The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

" That this meeting, deeply sympathising with the safer-
fags and privations of our brave moldier, and sailors, accords
them its expression of the warmest gratitude for the bravery
and heroism which they display in upholding the honour
sad glory of ear gauntry."
It was arranged that copies of these resolutions should
be forwarded to the Prime Mioister.
After the meeting bad been addressed by Mr. G. NSW-
MAN and others, the proceedings were terminated in the
usual manner.

CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF
CANTERBURY.

Both Houses of Convocation met again yesterday,
at Westminster, and proceeded to the despatch of important
bagasse.

UPPER HOUSE.
The Archbishop of Canterbury presided. The only busi-
ness done was to communicate at various periods of the day
wit► the prolocutor of the Lower House, and to regret the
alterations proposed by its members in the resolutions, in
reference to the Book of Common Prayer and the Church
Discipline Act. The points of disagreement will be better
under rood tram the subjoined report of the Lower House.
The Archbishop then formally adjourned the convoca-
tion until tht 29th of June neat, on which day it is under-
stood it will be further prorogued.

LOWER The hours again usembledHOUSE.
yesterday in the Jerusalem
Chamber, Westminster. The attendance was not so
numerous us on the previous day.
The house discussed the following motion, which was
proposed by the Rev. Mr. Salmon& :
" lot. That the law of God, as revealed in Holy Scrip-
ture, for the government of his church, end as witnessed by
primitive antiquity, while it vests the authority and power
to govern primarily is the spiritually, does not forbid—
rather doe* it encourage them—to call and admit faithful
laymen also to their councils in synod, at such times and in
such manner as they shall judge to be best for the welfare
of the church. 2nd. That the circumstances of the present
times suggest certain and urgent reasons why the Church
of England, in taking step for the revival of synodical
functions, should take advantage of this liberty, and should
provide some more formal and regular opportunities than
at present ezist, whereat the counsel and co-operation of
the faithful laity may be secured to the proceedings of
Convocation."

The motion having been seconded,
The Rev. H. A. WOODOATII proposed the following
' amendment: " Whereas, owing to the suspension of sock-
siaiitical discipline as regards the laity, misty inhabitant of
England, whatever hie religions persuasion or manure of
life, is recognised by the law as a member of the Church of
England, sod admissible to a full participation of its rights
and privileges ; and whereas diuenters have contended,
both in parliament and out of it, that dissent ought net to
involve the forfeiture of such privileges, or of a vote in the
management of the church, it is neither just nor expedient
to entertain the question of the admission of laymen to the
councils of the church, until, by the enforcement of ecclesi-
astical discipline, or by some other method effectual means
be taken to determine what constitutes a bolas; fide layman
of the Church of England."
After a slur t discussion,
, The Pnot.ocrxost put the amendment and the main-
' tion from the chair, when the former was carried by a large
. o.
mainty.
The PROLOCUTOR said the next business, in fact, the only
business, they had at present before them was to proceed to
the consideration of the report of the committee on Church
Discipline. The early clauses, condemning the present state
of the law, were acquiesced in.
On the reading of clause 10, " That provision should be
made for the bishop to hear certain caves in pleat., if ha
shall think fit and the accused party shall consent, and to pro-
nounce sentence thereon,
Archdeacon SANDFORD thought it should only apply to
eases of gross immorality. He did not think it was right
to give to any bishop such large power, for a kind-hearted
bishop would gloss over faults, while another kind of man
might do an injustice. (Hear, hear.)
The Rev. W. H. Cox held that private inquiries enabled
tyrants to tyrannise, while weak men would blink gross
immoralities. Private inquiries were opposed to the genius
and sound feeling of the English people, and he, for one,
would oppose the clause.
The Itev. CRANDOB POLE thought that the clause was
proposed for the purpose of preventing g I acandal. It
was only to be adopted in the case of accused persons con-
senting to that course.
Dr. M•CAttf. said that if a clergyman was attached, and
an inquiry took place in private, the stigma was more
likely to remain than it would if the inquiry was public.
He thought that the hushing up of a case would do more
damage than public inquiry.
The Rev. Mr. MusiNonueo pointed out that the clause
was opposed to primitive practice and to the canons of the
Council of Carthage.
The clause was ordered to be expunged.
Clauses 11 to 16 palmed.
On clause 16 being put Archdeacon Denison said—They
were asked to put their hands to the constitution of a final
court of appeal in cases of false doctrine. The question
arcs' entirely from the fact that their church was an estab-
lished ore, but for which fact questions of doctrine would
necessarily be determined by the spiritual authorities.
The establishment was a great blessing, no doubt, but it
was something exterior, and not the church itself. The ob-
ject must be to see that while the civil power provided for
temporalities, decision, of doctrine should proceed safely
and according to catholic analogies. Toe archdeacon
complained that convocation should have to discuss this
matter under pressure of prorogation, and concluded by
moving that the following proviso be added to the resolution :
" Provided always that the four archbishops, and the
eight junior bishops, of the dioceses of the church of England
and Ireland be ex officio members of the proposed final
court of soptial, and that it be required that not fewer than
eight of the whole number of 12 do sit for the hearing of
any oasS.". _

The Archdeacon of Bars seconded the resolution.
Mr. Chancellor MAnTIN pointed out the great difficulties
which beset the matter, and moved as as amendment :
"That a certain number of the archbishops and bishops
be necessarily members of such court, and the presence of a
certain number of such spiritual members shall be necessary
to Its proceeding, and that all lay members of such court
shall be members of the church of England."
Dr. Pear, seconded the amendment.
The Rev. J. H. RANDOLPH thought this wail like die.
taticg to the civil power. He thought they would be very
likely to give offence to persons in high quarters. (Criss of
"No, no.") •
Dr. M'Cata. would prefer going from a spiritual court
to her Majesty, rather than gong back from her Majesty
to that spiritual court from which he bad appealed. To go
back toeuch a court would be a refusal of justice altogether.
(Hear, hear.) If he (Dr. M'Caul) were accused of heresy,
be would rather go before twelve laymen than before twelve
clergymen, whoever they may be; especially in the state of
public mind in England. Twelve laymen would look upon
it as a matter of fact, and would decide whether he had
stated anything which was opposed to the doctrine of the
church, without inquiring into the abstract question. He
objected to the clause, because, as he had before stated, it
tended to overthrow the Queen's supremacy, and wee •
denial of justice to those accused, by sending them back to
that court from which they had appealed.
Mr. Chancellor Mantis's amendment was Incorporated
with the clause, which in that form was received.

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Thiiiiitwo paragraphs of the report were agreed to
without diaeuesion.

The Prolocutor, accompanied by the Dean of Worcester,
Archdeacon Harrison, Archdeacon Denison, and others,
proceeded to the Upper House, when they had a long con-
ference with the bishops. After the lapse of an hour they
returned, and
Tits Paotocuroa announced that their lordships could
not swede to the alterations which the Lower House had
made in the resolution some to by the Upper House in refe-
rence to proposed changes in the Prayer-book.
A resolution was passed, requesting permission to defer
any farther consideration of the question of rubrical changes
until neat session, in the of their lordship still de-
cliniog to accept the modifications proposed to their resole-
tiona

Toe PROLOCUTOR then proceeded to the Upper House,
and on his return intimated that their lordships declined to
alter their resolution, and expressed their regret that any
difference should have sprung up between the two houses.
At the same time their lordships willingly acceded to the
request that the Lower House should postpone any farther
consideration of the question until next session.
The proceedings were then adjourned, at 20 minutes be-
fore seven, until the 29th of June.

THE CIVIL Szanca.—Mr. William &Ace, one of
the Inspectors at the Audit-oftko, Somerset-house, has
been selected to sueoeed Deputy Commissary-General
_ . _

Thomas Stiekney, at Constautinop e. Mr. Andoe in early
life served at Lisbon, under the Auditor-General of A°.
counts.—Dr. Lyon Pleyfair, C. 8., and Mr. Henry Cole,
C. 8., instead of being Joint Secretaries, will henceforward
be, the former sole Secretary, and the latter Inepeetor-
General at the Department of Science end Art —Mr. Vin-
cent T. Doyle bee been transferred from the Board of Trade
to be Senior Clerk in the Department of Science and Art,
vies Charles S. Parker, resigned. Messrs. Henry William
Williams and Philip Owen have been nominated junior
clerks in the same department.—Customs : Mr. J. Dogger.

has been appointed clerk for general business at Liverpool.
Mr. J. C. James has been appointed extra clerk in London.
Mr. J. Cook has been appointed extra clerk in London.
Mr. J. Harvey bas been appointed extra clerk in London.—
Civil Service Gazette.

OALL—LIYIBPOOL, FRIDAY.—It blew a severe
gale hena the east last night and the early part of this morn
tag, bet as yet we have beard of no accident to the shipping
either is se off the port. Several snow showers fell during
the s The gale moderated about 6a m and has been
by a cutting easterly wind, with frost. Through.
sat the month of Ragland we believe the fell of snow was
waatitruPUst the railway communication for a
sji=length of time—the mail from Liverpool due
at Evalea-straare at 4 a.m. not baring arrived at 12.35 p.m.,
and the ewes@ train from London at 8.16 cm., and due
here at 12.10 p.m., did not arrive till 3.30 p.m. Nose of
the Irish steamers have up to the present moment (6 p.m.)
made their appearance; indeed, it ig uncertain whether
say of thus would leave their pool while the gala lasted