The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-15 00:00:00

• gl i ----7— et,of stock, and had Indadraised formidable Qom ssirtileneelf by the liaral way is which he had die field his reliable loads over the canopy. (Hear, hear.) s — e gs ito so t whatever might be hie political opinions, ;co gold rebo to seksowledge that hie grace had distil'. atw im p. as a patriotic a Minato an as a • r•CtiC•l Ha gave, then, their noble president, " His Grace g. Duk eatkee er re Richmon io d cheerin ." g. ( The toast was received with the a ptst Toe CHAIRMAN said that his long attendance sad ogishiel care of the literate of the club ware amply re • by the taithumistic manner in which his health had boa reset ad. He . bad ever felt that the Smithfield Club teen of Me greatest Paper Port to the country, and he now alt bean than ear, although he had been baton, sad well wise, oo more this oats occaston. He acknowledged hair. k i boa fairly beaten ; bat he warned those who had tri ggipked that another year might put ea en/ to pia sicencancy. Mr. Higdon hat alluded to the absence .1 go. Webb. He (the Chaircan) trusted that enelliers r ar Hr. Webb would show himself, and they would see worm his hand was as well in as when he used to net Void walklog up to the tibia to receive his innumerable I re& (Cows and lauehter.) Let him come forward and oi l s best, and whether victorious or defeated, he (the aglow) would always ovate. d for the prises of the omitkald Cleb, basun he looked upon it as an institution f irst settees! importance. British farmers should sear th.d be was airsid to race them in wq pat of the country. (Loud cheers.) They could net ilia( lie was a man who went only to _pee matioss. No, he was ready to meet the farmers of Boglasel la whatever held they might be cmgregated. (Loud cheers.) Hecoalal tall Mao that it was of the moot vital importance o , iota, to the leadowners. and the labourers, that they mould etraiu every nerve to improve the agriculture of the co wry. (Renderer.) He eoutd remind them that ea wricultute tit pended the weal or woe of the whets empire. ael Realties he asked these, is the words of Mr. Deuce, to pat dud shoulders to the whorl, sad to do their best to de vamp the science to its fullest reputably. They might da pad spat it that U good lanais' did lot mowed, tad taro eg irou4i have no chant*. (Hear.) He reputed that mole of the ',land landowners were not present, as at his time of lie be could sot expect loop to preside over their dna, sad *nem he shothd hat to have seen a goodly show of their lo w stuck won imam whom their future presidents were was to be selected. He congratulated them on the state of their hods, there barg at patent at their beaker's enough scary to p I all ant year's pas without touching the earent ritariptien. He mentioned this cot as laying any Sadism. villas en the mosey, bet so 'bowing that the geser..l keling of the orantry was is their favour. (Una.) Be shako thoilied them for their frienClisiese, and hinted that tem year they could 1 ate a better show of laudowners a'. their sertii.g. (o.nm.) The uusufseaslul wadi:Atte " were proposed by Mr. Wtmos. Mr. J. V. SHELLY returned that ks. He was not a sham. , l to be an wateseessial candidate, seeing the per. *ton aft which he bad had to struggle. B sides, there erse 114 acumen, is a walk ever. Be had been told that is forcer lean haseheep would have obtained the first pl.. lie mentioned this teat se showing that the club prptiiiii every year. (Hear.) When they knew how the number of zeniths to be fed incrared, they must le.lt* at the man who pro lured two parade of inuttoa where one only was pro:lured helves, was • substantial belga tscar to his emintry. (Hear.) lie lagged to return them his Cordial thanks. The rimming Pests on the chairman's list were then yep seal of. sad the re111061111•611Wilatad. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL A mutt was held yesteday at the Guildhall. The emit we.• takes by tbe LORD MAYOR at 12 o'clock. T►e miaowed the bat weds' wore road sad condroted. SUPPLY Or OAP. A petition was presented from the directors of the Great Coldest fie Consumers Compuy, for leave to contract men the corporation to supply the Monsisn.hoose, Guild bali, and other public establishments vender their oontrul, son gel up n the same tuns as the contracts entered into with private consumers, for the ruerse of enabling the eels may to &mortals the probable amount of their consumption, ord r that they may adapt the extent of their work' , to **event of their requirements. A Jocussion ensued with regard to the propriety of enter hieing the petition, and some questions were put to the petitioners who attended at the bar with the view of eliciting the Get that sever -A members of the court were also members elite company. Mr. T. DAKIN moved, "That the prayer of the said petition be complied with ; and that it be an instruction to the several committees superintending the lighting of the various buildings and establishments connected with this cor poration to give the needful directions therein." Mr. NORRIS seconded the motion, and in doing so co-n -plsioed of the manner in which the petitioners had been questioned as Tinting he stility to a beneficial public oe•jeet. Mr. ANDERION moved as an amendment, " That the petition should lie upon the table." If there were any purity in the court he believed the motion would be neon,. fiend A more monstrous application was never made to an independent public A dy. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS moved the adjournment of the question. Ou a division, which was called for by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, it sprayed that there were in kraut of the eel jouroment, 19 (including three aldermen) ; against it, 38. Mr. Alderman SALOoIONS regretted that the court was asked to proceed with the assussion at that late hour (it woe alter four,. If the motion were agreed to, he felt convinced the mutt would not stand well in the eyes of the country. The company existed at preterit only on paper; and he hint the court would not, by agreeing to the motion, ren der themselves liable to the imputation of jobbing and coy niption. A motion kr the adjournment of the cunt was then pro wed. On a division the numbers were—for the adjourn ment, IS; against it, 35. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE said he admitted that the opposition was factions. The circumstances were, however, asfileently extraordinary to justify the courts pursued. (Rear, hear.) There were gentlemen who had a pecuniary Interest in the very motion before the court. Under such eiresautanees he would stay there till midnight rather than allow the motion to be corned. Many members of the court would have to answer to their constituents for their EnfoillOt on that umasion. It was well knows—it was, in fact, the comma talk about town, that the company did not intend to carry out its probations.' Mr. T. DAKIN said that, as the chairman of a meeting convened by the company. he felt bound to contradict that statement. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE continued his strictures, observing, amongst other things, that the sole object was, in les opinion, to make terms with the existing gas companies. Some member of the court here moved that the court be musts& and, as there were not 40 members present, the tout adjouned. ST. BARTHOLOMENV'EI HOSPITAL, CHATHAM, AND CANON IBSINO. The following is the letter addressed by the in cumbent of Chatham to the Attorney-General's soli- , citor, as to the future application of the funds of this hospital: reference to your letter of the 20th inst., in viting me to offer such suggestions as may occur to me, pre paratory to the scheme about to be propounded to the Rester m Chancery for the future adratnietration of the funds of St. Bertholuenew's Hospital in Chatham, I beg, with great deference, to submit the following observation for his konour'r consideration : It seems to me that the benevolent founder of the hos iitil had ten objects in view. First, the spiritual and beliiy benefit of its inmates; and, secondly, the som muaication of its privileges, if not entirely, yet mots met-lily, to the parish and neighbourhood were the hospital was situated. Any contraven tion of time fundamental condition. I would humbly represent se inconeitten- not only with the spirit of the institution, bat with the intentions of the trinder, so fir as they eaa be collected in the absence of say precise documents on tbe subject. etv to other points herein mentioned, I leave them in the Lade of other parties with whew I may coincide, and shall be nod, to act with them accordingly, but from the office which I have the honour V. hold as the minister of Chatham, I feel myself called upon to convey to the master, with all die 'annotates of which I am capable, ray opinion that eny edenne, which does not comprehend a large and liberal propriation of the funds for spiritual purposes, will alai far 42 it fella t‘hort in this respect, a departure from their anginal design, and from their just, legitimate, and mat rand ends. It only remains for nie to add that the perticuler object which 1 have herein ventured to recommend will be Nit ano.ned, as I conceive, by rebuilding and enlarging the pre sent chapel, annexing a district to it taken out from the Wishes of Chatham sad St. Margaret's, Rochester, endow ing it with an edeqvat• stipend, and providing • house for the residence of the minister. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, M. IRVING. D.D., Minister of Chatham. The Precincts, Rochester, NOV. 28, ltfi'J. Jour P. Parson, Esq., Re. PROOIIitTION or NEWSPAPERS IN TILE PARIS 1 1.iverveis.—Tbe political condition of Frames eitemearily Le:Nears s neas4 all its institutions; bat it will hardly be believed that trAitieel rancour puma , the Mak within Mu Promos of ea Iscepital jut as, in the dark ogee, ft lellowed them eves beyond the tooth. Yet such is the ease. The ceavabseset pcient in this, as probably is awry ether Mei -16. . 4 ,'"ort/, has hitherto been permitted to read the poli7 ,;-e " , ;_rnorsels. The privilege of sal* was generally clalined .„ t`r hospital porter, and the patients, at small expense, eantrind to pees sew a weary hour with pleasure, at least, ~ " 1 6. =;Pe. unprofitably. This triti ag consolation has Lea mewed from them by order of the authori- A'T —Mama Tames. AXCIENT MINE 11l CeLiroaNlA.—A letter, Acted th. filth of August, 1840, says t—" There wee • gold Wu discovered hers (what is called Murphy's Diggings), "e wok toads, ; it is evidently the work of easiest dame, 210 Jest deep. 'heated on the nalmit of a ver7 high Mona' *ca. It bps mole a great excitement hare, as it was camel dap Wore preparations imeld be made to descend to the bottom. Tans was found in it the bones of a batman being, sin M Altai* for worship, and some other evidences of llamas !shear. Fro:n present indications, it is doubtful whether it will pay to be worked, as it is mostly all mak, and will re- Pre a swat autlay for tools and machinery to work it."— 'OI York Post EAST INDIA COLLEGE, HAILEYBURY. Yesterday being appointed for the examination and distribution of prises at the Rut Lai* Company's Civil College, the Chairmaa and Baud of Daemon visited the i. imitation ter the ptapose of rectiviag the report of the Rev. Henry Melvill, 8.D., the principal, tapes the profieitaey of the students diarist, the last two term. la the various branches ad oriental, claasical, and Europe li terature. A special train left the Eastern Comities Railway, at Shareditch, at half-past 10, containing Major-Gen. 81r Arch. Galloway, the chairman of the Let India Com pany; Jahn Shepherd, lito , the deputy chairman ; SW R. Campbell; Sir George Clark, Bat.; Sir George Psillock, But. ; R. D. Mangles, Rut., 11 P. ; Alderman Copeland, ; Hut. W. L. Melvin ; P. Plowdea, Esq., M.P. ; Sir George Tucker, But.; C. A. &see Wn, Esq. ; W. Chap. man, Big., &c. Upon the snivel of the company at the cAl.ge, they proceeded to the principal's house, and from thence to the mutual room, where the principal's re port was read. It stated that the coaduct of the students, wits the eaceptioa of one or two little irregularities, bad been moot snemplaty. There were at present 61 students in the school, 43 of whom had highly distinguished them talus, and 17 were declared fit to leave the college for India. The company then proteeded to the dining-hall, when the student. had already asswabled. Sit AIICH. GALLOWAY took the chair. Mr. T. W. Haoraa, the secretary of the college, road the report of the prism awarded to the students leaving the col lege. It was as follows ; Mr. Chapman, highly distinguished, with modals in clas sics, mathematics, political economy and history, law, Per sian, Hindustme, and pesos in &hack, Hindi, and Arabic: Mr. 1. H. B. Cvlviti ' highly distinguished, with medal in Saneerit, and pests in Perim, Hindi, and Arable ; Mr. F. it. CockereU, highly distinguished, with prise in Hindisstanew ; Mr. T. N. A, Chase, highly distinguished, with medal in Teloosoo ; Messrs. Grant, Musprati, J. J. Orgy, Lawford, Smethurst, sad Nsave, highly distils. gaishid ; Meson. B. W. Colvin, Spencer, K. Low". Pollock, Cuulthiust, F. C. Forbes, and 0. S. Forbes, Leased with peat credit. The fullowieg classification of the students about to de part for India was then read : Rank of students leaving col lege—Bengal . 1, Chapman ; 2, Grant ;3, J. H B. Colvin ; 4, Maspratt ; fr, J. J. Grey; 6, F. R. Cockerell ; 7, Broad hunt ;8, Lortord. Madras :T.A. N. Chase. Bombay ; 1, 0. 8. Forbes ; 2, Nese". Mr. Capper then read in an admirable meaner the Eng lish Essay ter which he obtained a medal. It was an ex traordinary production fur so young a gentleman, th e sub ject being" The Fine Arts considered is their Social and Moral Effects." Mr. Capper was very much applauded by the company. Mr. Chase read an article in Teloogoo, which he after. wards translated into English, on the administration of jus t' e is civil causes. "Mr. Chapman read a translation from Ilindustanee and Persia', and afterwards in the original languages. The prises were than delivered in the following order : Clams: Coalman, bold medal ; Currie, prise in books ; Capper, nth); Smith, ditto; Dadtwood, ditto.—English Essay : Dapper, medal.—Mathematim: Cbspman, medal; Osedos, books ; Thomson, ditto; Brandreth, ditto.—Politi• en Faismomy and History: Cbspman, medal; Gordon, boobs; DI eh, ditto.—Law Chapman, medal; Clirdon, books • Lushington, ditto ; Thomas, ditto.—Sannit : Chap -111410, ‘00k11; J. 11 B. Culeia, medu ; Shaw, books; Lush lento°, ditto; Beak, ditto; BOOM, ditto.—Teloopo: T. A. N. Chase, medal ; L. Forbes, &eats ; Slink, ditto. — Persian : Chapman, medal; J. H. B. Colvin, bents • Currie, ditto; Lowe, ditto.-11industanee : Chapman, medal; F. 14. I Cotherell, books ',• Currie, ditto.—Hindi and Arabic : Char man, books; J. H. B. Colvin, ditto. Ti. bonerary distinctions were then awarded The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the students. He slid be had heard a moat flattering and favourable re- I port, not only of their conduct, but of the great proficiency which they had made in their several studies. In the name of the court of director. he begged to thank the principal and the professors for the great pains they had taken. He found by the report of the principal that there were no less than hi duilents in the college; that they' had been written many of which reflected the highest credit on the students. He was sure the students cruet tees grateful to those who had contributed so much to perfect them, and that they would re turn their thanlu to the gifted principal, who presided over them. He (the eliairmu),eas gratified .0 find by the report, that 17 students had obtain. d the highest honours, and were Declared fit to proceed to India, and to take part in the civil government of that country. lie hi to see, at no distant pethed, that they wouldall be considered woe thy of that honour. If abet were the intditions of those who remained in the col lege, he trusted they would attend to the instruction which tee institution offered them. They were now about to leave— • sten of them for ever, and he hoped that those who returned again would return with a determination—a fixed determi aation—to abide by the rules, and to profit by the laetrile- Lion which would be given them. There was no part of their education which was not exceedingly important, as con nected with the civil ureic* of India; but he suongly recommended them to pay great atten tion to the law of India, both ancient and modern, as he dui not know of any branch of learning more capable of assisting them in that country. Ile also recommended I them to pay attention to the mon practical branches al knowledge, such as chemistry, mineralogy, geology, and mechanics, end in fact to the great principles of eivii engineering, which would be fouled of essential import's', in India. The knowledge of that science had enabled 11r. Homilton, a civil servant of the company, to cototrien a road through an intricate country, wtien had pr.viourtly `ion but the abode of wild beasts—and of man scarcely Ism wild, the Shells. The company then proceeded to the library, when a splendid d,jekner was served, at the conclusion of which, The CHAIRMAN rose and said he begged to propose the •• Health of the highly-gifted and distinguished Principal and the learned Professors of the College." They had that day had an opportunity of seeing the results of their distin guiebed teaching. He (the chairman) knew of no institution which could boast of more distinguished tutors than Heiley liury. He therefore begged to propose the health of the prieeipal and preheat*. (Cheers.) The toast having bees drunk, The Rev. HENRY MELVILL, RD., roes and said, he had to thank them, in his oen name and on behalf of the professore, not only for proposing the toast, which it was customary to drink on such occasions, but for the cor dial manner in which it had been responded to. The c im piety gave him sod the professors the credit for their best endeavoun, and they asked nothing more : they did not say that there were not blemishes and defects, as it was no light office to pare men to go forth to civilise the inhabitants of India. (Cheers.) The institution was deserving the sup port of the East lade Compthy. He would not say that, if he could not say it conspeutinisly. The students from that college went forth as mionnaries, and he knew that there was sot a man who quitted the college but who might have a great influence on his fellow-crea tune ; not that he would have them missionaries in the common acceptation of the term, u being forth to preach the great doctrines of Christianity, but by their conduct, knowledge, and Christianity, civilising those whom they went among. (Cheers.) That the college was most important, by its influ ence in civilising the vast and magnincent empire of India, no one could deny. The reverend gentleman con cluded by returning thanks on behalf of Minot( and pro fawn, for the kind manner in which the tout had been responded to. The company then separated. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1849. themselves much of that which they took in waste, without in any degree affording benefit to themselves or their families. He did not wish to put this is the place of those political rights which the people had a right to demand of the legislature, but its importance to him consist* in its being • mean to an end, alto by the sembinatiea and determined perseverance of the artisans and mechanics of this country, they must ultimet-ly succeed in obtaining that to which they were entitled, and which would give them a fair share in the representation of this great country, tbat derived its support and wu kept together by the toil and industry of those worthy claws of society. Teas movement had his hearty support, and would continue to re ceive it so long as conducted on the same principles. Mr. Thieve= alluded to the rumour of there being a split in the camp," and said that his only difference w.s with these who wished to regard this movement as sufficient for the country without an agitation for those civil and political rights which at present were denied the great masses of the people. The hon. gentleman, as he eat down, was again greatly applandei, and the hall echoed again sod again with the enuring from the vast assemblage. Votes of thanks were passed to the chairman and Mr. Thompson, and acknowledged by both those gentlemen. At the clue of the meeting, a great many mechanics and others enrolled themselves as =news of the society, the number being much larger than was saticipaied prior to the commencement of the pea:idler. NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. MEETING AT READING. A public meeting took place in the Reading Town Hall on Thursday evening, to could, r the mtabliehment of a branch freehold land society. The Hall was densely erowded with an audience consisting of almost every clue ot perm= in the town. The chair was taken by Euwaten Catnort,Esq , and he was supported on the platform by William Morley, Esq., 0. E. Hennes, Etq., solicitor to the seekty, 0. Kapott, Esq., secretary of the Westminster Peedesid Land Society, B. Cowderoy, Esq., T. Gregory, lea., and several gentlemen belonging to Reading. CHAIRMAN having opened the bunnies of the meetiner_by explaining its objects, Mr. ILUGGETT, at the re quest of the Chairman, pro. seeded to make a statement of the priadples upon which the Westminster Freehold Land Society was bleed. (These principles have been so often explained in this jcurral that they need not be repeated In a report of Mr. Huggett's lucid statement] Mr. COWDEROY moved : " That this meeting is of opinion that freehold land societies offer to the industrious classes a most profitable in vestment for their savings, and are efficient agents for ele vating their moral and social condition, by engenderirg habits of forethought and a spirit of independence. And this meeting recognises, in the general establishment of the moieties, a meet efficient mode of gradually and legally ex tending the suffrage, by increasing the number ot voters for county members; and is of opinion that it behoves every man who is anxious to extend the representation ot the people W contribute by all means in his power to their encouragement and support." Mr. GREGORY seconded the etiolation. Mr. WILLIAM MORLEY then moved : "That inasmuch as the Westminster Freehold Lend So. dirty embraces within its operations th^ Home Counties— Berkshire being le:eluded—this meeting considers it worthy of being cordial.) , supported by the people of Reuling." Mr. THOMPSON, M.P., seconded the motion. He said ' that there wee something delightful in revisiting a place where he had, end others had been, engaged in a contest, where happily after awhile those feelings which the occasion provoked bad passed away, and they looked upon each other with more complacency than before. They cum together on neutral ground to advance an object respecting which • there could be no controversy, and which did not aim at I lowering any individual, much lees at exalting him for the advancement of any particular political principles, but aimed at putting him in a position that would dignity him as a citizen, and increase his political influence, whatever his party predilections might be. He would not stand there nor any where else to advocate a land scheme that did not throw , open its doors widely to men of all political opinions. (Cheers.) I Ile would extend to men of extreme opposite opinions the same facilities as to those who held opinions identical , with his own. (Loud cheering.) They were not there as • party politicians, but to propound a scheme by which the I working man, through the exercise of aniline,' and frugality, might become possessed of • small freehold, and have a stake in the land of his native cenn•ry, and with the possession of this property to proceed to the discharge of t those duties from ibich. they were excluded while linen franchised. (Hoer.) This could be done by working men • laying ups small sum periodically while 'elfin employment, and no more easy trey could be found than by denying MIDLAND COUNITES CATTLE SHOW DINNER. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14. The dinner, in celebra'ion of this show, took place (ca already announted in the Express) last evening, under the presidency of the E.,' of ATLASFOIID. The toast of the Conaty Members" baying been given, Kr. NEWDEGATE wne the first to respond. He re joiced (he saia) to see a large and influential assembly on each en occasion in the metropolis of the Midland counties, affording, as it did, an earnest that the people of the greatest industrial mart in the world took a deep interest in the success and prosperity of the agricultural interest of the ant rouoding elbtrict. They might believe his that this exprersion of their good will would to home to the feelings of the 'grind. Indite. (Cheers.) There were some expressions whisk possibly lost their effect by being often repeated ; it had been ea often said that the agricultural and manufacturing late nets were identical, and that those who snuck at the root et tke one did also an injury to the other, that the expression was by many persons resatdel as expressing little meaning, but here they had a practical illustratina of the identity of these interests, and no mistske. He believed that nothing could be more useful or beneficial than for the manufacturing interest to hold out the hand of fillowehip to the agricultural; they might dip rid upon it that this meeting would have its weight with others, and in other parts of the crewel, and that it would tend to produce a practical extmplificatton of the truism, that the agricultural and manufacturing interest was identical, the more especially if the manufacturers would fully understand that on their prosperity depended the prosperity of the home trade—the greatest trade of the country, and especially of Birmingham. (Hear.) They might depend on it that capital, however profitably employed, was invested in the centre of &discontented community. (Hear.) Kr. SPOONER, M.P., said—This was a most interesting occasion; it was the first attempt made practically to doe metatarsi' that agriculture and commerce are twin sisters, born at a birth, and wh hey are buried they must both lie in one grave. (Hear.) To those who think they can serve commerce at the expense of agricuaure, he would only say that the result would be ruin to themselves. This much his experience bed taught him, that that man had un derstood his duty to his country who pursued one straight forward line of policy, and adopted that course which was most conducive to the interests, nut of a class, but of the entire community. Load LBW ISHAK briefly returned thanks. The of " The borough members," having been pro posed be Sir FRANCIS Law LET, Mr. MUN IS then rose to respond. It was most gratify. leg to him, and must have been refreshing to all of them to know that when a man asserted what was right and honest, without any consideration of party or self, his health should have been propose 1 and received in the manner it had been. Sir Francis Lawley had only done him justice, when he easde bis observatiots. He (Kr. Manta) had never con sidered his own interests; he had never sacrificed soy prin ciple; he had always attended to his:duty, and to their in , terests in the House of Commons. He reverted th .t his honourable colleague (Mr. S,:holefield) was absent on that occasisa, because he would have told them that there was no difference of °pillion between them in thinki , g that the interests of manufacturers and agriculturists were indentical. In conclusion, he could assure them that his study would always be, as heretofore, honestly, faithfully, and use fuliy to serve them. (Cheers.) But he had had a toast very unexpectedly put into bis hands. He wished it bed been entrusted to somebody else, because, to tell the truth, he did not feel quite up to the mark. The toast was, " The Agri cultural Interest." As they might suppose, be bud some difficulty in giving that toast ; but his opinion he bad always stated publicly in the house and out of it, that the interests of agriculture and trade were the same. The difference between them arose from two things: first, bad laws; and essond, ignorant legislation. If there were no ironical qua-ka, and only common sense was used, all the in. tants of the country would be in a state of perma nent prosperity. They saw in print—and a great deal of nonsense was printed—they saw much fuss made about the exports, and it was attempted to show that they were a proof that the country was in a prosperous state. Why, it only showed they were exporting a great deal they ought to consume. Before they could judge what effect these esporta had on the country, they must have before them the number of tans, pounds, and yards, to show how much they gave fur the same amount of pounds, shilling., ' and pence they got formerly. Unless they made a debtor and cred,tor account, it was no preen that the couotry was in a prosperous state ; it only showed that they must export, and did so, at a certain pries , because they could not get a better at home. He teed not tell them of the decrease that bad taken place in many articles of manufacture in Birming ham, averaging from 5 to 50 per cent., Inc suss they knew it; but the other day he met a wealthy manufacturer from the earth " Waal," said he Mr. Kuntz) " how are you getting on?" " Oh, pretty well," was the reply. " Pretty well . what do you mean i" " Only," repiied the manufacturer, "that we eat a farmer every night for supper." (Liughtero It was no joke ; on the contrary, he (Mr. Kuntz) thought it a fact. And the gentle men - had gene further and said, " We have eaten up the West Indian planters, we have oaten the Irish landlords, we have fthished the colonies, and now we sae at the farmers: and I don't know that we won't be eaten ourselves." (Cheers.) Now, this *vend not last be ever; they could not go on eating ferrates. No reason able being eyelid believe that a permanent prosperity could be obtained by . one party living en th e other. This brought him to protect ion. (Hear, hear.) Now, the pro•ective laws did great injustice to the teanufacturer—(litar)—but now it was their turn, and they could only manufacture at a certain price, and the farmer could only grow on the same teems. What was the result? Why the great reduction that took place in the price of the farmer's produce enabnd the manufacturer to sell at a very small, but still a profit. They had meetings here and meetings there—proposals here and proposals there—and the cry was to go back to protec tion. Now, although he had always opposed protection, and always would oppose it in the sense it was generally used in, yet ha had held that the whole of this country inlaid not do without protection. The only thing he was at issue with those who cried out tor protection was, that he did not approve of their principle. It was an isolated, par tial, and unjust protcctior, and never even protected the farmers themselves. Let them look back at the years 1822 and lti3y and 1830, when they had the full amount , of protection they ever had; why, at that time all the far mers were in ruin and misery. (N no.) He knew better. They were holding meetings in all quarters of the country, and deel- ring that they were all goiog to perdition. It did not, therefore, serve those it was intended to protect. He was an advocate for that protection that would protect all clarets equally, fairly, justly, and honestly. They could not be prosperous under such a system. They must have that pro tection tat would equally protect the manufacturer and agri culturist. (Cheers.) But they were met again by men woo said the landlords must reuuce their rents. All very well ; but he felt and knew that it the landlords gave up their rents altogether they could not bye. (Cheers) But there was a reason why they could not give up their rents. There were unfortunately many men who were net clear of liabilities, and could not give their rents up. The tenant, then, was the seepages'. betweeu the landlord and the consumer. It was also pro posed to put a fixed duty on corn. lie had always thought, and he was of the same opinion now, that repealing the whole duty on corn was a farce. (" Hear," and cheers.) Hs never could understand why, the whole duty should be repealed. Manufacturers were subject to a duty, protective in its nature, to 5, 10, or 15 per cent. It was true that they wanted a duty for revenue ; but they would tection at the expease of tte rest of the country. Earl TALBOT, in toasting the president elect (Lord Ha. e r thirteen), said that the man who placed the two interests — agriculture and commerce—in antagonism was an enemy to ' his species. The state of the country was such, both with retard to agricultural and manufacturing depression, that something must be done ; he did not say what, but let th e • farmers make their wants known, end he left it to wiser '" heads than his own to devise a remedy. ,7, In responding to the toast, " The succeeded candidate'," "" Mr. BEAMAN, of Moreton in the Marsb, said that he mid farmed a thousand acres, and that he did not take that lace gloom Lord y v H iew of matters which Mr. Muni: had done. ATHERTON proposed the health of Mr. T. B. _"... 11 ; ,' Wright, editor of the Midland Counties Herald, with whom talon originated the idea of this meeting, and his lordship an nounced that his presidency should be devoted to fostering it. Aber ,hick NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 14. —APPOINTMENTS.— Phaeton — Chaplain: J. B. Bunce. Naval Instructor: W. Roe. Mid shipmen: C. de Crespigny. Naval cadet: T. H. Royse. Contest—Midshipman: a. It D. McMurdo. PROMOTION. To be Chief Engineer : P. McDowell. , Wootwicu, DEC. 14.—Enterprise, Arctic discovery ship, ' was commimioned to-day by Capt. Ittchd. Collhoa, C.B. She is to have a crew of 66 men. Every effort is being made to fit her oat immediately; the shipwrights are busy copper ing her, and part of hoc lower rigging is over the masts The Investigator will be docked to morrow, to he coppered ; and the utmost expedition wilt be used to get both easels ready for sea immediately. It is, however, at presont doubt. ful whether they will start immediately, or wait here till some intelligonce is received from the Plover. Archer st.-v. went down thrt river to-day on an experimental trial ; her speed averaged 7 knots. She wee brought up at Greenhithe for the night, and will proceed en to the west without r► turning to Woolwich. IRELAND. Dram, Dsc. 14. The landlord party are at this moment moving heaven and earth to get up a protectionist agitation in Ireland, as it is evident that it is upon this country they must draw most largely for their arguments and support in any parliamentary straggle they may an ger, in dais, the ensuing session. Requisitions are in course of signature in the midland and southern counties to call meetings for the purpose, and a tone of nationality is insidiously borrowed, by which, if the people suffer themselves to be deceived, they will be egregious fools. If the Irish landlords here become nationalists, a social miracle indeed has been operated. The memorial, so mysteriously alluded to by the Evening Mad, and other protectionist journals, Si in preparation for presentation to the Queen, appear at full length in the Freeman's Journal of this morn ing, and is the best embodiment of the sentiments and professions of the party that has yet been produced. The Packet of last evening thus announces some of the preparations making by the protectionists for the approaching parliamentary struggle : We are authorised to state that, previous to the assem bling of parliament, a great aggregate muting of Irish peers, members of parliament, deputy lieutenants, magis trates, hawkers * merchants, gi wry, traders, and faunae classes, class's, will beheld is this city, for the purpcso of express ing, in terms that no misister shall dare to slight, Ireland's stern and unanimous determination t• obtain protection for native industry at any hszatd. At this altering ample ac commodation will be afforded to protection delegates from the provinces; and the resolutions and petition that will be proposed will embrace all the requirements of Ireland— agricultural, social, and political. NJ tffort is neglected to procure signatures through- the country for the memorial to her Majesty. Lerd Olengall, who may claim the paternity of the docu ment, transmitted yesterday copies of the following circular to all the bJards of guardians in Ireland : Cesir, Dec.l2, Iti49. Gentlemen,—l have the honour to enclose a copy of a petition to her Majesty, representing the distressed position of Ireland, and the total ruin which appears daily to over. whelm her inhabitant,. I trust you will excuse my bring ing this document under your emisideration, end in request , tog that the members of your board will, if they approve of I its contents, subscribe their signatures, and return it to me as early as conveniert. It is of the utmost importance that the petition should be presented a reasonable period bas ' fore the meeting of parliament, to afford her Majesty's ministers an opportunity of proposing some measures of re- lief ; but, at the ume tim i, Irishmen must be prepared to I act for tunuelves, if they are desirous to raise tbeir coon- try from the destruction which now affects all her interests; and, although it may be hoped that the government will I be induced, in comma n justice, to retrace vieir mischiev , policy towards Ireland, 1 yet feel, from put experience,' that our only prospect of success will rest on the united and ' vigorous efforts of Irishmen themselves sad their repro seutatives in parliament. Requesting your early reply—l have the honour to remain, gentlemen, your very faithful si resat, Onnnoann• To the Chairman and Board of Guardians of the Union of A voluminous correspondence appears in the Free man's Journal this morning, carried on between Mr. John O'Connell, on the part of the Repeal As sociation, and Mr. Maurice Layne on that of the Irish Alliance, through the medium of the Very Rev. Dr. Spratt, who has been benevolently endeavouring to bring about a union between the two parties. How ever, for the present, there does not seem much pro bality of success. A very interesting meeting was held in Cork on Tuesday, for the purpose of discussing the question of petitioning parliament for the establishment of • transatlantic packet station on the coast of Ireland. chair was occupied by the Earl of Bandoo, and the local members, with nearly all the resident nobi lity and gentry of the county, took part in the pro ceeding*. The opinion of the meeting, as embodied in the resolution, and petitiot a adopted, went to show the advantages of opening a direct steam communi cation between an Irish port and America, without showing any preference for one port more than ano ther on the western and south-western coast, leaving the selection to the choice of those more immediately coecerned. Among the resolutions were these: That the establishment of a Transatlantic packet station on the coast of Ireland would be productive of wide-spread advai.tages, not only to the particular locally which might happen to be selected as a port, but to all the districts con nected with the line of communication that would be thus opened. That the prostrate or depressed condition of all ranks and classes in Ireland at the present moment—more parti cularly in the wet•ers, southern, and south western districts of the country—offer additional reasons to the li gislature for undertaking an expenditure calculated to afford employment and relief to our labouring poor —to open up new lines of communication—new sources of wealth—to stimulate the industry of our people—promote the interests of commerce and the general prosperity of the country. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. ONFoaD7ii;c7ii--)IATHEIIATICAL CLAbe LIST.—The following are the names of those gentlemen who have oh. mined honours " Lt Disciplinis Mathemsticie et Phyaicia," viz.:—Class I. Francis Asphitel, Commoner of Brasenose College; Aimarie Rumsey, C. , mmooer of St. Mazy Hall; Philip Lutley Sclater, Scholar of Corpus Christi College. Clans 11. Charles Augustus Hopei, Commoner of Exeter College ; Henry Forteseue Seymour, Commoner of Ballot College. Class 111. John Jermy Macaulay, Commoner of New Inn Hall; Henry Jahn Marten, Bible Clerk, Wadhain College. Cleve IV. Lord Robert T. G. Cecil, Gentleman Commoner of Christ Church ; James Fletcher, Commoner of Trinity College; Adolphus Hackman, Scholar of Brass nose College; Gilbert Charles Harries, Scholar of Jesus Col lege. Swims quints classic atee cseterorum qui examane toribus sattafecerunt. CVII. (101). Robert Walker, Nicholas I'ocock, William Medley, examiners. PILIEFSILMENTS.—Rev. T. W. Mercer, to North-Alierton V., so Delight= C., Yorkshire; dio. York; value 6971., with residence; pats., Dean and Chapter of Durham. Rev. H. G, Robinson, to Trinity I'. C., Preston, Lanca shire ; value 1.501. ; pats , Trustees. Rev. T. B. Stuart, to Wookey V., Somerset; dio. Bath and Wells; value 3091., with residence; pat., the Sub Dean of Wells. Rev. W. Thorpe, to Weeley R., Essex ; dio. Rochester ; value 3761., with residence ; pats., Brasenose College, Os ford. Rev. J. R. Turing, C. of Axminster, Devon, to be Surro gate for the diocese ut Exeter. Rev. D. Wright, of Spennithome Male, Yorkshire, to be a Minor Canon of Bristol Cathedr al, in the room of Rev. ' Sir C. Macgregor, resigned. Rev. H. M. White, to be Principal of Woodlands College, dio. Cape Town. Rev. H. Rains% to be Via-Principal of Woodlands Col- lege, dio. Cape ToWn. Rev. F. C. Chalmers, to be Chapleio to the Earl of Cars with. Herbert, formerly of Eton College, to be one of the Rectors of Woodlands College, dio. Cape Town. E. J. Sykes, 8.A., to be one of the Rectors of Woodlands College, dio. Cape Town. VACANCY.—P. C. Dunstoo, Staffordshire, dio. Lichfield; value 671., with residence ; pat., Lord Ratherton ; Rev. B. Price, proms. MAsvonswies. Leamington College, Warwickshire: Classical Mastership ; value, 120! ; to be a graduate of Ox ford; testimonials on or before 10th inst. Marlborough College, Wiltshire: Assistant Mastership; value 2001., with board and lodging; to be a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge. Wellingborough, Northam] lituterahrps of grammar school. two Assistant MILITARY. (Prom last night's Casette.) WAR-OFFICE, Dre. 141. Ist Drag. Gds.—Cornet R. T. Tnosarsop, to be lint., by par., vice Arkwrigi!t, who retiree. 7th Drag. (ade.—Capt. C. W. THOWPSON, from the 14th Lt. Drags., to be eapt., vice P. S. Thompson, who each. Ilth Lt. pra ngs. —D.—D. F. Guesser, gent., to be nor., by pur., rim Du rant, 14t Lt. Drags.--Capt. P. 8. Tnowreor, from 7th Drag. Gan, to Ire opt., vice C. W. Thompson, who exchanges.. 16th Lt. Dregs.—Lieut. B. HIATISIDI to be 'opt., by par., vice Coster, who ret. • Cor. Go Hon. A. A. 8. ASIIIIIILTT, to be lieut., by pur., vice IleaviAde ; C. J. Baru, gent., to be nor., by par., vice Anneeley. Scots' Fusilier Ode.—Env. and Lieut. F. Fearsome, to be heat. and cape., by pur., vice the lion. E. IL W. Coke who refs.; W. C. Kerrey gent., to be ens. and lieut , by pur., vice theteseue. 2nd F.—Lieut. 8. F. JatlDN, from h.-p. unatt., to be lieut., vice Faulkner, prom. 4th r.—Quartermart. T. Knorr, to be ens., without par., eke Gov. doe, rem. to 61st F. 6th Liao, gent., to be ens., withcut pur., vice Price, dec. 14th F.—W. Cave:, gest., to be ens., without pur., vise Dodvworth, who ref 17thCarinoot, gent., to be env. by pur., vire Heigham, prom. ; T. H. Basseanaw, gent., to be no., by pur., vice Oenerte, app. to 24th F. 27th I.—Lieut. A. U. JONES, from the 75th F., to or lieut., vice Moe. tyn, who emits.; T. Itaorma, gent., to be ens., by rite par don, who rats. 37th F.—flreg..liajor E. Curren to be ens., without par., vice Draper, who redone. 33th F.—Brevet Lieut..CoL J. FLAMM, from amid., to be vice Tennant, prom. ; Brevet Hope J. Fuxin to be major, by pur., vice Flamank, who vets. ; Lieut. W. It. Goma to be cars-, by par., mos Fraser ; Eon R. L. WALINat to be lieut„ by pur., vice Geste. 43rd I.—IL ROantrox, gent., to be ens., by put., vice Wrotteeley, promoted. 46th I.—A. H. Water, gent., to be ens., by pun, vies Pigott, who retiree, ; R. Lt.ratcre, gent., to be ens., without par., vise lieurant, appointed to SSW F. 46th F.—J. Bents.,race, gent., to be ens., by par., vine Hall, mom. 55th F.—C. J. IL Bravura', gent, to be eon, by pnr., vice Hume, promoted. lath F.—A. L Corcann, gent, to be ens., by par., vies Blood, prom. Rah F.—Ere. G. H. Wrervao, to be lieut., without par., trim Hay, dec. ; Ens. A. Court; to be lieut., by pur., vice Wynyard, whose prom., by per., has been cencelled. 83rd F.—Lieut. A. J. La Gamin, to be edjut, vice Walcosley, who re. stoma the edjutansy only. 6 ith F.—D. M. MUILIAY, lent, to be ens., by par., vice Grylie, prom. 65th I.—C. A. M. Ilaavarres, gent., to be ens, without par., vies Drought. prom in 63rd F. 67th F.—F. E. Oacrinrrr, gent, to be ene., without par., vire Dillon, app. to 74th P. 70th F.—Major T. Cams, to be lfent..ooL, by par., vies Big" who rets. • Capt. Z. F. Eowmun, to be major, by per., vies Chute ; Lied. H. Huns, to be apt., by par., vice Edwards; rms. J. A. Rem, to be lieut. by per. viol Rennie. 73rd F.—L3eut. J. T. Cancun; from the 33rd F., to be meant., nee J. Court, who reit. on h..p. 74th F.—F. R. TmwmAT gent., to be ens., by per., vice Moon, prom. in the 3rd West India Beet. 73th F.—Lieat. T. W. Yams, from the 97th F., to be lieut., I lee Jones, who each. 63th F.—Lord J. H. TAYLOVI, to be ens., by par., vim Browne, prom. in the 7th F. 97th F.—Lieut. A. Dawn, to be apt., without per., vice Bleb, dee.; Bee. Lieut. J. Lucas to be Ant licut, vice Dewar; Colour-sergt. J. W3u. to be see. lieut., vice Loess. 92nd F.—E. C. B. Rtzalarroav, gent., to be am, by per., vise I'. John, prom. nit E—Fns. C. F. Bran non= to be bent, by par., vice Webb. who rem ; IL. BILIMILLZ; gent., to be ens., by par., vice E. K. Jones, prom. 3rd W t. est India Regt.—Ens. J. W. Wiumw, from the 74th F., to be lieu, by vice who rets. Royal Omaha Ride Addlo Regt.ipt. F. S. Cox, Rom h.-p. out., to be cops., via lizent.liejor Weylend, prom. Uptarneasn.—Lieut. F. U. Cm, from the Royal Canadian Rifle oegt., to be apt., without par. MEDICAL APOTIIMRISS HALL.—Names of gentlemen who pima their elimination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and reale( d certificates to practise, on Thurday, Dee. 13 : Etward Pinder ; Sturley Payne, Bury Sc. Mainers; Robert Qething, Newport, Monmouth ; Valiant Hatibon, Bedford. SPORTING. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hounds, Monday, Crown Hotel, Slough ; Wednesday, Maiden head Thicket; Friday, Hayes —ll. Bad/worth hounds, Monday, Hampole Ina; Thursday, Kiniston Hill; Saturday, Sarkis Hall—halt-past 10. Mr. Lumley's hounds, Monday, Jockey House; Thursday, Park Lane ; Saturday, Sandbank Park—half-past 10. Bramliam Moor houads, Monday, Hook Moor ; Wednes day, Brayton; Friday, The Wild Man; Saturday, Rift— ing( past 10. Rufford hounds, Monday, Winkburn • Tuesday, Enlotr , stone Village ; Thursday, Luton V i llage thill-put 10) ; Friday, Park Hall-11. Lord Henry Beatinck's hounds, Monday, Longworth Bridge; Tues day, Wellingore ; Wednesday, Oats Burton; Thursday, Norton Place ; Friday, Kettlethorpe; Saturday, Wecke nloy-11. Sir T atton Sykes' bounds, Monday, West Heslerta Hill Top; Wednesday, Stamford Bridge; Friday, Langton Wold —half-past 10. Bohai-den hounds, Monday, Cateriek ; Tuesday, &tea Kennel ; Thursday, Wood Hall ; Friday, Warier Hall—quarter to 11. Warwickshire hounds, Monday, Woodcote ; Tuesday, Whatcote ; Thursday, Lower bhuckbnrgh Village; Satur day, Fosnote—halt-put 10. Snropohirs hounds, Monday, Dorringtoa ; Friday, BR linasky—quarter to 11. Cheshire hounds, Monday, Beeston ; Wednesday, Broom lands • Thursday, Cciolmondelq; Saturday, Rayensmoor put 10. Mr. Farquharson's hounds, Monday, Holcomb. Mr. M. Ingram" hounds, Monday, Sudbury • Thursday, Cation ; Saturday, Shugboough—quarter to 11. Sir R. Sutton's hounds, Monday, Sarkly ; Tuosday, Bar don Hall; Wednesday, Wymeswold ; Thursday, Smeszsby Inn; Saturday, Warturby Stone Pita. Duke of Rutland's hounds, Monday, Wiyerton 1100 ; Tuesday, Great Gdnerby ; Wednesday, Creston Park ; Frt. day, We Lodge—half-past 10. Earl Fitswilliam's hounds, Monday, Kennel; Wednesday, Titctunanh ; Friday, Ashton Wold-10. Mr. Hillier's hounds, Monday, Legbounm ; Tuesday, Thimbleby ; Thursday, Burgh on-Bain; Saturday, Green tield—halt-piat 10. Worcestershire hounds, Monday, Cliffey ; Wednesday, Round Hill; Friday, Witley—halt-past 10. Mr. A Smith's hounds, Monday, Purton ; Tuesday, Wood-bridge ; Wednesday, Whirwell Wood ; Thursday, Vernham Gate; Friday, South Grove; Saturday, Ronne Court-11. Duke at Boaufort's hounds, Monday, Cauleot ; W.dnes doy, Burton; Thursday, Stoke Park; Saturday, Trouble House-11. Suffolk hounds, Monday, Elamwell Lion ; Thursday, Cockbeld Greyhound ; Saturday, Rigby Tull-gate—quarter to 11. Sir W. W. Wynn's hounds, Monday, Bangor ; Wednes day, Plea Tag; Friday, Farndon ; Saturday, Aston—half past 10. North Staffordsbir• hounds, Monday, Drayeot ; Wednes day, the Three Crowns, Stoke ; Friday, Tunnel—half past 10. Brighton harriers, Monday, Patching ; Wednesday, Rare Course ; Friday, D yke—quarter to 11. Crawley and iiOTIMILM hounds, Monday, Pound Hill ; Wednesday, Burrell Aron; Friday, High limbo, Hand mom—quarter to 11. Monmouthshire hounds, Monday, Penises Plind Toll Bar ; Thursday, Skenlreith Bridge--hall-put 10. South Down hounds, Monday, Windon patt 10._ _ hounds, Tuesday, Uarewood's past 10. Ludlow hounds, Tuesday, Norton's Camp-10. RAW Intelligence. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNClL.—YisrEnusy. CF.POIIK Tar. Auclll.l.llor or CANS LIIPUST, IHS AS(1101..110E' or ion, IHIS BISHOP HE LONDON, LUSH LAISODALS, LUSH CASH.- UM. BAKION NILS-SIIAM. MUMS LtNIDUT Bale., XL. PLIIBLICIOS Lwtuß, &NU Sla Sill 1116. , I.llslllSul - ----- -- - • Clonleali v. Tun BI.UOP OP SIZTISS.—INPANT &entail. Dr. Addams resumed his argument. He bad stated that Mr. Gorham denied baptism altogether aldose there had been a prevening act of grace. It was impossible to look at Mr. Gorkana's book and have a doubt that that was the principle entertained by Mr. Gorham. Tree bishop said that baptism held good universally in the cue of in tents es opera °pent,. Mr. Gorham's counsel had said that the bishop had no right to examine Mr. Gorham out of the articles. The statute of 9 Ed ward VI. being declaratory of tho common law, and the examination of persons presented to benefices belonging to the church was put in this way. Of the ability of the person presented to him the examination belongs to the spiritual Judge. The cases went to this, that whatever was good for deprivation was good as a refusal to institute ; but they did not go to the extent that whatever was good as a refusal to institute would be good to deprive. The real point involved in this question was the efficacy of the sacrament of baptism, not merely of infants, but of adults. Originally it was at tempted to confine this question to what appeared in the article, and it was proposed that • clause should be introduced into • bid which should distinctly provide that no doctrine should be con sidered unsound, except on the articles themselves. That bill had not passed. It was now said, let us are how matters stand on the articles. The articles were expressed and determined as to the doctrine maintained by the Bishop of Exeter. The articles, no doubt, must be dated from 1671. In 1662 there were also articles of the Church of England, but it was singular that, as far as this sacrament of baptism was concerned, the articles had undergone no alteration from the very commencement of the reformation. The doctrine in the artic:es relative to the sacrament of baptism was precisely the same with the new articles of the Church of England as finally settled in 1671. The articles were generally supposed to have been drawn up very recently. This was laid down at length in Archbishop Lawrence's books, but another sour.e, or more immediate source, bad been discovered,wbich was mentioned by Jenkins in his Life of Cranmer. They had undergone frequent additions from Crammer, in Cranmer's own hand writing. In page 273 it was said, " infante*, per baptismam, consequantur remissionem peccatorum. Spiritus Sancti est in infontibus efflux." The Latin of these articles might be referred to by way of i xplaining whatever there was of am biguity in the English articles. Baptisms propitia est sign= regeaerationis. Vi divina, regenerationie, gratis au getur. Baptirma pervaloturs omnino optima. He must repeat what he had said in the court below, that for the first 50 years after the first institution of Christianity, there was no whisper, doubt, or suspicion of baptism and regeneration being, in fact, convertible terms ; that regeneration was baptism and baptism was regenera tion. Commencing with Ireowut, who was a disciple of another who was a disciple of St. John (and they could not go much further back than that), he spoke indifferently of infants who were reg ted, meaning baptised. Until the commencement of the Reformation such a doctrine was never dreamt of as to disconnect the sacrament of baptism from regeneration. He stated that without any hesitation as • positive fact. It would be • waste of time to cite authorities on the point. In " Bingham's Ecclesiastical Antiquities " baptism was called " indulgentla regeneratio," or the sacrament of faith. Reference had been made to two canons, from which it had been contended that this question whether regeneration was universally attendant on baptism was or was not an open question until the Connell of Trent, and this upon a supposed letter of Innocent IV. and a decree of the Council of 'Vienna in 1311, which wee inserted in the canon law. These had nothing to do with the question whether regeneration was or was not univer sally attendant on baptism. It was said, " a plerisque non conceditur absolutio, alteris seserentibus parvulis quidem culpam remitti, sod gratiam non referri." In the year 1842 a Bishop of London delivered a charge to bis clergy, in which he sail the opinion which denies baptismal regeneration may possibly, though not without great difficulty, be re conciled with the language of the twenty-seven Articles ; but by no strength of ingenuity, no latitude of in terpretation, could it be brought to agree with the plain anqualitisd language of the o ffi ces for baptism and confirm : ation. A question might properly be raised as to the sense in which the term regeneration was used by the early church, and by oar own reformers. That was quite a dif trent question. But that regeneration did take place in baptism was most undoubtedly the doctrine of the English , church. He did not understand how any clergyman who ; used the office of baptism could deny that baptism I was regeneration. Value this was the doctrine of the church of England, the church was departing from the principle on which it had proceeded in every other in stance. Bishop Parker, in the Eccksia Anglicano, stated a canon of the convocation of 1571, being the very year in which the articles were first perfected, and authorised by act of parliament. Could any one lay that the catholic father, did not collect from the Old Testament the doctrine tof baptismal regeneration 1 It was impassible to dispute the fact. All that their lordships had heard was, that this was an opoestion 'until the assembling of 'the council of Trent. Having given this canon of 1571, he com- scented upon it in this way—he said it was a regulation framed with excellent judgment, and worded with exactest caution. The canon did not order that they should teach whatever had been taught by the fathers ; that would have been setting up new rules of faith ; nor did it say whatsoever the fathers had collected from the Scrip ' tura, for that would bays been making Atm infallible in terpreters. In Laud there wee a dialogue between a catho lic and a protestant, in which it was said that infants ought to be baptised was plain and significant front Scripture, but if there were no salvation for infants but by bniusni, then, out of all doubt, the consequence was most evident, teat in fants were to be baptised for their salvation. Upon all these authorities this was the universal doctrine of the _ . antrel;:Caless the first reformers in this instance departed from the principle on which they . proceeded in other instances, this must be the true interpretation. Much stress hid been laid on the authority of Bishop Jewel. There was a famous challenge of bishop Jewel, who chal lenged • Romanist to produce single positive testimony, from the writings of any of the fathers GOO years after Christ, in favour of any tenet which the Rumens held, where the church of England differed from the church of Ronne. Sup pose the challenge had been accepted, on all points Jewel would have been successful—on the unity of the church, in the person of the bishop of Rome, the doctrine of purgatory, the transubstantiation, and communion in one kind or another. Would the challenge have been accepted by the Romanists on any of these points? Sup posing there had been a reel difference between baptism and the efficacy of baptismal regeneration, how would Jewel have argued then ? Would he have gained his challenge ? There could be no doubt that the meaning oftrro reformers wee to assert baptismal regenera tion. There was another test—the views of the eminent t neon by whom these articles were principally 1 amid. It was important to see what the sentiments of Creamer were upon the subject. Creamer was, from the tint, for the doctrine which he (Dr. Addams) maintained. There wee the series of Dampton lectures published by Archbishop Laurence in 1804. Some attempt had been made to impugn Me authority of Laurence upon the subject, but he was the mare inclined to agree with an eminent person who had said, that the lectures were no only of the highest authority, but remarkably perspicuous and satisfactory, and did, in fact, contain all that could be said in illustration of this particular subject. Toe opinions of the reformers were at this time particularly Luthtrzn, and although Crammer changed teem on one single point, in other rupees they remained unaltered. Under his eirection, and with his in dividual aid, were prepared the offices of our church and the articles of our creed. Cranmer was originally a catholic; he was then a Lutheran. The whole authority on the other side proceeded on a lane assumption, viz., treat b.cause a person was a Calvinist, therefore he denied the etc , ritte of baptismal regeneration. It was clear that Cranm e r, when be translated the catechism, in which the doctrine is pre cistly laid down, expressed the same opinion on the sacrament of baptism which he all along maintained. Cranmer said we have fellowship with Christ, when we are made flesh of his flesh, bone of his bones, and BO we are united by the com- munion of baptism ; we are made so in perfect uuiva ; but we are made also so by baptism, and the unity in baptism is perfect, and the doctrine is not to be suffered in the church which teacheth that we are not joined w church by baptism. It appeared to him also that there was another conitib These articles were either positive or they were negative. The positive articles were those articles which affirmed points of doctrine, either affirmed or directly deduced :rout scrip ture, but the negative articles were framed for that purpose; they were framed to refute vile re the thing which was affirmed by the Romans was neither affirmed or directly deduced from scripture ; he meant all those articles connected with the 19th, which were affirmed particularly by way of refuting the errors of the church of Rome. Then we cams to the 19th article, such as the doctrine of purgatery,worship of images, of the Virgin Mary, transubstantiation. It this was so, if this notion of the sacrament of baptism was erro neous, and was a doctrine from which the protestunts were inclined to differ—nay, more, was net acriptursl—how came it there was no article to contradict the doctrines of the church of Biome on these vital mitten? The doctrine of the council of Trent on the subject of baptism was pro , pout:tiled in 1547, but no sooner had it been fixed by the Council of Trent, than a learned foreigner came to this country, sod endeavoured to put a stop to the doctrines which the Romans were trying to pro mulgate. The authority of Dr. Jackson, who wrote at the close of the 16:h and the beginning of the 17th century, was, that infants are by harism regenerated we may not deny, unless we will take upon us to put 'nether sense upon the articles than they orig'nally bore. Utile.e they put an unnatural sense upon the ar ides, it was impossible to deny that they warted that infants were regenerated by baptism. This was confined to the articles themselves. Whateaietßishop Stidinefleet in his Ecclesiastical Cases ? lie said, the sense of the church is best known by public acts, as by sacraments, prayer, and creeds. Corny bear, in his sermon en the subscription, said the prevision ' set forte in many of our articles s ught to be undo rstood in such a sense ha is incensistent with any other. The church could not be supposed to intend one thing in some of her acts and the direct contrary ice others. lie conceived that if there was any doubt on the articles as they stood, we were not only to resort to the Latin, hut he found that Mr. ' Gorham himself was not at all disinclined to t' ail himself of that means of explaining the articles when he thought he could do so ter his oe n benefit. The whole (Aces of the church were strietly dogmatical, and nohody could dispute them to be dogmatical. The Mil a, of public baptism, private haptinn, adult baptism, the office of confir mation, were drawn up upon priaciples which were utterly inconsistent with the supposition that it was the doctrine of the church of England to state that ri gene ration and the sacrament of baptism were not indissolubly connected with etch other. The necessi'y of baidins to salvation was declared in terms in our Lord's disco:tree with Nicodeinue. It was said, " Except a man he born of water and the spirit, lie cannot enter into the kingdom of God." In Waterman's review of the doctrine of the Eucharist, it was said, "then is great use and efficacy in the sacrament even where the recipient rhvforms no part, as in the case of an intent receiving baptism." Burnet said, "the fairest indication of the sense of the church is to be taken from her language in her public offices. Thus, that which she speaks the most frequently and most publicly, even the Articles, are not so much nor so often read as the Liturgy, sod much of this way of reasoning has b t it made use of as to the church of Rome to make her accountable." It might be used stronger in our nee. That was not the only passage in Burnet in which he had relieved to this mode of explaining the article., but particularly at the con elusion of the 17th article—the article " Predestination," — he had stated it, end given a particular illustration of it. 'f he estechism was to be considered as the most solemn ex. pension of the sense of the church, since that was the doc trine in which she instructed all her children. Nvt only was this the rational way of considering the subject, but ft had been so considered. In 1710 the clergy of the lower house assembled in convocation and reassembled at the Archbishop of Canterbury's, and declared that a certain book had been published directly opposed to the funda mental articles of the Christian religion. This was against Bishop Whistnn. Four years afterwards there was a similar proceeding of convocation as to Dr. Clarke. It was declared," Whereas there ate divers passages in the book of Common Prayer, which are directly opposed to such hereti cal assertions." With respect to the articles themselves, it was lot his intention to trouble the court with reading them, because it seemed to he admitted that in their plain common sense, these offices, according to their mature im port, did contain the doctrine of baptismal regeneration. This was stated at very great length, and with great particularity, in the Hampton Lectures of Archbishop Lawrence. lie went with great particularity into these articles of faith of the church of England, in which it was contended that the doc trine of the church of England was calvinistic. " Vere in en clesia recipiunter infante.. Hoc infante' ease partena ecclesite at placers Deo. Certum hoc es Deum in cos efficatum ease." In a canon of 1604, the doctrine of the church on the subject of baptism was distinctly laid down. Not the sliehtest refer ence had been nude on the other aide to the Savoy conference, or to the Back of Common Prayer established by Charles 11. It was utterly impossible that Mr. Gorham 's doctrine should be sound, that he should admit the authority of the rubric, and conform to all the rubric, and yet insist that baptism and regeneration were not convertible terms;, and it did not follow that a child must be regencreted. In the argument in the court below it was insisted on that these offices were submitted to the revision of Peter Martyn and Bucer. and that Bucer especially had not expressed any die satisfaction, and it was impossible he could have sanctioned the articles being drawn up in their present form unless he I had meant them to be understood hypothetically ; and this plainly resulted from the fact that Archbishop Lawrence proved that these offices were fairly borrowed from a form which was drawn up by Bucer for the use of the famous Archbishop of Co.' lope in 1536. St. Austin had been supposed to maintain that infant communion was as necessary to life eternal as infant baptism ; but St. Austin had never directly in terms said that baptised infants could not be saved without com munion. Bishop Davenant, who was Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, in 1609 and 1621, said that the guilt of origi nal sin was removed to all intents from bell when un posed, and consequently that there was a sense in which they might be called regenerated, justified, and sanctified. If they received it secundum motum recipientia they were plate din a state of salvation. It was called justiticatio, regeneratio adoptio. Ward succeeded Davenant as professor at Cambridge, and he went beyond Davenant himself. He did not say the sacrament coolers grace absolutely on every receiver. The conferring grace by baptism must be condi tional and depend upon certain laws. There ware two ways in which a recipient put a bar on the sacrament, either by commission of an offence or omission of a bounden duty. Infants could not impose a bar, and therefore it was said that on them the sacrament infallibly conferred grace. As infants placed no bar on baptism, the law conferred the first measure of grace, vex , the forgiveness of original sin. If b grim was only a sign of grace, it did not confer it ; nothing was given to them who died in infancy. In another passage he said that all baptised infants were undoubtedly justi..ed. Dr. Addams was about to cite some further authorities, when, it being now 4 o'clock, Lsrd Campbell asked if he wished to suspend his argu ment for a time, and if he was likely to conclude in one hour or two ? Dr. Addams observed that he had still a most important part of the case to consider. The Savoy conference had not bees alluded to. It might take some time. Lord Campbell asked it Mr. Baddeley's argument would take much time ? 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