The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-14 00:00:00

THE CHURCH CONGRESS.

BRISTOL, TNI7IIIIDLY.

Congress resumed its sittings this morning at
tea o'clock. Two sections again sat at the Victoria-MOMS,
Clifton, sad afternoon. That under the presidency
of the Bishop o °concurs& and BSI/TOL, bad for its cos-
indention the education of the clergy, the systematic culti-
vation of English composition, pubbe rending and speaking.
The Dean of CAIITISSITRT opened the dimussion in a most
elaboiste paper On the education of the clergy, dividing
his subject under two heade—theologiral and ',miters!
educaion.

—irebeidary GOOLIWEN next spoke on the systematic
cultivation of English composimm, public reading sad
E. Rev. E. A. Lrrrox neat related the result of his experi-
ence, am examining chaplain, of the qaalificatione of midi-
deka for examinatiosa, which be showed were very
but examines were compelled to pass them on account of
the dearth of clergy.
The Right Rev.-Passiosicr observed that having publicly
dated in his own cathedral recently that the candidates pin
noted in that dioone now were up to the mark, he most
take that opportunity of repeating his statement that they
were so sow. (Hear.)
Rev. Dr. B/LiLii, of St. Aidaa's College, read a paper OR
the edseatke of the parlors! clergy.
Rev. Cams Brooke, examining chaplain to the Bishop
of Manchester, Professor Burrows, the Rev. Onion Girdle-
noes, and the Dean of York having spans,
The Pacarszer wound up the discusses, by nyiog he
feared the proposal for a lengthened dioceses before priest's
orders, could not be earned out on minuet of the great want
of priesthood in the church.
The other subjects discussed today were chiefly ethica-
-1 Waal. In this departmest,
Rev. Canes Mom= read an important paper on
class education, end the Bristol demean trade school, and
was followed by Pre Brenton, Colonel Yoorsom,
Prebendary Sanctuary, and l Foresaw, who referred to
a pamphlet recently published by him on middle-class elm
cation..

On edultedocation and night schools, the Rev. Mr. NORRIE
(so old inspector of schools) related some of his experience
in South Staffordshire. He stated that in the manufac-
taring district around Birmingham the sight schools were
• failure on amount of the counter attraction, in the way of
ammerasets end other roman. Revs. G. Buckle and S.
Trethell also delivered addresses on the same enbjeet.
In section 2, under the chairmanship of R. Burk& Fol.
and Canon GUTHRIE, adders. were delivered by Rev.
Enkine Neale and Rev. J. H. Titcomb on emaciation, for
aiding the poor, enfeebled, and flisabled clergymen, sod the
widows and children of the clergy. By the Rev. Dr.
Hume, C. B. Frye, and R. Brett, Esq., on " Chamh
Finance." Ely J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., Hon. Rev. S. Brut,
and Rev. W. Smith, on " The Revised Code and Church
Training Colleges," and by H. Meyroott, Req. sad Rev. B.
F. Smith, on " Church in the Workhouses."
Coogreee adjourned at tout o'clock. There la only one
meeting left before the oongreee closes.

PALNFEL SCENE IN COURT.—& FATHER DIE-
°MEDIU HID CHILD.—At the Manchester poliareocut yes-
terday, • man, named William Harrims. was charged by
the overseen of the Manchester union with deserting his two
children, ooe of whom, a little girl of 11 year of age. had
become thasgeable to the parch. The prisoner, it appear,,
lived in Manchester last winter for about three months,
bat on the 20th of April I.st be west so Liverpool to jots
his ship, leaving his two children destitute. One of the
two children was taken to Liveryool and maintained by
the prisooer's sister-in-laws the other being taken to the
Manchester workhouse. A warrant was issued for the
prisoner's apprehension, end he was taken into custody
while on board a skip in an of the Liverpool docks. He was
at once taken to the house of his eister-in.law, who then
Henan(' him as the father of the children. The prisoner
denied that he knew either his sister•in-law or the child.
lie was then brought to Manchester, and when confronted
with the little girl declared that be had never
wee her in his life. White the prisoner was brought into
court yesterday morning the child wept bitterly and clung
to him, evidently with the greatest affection. The heartless
wretch declared he did not know her, and es the closely
embraced him said, "Co away, I don't know you at all.
The scene was really panto!, for what, the child refused to
be assented from him, her sobs and oriels ringing through
the court, the prisoner continued to disown her. It was
with the greatest difficulty she could be separated from
him, but this having been accomplished the prisoner was
sentenced to three months' impriumment.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO latuabeg.—A private
soldier, named Henry Augustus Manna, was brought up
at the Shirehall, Chelmsford, on Teeeday, oharged with
the attempt at murder of a young . woman named Char-
lotte Turner, a domestic servant, Iniog with Mr. Henry
tither, raiding es Chelantoid. The febeeelmg
evidence glow Ma Malidell usid—l aaa a was*
ie the Ilth Regiment of Light Infantry ; the prisoser is is
the same regiment, and ante an my servant. I occupy
apartments at the house of Mr. Nicholson, tailor. A
servant, named Charlotte Turner, lives with Mr.
Nicholson. and cooks for us, and occasionally, in the eh-
IMMO of the prisoner, waits 00 us I have for some time
past noticed an intimacy between her end the prisoner.
Complaints have been made to me of the prisoner's con-
duct to the girl. I was in my drawing-room this morning
about 10 o'clock, when I heard screens. tad violent
keoeking. I went to the door, sod saw the prisoner in
the butler's pantry, three or four yards off. HU coat was
off, thd his shirt sleeves tucked up to the elbows. I
asked him what was the matter; he said, "Nothing." I
requested him to come to me. He made en approach
towards me, and then soddenly darted downstairs, and
ran away. I went upstairs to my bedroom, the
door of which I found locked. 1 -knocked at the
door, which was opened, and in the room I saw the girl
with • large cut in her throat, and the blood pouring
from it. I. went downstairs immediately and gave an
alarm, sod went for • policeman. I met the, to whom I
related the circumstance, and requested him to go io search
of the primer. In the lock-up he said, "She has been
trying to get me to do this for a long time, and now I hays
done it." William Seabrook, police-sergeant, deposed—
The prisoner was left for about tee minutes is my charge.
He said two or three times " She has aggravated me to do
this. Do on know whether she is dead f" I saki that I did
not. A few minutes afterwards I took the primmer up-
stairs. He then said, " It's best to tell the truth. I
throw'd the razor into the river as I went up the London-
road. I meant to have thrown myself in." The prisoner,
who was remeuded, had been kite Mr company with the
girl, but had been recently discardd for • more favoured
suitor.

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COLOURED TROOPA. —A surgeon with General
Burnside's corps, near Petersburg ((1.5.), writes :—" Yon
would be much interested in some of our dusky brethren
in this divisioe. Their names are uoigue. I have met
Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Jag. K. Polk, Irving Wash-
iugtoir (not Washington Irving), and many other great men
Ido sot jam, now recollect. They are very docile and
obliging, air a rule, and officers have much lees iturolenos and
diedirmee to conteod against than among white troops. I
recently saw that the 127th U.S. Coloured Troops had
just been filled, in Philadelphia. Think what an army
we have of then sheerly, and still the work goes on !
feel that they will prove, sod are already, an inestim-
able help to on I have but to look around me to see, in
the 9th, 10th, and 18th corps, miles of intrenchments and
forts held by ooloured troops, which otherwise we could sot
keep a day. My favourable opinion of them gains strength
steadily, by experience, and I look forward to the time, is
peace, when the main body of our standing army shall be
of the dusky hue. General Burnside told °eons' Ferrero
that he considered the coloured troops to have done as well
is the white troops. General White, chief of staff to
Oseetal Burnside, told a surgeon of our troops that he
never saw men fight honer nod of 51.9 wounded coloured
men brought into the hospital, only 43 had wounds received
from behind. No better testimony could be desired."
Loan OF BUNTERS AT ltoML—The proceedings
of the newly reorganised Roman boat have at with a
lamentable check in the loss of four fin* boaters, which
had been purchased in England for 3,287 midi, sod had
been placed on the Paris and Lyons Railway for convey-
mos to Marseilles en route for Rome. A locomotive
passing is so opposite direction threw out a m dizziest
spark, which caught some of the straw in the horse-
box, and in a few momenta the carriage was in
flames. The English whipper-in, in chew of 22
couples of hounds, was io the following carriage,
and seeing the coollagration jumped out to attract'
the attention of the guard. Three of the bounds jumped
out after him and were ',et, it being just dark at toe time
of the accident. The whipper-in succeeded in mating the
guard oomprehend that au accident had taken place. The
train was stopped, the horse-box was unhooked, sod the
poor animals left to writhe in suffocating agony, wt. ilst the
train resumed its inexorable journey southwards. foritnie-
time have been seat to England for the purchase and imme-
diate forwarding of four more hunters. The English
bustsman, whirper-iu, and bounds have been regu.srly in-
stalled in the weer kennels and stables beyond the Porte.
Furls, on the Frascati road, in a farmhouse just put the
Naples Railway coming.
UNDER Wawa Kneo )—The Syruense Journal
tells the following :—" On Saturday last, while a train on
the Old Road was stopping at Cayuga-bridge for . drab-
mots, a party of blatant M'Clellanites went thro th the
caw alter a • straw.' Meeting an old gentleman, !.e wee
asked his preference for President. He named Lioools.
' But,' said he, • I have dye nephews in thee:my, e. o each
prefer M'Clellas.' Applause from the corps
when one of them coogratnlated him upon the chol. - of his
nephew, and said, • Allow me to IDQUiril nod-- what
general they are making targets of themselves" Imagine
their gunnies when the old gentleman answered, ' ;eneoul
Robert R. Los "

OZTOTAL Pict. XII BRILLINO 114 T.
THURSDAY, OCT. 13. Atbairiona 013 payarat, 1,588
ittlo by rem tickets, 817; total, 2,411