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1856-60] THE WESTERTON JUDGMENT 217
on the basis of such information as was then available,
no effort had been spared to make the judgment both
accurate and complete. Some of the decisions of the
Courts below were affirmed, others were reversed, the
net result being that Mr. Liddell was directed to remove
the stone Altar from St. Barnabas Church, and to sub
stitute a wooden table, with or without the re-table or
super-altar belonging to it ; that he was also to remove
as illegal the cross attached to the Communion Table, and
was to discontinue the use of certain embroidered altar
linen which had been objected to ; while, on the other
hand, in reversal of the decision of the Courts below, he
was permitted to retain the various coloured frontals and
hangings for the Holy Table, a credence table for the
bread and wine, and, finally, crosses of whatever material,
when erected as architectural ornaments not attached
to the Holy Table, or intended to be objects of super
stitious reverence. The judgment concludes by expressing
the
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satisfaction of their Lordships that both the Arch
bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London (the two
Assessors who had heard the case) concur in the judg
ment which has just been delivered." The result of the
appeal was, on the whole, distinctly favourable to Mr.
Liddell and his party, and the injunctions of the Court
of Appeal were immediately complied with. A few weeks
after the judgment was delivered, the Bishop, whose
personal relations with Mr. Liddell continued to be of the
most friendly kind, preached in St. Paul s Church at his
request, and took occasion, while plainly expressing his
disapproval of some of the services at St. Barnabas, to
defend Mr. Liddell from the charge of intentional lawless
ness, and^to bear testimony to the zeal and efficiency of
his work. A technical question was raised as to the
interpretation to be put upon the Privy Council direction