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2 • TII E LIVERPOOL 'SIA'NDAR D. . —.... —•— _ 43 p ceedings ; but he could tell his noble friend that there was FOREIGN c 5, COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. ---* LAW INT.ELI a rilainnitarproterli ins. a fixed determination on the part of many hon. gentlemen, *- 4 if unhappily this motion should be carried, to give to the AMERICA. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY• measure, in its future stages, all the constitutional opposi- The Royal Mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Shannon, ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GAR Lord ASHLEY presented a petition from members of tion which they could offer. He would call upon the house arrived in the Mersey, on Thursday night. She did not These informations relate to 1 'the Association of the Established Church for promoting to recollect that this motion appeared with the sanction of leave Halifax till the sth, and has therefore had a-short interested in a fund which had a reform in the ecclesiastical provision for the parish of the first Minister of the C r own ; y e t he did not venture to though very boisteroaa passage. She brings 400,000 dol- tion in 1838, for the purpose Manchester. The petitioners complained of the spiritual introduce this measure as one which her Majesty, with the lars in gold ; the Roscius packet-ship, now on her passage, school at Birkenhead, in cantle destitution of Manchester, and stated that the Collegiate advice of her council, had been recommended to submit to brings 100,000 dollars; and a packet for France takes Church of Scotland. The first Church was in the possession of very large revenues ori- Parliament. Unless public rumour was mistaken, he from 40,000 to 60;000 dollars. The return of specie,-it claration that certain land, wl ginally assigned for parochial purposes, but or late years thought the noble lord was not . prepared to state that the appears, is only limited by the difficulty of getting heavy with the money, and the buildii devoted entirely to the service of the Collegiate clergy, measure was one of a united cabinet. He humbly hoped sovereigns, and of obtaining insurance. The political thereon, might be conveyed a 'who had lately declared that it was not incirnbent upon that it was not anything but an open question even in that news is of little importance. All was quiet at Mexico ; the intention of the parties, I them to perform any parochial duty whatever. The peti- house. It was not his intention to enter at present into and at the meeting of Congress at Queretaro, it was ex- executed in 1839 and 1844. 1 tion prayed an inquiry, and a division of the ancient the personal merits of the persons professing the Hebrew petted the question of peace or war would be decided. these deeds under the Statutes parish for ecclesiastical purposes. The noble lord added, persuasion. He wished the .house not to confine them- The road was opened from Vera Cruz to the capital. In that there was any charitable ti that as it was his intention to bring this matter before selves to the mere consideration of whether the Baron de the United States all is anxiety as to the contents of the the Court.—The arguments an the house, he would next day move that the petition be Rothschild should sit in that house, but whether they were President's message, which was expected to be delivered printed with the votes. to sweep away , as a con sequence of such a proce e di ng , the on t h e B t h instant. The price of cotton, which declined Mr. Moore is to be the new • Bench, and Mr. Monahan succi Sir G. GREY moved the third reading of the Crime and present mode of representation. He was not one who de- on the arrival of the Acadia, has rallied a little again. Mr. Hatchell will he Solicitor 'Outrage (Ireland) Bill.—Mr. J. O'CONNELL moved that sired to introduce any subject which mightbe considered EXchange on Europe was quoted as high as 101. it be read a third time that day six months.—On a divi- too sacre d f or discussion :he did not wish to e n t er i n to A s regar d s t h e grow i ng crop o f cotton , f or it was a In the House of Lords on M Dion, the numbers were—for the amendment, 14 ; against any crusade against the Jews or to attack them ; nor did growing crop in a double sense until the 20th inst., the served that it had been determ that a minister of the Establis it. 173 ; majority, 159.—The bill was then read a third he wish to remind the house of the fact that they regarded accounts of the continued picking was such that it is diffi- a minister of the Established ( time and passed. Him who was considered by Christians their Saviour God, cult to believe it can be limited to 2,200,000 bales, except The report of the Railways Bill was then received ; and as a crucified impostor. His noble friend seemed to deny by planters holding over a part until next season. In he said anything from the pulp 'the bill was ordered to be read a third time next day. so much of the Christian character of the constitution as bread stuffs we have nothing to add to former advises. ratter of an individual, or anyt the public peace, civilly and cri Mr. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a bill he (Sir R. Inglis) had been in the habit of claiming for it, The weather within the last 48 hours had become very to suspend for five years certain portions of the act of saying that the Christian character of the constitution had cold, and if it continued for 48 hours longer, the canals from' said, just as much as if he spok 1846 relating to the government of New Zealand ;to only existed since the year'lB29. He knew the attachment would be closed, and the main artery of our supply of flour or a public platform. ,provide for the restoration during that time of the old of his noble friend to the constit u tio n , an d that he would be shut off. The arrivals for many days past have averaged legislative councillors of 1840, giving Governor Grey not allow of two. England had a constitution, and a from 15,000 to 18,000 bbls. a day. The letters from CLERICAL INTO power to add to their number ; and also to give Governor Christian constitution; and he defied his noble friend, or America state that the export of gold continued on an —6 , — Grey power to appoint legislative assemblies for the two the future historian (Mr. Macaulay) to produce a single extensive scale. Two or three failures had been announced CLERICAL CRITICISM. — At provinces, either by naming the members for them di- i ns t anc e i n th e hi s t or y o f E ng l an d, f rom th e d a y s o f Kin g —the principal were a large iron house, at Boston, whose the south , convened to o b strin rectly himself, or by authorising their election by the Alfred to those of Praise-God Barebones, from those of liabilities are computed at 1,000,000 dollars (assets, so to the bench of bishops, resolut municipal districts.—After a discussion leave was given to Praise-God Barebcnes to those of the Revolution, or from report says, sufficient to pay 20s. in the pound)—and aon his " BamptonLectures." bring in the bill, which was read a first time. t h ose o f th e R evo l u ti on t o thi s ti me , i n w hi c h an y oa th G erman comm i ss i on- h ouse at N ew Y or k . N otw i t h stan d- " Have we all read them ?" / .111. was ever taken except on some Christian symbol. The ing the increasing demand for money wanted for shipment to propose that we do read then HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Jew was excluded by the constitution of England because to England, the best of the State securities were in favour,Bishop of Exeter says The . . Mr. WAKLEY moved for a select committee to inquire it did not contemplate the entrusting of power to any one and fetching advanced prices. bishops had remonstrated again into the charges made by 150 petitioners, electors of who would not profess his obligation to discharge his duty ment as bishop, there would h Gloucestershire, of the interference of Earl Fitzhardinge " upon the true faith -of a•Criristian." The noble lord INDIA. defection from the church. T -at the election, but the Attorney-General opposed the might have mentioned an instance—that of Sir Francis zette asks, " Will the remons By Extraordinary Express Bombay papers and tonne- • • motion until the case had been referred to the law courts, Dashwood. But because some few men, in the course of spondence to the 13th ult., brought by the Moozuffer not—it cannot—it ought not— vand after several members had spoken, Sir G. Grey moved the last century, had found seats in Parliament, was that, a steamer, dispatched to Suez to convey the new Governor- Chaplain s will be among the nu ri T FREE CHURCH OF Sco • the adjournment of the debate. sufficient ground for blotting from the statutes of the realm General (Lord Dalhousie) to Calcutta, have been received. —ln , reply to the Rev. Mr. Sha Mr. HOESMAN then brought forward his Motion on the solemn declaration which every one was bound to make The news from India is not remarkable. Peace prevails the Reports of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and on entering the house—namely , , "to discharge his duty on in the British territories. Lord Hardinge is proceeding long as the law of the land upli of Scotland I shall countenan, entered into a statement to show that the revenues of the the true faith of a Christian ? It might be expedient in from Si Ilia towards Calcutta. An attempt was made to Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and of the 1).1.11ops Nova Zerabla. to admit persoll without takin g any oatii. attack Lucicm,vv by a nei g hbourin g rajah, and a fight took .`„W o f 'atzifc, and most unchrist of Durham, Winchester, Ely, Bangor, Ltchtield, Exeter. The caqe was far different in this country where the remo- place near Secunderapore, in which the plunder-loving • -and Bath and Wells, had been more productive than the val or modification of an oath was required, because it was rajah was defeated, Oude may be looked upon as 11w pose that this is an opinion has returns originally sent in by those prelates, and that if ; proposed to admit the Jews by omitting the words "upon from being in a prosperous state. The Nizam's country h . I btis g en y seerance on my properly administered, the revenues of those sees woulil the true faith of a Christian." One of the most solemn is still disturbed. The Nizam himself has occupied tents gyman of th tbrhdees a is e slur leave a large surplus for the relief of the destitution of acts of the house was the daily performance of prayer. outside the walls of Hydrabad ; his minister joined him, labours.p eo le I should not permit you the hard-working and ill-paid parochial clergy. He Now, without presuming to judge any one of his brethren, but soon afterwards left the camp, which was deluged by There is none at - moved the three following Resolutions :—" 1. That the he should expose himself to ridicule if he expressed his .the rains. There appears to be an expectation prevalent , ~ teaching to the knowledge that Act 6 and 7 William IV., c. 77, contained among others belief that a Jew could, without awful blasphemy on the in that country of the approaching interference of the gten. the following enactments :—" That, in order to provide one band, or deliberate mockery on the other, repeat these British power to effect proper arrangements in its dis- POLITICAL M for the augmentation of the incomes of the smaller prayers, " Christ have mercy upon us—the Lord have 1 turbed, ill-governed, and oppressed districts. From bishoprics. such fixed annual sums be paid to the Com- mercy noon us." The hou , e ought to have some very ‘‘`,-.infin n” I.nhrors. 1.11..1.. ica nn intallimanno of imnnrfanno - - -- -- —4- the following enactments for the bishopr' miss; out of the revenues of the larger sees respect inquiry and consideration, be . . , , rmined on, so as to leave as an averace annual income the Archbishop of Canterbury £15,000, to the £lO,OOO, to the Bishop of London £lO.OOO, to of Win ches an n na f Yorl . , )p of Durham £B,OOO to the Bishop ....7,000, to the Bishop of Ely £5,500, to 1 Bath and Wells that out of the fund thus aecru NV orcest spectively le by the Commissioners, in such nount as shall be in like manner ;0 that ti average annual incomes of the other bishoprics respectively be not less than £4,000, mor more than £5,000 ; and that at the expiration of every seven years, reckoning from the Ist day of January, 1847, s of all bishoprics be made to a new return of the rev€ the Comm6sioners ; ai )pal pa serve, as r receipts be revised, so as to pre- amount of Now, without presuming to judge any one of his brethren he should expose himself to ridicule if he expressed hi _ belief that a ... me band, or deliberate mockery on the other, repeat theft " Christ have mercy upon us—the Lord _ mercy upon us." The hou , e ought to have some very great object in view to justify, first, the removal of those words which had been hitherto considered so important, as showing the obligation on which they at least professed to act ; and, secondly, the destruction of that uniformity of address to the Almightywhich had been so long sanctioned. His noble friend had referred to the smallnumberof the Jews in England, and their inability to enforce the demands which they professed to make. Now, the• number of Jews had nothing to do with his (Sir R. Inglis's) refusal to make the concession now required. The question wr whether in _ a matter of pure x pediency it was worth while to make concessions to 30,000 or 40,000 persons, with the certainty of exciting the displeasure of many milliotas ? Two years ago he ventured to describe a bill as "A Bill to enable David Solomons, Esq., to become an Alderman of the City of London." The bill now in tended to be introduced might very appropriately be termed " A Bill to enable Baron Lionel de Rothschild to sit in Parliament." The number who would be gratified by passing the measure would be small, whilst the, num ber disgusted with it would be very great. He admitted that this would not be a direct dethronement of Chris but the question was, how much of the Chris. prepared to abolish ? tianity tianity of England parliament vu _ His noble friend had said that every Englishman was en titled to every honour which his country afforded. Now he denied the position, and asserted that constitutionally no Englishman was entitled unless he possessed certain qualifications. His noble friend had allnded very briefly to the Jews being a separate nation. A learned Rabiai at Cambridge, in the course of a dialogue which he published some time ago, used these expressions :—" Brother, you are mistaken greatly. You are no Englishman, though born in England. You are no more than a foreigner. You have no home in this land. or any other country. Are you not a Jew ?" He would also refer his noble friend to no less an authority than the speech of John Duke of Bedford, delivered in parliament in the year 1753. Speaking of the Jews, his grace said, " Their latest pos terity, while they continue Jews, will continue to be, and will consider themselves as a people quite distinct and se parate from the ancient people of this island." Were the Jews hereditary inhabitants of this land ? Were they contemporary with the Saxon race, or with the Norman or Scotch races . y contemporary with any body who at any time came into England ? They came in drop by drop, not by any invitation. They came in for Were the England to be changed for their accommodation. Did they not possess every means of acquiring wealth and riches ? Were not many of them living in the highest state of luxurious splendour ? Did any one interfere with them ? Why then, for their sakes, should the Christian constitution f thiQ nrul racy h i r t _nu tAr t nrm a j L , fore, they valued the public peace and the good will of their fellow-subjects, they would not, for such an object, risk so much. If they regarded the dishonour which, in sritish power to effect proper arrangements in its dis urbed, ill-governed, and oppressed districts. From Licinde or Lahore there is no intelligence of importance. there has been some heavy rain in Bombay, which has cooled the atmosphere, and the cold season has set in. A letter from Alexandria, dated 29th November. contains the following gratifying and important intelligence : " By the Mdoiuffer.a mail has been brought containing commercial news of the first importance, from which it would appear that, up to the date of sailing (the 12tl inst.), every house in Bombay had withstood the effects of the lisa,itrous news the previous mail had brought from Eng land, and there is every confidence that all would main tain their ground. Large remittances are going home to support the tottering houses in England." CALAMITOUS FIRE IN FRANCE.—The large manufac tory of M, Cumenge, of Salvages (Tarn), was burnt to the ground on the night of the Gth instant. The premises contained extensive paper works, a woollen thread factory, and machinery for cork cutting, all of which were de stroyed. The loss is calculated at about 750,0001. For tunately, the property was insured. The Morning Post contains a marvellous paragraph about Spanish wealth, in which it was stated that the Duke of Albuquerque died so wealthy that the weighing of his gold a silver occupied two hours each day for six weeks. Amongst other things, there were 1.400 dozen of plates, 500 great dishes, 700 little ones, and everything else in proportion. There were also 76 silver ladders to set things on the cupboard, which which were ascended by little steps, like the altars in a great hall. A few nights ago. between twelve and one o'clock, the conductor of an omnibus, on his way home, found a little bout seven years old, leaning against a post, and bitterly that he bad lost his mother. The conduc tor took the child with him to his own lodgings, and put him to bed, promising to go with him in the morning in search of his mother. At daybreak the conductor got up with the purpose of carrying his benevolent intentions into execution, but the boy had disappeared, taking with him a w" the judgment of many, woufu .illeted on our Chris tian faith by removing from the statute book those words which constituted the badge of our professing Christianity, he called on them on every consideration of duty and in terest to pause before they undertook so great a charge. He called upon them before they hazarded, he would not crym h and a sum of money whic.:l his kind host had de posited in a drawer on going to bed. The conductor went to the commissary of police, and related his story, and was then informed that within a month three robberies by children under very nearly the same circumstances had been committed.—Paris paper. STEAM BOAT DISASTER.--The Philadelphia Daily News, in a telegraphic despatch from Pittsburg, says : " News has just reached here, by way of the Lakes, of a which happened on .I.4aKe ancingan, Dy which nearly 200 human beings have been hurried into an untimely grave. On Sunday morning last, the propeller Phoenix, bound unto the Lakes, was discovered to be on fire, when within 10 miles of Sheboygan. The fire broke out under the deck, and, a fresh wind prevailing, spread . Tlicac vvcao vvcr L VV . IJ ntwared_pas.6 say the security, but the confidence which the public had in the security of our Christian constitution—he called upon them, in the name of their common Christian faith, hereto pause and make no such change as that proposed. After speeches in favour of the measure froM Mr. J. Fox (Unitarian minister), Mr. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Romilly, and Mr. D'lsraeli • and against it, from Lord Ashley, Mr. Banks, Mr. doulburn, Mr. Plumptre, and Sir J. Ackland. the debate was adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS FRIDAY The Earl of AUCKLAND, in answer to Lord COLVILLE, stated that the number of medals to naval officers who had distinguished themselves in the war would far exceed those comprehended by the order in council of June last, in consequence of a recommendation from flag officers to that effect, to which the government had acceded. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in answer to the Marquis of Londonderry, expressed his belief that the corres pondence which had been published between certain bishops and Lord John Russell, with reference to the case of Dr. Hampden, was authentic, and that a conge d'elire had been forwarded to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, to proceed to the election, but there were certain forms to be gone through with which he was unacquainted, and therefore could not state the time at which the appoint ment would be completed. The Bishop of ROCHESTER condemned the course taken by the government with respect to Dr. Hampden's nomi nation, pointed out the legal means whereby his confir mation might be opposed, and concluded by stating, that, as it had been held by lawyers that bishops were not com pelled to take part in the sacred ceremony of the confir mation of other bishops against their consciences, he should abstain from assisting at that of Dr. Hampden. The Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Public Works (Ireland) Bill was read a third time; and on the question that it do pass their lordships divided, the numbers being 5 in favour of the motion, and 4 against. - - sen gers on board, and the scene was heartrending. Some in desperation plunged into the lake—others in their wild deliium rushed headlong into the flames. It was a har- HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY A new writ was ordered for the borough of Rye, in the room of Mr. Curteis, deceased. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Gladstone, said he could not fix the period at which he should bring forward the bill for the alteration and amendment of the naviga tion laws. Sir G. GREY, in answer to Mr. J. S. Wortley, observed that the subject of the appointment of a public prosecutor in criminal cases was under the consideration of the go- vernment Mr. WAr.PoLE moved the consideration of the petition of Sir W. Jones, member for Cheltenham, alleging that the recognisances entered into by the petitioners against his return were not in the form prescribed by law, and praying that no further proceedings might be had thereon. After some discussion, and on a division, the petition was referred to the consideration of a select committee by a majority of 11, the numbers being 135 to 124. On the motion of Sir G. GREY the petition complain ing of undue influence on the part of the Earl Fitzhard inge at the late election for West Gloucestershire was re ferred to a committee of privileges, to be named on Mon day, consisting of a few of the principal members of the house, all the knights of the shire, gentlemen of the long robe, and such merchants as desired to attend. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply to Mr. 11. Grattan, said he had seen the letter of the Bishop of Exeter to Lord John Russell, on the subject of Dr. Hampden's ap pointment, but had been prevented by the press of pro fessional business from reading it ; when, however, it was brought before him, professionally or officially, he, together with the Solicitor-General, would give it their aest attention. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to Mr. Bankes, stated that he had received copies of two decrees issued at Madrid on the 16th of November. The first related to an alteration in the levying of the duty on woollen goods, the tendency of which was in some degree to increase the duty ; the second increased the duty upon goods comp osed partly of cotton in all cases in which one-third of the aggregate of the material was composed of cotton, and in all cases the duty was to be levied according to the material which predominated in the texture. An appli cation had been made for the postponement of these de crees, so that time might be given to those whose interests were concerned to make their arrangements accordingly, but as yet no reply had been received to that communica tion. The adjourned debate on the removal of Jewish dis abilities was resumed by Mr. Law, followed by Mr. Hope, Mr. Newdegate, Lord Drumlonrig, and Mr. H. Drum mond against the motion, the speakers in favour of the same being Lord Arundel and Surrey, Lord Morpeth, Sir H. Verney, Lord George Bentinck, and O'Gorman Mahon. Lord J. RUSSELL having replied, the house divided, the numbers being 253 to 186 ; majority, 67. The house then went into committee, when the reso lution on which to found the bill was ageed to. Sir ROBERT broLis's motion for a teommittee on the pitrlisuneat ecopied.thc rcmlpll4€,T,9l the sitting. rowing spectacle, and humanity shudders at the recital of it. Some thirty of the passengers succeeded in escaping in the boats, and the rest either perished in the flames, or were drowned. One hundred and fifty of the passengers were German immigrants." The steamer Talisman, from Cincinnati, bound to St. Louis, and the steamer Tempest, . . bound down, came in contact, about daylight on the 19th of November, at Devil's Island, by which the Talisman was sunk, drowning over one hundred deck passengers. No cabin passengers lost. The passengers and crew (those saved) were taken off by the Tempest and landed at St. Louis. recent accident Sgilestrian act entitied 3 ` the and was welcomed back with t The equestrian feats of the tke pprforimuos tf M, A LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FRIDAY ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GARDNER. --- SAME V. SAME These informations relate to a dispute between parties interested in a fund which had been raised by subscrip tion in 1838, for the purpose of erecting a chapel and school at Birkenhead, in connection with the Established Church of Scotland. The first information prayed a de claration that certain land, which had been purchased with the money, and the buildings which had been erected thereon, might be conveyed and dealt with according to the intention of the parties, expressed in certain deeds executed in 1839 and 1844. The defendants impeached these deeds under the Statutes of Mortmain, and denied that there was any charitable trust to be administered by the Court.—The arguments are not concluded. Mr. Moore is to be the new Judge•of the Irish Queen's Bench, and Mr. Monahan succeeds him as Attorney-Gen, Mr. Hatchell will he Solicitor-General. In the House of Lords on Monday, Lord Campbell ob served that it had been determined, over and over again, that a minister of the Established Church of England, or a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, was, if he said anything from the pulpit detrimental to the cha racter of an individual, or anything that led to a breach of the public peace, civilly and criminally liable for what he said, just as much as if he spoke it from the market-cross, or from a public platform. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE CLERICAL CRITICISM.-At a meeting of clergymen in the south, convened to obstruct Dr. Hampden's progress to the bench of bishops, resolutions were proposed founded on his " Bampton Lectures." A clergyman calmly asked, " Have we all read them?" No answer. " Then I beg to propose that we do read them." The meeting broke up. The Bishop of Exeter says, in his letter, that if the bishops had remonstrated against Dr. Hampden's appoint ment as bishop, there would have been a very extensive defection from the church. The Church and State Ga zette asks, " Will the remonstrance prevent it ? I trow not—it cannot—it ought not—and bishops' relatives and chaplains will be among the number." THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND AND LORD WARD. —ln reply to the Rev. Mr. Shaw, Lord Ward says :—" As long as the law of the land upholds the established church of Scotland I shall countenance no other; nor will I do anything for a body who'll I hold to be dissenters, stirrers up of strife, and most unchristian in spirit. Do not sup pose that this is an opinion hastily formed. You reside in gyman of the established church here to take care of my lab Ours. There is none at present; and I prefer your teaching to the knowledge that there is no pastor in the zlen." POLITICAL MISCELLANY Mr.C. Buller has been re-elected, unopposed,forLiskeard. Lord John Russell was last night to move an adjourn ment of the House of Commons until the 3rd Feb. Lord Sandon is to be a member of the Ecclesiastical Commission, in the room of Lord Stanley. On Saturday, Captain Townshend, R.N., was elected member for Tamworth, without opposition. Lord Alfred Paeet vacates Lichfield in favour of Mr. Macaulay. Lord Shelburne, eldest son of the Marquis of Lans downe, is to be the new Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Cowan was re-elected for Edinburgh on Thursday, without opposition. The Hon. F. Villiers has been elected Weymouth member for The election for Newcastle-under-Lyne took place on Thursday, when Mr. Christy was re-elected. Thg num bers were for Mr. Christy 546, for Mr. Ross 367. The Daily News of Monday states, that "communica tions have taken place during the last few weeks between the government and persons engaged in the manufacture of gas, relative to a proposed duty of ls. per 1000 cubic feet of that article, which would produce more than two mil lions sterling annually to her Majesty's government. NEW POOR-L A.W.—Lord Ebrington is to be appointed to the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the new Poor law Commission, and Mr. Nicholls, the senior Commis sioner of the'Commission now about to be superseded, is to be the permanent Secretary. The present Commission will expire on the day after the Commission appointing Mr. C. Buller the -President, is published in the Gazette. STOCKPORT ELECTION. — The nominat.iQn took place on Wednesday, when the conservative party brought for ward Mr. Marsland, and the liberals, Mr. Kershaw. The election took place on Thursday, and Mr. Marsland took the lead, and maintained it until half-past twelve, when his adversary gained ten in advance, and continued gra dually to improve his advantage until the close, when he won the day by a majority of only 27 out of a large constituency. The numbers polled were, Kershaw, 545, and for Marsland, 518. The Rev. Mr. Newman left Rome on the 10th instant for England. He is bearer of the greatest papal docu ment which has reached our island since that read by Cardinal Pole in the House of Lords under Queen Mary, by which the Pope reconciled England to his see, took off the ban, and authorised the secularisation of the church lands. This bull, of which Mr. Newman is in charge, sweeps away for ever the power of " Vicars Apostolic," and substitutes twelve bishoprics with an archbishop in England. FREE TRADE.—It is all very fine for the unthinking portion of the community to be led away by the very pleaing phantom free trade; but when we look at the following statement, proved from close calculation, we would ask the must shallow reasoner how the system can be carried out with benefit to this country ? Out of every pound sterling raised for taxes, twelve shillings go for the interest on the national debt, being one-third more than is expended on the army, navy, and civil list, includ ing the Queen, ministers, judges, &c. Can it be possible then, with such a weight on the nation, to compete with the comparatively untaxed foreigner ? Lord Minto, it turns out, has gone to Rome for his own pleasure, not as an ambassador in disguise to the Pope. Sir Robert Inglis questioned Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons, on Friday, whether it was true that the Lord Privy Seal had signed a convention on the part of the British Government with the Papal authorities,, for the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states ; and the answer of the noble lord was explicit be yond cavil. He stated that the reports on the subject of Lord Minto's visit to Rome, were entirely destitute of all foundation whatever." His lordship added, that doubts existed as to the legality of diplomatic intercourse with Rome—" chiefly upon the construction of the word ` communion,' the law being that the crown is not allowed to hold any communion with the court of Rome." It was a question whether the word should be taken to mean religious communion or diplomatic communion ; but so long as the doubt exists, Lord Palmerston assures us the government will make it a reason against any official re cognition of Rome. SIR ROBERT THE PLIABLE AND SIR CHARLES THE OBSTINATE.—Mr. Pattison paid a deserved and charac teristic compliment to Sir R. Peel on Wednesday, in the debate upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer's commer cial distress committee. " If," said he, " I live to see the right hon. gentleman, the member for Tamworth, again at the head of the administration of affairs, I have no doubt I shall see him the first to propose an alteration in the Act of 1844. (Cheers and laughter.) I say so with the profoundest respect for the right hon. gentleman. I am grateful for what he has already done, and trust that in this matter he will add to the other services he has that the f after the above tribute to the ex-premier's man nature ; or nfmerermecbleurpofonrtlroncoduonntirsy.."proWfoeund shouldu judge g s e a y of h. _ I=al felicity, the Chancellor of the Exchequer's known cll3l : °c !readiness to change his opinions, he hit off, with obstinacy in maintaining his, from the perfect conviction which he habitually entertains that none other can be ) cine l l a to d tre b ros e f e tt n oh ehim asked i Ex chequerwduorritnhg m t h a a e i n n r d t e a c i r e n e n i p n t r g e . se crisis n t ‘ Ittoheeg(ol‘r real o a r. t Ph ea state tCt hs° o a nn f but he said he would do no such thing—others might go if they chose, but he knew him better. He.knew that his mind was made up, and that they might as well at tempt to kick down the Nelson column or the Duke of York's pillar, as to move the resolution of the right hon. gentleman." How finely contrasted are the two charac ters—both weathercocks—but the one in full play, veer ing with every puff of wind—the other fixed by the rust of conceit and only right by chance. With respect to Sir Charles Wood, indeed, nothing can exceed the superla tive complacency with which he bows to his own superior judgment. He is at all times ready to say—and always looks as if lie were going to say—" Doubt that the stars are fire doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar—'but never doubt that I am right."—John Bull. [We have prophecied the same course, as that to be taken by Sir Robert three months ago.—E. L. S.] JULLIEN'S VISIT TO LIVERPOOL. This renowned conductor and composer, in the course of his annual tour musicale, purposes visiting Liverpool early in January. He will be accompanied by the strength of his band. Amongst those announced are Richardson, Bowman, Cioffi, Sig. Piatti, Herr Koenig, Prospere, Collinet, Barret, Angolis, &c., &c. A new descriptive quadrille, into which is introduced several Swiss national airs, collected by M. Jullien during his late visit to Switzerland, will be produced here. In London it has taken immensely, and is most highly spoken of by musical critics. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. FRENCH EQUESTRIAN COMPANY.—We are happy to observe that the attractive character of this company's performances is winning more and more the support of the Liverpool public. Notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, which has prevented all but the most hardy and determined from leaving the comfortable winter fireside, the increasing attendance this weeklies been so marked that the mana ger has been compelled to enlarge the space at his disposal, to accommodate his audiences, by taking away the parti tion at the back of the house, and throwing the whole of the spacious arena open to the public. He proposes, also, for the accommodation of those families, and others, who object to appear abroad in the evenings, to give a series of morning performances during the Christmas holidays, which will, doubtless, tend to enliven this joyous period t 9 some thousands of the young, who will shortly be re lieved from the routine of school, and restored to the family circle. The performances during the past week have been varied, by the introduction of several novelties, amongst the most attractive of Nhich have been the Quadrille of the Four Quarters of the Globe," the performances of Messrs. L'Eclair, Hermam In a comic scene, and "the Incredible, by M. Auriol. Another additional attn on Saturday, is the return of M. L. I I Siegrist devil) to the arena, having Perfectly comic scene, we noticed :t (the little He appeared on Situ: mined in the first instance to be suitable to the circum - stances of hat such revised scale take respectively, upon the then next 2 That on the Ist day of January, avoidar 1845, a of all the bishoprics Lary, 1837, to the 31st clay of December, 1843, was presented to Parliament, and n the 6th day of February, 1846. and the subsgq 16th d 1846, respectively, were presented the neral reports of the Ecclesiastical Com- 1111SSIO ng how the provisions of th een carried out. 3. That, from these I by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners trs to this House that the provisions un IV,, c. 77, so far as relates to been carried out accord- of the Act 6 the I iiament ided the motion. He would say at the outset to the abuse: ; he believed those who shut their eyes existed in the working of the E,tab taps the worst enemies of the Church. the hon. member for Cockermouth had ni this question was, in his estimation, with h nt were •s.) motion He beli eat importance, and he was willing to go along in the resolutions which he had proposed. the hon. member intended to follow up his he did not know I with him that some further proceedings were r as the working of the Ecclesiastical Commis sion could not be satisfactory to those who considered it in all its bearings. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the hon. gentleman meant to make an attack on the prelates. It was the system worked as it had been that lie spoke ot, and wtout. icd v. 1., to tuv,v., the active, nine, and intelligent view which he had done of the whole sub ject. He would repeat that the greatest enemies of the clergy were those who winked at abuses, and shut their that such was his intention he agr of this kind. He would not lose sight of the Act of 7th of William IV. had respect it ulterior end ; that its object was to put bishoprics on a proper footing, and ultimately to promote the comforts of the working clergy. If the object of that Act was that any funds - which might be found to exist should be applied to that object, unquestionably they ought to be so directed. On these grounds, there . Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. Horsman could hardly lope that the house would affirm a resolution to the effect that the ecclesiastical commissioners had not fulfilled the trust reposed in them, and he, therefore, hoped he would withdraw his motion. _ He was not at present prepared to Etuuniustenng cue he did not see his way clearly, g to legislate until he did. church revenues and The house divided, and the motion, which was some what modified at the instance of Mr. HEYWOOD, was negatived by a majority of 130 to 65. Mr. PACKE obtained leave to bring in a bill to alter the time for holding the Epiphany Quarter Sessions. The object of the bill was to postpone these sessions from the week after the 28th December, when they are now held, to the week after December 31st. By that means the judges, the witnesses, and the bar would have an oppor tunity, which they now did not possess, of enjoying their Christmas holidays. Sir G. GREY thought that some objection to the bill might arise hereafter on the ground of its interference with term. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -WEDNESDAY The nomination of the committee to inquire into the causes of the late commercial panic was proceeded with this day. A notice stood on the paper in the name of Lord G. Bentinck, that on the appointment of the com mittee; he should move the following substitutions : Mr. liastie for Mr. Labouchere, Mr. W. Brown for Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Henley for Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Pattison for Sir W. Clay, and Mr. Muntz for Mr. J. Wilson. The twenty-six names proposed by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer were therefore put seriatim to the house, and on coming to each of those for which Lord G. Bentinck pro osed to substitute others, divisions took place on each, but the hon. members named by the government were carried by considerable majorities. Mr. BROTIIERTON brought forward his motion to pre -vent the house as much as possible sitting after twelve o'clock at night ; but, after a short discussion, it was negatived by a majority of 57 to 33. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. A great many petitions were presented among them one by Sir R. Inglis, from Oxford University against the ad mission of Jews to Parliament, and some in favour of their admission. Lord. Jonx RUSSELL said that he was in correspondence , with the Duke of Wellington on the subject of the de fences of the country, but that he was ignorant of the let ter purporting to be written by his Grace on the same subject, until ho saw it in print. In reply to a question Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that le did not intend to bring forward any measure to relieve •Dissenters from church rates. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the house resolve 'itself into committee on the removal of the civil and poli tical disabilities affecting her Majesty's Jewish subjects. Ile based his motion on the simple but solid ground that every Englishman born was entitled to every honour and -advantage which the British constitution held out, and that religious opinions ought not to be any obstacle to the enjoyment of those honours and those advantages. Unless, then, something could be proved to disqualify the „Jews, natives of this realm, for civil and political office, they were entitled to all the privileges which British sub jects claimed as their birthright. Our present restrictions Aid not attain the end which they were intended to accom plish ; for whilst they excluded those who felt the religious .obligation of an oath, they did not exclude those who 'denied religious o bli g ation altogether. Complaints had been made that the Jews held up Christ as an impostor, end were constant revilers of Christianity. Now, was -there ever any man who sneered more at Christianity than Mr. Gibbon, and yet he had taken his seat in that house, lad held office on the true faith of a Christian, and had sat on the treasury benches with a government which had .upheld the very highest church doctrines. Mr. Hume bad never sat in that house, but he had held the office of English Charge d'Affaires at Paris ; Sir R. Inglis could ;le Jew who had undermined Christianity vet Mr. Hume would have taken the de required to be made at the table, with a t what he would have deemed the folly of le appealed to the house in the name of of England, which was a friend to free -1 justice, and an enemy of every kind of to take away this last remnant of religious ppealed to it also in the name of our thich was a religion of love and charity, dictated to us to do unto others as we mild do unto us. The noble lord then md cheers from all sides of the house. ked the house whether they would have . 1 the motion before the house ? If un sure of the house to go into a Speaker should Lt to not name a 20 mud claratioi the co disqxialific Ana winch should wis slat down Sir R. 7 a seem happily attitni leave t house the 9 ,, thO rro. IRELAND, The Limerick Reporter of Friday brings an account of the murder of Thomas Murphy, a respectable farmer. He was shot dead in his own parlour,and then robbed of £3O. The Poor-law Commissioners of Ireland have about nine Unions thrown upon their hands, the Guardians de clining to act. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The - murder of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd is stated to have arisen from a deep-laid conspiracy among his own tenants. The actual murderers and five of the conspirators are said to be in custody. The Dublin - Mail states, that the young Marquis of Drogheda, who lately married the daughter of Lord Wharncliffe, is on the list of proscribed victims. Her ladyship found fault with the lazy manner of the work people in the house,—others were procured,—and this change has given mortal offence. [This has since been denied.] At the repeal meeting, on Monday, there was a thin at tendance. Mr. Nicholas Maher was in the chair, and de clared that the repeal motion could not have been in worse hands than Feargus O'Connor's. Henry Gratton and Dillon Browne were abused in good style. Poor Ireland was declared bankrupt and betrayed. The week's rent was X 22 ss. _ CLERICAL LIFE NOT INSURABLE.—A very remarkable petition—a singular and signal proof of the insecurity of life in Ireland—was presented to the House of Commons r on the evening of Monday, by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. It was a petition from th e chairman of an English whi eh assassinationln s uranc e Company,had renderedintimating lfc i Irelandtlie t degree ooins t e o . cure to be made the subject of commercial speculation; and the determination enforced upon the Insurance Com panies, by the murder of the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, to exclude Irish clergymen from this mode of securing a provision for their families after their death, unless the government should guarantee against the intolerant malice of a fana tical conspiracy, and give the insurers an indemnity from loss, by subjecting the county in which the murder had been committed to the full extent of the risk. DEtsurreuvriorr oir - riTE - ThiiturinarivlAJoß - MAnow. —Father M`Derrnott, an Irish Catholic priest, in a letter published in one of the local newspapers, says have to assure the public, by the most solemn asseverations a clergyman can utter, that the late Major Mahon was never denounced, nor even his name mentioned, from any cha pel altar in Strokestown, or within 20 miles of Strokes town, on any Sunday before his death." In elucidation of this positive assertion of Father M'Dermott, " an Irish pee,' in a letter to the London Times says :—" The rev. priest is quite right as to the word 'Sunday ;'—the late Major Mahon was denounced from the altar on the 'Mon day' previous to his assassination ; that 'Monday' was a saint's day, on which the Roman Catholic population attend mass , as regularly, and in as great numbers, as on the Sabbath. This fact is known in Dublin Castle." As a specimen of quibbling, the priest's assertion is worthy of the cause which he has taken up to defend by special pleading. RAILWAY AFFAIRS, • The railway calls for January amount to the enormous sum of £4,000,000. _ . The electric telegraph company are making prepara tions for having a direct communication between London and Liverpool. It is confidently expected all the wires will be laid down against the Ist of January. The new room will be opened on the Ist of February. The report and accounts previously presented were " not approved of" at the Birmingham and Oxford meeting. In the present state of the law proceedings , the meeting was again adjourned till the 28th instant. The Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway have contracted to supply Manchester with pure water at the rate of 35. per 1000 gallons, for which the company is to receive £2500 per annum. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Friday, the temporary bridge of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway over the Severn, near Preston Boats, gave way, by which tw o unfortunate men were drowned, one named Edwar d Thomas, of Meole Brace, the other Wm. O'Neil, a nativ e of Ireland ; there was also one horse drowned. COLLISION ON TIIE YORK RAILWAY.—A serious acci dent occurred on the York and North Midland Railway , 'day. As the luggage train from Hull to Wake was passing at a slow speed, near the Burton Salmon ation, the mail train from York for London came LIP, and ran into the luggage train, and destroyed two vans , hese car ,es three cattle jobbers; re killed on the pot, ncl stoker a the e.ngine and the third is in a were in one of these carriak it train cscaped DR. HAMPDEN Lord John Russell's answer to the bishops has called forth a long letter from the Bishop of Exeter, who examines in detail Lord John's reply to the &shops' allegation. The Bishop maintains that Dr. Hampden's appointment would be an act beyond all pre cedent, for never before was any person recommended by the crown to a bishopric against whom there stood a for mal legal judgment affirming the unsoundness of his doc trine. He asks the premier to refer the writings of Dr. Hampden to the judgment of the Church in convocation, or, if there are objections to that course, to let these writings be judged by a provincial council of the bishops, assisted by such divines as her Majesty shall be graciously pleased to name. Dr. Phillpott maintains that the judg ment of Oxford University ought to be a ban of exclusion (from the office of abishop at l eas t) s o l on g as it remains in force, or until itis proved to be unfounded. In an swer to Lord John's averment, that many of the most prominent among the original majority against Dr. Hamp den have since joined the Church of Rome, the right rev. prelate says, that by "the most prominent" ought to be understood the Committee, who openly sat for the purpose of devising measures for vindicating the Univer sity from the evils which might be expected to result from such a selection of the King's Professor of Theology : " Of these, one, indeed, has fallen, to the consternation and grief of all who knew, or had heard of, his high faculties. The others, thank God, still stand rooted and grounded in faith and love." The Bishop further asks, "If, instead of a decree having been passed against Dr. Hampden for unsound teaching by the University of Oxford, a judg ment of the Court of Queen's Bench had been pronounced against him for some flagitious crime, and if this judg ment were urged as a reason why he should not be pro moted to a bishopric, would this be to transfer the Royal supremacy from the Queen to Lord Denman ? If it would not, why should it be said to follow from Dr. Hampden's being disqualified for a bishopric, so long as he is under the censure of the Oxford decree, that this is to transfer the supremacy of the Crown to the convocation of Ox ford ?" The right rev. Prelate proceeds--" My Lord, the Crown has no right, can have no right (I•trust, too, that it will be found to have no power), to force a bishop on the Church whom the Church has a just right to reject as a 'setter forth of erroneous and strange doctrine, con trary to God's word.' True, my Lord, the Statute 25 Henry VIII., chap. 20 tthe Magna Charta of tyranny), does give to the Crown a power, which your Lordship ha 3 been pleased to call a ' right,' to condemn to prison and to penury any dean or any chapter who may refuse com pliance with such a mandate. But no Statute has the power to effect the execution of the mandate itself; no Statute has the power to make an honest and conscien tious chapter to elect, or an honest arid conscientious pre late to consecrate, to the office of bishop, such a person as I have described above. . . . My Lord, do not imagine that I am one of those who, if it were within their power, would d^ C aeprive ti. ._;rown of any portion of its rightfu. supremacy, especially of its just, legitimate Christian in fluence, in the appointment of our bishops —an influence which I firmly believe to be necessary to the peace, and therefore to the efficiency of the Church. Let the Crown continue to nominate them, but let it exercise this right, which almost all considerate Churchmen wish it to re tain, with caution, with discretion, with due regard to the feelings and the conscience of all concerned." An address, signed by 485 lay members of the Church 3f England (including several peers, members of parlia -t, &c.) the el- Dr "- men disapproving o, -.evation 01 ter. Hampden to the see of Hereford, was presented to Lord John Russell on Friday week. His lordship in his reply says he is fully , prepared to take all the consequences of the recommenda tion, as he believes " the appointment will tend to strengthen the Protestant character of our church, so se riously threatened of late by many defections to the church of Rome." His Lordship adds—" That the appointment should excite feelings of bitterness is I hope an error, as it would'show a sad want of Christian charity on the part of those who would indulge such feelings." _ _ V The Bishop of Norwich, in a letter which has been published, has declined to sign the memorial of the Bishops; urging, as his reason, that by such a proceeding undue authority would De given to a university censure, originated by parties suspected of a leaning to Rome, and with manifestations of bitter party spirit ;—that the cen sure of 1836 was virtually repealed by the statute of 1842, appointing Dr. Hampden examiner in the new Theologi- cal Examination ; that Dr. Hampden has been unfairly and that he (the Bishop of Norwich) considers Dr. Hamp den's sentiments, on those particular topics on which he was supposed to be unsound, are in accordance with the formularies of our Church and the Scriptures. to the Premier, on the subject of the charges brought against him. After alluding to the pain which it causes to an honest mind to answer a charge of unfaithfulness to a high trust, and remarking that the present agitation is neither strange nor novel—the apostles themselv having been reviled - and evil intreated by their brethren, and Bishop Bull and Archbishop Tillotson having been called upon to answer a charge of Socinianism brought against them—the bishop designate thus proceeds Let me then, I would say, my lord, be instructed and encouraged, by these and other like examples, to submit with patience to His will, who, in the mystery of His pro vidence, has appointed for good that I, humble servant of His as I am, should pass through this ordeal of calumny. What is more afflicting in it is, that I am accused of de tracting from His glory, and the infinite merits of His blessed Atonement. He knows, however, that I have not done so. lam solaced and strengthened withthithmAhtt throwing out against me. Let me endeavour to_ silet that conflict of feelings within my own heart ;, whict unmerited and so base a charge naturally excites " First, then, my Lord, - I most solemnly deny the scandalous imputation. As an honest man, I say, I do not, and never did for one moment of my life, in thought or word, hold or maintain any other doctrine respecting our Lord's most holy Person and His blessed work 'of Redemption, than that which is plainly set forth from Scripture in the Articles and Formularies of our Church. I hold, too, ar.d have ever held most firmly, the full doc trine of the Holy Trinity, as stated on the same authority in the same documents of the Church. " Nay, I go on to say, with the utmost confidence of my sincerity, that I have on every occasion exerted myself to defend those Holy Truths, which I believe not with a mere assent, but really love and delight in. My convic tion his been, that no sermon, no exposition of religious doctrine, or exhortation to religious conduct, could have any unction of spiritual instruction, any living power to teach or to persuade, which did not derive its strength from those holy and lovely truths, which describe to us God the Father giving His only-begotten Son, His co equal in Majesty and Power, " to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life,"—God the Son giving Himself in love, taking on Him our nature, and born into the world, living and dying for us men, and for our salvation,—God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, the Third Person in the Blessed Trinity, sent down with holy comfort from the Saviour to instruct and guide the Church through all ages. "These great revealed verities, no mere opinions collected by speculative reasoning, but the manifest indisputable t a ught and enforced both as most certain and as m ost necessary to be believed. b t teaching a chi whatng o t f ie Scripture, thenwithout everwhich Scripture would not that tn theat tempted doctrines " It of Scripture or any other of its great fundamen tal truths, such as Original Sin, Justification by Faith, preventing and assisting Grace, the efficacy of the t w o i s t o not e shown n' y te teaching, ing. prejudiced whatever adversaries, e r a s y a r h i e a S y , e sacraments instituted by our Lord, are nothing more than theories formed by the human mind on the text of Scripture. It is a very great mistake to suppose that I have ever meant this, in what I have said of the force of Theory, in my Bampton Lectures or elsewhere. It is one thing, to endeavour to unfold the theories on which a particular phraseology employed in the systematic state ment of divine truths has been framed and adapted to its purpose' and quite another thing, to state that the truths themselves which that phraseology expresses are mere theories, or mere opinions, or probable conclusions, hav ing no positive certainty in them. This latter miscon struction belongs to those who have taken it up. It is not mine. It has no warrant in anything that I have said in theological discussion. My Bampton Lectures, indeed, were not written for popular reading, but for such as should come to the study of the subject, with some previous knowledge both of theological questions and of Ancient Philosophy. It is no wonder, then, that they should be open to this misrepresentation to ordinary readers. I should be much concerned if, from any un skilfulness in the use of words, I should have given rise to misapprehension. I would not assert, however, that I have always succeeded in conveying my thoughts exactly. But I am not, at any rate, to be blamed for some mis takes, or rather perversions of my meaning. For this I know, that arguments which I have advanced in support of the truth, have, in many instances, by an artful selec tion of detached words, been represented as upholding the very errors which they refuted ! " But whatever has been done, by hostile and uncandid expositors, in the way of perverting or obscuring my meaning, I have the satisfaction of knowing that many honest and intelligent minds have apprehended my true intent, and appreciated my labours. Thus, for instance, this or that person would not, or could not see, that it is a strong argument for the truth of the Catholic doctrine of the Trinity, that even heretics (as I have urged) have in some sense professed it, however imperfectly and in juriously, thus acknowledging the truth amidst their vain attempts to corrupt and destroy it, unconsciously bearing testimony to its existence in disputing it; and the truth itself showing its vital strength in surviving their attacks. " Many such instances of cruel misrepresentation I could allege. But I will not weary your lordship's patience. Let me, however, be suffered to say, what I would fain have remembered only in thanksgiving to Him whose grace enables us to think or do anything good, that I have reason to bless God, that in one instance at least 1 have not laboured in vain ; but that a person, now a pious and distinguished minister of Christ, was confirmed_ r.nd . fixed, by what 1 have advanced on the subjec t of the Trinitarian controversies, in the true faith of that Holy Mystery. And does not this one fact more than outweigh the assertions of a thousand anonymo us writers in newspapers, copying one another, and r e p eatin g the original false statement of the first mista ken or mis representing com mentators ?" The doctor then goes on solemnly to declare that he has "insisted constantly on the supremacy of Scripture as our rule of Faith," and that he has "ever taught that a authoritative interpreter t deferential respect to the authority of the Church, as it is laid down and explained in the formulari e s of our Ch urc h kweaespmeroostf H ine o u ly m w ben ri t t, o , n bu C t h t r h is e tians. In the view rpre of er his of t . op p o nents. the Church "is not simply ' the witn ess an d 1 • tich Scripture is conceived by them Igin un§c," Thiq notion of Cburch k an Dec. 21, 1847. authority will be found, says the doctor, "to be the root of the objections of this class of theologians to the teach ing of all who require that all doctrines should be drawn from Scripture. With them the reference to Scripture is an heretical principle,' because it holds up the authority of Scripture over that of the Church in all questions of doctrine." Those who are urging the point, says Dr. Hampden, " were the most active instruments in carrY ing the statute of the University, passed in 1840. That statute has been virtually repealed, first, by the Nor Theological Statue of 1842, which placed me, as Regiu s Professor, at the head of a newly-constituted Board of Theological Examiners ; and then, in the same year, by the just act of the chief Authorities of the University, with whom rests the initiative of every measure, ths Board of Heads of Houses and Proctors, who unani mously proposed a form of statute for rescinding it. So far, then, as the chief responsible body of the Universal is concerned, I am relieved of the burthen of that statue; though the Tractarian party succeeded, with a very duced majority. however, in throwing out the measure in Con vocat ion ." Dr. Hampden then alleges that that statute is perfeetk understood, and asks, " How any one can put it forwal'd now, when by such act they are implicating themselves with the theology and the spirit of its chief promoters, the editors of the ' Tracts,' a pamphlet, full of gross mis representations of my writings, the production of A. o ewm an, was circulated through the cou n t r y?" and this , with the great polemical excitement of the times, con curred in obtaining a majority against him ; "not, he w ' ever, even then, until after a repulse, on the first assault, by the firm and spirited intervention of the proctors. How, then, can any wish to sympathize or identify them selves with the chief actors of that day ? Where is gr. Newman now, let me ask, the principal mover then? What are the rest doing—his old associates whom he has left—but training others to imbibe the spirit of their great leader, reluctant as they may be to follow him through ,- out ?" —• The reverend writer then says, "I am not under the censure of the University ;' for the statute referred to no opinions or doctrines whatever, but only to the manner of treating theological subjects. When, indeed, a censure of the University is passed, certain propositions are selected from the author's writings, and the decree of Convocation condemns those particular nrooq , itions. This was done recently in the case of Mr. Ward, the author of the 'ldeal of the Christian Ctiureh.' Nothing of the kind was done -in 'fly ease: nothing specilaras even alleged against me." zette co order to the The Morning Post of Friday professes to " understand that, yesterday, the first formal step was taken, in the proper court, at Doctors' Commons, to bring to a legal test the orthodoxy or otherwise of Dr: Hampden." The clergy of Liverpool have addressed a letter to Lord John Russell, in which they say " We have witnessed with the deepest clncern the opposition, which your lord ship has encountered from a quarter whence it never ought to have aris2n. to the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the episcopate. We believe that your lordship will not be unwilling to receive the assurance that the elevation of that distinguished individual has afforded us the greatest showing that the First Minister of the nt exigencies of our be tted to meet them. At If the asser- satisfaction, as Crown is well aware of the pres, loved Church, and nobly detertr tion which has been made that the promotion of Dr. Hampden is regarded with alarm by the clergy and laity of our Church, believing as we do, that, on the contrail; the measure is hailed wiih the warmest approbation by all the real friends of our National Ecclesiastical Establish ment." Dr. Merewether, the Dean of Hereford, has forwarded a memorial to the Queen, in which, after alluding to hio having received the Royal license to elect a Bishop of Hereford, and the Royal recommendation to elect Dr• Hampden, he refers to the vote of censure passed on Dr' Hampdt n by the University of Oxford, and pleads for that right and liberty of conscience which he says will ba " trampled to the very dust" by a compulsion to elects person still under that censure. On this ground he prays either that Her Majesty will recommend some other per son, cr that she will graciously relieve the Chapter from the necessity of proceeding to the election, till she has pleased to submit n- - "icationg Impden's pub " to the judgment, either of the two houses of convoea- tion of clergy of the province of Canterbury, which is now sitting, or of the provincial Council of bishops of the same province, assisted by such d'v,nes as Her Majesty, or the provincial council shall be pleased to call, or of some ether competent tribunal which 11:r Majesty shall be graciousli pleased to rppoint. In order whereunto we have ePt: pointed for t e day of election the 28th day of December instant, being the eleventh day from t'le receipt of PC Majesty's conge d'e'lire, and the last whi c h we ea" la '" fully appoint. And we are the mo re em b o ld en ed this our humble supplication at the f ee t o f y ou r gaiesti by your known cordial attrch;nent to o u r h&y and apos tolic church, and by your f ithful and unifo rm observance of the oath made by your Maj2sty at yo ur cor onation, --- ' That you will maintain and preserve to the utmost of your power the doctrine, discipline, and government thereof." to lay The following letter from a highly intelligent clerical correspondent with special reference to the Bishop of Exeter's interference in the matter appears to place tha subject in a very clear point of view. " I was in hopes that it would have occurred either to yourself, or to some earlier and abler corresi ondent, to remind your readers how the Bishop of Exeter, whose purpose it now suits to defer so implicitly to the solemnity A' an Universit PEI CLIII laxr miria demriatiOn for a distinct and established Heresy, whom though interdicted at the time from the pulpits of the University, he allowed to preach, within his diocese, at " Upon this man, be it remembered, the church disci pline act, as originally introduced by the Bishop of Lon don, would have conferred summary and almost irrespon sible power in matters affecting either the doctrine, or the discipline of the church. Now, I would ask, what con fidence could be placed in the decisions of such a Rhada manthine Court, especially were a case to arise, as be tween Dr. Pusey and Dr. Hampden ? " Dr. Pusey's aim and endeavour is to unprotestantis o the Church of England, to which, as she is, he has so lemnly pledged, what ought to be, an unf e i gne d assen t and consent. Dr. Hampden's convictions, running pare with his engagements, keep him still true t o th e o bligaton s he has honestly undertaken—(see his letter to Lord V III Russell, of the 9th it stant, which all the Tractarian p:essf with more cunning than candour, have carefully stir pressed)—only he will not consent to un-church that large body of his fellow-Christians, who, differing on points of comparatively minor importance, nevertheless hold to dial same Lord, the same faith, the same baptism. the stun° God and Father of all, into whose name he hath bees baptized himself. 'Tis but a fresh illustration of the OW adage— " Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas.' " Yours, &c., " Dec. 20,1847 "ANOTHER PRESBYTER. COURT AND FASHION, Osborne is still the abiding place of the Queen and the Court. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby are still on a visit to her Majesty ; and on Wednesday, Pro.. fessor Sedgwick also became a guest at the Royal board. It is her Majesty's intention to proceed to Windsor from Osborne to-day. Lord John Russell and his lady attended the meeting at Exeter-hall on Sunday week to hear Dr. Cumming preach. MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS.—We have every rea son to believe that her Majesty is again in the most in teresting condition in which a married lady can be placed ; the time expected is about the end of March.—Globe. PRESENT OF A YORKSHIRE PIG TO PRINCE ALBERT. —The committee of the Leeds Association for the Im provement of Pigs and Poultry have sent to the Royal Farm at Windsor, a choice specimen of a superior large breed of pigs, which his Royal Highness Prince Albert has accepted. PRINCE ALBERT A MINER.—It is highly gratifying that we are in a position to state, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert has, with a view to advance the mining in terests of the county of Cornwall, determined on working the South Towan, United Hills, and Wheal Charles Mines, being parallel lodes. We state this on authority, and are well pleased to find that the attention of the Prince is thus directed to our national and natural resources of wealth.—Mining Journal, PRESENT TO THE ROYAL CHILDREN.-011 Tuesday' sus elegant miniature carriage was exhibited at the maker', in Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. It ia 'si step-piece barouche, being nearly a fac simile of a ba rouche now used by her majesty and Prince Albert, but on the scale of six inches to one foot. This equipage is designed to carry four children, and has been built by or der of the Queen Dowager, for presentation to the PM. of Wales and his royal sisters and brother. A melancholy accident happened on Sunday evening, 64 the Earl of Harrowby's seat, in Staffordshire, to one of the noble earl's grand-daughters, a young lady aged seveo teen years, daughter of the Hon. Granville Ryder, anti niece to Lord Sandon. She wr.s standing before the firs, warming herself, when her dress, which was composed bi light materials, was drawn towards th e b ars by th e ac tion of the draught, and in an instant she was enveloped is flames. The unfortunate young lady rushed into the roost in an agony of terror and pain into the hall, where the flames were extinguished, but not until she had been so dreadfully burnt as to leave no hope of recovery. She died after much suffering in the course of Monday n*hi. Lord Sandon received several severe burns in his effigiev to extinguish the flames. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH LANCASHIRE COURSING CLUB. SOUTHPORT MEETING, DEC. 15 AND 16. The SCARISBRICK CUP was won by Mr. King's Jact- 4 " Mr. Bake's Assault ran up. The FLEETWOOD PUPPY CUP was won by Mr. Raiff son's Baronet—Mr. King's Walton ran up The CH URCH TOWN S' Duchess, beating Mr. B The CROSSENS STAKI tard—Mr. Kink's Phceb The SOUTHPORT ST? Rick—Mr. Barnes' Tyrl The CHAMPAGNE ST . Peacock's Selina and M from the same kenn —.s were won liy Mr. Deakin's ke's Prince Albert. re won by Mr. Barnes' Baa- won by Mr. Hunt's ;;:e divided between Mr. s Baron, both dogs being THE CHASE. THE CHESIMiIi HOUNDS meet at Half-past Ten o'clock on Tuesday (this day), at Appleton ; Wednesday (te w), at Darnhall ; Friday, at Duddon Heath. SIRW. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS niraf .- " - o'clock on Tuesiln, Oteley Park ; Thursday G:t~i'uTti~ ROUT The murder recogniz ismtCa h James Bootle-c Jump. labour fi Bober tree, sto prisoner And hart Thom cheater, lence ro' vortatio - James killed ar victed. 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