The Sun. — London, England, 1861-06-19 00:00:00

IMPE RIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Kingstown Water Bill and the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway Bill were read a second time. The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; the S co tti s h Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society Bill ; th e Bishop's Castle Railway Bill; the Lon don and North Western Railway (Cheshire Lines) ; and the Downpatrick and Newry Rail way Bill were read a third time and passed. Several bills which were brought up from the House of Commons were read a first time. .ROMAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN WORK- HOUSES. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that he had given a notice of motion to ask for some information on this sub ject, but as there was an inquiry going on in the other house relative to the matter, he would postpone his question until the result of that inquiry was made known. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the third reading of this bill. Lord BROUGHAM consideted that the fusion of bank ruptcy and insolvency law was a great improvement, and always had his approval, but he objected to the retrospec tive clauses of the measure. The Earl of DERBY defended the amendments made in the bill. He said the representatives of the Governmentin this house had accepted the amendments which their lord ships had considered necessary, and he hoped they would use their influence with the other house to induce their adop tion. However, if they would not do that he trusted they would secure the objections made by the ether house being submitted to this house in time for full discussion. Earl GRANVILLE, who was very imperfectly heard, said that it would be impossible to give the noble earl ths: assurance which he required relative to the adoption of the bill as amended by their lordships in the other house. On the part of her Majesty's Government he would undertake that the bill should be brought up again before the house as soon as was consistent with other public business. Lord OVERSTONE passed a high eulogium on the proceedings of the select committee, every mem ber of whom had acted in a spirit of good faith, and without reference to political feeling. They had applied themselves most carefully to introduce amendments in this most important bill, and he entirely approved of the altera tions that had been made, particularly with regard to the chief judge of the Court. He thought the appointment of such an officer would be a most unne cessary expense to the country, and that he would have no adequate functions to discharge. Lord LYVEDEN also objected to the appointment of the functionary in question. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, with respect to the Chief Judge, that the amendment in reference to him com pletely mutilated and deteriorated the bill. It was indis pensable to the measure that that judge should be ap pointed, for ho would have peculiar functions to dis charge. The bill could not work satisfactorily unless there was an addition to the judicial authority of the court. Lord CRANIVORTH defended the alterations, which he contended materially improved the bill. No principle could be more dangerous than allowing three-fourths of the creditors to have a control over the other fourth. The chief alteration that had been made in the bill was, that the funds should remain in the hands of the official assignees, which he considered was a most desirable change. After a few words from Lord Wensleydale, Lord Brougham, and other noble lords, the bill, with same fur ther alterations, was read a third time and passed. GREENWICH HOSPITAL On the order for committee on amendments, The Earl of HARDWICK E reminded the house of the national importance of this noble institution, and the neces sity there existed of keeping its administration free from all political or party influences. Its funded property was 31 millions sterling, it had very large landed estates, valuable mines, and about half a million more which had been drawn from the wages of seamen. It was not only a charity, but was used also as an honourable retreat for those who had served their country well. The noble earl having detailed the steps which had been taken from 1829 down to the pre sent day, to reform the administration of the hospital, pro ceeded to say that at the first period named it was found that a million of the money had been abstracted by the Govern ment of the day, for what purpose it was very difficult to de fine, but so alarmed were they at the consequences of their own act that they procured an act of indemnity, after which a commission was appointed. Sir J. Graham was examined, and he strongly recommended that the administration of the hospital should be free from all political influence. The result was the passing of an act for the better management of the hospital, and if that act were properly carried out there would be no necessity for further legislation. But the noble duke now brought in two bills, transferring the whole patronage and control of the hospital, with power to manage and deal with its funds, appointments, and livings, to the First Lord of the Admiralty, tkus rendering it more subject to political jobbery and influence than ever. What he (Lord llardwicke) would recommend to be done was, that Parliament should give the control of the funds to a body of independent gentlemen, when the appointments and discipline of the hospital might remain with the exist ing Board of Admiralty. He would separate the manage ment of the hospital from all political control. With these views he moved that the committee be postponed for a week, in order that the noble duke might be able to bring back the bill in an amended form. The Duke of SOMERSET said that the only object o: the bill was to put the hospital and its funds under a better system of management than it enjoyed at present, and that more of the money should go to the seamen. He found that the expense for keep for tech man in the Hotel des Invalides was£3l 165., and in Greenwich £59 65., being nearly double, But the difference did not lie in the cost of maintenance, which was nearly the same in both places, but in the ex penses coming under the heads discipline and administra tion. In the Invalides the expense was £5 sa. per head, and in Greenwich £2B 18s—(hear, hear)—and it was to re form such a state of things that he had brought in thisbill. It provided that all the appointments of administration should only be for four years, and that the governor should be a rear-admiral, the same as in the dockyards. He quite agreed that the appointments should ba non-political,but he thought that the patronage would be less valuable than at present, when the existing Government had the giving of appointments for life. He thought that the livings should be given to chaplains in the navy, and he had so disposed of one ; and he was quite willing to insert a provision prohibit ing any of the commissioners from holding seats in Parlia ment- In regard to the security of the public money be longing to the hospital, he felt anxious on this point, and therefore he had requested the Accountant-General of the Navy to prepare a scheme under which the accounts would be anted,and all moneys would be paid into the Bank of Eng l'ua• in respect gen era lly t o the pur p oses o f th e bill hi s ob jectto provide f o r th e h os pit a l b ecom i ng e ffi c i en t, which was.t firstthresa not been of late years on account of it having been badly managed, lie had alrealy increased the weekly allowance of the poor Pensioners, but he found that it re quired an Act of Parliament- to put the hospital under some.other management, and he believed the bill was cal culated to be of great service to the hospital, but if the ilad noble earl (the E ar l of w . eke) o would suggest any improvements he would be glad t paten t o them. should had not contemplated that the commissioners in Parliament ; indeed, he thought it so, would be ob r jectionable that they should do there fore he should provide against it. There was' and feel ing in this matter. He had appointed commissioners sn a er into all matters right and left , and to report faithfully to o w h g a o t they thought would be best for the hospital, and he had adopted their recommendations. What he thought was most required was that the persons appointed to office in the hos pital should not be appointed for life, because, after being in office for a few years, they fell into a sort of routine and became idle, while fresh talon every five years would give life to the new system of management which would be bene ficial to the hospital. With that explanation he hoped their lordships would consent to the bill being recommitted. The Earl of DERBY said it was some time since he read the report of the commissioners in respect to the pensioners, of Greenwich Hospital, and so far as his recollection went the alterations recommended did not require an act of Par liament ; they could be introduced by the Governor him self. Undoubtedly there had been for a long time serious mismanagement of the affairs of the hospital, which could not be removed without an act of parliament. With regard to the last statement of the noble duke, it would be a sin gular course topursuo, and contrary to everything in modern times, to leave the governor in his high and honourable office and to deprive him of all control over the officers, or interference in the management of the hospital. The Duke of SOMERSET said that was recommended by the commissioners. The Earl of DERBY—That might be so. But it was con trary to practice to make those appointments mere honorary offices and to divest the head of the department of all con trol in its management. The noble duke had not drawn and distinction between two subjects totally different, viz., tthhe hospital and the arrangements connected with it, an d management of the estates which provided fund s f ur th e e ho hospital He quite agreed that the management of the ospit should be c o nfid e d to th e officers for fiv e years , subjectw o a to_ the c on t rol of the Admiralty, b ut t h at principle was wholly inapplicable to the g overnment and managem en t of the estat es . It would not be desirable to remove the commissioners of the estates every five years. The Duke of SOMERSEL explained that the estates had been managed fora great many years by a receiver, who had brou g ht .them high hem up to a state of improvement, and he'never thought of removin hun from his office; but no person was infallible, and it might b should be appointed. The receive: necessary wouldioofi office another . t send in his ac counts, and they would be andi ted by the u audit, that f The Earl of DERBY—The cap' t would have th e nominal seemed an to be tha t the commissionersbut that they would reall y hav e nothing to do with the estates. It appeared to him that the management of the estates should be kept wholly distinct from-41a control of the hospital. Then with regard to the livings, the noble duke said they had been under the control of the Admi ralty for a long time, and it was desirable they should so remain. Now, he (Earl of Derby) thought that the advow sons should be sold and the proceeds carried to the credit of the charity, and go to increase the funds of the charity. The Earl of HARDWICKE thought he was quite right in the course which he had taken, though he would not divide the house upon the proposition. He would remind the noble duke that by the charters of 1775 and 1809 it was provided that the management of the hospital should be under the control of officers who had lost a limb or who had been disabled in active service, and now the noble duke was preparing a scheme which was contrary to the intentions of the fouuders. (Hear, hear.) The house then went into committee. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH considered that the office of Governor of Greenwich Hospital should be con ferred on the ground of great public services, but ho ob jected to making it an honorary employment, for it was not honorary to place an old officer in such a situation, giving him nothing but money and a house furnished, and depriv ing him of all power. He proposed to leave out the words at the end of the 12th clause, " and shall not take any ac tive part in the management of the hospital." The Duke of SOMERSET said that if the governor were to take any active part it would unhinge the whole manage ment, and it was therefore thought advisable to appoint an officer in wh©m the Admiralty had confidence, and who could give them an independent opinion, but without con ferring on him a power which would clash with that of the I commissioners. . -„„ The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that - might be avoided if the Government would adopt the suggestion of his noble and gallant friend, and give the governor the in ternal management of the hospital and that of the estate to the commissionErs. The clause was then agreed to without a diviaion. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the bill, as amended, reported to the house. EXCISE AND STAAIP DUTIES BILL. This bill passed through committee. THE MILITIA. Viscount HARDINGE moved for a return of the effec tive strength and the number present at the training of militia regiments in the year 18G0, with a similar return for the present year. The Earl of RIPON said his noble friend the Secretary for War, who was then absent, proposed to have prepared a co mparative return, which would be laid before the house, and would afford the noble viscount all the informa tion he required, and his noble friend had much satisfaction ' in feeling that the return would show that the militia had increased both in efficiency and numbers. The motion was then withdrawn, And their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. EAST INDIA COUNCIL AND HIGH COURTS OF JUDICATURE BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked whether the right hon. gentleman opposite could give him any information as to the change this bill would lead to in the revenues of India ? Mr. M. GIBSON said he could not, as he had been asked by his hon. friend the Secretary for India merely to move the resolution which he held in his hand, as a matter of form. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said it was necessary that the greatest care should be taken of the finances and revenue of India. This bill contained two new appointments of members to Council, which would cost £B,OOO each. (Hear.) As the appointments would be made in this country, that would be an addition to the patronage of the Secretary for India. Then, again, the number of judges was increased from 14 to 21; all this would be f resh charges, and as he felt it his duty, as far as possible, to use his best exertions to protect the revenues of India, he should move some amendments when the house was in committee on the bill. The house then went into committee, and a resolution was passed on which to found a clause relative to salaries and compensation. THE HARBOURS BILL. On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair, Mr. LINDSAY said before the Speaker left the chair he wished to make some observations with respect to this bill. The object of the bill was to enable loans being made for the purpose of constructing harbours, the abolition of passing tolls, for charitable purposes, and other differential dues. Now, with respect to the abolition of passing tolls he could have no objection, but an hon. member had given notice that he intended to move that the bill be referred to a select committee, but he must beg of the hon. member to withdraw his motion, as that subject had been decided over and over again. The bill had been very much altered since it first made its appearance in the house, and he thought the utmost care should be exercised before the bill was passed a further stage because the amounts of certain sums of money to be paid to various places had been greatly in• creased, and that without the slightest cause being shown for what the money was required. He also found that there were other clauses, Nes. 32 and 42, which would enable the Board of Trade to sell harbours to private com panies. Ramsgate Harbour, for instance, upon which up wards of £2,000,000 had been expended, could be disposed of by that department if the bill passed through com mittee as it stood. Then, again, Hull, Newcastle, and Liverpool had been dealt with most par tially by the bill, and although he agreed with the principle of the measure, he should feel it his duty to move several amendments to many of the clauses as they came under the consideration of the house. Mr. THOMPSON moved that the bill be referred to a select committee. He thought it was unwise to abolish passing tolls without providing a substitute, and also that the measure would have the effect of destroying many of the Harbours of Refuge. For these reasons he could not assent to the motion for going into committee. Mr. DEEDES seconded the motion. On the question belt g put by the SPEAKER, Mr. CAYLEY hoped the hon. gentleman would not per severe with his motion for referring the bill to a select committee. Mr. DEEDES said he supported the proposition for re ferring the bill to a select committee because that course would enable private parties whose interests were seriously interfered with to place their grievances and claims before such a tribunal. The Dover Harbour Commissioners felt that their interests were severely affected by the bill. If the measure was referred to a select committee the authori ties at Dover could place their claims before the committee. If they failed to convince them of the justice of their com plaints he of course had nothing to do. The bill proposed to abolish the payment of passing tolls after Jan., 1862, but he thought that while that was laid down in the bill some arrangements ought to be made for the extinction of debt of the Dover Harbour Commissioners. Sir F. GOLDSMID thought the President of the Board of Trade had rejected various points in this bill too easily, but if the measure was referred to a select commit • tee ho should consider the question of compensation to be again entirely re-opened. _ _ _ Mr. CAVE thought it bad policy to deal hardly with private interests. He was of opinion that the bill had better be referred to a select committee. Mr. MOFFATT said the present bill was different in all its essentials from the bill first brought in. There was also another startling provision in the measure that dealt with the great harbour of refuge of England, he meant the har bour of Ramsgate. He could not for an instant assent to any proposition which would enable any set of men to merge the important work at Ramsgate into the hands of a rail way company. He was at a loss to understand how such a proposition could have been embodied in a bill of the na ture of that now before them. Mr. BENTINCK supported the motion for referring the bill to a select committee. Sir J. JOHNSTON thou g ht th a t so m e a ss i s t an ce ought to be given by the Government to the small tidal harbours of a lhitby, Scarborough, an d B r idli ng t on if th e recommen d fewo a harbourt.Vonof Harbour of R e f uge C omm i ss i oners t o cons t ruc t Fileyfre w fu or g d e s a f t romMr. wa K s E n N o p t t A o L b L e , carried out. After a Sir M. PETO said be thought the house would have adopted a much wiser course had they gone at one, into clauses which could have g be various objections to several committee on the bill in preference to discussing in its regular order. Variousen disposed of with the flause with respect to the effect the fears had been expressed carefully would have upon Rams gate harbirar. He had looked at the clause, and sletest alarm. Such a found nothing in it to cause the slightest taken b before, and moreered Folkestone course as that now proposed had with great success. Ho very well remembered before it was sold to the corporation, andrna alive place he had never seen, except Dover 0 a a ti t the present time. (Laughter.) Now it was made atl and a large sum of money had been expended 4opttoritt, L ow estoft was another instance of t he same success. Ho I had seen that harbour so bad that a fishing lugger got in with difficulty at low water; but now since it had been dis posed of to the corporation, and in consequence of the im provements that had been made there, vessels now of 200 tons could get in at low water, and he himself had seen upwards of 900 vessels riding safely in the harbour, and all this had been done with the aid of passing tolls. He was sure the Go vernment would take care that neither Ramsgate nor Dover were handed over to any company without good guarantees forits proper management. He thought the house were just as able to deal with this question as five of their members would be with the assistance of several gentlemen in big wigs up stairs. He could not consent to refer the bill to a select committee. Mr. NICOL saw no reason for referring thebill to a select committee. Mr. M. GIBSON said there were not so many alterations in the bill as had been supposed, particularly with regard to passing tolls, which would be abolished from the Ist of January next year; as originally proposed with regard to the dues levied by charitable corporations,they would be allowed to continue for 10 years. If the bill were referred to a select committee, it would boa practical defeat of the bill, and be must therefore object to the course proposed. He should be prepared to agree to the amendment of the member for Dover, to constitute a nem, board for the management of pover Harbor. Sir B, BRIDGES thcught that the people of Dovei would be better pleased with the continuance of the present board than with the body proposed to be created by the amend ment of the member for Dover. He should support the mo tion for referring the bill to a select committee. Mr. LIDDELL approved of the scope and tendency of the bill, and believed that the terms proposed were equitable. After some further discussion, Mr. THOMPSON withdrew his amendment, and the house went into committee on this bill. ----- Six clauses were agreed to, and at 4 o'clock the sitting was suspended. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. THE CHANNEL FLEET. Mr. DAWSON asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether it was intended that the Channel fleet should enter Lough Foyle in their cruise of observation along the north ern coast of Ireland; and whether, consistently with the convenience of the service, such visit, which would be esteemed most gratifying, and was desired by the citizens of Londonderry, could be accomplished ? Lord C. PAGET was afraid that he could not give the hon. gentleman any assurance that the Channel squadron would visit Londonderry and Lough Foyle, but it was very gratifying to the Admiralty to find that the inhabitants were anxious for the presence of the fleet, for he regretted to say the inhabitants of other districts had remonstrated against having the fleet sent to them, a fact which was not, in his opinion, at all to their credit. A LIVERPOOL SLAVER. Mr. PEASE asked the President of the Board of Trade if it was true that the United States steamer Saratoga had captured, near the Congo River, the ship Nightingale of Liverpool; whether the ship had 960 slaves on board, and was ready to carry 1,600 slaves ; and, provided such were the facts, asked when the ship last cleared from Liverpool, and for what port ; what was the nature of her cargo; and whether her owners resided in Liverpool, and were amenable to the law ? Mr. M. GIBSON had made inquiries of the Customs authorities at Liverpool, and ho found that the ship Night ingale had cleared out from that port on the 24th Nov., 1860, for St. Thomas. He was informed that she was a United States ship, and was bound to St. Thomas and the West Coast of Africa; but neither the Admiralty nor the Foreign-office had received any official account of her cap ture. THE SUN, 'LONDON, WEDNESDAY NING, JUNE 19, 1861. provided that the King of Prussia should support all the propositions of the King of Denmark for altering the suc cession and for preserving the integrity of the monarchy. Across this document was written, "Meyendorff had the settlement of all these articles," Meyendorff being the Rus sian ambassador. This explained the change of policy on the part of Prussia, and why it was that the Prussian troops were withdrawn with the secret intention to leave the duchies to their fate. This treaty of peace was sent to this country, accompanied by a despatch from the Earl of West moreland, in which he stated that the Russian Minister had been unremitting in his efforts to bring about the re sult of these negotiations. Then, in 1851, the King of Den mark, still entertaining his project of incorporating the duchies, sent his Minister of Finance to Vienna to propose that Schleswig should be separated from the German Con federation and attached to Denmark. In 1852 the King of Denmark formally promised that h 3 would do nothing to disturb the union of Schleswig and Holstein. He hoped the house would bear in mind that the object of the duchy was only to maintain the fundamental law of the state, but the object of the King was to bring about an incor poration between the duchies and Denmark. The repres sive measures were still going on, and, in consequence, op position arose throughout the duchies. But the policy had come to a head in the treaty of May, 1852. But that was not really a treaty. If seven people entered into a contract for an illegal purpose, that contract would not be considered binding; if seven persons united to declare that property which was settled upon the eldest son should not go to the eldest son but to a distant relative, that would have no force whatever, and this was an exactly parallel case of that of the treaty of 1852. The Germans to this day call it not a treaty, but the protocol of London of 1852, and Constantine, who came in under it, was called to this day the Protocol Prince. But the treaty was of no effect without the consent of the Diet. The consent of the Diet had never been given, and therefore the signatures of Austria and Prussia were invalid. He knew from the best authority that Prussia was most anxious to do away with it, and he believed that Austria would be very willing to adopt the same view. There was also our signature, and that of France, with Russia, but we had since gone to war with Russia ; all treaties with Russia were broken by the war, and therefore on this ac count this treaty, not having been renewed, was invalid. The treaty was still in abeyance ; it did not come into effect till the death of the present king, and it proposed then that the succession should jump over 19 heirs; it was to go in future only through the male line, and no future son of Constantine by another wife would be allowed to succeed. Now it followed that if it was right for us to enter into such a treaty, it would be right for other nations to enter into such treaties with regard to us. It was the first time, with one exception, that England bad ever entered into a treaty of succession ; and what was proposed in this case was to do for a constitutional state that which they should do for themselves. The house knew absolutely nothing about the origin of the treaty ; the first intimation was conveyed in an article in the Times newspaper two days after the signature, in which it was stated that Lord Palmerston, after some hesitation, was induced at last to sign the protocol ; but if the House of Commons was to hold its share in the government of the country, surely they ought to be made acquainted with the acts of the Ministers, which they were aither to endorse or condemn. But no thing had ever been told them about this protocol of London or the negotiations that preceded it. Lord Palmerston stated three months before the protocol of Warsaw was signed, that her Majesty's Government had steadily and systematically held themselves aloof from taking any share in these negotiations. The reports of the Diet, however, showed that the protocol of London was signed on the 2d of August, 1850, nine months before the declaration of the noble lord. It appeared by the secrecy of the transaction that the noble viscount was ashamed of the protocol, and it has been said that there were political difficulties at the time, and that the noble lord signed the protocol for the sake of retaining office for one year—that it was for the convenience of a Minister that these things were done— that the succession was altered, and the fundamental laws of the State violated. After the death of Christian and his two sons the rights of Russia were to revive—rights as they were now called, but which were before regarded as claims only, and very doubtful claims, and which did not originally extend even to the whole of Holstein. The noble lord was proceeding, when an hon. member moved that the house be counted, and there being only 38 members present, the house was adjourned at half-past seven. CONVOCATION OF 27TE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. Yesterday morning both Houses of the province of Can terbury assembled at Westminster for the despatch of busi ness. As it was known that the report of the Committee appointed to consider the subject of "Essays and Reviews" would be presented, there was a very large attendance of members. THE CAMILLA. Mr. WYLD asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether any inquiries had been made regarding the reported wreck of her Majesty's ship Camilla, Commander Colville, in the Japanese waters in September, 1860, and the result of the inquiries? Lord C. PAGET said the Admiralty had received three reports from Admiral Hope, which, he regretted to say, left no doubt as to the fate of the unfortunate ship Camilla. All the information which had come to the Admiralty had been seat at once to the public journals, for they thought it only due to those interested in the vessel that they should have the earliest intelligence which it was in the power of Government to give them. The Indian Government had sent a steamer to explore the coast of Japan, and all the creeks had been examined without success. A request had, moreover, been conveyed to the native princes that they would order the fishing vessels, of which there - were many in those waters, to assist in the search; and the final report of Admiral Hope was that, in his opinion, the case of the Camilla was hopeless. There had subsequently been a report that the topmast of a vessel had been discovered, which the Admiralty were disposed to think must be a remnant of the missing ship, especially as a Dutch man-ot-war had also been lost in the neighbourhood of the Camilla in the same dreadful typhoon which had lately raged round that coast. TERRY'S RIFLES. Mr. BERKELEY asked the Under Secretary of State for War why Terry's breech-loading rifles, ordered for the use of the 18th Hussars, had not been delivered ? Mr. T. G. BARING said that some alteration was re quired in the bands of the rifles in question. That alteration was being made, and they would then be delivered. PRIZE MONEY (INDIA). _ Sir H. VERNEY asked the Secretary of State for India whether interest was paid by the Calcutta Treasury on the prize money paid into it ; whether any interest was paid on jewels and other booty before it was realised ; and whether, in future, when booty was taken in India, which it was an ticipated would be prize, officers in command of corps were to send in at once the nominal roll, without waiting for the royal warrant declaring such booty to be prize. Sir C. WOOD said that interest was paid on the prize money which had been paid into the Calcutta Treasury, at the rate of 5 per cent. (Hear, hear.) Interest was not allowed on jewels and booty before they were realised; and so much inconvenience had been experienced from officers not sending in their prize rolls—which it was supposed their own interest would have rendered them prompt in doing—that a general order had been issued to the effect that prize-rolls should in all cases be immediately sent in, even though the property should not eventually be made prize. (Hear, hear.) PESTH. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, as the British Government had no consul or consular agent at Pesth, they were not, since the with drawal of Mr. Dunlop, deprived of any source of official information from that city ; and whether, from the improve ment of our commercial relations, as well as to obtain trust worthy information from that country, it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to appoint such consul, Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that our com mercial relations with Pesth were not sufficient to justify the appointment of a consul. BLONDIN. Sir G. LEWIS communicated to the house a letter which the Home-office had received from the directors of the Crystal Palace, in answer to the request which the Govern ment had made to them on the subject of M. Blondin's exhibition with a child. The directors, in obedience to the wish thus conveyed to them, had interdicted this part of M. Blondin's performance. (Cheers.) DENMARK AND SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Lord R. MONTAGU moved that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graci ously pleased to take such measures as might be necessary to prevent any foreign interference with the ancient here ditary rights of succession in the kingdom of Denmark and the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein. The noble lord complained of the persecution which was going on in the duchies. Baron Schleinitz had stated that the right resistance was the remedy for all political grievances, and Mr. Ward, writing from Loipzic, said that the present state of the question threatened the peace of Europe. All this had arisen from one illegal act, that of interfering with the rights of states and doing away with their fundamental laws. All public meetings were forbidden, the press was gagged, and the right of petition itself was denied. The very name of Schleswig-Holstein was forbidden ; and all the so cieties which bore it, including Bible societies, insurance societies, and scientific and literary societies wore suppressed. The order of Schleswig. Holstein knighthood—an order similar to that of the knights of Malta—had been abolished. Danish officials were forced upon courts of law, churches, and schools ; and two families who had clubbed together to employ a German tutor had been obliged to send him away. Even in the schools the books supplied were written in bad German, and contained immoral sentiments and incorrect representations of events. Again, in the lunatic asylum the German doctors had been replaced by Danish doctors, and the German chaplain by a Danish chaplain. All these measures were taken to preserve what was called the integ l i - rity of the monarchy. The country was perfectly well aware of the intentions of the Government, and in 1838 the Diet of Schleswig drew up an address to the King, in which they stated that the object was to incorporate Schleswig with Denmark, but they would never consent to it. He should attempt to prove that the union of Schleswig and Holstein had existed from the most ancient times; and, secondly, that along with the union there was one continued struggle to incorporate the duchies with the kingdom of Denmark. Five hundred years ago the Duchies of Schleswig and Hol stein were connected, and in the time of our Edward Vl. Christian I. was elected King of Denmark, and afterwards ho became hereditary reigning duke of Schleswig and Hol stein ; but he had to swear that he would maintain the union and the separate natural existence of Schleswig and Holstein. The oath was promulgated in 1826, and had been sworn by every succeeding ruler to the present day. The kingdom of Denmark was an elective monarchy till Frederic 111. came to the throne in 1603. He put an end to the elective character of the monarchy, but did not in terfere with the duchies. The Salic law, however, always prevailed in the duchies, but not in Denmark. England and Hanover furnished a parallel case. The Salic law pre vailed in Hanover, but not in England, and when the pre sent Queen succeeded to the throne of England a male branch of the family succeeded to the throne of Hanover. The King of Denmark, however, had broken that law for the sake of preserving the integrity of the monarchy. In 1843 Prince Frederic of Hesse married a daughter of the Em peror Nicholas, who immediately set to work to obtain for him_ut also oniy the succession to the kingdom of Denmark, biss ued si ? a t d o ee th r e ee d r u e c l h u l i e r s i , n n , otwithstand'ng the Salle law pre vailedpatentin settingt he, andd duchies. aside eepstiiii applied Theto Salle t l King ei law. The German f i,hee,DenmarkConfederation, duchies d i e s r s ant protestedei o d n letters w h o against thi s letters patent, dated Bth sethp t e ai.un K ( King n declaredr L o efwredtnlma that and in the to u revoke nion o f these letters patent. ,AloG,ihi Denmark issued other to explain the former ones,h he endeavoured s z houi *n d Ja h nuary, Schleswig and Holsteinshould ly! pre, 1848, the king declared that the duchies' served as an independent state, but from that day hee pre served endeavoured by administration to incorporate the duchies with Denmark. On the 20th of March the Danish ministry resigned, and a ministry which was popular with the mob whose object was to make the duchies a D an i s h p su ro m v td ince e, . d The duchies became aware of this, and issued a manifesto, in whichthe k y in d g, declared that thwaetrewludelteerthmeiynecdonto up.tinued 1 their allegiance to the hold the fundamental laws of the kingdom. In 1849 the he King d id o sof Prussia o t s e e n a t n an au a t o r g m r y a p i h n t o the letter t d o u t c h h e i e s p , ü b k u e t o b f e A f o u z e_ gu.stenburg, urging him to maintain by every means in his power the rights of his country, and promising him the sup port of Prussia. Shortly afterwards the reaction set in at Berlin, and the Manteuffel Ministry came in, which was looked upon in Prussia as devoted to Russia. A treaty was entered into. There was a secret article in that treaty which was not in the documents presented to this house. He had ., got the original document in his hands, The secret article' INCREASE OF THE EPISCOPATE. The Rev. Dr. WORDSWORTH gave notice of a motion for ,he appointment of a committee to consider and report to he house upon the best means of promoting the increase of lo Episcopate in England and Wales. IRREGULAR MARRIAGES. The Rev. Sir GEORGE PREVOST gave notice that at the proper time he should move an address to the Upper House regarding the operation of the Acts of Parliament bearing upon the marriage of members of the Church of England, and calling attention to the practice of publishing bans in parishes other than those in which the parties reside. Cm:Rex HYMNAL. The Rt V. A. OXENDEN presented a petition from the clergy of the deanery of North Nailing, in the diocese of Canterbury, expressing their earnest desire that the steps already taken with reference to the Church Hymnal may be carried out. THE HARVEST SERVICE. Tho Rev. A. OXENDEN presented a petition from certain members of the Lower House, suggesting that a special committee be named to watch the Harvest Service in its passage through the press. THE 29TH CANON. Archdeacon ALLEN presented a gravamen to the effect that, " it seems undesirable that the clergy should be sum moned to London without an understanding whether or not the usual time will be allowed for discussion." The Ven. Archdeacon said he presented this as his own indi vidual gravamen. The PROLOCUTOR thought the President did everything in his power to assist the deliberations of the Lower House. They had made such large advances in the last few years, and they had such a considerable extension allowed to them in the time for sitting that he thought it might be undesir able to send up the gravamen. Archdeacon ALLEN expressed his desire that it should be carried up, and that course was taken accordingly. "ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."—REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. The Yen. Archdeacon DENISON rose and said,—ln dis charge of my duty as chairman of the committee appointed in the early part of this year, by direction of his Grace the President and the Bishops of the Upper House, to examine a book called " Essays and Reviews," I beg to read the repo' t agreed to by the committee : _ " The Committee of the Lower House of Convocation of the province of Canterbury appointed by his Grace the Pre sident and their Lordships of the Upper House, to examine a book entitled' Essays and Reviews,' and to report thereon to the Lower House in order that the Lower House may communicate to the Upper House whether there are suffi cient grounds for proceeding to a synodical judgment upon the book,' report as follows : " The book committed to our examination consists of seven ',Essays and Reviews,' sixof which were written by clergy men of the United Church of England and Ireland. " We have carefully examined the book and we con sider the following to be its leading principles : " 1. That the present advanced knowledge possessed by the world in its ' manhood' is the standard whereby the educated intellect of the individual man, governed and guided by conscience, is to measure and determine the truth of the Bible. " 2. That where the Bible is assumed to be at Variance with the conclusions of such educated intellect, the Bible must be taken in such cases to have no divine authority, but to be only human utterance.' " 3. That the principles of interpretation of the Bible hitherto universally received in the Christian Church are untenable, and that new principles of interpretation must now be substituted if the credit and authority of the Holy Scriptures are to be maintained. " We find that, " 1. In many parts of the volume statements and doc trines of the Holy Scriptures are denied, called into ques tion, or disparaged ; for example : " (a) "rhe Reality of Miracles,' including the idea of Creation as presented to us in the Bible. " (b) Predictive Prophecy,' especially predictions con cerning the Incarnation, person, and offices of our Lord. " (c) ' The descent of all mankind from Adam.' " (d) ' The Fall of Man and Original Sin.' " (a) The Divine Command to sacrifice Isaac.' " (f) 'The Incarnation of Our Lord.' " (g) Salvation through the blood of Christ.' " (h) 'The Personalty of the Holy Spirit.' " (i) Special or Supernatural Inspiration.' " (k) Historical facts of the Old Testament, including some referred to by our blessed Lord himself.' "2. It is urged that many passages of the Holy Scrip tures may be understood and explained on the principle of ideology ;' by which is meant that the reader is at liberty to accept the idea of characters and facts described in the Holy Scriptures, instead of believing in the reality of those characters and facts. _ _ " 3. It is maintained that the creeds of the Church, whe ther regarded as confessions of faith or as instruments for the interpretation of Scripture,' may now be put aside as no longer suitable to the present advanced intellectual condi tion of the world. _ . _ " 4. Liberty is claimed for the clergy and candidates for holy orders to subscribe Articles of religion and to use for mularies in public worship without believing them according to their plain and natural meaning. "5. Attempts are made to separate Christian holiness of life from Christian doctrine. _ _ _ " We notice in many parts of the volume the absence of that spirit of humility and reverence with which human reason ought over to approach the study of Divine truth ; we notice also a confusion of the dictates of the natural con. science with Divine grace, and in some places a substitution of those dictates for Divine grace. " It appears to us that, while the professed intention of the volume is the free handling in a becoming spirit' of religious subjects, the general tendency and effect of the volume is unduly to exalt the authority of human reason, to lower the authority of Revelation in regard to things Divine and spiritual, to unsettle faith, and to consign thg reader to a hopeless scepticism. " We have appended two schedules, A and B—Schedule A containing the advertisement' To the Reader,' as pre fixed to all the editions of the book, and referred to in the preceding paragraph of our report; Schedule B containing passages denying, calling in question, or disparaging state ments and doctrines of the Holy Scriptures, with citations from and references to those parts of the Holy Scriptures and of the Formularies and Articles of the united Church of England and Ireland to which such passages are con trariant. " Signed on behalf of the Committee, " GEORGE ANTHONY DENISON, " Archdeacon of Taunton, Chairman." (The schedules giving extracts from the seven " Essays" occupy many closely printed pages, the Scripture refe rences and extracts from the formularies of the Church being in parallel columns. Atehdeacon DENISON said—l do not think it necessary that I should road the schedules which we have appended, and I beg to move that the report, ag printed, bo distri buted to all the members of the Lower house of this Con vocation. The Rev. J. 11. RANDOLPH seconded the motion, which was carried. Archdeacon DENISON then said—l believe in a matter of such importance as this I shall not be travelling out of my province if I state to the house that which, perhaps, might be taken without my assurance, that the committee have bestowed the utmost pains and labour upon the matter sub mitted for their consideration, We have sat for 12 days in committee, and we have been assembled something like 70 hours, to say nothing about a vast deal of labour done by sub-committees and private hands ; and I wish this to go forth to the public, that the public may be perfectly assured that we have not dealt with a matter of this grave import ance lightly. I will say nothing of the pains bestowed on the discharge of this duty by the committee, but will pro ceed at once to what appears to me the course which naturally ensues. We have to call upon this house, according to the terms of the reference, to come to a conclusion upon this report. The committee was appointed by the direction of the Upper House to examine the book in order that the Lower House may com municate to the Upper House its opinion whether there are sufficient grounds for proceeding to a synodical judgment upon the book. We have, therefore, to come to a conclusion upon the matter. In order to do so it is necessary that some person should make a motion to the house upon the subject, and I conceive that the person who was naturally and legitimately the one to make the motion was he who, by the circumstances of the case, had become chairman of the committee. I shall therefore be prepared to give notice of — such motion. On the other hand, the particular form in which the matter now comes before the house is in some measure novel. There are two points that wo have to deal with—first, the coming to. some conclusion on the report; and secondly, the giving a sufficient time for members who now have the report placed in their hands for the first time to consider the statements and grounds in that report. To meet the first of these requirements I give notice that I shall ask the assent of the house to the following resolution : "That in the opinion of this house there are sufficient the grounds for proceeding to synodical ju d g ment upon beok entitled Essays and Reviews,' and th a t the above re solution be communicated to the Upper nollse, together with a copy of the report of the committee.„ To meet the second point, that is a question of time, I have now to ask the assent of the house to an address to his Grace the President to declare the adjournment of this 133 AM with. out entering upon any further business until to-morrow morning. That is the exact substance of what I have to lay before the house, and I will not take up your time or trouble you at present with any comment upon the matter which I have the honour to present to your notice. The Rev. Sir 11. TnomrsoN, with great pain, rose to give notice of the following amendment, when the notice o Archdeacon Denison upon the report should come on forf discussion : "That the Prolocutor be requested to carry to the Upper House a copy of the report, together with the following mesage :—' That in obedience to the direction of his Grace, the president, and the Bishops of the Upper House, a com mittee of the Lower House was appointed to examine the book, entitled Essays and Reviews,' and to report thereon to the Lower House, in order that the Lower House might communicate to the Upper House its opinion whether there was sufficient grounds for proceeding to a synodical judg ment on the book. The Lower House now send up to the Upper House a copy of the report of that committee. The Lower House are not prepared to recommend the passing of a synodical judgment on the book, but they desire to assure the Upper House that they will give their most respectful attention to any communication which may be sent down to them grounded upon the report." - - ' To every point of the report he gave his most hearty con currence, and was quite satisfied that when the house came to look into the schedules appended, they would find suffi • cient ground for every statement they contained. 'With re gard to the conduct of the chairman of the committee, it was impossible to speak in adequate terms of the feeling of gratitude which every member of the committee must feel towards him for the patience, perseverance, zeal, ability and untiring industry which he had manifested throughout' the inquiry, and which was beyond all praise ; but he (Sir H. Thompson) regretted that he could not agree with the Von. Archdeacon in the notice he had given. Archdeacon HONEY gave notice that he should move, when Archdeacon Denison's motion should be brought for ward, as an amendment, "That it is not expedient, under any circumstances, to revive the power of synodical judg ment as regards authors or books." Archdeacon ALLEN did not see the object of adjourning the house. If they were not prepared to enter into the con sideration of the report of the Committee upon "Essays and Reviews," there was no reason why they should not pro ceed with other business. The PROLOCUTOR said the difficulty was this. They were under instructions from the Upper House in reference to the " Essays and Reviews," and such instructions, as a rule, had precedene's of all ether business. But as the Archdeacon of Taunton did not desire that the report of the committee should be discussed at once, he did not know that that should prevent other business being taken. The Dean of ELY deprecated very much the condemna tion of a book by extracts, from which in other cases the most lamentable results had followed. Casting his eye cur sorily over the report, he could at once see some conclusions to which ho thought it would be most deplorable if they committed themselves, and to which they would be com mitted if they adopted the report—conclusions which ap peared to him false and very unfair to form from the work. He thought it would be consistent neither with propriety nor the dignity of the house if, after having the report placed in their hands that morning, they professed to be prepared to enter at once upon its consideration. Archdeacon DENISON said the extracts had only been appended as indications, and not for the house to come to any conclusions upon. Dr. M'CAuL said there was not a member of the house who was not prepared to discuss the merits or demerits of the book at the present moment. It would be a very cul pable neglect on the part of any clergyman of the Church of England not to have read the book. Archdeacon MooRE believed that the book was dying away day by day out of public estimation, and he thought that everything they did to keep it under public notice was mischievous. Canon WonnswoßTH contended that on grounds of Chris tian charity the authors themselves should have an oppor tunity of defending themselves. Some of them no doubt had come to the knowledge that their arguments were so phistical, and that their new light, so to speak, was only ancient darkness. Archdeacon DENISON then moved that the Upper House should be informed of the presentation of the report, accom panied by a request that the Lower House should proceed to its consideration. Sir 11. THOMPSON seconded the motion, which was agreed to, and the fact was represented to the Archbishop and Bishops. The house, after the transaction of some further business, adjourned. LAW LIV TELLIGEN CE.—Jane 18. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. COMPTON V. COMPTON AND BARING.—MISS WYND HAM, THE CELEBRATED ACTRESS. This was a suit instituted by William Henry Compton, a clerk in the Emigration Office, for a dis solution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co respondent, who is a captain in the Guards. The petitioner laid damages at £5,000, and both the respondents pleaded, merely denying the adultery. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., Dr. Spinks and Mr. Gadsden, were counsel for the petitioner ; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Mundel, for the respondent ; and Mr. J. Lewis and Mr. Joyce for the co-respondent. Mr. Macaulay stated the case for the petitioner. He stated that his client was ahighly respectable per son, who in addition to his present situation had been engaged at Mr. Gurney's as a shorthand WriCr, and had supported himself in a creditable manner for several years. The respondent was the daughter of a gentleman named Turner, who had been a cap tain in the Royal Navy, and an artist of some cele brity. But the lady was better known by the name she had assumed of Miss Wyndham, and had long been a favourite with the public from the ability she displayed as an actress. She had a sister also who had appeared on the stage, and who, he was sorry to say, had been in some degree instrumental in pro moting the intimacy between Mrs. Compton and Captain Baring. The marriage was solemnised in 1843, and Mr. and Mrs. Compton lived together till last year, when he discovered his wife's infidelity. About the end of 1848, or the beginning of 1849, Mrs; Compton became attached towards the stage, and she obtained an engagement as a ballet. dancer at the Italian Opera, but being possessed of considerable theatrical ability, she shortly obtained a higher po sition, and was engaged as an actress at different metropolitan theatres. By her professional exei tions she accumulated money, and last year became lessee of St. James's Theatre. At the end of the season she was engaged at Liverpool, and there, as well as in other places, it would be proved that acts of adultery were committed between her and Capt. Baring, Mr. Compton was in the habit of bringing her home from the theatre, and attended to her accounts, but in no way interfered with the money she earned by her professional abilities. As Mrs. Compton had considerable per. sonal attractions it was not a matter of surprise she drew towards her those persons who had an entree behind the scenes, and about four years ago she formed an intimacy with Capt. Baring, who possessed that privilege. It was the practice of that gentleman afterwards to visit at her house, ostensibly with the view of seeing her sister, with whom he had been previously acquainted, and who was residing with her, and ultimately the connexion which led to these proceedings was formed between him and Mrs. Compton about three years ago. Mr. Compton had no suspicion whatever of his wife's misconduct until he accidentally discovered in her clothing a paper with the words, " My dear Harry, will you kindly," and a direction to Capt. Baring, at the Travellers' Club. A most painful scene ensued, and she left her husband in September, since which time she and Capt. Baring have lived as man and wife at his residence, Victoria-road, Kensington. The learned counsel concluded by stating that he did not impute any breach of duty towards the petitioner, with whom he was not acquainted, and to whom he owed no obligations, and the object of his client in damages was to protect himself, and not to in filet excessive pecuniary loss on Capt. Baring. Mr. E. Garwood, managing clerk at Messrs. Beacham's, solicitors, was the first witness called, and stated that he and Mr. Compton had been fellow clerks at a solicitor's in 1836. He lost sight of him until 1843, when he called on him (witness) at the office, where he was then employed, and told him he was going to be married, and that he wished him to give the bride away. He consented, and on the 21st of September, 1843, he attended at St. James's Church, where he found Mr. Compton and two young ladies, Mrs. Compton, and her sister, The latter was older than Mrs. Compton, who was several years younger than her husband. There were no other persons present at the marriage. He had no intimacy with the parties after the marriage. Mr. Mark Lemon was next examined. He said he was a dramatic author, and professionally ac quainted with Mr. and Mrs. Compton, and he after wards was a visitor at their house, where he supped on two occasicalp. His acquaintance with them commenced about five years ago, and he first met Mr. Compton at the stage door of the theatre where Mrs. Compton was then engaged. In his position as dramatic writer be had been frequently behind the scenes at the theatres where Mrs. Compton was performing, and he saw her leave the theatre with her husband on several occasions. Mrs. Compton's conduct behind the scenes was quite correct, and he never witnessed any impropriety on her part. li e might have seen them about fifty times altogether ; the last time was about nine months ago. Miss Turner was living at their house in Piccadilly und er the protection of a gentleman. Mr. Compton was very courteous and well-conducted towards his wif e , and he never saw anything disagreeable between them. On one occasion, however, Mrs. Compton told him that she had a disagreement with her husband, who was a fortnight without speaking domestic quarrel, and did to her, and that she had left him. He supposed that it was a merenotsuspect there was anything more serious. Caroline Marshall said that she was at Mr. Compton's at 209, Piccadilly, for about seven years. 1 Captain Baring frequently called at the house, at first she believed about five years ago, and he askei for Miss Turner, who occupied the first floor. For the last three years Mr. and Mrs. Compton occupied different bed-rooms, and he used for days to remain without speaking to her. She had heard Mrs. Compton say, within the last three or four years, that she did not like Mr. Compton. She used to take notes from her to Mr. Baring. She first gave in formation of what she knew to Mr. Compton after his wife left home. Mrs. Compton had some hand some jewellery, but she generally used her sister's. She bad known Mr. Compton to be very sulky, and on these occasions Mrs. Compton used to say, " Do you think he has found anything out ?" (Laughter.) Mary Kirby stated that she was in care of a house, No. 1, St. George's-terrace, Herne Bay, and she remembered in March, 1858, a gentleman taking some apartments in the house, and she found oat that it was Captain Baring. Two ladies and a servant occupied the apartments, and there was a room for Captain Baring to sleep in, but the bed was not used, and was tumbled merely to give it the appearance of having been slept in. The bed in the room which was occupied by one of the ladies (Mrs. Compton) appeared as if two persons had been steeping in it. The parties came to the same house again in the following September. This evidence closed the petitioner's case. Mr. Hawkins then addressed the jury, and said that, though he could not deny the adultery, he would be able to show such misconduct on the part of the petitioner to his wife as would disentitle him to any excessive damages. He called attention to the extraordinary circumstances under which a. marriage had been solemnised between a young girl and a mnn much older than herself, without the knowledge or consent of her family, he having at the time no occupation, and having just been insolvent. When they after wards got into diffi culties she went upon the stage, with her husband's entire approval, and, instead of making her appear ance under her real name, assumed, by his desire, the name of Miss Wyndham, so that no one knew she had a husband whose duty it was to protect her. After she was upon the stage what was his con duct? e allowed her to go to and from the theatre alone, and for weeks together she was absent from his house. When they were together he did nothing whatever to make her home happy. He threw her into the greatest peril into which a beautiful young woman could be thrown in London. He saw her wear expensive dresses and jewellery which could never have been bought by a ballet-girl out of her salary, and he never made the slightest inquiry into her conduct, or took any step whatever for her protection. The jury would hear from her sister, Miss Turner, the whole his tory of their married life, asd it would be proved that he had slighted her, and treated her with so much neglect and unkindness that it was not sur prising that she had sought elsewhere the affection which he denied her. Before 1854 she was living very much under the protection of an officer in the army, whose name it was needless to mention. That gentleman made her frequent presents, and she was in the constant habit of accompanying him to boat ing parties, to dinners at Richmond, and to other amusements of a similar character. Mr. Compton appeared to be utterly regardless of her character,. or of the manner in which she spent time. Captain Baring first made her acquaintance at a dinner party at the Piazza Coffee-house, Covent-garden, in company with the officer he had mentioned. He had no idea that she was a married woman, having met her in such an equivocal position, and after the officer had gone to the Crimea, and the connec tion with him had been broken off, he made the lady's acquaintance; they became attached to one another, and it could not be denied that they were now living together. But he contended that the conduct of the petitioner himself had been the chief cause of this result, and that under the circum stances he was only entitled to nominal damages. The trial was then adjourned till Thursday morning. ;ked. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL-JUNE 18. At our market to-day there was a thin attendance, and factors seemed unwilling to buy except at a reduction upon last week's prices of is to 2s per qr on wheat, 6d on oats, and 6d on barley. THE UPPER HOUSE. The Archbishop and Bishops composing the Upper House assembled in the oard-room of Queen Anne's Bounty office. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and there were also present the Bishops of London, NV inchester, Lich field, Oxford, St. Asaph, Chichester, Lincoln, Glooester and Bristol, Bath and Wells, and Salisbury. Mr. Francis Hart Dyke, the registrar, and Mr. Felix Knyvett, the Arch bishop's secretary, were also in attendance. PROPOSED NEW CHURCH HYMNAL. The Bishop of LONDON called attention to a request on the part of the Lower House of Convocation to the effect that his Grace the Archbishop and their Lordships would appoint a committee to act with a committee of the Lower House to consider the propriety of authorising a book of hymns and metrical psalms for the use of the Church. The Bishop of OXFORD said he must deprecate the ap pointment of such a committee. There had been hitherto great liberty in the Church of England with regard to this matter, and the loss of it, he thought, would be deeply felt. He thought it was perfectly manifest that there was no thing which touched so quickly the religious feeling's of all Christian people as psalms and hymns, and nothing to which people would be more instinctively alive than taking from them the freedom they at present enjoyed in refer ence to this act of public worship. He, of course, consi dered it a great misfortune that there was such a diversity with regard to the books of psalms and hymns now in use in our churches, and he believed that the only way of escaping from the action of that misfortune was by bringing more together the religious feelings and expres sions of their common Church, and by the gradual growth and more general use of that which was dearest to all. It was only by the principle of willing selection that any such aid could be obtained. Deeply as he desired to see more unity, ho did not think that at the present time, and under present circumstances, any attempt of this sort would bring about the result which was anticipated. He hoped, therefore, that the prayer of the petition would be postponed. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said he agreed entirely with what the Bishop of Oxford had said. He thought their Lordships would do well to send a message to the Lower House, stating that they did not consider it desirable to accede to the suggestion which had been made. The Bishop of WINCHESTFM thought it would be exceed ingly difficult to find any hymn-book which would give general satisfaction to the Church. The Bishop of SALISBURY said ho must vote against any attempt on the part of Convocation to set about this matter. He was most eager to maintain the present prayer.book without alteration in any way, and he thought that liberty in other matters tended to maintain the prayer. book in its integrity. If they determined now to set about producing a new hymn-book, they would find that they had not the materials for it. The Bishop of LONDON said ho had brought the matter under their Lordships' notice, knowing that it had received the grave consideration of the Lower House, and he should be sorry to find that no one agreed with the Lower House in the conclusion to which they had come. Many of Ow un fortunate disputes which had taken place in various parishes owed their origin to the hymn-books which were in use, or " hymnals," as they aro called. It was desirable, if possible, that there should be some mode of removing those disputes, and it was to secure that object that the Bishops were for • mally appealed to to sanction a hymn-book for general use. The Lower House did not ask that the thing should be done, but simply that a ccmmittee should be appointed to con sider it. The Bishop of WINCHESTER said the appointment of a Committee would induce the belief that something beneficial would arise out of it, which ho scarcely thought could be the case. The Bishop of LICHFIELD considered that doctrine was taught as much by hymns as by other means. Wesleyans had but one hymn-book for their whole body, and wherever they went, even across the Atlantic, there they found it. He was once at the Land's-end when a seafaring man told him that that was where John Wesley wrote his celebrated hymn. He asked, " What hymn 2" and the man said, " Why, the hymn on page 16 in the book. (Laughter.) He believed that many of the clergy would consider such a general hymn .book a great boon to their parishes. The Bishop of LINCOLN did not think the importance of the question could be exaggerated, and that as the Church had one prayer-book, it should have one hymn-book, to be used wherever worshippers met together; but he feared that ro appoint a Committee would be only to raise hopes which there would be no reasonable chance of fulfilling, especially when he remembered that at the present time there were at least 300 different hymn-books, that each had its compiler, in many cases a living compiler, and that each compiler had a publisher, friends, and attached congregations. In many congregations there was as much attachment to the hymn-book as to the prayer -book. Under these circum stances he did not think that a hymn. book emanating from Convocation would have a chance of taking the place of any of those now in use. After some further discussion, The Bishop of LICHFIELD moved that his Grace the Pre silent be requested to intimate that while the Upper House Wa s fullY Gcusible of the importance of thesubject, they did not at present think it advisable to recommend his Grace t , ) appoint a Committee. This resolution was unanimously agreed to. THE 29TH CANON. The Bishop of OXFORD said he wished to bring under the notice of their Lordships the alterations which the Lower Rowse had made in the 29th Canon, as amended by the Upper House at the last sitting. His Lordship said hehad a strong objection to those portions which affirmed that the parents of children should not act as god-parents when others might be had. This was a subject on which the Church allowed great liberty of action, and he thought it was inex pedient to use any language which would tend to circum scribe it. The early Church encouraged, if in some cases it did not require, that parents should be god-parents. It was the doctrine of spiritual affinity which brought on the corruption of later times, and which tended to bring fees and authority to the Church of Rome. A lengthened discussion took place, and it was agreed that an intimation should be sent to the Lower House that their Lordships did not agree with the alterations which had been made in the amended canon. After the transaction of some further business the house adjourned. THE LOWER HOUSE. The deans, archdeacons, and proctors composing the Lower House of Convocation assembled in the Jerusalem Chamber, "Westminster Abbey, at 11 o'clock. The Vener able Archdeacon Bickel-sta'n presided, in the absence of the Dean of Bristol, the Prolocutor ; and there were present the Hon. and very Rev. Dr. G. Pellew, Dean of Norwich ; the very Rev. Dr. llarvey Goodwin, Dean of Ely; the Ven. Archdeacon Sandford (Coventry), the Von. Archdeacon Randall (Berkshire), the Von. Archdeacon Thorp (Bristol), the Von. Archdeacon Denison (Taunton), the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Canon of Westminster; the Rev. Dr. Jelf, Principal of King's College; the Rev. Dr. Leighton, War den of All Souls' College, &ford ; the Rev. Dr. Briscoe, the Rev. Canon Woodgate, the Rev. Lord A. Compton, the Rev. Sir George Prevost, the Rev. A. Oxonden, the Rev. E. A. Ommanney, the Rev. F. Vincent, the Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, the Rev. Mr. W. Mayow, the Rev. G. Gillett ) &c. LEEDS-JUNE 18. Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, but the trade in wheat was of a dull character, at a decline of is to 2s upon last Tuesday's rates. Beans rather lower. Barley, oats, and other articles unaltered. LYNN-JUNE 18. There was a moderate attendance. The supply of wheat. was middling, with a slow business. Good sorts receded Is on previous quotations; inferior, is to 2s per qr. Barley in short supply, at barely the prices of last week. Oats were in slow demand. Beans in short supply, and less in price. Old white 518 to 58s I Old red 50s to 52s Barley. 2Bs to 34s Oats ..22s to 26s Beans .425,t0 468 I Peas 48s to Ms NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE-JUNE 17. At this corn market there was a moderate show of wheat. The trade was slow, and the prices were at a decline on the rates of last week—white making 64s to 68s, red b 25 to 60s. The supply of barley was small, and not much changed in value. Oats were in limited request, with a slow sale, from 27s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans met with a dull sale, from 44s to 58a per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY-JUNE 18. - - - There was a small show of wheat to-day, which sold at is to 2s under the previous week's rates for all descriptions. Barley less inquired for, but maintaining late rates. For oats the trade was dull. Prices :—White wheat, 553 Od to 61s Od ; red, 48s Od to 57s per 36 stone ; beans scarce, at 57s to 60s for old; new sorts, 46s per 38 st. ; barley, 36s to 40s for malting, and 29s to 32s per tir. for grinding; oats, 22s to 28s Od per 24 stone. NOR'W ICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was large. The trade was slow, is favour of purchasers, and a large portion re mained unsold. Scots, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; shorthorns, 3s 6d to 48 ; Irish, 3a Od to 3s 6d ; Devons, 4s to 5s Oct (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts a good show, but sales dull, at 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep—There was a good supply of sheep in the peas. Fat sheep, 88 Od to 8s 6d per stone ; prime, Os Od Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 16s to 20s; fat pork, 7s ed to 8s Od per stone. 7111 MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Coylon, and ;Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. .. .. .. .. June 18. Do. - (via Marseilles) July 13. Brazil and Cape Verds .. .. .. .. July 4.1 Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .. Cuba and Mexico .. . • .. .. .. June `.:B. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) Overdue. Cape of Good Hope, &e... .. .. • • July 2 China, Penang, and Singapore (via' S'ampton) June 18. Do (via Marseilles) June 26. Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • • • .• June 18. 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