29 OCTOBER 1881, Page 3

We observe with pleasure that the Bishop of Manchester has

cut the Manchester Branch of the Church Association very short, in an attempt to get him either to assent to proceedings against another Ritualistic clergyman, Mr. Day, or to withdraw Mr. Day's licence. Dr. Fraser declines to sanction any more ecclesiastical persecutions or prosecutions likely to end, as the proceedings against Mr. Green have ended, in a scandal and an injustice.