eir priests
are many who have been clergymen in connection with the Dissenters or the
Church of England. They profess to be above the common distinction by
which sect is fenced off from sect--Catholic and Protestant come alike to
them.

The Liturgy appears to be compiled from the rituals of the Greek,
Anglican, and Roman Churches, with a slight preponderance to the latter.
The apostle of the church is Mr. John Cardall, formerly a lawyer's clerk,
but called to his present office, as he himself states, about twenty
years ago, by the voice of prophecy. This call is acknowledged by the
community. He rules the whole body with irresponsible authority. He is
the final appeal. On his decision everything rests. He claims spiritual
preeminence over not only the churches in his own communion, but over all
the churches of all baptized Christians throughout the world, nay, over
all bishops, priests, and deacons, Anglican, Greek, or Roman, not
excepting even the Pope himself. The Liturgy and Service-book is
understood to be his compilation. He has also published a work, entitled
'Readings upon the Liturgy,' which is privately circulated, and is said,
by those who have seen it, to be an interesting and peculiar book,
abounding in the interpretations of the symbols and types of the Old
Testament, and an ingenious endeavour to adapt them to the purposes of
the Christian Church at the present day. In the Liturgy, besides what is
found in that of the English Church, there are prayers for the dead,
invocation of saints, transubstantiation. The authority of the church,
the power of the priesthood, and the existence of actual living apostles
to rule the church universal, are acknowledged and enjoined. The chief
minister of the church, or, as he is called, the angel or bishop, is Mr.
Christopher Heath, who, for many years, carried on business in the
neighbourhood of the Seven Dials. He was also called miraculously to his
present post. The other ministers, of whom there are a vast number, are
all well paid for their services, on an average much better than many
London incumbents. Several of them have been military men: they are not
formally educated for their work, but called to it. They are not
man-made ministers--they claim a Divine sanction and power. Nor are they
taken from the well-educated classes. They assert that the Spirit may
qualify any man, no matter how humble his occupation or his birth. Some
of them, I am told,