DEATH of THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1627, 7 December 1882, Page 2

DEATH of THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

The cable conveys the sad intelligence of the death of the Pinnate of the English Church after a long ami severe illness, his complaint being congestion of the lungs. Dr. Taits death will be mourned by people of all sects, no less than by the members of that church of winch, lie was at once the ornament and guide. " His Chnstiauity was of the broadest and most liberal type, without a taint of bigotry or uncuarifcablouess, while his peisonal chaiactpr is beyond reproach. The following bkofcchJs fyom~ Men of the

Turn . — , - ' « Tait, ! The CMosfc IHqv. Archibald Campbell, D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury, and Primate of all England, is the youngest son»pf the late Craufurd Tait, Esq., a Sc(jtofi:*.ttonioy, or Writer to the yignotj of Harvieston, e<>. Clackmannan, his mother being a daughter of the late Sir Islay Campbell, Bart., of Snccoth, sometime Lord Piesidcnt of the Court of Seas>ion. He was botu in Edinburgh, Deo. 22, ISII, was educated at the High School and at the Academy of Edinburgh, under Archdeacon Williams ; went in 18 -7 to the University of Glasgow, where he attended the lectures of the l.vte Sii Darnel K. Sandiord and Mi Buchanan ; was elected in 1830 an Ekhibitioncr on Snells fouiidation, to Biilliol College, Oxford, of which he became successively Scholar,, fellow, and Tutor, and giiiduated B.A. in first--class honouis. He subsequently became a Pu)>lic Examiner of the University. Whilst residing at Oxford in his capacity as College tutor,' he took a prominent part in opposing the spread of Traotarian principles, and was one of the tour tutoia who iir.-,t diew the attention of the univeisifcy authoutics to the cclebiated TuictNo. !)0, written by Mr Newman,' for the purpose ot showing that the ! Thirty-nine Articles of the Established Chin oh could bo honestly subscribed by those who held , Roman Catholic doctrines. His opposition, however, to this school of theology, always courteous and open, was marked by the most' sincere respect for, and personal attachment' to, those who hold these peculiar views. The circumstance of Mr Taits being in holy oidcra proved, in the then state of the Uw, sin obstacle to his appointment, iv IS3S, to succeed the Lite Sir D. K.'Sandfovd in the Gioek cli ur at Glasgow ; but the death of Dr. Arnold in 1842 opened to him a field ot greater usefulness, as be was flouted to lill the important office of Head Master at ' Rugby School, where he remained eight yeaio. While there he mirriod a daughter of the Lite Venerable ' A* chdeacon Spoonur, brother of the kite Mi Richard Spooncr, long one of the members for Warwickshire, and uncle to the then linhop oi O,\fonl. fhShe died Dec. I, IS7S ) A severe illness occasioned by ovcr-exeilion in hid arduous post at Hugby, pi obably' induced Dr. ' Tait to accept fioni Loul John Russell's Govern ment, in Apiil. ISIO, the dcMiieiy of Carlisle. But, to a man of his mental activity and conscientious devotion to hi-> sacred calling, this could be no post ot indolent retirement. He originated, and generally conducted himself, an additional pulpit-snr.vioe on Sundays, bes ties undertaking an amouut of labour in visiting the poor, instructing the young and ignorant, and superintend - ins.' the public charities of a large town, beldom equalled by the most hard-work-ing parish clergyman, and was at the same time an active member of the Oxfoal Univeroity Commission The late Dr. Blomiield having, resigned the see of London, under a special Act of Parliament, m Aug., 1830, Dr. Tait was nominated to the vacaucy. In ' 1803 lie proposed, and by his zealous efforts powertully contributed to the successful initiation of 'an extensive scheme for supplying the deficiency of church accommodation in London, by raising a 'fund of £1,000,000 in the course of ten years. On the death of the late Dr. Longley, in 1868, Dr. Tait was appointed his successor in the archi-episcopal see of Canterbury: The University of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of L.L.D., in 1869. Dr. Tait presided over the Pan- Anglican Synod ,held v a)> Lambeth, in 1567,, the, Churclv Congress at Croydon in 18/7/ and j the" Conference of Anglican ' Bishops at Lambeth in 1878. He has written two volumes of sermons' pVeachecl either at Oxford or in the school chapel at Rugby ; a work entitled "The Dangers and Safeguards of Modern Theology," with remarks on the celebrated "Essays and Reviews," published in 1861, the " Word of God and the Ground of Faith," in 1863, " Charge to the Clergy," in 1866 ; "Some Thoughts on the Duties of the Church of England," a charge to his clergy, j 1876} and lias-contributed art,icjes on education and kindred tropics to the Edinburgh ami North British Re VICIVA."

A notice by the Hautapu poundkeeper appears in our advertising columns. , Mr John Knox will aell by auction at his mart on Saturday morning next, a choice lot of furniture, produce, &c. lf \ Great changes are taking place in Auckand, now business promises ofvarious kinds are rapidly improving the appearance of the city; sevcra'l firms ar.c extending their premises, and the kcen'dompdtitivc spirit of the Old Country 'is now apparent amongst the city tradesmen; the wholesale warehousemen, ironmongers, and banks, 'are extending their boundaries ;>and riot the least important amongst the local industry establishments is the completion ok* large .concrete building -th'rie "storeys hi|jn, 7G fcorlqtig, and 50 wide, erected in Lome-street ,as a cabinet factory for Messrs. G^rlick and .Cr.inwisjl, who Jwiye erected machinery ,\yith the latpst »mprovc-m6ritk'-'enabling ;j them "to turn out their 1 work econ6m?cal»r and'okp-eaUiously.' ' a'hii , hrm'iirfe nbwpvinff<«P thoiziHrapfery/and clotbjihgbusinMs 1 . in order, ; to secure more spice as shpw, rpomi for^ thcirTurniture, and^ifa^ffebt a spebay'cleawndc. 'haye'reduccid^o a Very" loWpnce>ll thoirVira^ery^ which will' bo sold (for,, cash! pnljr), ifo^tnniß^notiscWivcSdjtiotLOiuy-to isociirO'jCioin*' 1