The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-26 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

• SOLDIER'S DUPE.
E/izabetk Lewis, a tell and rather fine-looking young
woman, wee brought up on remand, and charged before
the Hon. G. C. Norton with attempting to throw herself
over Weeitininster-bridge.
Police-constable Henry Mitchell, 587 A, deposed that
on the night of Tuesday week, at about hall-past 10
o'clock, he was on duty on Westroinster-bridge, when
his attention was called towards the prisoner, who was
three parte over the side wall, and being held by
a soldier, who called out for assistance. He assisted in
getting her book to the pavement, when she expressed her
detennumtion to drown herself on the first oppoetamty,
end he in consequence took her to the statism- On
the following day, es his worship would recollect, the soldier
in his evidence swore that the prisoner was a perfect stranger
to him, sod that he had merely met her at Watchorn's
public•hoties on the night in question. Since the prisoner's
remand be (witness) had learned that the soldier bad been
acquainted with her for some years, that 12 months ago
be took her out of en excellent situation under pretence of
marrying her, end took her to a lodging be had engaged,
and from that time to the present she had been supply's(
him with the whole of the wsges of her prostitution.
Latterly. he (the soldier) took up with a young woman who
lodged in the same house, and deserted the prisoner, and
this and her jealous feeling on meeting him oo the night in
question had caused her to attempt self-destruction.
Mr. Norton—la the soldier in attendance?
Witmer—No, your worship, though I told him to be
bens end he preened me he should.
The prisoner admitted that all that bad been stated was
quite correct, and said, that having had time to reflect, she
should never attempt such en act again, and should at once
proceed to her friends in Staffordshire
Mr. Norton observed that the &Memo of the soldier wee
SOS to be wondered at, and hoped the prisoner would give
up all thoughts of such a worthless soonadrel for the future.
This the rammer promised, and saying she had a friend
who would pay her expenses into the country, was dis-
charge&

THE "ESSAYS AND REVIEWS"

PROSECUTION.

JUDICIAL COMET/TEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL.
(THIS DAY.)

[Present —The Lord Chanoellor, Lord Crenworth, Lord
Kiitgadown, Lord Chakodord, the Archbiehop of Can-
,thebury Archbishop of York, and the Bishop of
Loodou)

WILSON V. PI NDALL.-WILLIAIIII N. THI maw. OP
NALISBORIL

The Queen's Advocate in recanting his argument this
morning in support of the decision of the Dean at Arches,
said th►t sa the Lord Chancellor bad continually re-
ferred him to the passage in the article, " All things
necessary for salvation are contained in the word of
God," he wished his view of the legal application of those
words should be distinctly understood. He contended that
that passage in the articles, and all other' relating to
the same subject, mint be taken with the qualification

that they did not apply to the doctrines abstractedly
from the facts ; that if the law of the elinrch of England,
however expressed, mid that all things neoseary for salvation
were contained in the word of Gad, it was with reference to
certain hietoncel bets from which the doctrine arose. The
distinguishing criterion of the Holy Scriptures from all other
systems which had existed in put times was that it did
not teach by abstract proposition but by facts from
which the doctrine was deducible. It would not avail
Dr. Williams or Yr. Wilson therefore to say that they be-
lieved 'that certain doctrines and certain historical
facts were tree while they denied others. To
put the construction which the essayists had put upon
material facts was in fact, in substance, end in truth, to
deny the Word altogether, and to substitute for it an ab-
stract proposition, unconnected with facto. Were • clergy.
man 'Lowed to say " I believe the Holy Scripture contains'
all things eecirissary to salvation, but I deny that the his,
torical record of these fact' is supernaturally given,"
the effect would be to substitute for the present teaching of
the church that pernicious and fatal principle commonly
called philosophy. One argument which had been more
than once advanced in favour of the appeal was that what-
ever was not expressly forbidden in the articles there was
liberty for • clergyman to believe in. That was a
position which he must protest against, for it
would really include the liberty of speaking in
favour of the divine inspiration of Mabomet. Another
argument was that miles* the liberty of interpretation
claimed were admitted the doctrine of the church would be
at variance with scientidc discoveries. That was a question
into which be declined to enter, but the greatest discoverer
end genius we ever had found Do such contradiction in his
day. and fervently prayed that human knowledge
might sever prejudice Divine truth. Having thus
closed that part of his argument which related
to inspiration in regard to both CMGS, he referred particularly
to pr article! against M.F. Wilson, and in obedience to the

opinion which the court had expreere!l withdrew the charge

which was founded upon these words of the essay, " AZd
when we bear floe distinctions drawn between covenanted
and nocovenanted mercies it seems either to be a die.
Unction without a difference ur to amount to •
denial of the broad and equal justice of the Supreme
Being." In regard to the next article, however,
which it also seemed to be the opinion of their lordships
could not be sustained, he regretted be could not take the
same course. The charge was that Mr. Wilson had de-
clared that after this life, and at the end of the existing
order of things on this earth, there would be no judgment
of Cod, and be submitted that no other construc-
tion could be put upon these words of the
mow. " And when the Christian church in all its branches
shall have fulfilled its sublunary office, and its founder
shall have surrendered His kingdom to the Supreme Father,
all, both small and great, Mall find a refuge in the bosom of
the universal Parent."
The Lord Chancellor asked whether Dr. Phillimore was
aware of the interpretation which Mr. Wilson had pat upon
the word "everlasting."
The gamin's Advocate was aware of it, but submitted that
whether everlutiag meant for ever, or only long duration, it
would not alter the case, for the charge was that the writer
bad published the opinion that there would be no punish-
ment at ell. With regard to the doctrine of propitiation,
as put forth by Dr. Williams, he abandoned the charge
upon that point and only contended further that as Dr.
Williams bad made no distinction between himaelf and
Benxi Buren. aid es there was no expreee mention in the
essay that such and such were the errors of Baron Bunsen,
the reviewer must be held responsible for all the opinions
contained in his eery or review. If the law bad clearly
and distinctly laid down that a lioeese was accorded to
every minister of the church of England to stamp the
Bible with a human character, and to give to its words
• different meaning to those conveyed by the Thirty-nine
Articles, then the judgment of the Court of Arches must
be reversed, whatever the consequeems, even if they
stoned be the undermining of the foundation on which the
church of England was established. Bat if on the other I
band, it should be found upon investigation that the
law bad not spoken that language, that the law shrunk from
a proposition which would be so fatal, not only to the
clergy but to the laity of the country, that the law
which had endeavoured most anxiously to secure religious
uniformity would not allow that uniformity to be sub-
verted, then the decision of the court below must be sus-
tained, and the most precious tenure of this nation would
be preserved, namely, the right to teach by its ordained
ministers that which was emphatically designated in the
homage of the Prayer-book as "the pure word of Cod."
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., followed on the same side, and was
succeeded by Mr. Wilson to reply.

FINING AT SIGHT —A remarkable instance of the
wisdom of the " great upped, come before the public
yesterday in a ease at Redditch in Worcestershire. It ap-
poses that oo the night of the 17th a gentleman named
Baylis was walking arm-in-artn with a friend in Redditcb,
when a magistrate named Milward aims to him 111:1d
" Yes. Baylis, you are drunk ; I dee you bs." " Oh," says
Yr. Baylis " hers it is," banding the money. Milward da
alined to take it, but said he would seed the mutable for it
the next day. He, however, sent a summons, and yesterday
he sat oe the bench whilst he gave big evidence as a wit"
MM. During the examination, Mr. Milward admitted that
the defendant was neither making a odes nor obit=
the footpath. The ease was, however, dismissed by a
brother magistrate of Mr. Milward's, who in every respect
sustained the character of a colliraguw—Messehater
seiner.

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