The Express. — London, England, 1861-02-21 00:00:00

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When most men's minds were full of the consequences to be apprehended from the principles sot forth in the "Tracts for the Times," Dr. Tait publicly told his University that that commotion, great as it appeared, was local, accidental, transitory, and obscured a far more important movement, the signs of which might even then be descried. A " shaking of all opinions " was about to follow that reaction from Tractarianism, which was one of the effects of the publication of Mr. Newman's essay ; and the practical question, the preacher said was, what "ghtbAo be done to guide the minds of younger students. Thu great object, he pointed out, was "to direct attention to some intelligible, enlightened, and well-groanded protestant system, which might recall men's minds to the simplicity of the Gospel, and enable them to take their stand on the theology of the New Testament, amid the ruins of that baseless traditional teaching which was crumbling around them." The chief purpose of the discourses referred to— which were published in 1846, as " Suggestions Offered to the Theological Student under present difficulties"—was declared to be, "to show the spirit in which speculative error ought to be met," and it may be of service amid present perturbations to glance at the opinions which the Bishop formed on this very practical quistion at a time when his thoughts were far from the distractions of high official station. Dr. Tait at once placed his finger on the speculations of German divines as the source of the dangers to be feared, and pointed out that they would arise in the field of Biblical Criticism. His language on this point, read in the light of the event, is remarkable. Having expressed a doubt whether they, the teachers of the Univer sity, were prepared, as they ought to be, to meet the approaching forms of doubt, he said : It is sure to come upon us now-a-slays in a new and subtle form, often arming itself with its most formidable weapons from the very storehouse of the sacred books. And is it not certain that there are many questions connected with the authenticity and authority of these books, on which we, in this country, with all our vaunted learning are not as ye en t o rpared with the requisite information ansethosight to us to vindicate the truth? Is it net too time that the pest majority of serious men feel themselves quite as it were, by surprise, when sash difilealtias are upon their notice? And if the watchmen of Israel have not looked their danger steadily in the face, how can they be prepared to meet it ? they were, he said, encouraging studies in macu lar literature, e.g., discussions of the credibility of the early Roman history, which were sure in time to suggest to all minds that the freedom of inquiry which they engender might sooner or later be ap plied to the sacred boob ; but they were taking little pains to provide themselves with that know ledge which was necessary to prevent those studies from being perverted : The difficulties that threaten to come upon ns, are thus to be met. not surely by dosing our eyes to the itanger, and looking with suspicion epos those who would them, selves tomcat it ; not surely by lagging behind our age, and allowing our minds to be engrossed with the refutation of errors that have already had their day ; but by seriously applying ourselves to those many and very severe studies which an absolutely indispensable as the discipline that is to train us for the coming warfare. . . . . It would be ruinous to put off accustoming ourselves to then investi ptions till the necessity becomes urgent—to neglect to train our troops till the enemy is at our gates. Many years must be given to the diligent study of the language and history of the Bible, if we would be ready really to defend at whom infidelity assails. In his third discourse, Dr. Tait described in almost, touching language the trials of the thoughtful Christian as he for the first time turns to the critical study of the Bible, and remarks the combination of human with Divine elements in its composition. When tho simple lemons which we learned h childhood ate first examined by us with a critic's eye, wLo shall ex plain the strange feelings that spring up within? In self confident and thoughtless minds, nay, perhaps in all, there will be at first a burst of that enthusiasm with which youth and vigour warmly ever fail to welcome as emanci pation from controlling power. If this feeling continues, the danger is imminent, and the soul must suffer grievous loss. . . . While the mind is in this perplexed state, it will look almost with envy on the contented acquiescence of the uninstructed poor, who have never dreamed of any difficulties, and whose faith reposes happily out those de tached portions of the authorised E oglish version of the Scriptures with which they happen to be familiar, as afford ing for all their Deeds a full mud satisfying supply from God's living oracles. _ _ Dr. Tait having in these and other passages of similar significance, but more detail, pointed out the dangers of the critical study of the Bible, notices the question why a pursuit so dangerous should be persevered in. God, he replies, has made it in dispensable. We may wish that He bad so ordered man's mind that no doubts could ever arise in it, that the very sight of the Bible should cause a con viction of its truth and authority to Bash on every mind, that there had been no verse in it at all diffi cult in structure or meaning ; but, whatever we may wish, this has not been God's plan. "He has given the revelation of His will in such a form as requires the aid of man's other light of reason to make it plain. Nay, He has even ordained, that as an understanding of His truth is not forced upon us by the mere letter of His word, the mode in which we exert ourselves to obtain an insight into its meaning shall be to many of us the trial of our faith." The very fact that difficulties are found to attach to the critical study of the sacred writings is assigned by Dr. Tait as a reason for encouraging it ; for, he observes that, speaking humanly, there is scarcely anything more likely to spread doubt and unbelief among us than the existence of a general suspicion that many difficulties are involved in the critical study of the Bible, which no one has the courage or ability to grapple with. " Wherever a general suspicion is engendered that something is amiss in our system of religion, which from policy or cowardice we aresanxious to conceal, there hidden infidelity will make rapid progress, and many a man of honest mind will in secret be tortured by anxiety having no leisure to examine for himself difficulties he has beard of, and be distressed by a painful suspicion that those who ought to ex amine for him are deliberately or unwittingly banded together to mislead." The passage which follows is exceedingly applicable to the present time : And here it seems well to remark that the critical study of the Bible is more than ever necessary to be encouraged now, from the particular circumstances of our own age and country. Whatever may be thought of the honesty or policy of endeavouring to conceal difficulties and state in quiry formerly, the days when such methods of propping up the truth of Ood were possible, are at an end. Or—not to speak harshly of the well.meant conduct of good men in former times—for us in this country the d►ys when the minds of the mass of men could be directed, as if they were children, and withdrawn from all dangerous specu lations to those thought. which their superiors in education considered to be edifying. hare peeled sway. The old times with their mingled good end evil—the old ideas of the pa ternal duty of government both le church and state to lend the in... of men se it wen blindfold, and to shut up know- ledge within the privileged mete of those who were thought likely to make a good use of it, have pared. We may look lack on the retiring scene, and while its less pleasing fea ture. are softened by the effect of distance as it fades from our view, Insley loeg to mall it—some may even wish, in their day dreams. that they had lived four hundred years ago ; but, whether it were good or whether it were evil, the old state of things can never be brought beck. It is in our own generation, and amid the men of our own their thoughts, bed es well Is voil, their questionings and deulatine, and shallow dispu tations, as well as their energetic impatience of conceal ment and hatred of all formalism, that God has placed the mane of our reepobilitiee ; and it is vain to think that we min do any good Ulan by attempting to teach them on the pnamples of • date of society, and not as their own characters circumstances require. It is certain that every man in this country who can read, either knows already or may learn any day as he reads, what those difficulties with respect to the Bible are on which infidel' insist ; and it must be well also that be abould know their refutation ; or, better still, that be should feel that confidence which is inspired by • persuasion that good and learned men have candidly met these eulties grappled with them fairly, and vandiested the truth. Nor can the service be said to lime been performed for us by the able writers on evidences of the last age ; for, since their time, infidelity has much changed the grounds of its attack. Its objections are much more connected now than in former times with • minute critical examination of the meted books •, and therefore it is in the field of criticism that It must be met and overthrown. In treating of the spirit in which speculative error should be met—a topic to which the first discourse is especially devoted—Dr. Tait select, the Goa* according to St. John se a model. Adopting the view of early writers—that certain errors of his time were before the apostle's mind, and that the desite of combating them very much determined the point of view from which he surveyed the history and tecalled the discourses of his Master—be moulds to exhibit the characteristics of his polemic. St. John vim, before all bin brethren, the Apostle of love, and unless controversy be carried on in the spirit of love, it is essentially unchristian. Error may, indeed, appear to be rooted out by the Sword, "or without such harshness may be borne down by the mere weight of a stern authority, which seeks to overwhelm at once an erring brother and hisdoctrine. Speaking generally, however, such a mode of warfare will ensure no lasting victory. It may in duce a few to du violence to their convictions, and thus gain for the winning cause the aid- of some treacherous waiters upon fortune." But usually error checked by force alone will spring up at lost only the more vigorously. St. John's example is a protest nut against all persecution merely, but against all bitterness or violence even of speaking or writing against those who are in error. This love, however, so far from being inconsistent with earnestness, can never be present without depth and intensity of zeal for truth. St. John's love was well suited to reclaim, became it must have enabled hint to enter into his erring brother's dif ficulties and peculiar temptations, and thus must have conciliated at the very moment that it opposed. Dr. Tait then notices more directly the Gnosticism of the age in which St. John lived. The Apostle wrote to dispel error arising from the blending of Christianity with the strange tasnacen-, dented philosophy of the Dust. " But mark," asys the preacher, the mode which be adoptatocomktt it," and then he proceeds to show how St. John re• cognized and fully allowed the existence of a tree Divine gnat* such as that for which the Eastern philosophy was seeking by merely human means. It was by dwelling upon and encouraging men to follow after the true Christian gnosis that St. John sought to supplythose watts of the mind which were leading men into heresy. He did not seek to chain men's minds down when they wished to soar. He knew that as truth is certainly more to be loved than error so every error into which mentall is only at tractive because it bears some resemblanoe to a truth, and therefore the only way to atop men's rash pur suit of error is to set before them the true light. No heresy ever yet gained any adherents which had not some features of truth to recommend it to men's better nature ; and "the attempt to over throw error by mere protest and negation, if it Wrecks men at all, will but make them iufidels or heretics." Tim no one can hope to free his kretbren from religions error unless he is able to Inderstand and appreciate thole, IMMO by which they have been led astray. "And when these feelings are discovered, it is in vain to seek to cure them by mere thwarting. Christ's re ligion is no dry, unnatural system, which cannot be embraced by our minds till they have been forced into some formal mould contrary to their whole nature." It is in vain to say that the Gnos ticism of the apostolic age was nothing but un mixed error and folly of human wisdom. Like any other heresy, it reflected the shadow of many great truths • and whenever the A e can discover any truth glittering from • the mass of error, he turns to it eagerly, strives to purge it from the dross which overlays it. " Had St. John met his Gnostic antagonists by mere protest and denial, be might have encouraged a materialising system, 'almost worse than the errors 'he was opposing." Yet, in all this there was no compromise ; the truth was at all times steadfastly maintained. 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DiIBRIGHT% MA.NIIA.O as Nervousness eas eressatere Deane. sad the mem se be unpile,* la ardor eihretiany le totals or nods primitive vigour and lseshis in slam a/ We and ceder an eireamgasesa kith cause sod Ms been carefully studied and analysed by ound eM.r.atlou to tbe various Osullemmial aael English Ws- Wa n iatas ai et Use mto primal, preatien Batas BR/011T, M.D. Licente deem Pleuictione, Member Of the loyal College et norcz a teedand. : J. Ansa, fR Warwick-Imm ANOTHER sroam Olf Till IRISH COAST. DIIIOOIIF.M, TUESDAY 7 19.—A storm com menced last night, and continued without intermission up to 6 o'clock this morning, the Adana of which was °m oldered fully equal to that of the late disastrous nod roemo ruble pis of the Bth and 9th indite. Free the aspect of tits elinanda yeoterdny nous bat soporionood judges of the wombat could believe that a fearful tamped was brewing. The sky was deur, the sun shoos out brilliantly, and the woothse was calm, being what is tanned • "pd day" at this served the year ; nor was it until between 8 and 9 o'clock kin alight that suspicions were awakened. and crows of res eals is the port thought it pradoat to make them snug for the night. From about 11 o'clock the wind iocreased hourly up to two this morning, when its full force was manifest ; and from that hour to six this morning the tempest used with • fierceness seldom equalled on our coast. It blew from 8.8. W. principally, and was accompanied at in tervals with falls of min and sleet. The most serious appro. bosiass are entertained for vessels in the Channel, as they wereelestined to encounter the full brunt of • terrible tempest. Two Drogheda steamers, which riled yesterthr— the Bt. Patrick and Brian Beirointhe—were is the Chkintel at the Insight of the storm. The Leinater IsinTeiSaner, which left Liverpool yesterday afternoon, was obliged to pat into Kingstown, from the dreadful me at Drogheda Bar. Yesterday evening the hull of a schooner, keel upward., was towed by the Me& Eagle steeni-tug, rt 'hie port. to the D Quay, where she bee hem made fast all night. RlM e tr is ni dimes el Aldermen Patrick Boylan, Receiver of Anisy and hundreds of the inhabitants have been down led' hs use her. The stesni-tog is preparing, as I close my Asapteh , to turn her decks upwards by ropes, and the grestint anxiety is manifested to arrive at every particular essinseled with her. Some Preston sailors having minutely examined the portions of the wreck above water, re espies ber as the Gaselle, of Preston ; sod rumour les gained considerable crolence that the remains of the captain's wife and child are in the cabin. It is ques tionable whether they will be able to capsize the - hull this evening ; but tinge crowds are gathered on the wharf, who nwinlfest the test anabar in reference to the unfortunate vessel, P reboresof sailon' jackets and other cluthlng are hetened to the nails on a portion if her deck whisk has floated from the hull. Alderman Boylan max this day es/led uuppoenn relative to another bull of a vessel washed ashore at Hettjelewn during the violent storm of Let eight. From the dumps sustained it is impossible to know what omit thin* ea it has undergone so much break. Memp. his said to be a airtioa of a schooner which went dews In the awghbaokood of Balbrispus or Retries on the morning of Saturday, the' th indent. It will be sold for the hem& of all whom it may ocineers. The commotion of the waters on the coast has beim such that various timbers were this Isom* wished ashore between Bettystown and Balbeigpa, and bed the wind been more instarerd the wreckage boating would evidently be far greater on this strand. ROYAL GoocamiticAL Borisry.—At the meeting we Monday, the Mb ieet. , at Burlink" House, the follow. leg japan will be read : -Consul Neb.-wick, Instructions to, on his taking leave for the White Nile. T rave l s i n t h e (Gonna) Region of Western Equatosiel Africa, by H. Da Cbeiller. . _ ----- A spot him been selected for the establish men' 01 • fladere Home at Southampton, war the docks. The basis will Ire reedy for the woommodattin af destitute rimes attest two mostlin The Penimular and Oriental Company have ghee 1C twaside the tool ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A numerously attended meeting of this society was held on 'Tuesday evening in St. 31artin's-plaos, for the purpose of discussing the Sint implements found in the "drift," accompanied by the fossil bones of extinct animals, from which it is assumed that man lived on the earth M an earlier period than bad been supposed. Many members of the Archaeological Society, and some etilinent geologists, were invited to join in the discussion. Sir RoDeluca IliraciiteoN thought there could be so doubt that the dint implements belonged to a period more remote than had been hitherto assigned for the existence of man. That conclusion might be arrived at eves without their emaciation with fossil bones, from the general con figuration of the country, which showed that changes bad taken place on the surface since the stratum wherein the dints were found was deposited, that mama have required a vast Ups' of time to effect. 7be question had been raised, why were Do bones of etas found with the imple. emote? That might be aooosated tor by , supposing that whilst a manufactory of these dints erae going on near the banks of the river, there might have occurred a sudden flood which drowned the autmab in the valley, whilst the men with their superior intelligence were enabled to effect their escape to higher ground. It was probable, iadee that some of the animals then existing might have continued to live to more recent periods. In coufirmation of that opinion Sir Roderick mentioned that a thrive of animals which had been supposed to be &stied, are now living in a small forest in Poised. Lint evening a public banquet took place at Willis's Boom', to honour Colonel Sir Arthur ,Cotton, the eminent engineer whose great works of 'anal oonstructioe and river improvement for the double purpose of navigation and irrigation of thalami have been productive of immense advantages to the people of India. The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. the Earl of SHArressusy, who had the guest of the evening on his right hand, and was supported by Lord Mania, the late Governor of the Madras Presi dency; and Lord Lyveden, late Presideut of the Board of Control; besides whom there were amongst the company the Ron. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Justice Hisliburton, M.P., Mr. J. Aspinall Turner, M.P., and many gentlemen distinguished either in the Indian army, or in the civil service. Pass ETrrisTAtElflETT or THE POOL—On Mon day evening bet the minister of Clayland's Chapel, Ken nington, the Rev. J. Baldwin Brown, collected in the echool-room attached to that place of worship a company of 120 of the labouring poor of the district, for the purpose of offering them a few hours of rational entertainment. The guests, who were received by the minister and as many members of the congregation as were sufficient to secure their comfort, having been served with a liberal tea, with drew to the leatare-mom, which had bees depended fee the occasion, and were mound with a display of worts of art, stereoscopic views, and other plessure-giving objects. A poetised choir sang a selection of old English music, and n. Brown pve at intervals • series of readings from =tpoets The visitors expressed their delight in the ot meaner. The entertainment was freely provided, even the singe their services, and all who bore • part it as ample reward la the happiness at their sumbi. This the third meeting of the kind which Mr. Drown bee anceeedelly anted out during the winter. __ -- --.4 (Stamped, id. Additional) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Wan AT, Fn. Mk (Continued from yesterary's Erpreu.) TRUSTEES OF CHARITLESJRLL. _ Mr. SELW YN mse to move that the bill be second time that day six swaths. The boo. maim for Swamies had raised two distinct questions; one wrs as to the admis sibility of the appointment of trustees, and the other was ea attempt similar to that made by the bills d last session to divert certain endowed schools from the church of Eng land to disseutm; communities. lie eauld scarcely think the boo. gentleman was serious in &skim; the house to do that in directly by moans of trustees, which parliament refused to do last seesioo. He certainly felt the bouse would not en tertain a proposition of that bind. Mr. MELT OR cousidered this a reasonable bill, be cause it declared that ;articular chases of her Majesty's subjects should Out NJ debarred frosts being trustees of eliarit*. On the ground of religious liberty, and ou the ground el jungle., he asked the house to read this bill a second time. _ _ _ fines W. HEATIICOTE said the real question before them was the house prepared to apply a different rule of evidence with raped to one class of eile from that which they applied to all others. The hon. and learned member alio spoke lest had imported into the discussion the ques tion of who were dissenters, :aid he had insisted on the wa crafty ad avoiding the expense of litigation. But these mattere efter this bill was passel would remain in precisely florae position that they were in now. This bill would de aseglamega-to church et Mislead than to other schools, bower ifithapperd that there were more at these schools in eanneadoe with the church of England than with other • &negotiations. But as thew pliiiciple of the NIL it wield apply just as Much to any Worsting lustre+ to the church of England. Mr. LOWE said the first grist question which the house should consider was, whether the state of the law was such as to require legislation. New, the slate of the law as de cided in the Ilminster case was thL—Lord Campbell said the questith *hailer they should appoint a iliweateea trustee was • matter of discretion, and bird Cliehusford aPPcnred to think that there was • rigid and embending 'rule of law which could only be applied ewe way. if it were considered that it was • matter for the discretion of a court of equity—if the court should look to rel i giou s profession, hut should not regard it as an absolute ion, he should be very well soatent to leave timber es t stood. But the difficulty existed, and sa long as ft existed it was desirable that by legislation It should be paean end to. Passing from that to the policy of the peepthed merman, Mr. Selwyn had told them that it was a vele of the court of eqaity to eaclude persons from being trustees and to remove them when they were of • different denomination. But by proving that, the boo. and learned gentleman did not prove his ease, he only proved the ease cm which this bill rested. As to the preamble of the bill, ft could be easily altered. The simple question They had to decide was, whether it was expedient to declare that the mere fact of a trustee being of • different Breed from that which was taught in the grammar school should be--to use the words of the Lind Chancellor in the Ilmineter case—as absolute • disqualification as a conviction of felony. It bad been argued as if it were a care of the construction of the deed, but that was not the rule in the courts of equity. Tha mate of equity had derided that a person could nut be ak pointed • trustee who was of a different creed. By the dowed Schools Act of last radon trustees of schools were kmnsi to open them to the children of dissenters thaw* icaposieg au them any doctrine of the church of linglanda and if that _principle bad received legidative sanctioa a sot far and reasonable that there should he 00111 d 06111/11 the boards of trustees to protect the filtered.; of such e sad to see that they were not deprived of the benefits were intended for them by the legislature ? (Beer, hear.) to far from that provoking quarrels it would prevent end allay them, and put • stop to those small beginnings of eta croachments which led to litigation in courts of law. Was it not within the experience of hon. members the is small country neighbourhoods there were purser whom it was exceedingly desirable to have oa thews boards, whoa° religious difference of opinion would not in the judgment of those with whom they would have to act in any degree irepacitate them? He knew of lease in which a clergyman made meet zealous exer tions to get rid of a Roman catholic trustee of a grammar school ; but be was opposed by persons of various because they said the person objected to was the 1741 soul of the school, and devoted more of his time to it than 'ell the rest of the trustees. For the rearms he had g and also oa Use ground of civil and religious libert ;lit ' without eau wish whatever to injure or weaken the church of Engla he thready hoped the home would stylise the mere fast of religious disagreement should not be an absolute and irretrievable disqualification. (Hear.) Sir H. CAIRNS sad his right hon. friend had fallen into • mistake la supposing that the bill was not founded on any doubt as to the law, for the preamble recited that doubts had arisen as to the eligibility of certain persons to be trustees of charities. It was the duty of • member placing such • bill on the table to prove the truth of its preemble, but that had not been done in the present case. Ho (Sir H. Cairns) asserted, without fear of contradiction, that there was not and never bed been arty doubt whatever on the question, and that no judicial authority had ever proceeded ou any such doubt in regard to it. The invariable rule of the courts of law on the subject was, that in the case of • charity endowed for teaching one particular religious doe tries or creed, the trustees to be appointed should be of Elmithetaine or creed. (Hear, hear.) - Doubts would always i sere upon the onestruotion of the deeds of some particular 'Amity, as to whether the religion observed was the reli gion meant by the founder ; hut thew doubts could not be &sett with by an act of parliament, but must be solved according to the general principles and rates of low Sp plicable to the particular case. His first objection to the bill was, therefore, that it proceeded on • false basis, and if the house should affirm it on the seemed reading, they would he affinning that which could not be substan The second objection he made to the bill was that it pro- posed that no person should be deemed ineligible, unless it was expressly declared in the deed that the trustees should be members of a particular sect to which he did not belong. Why was thatqualification added ? Heoould understand some Es, entertaining strong opinions on the subject, asking nTro per • law that no person whatever, on account of religious belief, should be deemed ineligible for a trustee. ship. But he would ask for an answer to the question —on what *Peri principle could it be maintained that they ▪ ehsy end follow the will of the founder if he experd declared his will, and not obey it if Jr truly his will by necessary implication? (Hear.) He would also ask the hour if by buying on the board of trustees three members of the church of England, three Roman catholics, three unitarians, and three presbyterians, the peace of the charity and good will among its cowhides; were likely . to be promoted? (Hear.) That was certainly • nice specimen of a happy family. (Laughter.) His right bon. friend said they were bound to take a step like that consequence of the act of last session, which • =d in the children of dissenters to obtain secular education hp @school without being bound to accept religious instruction. Ms right hon. friend argued that as parliament had made 2a si t here ought to be some person on the board isc l lllto m seethat it was complied with ; but what rule vas ho be adopted with regard to the number of pewees .aiming from the religion of the charity who should he =or the board! Experience showed that from care. or indifference the trustees of charities were being constantly reduced to one, two, three, or four in number, aid as in nine eases out of ten the surviving trustee; filled up the vacancies, it might happen if the present proposal were adopted that the only surviving trustee who might hold religious opinions different from those of the founder, would have to till up all the vacancies, end might appoint persons belonging to the same denomination as himself. As !reganled, however, the act of last year, there was ample redrew by applying to the charity commissioners, in the children of dissenters were concerned. In conclusion, be trusted the house would, on the grounds he had mentioned, adopt the amendment. (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY entered his protest against the dogma laid down by the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Lowe) who, speaking r the minister of education, said that as they by the act of last year admitted the children of different religious beliefs into schools, to have secular edu cation without religious teaching, th ey ought also to admit tauter of different religious beliefs. He contended that if that doctrine were legitimately acted upon in every school where there were children of six or seven religious denomi nations it would be uecessary to appoint as i many trustees, a course which he need scarcely say would result n codices confusion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DILLWYN, in reply, said there were numerous in stemless in which, in the present state of the law, dissenters and members of the church of England acted as trustees of endowed schools with general advantage, and without pro. during the injurious effects which were predicted if the present bill received the sanction of parliament. With re • to the remarks of the bon. member for Belfast (Sir H. Cairns), he thought that where the intention of the founder of an endowed sahaol was perfectly clear, even by implica tion, it should be allowed to have full force ; but he die puted the right of any legal tribunal to place an interpreta tion upon the wishes of a founder where there was the slightest possibility of • mistake being committed. (Cries .of • Divide.") The house then divided : Fur the second reading Against it LIT—T This nosh was received with some cheering. ATLANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Mr. DUNLOP moved fora copy of • memorial to the Lords Commie:were of her Majesty's Treesury from mer chants, bankers, traders, and others interested in the trade with (heads, praying th at the contract between her Ms jesty's goverment and the Atlantic Steam Navigation Com pany might be desired at ea end. Agreed to. LIBRARY OP THE HOUSE. I moved to emahame the standing 81: W. [TWOPENCE; committee of fifteenenths:es to assist Mr. Speaker in the direction of the libr ary: —Colonel Wilson Patten, Lord John Rowell, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Kr. Walpole, the Lord Advocate, Lord Hdas. Lord Harry Vane, 31r. Moncliton ]limes, Sir Wallop Heath. cote. Mr. Massey, Sir Coorge Lewis, Lord Stanley, Mr. Stirling, and Mr. 'Whitoaide. Allreett AFFIRMATIONS. Sir J. TRELAWNY moved for leave to bring ink bill to allow affirmations or declarations to be made tnitead of oaths, in certain cases, in Great Uvitsin and Ireland. The object of his motion was to redress a practical grievance, of which there bad already been several outs, and of which there would probably be many more. Re could mdse. how , the obligation of a witness' to tell the truth could be in , creamed by compelling hint to state what might probably be a lie, namely that be believed in the doctAils of future re wards and punishments. There was a geutlensaa-in London who was actually obliged for the protection of Lis gproperty to have a person to swear for him, because he mold not himself conscientiously take an oath. He (the hoe. mem ber) merely proposed to enable so affirmation to be received for an oath when the party sincerely stated that in his judgment the taking of au oath would not increase his obli gation to tell the truth. Mr. DILLWYN seconded the motion, 'Rich was agreed to. CHURCH RATES. Mr. ALOOCK obtained knee to bring in a bill for the voluntary eomnautatiou of chinch rates. The house Tomcat a quarter past 5. ZNAIANAMISSIGENr OP_ a 1 Ed AND .4KENSINGTON. A nutheionn end influential"; ilic rtieetinj oumeroun Uld influent.— WAS held last night In the Chebealiidh lanesaormil to take into considenttion the provisions of the government bill, "which allocates one member to the united perisheUof Ken. abigton and Chelsea. The meeting vni ifs Mat& of a coo kout* between the two parishes, at which Al wits agreed that, the inhabitants of both should be advised to nue their claim to the two *eats forfeited by St. Albans ; Lad that in earningteit on the government bill the question Might to be raised by way of ameadnient e ,ustanwous fooling ap peared, however, to be last night avers.) to any proceeding calculated to endanger the passing of the piopoted mea sure and the following resolutions were adopted am con.: "That this meeting has been! with the greatest .surprise and regret the proposition of her 3fajeety's govertinent to give one member only to Chelsea and Kensington, dad that haring regard to the exiwas enactment* contained in the bills brought into the Home of Commons by TAN John Russell and Sir James Graham in Mk, and :by Lofil John Ruseell, Visoount Palmerston, Mr. Glatt:steam and Sir George Lewis in 10130, to the absence of any claim in the present session by any other constltnencv tothe pdority of Lonl En fi eld's notice for the onfmachavotent of this dis trict, and to the paramount claim thole potashes have over the rest of the kingdom to a direct representation in the council of the nation, by reason of population, property, taxation, and intelligence—his lorilsh be requested to move en amendment to the government measure, with a view to obtain the right of three parishes to be reresented by two menibers in the Commons House of ParliaMent." "That this meeting tenders its best {haulm to Lord Enfield for the put he has taken in promoting thq enfran chisement of the united parishes." THE THIRD DISIIBIR FOR SOUTH LANCASHIRE.— The coneervative party held a " *mu" meeting A Liver pool yesterday, with reference to the selection of a third representative for South Lancashire. It was unanimously resolved to request Lord Stanley to allow himself to be put in nomination. Should his lordship consent, no opposition is anticipated, but failing hint the conservatives will fall back upon Mr. Charles Turner, the chairmen of Bei Mersey Dock Board. The liberal are also on the gets terve, and they are at present in negotiation with Mr. J. P. Heywood, Mr. Oliver Heywood, and Mr. J. Cheetham, for miny years the colleague of Mr. Wm. Brown. REPRMENTATION OP BlRKENHEAD.—Thejiberale ofßirkenheed held a large anti influential mettipg at the Woodside Hotel there yesterday (Wednesday) ' Morning ; Mr. J. Rameseroft in the chair. There were also present Meagre. C. Harrison, S. Still, B. J. Thomson, J. It Spence, Morecroft, Townsend, Heywood, J. Craven, F. Boult, &c., Thomas *mem jun., eldest son of the emieent con tractor, was introduced to the meeting, and tested his political opinions to be those of the advanced libeml party, and his determination, if elected for the new borough, to support the foreign policy of the present government, and that he was • opposed to church Wes. Resolutions were unanimously passed approving of Mr. Illressey es a readiest*. it repeisttiou was preparedand numerously signed, committees formed for the venous districts, and other necessary armogenients made to support Mr. Betsey and oppose Mr. John Laird, the tory capato. PARLIAMENTARY RRPRDIENTATION OP SCOTTISH UNITERSHIJA.—A meeting of the General Council of the University of Glasgow was held on 'Tuesday, and a petition was approved of praying that in the bill for the allocation of the astir for the disfranchised burghs, the University of Glasgow be considered entitled to a fair share of represen- tation. THE PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENT BILL AND THE IRREMOVABLE POOR. On Tuesday afternoon last a numerously attended meeting of Use board of guardians of the City of London Union was held at the of of the Union, in St. Mary Axe, for the purpose of considering the Parochial Assess ment Bill brought into the House of Commons by Sir G. C. Lewis and the two hills brought in by Mr. Vi ll iers, " to amend the law regarding the lemma' of the poor and the cootribution of common fund in unicass." and the bill " to amend the law relating to the removal of poor persona to Scotland and Ireland" Mr. E U. HIGLEY, vice-chair man, presided. Mr. 11010 FEWLAT considered the 14111 then under the consideration of the board to be of the most important kind, and he should move that they be referred to the parliamentary hill committee to consider and report. (Near, Lear.) The Parochial Assessment Bill in the first place proposed tore peal the Act 6 and 7 Will. IV., cap. 96, and the 14 and 9 Viet., cap. 3, sec. 2, and it gave power to the justices of the peace of every county to appoint any number of justices, not less than five nor more than eleven, to be a board, called the " Assessment Board " fur the county, for the supervision and control of the valuation to be made within such county, and for the performance of such other acts and duties as thereinafter directed. And in addition to this, this Lanni were empowered to provide and maintain otliCers for transacting the business of the board, and appoint or employ clerks, surveyors, valuers, and other officers ; and the expense and cost of all this wait to be charged under the rateable value of property and paid out of the county rate. Ho thought that this wee opposed to the principles of local self government, and ought not to be allowed. Then again, overseers and persona appointed under the act were authorised to examine, survey, and mea sure out lauds or houses to be asseseed ; but no reference was made to the boards of guardians, and the new board was to act quite independently of them ; and the act gave more power to the Poor-law Board He could not help thinking that this was a bill that ought to be watched, and be there fore moved the reference of it to a committee, to consider and report. The other two bills, as to removals, also re (mired consideration, and he hoped they would also be re !erred to the committee. Mr. CRANE seconded the proposition. Re thought that the present laws worked very well, and that if there was any opposition to the Parochial Assessment Bill they would hear very little more about it. Mr. Deputy Wurnsims thought that the present law for regulating parochial ssaesameots was very inadequate to meet the wants of the people, and he considerod the bill which had bees introduced by the government a very ex cellent one. The assessment of property to the poor rate at the present time was most unjust, and some steps ought at once to be taken in this important matter. However, be should not oppose the question going to a committee; but. he hoped and trusted the board would promote the success of thu The motion eras put and agreed to, and the meeting son afterwards broke up. Yesterday a crowded meeting of the representative vestry of St. Pancras was held, at the Vestry-hall, Camden-tows, for the purpose of considering the Parochial Assessment Bill introduced to parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. Churchwarden ftrocicrox occupied the chair ; and resolutions were adopted to refer the bill to the assessment committee, to prepare an opposition to the bill, and to appoint a deputation to co-operate with other parishes against the measure. THE RECIINT stsNTI-CHERCH-HATE CONTERENI 'E. It appears that no fewer then 790 persons attended the con ference of last week, coil that they came from as many as about 330 places, exclusive of I,ondon. Not many more than 100 of the London public were present, the gathering having been intended to be one representing the opinion of the provinces. There is scarcely a town of importance which does not figure in the list, and even counties so dis tant u burble, Northumberland. and Westmoreland in the north, and Devonshire in the west, sent representatives, Nino gentlemen travelled from the extremities of Wales, sod if all those who bad applied for cards of admission h a d attended instead of being prevented, as many were, at the eleventh hour, above 1,000 would have been present. On the assumption that the country delegates spent os an ave rage 3L each in travelling and other expenses, the cost of the conference would considerably exceed 2,000 f ., to which is to be edited the I,looi. for subscriptions announced in the room. As those who attended showed so eager a dispo- sition to make sacrifices on behalf of the cause of abolition, we feel sure that absent friends will be emaciate of the duty of doing their share of the work, by assisting with promptitude to raise the sum of money for which the con. 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