The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-02-08 00:00:00

THE IRISH CHURCH SCHEME.

The Irish Church Committee of Organisation bare
roads • report suggesting to the General Convention
the scheme of • constitution for the church. They
advise that the church body under the sot shall
oonsist of all thatarchbishope and bishops and one lay
and one clerical member for each disuse, together
with twelve elected persons, and that their body
should apply for a charter of incorporation. The ,
bishops are to be chosen by the College of Bishops
out of three names &elected by clerical votes. The
laity, too, have merely • power of disapproval. The
parish clergy are to be selected from three names
presented to the bishops in each diocese by • board
of nominators appointed by the convention, and
at parochial vestries. Bishops, clergy, and laity
are to debate in one chamber; the bishops
however, to vote separately, and the other
orders conjointly, except when separate vote'
shall be demanded by any three of either order.
The report advises general commutation, and an
immediate raising of a sustentation fond. It pro-
poses to reaffirm the Thirty-nine Articles and the
present ecclesiastical law, and establish courts of
discipline and &atria', of whiah lay judge' will be •
component part.

THE P tELIAMENTARY SESSION.
Frequent Cabinet Councils are not the only symptom
of reviving political activity preparatory to the opening
of Parliament Witlin • few day. 'grim/, deputation.
to different Ministers have reminded on of several
matters which may give the Government trouble besides
the two great queetioss of the session—those of Irish
land tenure, and popular education. Ono deputation
hu asked for Government aid in procuring cheap trains
for the working men of London ; another bag demanded
State assistance to Emigration ; • third has requested
the Government to take up the matter of scientific or
technical as well as popular education: a fourth bee
presented a protest against the proposed modification of
the volunteer regulations ; and so on. People expect
a greet deal from the present Cabinet, and urtainly the
range of their contemplated legislation is both ample
wide, if—and the "II" is an important one—there only
be time.
The 6nancialpreepecta of the Government are gratify-
ing. Mr. Lowe will have • " pleasant surplus," as the
Times expresses it, in April ; and It is suggested that
he may remit the fruit duties, give up some of the
license duties, abolish • number of the wised taxes,
and recluse the income-tax. These reliefs will be very
acceptable no doubt, but is the Malt Tat to remain a
burden on farmers, and marring the fair edidoe of Free
Trade!

Tar Irish land measure, the Telegraph believes, w
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be brought forward on Thursday, the 17th inst.
TRU firemen In Norwich, Conn., turned out early
on Monday morning to put out the Aurora Borealis.
THI Dowager Maroltionen of Westminster is the
most interesting widow in Europe. She has an ineome
of 300,000 dole. • year.
A Sant FILANCIIOO lade, who had an eye knoeked
out by • rocket, sees 10,000 dole. damages with the
remaining orb.
CHIOLGO courts tried last year 723 divorce suite, and
put asunder 468 couples. Of the successful suits, 306
were brought by the wives.
TEL (loath is announced of Lady Elphiestorie, the
mother of Sir James Elphinstone, Bart, M.P.. A the
age of 88.
Dr. Msoteetir was on Wedneaday Amounted bishop
guffrstran of Nottingham. Bix bishops took part in the
ceremony.

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