The Henson Journals

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Tuesday, November 6th, 1923.

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The post brought me a characteristic letter from Sir Henry Craik. His heart is golden, but his head is perverse! My letter on the Duke of Northumberland appears on the front page of the "Times", & reads severely, but not, I think, excessively so. Later I received telegram from Gilbert Murray:

"Would you join deputation to Prime Minister next Thursday 3 p.m. Downing Street to support Government's action against disrupting Germany. Your presence would be immensely valuable".

This telegram shows that the League of Nation itself welcomed my epistle.

Clayton and I left the Castle at 5.15 p.m., &, after picking up Wilson in Darlington, went to Haughton–le–Skerne, where I instituted Gouldsmith to the Rectory. The church was well–filled, and I think the congregation was impressed. After the service we went in to a new parishioner, Mr Williams, who has established himself nicely in Haughton Hall. We got back to the Castle about 9 p.m.

I must have taken a chill yesterday for today I am in an ill state; everything is a burden to me. What poor creatures we are at best!

A certain Mr E. Blackwood Wright, Barrister–at–Law, sends me a type–written letter which he sent to the "Times", but which the "Times" did not publish. He points out that the Archbishop of Canterbury has no ground in law for claiming that the Bishop is the "lawful authority" mentioned in the formula of Clerical Subscription provided by the Clerical Subscription Act. "If the Abp's view were correct, the Bp of Lincoln cd never have been proceeded against for as Bishop he wd have been a lawful authority".

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