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I:* 0 . MORGAN frequentiy visited the library, and was fan 'fled to think that the uumber of visitors was much more the Hon. Member for Reading supposed. 3;a!vote was then agreed to. neziola 2 21/ : t o d efray the expense of the new building in eon -s,7ith the B r iti s h Museum.—Agree 0 d to. . for purchases by th e t rus t ee s during the year.- -s 'eed to. EDUCATION. t :,, ° ,o : l , ird the vote of 150,0001. for public education in Great Bri t proposed astute J. RUSSELL said, in the absence of the Right Hon. eeeraan the Secretary of State for the Home Department, "118 oght it his duty to state to the Committee what the oli - the proposed vote was, and how it was to be ap p..ed• They were aware that this vote began in 1833, w t h oo ea Lasraore than 50,0001. In 1839, however, a change t the mode of distributing the sum voted. It was itie_Posed in that year that a Committee of Council should be yet rated who were to have the distribution of the money s to t, and who were from time to time to make mi e n r ute eon_ cil_ a ,itiode in which such money was disbursed. V We sums had since been voted. t"" he had referred to there were 120,0001. voted In the early p fo a r rt y d o i f st t r h i e_ by the Lords of the Treasury. Up to that time it ap -813,,ftr-ed hY a return placed before the House that ther.e tt w e er o e f '4,1)02/. distributed for this purpose, and the Committee iy, t h eir expended 6 41,542/. There was a balance remaining :41,salie8ir6hands of 99,58 R. The estimate for the present year „. ,3801., but it was proposed to take only 150,0001. ;Is thouht necessary to retain a considerable balance tieand for e_the purpose of fulfilling the engagements which eon__?trunite of Counl ha entere into. It should b re fre,,7ted also te that therec i were larger sums of money derived private resources for the promotion of the same objects. b t a. large sum had necessarily to be expended upon the te'''eg of schoolhouses throughout the country.. Of late e lra there had been a new plan adopted, which _w sn el l i o t o f i ltr . T hat na, the original scheme, for the bnil v d e in f eee t t,?_ l4ll . was founded upon what he bed we which g t t h o o es b e e p a u j b u li s c t stuiti:Leration--namely, that the way in hi th e o s 'night be made more available not in increasing itlantity, but in improving the quality of education Str e e4 e . r .' hear.) For that purpose it was t proposed to give augment in certain in cede !?fl through pupil teachers; end s ijae salaries of masters and mistre o sses,to furnish maps hi bit t'vo,,, of instruction, and to give annual grants at ex se e c,'". 4B . There were no less than 6.700 persons annually far - ,g Payments from the sum voted by Parliament. So bee scheme had been tried it had been found most tti,,,.eu,cial, the eciallv the plan of paying their teachers and pe r Zng the p young - men for schoolmasters. Many of the re- Th e l l ade by the inspectors show the value of this plan. '". Mr. Mosely, whose abilities were well known— if, hear)—the Rev. Mr. Watkins, and Mr. te e one one of the inspectors, in their several reports bore elie t i g°ll Y to this f ac t. Wh en t h ey cons id ere d t h e very time during which the labouring classes were Itai_ed to send their children to school it was of the grerest tfUnce to find this fact admitted. The number receiving education under the improved system Be d ch gr ea t er than under the former one.7 (H ear. ) given the rep or t s o f the i nspectors b e longing to the the"Aeal Schools and the National Society, employed by opitrfornittee of CounciL He would now state the b e ll ,,Of Mr. Murrell, the inspector of British Schools. tp so i' eo nle Lord here read the document referred to, but tke, to it tone of voice it was i m po s sible to catch a dis ikp,"_Beatence iu the ga ll ery. W e un d erstoo d it t o be a re elFloB4tating the complete success of the new system of edu lelleol) tir. Ma rs h a ll , the inspector of the R oman C a th o li c 8 : gave similar evidence, as did also Dr. Woodford. gett• iltilaqoduction of those pupil teachers, and the rewards tt eot e ; th em, had not only an immediate beneficial %tir t - Pan those young men, but gave them great en ent to persevere for the future. The plan was t tiot ti ",, e ," calculated to interest all the parents and rela -5114,)"` lila Parties in the great work of education. -(Hear, h e f was observed by all who had seen the work- e the new sy s t em t h at a great st i mu l us h a d b een tato_ to the progress of education. With respect to the tho'irnatters which he had mentioned—namely, the altera -1/44,111 the salaries of the masters and mistresses, and the eoet;igrrants at exhibiti ons, h e t h oug h t i t highly desirable tho hadage as far as p oss ibl e th ose mas t ers an d mistresses eotighl dis tinguished themselves. He had' often found that Very a PPeared by the returns made to that that Yet tl,: lar ge number of children attended the public schools, te t t () eet t he quality of education given them was very in theirr' that little • ._ impression was consequently made upon t eett: tm erstandin gs , an d t h at muc h money, t i me, and at. t o ' l l to h ar ere wasted to no p ur p ose . Th ere was , h owever , st ill t enic o k ' s erved that evil which, he feared, must for some time ,Without a remedy in their great educational system iS e tY, the children being taken away from the schools at Nit ea rlY age. There was no less than 35 per cent. under age ttli'teara of age, and 62 per cent under ten years of per e eo , e h away from these schools. There was only eight i4eg e a• bove twelve years of age to be found remaining in }hett4eaools. It was manif e st th a t t h e c hi ldren taken away ey Were not likely to benefit much by the education Aliep . .!tved, and they would fail to find art educated popu- I ttee:j a ithough they might see a vast number of children po~Pteaeotng kr these schools. He could not see any remed at , this evil. It was natural and inevitable that a eu ildren, when a rr i v i ng a t a cer t a i n age, would be tbepl ef ,viceable to their parents in augmenting their miser eelY earnings, and thus the benefits of education to triughtvfere lost. At the same time he thought that there tf t e „„ D P schools established in which less attendance would atterj'ired from boys about twelve years years of age. *.etildr4l. fight be periods allowed for going to school which * tat th" 'elv some time to be devoted to ordinary labour ; ere could be small libraries formed in connexion alle eo ?ese schools in which the habit of reading might be tlaske`,.eged, which was likely to be kept up in after life. In aid,p4,,o one Point of this grand theory, there was a con fot th `e sum required for the support of a training school, o,sPecial training of masters of workhouses; that was 14,2 i °r 1 411. It had cost already a great deal of money ; igN.: able man was placed there, and there was every o LI to believe that the school would be considerably VC& Re could not leave this subject without repeat he th at , he had often stated before in that House—namely, Nit iTgut that they could not do too much as members of e, 1111 41 1 „ ° tIse or as individuals in improving the condition •111eto'llouring the situations of schoolmasters.—(Hear.) .. t te th e W as no class of men employed that was more useful Zeta pis e kititry. He must say it was exceedingly painful to "irkt araall salaries paid to such a deserving and impor- Neass.--(Hear, hear.) He (Lord John Russell) oaly further state that there were several . votes Liae 'eaPect to similar subjects in the estimate. gird e d s econd vote after that now under notice re „Zlat CI, education in Ireland ; and he was bound state `aete r -e training school in Dublin was one of asupenor cha t:l4e; Me bad been much struck with the quickness of ap- Or:Len and readiness of the memory of the pupils when i 'll4 - enr ,"i that *ty This vote was proposed to be increased • over the vote of 1849, and 9,0001. over that of 1 . 740,`,u 8 next vote was for the School of Design, of which Ron Friend would give every requisite informa zat n'uate were 360 scholars in the head school in London, ".000*Qe branches in the country contained no less than tatl tl PPe. Considerable progress had been made, and 'etY Waal felt to obtain the advantages of these th e 'raenta. It was proposed to distribute the drawings mett , lea d schools among t h e country sc h oo l s , an d grea t be l/40 eXPeCted to be derived from it. A sum nearly the L ee we that granted the preceding year was proposed for j,L l tite i t t e utn of Economic Geology, which, though a new o m e -11 ' Was of the greatest practical benefit in a country res4laiottlierale were of such importances a England. Two Iho W ore 1 1 the present list, but connected with the ques t tr aii 1 13f .atiosed—one of which was for the publication of The r s i B jl loll of the cuneiform inscriptions. There had wh o Ttar vote many years ago for the same purpose. the 'e a mount of the estimate was 435,9201., which t ) 44; slob,it sums referred to, would, perhaps, make the n ke' e part of the estimates were more useful To t tTed largely wit?, seeeoft.edncimates had iit4tior! th e e P w ur ia p o o l That portion of th n e est I 1833 the vote a t itohne was a s t 3 2 0 0 , 00 y %az now it was 50,0001., tote propor- X everth _, ismate was increased in the same gratifying Ate,,, (4 the w hfP 8 , he considered it the most 4 ; a th e ole series, seeing that it was calculated toiim 'l, pea country,,, and make it internally, as well as ester °fkce oil and happy. hk, rOx s • o seter said the formation of- a few schools of a high 4 ,tattt v , ~,3 Much more advantageous than the formation h i t'aie ' l W' a contrary character. The present was, however, tt a r ", tha ell a further change was necessary. It seemed to t ory . ;liTie other mode of distributing the grant was ne -11,7 Year u e sum it was intended to expend was 55,0001. eeoaeoll school building. He thought, however, the time ,Zal t er to check this ex . pense. There was already school tiv4cl th e '"re than twice the number of pupils that at e, e,, • more He also thought there was too much exclu- IP,_4eh-0441..the. distribution of the gran_t, a_ad that the classes 0 th e idol d e ed should be embraced. One o these classes 411i ti - secular schools which were so popular with the 7 14 c lass es sto be self-supporting. . Another class ti ."W.ll e),"o°,se, ichools which were disqualified by their ._N td glsvness—suehschools under charity trusts. A. as M kri t !ts..rtohe ragged schools. This class was at pre might justly be le to lLtlea 1 2a the grant, though they . A fourth class was schools connected with the in manufacturing towns. Another fe te wes Jew schools. He considered the training ere in a condition to train more schoolmasters than fki,(154:18..a demand for—they. were now 6,000 opeth„r4uy bore a considerable disproportion to the his services. He should have been glad to have in number, " „aF a national system of education realised, and to look torTts arrangement as merely provisional. Witl4 JOHN RUSSELL—I certainly do look forward ther establishment of a system of national edu '444tiou 4 Sti n ea .) At present, however, we are doing all that t`, 3 , 1 ; 91_15 matter. t T l q t°!it'r applauded the formation of village libraries, t) ,`, ,tne promotion of evening schools. He trus:ed „ 1 ,41 be able in some future year to expand the educa ..ntera and L e er ,„ , have an annual statement, as in the case Rt. t,; - "Y and navy estimates. 1311 tll " • MILES v„Tt to thought that the teaching of the Bible t itht tT the foundation of their educational system. He " so li °° Rouse and the Noble Lord to insist on making • " 1 3 rud• 1 4 h r. tit, imentally Christian. waim o ,,,'LE asked the lion. Member what he would do Nabi e "an if he made the Bible and Christianity an indis oht,oh,, pan of education ? What he regretted in the sys -I°Bctir,":;tiffat it did not reach those poor districts where no tittirv"iop could be raised. Until schools were established ih a tt ied e ut ia ge, he despaired of seeing education effectually Government ought to refuse employment to gttqttt,could net read and write. tipl e . „' -ELL begged to ask the Noble Lord upon what elated Blandfor was that so small a sum as 150,0001. should be r the education of a population of 16,000,000 in 412 6,541,!(,,1,51,34,560/. for Ireland, where the population was tet'ltt"l6TU bo . foe _ said the Noble Lord had announced his in towed wi!,!stablish a national system of education, and this, itibttrettil,hfetetaieer(islae Statement of the Hon. Member for Oldham, forward with alarm to the time when a num tsitt_'eetet ed twilti had received a high degree of moral and o ok t em to should be thrown upon the world ideals gu rat tha, cl 11! Want i P e: io Y s him with some apprehension, oei to fi w il lo w they could be assured that S a l) : °e Pe 'llci r iv e w.ould be safe members of society? With iedetY extension foundation laid he should not be alarmed the fear any ns education- (Hear, hear)—nor did he of the Gov ? "nes, whether they should come from arty that th e t4e lt g ° • lle trusted duration tia,Protest ofthe ir tel l l of net' P pe o i ern inent or elsewhere ; because he well o f this country would never consent to ducation which was not based . on re the Governrnqnt would not listen . to te r more solo i on. Member for Oldhatn. against building tined go t ailedavl) "houses. The manufacturing districts had g ot as_an themselves of those grants, and now that they y sc hools toTe rural ..entatives to throw difficulties in the way ilp observ'e'al‘cts obtaining similar advantages. It was of tiae conditi at one -sixth or one -seventh of the whole Ilttd her that La „Ilot received received grants from the National Society Imposed,m the Privy Council on account tog ,atholi atnlatmsvenast,a Lri th at t , 1:18 and they had just reason to com elan .e 3, were not placed in so liberal a position as the e ,to all departure from the understand he erne to i n p• IVotil"nbuted which was, that the fund was to Christians alike.—(Hear hear.) The - mg t thnq had stated that there was a surplus ' of soul ewhat 6°'°". did not object to this, but thought THE it would be convenient to place before the House an annual statement of the sums actually expended.—(Hear.) Mr. W. J. FOX said the Hon. Member had misunderstood him. He had merely expressed his regret at the prospect of educated men being placed in a situation in which they would receive loss remuneration than the lowest menial. Mr. GL ADSTONE concurred generally in the sentiments expressed by the Hon. Member for Oxford ; and with refer ence to the unhappy differences between the Committee of Privy Council and the National Society, were he the founder of a school he should certainly not be disposed to adopt the constitution to which the Committee of Privy Council had taken objection; but, on the other band, he d►d not think that those who adopted that constitution should be excluded altogether from participation in the public grant; and if it were true that one-seventh of the schools which had applied for a share in the grant were excluded from it on account of their adherence to that constitution of school, he must ex press regret that the Committee of Council should adhere so strictly to its rules; and he trusted that before the subject was again brought before the House, the wisdom and conci liatory temper of the G wernmept would discover some means of remedying so serious a mischief. So much on the general question. He now wished to have a particular point cleared up. There was a rumour prevalent that in the case of a pa;ticular school, which he had not heard named, the founders. it being strictly a school of the Church of Eng land, applied for a grant, it being proposed by them at the same time that the master and mistress should be communi cants of the Church of England, and the rumour proceeded to say that upon that account the founders of the school were excluded from a share in the grant. After a few words from Mr. gLANEY and Mr. CAREW, Lord J. RUSSELL wished to make some remarks on ac count of what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Oxford. The Hon. Member for Oldham had expressed a hope that they did not intend to give up the expectation of being able to establish a general national system of education, and he (Lord J. Russell) had at once replied that he did not give up the hope, but that they meant to keep it in view. From that the Hon. Member for Oxford most strangely concluded that the scheme which the Government meant to adopt was that of the Hon. Member for Oldham. There was nothing in what he said to justify such an interference. When the scheme of the Hon. Member for Oldham was before the House, he (Lord J. Russell) stated his objections to it. He differed from the Hon. Member for Oldham then and now. He thought there were two essential requisites to be observed in a general national system of education—one was, that se • cular education should not'be separated from religious educa tion, the other, that no child brouc.fht up at the cost of the public funds should be compelled to attend to any reli gious instruction to which his parents conscientiously ob jected. With respect to the differences between the National Society and the Committee of Privy Council, the latter had always carried on its correspondence with the society, with a view to coming to an agreement on those counts of differ ence. It was always insisted on by the Committee of Council that there should be lay members on the committees of management of the schools, and when the National Society said that the lay members should be communicants of the Church of England the Committee of Council agreed to it. There remained, however, one point of difference—the Com mittee of Council were not prepared to afford aid to schools where the secular instruction was entirely placed under the direction of clerical persons, so that where the clergy differed from all the lay members of the committee of management of a school, and appealed to the bishop, and the bishop should go with the clergy against the lay members, that decision should not govern the conduct of the committee. It appeared to the Committee of Council that such a course was fraught with injurious consequences, and he (Lord J. Russell), feeling jealous of any increase of power accruing to the clergy, whe ther belonging to the Establishment or any other communion, entertained a great objection to the proposal of the society in the matter; and he did not think that the confidence of the clergy had been lost by that decision. Looking, at least to the proportion of the funds granted to each communion, there was no ground to suppose that it had ; for nearly 79 per cent. was granted to the National Society's schools; 9 per cent. to the British and Foreign schools, per cent. to the W esleyans, and * per cent. to the Roman Catholics. With respect to the question of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone), it appeared it was proposed that the master and mistress should be communicants of the Church of Eng land, whereas the terms of the union with the National So ciety were that the masters and mistresses should be members of the Church of England, and the Committee of Council thought it was better to adhere strictly to the terms of the National Society. Mr. GLADSTONE, in that case, hoped the decision would be re- considered. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote, of 134,5601. to defray the expenses of the Commission of National Education in Ireland, was agreed to after a short conversation. A vote of 15,0551. for schools of design,&c., was agreed to. The following votes were also agreed to :- 2,006/ for professors in Oxford and Cambridge. 3,9201. for the University of London. 7,610/. for universities in Scotland. 3001. for the Royal Irish Academy. 3001. for the Royal Hibernian Academy. 6,2601. for the Royal Dublin Society. 3,0001. for the theological professors of the Belfast Acade mical Institution. 1,6201. for the Queen's University in Ireland. 1,7001. for the Na tonal Gallery. 15,6231. for the Museum of Practical Geology, and the geological survey of Great Britain and Ireland. 2,4211. for the magnetic observations abroad. 10,0001. for the erection of a national gallery in Edin burgh. The House then resumed. The Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill passed through Com mittee. The Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill passed through Com mittee. The Turnpike Road (Ireland) Bill passed through Com mittee. The Private Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpikes Acts Continuance Bill, and the Marriages (India) Bill passed through Committee. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. _ Mr. STAFFORD then moved that an address should be presented to her Majesty for a copy of the warrant under her Majesty's sign manual, authorising the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to enter upon a piece of ground in Hyde-park, and to erect buildings thereupon for the purposes of the Exhibition. And for a deed of covenant from the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, to observe and perform certain terms and conditions mentioned in the said warrant, and to reinstate and yield up the site granted for the purposes of the Exhi bition. The motion was agreed to. Lord SEYMOUR then obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend two several Acts of her Majesty's reign, enabling the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests to pur chase land to form Victoria Park; and to indemnify the trustees of copyhold land held in trust for her Majesty; and also a Bill to amend the Act for regulating the con struction and use of buildings in the metropolis and its neigh bourhood. Both Bills were then brought in and read a first time. The House then adjourned at One o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 11. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. BURGESSES AND FREEMEN'S ENFRANCHISE- MENT BILL. Lord BEAUMONT postponed the committal of this Bill until Monday. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, several private Bills were forwarded a stage. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition in favour of the preservation of the Crystal Palace, and praying that it might be made a shut-up winter garden; also, petitions from various places against the Papal ag gression. CRYSTAL PALACE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a most excellent and worthy and clever man, Mr. Joseph Pax ton, of Chatsworth, against the taking down of the Crystal Palace.—(Hear.) He had, when Mr. Paxton asked him to present the petition said he was the last person who should be asked to present the petition, be cause ho had always been against p lacin g the Exhibition in Hyde-park--not against the Exhibition itself, because he had always expressed his app roval of the Exhibition itself as a work of not only British but European utility—but he had opposed the Exhibition taking place in Hyde-park, because the ere ction of that building and the taking it down would be a nuisance. And he had also been of opinion that th e erection of it would encroach upon the Park, and would be illegal; and he still felt that his Hon. and Learned Friend, the now Master of the Rolls, ought not to have interfered to pre vent the question, as to the legality or illegality of that erection, from being discussed in a court of law; and if the same thing were to go over again, he should p ro b a bly argu e as he had done, and be of pre cisely the same opinion that he bad been; he therefore would not go into the question but let Mr. Paxton state his own c ase i n hi s own wor ds. There was a great differenc e b etween b e i ng oppose d to the placing the Palace i n Hyde -park and the consenting to its removal. (The Noble L or d t h en procee d e d to read portions of the petition of Mr. Paxton, in which ho stated that had the duty on glass continued no such building as Palace could have been constructed. the Crystal The existence, therefore, of the Crystal Palace was due Sir Robert Peel.) Mr. Paxton said a m t heiansgu couldmeasures of be more u se f u l t o this metropolis than to retain that vast s pace as a winter garden for the re creation of the people during the six months of winter. Such a building so maintained . w ou ld not on l y ten d t o th e amuseme nt but to t he useful i nstruction of theilmople by the transfer to that building from the over-crowded rooms of the British Museum of the Natural History collection. The opinion of Mr. Paxton was e nt i t l ed to be respect fully heard and to a certain degree deferred to, and he had no doubt but that for a less amount than the funds at the disposal of the Commissioners it might be trans ferred into a winter garden and museum, and th at f rom the annual income derived from admission, the whole of the expenses of its maintenance might be pro vided for, and he prayed their Lordships :to pre vent the Crystal Palace from being removed or destroyed, He hoped that before the great building should be re moved the fullest investigation would take place into the allegations of the petition, and that due consideration should should be given to the reasonss on the one side and op the other. He ventured to say that the people of this country were decidedly of opinion against its removal. For after this Exhibition had succeeded in a manner whi exceeded the expectations of its most sangaine supporte i ch rs, if they were to destroy the building they would bb..gv ing to the world, after an Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, an unparalleled exhibition of the folly and vacillation of this nation; and therefore he believed that the people of this country were opposed to the destruction of the Crystal Palace.—(Hear.) The great benefit of the Exhibition had not, however, been without alloy.—(Hear.) That success had inflicted great suffer ing on the shopkeepers, but that suffering would not be occasioned by the change of it into a winter garden. He was convinced that without Mr. Paxton that Exhi bition would never have taken place. If the building had not been erected according to his plan of glass and iron, that Exhibition would not have taken place. Mr. Pax ton had consulted him on the subject, and he had ad vised him to submit his plan, and it was infinitely to the credit of the committee, whose conduct throughout had been admirable, and nothing was more entitled to ap proval than their immediate adoption of the plan of Mr. Paxton. What he wished them now to do was to pause be ' fore consenting to its destruction. He had the honour of being chairman of a well-known society—that of Useful Knowledge; and he knew that they were about to petition in favour of maintaining the Crystal Palace, as they be ' lieved it would be a great support of their ally, the school master, and a great support against their rival, yr rather ad- SUN, LONDON, versary, the gin palace,—(Hear.) He had been told that already 2,56,),000 of people had passed through the building, of which about 250,000 only had come from the country, the rest being people of the metropolis and its neighbourhood. Recollecting how small a portion of the humblest class had been able to visit the Exhibition, he was inclined to say, on learning that the receipts from shillings had been as much as 2,5001. a day, would it had rather been 2001. from pence.— ( Hear, hear,) He had to entreat their Lordships to give a favourable consideration to the petition. Lord CAMPBELL said, in his humble opinion, the Crystal Palace was a wonderfui work, but it had fulfilled its mission, and the public could not be accused of fickleness if they al lowed it to be removed. He admitted that Mr. Paxton was an honourable man, a talented man, and an honour to his country. The edifice he had erected was a wonderful edifice and had been very successful. But the question after all to deeide was, what was to be done with the Crystal Palace? He had seen Mr. Paxton's pamphlet on the subject; but he must say his opinion was that the Crystal Palace itself was the most striking feature of the Exhibition. But was the Exhibtion to be rendered perpetual ? That was the ques tion. He did not coincide with Mr. Paxton's views, nor did he think it was advisable to let all the world into the Crys tal Palace free, and to have a grant from Government for the necessary expenses. Some doubt had been expressed of the stability of the materials with which the palace was constructed. There arose, also, the question, what was the palace to be devoted to ? Some said a museum, but Mr. Paxton declared it was not adapted for that purpose. Others thought it would serve for a menagerie, but this was out of the question. Some were in favour of its being made a receptacle for small models (we understood) of all improvements in foreign and other machinery. He would read from Mr. Paxton's petition the grounds on which that gentleman conceived it would be advisable to turn the palace into a permanent winter garden. (The Noble Lord here read an extract from the petition in question, in which Mr. Paxton set forth this view respecting the future destination of the Crystal Palace.) Their Lordships would also perceive from this petition that Mr. Paxton was a great poet as well as a great architect. Mr. Paxton said if the building was converted into a winter garden " multi tudes might come to the place in the depth of the winter, and recline among groves, enjoying the climate of Southern Italy, and admiring works of art and nature, regardless of the biting winds and drenching snow."—(Laughter.) The climate of Southern Italy was to be here enjoyed in winter, and in the midst of snow. But how were the parties who were to enjoy this sunny climate to get to and from the building without experiencing "biting winds and drifting snow ?" These, he conceived, were the dreams of an en thusiast, who was unable to discover the drift or the difficulties of his own conceptions. There were other difficulties in the way of Mr. Paxton's plan. Did he specu late on a gift of 100,0001. and a grant of 20,000/. a year? No; the plan was to ba self-supporting; the expenses were to be defrayed by money taken at the doors. There were also other difficulties to be considered and overcome. If Mr. Paxton's plan were carried out, it would be necessary to have a considerable number of the police constantly watching the Palace throughout the year; and this would be another ex pense and another difficulty. There would be a large per manent building in Hyde-park—that park hitherto so zea lously guarded from encroachment that, a few years ago, a small portion was even refused for building a church upon. He would also remind their Lordships of the inconvenience of baying large masses drawn to this spot. He would remind their Lordships of the inconvenience to the residents near the palace, and the solemn compact with them that the Crystal Palace should not be permanent. If the Crystal Palace was to be made permanent it could only be done by Act of Parli ament. An Act of Parliament might render that lawful which was not so, but it could not destroy a previous obli gation, nor cancel a previous compact. He said, " Let by gones be bygones ;" but then he protested against an injury being repeated or perpetuated. Earl GRANVILLE would not have addressed their Lord ships, had he not been entrusted with a petition to present on the subject. Now, he was one of the worst persons pos sible to be entrusted with such a duty, because the fact was the Commissioners had no discretion in the matter. They wereibound by stringent clauses to put Hyde-park by a certain time in the same state as they found it. The subject had, therefore, never been discussed at the meetings of the Royal Commissioners, and he was only accidentally aware of the private feelings of some of its members, who were so unani mous in their opinion on this question. It was gratifying to him not to have to vote on this question. He had weighed the arguments on both sides as to the advantages and dis advantages to the public which would accrue by not re moving the palace. The advantages, according to his in iividual opinion, would be, that means of luxury would be afforded to a large proportion of the inhabitants of the metropolis. With reference to the feelings of gentlemen oc cupying houses near the palace, he would touch lightly on that point. Nor would he enter upon the question of the safety of the building. He certainly concurred with what had been said about the great obligations they were under to Mr. Mayne and the police force, but at the same time it must be borne in mind the police had more than ordinary facilities given to them for the due discharge of their duties. With regard to Mr. Paxton it was satisfactory to hear both the Noble and Learned Lords concur in praising him. There was, however, one point in the Noble and Learned Lord's (Lord Campbell) remarks to which be could not give entire credit—namely, when the Noble and Learned Lord attributed to Mr. Paxton a large amount of poetical talent. He really must concede to the Noble and Learned Lord a superiority over Mr. Paxton in the poetic qualification, which superiority had been deve loped by the Noble and Learned Lord when he spoke of the fragility of the structure of the building and the expense of keeping it up permanently.—(Laughter.) Had the Noble and Learned Lord watched the construction of the building day by day he would have had no fear of its strength and solidity. Lord BROUGHAM said his Noble and Learned Friend had not quite stated the case fairly with respect to the al leged difficulties of Mr. Paxton's own plan. The financial difficulty, for instance, would be met by the large surplus which would be in hand. The other difficulties as to the servants and carriages outside the building in winter could also be got over in toe same way as they were got over by their Lordships in attending that House. He admitted that tke police had done good service in keeping order were so many thousands were congregated under one roof; but he rather attributed the excellent order which had been pre served to the good demeanour of the people themselves. The conversation then dropped. CONVOCATION. Lord REDESDALE rose to move for a copy of a petition from the clergy and laity of the province of Canterbury, pre sented to both Houses of Convocation on the sth of February, 1851. The subject was one of great importance, and it also was absolutely necessary the public mind should be directed to it. In moving for this petition he had been desirous not to do anything that might pledge their Lordships to any particular line of action. He was only anxious to bring the subject fairly before their Lordships, in order to illicit what might be said for and against the propo sition. Four generations had elapsed, showing a period of 130 years, since convocations met to discharge active business. During that period the people were living under the impres siontio wa r ds o th f i a m : convocations were at an end. The subject was very little thought upon, and very little feeling was excited to• n an ß yui t m t p h e e r p ta re n s t ci ent u s e t e a ti t e e n o e f w th h e ich Ch h u a rc d h r a e n e d en t t h ly e pboesein raised rendered a convocation necessary. Things could not remain; as they were—they could not be permitted to continue' in their present unsatisfactory position; some ting must be done, otherwise matters would become more unsettled, and danger to the Established Church would arise. The Church appeared to be governed—in fact was governed, by extreme parties. And this must be so, so long as Church affairs were not properly represented. Unless convocations were enabled to meet, he feared nothing would be done. Unless the Church itself spoke, unauthorised persons would speak, and speak loudly for her. Let their Lordships con sider the object to be gained by convocations. There was nothing contrary to the constitution or the habits of the people in convocations; on the contrary, they were not only legal, but they were essentially a part of the constitution, and they were also not contrary to the principles or the habits of the people. There was no one thing more certain than the Chiirch must refer and determine matters necessary for themselves. There was no religious community debarred from having communication with Government on their own affairs except the Church of England. One alteration pro posed was the addition of a larger number of the clergy, to gether with'some of the proctors, and a certain number of the representatives of the clergy. A constitution of that sort was essentially imperfect; the difference between the two provinces formed an unsurmountable objection. At the same time, he repeated, that all through the country there was hardly any person who was not sensible to the ne cessity as well as the propriety of some change in the constitution of that body, in case it was called into action. He should not then enter into details on the subject; but he trusted that what was said would prepare people's minds for the reception of the principle. If' the constitution, of the convocation was to be changed, it would be ne cessary for that body to meet for the purpose; because it was impossible for other bodies to change it. An objec tion had been raised to the meeting of convocation, that it would result in nothing but disputes; but that objection was too palpably false to be entertained for a moment. He be lieved that in all these matters the discussion would ulti mately be left in the hands of practical men, and that it would therefore be conducted in a manner totally different front the discussions of partisans for particular objects, namely, on general grounds. Another objection was, the difference that convocation would create between the Church and Dissenters from her doctrines. He believed that though no convocation had taken place during the whole time of the revolution, yet that there was no greater difference between that body and the Church than existed at present. In fact, at this moment there was quite as much bitterness of feeling on that point as at any former period of history. A further objection was that the movement was made by the High Church party, and that its inevitable result would be the ascendency of what were called Romanising principles and practices in the Church of England. Of all the objections, however, made against convocation, he believed this to be the most entirely unfounded. The opponents of convocation were, as hP said, to be found only among the extreme p arties in the Church, while its supporters were to be found, on the contrary, among moderate people. Another objection urged was, that convocation would not be able to conclude any mat ter in dispute or settle points at issue. All assemblages of the same nature were, however, open to a similar objection. Those who urged it as an objection against convocation, however, should remember that the Council of Trent, which was assembled for a specific purpose, sat eighteen years, and left the chief points under its consideration undecided. There was, however, one thing in which the Church of Eng land was especially strong in respect to this objection—she rested solely on the Word of God as her support. Again, nobody that could be entrusted with the solution of these ques tions was so safe as convocation. It was guarded on every point. etefinot utr N etaeln o l t odea h tah i nn n io , nnre c srw o . uld be discussed without the express au thority of the Crown; the lay element in the Church was, therefore, fully represented ; and that guardianship would C p tho r n e e v rs the prerogative gcy. by its awithouthN c o h t , o v n o u y tl hd t eh affect nc b st u e t t nhte el convocation afittyhec oucl Crown, o wb u ne l ,dd andonnoet eccle siastical questions cou th ldb In ef f t a h ct e , i c 't r c e o w u n ld e m r i t l h it e at e e em in in n e o n th l i a n w g against the land, and therefore no safer e i a m g a e g. n i t ne i d a . thTehdeecfiirssirmoofreeraccelnet in the Church since advantage of convocation was, no doubt, of great ultimatee openingmo r davta couldnht heart a g r et then the e her, bheas vt have nhbtoeeuergne itmade aodfe tsepa ratedbhye from her many excellent persons. In the case of John ri at Y of the present day . I • might be made available in her service, he preserved to her doctrines. The next great Wesley, no man had originally took up a strong Church line of Churchwcineooruvt whichaledimovement persons his ree n ws no d baeners i se f gtayh a t was one in which conduct, and acted throughout on that basis—perfectly sig cerely, he believed, even in the case of many who had sepa. rated from the communion. It was necessary for enthusias tic minds in matters of religious faith to have some guid ance; even the most extreme Dissenters made the greatest Popes of their favourite preachers. He believed those per sons to whom he had alluded were enthusiastic, and that it was therefore necessary for them to have some guidance. Nothing was more captivating to the mind of man, no doubt, than to be referred to the Bible and told to form his own re ligion, but that was not the doctrine of the Church of Eng land. She held the Bible to be the sole reference in matters of-faith, but she also held that there were certain interpre tations of it against which she decidedly protested. He (Lord Redeodale) !Alma firmly in the high And holy miss r 1,4 SATURDAY sion of the Church of England. He concluded by moving for the papers of which be bad given notice. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY then rose and said — No one who is acquainted with the Noble Lord, and knows his attachment to the Church of which he is a distinguished member, can doubt th purpose with which he has brought before your Lordships the subjects on which we are now en gaged. (Hear. hear.) He is sincerely of opinion that the divisions which unhappily exist in the Church can only be closed through the agency of convocation. He is not sin gular in that opinion. Many petitions have been addressed to me during the last year, bearing signatures well deserving of attention, urging me to use whatever influence my station gave me to promote the assembling of convocation. I was obliged to answer the memorialists, that judging from the only grounds of judgment open to me—the experience of former convocations—l could not agree with their opinion, and therefore mild not comply with their petition. — (Hear, hear.) I still think the same. I believe it is my duty, after the speech of the Noble Lord, to state the grounds on which I think that the assembling of convoca tion, with active powers, would tend to increase discord in the Church, and not to produce the harmony which he desires to restore.—(Hear. ) I believe that there are formal and technical difficulties attending the revival of the powers of convocation, and the Noble Lord has ac knowledged that before it, can act it must be remodelled. Into these I will not enter. I will suppose that all such technicalities are overcome, all obstacles removed, her Majesty's advisers satisfied, her Majesty consenting, con vocation called together; what would follow'? Great disap pointment, or great excitement.—(Hear.) What business is to be dispatched ? Some would say the Liturgy requires revision. Some rubrics are inconsistent, and others unintel ligible. If the assembling of convocation were to end in the reconciliation of some conflicting rubrics, or in supplying the deficiency of others, or in the change of a few obsolete words or questionable phrases, the result would be little worth the cost of production.—(Hear, hear.) It would be justly, " Quid dignem tanto feret hic promissor hiatu."— (Hear.) Thus far, then, you disappoint; go farther and you excite. If more were attempted, and the doctrine of the Prayer Book were touched, even with the slightest hand, a flame would be lighted up from one end of the country to the other.—(Hear, hear.) Where we have now a smothered fire, hotter perhaps than is agreeable, but still manageable, we should raise a conflagration which it would require all her Majesty's prerogative to extinguish.—(Hear.) Sup pose, then, the Liturgy untouched, and nothing more attempted than what we know to be desired by many mem bers of the Church—the issuing a declaration which should contradict a recent decision of the Privy Council, and defining the effect of baptism more clearly than it is defined in our Articles. Would peace follow? Can we suppose that this would prove a healing measure? I cannot so interpret the spirit of the age as to believe that the great body of Churchmen, laity or clergy, are prepared to restrict the liberty of opinion in matters hitherto undecided, which our forefathers have always enjoyed, and under which the Church has flourished for three hundred years. We may speak here with confidence, for the experiment has been tried. For obvious reasons I avoid all allusion to any events which may have taken place at home. But the experiment has been tried in Australia.—( Hear, hear.) A declaration such as I have alluded to was drawn up in October last by the Bishop of Australia and clergy, assembled in synod; and the same ship which brought home the particulars of the synod brought also the account of the effect which it had produced in one of the cities where it was first promulgated, which, in stead of concord, was dissension, where all had been previ ously peaceful. It had endangered the popularity of a bishop who was universally and deservedly esteemed ; and the prin cipal laity of the city had met together, and unanimously pro tested against a measure which they treated as an infringe ment upon their liberty as Churchmen.—(Hear.) If I do not fear any such result here it is because I do not entertain any apprehension of the issuing of such a declaration. — (Hear.) My Lords, the Noble Lord has spoken of the convocation as part of the Constitution. In point of fact, the convocation was a very influential body for 100 years after the Reformation.—(Hear' hear.) But it is a mistake to suppose that we owe to that assembly the constitution and fabric of our Church. Convocation had little to do with the framing of our first Protestant services and articles. The first Protestant service, which has now been materially changed, was framed by a committee of bishops and the di vines, at the order of King Edward, in the year 1549. It was submitted to convocation, not to be formed, but to be approved. The Articles of the Church, three years after wards, were drawn up—not in convocation, but by Cranmer and Ridl -y, and they who assisted them. They were ratified, not debated, in convocation; and of so little importance was that authority esteemed, that no record of the transaction appears in the register of the proceedings; and it has been even made a question whether they ever did receive that sanction. Seven years afterwards, at the accession of Elizabeth, the revision of the Prayer Book was entrusted to the divines. Their revision was sanctioned by both Houses of Parliament, and no mention is made of convocation. The first occasion on which convocation bore an active part, was in the revision of the Articles and • Liturgy in 15 62 . But authority had been the great weight, and whoever reads the records of those times will perceive that convocation was entirely governed by the authority of a few leading persons, and who were much more disposed to receive man dates than to issue them. Even the canons of 1603 were never submitted 'to convocation, bat declared to be binding upon it by Royal command.—(Hear, hear.) After the re volution matters were altered. The history of convocation during the reign of Queen Anne is a history of altercations between the upper house and the lower. It soon ap peared that a body so constituted was ill suited to the pur pose of solemn deliberation or wise legislation. The last disputes were ended, as former disputes had been, by timely prorogation ; and since the year 1717 it has never seemed expedient to the Government for the :time being to advise the Sovereign to issue a licence for the dispatch of business in convocation. Now, what can we reason from but from what we know ? What grounds have we for believing that more advantage or less injury to the Church would result from the assembling of convocation now than in the reign of Queen Anne or George I. (Hear, hear.) But'the Noble Lord who has brought on this debate has pleaded for convocation, on the ground .that every religious body has such meetings ; and the argument at first sight seems rea sonable. There may, however, be privileges which are not advantages. There may be privileges which it is not desir able to claim.—(Hear, hear.) Between independent bodies of religionists and the Church of England no parallel can be established. They are not involved in the constitution of the country. They may meet, and deliberate, and resolve, without constituting that anomaly in governments-an imperium in imperio. And, after all, is peace or harmony the result of those meetings? The conferences of the Wes leyan body, whenever they have led to a change in the mode of government, have ended in separations and secessions.— (Hear, hear.) And I doubt whether the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which might be best compared with ours, though different in a very important particular — I doubt whether that is always a :source of peace and bar mony.—(Hear, hear.) In the diary of the late Dr. Chal mers I find these words—" May 8. A meeting of presby tery. I dislike its atmosphere, though it is my duty to enter it, and, if possible to soften and transform it." And again, e may 9. A most tempestuous day is the presbytery." Cer tainly, my Lords, the General Assembly, if it did not con tribute to occasion so fatal an event, did not prevent a disruption of the Church in that country, the most se rious which has ever occurred in any church since the Reformation.—(Hear, hear.) At all events, the benefit which is expected of self-regulation and independent legislation would be ddarly purchased if purchased at the cost of confidence on the part of the people.— (Hear, hear.) And we must shut our eyes against all experience if we do not foresee this danger—if we believe that it would not rather foment than allay dissensions. No one can lament more than Ido the existence of such divisions. No one would be more ready to concur in any measure that might seem likely to remove them. But, in !spite of those divisions, and not withstanding. its want of independent action, the Church of England enjoys the best of all privileges—the means of certain usefulness.—( Hear, hear.) During the last thirty years she has founded 1,000 new parishes at home. She has established 20 new episcopal sees in our colonies abroad. She is supporting schools—not indeed without assistance —for which we are most grateful; but still, as the principal in strument in every village of the land, she is exerting her self, and successfully exerting herself, to supply the spiritual wants of her increasing population. That she might do more if all her sons were united together in'the same mind and in the same judgment, lam not prepared to deny. But I do not believe that the assembling of convocation would be the means of promoting such union, and therefore I can not agree with the Noble Lord in desiring the assembling of convocation.—( Hear, hear.) Lord LYTTELTON observed that it had been reported that the Noble Lord intended to move an address to the Queen for the revival of convocation. H e was glad the Noble Lord had not done so, as they were not prepared for that motion. He could not see any objection to the general principle of the clergy meeting together, whether in Exeter or Australia, for the purpose of discussion and mutual coun sel, as any other organic body, whether religious or other wise. The Archbishop of DUBLIN had formerly called the at tention of the House to the subject. It was now some 15 or 16 years since he had first mooted it, and he had since fre quently returned, but as his opinsons on the subject had been published, he would not now trouble their Lordships by a repetition. He had never advocated the restoration of the active government of convocation, for he was convinced the government of the Church by the clergy would not be tole rated in the present day. But it was a strange anomaly that the Church of England should be the only body that was governed by persons who were not necessarily members of it. He wished to protest against any attempt to govern the Church now by means of the clergy exclusively, as a matter that would be both inexpedient and unjust, but, at the same time, he would not approve of any party taking a share in that governing body who were not regularly and properly chosen and appointed for that purpose.—(Hear.) The Duke of ARGYLL hoped it would not be deemed presumptuous in him to take a part in that discussion, even if reference had not been made in the course of it to himself personally. It was naturally the right of every organised state of society to meet for the appointment of its own rules, and in the case of the Church it was more essential still that she should have the power of self-government. No doubt there were difficulties in the way of the Church of England now which had not existed at any other time. With respect, however, to a comparison between the convocation of the Church of England and the General Assembly of the Church to which he had the honour to belong, he could never hear such a comparison instituted without rising to protest against such a monstrous confusion of ideas. The old convocation was entirely a convocation of the Church. It had never changed its character; and to that might be attributed its loss of character.—(Hear.) Great complaints had lately been made against the constitution of some of the courts of this country to which ecclesiastical matters were re ferred, and against tribunals which had been ap pointed to try questions connected with the Church. Some parties asserted that the Arches' Court, in which a lay judge presided, was an ecclesiastical tribunal, and the Privy Council a lay tribunal. That was a confusion of ideas which ought to be cleared up, he thought. Questions of doctrine seldom or ever came before the General As sembly of the Church of Scotland, but questions of dis cipline frequently came before them. He would ask those anxious for a representative system whether it was the case in the Church of England that questions of doc trine were so seldom raised? Unfortunately, great dif ferences of opinion existed in the Church of England amongst those who wished to establish the representative system of government. He feared if there were a convo cation upon the old constitution, questions would be raised which would lead to great disruption in the Church of Eng lees'. He could not see any analogy whatsoever between ' the secession which had taken place in the Scottish Church and anything which had occurred in the Established Church of England. The Bishop of LONDON wished to say a word or two in reply to the arguments of the Noble Duke who had just sat down. The Noble Duke thought that those who were against convocation were actuated by a desire to place power in the hands of the clergy, and that there was a wish on the part of the great body of the latter not to admit the laity to , a share in the power. The Duke of ARGYLL briefly explained. The Bishop of LONDON then continued. In the Epis copal Church pf America, questions were discussed, but no final decision could be come to against the opinion of the bishops, who had a veto upon every subject introduced. No cue was mere sensible than he waste the great difficulty of EVENING, JULY 12, 1851. ship, in the Mediterranean, until paid off in June, 1844, and since April 28, 1847, he has been in command of the Howe, 120, now on the same station. Sir James Stirling is a Knight Commander of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece. IL married, in 1823, Men, daughter of the late James Mangles, Esq., M.P. foi' Guildfcrd, by whom he 11,13 issue nine children." Sir James Stirling, in the Howe, conveyed her late Majesty the Queen Dowager to Madeira and back, and paid off that ship last year at Sheerness. Sir James Stirling was appointed one of the naval aides-de-camp to the Queen on March 9, 1849; biu he succeeded to the paid list only a few weeks since. In addition to two good service pensions, the First Lord of the Admiralty► has now in his nomination an aide•de camp to the Queen. Independently of what changes may have already been made in the senior lists of captains by retirement, Capt. Edward Purcell (1823) comes within the first senior half pay list; and Capt. Rich (1838) within the second senior half-pay list. EXPEDITIOUS EQUIPMENT. —Odin steam-frigate had her compasses swung on Wednesday afternoon, and at nine o'clock P.M. went out of Portsmouth harbour and proceeded direct for Cork, with provisions in for 300 troops for three months, and two months' provisions for her crew. On Monday morning she had her guns in (which she landed); was without masts, or tanks stores on board; and thus within three days she has or been got ready for service by the untiring perseverance of the rear-admiral-superintendent, the officers and men of th e yard, and Captain Halstead, the officers and crew of the Dauntless. All have worked early and late. Mr. Davis, the active master-attendant of the Clarence-yard, h as also contributed much to the fitting out of this vessel by the expeditious way in which her tanks, provisions, &a, have been sent to her from the Victualling-office. Ur. Mang and Capt. Halstead went out in her last evening, and left her at Spithead, her engines working very satis factorily. Caledonian, 120, has been taken alongside Devonport dockyard jetty to have defects made good, when she is to take her place amongst the advanced ships at that port. Heroine, 8, Commander J. B. Marsh, went into Devon port harbour, on Wednesday morning, and will be paid off in the early part of next week. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The American Congress sailed this morning for Now York. The American mail-steamer from New York and Southampton, for Bremen, passed through Spithead this morning. Mr. Penville, midshipman cf the Orestes, 14, Com mander Hawker, was unfortunately drowned at the Cape by the upsetting of a boat in which he with other officers was returning to his ship, after a visit to the Castor, 36, in Simon's Bay. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 11.—The Furious new steam frigate, under command of Master and Commander Banes, fitted with engines of 400-horse power (paddles), by Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., arrived at this port to join the steam reserve squadron this morning from the Thames. Her performances on the passage have been very satisfactory. At the measured mile off Greenhithe the average speed of six trials was 104 knots an hour, and her average speed in coming round was 10i to 11 knots; the engines making 17 to 191- strokes per minute. She left Greenhithe at 2.40 P.M. yesterday, and arrived off the Nab here at 9.1 A.M. to-day. In her passage round she experienced a hard gale cff Beachy head, and proved herself to be a good sea boat. She is a very handsome and formidable-looking war steamer. By a letter from Queenstown we learn that on her passage from this port to Cork to embark the troops for the Cape the Sidon burst her condenser in starting the engines. Captain Henderson, in the Tiger steam-frigate started for the scene of the disaster on Saturday night last, taking with him Mr. Ward, the chief engineer of the Blenheim, and the repairs were completed en the 9th (Wednesday). The Sidon will sail to-morrow (Satur day) or Sunday for the Cape. Mr. Ward, the former chief engineer of the Sidon, though in this harbour, was not sent in her, but the engineers selected for her were all strangers to the machinery of the vessel. Mr. Ward, is now, however (experience teaches wisdom), ordered to go in her to the Cape. Minden convict ship sailed from Cowes roads last evening to embark prisoners from Portland. Seeflower cutter sailed last night to resume her sta tion off Jersey. _ _ PEMBROKE, JULY 10.—The Captain• Superintendent of the Dockyard (Sir T. Pasley) has been absent on leave. A large number of the men employed in the yard have availed themselves of the facilities afforded them for visiting the Exhibition. The following ships, now in course of building at this dockyard, are in an ad vanced state, and most of them could be finished and launched at a comparatively short notice:—The Windsor Castle, 120 guns; Victoria, 110 guns; Caesar, 90 guns; Brunswick, 80 guns; Melpomene, 60 guns; and Sutlej, 50 guns. It is currently reported that a company of the Marine Artillery will be appointed to the Saturn guard ship at this establishment, there being no effective force afloat for the protection of the arsenal. the question before the House. But the difficulties now before them were nothing to what they would have unless their Lordships took some means of restoring to the Church its inherent right of deliberation.—(Hear, hear.) Oa the whole, however, ha was not satisfied with the present consti tution of convocation. He did not think the parochial clergy who had grea ly increased of late years in numbers, and who had advanced in education and acquirements, were adequately represented.—(Hear, hear.) There were only 44 representatives for about 15,000 clergy.—(Hear, hear.) After all, however, he could not but think that great as the difficulties were, the want of a deliberative body was greater—(Hear, hear)--and ulless soma such body were appointed, in which all classes might assemble and deli berate, he thought those who were really interested in the welfare of the Church would hardly know what way to turn.— (Hear, hear.) Earl NELSON expressed his regret that no member of the Government had thought proper to speak upon that which he considered a very important question.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the Bishop of Australia, to whom some allusion had been made, all they had asked for was the benefit of synodical action, in which the laity would be equally represented with the clergy. The greatest danger of all at the present time was the neglect of the Go vernment of this country of that great question for the security of the union of Church and State, which it was of the utmost consequence should be preserved. He believed the Church of England to be the greatest bulwark against both infidelity and aggressions from Rome, and he would warn their Lordships against doing anything that would de stroy her vitality. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE ( who was almost wholly inaudible), said that the Right Rev. Prelate, in his very able speech, had anticipated many of the observations which he should have addressed to their Lordships on this subject. He should therefore have remained altogether silent on the occasion, were it not that by so doing it might be imputed to him and to the Government that they were indifferent to the great importance of the question and to the change in the constitution—for such a change it was—which the Noble Lord had suggested for their consideration. With respect to the subject before them he thought it would be found that convocations had not their origin in this country in the manner stated by the Noble Lord, but had arisen out of the necessity of regulating certain services of i the Church, and that some of the most important acts for the govern ment and establishment of the Church had been effected without the slightest appeal or reference to any convocation, or any similar body. If their Lordships, therefore, were called on now to create a body to be entrusted with the task of deliberating on the doctrines of the Church, such a body would be essentially different from any convocation that had hitherto existed. He doubted whether the present was a proper time to call on Parliament to introduce so novel an element as that proposed into the constitution of the Church. If he saw any prospect by the creation of such a body of attaining unity and peace, he was not pre pared to say that he should object merely on the ground of innovation to any plan which appeared to him calculated to effect so desirable an end. But when he looked to what the conduct of convocations of the ecclesiastical body had•been, he found nothing to justify him in believing that unity and peace would be the result. It was said that the Crown would have a power of control, but ha would ask whether the exercise of such a power would tend, when parties were nearly balanced, to the tranquillity which was so mach desired. He was certainly surprised when he heard the Noble Lord refer to the Council of Trent, for they all had the advantage of having detailed to them by its able historian the proceedings of that council, and of knowing that it had been not only ineffectual for security, unity, and peace, but that it had left the greater part of Europe in a state of greater agitation than that which it had met to tranquilise. He saw no hope of a more de sirable state of things from the adoption of the proposal of the Noble Lord. If he saw any better means than now existed for attaining objects which all members of the Church desired to attain to the fullest extent, he should be glad to embrace it, and to bring it to bear on the better government of the Church. But until better assured on that point he could not—and he believed he might also answer for the other members of the government—be a party to the making of an experiment so large, so novel, and so perilous as that proposed.— (Hear, hear.) The Bishop of OXFORD could not admit that the pro posal was of that novel kind which the Noble Marquis seemed to think it was. He believed that the great and fun damental objection to granting the Church of England syno dical action lay deeper in the minds of those opposed to it than any objection which had that night been stated.— (Hear.) He believed it arose from an entire want of faith in the divine mission of that Church.— (Hear. ) He claimed for that Church the right to assemble when necessary, not merely because the Royal word had been pledged to grant such a liberty, but because that Church was the representa tive of the Apostolic Church which had assembled at Jeru salem. A statement had lately been put forth by a paper connected with a certain party in this country—(A cry of "Name")—he alluded to the Globe newspaper, in which the Church of England was spoken of as being emphatically the creature of this world—as an essential machine for embody ing the spiritual element of the public opinion of the day, and not as a contrivance for transmitting sacraments or defining creeds. (The Right Reverend Prelate read the rest of the statement, the whole of which the Right Reverend Prelate stated appeared as a leading article in the newspaper referred to.) Now he thought that that article would not have been put forth if it had not been in unison with the opinions of the party which that paper was supposed to re present. Now it was quite natural, he contended, for those who believed the Church of England to be merely a conve nient instrument—a better kind of police under the civil go vernment for keeping down troublesome people, to say that she had no Divine truth for which to live—it might be for which to fall—and to object to her meeting in synod for the purpose of more effectually carrying out her spiritual mission upon earth.—(Hear.) The Church of England was either what she professed to be, the representative of the Church of Christ, or else she was the creature of the State. If it was meant to make her the mere creature of the State, their Lordships might depend upon it they would be doing that which would give the Church of Rome absolute domi nion over her, spite of her connexion with the State.— (Hear, hear.) Allusion had been made to synods and councils as the sources of dissension and agitation. But how had the truths of Christianity been pre served to them except by synods and councils? What was the history of the Church but a strife against error. Again, it had been said that the profane would interfere with the peace of the Church. Now he would rather have truth than that which was called peace, but which was no peace, He only wished to have that peace which only could be got by striving for 'truth against error. They had been taken back to the time of Elizabeth, when the Crown was the su preme lay head of the Church ; but power had since been wrested from the Crown, and the laity had a certain power over the Church. Measures were now discussed affecting the Church in the House of Commons, but were the parties there really the representatives of the laity of the Church of Eng land? They were not. The laity were wholly unrepre sented ; the great body of the laity had no means of making themselves heard in the affairs of their Church. The con sequence was, that all power was concentrated in spiritual hands, and most unconstitutionally in the hands of the heads of the Church. He and they who thought with him did not desire priestly domination or episcopal tyranny, for they were ready to part with a portion of the power they possessed to restore it to those who should wield it. It never had been the condition of the Church of Christ to have uniformity of opinion; and the office of the Church was not to extinguish these differences of opinion, but to make it possible that they should co-exist together. If they attempted to handle that which had come down from the time of the founding of Christianity as a theory of mere common device, they might promise themselves peace, but they would find death—they might hope for success, but they would find themselves incompetent to administer the great purposes of the Christian Church. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and tie Bishop of OXFORD mutually explained. Lord RE DESDALE replied. The motion was put and carried. OXFORDThe Bishop of . gave notic e th a t h e s h ou ld move on Monday next for copies of the correspon d ence with the E cc lesiastical Commissioners on the subject of the Horfield estate. Their Lordships then adjourned. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: THE FLAG PROMOTIONS. With the death of Admiral the Hon. Sir John Talbot the now scheme of promotion commences, for although Sir John Rosa, C. 8., the distinguished Arctic voyager of twenty-three years' service afloat in the Royal Navy, is the senior on the active list of captains for promotion, according to the new scheme of retirement ho is not eligible for promotion to the active list of flag-officers, not having served a day under a commission as captain since his promotion to that rank. This gallant and dis tinguished officer, therefore, is the first to be placed on the reserved half-pay list of flag-officers, and the next captain to him in seniority being eligible by service as captain for promotion to the active flag list Sir James Stirling (Dec. 7, 1818) becomes Rear-Admiral of the Blue, vice Tucker, vice Loring, vice Talbot, deceased. Roar-Admiral Sir James Stirling is the grandson of Captain Sic Walter Stirling, RN., and nephew of the late distinguished Vico- Admiral Charles Stirling. He is in the 60th year of his age, and has served during 48 years' career in the service-24 years afloat in war and peace. The following sketch of his services is con densed from O'Byrne's " Biography:"—" This officer entered the navy on the 12th of August, 1808, on board the Camel, store-ship, Captain John Aysoough, fitting for the West Indies. In the Glory, 98, he fought in Sir Robert Calder's action under the flag of Rear-Admiral Charles Stirling, whom he followed into the Sampson and Diadem, 64's; and witnessing the fall of Monte Video he was received, about April, 1808, on board the Warspite, 74, Captain Hon. Henry Blackwood, stationed at first in the North Sea and Channel, and then in the Mediterranean. Ho obtained his first commission August 12, 1809; was appointed April 1 and Oct. 27, 1810, to the Hibernia, 120, and Aruaide, 38, home ser vice; became in November, 1811, flag lieutenant in the Arethusa, 38, to Admiral Stirling, on the Jamaica sta tion; was there Feb. 27, 1812, placed in acting command of the Moselle, 18; and on June 19 in the same year was confirmed a commander in the Brazen sloop, mount ing 28 guns. At the commencement of the war with America we find him cruising for four months off the Mississippi, where he succeeded in destroying a consi derable amount of the enemy's property. Although the Brazen was on one occasion dismasted in a hurricane he maintained his station by cutting and framing masts and spars from the neighbouring forests at Pensacola. In 1813 he was sent to Hudson's Bay for the purpose of affording protection to the settlements and shipping in that quarter. On the c anolusion of hostilities he was nominated acting captain of the Cydnus, 38, owing to the death of her captain; but returning soon to the 13razaji, and being re-appointed to her on the peace establishment ho continued to serve in that vessel in the West Indies until paid ce in Aug., 1818. Capt. Stirling's promotion to post rank took place on the 7th of December in the same year (1818). His next appointment was 25th of Ja nuary, 1826, to the Success, 28, and in this ship he was sent to form a settlement at Raffles Bay, in Torres Strait —a service which ho accomplished in so able a manner as to cause his being highly complimented by the naval commander-in-chief and the Government of Now South Wales. In October, 1828, nine months after he had left the Success, be was selected to take command of an ex pedition intended to form a colony in Western Australia, where he remained until induced in 1839 to tender his g th ethoac that up p a e t r i i o o n d s , ose h o a f vi r n e g sum du ila ri g n resignation, for the purpose attached to his profession , surrounded as he was with the difficulties inseparable from the establishment of a new settlement, evinced a degree of zeal and ability that procured him, April 3, 1833, the honour of knighthood, and ultimately the ac knowledgments of her Majesty. On the prospect of a war with France Sir James Stirling was appointed, Oc , lobar 30, 1840, to the Indus, 78. He continued in that APPOINTMENTS. WooLwrca, JULY 1 h—Lieutenant John N. Norman (1842), who completed his course of study of steam at the Factory at Woolwich Dockyard on Saturday last, received his appointment here yesterday as a Lieutenant to the Trafalgar, 120, at Sheerness, and left the same day to join that ship, under orders for the Mediterranean station. Assistant Engineers—William White, to the Inflexible steam-sloop, on the North America and West India sta tion; Thomas Anderson, to the Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich; Charles Chamberlain, to the Arrogant, 46, steam-frigate, at Lisbon; John Thomas, to the Daunt less, 24, steam-frigate, at Lisbon; and Joseph Kent, to Imaum, 72, receiving-ship, at Jamaica, for service on the West India station. Clerk—W. E. Chown (1851), to the Trafalgar. Gunner—William R. Courtney, to the Myrmidon steam-vessel, at Woolwich. PROMOTION. Lieutenant Rochfort Maguire (1840), First-Lieu tenant of the Herald, 22, surveying -vessel, during her arduous voyage to Behring's Straits, to the rank of Com mander. Captain Edmund M. Lyons (1849) and Lieutenant Edward A. Blackett (1847) have been appointed to study steam at the Factory at Woolwich dockyard. The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Hon. Montagu Stopford, was towed from Sheerness to the Nore yesterday by the African and Avon steam-vessels, and had her ammuni tion put on board to-day, preparatory to her proceeding to-morrow for Spithead, where she is to be completed for the Mediterranean station. The Trafalgar has received nearly 200 blue jackets this week, a great proportion of them being petty officers and A .lys. The London, 50, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, C. 8., is being fitted, and the lower rig ging is now over her mastheads. The Sprightly steam-vessel, tender to the Victory flag ship at Portsmouth, brought 98 seamen to Sheerness on Sunday last for the Trafalgar, and left again for Ports mouth on the 9th inst., her services being required at that port. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Alice and Helena, and attended by the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, visited the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Cower, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert remained about an hour at the Exhibition, and then retarned to Bucking ham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, and the Princess Louisa, took their usual exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Bucking ham Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Prince Lowen stein' his'Excellency the Count and Countess Wale vvska, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady Augusta Bruce, the Baroness do Speth, the Earl of Weatmoreland, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, Major Biddulph, and Lord William Paulet. 14 . e band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinder, and performed the following selection:— Grand from "Lemma di Vergi" Donizetti. Polka, " Ostereier" Kuhrika. Selection, " La Muetto" Huber. Mazurka, " Les Porcherens" Grisar. Divertissement, " Il Barbiere" ... Rossini. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Lord Broughton, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Mar quis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat about an hour. A deputation from Belfast, consisting of the Mayor, Mr. Whitler, and Mr. Harrison, accompanied by Mr. Tennent, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing-street. Mr. Currie had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office. The Cambridge University Commission had a meet ing yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—The Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. Bate son (secretary). Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Do" ning-street. The Westminster-bridge Commission met yesterday Woods at the offices of her Majesty's Commissioners of present and Forests, in Whitehall-place. There vr f Lonsdale Lord Seymour, Lord Sudeley, the Ear lti c' ght Hon. C. Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir R. Inglis, thea liumphery. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, and A.ldQrn2Cnolonial-ofl, ...a Dispatches were sent off fromthe North American yes terday to the Governors of th e Co lonies. A LORD RUTEIERFOBD.- - x. report gains currency and credit that this Learned Ju d ge__ is about t o b e removed to London, in connexi on with the proposed changes in the Court of Chancery, and espe_cially the app e ll ate jurisdiction of the House of Lords. When these changes were under discussion, Lord Brougham suggested that when Scotch ap peals were being heard, the presence of the Judges of the Court of Session should be obtained. It is now asserted w ith some degree of confidence th at one of the Vice-Chan cellor's gowns is destined for Lord R u th er f or d , w h o s h a ll res id e permanently in London, and whose duty v shall consist i n assisting the Lords when • • sitting on Scotch appeals.— Scottish Press. Only twenty-one public Acts (have passed in the present session. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, JULY 10. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 4. Coquette schooner, Lord Godolphin, from Exmouth; Merlin ditto, Colonel Markham, Plymouth. 5. Petrol cutter, Earl of Ilchester, Weymouth. 9. Laelia ditto, Twiston Hodges, Esq., Southampton. SAILINGS. July 4. Derwent schooner, Lord Londesborough, for London; Nautilus cutter, G. W. Bateson, Esq., Guern sey and other ports. 7. Gipsey Queen schooner, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart., Torquay. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Alarm, Capricorn, Petrel, Drift, Elizabeth, Lavrock, Turquoise, Arrow, Aurora, Maritana, Merlin, Plover, Ripple, Coquette, Magician, Laelia, Resolution. At the general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, at the Squadron House, West Cowes, at 1 P.M. this day, the following members were pre sent:—Commodore the Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton, Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., Lord Godolphin, the Duke of Rutland, Spencer de Horsey, Esq., Almon Hill, Esq., Sir J. Rivett Carnack, Bart, Joseph Gee, Esq., Thomas Thornhill, Esq., James Mime Esq., James Lyon, Esq., Colonel Markham, Captain Ponsonby, Delme Ratcliff, Esq., Viscount Somerton, Le Merchant Thomas, Esq., Sir Hyde Parker. George Arkwright, Esq., was elected a member. THE SCOTTISH FETE - -- • Yesterday's weather was more propitious. The - 1 at.': ,- was never very bright, and the gli m p ses o f ,cunihina--:sk were never vary briluant, but the rain held off; and ( 10 • teropera'ure was pleasant and weal adapted' for out-of-' ;I: door sports. The eonsequeaco was a l arge i n fl ux o f company, including several distinguished personages. Among the notabilities on the ground we recognised the Duke of Argyle, the Duke of Montrose, and the Marquis of Douglas—great old names, which go well with a Scot tish gathering. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Marchioness of Ailsa were also present; while, as for the rank and file of spectators, the crowded stands presented a cheering contrast to the dripping nakedness of the sloppy bstaches on the day before. The sports were of the same general character as those which we described in our yesterday's paper. The weather having become more akin to what poets say is the proper style of thing for the first day of merry May, Mr. Flexmore had his happy peasants duly rigged out in what is considered pastoral attire by the idealising costumiers of theatres—and • merry round they danced among the garlands of the maypole, finishing off with the quaint mortis step—and, possibly, we do not say certainly—setting any followers of Mr. Disraeli who might have been pre sent philosophising upon the curious phenomenon of such merry doings having been invented so long before the contrivance of the sliding scale. As a contrast to the morns dance and the maypole round, he had plenty of reels and strathspeys performed with great vigour by the kilted figurantes, and inspiring the French gentlemen present with notions of the generous impetuosity of a mountain pas de quatre. The bagpipe of course afforded the music for the last-mentioned per formances, and we may mention that, either to the credit of the artists, or the alterations and improvements which in these inge nious days may be making in the instrument, we have rarely heard bag-pipes play less out of tune, or at a die tance—a cons i derable distance—sound more to l era bl y . As to th e to the great pure Highland sports, the caber was tossed apparent entertainment of the foreigners, who had never probably associated the idea of amusement with jerking about a fir tree—the hammers were flung, and many e xcell ent casts made; the stone was " putted" )b;adand there was more than one exc i t i ng gTanenaer, but, more Scottico, is ex which the (whichcf o e o l l t e - Ti r a t e s e lyo , 1 lotk i a n sx Highlanders got over the ground in famous style; and more than one jumping match, in which they showed, to a certain degree, a orthela represented by laws of gravitation. As wholesome before, te broad-swordeonte contempt f exercise—b lades sticks—was displayed by several of the cra c k swords men of the Guards; and a number of wrestlers from Cornwall on the one hand and Cumberland on the other, hugged each other in fair and courteous rivalry. Th ere was a sack Derby and a wheelbarrow St. Leger. The winner in the sack contest adopted different locomotive tactics from those of his predecessor the day before, a n d jumped in such a masterly manner as almost to rival a kangaroo. The starters with the wheelbarrows were blindfolded, cad occasioned great fun by the devious courses which they pursued and the style in which they ran their chariots into each other. We were glad to see our French friends entering the lists. They competed—and the arrangement was per haps the best amongst themselves. Their quarter-staff play was very clever and nimble, and they hit each other as famous bangs with th% staves as ever honest Gurth dealt the roguish miller. Their single-stick was also very clever; the players wore no sort of protection, but, according to the old Scotch proverb, made their hands keep their heads. Only their hands once or twice failed, and a sound thwack proclaimed the defection. A mode of contest new to England was also introduced in what was called " French boxing, with heel and hand." In this species of pugilism, which Frenchmen would describe as to firer la suvate, the antagonists hit with fists and kick with feet. The "ring" would pronounce the practice foul; but the French have got a notion— not unsupported by common sense—that if one gentle man wishes to belabour another, he may profitably, and without any detriment to his chivalry, call upon his feet to aid his hands. The French players were ad mired for their finish and neatness of style, and their great manual dexterity. An interesting series of combats between the bayonet and target and claymore, resulted in the weapon of Ba yonne being routed by the sword-awl-shield men. The great mistake, however, of all these contests consists in treating the bayonet—which is a secondary and subordi nate weapon—as a principal one. The sword-and buckler hero may demolish the bayonet hero, but what if the latter add to the weight of the former by the ad dition of an ounce of cold lead from the gun attached to the bayonet before band? The enthusiastic gentleman she argued that the Highlanders should meet disci plined forces only with targets, pistols and claymores, forgot that there is such au order as—" Form square, and prepare to receive cavalry" not. unfrequent, in real no-mistake warfare. 'We should imagine that the clay more and target would do but small service against the rush of a rattling charge of French cuirassiers, which the bayonet would keep at bay as rocks keep oat the surf. We ought not to omit to mention that Lord Holland with a large party was present, and that the hospitalities of Holland-house were liberally and gracefully extended to all the principal personages concerned in the fate. To-day, the games, at reduced prices of admission, will be resumed, and finally closed. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. Yesterday, being the half-crown day, the attendance was not much more than half what it usually is on the shilling days. It was rather above 30,000. The re ceipts, however, were greater than on any other day of the week. They were:— For season tickets £ 17 17 0 At the dogs Total £3,163 14 6 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,cap. 112 for the Week ending on Saturday, the sth day of July, 1851. ISBUY DEPARTMENT. Notes i55ued........ 27,581,520 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,848,145 Silver bullion • . .. .. 33,375 227,581,520 aE 27,581,520 *. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1. ?AITKEN T. Dated the 10th day of July, 18. DANEING D Proprictors'espital.: 14,553,000 ReAt • -- • • • • 3,123,517 Public deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 13,545,23 5 Other securities .... 14,251.1 5 ! Notes .............. 8,046,250 Gold and silver coin.. 631,193 National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accoun Ls) .. 8,931,362 Other deposits • • 8,695,802 Seven day and other Bills •• • • 1,155,206 436,463,887 AT1,463,887 :. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. 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