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-- to.' But he (Mr. Stanley) said there was a line—the line of those who instructed, and those who were to be in . structed. It did not follow because they admitted a dis senter to be instructed in the universities that they were therefore to allow him to instruct the sons of churchmen in doctrines repugnant to their feelings. But he must fairly say, that whilst he was ready to admit the dissenters to the - full benefit of a university education—to the full benefit of the civil privileges which might attend and accompany .the attainment of a university degree, he would sedu lously guard those institutions from the admission of dis 'senters as part of the governing body of the university. (Hear, hear.) "I do hold," continued the right hon. g entleman, " that there is between these two as broad a line of distinction in principle as it is possible for the imagination to conceive. (Hear, hear.) Further, it is a - .line we see drawn in the actual practice of two of the • universities. Trinity College, Dublin, is indiscri minatel y the Open to Protestants and Catholics, as far as regards government of that institution, which is in theiari ] lan ds of Protestants alone. In Cambridge, again , althoug h we 'are told that, if dissenters were admitted to the universi ties, there would be an end of all discipline, of all reli gious.instruction, do we find that the admission of dis senters to study in that university produces any of the bad effects which it is said would result from their admis sion ? (Hear,-hear.) Do they not go through the whole of the undergraduate studies, as a matter of course? Are they found to refuse conforming to the discipline, or to shrink from compliance with the rules and regu lations of the respective colleges into which they are -- "adinitted ? Not at all ; but at the very moment ' when, as my right hon. friend observed, the honours of a. de gree appear waiting to crown his exertions, and 'send him with distinction into the honourable professions of the World—at that very moment the university inter poses, ..and says, You must sign the Thirty-nine 'Ar ticles,: or go without the reward you have so well - deserved.' There is no objection raised on the score of the religious instruction of the university not having been received ; but the plain and simple question is, *hether - you will require this test to be' taken immediately before receiving the degree, or having received it, on the party presenting hiniself as a candidate for university honours. • The practice of the university of Oxford is widely different from this; and being a member of that university, most - giad should I be if it would Conform 'itself to the practice of Cambridge. (Cheers.) I say so, Sir, because I feel I cannot go along with any of those ingenious glosses and comments which have been, in various quarters, made upon•what is, or"oxight to be, a solemn act—the subscrip tion of.the Thirty-nine Articlei. (Cheers.) I cannot put upon it that gloss which says that it is a mere matter of - form, signifying only that you are willing to receive the instruction which may be given you in the university. ( Cheers.) The substitute proposed in the bill, and the only one necessary—for when my hon. friend talks about taking securities for a man's moral character, he proposes that which it would be very difficult to accomplish—is that the party entering the university shall engage to con form to its discipline and institutions. When we matri culate at Oxford, we swear to observe the statutes of the university. Various of them are as absurd as they can he; two of them are, I believe, that we shall not play at marbles in the high street, or trundle a hoop round • the quadrangle of Christ Church, but we swear to observe them, or to submit to such penalties as may be imposed upon us for this violation. But this is a very dif ferent kind of thing from signing a solemn declaration of religions faith. This surely ought not to be looked upon as a mere form. If it means anything, it means some thing too solemn to be trifled with. If it means nothing, then I say do away with it as a test. (Hear, hear.) But if you require the test for any thing, it is that you may be sure the party bolus fide belongs to the established church. . ("Hear, hear," from Mr. Shaw.) The hon. member for Dublin cheers that observation, and I grant to him that it may be proper to have a test to guard against religious in struction being given, except that in conformity with the tenets of the church of England, with which I do not deny that the universities are, and ought to be, connect ed ; but .I hold it to be unnecessary, and, if unnecessary, mischievous, to impose that test as a bar to the admission of persons otherwise willing - to receive your instruction, and submit themselves to the existing discipline and regu lations of the university. I ought to apologise to the house for having entered into this question at length ; but I wished to deal with the question plainly and fairly. I hope the house will do me the justice to believe that I would not.knowingly or willingly support any measure in jurious to the Protestant establishment. I think, at all events, that I may ask thus much of the house. (Hear.) If I support the principle of this bill, it is because I feel convinced in my conscience, that so far from being inju rious, it must be beneficial to the church. (Hear, hear. ) But I must support this bill, unless, ulteriorly, some of its - provisions be changed, and other provisions not now existing in the bill be introduced into it. In the first place, I would not consent to the retention of that clause in the bill against which the right honourable gentleman opposite has turned his whole argument, and which I be lieve my honourable friend intends to withdraw—l mean that which interferes with the regulations of the different colleges. My object in supporting the principle of the bill is to remove the test which now Impedes the course of the dissenting student ; but I do not wish to interfere with the point in future statutes of the universities, pro vided they do not impose this test. I cannot admit, and I hope my hon. friend does not contend, that it should be in the power of the dissenters to efa.im that the statutes should be void, because they may in some manner appear to obstruct the privileges given them by this bill. But I hall not be content unless a provision is inserted in the sbill that no degree shall enable any person to enjoy any privileges, or right to make him a member of the govern ing body, or give him privileges in the universities,without the subscription of such test as may be required, which test the universities should be entitled to frame. (Cheers from the Tories.) I know not whether the house will agree with me, but I think the principle 'I wish to establish is plain and obvious ; I would give the Dissenters the be nefit of instruction, but take away the possibility of every consequences resulting therefrom, by depriving them of all management and control. But there is another point ad verted to by the right hon. gentleman, the member for the University of Cambridge, which related to an incidental consequence of obtaining the degree' of master of arts. It involves a difficulty which I hope my hon. friend will be able to grapple with; but out of which I do not at present very clearly see a road of escape. I speak of the right ac quired. by becoming A.M. of being teacher in certain schools, the implied conditions in thb foundation of which are that they should be members of the church. I think such schools should come under the same rules that would make us shrink from meddling with theprivate foundations of colleges. If the intention of a founder be that the master of the school he found should be a member of the Church of England, and he conceived that he secured that object by providing that he should have taken the degree of A.M. at one of the universities, we should not deal justly 6 by his intention, unless, in extending degrees to Dissenters, we took care to prevent his wishes being evaded. (Hear. ) With the explanation I have now given, 1 can candidly and conscientiously support the second reading of this bill, and I think that in the progress of the bill through the committee such alterations may be made in it as will render it conformable to the views I conscientiously entertain. I feel it my duty also to state that unless such amendments be made, I shall, however reluctantly, feel myself corn - ;Pelled to vote against the third reading of the measure. (Loud cheers.) Sir R. INGLIS would not say that sentiments hostile to the Established Church were held in that house, but he knew that out of that house the Dissenters spoke from the feelings and principles by which all history proved them to he actuated—a deadly hatred of the Established Church. They were the same now, root and branch, that they were informer times, and although they did not exactly y out, Delenda eat Carthago, this was t h e result at which they '" aimed. He thanked God, however, th at the s•it of Christian chivalry was not to be easily subdued. One would think that they had heard enough of what had been attempted by James 11. to prevent any similar attempt now. The right hon. gentleman the member for Cam bridge (Mr. Rice) had asked why any man should b e e xcluded from the benefit of education in the universities. If this argument was good for anything it would go equally to the education of all his Majesty's subjects up to the pre sent time. As to the argument drawn from the University of Dublin that was fully answered by his hon. friend (Mr. 8 44 1 9 the member for that University. It was not neces sary for Wm to go further upon the point, save to make one the b se 17/71'tien, which was that residence was not required in iversity. of Dublin, while in those of England it was. There were education in Oxford mistakes as fact was that o to the course of religious . and the time employed upon it. The theological studies, of the time was dedicated there to the week wilThichei There were lectures on two days in s " y s: e st r e e exclusively confined to religious in struction.lectures, for religiousra'elcrwever' was not one merely of with lactation connected itself, both in public and private, whole course of instruc tion. During the last year anicte half Mr. Maberley stated that they read the four Gos Pels , a , ar p l e th e Acts of the Apos tles in Greek, together with Hare p aii iip m , and Butler's v . s nal E o vidences," the ." The last Articles. Year was devoted to the Thirty-nineNo degree was given in the university of Oxford unless the candidates were prepared to answer the questions in theolog wy which ere requi re d o f th e m. (No, no, from Mr. Methuen. ) , .o The memb er for Wiltshire denied this. He could a ssure hen,tv ever, that such was the case now in that univer_ He recollected that when first' the.university of about to be instituted, and the plan of ecruca- Wilberforrrsue4 th'ere was under c onsi . deration, Mr, tion, and recommend for some plan of religions instruc objected to, .. n ft r ,ne ( nded Paley s Evidences." This was any particular reTikisaid they) our plan does pot embrace Natural Theology ; ,?'i tit "" Ile then recommended " Paley's ists." . (Hear, from Dlr answer was, "Consider our athe for Wiltshire by that el Alethuen.) The hon. member .otic „ , a z t_ o te r m pt iment, but his mere nn veer seemed to contradict this state tlilite itepeisible, and an a Ultficient Answer. It was I but that of the kind proved it, 1 snipe one fgrrn a • education, must embrace religious b e n • s.e., otherwise a latitu- dinarian indifference to all religion must be the necessary consequence. rudis indigestaquc moles. quilt corFore iu uno Frigida pugn.tbant t alidis, humentia. siccis, Mollia duris. The effect of passing such an act as that now proposed must be to poison the fountains from which Christian education and Christian institutions must flow through the land. It had been said that a college might be established in each of their universities exclusively for Dissenters, and that in this way the difficulties complained of might be got rid of. This was not a new proposition. It was sug gested before, and Lord Ailesbury went upon his knees in vain to prevail upon the King to concur in it. The ob jection to it was that a college thus instituted would neces sarily become a participator in the government of the uni versity, and as the members of it would naturally have strong inducements to activity and to the furtherance of their own particular religious interests, it might be pro ductive of much inconvenience and hostile feeling, and in terfere most injuriously with the good government of the whole university,. so far even as to endanger the existence of the established religion. Their universities were at all times looked upon as meant for the support of the Esta blished Church of the country whatever that church might be, or whatever its doctrines, whether Popish or dissent ing. As to the endowments of the colleges in their uni versities; he believed even the Catholics could set, up but very little if any claim to their funds, but the Dissenters not to a single shilling of them. He saw some gentle men opposite to him who were prepared to support the motion even though they received their educa tion at the universities. He would put it to them how they could reconcile this to their conscience, when, as memberl of the universities, they must have made this declaration, 'Statuta, honorem, et dagnitatem Universitalis, tuebor. He put it to the house, he put it to the member for Wiltshire himself, how this could be reconciled with a vote in support of such a bill ? (Cheers.) In the act of Elizabeth confirming the fUnds of these universities they were spoken of as institutions for the promotion of good literature and godly religion. The times unhappily were very different now to what they were when it was said of these universities that the object of their establishment was to bring up young men in all goodly learning, in civil education, and in the fear of God. The quarter from which these attacks upon the universities and` upon' the established religion now proceeded could not but a very short time back be well expected to embark so soon in such a crusade. When it was proposed a very short time back to relieve the Dissenters from the Test Act no refer ence was then made to the connection of Church and state as a grievance, to church rates, or the admission of Dis senters to degrees in the universities. It was only last year that any reference was made to this claim 'of entering and taking degrees in the universities. He could not help saying that this appeared very like ingratitude. The Church of England had invariably protected the Dis senters from their greatest enemies. Such being his view of the bill he would propose, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. METHUEN (as we understood)'rose to explain, but the cry of " Question, question," " Divide, divide," was so loud and general , that we could only catch from the hon. gentleman the words, " That he was not in the habit of making long speeches, and ought to be heard." Mr. PR YME then rose, and was received with similar cries. He had given much thought to that part of the argument against the bill which turned upon the system of religious education, having himself once had some small participation in the course of instruction in the University of Cambridge. (Loud laughter, arising from the circum stance, as we understood, of Mr. Prpne having been for merly a master in one of the colleges. ) The hon. member and himself were contemporaries, and neither of them could say that at that time there was any religious educa tion pursued in Cambridge at which a Dissenter could reasonably refuse to attend. The theological examination consisted of questions in a written or printed paper drawn up for disputants. (Cries of " Question.") They were quite at liberty either to answer the question or to pass over any of them they pleased. With respect to the lectures he could say confidently that there was nothing in them to prevent Dissenters from belonging to the University, and it was seldom without some Dissenters more or less. It was said the refusal of degrees was no grievance. There were many gentlemen not perhaps aware of the state of excite ment produced in the University when degrees were to be taken out. It was exceeded only by a contestesl election. A Dissenter had perhaps been pursuing his stu dies for two or three years ; he saw all this excitement, at a time of life, too, when hope was strongest and his feel ings most vivid ; and he felt that he could claim no parti cipation in what was passing. He was himself always a churchman, but could not. help witnessing with pain the feelings'of disappointment on the part of those who could take no part in the contest for collegiate distinction.— (Hear.) He would say, throw open these institutions of learning and religion. However, he was not satisfied with the whole . of the bill, and if no other person did it he should move the omission of the third clause and of the proviso of the first. Sir R. PEEL felt bound to say, that no modification which the bill was likely to receive or could receive in committee would reconcile him to give his vote in .favour of the pi inciple on which it was based. (Loud cheers.) He regretted much that the hon. member, the author of the bill, had not attended hitherto to the frequent appeals that had been made to him, and explained to the house what was the real intention of the bill, as well as what was the construction to be applied to several of its leading provisions. As he understood the Bill, the effect of it was this :—lt first recognised the advantages of academic edu cation, and urged the expediency of its extension to all classes of his Majesty's, subjects ; it secondly recited many sincere and conscientious men were excluded from partak ing of the benefit thereof by reason of the necessity of subscribing to articles of religious doctrine, or to decla rations of opinions respecting modes of faith and worship ; and then it contained an enactment which gave a positive statutable right to every Dissenter, be he Jew, infidel, or of no religion at all, to demand his admission to a uni versity unless immorality or ignorance could be alleged against him. In order to complete that right the follow ing was one of the clauses introduced into the hon. mem ber's bill : " And be it further enacted, that no statute, law, ordinance, decree, or grace made or passed by any authority whatsoever in any of the said Universities, or in any of the Colleges or Halls within the same, shall in ai.y manner obstruct, limit, or qualify the plain intent and obvious meaning of the foregoing enactments ; but such statute, law, ordinance, decree, or grace shall be to all intents and purposes voidan t of no effect." Now what, lie asked, was the meaning of that. clause ? I Surely the obvious meaning to be attached to the clause was, that it was desirable dissenters, without reference to religious tenets, should have the right of entering the uni versity, and that when they obtained that right, if any college or hall should attempt to adhere to an existing statute, or should attempt to pass a statute hereafter making attendance at divine worship in such college or hall requisite, that statute should be of no effect. (Loud cheers. ) Mr. G. W. WOOD said the right hon. gentleman totally mistook the intention of the clause. It was never contemplated to apply it to any such purpose. (Cries of " Oh, oh.") Sif R. PEEL—Why I read the very words of the clause. (Loud cheers.) What, then, was the house to understand was the precise object of the bill ? Here was a gentleman who - proposed to deprive the universities of Oxford and Cambridge of that control over the education of the country which they had exercised so beneficially for a period of more than three hundred years—who undertook to violate every privilege which as corporations they pos sessed, and who placed himself in the room of director of edu cation at both the universities, drew up a bill for its regulation which no man of common sense, and much less himself, could understand. (Repeatedcheers. ) But if lie ( Sir R. P. ) mis took the meaning of the clause, what, he asked, was its true interpretation. Did the hon. member, after recognising in the preamble of his bill the advantage of an academic education, and after urging that all men of every descrip— tion of religious opinions should be admitted to the benefits of that education—did he mean to say that if there were statutes at present in existence in any college or hall which rendered compulsory cr gave the right of hereafter rendering Compulsory, on all students attendance at divine worship such statute was to remain in force, and, as a necessary consequence, did h e mean to say t h at t h e di ssenter was t o be deprived of the benefit of the very first enacting clause in his bill ? (Hear.) Was there to be a right in the colleges to enjoin divine worship or not? The hon. mem ber the author of the bill said there should be such a right. Did (Cries of " N o , no. " ) the hon. member who cried " No, no," understand the meaning of the mon r osy e ll n a t ble? The colleges and h a ll s at t h e universities did at en join attendance on di v i ne wors hi p. Were theye present lose that power to require such attendance? From what the author of the bill said in explanation it would appear not. As well as he understood him he proposed leaving to the colleges and halls the right of enforcing existing statutes, and of making future statutes, and, consequently after the passing of the bill, according to the hon. member's own showing, the colleges and halls ought to continue to en join and require attendance at divine worship. ( Hear, hear, from Mr. Wood.) Then the hon. member did nei ther more nor less than propose that each college and hall should contradict the preamble of his own bill. (Loud cheers.) Would the hon. member state what he did mean by saying— " And be it further enacted, that no statute, law, ordinance, decree, or grace made or passed by any authority whatsoever in any of the said universities, or in any of the college, or halls within the same, shall in any manner obstruct, limit, or qualify. the plain intent and obvious meaning of the foregoing enact. ments ,• but such statute, law, or di nan ce, decree, or race shall be, to all intents and purposes, void and of no effect. Surely the plain intent and meaning of the clause was that the right of enjoining divine worship should be entirely taken away from the colleges to which dissenters succeeded in obtaining admission, and to such a clause he for one never could or would give his assent. (Cheers.) The right lion. baronet then proceeded to say that, as the sub ject under di scuss i on was so wide a one, he intended strictly to limit his observations to a statement of the reasons why the arguments he had heard had not produced an impres sion on his mind favourable to the bill, and why he in tended to resist it altogether. The right hon. gentleman, the ex-Secretary for the Colonies, in the course of his able speech said that the whole of the objections against the bill on his (Sir R. Peel's) side of the house partook of the .nature of that clamour which was raised against the bill in the University of Cambridge, and which proceeded on the assumption that the present was one of aseriesof measures affecting the permanence of the established church. He • for one did not hesitate to say he considered it in.that light. (Loud and repeated. cheers.) He might perhaps be dull of comprehension, but he did not hesitate to say he found it impossible to draw the nice distinction which the • right honourable gentleman seemed so desirous of establishing. It was impossible for him, after having read the declaration which no later than the 9th of. June last was put forward by a pub lic authorized body, the delegates from the dissenters of Great Britain.—.a document in which they expressly de dared that, although they did not seek or participate in the estates of the established church, they did claim as a matter of right the severance of the connection between church and state, and the application of the pecuniary possessions of the church to secular purposes—it was im possible for him, he repeated, after reading that declara tion, not to regard the present bill as one of the many armed against the safety and permanence of that religion to , which he belonged—a religion the excellence and in violability of which he would ever maintain. (Loud and repeated . cheers.) • The noble lord (Althorp) would, doubtless, deny the assumption ; but if he took upon him self to say, that the present bill was not one of those aimedagaiust the church, or rather that there was no in tention whatever on the part of the Administration to in jure its interests, would it not be fair for him (Sir Robert Peel) - to ask the noble lord what Ins intentions were respecting, several other bills then before Parliament ? Might he not fairly ask what the noble lord intended to do .with respect to a bill for the abolition of church rates in England and Wales? They had now arrived at a very advanced period of the session. Was that bill to -be pro ceeded with ? It proposed to establish a substitute for the church rate, a measure Which he declared would meet with the utmost opposition on the part of the dissenters. Did the noble lord mean to proceed with that bill or not "? There was likewise a measure which, although not intro duced by, had been adopted. by the Government .he meant that which proposed to take away the registration of births, marriages, and baptiSms from the Church of England. ..( Hear, hear.) How far it might_ be expedient to give the dissenteri a separate registration of their own lie would notthen stop to inquire, but he thought it was too much to insist that the Church of England should not. have the right to continue her own registration. (Hear, hear, hear.) With respect, again, to the appre-, priation of church property in Ireland, the noble lord must recollect that up to the present moment Parliament was without any very definite or intelligible explanation of the views of his Majesty's government. ( Hear, hear, hear. ) 'He professed to be giving no opinion on the abstract mean ing of these questions at the present time. He mentioned them merely as constituting parts of a series of questions deeply affecting the welfare and prosperity of the Church of England ; and such being the case, he asserted he had a right to consider the enactment under discussion as part of a whole, and not as an isolated, measure. ( Hear, hear, hear.) Why, lie was even uncertain as to the construc tion which ought to be placed on the bill. He might be wrong in his interpretation of it ; but if he was not so, it struck him nothing could have proved more surprising to the sixty-three gentlemen who signed the petition from Cambridge presented by the hon. member for South Lan cashire than the reply which he gave them in the shape of the bill under consideration. As different as possible from the prayer of that petition was the bill of the hon. mem ber. Among other things the petitioners in the conclud ing prayer of the petition disclaimed all intention of inter fering with the private statutes or regulations of individual colleges and halls, and what would their surprise be on finding that, in direct contradiction of such declaration, the bill contained a clause enacting— " And be it further enacted, that no statute, law, ordinance, decree, or grace matte or passed by any authority whatsoever in any of the said universities, oi in any of the colleges or halls within the same, shall in any manner obstruct, limit, or qualify the plain intent and obvious meaning of the foregoing enact ments; but such statute, law, ordinance, decree, or grace shall be to all intents and purposes void and of no effect ?" When the gentlemen who signed the petition saw such a clause introduced into the bill he ventured to say their first feeling was one of deep regret at not having postponed their petition until they had more maturely considered the expe diency of the change it suggested. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman, the ex-Secretary for the Colonies, after alluding to the system of education adopted at several of the continental universities, and after enumerating the names of several most eminent men whom they had pro duced, concluded by claiming for the universities of his own country a decided superiority over them all: Now what, lie begged to ask, constituted the distinguishing mark between foreign universities and those of England? Why, it was to be found alone in the circumstance that reli gion formed a part of their system of education. (Cheers. ) It was said that the universities of England were not theo logical seminaries. They were not in one sense, and in one sense only—they were not entirely limited to theological in struction ; but if the universities of Oxford and Cambridge were the two bodies which supplied the whole instruction of the ministers of the Church of England, forty-nine out of fifty of the present ministers having received their edu cation at either university, and every wish being mani fested by the authorities of the church to exclude from it as ministers all persons not educated at' either universities, lie contended it was impossible to deny that they were, toad in t,nts and purposes, schools of theological education. ( Hear. ) But; in his eyes, their greatest advantage was their uniting in one common education the future ministers of the established religioit, the future statesmen, and the future landed proprietors of the country. (Hear, hear.) It was those very universities which it was now sought to affect that sent out to the world such men as the hon. member for Wiltshire (Mr. Herbert), who, having distinguished himself within their walls, had repaid the obligation lie owed them for their instruction by his eagerness not only to act as their defenders when persecuted, but to vindicate the great cause of religion and morality. (Cheers, ).. But what, he begged the house to consider, would be the result of the present bill if passed into a law ? If he was to be told that henceforth a new principle was to be adopted in the universities—if he was to be told that religious instruc tion against which the dissenters could by any possibility protest was to form no part of the system of education at the universities--he did not hesitate to predict the conse quences of the measure would be that the dissenters would not reap the benefits which it was hoped to obtain for them, while the universities would be robbed of that cha racter which was their pride and their boast. If they were about, in the first place, to destroy the system of reli gious instruction altogether , believe it possible the universities could continue to be places of education for the minis:ers of the Church of England ? (Hear, hear.) It had been urged by his right honourable friend, that as the dissenters were even now admitted to the universities, there could be no harm in legalizing and establishing their right. (Hear, hear.) But in what number were they so admitted? Were there twenty dissenters at the present moment on the books of either university ? (Hear. ) But even those dissenters who were at the universities, it should be observed, were not there in the capacity of dis senters. ( Hear, hear.) How was it known during the period of study whether they were dissenters or not ? There might be several sons of dissenters at the universi ties ; but as during the years of study they were not called upon for any declaration of their faith, there were no means of ascertaining whether they were in reality dissenters or otherwise. He wished to know, before they went further, whether it was intended to insist on dissenters attending divine service according to the doctrines of the church of England ? Was that intended ? (" Hear," from Mr. Vcrood. ) It was intended. (" Hear, hear," from Mr. Wood.) Then he (Sir Robert Peel), on the part of the dissenters, would resist such an attempt. (Loud cheers.) He at all events would not assent in deluding the dissen ters ; he would not pretend to accede to their demands to induce them to flock to the university, and when they got there then turn round on them and say, " We will now compel you to attend religious instruction on the principles of the established church." ( Hear, hear.) According to the present system, and by their communication with members of the established church, there was some ground for hope that the dissenters might be induced to return to its doctrines ; but if the present bill once passed that hope was at an end. The hon. and learned member who'spokelast told the house the dissenters were refused all honours at the universities; but if it would not beconsideredpresumptuous in him to differ with such an eminent authority, he would be inclined to say that the hon. member must. be mistaken. Even in the course of that night's debate it had been stated that several dissenters who were not admitted to take de grees had greatly distinguished themselves during the classes. (Hear, hear.) He had heard a good deal of the liberality practised at Cambridge university, but such a degree of liberality as that adopted in the course of the ex amination, during the time that the hon. member (Mr. Pryme) was connected with it, lie had never imagined, much less heard of, and he only hoped that if ever he ( Sir R. Peel) was to be examined, the hon. member might be the professor. (A laugh.) It appeared from the hon. member's account, that written or printed questions were circulated, which the party examined might decline an swering, if they at all trenched on his religious tenets. Now, without stopping to inquire whether the questions circulated in print might not be equally stringent as if de livered viva voce, he would at once direct the attention of them to that glorious system of liberality which permitted a student to pass by, and, of course, claim as answered e an na y bled questionhim t.o say was obnoxious whiclliisrealoorxioasusus.me(dAu religiouslagh.) I scruples enabled th nxsi present onat kmunoi st a te ndf undergoing rts enjoy e d giuotorin esne. restheees dissenters le n bo ci p li ce l s dar d ls : io t t g n o d r sur re nder i ng i c i nha c egr h ayarin a :p. privileg e ,rehaxec examina ti on niruc ,itenasa‘un‘t. idri to h ehnl e lyaraeutthset hcetorrn wonderedi t 03,). to _ A p i a s r . s p o e obnoxiousr yiliz_ T heqyuaens answer s w hat'the y of laughter.) P • lease (Roars , Sir R. PEEL continued—He was saying that the pre sent system did offer the possibility of attracting dissenting ministers within the pale of the Established Church ; but aftei the bill under discussion passed, when dissenters came to be admitted as dissenters, the difficulty of attracting them from their faith would be much increased by the cer tainty of their being branded as recreants, should they depart from those religious opinions which, on their first entrance at the.nnilersity„ they professed. To the observations of the right hoth•gentlernan, the ex-Secretary of the Colo_ . nies, he (Sir R. Feely had listened with the greatest at tention, and he:felt bound to say that the course taken bY that right lion. gentleman upon the present occasion, .as well as the readiness he evinced to amend the bill in corn mittee, had induced him, as he was sure it had induced every man who heard him, to re-consider his opinion, be; fore he ventured to express it. (Hear, hear.) He did not hesitate to say, that he believed the right hon. gentle man to be a true and sincere friend of the Church of England, and he would have equally believed him to be so, .even though, he had not deemed it necessary to make that splendid sacrifice to his principles he had lately done but at . the same time lie was bound to say, that he was not convinced by the arguments of the right hon. gentle; man, and that, even if the bill was Modified, as he (Mr. Stanley) proposed it should be=---and if it was, he .was confident a powerful party of dissenters would , oppose it on the third reading -- he must equally give it every opposition in his power. (Loud cheers.) The right hon. gentleman said that he would admit dissenters to take out degrees, and stop there. Now, it appeared to him that there would be quite as much difficulty in main taining that position , as in refusing the claims of the dis senters altogether. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentlemen said he would admit the dissenters to take degrees,but that they should thereafter derive no Other benefit from those degrees beyond the civil advantages they might chance to confer. Now he (Sir R. Peel) would contend. that the claim of the dissenters after 'their admission to degrees, would be at least as strong as the claim they at present urged. ( Hear, hear.) There ,were many emoluments and rewards in the universities not necessarily connected with the established church which the dissenters wouldvery speedily seek for, and it would be then much more difficult to resist them than it was at present. (Hear.) All his experience in similar matters showed him that the ground on WhichllM , right hon. .gentleman went was not a safe ground to stand upon, and that the demands of the dissen ters would be. persisted in until by degree's they got all they wanted. He must now, however, take a more extended view of the position in which the house was placed than had yet been done. Parliament. had removed all the civil distinctions under which the King's subjects, laboured. The PrOtestant Dissenters were disarmed of their cause of complaints by the removal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts. (Hear, hear, hear.) The Roman Catholics claimed a measure of relief, and they obtained it ; and they lately had administered to the constitution a ;most extensive reform. .Of what character was the pre sent question ? It - was vain to deny that the question on which they had now to decide was, whether they should maintain within the United Kingdom an Established Church ? (Cheers. ) In all the discussions that had ever ta.ken, place, when, questions relating to civil and religious rights were before the house, it never had been once inti mated that the removal of those civil disabilities would lead to the agitation of such a question as that under considera tion. Neither Mr. Fox, or Mr. Grattan, or any of those who contended for the removal of political disabilities, ever held the opinion that when those disabilities were removed there would be such a claim proposed by the dissenters that they had so lately preferred. (Cheers. ). For his part he would contend that for the benefit of all Christians—for the benefit . of dissenters as well as of the members of the established church—there was an inestimable advantage for the .purpose of protecting the country from the effects of superstition and fanaticism, that a decent observance of divine worship should be preserved. On all these several grounds he contended not only for the unquestionable right but for the undoubted privilege of maintaining inviolate the established church of the country. (Cheers.) Many of those who gave then their consent to the pre sent measure did so under the belief that it would not have the effect of impairing the esta blished . church. The right hon. gentleman the late Secretary for the Colonies, for instance, he was con vinced, was actuated in the line he was taking by as sin cere a desire as he was to support the interests of the Established Church. But if his (Sir R. Peel's) con struction of the bill was a correct one, he asserted that by overturning all the privileges, by interfering with the cor porate rights, and by taking into Parliament the right of dictation of the universities, they would be for ever preju dicing them as schools of religious instruction, and at the same time dealing a blow to the integrity and security of the Established Church, from the effects of which it would be found very difficult, if possible, to restore it. (Loud cheers.) And what constituted the Established Church ? It was no; the amount of stipends paid to the clergy ; it was not the value of livings or extent of tithe property; it was the legal recognition by the state that the religion was an established religion, and as such had a right to protec tion and support. (Cheers.) If, however, instead of af fording it that protection and support, they should say to the universities, in whose hands rested the education of the ministers of the church, " You shall no longer be at liberty to instruct your alumni in religion, or in any sub ject touching on_ religion," they would be at once depriving both the universities and the church of the chief props of religion of the. state. .. (The right hon. baronet con cluded his speech amidst.loud cheers.) Lord ALTHORP would be the last man in that house to giye his support to the bill under discussion if it was calculated in the smallest degree to affect the established church. Being favourable to the principle of the bill it should have his support. He did not, however, pledge himself to support its details. Mr. - O'CONNELL supported the second reading of the bill. It seemed that hon. gentlemen who said the univer sities were for the use of the church intended to make them traps to catch dissenting rats. If lie had caught the eye of the .. Speaker at an earlier hour of the night he would have endeavoured to expose some of the attempts that had been made to seduce the dissenters. . He had seen a pro clamation signed Winchilsea and Nottingham, in which he saw that the dissenters were praised to the skies, and in which they were called upon to defend the church and op pose Popery and fanaticism. ( The hon. and learned mem ber here read the beginning of the document alluded to amid a great deal of laughter.) But in a former speech of the noble earl he saw that these dissenters were cha racterised as not being christians, and that they were then called Mahometans and worse than Mahometans. And yet these were now the pure Christians that were called ulion to array themselves against Pope r y an d sce pti c i sm . (Q u estion.) If those who sat on the Treasury bench would stand by the people they might laugh to scorn those who opposed them. He advised them not to trample on a people who would rather die than yield uptheir just rights. Lord SANDON would be very sorry to see those who stood by the church and state following the advice of the h o n. and learned member for Dublin. (Hear.) The support of the hon. member was of very great value to the Government, but he should like to hear what the hon. member would have to say next year to the noble Chancel lor of the Exchequer if that noble lord should not wish to advance a step further in the way the hon. and learned member might desire. It seemed that all the hon. and learned member's notions about fanaticism had a connec tion with his pocket. (Hear.) The question before them had other considerations besides the danger of the pocket. It was a question of honour, and one that involved the best interests of the whole country. After this bill h a d p ass ed he could not see how next session they could refuse to in ith the rights a n d di sc i p li ne of pr i vate colleges. w G. W. WOOD replied. house then di v id e d, w h en t h ere appeared— For the moti on 321 t e 1 .3 . 1 f e ,11,, r r e e . For the amendment 147 Majority —174 The Bill was accordingly read a second time. REGISTRATON OF' VOTES IN SCOTLAND. The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the laws relative to the registra tion of votes in Scotland. After a short explanation from the LORD ADVO CATE, leave was given to bring in the• Bill. The Lord Advocate obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable the appointment of an Accountant-General to the Quarter Sessions in Scotland. The house adjourned at half-past two o'clock. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 20. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat in Lincoln's Inn Hall this morning at 10 o'clock, but in consequence of the absence of counsel he was obliged to withdraw into his private room for a time. A T TORNEY-GENERAL V. THE ATHERSTONE CHARITY. Mr. KNIGHT stated that in this appeal he was for the defendants, who were the governors of the Free Grammar School of Atherstone ; and the appeal was from two orders, one made by the Master of the Rolls upon excep tions to the Masters report, and the other by the Vice- Chancellor upon the hearing of the cause on further direc tions. The reason why the orders had been made in both Courts was, that the Master of the Rolls having come to a decision upon the exceptions, which some of the parties did not like, they set down the further directions before the Vice-Chancellor as they had a right to do ; and as the order upon the exceptions had not been appealed from when it came on before the Vice-Chancellor, his Honour felt himself , bound by what the Master of the Rolls had decided. The . proceeding here was not merely by information, but also by bill. The informant was the Rev. Wm. Bradley, who was the master of the school, and the same gentleman was the plaintiff ; the defendants were the Governors. The information and bill stated the foundation of the school. it stated certain decrees made in 1649 and 1663, that Mr. Bradley had been appointed master of the school in 1817, and that upon that occasion he had entered into an agreement, and executed a bond to be contented with 110/. a year as salary, together with a house to live in, as a full compensation for his rights and services as such schoolmaster. It stated that he had been improperly in (laced to enter into the agreement and bond ; that he ought not to be bound by them ; that they ought to be delivered up to b e cance ll e d ; an d th a t as , i n consequence of what had taken place, the Governors were about to re move him, the bill and information prayed that the Court • woN.kid decree him entitled to his rights, restrain the Go ' vernors from removing him, order the documents to be delivered up, and refer the charity to the Master to ap prove of a scheme. The _Governors by their answer de nied all improper conduct; insisted that he was bound by the agreement and bond ; stated grave matters of com p'.aint, and cruelty, against him as regarded the free boys and named an instance of indictment against him foi cruelty to one of the boys, which indictment had been eon-- promised, the master paying the costs. The relator went into no evidence before the hearin7, but the,defendants did. They proved the documents, acts of neglect and cruelty and that the school muter his care hail dwindled down com paratively to nothing. They contended that what Mr. Bradley was seeking, namely, upwards of 300/. a-year, th( extent of the produce of the charity, he would have nu claim to, and it would he to him a sinecure. The Vice- Chancellor referred it. to the Master to inquire of what th( charity estates consisted, how they were let, and to ap prove of a proper scheme, with a direction that the Go vernors should continue to pay the 1101 a-year to th( master without prejudice The Master had made his report, exceptions were taken to it, and upon them the presen' appeal from the decision of the Court below. After hear ing these exceptions discussed it Would be necessary to put his Lordship into possession of all that had taken place and of all the evidence that had been gone into. Mr. Cooper was with Mr. Knight, Mr. Solicitor-Ge neral and Mr. Russell were for the relator, and Mr. Wray was for the Attorney-General. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNE 19. John Bunning, an old man, late of Little York place, Marylebone, painter and glazier, was opposed by Mr. COOKE, on the part of Mr. Morgan Williams, linen-draper. The opposing creditor some time ago opposed an insolvent of the name of Francis Russell Newland, and succeeded in dismissing his case. The party, in order to regain his liberty, gave bail. The present insolvent and a person named Bradley were the bail. When Newland was discharged he absconded, and had not since been heard of. The bail were fixed, and Brad ley had already been discharged under the Insolvent Act, and Bunning now presented himself for that pur pose. It was proved that he had stated himself, ii, order to justify, that he was possessed of 600/. of pro perty after his debts were paid, and in the enumeration of his property he swore he had a freehold house, situ. ate at No. 25, Little York-place. It now turned out thit he had no interest in the premises. The learned CIIIEF COMMISSIONER said it would be beneficial if it were known in the purlieus of Ser geant's Inn that if a party gave bail it would be held when he came before this Court that he had the pro perty • and if he could not account for it he would b e remanded. Looking at this case in that light, the insolvent had not accounted for the property, and the Court therefore sentenced him to six calendar months' imprisonment. COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOL- VENT DEBTORS. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Prisoners hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard at the Court-house, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on MoNna IT, the 23d of June, 1834, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. Horn, W. J., stationer, Lowther-arcade, West Strand. Argies, A., law-writer, Southampton-street, Pentonville. Murray, J., labourer, Greyhound-court, Saffron-hill. Phipps, E. upholsterer, Gracechurch-street. Crucefix, 0., painter, Fetter-lane, Holborn. Burgoyne, W., grocer, Drury-lane. Tyler, J., superannuated labourer, Rudduck's-buildings, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate. Solomon, E., tailor, Devonshire-place, Lisson-grove, Marylebone. Buggins, J., farmer, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Robertson, A., dealer in flour, West Farm, Burstow, near Reigate, Surrey. Thurlow, W., corn-dealer, Gibson-street, Waterloo-road. Guy, J., assistant to a surgeon, Robert-street, Adelphi. On TUESDAY, June 24.—Same Hour and Place. Halligan, T. R., messenger, Lewisham-st., Westminster. Lattey, J., sen., watch-maker, Castle-st., Leicester-square. Dow, E., baker, Upper Edmonton. O'Meara, J. 8., clerk, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. Smith, T., auctioneer, Coleman-street. White, T. , currier, Whitechapel-road. Hayne, J. G., gentleman, King's-road, Chelsea. Perry, T., soap-boiler, Roundstone-street, Trowbridge. Hopkins, N., victualler, Newport, Monmouthshire. Hocking, A., knife-grinder, Crooks, Sheffield. East, G., boot-maker, Exeter-street, Sloane-st., Chelsea. Woodley, J., dealer in wood, Swan-street, Southwark. COURT CIRCULAR. The King gave audiences yesterday, at St. James's, to M. Lichtenberg, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Combermere, and Lord Foley. The Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, the Prince and Princess Hohen lohe Langenbourg, visited their Majesties yesterday. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Saxe Meiningen, took an airing yesterday morning in a carriage in the Parks. Their Majesties dined last evening with the Princess Augusta, at her residence in St. James's Palace. Ihe Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Princess Hohenlohe drove in Hyde Park at an early hour yesterday morning. At the Queen's Drawing-room, on Thursday, the 'Hon. Miss Southwell was presented to her Majesty (as well as the Viscountess Southwell and the Hon. Miss Matilda Southwell), by the Mirchioness of Wellesley. The Countess of Galloway was presented to the Queen, on her marriage and on coming to the title, by the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Admiral Lord de Saumarez was amongst the companypresent. The Princess Augusta, attended by Colonel and Mrs. Wynyard and Miss Wynyard, was present at the performance at the King's Theatre on Thursday even ing. M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister, visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. BRITISH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY A general meeting of the shareholders in this Company took place on Thursday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Direc tors respecting the affairs of the Company. The Governor, G. R. ROBINSON, Esq., M. P., took the Chair ; and after the minutes of the previous Court had been confirmed, the Governor said, he would state the affairs of the company, in as short a manner as possible ; and it gave him great pleasure that he had to congratulate the proprietors, that after the difficulties they had experienced, a Charter and Act of Parliament had at length been granted, empowering them to buy and sell lands in Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland. A local habitation and a name had been given to them by the charter, which he hoped was the sign of pros perity, under proper management. It ' appeared, from the accounts of the Company, that the expenses incurred to the 31st of March last, were not more than 2,6041. Bd., and there were grounds to believe that the entire outlay for bringing the Com pany into an efficient condition, would not be more than three thousand pounds. After the difficulties expe rieneed by the Directors in the formation of the Com pany, he might venture to say, that no other public Company of similar magnitude had been formed for so inconsiderable an amount. The amount of expense incurred by the Upper Canada Company in its forma tion, was fifteen thousand pounds. The manner in which the funds of the British American Land Com pany had been disposed of was then entered into' by the Governor, the particulars_of which will be seen in the statement of accounts. It had been thought by the Directors that it was their duty to appoint commis sioners in Canada, immediately after the last general meeting, and they had the pleasure of stating, that two gentlemen of great respectability were so appointed, Mr. M'Gill and Mr. Moffat, and these gentlemen had sent to the Directors some very valuable reports. The portion of land bought of Government, between eight hundred thousand and nine hundred thousand acres, was in a favourable situation for extended emigration, and directions had been given to the commis sioners to make purchases of private individuals, should opportunities offer. The government lands were in the southern counties of Stanstead, Shefford, and' Sher brooke, in the eastern townships of Lower Canada. The land was favourable for settlers, and was in the same latitude as Montreal, and equi-distant from Montreal, Three Rivers, and Quebec. It wns also of easy communication with New York. The quality of the land was very good, and the climate favourable. The GOVERNOR, in answer to questions, stated that the company's land was freehold. A long discussion then took place on the by-laws , framed for thegovernment of the company, which were ultimately agreed to, the report having previously been adopted. Captain GOWAN expressed his gratification that the report circulated that the company was to be made a job of, was untrue, and that a slander had been raised against individuals. Thanks were then voted to the Governor, Deputy, and Court of Directors, for the zeal and ability they had displayed in the management of the Company's affairs, and the meeting adjourned. ( tr/i i' 4.•( -- -,.... -lAA -\\ ..)_ - - 0:,\1.17 ., „,• • .. ) -1 - r" -- ..... . - ' / • ---''-'Z----i : I -- N., - . - --119 ROYAL MUSICAL PESVW: 4 43I-" . WESTMINSTER ABElglrh(l(7 'I his grand national celebration, a title which, from its st t nt, importance to art, and the general intone* attached it,,it may fairly claim, commenced 'yesterday'by the re rarsal for the first performance, which is to take, place on 'uesclaY next, in the presence of their Majesties, the rest. if the Royal Family, and a large number of the nobility nd gentry. Liberal subscriptions have been entered into promote this Undertaking, Which' is chiefly designed in ts pecuniary results for the benefit of the Royal Society of Ilusicians, the NeW Musical and Choral Funds, and the loyal Academy of Music, institutions intended either to irovide 'for the destitute members of the musical profes a6n and their families, or to raise its character and contri- Jute to its perfection as a science. The'space appropriated in Westminster Abbey for these performances is that between the western 'door' of the cathedral and the entrance to the choir, the same in which he great commemoration of ffandel took place in 1784, and during that interval, a period of 50 years, the Abbey las not once been made 'use of for a similar purpose. The ttings-up are in good taste; sufficiently gorgeous to relieve -he sombre hue presented by the Gothic arches, and pillars, snd walls of the cathedral, without any 'display of finery, or what is termed magnificence, which must' have been, to borrow a phrase from the art here to be celebrated, at utter discord' with them. The whole of the seats and their appendages are covered with . crimson cloth, with bright yellow borders, and fringes, Where used at all, of the same colour, but the latter sparingly ; the royal box is placed with the back' to the 'organ used for the ordinary cathedral service, elevated about six feet from the pavement, formed in the Gothic st le, with a smaller box on each side of it. In front and below these are a few benches 'set apart for the noble patrons, presidents, and directors ; the floor, and three.rows in front of a lower and upper gallery, are " reserved seats," the remainder space is for the'holders of guinea tickets, with the exception of the choir: gallery, immediately above the royal box, which 'may contain about 100 places, and Which are also reserved 'seats. The full acCOnimodatimi in'the audience part of the cathedral is prepared for 2,700 persons, of will, h 1,200 are reserved seats; - but, on'siceount cit imper'ect view and unfavourable position of many of the guinea seats, the lumber of tiekets for them has, by a recent resolution of the directors, been materially reduced.' 'The orchestra is reared against the - Western window and end, the instru ments being placed in the middle, ascending nearly to the top, and the chorus branching out on each side up to the crown of the arches, consequently to a large portion of the audience the view of the chorus is 'almost wholly inter cepted by the massy pillars which descend from them. Without any reference to that inconvenience, however, the ensemble, viewed froni any part of it, has a most pictu resque and striking effect. The light is abundant every where, with the exception of the lower galleries, and a refreshing 'coolness, which the state of the temperature without made peculiarly acceptable, was maintained in every part of the building. The name of every performer engaged possesses an inte rest on this which would not belong to 'any other occasion, and it will enable the public also to'form a better idea of its magnitude if we present a list of the orchestra, or a muster-roll rather of what may be termed a little musical army. It is as follows : CONDUCTOR--Sir George Smart. PRINCIPAL Vocal. PERFORMERS.—Madame Caradori Allan, Madame Stockhausen, Miss Stephens, Mrs. W. Knyvett, Mrs. H. R. Bishop, Mrs. E: Seguin, Airs. Seymour, Miss Betts, Miss Bruce, Miss H. Cawse, Miss ChaMbers, Miss Lloyd, Miss Masson, Miss Clara Novell°, Miss Roarer, Miss • Shirreff, Miss Turner, Miss Wagstaff, Miss Woodyrtt, Master HOwe, Master Smith, Mr. Braham, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. If. Phillips, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Goulden, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Horncastle, Mr. Machin, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. W. Robinson, Mr. J. B. Sale, Mr. Sapio, Mr. E. Seguin, Mr. Stretton, Mr. E. Taylor, and Mr. Terrail. And, by the consent of M. Laporte, Mademoiselle Giulietta Grisi, for the second and third performances; Signor Rubini and - Signor Zuchelli, for the second performance; 'Signor Ivanhoff and Signor Tamburini, for the third performance. OrtuamsTs.—First Performance—Mr. V. Novell°, Ist and 2d parts; and Mr. Att wood, 3d part. .Second Performance— Mr. H. R. Bishop, Ist part; and Mr. Turle, 2d and 3d parts. Third Performance—Dr. Crotch, Ist and 2d parts and Mr. Adams, 3d part. Fourth Perfonnanca—Mr. W. Knyvett. V►o6lNS.—Signor Spagnoletti, Messrs. T. Cooke, Weich. ;el, Mori, F. Cramer, I Loder (Bath), Watts, C. Beene, Wagstaff; Anderson, H. H. Baker (Aberdeen), Betts, jun., N. Bintichl (Newbury), W. R. Blagrove, Dr. Camidge ',York), 3lessrs. James Calkin, jail., W. Cramer, Cum mins (Leeds), Dando, Day, Dewar (Edinburgh), Eliason, Ella, Fleischer, Gattie, Gledhill, Goodall (Shrewsbury), A. Griesbach, H. Griesbach , Glitteridge (Brighton), Guyne mer, Holland, Hughes, Ireland, Jackson, J. M. Jolly, Kearnt, Kemp, Leng (Hull), J. Loder, jun. (Bath), Litolff, A. Mackintosh, Marshall (Oxford), Marshall (Canibridge), N. Mori, jun., Mueller ,(Norwich), Murray (Edinburgh), W. Musgrave, Nadaud, Newson, Nickel, Paine, Patey, Paton, Perry, Phillips, W. Phipps, G. Pigott, Platt, Quaterman, Rawlins, Richards, Rooke, Seymour, Sibley, jun. (Portsmouth), J. Smith, F. Smith, C. Smith, Thirwall (Hull), W. 'Thomas, E. W. Thomas, To'beque, Tripp, Walker, Watkins, Westrop, P. White (Wakefield), Wil kins, Wood, and Zink. TENORS. --Messrs. Mountain, ,Sherrington, Lyon, Moralt, Abbott, Alsept, F. Bates, W. S ; Bennett, Bowden, Joseph Calkin, S. Calkin,' Challoner, Chun, Dance, Daniels, Davis, W. Dewar (Carlisle), Dorrell, Forster, Glanville, T. Goodban, jun. (Canterbury), Hardman (York), Hime (Liverpool), H. Hill, Hunter, W. Jones, Mangold (Darm stadt), Nicks, Nunn (Bury), B. Sharp (Oxford), F. Venus (Maidenhead), and Ware. VtotoNcEctos.—Messrs. Lindley, Crouch, Bannister, Bon ner, James Brooks, James Czlkin, Gifford (Cambridge), J. H. Griesbach, Hatton, L. H. Lavenu, C. Lindley, W. Loder (Bath), Lucas, W. Phillips, Pigott, S. Pigott (Dublin), and Rousselot. DOUBLE BASSES.—Signor Dtagonetti and Anfossi, Messrs. Castel!, Cubitt, H. Ellison (Leamington), Flower, Griffiths, Hill, Howell, Humale, Kench, F. Packer, Severn, T. Skiderii, C. Smart, A. Smith, Taylor, and Wilson. - - FLUTES —Messrs. Nicholson, Card, Adams, F. Andre (Windsor), Donis Bye flute, F. Hill, W. Latter, Mary (Windsor), Price, sen. Bye flute, and Ribas. OBOES.--Messrs. G. Cooke, Florke, Barrett, Best, Brewer, Coggins, G. Irwin, T. Ling, Malsh (Windsor), Pein, Wand, Witton. CLARISETN.—Messrs. Wilman, Powell, Bowley, Egerton, Eisert (Windsor), Hopkins, Owen, Tuckwell. BASSOONS.—Messrs. Mackintosh, Tully, Baker, Bauman, Denman, Godfrey, JOhnson, Krone (Windsor), Mancor, Pal mer (Windsor), Snelling, Waitzig (Windsor). HostNs.—Messrs. Platt, Rae, Arnull (Hull), G. Hardy, and H. Hardy (Windsor), Hopgood, Kielbach, Rae, Roust_ lot, C. Tully. TnumpttTs---Messrs. Harper, Irwin, Distin, E. Harper, T. Harper, jun., Haycrati, G. Macfarlane, and Walls, jun. TROMBONES—Messrs. Hardy, C. Schroeder, Smithies, Smithies, jun., Bean, L. Schroeder (Windsor), Albrecht, and German ( Windsor). OPIIICLEIDES—Messrs. Hubbard and Ponder. SERPENTS—Messrs. Andre . (Cheltenham), and Perry. SIDE-DRUM,Mr. Horton. DRUMS—Mr. Tutton. TowEß.Dnums—Mr. THE SEMI-CHORUS. CANTOS — Misses Birch, Brown, Cooper, Dickens, Foster, M. B. Hawes ; Master Howe (Westminster Abbey), Mrs. Hunt, Master Lewis, Mistresses E. Loder, Percy, G. Wood. Auros—Messrs. Evans, W. Jarman (Windsor), J. King, Moxley, Paddon (Exeter), Robinson, Salmon (Windsor), Spencer. TENoas—Messrs. Brownsmith, Duruset, J. Goss, J. Elliott, T. Harris (Windsor), Nield, Roberts, C. Taylor. BassEs—Messrs. Andrews (Manchester), Atkins, E. Bates, Bedford, Blackbourne, Bradbury, Clark, J. French (Windsor), H. Greatorex, Hawes, Leete, Walmisley. THE C OORUS. Superintendent, Mr. J. T. Harris. Ciorros.—Miss Addison, Mrs. Allcroft, Misses . Allen, A. Barry (Liverpool), Mrs. Barton, Misses Beardmore Bexfield (Norwich), E. Blackwel, Blake, Boden, It. Boden, Bourke, Brandon, L. Brandon, Mrs. Brown, Byers, Misses Byers, Childe, E. Chide, Connelly, Dackin, Dalton, Deither, Dickenson, Dor r.ll, Drane (Norwich), Duell, Dunn, M. Dunn, Mrs. Dut ton c(Lh,iviverprsoolo),otsot,n,M3iisissessesElola, dttiw,:istGleow(aLridv,erGporoal;,, Ilallwood (Liverpool), Hardy, Mrs Harris, Miss A. Harris, G. Hayward, Mrs. H. Hilos (Liverpool), Misses Hitchcock, Hopkins, L. Hopkins, Ireland, Jackson, Jackson (Liverpool). Jameson, Leach (Cheshunt), Leech, and Mrs. A Linacre (Liver pool), Misses Emma Lindley, E. Lindley, Macfarren, Mrs. Mapleson, Miss Minton, Mrs. Newcombe, Miss North, Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Penley, Miss Perry, Mrs. Pierotti, Misses Poole, Porter, and Procter (Norwich), Mrs. Richardson (Liverpool). Miss Roberts, Miss Rogers, Mrs. Salabert, Misses Savage, a. Schofield (Rochdale), Seymour, Taylor, A. Taylor Frazoling. ham), Tinney, Mistresses Tydeman (Framlingliam), Walker. J. Walker, Miss Wallace, Mrs. Willis, Miss Yates; Masters Boardman nhi Cooke (Chapel and Royal), u y a c l k ) I , a Cowardnd ( gs. S slt) t a.l, . enpnauci P :( a ua: u lriv,rca l si ' ik) s tsn.i ) end , p e( se:Ht i a h ; od(a l;i ii):,(*P6, :f.ovu e tarie:i h nil u, /(m) ,: c.iiiirivsawe seit:seith r Abbey), Durnsfurd (Royal Academy of Music) G en e (Chapel d P i(n% ‘ißoyal),,,,essttemr Abbey) , Gn s r t i e ffi r t A h IRH(e.Soy)tp?..k. Royal), Kg:a Hopkins e (Windsor), Smith (Chapel Royal), R. Smith, dile! Royal), ( s C e fi x a t p o e n l Squires (Chapel Royal), Taylor Weber (Windsor), Wilson Woixiham (St. Paul's). ALTOS.--Messrs. Allardice, W. Baker (Birmingham), H. Ball (Liverpool), Beale, Buttifant and Clare (Norwich), Coad, Crirsbie (Norwich), W. Dutton (Liverpool) Eames, N. Ed mondson (Armagh), .1 7 Farmer (Nottingham) Fenn (Norwich), Fletcher (Chichester), 'l'. Fusible* (Nottingham), J. Garbatt (.Armagh), giffiri C. Greene and W. Greene (Norwich), J. Hartley (Liverpool), H. Haden (Coventry), Hobbs (Windsor). G. Holden (Liverpool), J. Hill (Norwich). W. Ingram (Wind sor), Jenks, M. Jones, P. Kay (York), T; Knowles (Lincoln), J. Laidlaw (Liverpool), T. Lewis, J. R, I , s:Avis, H. Ling (Cam, bridge), J. Ling (Wells), Mann (N4wich), Millar, J. Nfoxots (Wakefield), G. Paget (Leicester), J. Pryor (Wells), G. Pyne, Rakes, Settori (Norivirl.), W. &Minion (Leicester), H. Smart (11 , ackburn), T. Smith, W. Spayk (Exeter), A. Stead (Wake fie d), W. S,ti t int.sor (Durham), 3. Slott (Liverpool), J. Taylor. J. 'Faltlor (Ilancliester4 Trik (Norwich), J. 'Waddington (Um.