The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THUS DAY.)
The &skim took the chair at woo.
CHURCH BATES ABOLITION BILL.

A large number of petitions for and spirit the bill having
been presented by various hon. members,
Sir .7. TRELAWNY moved its second reading. (*di.
narily speaking, he might feel some discouragement, be.
cause when • measure carried several times by large map,-
rides loses numbers of its supporters, and at last bode a
majority against, that was cause for discouragement ; but
he derived some consolation when he regarded the names
by whom he was supported, and the circumatanoes under
which the majority against him last year had been obtained.
What were the grounds of the present opposition threatened
by .the hon. member (Mr. S. &boort) ? It could not be
that legislation was not necurry, because that hon.
gentleman himself put forward a proposal for sea.
ding the question, besides which every person of an.
thority in that house, in the church or out of it, was
in favour of it except Archdeacon Denison, who had pub-
lished • pamphlet against any alteration in the law. As far
as he understood the opposition, it was that of • right hon.
gentleman who preferred a different measure. The
I motion for the second reading was not to be met
by a negative, but by a resolution which threw
over altogether the sacredness of church rates. (Hear.)
No doubt the right hon. gentleman would not give up
church rates without some provision to meet the object, but
he must do so by some new change or by coming upon the
consolidated fund, and he believed it would be found that
neither Scotland nor Ireland would willingly row
io any proposal for imposing fresh taxes for
church rate purposes. With regard to the pros-
pact of • compromise, seeing the number of proposals
brought forward, and the difference of opinion that existed
upon every one of them, he saw very little hope of • settle.
meat in that direction. Dissenters did not like
to have a line of demarcation drawn between
themselves and the members of the church. As for
himself, he bad no objection to be "ticketed," but
he could well understand why others might object
to it. He did not believe that the Church of England
was so tolerant as it boasted to be. He had beard
complaints in that house of the treatment of protestant. in
Spain. But if he were • Spanish minister he would be ins
dined to write a very insolent despatch on that
subject, and on good grounds, for be should only have to
refer to the treatment of dissenters in this country. Again,
they denied justice to certain individuals because they
would not when asked to take an oath used
to • false blasphemous lie. He would advise
the church to trust to the voluntary principle.
He believed that the abolition of church raise would be
perfectly consistent with the maintenance of the churches,
sod that war abundantly proved by experience where the
voluntary principle had bees put into operation.
He and others who acted with him were said to
be enemies of the church, but there were others
who were, in his opinion, greater enemies of the
The church had within it many men d great
thought, great learning, and who were likewise great
writers. But these men, once in the church, could not get
rid of their canonical obligations, and could not turn to
any other profession except he believed that of Boman
catholic priests. They were the enemies of the church who
wished to keep it timid, ignorant. servile, and stupid.
What would the Burleys, the Darwin, the Macau-
lays, and, greater still, the Buckles---(a laugh).—
of • futo-e day say of such a system. He b►
lieved that the ease had been clearly mule out ler
the total Kb:Maim of church-rates, and that the •bolition
oould be effected without any danger to the church diva
tuna, and he therefore appealed with confidence to the
house to support the second reading of the bill. (Hem.)
Mr. BUXTON seconded the motion. He believed that
the time was come for making some compromise on this
subject. He thought the best compromise was that which
would maintain the church rate whilst abolishing the
penalty for non-payment. It might be said that this was
abandoning the whole question. But this would not be
equivalent to an abolition of church rates, for it left the
position of the church untouched. Till some such
compromise was agreed upon there was no alternative left
to persons on his side of the house who wished to see the
church structures properly maintained than to support such
motions as that of the hon. member for Tavistock.
Mr. S. ESTOOTTBT then moved the amendment which
stood in his name.
Mr. MACDONOUGH seconded the amendment, end was
speaking when our report left.

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(ram uir =We names)
DOWNINO-STREET, MAY 12.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Joseph Moseley, Esq., to be chief justice
of the Supreme Court of her Majesty's Forte and Settlement'
on the Gold Coast. and assessor to the native chiefs within
the protected territories, near or adjacent to the said forts
sod settlements. Her Majesty has also been pleased to ap-
point James Richard Mohican, Esq., to be colonial secretary
and clerk of the council of the Island of Haebadess
Fleetwood Wilson, Esq., to be auditor-general for mid Blood
of Barbados..
Dowitum-eranisr, MAY 13. —The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Anthony Musgrave, Earl., tubs lientenaot-
governor of the Island of St. Vincent.
Dowantu-ersgrr, MAY 13.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint the Right Rev. Piers Calvisley Claughton,
MD, Bishop of St. Helena, to the bishopric of Colombo,
in the Island of Ceylon, vacant by the resignation of ths
Right Rev. James Chapman, au.; her Majesty has also
been pleased to appoint the Venerable Thomas Earle Weill,
D.D., archdeacon of George, Caps Towo, in the colony of
the Cape of Good Hops, to be ordained and consecrated
Bishop of St. Helens, uppoonn the resignation of the Right
Rev. Piers Wesley ton, D.D.
Foesiott-onics, MAY s.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Edward Walter Bonham, Esti., Dow he
Majesty's consul at Naples, to be her Majesty a Condi-
Geoeral at Naples.
Warrznadd., MAY 10. The Queen has been
pleased to direct letters patent to be paned granting nit
ethos or place if Lieutenant-Governor of her Majerti'l
Hospital, at Greenwich, unto Rear-Admiral Sir Sumba
Lushiogtoo, K.C.8., in the room of Rear-Admiral Se
William Faiebrotber Carroll, demand.

Mr. Gladstone's addresses and speeches delivered
at Manchester het month have been published in a not sal
convenient form by Mr. Murray.
The Channel Islands are importing fat cattle
from Ragland. Hitherto they Dave been importing them
from France, but inch cattle are now dearer in tie Will
than in this country.
As previously arranged (says the licatscion), his
Royal Highness Prince Alfred left Balmoral on Moeda,
morning, on hie return to his ship, the St. George, and ter
veiling rid Perth, arrived at the railway terminus at Bum
tisland exactly at 8 p.m. Some preparations for •he
coming 1 reception to so august a visitor were O'
proviaed by the railway authorities—the station havnt
its arches and pillars hung with festoons of our;
greens and flowers, with the word " Weloome
twisted in large characters, and the building other'
wise tastefully decorated. A considerable number of pen'
pie as ambled at the 5 p.m. train, expenting the Fruhe
at that hour, and by 8 p.m. the quadrangle in front of its
station wax completely blocked up by the crowd, a"lect
somber only being admitted within the precinct' of the
station. The arrival of the train was the signal for
a continued round of cheering, and as the Poo*
stepped oat, dressed as a civilian, the assemblage cheered
vociferously. ()spiels Egerton was waiting at the shame.
The Prince was accompanied by Major CowelL The crowd
drove in the gates, and accompanied the Prince to he to‘
He left the shore amidst great cheering.