The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

ASSOCIATION OP CHAMBEJUI OF COMMIRCE.

The Associated Chambers of Commerce continued
their coeforesos yesterday.Peveral interlining subjects were
discussed. inched* the emetics at foreign tariffs sad the
present date of intonational maritime law. With referees*
to the latter subject a resolutiou was proposed !demotes(
the perfect immunity of private property at *ea in time at
war. It was, however, opposed, and was eventually asp-
tived.

_
lo the arming the delegates from the various chambers
meembled at dinner at the Wadi:nester Pekoe Hotel,
under the presidency of Mr. Lunn and memmet the 001111•
paoy were Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Sir F. Crowley, M.P., Cep-
taco Morritt, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.P.. Mr. Henderson,
M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Loathing,
M.P., Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. M.P., Mr. Some.,
M.P., Mr. Pere, ILP., and Mr. Baasroft, M.P.
The CULLMAN gave in due sumennion the Health, of
bee Majesty, and of the Prince and Prince. of Weise
sad the Duke of Cornwall, their infant eon. Next fol-
lowed the Health' of the Emperor of the Freoch
aid M. Verdier de Weer ; and "The Army,
the Navy, aid the Volunteers" having received
the usual honours, the chairman gave " The Home
of Commons and Mr. Roebuck."—That gentleman ia
returning thanks spoke very earnestly upon the leading
influences which the operations of this society.
Wherever Ea had extended her role, abe had carried
her commerce, and the inflow:me of that ononieroe had
hitherto been one of beneficence, civilization, and honour.
Bat within the last few days be had bees grieved to bear
that a meat calamity, the burning of an Beaters tows, bad
been justified by the fear of displeasing the inanalguiturieg
claws of this country, and he hoped that those who really
represented commerce would speedily refute the statement.
Mr. ;Vernalize, proposed "Sonoran to the Asesicialisd
Chambers of Commerce," and Mr. Leathern, M.P., in
acknowledging the compliment, advocated the right of the
association to discuss matters of a political nature when
they were connected with commercial affairs. It was
necessary that the association should get rid of some of its
and until it bad accomplished that object it tense
be content to remain the vestry rather than the pfriiimeet
of commerce. Mr. Clay, M.P., then premed •The ex.
teusioe of commercial intercourse throughout the world,"
and hoped that if the iminuatios regarding the
manufacturing dares in reference to the blueing of the
Eastern town alluded to by the boo. member for Sheffield,
should ever be repeated, be might be present to give the
lie to such an unfounded accuiatioo. Mr. Macfie responded
to the toast, which was followed by " The cotton manufac-
turing names of this country," emerged by Mr. Balm,
M.P., and acknowledged by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Man-
chester. Next came 'The woollen manufacturers and the
extension of their business throughout the world," pro-
posed by Mr. Hadilekl, M.P. This toast was duly aelmow.
hedged by Mr. Pease, M.P. ; and other forms of expriesioe
were successively adopted in furtherance of the interests of
commerce, and in reference to the great advantages deriva-
ble from this association. The company then separated,
afters most agreeable and harrumioue meeting.

BRITISH HOROLOO !CAL INSTITIITI. —.The animal
dinner of this scientific association took place on Nasky
erasing at St. James's-hall. In the absence of the Earl of
Orkney—who was naexpectodly detained by the frost in
Paris—the chair was take, by his brother, the Hoe. Major
Fitsmsurice. Amongst the lead* geetleema praise, WWII
Mr. Valentine )(sigh:, J.P., Mr. C. V. Blandishes's?,
Mr. W. Hislop, F.R.S.A.. Mr. Jobs J 0066, r.ft.o.s.. Mr.
E. D. Johnson. F.R.A S.. Messrs. Bleak, Jackaor, E. J.
Thompara, Dean M•Doonell (representative of Clorkenwell
at the Metropolitan Board), Stares, Stashes, VOA*, Beebe,
Lange, and Howard. The toast of " Ftreperitr to the
Horological Institute" was replied to by Mr. Jobe Jose*;
" British Watch sad Clock Makers,"by Mr. K D. Jobsana
sad "Foreign Watchmakers," by Mr. Christian Immo. The
semis! amusements were rider the direstiout of Mr. Fief.
drop, assisted b Mr. Seymour sad Mr. MaWar.
LONDON G HILL ON N I RDICOMPANT(LTINTIIID).
Tante receipts foe the week midis; Feb. 21, 9,6231. fis. Pd.

[TWOPENCE

THE JUDUMEYT IN ESSAYS AND REVIEWS.

The Guardian says :—" The dissatisfaction with
the result of that judgment is evidently deepens, and
An
• end will pro=bly not find adequate vent la
words. endeavour is likely enough to be made to obtain
some authoritative repudiation GO the part of the church of
that teaching which the judgment is assumed to endorse."
The guardian further observes, " that the portion of the
judgment which is moat severely criticised is that which
Maki with Mr. Wilson's Eschaology.' To our mitds,
the moat momentous questions involved were those which
affected the doctrine of the Holy Scriptures : to announce
expressly that • clergyman may deny parts of
sue toy be written under the Inspiration of the Holy
Spg
ply
irit, though he must not lay so of the whole,
Aeolus to us a concession of most wide and tremendous con-
sequence. For it appears that he may at pleasure Sod
• dark patches of human passion and error ' on any page of
Holy Writ ; and on different pages at different times. So
that two aryls= between them, or the same essayist at two
different times, may freely deny the iospiration and Divine
authority of the whole volume by distributing the allegation
over its several parts in succession. Practically such license
is iudistioguishable from an outamd-out permission to re-
ject the whole volume at owe. This pout is worthy of
We most anxious attention of our church rulers."
Dr. Posey, In a letter to the Record, denounces
" the recent miserable souldestroying judgment,"
which, he says, " surely requires the united WWII on the
part of every clergyman and lay member of the church to re-
pudiate it."- According to Dr. Pussy—" On the principle
of the court, the church would be a mere Tower of Habil, in
whin no one conk' understand another's speech. Our
=godsend our prayers would not express our 0001/11011 faith:
nay, we should have nothing in common but words,
which every one might take io nomoritund senses. The
word ' God' itself has been taken in ambiguous senses."
He blames the court for "forgetting" in the case of Ur.
Wilson, and in allowing hie interpretation of everlasting
punishment, whose words they were explaining away.
" God," Dr. Posey says, " when He revealed bell,knew
His creatures whom He had made better than these men.
Men risk their souls terribly end fatally now. We know
how gladly those who are wavering catch at any plea to
plunge iota sin, or continue in it. As yet it is only the
highest legal tribunal which has told our ignorant poor
that their clergy need not believe in hen, for that their
church dues not teach it. If the church does not
reject that denial of truth, by reaffirming, in some
way, the truth which is denied, she would be-
cum*, by acquiescence. vi noomplimi in that denial.
As, then, the church of England, and we in her
would not have the guilt of our orethrea's blood upon us ;
as we would not, in the great day, on those cast into hell
who shall have been encouraged in sin through this denial
of His truth ; as we would not be accomplices is the loss
of souls for whom our dear Lord died, we mast in some
way repudiate this judgment." Mr. Liddon, the greet
Oxford preacher, preached at the Bishop of Salisbury's
ordination on Sunday, and said, with direct reference to
the proceedings of the Privy Cooped, that it was impos•
sib!. seriously to admit the expression of a hope that the
penal woe of the lost was not irrevocable without &eying
in terms the authority of Jens Christ himself. He con-
cluded with an earnest exhortation to the candidates for
ordination to be faithful in preaching the whole truth of
Christ in its =mutilated complement