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~s- Iment ford's )efore spi d as the it/of he been e use, them. h the ought entle- to the I this ray of He hurch If the loved. f pro- 1 04 looked at those returns which have been lately laic ou the table of the House, they would be astound-d to find how any gentlemen could allow themselves to be dunned in the way in which, they had been by the secre tary of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.—(Elear, hear.) What with those bishops taking more than they ought to have taken, and those not paying what they real l y owed, there was uo less a sum than 42,5001. due to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, which should have been Made available for increasing the incomes of small liv ings,aleyneianieltrying, for instance, the poor, miserable Welsh who had scarcely ;efficient to support their existence. Ho would now pass to three of the great_ l ees. He w ou ld b eg i n w i t h two that were on the old foundation—namely, London and Winchester. Oa Ss turd ay, the 30th of May, 1837, it was decided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners that those bishops, who me re consenti ng p art i ee should have their incomes fur the future upon the next avoidance 10,006/. and 7,000/ °Jeer respectively. It was a remarkable fact that there was se " no during one single instance of any one of the se their lifetime having given up auything f ° F the benefit of their Church. They certainly deter mined that their successors should have as their incomes 991 . and 7,0001. a year respectively. Now, if these inoom not es were good for their successors, why were they bis-boePtha T cl t wo Wlll3 ' good tor themselves?—(Hear, hear.) These inco p ' alaces each, quite irrespective of their ille'• In fourteen years the Bishop of London should receieel4o,ooo/ ; but he had received 217 , 259 /. , 0r 77,2591. m ore than he ryas entitled to receive. The Bishop of W incheste r f or the same num b er o f y e ars should have received 151,1661. 98 ,000/ , instead of which he had received , or 53,1 . 66/. more than he was entitled to re ceive, Thes e two prelates had, therefore , ta k e n from the C hurch in these fourteen years no less than 130,4251. more than the themselves had declared was sufficient birtheta. Oh but it would be said, that these were not to of the old foundation, and the new incomes were --es to apply until the next avoidance. When they saw the Bishop of London constantly calling upon the laity for money for the purpose of advancing the interests of t he Church, they would scarcely suppose that the caste take the case of a new foundation. In 1836, the Bishop of Durham was appointed to his see at an income of °Ma a year, to which he assented. For fourteen years that prelate should have received 112,0004, instead of Which he pocketted 191,658/., or 79,658/. more than he should have done. These three prelates, therefore, de prived the Church of 210,083/. within these fourteen Years. But there was another point connected with Ely; motion. He wou ld now t a k e the diocese of •r4IY; and taking the town of Wisbeach and the parishes adjoining to that town, he would see what was required to be done before they could ex- Peet to see the people come forward with large sub scriptions to promote church extension. In Wisbeach the value of the living was 1,3004 the holder had also out of a no thi ng living 879/., that was 2,1901. He was absent six months in the year; besides that, the same person Was prebend of Ely, with 7001. a year; he held a vicarage worth 500/. a year, and had in all 3,390/4 he was the son -i n-law of 'Bishop Sparkes, and his duties were Perfo rme d but for 6 months in the year. Then there Z a oo s d ather no n - res i dent clergyman in the ne i gh b our - Th having 3 . 335 4 and was non-resident on the living. Fe Was another non - res id ent w i t h 2,1901.; another had 1,200/. a year, and was a resident in Guernsey; and another had 2,3274 a year. Here there were five cler otti gYmen (the lion. Ba rone t men ti one d their names and 11,0931. amongst them, and yet not eir ihg eshes) haying their duty— non - res id ent, or on l y at t en di ng ,i n parishes for a brief period in each year. This oc curred in the neighbourhood of Wisbeach. Now, he .. 4 ndalous?—( e if such a state of things as this was not actually Hear, hear.) And let him ask—and he do these things?—( 114 it with grief and shame—would the Roman Catholics 9uetstion, he Hear, hear.) And yet, asking this must say with grief and with shame, that he Church of England these things were going on f r o m h one end of the kingdom to the other.—( ear, hear.) tha t was, then, the see of Rochester, -shich had, of th h e rather notorious; and having alluded to an .; , would next have to refer to the see of London, and Lastly, h e ai would state that which he knew of ded: le knowledge of that principality in which he re- Pointed ,The present Bishop of Rochester had been ap of Te , ln the year 1827 This prelate had the deanery saic lv heorcester and some . other benefices, which it was and in 1846, upon receiving 4,5001. It was a car' siga e rtfeet, that, though it was said he had so re tea 1 1 _11 these advantage 3 for the 4,500/., still it ap haeinn, he was in the receipt of 5,5701. a year. But h a d 00 show what was the income of the 'bishop, he of thosil to show h ow hi s dut i es ware per f orme d. O ne the star d uties was th e visitation of the cathedral. By visitati ti of the ca th e d ra l h e was b oun d t o ma k e that lute thin ' ,Re (Sir B. H a ll) had made anxious inquiries lam e o • " i nject, and he fo un d that the bi s hop had never only ou ll e, of thes e v i s i tat i ons to t h e cat h e d ra l ; an d no t theti,,„• gut he to do this thing, but he had sworn to do L• WallOp ,11:0 Meat., hear.) He understood, too, that the Easte r Preached in the cathedral, except upon an in c itine ti,' lt Y. - -(Hear, hear.) It might be said that he Would --c ," cases, if he were a friend to the Church, the m. d. 11:, l i sbons in collecting the facts respecting When, if ;, 111 Y answer was, that they lived in an age there 'w.uses were not put prominently forward, would end ther f not be any chance of redress for them; th ey e ore it was that he would persist in putting a v e forward, in the hope that some day• he would be to effect the correction of such abuses.—(Hear.) But uavi n T, g now shown what was the co n d uc t o f th e b is h op hawl next to lo o k t o th e cond uc t o f t h e cap i tu l ar b o d y. e dean preached twelve times a year, and attended s ervice four times, and received 1,2001. a year. Th e brat canon preached twelve times in two years, and re ceived 6001. a year. Another c anon rece i ved 6801., and he also took an additional stipend o f 1 00 /. a year, w hi ch he obtained from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, be cause the duties of the canons were so numerous that it ha impossible to perform this duty unless there was another 1004 a year given. Another of the canons had not been in Rochester for three years.—(Hear.) Such, t hen, was the state of the ecclesiastical body in Roches ' , ell but in order to bring their conduct up to the pre sent time, he had to mention that up to the end of June, Which closed the day before, no canon had preached in ;he cathed ra l, not even on 'hit-Sunday, although one did on A scens i on -d ay . Thi s was t h e manner i n w hi c h 'ne canons wen t th roug h th e i r wor k, an d now th e cathe dral was to be closed in a few days, so the bishop and n e chapter w ou ld b e f ree to en j oy th emse l ves . They h ad amongst them 10,900'. a year for doing little 'or 'lo tlling. The case of Rochester was curious in other re °Fleets; but that portion of the case to which he would n ot now refer was pending in the courts of law. His at tehtionhad, however, been directed to one fact in connexion which he found in a pamphlet published by Mr. Liston, and in consequenc e o f it he h a d move d f or a re ,..rn• There were s i x o ld men , w h o were ca ll e d a l ms ' Wien and bedesmen, who were to haye 40/. a year. This grant had been made long since, the payment had been 2nfided t o t hi s eccles i ast i cal body, and b y the return there appeared to be no such persons in existence. He Was anxious to know when there had been an almsmau sPpointed, and he found that in August, 1774, there o, ad been a bedesman, named Featherstone, appointed, a nd that there had been no bedesman since 1790; so Iv that 2,4001., intended for the purposes of the charity, ere taken and divided by the chapter amongst them °Jllves; and yet, would they believe it, that from that 0 1 .., 41 ,e to this the chapter-clerk went through the farce .° 4 'n quarter-day of crying out, " J ohn Featherston, come S and receive your annuity"—(Laughter)—John t r eith, come forth and receive your annuity ?"—Laugh fer.) And t hi s a bominable i mposture was actua ll y per iperined before the eyes of the dean and char, who well :new that both John Featherston e and John Smith who were thus coiled upon were in their coffins for fifty Z the The consequence of the e xposure by Ile return had done something in the way of good. New i ) pointeaents of bedesmen were made by th e c h a pter of ochester. Six poor men were so appointed, whose ages varied from 79 to 86 years. One of these had served with Lord Howe, and another had been at the battle of Waterloo—men of excellent character were se lected to receive the 401.; and yet, w ould the Ho use be have it, that a few days ao, when 11 . 10s. 10 d. w as paid to each of th ese poor men, the chapter-clerk of that body, Which had 17,7001. a Year,actually deducted a 1 03 . f e e f rom the: 11. los.: 10(1. ?—( R ear. hear. ) Th e d ea n Dui chapter that had been pocketing fur 50 years that which was given as charity for the poor, deducted 30 per cent. from t h e poor. $e wondered did they who did this giv e a per cent , to the income-t ax?—(Hear.) The chapter of Rochester had control (as we understood) over the 1 22sPital, and instead of using the funds for the purposes of the poor they pocketed th e whole; but in consequence the appointment of the charity commissioners, this 4 "nse had been put an end to. The hospital was in ;ended oriinally for lepers; but there was something urn () Ni than that ancient disease—it was a moral leprosy p e ci igst the clergy, for they took the money and de tilt!" the por ot those funds which were intended for de horelief in s sickness.—(Hear, hear.) Again, he asked, 4stow would they get the people to press forward for l ltch exte ns i on w h en th ey saw suc h a b om i na bl e d ee ds . t hese done ev e ry d a y?—(H ea r.) It w as with shame and disgust that he exposed this conduct in their bishops t lid c lergy, who ought to be the ministers of God, and .° Prove that they were so by en deavouring to do good ; 0 their fellow-subjects.—(bear.) But now let them lo ok to this (the London) diocese. There were certain Preb ends of St. Paul's. The duty of these prebendaries a tt e s to preach i n t urn t w i ce i n eac h year, That was f"pat the p re b en d ar i es did. Th ere was then the property St. Paul's, and where was the property of the church P °ll e? How was the property distributed in the parish had the honour to represent? It—the parish of St. P ale rsa—svas rated to the relief of the poor 280,000 1 . an Prelate h a d gr a n t e d a l ease of th e parish for 46 i n e a k ts, and then he contrived, in collusion with the lessee, h ave an Act of P a rli a m e nt, the consequence of which was, " "as, that all St. Paul's got out of that parish was 3001. fromr when it was rated at 280,000/ Hear, hear,' I Mr. Goulburn.) He was glad to hear the Right Gentleman say hear; and he believed the Right l en. Gentleman would admit that it was about as bad a e ase as co u ld b e, and yet the same was go i ng on ever y day ( l Why, had not the Bishop of Winchester the other ♦aY granted a leas e o f li ves of Church property, and 'ken a heavy fine? That was a robbery of the Church e (Hear.) Th at was not necessary. If the Bishop were 21 tetit with hi s i ncome b e never wou ld have alienated Church property.—(hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman moa t be aware that the Commission of ecclesiastical ea- P fi itular r evenues had for their object to do away w i t h ~i 11 .7 on lea ses . A Bill h a d b een b roug h t i n t o d o away til t " fines on lea se s, and the strongest opposition to that II had been made by those who had received the fines. h e ( e rie er.) It was only by an exposure of this kind that "°Ped to be able to shame these individuals into some not of duty, an d t o ma k e th em b e li eve th a t t h e y were j.)t the maste rs , but the ministers of the Church of which huleeayr,,tht laymen, were the vast community.—(Hear, well ekte next came to the district with which he en _ as acquainted, and if anybody wished to see Pcanaple of Church destitution and of Church go)et that was utterly disgraceful to the Establishment, then ho said let them go into the diocese of St. David's. The bishop's income was fixed at 4,5e0/. a year, but the result of the return in the hand of the Right Hon. Gen tleman would show that instead of 4,500/. a year, the bishop received 5,5001. a 3 err; and in order to make the deduction as gross as possible, if they turn to a certain page in that, return they would find there was no species of expenditure that could occur to the mind of man or a bishop that was not set down, oven to 31. 43. 4d. for pen sionres. Now what were the duties of the bi lop? lie was dean of the College of Brecon, which had 7,213/. per annum. It was the duty of the bishop to preside over that, college, and what IC a s the state of the church? He referred to the description given of it by Mr. Jesse, who had visited it in 1847; he described it as "all decay, ruin, and desolation." Such was the description of the college church of Brecon. He asked again, would the Roman Catholics suffer these things? And when such things occurred, could they wonder that the Pope should have appointed a bishop of Menevia? —(Hear, hear.) Or, who could wonder to hear that in front of this neglected edifice there should have arisen a place of Roman Catholic worship of admirable design, and well qualified to meet the wishes of the inhabitants of the district ?—(Hear.) Having shown the state of the collegiate church, he wished next to point to the condition of the parish churches over which the bishop presided. Having read a list of parish churches, the Hon. Baronet proceeded to say that the plan of reform he would propose would be to make into one fund the whole of the ecclesiastical property, and then, instead of giving the Archbishop of Canterbury 15,0001. a year and two palaces, he would give him the same income as the Prime Minister. He would turn the bishops out of the House of Lords and confine them to their spiritual functions, and give them from 2,0001. to 3,000/. a year; and instead of having the minor clergy, as they were in Wales, working in the field— putting in potatoes, driving carts, wearing clothes not fit for a gentleman to wear, and starving upon 251. and 30/. a year, he would have no clergyman paid less than 2001. a year, nor more than 500/.; and by so doing there would be abundant means for church extension from the funds of the Church. They would, by so acting, make the Church useful to the community and respected by the people; and so doing, he said they might ,rely upon it that dssent would be less popular and Rome less rampant.—(Cheers.) Mr. MORRIS was understood to speak in terms of commendation of the character of the Bishop of St. David's as a man of unbounded charity, and who did everything that was within his power for the benefit of the diocese. Mr. A. B. HOPE commended the moderate and able manner in which the subject had been brought forward by his Noble Friend. He did not wish to be supposed hostile to the Church extension cause, but he must say that a greater mistake could not possibly be made than to suppose that the service of the Church was best ac complished by the mere extension of district churches. Let them further increase the staff of working clergy, end see that each man was placed in a situation in which he was sure to be effective. He was strongly opposed to the sale of Lord Chancellor's livings, which he con ceived must necessarily operate most injudiciously under every point of view. He could not think that this plan would ever be converted into a law, but as it came re commended by a commissioner, it should have its weight with him, as he hoped also it would have its weight with the House. If the episcopate was to be respected, it must be brought back to the condition of a working epis copate, in which each bishop should really be the head and centre of his diocese. Multiply the bishoprics, and multiply their cathedrals too, but let the organization in each be as perfect as it was possible to be with reference to the varied objects of Church government. Under all the circumstances, he conceived that this was too timid a remedy for a wound that had penetrated too deeply, and which was not to be healed by the constitu tion of six hundred new churches, to be formed out of the sale of Lord Chancellor's livings. He believed that was not the time and place for such a motion, and he hoped, therefore, as the Noble Lord bad done all that was necessary in the able speech he had addressed to the House, he would not press his motion to a division. Sir G. GREY heard with pleasure, as indeed every one else had, the able speech of the Noble Lord, and the great earnestness and talent with which he supported his views. Before the House, however, agreed to adopt the address moved for by the Noble Lord, ho thought it necessary to caution them what the effect of that would be in the absence of any specific measure. The terms of the Noble Lord's resolution did not vary much from measures already adopted by the House, and unless, therefore, a specific measure was recom mended, the House would not act prudently in adopting it. As to what had been said with respect to spiritual destitution among their poor, -he would not now enter into the question, but ho was free to confess that after making the most liberal allowance, he was ready to ad mit a large number of the inhabitants of this city, and other large and densely crowded towns were not pro vided with religious instruction. But there was no spe cific proposition to remedy the evil now before the House, which Parliament could adopt. All must admit the vast importance of religious instruction, even as re garded the maintenance of peace and order throughout the country, and no exertion could be too great to ac complish such a purpose. The Noble Lord first pro posed to make some improvement in the management of the Church property. They must all feel that a large amount of property was not managed in as desirable a manner as it ought; but what could Parliament do now more than it had done? In 1834 and 1835 the Ecclesi astical Commissioners were appointed, and their object was precisely that which the Noble Lord now proposed to do. That Commission was still in operation, and as to the manner in which the business was conducted, he would not discuss it now; but certainly much had been I lene. Then followin g ou t th a t plan was Sir Robert whichthtfoo measuresnm wer the Commissioners received a ha e d l loans been Anofemt' of by s 2 a o d o e , t o hi O ne o/ e . Queennumber er o f a vAnn's clergy, ery andar Bounty. e alalso o bl by consequence increase private grants. From a return moved for last year, by the Right HOn. Gentleman the Member for Wiltshire, he found that 1,400,0001. had been granted for ecclesias tical purposts, both by the Commissioners and by pri vate grants. Then, again, very recently three Commis sioners were appointed by the Crown to inquire into the best mode of subdividing large parishes, and also to as certain the condition of episcopal and capitnlar revenues. Those Commissioners prepared two reports, and also a draft of a Bill in accordance with those reports, which was now on the table of the House; so that the Noble Lord would see that great alterations were already in course of being made. Another measure was by the Upper House referred to a Select Committee, which will, he believed, remedy some undoubted evils connected with fines and renewals, on which his Hon. Friend the Member for Marylebone adverted. This was a question of great difficulty, because in cases were strictly legal rights did not exist, equitable rights did; and the terms of the Commission to inquire into the subject were, how and by what means an amendment could be produced which would be beneficial to the property of the Church. With respect to the sale of the Lord Chan cellor's livings, if the Noble Lord meant that an address should be presented to the Crown on the sub ject, he should have stated it distinctly to the House. He was not prepared to say that the sale of some of those small livings might not be done beneficially, with a view to their endowment, but he should object to put any of them up to public auction, to sell to the highest bidder, more especially in the present state of the Church. On the whole, he should meet the motion of the Noble Lord by moving the previous question, because he thought that though the object was good, the manner in which it was brought forward might lead them to er roneous conclusions. He also objected to the amend ment proposed by his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose. He should vote against the amendment ' proposed by the Hon. Member for Montrose, and if per severed in he should move the previous question. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT would offer a few obser vations en what had been said incidentally in the course of the debate. He was glad to notice tho deve lopment of the principle of freedom of opinion in spreading the Gospel among the people. The Commis sion reported in favour of the scheme of selling the advowsons of the Lord Chancellor, to be appropriated to the extension of the spiritual instruction in the Church. It was said, why take away the patronage of the Lord Chancellor? They did not say so when they Proposed a project of Chancery reform, when they pro posed to transfer the patronage to another member of Government. For his part he preferred the patronage to remain with the Lord Chancellor, because in the former ease it would become the patronage of the Secretary of the Treasury, and would be open to the imputation that those preferments were obtained for political services. the divisions in the Church advowsons i to d t V i b e sat value, riTclgin and he, therefore, saw on that ground no objection to have these livings in the hands of lay men. When they saw the expedient of the sale of indul gences adopted by the head of the Roman Catholic f o r the extension of th a t c h u rch in this wou ld they not t a k e any counter measure metropolis,Ch urch, for church extension? He h a d proposed a plan for re storing thechapters to promote the education but h e was no t success ful the in the motion he ha d made for that purpose. He di d not blame any one on t hat account of fu the nct miindsdleof classes, account, but he thought they ought to affirm the motion of the Noble Lord as a means of promoting the efficiency of the Church. Sir R. H. INGLIS said that when he had brought on a question 'last year for the church extension, that he was then supported by the late Government, and though ho had been defeated, yet that defeat was ca rried by a mere majority of 17. He could not no w more than before support the present resolution, be cause he believed that it interfered with Church property, and also tended to reduce the patro nage of the Lord Chancellor, and to throw all power into the hands of the Prime Minister, which he looked upon to be most unjust, because such a property was the unalienable right of the Lord Chancellor, as being ono of the oldest in the records of this country, and should not therefore be interfered with. Was it not a well-known fact that a certain agreement was entered into by that House in 1836, that those who were in pos session of the livings alluded to should enjoy them with out any interference ? But what was the present motion? Was it not to deprive the rightful owners of those liv ings? Ho altogether dissented from the opinions ex pressed by the two Hon. Gentlemen opposite (Sir B. Hall and Mr. Hume), for the calculations to which they adverted as to the population of the members of the Church of England, drawn up by Mr. Mayne, were not by any moans to be relied on, for he believed that the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) would admit that one-third of the population in the large towns of England, consisting of 8,000 people, were members of the Established Church, and that while the Dissenters consisted of the middle class, the Church of England at tended to the spiritual wants of the poorer classes. He considered that the connexion of the Church and State was of the greatest possible advantage, and should there fore support the amendment of the previous question, particularly as there was a statute on the books of the House by which 24 more bishops could be created. Mr. ALCOCK considered that it would he most um j u.t to sell the advewsons of 777 livings, now the right and properly of the Lord Chencellor, for the purpose of building churches in Northumberland or some other reaa ate districts where the people of those parishes have no benefit whatever. He kilt , a of many of those parishes not to be worth two years' purchase, whilst most of them were not worth ten years' purchase. Taking, for example, the living of Ludlow, the advowson of which could be sold for 1,0001., bat would it bo fair to build with that 1,000/. a church at a great distance from the place, and from which the parishioners could derive no benefit? He did not deny that they needed six hundred additional churches, and he had no doubt but that they could get these, and more, if they depended upon volun tary contributions to carry out their object. Mr. GOULBURN admitted that the resolutions had been introduced with great ability, but considered that the better course would be not to come to a division upon them. It was one of those questions which re quired much consideration, and in respect of which much could not be gained by a division in that House. While he hoped, therefore, that the House would not be called upon to divide upon them, he would take the liberty of making a few remarks upon what had fallen from the Honourable) Baronet the Member for Marylebone. That Honourable Baronet had made accusations against certain dignitaries of the Church which ho considered most unjust and uncalled for. Throughout the greater part of his speech he had referred to abuses which existed in certain sees, but which had been called into existence by a different state of the law from that which now prevailed, and it was, therefore, unfair to tax the present occupiers of those sees with continuing abuses, with the origin of which they had no concern, and over which they had no con trol. To prove his case he had alluded to four bishop rics—Ely, Durham, London, and Winchester. As to the Bishop of Ely, when be came to his diocese he found a state of things which he could not control, and of which, as he had said, he was not the originator. As to the Bishop of London, the Hon. Baronet charged him of con tinuing to enjoy means which at the passing of the Com mission Act it was declared that he should not enjoy.— (Hear, hear.) He felt ashamed that in the very centre of that Right Rev. Prelate's diocese he should be called upon to vindicate his character. The Hon. Baronet had well said that the best test of a bishop's efficiency was the power which he had over his diocese to extract means for the furtherance of the Church and the promotion of religion. He asked the House to apply that test to the Bishop of London. Let them consider the state of the city of London, and Bethnal-green especially, when that bishop came to his diocese, the miserable condition they were in for want of churches. And let them con sider the state of it now. He had given a large portion of his own means for the promotion of that object, and if he had given those means for objects so useful, what did it signify though they did not come through the hands of another party? The same might be said of the Bishop of Winchester. He was a bishop at the passing of the Act, and consequently continued to receive the in come which had accrued to him had no Aot passed.— (Hear.) And he could affirm that a large portion of that income had been appropriated for purposes con nected with the Church. The lion. Baronet then said that the Bishop of Durham received more income than he was entitled to, but he could state that while the Bishop of Durham was only entitled to pay 12,0001. a year to the Commission, he paid more than that sum out of his own private income, and from that sum, dur ing the last seven years, he had contributed for church building and other purposes connected with the Church, no less a sum than 30,000/.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then, after refuting the charges made against the Bishops of St. David's and Salisbury, con cluded by hoping that the House would net be called upon to divide on the question, but stating that, should a division take place, he must vote against the motion. Mr-HORSMAN said bad it not been for one or two points referred to by the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, he would not have troubled the House, as the case in favour of the motion had already been so well and clearly stated. The resolution contained two decla rations, first, that there was great destitution in the Church, in respect of Church and religious teaching; and, second, that there were means within the Church for relieving such destitution. The first proposition no one could deny, and as to the second, inquiry was absolutely necessary. Mr. LOFTUS WIGRAM said that subjects had been most unjustly introduced into the discussion, because they implicated individuals, without notice. If notice was given of an intention to found charges in the blue book, they could be duly met, and he was satisfied if the cases of many had been looked into—that of the Bishop of Manchester especially—those individuals would be found deserving of the highest commendation. It was the same with the Bishop of London and the Bishop of Ely. He (Mr. Wigram) besought the House not to be led astray by the collateral issues that bad been raised in the course of tho discussion. There was much to deserve support in the motion, but the amendment he (Mr. Wigram)could not at all agree with, because before inquiry could be effectual years would have to elapse. If the Noble Lord pressed the motion he should support it, but he thought the object of the Noble Lord was attained by the discussion that had taken place. If the motion was carried it would give a practical impulse to its object; if not, they would lose the advantage they hoped to gain. Mr. BOOKER regretted the absence of the Hon. Member for Somersetshire, after the allegations made against the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol—allega tions enough to damn any man, still less a prelate of the Church. Some years ago there was a revolutionary mob in Bristol, in which the palace of the bishop was de stroyed by the mob. Difficulties were subsequently raised on the union of the sees; and the present bishop, than whom a more learned and pious prelate did not exist, was thrown back on his original rights. He (Mr. Booker), however, had not the least doubt that the Right Rev. Prelate would sufficiently vindicate himself. In conclusion he (Mr. Booker) deprecated the elements of strife introduced into the debate. Mr. B. OSBORNE said such a charge as that against the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol should not be allowed to pass a moment uncontradicted if it could be denied. He therefore asked the Right Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge, as one of the Eccle siastical Commission, if such was the fact? Mr. GOULBURN said all he knew was this—the ar rangement which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in tended to make with the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol were to put an end to; but what since became of the lease he knew not.—(Hear.) Mr. HORSMAN asked what arrangement had been made with the Copyhold Commissioners? There was no reply. The Marquis of BLANDFORD replied. With re spect to the amendment moved by the Hon. Member for Montrose, he believed that he had brought it forward with a sincere desire to carry into effect the reforms which were required in the Church; but he hoped that he would withdraw it for the present. The objection of the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department, that his mo tion involved no definite proposition, he thought that objection had been fully answered by the lion. Member for Wilts; ho did not wish to tie any Hon. Member to a concurrence with all the views which he had expressed. He merely wished to obtain a sanction to the proposition that the spiritual destitution of the people was a fit sub ject for consideration, and as he believed that a great i por tion of the House concurred in that view , he felt t his duty to take the sense of the House. Mr. HUME withdrew his amendment, and expressed a hope that the House would agree to the motion of the Noble Lord without a division. Sir G. GREY agreed with the Noble Lord in thinking that a very general concurrence of opinion prevailed in the House on the principles embodied in the motion — namely, that it was desirable, as far as it was possible, to provide more effectual relief for the spiritual wants of the people, and to extend the parochial system. On the distiect understanding, therefore, that the House would not be pledged to anything beyond this, ho would not oppose the motion. The motion was then agreed to without a division. CARRIAGE DUTY. Sir DE LACY EVANS moved for leave to introduce a Bill to reduce the duty of carriages. He would not occupy the House more than five minutes at so late an hour; but surely a matter in which the welfare of 100,000 artizans was involved demanded some attention. The main objection to the present duty was, that it caused not only a diminution of revenue, but also a diminution of trade. He did not propose a total repeal of the tax, but only a modification; and he had no doubt that the revenue would not suffer by the change. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was well aware that the carriage trade and the revenue derived from it were in a declining state, and the only head under which an increase appeared was the head of ex emptions. Ten years ago their amount was 25,000, and now: they amounted to 45,000 ; but this was not a fair statement of the actual number, which was, probably, not less than 200,000. It was only necessary to look at the advertisementr of carriages for sale in the newspapers to see that it was not the poor who bene fited by these exemptions. Many Hon. Members whom he was then addressing enjoyed the exemption if they kept dog-carts. Without detainilag the House longer, he would briefly state that the Bill which he sought to introduce would substitute for the 13 classes of duties now levied three classes only. He proposed that four wheeled carriages with two or more horses, should pay a duty of 31.; four-wheeled carriages, with one horse, 21. ; and two-wheeled carriages, 1/. ; and he proposed that all carriages employed in agriculture and trade should be untaxed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, and reminded the House that already a number of taxes had been repealed, and the effect of the present proposition would be to bring in carriages which were now exempt from duty. He did not think in the present year that ho ought to be called on to re duce more taxation than he had done, the mere particu larly when he remembered that the continuance of the income-tax w as p er h a p s p r oblematical, and the present state in which the question was, rendered further reduc tions unadvisable. After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. P. Ilowedtp, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. HUME then brought forward his motion for an address to her Majesty, that she will be pleased to give directions that the granite obelisk, given by the late Mehemet Ali to the British nation (which obelisk is now lying on the beach at Alexandria), may be brought to . England, and that I.l9ne e will grant such funds as may be requisite to bring it to and erect it in awappro priate situation in England. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER op posed the motion, end quoted the authority of Sir G. Wilson, to the effect that it was not worth the expense of removal. He also understood that the obelisk which had been removed to Paris had suffered materially from th© change of climate. He could assure his Hon. Friend that every inquiry should ho made on the subject. The motion wan withdrawn. Mr. Whiteside next moved for returns relating to.the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Encumbered Estates Commission, which, after a few words in explanation from the Attorney-Genral for Ireland and Sir G. Grey, were postponed until to -morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Ilalf.past Twelve o'clock. ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION ON MR. DIS RAELI'S MOIION. Ilfjority (tellers included)— . Conservatives 30 -.- 244 Minority (tellers included)— Proteotionists Liberals ... Irish Brigade - 131 TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (EVERY ZIONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—Oa Monusy the 30th of June, " the great Chicory question" was once more brought before the House. The universal English nation is crying out with one united uproar of vociferation, that chicory may not be mixed with its coffee. It may have a coffee-mill for one and ninepenco, but it prefers continually to cry. The British portion of the world is going to ruin, be cause chicory is mixed with its coffee, and nobody cares to prevent it. Such at least is the representation, fro% those whose burning patriotism is heated by the reco leotion of coffee plantations within the tropics. The madness of the public is equal to its suffering. "My public," that "unprotected female," goes to the coffee shop and says, " Let me have some of the Treasury Mixture," having at the same time full power, if pos sessed of the smallest portion of a market-woman's arithmetic, to calculate from the prices of the respective commodities, the exact proportion of each which is con tained in the Mixture demanded. " A coffee-dealer would mix," as the obstinate trader was always por trayed in Walkinghame's well-thumbed page, "coffee at two shillings ti pound, with chicory at eightpence, to make a mixture which should be sold at one and four pence. I desire to know, how much there was of each?" The babes in market-making can solve the problem • but if Parliament will not interfere to stop the Chancellor of the Exchequer's ruinous laissez faire, the prosperity of the country is at an end. Such were the statements from the coffee zealots. Whether the House likes the Treasury Mixture, or for other reasons, the motion for restriction on the liberty of the coffee-pot was rejected this time by 199 to 122. On the same day was a repetition of the sort of de monstration which has come in so many forms from the Conservative side, with little visible purpose but that of measuring strength in what racers call "a training gal lop," and showing off the gifts and graces of the leaders in the display. The proposed object, so far as it was expressed in words, was something peculiarly misty; for the pith of a rather lengthy motion was to oblige the Government, during the existence of a Committee on the Income Tax, " not to make any material sacrifice of public income in effecting such changes as may be deemed advisable in other branches of Taxation." Who can tell what is " a material sacrifice"? where will ten men be got to agree upon what is meant by " a material sacrifice"? Altogether it was wonderfully like the movement of the little boy inside the carriage, who thinks he could drive a great deal better than Johnl if Mama would let him. 'Yet there were accessories mixed with it, which are worth the noting. There was a visi ble abatement of hostile demonstration against the pre sent tenants of the box, a kind of volunteer admission of their perpetuity in their places, which looks as if it came by cause. Is the nominal leader of the Conserva tives quarrelling with them; or is he trying to alarm them? Unless it is a specimen of the " blundering organization that does what it did not intend," which he so unsparingly ascribed to a political adversary on Monday night, there is something coming which time will explain. The real substance of the proceedings, was to hold a field-day on the Income Tax. And here it was lament able to see, how that largo portion of the community which consists of the Working Classes paying at ten or eleven times the rate of the rich on articles which they consume, and the least wealthy owners of incomes and houses who share in the same injustice, was left utterly without a fragment of representation in tho debate. Not a voice was lift up, to hint that such things were; but dumb dogs all. Surely the times are coming, when this will not be so. The Income Tax is a struggle between the house of Have and the house of Pay; with, the object of making the former pay a rough approxi mation to their share, by the exemption of the smaller incomes. And then stand up what pass for the peo ple's champions, and cry, " An Income Tax ought to be universal, as the direct taxes are ;" the universality of the direct taxes consisting in the poor paying ten or eleven times as much as the rich. Whether this is ignorance or wilfulness, the harm is much the same. Meanwhile the Queen's Ministers at this moment are the only quarter where the Working Classes and the small incomes meet with any consideration; though they are obliged as diligently to hide it, as a maiden who is letting concealment " prey on her damask cheek." The movement on the present occasion was a failure for the projectors, for it ended in a division in favour of the Go vernment, of 242 to 129. On Tuesday the whole ()Wing was given to a debate on the spiritual destitution existing throughout England and Wales, and an Address moved to the Queen for re medying the same out of the resources of the Esta blished Church. A laudable object, if Addresses can accomplish it. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, July 2, 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Belgians, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and the Due de Brabant, the Comte de Flandres, and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, left Osborne at half-past nine o'clock yesterday scorning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and their illustrious guests, wore attended by the Viscountess Canning (Lady. in Waiting), the Hon. Lucy Kerr (Maid of Honour in Waiting), the Countess de Montanelos (Lady in Waiting to the Princess Charlotte), Colonel de Moerkerke, Count Albert de Brioy, and by Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel Bouverie (Equerries in Waiting), Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Bowles (Master of the Household), Sir Robert Carswell, Mr. Birch, and Miss Hillyard. The Royal party and suite embarked at Osborne-pier on the Fairy royal steam-yacht, commanded by Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, crossed to Gosport, and travelled to town by a special train on the South-Western Rail way. On arriving at the Nine Elmi station the Royal party and suite entered six of the Queen's carriages, and escorted by a detachment of the Bth Hussars, proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived at ten minutes past one o'clock. Her '.Majesty and Prince Albert and his Majesty the King of the Belgians were received at the Palace by the Countess of Gainsborough, the Muster of the Horse, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Cham berlain, the Earl of Morley, Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, and Lieut.-Colonel.Fraiacis Seymour. Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty soon after her arrival at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Majesty the King of the Belgians, with their Royal Highnesses the Due de Brabant, and the Comte deFland — res, honoured her Mzjesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The Royal suite con sisted of Viscountess Canning, Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Earl of Morley, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel Bouverie, and Colonel de Moerkerke. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Lord James Murray, also honoured her Majesty's The atre with her presence yesterday evening. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester vi sited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yester day. The Duke and Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg Gotha also visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. The Chairmen of the Juries of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Na tions had a meeting yesterday at the Exhibition. Colonel W. L. Freestun, M.P., had an interview yes terday with Sir George Guy at the Homo Office. Capt. George Evans, R.N., had also an interview with the Right Hun. Baronet. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governor of Hong Kong. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial Office yesterday to the Governors of the West India Islands. SOCIETY FOIL IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES. —The seventh annual meeting of this society was held on Monday at the Freemasons' Tav,ern. The Earl of Shaftesbury took the chair at two o'clock. Amongst the noblemen and gentlemen on the platform were the Mar quis of Westminster, Lord Haddo, Lord Radstock, Earl Grosvenor, M.P., the Bishop of Manchester, Viscount Ebrington, M.P., the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Rear-Admi ral Bowles, M.P., the Earl of Feversham, Sir Thomas Hast ings, R.N., Honourable and Rev. S. G. Osborne, R. D. Grainger, Esq., J. D. Paul, Esq,, R. Slaney, Eaq., M.P., Montague Gore, Esq , the Rev. Dr. Cumming, &c. The Secretary (Mr. Wood) read the report, in whin the com mittee congratulated the society on the success of its labours —on the grant of the charter of incorporation —on the ex tension of cottage and garden allotments—and on the pros perity of its affairs in detail. The Marquis of Westminster moved the adoption of the report, and passed a warm pane gyric on Lord Ingestre, who had induced his brother officers to subscribe to the good work of improving the condition of the poor. The time had passed away when young officers would laugh at the broaching of so philanthropic a subject at the mess-table. Captain Scobell, MX, second e d the resolution, which was supported by the Hon. Mr. Cowper, M.P., and unanimously adopted. Tue meeting was also ad dressed by the Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne, Dr Cumming, Lord Ebrington, &c. ; and thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting adjourned. THE ALLEGED LUNATIC'S FRIEND SOCIETY.—On Monday the annual meeting of this society was held at their offices, 44, Craven-street, Strand ; Captain Digby, R.N., in the chair. Mr. Perceval read the report, which set forth that in April, 1849, they had a balance in hand of only 10/. 15s. Bd., and subscriptions, donations, Sm., received since that period to June I, in the present year, amounted to 2631. 2s. 6d. making in all 273/. 18 s. 2 d. ; out of which they had ex pended 269/. 15s. 3d., for rent, printing, salaries, law ex penses, advertising, &c. &c., which left a balance of only 41. 2s. lid., which sum had gone towards defraying the expenses of the present meeting, so that the society is now entirely without any funds at their disposal. The report went on to show their exertions were as much needed as ever, owing to the cruel and. oppressive manner in which patients were treated in private asylums in England, compared with what they were in France and the Channel Islands. The report was adopted, and urgent appeals were made by Captain O'Kelly, Mr. Selby, Mr. Perceval, and several other gen tlemen to the benevolent, to assist the society in their present difficulty. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Gallant Chairman, as also to Mr. Perceval for his labours on behalf of the institution, which terminated the proceedings. SMITHFIELD i JULY 2, 1851. MOVAL BILL, NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Yesterday the Standing Orders Committee of the House of Lards, to which the Government Bill for the removal of Smithfield Market was referred, met in the Royal Gallery, at twelve o'clock. This Committee, which, in the late Earl of Shaftesbury's time, consisted only of the Noble Earl, to whose jurisdiction the stand ing orders were exclusively confined, now consisted of Lord Redesdale (the Chairman of Committees), Viscount Hawarden, Lord Colchester, Earl Waldegrave, Lord Beaumont, and Lord Camoys. There was a large number of Parliamentary agents and municipal people present. Mr. Lyon, of the firm of Lyon, Barnes, and Ellis, of Spring-gardens, to whom the conduct of the measure is entrusted, appeared in support of the Government Bill, and Mr. Tyrell (the City Remembrancer) and other gen tlemen, on behalf of the Corporation of the city of Lan don, in opposition to the Bill. The Noble CHAIRMAN read the memorial which had been presented to their Lordships by the Mayor and Corporation of the city of London, complaining of non compliance with the standing orders. The memorial re presented that the Bill in question proposed to provide a metropolitan market in lieu of the present one in Smithfield. of which the Mayor and Corporation were seised in fee, the market being held by them prescrip tively, and confirmed to them by divers charters and Acts—that King Edward HI. did by charter grant and confirm to the citizens of London that no other market should thenceforth be established within a seven mile circuit of the City, and that this grant had been perpe tuated by divers Acts of Parliament—that the petitioners had since 1828 expended upwards of 40,0001. in enlarg ing and improving Smithfield, which now produced to them a net revenue of 5,0001. per annum—that if the Bill passed into a law the rights and interests of the peti tioners would be seriously affected, no compensation being proposed to be granted to them by the said Bill. The me morialists further alleged that the standing orders of their Lordships' House, applicable to the Bill, had not been complied with: in the first place, because the notices in the case of a Bill of the first class, relating to the erect ing, improving, repairing, maintaining, or regulating a market or market place, or to corporation property, had not been given as required by the standing orders of the House—that no notices had been given in the London Gazette or newspapers in March last, for three succes sive weeks, by order of the House of Commons—that the promoters of the Bill intended to ask for power that no new market for the sale of cattle or horses should be opened in the city of London, or Westminster, or liber ties thereof, or in the borough of Southwark, or any place distant less than five miles in a straight line from St. Paul's, whereas the Bill contained a provision that after the opening of the new market no other market shall be opened within seven miles of St. Paul's—that the Bill, if passed into a law, will virtually repeal the charter and acts of the Corporation of London, and that notice of intention to amend or repeal any former Act is to be re quired to be specified in the notice, but that no notice has been given of such intention to amend or to repeal such Acts. The memorial concluded with a prayer from the Corporation for permission to be heard by their counsel, agents, and witnesses against the passing of the Bill. Mr. LYON having stated the objects of the Bill to their Lordships, and Mr. TYRELL having argued the standing orders question in the terms of the proceeding petition, in the course of which Lord Beaamont expressed an opinion that, the Bill being a public Bill, the standing oreers ware not applicable to it, the room was cleared, and their Lordships remained some time in deliberation; but on re-admission, the parties and the public were left to conjecture the decision of their Lordships, it being a remarkable custom in these matters not to announce the conclusion the Committee have com.e to, but to proceed with the other business. The consequence was, that more than one version of the nature of the decision got abroad—the decision, in reality, being that their Lord ships had resolved that the standing orders were not complied with, and that they would report their opinion that the Bill ought not to be proceeded with—it being open to the House either to confirm the report, or to de termine that the standing orders might be dispensed with. TO HARRY WINTON, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF EXHIBITORS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Sir,—l was yesterday favoured with your letter en closing a protest which " expresses an unqualified opi nion of the very UNJUST and harsh treatment the exhibitors have hitherto experienced and are 7LOW receiving at the hands of the Royal Commissioners." and it' I approved thereof, inviting me to sign and return it to you;" but as I entertain a very strong opinion that such language is to tally inapplicable, and indeed " unjust," you will, trust, permit me, as an exhibitor, to state my reasons for dis senting from your views: Although it is clear that without our co-operation and assistance the Exhibition could not have taken place, yet it is equally certain that without the Crystal Palace we should gave been unable to exhibit our several arti cles. Surely, then, the obligation is reciprocal—with this wide distinction, that the Royal Commissioners are acting for the benefit of the public, while we, as exhibi tors, have been influenced by private and personal mo tives. This fact leads me to believe' that we should con sider ourselves the obliged and not the obliging party; and with the view of testing the accuracy of this opinion, I would divide the exhibitors into three classes:- Ist. Those who, like the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Hope, have exhibited objects of art acquir©d by them selves or received from their ancestors. 2d. Those who have exhibited articles from which they cannot possibly derive any personal emolument, but who are desirous of bringing under public attention some favourite object. 3d. Those who have exhibited articles similar to those in which they deal, from the sale of which they expect to realise a profit. The Fiist Class are an obliged party, by being en abled to confer a benefit upon their fellow -creatures, by giving them the opportunity of seeing obj ec t s w hi c h will arrest attention, stimulate exertion, and advance the cause of civilization. The Second Class are more obliged, for they are en abled to bring under public attention some object which they consider important. As one of this class, who have for many years been occupied in reclaiming waste lands, I consider myself much indebted to the Royal Commis sioners for the opportunity of shoving what has been actually accomplished at Corwar. The Third Class are yet more obliged, for they hope to reap (and I trust will not be disappointed) emolument from the display of articles in which they deal. If your committee could be induced to reconsider their opinion, and adopt that which I have expressed , they cannot better or more gracefully atone for their error than in setting on foot a subscription from the exhibi tors, and from the exhibitors only, with the view of pur chasing a magnificent plateau, representing the Crystal Palace, and presenting it to Prince Albert, as a testi monial of the obligation we have individually received. We are nearly 20,000 in number, and an average sub scription of ono pound each, would purchase a splendid plateau, which, fitted up as a Ward's case, would be a suitable ornament for the royal table. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your very obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Juno 28 , 1851. LONDON MUTUAL LIFE AND GUARAN. TEE SOCIETY. _ . Yesterday a general meeting of this society was held at the offices, 63, Moorgate-street, for the production of the report of the directors and the balance-sheet, as re ported upon by the auditors; for the election of three directors and two auditors; and for the transaction of such business as might be required by the deed of settle ment of the society." Mr. G. Wilson occupied the chair; and, after the usual preliminaries, called upon Mr. Eliffe, the secretary, to read the report, which stated that—" Within a period of little more than twelve months, and in the first year of its existence, no less than 862 policies wore issued by the society, assuring the sum of 144,8541. The total number of proposals for assurance during the same pe riod was 1,035, for a sum of 247,9041; of these 68 were declined, bn the report of the medical officers, or for other sufficient reasons. No less than 38 of the policies issued aro for sums not exceeding 501., and 270 for sums not exceeding 100/4 a circumstance which attests con clusively the readiness of the poorer classes to avail themselves of the benefits of life resurance, when brought within their reach." The CHAIRMAN then read an account of the business of the society up to the 28th of June. The policies issued were 1,146, and the sums assured thereby 186,1001. The proposals received were 1,318, and the sums allowed 307,5601. Tho proposals declined were 91, amounting to 23,6251. There had been accepted, but not completed, 338 for 89,930/., and there were under consideration 27, amounting to 5,850/. The policies re maining in force were 948, assuring 157,3901., the annual income from which was 5,033/. 12s. Hid. Of the policies issued 970 were for the whole of life, with profits; 16 ditto, by a limited number of payments; 89 were for a sum payable at a given ago or death under that age; 47 were endowments, 13 for deferred annuities, 24 for life assurance and guarantee combined, 60 lives were as sured for sums not exceeding 50/., 341 for sums not ex ceeding 1004, 271 agents had sent business, 4,1161. bad been lent to 33 members, five depositors had deposited 5471. 165.; the average age of those assuring was 334 years, and the average amount per policy was 2471. He then moved the adoption of the report, and that it be entered on the minutes. Mr. WELCH seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. MOORE moved " That the thanks of the proprie tors be given to the directors for their past services.' Mr. SCULLY seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and subsequently moved the re-election as directors of Mr. P. Broad and Mr. S. Hinchcliffe, and the election as such of Mr. Mar getson. The motion having been seconded, a discussion of a technical character, mixed up with some personal matters, took place, after which the above-named gentlemen were elected. Mr. Moore was re-elected an auditor, as also was Mr. Fox. It was next resolved that for the future the fees of the chairman should be a guinea-and-a-half for attendance at the board, and a guinea to each of the directors, and half such amounts for attendance at committees, and that the fees now standing at their credit be paid. The thanks of the proprietors were given to the trus tees for their valuable services, as well as to the auditors, the medical officers, the secretary and the agents. A discussion of considerable lergth took place rela tive to soma dispute, arising out of a question as to the law charges which existed between the directors and the solicitors of the company; the upshot of the whole was a division, in which the directors took no part, and in which a large majority of the proprietors negatived the proposal for a committee to inquire into the matter, on the ground of confidence in, and consequent non-in terference with, the mantigewent of the board. Tho business of the. day being thus brought to a con cluion, a number of the proprietors, directors, and their friends dined together at the Crown and Sceptre T..vc, , rn, Greenwich, where they sreit an agreeable evening, and heard various able spoechcz delivered by Mr. ll,eynolds, M.P., Mr. M. J. O'Connell, M.P., visi• tors, Mr. Chambers, one of the directors, end others. DESPERATE AFFRAY BE THE MILITARY AND POLICE. LIVERPOOL, JULY I.—Since nine o'clock last night this city has been thrown into the utmost alarm and ex citement, iu consequence of a terrific military riot, which broke out at the hour above-mentioned, between the sol diers of the 91st Rfsesiment, commanded by Colonel Campbell, and the police of Liverpool, between whom and the soldiers there has for some days past been " bad blood" evinced on both sides, in consequence Punishment inflicted on three soldiers of at the instance of the police on duty. Whether on th a t occas i on there was any of fe some 91s t R egiment, real ground for complaint on the part of the soldiers or not, they have continued to vow vengeance on the " blue-bottles," as they term the constables, and the lat ter, on their part, seem to have been on the qui vice, to meet act; while some disinter ested promptly witnesses g n o y soaggressive a s to say th a t t h ey did not wa it for an attack to occur, but that in the d es p erate a ff ra y we are about to detail the police, in every instance save one, were the real aggressors. But . , the evide nce i s so volu minous that it would be impossible to afford a clear idea of the conflict of last night in any other manner than by a careful and impartial epitome of the testimony adduced before the magistrates to-day. At two o'clock this afternoon twenty-seven soldiers of the 91et Regiment were placed at the bar of the court used for the nisi prius sittings during the assizes. There were present John Crossfield, Esq., chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. Colonel Campbell, Major Gordon, and some other officers of the regiment, occupied seats adjoining the bench; and during the whole day the court and all its avenues were more densely crowded than on any occasion whatever that we can remember for many years past; in short, the general feeling is intense upon the subject. Mr. Dowling, the commissioner of the Liverpool police, as soon as the usual charges had been disposed of (in which was included one against Private John Trusler, of the same regiment), addressing the Bench, said that he had upwards of thirty witnesses in the present case, whom he should call. The following is the substance of the facts elucidated: — About nine o'clock last night a number of men be longing to the 91st Regiment had assembled at Mr. Heague's public-house, in Dale-street—one of the princi pal thoroughfares of Liverpool—in order, as some of them were heard to express themselves, "to wipe off the disgrace to the regiment which had been inflicted on Saturday and Sunday night by the police." The apprehension of some of their comrades for an affray in which a policeman and a respectable civilian, Mr. William Yates, warehouseman, were both se riously injured, seems to have given deep of fence to the soldiers, and many of them were heard to say that last night would not pass over without the blood of some of the police being spilt. Issuing from the public-house above named into the street, where were a considerable number of other soldiers belonging to the same regiment, some of them made up towards Duggan, 419, who was at the time on duty in Dale-street, and unfastening their cross-belts, they made a desperate attack with them upon the poor fellow, who, it is stated by the police, was wholly un conscious of the feeling of animosity existing against the force among the soldiers, and who was wounded so severely about the head and body that he was considered in very great danger when our report loft. On the other hand, it is alleged that the soldiers were first pro voked by a policeman, asking "How that chap of theirs was that was in the hospital?"—alluding to one who was suffering from some injuries received in a previous con flict with the police. Be this as it may, after severely and dangerously beating Duggan, they proceeded in a body up Dale-street and Shaw's-brow, attacking every policeman with whom they came in contact. But word was passed to the Rose-hill police station, where a num ber of officers were in waiting; and these being joined by others dispatched from the central station, and com manded by Mr. Inspector Towerson, speedily came to the spot, and a scene ensued which wholly beffise de scription. The soldiers had by this time spread them selves in skirmishing parties of tens, probably not expecting the concentrated movement of the police. Attacking the military, however, thus in detail, the civil authorities effectually cut off a junction of the straggling parties; and although the conflict was kept up with desperate resistance, as each fresh band was at tacked, and the whole neighbourhood was for nearly two hours kept in a state of the greatest apprehension, cap tures of more than thirty of the soldiers were effected, by the aid of' all the reinforcements of police which, under the personal direction of Mr. Commissioner Dowling, were eventually brought to the scene of the riot. At length a demand was made at Everton barracks for as sistance from the officers of the regiment, who promptly dispatched several piequets of 30 men to aid in quelling the disturbance. Notwithstanding this, however, many of the soldiers within the barrack, hearing what had oc curred, scaled the walls, and proceeded to the rescue of their comrades, about 25 of whom had by this time been lodged in Rose-hill Bridewell previous to their being conveyed to the more secure prison of the borough. Watching, however, the absence of the picquets, who had been engaged in clearing the streets, the scattered soldiers again assembled at Rose-hill just as the van in which their comrades were placed was being driven off, and a renewed conflict ensued, in which the police would beyond doubt have suffered the loss of many of their number, as the soldiers were using their side-arms with horrible imprecations, just as three of the picquets were recalled and ended the affray. The van was then driven off with great speed, accom panied by : a large body of police, at double quick time, and the prisoners were ultimately lodged in the main gaol of the town. Throughout the night, however, considerable crowds might be seen throughout the line of streets in which the affray had been carried on, and up to this hour the interest has not subsided in the locality. Upon the application of the commissioners, the men were remanded until to-morrow, when the state of the wounded police-officers, as well as those of the military at present in the hospital, will be more accurately ascer tained. A petition, very numerously signed, has been got up, praying for the instant removal of the regiment from Liverpool, it being quite certain that many lives will be lost, and renewed conflicts of frequent occurrence will take place between that regiment and the police, should the former be permitted to remain in their present quarters. The appearance of the soldiers before the magistrates to-day certainly showed that they have met with considerable injury, whatever may be the " set-off" on the other side; and we understand that the poor fellow Duggan. for one, is not expected to survive many hours. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The returns of visitors to the building yesterday again show a decrease, the numbers being 51,069, and the amount taken at the doors 2,4291. 10s. The interior was exceedingly cool and agreeable during the day, and there would no doubt have been a larger attendance but for the showers that fell during the morning and the afternoon. We would strongly recommend all who come as strangers to the Exhibition, on entering, to examine carefully the large plan which is displayed at the south side of the transept, from the information contained in which they will be enabled to find their way much more easily to the points which most engage their curiosity. This plan has been chiefly prepared by Corporals Baker and Mack, of the Sappers, and is a most creditable performance. Indeed, that body have ren dered invaluable services, not only in the general arrangements of the interior, but more especially in making those nice measurements which were essential with reference to the question of space. The training whicb, under Sir C. Pasley's system, they undergo ad mirably prepares them for this description of work, and they have brought to it the practical experience acquired during the Irish, Scotch, and English surveys, which it wilt be recollected they were employed upon in compli ance with a most valuable suggestion to that effect made by Colonel Reid. The plan to which we allude is a highly creditable specimen of the skill which the Sappers have attained to in the art of surveying. A curious accident occurred yesterday near the east enmities of the building. The heavy rain which fell in the morning caused a b - ranch of one of the large trees there to give way, and descending upon a boy who bad taken refuge beneath it for shelter, it killed him on the spot. Two men were apprehended in the afternoon by the police picking pockets. FINE Ann.—Messrs. Reeves and Son, of Cheap side, a firm honourably identified with some of the most important improvements in artists' materials, has con tributed to the Fine Art Court of the Exhibition • several excellences well deserving of a special no tice. Their Cumberland black lead pencils, prepared by Mr. Brockedon's process, supplies a want which the exhaustion of the once famed plumbago mine has occasioned, and in doing on we are informed by those m-_. conversant with the virtues of black lead, that the success Fr.oops IN WESTMINSTER —Yee eraw afternoon could not be more complete. Their wax water colours keep considerable alarm was occasioned to the inabitants in the moist under the infliction of the greatest heat, and to the imm ediate vicinity o f W estm i nster A bb ey, b y a su dd en an d value of these we find the testimony of almost every, if not extraordinary inundation of water into their dwellings. In all artists of name and fame throughout Great Britain , an d Charles-street, Gardener's-lane, King-street, &c., it poured indeed of Europe. in steadily and uninterruptedly for more than an bout, the [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pill s an infallible areas, courts, and basements of the buildings were quickly Remedy for Liver Complaints and Diseases of the Sfelnac h '7 flooded and laid several feet under water. The police-station Copy of a letter from Mr. Henry Woodward, of Richuior i d , , and barracks in Gardener's-lane were quite swamped, the dated 25th May,lBsl. "To Professor Holloway. e Dear d S st ` e r . men driven out of the mess-room, and the fires put out. I suffered for many years from a most obstinate 1 r This sudden visitation was occasioned by the waters of the mach complaint, and although I triod various in ' t ievd a le r i t n s e3 of p t r h o ' Thames forcing the flood-gates of the recently constructed scribed by most eminent medical men in Ire! A di despair I had ree great Westminster sewer, up which it ascended, penetrating country yet I could obtain no relief and a in ude that I ack . the houses cn either side. Considerable difficulty was ex course to your Pills, and it is with 9. mtit Di vine Pro hea lth that I nev v e i r Le c n o c u e l ) • , n°w: fines in getting rid of the water ; in some instances en ledge that they have been the means (unde r . fines had to be got to pump it out. of restoring me to a state of goot, ruggists d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. .--• The follow*ng and at Professor have anticipated."—Sold by all Uolloway's Establishment 244, sa l. having Strand, Londo n . gentlemen, undergone the necessary examinations , for the diploma, were admitted members of the college . at the HIGHLAND Dec INDUSTRIAL RELIEF OF - A meeting of the directors of the Royal Patriotic and In- Messrs. George Whitley. Durham; Edmund Chapman, dustrial Society of dwas yesterday C harlesth Hants • Scotland erday held in the hall Tooting, Surrey; Joseph White, Poifsmou , f of the Scottish Corporation,Captain Aslown, Hon. East in the chair. The meeting was attended by Cluny Pontypool, Monmouthshire; Jacob Williams, George Bain, Esq Macpherson, ., &c. Very distressing state- India Company's service ; David Thomas .... , ments wer • e received of the progress of Highland destitution. then ; Robert Bohun Kidd, Norwich ; William George Captain • F o rbes, the treasurer of the " Special Highland Eacot, St. John's-wood; Thomas Russell Johnson, York; Industrial Relief Fund," having reported the receipt of vani - , and John Pearson Nash, Calcutta. ous donations, and the dispatch of several remittances to the FOREIG I VISITORS TO TSB TOWER OF LONDON... destitute districts, the meeting empowered him to forward, The alarm fever has not quite yet sub sid ed. 'Will it be . custom be without delay, such s ums as m i g h t b e rece i ve d, accompanied , lieved, it is now the that whenever 300 v i s it ors a ' e by urgent recommendatio ns t o th e c o mmittee of the society s , in the fortress the gates are immediately closed, and a pick Hebridean branch, that, consistently with the primary ob- of 30 men of the guard are t urned ou t , and remain niter jest of preserving lif e , they s hould seek, by employing the arms until the war(iers report the clearance of the illustrious recipients in trenching of land, and the females in knitting, bearded foreigners? What a farce this appears to be...why to secure some useful returns, and avoitl the evils induced the warders a one are competent to watch the above number. by former systems of relief, in exacting a grinding test, or in We hope the Governor will discontinue this foolery, or he the demoralisation attendant upon the dispensation of elee- will become the laughing-Stock of the whsle Contuaeut.-- mosynary aid. United Service Gazette. DEATH of the EARL of DERBY, KG., F.L.S. We regret to announce the decease of the Right Hon. the venerable Earl of Derby, which took place at his seat, Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, en Monday last, in the 77th year of his age, surrounded by his noble and celebrated family. The Right Hon. Edward Smith Stanley, K.G., F.L.S Earl of Derby, Baron Stanley, of Bickerstaffe, and a Baronet, Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Lancaster, was born 21st April, 1775; mar ried, June 30, 1798, his cousin, .Charlotte Margaret, second daughter of the Rev. Geoffrey llornby, by whom, who died ;June 16, 1817, he had the following issue:— Edward Geoffrey, Lord Stanley, born March 29, 1799, summoned to the House of Peers in his father's barony, as Baron Stanley, of Bickerstaffe, in September, 1844; Henry Thomas, born 1803; Charles James Fox, Lieu tenant-Colonel Grenadier Guards; Charlotte Elizabeth, Louisa Emily, and Eleanor Mary. The late noble deceased was the thirteenth Earl of Derby, having succeeded to the title at the death of his father, Oct. 21, 1834; he had been previously created (Oct. 1832) Baron Stanley, of Bickerstaffe. He was Colonel of the Lancashire militia, Vice-Admiral of the coast of Lancashire, and President of the Linnean and Zoological Societies. The family of Stanley, it is scarcely necessary to re mark, is one of the most illustrious as it is one of the greatest antiquity in the peerage. Adam de Aldithley and his two sons attended Duke William of Normandy in his expedition to England, and had large possessions conferred upon him by the Conqueror. Sydulph, his eldest son, was father of Adam de Aldithley, which Adam was possessed, by right of his wife Mabella, daughter and heir of Henry Stanley de Stoneley, of the manor of Stoneley and Balterley, county Stafford, and was ancestor of the Barons Audley of Healey Castle, county Stafford. Adam de Aldithley, second son, was father of Wm. de Aldithiey, to whom Thos. Stanley, of Stafford, Kinsman of Henry Stanley, of Stoneley, gave his only daughter and heir Joan, and with her, as a marri age port i on , t h e manor o f Thalk, county Staf ford, he having exchanged Thalk for Stoneley, and half the manor of Balterley, with his cousin Adam, made choice of Stoneley for his scat; and in honour of his lady and of the great antiquity of her family (of noble Saxon descent), who flourished in England many years before the Conquest, assumed the surname of Stanley, and became the immediate founder of the Stanleys. The first Baron Stanley Was summoned as such ip 1456 by Henry VL He was Comptroller of the House hold and Chamberlain to that King, and from his third son, Sir John Stanley, descends the present Lord Stan ley, of Alderley. The second Lord Stanley it was who married the mother of Henry, Earl of Richmond, and played so conspicuous a part in the battle of Bosworth Field, having placed the crown of Richard upon the head of his victorious step-son, Henry VII. For his services on this occasion, he was created Earl of Derby. It was the second son of the second Lord Stanley and first Earl of Derby, namely, Sir Edward Stanley, Bart., of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, who commanded the rear of the English army at Flodden Field, immortalised in Secret's " Diarmion.' F Edward, third earl, great grandson of the first Earl of Derby, was so celebrated for magnificence and liberality, that Camden remarked " that with Edward Earl of Derby's death the glory of hospitality seemed to fall asleep." Henry, fourth earl, was one of the peers who sat upon the trial of Mary Queen of Scots. The fifth earl was poisoned by conspirators, in consequence of in dignantly rejecting a proposition to assume the title of King, in right of his grandmother, who was coheir of Mary Dowager Queen of France, the sister of Henry the Eighth. James, seventh earl, was distinguished for his devoted attachment to the Royal cause during the civil war. Having been made prisoner after the battle of Worces ter, he was beheaded at Bolton, October 15th, 1651. It was his noble Countess who became so famous for her gallant defence of Latham House, when it was besieged by 2,000 Parliamentarians. As we have before stated, the deceased was thirteenth Earl of Derby; his mother was Elizabeth, only daughter of James sixth Duke of Hamilton and Brandon. The present Countess of Wilton was his Lordship's half si.tsr. The Noble Earl, although neither a soldier nor a statesman, was a most worthy representative of his illustrious house. His political career was noiseless and unobtrusive, but his'predilections were consistently in favour of the measures of what was called the Liberal party of the State. His chief characteristics were hos pitality and benevolence, and throughout a long life he ever maintained most scrupulously in his own good acts and deeds the homily motto, sans changer ." The Lord Stanley i 3 now fourteenth Earl of Derby: and again we have in the House of Commons, in the Noble Earl's eldest son, a Lord Stanley, who has already added no small distinction to the time-honoured name. —Morning Paper. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new farce, under the title of the Fire-Eater, by Mr. Charles Selby, was produced here on Monday night as a which) for the exercise of Mr. Compton's peculiar hu mour. The plot is slight, and so are the characters, but there is a vein of practical fan throughout the piece, which supplies the place of more satisfactory recommen dations. The scene is laid in England during the civil war of 1651, and the story turns upon an episode in the his tory of the royalists and their opponents. The bean of the farce is a village farmer, who is induced to enlist as a royalist soldier, in order to avoid the suspicion of being a spy, and in this predicament he is made to submit to a variety of practical jokes which end in his proving him self a valiant man, and rendering some essential services to the party whose cause he is supposed to have em braced. These materials—intermixed with a small sprinkling of love between the farmer and a village damsel—afforded Mr. Compton a good opportunity for keeping the audience in continued laughter. He exerted his energies to a very satisfactory purpose, for the ap plause was unanimous and the piece quite successful. SOCIETY OF ANCIENT FORESTERS. This venerable and philanthropic fraternity held a " grand demonstration and coronation gala," in aid of tho benevolent funds of the various courts, at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, on Monday afternoon. The membes assembled at an early hour in the day, at the Crown and Anchor in the Old Kent-road, and marched in procession thence to the gardens, preceded by an inspiriting band of music. A cold collation was prepared for two hundred guests in a large tent of Edgington's, pitched in the picturesque grounds, where the functions of the presidential office were ably discharged by the Worshipful Mayor of Southampton, Richard Andrews, Esq., one of the most zealous and influential members of the order. After the usual loyal toasts, the President, in a speech replete with interesting in formation, and which elicited frequent bursts of applause, proposed " Snccess to the Order of Ancient Foresters, and to the labours of the executive committee," which was responded to by the chief ranger. Several other appropriate toasts were drunk and spoken to, and at six o'clock, under the active superintendence of Brothers Samuel, Wright, and Hill, of the Court of Sympathy, aided by other members of the ma naging committee, the tent was cleared .for the votaries of Terpsichore, who kept up the merry dance until late hour. The gay attire of several of the brethren, who appeared in the full romantic costume of the Order, was conspicuous among the vast crowd which thronged the gardens to enjoy the melody of Jullien's baud, and the magnificent display of pyrotechnic skill which nightly delights thousands at this admirable place of recreation. SIGNOR ANELLI ON VOCAL SCIENCE. The first of a course of four lectures on the art of fernaing and cultivating the voice was delivered at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Friday. Signor Anelli erects a Tempio del Canto, and makes intonation, tone, pronunciation, elocution, expression, style, manner, exe cution the steps by which the aspirant may hope to enter its hallo wed precincts. His method, which has been approved by the celebrated Crescentini, proposes to enable students to sing v. ith correctness, expression, re fined manner and taste, in less than half the time usually employed. After dilating on the importance of a proper cultivation of the human voice, not solely as a graceful.ac camplisb molt, but also as a means of preserving and im proving the physical health, and, according to Italq and the Italian system of vocalization the palm of superiority ' over all other countries, the lecturer introduced two young ladies for the purpose of illustrating the exercises of his . of future system. The illustrators were Miss Livingstone and Miss Menville, two young ladies of considerable personal attr.ac tions. The former possesses a fine pure soprano voice, sy st r era her style and execution giving promise she has ex cellence. Miss Menville is a mezzo cont ralto of heau tifal quality, her lower notes indicating a power which, with age and practice, under the a ad the result of hut a few adopted, must prove a rich c ontra l to . The exercises appeared admirably adapted for giving certainty of Balsa L ivingstone, Livingfitone, who sang tonation and expression , months' tuition, under the sy s t em,.. was most satisfac torily Ma y,, . Bu d e Watchful and Beware" ; evidenced by " Charming and the and by Miss Menvii le j who sang, with great brilliancy, " Brindisi," from Lucrezia Borgia. "Non fu segue," The performance of a fantasia, by Mr. Frede rick Anolli, on the plaeoiorte, which diversified the lecture, deserves most favourable mention.