ 4 A Church­ S. G. B. warden ’ should write to each of the great bell-founding firms, asking them Can any o f your readers give me any information about a book of M edi­ to let him know when they have any, and then hide his time. I t is most tations by Louis Daparte; what is the cost o f i t ; and is there any English desiiable that ancient bells should be saved from the furnace if possible. translation o f it? J. G. T . ______J. T. F. M r s . S t r o n g , Stanmore Villa, Cavendish Road, Kilburn Rise, N.W ., would be thankful to hear of a Home where au old and infirm lady would receive BELFRY RECORDS. care and attention, with medical advice, for a less sum than would have to be ST. PH ILIP’S, BIRM INGHAM . (Tablets in the Belfry.) paid at a private home. 650. On Monday, Oct. 25, 1790, was Rung by tlie St. Martin’s Youths a Complete Peal A n sw ers. of Stedman Cators, Comprising 5292 Changes, in 3 Hours 37 Minutes. By the following P e rs o n s :— S ir ,— ’ 1 An Ardent Lover of the Principles of Church Bells cannot do betts r Chas. Shuter, Treble. Willm. Cotton, F ifth . Pliineas Smith, Eighth. than procure Mr. Blunt’s Key to the Prayer-book. (Rivingtons.) The same Willm. Marlin, Second. Danl. Veisey, Sixth. Sami. Lawrence. N in th . author’s Household Theology is also a very useful hand-book, taking a wider Josh. Littlewood, T h ird . Aloxr. Sanders, Seventh. Robt. Farmer, Tenor. range. Both would be found exceedingly useful. The best way to reply to a Willm. Bennett, F ourth. Conducted by Charles Shutcr. This was Considered to be the first Peal in this Method Rung out o f Loudon. Dissenter who says we owe our4 formularies ’ to Rome, which is mainly true, is 051. O n M onday, 13, 1802, w as R u n g b y th e St. M a rtin ’s Y o u th s a C om plete P eal o f to ask him where he thinks we get our Bible from, and then lend him Mr. Oxford Treble Bob Royal, in 8 Hours and 27 Minutes, viz.:— Blunt's Household Theology; from which, if he will, he may learn a thing or ( ’ lias. B ingham , Treble. Willm. Newman, F ou rth . Benj. Pugh, Eighth. two. I think pictures are the best books to help in teaching the Old John Miles, Second. Erasmus W il son, F ifth . Josh. Riley, N in th . Danl. Veisoy, T h ird . Sami. Smith, Sixth. Jas. Pratt, Tenor. Testament to children. I. T. F. Robt. Farmer, Seventh. ‘ J. W. C.’ recommends to ‘ An Ardent Lover of the Principles of Chuicli Composed & Conducted by Josh. Riley. Weight of Tenor, 30 ewt. B e lls ’ Berens’ History of the Prayer-book, published by the Christian G52. O n Jan y. 8, 1S44, T h e fo llo w in g Persons, M em b ers o f th e St. M a rtin ’s «fe.St. P h l i p ’s Societies, Rung on these Bells 51S4 Stedman Cators, in 3 Hours and 25 Minutes: — Knowledge Society; or else Procter and Maclear’s Elementary Introduction to Wm. Andrew, Treble. Thos. Srawley, F ifth . Wm. Chattel], N in th . the Book o f Common Prayer (Macmillans), both inexpensive books; and John Hopkins, Second. John Billingsley, Sixth. Hy. Wldtworth, Tenor. Bible Stories fo r Children and Sunday Schools. They are issued in nine Is. Wm Haywood, T h ird . Ed. Andrew, Seventh. Oompoaed by John Lates. monthly packets, published by J. Hodges, ‘2 Bedford Stree.t, Strand. Josh. Spencer, Fourth. Thos. Hobday, Eighth. Conducted by Willm . Chattel], 653. O n Deer. 4\ 1844, was Rung on these Bells by the united Societies of St. Martin's In answer to an 4Ardent Lover of the Principles of Church Bells,' ‘ A. B.’ & St. Philip’s, a Complete Peal of Stedman Cators, 5160 Changes, in 3 Hovrs 32 Min*tes. recommends Children o f the Church, by Mrs. O’Reilly, price Is. Od.; and John Hopkins, Treble. Thos. Bingham, F ifth . Jas. Jarvis, N in th . John D ay, Second. Willm. Haywood, Sixth. Ed. Haywood, Tenor. History of the Prayer-book, reprinted from the Monthly Packet, price about Thos. Srawley, T h ird . Wm. Chattell, Seventh. Composed by John Lates. 2s. Line upon Line is very useful in teaching Old Testament History to Josh Mitchell, F ou rth . Thos. Hobday, E ighth. Conducted by Wm. Chattell young children. I t is in two parts, price Is. id . each. BINGLEY, YORKSHIRE. (Tablet in the Belfry.) ‘V e r a ’ will find much to aid his inquiries respecting the Freemasons, 654. O n Shrove Tuesday, Fcbruaiy 7th, 1826, the Society of Change Ringers, Bingley, and to give him some insight into the mysteries of their order, by procuring Yorkshire, met in the tower of the Parish church, and lang, without a single break-down or a false change, the extraordinary number of 36 twelve-scores, in all 8640 changes, on the A Letter on the Antichristian Character o f Freemasonry, by M. C. Trevillian, following various methods, viz.:— Oxford, Violet, New London Pleasure, Duke of York, Esq. Loudon ; Whitaker and Co., 1810. There are, or there were some few Kent, College Pleasure, College Treble, City Delight, Tulip, Primrose, Oxford Reverse, years ago, two accredited Masonic publications— The Freemasons' Magazine Loudon Scholars’ Pleasure, Morning Exercise. Cambridge, Morning Star, Evening Star, and The Freemason■—which may be consulted on the audi alteram partem Coventry, Ely, Rochester, Treble Bob Reverse, Morning Pleasure, Symphony, Cheapside, College Delight, Royal Bob, Worcester, Chichester, Durham, York, Bristol, Lichfield, principle. J. F. London, Wells, College Exercise, London Delight, Evening Exercise. The ringers were ‘ L. S.’ asks who form the Select Committee granted on the motion of the stationed as fol’ows, v iz.:— Bishop of Peterborough to inquire into the laws of Patronage in the Church John Briggs. Treble. I Hezekiah Briggs, T h ird . I Henry Dickirison, F ifth . David Bailey, Second. | Jam es L illey , Foui'th. | Isaae Rhodes, Tenor. of England. The Committee is as follows :— The Archbishop of York; the Weight of tenor, 11 cwt. 3 qrs. Duke of Marlborough; the Marquis of Lansdowne; Earls Beauchamp, The peal was conducted by Hezekiah Briggs and Isaac Rhodes. Time occupied in ringing, Stanhope, Nelson, Shaftesbury, Chichester, and Harrowby; Viscount Midle- 5 hours and 11 minutes. tnn ; the Bishops of London, Winchester, Peterborough, and Carlisle; Lords ST. MARY’S HUNSLET, LEEDS. (Tablet in the Belfry.) Overstone, Ilelper, Blachtord, and Selborne. 655. A t r u e peal, Consisting of 50SS Changes, of Oxford Treble’Bob Major, was rung in •this Steeple in 3 hours and 20 minutes, on Saturday, December the 16th, 1871. The Peal, 4 G. W .’— There is no doubt that tlie same event is related in both passages. which is in three equal parts, and has the 4th, 5th, and 6th Bells fourteen times eacli way The first account has its place in Gen. i., because the account of creation in five-six, was composed by Henry Hubbard, sen , and Conducted by Henry Hubbard, jun. Arthur Lewis, '1 retie. | Willia m P aw son , F o u rth . I Henry Hubbard,jun.Seventh. there given would be incomplete without it. In the second the proper history Joseph Mackintosh. Second. W illi am Wes t m or e ’ a n d, F ifth George Fothergill, Tenor. of man himself commences, with fuller detail. James Lockwood, T h ird . J Tom Lockwood, Sixth. | < Weight of tenor, 21 cwt. Rev. E. Wilson, Vicar.

R e c e i v e d a l s o .—J. L. C. S.; E. P. K. Bateson)0”’ } Churchwarden, June 6, 1874.] Church Bells. 319

Carnotensis, allude to it in the most distant terms.’ I t would be interesting to holiday, the Colchester ringers were on this occasion considerably strengthened know what wras the primitive use, and how this more modern form crept in, by the help of several friends from Ipswich, Bromley, Ardleigh, and Mistley, and from what authority it received sanction. What form is in use in the and a very agreeable day was spent in ringing some good touches of Bob Eastern Church ? Perhaps you, Sir, or some of your readers, will give us Major, Grandsire Triples, &c.— P e r Letter. information on this subject. T. Cl a e k . New Society of Bell-ringers. Possessions of Nonconformist Communities. W e are pleased to record the formation of a new Society of Bell-ringers at Si b ,— The Nonconformists, always noisy, will not he put down hy noise, Padiham, Lancashire, under distinguished patronage. The main features are hut their influence may he entirely destroyed by facts. The more Great that one-third of its receipts are applied to benevolent purposes, and means Britain knows about the Church the more will she be determined to sustain are secured to obviate the evil of ringers going- round begging at Christmas it. W ild and most uncharitable statements are constantly made against the and other seasons— a most objectionable practice. The members seem to us Church, and these are repeated and reasserted without contradiction, until to have saddled themselves with too many minor rules.— E d . many persons come to believe them and act upon them. A great service would To C orrespondents.— ‘ Bells were rung at Penn.’ W here is Penn ? What be done to the Church at the present juncture by obtaining a return to Parlia­ was rung? Our correspondent does not tell us. ment of all properties vested in the various bodies of Dissenters, from the Brownists, or Independents, or Congregationalists, down to the last schism of 1873. Will not some member of Parliament do the Church this favour ? BELFKY RECORDS. E. S. T . H. ST. MARY’S, ELLAND. (Tablet in the Belfry.; 656. O n Monday, tlie 26 of Deer., 1831, six of the members of the Huddei-sfield Society and four of the members belonging to the Elland Society of Change-ringers, ascended the tower and made the bold attempt to ring Mr. Hugh Wright’s, of Leeds, peal of 15,168 NOTES AND QUERIES. Changes, which he had just attained, it been the largest composition ever accomplished by any tnau in England at the time, and of the Kent trebble bob major. It was rung in a masterly style in 8 hours and 43 minuits. Weight of the Tenor, 15 cwt. The above was Friendly Societies. ruug in th eli earing of numerous Ringers from the neighbouring towns of Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, Wakefield, and Dewsbury, who had come to witness the occasion, and piove the Sm,—Allow me to supplement the Rev. W. H. Ridley's suggestion that correctness of it. The Men who rung in the Peal:— the clergy should make themselves masters of the subject of 1 Friendly William Haigli, Hudd., F irs t. 1 John Womersley, Hudd., F ifth . Societies,’ hy mentioning that the recently issued Fourth Beport of the Eoyal Benjamin Crowther, Elland, Second. John Hanson, Do., Sixth. Luke Noble, ) -n William Dumbleton, Do., Serentk, Commission on Friendly Societies contains a most clear and complete state­ Thos. Pitchforth, I > Samuel Goodier, Do., Eighth. ment of the present condition of things. The Report can be obtained from Jon. Womerslej', Hudd.,) King, S i Parliament Street, price 3s. 0d. It is most desirable that all who Jas. Noble, Elland, ' f o u r t h . are endeavours permanently to elevate the working classes should study this The two first and four Last rung the whole peal without changing. The first Part was Conducted by Jonathan Womersley, and the two Last by Samuel Goodier. subject. C. P. B. ST. JAMES’, HULL. (Tablets in the Belfry.) Snt,— I beg to recommend ‘ Vera,1 and every one else wishing to have 657. A C o m p l e t e Peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 Changes, was rung on the some information about the Society of Freemasons, to procure a pamphlet Bells in this steeple on Tuesday, August 2nd, 1842, by the following Youths, being the first (pp. 55), entitled The Principles and Practices of Secret Societies opposed to Company appointed as St. James’s stated Ringers:— Scripture and Reason, by the Rev. James Kerr, Greenock, price tid. I t does William Petty, Treble. IThomas Nowlove, F ou rth . I Charles Petty, Sixth. Joseph Harper, Second. E d w a rd A c k rill, F ifth . Jam es A c k rill, Seventh. not exactly answer ‘ Vera's ’ inquiry, but the author, although writing from a Thomas Stowe, T h ird . | I Joseph Brown, Tenor. Presbyterian stand-point, shows that Freemasonry is most objectionable in its The Peal was brought round true* and in neat style, in two hours and fifty-eight minutes, principles and practices, which, so far as outsiders can find out, are such as in the presence of William Knight, M in is te r. no devout Christian could consistently take part in. I have a great many 658. O n Tuesday, O ctober 21st, 1845, a P eal o f K e n t T reb le B ob M ajor, con sistin g o f friends who are Freemasons, and I have never yet got a plain answer to a 5088 Chang-es. was rung on the Bells in this steeple by the following Youths, and was question I have often put to many of them, ‘ W hat is the good of Free­ brought round true, and in neat style, in three hours and six minutes:— W illiam P e t t j7, Conductor. I Robert Petty. j Edward Ackrell. I James Ackrell. masonry ?’ H e n b y W m . L e t t , A.B. Joseph Harper. | ThomasNewlove. | Charles Petty. | James Taylor. • Incumbent of Meic/h, Diocese o f At matjh. 650. Os Saturday, December IGih, 18-18, another Peal of Kent Treble Bob Major, eoin- Sie , I write to inform ‘ J. M .’ that a full congregation is undoubtedly the piising 5440 Changes, was rung on the same Bells, and was brought round true, and in neat best cure for an eelio. Perhaps, however, the church of which 1 J. M.’ speaks style, in three hours and fourteen minutes, by the St. James’s Company of Chauge Ringers, cannot be well filled, on account of a paucity of population. In this case I v i z . :— William Petty, Conductor. I Robert Petty I Edward Ackrell. I James A "k veil. would advise ‘ J. M.’ to have a heavy cloth suspended from the back of the Joseph Harper. | ThomasNev. love. | Charles Petty. | Patrick Christie. pulpit, Also, though I am not fond of banners in churches, a few might be N.B.—This is the first Peal ofthe same length ever rung by an East Riding Company. suspended from suitable places. A n g l i c a n u s . 660. I i.K LE Y Amateur Society o f Change-kikoers.— On Saturday, Dec. 7th, 1872, six ‘ J. M.who inquires about the new system of wires for preventing an members ofth e above Society rang in this steeple a true Peal of 5040 Changes, in the seven echo in a church, is informed that it can be seen at Kensington New Parish following, varieties, viz. 1. Plain Bob ; 2. Yorkshire Court; 3. Duke of York; 4. College Exercise; 5. Kent; 6. Violet; 7. Oxford. In 3 hours, 1 minute, 25 seconds. The band Church, where the verges states it to be successful. H . F. P. being stationed thus:— 1 H .’— Fatigue or some other physical cause is no doubt the explanation : Edward Stephenson, F irs t. I John C. G ill, T h ird . I William Snowdon, F ifth . Robert Tuke, Second. I Edward Snowdon. Four/L. | Jasper W. Snowdon, Sixth. at least, no other could be given but by the Bishop himself. Conducted by Jasper W. Snowdon Weight of tenor, 11 ewt. Ekhatum.— Louis Daparte, in 1 J. G. T.’s ’ query of last week, should be John Snowdon, M .A. Cantab., V w ar. Lonis Daponte. KEIGHLEY, YORKSHIRE. (Tablets i n the Belfry.) N otic e to C orrespondents .— The Publisher has received a P.O. Order 661. In this Steeple, on the 18th August, IS 11, By eight Ringers of this Town, 5376 from Bungay, and a Post-card from some one at Hazel Hall; he will be glad Changes of that most intricate Peal, Cambridge Surprise, eight in (composed by Mr. Joseph Tebbs of Leeds), being the first true peal in that Method ever rung in the North of England. to receive the names of the senders. It was performed w ith great correctness in 3 hours

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. The Royal (Poland Street Temperance) Hand-bell Ringers. On Wednesday, June 3rd, for the third time, they gave an entertainment at Marlborough House, by the repeated command of His Royal Highness the THE PROOF OF TREBLE BOB MAJOR. Prince of Wales. The day was the tenth birthday of Prince George Frederick, By Jasper W .-Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers ; second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The entertainment took also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. place in the dining-room, and was given before a distinguished audience, On account of tlie extensive practice that Treble Bob Major receives, a including H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince great deal of interest must necessarily be attached to the means whereby its Albert Victor, Prince George, Princess Louise, Princess Victoria, Princess truth may be proved. Especially will this be the case i f an attempt is made Maud, the Countess of Macclesfield-, the Countess d’Otrante, Lady Powerscourt, by the conductor of each company, as should be his endeavour if interested Lady Emily Kingscote, Lady and Miss Knollys, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, the in the advancement of the science, to compose the peals he may have an Hon. Mrs. Coke, Dr. Holzmann, Colonel Ellis, &c. The Princess of Wales opportunity of calling. was pleased to express to Mr. D. S. Miller, the conductor, her high appro­ I propose, therefore, to investigate the principles on which Treble Bob bation of the manner in which the entertainment had been carried through. Major is proved, and since the treble lead-ends, bob-changes, course-ends, The programme- of music was performed on their peal of ninety sweetly- and also the proof, in the two variations mostly practised, viz. Oxford and toned bells. The ■personnel of the band remains the same as when they Kent, are alike, I purpose using the latter variation for any direct application appeared at Sandringham House in December 1872, the performers being I may give of the principles of this proof. I shall also show how, in this Messrs. II. Havart, W . Havart, F. B. Phillipson, and J. FI. Williams. The variation, the proof can he greatly simplified when the tenors are kept Poland Street band were also honoured by the commands of her Majesty the together. Queen in April 1870. W ith any variation it isneoessary,in the first place, to form an acquaintance with the course of the different row's in a treble lead, w'hen it will he seen, that Change-ringing at St. Martin’s, Brighouse, Yorkshire. in Treble Bob Major, tbe hand.stroke of the treble's full lead is invariably an On Tuesday, May 26th, 1874, 5088 changes of Kent Treble Bob Major out, whilst the baek-stroke lead, whether at a plain or a bob lead, is always an were rung in 3 hrs. 5 mins., being the first -5000 on these new bells. The m-course row. A treble lead-end cannot, therefore, ever repeat at the hand, ringers (six from Liversedge) were:—J. Whitworth, treble; J. Knot, 2nd; stroke, because an bi-course row can never occur in this place. You have, J. Wilson, 3rd ; J. North, 4th ; J. Clegg, Keighley, 5th ; O. Clegg, Hudders­ therefore, only to compare the treble lead-ends from, or at which, bobs are field, Oth ; J. Illinworth, 7th ; W . Collins, tenor. The peal was composed by called, to make sure that all the lead-ends are true. H. Hubbard of Leeds, anti conducted by W. Collins, Liverseclge, Weight of In many variations, and in all when the tenors are parted, it is necessary tenor, 14J cwt. in the proof to use every lead-end, and in such cases it is the simplest plan to Change-ringing at St. Helen’s, Worcester. write all down, when proving the lead-ends, so that they can then be used for On Thursday, the 21st instant, seven members of tbe Worcester Cathedral any further proof which is required. Change-ringing Society, assisted by E. Crump of Bromsgrove, rang the late Having pricked the lead-ends, keeping all those with the tenor in the same Mr. J. H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, place in respective columns, the easiest way to compare them is, to observe in 8 hrs. and 5 mins. The following were the ringers N. Wale, treble; the four last bells at the first lead-end; then look down the column and see J. Morris, 2nd; T . Lewis, 3rd; W . Blanclford, 4th.; J. Barnett,„ 5th; if the same bells are again behind in a similar order: if so, the three bells in G. Hobbs, 6 th ; E. Crump, 7th ; E. Jones, tenor. Conducted by J. Barnett. frcnt must be in a different position. I may here remind the reader, that, as all the leacl-ends are in-course rows, the three bells in front can only be Prostitution of Church Bells at Wroughton, Wilts. arranged in three different positions with the same four behind. For instance, On the arrival of tbe Derby winner with the trainer, we are grieved to see with 5 6 7 8 behind, 2 3 4 can only also work 3 4 2, and 4 2 3, at the lead- that, among other rejoicing's on the occasion, ‘ T h e B e l l s oe t h e P a r is h ends, these being the three bi-course row's of 2 3 4. Therefore, if a double Ch u r c h w e r e se t a -R in g in g .’ bob is called in any place in Kent, the four bells then behind must never Tbe parson and churchwardens have thereby incurred the displeasure of come in the same position again, or a repetition wall follow. I f one bob is all who have respect for the goods of the Church, and we cannot but express called, it w ill not be possible to call another bob, when the same bells come our own severe censure. behind again, though there is still one lead which can be rung with them in that position. In proving the lead-ends of Kent with the tenors together, it is only BELFRY RECORDS. necessary to prick all those from and at which the work is retarded by hobs, ST. BENEDICT’S CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE. these places being when the tenor conies ‘ Middle,’ 1 W rong,’ and 1 Home,’ then (Tablet in the Belfry.) to compare them to see there is no repetition. In doing this it is usual to simplify the work by omitting 1, 7, and 8, as their places are constant in each 600. O n 12th of Feb. 17S3, was Rung in this Steeple a true & complete Peal of 720 Court Bob, by ye following Persons: of the respective positions. Ino. Lawson, F irst. Thos. Steers, T h ird . Peter Spencely, Sixth, w h o It is not necessary when bobs ‘ b efore’ are used to prick the lead-ends 1110. H azard, Second. Geo. Cooper, F ou rth . Call’d ye Peal. with the tenors ‘ before,’ because, if such a hob should cause a repetition, it Ino. Sanders, F ifth . I will continue and be shown at the W. An able prover will seldom trouble to prick the leads, when the tenors are Soite. kept together, because their correctness may he ascertained by noticing the positions of the hells at the eourse-ends, which will, or have, dodged with the CHESTERTON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. (Tablet in the Belfry.) tenors in the respective positions of M., W ., and H . The bells in third’s and 667. IN this Tower, on Saturday, Decbr. 14tli, 1S72, was rung 42 true h complete Peals of Grandsire consisting of 6040 changes, in three hours & a half, bythe following 1 ouths:— fifth’s places at a course-end, are those that will fall behind with the tenors at C.Stanbridge, Treble. I W. Kempton, 27iirf. | G. Taylor, Tenor. the M. For the W., if tw'o bobs are called at H., the bells in third’s and H Mansfield, Second. J. D u nn.F o u r t h . I T h e Poals were conducted by T. Dunn. sixth's; if only one bob at H . is called, then those in second’s and sixth’s; E. A. Smedley, V icar. H. Naylor, M.A., Mayor of Cambridge. and if a bob is not called at H . then those in fourth’s and sixth's at the F. W. Wragg, Esq., Churchwarden. course end, are those that have dodged behind with the tenors at the W . Now, E. Reader, Sexton. as previously explained, if a double bob is called at any of tbese places the same bells must not fall behind again in the same position ; if one bob, they ROTHW ELL CHURCH (near Leeds), YORKSHIRE. can only present themselves again when there is an omit (110 bob), or should (Tablets in the Belfry.) the omit have been made the first time they came behind, they can only be 6(33 C h a n g e -r i n g i n g . present again when there is one bob called. In these latter cases, however, an On Sunday, July 18th, 1841, was rung at the Parish Church, Rothwell, a complete peal of KentVV ru gTreble poo- i e o i.Bob e . Major, consisting of 8000 changes, in 4 hours and 40 minutes, by t h e Adam Goldtliorpe, Rothwell, F ifth . examination is necessary, as in this way they can come up false, although not fo lloW w inilliam g persons Scott, Wakefield, Treble. more than the allowable number of times behind. TITJames Illln .v. Firth, Qnrdf Wakefield, Second. Thomas Dawson, Bradford, Sixth. Benjamin Ely, Rothwell, Seventh. Having arrived at the conclusion that all the lead-ends are true, the next William Gibson, Rothwell, T h ird . Sami. Smallpage, Leeds, Fourth. George Miln, Wakefield, Tenor. thing requiring demonstration is, whether false row.s can occur inside the lead The peal :• without being shown atthe lead-end ? In all systems, whether this is so, and if End of Part First ...... 6 4 2 3 5 so, to what extent, depends on the order in which the courses of the rows fall. „ 2 n d ...... 5 2 6 4 3 „ 3 r d ______3 6 5 2 4 Thus, in Plain Bob Major it is quite impossible that it can he so, because ail „ 4 t h ...... 4 5 3 6 2 the rows with the treble in any one place going up, are of the opposite course ” ,, 5 t h ...... 2 3 4 5 6 to the rows when the treble is in the same place coming down, as is evident This peal was composed by Mr. Hugh W right of Leeds, and was conducted by from the annexed exam- Benjamin Ely. pie, in which the latter T reb le g o in g up. Treble coming down. T h u r s d a y , the 29th of January, being the 20th anniversary of Rothwell bells b e i n g half of the lead is pricked 1 place 123 4 5678 in. 13254708 out. opened, tbe following persons ascended tbe tower and rang 7 complete peals, consistsg upwards:— 2 „ 2 1 4 3 C 5 8 7 in. 31527486 out. o f 5 0 4 0 changes, in 3 hours 1 m in. and 55 secs. Performers’ names:-- From this it can be seen 24163857 out. 3 5 1 7 2 8 4 6 in. Beniamin Ely, Treble. I James Haigh, T h ird , an d I John Chapm an, F ifth . 42618375 out. 5 3 7 1 8 2 6 4 in. Palmson Howarth, Second. Conductor. Joseph Bumby, Tenor. that, in Bob Major, one of I Joseph Flockton, F ou rth . j i n n tbe rows with the treble 46281735 m. 5 7381624 out. The peals as rung:—Violet, Oxford, !New London Pleasure, Dube of York, College in any one place, cannot 6 4 8 2 7 1 .5 3 in. 75836 1 42 out. Exercise, Arnold’s Victory, City Delight. occur when the treble is 68472513 out. 78503412 in. This tablet was erected at the expense of the churchwardens and ringers. in the same place, but 8 6 7 4 5 2 3 1 out. 87054321 in. working in the contrary N o tic e to Copjiespondents.— B ook records are not at present requested. direction, from some different lead-end, without a derangement of the order Bell poetry has hitherto been excluded from our columns ; hereafter we may of the courses; which cannot possibly happen unless a single, or some other be thankful for it. means, is used to produce this effect, (To he continued.) R e c e iv e p ,— H . Hubbard : G. S. Tilworth ; Bob Single. June 20, 1874.] Church Bells. 343

produced from those with treble in third’s, as the rows with treble in third’s BELLS AND BELL-RINDING. follow each other— thatis, if one is reproduced in the contrary place the other will also he reproduced there— the rows with treble in fourth’s will likewise be reproduced at the same time. On account o f this, it is only necessary to find Muffled Peal at St. Barnabas, Pimlico. out what lead-ends will reproduce the same rows, in the contrary places, with On Friday, June 12th, the St. Barnabas Society rang on eight bells the treble in first’s, third’s, fifth's, and seventh’s places; these will be the lead- a half-muffled peal as a tribute of respect to the late Mr. Samuel Wis­ ends, which will also produce similar results in the second’s, fourth’s, sixth’ s, dom, Clerk and Verger in the parish for many years, who was respected and eighth’s places. by all who knew him, and was buried in Brompton Cemetery that day. It As an example of this, observe the rows with treble in 3-4 going up, and was performed in the following manner: first, rounds, then a whole pull and you will see, as stated above, that A may come at G, and B at D : prick A at C stand, until a sufficient number had been rung to correspond with the age of as it would come from the lead-end 1 423658 7, the deceased. Performers— W . Seymour, treble; T.Talm adge,2nd; W .Lally, you will then have the rows when the treble is in 3-4 420188 7 5 drd; A. E. Maeey, 4th; W. Absolon, oth; G. Macey, Gth ; J. C. Absolon, 7tli; coming down in this lead, thus:— 2 4 1 6 3 8 5 7 = AatC J. Mason, tenor. Conducted by Mr. W . Seymour.— Communicated. You can now see, that when A comes at C, B also 24618375 comes at D, and that both these rows are attended by 4 2 1 0 3 8 5 7 = B at D Brighouse, Yorks. the rows in fourth’s place, from 1 2345678 when On Friday, the 22nd ult., a new ring of eight hells was opened in this the treble is going up, which I have stated are dependent on those in third’s parish, in place of the two which had previously sufficed. The first merry place, and thus the whole of the four rows, with treble in 3-4 going up from peal sounded from tbe tower at tbe early hour of six in the morning, and at 1234507 8, are reproduced from this lead end (1 4 2 3 0 5 8 7), when the intervals during the day various parts of Kent Treble Boh Major and other treble is coming down. changes were rung, by ringers from the neighbouring parish of Elland. Although this explanation may not be very easy to follow, yet the only Divine service was at half-past seven in the evening, when a large con­ result, if the whole of the places were investigated, would he, that it would gregation assembled, and an appropriate and earnest sermon was preached be found the lead-ends which would reproduce the rows in, say fourth’s place, by the Bight Bev. Bishop Byan, Vicar of Bradford; the hymn before the would be the same as those that reproduce them in third’s place. sermon being ‘ N ot idle are the fleeting sounds.’ After the sermon the Bishop The following is a table showing the positions of treble, and how what is and clergy proceeded to the west end of the church, where the future ringers calleded the ' General P roof Scale ’ for the lead, 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8, is arrived a t:— were assembled, and a service of dedication, which had been sanctioned hy Working the Bishop of the diocese, was read by the Vicar, the Bev. W . Booker. The Rows taken False with of Proof Scale. Treble in. special ringers then rang a short peal, after which the 100th Psalm, old from first lead. Treble. version, was heartily sung by the congregation, and the Blessing pronounced Al2345678in at lead / a comes at C, followed I 12346587 by B at D from 1-2 by Bishop Byan. The hells are from the firm of Messrs. Mears & Stainbank, B 1 2 435678 out up up and under whose direction the work of hanging them has been executed. They C 1 2 3 4 6 58 7 I D in comes ( at B from down. are the gift o f the parishioners generally, great credit being due to a committee D 1 2 4 3 6 58 7 out j a ' - formed last autumn for the purpose of raising the necessary funds. W eight o f tenor, 14J cwt. Key F ,— Communicated. i t ? o Or I ?Ut 1 UP f A ,co“ es at C, followed 1142365871 down B42163857 in J 1 J by B at D from j ^ Query. C32154768 out 1 I ") C comes at A, followed 1 1 q a 9 0 5 8 7 In n ‘ H . M .’ will be glad to hear where he may get a clock and a peal of bells D2 3 1 54 7 6 8 in l d0TO [ byD atBfr'im } 1 o 4 2 8 5 8 / j up for his church. The tower foundations will not hear ringing. Some have A2G481735 out 1 A comes at C, followed }i(j432087] down mentioned steel bells as suitable. H e is anxious to have chimes and tunes. by B at D from B 6 2 4 8 1 7 3 5 in J 1 >5-6 C 5 2 3 7 1-8 4 0 oout u t) 1 ] C comes from A, followed i I nn D25371846 in ) d0wn I by D at B from J 1 0 4 3 6 2 8 7 J up THE PROOF OF TREBLE BOB MAJOR. A28C74513 o u t) up I A comes at C, followed \ 1 8 4 3 6 5 2 7 ) down By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers ; B 8 2 6 7 4 5 1 3 in ) by B at D from j I 7 8 a ls o a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. C735836J4ont)doWn j C comes at A, followed ) n 7 * o n k o 9 ( lln ( Continued.) D 2 7583614 m ) (. by B at D from f 1 J UP I t has now to be ascertained whether, in Treble Bob Major, it is possible In this table, under tlie column headed, 1 Bows taken from first lead,’ are for a certain row, which comes from a certain lead-end, to be reproduced from the rows with the treble in first’s, third’s, fifth’s, and seventh’s places, whose a totally different lead-end, when the treble is in a similar place and working reproduction, as explained, will also bring the rows in second's, fourth’s, sixth’s in the same, or the contrary direction. and eighth’s places ; each row is distinguished by a letter prefixed. Under the A treble lead must therefore be pricked, 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 in. heading ‘ Course,’ the course of each row is marked; and in the next column and the course of each row marked, as is done (2 1 3 40087 out. the working of the treble, whether going up or down, is specified. After this Treble in in the annexed example of Kent:— 1 1 3 4 3 5 0 7 8 out. all the possible reproductions are named, followed by the proof-seale rows, 1-3 up. Take the treble in any position, for in­ (21436587 in. which are the lead-ends, found as explained hy transposition, which will stance in thirds, going up and down, and 24103857 out. reproduce these rows : the position in which this lead would reproduce them compare the rows :— 4 2 6 1 8 3 7 5 out. is also notified in the remainder of the column. 3-4 up. Treble going up. Treble coming down. 421G3857 in. By this means all the rows are obtained, which it is evident, if ever used as lead-ends, will bring some of the same rows in the subsequent leads as are in A24163857 out. G321 5 4768 out. 3 4 6 1 8 3 7 5 in. tbe lead from 1234567 8. These are the rows which act against the B 4 2 1 6 3 8 5 7 in. D 2 3 1 5 4 7 6 S in. / 3 048173 0 out. 162847153 out. lead-end 1234507 8, and of course there are other rows, which are to 5-6 up. Now as the rows A and C, in the former 6 2 4 8 1 7 3 5 in. any given lead-end, as these are to 12345678. of which the treble is going out and in the [ 2 6 8 4 7 1 5 3 in. Therefore, to prove a peal with the tenors parted, it is first necessary to latter is coming in, are both of the same 2 8 0 7 4 5 1 .3 out. prick out all the lead-ends, having proved that they are true by comparing course, it is evident these rows may occur (82705431 out. them, then to go through them, transposing each lead for its false rows in the 7-8 up. in the contrary places; that is, the row C may 8 2 6 7 4 5 1 3 in. same manner that the above proof scale is transposed from rounds, gnd by occur at A, or vice versa. Suppose the row U 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 in. comparing the false rows with the lead-ends, to see that no false row is used C to occur at A, if you prick backwards you (■2 7 8 5 6 3 4 1 out. as a lead-end in the peal. will obtain tbe lead-end which gives C at A : 72583614 out. This is most readily done by knowing how the general proof-scale rows are 7-8 down. therefore, if this lead-end occurs in a peal 7 2 8 5 6 3 4 1 in. reversed from rounds ; for instance, in 1-2 and 3-4, the four hindmost bells, 3 ou will have .the same row (321547 0 8) 2 7 5 8 3 0 1 4 in. amongst others, are reversed. Now, none of the transposed rows need he produced, when the treble is going up from 2 5 7 3 8 1 0 4 out. written down, but having reversed some of the consecutive bells, look down this lead, as you have when it is coming down 52371840 out. the columns to see if these bells can be found in a corresponding position. 5-6 down. from 1234567 8. 52738164 in. Suppose you take the first lead-end in aplain course from rounds 4 2 0 3 8 5 7, I t is not necessary, absolutely to prick 25371840 in. now reverse the four hindmost bells as Ci 5 8 7 is from 5 6 7 8, which gives the rows backwards to find out these lead- 2 3 517486 out. 8 3 7 5 ; look down the column of lead-ends, in which 8 is in fifth’s place, and if ends, because they can be obtained by trans­ 32154768 out. you find 8 3 7 5 behind, and the other hells come 4 2 6, it w ill be false with 3-4 down. position, thus :— I f 24163857 comes 32517480 m. the treble in 1-2, but if they come 6 4 2 or 2 6 4 it will be false in 3-4. You from 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8, then 3 2 1 5 4 7 6 8 23154708 in. can look the columns over for 1-2 and 3-4 at the same time, because if ever will come from the lead-end 13420587. 21345678 out. 8 3 7 5 come behind, you will have a treble lead false with this one, in 1 -2^ or This lead-end, therefore, if ever admitted as 1 2 3 4 0 5 8 7 in. 3-4, because the three in-course rows, with 8 3 7 5 behind, are all rows which 1-2 down. a lead-end in a peal, will bring a similar row 2 1 4 3 5 C 7 8 in. will produce false ones against this lead ; and the ont-of-course rows can never inside the lead as occurs from 1234567 8, 12430587 out. come np, because all the lead-ends and all the proof-scale rows are in-course although the lead-ends are totally different. 1 4 2 6 3 8 5 7 in. rows. In the same way the rows B and D, and, The foregoing is the principle and system hy which the proof scale m any in fact, all the similar positions of the treble in the lead, should he consi­ variation of Treble Bob Major may be obtained and applied, and if proved in dered, and tabulated as I will show. Before proceeding to this, however, I this manner, and found correct, the peal will undoubtedly be true. may remark that in Treble Bob it w ill be found that two of each of the. rows (To, be continued.) with the treble in one place, (there are four rows altogether for each place,) are of one course, whilst the other two rows will he of the opposite course, and in Kent the rows in 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8, repeat in sets of four. R e c e iv e d w it h t h a n k s .— B . D. Cheetham Ino Lane; Liverpool College The reason of this is, the rows with treble in, say fourth’s place, being Youth; T. B, 354 Church Bells. [June »7, 1874. probably be tbe case in a diocese like Lichfield, this would give 71 children lacking in the vulgar Debbrah. My apology for encroaching upon your confirmed out of each 100 of suitable age, and belonging to the Church. This valuable space is, I have heard this mistake so often, that it seems to me is a state of things that doubtless leaves room for much improvement, but that in tbe public ministry, as well as in the study, it is well to bear in mind clearly does not involve such a disastrous confession of failure as would be the Apostolic precept, 4 Give attention to reading.’ T. F. B u x t o n S c r e v e n . implied by the statement given above. As a general rule, I believe, 1 in 80 Visita.tions. may be taken as a satisfactory proportion for the annual number of confirmation S i r ,— I am sorry to have omitted stating, in answer to ‘ Another of the candidates to bear to the whole population. This has been reached in the Unbeneficed,’ that in both the dioceses with which I have been connected, diocese of Salisbury, and during the episcopate of Bishop Wilberforce the neither I nor any of my fellow-curates have ever received citations direct. proportion in the diocese of Oxford is said to have been 1 in 82. The Rector or Vicar has been requested to show the citations to ‘ his curates." A . M a c k r e t h D e a n e . This is surely unnecessary and distinctly objectionable, as embodying tbe The General Thanksgiving. 4 superior-clergy ’ theory. O n e o f t h e U n b e n e f i c e d . Sir,— In answer to ‘ E. S. W .’ The custom of the whole congregation Freemasonry. repeating the General Thanksgiving aloud is not correct. There is no S i r ,— With reference to Mr. Lett’s remarks in Church Bells of June Gtb, authority for this innovation. The practice prevails in Ireland, and has let me advise him, and all others of your readers interested in the question been introduced in a few churches in England, principally by Irish gentlemen. of 4 Freemasonry,’ not to pass judgment on the institution merely 011 tbe The common argument in favour of the practice is, that it is a ‘ general’ ex-parte statement of the Presbyterian your correspondent alludes to in bis thanksgiving; and is, therefore, like the General Confession, to be recited letter, without first reading a little work called Freemasonry, by Thomas aloud : but this is an incorrect argument. The General Confession is repeated Lewis Fox, published by Triibner, price Is. At least it can be had for lliat aloud by all the people, not because it is general, blit because tbe people are price at a shop opposite to the east end of St. Mary le Strand Church. distinctly directed to say it after the minister. The General Thanksgiving is England is indebted to that body for. many of her finest buildings, and both called ‘ general’ to distinguish it from the other occasional thanksgivings for great and good men, clergy and laity, belong to the order, whose charitable rain, fair weather, &e., which are grouped with it, all of which (the General institutions are those of which our country has good reason to be proud. Thanksgiving inclusive) are to he used or not as seems desirable. There is Surely then, in this day of guilds and brotherhoods, a Society which inculcates as much authority for the whole congregation repeating the thanksgiving the doctrines 4 Honour all men, Love the Brotherhood, Fear God, Honour for rain aloud (when properly used) as there is for the repetition of the the King,’ has that within it that a devout Christian can consistently take General Thanksgiving aloud. Obviously all ought equally to join in any of part in ; and at least should be respected by English Churchmen. these forms of thanksgiving when used, but there is no need to do so aloud. 4 S p e c c e m u r A g e n d o .’ The blunder arises from mistaking the relative meaning of tbe word ‘ general.’ I t seems well to say all th is ; otherwise one single word is conclusive. I f tbe General Thanksgiving had been intended for recitation aloud by the congregation, the * Am en' at the end thereof would not have been printed NOTES AND QUERIES. in italic, but, as in all prayers to be recited aloud, in the same type as the prayer itself. ‘ G. V. S i r ,— ‘ E. C.,’ a teacher in a Sunday-school, inquired some weeks ago in S i r ,—In reply to ‘ E. S. W.’ Although there is no rubric ordering that tbe Church Bells for ‘ a plain history of the children of Israel, showing how the General Thanksgiving be repeated by the congregation, yet, from its being all the things that are written of them are written for our learning.’ The called 4 General,’ it would seem to imply that such was the intention ; for teacher will find what he desires, told plainly and forcibly, in Mr. Barter’s the same reason the 4 General’ Confession is joined in audibly. Moreover, Abridgment of Scripture History in Connexion with Christian Doctrine, published the subjects referred to in the Thanksgiving are of such a personal character, by the S. P. C. K., Nos. GOT, G08, GOO, price Gd. or 8d. M. B. that tbe practice appears m o«t appropriate. Such audible repetition also lorms a refreshing break in that part of our Church service, which consists of S i r ,— I f yon, or one of your readers,would make public tbe meaning and tbe several continuous prayers, said by the minister alone. The plan is now character of what is called 4 tbe Free Church of England,’ you would, I think, adopted in many churches. L o t t i e . be doing good service to tbe Church, and perhaps keep some Churchmen U n ity. and Churcliwomen from giving it encouragement and support, which it in no way deserves, if my own impressions about it are at all correct; viz. that it S i r ,— With reference to 4 W. A/s’ suggestion in your No. fordone 6, permit is an asylum for inhibited clergymen and others, whom no Dissenting me to state that in the church which I help to serve the Prayer for Unity in the Communion will receive, and who take their revenge on the Church which Accession Service is used every Sunday evening after the sermon at the altar, disowns them by trying to draw away her members to themselves. E. A. B. before the Benediction, and lias been so used now for some time. In one other neighbouring church it is so'used frequently, if not weekly. Surely if S i r ,— I would be much obliged to any correspondent who could tell me the custom became general we might expect an abundant blessing upon our through your columns the names of tbe writers of Hymns 208,209, 210, 351, united frequent intercession lor that for which our Lord prayed so earnestly. and 352, A. <1- M . Also, could you recommend any pamphlet or small book H . T. D. setting forward distinctly from tbe Holy Scriptures and the Fathers the doc­ Church Work. trine of Baptismal Regeneration? D. Sir,—For people holding extreme views of either kind there are no S i r , — W ill any reader of Church Bdls kindly suggest a good plan of carry­ difficulties in meeting with work in the English Church. Extrem e Ritualists, ing on a class of girls newly confirmed (in a poor parish), with the object of who do not object to attending 4 mass' daily, can at once meet with work and continuing the good impressions received, and securing as many as possible occupation by applying to a Sisterhood; and for those who are ‘ ultra’ Pro­ as Communicants and good members of the Church ? Any practical hints testant there are the Central and other Societies: but fur those who hold to will greatly oblige A Constant Reader of C h u r c h B e l l s . tbe old-fashioned truths and doctrines of the Anglo-Catholic Church as S i r ,— W ill you, or some reader of Church Bells, inform me whether it is contained in the Prayer-book there seems 110 place, and 110 way of finding possible to get Bishop Andrewes’ Sermons, and if it is, where? A. B. occupation. Advertising is often attended with some unpleasantness, 01* T h e Chaplain of a Lock Hospital will feel much obliged to any reader there might be discovered some few persons or institutions who would wel­ of Church Bells i f he will kindly recommend some books suitable to lend the come help which was not devoted to a party in the Church. Perhaps you, Sir, inmates of such an institution. may be able to suggest some method by which educated women, who have time and small means, could occupy themselves; and also for those who, not ‘ D. T .’ washes to hear o f a Spinal PTospital, and how the advantage of needing money for themselves, are glad to take any post of usefulness which such an institution can he secured. may^ enable them to benefit others. There are in many cases clergymen, S i r ,— Can any of your readers mention any simple work for a poor man holding very small livings and having enormous calls 011 them, whom one refuting the errors of Irving and bis followers ? E. W. would gladly help. I myself know of one case—seventeen children, and a living not worth 100/. a-year. A n g l o C a t h o l i c . A 4 S u b s c r i b e r ’ will find, perhaps, an answer to his question in this week’s [W e refer our Correspondent to p. cxviii. in our Advertisement columns of correspondence. Some other works on Freemasonry were mentioned in this week’s issue.] recent numbers of Church, Bells. Deborah or Deborah ? R e c e i v e d a l s o .— M. D . and T. B. ^ ^ “ This name having occurred in the lessons for Sunday week (second after Trinity) may I call attention, through the medium of Church Bells, to a by no means uncommon mistake respecting it ? How often are one’s ears BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. offended by hearing, e.g. 4 Then sang Deborah,’ short 0 ; ‘ Awake, awake, Deborah, short o again, which is a gross mistake: all very well possibly in secular literature, e.g. Peveril o f the Peak, &c., perhaps even better (though The Guild of Devonshire Ringers.— Inauguration of the New Bells inaccurate) than otherwise, but surely to be carefully avoided in reading in St. Andrew’s Church. H oly Scnptuie, especially such a magnificent passage as that to which I have A t Plymouth, on the 15th instant, the inauguration of the Guild of Devon­ refeired. That the word is Deborah, the long o, is evident enough; the shire Ringers took place in connexion with the ringing, for the first time, of the Hebrew is pointed with liolem—the long o ; and, as if to make certain two new hells placed in the tower of St. Andrew’s Church by Mr. Bates, M.P. doubly sure, the Greek form in the L X X . is A — omega, not omicron, The Guild of Devonshire Ringers is a society set on foot for the purpose of used It seems a strange thing and a great pity that this grand passage organizing change-ringing throughout the couinty, and of improving the state should be marred by what one cannot help calling a vulgarism. Let any one m doubt as to which is the more correct put it to the test in tbe way I of affairs in church towers on the occasions of ringing. With the consent of lemember the Rev. Professor Alex. Dorsey used to recommend his pupils, as the Rev. C. T. Wilkinson and the churchwardens it wras decided to open the a most excellent plan in such cases; viz. read the passage aloud to a well- new hells in St. Andrew’s Church. The day’s proceedings were commenced educated lady with a cultivated ear for music, and it would at once be evident by Divine service in St. Andrew’s Chapel. The prayers and lessons were read that the true form; Deborah, with the loDg o. has a dignity about it utterly J by the Rev, J. L; L f Eulford, and a short sermon was preached by the R e v . June 2 7, 1874.] Church Bells. 355

J. E. Risk, M.Ai, who selected as his text Col. iii. 23, 24: ‘ And whatsoever THE PROOF OF TREBLE BOB MAJOR. ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto m en; knowing that of the By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers ; Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance : for ye serve the Lord also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. Christ.’ In speaking to those who had assembled for the purpose of inau­ ( Continued.) gurating by a special religious service the work which they had to perform, the I n several of the variations of Treble Bob Major, the number of rows in preacher said they could select no better words upon which to found a few the proof scale for the treble in the different positions w ill be found to be minutes’ meditation. Any service in behalf of the Lord was pleasing, and more numerous than in K e n t: for instance, in Cambridge Surprise there are upon those who were endeavouring to introduce a more Christian method four rows, which act against each of the positions in 1-2, 3-4, and 5-0; this and practice in change-ringing he desired to impress that they should not is because the place-making, Ac., disturbs the bells more, and renders the engage in the work solely from its novelty and pleasantness, but should do it working of the courses of the rows less even. In this last-mentioned variation heartily as a service to God. Neither he nor they should perform their ser­ the repetitions in the places named only occur in pairs, and in 3-4 a very vice simply on account of the approval and approbation which man might curious circumstance may he noticed; the rows with treble in 3-4 going up give them, but they should only act as if they were doing a service to God, are all in, whilst those when the treble is in 3-4 coming down are all onl-oi- course, therefore the rows with the treble in this place up and down will not and should have the reward which the apostle had spoken of before their eyes. repeat with one another, but the row with treble in third’s going up, before the They should look forward to the reward which Christ would give th em : be­ doclge, will repeat with the row with treble in the same jflace going up, after the cause every work performed in Christ’s Church, under the influence of this dodge. hearty feeling, became dignified and acceptable to God. They should con­ A thorough insight into all this can, however, be host obtained by the sider the Christian work which they had to perform. They had determined reader selecting some other treble hob variation, marking the working of the to put 011 a higher level—to ennoble, to make holy— a work which unfortu­ courses in a treble lead, observing in what places the rows can repeat, and nately, in past ages, had become, in many instances, degraded almost beneath then, according to the previous explanation, constructing the- general proof the level of contempt. They knew how, in many of their church towers, scale for the variation selected. As previously stated, when the tenors are kept together, there are several scenes had been enacted which certainly should not have been enacted any­ ways in Kent hy which the proof can be simplified: the most simple of these, where, and certainly last of all in a building connected with the House of the and, in fact, that from which several others are deduced, is the * proof by eourse- Lord. The Guild of Devonshire Lingers had determined that, as far as in ends,’ which, most probably, has been arrived at in this manner. them lay, the church towers in the county should be no longer disgraced as When the general proof scale was used for peals with the tenors together, they had been. They were, he trusted, doing their work heartily ; and what those who used it must at once have noticed that it would be useless to would enable them to do it heartily was to keep before their minds the reward transpose the lead-ends with 7-8 at home (generally called the ‘ course-ends ’) which they expected through Jesus Christ. When they came to lie on their for false rows, because there never could be a lead-end, in such a peal, with the hindmost hells 8-7, into which position the tenors are transposed all death-beds, and to review the work which they might have performed, would through the proof scale, except for the proof in 7-8, when they are transposed not the undertaking of that sacred duty he of immense consolation to them, to the opposite extremities of the rows, in which position it would also he in that they had done something to keep and make more sacred the Houses impossible to find the tenors, in a peal when they are not parted. o f God ? Having noticed this fact at the lead-ends with 7-8 at home, it would not ho The bells of St. Andrew’s Church were rung after the service to admiring very unlikely that some one would think there might be other leads which, for groups of listeners. The ringers were members of the Ancient Society of similar reasons, it would be unnecessary to prove in such peals. College Youths from London—viz. Messrs. Haly, Haworth, Cooter, Wood, The way to ascertain this would he, to prick the lead-ends of a plain course, Ferris, Pettit, Muskett, Greenleaf, Jones, and Tanner. The changes rung in to transpose each by the general proof scale for its false rows, then to look through the rows so obtained and notice where any rows occur, when the tenors the morning were 095 Grandsire Caters, 402 Stedman’s Caters, 210 Sted­ are in such places as they can fall into, at a lead-end, when kept together. man’s Caters, 3 leads of Kent, and 120 Treble Bob Royal. These were all This is done below : — m od excellently struck. l ’alse in First lead. Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth. Seventh. At one o’clock a company of over one hundred sat down to dinner at the 2345078 4203857 0482735 8074523 7850342 5738204 3527480 Royal Hotel, under the joresidency of C. W . Troyte, Esq. There were many clergymen and laymen present from all parts of Devon and Cornwall. 2340087 4208375 0487253 8075432 7853024 5732840 3524708 In the afternoon the London College Youths ringers again went to St. Andrew’s Church, and rang, first, a peal of Grandsire Caters, 503 changes; a 4236587 0428375 8047253 7805432 5783024 3572840 2351708 peal of Stedman’s Caters, 435 changes ; and a peal of Treble Bob Royal, 144 3420587 2048375 4807353 0785432 8573624 7 352840 5234708 changes. The bells of Charles Church were afterwards rung by a mixed band of professionals— Grandsire and Stedman touches being rung. The Penzance 5430287 3028475 2847053 4705832 0583724 837 25J0 7254308 band of scientific ringers, conducted by Col. Trelawny, rang some courses of 0432587 8024375 7R10253 5708432 3587024 2375840 4253708 Grandsire Triples,in which they were joined hy some of the Huntsham band, and also by Leonard Proctor, Esq. of Bennington Hall, Herts. They were 7430582 5028374 3847250 2705438 4583027 0372845 8254703 further assisted by Mr. Miller, of the Cumberland Society. 8436527 7028845 5S47263 37 05482 2583074 4372850 0254738 In the evening a concert was given hy the choir of St. Andrew’s Church dt It will now be seen that it is only in the third,fourth, fifth, and sixth leads’ the Assembly Rooms, Royal Hotel, which was well filled. Mr. Troyte, chair­ that any of the transposed rows have the tenors in a position similar to any of man of the Society, presided ; and he opened the proceedings by giving an the lead-ends of a plain course, which plain course gives all the positions the explanation of the objects o f the Society, and then proceeded to enlighten the tenors can fall into when kept together. These rows are distinguished hy a audience on the subject of change-ringing, illustrating his remarks by dia­ line drawn under them. When the tenors are kept together throughout a grams and the hand-bells. The ringing of the hand-bells was very instructive, peal it will, therefore, only he necessary to transpose hy the general proof showing as it did the difference in effect of the changes over the round ringing. scale in these particular places, and it will he seen that no transposition is necessary for the proof of the first, second, or seventh leads, nor can any such Everything was being done to improve our churches in other respects * and peal be false in 7-8. it was high time to make a rapid advance with regard to the ringing. The When this discovery was made ilie proof hy course-ends would naturally concert was very successful. The Dockyard Campanologian Band delighted follow : because it would he seen that as only a few lead-ends give false rows the audience during the evening by their performances, under the direction of from a plain course, if the course-ends which give these false row's against Mr. W. Banister.— Local Paper. 2 3 4 5 (i 7 8 were pricked, then, if all the course-ends of a peal were transposed [We hope this newly formed Society or Guild will extend its operations in a similar manner, unless some of them when transposed fell into a similar and exertions to the far-west portion of the diocese of Exeter, so as to position as one of the course-ends of the peal, the whole must he true. I t is include Cornwall, where we are told Belfry Reform is much called for.— E d.] necessary, therefore, to arrive at the course-ends from which these underlined rows will come, which may be found by pricking the lead-ends backwards or New Clock and Bells at Bishops Itchington, Leamington. forwards to their course-ends, when the results given in this table will Le A n e w clock and ring of five bells have recently been erected in the newly obtained :— built parish church here. The clock has two dials. Mr. Smith of Derby False lead-ends against plain Palse Position of vows in executed the work. The hells are a musical ring— tenor about 11 cwt.— from course lead-ends. course-ends. plain course. the foundry of Messrs. Taylor & Co. Loughborough.— Communicated. 7840253 the 5th lead from 3 2 5 4 C\ 5-6 up in 3rd lead. 8075432 >> 4 th „ 3 2 5 4 0 1-2 up and dow'n in 4th lead. Inquiry for Old Bells. 7805432 „ 5th „ 2 4 3 0 5 | i t ! 3-4 down in 4th lead. Sm,— Can any readers o f Church Bells tell me in your columns where to 01 '“3 r> 5 0 up ,, 5 7 0 8.4 3 2 ,, 0th ,, 4 0 2 5 3 \ £ O 87 purchase one or two ancient bells, perfectly sound, with Latin inscriptions, 7 8 5 3 0 2 4 ,, 5Lh „ 4 0 2 5 3 / £ 2 1-2 up and down in 5th lead. which may be destined to be melted down as old metal ? The diameters and 8573024 „ 4th 2 4 0 6 5 c/i 8 '3 3-4 hj> in 5th lead. tv \ - 7L inscriptions, and price per cwt., will much oblige A C hurchwarden . 5-0 down in 5th lead. 6583724 „ 3rd „ 3 2 5 4 0 j "C “ s 8372540 » 4th „ 4 0 2 5 3/ p £ 5-0 down in Cth lead. An sw er. ( To be continued.) S i r , — In reply to ‘ H, M.’ I shall be very pleased to supply him with all necessary information respecting the proposed clock, chimes, and bells for his church, if he will communicate with me. J o h n S m it h - R e c e iv e d .— T . Sheridan; W. Kent; J. Noble (bis bell won’t do); Law of Midland Clock Manufactory, Derby. Church Bells (apply to author,Rev. Abner Brown, Gretton, Northamptonshire.) Ju ly 4, 1874.] Church Bells. 367

course-end from which the leads you require to prove will come. The following BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. rows show th is:— 12345678 14365278 12345078 16325478 14203857 10423857 1 4 2 0 3 8 5 7 1 2 6 4 3 8 5 7 New Bells at St. John’s Church, Bradford. B16423857 B16423857 In the tower of this church has been set up a ring of eight bells, the gift B12043857 of Mr. Cordingley, senior Churchwarden. The bell-chamber is 16 ft. G in. square. The bells have been cast by Mr. James Barwell, Birmingham. Tenor The first column shows what lead-end one hob at the M. brings from is in F ; weight, 15 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs.— Communicated. rounds, the second column shows how the same row comes by a plain lead from the course-end 4 3 0 5 2, whilst the third and fourth columns illustrate Change-ringing at Richmond, Yorkshire. the same effect when two hobs at the M. are called. The course-ends 4 3 0 52 and 6 3 2 5 4 respectively are the natural course-ends from 2 3 4 5 6 when one O n Saturday afternoon, June 13th, some of the members of the Hurworth- and two hobs at the M. are called; that is, these course-ends each by a plain on-Tees Ringing Society visited Richmond, and, by permission of the Yicar, lead will produce the same lead end at the M. and following leads, as come rang a peal of Rob Minor (720 changes) in 28 minutes. The ringers were:— from 2 3 4 5 0 when one or two hobs, in this place, arc called. Therefore it H. Kirby, treble; J. Gain*s, 2nd; J. Hern, 3rd; J. Thompson, 4th; is necessary to transpose all the course-ends which are followed by bobs at W . Goldsbrough, 5th; J. Hern, tenor. Tenor, about 12 cwt. in G. Tbe the M., viz. those followed by one, and thoEe by two, in the same way that peal was conducted by J. Gaines. This is the first complete peal on the 4 3 6 5 2 and 0 3 2 5 4, respectively, are from 2345 6. bells since their reopening in 1863.— Per Letter. (As with tlie tenors together no peal in Kent can be false, inside any of the leads, when the tenors are M., W ., and H., if the course-ends are transposed Change ringing at St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. to counteract bobs at the M., calls can be made at the W . and H. to any extent On Saturday, June 20th, a Irue and complete peal of Grandsire Triples, that does not produce false lead-ends, without affecting this mode of proof.) comprising 5040 changes, was rung at the above church by the following W ere M., W., and H . the only places at which bobs can be called when ringers, viz. T. Beacall, treble; J. Moore, 2nd; W. Worthington, 3rd; R. the tenors are together, it would only he necessary to transpose the natural S. Mann, 4th; G.Crute, 5th; T. Jones, 0th; T. Hammond, 7th; J. Pritchard, course-ends when found, in the same way as those which have been proved to tenor. The peal was conducted by Mr. T. Beacal], and consisted of 194 Eobs act against the plain course are to 2 3 4 5 6, and unless some of the natural and 46 Singles. The bells came round in 3 hrs. 5 min.; and in the opinion course-ends appeared amongst the transposed ones, the peal would be true. of old ringers this was one of the best performances ever rung on these bells. There is, however, another place at which a call can he made without — Communicated. parting the tenors, v i z . ‘ before the effect, therefore, of such a hob has to he Change-ringing at Ossett, Yorkshire. considered. A hob ‘ before ’ will On Saturday, June 20th, a mixed company of Change-ringers met in the produce different leads in the False Fifth lead, S ix th . tower of H oly Trinity Church, to ring a farewell peal with Mr. G. H . Richard­ places of two of those in the in 7 8 6 4 5 2 3 0 7 5 8 3 4 2 son, who is about to return to America. The peal was selected by Mr. John course which have to be proved, J.y 7 8 6 5 4 3 2 0 7 5 3 8 2 4 Squires, and was a complete 5000 of the Kent Treble Bob. It was conducted viz. the fifth and sixth; you must, 6 7 8 5 4 3 2 5 0 7 3 8 2 4 by Mr. W. Preston, and completed in 3 hrs. 14 min. The following were the therefore, prick these leads with 3.4 0 7 5 4 3 2 7 5 0 3 8 2 4 ringers:— W. Preston, treble ; W. Senior (aged 74), 2nd; S. Senior, 3rd; G. their general proof-scale rows as 8 H . Richardson of Connecticut, 4th ; I. Idle, 5th ; C. Senior, Cth; F. Bailey, they come in a course with a hob ^ ( 44 0 0 8 5 7 3 2 8 5 7 '*) 0 2 4 1 before ’ from 2 3 4 5 6, thus :— 5-0 | —- 7th; J. Buckley, tenor. The peal was composed by Mr. W . Harrison of 5 6 8 7 4 3 2 3 5 7 0 8 2 4 Mottram. Weight of tenor, 26J cwt.— Contributed. The rows underlined are those intowhich places the tenors, when y_g 2 6 8 5 4 3 7 4 5 7 3 8 2 0 Change-ringing at Oxford. kept together, can, as previously 3 0 8 5 4 7 2 0 5 7 3 8 0 4 On Saturday, June 27th, eight members of the Oxford Society of Change- explained, be transposed, and, ringers met at Magdalen College, and with permission of the President rang therefore, show the only places that need he proved. The course-ends from Mr. John H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, 5040 changes, in 3 brs. which these rows proceed are:— 3 min. The following were the ringers:—P. Williamson, treble (1st peal); F alse lead-ends fro m J. Field, 2nd; H. Janaway, 3rd (1st peal); R. Aunis, 4th ; J. M. Hine, 5th; False Position of i ows in a course with 5th and 6th leads in a course courBe_ellds. a b ob * befo: e ’ fro m 2 3 4 5 6. C. Hounslow, 6th; E. Harrison, 7th; W . Smith, tenor (1st peal). Conducted w ith a h ob before. by Mr. Joseph Field.— Contributed. 7805432 the 5th lead from 243651 Brings rows si- f 1-2 up and down in Oth lead, 8675432 „4th „ 32546 I 3-4 lip in 5th lead. 4685732 „3rd „ 53624 [ aCoursewithal 5-6 down m 5th lead, THE PROOF OF TREBLE BOB MAJOR. 8573024 „ 4th „ 24305 J bob ‘before’ at (. 5-6 down in Oth lead, By Jasper W . Snowdon, of the Ilkley Amateur Society of Change-ringers; With the exception of 5 3 6 2 4, these course-ends are similar to those also a Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths. which have to be used when bobs ‘ before ’ are not called. Therefore 5 3 6 2 4 {Continued.') is the only additional course-end which it is necessary to use, and only then, in As previously shown, the reproduction of the rows in Kent takes place in the courses in which these hobs are called; from this course-end you will have the opposite position of the treble when passing up and down; the places, rows in 5-0 up in the third lead, similar to those in 5-0 down in the fifth lead therefore, in which these reproductions will occur, from the false course-ends, in a course with a hob ‘ before.’ may easily be recognised from this table. For instance, 7846253 is the Having found that an additional false course-end must he used in the courses in which hobs ‘ before’ are called, as different leads are produced at fifth row from the course-end 3 2 5 4 6 ; and this lead will reproduce rows similar to those to be found at 5-0 up, in the third lead of the plain course : the fifth and sixth of this cousre, there is a probability that some of the these rows, therefore, will be found at 5-6 down in the fifth lead from 3 2 540. previous false course-ends might be dispensed with. On account of the regularity of the working o f Treble Bob Major, if the Now, 3 2 5 4 6 comes false in the leads previous to the tenors coming fifth lead of one course reproduces rows from the third of another, the fifth ‘ before,’ and, therefore, cannot be dispensed with. Allhough a bob ‘ before ’ of the latter will also reproduce others in the third of the former. gets rid of the false rows in 3-4 in the fifth lead from 2 4 3 6 5, it produces From the foregoing table it will be seen that several of these false lead-ends others in 5-6 in the sixth lead; therefore this course-end, like the preceding are from the same false course-ends, and that the following three course-ends one, is brought either with, or without a boh. The remaining eourse-end, represent those that give all the false lead-ends in the table. To these 4 6 2 5 3, does not again appear against the fifth and sixth leads when a bob course-ends are appended the lead and places in which the false rows come, before is called, and, therefore, may be dispensed with as far as regards the both from the false course-end and in the plain course. fifth lead, wherein it was false in 1-2 up and down, from the plain course, when a bob was not called. The other places against which this course-end appears 5-6 down in 5th lead, 1 1-2 up and down in 4th leads; and false is the fourth against the sixth lead, and vice versa. Supposing a bob 32546 false in with 5-6 up in 3rd; f 0-6 up in 3rd lead, with 5-6 down in 0th. ‘ before ’ to be called in each course, the sixth lead w’ill in these cases be altered, therefore to transpose by 4 0 2 5 3 will be useless, as you will then be 24365 transposing for rows in the fourth lead of one course, to be compared with tbe { with 3-4doTOinTth ; } and 3'4 downin4th>with 3'4 UP “ 8th- sixth o f the other, and vice versA; but all the sixth leads will be altered. It ( 5-0 down in 0th lead,) 1-2 up and down in 5th leads; and is therefore not necessary to use this false course-end at all in peals wherein 40253 \ with 5-6 up in 4th; j 5-0 up in 4th lead, with 5-6 down in th. 6 a bob ‘ before ’ is called in each course. For the same reason, 4 0 2 5 3 need not be used, in those courses which These are the 1 false course-ends ’ obtained from the proof-scale rows, and have hobs ‘ before,’ because the sixth lead of the course being altered, canrot arefalse against a plain course, that is, from the course-end 2 3 4 5 6 ; and if, in be compared with the fourth of another; and if the sixth lead of any other your peal, you used the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth leads of the plain course, course, without a bob ‘ before,’ will come false with the fourth of one wherein if one of these course-ends were also admitted in the peal, similar rows would such a hob is called, the course, without the boh ‘ before,’ being transposed by be found in the leads and places against which the false course-end admitted 4 0 3 5 3, will show it when the two are compared. would act. As these course-ends are to 2 3 4 5 6, so certain other course- ends will be to any other given eourse-end, as may be found by transposition. ( To be continued.) The foregoing, therefore, are all the course-ends necessary to prove a peal of Kent, in which bobs are only called at the M., IV ., and H . ; but supposing a boh or two bobs to he called at the M., different leads from those which would R e c e iv e d .— A . Dumsday (if the peal is sent to us it shall be proved); occur without a boh, would be produced from the same course-end. J. L. Fulford; James Barwell; H. S.; H. W. Harden; from ‘ Arundel,’ Now, since the leads when the tenor is at the M . will not produce false without address; Tenor Bell ( Church Bells has not yet opened its columns to rows, if you can find the course-end which will produce the same lead-end, by bell legends; we commend such archaeology to our friend N . A' Q., who is rich a plain-lead, as the last hob at M., you w ill have what is called the 1 natural ’ in such stores.) 378 Church Bells. [July x i, 1874.

irrespectively of what it may suggest. Of course I do not mean to say Fiat on a hymn by Job Hupton (died 1819); 312, by Rev. Henry Francis L y te ; 313, punctuatio mat doctrina; but only tliat the comma desired (or, as prigs by W illiam Cowper; 311*, by Rev. E. Caswall (said to be a translation from would say, ‘ desiderated’) by your correspondent would be probably both the German); 319, by Rev. Frederick W. Faber, D.D.; 333, by Rev. Charles worthless and inaccurate. W esley ; 331, by Piev. Isaac Williams ; 339, by Rev. Charles Wesley ; 311, tr. I have written several times anonymously upon clerical reading and the from the Greek of St. Cosmas the Melodist (died 700), by J. M. Neale; 315*, like; and I dare say my neighbour, Mr. Buxton Scriven, whose picturesquely tr. from the Latin of St. Thomas Aquinas hy Compilers; 351, hy Matthew H. situated little church and rectory smile upon me from the distance of one Bridges ; 355, by Bishop Armstrong; 350, hy Bishop Cleveland Coxe of short mile while I write about him, and perhaps while he writes again about Western New York ; 300, tr. from the German of Matthias Claudius, 1783.— Deborah,— I dare say he will fight the matter out with me vivd voce, either first printed by Rev. C. S. Bcre, to whom it was sent by a friend ; 365*, by patulce sub tegmine fagi, or oak-tree, or elm, or elsewhere; and I will arm for Miss Jaue E. Leeson ; 375, by Rev. E. Caswall (said to be a translation from the combat, regretting that your other correspondent cannot join in the fray. the Germ an); 379*, tr. from the Latin (15th century) by Rev. J. M. N eale; S. B . Ja m e s . 380, tr. from the Greek of St. Joseph of the Studium (about 830) by J. M. Neale; 381, by Rev. T . J. Rotter. In reply to ‘ R .’ Church Hymns 539 is by Sir,— In Church Bells of June 27 it was very kind of Mr. T. F. Buxton the late F. W. Faber. Hymn A. & M. 210 is not a translation, but is from Scriven to ck'aw the attention of the clergy of our Church, who are, as a body Dr. Neale’s Hymns fo r Children ; 351, by Mr. Pott, is from a Latin version, by of men, the best educated in the world, to : a by no means uncommon mistake Dr. Daniel of a Syriac hymn. J. E. respecting’ the pronunciation of the Hebrew name Deborah, and, we may add, most Hebrew names. But I hope he will forgive me for venturing to S i r ,— Your correspondent, ‘ A Subscriber from the First,' will probably say that he is altogether in error about the accentuation. The L X X . is not learn the names of the authors of the hymns in A., and M ., to which he refers a correct guide in the pronunciation of Hebrew names, nor is the ear of a in last week's Church Bells, by consulting a Hymnal published under the well-educated lady any better, where rul?s and laws of the Hebrew language direction of a Committee of the Synod of the Church of Ireland. This book are concerned, _ In Hebrew, a vast number of the proper names are the same contains the greater number of the hymns in A. and it/., and in the larger as appellatives in form and meaning ; and the proper name referred to is one editions the names of the writers are given. L. M. R. instance, for it is

deacon has died at his post, its parishes are nearly half of them vacant, and practise and, with many a break-down, learn these peals, without any reference how many Churchmen in England know or care ? whatever to church service ? Besides these, how many other times are there Then, again, a most important letter came from the Bishops of populous when the ringing of church bells cannot be considered a religious exercise, and vast India, addressed to Convocation ; and what is the chilling reply ? and yet when it is, in my opinion, not inappropriate? For instance, cases of Its President and its members are so absorbed, one (it so appears to an out­ local rejoicing, when an heir is born to the squire, when a coming of age is sider) in striking and the other in parrying a blow given, or attempted to be celebrated, when a person or regiment associated with the place comes home given, under deep excitement about some newspaper and society comments from war, a national victory, the annual fair or merry-making, the festival of on celebrations of divine offices, erring on the side (not of slovenliness but) of the local club, and such-like occasions. I assure you, Sir, I abhor the idea carefulness, that two sessions are nearly gone, and the piteous cry for help is of the belfry being made the place of revelry and drinking, and the ringers so far unheeded. Oh, for less excitement, less law-making, and more love and being the most disreputable and extortionate persons in the parish. That better helping in, and patient attention to, the Church’s real needs ! K. T. state of things, I trust, is fast passing away ; hut, at the same time, I think it is binding on ringers, a burden they cannot bear to assert as some do now, that the belfry is as much a part of God’s House as any other part, and that ringing is a religious exercise; for this assertion either makes peal-ringing NOTES AND QUERIES. impossible or makes it so great a violence to religious feelings as to make it impossible to a religious man. A P b ie s t -B in g e b . Q ueries. Change-ringing at St. Mary’s, Willesden, Middlesex. Sm,— May I ask a few questions concerning the ‘ Churching’ service? On Saturday, June 27th, six members of the Waterloo Society of Change- 1. I f said during Divine service, at what part should it come in? 2. I f (as is ringers visited Willesden, and rang 720 changes Kent Treble Bob and 720 the custom in many churches) immediately before the General Thanksgiving, changes Plain Bob in 47 minutes. The ringers were;— N. Alderman, treble ; should the words, ‘ Particularly to her who desires now,’ &c. he used in the S. Holden, 2nd; H. Driver, 3rd; W. Collins, 4th ; J. Barrett, 5th; AV. Hutt, Thanksgiving? 3. Should the woman kneel at the altar-rails, or in her tenor. Called by J. Barrett.— Per Letter. customary place in church ? 4. What should be the posture of the rest of the congregation during the reading of the Psalm by the priest ? Lastly, is the Funeral of a Change-ringer at Liverpool. Psalm (or the Gloria after the Psalm) ever chanted ? J. M ydd elton Evans. On Thursday evening, July 2nd, Mr. Wm. Thistlewood, aged 53 years, Si b ,— The plan and practice of the Church of England in her service is died suddenly at his residence, 79 Upper Beau Street, in this town, and was 1 life, showing itself by means of, and in, forms. In your number for July 4 interred in Anfield Cemetery on Saturday, the 4th inst., followed to the grave you speak of the wonderful power the Prayer-book possesses of lending itself by a large number of relatives and ringers, including Richard and Robert to special occasions, the instance being a missionary farewell. W ill any one Williams and John Heron, jun., of the College Youths, London. The kindly mention some means of helping our people to use our common prayers, deceased was a celebrated bell-hanger and ringer, having composed, con­ supplications, and thanksgivings, more and more as the expression of their ducted, and rung, upwards of one hundred peals of Grandsire, Stedman, and individual wants, as well as of their ordinary and special wants, in common Treble Bob, of 5000 changes and upwards.— Contributed. with the rest of the congregation ? W. G. Muffled Peal at St. Barnabas, Pimlico. Sib,— In an old register at Stockport parish-church there is an entry of On Sunday, July 5th, eight members of the St. Barnabas Society rang nearly 200 years ago, ‘ Paid for a bossen’s head, 10s. 6d.’ Will your anti­ a muffled peal as a mark of last respect to Mr. George Longhurst, late mem­ quarian readers kindly tell me whether it means an ox head— from bos? ber of the Society, and also a member of the College Youths. It was rung In Queen's College, Oxford, I am aware that a boar’s head is served up at as follow s;— First rounds, then whole pull and stand, until a sufficient Christmas annually, to commemorate some collegiate or ecclesiastical event. number had been rung to correspond with the age of the deceased. Ringers, This may guide one. E. H. AV. Lalby, treble; F. Wyatt, 2nd; T. Talmadge, 3rd; A. Macey, 4th; AY. Sib ,— I s it correct to say the parish of St. John’s, or St. John ? T . E. Absolon, 5th; G. Macey, 6th; J. G. Absolon, 7th; J. Mason, tenor. Con. A n sw ers. ducted by AV. Lalby.—Per Letter. SiEj— Some queries in your number for July 4tli remained unanswered on Change-ringing at Burnsall, Yorkshire. July 11th. ‘ W. J. A.’ asks for a hook illustrating and explaining the Fasts, On Monday evening, July 7th, the St. Wilfrid’s Amateur Society of Change- Festivals, and Saints’ Days. Certainly, Nelson’s Fasts and Festivals, S.P. C.K., ringers rang 2520 changes in 1 hr. 35 mins., in the following methods :— 720 price, perhaps, 2s. GiI. A book full of learning, old-fashioned, hut none the of Oxford Treble Bob, 720 of Violet, 720 of Kent Treble Bob, and 360 of New worse for that. I t has stood the test of time. ‘ Sigma ’ asks what authority London Pleasure. The ringers were stationed as follows :— J. Binns, treble ; there is for the omission of the longer exhortation in the Communion Service ? T. Thompson, 2nd; J. Thompson, 3rd; AV. Whitaker, 4th ; C. Inman, 5th; Certainly none whatever; and it behoves all faithful Churchmen to exert J. Birch, tenor. W eight of tenor, 13 cwt., in the key of A. Conducted by themselves that such a ‘ lawless ’ innovation may not obtain the sanction of J, Birch.— Per Letter. custom. H e also asks whether it is correct to omit the ante-Oommunion Change-ringing at Huntsham, Devon. Service at early celebrations, and to begin with the offertory? There is cer­ tainly no authority for this either. Sta n d f a s t . Oun readers will doubtless remember seeing in Church Bells only a month [ ‘ Standfast' speaks Yery positively on these last points : more positively, or two since an account of the augmentation of the bells in the above c h u rc h from six to a ring of eight, and of the opening on Easter morning by members perhaps, than could be justified when we bear in mind a very general usage of the Huntsham Change-ringing Society, assisted by three of the College by good and faithful Churchmen on the last two points.— E d.] Youths. Previous to this the only practice tke party had had iu Triples was on the ‘ P. C., London.’— Any Commentary would answer your question. Or it hand-bells. Now, however, we are pleased to be able to state that on Monday could be answered at a Bible class. last, the 13th inst. (or within about three months of the augmentation of the I f ‘ Mary ’ ( ) will send her address again we will send her a private peal), eight members of the Society rang a true and complete touch of 1200 communication in answer to her query. changes— a quarter peal— of Grandsire Triples, in 45 minutes. This is the ‘ E. Henville.’— W e cannot go any further into the subject. greatest number of changes ever rung in the Huntsham steeple, and the ‘ L. — W e are afraid we cannot continue to publish long lists of the longest touch the Society has yet accomplished unassisted. The band was authors of the Hymns A. Sf M . in our Correspondence columns. Beference stationed as follows:—A. Davey, treble; H. Payne, 2nd; J. Norrish, 3rd; was given last week to books in which such queries are answered. B. H. D. Troyte, 4th; \Ar. Chilcott, 5th; H. Tucker, 6th; C. A. AV. Troyte, 7th; S. Davey, tenor. The touch was ably conducted by C. A. AV. Troyte, E . D.— There aremo institutions admitting orphans on such terms. Esq. and the striking was very good throughout.— Contributed.

R e c e iv e d a l s o — A Monthly Subscriber; A Subscriber; A Leicester Churchman. 129th Anniversary of the Cumberland London Society of Change-ringers. W e are requested to announce that the ‘ Cumberland’ London Society of BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Change-ringers intend celebrating their 129th Anniversary in Oxford, on Monday next, July 20th. They will be joined by the Oxford and Appleton Societies and other ringers. Kinging at the Cathedral and Colleges will be Is the Belfry a part of God’s House ? the order of the day, and a dinner at 1 The Druids’ Head,’ George Street, Si r ,— No one can be more glad than I am to see the many instances of at 3 p.m. A hearty welcome will be given to any friends who may wish to Belfry Reform that are noticed in your columns, and the tokens of an educated attend. interest in scientific bell-ringing that you so often record; but I notice also, Inquiry for Old Bells. in many accounts of the opening of new peals, signs of what I think a false Si b ,— Can any readers of Church Bells tell me in your columns where to and yet growing sentiment about church hells. In many sermons and purchase one or two ancient bells, perfectly sound, with Latin inscriptions, addresses we are now told that the belfry is to be reckoned part of God’s House, which may be destined to be melted down as old metal ? The diameters and and the ringing there as part of H is service, and done to H is glory. Now, inscriptions, and price per cwt., w ill much oblige A Chubchwabden . Sir, we who are priest-ringers, to coin a term, find it very hard to realise this ‘ E. B.’ asks, ‘ When, where, and by whom, church bells were first id ea: if the belfry be part of God’s House, as the chancel and the nave are, established in England?' AA’e might as well be asked to produce in our how utterly out of place are the shirt-sleeves, the perspiration, the loud calls columns the History of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ‘ E. B.’ had better during a peal, the conversation after, and the sharp rebuke to a careless ringer ? But if these are to be considered a profanation of the belfry, as part look out ‘ B e ll' in some Encyelopiedia. of God’s House, nothing will remain for the bells but chiming for service. W e hail writh pleasure a correspondent from Calcutta— a London College Again, Sir, is it possible, in every case, to consider hell-ringing as part of Youth. AVe shall be thankful to receive an account of his ringing manoeuvres God’s service, and done to H is glory ? I t may be so, indeed, when the bells during a two-years’ furlough in England, which he kindly offers. are chimed for service; hut can it he considered so when the College Youths, for instance, ring one of their wonderful peals ? or still more, when ringers Received :— J. R . Cordinglay; R . Williams; Tenor Bell. July 25, 1874.] Church Bells. 403

owers are landmarks ; surveyors refer to them ; sailors steer hy them ; they BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. exhibit clocks; they carry weathercocks; they contain chiming-machines, which play secular m usic; aud all this may be done without detracting from ‘ Is the Belfry a part of God’s House?’ the essentially sacred character of the church. In like manner with the hells. Their first and most distinctly proper use is to summon the wor­ S ir ,— 1 cannot help thinking that your correspondent in last week’s issue, shippers, and to do honour to holy times and services ; but this does not ‘ A Priest-Ringer,’ has mistaken the meaning of the words which he quotes as forbid their being applied to other secondary uses; provided that these be often appearing in reports of sermons and addresses in which ringing is consistent with their first and highest use. The striking of the clock is mentioned, ‘ that the belfry is to be reckoned part of God’s House, and the one of these secondary uses ; so is the tune-playing of a chime-cloek ; so is ringing there as part of H is service and done to H is glory.’ A t the same scientific change-ringing. I do not consider ringing or chiming to be done time I greatly regret that a person (who, I presume, from the appellation in the service of God, unless it be directly connected with some holy time or which ho gives himself, is one of an increasing number of clergymen who function ; hut I do consider it a perfectly lawful, although secondary, nse of ring), should be led to put a false construction upon words which have done church hells, provided that there be nothing irreverent in the time or manner more good than any others could have done in the cause of belfry reform ; in which it is done. A prize-ringing is a contest for money within the walls and I sincerely hope that he could not get four others of his class to agree of the church, and in the use of the church furniture ; and this I do condemn, with him, who could make a party to ring a plain course of Grandsire Doubles. as essentially irreverent, improper, and wrong. Certainly the ringing-chamber is a part of God’s house, as much as the I dislike talking in church; I go into the vestry to robe ; I dislike training vestry or the church-porch. The ringing may be, and in many places is, the choir in the chancel; and on the same principle I dislike ringing actually made a noble and beautiful part of God’s service, and is done for H is glory as in the church. The best plan appears to be to have a ringing-chamber much as, and even more than, the performances which we often see and hear upstairs, with the necessary holes in the floor, and additional ropes to he gone through by our choirs and on our organs. I see no force in his argu­ looped on to the ringing-ropes when these are not in use, and to hang down ment about shirt-sleeves, Ac. The organ-blower takes his coat off, and I into the church itself.* The ringing would then take place in its own room ; have seen not him only, but the organist and choir, in a profuse state of and the chiming for service would be performed, fittingly, from the floor of perspiration ; and no one could say that, in a greater or less degree, all these the sacred building. were not taking part in God’s service, whatever their motive might have been. I should like, with your permission, to consider in another letter the Calls need not be made in an unduly loud tone; careless conversation and occasions on which church bells ought to be rung. With apologies for sharp rebuke need not occur. But both do occur round the organ, and, I intruding so much on your space. W . W ig e a m . lvgret to say, in the vestry also. They are 110 more necessary to a peal or ringing practice than to a choir practice or a parish meeting. The words he Change-ringing at Uplowman, Devon. quotes do not treat these as ‘ profanations; ’ but they say, very properly, * The On Friday, July 17th, the new School, which has been built on the less of this the better,’ and if you will remember where you are, the recollec­ Voluntary system, was opened. The day was observed as a general holiday tion will act as a wholesome check. throughout the parish, with great rejoicings. A mixed party of the Hunts­ In answer to his question, ‘ Is it possible in every case to consider bell- ham and Uplowman Societies rang seven peals of six-score Grandsire Doubles, ringing a part of God’s service and done to His glory?’ I would remind him making in all 840 changes. The ringers were:—R. IT. D. Troyte, treble; that, under the existing state of things, the church and its buildings, including C. A. W . Troyte, 2nd; J. Arthurs, 3rd ; T. Drew, 4th R. C. Merson, 5th ; the vestry and the bells, are, in a broad sense, public property; and that, W. Locke, tenor. Conducted by R. C. Merson. And a peal of 720 Grandsire although he mentions public occasions on which, with 110 good reason that I Minor—the first peal in this method ever rung on the bells. The ringers can see, he thinks it not ‘ inappropriate’ to ring the church bells— such as were :—A. Davey, treble ; R. H. D. Troyte, 2nd; R. C. Merson, 3rd ; J. Nor- ‘ the return of a regiment associated with the place from war,’ when surely it rish, 4th ; IT. Tucker, 5th ; C. A. W. Troyte, Esq., tenor. Conducted by is most fitting that these glorious instruments of the Church should send up C. A. W . Troyte.— Communicated. their loud Te De-um; and many of the ringers may, on such occasions, ring Anniversary of the London Change-ringing Society of Cumberlands. with as truly thankful hearts as the clergyman himself possesses when he says the Thanksgiving. T h is Society held their 129th anniversary at Oxford on Monday, July 20. Peal-ringing and practice are different questions; the former may be, and Ringing commenced at Christ Church Cathedral, with touches of' Stedman often is, used on occasions of public thanksgiving. Though I could wash that and Grandsire Caters. A band of the ringers then proceeded to Magdalen it might he confined to religious occasions, I cannot see that it is possible for College, and rang a peal of Kent Treble Bob Royal, containing 5000 changes, it to be so. It must be remembered that we ringers cannot take the bells in 3 hrs. 15 min. The following were the ringers:— J. Cox, treble; R. Rose, from the church, and the choir can always get up a concert out of the church, 2nd; J. Field, 3rd; F. Day, 4th; C. Newsom, 5th; C. Hounslow, Gth ; when they have an opportunity of showing how good they are at singing; G. Harvey, 7th; D. Stackwood, 8tlr; W. Hoverd, Oth; J. Rogers, tenor. and peal-ringing is our only chance of showing how good we are at ringing. This peal, with the Oth at home six courses, was composed and conducted by I t is also the carrying out of the art to its greatest perfection, and for these Mr. John Cox. During the day the following towers were visited, and touches reasons I think may be fairly looked upon with the same leniency as the of Stedman, Treble Bob, and Grandsire, were rung:— Merton College, New performances of Passion Music, &c., which are allowed in the bodies of our College, St. Martin’s, St. Giles's, A ll Saints’, and St. Thomas the Martyr. A t churches themselves; and practice is, of course, necessary, if hells are to he 4 o’clock the ringers and their friends, nearly 00 in number, dined together used properly at all. at the Druid’s Head, and spent a very pleasant evening, ‘ the Cumberlands ’ In conclusion, let me beg ‘ A Priest-llingcr ’ to try and take the view of returning to London well pleased with their holiday.— Communicated. this question that the words he quotes really convey. 1 can assure him that New Bells at Loughton, Essex. never have I had more strongly brought before me tbe joy and thankfulness T h e opening of the new ring of eight, cast by J. Warner and Sons, lately taught by our Church at Christmas, than when ringing out the first joyous took place hy eight members of the Ancient Society of College Youths; hut peal in the early morning of Christmas Day. Never have I had the sorrow no particulars have reached us. The tenor is 18^ cwt. in E. due for past sins, nor the thankfulness for fresh opportunities of repentance, more strongly brought home to me than when ringing our muffled peal on Ring of Eight Steel Bells at Moseley, near Birmingham. Old Year’s night, and our joyful one on New Year’s morning. "Wliat can T h e s e bells have lately been presented to the parish church. W e hope better bring before the world the terrible solemnity of Good Friday than the the neighbours are pleased with this additional music. W e have heard that slow tolling of the one big hell for service, instead of the usual chimes, and some things are dear in a gift. the muffled peal in the afternoon? And how can we better announce the glorious news of the Resurrection than by the joyful peal on Easter morning ? Augmented Ring at Tynemouth, Northumberland. The had class of men who have as a rale been hitherto employed as T h e old ring of six has lately been augmented to eight by the addition of ringers cannot, of course, appreciate tbis view of the matter ; but get it gene­ a new treble and tenor from the Whitechapel Foundry, London. Tenor over rally felt, and ringing rises at once to tbe level of the highest of tbe services 18 cwt. They were rung for service 011 Sunday, the 12th instant, on which which may be performed for God and H is Church. occasion an appropriate sermon was preached by the Rector of Morpeth. A Huntsham Court, Bampton, Devon. Ch a r l e s A. W . T ro'y t e . Change-ringing Society has been formed in the town.— Communicated.

S i r ,— In dealing with questions such as that raised by ‘ A Priest-Ringer,’ ITand-bell Music. two points must be borne in mind. W e must avoid arguing backwards, as W e have been favoured with a copy of a tractate just issued by McCorquo- men do when they say, ‘ This practice is lawful, why should that be wrong ?’ dale and Co. for Is., entitled The A B C of Musical Hand-bell Ringing. It W e must be careful to lay down sound principles, and tlien consider what can is just the thing which was wanted for young beginners. W e have much properly he done consistently with such principles. pleasure in recommending it. The author calls himself AAI’A BETA. We I submit, as my first principle, that the church, including the tower and wonder the printer did not correct this error in spelling. It is also to he belfry, is the House of God, and the ringers are Church officers. Now the obtained of John Warner and Sons, of the Crescent Foundry, who offer to first and highest object of a church is worship; and the first and most dis­ send post-free their New Bell Catalogue,. which they say every clergyman tinctly proper uses of the tower and hells are, to distinguish the church ought to have. ______from other buildings, to summon the worshippers, and to do honour to holy services and holy times. R e c e iv e d .— ‘ Tenor Bell.’ The monotonous tolling of one or two bells at I submit, as a second principle, that the church, its tower and bells, may cathedrals is according to ancient custom.— Ringing the bells for services is all serve other purposes also; provided that they b.e in no way inconsistent peculiar to the North of England, an example not to be followed ; chiming is with their first and most distinctly proper use. For instance: our churches the thing. A Lover of Bells; W. Reed; G. Morgan (he omits to say where are standing records of the progress of the art of building, and examples of the muffled peal was rung). the stages through which it has passed, from the time of W illiam the Con­ queror onwards. Their fortunes— that which has happened to them— are no * This plan is all very well, provided it he not immediately under the hells, as in some mean summary of the history of England. I may go into a church to study towers, where the noise is intolerable, and the tultings of the ropes go round the wheels; provided also it be not hung up like a bacon-rack in a farmer’s kitchen, intercepting the its architecture ; I may take a sketch in the chancel itself, and do no wrong ; tower arch, and obstructing the west wiudow—looking like an unsightly gab cry when provided that I recollect that I am in church and behave accordingly. Our viewred from the churc’. t-low .— E d . August i, 1874.] Church Bells. 415 seerated Elements ; that is, of ihe Body and Blood of Christ; that is, of the President; Rev. Dacre Craven, Secretary; Messrs. T . Hood and M. Richard­ grand Sacrifice symbolically represented and exhibited, and spiritually there son, Isleworth ; Rev. E. Spooner and Messrs. J. Gilbert and W. Viles, Heston; received.' I must now retire from tbe discussion ; and I hope that all that I Rev. C. T . Mayo and Messrs. C. J. Bayley and J. Buckingham, St. Andrew’s, have said has been loyal to our branch of Christ’s Catholic Church, and that Uxbridge; and Mr. W. J. Williams, Richmond, The parishes w hich have I have used no expression which is not in harmony with her doctrines. Let already joined the Association are Isleworth, Richmond, Chiswick, Fulham, me thank you for giving me a hearing. T h o s. G e o . Cr e e . Heston, and St. Andrew’s, Uxbridge. The services of Mr. Barron, a member of the College Youths’ Society of London, are secured to give instruction, on Tuesday evenings, at the belfries of the parishes mentioned.— Local Paper. NOTES AND QUERIES. New Bell for the Exchange at Manchester. A gbeat Bell, nearly four tons weight, has been ordered of Messrs. Work for Ladies. Warner for the clock at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Sib, — Tire letter by ‘ Anglo-Catholic,’ in a late number, speaks of Desecration of Church Bells at Moreton Hampstead, Devon. the difficulty experienced by ladies ‘ not holding extreme views of either W e are grieved to see by a local paper which has been kindly sent to us, kind ’ in finding opportunities of employing themselves usefully in Church that on the occasion of a late wrestling-match, which lasted three days, the work. There must he many parishes where the assistance of such ladies, if bells of the parish church were allowed to he rung at the commencement and likely to be of a steady and permanent character, would be most gladly wel­ termination. W e have little or no respect for parsons and churohwardens comed. Tou were able at once to refer your correspondent to such an opening who allow such unhallowed use of the goods of the Church, which the law' has in a distant part of England. I know of at least one parish in London, with committed to them as Guardians for Church uses, and nothing else. W e a population o f several thousands of the working classes, and where the clergy­ commend to their study the letters of Mr. Troyte and Mr. Wigram, which men are certainly not either 1 extreme Ritualists or ultra-Protestants,’ but are appearing in our columns.— Ed. where the greatest difficulty is experienced in obtaining the aid of ladies to teach in the Sunday-schools, to assist in mothers’ meetings, or to visit their A Correction. poorer neighbours. Can no means of communication (less public than ad­ Sib,— I shall be particularly obliged if you will allow me to correct in your vertisement) be devised between those who are thus stated to bo desiring next an omission which I find has somehow been made in the letter from me, useful employment and the parishes where their ministrations are so much which you were so kind as to print in last week’s issue. In my third para­ needed ? A. K. graph, lines (1 and 7, the words should run, ‘ such as “ the village fair,” he mixes Sib,— The explanation of the four last lines in Hymn dll) A . £■ M., to which with those others,’ &c. &c. I would not trouble you, hut this omission quite your correspondent, ‘ J. W .’ refers in the Church Bells of to-day, appears to be alters my meaning. Ciia iu .es A. W. T b o y t e . simply this : that it would he well to endure a thousand years of suffering if On what Occasions ought Church Bells to be rung? the result were a true belief in the Divine Redeemer, and thus the little word 1 1 believe' became the expression of a heartfelt assent to the truth of the Si r ,— This question is more difficult than that which I undertook to doctrine of the Divinity of our Lord. Another correspondent, ‘ P. C. L .,’ answer last week ; but it is exceedingly important. I believe it to be impos­ speaks of a difficulty in interpreting the meaning of Naaman’s words to sible to lay down rigid rules; and even after deciding the general principles Gehazi, 1 Be content, take two talents.’ Surely they only imply that Naaman which are to guide our practice, special cases will arise which will be very received Gehazi courteously, and gave him two talents instead of the one for perplexing. By way of clearing our thoughts, let us remember that church which he had asked. L . M. B. hells can be employed for two purposes, which need not and ought not to interfere with eacli other. Their first and most distinctly proper use is, to Sip.,— It may he remembered that I inquired a few weeks ago on the sub­ summon the worshippers, and to do honour to holy services and to holy times. ject of the reception into the Church of adults who were baptized privately in Their second use is for the scientific amusement called Change-ringing— a use of infancy; and I was since favoured with a quotation from Maskell On Holy them which is perfectly legitimate, but one which, as it is of necessity carried Baptism. I shall he much obliged to my correspondent if he would refer more on in the church tower, must be carried on under restraints which would he precisely to the passage, as I caunot find the words he mentions. A lb e e t u s . unnecessary elsewhere. In this matter, as in every other, it you accept, a gift Sib ,— Can you, or any of your readers, furnish me with Rules for a Clerical you put yourself under obligations; if you wish to he perfectly independent, Subscription Library, located in a town for the use of the neighbouring you must be prepared to pay all the costs of every sort and kind. clergy ? M. I take my stand on these broad principles : (1), I f we go to the church Sib,— W ill any of your readers kindly inform me of any work, in the shape tower to ring the bells there ready for our use, we prat ourselves under an of a short Commentary, for pupil teachers, &c., on the ‘ 'Proper Psalms of the obligation to the Church. (3), Church bells may be rung on any occasion English Church ?’ I know of the (unhappily) unfinished readings on the when there is service, or when service might he held, without impropriety. Proper Psalms by A. R. A., in Mo/.ley’s Monthly Paper o f Sunday Teaching, But if the occasion be such that it would he irreverent to open the church vols. x. and x i.; but I shall be very pleased to hear of any other. P s a lt e r . and hold service, then it is also improper to open the tower and ring the bells. Si r ,— In your issue of the 25th instant, alluding to St. Margaret’s Sister­ (3), W hile we are in the church tower we are not free to behave as if it were hood, is the following paragraph;—‘ He (Rev. A. H. Mackonoohie) took for a part of our own house ; and, I would add, no one need ring. But if he his text a passage in Ecclesiasticus, from tbe epistle of the day proper to St. wishes to do so, and yet to be subject to no restraint, let him provide tower Margaret.’ W ill you kindly inform me where such an epistle is to be found? and hells, and then do what he likes with his own property. C onstant R e a d e e . Now . to apply these principles to ordinary practice. They w ill clearly sanction ringing on every Church festival or anniversary ; at a harvest-home ; [The Epistle and Gospel used 0 11 the occasion referred to by ‘ Constant Reader ’ are to he found in the Pre-Reformation Service-books of the English at the installation of every church officer; at the official visit of a Bishop, or Church. Though St. Margaret’s Day is now only a black-letter one, the the lik e : also, on any occasion of public rejoicing— as for a victory, Ac ; or a well-known exemption of college and other non-parochial chapels from the muffled peal on a day of national humiliation. By the same principles we Act of Uniformity was taken to cover their employment. Thus, in like man­ may ring at the opening of an Assize— for the judges attend church; and at ner, in the Chapel of St. George’s, Windsor, a special service is still used on the installation of a Mayor, or of the municipal authorities. Because, St. George's Day. What was done for Knights at Windsor could be done for although our Prayer-book contains no service for these occasions, such are Sisters at East Grinsted.— A. D.] to be found (as I believe) in Palmer’s Oriijines Liturgica, and certainly could be used most fittingly. There is this one danger— elections of this kind are sometimes political struggles. R e c e iv e d also :— John Harrison, D .D .; J. C. B. S.; W. G .; Z. We may ring most properly on the birthday of her Majesty the Queen; and on the anniversary of her accession to the throne, for which day there is a service, although seldom used. But the birthdays or other BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. anniversaries of private individuals do not appear to he fit days for public ——— service of any kind, nor for ringing church hells. A t the same time, I see no objection to ringing at the birth of an heir, or when the young landowner New Bells at Babbacombe, Devon. comes of a ge; for these reasons: there is the Baptismal Service for the infant, On Thursday, the 9th July, a ring of eight, cast by Messrs. Warner of and that for the Churching of Women for his mother’s safety ; and although London, were opened by ringers from Upton, Torquay. Tenor, 18 cw't. in F. there is none for the coming of age, nor can he, yet there would be nothing The spire and bells are the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hanbury of Bishopstowe, irreverent in opiening the church on such an occasion. A lid I think tha t Torquay, who have engaged the services of Mr. T. H ill of Oxford to instruct an exception may he made in favour of the one or two families in a parish the natives in the art of Change-ringing. W e hope they will soon be able to — there could not he more than one or two of sufficient position— especially set a good example to ringers in the neighbourhood, and unite with the lately when we-remember that these times can come but once in a man’s life, formed Guild for promoting the science in the county. and also their vast importance to a whole neighbourhood. . A Funeral-peal at All Saints’, Hilgay, Norfolk. Fairs need scarcely be considered. Whatever they might have been originally, they are now generally nuisances; and, as such, are fast being closed all over On Thursday, July 10, and also on the following Sunday before evening the country. Churchmen will naturally associate themselves with other holi­ service, the ringers of A ll Saints’, Hilgay, rang a muffled peal (a length on eight bells) as a tribute of respect to Mary Emilie Bryan, the beloved wife of days, which can be dealt with on the principles 4aid down. the Rev. Hugh Bryan, curate of Hilgay, who died, aged thirty-two years, on (T o be continued Sunday, July 12th, beloved by all who knew her.— Communicated. A Bell-ringers’ Association. To Correspondents.— ‘ Priest-R iD g e r’ is requested to send his name and address to the Editor. Our Bell columns are open to all England, and places T h r o u g h the efforts of the Rev. H . W . P. Richards, an Association, to he beyond, for any communications about ringing, ringing societies, &c., with called ‘ The West Middlesex Bell-ringers’ Association,’ has beenformed. At a which we may be favoured, subject to abbreviation according to our judgment, meeting held at Isleworth rules were drawn up and a provisional committee, consisting of the following gentlemen, was formed :— Rev. H . W . P. Richards, Beceiyed.—A. B. C.; B. Stainbank; J. L. Fulford. August 8, 1874.] Church Bells.

■which the rubric allows ; and if not, then, according to the view of those who An ‘ Anxious Churchman ’ is not debarred from receiving the Communion object to all relaxation, they are hound ‘ to say daily the Morning and Evening by not being confirmed if, as the rubric at the end of the Confirmation Service Prayer.5 But, I ask, Upon what principle should the Church so hind them? teaches, he be ‘ ready and desirous to be confirmed.’ I t would be better for W ill anything he lost to their own souls, or to the souls of their people, or to him to confer with his parish clergyman on the subject.— E d . the glory of God, if the Church simply withdraws the rule, and leaves such ‘ S u b s c r i b e r ’ asks how to proceed in order to procure admission to a men to the use of their own liberty? Surely we forget St. Paul’s great dic­ hospital for an epileptic patient. W e advise him to write to C. Reid, Esq., tum, that ‘ W e are not under the law hut under grace.’ That great principle Secretary to the Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis, Portland Terrace, may indeed be abused as the shelter of carelessness and sin, now as in the Regent’s Park, W .; or to B. B. Rawlings, Esq., Secretary to the National Apostle’s day; but not the less ought it to be courageously allowed and Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy, Queen’s Square, Bloomsbury, W.C. maintained. And, if it is, it will be difficult to justify aoy Church which pre­ scribes to its pastors the form of their private petitions. That would seem^to R e c e iv e d :— W . A ; C. B. ; John Harrison, D.D.; K . L ; B. S. M . be more consistent with a ‘ yoke o f bondage5 than with the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. I w ill only add that 1 do not write without experience. In the course of BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. a thirty years’ ministry I have had charge of several churches, and have worked both single-handed and with assistance, maintaining the daily service Ancient Society of College Youths, London. for years, generally once but sometimes twice a-day. I do not ask for liberty On Thursday, July 23rd, eight members of the above Society Tang at St. for others, without having myself endeavoured to be obedient. E. B. C. Matthew’s, Bethnal Green, a peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, and containing 166 bobs and 70 singles, in 2 hrs. 48 mins. ^ 3rd, the Observation. The ringers were :— M. A. Wood, treble ; G. Tanner, jun. 2nd ; C. Cecil, 3rd; W. Cooter, 4th; G. Bonington, 5th; C. Lee, 6th ; J. Pettit, 7th ; NOTES AND QUERIES. W. Greenleaf, tenor. Called hy Mr. Charles Lee, of Waterford, Ireland.— Communicated. Registration of Baptisms. Muffled Peal at Ormskirk, Lancashire. On Saturday, July 25th, a select hand of Change-ringers from Liverpool, Sin,— I have recently had several Adult Baptisms. In some of the cases assisted hy M r. J. Prescott of Ormskirk, occupied the belfry of St. Mary Ann’s the parents, now long deceased, lived in different parishes to those now parish church, and rang Mr. J. H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, inhabited by their sons and daughters. It has puzzled me to know how to containing 5040 changes, which came round in 3 hrs. 24 mins. The ringers fill up the fifth and sixth columns of the Baptismal Register. Hitherto I were: — G. Crute, treble; J. Pritchard, 2nd; T. Jones, 3rd; Richard have always supposed that the column, ‘ Abode,’ should be tilled up with the Williams, 4th; G. Thistlewood, 5th; Robert Williams, 6th ; J. Aspinwall, 7th ; parents' abode, which is almost invariably that of the child. But how will it J. Prescott, tenor. W eight of tenor, 26 cwt. The peal was conducted by be in the cases referred to ? and more especially in one case, where the bap­ Mr. G. Crute, the hells being muffled as a tribute of respect to the memory tized person was a married woman with a large family, and, moreover, a grand­ of the late Mr. William Thistlewood, one of the most accomplished Change- mother? I t seems in such a case almost useless to put the former abode and ringers of Liverpool for the last forty years.— Communicated. former occupation of tlie father, now long since deceased. Then, again, it may happen that after the birth of the child the j>arents may move to some On what Occasions ought Church Bells to be rung ? other residence, where they died. In the case, therefore, of an adult (the ( 1Concluded.) person I specially refer to is fifty years of age), it seems to me possible the I n e e d not defend ringing at a wedding or at a funeral, because there is column ‘Abode ’ may be filled up in three different -ways : 1st, the place where a service for each ; and in the wedding we may fairly include the return home the parents resided at the birth ; 2nd, wdiere they died ; 3rd, where the bap­ at the end of the honeymoon. I need not forbid ringing at cricket-matches— tized adult resides. Which would be the correct entry ? I f any o i your races— when the winner of the Berby comes home to his stable— when the numerous readers would kindly inform me what is the legal way of filling up foxhounds meet in the parish, or any occasion of the like kind; the mere the columns in the cases referred to I shall be greatly obliged. A. statement of them in such a connexion is surely enough to show its utter unfitness, and even irreverence. Neither need I condemn it in honour of a The Question in the Confirmation Service. marriage at a Bissenting chapel, or the like. Persons who consider our Sir ,— A s akin to the question, as to the reception into Church as adults Church an unsafe guide, a false teacher, or a body which lacks vital religion, of those privately baptized in infancy, may I draw attention, through your must not ask for so much of her offices as it suits their pleasure or their paper, to the wording of the question in our Confirmation Service, which is vanity to accept Rom her. alike unsuitable to be addressed to those baptized as adults as to those privately Prize-ringing is competition for money within the church tower and in the baptized as infants. As my predecessor regarded thec ministration of private bap­ use of her bells : it is therefore essentially irreverent and improper. I f tism of children in houses ’ as an easy way of dispensing with sponsors, I have Hogarth could paint gambling in the churchyard as characteristic of his ‘ Idle recently, in preparing candidates for Confirmation, experienced much difficulty Apprentice,’ shall Churchmen now defend that which is so nearly allied to it ? in explaining the applicability and appropriateness of that all-important Ringing for the services on Sunday is distinctly lawful, but very difficult question to more than one of their number. A difficulty, I may add, which I to manage. It is quite indispensable that it he regular^ limited in time, felt would not have been removed if I had insisted upon their being brought a short touch before and after service, and that all the ringers attend the into church before I presented them to the Bishop. E. T. C. service. And these three points are so difficult to secure at present that, in most places, the hells are merely chimed; also, many consider that Queries. chiming is the proper call to prayer. Of course a set performance, as a Si r ,— Bo any of your readers happen to know whether the process of peal of 5000 changes, on a Sunday, or a meeting for mere practice, stands glass-painting called ‘ Biaphanie’ is durable and fit for church windows? upon the same footing as Sunday cricket, or any other amusement ; and, in Also, if steel bells are much cheaper than ordinary hells, and -worthy of being the neighbourhood of a large town especially, it is scarcely practicable to put up ? ^ C. E. G. prevent the belfry, if open on a Sunday, from becoming the lounge and play­ [W e have repeatedly given our opinion on steel bells; so recently even as ground of men who do not attend church. in our No. for July 25.— E d .] I will mention but one case more, which is representative of its kind. Si r , Would you, or any of your readers, kindly tell me of a little book or I heard the hells of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ringing merrily in honour, pamphlet suitable for a well-disposed, earnest youth, directing his misguided zeal as I believe, of the opening of Leicester Square. My principles, applied in the cause of religion into light and proper channels of usefulness, and strictly, would condemn the act; hut it may fairly be answered, Exceptional pointing out to him the possibility of serving the Lord Jesus in the exercise cases make their own rules. You would not ring every time that a rich of his worldly avocation? _ T. F. S. man made a present to his parish, and yet would wish to go out of your [W e print this inquiry, though we do not think our correspondent’s de­ way to acknowledge princely generosity; and if such ringing be confined scription of the case is definite enough to enable any one to recommend a to occasions when men give 15,00(JZ., or even 10,000Z., in one sum, it will hook exactly suitable. Indeed, we should think that no hook could he so not grow into a serious abuse. effectual as the affectionate, personal counsels of a wise pastor.— Ed.] On the whole I urge that, although my general principles will not meet Si r ,— Can you, or any of your readers, inform me of the price and publisher every case, yet that those to which they do not apply are so exceptional of the translation of the Malabar Liturgy, mentioned hy Mr. White in last that they cannot occur often in any one parish, and, therefore, cannot grow week’s Church Bells ? Also, where translations of the Apostolical Constitutions into serious evils. I have shown occasions for legitimate ringing sufficiently and the Liturgies of St. Chrysostom, St. Basil, and St. James (or any other of numerous (especially when combined with necessary practice) to satisfy the the ancient Liturgies), are to he obtained ? D. greatest enthusiasts; and, therefore, we need never lend ourselves to doubtful ‘ T . R .’ will be glad if any reader of Church Bells can recommend him a times. As music, architecture, and other arts are all employed in the service hook on the Prayer-book, suitable for use in a village school, stating price. of God, so there is a place in that service for ringing also; and, among scientific amusements, a very high place belongs to it. I appeal to ringers ‘ C. T. R .’ asks what help he could reasonably expect from Queen Anne’s to show that we can and do ring for its own sake, and to set their faces Bounty, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the Biocesan Association, in against those practices which tend to draw down our art to that low level building a parsonage? No one could answer his question so well as the from which it is now being raised. To all who wish for ringing in their Secretaries or other representatives of those bodies. W e should advise him neighbourhood I say, B o you look upon it as Church-work, as an amusement, to write to them direct. It would save time and insure his receiving correct or as both ? I f as an amusement only, better thus than not at all. Still, in inform ation.— E d . the name of common sense, take such steps to encourage it as you would ‘ A Co n stan t R e a d e r ,’ who asks for the loan of a map, should append take to encourage a crieket-club, a glee-club, or any other respectable society; name and address to her letter, so that any one who was disposed to do what and do remember that ringers must, of necessity, meet in the church tower. she asks might forward the map to her. The Editor cannot undertake to And if you go up there with your prizes or your beer, you are doing harm forward parcels from one correspondent to another. to the men and profaning the place. W . W ig r a m . No one could so well answer ‘ C onfraternity ’ s * question as the President of the Institute to which he belongs, or a clergyman connected with it. R e c e i v e d :— Charles Pannel; G. Morgan. August 15, 1874.] Church Bells. 439

Work for Ladies. Si r ,— I think your correspondent, ‘ A . K .5 would be interested by some BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. letters now appearing in the Labour News, on tbe subject of Work for Women, in which the difficulty of bringing together workers and suitable work is dis­ cussed amongst other branches of the same subject. Change-ringing at Blackpool and Lytham. It is thought by the writer of those letters (a lady well known by her efforts On Saturday, Aug. 1, the lingers of H oly Trinity Church, Bolton, Lan­ in connexion with the Otter Tiaining College) that a cheap, exhaustive, cashire, wrent to Blackpool and Lytham. At St. John’s Church, Blackpool, weekly advertising medium, might be very useful to ladies needing employ­ they rang several short touches o f Grandsire Triples, Bob Major, and two 720 s ment, and to those who require their services; and the Editor of the Labour of Bob Minor. At Lytham a peal of 720 Boh Minor was rung, and also several News is quite whiling to give a column of his paper for this specialty. It is peals of Grandsire Doubles; after which they dined at the Ship Inn, being proposed to try the plan for a time, and see whether it proves acceptable to entertained by the Wardens of Trinity, Bolton, the number of ringers being the many who require some help of this kind to enable them to find the ten, accompanied by their wives, &c. A il returned safe home, having spent whereabouts of work suited to their capacities and inclinations; and it will a very pleasant day.— Communicated. greatly assist the experiment if you, Sir, will make it known through your columns, that the matter is discussed in the back numbers of the Labour News, Change-ringing at Pimlico by the Royal Cumberlands. to be had at the office of that paper, No. 1 Long Acre. Any suggestions on O n Thursday, Aug. Oth, eight members o f the Society o f Royal Cumber­ the subject will also be gladly received by ‘ L. M. H .’ (the writer of the letters), lands rang at St. Gabriel’s, Pimlico, a true peal o f Kent Treble Bob Major, at the same address. E. B. containing 5024 changes, in 3 hrs. 7 mins. G. Newson, Treble; W . Hoverd, 2nd; J. Cox, 3rd; P. Coote, 4 th ; E. Gibbs, 5tli; S. Jarman, Oth; B. Bose, 7th; D. Stackwood, tenor. Composed hy Mr. J. Cox, and conducted by NOTES AND QUERIES. G. Newson.— Communicated. Where is Curfew Rung? Questions in the Confirmation Service. T h e following letters on this subject have been unavoidably postponed for Si r , — In Church Bells o f last week, ‘ E. T. C.’ calls attention to the want of space :— question in our Office for Confirmation. Some time ago I experienced the Sir,— In reply to 1 A. B .’ I wish to state that, from Oct. 11 till I eh. 24 same difficulty, and in view of a similar case occurring soon, will you, or some the Curfew'-bell is rung at Mattishall, Norfolk, every evening at eight o’clock, correspondent, inform me whether the following view he correct; namely, except on Sundays, when it is rung at seven o'clock. The same bell the that the triple vow is actually made for the child in every Baptism, by the tenor— during the same period is rung at live o’clock in the morning, except very act of bringing it; Baptism being a profession of desire to lead tlie life on Saturdays, When it is rung at four, and on Sundays, when the usual unto Christ, and a renunciation of the devil, the world, and the fiesh, as well eight-o’clock bells are rung or chimed. At these times it strikes 200 as a ‘ hath of regeneration and a cleansing from sin;’ therefore, bringing times. This tenor at Mattishall possesses a very powerful and mellow tone, the child is equivalent to undertaking that it shall ‘ renounce,’ &c. It has and it is remarkable how fond people are of listening to this b e ll; and it then, when come to years of discretion, to ‘ ratify and confess ’ (see Prayer- is not at all an uncommon thing for many to leave their houses in the evening, book of 1559) this vow in Confirmation, as having been already made for it for a short walk, while Curfew is filling the air with his melodious note. in Baptism, I t is a pity that the question contains the words ‘ godfathers I believe also, that in the morning many windows are often opened during the and godmothers; * hut as the Church, while orderiug the Confirmation of interval of ringing in order that it may be heard more distinctly. E. G. baptized adults, has given no separate office in their case, may we not infer S i r ,— In answer to your correspondent ‘ A. B.’ who wishes to know of any that they are put in as expressing the most common mode of making the vow churches Where the Curfew is rung, I can inform him that this (to my mind implied in Holy Baptism ? Eor even though the grace of Confirmation has stupid and useless custom) has been revived in this parish (Boss, Herefordshn e) no connexion with the confession of the Baptismal vow, hut with the laying on for several years past, and much to the annoyance o f several of the parishioners of the Bishop’s hands, it seems incredible, that if the question did not apply residing near the church. It really does appear only as a pretext for the to baptized adults, its use should he obligatory in their Confirmation. J). sexton to touch his hat at Christmas to solicit a bonus. There is also a Registration of Baptisms. custom in this parish of tolling a funeral knell for three quarters of an houi Sir,— In reply to * A’s ’ letter in your last, on the above, I venture to suggest before morning and evening service on Sundays, and the last quarter ot an the following consideration ;■—The register of baptism having been appointed hour we are edified with what is called ‘ the little hell,’ being pulled so as to originally as the legal proof of pedigree or descent, the entry of the parents’ give three heats of the hammer — a sound of the most irritating and disagreeable abode, trade, &c. should be such as to identify the baptized person as the de­ character, enough to drive all the people away from the House of God, instead scendant of his parents. This is the rationale of the matter. I t would 3eem, of inviting them to it, like a pleasant chiming of the bells may do. This ^ is therefore, desirable to enter the parents’ abode and occupation, either where not the only place where the bell is tolled for some little time before divine they were living at the time of the birth of the baptized person, or at the time service, and I should he glad to hear from any of your readers the reason lor of their own decease ; the burial register, in the latter case, helping to prove the custom of this funeral knell, as an invitation to the House of God ,to join their identity as the parents of the baptized person. On this understanding in its glorious, and what should he, a happy service. C. TV. P. (viz. of the object of these columns) it is of no moment that the parents are de­ Si r ,— The Curfew is rang in the parish churches of Chipping Campden, ceased. The baptized person is shown to be the child of such and such parents, Gloucestershire ; Bridgenortli, Shropshire ; and Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, who lived at such a place, and had such a quality, trade, or profession, llo. In Campden it is rung daily at eight o’clock, followed by a single bell tolling S ir,— ‘ T . B .’ asks for a book on tlie Prayer-book. Wirgman’s Prayer- the day of the month. On Saturdays it is rung at seven o’clock. There has book with Scripture Proofs and Historical Notes (Bemrose, 3s.) is excellent, if also been a custom of ringing a bell at four o’clock a.m. in the summer, and ‘ T. B .’ wants one giving a short history of the Prayer-book. It mentions five o'clock a.m. in the winter. This custom is supposed to be that referred the sources whence the prayers are derived, and is most interesting and to in Massingberd’s History o f the B ef ormation, where he mentions a bell rung thoroughly good. Trollope’s Questions and Answers on the Liturgy (Parker, 2s.) for prayer at an early hour in the morning to propitiate the “Virgin for the is also good. Blunt’s Key to the IZnowledye of the Book o f Common Prayer success of the troops of Henry V., then at war with France. M. K. (Bivingtons, 2s. Od.), exceedingly good. Our Church and H er Services, gIEj— Curfew has been rung at Tamwortli, I believe, with exceptional in ­ Bishop Oxenden (Hatchards, 2s. Of/.), is a simple easy Commentary on the terruption, since the order for its ringing was first issued. T h e hours are Prayer-book, without regular proofs or historical notes ; it, however, explains six a.m. and eight p.m. all the year round. In Palmer's History of Tam- most words that have changed their meanings, and is very well -written. D. worth Church, an old bye-law is given from the Bolls of the Great Courts ‘ J. A .’ would beg to suggest The Young Churc/man’s Companion to the of Tamworth, dated November 14th, 1390, which says, ‘ No man, woman, or Prayer-book (published by Bivingtons, price Of/.), with a preface by the late servant, to go out after the Curfew from one place to another unless they Lord Bishop of Winchester, as a thoroughly useful little hook on the subject. have a light in heir hands, under pain of imprisonment.’ TVh, M a t t h e w s . Sir,— In answer to the question of ‘ D.’ with regard to translations of the Sir ,-—Curfew is still rung at the parish church of Bingham, Notts, at Liturgies, I should think the translation of the Primitive Liturgies, hy Neal and eight o’clock, and the day of the month is afterwards tolled on the ‘ tenor.’ Littledale (published hy J. T. Hayes, Lyall Place, Eaton Square, London, price D “ W . W h it e . by post Is. Of/.) would suit his purpose. It contains all the Liturgies he men­ tions. There is a translation of the Apostolic Constitutions in the Ante-Nicene Si r ,— Curfew is rung at Yarm, in Yorkshire, every evening at eight Christian Library, published by T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. There is also a o’clock. I t is also rung from the tower of Durham Cathedral at nine m the translation of parts of the Clementine Liturgy in Bingham’s Antiquities, hook evening throughout the year, except on Saturday. I have never heard of any xv. cc. 2, 3. T h o s . G eo . Cr e e . satisfactory reason for the exception. Thomas R o g e r s . P.S.— Perhaps Notes on the M orning and Evening Prayer and Church Cate­ [Other correspondents mention the ringing of the Curfew at Sleaford, chism, hy H. A. James (printed hy Jonathan Palmer, Cambridge), might suit Worcester, Bakewell, Congleton (St. Peter’s), Cambridge, and many parishes *T. B.or Questions on the Prayer-book, hy the Author of the Heir of Bed- in Cambridgeshire.} clyffe-j published hy Mozley, London. How a Man cracked a Bell. Sir,— In answer to inquiry of ‘ Psalter 5 in your issue of August 1st, for a ‘ A f e w years ago the ring of six bells at Hanbury, co. Stafford, was short Commentary for pupil-teachers, &c. on the Psalms, allow -me to name rehung. A t the same time the church was restored. The architect came to SJade’s Explanation of the Book of Psalms, as read in the Liturgy of the Church, inspect, and the workmen wished to welcome him with the sound of the published by the S. P. C. E. Having for some years used the book, both for bells; but, as the ringing gear was not completed, they tied ropes to the school and family reading, I feel pleasure in recommending it. P . B. It. clappers, and pulled away below. One of the men,hy way of a practical joke, ‘ P sa lt e r * might also find Bishop Oxen den’s Exposition of the Psalms thought he would mar the peal, and threw his legs round the sound-bow of (.2 vols. Hatchards) useful, the second hell, and seated himself there, holding 011 hy the head of the hell, while hia ccmrad? Was swinging the clapper from beta** H e succeeded W tXmmYm Old OhoHstet | A, tm ih maay i\ m U fer the beyond fata wishes# for the hell cracked oft yoesMff g the blew* bad $9 b* Mow) i Ws J, Stfuils? Bsfcdi A Mi&ftfid StsSP*' QowiP* Tkftrj ®m\*B Worthy J .... recast, W^ V ^ s gad Quarter ¥9h V.h B.Z& pi S ill Augtisi 22, 1874.] Church Bells. 45i

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Change-ringing at Liverpool. On Saturday, August 8th, eight members belonging to the Union Society of Change-ringers rang, at St. John’s Church, a peal o f Kent Treble Bob Ringing Books. Major, consisting of 5088 changes, in 3 hrs. 16 mins.: viz. J. Heron, treble; S i r ,— In Church Bells some time since was a letter respecting the excellent I. Meadows, 2nd; A. Heron, 3rd; H. Meadows, 4tli; W. Gill, 5th; W. Bastow, work on ringing by Mr. Banister; the writer giving him, as he deserves, 6th; E. Booth, 7th; J. Egerton, tenor. Composed and conducted by J. Heron, great praise, and recommending his work to the public. In the latter part of jun. W eight of tenor, 1 ton— Communicated. the letter the writer speaks of it as ‘ the most complete and exhaustive work since Shipway’s ’— thus, I consider, casting a slur over the admirable works of Change-ringing at St. Peter’s and, St. Nicholas, Colchester. Hubbard and Sottanstall. I t may be that the writer has not seen their works. V i s i t o f London C h a n g e -rin gers.— On Monday, August 10th, these well- I t is to Hubbard that hundreds of good change-ringers of the present day owe known ringers visited Colchester, and rang several short peals on the cele­ their knowledge, as he treats in the plainest possible manner on all the brated eight bells of St. Peter’s, consisting of Bob Major, Grandsire Triples, foundation methods on which our art is built. Sbipway's work was 10s. (id., Stedman’s Triples, and Kent Treble Bob Major, amounting altogether to Hubbard’s 3s. 6/1., which brought it within the reach of all. Hubbard’s last several thousand changes. The names of the lingers are— Mr. Leonard edition (1808), published by S. Nobbs, Loddon, Norfolk, may be still ob­ Proctor, the distinguished ringer of Benington, Herts; Messrs. J. Miller, tained, price 3s. J. Cox, J. Pi. Haworth, W. Newson, and H . Nunn, of London ; J. Howe, Long Of other ringing books I would like to say that, for young beginners, pro­ Melford; and Mr. Farthing of M istley; assisted during the day by their cure Squire Troyte’s Change-ringing, 2s. (Masters), or the Rev. W. Wigram’s Colchester friends, Messrs. E. and J. Nunn, W. W . Scott, and D. Wright. Change-ringing Disentangled, 2s. (Bell anil Daldy). ( I think, as I have heard After a dinner given by the Messrs. Nunn, the party adjourned to the tower others say, that i f Troyte had treated upon Plain Bob instead of Grandsire of St. Nicholas, and rung some Bob Minor and Kent Treble Bob Minor. first, his book would have been by far the best for learners.) Afier that let These hells have swung for upwards of 500 years, but it is probable this is them procure Hubbard's or Banister’s, 2s. (id. I f not then satisfied, procure the last peal that will ever be rung on them, as, through the munificent gift that most extensive work of nil, the second pait of Sottanstall's work, price o f the High Steward of the Borough, a handsome tower is guaranteed for the 8s. But to those that can afford it, I would say, Buy a copy of each— you will new church, and it is hoped that the inhabitants will show their appreciation of his liberality by placing therein a good ring of ten hells. The ringing was find much to learn from them all. J u s t i c e . conducted by Mr. J. Cox o f St. Bride’s, London ; and it deserves remark that Change-ringing at Earlsheaton, Yorks. the methods of Stedman’s and Kent Treble Bob were never rung in Col­ T h e ‘ L o n g e s t L e n g t h .’— O f late years it has become a recognised rule chester before. The ringers during the day paid a visit to the old Castle, that, to claim the honour of having rung the longest length, there shall only the Museum, the Priory, the Abbey, and other antiquities for which this town be one man to each hell, who shall receive no relief at his rope during the is so famous, and took very much pleasure and interest in all they saw. whole peal. W hen it is considered that not only must the body, hut also the Muffled Peal at St. George’s, Camberwell. mind, be actively employed during the whole of this period, it will be seen On 13th August, a muffled peal was rung as a tribute of respect to the that the ringing of great ‘ lengths’ must require the possession of 110 mean phy­ sical and mental powers. The honour of having rung the longest length on memory of the late Mr. Camroux, who had been 13 years a churchwarden record has, since 1S08, been held by the Ancient Society of College Youths, of the above church, and died at the age of 85 years. The ringers were : — as, on April 27 in that year, eight members of this Society rang a true peal of J. Steward, treble ; T. Windley, 2nd; T. Heath, sen. 3rd; W . Roberts, 4 th ; Kent Treble Bob Majors, containing 15,8-10 changes, at St. Matthew’s, Bethnal D. Stackwood, 5th; E. Drury, 6th; T. Heath, jun, 7th; F. Menday, tenor. Green, which arduous feat they accomplished in 9 hrs. and 12 mins. The Conducted by Mr. T. Windley.— Communicated. ringers on that occasion were— H. IV. Haley, treble; W . Cooter, 2nd ; J. Pettit, Lindley, Huddersfield. 3rd; H. Booth, 4; E. Hopkins, 5; E. Horrex, 0 ; M. A. Wood, 7 ; J. M. Hayes, A presentation of bells east by Warner and Sons, weighing 4 tons, and tenor. Weight of tenor, 14 cwt.; conducted by Mr. H. W. Haley. Although costing 8001., took place last Saturday amid much rejoicing. The tenor has this feat has for some time stood unrivalled at the head of the list, it now falls cast upon it— ‘ To the honour and glory of God. This poal of eight bells is given into the second place, as at St. Peter’s Church, Earlsheaton, near Dewsbury, to St. Stephen’s Church, I.indley, by Thomas Varley of Edgerton House, in Yorkshire, a company of ringers, one man only to each bell, on Saturday, Esquire, a .d. 1874. J. W. Town, Vicar. R. C. Wilford, Curate. J. II. Stans- December 28th, 1872, rang a true peal of Kent Treble Bob Major, consisting field, W. T. Earnshaw, Churchwardens.’ The presentation was made under of the astonishing number of 10,008 changes, which exceeds any previous a beautifully designed triumphal arch, bearing the inscription— 1 Welcome performance by 708 changes. The time was returned in round numbers as the Bells, and thanks to the Donor.’— Communicated. 0 hours and 50 minutes, the bells having struck off into changes at 4 minutes past 8 in the morning, and coming home at C minutes to 0 in the evening; New Ring of Bells at Claycross. and as at intervals during the day the ringing was returned as slightly over Th e village of Claycross, which within the last ten years has grown to the 28 changes to the minute, this time gives exactly' 28-t per minute. The dimensions of a town, was the scene of much church festivity on Wednesday, striking was good throughout the day, and when well into the third part of the 12 th inst., the occasion being the first use of a ring of bells which had the peal was such that it was hard to realise that the men had then been been placed in the steeple of the parish church. A procession of choristers ringing for seven hours. and clergy, including the Bishop o f Lichfield, was formed at the I icarage, and When the time drew nigh that it was calculated would bring tbe ringing on reaching the church morning service was commenced. The prayers were to a conclusion a large crowd had gathered around the church, and when the read by the Vicar, the Rev. J. Oldham, B.D. The sermon was preached by hells came round a hearty cheer was given, and the ringers on issuing from the Bishop from Ps. ii. 14, ‘ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,’ and the tower received quite an ovation. The following are the names and ages, was a masterpiece of earnest, faithful pleading with all present to apply the with the stations of the performers:*—W. Preston, 61, Earlsheaton, treble; Psalmist’s words to their own conscience, in regard to all the responsibilities F . Bailey, 22, Batley Carr, 2nd; S. Senior, 43, Earlsheaton, 3rd; J. H. Dixon, of life, of which the new bells, as they sounded out over the parish, m ight 20, Batley Carr, 4th; J. Idle, 45, Dewsbury, 5th; C. Senior, 30, Earlsheaton, continually remind them. After the service there was a public luncheon, Oth ; J. Garforth, 24, Dewsbury, 7tli; C. A. Fox, 33, Dewsbury, tenor. This presided over by the Vicar, at which his Lordship (in responding to the toast ring of bells, of which the tenor weighs 14 cwt., was cast by Messrs. Mears, of of his health) made happy references to his Episcopal experience in New Whitechapel. The first half o f the peal was conducted by Mr. Preston, who, Zealand, and concluded by proposing the health of the Vicar, whom he con­ from his long experience as a ringer, was eminently qualified for the position, gratulated on the progress made in the parish. The hells, five in number and the latter half was entrusted to H r. Fox,nvbose ability for such an under­ (a sixth is soon to he added), have been cast by Messrs. J. Warner and Sons, taking is well known, as he has accomplished that most critical tax on the London, and the cost has been entirely defrayed by the parishioners, many mind of a conductor, namely, the calling of Mr. Holt's one-part peal of of the colliers having subscribed liberally. Grandsire Triples, which contains 150 calls. It is probable that a long time will elapse before this feat is surpassed, as The Guild of Devonshire Ringers. at present this is the longest length that has been composed in this system, A M e e t i n g of the Committee was held at Exeter on Thursday, Aug. 13 although the author of this peal, Mr. T. Day of Birmingham, has devoted (Rev. F. Sterry in the chair), when the following resolutions, among others, more than thirty years to the mathematical investigation of the permutations were agreed to :— 1. That for the future all the more important resolutions o f this variety of treble hob majors. As this meritorious composition has been of this Committee, as well as the proceedings of General Meetings, shall be brought about by the use of legitimate fourth-place bobs only, we have much reported by the Secretary to Church Bells and to the Exeter Gazette. The pleasure in bringing it before our readers, and give it by the course-ends, as Committee would impress upon all bands in union, and upon members follows:— 2:37,546. Out, one fifth and one at home. 357,024. One the middle generally, the desirability of their keeping themselves duly informed of the and in. 675,432. In and out, and one fifth. 703,452. Out one the wrong operations of the Guild. 2. That Mr. J. Baxter's offer to undertake the office and two at home. 654,327. Fourths and in twice, fourths and out, one fifth, of Instructor to the Guild be accepted, at the weekly salary (when engaged one wrong and one at home. 625,347. Two the middle, and one at home. in teaching) named in his letter to the Secretary, together with travelling 235,047. One the middle and out. 362,457. Out. 453,627. Out and two expenses. 3. That the Guild offer the services of the Instructor to the hands the wrong. 750,324. Out and fourths twice, and one fifth. 273,064. Out, in union on the following terms :— first, that for each week (or six separate two the wrong and two at home. 273,406. Two the middle, out and fourths, days) the Instructor is engaged in any parish, the sum of, at least, 10s. shall fourths and out, and two the wrong. 743,256. Two the middle, in and out, be raised locally, either by subscriptions of members or by special donations ; two fifths, and one at home. 407,235. Out and one fifth. 007,243. One and, secondly, that all applications for visits of the Instructor shall be made the middle and in, and one the wrong. 230,457. In and out. 342,568. Out. to the Secretary, who shall arrange the times and places of such visits. The above part twice repeated makes the 16,008 changes, there being 51 J. L. L a n g d o n F u l f o r d , Hon. See. courses and 189 calls. There was a large gathering of ringers from all parts of the county, this ‘ C. W . P . ', wliose letter, after having been long in hand, appeared last event having caused considerable sensation amongst the members of the week, tells us that a Chiming Society has been formed since the date of his ringing community, and the truth of the peal was attested at various stages letter, who now ring the chimes every Sunday before Morning and Evening of its progress.— Communicated. Service.— E d . A u g u st 29, 1874.] Church Bells. 463

hut what of the efficiency of the bells in the place when it was at actual BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. w ork?’— Blackwood's Magazine, Nov. 1867, p. 543, Church Bells Rung without Wheels and Ropes. Change-ringing at Earlsheaton, Yorks. A t East Bergholt, Suffolk, there is a ring of five heavy bells (tenor, 30 cwt.) in a cage in the churchyard. They are roofed over; hut they have S i r ,— In last week’s Church Bells I read as follows :— ‘ O f late years it lias neither ropes nor wheels ; each ringer stands on a shelf two feet from the become a recognised rule that, to claim the honour of having rung the longest ground by the side, and swings his hell by hand hy the stock to which the length, there shall only be one man to each boll, who shall receive no relief bell is hung, and so like a pendulum and by centrifugal force they are rung at his rope during the whole p ea l;’ and further on it was stated that the up in the usual way. For chiming purposes, small lines are led from the feat of linging the 15,810 changes at Bethnal Green, in 1868, has been out­ clapper over pulleys above, which fall down, and are handled by the ringers, vied by the performance at Earlsheaton. When we read of a peal having who stand on a platform level with the top of the cage. The tradition is that been rung at a certain place, we always take it for granted that one of the the tower was never finished, because Cardinal Wolsey was engaged in ringers conducted the peal; and on him rests the responsibility of c calling ’ building the church when lie fell into disgrace and his troubles, and so the a true peal. The mental powers are very severely strained in conducting- tower was never finished. The cage was prepared for the bells, and there long lengths, and surely the mental exertion increases in a duplicate ratio to they still are, two by Richard Bowler, dated 1601; two have been recast, and the time the peal occupies (e. <7. it would take four times as much out two are ancients. of a man to conduct a 10,000 as it would to conduct a 5000). Now, in the 15,840 at Bethnal Green Mr. Haley rang and conducted the peal himself, from beginning to end; but in the 16,608 at Earlsheaton the responsibility BELFRY RECORDS. was divided between two men. So then, if my theory be right, neither Mr. HORSHAM, SUSSEX. (Tablets in the Belfry.) Preston nor Mr. Fox did half as much as Mr. Haley did. Therefore I main­ 670. F r i d a v, A p r il 11th, 1766, w as ru n g a peal o f 5040 gran dsire tripples, th is b ein g th e tain (and I am sure I endorse the opinion of many) that to the College Youths first ever rung in this steeple. It was performed in three houres and eight minutes by the is still due the honour of the greatest achievement in the art of Change-ringing. H o i sham r in g e r s :— Harry Wetter, Treble John Foreman, F ou rth . I Thomas Bristow, Seventh. B ob Sin g l e . Thomas Lintott, Second. Anthony Lintott, F ifth . Thomas Aldridge, Tenor. Kirtlington, Oxon. William Tyler, T h ird . John Morth, Sixth. J Called by Thomas Bristow. On Saturday, Aug. 22nd, eight members of the Oxford Society of Change- 671. S u n d a y evening, Novcrhber 10th, 1777, was rung a true peal of John H olt’s 5040 Grandsire tripple reverse, this being the first peal ever rung reverse by any men in the ringers visited Kirtlington, and succeeded in ringing a peal of S040 changes kingdom in this method. It was rung in 3 hours and 15 minutes by the Horsham ringers :— of Grandsire Triples, with 190 bobs and 50 singles, in 3 hrs. 9 mins. The Thomas Jones, Treble. I Edward Aldridge, F ou rth , j Thomas Bristow, Sevmth. following are the names of the ringers:— W. Thomas, treble; E. William­ Thomas Lintott, Second. Harry Weller, F ifth . Thomas Aldridge, Tenor. son, 2nd; J. Field, 3rd ; H . Janaway, 4th; R. Annis, 5th; C. Hounslow, 6th; Benjamin Hall, T h ird . I Joh n F orem an , Sixth . | Called by Thomas Lintott. T h e w e ig h t o f th e ten or is 24 cw t. E. Harrison, 7tli; T. A. Strange, tenor. Conducted by Mr. C. Hounslow. Weight of tenor, 19 cwt. in E. After the peal the ringers were treated in a W ARNHAM , SUSSEX. (Tablet in the Belfry.) very hospitable manner by the Rev. T. K. Chittenden at the Parsonage, and 672. Trus board is placed in rememberance of a peal that was rung on October 26th, 1SG7 it was the Oxford bob minor, rung and repeated 6 times, makeing 5040 changes. It was were well pleased with their visit.— Communicated, called seven different ways; they were composed by Henry Burstow of Horsham, and called as follows. The first was called with 22 singels; the second, 26 singles ; third, 30 Change-ringing at St. Mary’s, Newport, Essex. singles; forth, 14 singles and 6 bobs; fifth, 9 bobs and 6 singels; sixth, 15 bobs and G singels; seventh, 40 bobs and 2 singels. This peal was rung in 2 hours and 58 minutes by On Sunday, Aug. 16, a harvest-peal of 720 changes (Oxford Treble Bob) the following persons :— was rung in this tower by three of the Saffron Walden and three of the James Mills, Treble. I Edward Stand ford, Th ird . Henry Burstow, Tenor. Stansted companies of ringers. This was the first peal of Treble Bob rung Edward Jenkins, Second. Elias Knight, Fourth. Conducted by Henry on these bells. The ringers were:— J. Cavill, treble; G. Bennett, 2nd; I James Francis, F ifth . B u rstow . G. Martin, 3rd: N. J. Pitstow, 4th; C. Prior, 5th; II. Prior, tenor. Con­ The weight of the tenor is 15 cwt. ducted by FI. Prior.— Communicated. BRAMFORD, SUFFOLK. (Tablet in the Belfry.) 673. O n January 1st, 1817, the following Peals were rung at this Steeple, making a New Bell-ringers' Association. total of 5040 changes C.randsire Bob, Double Bob, Oxford Treble, London Court, New Treble, New London and Cambridge Surprise, which were rung without intermission (the A S o c ie ty has lately been formed called th e 4 West Middlesex Bell-ringers’ end of each peal), in 3 hours 15 mins , by the following Ringers of theBraml'ord Society Association.’ Its principal objectis belfry reform and the cultivation of Cliange- T. C. Cham berlain, Treble. I W. Watson, T h ird . I S. A llen , F ifth . ringing. Meetings for practice take place on Tuesday evenings under the W. Pearce, Second. | G. Wood, F o u rth . I J. Lewes, Tenor. tuition of Mr. Baron, of the Waterloo Road. The belfries at present thrown The peals were conducted by S. Allen. open to the members of the Association are those of Isle worth, Heston, MASHAM, YORKSHIRE. (Tablets in the Belfry.) Uxbridge (St. Andrew’s), Richmond, Chiswick, and Fulham. Should any 674. 5040 Changes w ere R u n g on th e 23rd d ay o f A p ril, 1827, in 3 H ou rs & 0 m inutes in seven different Peals, viz :— clergyman wish to form similar Associations, information can be received from N e w L on d on Pleasure, 1st. N am es o f R in gers :— the Rev. Dacre Craven, Isle worth. V io le t T reble, 2nd. Th e P ea ls w ere conducted & bobs called Kent Treble, 3rd. by Robert Heath, Treble. The Imperial Bell for Cologne Cathedral. Oxford Treble, 4th. Thomas Mudd, junr., Second. Oxford Single, oth. Thomas Mudd, T h ird . T h e first cannon taken from the French were set apart to be melted into College Single, 6th. William Metcalfe, Fourth. an ‘ Imperial hell ’ for the Cathedral of Cologne, in place of the 4 Imperial bell ’ Grandsiro Bob, 7tli. Christopher Welford, F ifth . Leonard Mudd, Tenor (14 c w t.) of Frankfort, which was destroyed in the memorable fire which took place 075. 5040 Changes w e re R u n g on th e 5th D a y o f Novem bei-, 1853, in 3 H ou rs & 5 m inutes, in the cathedral on the 14th of August, 1867, 011 the eve of the triumphal in seven different peals, viz.:— entrance o f W illiam o f Prussia into that ancient free city. The easting of Violet Treble, 1st. Names of Ringers the new bell encountered in three different attempts obstacles so serious that Oxford Treble, 2nd. The Peals were conducted & Bobs callscl it proved a failure each time. It was only in the fourth casting that a whole Kent Treblp, 3rd. by John Atkinson, Treble. Grandsire Bob, 4th. William Welford, Second. hell was produced, but that without the Imperial crown which should have Court Bob, 5th. Thomas Mallaby, T h ird . surmounted it, as the symbol of German unity. Moreover, it gave out such Oxford Single, 6th. Thomas Wilson, F ou rth . strange and uncouth sounds that it was impossible to use it. Under these College Single, 7th. Leonard Mudd, F ijth . Christopher Welford, Tenor, (14 cwt.) circumstances a fifth attempt to recast it has been decided upon. W e need 676. 5040 Changes o f B o b M a jor w ere ru n g on 14th D a y o f February, 1866, in 2 H ou rs & scarcely add, that the mesaventures of the unfortunate bell have created a pro­ 56 minutes The Ringers who attained the object were as follows :• found sensation among the German fatalists. Mr. John Raynard, Treble Mr. wWilliam on *.™ Metcalfe, juu. n,>, Mr. M.- John Pickersgill, t h ,, W illia m Scarfe, Second. Fourth. Thomas Mallaby, Tenor (14 cwt.), who ably con­ Bells and Thunder. „ John Atkinson, T h ird . „ George Mallaby, F ifth . ,, Thom as Clark, Sixth. ducted tire Peal. 1 A t o u r i s t in Tyrolese Alps, writes: —4 The bell-ringing, as the companion ALL SAINTS’, OTLEY, YORKSHIRE. (Tablet in the Belfry.) of the thunder-storm, is a permanent institution here. I could not make out 077 O n Tuesday, the 15th day of February, 1S27, were rung iu this belfry 9600 changes whether it was supposed to have a physical influence on the electricity, or to of London Treble Bob Major, in 5 hours and 33 minutes (with 2, 3, 4, 5, 0 twelve tunes have a propitiatory effect in a religious sense, calculated to exempt the written Bight and Wiong, being the sixty courso-ends complete), by the following persons, district from a calamity. Opposite to Tembach, on a spur of the mountain v iz . :— Charles Mason, Fou rth , Com­ John Brown, Seventh. rising right over the river Inn, there is a sort of hermitage or chapel. It is Martin Caywoocl, Treble. R o b e rt E lsw o rtli, Second. poser d Conductor. Christopher lies, Teenor, and the duty of a recluse who has charge of it to he on the look-out for thunder­ Michael Stirk, Th ird . William Thaclcray. F ifth . Peter Yeoman, Assistant. storms, and begin the hell-ringing; and be is well posted for the accomplish­ John Kendall, Sixth. ment of his duty. A solemn, strange duty it must be, to act as sentinel II. Robinson, B.A., Vicar. W Forster, jun. \ churchwardens. against the approach of such a foe. I happened once to witness the ceremo­ J. Patrick, j nial of ringing out the thunder in a very picturesque shape. I was coming TICKH ILL, YORKSHIRE. (Tablets in the Belfry.) out of the great gorge behind the Martinswand. The first thing that drew 078. T h e first 5040 Changes ever known to be Rung in the Old St. Mary’s Tower, Tick- attention was a rushing, mighty wind, which caught up the marble powder hill, Yorkshire, was Rung on Dec. 22nd, 1841, in 2 Hours and 55 Minutes, m the S following lying on the hill-side, and drifted it about like a dry, sandy mist. Then came Methods: viz. Oxford, 3 times; London Scholars, twice; \ iolet, twice, by the following as sudden a lull, and the church bell of Z iii, right under my feet, began m em bers And conducted by Edwai d 44 tolling slow, with sullen roar.” The chime was taken up by the dozen or so Luke J. Ashton, Treble. I James Storer, T h ird . Jesse Gleadle, Second. Thomas Watkinson, F ou rth . L a m b ert, Tenor. other churches in the valley, mellowed in the distance until it 44 passed in I Bartholomew Dawson, F ifth . | music out of sight.” Meantime the setting sun illuminated a great storm- 679. T h e Tickhill Society of Change Ringers entered this Tower on Dec. 19, 1863, and cloud, making it flame-coloured red, that spread over half the horizon, as if Rung the First 5040 Changes ever known here, on seven different methods: viz. College the world were on fire. Over this passed, every now and then, a tongue or Trebles, Duke of York, London Scholars, College Pleasures, New London Plea ure, Oxtord, and Violet, which was completed in 2 Hours and 58 minutes, by the following o>Gn .— sheet of white lightning. The whole affair was so far off, that of the thunder John L. Ashton, Treble. \ Joseph Hickson, T h ird . | Conducted by Lrancis Jen- only a slight, muttering was heard. The church bells appeared to do their John Watkinson, Second. Henry Newbound, F ou rth . \ km son , 7 enor. duty effectively, for the storm did not reach the district round Martinswand; I G eorge G leadell, F ifth . September 5, 1874.] Church Bells. 475

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING, BELFRY RECORDS. ST. PETER’S, LEEDS. (Tablets in the Belfry.) GeO. T h is Peal of Ten Bells first rung Eeby. the 5tb, 1798; and o.u December the 25th Change-ringing at Milnrow, near Rochdale. was rung, bv tlie Saint Peter’s Company of Change-'Ringers, a complete Peal of Grandsire Cators, consisting of 5040 Changes, which was performed in 3 hours and 37 minutes by the On Saturday, the 22nd of August, the Society of Change-ringers of St. following persons, viz. James's Church rang Mr. John H olt’s ten-part peal, being the first they have William Ellbeck, Treble. William Shaw, F ifth . Wil'iam Preston, Eighth. rung since the Society was form ed: it was truly brought round in 3 hrs. Thos. Wiggleswortb, Second. Benjn. Stocks, Sixth. Thomas Normington, N in th . Richard Willcock, Seventh. Benjn. Skirrow, Tenor. 4 mins. The ringers (six of whom rang a peal for the first time) were as Joseph Whitaker. T h ird , James Sawer, F ou rth . James Blackburn, Assistant. follows:— A. Hurst, treble; R. Buckley, 2nd: J. Fitton, 3rd; J. F. Wild, William Preston Conducted the p< 1. 4th; A. Clegg, 5th ; T . Platt, 6th; E. Clegg, 7th ; J. Fielding, tenor. The 681. Ox Saturday, 25th of October, 1800, was rung by the Saint Peter’s Society, a Com­ peal was* conducted by T. Platt (also for the first time) ; he acquitted himself plete peal of New Treble Bob Royal, ten in, Consisting of 5040 Changes, with the 6th at very creditably.— Commun icatecl. home twelve times wrong and twelve times right, which was performed in 3 hours and 37 Minutes by the following persons, viz.: Change-ringing at Hindley. William Elbeck, Treble. Benjn. Tebbs, F ifth . William Preston, Eighth. Thos. Wigglesworth. Second. Benjn. Skirrow, Sixth. Thomas Normingtou, N in th . O n Saturday, March 7, lft74, a mixed band of Change-ringers rang on Joseph Whitaker, 'Third. Thomas Bedford, Seventh. Joseph Tebbs, Tenor. the bells of St. Peter’s Church, Hindley, Lancashire, a true and complete J:imes Sawer, F ou rth . James Blackburn, Assistant. H olt’s ten-course peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in Joseph Tebbs, Conducted the Peal. 2 hrs. 55 J mins. The peal was well rung, and ably conducted by Mr. James G;2. O n the 25tli of October, 1S1G, was rung in this SteepleTehb’s curious production of Ecliersley, of the parish church, Bolton. The ringers were stationed as fol­ Gram>sire Cators, having, in so few as 5579 Changes, produced the sixty-eight nines and the sixty-nine seven-eights, which is the whole to be obtained with the Belis in Course, lows :—J. Eckersley, Bolton, treble, conductor; N.Farnworth, Halliwell, 2nd; and was ring in three hours aud 38 minutes by the undermention d performers. J. J. Walsh, Bolton, 3rd ; T. Ridings, Halliwell, 4 th ; J. Brown, Hindley, 5th ; CotinSE-USDS OF THE PfiAL. J. Curtis, Leigh, 6th; T. Hussey, Leigh, 7th; E. Arrowsmith, Leigh, tenor. 4 2 3 5 6 7th in and out a t f 4 6 2 . an S-9 3 6 5 2 4 an 8-9 On Saturday, August 29th, a Catch-joint Company of Change-ringers met 3 4 2 5 6 Dili in with 3 4 2 6 3 5 Sth in with 3 6 2 5 3 4 Sth in with 3 at the above church, and rang in excellent style Mr. John H olt’s ten-course -23456 9 2 3 G 4 5 8 5 6 8 2 4 9 peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. 1 min. The 3 5 4 2 G S 6 2 3 4 5 9 2 5 6 3 4 9 5 2 4 3 G S 3 G 2 4 5 9 5 3 6 2 4 peal was conducted and beautifully brought round by M r. J. Prescott of 4 5 3 2 G 9 0 4 2 3 5 S 3 2 6 5 4 Hindley, true and complete. The ringers were placed as follow s: — 2 4 5 3 G 9 4 3 2 6 5 8 6 3 2 5 4 J. Prescott, Hindley, treble, conductor; J. Hussey, Leigh, 2nd; E. Brown, 4 3 5 2 6 S 2 4 3 6 5 9 2 6 3 5 4 6 5 3 2 4 Hindley, 3rd ; J. Higson, Leigh, 4th (hisfirst p eal); J. Houghton, Leigh, 5th; 3 2 5 4 6 8 3 2 4 6 5 9 5 3 2 4 G 9 2 6 4 3 5 S 5 2 3 6 4 J. Curtis, Leigh, Oth; T. Hussey, Leigh, 7th; W . Westhead, Hindley, tenor 2 5 3 4 6 9 6 3 4 2 5 S 3 5 2 6 4 (his first peal). W eight of tenor, 14£ cwt.— Communicated. 5 4 3 2 6 8 4 6 3 2 5 9 2 3 5 0 4 First Part End. Second Part End. Third Part End. Lincoln Minster Bells. 5 3 4 6 2 b y an S-9 5 4 2 6 3 b y an S-9 c T h e Minster of Lincoln had formerly two rings of bells and Great Tom : 3 6 4 5 2 Sth in w ith 3 4 6 2 5 3 8th in w ith 3 a ring of eight in St. Hugh’s (the south-west) tower, called St. Hugh’s bells, 6 5 4 3 2 8 6 5 2 4 3 8 which are still there; a ring of six in the Broad tower, called the Lady 4 6 5 3 2 9 2 6 5 4 3 9 5 4 6 3 2 9 5 2 6 4 3 9 bells, probably used for tbe service of Our Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, 4 3 6 5 2 2 4 6 5 3 8 to whom tbe church is dedicated; and Great Tom of Lincoln, in the north­ 3 5 6 4 2 4 5 6 2 3 8 west tower, on which the clock Struck. This bell was cracked in the year 0 3 5 4-2- 6 4 5 2 3 9 5 6 3 4 2 5 6 4 2 3 9 1S27, by some mismanagement in shifting the clock-hammer. I t was 6 4 3 5 2 6 2 4 5 3 8 beautifully ornamented, of elegant shape and tone ; and was cast by Henry 4 5 3 6 2 2 5 4 6 3 S Oldfield of Nottingham, in the Minster yard, in. 1010. Great Tom remained 3 4 5 6 4 2 5 6 3 9 F o u rth P a r t End. | Round b y 9th in and o u t at two. dumb in the tower till 1834, when Sub-dean Sutton persuaded the Chapter to take down the Lady hells, and throw their metal into the new Great Tom and Performers’ Names:— Richard Nicholson, Treble. E i ch ard Pal oy, F if t h . William Preston, E igh th . two quarter-hells, which now hang in the Broad tower, where the Lady bells David Robinson, Second. Abraham Becvors, S ixth. Joseph Tebbs, N in th . lmng. The ropes of the four largest of the Lady bells went down to the Joseph Whitaker, T h b d . John Hudson, Seventh. Joseph Moxon, 'Tenor. piers of the great tower below, where the rings to which they were fixed still Thomas Bedford, F ou rth S. Preston, Assistant. The Peal was conducted by the Author, J. Tebbs. remain. The singing-boys used to ring them for service, two for common days, four on the eves of Saints’ days, on Saturday evenings, and on SundajA 683. O n Thursday, Nov. ft1::. ISIS, was rung by the Saint Peter's Company, in this Steeple, a complete "peal of Cators on S.tcdman’s Principle, consisting of 5079 Changes, The same practice is now observed with the four largest ol St. Hugh’s bells. which was correctlytiy perperformed by the following persons in three hours and twenty On Lady-days the singing-boys used to go up into tbe belfry, tie strings to tlie M in u te s :— clappers of the Lady bells, and cbime tliem in this w ay:— 1 3 1241512 . Tl'.os. W ig g les worth , Treble. John Hudson, F ifth . Josef h Tebbs, N in th . 6 Samuel Small page, Tenor. This chiming is supposed to have been the Ave Maria. They used to Joseph Whitaker, Second. Janus Baldwin, Sixth. John Groves, T h ird . Joseph M ox on, Seventh. David Robinson, Assistant. repeat this for an hour, and finish with the six bells in succession. One of Abraham Bee vers, F ou rth . William Freston, Eighth. Conducted by Joseph Tebbs. these bells used to be rung at seven in the morning for the early service, and 684 On the 23rd of April, 1828, was rung by the Saint Peter’s Company of Ringers, afterwards tolled the number of the days of the monih. One o f St. Hugh’s Leeds, Tebbs' Peal of New Preble Bob Royal in Shipway's Book, consisting of 5040 Changes, does this now. St. Hugh’s bells are rather larger than the Lady hells, and in throe parts. It was um g in the tittum position, aud brought borne again at each port­ the tenor is a deeper key. Formerly the fifth and tenor were the quarters to end, and was performed by the following persons in 3 hours and 17 minutes : T h e P e a l . old Great Tom. The tenor was in beautiful unison with the great bell. In M. w . 11. the chamber below St. Hugh’s tower are the names of the ringers from * 5 6 3427089 1 2 2 about 1500 to 1600, headed “ The Company of Ringers of our Blessed Lady of 615237089 2 2 *4 23567890 1 Lincoln.’” — Abridged from C. Anderson’s account in tbe Ecclcsiologist, 1865, Joseph Tcbbs, Treble. William Groves, F ou rth . W ill iamG awkrodger, Eigh th. Samuel Smallpage, N in th . p. 171. David Robinson, Second. William Preston, F ifth . The Privilege of a Mother Church. John Hudson, T ld rd . Christopher Isles, Sixth. James Naylor, Tenor. J oh * M ortith er, S ev0fh. ‘I n a town no bells could be rung before the bells of the Cathedral, or The Peal was Composed and Conducted by J . Tebbs. Mother Church, were rung. W e find the following case on record upon this 085. O n tlie 3rd of Feby., 1S3S, being the 40th and final Anniversary of the opening of point in 1421. The Prior of Bath had claimed the right of ringing the bells the old Peal of Ten Bells, which formerly occupied the Tower of our old Parish Church, belonging to the abbey tbe first and last in the city; none of the parish the Saint Peter’s Company of Change-Kingers, Leeds, rung on that Occasion a Complete churches tolling their bells (except on particular days) before the bells of the Peal of Grandsire Cators, consisting of 5040 changes, which was accomplished m 3 hours convent had struck out in the morning, nor after the prior’s curfew bad tolled and 9 minutes by the following persons, viz. John Clarkson, Treble. C hristopher Isles, Fourth. W illi am Gawkrodger, E igh th . in the evening. This privilege the mayor and citizens considered as an John Hudson, Second. Isaac G reenw ood, F ifth . William Groves, N in th . interference with their municipal rights, for even in the fifteenth century bells John Groves, T h ird . John Mortimer, Sixth. William Pulleine, Tenor. began to serve certain civil as well as ecclesiastical purposes. They there­ Samuel Smallpage, Seventh. | The Peal was Composed and Conducted by Samuel Smallpage. fore determined to interrupt the claims of the monastery by ringing the bells 6S6. T h i s Peal of 13 Bells was first rung on the 26th of February, 1841, and on May the of the parish churches at hours hitherto unprecedented, both before and 1st 1S42, the Saint Peter’s Company of Change-Ringers, Leeds, A s c e n d e d this Tower and after the prior’s knell had been sounded; and accordingly gained over to their rang a Complete peal of Grandsire Cinques, in the Tittums, consisting of 5148 Changes, cause John Barret, the vicar of Stalles ; John Lane, the rector of Southgate; which was completed in correct style in 3 hours and 43 min. and 9 seconds by the following W illiam Savage, rector of St. Michael without the Gate; John Hobbes and persons, v iz . :— Jas. G ill, F ijlh . Benjn. Ely, N in th . W illiam Aisbley, chaplains of St. John’s and Magdalen Hospitals. This *Saml. smallpage, Treble. Jno. Robinson, Second. Chrisr. Isles, Sixth. Wm. Gawkrodger, Tenth. breach of privilege was highly resented by the monastery, and a contest arose Jno. Groves, Third. Jons. Baldwin, Seventh. Wm. Groves, Eleventh. in consequence of it that subsisted many years, occasionally fuming out into Jno.no Hudson,xiuuauu F ou rth . Jno. Mortimer, E ighth. Wm. Pulleine, Tenor. , bitter invective and personal insult between the contending parties. At The Above Gentlemen had the honour of Completeing the first peal of Cinques m the County of York. length an inquisition, held at Frome tbe Oth of Henry V ., put a period to the Also, on the 7tlr of July, 1842, Eight Members of the above Company ring upon the dispute by acknowledging and establishing the right of the prior in the pre­ first or light peal of eight, a true and Complete peal of Kent Treble Dob Major, consisting mises, and that no one should ring within the precincts of Bath at day-time of 5056 Changes with the sixth at home twelve times each way, which was correctly per­ before the prior had rung his hells, nor in the night-time after his curfew had form ed in 2 h ours and 58 m in u tes b y th e fo lk o viu g Persons Sami. Smallpage, Treble. I Jno. Robinson, F ou rth . Wm. Gawkrodger SrxJi. W a r n e r ’s been tolled.’— History o f Bath, p. 123. Jno. Hudson, Second Jno. Mortimer, F ifth . Benjn. Ely, Severnh. Q uery. Chrisr. Isles, T h ird . I „ , . , J 3?BPr' The Above Peals were Composed aud Conducted by Samuel bmallpage. A correspondent asks if he can be supplied with rules or any particulars The Rev. W~ F. Hook, V ica r, Chaplain in O rdinary to the Queen. of the ‘ Devonshire Ringers’ Guild,’ and whether it can he joined by ringers The Bells were east by Messrs. Thomas Mears and Sons, of London. W eight of Tenor, 36,cwt. in another county. Tbis Tablet was erected at the expense of the Company. September 12, 1874.] Church Bells. 487 both of them much mistaken,’ These last words had reference to the Cummins schism, which has only taken root (in some sense) in two places in Canada. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. T h e destruction wrought by the fire at the Indian Mission of the Key. E. Wilson, in the diocese of Algoma, will soon be seen 110 m ore; the corner­ A Curious Phenomenon in the Sounds of certain Bells. stone of the new ‘ Shingwak Industrial Home ’ having been laid by Lord £ T h e r e is a phenomenon in the sounds of certain bells which has not, I Dufferin, the Governor-General. Mr. Wilson has been raising funds with think, been noticed in print, and which, therefore, it will be of interest, and characteristic energy. perhaps of utility, to describe. I t is that, soon after the commencement of the sounds, they appear to become pendulous, or, which is the same thing, to lose their continuousness, or to he heard only at intervals, which increase in CORRESPONDENCE. length until the sounds become too feeble to he experienced. It must, I think, he concluded that the phenomenon is caused hy echo, the reflection of Holy Orders. the sound from off the interior surface of the h ell; and that it depends upon Sir,— Perm it me, as another desirous of taking Holy Orders, to say a few the condition that it rapidly becomes weaker, without which the echo could words. Like your correspondents, c A Chorister,’ and £ A Churchman’ I have, not he heard, and also the fact that, from some reason, the two sounds are from misfortune, not been able to obtain anything more than an ordinary not combined, either by the ears, or when as vibrations they are affections National School education, and have only been able to improve myself hy of the auditor}' neves.’— J. A. D a v i s , The London Journal, 4th May, 1801. private study, and that only in a very limited degree, owing to the meagre Curfew. funds at my disposal; but I am now saving a little money for the purpose, if T h e Curfew is rung at H oly Cross Church, Pershore, at 8 o’clock, from possible, of getting a preparatory education, prior to accepting a grant from a November to the end of January. After the ringing, a hell tolls out the day Society formed some twelve months ago to assist young men,'unable to help o f the month. M a t e r . themselves, in obtaining a University training. I think I am speaking the opinions of 1A Chorister ’ and ‘ A Churchman ’ when I say that what we want, BELFRY RECORDS. with this University career in view, is a preparatory education. The question is, How can wre get it? W e might go to our clergy, who I feel sure would ST. PETER’S, LEEDS. (Tablets in the Belfry.) help us to the utmost of their power; but then, how can we devote any ( Continued.) considerable amount of time when we have to earn our own living, and 687. O n th e 8th o f Jany. 1S46, e ig h t o f th e St. P e te r’s C om py. ran g on t h e ir L ig h t P e a l perhaps work longer hours to pay for this education, or incidentals connected o f 8, or G Peat, 6040 o f Steclm an’s T rip les, in 3 h ours and 7 m in u ets. A s fo llo w s :— Sami. Smallpage, Treble. Christopher lies, F ou rth . Wm. Gawkrodger, Sixth- therewith? I would venture to suggest the advisability of an Institution or Stephn. Proistley, Second. James Lockwood, F ifth . Wm. Groves, Seventh. petty College, where we might receive preparation. Heaven bless those John Robinson Sharman, Wm. Pulleine, Tenor. kind gentlemen who have given such an opening to us, placing us by a Third. University training on a level with those who have been more blessed with Composed & Conducted By Jas. Lockwood. this world’s goods. C. J. W e s t . ST. PETER’S, SOWERBY, YORKSHIRE. Si r ,— W ill one of your correspondents recommend me a list of hooks to he (Tablets in the Belfry.) used in preparing for the New Preliminary Examination for Candidates for 688. P erseverance g i v e s A ccomplishment . H oly Orders at Cambridge ? I should also like to hear from some gentleman On the 29th of May, 1830, being the Anniversary of the Restoration of King Charles the in, or near London, who is preparing to pass next year. S. S. second, the society of Change Ringers, of the above place, rung in four hours and fifty-two minutes, a complete peal of Kent Treble Bob (Major), consisting of 8448 changes, being the Post Office, Wandsworth. greatest length rung in the above method with the Tenors together. Performed by tho The Intermediate State. following Persons:— The peal by J. Roves. Sir,— W ith reference to the £ Counsels for Communicants ’ in last week’s 2 3466 M.WH Church Bells, I have lately met with a remarkable hook on the intermediate Nicholas Hitchen, Treble. •3 5 2 6 4 state, written hy the Lev. Henry Constable, M.A., Prebendary of Cork Cathe­ William Normanton, Second. •3 5 6 4 2 dral, entitled Hades, or the Intermediate State of Man, published by Elliott George Normanton, T h ird . •5 3 2 4 6 Eli Hcllawell, F ou rth . •5 3 4 6 2 Stock, Paternoster Bow, which I would recommend all who would wish to James Nicholl, F ifth . •26435 2 2 pursue'this interesting subject to read. W i l l i a m H . A l l e n . Abraham Nicholl, Sixth. •3 2 6 5 4 Needless, if not Indecent, Haste. John Nichol], Seventh. •3 6 5 2 4 Thomas Nicholl, Tenor, and Coa- •6 2534 1 - - Sir,— I mentioned in a letter in last week’s Church Bells the haste with ducter o f the peat. •2 3645 — - - which a priest, headed by a verger, proceeded to a lectern to read the first •8 4 2 5 6 - - - lesson during the singing o f the ‘ Gloria ’ after the first Psalm. Last Sunday I T w ic e rep-. ated. was in a church wherein the more evangelical usages prevailed, but where the 689. O n the 5th of November, 1882, was rung in three hours and twelve minutes, a complete peal of Kent Treble Bob (Major), consisting of 5664 changes, performed by the singing was fairly hearty and the services decent. Yet here, too, the clergy­ following persons man could not wait until the Gloria was sung, but in the midst of the singing of that grand ‘ creed in an hymn ’ moved down from his stall to ascend the 2 3 4 5 6 & 6 place Bob - 4 p. Bob steps of the haudsome lectern. W e do not need any show of ceremony, but j 4th and in a double 4 times we do greatly need reverence, and we can hardly expect it while the clergy Nicholas Hitchen, Treble. I 6 3 2 5 4 and 1 w ro n g are thus inattentive to set us a good example. E. S. T. H. 2 6 3 5 4 William Whiteley, Second. 3 2 4 6 5 W illiam Sottanstall, Th ird . 4 3 5 2 6 5 4 6 3 2 ROTES AND QUERIES. Eli Hellowell, F o u rth . 6 5 2 4 3 James Nicholl, F ifth . 2 6 5 4 3 5 2 3 6 4 Abraham Nicholl, S ixth. Q ueries. 3 5 4 2 6 John Nicholl, Seventh. 4 3 6 5 2 Si r ,— Your correspondent ‘ Joliannes ’ has probably forgotten a rule of 0 4 2 3 5 Thomas Nicholl, Tenor4 Latin grammar which he must have learnt in his childhood. To him it will 2 6 4 3 5 4 2 6 8 5 be unnecessary to translate it:— ‘ Nomen multitudinis singulare aliquando 6 4 5 2 8 verbo plurali jungitur, ut, Quo ruitis, generosa domus.’ M . N. N.B.—In the above peal there are the 5 6 4 2 3 4 5 8 6 2 S i r ,—Will you inform me if a Chapel of Ease can be licensed for sixty 7-Ss before, and likewise the sixty 3 4 5 6 2 marriages ? T . S. course-ends. 5 3 2 4 6 S ir,— Can any of yonr readers inform me who it was who said, ‘ Oh what 2 5 6 3 4 4th and in a double times a cross to have no cross?’ I should also be glad if any one can give me the 3 4 2 5 6 and 2 wrong. words of a little poem hy Eev. G. J. Cornish, in which a little girl, on being Twice repeated. asked whom she belongs to, says, ‘ M oth er;’ and where she lives, replies, Composed and conducted by Wm, Sottanstall, Sowerby. 1 Home.’ M a t e r . 690. On th e 14th o f A p ril, 1872, a select com p an y o f C hange-ringers fro m A l l Souls’, Halifax, ascended the Tower of this church and rung a true and complete peal of Kent Sir ,— Can any of tlie readers of your valuable little paper suggest any Treble Bob Major, consisting of 6016 changes, with the 5th and 6th 12 times each way, in royal road by which a person could acquire the pronunciation of the letter five-six, which they brought round in a masterly style in 3 hours and 33 minutes. ‘ B, ’ by practice, especially in the case of an r coming after a consonant ? 2 3 4 5 6 M. W. H. There is no doubt that it can and has been acquired, and it may chance that 3 6 4 5 2 1 2 2 4 5 3 2 some of your readers may know the modus operandi. C le r ic c s . 6 1 Stationed as follows:— 2 6 3 5 4 2 2 2 3 5 6 4 1 2 ‘ C. I ) .’ would he obliged if any reader of Church Bells would tell her of a George Harper, All Souls’, Treble. book that gives easy explanations of tlie Gospels and Epistles, suitable for •3 4 5 6 2 2 1 2 Pollard Whiteley, Do. Second. 4 2 5 6 3 1 2 quite young boys at Sunday School. 2 4 3 6 5 2 2 Henry Higgiugbottom, Do. Third . 2 A ‘ S u b s c r i b e r to Church Bells in Cwmavon, Glamorgan,’ is thanked for 6 3 4 2 5 2 Jonah Clegg, Do. F ou rth . 6 4 2 3 5 1 2 his suggestion; but the new Bishop had no carte which he was willing should 6 2 3 4 5 1 9 Joseph Hirst, Do. F ifth . be reproduced as a woodcut. ■2 6 5 4 3 1 2 1 Truth-Seeker ’ has evidently wholly misunderstood ‘ J. E.’s Counsel.’ If Richard Culpan, of Sowerby, Sixth. 5 6 4 2 3 2 1 2 5 6 3 4 2 2 2 Joseph Shaw, A ll Souls’, Seventh. he will study the Offices for the Baptism of Infants and of those of Biper Years 5 4 6 3 2 1 2 in the Prayer- book, lie will see that the safety and blessing rest only on Edwin Harper, Ditto, Tenor. • 8 5 4 2 6 2 0 those who ‘ lead the rest of their lives according to that beginning.’ 2 4 5 3 6 2 2 5 3 4 6 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 R e c e i v e d a l so :—N . N.; F . G. B. The peal was composed by William Sottanstall of Sowerby, and conducted by J . Clegg September 19, 1874.] Church Bells. 499

into the church .... first, for the honour of God, whose marvellous works in the formation of the child and the preservation of the woman ought to be BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. ■publicly owned. Secondly, that the ivhole congregation may have a fit oppor­ tunity for praising God for the too-much forgotten mercy of their birth.’ E . H a m il t o n B l y t ii. Priest-Ringer’s Rejoinder. The late Rev. Dr. Oldknow. Si r ,— I am much obliged to you for your insertion of my former letter, Sin,— By the lamented decease of the late Rev. Dr. Oldknow the Home and am somewhat disappointed to find that no one appears to sympathise Reunion Society has lost one of its earliest friends, and one of the leading with my difficulties. Perhaps some misconception of that difficulty has arisen members of its Council. Having satisfied himself of the soundness o f our from the title that you— not I—placed above iny letter, viz.— * Is the Belfry a principles, and the thorough honesty of our intentions, he threw himself heart part of God's House V I never had the least doubt that the belfry was part and soul into our work, and was ever ready to help us by his kind and judicious of God's house; though I did question whether it were— as many preachers counsel, and by every other means within his power. Whatever differences of and speakers seemed to assert— as much a part of God’s house as the chancel opinion there may exist among us as a body with reference to his somewhat or nave. O f course my signature was meant to show that I am a clergyman advanced theological views, I am sure that his sudden removal is deeply who rings ; and it is on that very account that I feel how incongruous with regretted by all of u s; and it was a source of additional sorrow to me that God’s house are the necessary accessories of ringing, if, as is said, the belfry circumstances prevented me from officially representing the Society at his be as much God’s house as the chancel. It is for very reverence sake that funeral. W m . T. M o w b r a y. I wish to believe that the belfry is an inferior part of God’s house, such as the ‘The Rite of Baptism.’ vestry is ; for, if not, it would follow that what is done in the belfry is not out of place in any part of the church : yet I think it certainly would be very S i r ,—While thanking you for your favourable notice of my sermon on the above subject, let me say that I am disappointed to find you advocate the greatly out of place in many parts. All your readers will agree with me, I non-rubrical use of the Baptismal Service in large parishes, against which I dare say, in my dislike to the bells being rung from the ground-floor, unless tlie place in which the ringers stand is quite partitioned off from the rest of contend. I t is hopeless at present to expect that the Service will be shortened. The Revision Committee in Ireland have not even suggested such a thing, the church, even in the ease of a western tower. But I feel sure that all and rather lengthened it than otherwise ; and, indeed, it is scarcely possible would agree, that in the case of a central tower it would be quite out of the question that the ringers should ring and practise on the floor of the church, to curtail our present beautiful Office, and he will be a bold man who will venture to frame a new one. The objection to its length seems to me very just in front of the chaneel-screen. readily disposed of by the simple expedient of shortening, or altogether I certainly never have rung a peal of Grandsire Doubles, or any other peal, omitting, the sermon cn one Sunday afternoon in the month, thus easily when the ringers were all clergymen; and I believe, as one of your corre­ gaining the quarter of an hour required for the Baptismal. Service. I would spondents seems to hope, that I never shall: hut I have often rung with one be glad if this letter elicited some practical opinion on the subject from men or more clergymen in the peal, and certainly their conversation and manner in charge of largo town parishes, as has been done with so much advantage (though men of most reverent mind) were not such as they -would have been lately in your columns in the matter of the Daily Service. I shall be glad to in the chancel or nave. And I believe that many of your readers, lay and send a copy of my sermon to any one who will send me his address, by post­ clerical, will agree with me, that although every part of the church is God’s house, yet there are degrees of reverence appropriate to different parts of card or otherwise. H. St. G eo rg e E d w ar d s. that house, according to the associations connected with each, from the Bredhunt Vicarage, Chatham. chancel and baptistery at the bead, to tbe body of the church nest, and ending at the foot with the belfry and vestry; and therefore I still feel, that they who say in sermons and addresses that the belfry is in every sense as NOTES AND QUERIES. much part of God’s house as any other part, lay a burden on ringers they cannot bear; and. I may add, run a risk, by claiming for the belfry and Q ueries. ringing more reverence than can be given to them, of obtaining for them in the end less reverence than they ought to have. A P r iest-R ing er. Sir ,— Can any of your readers give me any information about a bier for a large scattered parish? As there are many houses two miles, and a few even Chimes at Hampstead. further, from church, would it be desirable to have one on wheels? Any ideas A correspondent wiitcs, that ‘ tin awful bungle’ is produced by the chimer as to pattern or price would he acceptable. Co u n try Y ic ar . who attempts tunes. lie would learn a better way if he would purchase foi­ S i r ,— In the Collect for the Second Sunday after Easter is the word ‘ endea­ ls. (which we advise him to do, for the good of trade), the clever ‘AB C’ vour ’ a neuter verb, or an active verb governing ‘ ourselves?’ J. G. elementary brochure lately issued by Messrs. Warner of Cripplegate. As for [I t is an active, or rather reflective, verb.— E d .] ourselves, we don’t like chiffiihg tunes for services; plain chiming in regular Sir ,—Can an Incumbent charge any fee lie thinks proper lor an intra­ succession is the correct way.— E d . mural interment ? Could he,- for instance, legally exact a fee of 20/. ? N. N. Bell-ringing at Liverpool. An sw ers. Sip.,— In Church Bells of the 22nd ult. I see an account of 5088 changes of Kent Treble Major, rung on the bells of St. John’s Church, Liverpool. I Sir ,— In answer to ‘ Mater ’ I beg to state that it was Saint Augustine who cannot understand how this performance has been accomplished on these said, ‘ Oil wliat a cross to have no cross ! ’ H is actual words are, 4 Nulla crux bells, as the tower contains only three bells, therefore it is impossible for the quanta cru x!’ W . W a ls h a m H ow. above number of changes to have been rung on them. Only one cliurcli in Si r ,— In answer to ‘ Mater,’ who wishes to be informed who it was who this town, that of St. Luke’s, has a ring of eight bells. Perhaps some of the said ‘ Oh what a cross to have no cross ! ’ I beg to say I remember a Lenten ringers will give the required information, and oblige ArcHjEOLOGIST. sermon from one of our priests, in which the following words struck me as strange and beautiful: ‘ Poor young people, as Saint Augustine says, “ Oh Change-ringing at Worcester. what a cross to have 110 cross ! !” A. S. Y. A t A ll Saints’ Church on Monday, the 7th o f September, ten members of the Worcester Society of Change ringers rang a true peal of Grandsire Caters, Sir ,— T he poem which * Mater’ asks for is the following :— consisting of 5003 changes, in 3 hrs. 13 min. Tile ringers w ere: N. Wale, ‘ A C H I L D ’S A N S W E R . ‘ I met a fairy child, whose golden hair treble ; J. Morris, 2nd ; W. Hunt, 3rd; E. Sprague, 4th; T. Lewis, 5th ; W . Around her face in many clusters hung ; Blandford, Oth; H . Wilks, 7th; J. Barnett, 8th ; G. Hobhs, 9th; E. Jones, And as she wove her king-cup chain she sung tenor. Conducted by J. Barnett.— Per Letter. Her household melodies—those strains that bear The hearer back to Eden. Surely ne’er Change-ringing at Huntsham, Devon. A brighter vision blest my dreams. “ Whose child On Saturday, the 12th inst., eight members of the Huntsham Society of Art thou,” I said, “ sweet girl ?’’ In accents mild She answered, “ Mother's.” When I questioned, “ Where Change-ringers rang one half of Taylor’s six-part peal of Grandsire Triples, Her dwelling was?”—again she answered, “ Home.” consisting of 2520 changes. I t was well struck, and the bells were brought “ Mother ! ” and “ Home ! ”—0 blessed ignorance ! round in 1 hr, 32 mins. The band was stationed thus: A. Davey, treble , Or rather blessed knowledge ! What advance H . Payne, 2nd; J. Norrish, 3rd; 11. H . D. Troyte, 4tli; C. A. W . Troyte, 5th ; Further than this shall all the years to come, W ith all their lore, effect? There are but given H . Tucker, Oth ; J. E. Troyte, 7th; S. Davey, tenor. Conducted by J. L . Two names of higher note, “ F a th e r” and “ Heaven Troyte. I t may be mentioned that the Society has accomplished this, then- C. {Church Poetry.) longest touch up to the present, within six months of the augmentation of The above is one of many replies to ‘ Mater’s ’ query in our issue ot last their peal from six hells to a ring of eight .— Communicated. week, all naming the same poem, written, we believe, by the Rev. G. J. Cornish. Another correspondent (£ H. T. E.’) writes, ‘ W hy cioes “ M ater’ ask a Muffled Peal at St. Mary’s, Lambeth. question under a noni de plume, and without address?’ offering to send her O n Monday last eight members of the St. James’s Society rang, at St. what she inquires for when he knows where to address it. Mary’s, Lambeth, a muffled peal in memory of the late Mr. John Jaggers, whose family had been connected with the church, as steeplekeepers, for Si r ,— In reply to the inquiry for an Orphanage where two children could he received, I write to say that application should be made to Miss Graham, nearly a century. The performers were J. li, Haworth, treble; A. Ough, 2nd; H . Nunn, 3rd; J. Stoneman, 4th; W . Digby, 5th; G. Banks, Oth; St. John’s Orphanage, Lorne Street, Chester; who has had an Orphanage for E. Briggs, 7th; A. Macey, tenor. Conducted by Mr. J. R. Haworth.— Per ahout seven years. X. Letter. S i r ,— In reply to 1 A. B. C.’ I think my school would well suit, and shall Guild of Devonshire Ringers. he glad to hear from ‘ A. B. C.’ as to terms. So p h ia L ockwood. A correspondent should write to the Rev. J. L. Langdon Eulford, Stamford Villas, Fulham. Parsonage, Woodbury, Exeter. ______A nsw er to Correspondent .— ‘ M. E. G.’ had better advertise for the sort of school required. Received'—Henry Hughes (columns of Church Bells are not yet open to bell archeology); H. R. Bay lie; T. Ball; J. B. Haworth; T. Windley; R e c e iv e d a l s o .— J. H . G . ; Ignoramus; George; E.R. E . ; An American R, J. Crossland; F. W. Maitland ; J. R. Jerrans. Churchman. September 26, 1874.] Church Bells, 5 i i

BELLS AND BELL-RIGGING. . Chiming the Bells. " A msw chiming gear, invented by tho Bev. H. T. EUaeomba, Hector of Glyst bt. George, Devonshire, has bean fired in St. Patera Ghnroli, Wolver- A Tour among Bells in Towp and Country. nampton* by Mr. Hooper of Woodbury, near Exeter, which brings all the ten No.;!.' . DeRs under control to a point in tbe belfry, when they may he chimed with perfect eiuse by one- man or bc5y. Ball hammers are suspended beneath the T h e first tiling the present writer can remember with any distinctness is . mouth of the hells, out of the way of the swing of the hells, and by an loitering, behind his nurse in the entroriceof a flne old churph to assist (?) ingenious system of pulleys the ropes connected with these hammers are (at the ago of about three and a half years!) the sexton in chiming the p a r­ oil: brought down in parallel lines, to a manual fixed on the belfry wall. son’s bell.’ From that day to this his interest in all that relates tp bellsaqd When the manual is put into gear for use the ropes are all tightened, and - r in g in g has remained unabated; his school was in a town possessing more, the hammers-thereby raised nearer to the bells* so that a slight pull at each bells, for its size, than any in England,,and at Cambridge he found no'lack • rope causes the hammer to strike the bell. One man, therefore, standing in of ringing; then' oame nine years of service in India— a blank as far as:Uells front of the manual, can readily chime all the hells, by simply pulling rope are concerned— folio wed by two years’ furloiigb in England? during vrhi,ch he | after rope,1 or he can play a tuneby varying the fingering of the ropes so as to visited many a fine ring., fie proposes to note down, somepnrwculars of these produce the desired notes. This , apparatus, however, is not intended for visits, which m ay interest'the readers o f Church Bells,- and; * as id private duty tunes,;sq mfioh as. for rendering it'easy to chime for service, when it is dif- : bound,’ he gives the first place to .the head-qoarters of the Ancient Society,, ficult to get hands, and we can feepmmehd it for use in other churches where the noble tpwer of St. Mary Overie, better known as St. Saviour, Southward there are bells. Mr.' Hooper has already fixed about 100 sets, at a cost of A Walk of a few hundred yards from.the London Bridge Station takes us XL per hell and his travelling expenses, and we should strongly recommend to the iron gate of the churchyard, where, at -8 pjm. on Alternate Mondays, that he be employed, as there is a.secret about balancing the balls, and bells will be found collected ten or twelve men; who, as a body,'are the.finest lingers if tinkered can bo very easily Gracked.’— St. Peters Parish Magazine. in the world.; From tjieiu we meet with a cordial reception, and presently, after passing through a'transept of the church, we follow our guide up one of B ell Contest in.,.Yorkshire. tliose small winding stairs which all know so well. W e grope our way across11 W e are are grievld to read in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph that I»rize- the first-floor of the tower, hoping sincerely that no careless workman has left ringiog was lately allowed at the parish church of Wath-upon-Deane, the : a trap-door open; another winding stair brings us to a vast chamber, now dim, ‘ Queen of Villages,’ where ten:sets of ringers Competed for nearly 80/., but soon brilliantly lighted by a corona of gas. We are at once struck with beginning at 7* o’clo^ in the morning jl . : If has been shown over and over the spaciousness of the place, and the absenfce of all crowding! among . the again in our columns that such prizes are not neceaia^y.'foy maintaining good twelve ropes ; the, position : of the tenor is indicate^, by an enormous hox ringing, and as Yorksbiremen are especiaBy able to set rgbod-Axmnniw in ’ worthy o f the deepesttoned hell’ of any ring in, London. One or two of the, many things without the temptation of a prize, why will they not give Up this larger bells are set at back-stroke, and we are ihvited to ‘ try tlie i llli ; ’ 'the waste of money? and why do not the parsons and churchwardens manfully smaller bells are rapidly raised one by one? and then three then hegiq to swing inhibit such desecration- of thp . goods of thd^huych ? They would only be the tenor; she does not speqk for awhile, but presently -her- deep:nqte B is , doing, their duty, and be thanked by hundreds or the best ringers, in the beard •vibrating through the tower, and gradually increase# in power till she kingdom.— E d . comes to the balance. • After that she ana the others are rung in peal by one blew Ring of Six Bells at Stpke Bishop', Gloucestershire.; f man, T hese new bells are from (.he-foundry of Messrs. Taylor of Loughborough. A tenor bell is often capricious in the matter of ‘ going,’ and when she They weye used for the first time on the Oth inst. The cost has.been raised weighs upwards of 53- cwts. and ‘ goes hard,’ it is as well to stick to odd-bell by subscriptions. The following inscriptions' are on the hells■ methods: we are therefore first treated with a touch of Stedmon’s Caters, and 1 .:LauckUe Dcsmnum do coalfe.’- then with about 500 changes of Stedman’S Cihquea. Notwithstanding the 2. ‘ Laudato,cum in cxcelsis.’ , intricacy of the method, and the vast difference between the size of tbe larger > 3.: ‘ Laudato cum omncs angeli-t-jus.' 4. ‘ Laudato oum omuos virtutc-s ojus.’ and smaller bells, the striking is quite fiOrfect W e are most astonished at 5. * Lfliiidato cum in firmarriohfco vlrtnfcie «jna.’ the consummate ease and • precision with ’ which the heavy hack-bells ore G, ‘ Omnis spiritus laudet. Dominuto .' handled. A.short touch of Grandsire. Cinques, itt which some of the younger ' Alioluia. m eters qftlm.Society show their skill, brings the practice to a close. The translation is as'follows St—; »><.! Calcutta, August 1874. . C. Y.' Praise Jfcbc. Lord frora tho Heavena.’ ‘Prnlso uim iu thohoignts.’ ’ (T o ‘be chniiniitd'.) ' 5 ' Praise fliRi angels.’ , , ‘ Praise Him all His hosts.’ fiew Bells at Lpughtpn, Essex.— A Pattpm Belfry. * Praiso Himin tho finnamont of His power.’ ‘ everything breatlipraise the TMv&l^Gontfnuiiicati.fli The belfry in the parish church lias .been arranged so as to teach the ringers, and all who enter, that it i# in thestrictest sense a part of the House fiellfi at Edqnham, Lincolnshire, Rerhung, &p. of God • and in very truth a most important part, for surely otrr Cbufch bells T h e fine ring .of"five bells in this church, which have been for some time, speak to us as the voice of God from the belfry of every church throughout in bad order, have1 been re-huhg With entirely new fitting# by Messrs. Taylor our land, in lessons pf holiness for this;life and in warnings of death and i & Son of Loughborough, at the joint expense of Lady Willoughby de Eresby eternity in the life to come. Over the outer door of the belfry is cut in the • and the parishioqer#. The Edenbani and Bourne Societies of llingeys yqet on stonework, * Holiness unto the Lord.’ The ringing-chamber, a large room i Wednesday, ^ngnst 13, and rang for several hours'. The tenor is about 18 cw.t. twenty-two feet square, is fitted with benches and pegs for hats and CoatS.- ‘ -—'Communicated:. ’ - ■ The walls and ceiling are whitewashed, the four windows are glazed and made Change-ringing at Huntsham, Devon. : tp ppen; in the centre of the chamber hangs a plain bronze cprona for six On Monday, the 14th inst., the Huntshan} Sopiety pf Change-,ringers t’ang candles. Upon the walls are arranged, according tp Apace, tpe Mfowing their first peal, consisting of. 5010 Grandsire Triples. The.striking in some illuminated texts oh. thin , deal boards, in six-inch, letters :-r-‘ Blessed arc thje parts was not so good as could have been wished; hut when it is remembered pure hi heart.’ ! ‘ Blessed are the peAce-m alters.’ * Surely the Lord is in this' that the Society has only been in possession of a ring of eight bells since last place; this is’none other than the House of God: this is the gate of heaven.?; Easter, it mdy be considered as no small achievement to have rung the time Wire is nailed over the open windows so as to prevent the birds building in j and the OorteCt number of1 changes. The performers wots.A. Pqvey, aqd otherwise filling, the tower .with .rubbish. , Tbp ring of eight hell? WC? treble; H . Pnyntt, 2nd; J. Norrisli, 3rd; O. A. W . Troyte, OhJcott, commenced; ip January, 1800, andarg ohiefly memorial bells, all cast by. Oth; H . Tucker, Otb;. J. E. Troyte, Tlh;.g. Bo?ey, W P t- Tbe pod was I • Warner and Sons, London^ They opened witli four— N16s. 8,4; 6,6— upon the1 coixdttcte^ by J .E . Troyte, Esq. Time,2brs. bimine,— Cpmoiuit,coled. Easter Sunday. Two more were q u ic k ly added y but’the fhll ring of eight was not completed until Jnne 1874, when they Were opened , by, eight members of §t. Reiter’s, \yalyforth, Surrey. the Ancient Society of College Youths, who have again visited Upughton qnd, On Wednesday,; Sept.'' lOUi, the fqllciwing membere of the Cuinberland rung a peal qf 5040 changes.. The ring consists of the beUs i-rj. Society succeeded in ringing at the above church Holt’s ten-part pe. treble is from the foundry of Messrs. Hears and Stambanl.,— Ommvmcaltd. "• Recast, a .t>. 1S55* fi oth ’two belle, a .d .'1621,1055. Sonoro sono meo sauo Deo. 0. ‘ William Whitaker Maitland, of Loughton Hall Cud Woodford Hall, Essex. Born Steel Bars for Bells. October 31.1704; died July 1, i SOI. R ing in tho Christ that is to ho.’ -■ 7. ‘ Arbutlmofe Etnma, born March 80, 1827; died A p ril .8/ I860; w ifo o f T . C. Do doubt musical sounds may bo produced ft-om k T S j ' l Rowhrweger, Uplands, Lough ton. Let Hi pi that hear cth say, Coone.’ (witness musiofdhoxes); butlheyarenothells. Weeonmder 8. ‘Xoquor, scd non snrdTs. This bell was glvop b y subscription o f tho panshioiiors. 1 bronze to be the only artioles it to be set up in a tower for religious uses.— E d . “-Communicated. October 3 , 1&74..] Church Bells. 523

decent that a noble Cathedral, which every person in the diocese fills a right I have never seen it suggested tb it the belfry was a part of God’s House, to go into, should be given up to the carpenters for six weeks before the equal in honour with the chancel; as well might one say that ringing was meeting ? I suffered disappointment from this cause in the middle of August, equal as a service to God with the administration of the Sacraments— and it when I liajDpened to be in Gloucester, and thought to spend a quiet half-hour would hardly have occurred to us that he was seriously troubling himself to witbin its sacred walls, and found it in the confusion of these preparations. I refute such a notion. H e says in his first letter that ‘ he sees signs of a am glad to hear that Worcester is likely to take a lead in this reform. W . P. false and growing sentiment,’ and goes on to explain the signs of this senti­ Sin,— Is it against law or custom for a curate to Consecrate in the presence ment to be that ‘ we are now told that the belfry is to be reckoned part of of his rector ? For instance : when there are two celebrations in one day, God’s House, and the ringing a part of His service, and done to H is glo ry;’ should the curate take the deacon’s office in both ? I find there are some and be adds, 1 we find it hard to realise this idea.’ Now he says, that 1 he men who have been months in priests’ orders without being asked to take never had the least doubt that the belfry was part of God’s House,' and their highest service. A Cu r a t e . entirely agrees with the view, and the only view, of the case, which the words he objects to in his first letter could convey. Si r ,— Can any reader recommend a small volume suitable for a family in I am sorry he puts the construction he seems inclined .to do upon my affliction ? P. (perhaps somewhat weak) remark upon Grandsire Doubles. I hope you will S i r ,— Can any reader recommend a sound and sober pamphlet on the use allow me to explain to him that I expressed no wish that he might never of Crosses ? B. lin g a Grandsire with four other clergymen; but I did express a hope that Si r ,— W ould you be kind enough to tell me, through your next issue of he could not find four others who would agree with him in the opinions the Church Bells, where I can get a hook containing the duties of a Sexton, which seemed to be expressed in his letter. Ch a r le s A. IV. Troyte. and what it will cost ? C. J. Memoranda about Mr. Holt’s One-part Peal of Grandsire Triples. S i r ,— What are the best sources of information respecting School Chapels, S i r ,— Having recently read an account of the longest peal of Kent Treble their average cost, ctrc. ? A C o n s t a n t R e a d e r . A n sw ers. Bob Major rung at Eaiisheaton, and finding that Mr. Fox, tbe conductor of the latter part of the same, has called Mr. H olt’s original 5040, One-part peal, Sir ,— ‘ C. D.’ would find Easy Lessons fo r the Younger Children in Sunday of Grandsire Triples, I wish, with your kind permission, to inform tlie Schools, adapted to the Epistle or Gospel fo r each Sunday, very good. Published ringing world that after its eminent composer, the late John Holt, called it at by Masters. E. R. E. St. Margaret’s, Westminster, on the 7tli of July, 1701, it was rung at St. Sir ,— ‘ Country Vicar’ is informed that we have in "Wrexham a bier on two Giles-in-the-Fields (for the first time), with its caller, Mr. Charles Bartlett, wheels, with India-rubber tires; it answers admirably, and is perfectly noise­ assisting in it. Since that time, upwards of twenty persons have performed less. J. II . G ib b o n . this difficult task, among whom was the late W . Richardson of London (who called it several times); Messrs. G. Gross, T. Gross, 11. Winfield, E. Giles W e are unable to insert the numerous accounts of Harvest Thanksgiving and C. Brown, called it once each. Of recent date we have Messrs. H . Haley, Services which our readers are so good as to send. J. Pettit, J. Cox, J. Heron, jun. (o f Liverpool) ; each called it several times, R e c e i v e d a l s o .— W . J. Stanley Bond ; Commander Dawson ; Anglicanus; as well as Messrs. Banister, Jessop, Booth, and Middleton of Gravesend. It Vicar in Dioc. Norv.; An American Churchman; Mary; A Country Vicar; was performed by the Cumberlands for the first time, on bells retained in A Churchwarden; Ecclesia; Ignoramus; George; Inquirer; G. W. C.; hand throughout, on the 22nd of June, 1854, by W. Kitson, 1 ,2 ; J. Cox, 3,4; J. D .; G. W. Jones; J. F .; Albert. T. Powell, 5, 6 ; J. Fairbairn, 7th and tenor. It occupied 2 hrs. 35 mins., and was conducted by J. Cox. Umpires, Messrs. Andrew and Stokes. I t was afterwards called in a similar way, in the St. James’s Society, hy II. Haley ; then hy J. Heron, jun. of Liverpool; and the last time it was performed in BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. this scientific style .was on the 13 th of March, 1872, hy W . Goo ter, 1,2; LI. Haley, 3, 4 ; M. A. Wood, 5, 6 : and H . Booth, 7th and tenor. This oc­ A Tour among Bells in Town and Country. cupied 2 hrs. 45 ruins., and was called by H. Haley. On this occasion also, No. I I . there were competent witnesses to attest the truth of it. G e o . G u n . N o r fo lk has for upwards of a century and a half held a foremost place Prize-ringing at New Buckenham, Norfolk. among Change-ringing counties ; in many a small village the local company C a n it he believed that the publican of the King’s Head Inn, in this will l ing their 720 of Court and Treble Bob iu good style. Redenhall, Diss, village, was allowed to offer t w o s e t s or g l o v e s (what next?) as prizes to be end Lynn, each possesses a ring of eight bells of renowned excellence, and rung for oil tire bells of St. Martin’s Church, in the same place ? W e would lingers worthy of the bells: there are also, at least, seventeen other rings of ask if the parson arid churchwardens are ignorant of the solemn trust confided eight, and three of ten, scattered about the county, and the belfry records in them ? As such, we consider them most reprehensible for allowing such a lately published in Church Bells show how extensively and successfully desecration, which we learn from a local paper took place, on the IQtli of ringing is practised. January last. W e trust never to hear of tlie like again.— E d . But it is the hells and ringers of St. Peter’s Mancroft, at Norwich, that we Norfolk men put forward as our best ground for claiming eminence, and if Prize-ringing at Floore, Northamptonshire. it is our partiality that calls them ‘ unrivalled,’ they are certainly unsurpassed. W h a t could have induced the Vicar and Churchwardens of Floore to allow This noble ring of twelve was cast by Messrs. Pack and Chapman. From old the bells of their parish church to disturb their ‘ quiet little village ’ (as we boards in the tower we learn that there were only eight bells in 1715, and two learn from a local paper was the case on the 13th hit.) by admitting to the trebles seem to have been added in 1736. The present bells were put up in belfry six sets of strange ringers to pull about the church bells under an June,. 1775, and in the following November the Norwich Scholars rang their arrangement made by tlie landlord of the village public-house, who appears first peal of Cinques in the Grandsire method. The tenor ■ of Chapman and to have managed this ungodly competition ? As usual, the publican seems to Pack (weighing -11 cwt.) was cracked in 1811, and Mears of Whitechapel have come in for the lion’s share arising out of the day’s proceedings. W e supplied the present fine-toned bell of the same weight. , hope there will be no repetition of such useless fooleries. One of the first It was a lovely summer evening when I looked up the conductor of tbe steps in belfry reform is to sever the link betvieen the belfry and the village Norwich band— a veteran ringer, who rang his first peal nearly 50 years ago. tap-room. Surely it is the duty of all'parsons and churchwardens, by their W ith him I ascended the massive tower, and reached a dimly-lighted room influence and authority, to effect this, and then they will easily succeed in where the ropes of the old bells used to hang, and where, it is said, the first raising the tone and respectability of their ringers.—E d . true peals of Triples, both Grandsire and Stedman, were accomplished. W e Bell-ringing at Liverpool.—A Correction. then proceeded up to the present fine ringing-chamber, lighted by the upper SIR,— In reply to ‘ Archaeologist,’ the peal he inquires about was rung at portion of ft grand west window, through which the sun was streaming. The St. John the Baptist, Tue Brook, a Liverpool suburb. ‘ St. John's’ only, was eight back-bells were then raised in peal in excellent style. This is a branch an error. There is another peal of eight at a Roman Catholic Church. of ringing which London ringers, perhaps unwisely, neglect; for the tone of L i v e r p o o l C o l l e g e S oU t h . bells is never so sweet and pure as when they are about ‘ three parts up.’ W e next ascend to the bells, and see ‘ tliat cymbal loud and great ’ (as the Change-ringing at Mortlake, Surrey. tenor is quaintly designated in one of the old boards) erect in the centre of O n Saturday, the 19tli ult., the following members of St. James’s the tower, and surrounded by her melodious sisters. Society rang at St. Mary’s Church H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, To enable the writer to join in the ringing the conductor kindly called which was well struck and brought round in 2 hrs. and 42 mins. J. Cox, three courses of Grandsire Cinques, although Stedman and Treble Bob are treble ; G. Stockliam, 2nd; C. Hopkins, 3rd; H. Hopkins, 4th ; G. R. Banks, usually practised; then, as the evening was oppressively sultry, the bells were 5th; J. Nelms, Gth; R. Rose, 7th; A. Hayward, tenor. Conducted by Mr. ceased in peal. Cox.— Per Letter. Some exquisite touches on the hand-bells in tlie more intricate methods, Muffled Peal at St. Mark’s, Darling Point, Sydney, N. S. Wales. struck with as much precision as can he heard even in London, show that the present Norwich Scholars are worthy successors of the old ringers who made O n Tuesday evening, 4th August ult. the members of the St. Mark’s such a name for their county. It was a matter of much regret to me that I Society of Ringers occupied the belfry of the above church, and rang a muffled was obliged to leave Norfolk without visiting Redenhall, where there is a first- peal, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Mr. Robert Martin, rate company, of which an old College friend of mine, and a most accom­ v,ho was for many years a member of their Society. H e accidentally met his plished ringer, is an active member. C. Y. death by drowning, at Bodalla, on Saturday, the 1st ult., where he was spending a month’s holiday. H e had only been absent from Sydney a few days Calcutta, August 1874. ( Tie c o n tin u e d .) when he met his untimely death. The following members took part in the ‘ Is the Belfry a Part of God’s House?’ peal, viz. :— T. Ridley, treble; C. Maclean, 2nd ; T. W. Line, 3rd ; W. D. Sib ,— Certainly you would seem by your heading, and I by my answer, to May, 4th; ,T. Shearston, 5th; W. T. Wood, tenor.' The peal was conducted have put a different interpretation on ‘ A Priest-ringer’s ’ first letter from what hy Mr. W. T. Wood.— Communicated. he would now appear to wish put upon it; hut, after a careful reperusal of it, I cannot think we were wrong in reading it as we did. R e c e i v e d .—A . C. Townsend; Bob Single; J. J. Serjeantson. October xo, 1874.] Church Bells. 535 ------js.______

whose parishes he had acted as missioner, and said that all, without ex- ception, had misgivings before the mission, and all, without exception, NOTES AND QUERIES. were now thankful for having had it. He believed that where the Gospel was fully preached, and ‘ not watered down,’ the Church would be the The Oxford Conference. gainer by the mission: instead of losing those who were quickened, sho Si r ,— As one of the earliest members of the Home Beunion Society, I would win some at present alienated from her. And the greatest suc­ wish to join Mr. James in earnest thanks to Mr. Nankivell for his excellent cess was where the services were least histrionic, least sensational, and least letter in defence of the Oxford Conference. I am only sorry that such a exciting. blessed and useful gathering of Christians should need defence, llather let The only selected speaker on this branch of the subject was another Churchmen rejoice in this pledge and means of future reunion. Christians experienced Mission-preacher, the Rev. W. Hay M. H. Aitken, Vicar of who work together will first become of ‘ one heart and one soul,’ and then, Christ Church, Everton, Liverpool, and a son of the late revered Robert as clearer and fuller light breaks in, they will long for and pray for reunion Aitken of Pendeen. To the regret of all who know his singular power, both in ‘ one body;’ they will see that a divided Church is just as unnatural and as a preacher and as a speaker, he quite failed to do himself justice, at all unscriptural as a divided Christ. W in f ie l d Co oper. events for the first ten minutes, in which he was mainly engaged in confirm­ A Correction. ing what had already been said, and that without any special force. But in the last five minutes it was clear that he was rapidly ‘ getting his steam up.’ and S i r ,— lrou are grievously wronging the memory of the Bev. T. Thurlow. had he had half-an-hour more would no doubt have delivered an address to be Lord Thurlow, us Patentee of Bankrupts, received 7359/. Bev. T. Thurlow, remembered : but the inexorable bell cut him short just as he was beginning to as Clerk of the Hanaper (a sinecure office, it is true), received 468/. How such be himself. H e was then speaking of what seemed to him the dangers attending inaccuracy has found its way into your columns is inexplicable. Cl e r ic u s . the Mission movement, and the first—the only one he had time to mention— Q ueries. was its being corrupted by sinking into mere ecclesiastical formalism. For Sir,— Having recently adopted in our Sunday-schools the book of this, he said, the remedy was to recognise the woik from beginning to end as Children's Hymns published by tlie S. P. C. K., we wish to know if any of the sole work of the Holy Ghost; adding that just as the wind, which your readers could tell us what tunes they have for Hymns 10, 35, 71, 83, ‘ bloweth where it listeth,’ is now known to move in strict accordance with 88, 139, 132, 130, and 1-37 ? M a r y . great scientific laws, so the Spirit, to whom the wind in those very words was likened, worked according to H is own laws, and one of these was ‘ According Si r ,— W here is the score of the American setting of Gloria in Excelsis to be obtained ? I f Scripture be our guide, surely a hymn ought to be sung to your faith be it unto you.’ before we again ‘ go out to the Mount o f Olives ’ of the trials and temptations The first volunteer speaker called upon was the Rev. Clement F. Cobb, the of life. A Co u n tr y V ic a r . successor of the late Mr. Pennefather at St, Jude’s, Mildmay Park. H e ap­ peared to have been deputed by the Islington clergy to represent them on the Si r ,— W'ill you, or any of your readers, give a list of six or seven weekly occasion, and lie made a very remarkable and interesting statement of the or monthly serials suitable for adult cottage readers in a country parish. results of the London Mission in that huge congeries of parishes. H is in ­ These magazines should contain anecdotes, instruction of a useful kind, and formation was skilfully condensed and effectively delivered, and lie sat down moral tales, seasoned, i f possible, with sound, sober, Christian views, such as just as the bell rang, having made a contribution to the debate which defies those of which the Church Bells is an exponent. The title, publisher, and any attempt to give a summary of it, but which deserves to be read when price of each should be named. A C hurch w o m an. published. S i r ,— Can you recommend a lucid and authoritative treatise on Church After speeches by the Rev. Hugh Raker of Woolwich, M r, Douglas Fox Endowments, giving date, publisher, price, and author ? E c c le sia . (who described a Mission to fallen women in Brighton), and the Rev. Flavel Cook of Clifton,— Si r ,— I f a 1 Constant Header ’ will send me his address, I will forward the The Fen. Archdeacon Emery came forward, and soon restored life to particulars he requires. H . L. what had become rather a sleepy meeting. Speaking with his wonted 2 / 'assail Terrace, Holland llnad, S. W. vigour, lie described his own experience of Missions in the diocese of E ly ; and so far from fearing, with Mr. Aitken, their becoming too ecclesiastical, *** We are obliged to postpone the appearance o f letters from several Corre­ he rejoiced at the exemplary way in Which the Bishops now throw themselves spondents hy the pressure o f Congress matter. into the movement (though, by the way, it was not this which Mr. Aitken deprecated). The-Archdeacon evoked the loudest cheers of the evening by- E e c e i v e d a l s o : —Alpha; A Leicester Churchman; A Constant Header ; asking what was the use of ‘ seat-holders’ giving up their seats to all comers C. T. ; Laicus; A. Potter; Hector; F. N. Leet, Clk.; C. G. for the Mission-week, if when it was over they came back again and turned them out— the church must he free if the people were to he won; and also by pleading for greater elasticity in the Church services, to he secured the BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. renewed action of Convocation. After a fervent address hy the R e i. I I . Meyer of Trowbridge, who gave in detail the spiritual results o f his own Mission-preaching, the Bishop called on Change-ringing at Hurworth, Gainford, and Staindrop, Durham. the Rev. John Scarth, of St. Andrew’s Waterside Mission, Gravesend, to open O n Tuesday evening, Sept. 8th, six members of the Hurwortli-on-Tees the second subject. H e was followed by the Rev. E . L . Salisbury, Commander Change-ringing Society rang for the first time a peal of Grandsire Minor, in Dawson, and the Rev. E. A. Williams, a naval chaplain, and the discussion 28 mins. The ringers were:—J. Thompson, treble; J. Gaines, 2nd; continued until ten o’clock before a very thin audience. H. Kirby, 3rd; J. Hern, 4th; Joel Hern, 5th; W. Goldsborougk, tenor. (iContinued on page 5-38.) W eight of tenor, 17 cwt. The peal is from Troyte’s Change-ringing, p. 55. Conducted hy Johnson Hern. This is the first peal in this method rung by a set of Durham ringers. On Saturday afternoon, Sept. 19th, five of the above, with J. Garbutt, CORRESPONDENCE. visited Gainford, and rang a peal of Bob Minor in 20 mins. W eight of tenor, 13 cwt. in Gg. The first 720 on these bells. A t the Harvest-home Festival at Staindrop, Sept. 29th, the Hurworth The American Church and Slavery. ringers were invited by the Vicar, and rang several peals and touches o f Boh Minor during the day, v iz .:— J. Garbutt, treble ; J. Gaines, 2nd; H . Kirby, g IEi— In the Christian World for September 5tli— a paper which appears 3rd; J. Thompson, 4th; Joel Hern, 5th: E. Newton, tenor. Weight of to lie mainly devoted to violent and unreasoning attacks upon the Anglican tenor, 14 cwt. in G. The ringing was conducted by J. Gaines.— Communicated. Communion— I read on p. 569 th a t‘ the Episcopal Church o f America was, during the war, the only denomination which pronounced in favour of slavery.’ Change-ringing at Lindley, Huddersfield. Allow me to say that this statement is a deliberate misrepresentation. The O n Friday evening, Sept. 25th, the Huddersfield Society of Change- jiaper adds, that in consequence the Episcopal Communion is the largest in ringers occupied the belfry of St. Stephen’s Church, Lindley, and rang a peal the Southern States. Allow me to add that this also is a most unaccountable of 5088 changes of Kent Treble Bob Major, with the sixth bell eleven times mistake. The Episcopal Church is in a minority in every State, North and wrong and twelve times right in five-six, which they completed in 3 hrs. South, except New York. During the war the Episcopal Church of the 8 mins. The ringers were:— J. Stead, treble; G. Clay, 2nd; A. Sykes, 3rd; Southern States was almost the only body which maintained friendly relations J. Pickles, 4th; H. Ellis, 5th; C. Clegg, 6th; J. Collins, 7th; T. Haigh, with its Northern sister, and which, after the war, reunited without any loss of tenor. The peal was composed expressly for this occasion, and conducted amity and Christian love. The Episcopal Church was also the only Christian by T. Haigh. Weight of tenor, 18^ cwt. Tliis being the first peal of 5000 body which determined to keep the political question in the back-ground. changes on this fine-toned ring of bells, it was listened to by a large number The most numerous bodies in the South are (both before and since the War of people in the neighbourhood of the church.— Communicated. o f Secession) the Methodists and Baptists, the ministers of both of which denominations were violent pro-slavery advocates, and made politics a promi­ Change-ringing at Widford, Essex. nent subject. That the Episcopal Church lias made great progress since the O n Monday, Sept. 28th, five members of the Widford Society of Change- war, although the South has lost the most intelligent of its inhabitants, is ringers (assisted by Mr. J. Strutt of Kingston-on-Thames) rang a true and due to the fact that the clergy, as much as possible, avoided politics. Bor complete peal of Cambridge Surprise, containing 720 changes-, in 26 mins. other reasons why the Church has made great way, both North and South, Also touches of Bob Minor, Single and Double Court Bob, Oxford and Kent your readers are referred to the interesting volume by Bishop Coxe, entitled Treble Bob, were also rung during the day. The ringers were :— W. Wood, Apollos, or the Way o f God. It indicates the bias towards the Church which is treble; T. Drake, 2nd; J. Dailies, 3rd; W. Rowland, 4th; J. Strut, 5th; taking place amongst the intelligent classes in America, tired of the dis­ G. E. Livermore, tenor and conductor. W eight of tenor, 12 cwt.— Com­ integrating influence of the sects. An A m e r ic a n Ch u r c h m a n . municated, P.S.— I wrote on this topic to the Christian World, hut my letter was not even acknowledged. R e c e iv e d :—B. Keeble ; R. P .; Treble Bob ; T. B. C. October 17, 1874.] Church Bells. 547

CORRESPONDENCE, BELLS AND BELL-RINGING.

A Tour among Bells in Town and Country. ‘ The Spirits in Prison.’ Sir.,— W hile I quite allow that the interpretation of the passage (1 Pet. iii. No. I I I . 19, 30) must be based upon a comparison of difficulties, I feel sure that I t is of no use to talk to me about resisting temptation ! When I hear the those in what may be called the antediluvian view taken by ‘ Elep,’ are far hells in a tower being raised (and I have a marvellously sharp ear for that greater than those in the interpretation so ably advocated in Bishop Horsley's operation), go I must. Fortunately, change ringers as a body have always a noted sermon on the passage, which 1 would recommend ‘ IClep ’ to study. welcome for strangers who can ring at all, or I should on many occasions The whole subject is admirably and exhaustively discussed by the Bishop of have been given to Understand that I was an intruder. Winchester upon Article I I I . H e entirely adopts Bishop Horsley's view. On the 18th June, 1873, I was in the neighbourhood of Charing Cross W . Walsham How. when the Shah was expected to arrive in London ; the sound of one or two Sib,— I should like to direct attention to one or two points which appear bells in the tower of St, Martin-in-the-Fields yvas as irresistible as usual, to nte worth noticing in the text. and I presently found myself at the head-quarters of the Cumberland Society, 1. The expressions, ‘ pul to death in the flesh,’ and ‘ quickened hy the Spirit,’the able rivals of the College Youths. are antithetical. They might he rendered ‘ dead in body but alive in His The ringing-chamber is oval in form, and rather small; the ropes descend m spirit, i.e. soul.’ I think this is a right one, and if so, as the antecedent of an excellent circle, but are a little crowded; the room is kept in beautiful i*»(E. V. By which), it shows that it was Christ Himself, not the H oly order, and ornamented with many hoards. Spirit in Noah or any other, that went and preached, &c. The Shah was welcomed with touches of Caters in the Stedman and 3. ‘ In prison’ is rendered by Bishop Browne as ‘ in safe custody.’ Bengel Grandsire methods, and with a touch of Treble Bob Royal, all of which were speaks to the same point, drawing a distinction between the meaning of the admirably struck. The tenor weighs 84 cwt., and gives out a very fine note words prison and custody. H e seems to think, too, with a good show of rea­ D. It is, however, invariably the case, that when a tenor hell is of a note higher son, that this is a key-word, for he says ( I translate from his Latin), ‘ St. than G the 10 hells are more musical than the 12. This is certainly the case Peter does not say that all [the] spirits were in that, safe custody; for many at St. Martin’s ; the 10 are a very beautiful ring, but the trebles are too shrill, might he in a sadder place; hut he intimates that Christ preached to all who and do not improve the music. Similarly no ring of 10 is satisfactory Avith a were in safe custody.’ And here I would remark, that there is 110 necessity tenor sharper than E, and no ring of eight in a higher key than G is to believe that all that perished in the fearful deluge perished eternally. thoroughly pleasing. With six bells it may be possible to go higher in the This opinion, of course, is only grounded on what we know of other tem­ scale, for the sharp tones of the smaller hells are not so violently contrasted poral judgments, hut I should fancy it will win its own way. with the deep tones of the heavy hc-lls: hut, speaking generally, hells o f a 3. I would draw attention to the fact that the article in the Apostles’ higher pitch than the upper G do not answer. C. Y. Creed— 1 Pie descended into hell’— and the third of the Thirty-nine Articles Calcutta, Sept. 1871. ( rJ\> be continued.) of Religion, do not necessarily imply Christ’s descent amongst the spirits of the damned. The word hell (from hclan, to cover) signifies that which is Muffled Peals at Leeds. bidden. In Scripture it is used in many derived senses, but most commonly On Sunday last the bells of the parish church were deeply muffled, as a signifies tbe invisible world. The general view with regard to the condition token of respect to the late Mr. William Gawkrodger, who had been a member of the departed is that all are in hell (Hades), a great gulf being fixed be­ of the St. Peter’s Company of Change-ringers upwards of fifty years, and tween the lost and the saved (vide Luke, xvi. 30). T o these latter, it has for the last twenty-five their President. H e died suddenly on Friday last, at been supposed, then, did Christ go and preach (i.e. herald, proclaim, not the age of 08, respected hy all who knew him. On Monday evening a evangelise). There ‘ H e began the triumph of His resurrection, by pro­ muffled peal was rung at the parish church, and on Tuesday at Holbeek, as claiming Ilis victorious work and by imparting perfect freedom and salvation a token of the Company’s esteem for their departed brother-ringer and friend. to all who had died in the faith under the Old Testament dispensation.’ — Communicated. The words of Hooker are well known:—‘ I hold it for a most infallible Change ringing at Manchester Cathedral. rule in expositions of the sacred Scriptures, that where a literal construction O n Saturday, October 3rd, a mixed company of Change-ringers, consisting will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst.’ In accordance of six of the Manchester Cathedral and four from Ashton-under-Lyne, rang with this canon, I think it will be seen that Bishop Browne’s interpretation a true and complete peal of Grandsire Caters, consisting of 5039 changes, in o fth e ‘ spirits in prison’ (derived from Bishop H orsley) is scriptural, rea­ 3 hrs. 20 mins. The ringers were stationed thus:— AV. Cross, treble; T. sonable, and is free from two common errors; (1 ), of intruding into things AVroe, 2nd; J. AVood, 3rd; J. Grimshaw, 4th; J. Lowcock, 5th; T . Bray- man has not seen from revelation, and (2), of being ‘ wise above that which shaw, Oth; J. Holgate, 7th; J. Gillot, 8th; L. Broadbent, 9th; J. Withers, is written.’ (I. AY. Joses, Priest. tenor. W eight of tenor, 25 cwt. Composed hy James,AVood and conducted S i b ,— Just one word more on ‘ the Spirits in Prison.’ ‘ J. F .’ admits that by AA’illiam Cross.— Communicated. he lias asserted that the apostles and martyrs are now in Hades. This I Change-ringing at Christ Church, Pendlebury, Lancashire. hold to be directly opposed to the teaching of H oly Scripture, and I feel sure On Saturday, October 3rd, the ringers of this church rang the first half of that ‘ J. TV will see that it is due to your readers that proof should be given H olt’s ten-part peal, consisting of 2520 changes, in 1 hr. 32 mins. The from H oly Scripture for such an assertion. The way he has met the difficulty ringers were:—J. Hindley, treble; 1. Roth well, 2nd; J. Greenhalgh, 3rd; of 2 Cor. v. 8, and Phil. i. 23, is hy separating our Lord’s body from His AAr. Cottrill, 4th; T . AVorrall, 5th; W. R. Watson, Oth; B. Walker, 7th j spirit, and bringing the lat ter back from the right hand of God into Hades ! J. Briscoe, tenor. Conducted hy T. AVorrall.— Contributed. ( ‘ H is soul was not left in Hades,’ Acts, ii. 31.) No proof whatever is given Change-ringing at Bicester, Oxon. for such an assertion. Popery, for a few shillings, releases her saints from T h e following members of the Oxford Society of Change-ringers visited Purgatory and sends them to Heaven.* ‘ J. F .’ is less merciful, for he keeps them there, and rejoices at the thought that they may he preaching to tile Bicester on Saturday, October 3rd, and rang 5040 changes of Grandsire Triples, with 190 bobs and 50 singles, in 3 h rs .:— F. AA’illiamson, treble; ‘ heathen.’ I write this with but one object, viz. that the truth of God may he H. Janaway, 2nd; AV. Thomas, 3rd; E. Harrison, 4th; C. Hounslow, 5th; established. E l e p . J. Field, Oth ; R. Annis, 7th ; AV. Smith, tenor. Conducted by Mr. Charles * Is there any practice of the Romish Church which this statement quite accurately describes ?— E d . Hounslow.— Communicated. Change-ringing at Pimlico. E i g h t members of tbe Cumberlands lately rang at St. Gabriel s, Pimlico, NOTES AND QUERIES. Mr. John H olt’s one-part peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, in 2 lirs. 55 mins. The above peal has two doubles in the last four leads. The ringers were:—A. Macey, treble; G. Newson, 2nd; W. Hoverd, 3rd; Q ueries. E. Gibbs, 4 tli; D. Slackwood, 5th ; S. Jarman, Gth ; It. Bose, 7th; T. Heath, Sib,—Register of Baptisms is searched; 100 years are gone through; a tenor. Conducted by Mr. G. Newson.— Communicated: no date sent. note is made of entries. What is the legal fee ? R e c t o r . Muffled Peals at Hindley, Lancashire. Si b ,— Can you, or any of your readers, recommend me a small collection I n Memoriam of Peter Johnson Grundy, who died on Sunday evening, (say 50 01- 60) of Modern Church Hymns, which can he used as a Supplement Oct. 4, 1874, aged 30 years. For many years he was closely connected with to an existing (and very inferior) Hymn-book? Also, the publisher and price. the church of St. Peter’s, Hindley, as one of the ringers and a member of the A COUNTRY CuBATE. choir, ever found in his place. From the day of his death to his burial on 1 C. T .’ would he glad to know where he could obtain a copy of the Thursday, the 8th instant, muffled peals were rung every evening by his American Prayer-book, the Scotch Prayer-book, and the Revised Irish Church fellow-ringers. H e was held in esteem by all who knew him, as was evinced Prayer-houli, and at what price they are published. by the crowds who thronged the route along which the funeral corteye passed A n sw ers. on its way to the parish church of Hindley. The solemn service was conducted Si r ,— In reply to ‘ M .’ on the merits of ‘ Cremation,’ I would refer him to hy the Bev. E. Lovegrove, curate; and after the Lesson, the ‘ Dead March was the following hooks:— Reliyio Medici, by Sir Thos. Browne (S. Low & Co. played on the organ. At the conclusion of the service by the grave, the choir 2s. 6 4.); Urn Burial, by a Liverpool Surgeon (Philips & Co. Is .); also to an of St. Peter’s sang the three last verses of Luther’s hym n:— ‘ The dead m article on Churchyards, in 2nd series of Recreations of a Country Parson, Christ shall first arise,’ &c.— Communicated. (Longmans, 3s. 0cl.); and Contemporary Review for Jan., Feb., and Mar. .J. D. Date Touch. Si r ,—In reply to ‘ B.’*in Church Bells for Oct. 3, I can recommend On Thursday evening, the 8th inst., a touch of 1874 Bob Major was rung Rays of Sunlight for Bark Days (Macmillan and Co.), and Gonsolaiio (Riving- at St. Matthew’s, Holbeck.— Communicated. tons). They are wonderful books. A . P o t t e r . Beceiyed.—F. B. King ; G. P. Banks. If Mr. Banks wishes his work to R e c e i v e d a l s o ,— G. L . E . (AVc d o not think your plan would be practicable); AV. AY.; F. Roberson; J. D. Itnipe ; G. H .; W. H. P. ; Ena, be known, we advise him to ad vertise in our columns and in the Buildev. October 24, 1874.] Church Bells. 559

who never how at the 1 Name of Jesus,’ do so at ‘Jesus Christ’ in the Beliefs 1 CORRESPONDENCE. And should the passage, ‘ Every knee shall bow,’ be taken literally ? [W e have not observed the varieties of use to which ‘ E n a’ calls our atten­ * Departed Spirits.’ tion. The general practice of those who make an outward reverence at tlie Si r ,— ‘ Elep 5 again ascribes to me a statement I never made, and calls mention of the Holy Trinity is to do so at tbe Glorias, and generally when praise upon me to prove it. I beg to refer him to 'what I actually wrote (Sept. 5, is ascribed, as at the tersanctus in the Te Deum, and in the Holy Communion p. 4S0, line 25 from the end). I suppose my paper was too brief for carrying Office. There can be no doubt that the command, ‘ . . . every knee shall conviction on a subject so remote from popular notions. I tried to write bow,’ is a literal one, and requires the worship of onr whole being, though it clearly; but if ‘ Elep ’ has misunderstood me, I fear others of your readers may not prescribe the exact material form of that worship; for we cannot may have done the same. However, I am not at all sorry that you thought conceive of the knees of ‘ things under the earth.’ The bowing is an ancient fit to print what I wrote, nor that you have admitted some correspondence on and pious usage, which has been adopted as a becoming outward symbol of the subject; as in the end some will be sure to have learned more accurately the inward worship.— E d . ] than heretofore what Scripture really teaches. In my former letter I referred S i r ,—I should be glad to know whether those clergymen who had been to the notes in Alford’s Greek Testament. Mr. W. Walsham How has now Dissenting ministers, and who have been admitted to H oly Orders in the mentioned Bishop Harold Browne on the Articles. I would add that Sadler’s Church of England, were confirmed before they were ordained ? Also, whether Church Doctrine Bible Truth (chap. ix., on the Burial Service) contains an a minister of the Established Church of Scotland would need to he confirmed admirable exposition of the subject. Suffer me to advise ‘ Elep ’ to read what before ordination in the Church of England ? A C o n s t a n t B e a d e r . Mr. Sadler writes ; and then, after an interval, to read it again; repeating the [T h e r e can he little doubt on this matter. The rubric at the_ end of the process once a fortnight or so for three months, or varying it by Bishop Office for Confirmation makes Confirmation at the hands of a Bishop a con­ Browne or Dean Alford, thus giving time for the unfamiliar thoughts to sink dition of the reception of the H oly Communion; and, a fortiori, it would be a into his mind ; and if, after all, he should be unconvinced, I am afraid it condition of Ordination.— E d .] would be hopeless for me to renew the controversy. I may add that I think S i r ,— Can you name some periodical, or very cheap hooks, suitable for the we need a very considerable change in the tone of our Hymns as to the future reading on Sundays of well-educated servants? I want something of more life, Many of them are quite out of harmony with the Bible and Prayer- decided Church tone than the Sunday at Home, yet not so advanced as the book ; and very few, indeed, are as full and clear as that which I quoted from, Churchman's Companion. G. W . C. one of Mr. How’s, beginning, ‘ Hope of hopes and joy of joys.’ The whole doctrine is really a most important one from its bearing upon practice-; for in R e c e i v e d a l s o .— Churchman; J. II.; Yicar; Presbyter; John Wood Mr. Sadler’s words, 4 The popular view practically supersedes thee omiug of Christ for judgment and the resurrection of the flesh, and altogether John G. Trotter; H. G.; R. E. Eaton; Charles Worthy. neutralising another truth, insisted on from one end of Scripture to the other, that the saints will be rewarded according to their works.’ J. F. Opening of Churches for Private Prayer. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. S i r ,— In the late Church Congress, during the discussion on the *Adapt­ ation of the Services and Fabrics of the Church,’ &c., several speakers alluded A Tour among Bells in Town and Country, to the benefit that working-folk especially might derive from the opening of • No. IV . the churches all day for private prayer. Mr. Street, however, mentioned one reason why this use of open churches was so seldom made— namely, the pro­ C h i s l e h u r s t has of late years acquired a world-wide renown, as being the verbial shyness of Englishmen. Now, knowing well the almost insuperable resting-place of the exiled Imperial Family of France: apart from this it is worthy of mention as one of the sweetest spots in England. To a Churchman difficulties to private prayer presented by the crowded homes of the poor, and who has ever had tbe good fortune to reside there it will ever be dear, as also their reluctance to make themselves conspicuous by adopting any unusual possessing an old church where, without any excesses of Ritual, the services custom, a way has suggested itself to me by which working men and lads of the Prayer-book are conducted in all their fulness, and, considering the might, by degrees, be brought to this most suitable use of God’s House. resources of a village, with almost absolute perfection. ‘ God’s Acre ’ here is Might there not he a very short niglit-service, at half-past nine or ten o’clock, the fairest place in the parish, and all connected with the church tends to for men and boys only, to consist of (say) the General Confession, a psalm or part of a chapter read, and Litany hym n; concluding with five minutes realise the words, ‘ The Beauty of Holiness.’ In such a church we may be sure the bells are not neglected. On Good for private prayer? The whole time occupied need he only a quatter of an hour. I think there would be several advantages. Many, who would not Friday the tenor, deeply muffled, is tolled in half-pulls during the short like to take so unusual a step as going into a church alone to say their intervals when no service is held; and ‘ very early in the morning ’ at Easter a joyful touch of Grandsire Triples announces that the ‘ Lord is risen indeed.’ prayers, would rejoice at tbe opportunity thus afforded of doing so without Some 15 years ago a fire broke out in the tower and destroyed tbe old ring attracting notice; and there could be no feeling of shyness where all were of six. The authorities very wisely determined that their new ring should be similarly engaged. Helps to Prayer might be provided by means of cards one of eight, although in order to get them in it was necessary to put the or books placed on tbe seats, or by a few words occasionally from the con­ trebles in a little cage above the others ; but as the work was entrusted to an ductor of the service. It would form a valuable opportunity for intercourse able firm this was accomplished in a most satisfactory manner, and the bells between the clergy and the working-men of their parishes. The lateness of of Cliislehurst are now as perfect and suitable as all tbe other belongings of the the meetings (suggested as being the last act before retiring to rest) would church. The ring is in F, with a tenor of 18 cwt. The ringers of the village render.them only useful to those living near the church; but simultaneous were not slow to take advantage of the augmented ring, and within a few ones might also be held in school or mission-rooms, and by laymen. I tbink years were able to accomplish a complete peal of Grandsire Triples in ex­ many who are struggling to live a godly life in an ungodly house would gladly cellent style; and although several of the old members have left, youngsters avail themselves of such services, and some who have never yet used private have been , so carefully trained that the band is now quite a model of what prayer m ight he led to begin the habit. This plan would only, or chiefly, be ringers should be. The ropes bang down into the church ; but I believe that practicable in town parishes; hut some large villages might be able to adopt even your correspondent, ‘ A Priest Ringer,’ would feel that as matters are it. I f successful, it would tend to lead the working classes to look upon the managed here there is little, indeed, to which exception can be taken. The Church, as it is in truth, a House of Prayer. present writer can bear the best witness to the painstaking and patience of his A M e m b e r o f t h e B r i g h t o n C h u r c h C o n g r e s s . friends, the Chislehurst Ringers, with a very slow pupil, and tenders them his The Home Reunion Society. hearty thanks and best wishes. C. Y. S ir,— W ill you kindly allow me to state that the Bight Bev. the President Calcutta, Sept. 1874. ^ be continue(Q of the above Society has just kindly sanctioned the use of the following order for Reunion Services in the diocese of Winchester, and that we are New Bells at St. George’s, Fovant, Wilts. endeavouring to get it approved hy as many of his episcopal brethren as we C h i e f l y by the liberality and exertions of Mrs. Earle of Tunbridge W ells, can?— Holy Communion: Collect, Prayer for Unity from Queen’s Accession two new bells, cast by Messrs. Warner and Sons of London, have been given Office; Epistle, Eph. iv. I to 1G inclusive; Gospel, St. John, x. 7 to 16 in­ to this church. The tenor bell is inscribed, Omnia fiant ad gloriam Dei. The clusive. M atins: Ps. xliv. lx. and lxxx.; Lessons, Ezek. x x x y u . ; 1 Cor. i. second, Deum laudo, clerum voco, plebem congrego, funera plango. The ring Evensong: Ps. lxxxiv. Ixxxv. cxxii. and cxxxiii.; Lessons, Isa. xi.; St. John now consists of four. Very hearty services were held when the bells were xvii. L et me add, that the Society is now in full working order, hut that our dedicated to the worship of Almighty God— their first use being to call together great need is money to defray the heavy expenses of advertising, &c. The the people of Fovant to an early celebration of the H oly Communion. Com­ smallest donations towards the Society’s funds will be very acceptable. municated. W il l ia m T. M o w bray. Change-ringing at Tanfield, Durham. On Saturday, Oct. 10th, a party of Change-ringers from Ripon and Sharow visited Tanfield, and rang on their newly erected peal of six bells, NOTES AND QUERIES. two true and complete peals of Grandsire and Plain Bob Minor, containing 720 changes each, in 54 mins. The former peal contained 22 Singles and Queries. 38 Bobs, ably conducted by T . Clark, being the first peal on p. 55 m C. A. W. Troyte’s work on Change-ringing; the latter peal contained ‘ Ena* would be very grateful if some of the readers of Church Bells would answer the following questions, or give any explanation on the subject:— Is it 30 Bobs and 2 Singles, ably conducted by J. Strodder, sen. The following at the mention of the Holy Trinity, or only in ascribing praise to the Father, were tbe ringers:—W. S. Clark, aged 13 years, treble (his first peals); W . Pick, 2nd; J. Strodder, sen., 3rd ; J. Trevor, 4 th ; J. Strodder, jun., 5th ; Son, and H oly Ghost, that some bow? W hy is it done? Is it merely in and T. Clark, tenor. W eight of tenor, 12 cwt. in C.— Communicated. reverence, or for some special reason ? W hy do others turn to the East in ­ stead of bowing; and why do these remain turned till the ‘ Amen ’ in the Glorias, while those who bow only bow during the first part? Is it to the R e c e i v e d .— S . Hallard. ‘ A Ringer ’ requests to know when Troyte’s East or to the altar people turn at the Beliefs and Glorias I W hy do some, abridged edition w ill be ready. October 31, 1874.] Church Bells. 5 7 1

Si r ,— Would you, or any correspondent, be so kind as to inform me where Pearce; and the speeches on the occasion were the expression of much good I could obtain Primitive Liturgies containing Offices for H oly Baptism, &c. ? feeling towards the ringers on the one side, and on the other an exhibition by Those I have comprise solely the Office for the H oly Communion. Are any them of grateful regard for their friends, and an honest devotion to the service others to be found out of tbe Fathers or the Jjtostolical Constitutions1 of the Church. Please mention price and publisher. W hat is the best translation of the Generous acts of kindness like this cannot fail of producing good moral Apostolical Constitutions, and by whom published ? Where, and in what results, and particularly in helping to establish a respectable and exemplary form, are Canon Walsham Flow’s Hymns to be obtained ? D. body of men in a most honourable calling, in the place of one which, in past c John S. Mayson 1 wishes to know of a Tract suitable to adults who have years, has been wanting perhaps in reverence, if not in temperance, at times never been to church or any place of worship. and places when decency and order should he most conscientiously observed. — C omimmicated. A n sw ers. Change-ringing at Lees, near Manchester. ‘ H ector ’ is entitled by the Cth and 7tli Wm. 1Y. cap. , sec. 35, to two 86 On Saturday, October 3rd, the Society of Change-ringers from St. James’s pounds, ten shillings, and sixpence, for the search in his Register extending Church, Milnrow, occupied the belfry of St. Thomas’s Church, Lees, and rang over one hundred years; that is to say, for ‘ every search extending over a a ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, consisting of 5040 changes, which was period not more than one year, the sum of one shilling, and sixpence addi­ truly brought round in 3 hrs. 1 min. The ringers were stationed as follows : tional for every additional year.’ Pie* is also entitled to two shillings and A. Hurst, treble; E. Buckley, 2nd; J. Litton, 3rd; J. F. Wild, 4th; A. sixpence for every single certificate, and one penny for a stamp should any Clegg, 5th; T. Platt, 6th; E . Clegg, 7th; J. Fielding, tenor. Composed and such certificate be given. A ‘ note of entries ’ is a mere private arrangement., conducted hy A. Hurst. This was his first attempt as a conductor. W eight and no foe can be claimed for it. C h a r le s W o r t h y . of tenor, 14 cwt Communicated. Si r ,— In answer to ‘ C. T .’s * inquiry in No. 199 of Church Bells, he will get a copy of the American Prayer-book at any respectable bookseller’s for Is. 4d. Change-ringing at Brookfield Church, Gorton, Lancashire. I got one in Dublin, printed by Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode. He will get On Thursday evening, the 8th inst., the ringers of Brookfield Church, the Scotch Prayer-book at Messrs. Grant and Son’s, 107 Princes Street, Edin­ Gorton, rang Mr. John Eeeve’s ten-part peal of Grandsire Triples, containing burgh. A Revised Irish Church Prayer-book, I am happy to say, does not 5040 cjianges, in 2 hrs. 59 min. The ringers were : J. Johnson, treble ; yet exist. 11. E . E at o n . J. Blakeley, 2nd; T . Sale, 3rd; J. Clarke, 4th; B. Ainsworth, 5th (conductor); 4 H . S.’— The pronunciation of ‘ Am en’ is a matter of taste; though the T. Dawson, 6th ; S. Andrew, 7th ; J. Jones, tenor. W eight of tenor, 14 cwt. 1 all ’ sound is better for singing. The S. P. C. K. promotes the circulation of The above peal was rung to celebrate the marriage of Mr. T. Fletcher, one of the Bible. Accounts of the doctrines of the Irvingites and Plymouth Brethren the ringers.— Communicated. were given in Church Bells for Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 and 21,1872. Muffled Peal at St. Michael’s, Ashton-under-Lyne. In answer to the inquiry of ‘ B.’ for a small volume suitable for a family in On Saturday, the 10th inst., the body of the late John Eaton, of Ashton- affliction, ‘A .’ would recommend heartily, Bays o f Sunlight fo r Dark Bays, with under-Lyne, bell-ringer, was earried to St. Peter's graveyard by eight of his a Preface by Dr. Vaughan, Master of the Temple; also, The Name of Jesus brother.ringers. After the funeral, ten members of the Ashton Society of and other Poems, fo r the Sick and Lonely, by C. M. Noel. (Hatchards, 2s. 6d.) Bingers rang a muffled peal in St. Michael’s tower, containing 900 changes, ‘ A D isappointed w o u l d -b e P u r c h a s e r ,’ in acknowledgment of letter, Kent Treble Bob Boyal— which was about the number of months, as near as recommends those who may feel disposed to become purchasers o f‘ M azeline’ could be given, that deceased had lived. Composed and conducted hy Mr. Gold Jewellery (having seen that article advertised in Church Bells), instead James Wood, who is now the oldest ringer in Ashton. The following are the of sending Post-oflice Orders to do their shopping on the premises. ten who took part in the peal:— T. Moss, treble ; J. Boweock, 2nd ; J. Wood, ‘ J. D .’ had better read the introduction to Archbishop Trench’s book on 3rd ; T. Wroe, 4th ; T. Stopford, 5th ; D. Heap, Oth; C. Thorpe, 7th ; J. Gil- the Miracles. lot.t, 8th ; J. Thorpe, Oth ; L. Broadbent, tenor Communicated. * H . T. C.’ Your inquiry is too general. Muffled Peal at St. Mary’s, Lambeth. 1 A W e e k l y S u b s c r ib e r .’— W e cannot enter on the subject. On Monday, tho 12th inst., eight members of the St. James’s Society rang at the above church a muffled peal, in memory of the late Mr. Edward Powell, R e c e i v e d a l s o :— C . Y . Green (with thanks); Alfred Potter; J. Crapp ; who died on the 29th September, and who held the situation of sexton in the B .; T. L .; C. LI. E .; N. S.; J. W. C.; L. old parish church for thirty-three years, enjoying the respect of the entire parish. Performers: G. Stockham, treble; VV. I .alloy, 2nd; H . Nunn, 3rd; J. L, Stoneman, 4th; W. Digby, 5th; J. Nelms, flth; W . Barron, 7th; A. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. Macey, tenor. Conducted by G. Stockham.— South London Press. 4 > - Change ringing at Wordsley, Staffordshire. A Tour among Bells in Town and Country. On Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, five of the YYordsley Society of Change- No. V. ringers, with W . Pugh, rang 720 changes of Grandsire M in or; time, 25 mins. The ringers were: T. Darby, treble; W. H. Hughes, 2nd; C. Hatton, 3rd ; I f a London ringer be asked, Which is the finest ring of 1.2 in England ? he will reply,‘That at St. Michael's, Cornhill.' I have heard a well-known G. E. Jones, 4th; W . Lawrence, 5th; W . Pugh, tenor. Conducted by W . linger describe them as more ‘ flutey ’ than any other ring, hy which expres­ Lawrence. This is the first peal that has been conducted by the Wordsley sion, I believe, he intended to indicate the absence of all roughness in the Society for more than thirty years. tone of the bells. A country ringer, with venial partiality, will probably con­ Change-ringing at St. Peter’s, Coggeshall, Essex. sider all rings inferior to his own ; hut the most able judge would find it diffi­ T h e members of the Coggeshall Change-ringing Society met in this tower cult to decide whether the hells at St. Michael's, Cornhill, or those at St. on Saturday, the 24th inst., and with the help of somo of the Great Tey Peter's, Norwich, are the better ring. lingers rang a true peal of Court Bob, consisting of 720 changes. As soon The tower of St. Michael’s (a picture of which appeared a few months a3 the bells came into round a peal of Oxford Treble Bob was called, and since in Church Bells) is a very fine one indeed; but when we are told that it is run® through in very correct style. The ringers were;— J. Aust, treble; G. after the exquisite tower of Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford, we are obliged Galley, 2nd; J. Dyer, 3rd; D. Elliot, 4th; E. Ladhams, atli; J. Nicholls, to confess that it is— a long way after. tenor.. W eight of tenor, 20 cwt., in the note of E.— Communicated. The ringing-chamber is a fine lofty room of elegant proportions, and well lighted ; it has, however, recently been spoiled by the insertion of an enor­ Change-ringing at Bradford, Yorkshire. mous iron tube, which rises from the centre of the floor and passes through On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Society of Change-ringers of St. John’s Church, one of the walls : I presume, for the purpose of ventilating or lighting some Bradford, rang in that tower a peal of 5120 changes Of Kent Treble Bob part of the church. I find that the bells were put up in 1728 ; the tenor is in M ajor,in 3 hrs. 10 mins. The ringers were stationed thus;— J. Angus, treble; C, and weighs 41 cwt. On the evening I visited St. Michael’s, a band of J. Naylor, 2nd; J. Fisher, 3rd; W. Swaine, 4th; N. Birnrn, 5th; J. Hard- College Youths rang some touches of Cinques with their usual skill. The circle castle, Otli; J. H. Dixon, 7th; J. Wilson, tenor. This is the first peal which of ropes here is more perfect that at St. Saviour’s, and the bells go better: has been rung on these hells. It was composed and conducted by J. Hard- indeed the College Youths, a few days before my visit, rang upwards of 5000 castle. Weight of tenor, IS cwt.— Contributed. changes of Treble Bob Maximus on these bells : a feat which could not, I believe, have been accomplished at St. Saviour’s at the time of which I write. Troyte’s Abridged Book. Any one who has ever heard the bells of St. Michael’s will admit that they W e are informed hy Mr. Troyte that he hopes the new edition will he are worthy of their high reputation. ' C. Y. ready in a few weeks.—Per Letter. Calcutta, September, 1874, A Suggestion. Fincham, Norfolk, W e A yf.tiy interesting ceremony in connexion with church bells, and one well would suggest to our ringing friends, and pray them, to speak and deserving of imitation, where possible, took place at Fmcliam on the first of write plain English or Saxon when on the subject of Bells. ‘ Bingers,’ and this month. In the year 1844 a new ring of six hells was opened by a com­ ‘ Bell-ringing,’ are good old-fashioned English words, instead of such high- pany of ringers then first formed. After a long and steady service of thirty sounding, bombastic mongrels as ‘ Campanologians, ' 1 Campanology,’ and such­ years the leader, Joshua Pearce, was found in his place in the tower as ready like.— E d . to ring and instruct as in more vigorous days. Among the learners had been N o tic e . C.F. Blyth,son of the Hector,who, taking much interest in ringing, and having I t would save us the trouble of turning to a Topographical Dictionary if well mastered the art, determined to make an appeal to the parishioners for a our subscribers would always add the name of the county to that of the parish. testimonal to Mr. Pearce. This was responded to ; and the purchase of a —E d . handsome quarto Bible was made, and presented, with a purse of three sovereigns, after a supper given to the ringers at the Kectory. The inscription B e c iv e d :— A. B. C.; College Youth; Boh Major; Burneston; G. Smith in this Bible bears testimony to th e ‘ valuable and steady services’ of Mr. E. H .; G. H . H. November 7 , 1874.] Church Bells. 583

Copes : A Suggestion to those who object to the Legalisation of a distinctive Eucharistic Dress. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. S ib ,— Copes are already legalised, at least on certain occasions, as a dis­ tinctive Eucharistic dress, in our principal churches. What would you say A Tour among Bells in Town and Country. to dqing away with such distinctiveness by permitting a cope, not chasuble, over the surplice, at any service , in any church where it should be approved No. V I. hy the Bishop, and Dean and Chapter, if cathedral or collegiate ; and by S hke w s e u e y prides itself (as becomes (lte county town o f the proud the Bishop, the Incumbent, and the Churchwardens, if parochial ? J. E. Salopians) on many things,— on its most picturesque situation, on its splendid churches, on many beautiful specimens of old domestic architecture, and even on its cakes: littlo interest is felt there in Change-ringing, or more would be heard of and concerning its bells. I t has one ring of 12, one of 10, NOTES AND QUERIES. two or three of 8, and of (i more than I can remember. The 12 are in the tower of St. Chad’s, a modem structure in shape like a pepper-pot, which, however unsuitable as part of a church, is admirably adapted for the reception Q u e rie s . of bells. The original tenor weighed 34 cwt. only, although its note was C; Sir ,— M ight I venture to suggest whether, amongst the many valuable Insti­ it was replaced many years since hy the present noble hell of 41 cwt. The tutions of the present day, one is not missing, and that is a Missionary College ringing-chamber is quite the best I ever saw. I t is circular, and the ropes for Converted Jews ? When we consider the need of missionaries, especially themselves descend in a perfect circle ; ten out of twelve fall direct from in India (and know that many devoted men cannot stand that climate), would the wheels ; the 4th and 11th hells hang in the centre of the tower, and their there not appear to he almost a call for Jewish missionaries,with adaptability ropes are led a little out of the perpendicular into their proper places. The of constitution for all climates, and acute intellect suited for reasoning with only fault which can he found is a little want of metal in the lOtli and 1 1 th subtle minds ? The Founder of a Missionary College for Converted Jews hells, the latter being little more than half the weight of the present tenor. would do a great work for Christian missions. H. B. The bells when I knew them were in admirable order for ringing. It appears Si r ,— Mr. Gladstone approves of repeating the ‘ General Thanksgiving’ from boards in the tower that in former days the Shrewsbury ringers, if not after the minister. I t is very heart-stirring and edifying. What are the skilled in the more intricate methods, were able to go great lengths in the objections, legal or ecclesiastical, and what may be said in favour of the prac­ simple ones. At present the art is sadly neglected. The ringers at St. Mary’s tice? Who is the publisher of Muftie's Adventures in Search o f Admiration I are, I think, the only proficients. Even these attempt nothing more than Where can I obtain Practical Truths from Homely Sayings ? I t was published Grandsire Triples, although, having accomplished several peals in that hy Hatchard in 1834. ‘ G. H . method of late years, they have every inducement to go on to Caters and Sir,— Would any of your numerous readers give me some information Cinques, No doubt in time the increasing interest in Change-ringing will upon the following:— 1. Whether a lay-deaeon (licensed) can read Prayers, he felt at Shrewsbury, and the splendid rings in that lovely town w ill no Litany, and Catechism in a duly consecrated church ? 2. I f a layman, as longer he wasted.. I shall have something to say next week about some of the above, can do so, from whence does the Bishop derive his authority to grant other towers in Shrewsbury. C. Y. such a licence ? L a ic u s . Calcutta, September, 1874. Si r ,— W ill any of your readers, who have had experience amongst Navvies, Ringing at Hythe, Kent. kindly advise me as to the best method of holding a Mission amongst them? W e have just been informed that there was some first-class ringing at this I shall be grateful for early advice and counsel. A lfred Potter. place on Aug. 26. The ringers numbered twenty-two, and were from the Sir ,— I shall be glad if any of your readers can kindly tell me who is the united societies of Hythe, Folkestone, Saltwood, aud Newington. Their publisher of Mozart's * Ave Vcmm,' ‘ well set to English words,’ as mentioned meeting was to do honour to one of the best bell-ringers in the county, Mr. by Dr. Stainer when the motett was sung at Brighton? John Friend, who arrived at the age of threescore years and ten on that day. A n o t h e r M e m b e r o f t h e C o n g r e s s . No man better understands the science of hell-ringing, or has a more thorough S i r ,— When a Bishop lia s resigned his see, how would you address him ; knowledge of the art, than Mr. Friend. The Change-ringing consisted of as £ My Lord,’ or as * Ligh t Rev. Sir ?’ W. H . P. several touches of Grandsire Triples and Grandsire Caters, the striking of the hells being a most satisfactory performance. When the party broke up, Answers. one and all present expressed their wish that Mr. Friend might live many S i r , — In answer to the inquiry of ‘ D.’ respecting Primitive Liturgies years to enjoy wliat to him is one of the greatest pleasures on earth. containing Offices for H oly Baptism, etc., I beg to refer him to the Rev. J. H. Blunt’s Annotated Book of Common Puiyer (Oth edition), pp. 209, 210, wherein New Bells at Burneston, Yorkshire. he states that ‘The earliest Baptismal Office that has been handed down T h i s village, near Bedale, was enlivened hythe music of a new ring of to modern times is that contained in the Sacramentaries of Gelasius and St. bells on Wednesday, the 14th of October. The church for many years has Gregory.’ Also, will the Apostolic Canons in Greek, Latin, and English, with possessed three hells ; one of them, however, was cracked, and the woodwork Notes hy the Rev. T. M 'Nally (3s.), published by Bagster, he of any assistance in the belfry had become decayed. The Vicar, the Rev. J. T . Hartley, raised to ‘ D. ’ ? " j. C. H. a subscription to put the bells and belfry into thorough repair, and to add three new ones to make a complete ring of six. The work was put into the V a r io u s correspondents have recommended the following publications in answer to ‘ G. W. C.’s ’ query:— The Penny Post (Monthly, Id. Parker, 337 hands of Mr. Mallaby, church bell-hanger, of Masham. On Wednesday, Strand). The Gospeller (Monthly, \d. Mowbray, Oxford). The Parish Maga­ Oct. 14, the occasion of a harvest thanksgiving service, the bells were rung zine (Monthly, I d. W. W. Gardner,2 Paternoster Buildings). Sunday and Good for the first time. The service in the afternoon was numerously attended hy Stories (W . W. Gardner). Magazine for the Young, Stories and Lessons on the the parishioners and the neighbouring clergy and gentry. The Rev. J. J. Catechism, Stories and Catechisings on the Collects (Mozley). Stories fo r every Pulleine, Rector of Kirkby Wiske, preached an appropriate sermon. The bells were ably handled by the Masham Society of Change-ringers, who rang several Sunday in the Christian Year, Stories on Church-going, Kenherby Village touches in the morning and before and after servipe in the afternoon.— (S. P. C. K.). Communicated. ‘ J. C. H .’ says ‘ Inquirer ’ will, I think, fiud what he wants regarding the Furstead Church, Norfolk. Septuagint with critical notes in some of Bagster’s publications. The only Concordance, I think, is that by Trommius, 1718; but which is a very scarce T h e ring of five bells of this fine church have at length been allowed to hook. There is a Lexicon hy Schleusner, 1820; and a Grammar on the speak, having remained dumb for nearly a century. The beams of the belfry- language of the LXX. hy Winer. floor were barely resting on the walls, the frame with its heavy timbers was ready to fall to pieces, the tenor was lying in a corner cracked, and the treble Sir ,— £E n a ’ will find in the lfith Canon that the Church has interpreted ‘ Every knee shall bow,’ and ordered that ‘ due and lowly reverence shall be a year or so since fell through the first floor. The five hells are now hanging in a substantial oak frame ; the treble and the tenor (8-1 cwt. in the key of A ) done hy all persons present, when the Lord Jesus shall he mentioned.’ B. having been recast by Messrs. Warner and Sons. To celebrate the completion £LJ appears to have misapprehended ‘ S. A.’s ’ article, which contains no of the work, the choral service was held at 2.45 on Friday, Oct. 25, with a attack upon architects in general, but merely suggests a safeguard against the sermon by the Rev. G. R. Winter, Viear of Swaffham, and well attended by errors of tasteless architects. £ L .1 will doubtless allow that some architects the parishioners and neighbours. The hells were opened hy Mr. Crane of are tasteless. Hevingham, the bell-hanger, and his company, and they were followed hy £E. E.’— No absolute rule can he laid down for every one’s fasting. The others, who rang at intervals during the day.— Communicated. Homily on Easting in the Book of Homilies, referred to in the Thirty-nine Articles, gives the general principle. Muffled Peals at Bacup, Lancashire. Sir ,—I n answer to the question o f £ Ignoramus ’ last week, the composer On Sunday last, Oct. 25, the ringers of Christ Church, Bacup, rang three of ‘ God Save the Queen’ (or King) was John Bull, Organist in James the muffled peals, consisting of Oxford Treble Boh, Violet, and New London First’s private chapel. The air was composed for the words shortly after the Pleasure, conducted by Mr. Walker Lord, in commemoration of the late Mrs. Gunj>owder P lot was discovered, hut the author of them is not known. Susannah Law, who was a most benevolent supporter of the church and schools. S. M. C. B. The ringers were— W. Lord, treble; I. White, second; G. Jackson, third; J. Ingham, fourth; Z . Lord, fifth ; J. Hargreaves, tenor..— Communicated. £ A. E. S. I I , ’— W e did not hold up Professor Jowett’s sermon to admiration; and, indeed, we did not know the nature and tendency of tbe whole. The Bell Nomenclature. passages which we printed we thought true and excellent by whomsoever In reply to a question A hell is 1 to lle d ’ when the hell is swung suffi­ they were uttered, and whatever else may have accompanied them. W e are ciently for the clapper to strike on one side continuously; and when seyeral sorry that there was so much that was objectionable with them. hells are so struck or sounded in succession they are said to he 1 chimed.’ I f ‘ Albert’ will send his address to Miss L . M — , Hurstcroft, Windsor, she When a single is rung up to a set pull it is said to he ‘ knotted.’ As for will be happy to give him information on the subject of his query. ‘ tanging ’ and ‘ tonguing,’ they are only local words for tolling.— Ed.

R e c e iv e d a l s o .— H . Frank Johnson; Rev. W. Barclay; S. B. A .; M. E. S. R e c e i v e d .— W altham Abhey : Telegraph; Churchwarden; Wordsly. November 14, 1874.] Church Bells. 595 than diminish the plenitude of their power by dividing their parish and pro­ Id cwt. The ringing-chamber is rather small, but very satisfactory in every moting their fellow-priest. I write this within sound of the hells of four of other respect. The sound of the hells reaches the ear distinctly, but in a very such mission-churches, and rumours are afloat of a fifth to be built. Each of subdued tone, and the bells go in the most perfect manner: in fact, a band these churches would supply its ministering priest with a fair income, instead intending to start for a 15,000 of Treble Boh Major would have as good a of the ordinary curates’ stipend, in the possession wheroef he is now supposed chance of success here as anywhere. to rejoice. I have before been allowed to state in your pages my opinion on Of the Abbey hells, eight in number, I know little, never having heard this point (see Church Bells, -vol. iii. p. 378), and I venture to maintain that any changes attempted in that tower. The ring is an uneven one, but the a very large number of the clergy will sympathise in my opinion. I see no tenor, which I believe weighs about 24 cwt., and is in E flat, is without excep­ possible injury that can accrue to those who so worthily fill the important tion the most musical hell I ever heard. The church is near the Severn, and positions they occupy, while to the thousands of working clergy who may the tone of the bell heard from the further side of the river is quite perfect. indulge in no bright visions of canonries, rectories, family and college livings, No London company with a holiday of 48 hours could do better than make and such-like advantages, in which they may end their days, tlie subdivision a trip down to Shrewsbury. The scenery in the towp and neighbourhood is of parishes would afford a prospect, if not of ease, yet of comparative comfort most lovely, and besides the numerous and ’excellent hells, there are many and independence. A C u r a t e . attractions for the tourist and ringer. C. Y. Calcutta, October, 1874. Comical Bell-ringers. NOTES AND QUERIES. Eon the amusement of our ringing subscribers we reproduce, from a recent number of the Children's Friend, the following account of a wonderful touch — changes, no doubt— performed hy Five Cats! Eor the sake o f the clever The Priest’s Attitude in the Benediction. engraving we advise our readers to buy the number, the price of which is Si r ,— W ill you, or some of your correspondents, kindly throw some light one penny:— upon the following question? I have consulted all my accessible books of c Many years ago I was taken, when a child, by my father to see some feats reference without gleaning any information therefrom. I quote from a letter performed by a compan3r o f five travelling, cats, whose master made consider­ received from a Lrother-priest. He says :— ‘ Will you give me your opinion able gain hy exhibiting them. They were called “ the Bell-ringers; ” and were on a point of practice ? I have been in tlie habit of saying the closing respectively named Jet, Blanche, Tom, Mop, and Tib. Eive bells were hung benediction. “• The peace of God,” &e., with uplifted hand. A friend tells me at regular intervals on a round hoop, erected on a sort o f stage. A rope was that this is a Presbyterian performance; that properly it should he done only attached to each hell after the manner of church hells. A red curtain was by the Bishop, and that Presbyterians do it as illustrating their denial of a drawn at the hack of the stage, which, when unclosed, exhibited the five hand­ superior ministry. Is he light?,’ W. P. It. some, though somewhat thin-looking, bell-ringers, sitting in a row, gravely Baptismal Office. gazing at the audience. A t a given signal from their master they all sprang to their feet, and at a second signal each advanced to the ropes; and standing Si r ,— In the church of which I am curate the use is for tho whole congre­ on their hind-feet stuck tlieir front claws firmly into the ropes, which were in gation to say the prayer following the brief exhortation on the Gospel in the that part covered with worsted, or something of the kind, so as to give the Office for the Public Baptism of Infants: is there any authority for this claws a firmer hold. There was a moment’s pause— then No. 1 pulled his or custom ? A r t h u r G w y t h e r . her rope, and so sounded the largest hell; No. 2 followed, then No. 3, and so Q ueries. on, till a regular peal was rung with almost as much precision and spirit as Si r ,— I am very sorry to find that the Rev. G. Yenables of Great Yarmouth though it were human hands instead o f cats’ claws that effected it. Although (late of St. Matthew’s Vicarage, Leicester), does not intend bringing out a occasionally one or other of the ringers would pull a rope too soon or too ‘ Sunday-school Teachers’ Lesson L is t’ this Advent. W ill any of your nume­ late, and thus disturb the harmony, it was of rare occurrence. In a few rous readers kindly recommend me, through your columns, a book of a minutes, at a given signal, they instantaneously dropped the ropes, and retired similar kind, to place in the hands of my first-class Sunday-school teachers ? behind the curtain amidst the universal applause of the spectators.’ W . II. C. Sir,— W ill some reader kindly mention the names of tracts, pamphlets, Change-ringing at Wordesley, Worcestershire. and books, with price of each, setting forth and defending the Kitualist idea O n Saturday, 31st ult., the Wordesley Society occupied the belfry o f Trinity of the Eucharist? Is Bishop Patrick's Parable o f the Pilgrim in print? I f so, Church, and rang 720 changes of Grandsire Minor in .25 mins. The ringers who is the publisher? B. A. were:— T . Darby, treble; W . H. Hughes, 2nd; C. Hatton, 3rd ; G. E. Jones, SIB,— Can any of your readers kindly recommend a ‘ Companion to the 4th ; W. Lawrence, 5th; E. G. W. Husselbee, tenor. Called hy W. Lawrence. Altar,’ or a manual of preparation for the Sacrament? S. Change-ringing at St. Peter’s, Kindley, Lancashire. [T h e (S. P. C. K., is good. There are Young Communicant's Manual Gd.) On Sunday, Nov. 1, the Bev. T . Oliver entered on his duties as incumbent also some useful instructions in the Narrow Way (Hodges, (id.). Eiicharistica, of St. Peter’s Church. To celebrate the event the ringers met on Tuesday and Bishop Wilson’s Instructions, are no doubt well known to 6 S.’] evening, and rang the latter half of Mr. John H olt’s celebrated ten-course Si r ,— W ill ‘ W . W .’ give his address, and oblige some readers of Church peal of Grandsire Triples, in 1 hr. 48 mins. Tile ringers were: R. Calland, Bells by enabling them to obtain farther particulars of the parish bier of treble: E. Prescott, 2nd; E. Brown, 3rd; G. Higson, 4th; J. Brown, 5th ; which he writes ? H . I r a n k J ohnson. T. Tickle, Gth; J. Prescott (conductor), 7th; II. Molyneaux, tenor.— Com­ High Wych Vicarage, Sawbrtd’gm orth. municated. Si r ,— I should be glad to know if there is any Church Guild or Association Opening of New Bells at St. Saviour’s Church, Walthamstow, Essex. for mutual help and prayer, which is open to women residing in any part o f O n Tuesday, the 3rd inst, the day of the consecration of the above church, England, and which is not extreme in its views. S. B. A. which has been erected through the liberality of John Knowles, Esq., and Si r ,— Can you, or any of your readers, kindly inform me whether Be John Foster, Esq., the new ring of bells, cast hy Messrs. Warner and Son. Dominica Oratiune of St. Cyprian is published separately from his works; and, were opened with a special service held in the belfry, conducted by the Rev. if not, where in his works it is to be found, and price of volume ? A. B. Y. T . H . G. Bobinson, the Vicar. The service consisted of.prayers and hymns S i r ,— W ill any of your readers tell me of a n inexpensive book on Church similar to those used at the consecration of the hells at St. Matthew’s, Upper Architecture, portable, and written in a simple style? Cantab. Clapton, some years ago, and which has already been before the readers of [Perhaps Parker’s Handbook of Gothic Architecture, O.v. would suit you.— E d .] Church B ells: it was joined in most heartily by the ringers and others Si r ,— Can anything be suggested to facilitate securing pupil-teachers for assembled. At the conclusion of this service a touch of Grandsire Triples boys’ schools ? Tlie supply does not now appear to meet the demand. was rung, and during the day, at intervals, touches of Grandsire and Sted- E n q u ir e r . man’s Triples. After evening service the choir and ringers were entertained gut,— Can you, or some of your readers, help me to a cheap and simple at the new Yicarage, under the presidency of the Vicar, tlie meeting breaking book on ‘ The Miracle'S,’ for the first class in a Sunday-school— Gills from up full of good iiopes as to the success which would follow that day s efforts twelve to seventeen ? I find Trench too advanced. M. E. S. for doing God’s service. The ringers on the occasion were those connected with St.°Matthew’s, Upper Clapton, who are all members of the Society of R e c e iv e d a l s o .—Deeds, not *Worris; X. Y. B .; A. C .; E. T. C.; N. S .; E. J. H. ; AY. G. College Youths, viz.:— Messrs. Haley, senr., Pettitt, T. Jackson, Page (four brothers), Greenleaf, and C. H . Jessop. — Communicated. BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. St. P e te r’s, W a lw o rth , Surrey. O n Wednesday, Nov. 4th, eight members of the St. James’s Society rang H olt’s one-part peal of Grandsire Triples (with two doubles iu the last four A Tour among Bells in Town and County. leads), containing 5040 changes, in 2 hrs. 52 mins. Lin gers:— G. Newson, No. V II. treble ; S. Peaton, 2nd; It. Haworth, 3rd; G. Harvey, 4th; J. Cattle, 5th; 1). S t . M a r y ’s , Shrewsbury, is one of the most beautiful churches in England; Stackwood, 0th ; E. Briggs, 7 tli; T. Heath, tenor. The above was rung to the tower is massive and comparatively low, but is surmounted by a lofty oblige Mr. Peaton, who is in his 71st year, and has been steeple-keeper at the spire. The hells, 10 in number, are a very musical ring, and the tenor, which above church for upwards of 50 years. Conducted hy Mr. G. Newson. weighs 21 cwt., is as fine-toned and powerful a hell as any of its weight. ^ The The Guild of Devonshire Ringers —Notice. bells were cast by Messrs. Pack and Chapman, about the year 1770: in 1858, A M e e t i n g of the Committee is called for Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. Or thereabouts, they were well rehung by an excellent workman from Coventry, A g e n d a — To draw up regulations respecting the record of performances by and were in capital order when I visited Shrewsbury in 1873. The ringing- members; to adopt a set of rules to ho recommended for the use of newly chamber is very spacious, but the circle of ropes is not as good as it might be, formed hands; to consider when and where the next General Meeth g shall the ropes of the 7th and 8th btlls being rather too near the wall, and those be held. Sec. &c.— Per Letter. of the Oth and Cth bells very close to one another: Correction. St. Alkmund’s, a comparatively modern church; possesses an old tower with a most graceful spire; I t has a meity king of eight bells, the tenor being I n last week’s Bell column, fo r ‘ Furstead ’ read ‘ Tunstead, ’ November 21, 1874.] Church Bells. 607

BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. more ; it witnesses to great principles, and it is capable of a noble work. I t witnesses to the principle of giving of our best to God; it witnesses to the principle that even our bodily labour may be sanctified to holy purposes; it A Tour among Bells in Town and Country. witnesses also to the fact that Church-work, however humble, should be done No. V III. by devoted Christian men. This is something. But it is something much St. B r i d e ’ s , Fleet Street* is interesting to Change-ringers, for in its tower more that there is a future of usefulness, even greater still, before you now. some of the earliest feats in ringing were accomplished. The ring, originally The spirit which has promoted our great Church revival is once more moving consisting of 10 hells only, was cast in 1710, by Bud hall of Gloucester; and among us, and again there are some signs of life. Your anniversary is now about seven years later the first peal of Grandsire Caters was rung on them. signalised hy one act of common worship in your good old parish church. In 1718 two trebles were added, and within eight years from that date the One move in a right direction will of necessity entail another, and as advance first peal of Cinques and the first peal of Maximus had been accomplished on is made opportunities for usefulness will occur on every side. 1 might say these bells. Those were the aristocratic days of ringing, for we are told that much with regard to the restoration of this church, of the necessity for re­ each ringer in the last-named peal drove home in his own carriage. The seating it, of the desirability of a more seemly reredos. It is not my province possession of a carriage is a very good thing in its way, hut we hope that in a to make suggestions, which only a much fuller knowledge of detail could few years peals rung by men with the hall mark of a University education justify me in making. But it is my province to contend for principles, and to will be so common as to pass without especial comment, and then the art of urge you, one and all, with one common consent, to come forward, and ringing will have gained tbe position to which it is entitled, as the most perhaps with a more definite constitution, but certainly with a general deter­ perfect form of combined mental and physical exercise. Oxford, by the mination, that you will make this old Society a force and a power in our inauguration of a University company, has shown how this desirable end is much-loved city. Show that there is life in this ancient guild, and you will to he attained ; and we trust that ere long Cambridge will have followed such an be sure to find that your old traditions are a tower of strength. Much may excellent example. For many years there were not wanting at Cambridge be done in subsidiary ways ; as, for instance, tlie study of campanology. How instances, though rather rare ones, of men-graduates and undergraduates little are its principles understood, and bow much may be done through its who could r in g ; if any of these remain, it ought not to he difficult to get a means, as your Charter indicates, to draw our people to the house of prayer company together. and praise ! But remember that the one foundation of all good, useful work To return to St. Bride’s: the exterior of the tower and its elegant spire — the one grand necessity for success, is that every member of your corpora­ are known to most of our readers; there is nothing remarkable about tbe tion be influenced hy the fear of God and the blessed Saviour’s love. Your interior. The ringing-chamber is rather dark and dingy ; the tenor, which own Charter witnesses to this truth, not only when it specifies that the weighs 2S cwt., was very hard to ring in June, 1873 ; the bells when first put members should he of honest, peaceable, and good conversation; hut when up attracted much attention, they are a good ring, but were soon surpassed amongst its rules it further states, in the quaint old language of the time, “ I f when it was found that to get a first-rate 12 the tenor should weigh at least any one of the company shall be so rude as to run into the belfry before he two tons. C. Y. kneel down and pray, as every Christian ought to do, he shall pay for the Calcutta, October, 1874. first offence a fine, and for the second he shall he cast out of the company.” Let everything connected with this work be begun, continued, and ended in Change-ringing at Ashtead, Surrey. prayer. Let there he no act, whether social or other, on which you cannot On Monday, Sept. 28th, a mixed company of Change-ringers rang at tbe ask God’s blessing.’— Bristol Bayer* above place Taylor’s six-part peal of Grandsire Triples, of 5040 changes, in 3 hrs. The ringers were: — T. Gadcl of Leatherhead, treble; B. Harden of Epsom, 2nd; IT. Boxall of Dorking, 3rd; J. Hewitt of Leatherhead, Tth; BELFRY RECORDS. C. Boxall of Dorking, 5th; T. Gadd, senr., of Leatherhead, 6tli; S. Brooker of Leatherhead, 7th; W. Arthur of Ashtead, tenor. Conducted by T. Gadd, ST. STEPHEN’S, BRISTOL. (Tablets in the Belfry.) sen.— Communicate cl. CPI.— (1.) 1656. Mr. W m. Eaton gave 4lb yc proffit thereof fc.r a peal of Bells to Ring on Stli Day of Octobr Yearly for ever. Change-ringing at Epsom, Surrey. (2.) 1665. Mr. George With erly gave 5 fb y* proffit thereof for a pealo of Bolls to Ring on On Thursday, Oct. 22nd, five members of the Epsom Society of Change- y e 23d D a y o f N o v ^ Y e a r ly fo r ever. ringers, assisted by S. Brooker and T. Gadd of Leatherhead, and W . Saunders (3.) 1708. Mr. Wm. Niekolls gave 5>b y- proffit thereof for a pealo of Bells to Riug on y° of Cheam, rang at their parish church H olt’s ten-part peal of Grandsire 24 o f Octobl Yearly for ever. Triples, of 5010 changes, in 2 hrs. 51 mins. The ringers stood thus : — (4.) 1714. Mr. Isaac Elton gave 5lb ye proffit thereof for a peale of Bells to Ring on y<= W . Jupp, treble ; T. Miles, 2nd ; S. Brooker, 3rd; B. Harden, 1th ; J. Easton, 2-2a o f No.\;br b ein g hi a B irth d a y fo r ever. 692.—ft.) 1726. Mr. Samuel W yatt gave 5 >b the profit thereof for a peal of Bells to Ring 5 th ; W. Saunders, Oili; J. Davey, 7 lh ; T . Gadd, tenor. Conducted hy oil the 8th day of June Yearly for ever, it being the Day of his decease. S. Brooker of Leatherhead.— Communicated. (2 .) 1759. M r. G eorge E sco tt ga v e 51., the profit thereof for a peale of Bdls to Ring on St. Stephen’s Ringers’ Society, Bristol. the 25th day of April Y early for ever. (3.) 183S. Mr. Benjamin Bickley, Merchant of this Parish, gave £5, the interest thereof T h e members of this ancient guild attended Divine worship at St. Stephen’s for a.peal of Bells to Ring on the lith Day of November yearly for ever. Church on Sunday morning. The service was a choral one. The sermon was 693. Mr. Jon. Maddick, late of this Parish, Haberdasher, gave £4, the interest thereof preached by the Bey. Canon Mather, of St. Paul’s, Clifton, who selected as his for a peal of Bells to Ring on the 22ui1 Day of February yearly for ever. text St. John, x. 22, 23— ‘ And it was at Jerusalem, the feast of the Dedication, W ATH-UPON DEANE, YORKSHIRE. (Tablet in the Belfry.) and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.’ The 694. T h e Wath Company of Ringers ascended the tower of Wath Church on the 2nd d ay rev. preacher said:— ‘ We meet to-day as a very special gathering. There is of April, 1815, and rang fourteen peals: viz. Symphony, Cambridge Surprise, Cheapside, the regular ordinary congregation who are accustomed to gather here for City Delight, Duke of York, St. Ann’s Delight, Oxford Treble, London Scholars, Primrose, their Sunday worship; and there are also amongst us that ancient corporation Tulip, Violet, College Treble, College Pleasure, and Rodney’s Victory, making 10,080 changes, which were brought round in 5 hours & 25 minutes by five ringers ot Wath founded some two centuries and a half ago, founded for Church purposes, to one from Darton, viz.:—Christopher Taylor, Joseph Blackburn, William Fox (Darton), he carried out by devout Churchmen. Originally, I suppose, the Society was Joseph Jacks »n, Matthew Blackburn, and William Blackburn, the whole being conducted mainly composed of parishioners of this ancient parish, and they were, there­ by William Blackburn. This was the greatest number of changes rung up to that day ; fore, found in this old church, calling their fellow-Churchmen to the divine but the old tower of Darton was ascended in the same year by the ringers of that place, and they rang fifteen peals in a grand and masterly style. The men being named as follows, service of Jehovah, and joining them in their devotions. But the old city life they being now dead :—Benjamin Hawcroft, Samuel Hawcroft, Robert Fox, John Senior, has changed; circumstances no longer remain what they were. The city William Fox (tenor), and George Fox. The most extraordinary feat, however, was by tbe parish is uo longer the same bond of union as of old, for the wealthier Wath ringers. They ascended the old tower on Shrove Tuesday, February 27th, 1S16, and rung twenty-one peafs : viz Evening Delight, Evening Star, Cheapsido, Cambridge, parishioners live elsewhere, and worship in other churches; and consequently Symphony, Bob Royal, Morning Exercise, Morning Star, Morning Pleasure, Primrose, we are thankful for occasions like the present, when the old time is in it's Tulip, College Treble, College Pleasure, London Scholars, Oxford, St. Ann’s Delight, Navi­ measure reproduced, and the old parish affinities and the old parish ties are gation Bob, Violet, Duke'of York, City Delight and Rodney’s Victory, making 15,120 from year to year reasserted and confirmed.’ The preacher then explained changes, which were brought round ill a masterly style in 8 hours & 27 minutes, without a man quitting his rope. The following persons were the performers:—Christopher Taylor, the origin of the Feast of the Dedication in the time of the Maccabees, after Joseph Blackburn, Joseph My res, Edward Myres, Matthew Blackburn (tenor), William the defilement of the Temple hy Antioohus Epiphanes. The presence, there­ Blockburn, tenor. fore, of our Lord at this feast confirmed its principle for all time. H e claimed ST. BARTHOLOMEW, RIPPONDEN, YORKSHIRE. the Temple as His own, being its one great glory. H e also confirmed the (Tablet in the Belfry.) principle of giving of our very best for the grandeur of tlie worship of Almighty 695. P e r s e v e r a n c e g i v e s Accomplishment. God. _ The rev. gentleman continued:— ‘ This was the principle which actuated On Saturday, July Gtb, 1S70, the undermentioned Comrany rung upou the superb peal our pious forefathers when they erected our ancient parish churches. W ith of bells belonging to the Kipponden Church a true and complete peal of Kent Treble Bob all the advance of the last thirty years we have not yet overtaken them. With Major, consisting of 5120 changes, in three hours and twelve minutes; being the first peal of eight rung on them. Tenor, 10 cwt. 3 quarters. Cast by Wm. Blewes & Sons, Bir­ all our development of trade and rapid accumulation of wealth, their offerings m ingham , A p r il 14th, 1870. were larger than our own. Think of the lofty tower of this church having John Gill Holroyd, All Souls’, II* Treble. First part of the peal:— Jam es B rig g s , D o. Second. been the offering of one man, John Shipward, the Mayor of Bristol, just over 2 3 4 5 6 m w 400 years ago ! and remembering the relative value of incomes then to incomes Levi Beaumont, Halifax, T h ird . H e n ry H udson, St. J oh n ’s, H x, F ou rth . 25634 2 1 1 of the present day, say whether we have not here an example of munificence Rvfoert Bramham, All Souls’, IIs, F ifth . 24536 2 - 1. to which very few of us have at all been able to approach. W e are, therefore, George Robertshaw, St. John’s, H*, S ixth. 42635 2 - 2 thankful that there is preserved to us one of those old Church Societies, a William Redman, A ll Souls’, Seventh. To be four times repeated. Joseph Shaw, Do. Tenor. corporation which was founded for pious purposes in times long gone by, for, This peal was composed and conducted by J. G. Holroyd, Halifax, and rung in honour of if rightly used, they may be of the very greatest help in our present work of Wm Snttanstall, of Sowerby, having attained his 70th year. emulating the spirit and the deeds of olden time. W e cannot wonder that The cliurch was consecrated on the i2nd of October, 1S6S, by R. Bickerstetn, Lord Bishop of Ripon. the Society should have been affected hy the stagnation and lethargy which for James Sanders, M .A . In cu m ben t. a very long period marked the life of the Church. The only wonder is that it F. E. Rawson, \ has existed at all. True, its life has been rather more convivial than eccle­ O. W . Shaw, R H o lt. | Churchwardens. siastic, and rather more ecclesiastic than pious; yet at the same time it is a G . Lu m b, link with the piety of our forefathers, and We are thankful for that. But it is W , M elor, J November 28, 1874.] Church Bells.

CORRESPONDENCE. NOTES AND QUERIES.

‘ W hat is it all About ? ’ Answers. Si r ,— Permit me to remark that ‘ J. F .’ appears to have missed the point ‘ J. C. B. S.’ mentions a small church at Lullington, in Sussex, four miles of my criticism o f his article on this subject. I t seems to me that it is from Polegate, on the S. C. It-, which is 20 feet square, measured externally. certainly not all about the so-called ‘ curious speculations of the Church 1 Sigma’ will find the list of subjects for any Examinations conducted hythe Unionists.’ I t is not all about these so-called ‘ curious speculations; ’ for the University of Cambridge in the Cambridge University Calendar, published by majority of the irate people of England know nothing at all about them. They Deighton, Bell, and Co. merely echo tlie cry of Popery, which the 4 Joint-stock Persecution Company’ Sir,— ‘ Inquirer ’ will find what he wants in Coley’s Churchwarden's and has so many years been engaged in raising, and which at last has made itself Sidesman’s Manual, published at 0d. hy W. Wells Gardner, London. heard because some, who ought to have known better, gave it the assistance S . H . I b e s o h . of voices supposed to be above slander. W hether these speculations be curious or not, or speculations at all or T h e ‘ Rev. T. Williams ’ should say to which No. of Church Bells and not, may be a matter of opinion; but all who know and will tell the truth which letter he refers. must agree that they are not Popish. The people of England would not care ■ T h o s . A r d u n .’— The Church of England Sunday-school Institute, Eleet a bit what speculations their priests indulged in (witness their toleration of Street, publishes a useful form of prayer. Broad Churchmen), if they thought that they were not Popish. O f course ‘ J. W. H opkins.’— T he reason of the omission is to save time. There are their dread of Popery is absurd, as Mr. Gladstone has doubly shown. Even cases in which the number o f services and of communicants fully justify it. Romanists will not submit to the oppressive form of it. But this absurd ‘ E . L. P r i c e .’— We cannot undertake to forward letters. dread is really * what it is all about.’ ‘ 0. R. B.’ asks, ‘ How long can a Crown Living remain vacant ?’ And now as to the charge o f ‘ curious speculation.’ The spirit of the High Church party is essentially unspeculative ; it is historical. These so- called ‘ curious speculations’ are what has been handed down to them from Received also.—W. Kowbottom; A Curate; K. A. X .; D. T .; J. G.; Z. the Primitive Church of the first four centuries o f our era. This charge, therefore, should have been brought, not against them, but against those Fathers of the Church from whom we have received our Creeds and the Canon BELLS AND BELL-RINGING. of the New Testament. A t least, tbe doctrines of the Real Presence and of the Eucharistic Sacri­ fice are contained in the writings of those Fathers; and it is asserted that the The Guild of Devonshire Ringers.

practice of Eucharistic Adoration is enjoined in them also, and I have not seen A M e e t i n g of the Committee was held at Exeter on Nov. 18, the Pre­ this assertion disproved. As it is a mere question of fact, any one sufficiently sident, C. A. W. Troyte, Esq., in the chair. The following were the most well read in such literature could settle it. I am not scholar enough myself important resolutions agreed to :— to do so, and have not the requisite books to refer to; but I am inclined to I. That a General Meeting he held at Broad Clyst on Monday, Dec. 28. believe this uncontradicted assertion. I t is certainly not 1 the outcome of II . That the Guild do give some assistance towards the payment of the their mind’s efforts to define the infinite ; ’ but only held by them because they travelling expenses of such Members as shall apply to the Secretary for the believe it to be the Church’s interpretation of Holy Scripture. Not being a same at least a fortnight before the meeting. theologian, I cannot understand what doctrine 4 J. F .’ really does hold as to I I I . That a book be provided in which shall be recorded the performances our Lord’s Presence in the Sacrament of Holy Communion. But what he of Members, either at Guild Meetings or elsewhere, and that the Jirst per­ says is open to the objection which I raised to the Low Church teaching, of formance of a band in any method may be entered, together with all peals being so vague and negative that simple-minded men gain from it no positive of 5000 and upwards, as we'll as all Date Touches. In the case of perform­ idea of any sort, but only learn unbelief; h e. liow not to ‘ discern the Lord’s ances at other than Guild Meetings a report in writing must he made to the Body.’ Trusting, however, to my untheological common sense, there appears Honorary Secretary of the Guild by the Secretary of the band, countersigned to me a great deal more c curious speculation ’ in ‘ J. F.’s ’ own statements by the conductor, stating the date and place of the ringing, the name and than in those he quoted, and that his speculations are more objectionable as position of each ringer, and hy whom the peal or touch was conducted. But ‘ defining the Infinite’ in a negative manner. no performance shall be so recorded until the permission of the Committee ‘ The local presence of a spiritual body ’ is quite intelligible to me, under­ has been first obtained. standing by the word ‘ local’ merely ‘ in a place,’ not to the exclusion of IV . That this Committee is of opinion that the following should be added other places. But to talk of ‘ a spiritual presence of a body locally absent,’ to the Rules at the next General Meeting : — ‘ That no Member shall forward is, to my untutored mind, something notunlike nonsense. Does ‘ J. F .’ mean any communication to the public press reflecting upon any band in union with to say that a thing may be present in a spiritual manner, but absent really ? the Guild without giving notice to the Secretary, who shall bring the matter That is an abuse of words; it implies that spirits are unreal. Now if a thing before the Committee, either at an ordinary or special meeting.’ be present in any manner, spiritually or otherwise, it must be present ‘ locally ’ V. That a printed Card shall be sent to each newly-elected Member as a (as defined above). I cannot admit the propriety of talking of any presence certificate of membership. which is not real, and which does not exclude the possibility of absence. V I. That the Secretary he requested to draw up a short form of prayer O f course it is easy to allege that ‘ all that Scripture says on the subject for use in belfries at the conclusion of the muffled peal on Old Year’s Night. tends to affirm, that from the time of the ascension Christ’s body is entirely Rules for the use of any hand requiring them were drawn up and ordered withdrawn from earth,’ when a whole class of Scriptural statements on the to he printed, and sold at a penny a copy. subject is ignored or explained away. That is simply begging the question. J. L. L a n g d o n F u l f o r d , Hon, Sec. Does ‘ J. F.’ indeed believe that the words, ‘ This is My body,’ ‘ really are not ascertained to be more than a m etaphor?’ I f so, then he is practically Ringing at Stanstead, Essex. nothing more than a Zuinglian. T h e Members of the Stanstead Society met at the tower on Nov. 4, and To me, Scripture does seem to teach that our Lord’s Body and Blood are rang these true and complete peals of 720 Oxford Treble B o b ; 720 Court present in a real sense in Holy Communion. We have our Lord’s own word Boh; 720 Bob Minor; 120 Grandsire Bob; 120 Antelope Bob. The ringers for it; and it is nothing else than impertinent and irreverent curiosity to were;— J. Cavill, treble; G. Rochester, 2nd; J. Luckey, 3rd; C. Prior, 4th; make it our business to show that the Lord did not mean what H e said. W e T. Hammond, 5th; H . Prior, tenor and conductor.— Communicated. find none of these unbelieving explanations, nor any hint o f such, in the New Ringing at Southport, Lancashire. Testament writings. We hear nothing of them till the sixteenth century. I On Monday, Nov. 9, the ringers o f Christ Church, Southport, rang a true cannot modify my faith in obedience to modern sceptical speculations. peal of Single Bob Minor, consisting o f 720 changes, in 24 mins., conducted The instances of our Lord’s presence quoted by ‘ J. F.’ are all connected hy Mr. John Mayson, who is in his 80th year. The ringers were as follows: with H is sacramental presence, save the alleged presence in the Bible on the J. Mayson, treble; T. Blacktop, 2nd; W. Overton, 3rd; G. Heywood, 4th ; lectern. I do not know any Scriptural authority for that allegation. G. Heywood, 5th ; R. Barnes, tenor.— Communicated. No doubt Christ is to be adored wherever present. I am not aware that any one (except, perhaps, the Romanists) holds that the Bread and Wine are Muffled Peal at Glemsford, Suffolk. to be adored; though our Prayer-book teaches us to treat them reverently, as On Wednesday, Nov. 18th, a muffled peal was rung at St. Mary's Church, is fitting. I believe Ritualists feel just as much reluctance to define the for Ringer Wells, son of Frederick Wells, a member of the Glemsford Ringers, manner of Christ's presence as ‘ J. F.’ himself. I know some of them do; but who died on Nov. 14th. The peal consisted of 720 of Kent Treble Bob. The being unable to call myself a Ritualist I cannot profess to speak for them. ringers w ere: — S. Slater, treble; C. Honeybell, 2nd ; C. Adams, 3rd ; The great point is to believe and teach that our Lord’s Body and Blood are Z. Slater, 4th; H . Thompson, 5th; G. Maxim, tenor. Afterwards about really and truly present, and to resist all attempts at denial of that truth, 600 Oxford Treble Bob were rung.— Communicated. whether insidious or direct. I f the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who Change-ringing at Birstall, Yorkshire. shall gird himself for the battle ? J. D. K. On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Society of Change-ringers in connexion with Day of Intercession. Birstall Parish Church met in the belfry and rang a half-peal of Kent Treble Si r ,—For those who hope to keep, not the Day of Intercession only, but Bob, containing 2528 changes, which was brought round in 1 hr. 36 mins. the whole week, may it be well to suggest that the days should be allotted The ringers were:—W. H. Crossley, treble; E. Crowther, 2nd ; G. Thornton, more or less to special Missions ? Some might take the broad divisions of 3rd ; E. T. Jowitt, 4th ; W. Stainthorpe, 5 tli; W. Elliott, Oth; H. Dodson, 7th ; the four Continents, and Australia, with their subdivisions of dioceses, J. Dixon, tenor. Weight of tenor, 20 cwt. Composed and conducted by J. Melanesia and other Island Missions, reserving a place for the Jews, the Old Dixon. I t is the first half-peal ever rung by any of the above-named ringers ; Catholics, and Home Missions. Tim e might also be given each day to reading they began to learn the art of ringing in October, 1873.— Communicated. the accounts o f particular Missions. Some thoughtful arrangement beforehand would probably tend to give definiteness and simplicity. P ic c io la . R e c e i v e d : — A. D-.; F. G.; Architect, Rarenglass; J. Stopford.