The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-11 00:00:00

THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S BILL FOR THE

SALE OP CROWN PATRONAGES.

The following atldreta to the Queen against the
sale al crown tirlegs was adopted (toys the Calee)onute
Mercury) at the close of the swoon hi John liii Church,
ea Meealay wages, se& lir et mites pitess fa the city for
signature

"To the geese's Most linceilrat Majesty.
"The dutiful address of the undersigned protestant
.in-
habitants of the city of !din with the concurrence of
• mesaisi of the Crania= in John Knox Chetah
esessabled, this 6th day of 1463.
"May it please your Majesty,—To the bill just brought
into Parliament ley the Lord Chancellor for the gals
of crows prarcesages we have the most serious and
insuperable objections :—l. Most of thous livings wall cer-
tainly fan into the hands of the ROillliaifillg party, who of
late years have exteraively hid theraseive• out for the per.
• at edvorasns, asderespoisseo east for the corrup-
tion of our Scriptural hilltrad the subversion of our pro-
testant brains. 2. Thal crown derlag your Majestyfs reign
has hearths brat sad hem been careful to put in
sound and meal and so long u patronage is re-
tained It antoot he in bettor hands than those Of your
Majesty. & The rantosup of these parishes is at pressat
committed to your Majesty as • eared trust. to be
used for the promotion of the highest and holiest
interests of your faithful people ; sod for yew Majesty to
sail this holy trust for massy to say worldlitsg, ew, or
Jeseit, who might wish to traffic in the soul; of your
people, were so unchristias, no unpatriotic, and reolutely
so trammel and usholy, that we era confident your Majesty
will heves, on due consideration, give your royal sweat to
such an unworthy and nefarious measure. 4. Pratatant
England expects that Your Majesty his bean prepared, by
mod sad by solleriag, to de sonseilog fee Mr ebizeh far
nobler than this. The ascrifics which your, ILI *4x I. now
making must sever be painted etith simony mid ramilege,
tothe Coma of your wwww owl lib doe* ilwroodahon
of yofor layni and madam Pee Pile. We •eVeee elfd most
4raifully Pray your Majesty to reap all the mown patron-
ages in favour of the chwthra bf -your faithful praple, to
call up= the other ratans to follow the Chitin example
of their &warring, and to rad: • bill to be brought into
parliament for the total abolition of the anti-Christian
system of feudal and pralatio patter!ye in the rapslatment
of the eigno--• system which is spun Ailing the pulpits of
England and Scotland with him sod Onsral teachers,
and still setting up the souls of British heeoaa for sale in
the worst of days ISIIIIIIAL That abandon, paw, may be
granted to your Majesty for the faithful and joyful discharge
of your Christian duty in this momentous matter, is the
sanest prayer of your Majesty's most loyal sad rahrtionate
subjects -enders/geed."

THE TREATY WITH AMERICA POR THE
SUPPRESSION OP THE SLAVE TRADE.

The following additional article to the treaty
sigeed at Washiegton, Apra 7,1862, between her Britannia
Majesty cad the United States of America, for the sap•
pmesioa of the African slave trade, was signed at Washing-
ton, Feb. 17, 1863, sod bee mime been ratified :

" Whereas by the 6ms article of the treaty between her
Majesty the Queen of the lJnited Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, sod the rafted States of Ameba, for
the suppewasios of the African slam Wade, idssoden Wish-
iagton os the 7th of April. 1862, it was :7rl sad
Nrthat those ships of the respeastlve swim the two
coutractieg parties erbke ' dial •bo with
special instructions foe that purpoesb es thesonnalar mss.
booed, may visit such merchned vowels el the t seldom
as may upon reasonable grounds, be Of being
enuveri in the Africein slaws trade, or of having been
6out for that purpose, er of having, during the
voyage on which they aremet by the said cruisers,
been engaged in the African slave trade. tontrery
to the provisions of the mid tresty ; and that sue* cruiser*
may detain and mead or carry away melt vouch in order
that they may be brought to trial Is the manner therein.
after agreed upon and Ammo it was by the odd article
further stipulated and Doped, that the reciprocal right of
starch and detention should be exercised only within the
dbeics of two bombed mass from the *oast of Antes, and
to the southward of the thirtyamond parallel ol north
latitude, sad within thirty leagues from the coast of the
Wand of Cuba : and whereon the two high ()attracting par-
ties ere deslreon of rendering the said treaty still more effi-
ealkte drer its porpom—the plenipotentiaries who signed
Mwe said trey hare, in virtue of their full powers, agreed
lhot the 1 right of visit mid detention. as defined
lir Os ihreraid, may be exercised she within
30 *gum if the Inked of Ma&pentr, within 30 leagues of
the Woad of Puerto Dm, and within 30 leagues of the
Islud 'of Bea Betoken. The present additional article
dolt have W same force end validity as if it bad ,beer in-
serted weed for weed in the treaty concluded between the
t" high eeettlecting ;attire on the 7th of April, 21112,and
dial have the same duration as that treaty. le shall be
vaediod, and the ratificatioas shall be exchanged at
London in six mouths from this date, or sooner if 'possible.
*min wittzirm.w.t .a 1.
whereof 64
thri..reePeeelot eleeiPeemeeenee have
to Mod the seal of their
arum. Dose at Wasbinetoo, the 17th day of Febreary, in
the year of oar Isml 1863.
(LA.) " Lam'
(LA) " WuddAn H. Sziraiw."

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