The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-20 00:00:00

ALARMING OUTBRSAI OP CONVICTS AT TNt

D4RTMOOR PRISONS.

(Prom the Wealira Daily ihrerry.)
On Friday afternoon a most alarmkg and pre.
sceeertat outbreak of convicts took place in the works in
°tens:ion with the now =done= Dartmoor Prisons.

40=e— tfliolleial source hos wig** our cot.
1. bee ebtaiaid hu tobeenatioo, that for mend
wesiecto pies officials had positive infonnoben Mee
well pedemses that a motley would takes f
masept amide while employed os the works ; that
at a met *psi from the riugleadem is the plot, from two
'to three heads* mice were to am themselves with the
beavy iroa maim width the couvicts ia agricultural
lakmr, sad booluttbas amid with the deadly
.weepos they
were to make a general rush, and if meal* Ft outside the
line of outposts, and then wetter themselves in every
directive, with the view of effects( their agape Bow
of the miles is charge attempted to clop their
it me lima tha intention to cut the odmrs their
the Me spades.
At about 4 o'clock on Friday, the gement
Wider Blase gave the order to mass *beer a mathPithOi
shad wee raised by a pity of mirk* who amid theme
time with sped* and warned the warders act to come .
weer or *Mem with them, otherwise they, the warders,
would sot have a bead left on their shoulders. Six or
soma el the itegienders then aommemed to hamar* lb*
fellow *Maim who sem* to waver as to whether they
week' joie the eulimeak ar eat. Two of the leaders,
!C sad Keight, simaled at the of their mese,
Now . yoga time to Mike • for . Den% ire
enweede ; eon* joie- de, all yea lifers aad seatmes
; we ma orgy do for aoy of the that attempt tq
stop wt." AS Iki tIM
pethemp eautoniceiases' wee isle* tell
ow Noma more el their in the maks}
tine semithesed, they dimmed by the washes, the
firths" and distraelleir fs soy d thew who enighlt
*ems them; at thei aim lame .the ri!eoadem leedd
liersaging the gmeal body of amide `to act twes
their premium eel seelhe for their liberty.' The shout-
* sad yeldig el the mileseme me most Mile. The '
mien at this time were most asitheas le their maims .
ete= she Jul
epbody of mists ia order, sad aim me- a
lageefiag the epodes looked up, with the
ties el theme already is the beads of the matlnesie.""
matiesen, mit that the general body of movie* meld ,
MOM the* rna at full speed with the *Maim of
emegiag *Mesa the metpoots or lies of evetrise
Bets. cheerio( their poggss, oiled ea the eistaiee S. "
dee ea the mutiosen If they attempted to pass biome .
them. This the sentries would have promptly done. Thie
asubasers, *Meg the motrice Wig grit rides to the "mte
art," iscambeeely com to theS .boot, sad *** •
eheage tome Peictoipal Warder but that caber, gee-
ing Moth Moog him in the fem.. y bend his would-be
mardenn aad premated his pistol. aad said, "Ist mee
Of you advisee mother pace, aad 1 will *ow his busies
out."
Thu cowardly radians, maim{ the disrobed attitude of
Mt. Mot wheeled in another &mem, t' OuII feer •
that io--- pistol, you would sot be lit • head on you
pliemitiere" At Ms Moe the evil guard sad smirks were
=Ss: tesegeetralslll 7cotatitefi Wow ,the
ostibitais AM refused to surreader, and kept aavadeg.
Alewees of thisa were sees to um thiamine with Mem •
mei imam the sentries. The civil gourds kept their anon
at the • charge," aad in that Maser drove the rontiamee
' bcfeeetheet late' the prim, when they were immediately
' glee* la Mee mad moored to the cello for refractory pi.
SODOM
Our aorrespeadiat states that the ringleaders give the
.111 ler the outbreak before the aeipoieted thee, sod be is
lakeeeed that but for that mistake ism two to time haw
dried movie* would hare jotod in the Malay. We are
also Worm* that If the mutineers had eucemded la omen
getting cutup the Mar * soutries, all the other disallesesel
eeerricts have made a gamed rush and followed the
these infuriated murderers and garottme
Vroetsseladt. is their diabolisal plot, mot eel; would all
the warders have been martheed but the earromilag
villages of Devoe and Cornwall would probably have bo-
oms a new ef 11196111.0 sad repine.
It wee say is the Thendity that Cap** Orbs,
arrived at the prima and ordered that the ringleaders* the
attempt* mutiny as Benda y, the Ist Lel, should each
maim tiweedossa lashes aad he elm* la loose sad kept on
bread tad Mar diet ler 24 days. Seessi others wore
see Mood to be kept is solitary coollement. Captain
°amber havbig left the prim at d o'clock oa Friday for
louden, had to be telepaphed for, sad as mon as *evolved
at Plymouth he received a telegram Worn* him of the
meaty ad repealing his immediate promote. Clap**
Gambler mired the aset amain at the prima sad sir
Wooed the ringleaders. seventeen la ember, to he plea*
Is heavy from and to have only breed aad water diet for 21
days, to forfeit all dim b say reudoeion *their sentences,
and also
to be kept fee • emitters** time Jet separate cot.
inement.

The punishment Is not considered severe enough for
suck misdeals. Any noniedos of severity only imperils
the lives of the adieus, and invites farther outbreaks. it
is to be hoped the directors will sot again emotion sash
desperadoes to p out oa the works in such an exposed pleas
as Dartmoor, viers them is no military at band to Aster
them from farther mutiny. To such a pita of insubordina-
tion ban they arrived, that they boldly tell the warders
" they ham on mew the beginning." if some effective
mesas be not takee to set the discipline of this miens upset
• proper mooting, there is no knowing from on. hour Is
another y happen. It is manifest that, if funher
mesas of protentim to the warders do not speedily arrive,
the public MILT be in daily expectation of hearing that salmi
valuable lives have been sacrificed through the culpable
heedlessness of the authorities' whom we ban so re.
pettedly waned. Weald it of Ass well that the ishabitssis
of Devon and Cornwall should memorialise the peers-
met to send soldiers to Dartmoor, to meet present awn-
I geodes at all ornate? The consequences that may result
under present arrangement,' will yet be • heavy rewash
to the executive. doruetbing must be done with Dart-
moor Prams. Wears tired of exposing the scandalous state
of demondiestion into which it has fallen ; the further dis-
regard of our warnings must be laid to the amount of
government.
On Wednesday waning about 30 of the eingleaders of
the outbreak were clammed to Plymouth by ausilloili
charge of a strong body of warders, far °osmium, by
train emetward, where they will redone the punishment
which has been awarded to them. We are isformed that
m well as being fed ma water gruel they will be kept ii
solitary coofinenient for six weeks.

EXTRAORDINARY CLERICAL PROCEEDINGS.

We presume that all of our readers have heard of
the celebrated London church—All Sainte, M
—which was built u • model church by certai=al46
wealthy eselesiologists, mid which every Scioday is bi-
assed by a multitude of worshipper, double the number
theirs& by any possibility find their way within the doors.
It is not so generally known, perhaps, that attached to this
camels I. • seemly for the reception of ladies who
aeon to take certain vows, and withdraw tress
the world. This week a wow sister has been received, and
the proceedings attending her reception were, we should
think, unparalleled in the annals of the English Church.
The ceremonial took place in the private amps' ol the
clergy house connected with All Saints. A few triads el
the new sister were admitted as spectator', otherwise the
oongvegatioo was confiaed to the sisters sod the slew aid
officiate belonging to the church. The chapel, which
is dimly lighted by some beautiful stained-glass win-
dows, contained on this occasion an altar adorned
with • cloth of white satin, embroidered in the roost
elaborate manner. The ai..tere entered first, and knelt
down, and continued kneeling through the whole service,
which lasted more than two hone. The clergy thee
entered, and. after lighting the candles on the altar, pro-
ceeded to celebrate the Holy Communion. A 'armee was
preached, in which the " sacrament'. of monastic vows was
highly eulogised, mid seemed to be preferred shove bap.
tiro, the Eucharist, " Penance," and the "other aura-
meets." After the communion service the new sister,
arrayed as a bride, proceeded to answer • long
"arks of questions, from which it appeared that
she WY taking the vows voluntarily, and that they were to
bind her foe one year. At the end of that time, which, as
in the Roman church, is considered the novitiate, she will,
if so disposed, assume the black veil, and become bound
for life After the examioation the habit of a novice
wan displayed, and the officiating clergyman, or " father,"
bo was named, blessed the various garments.; and the
novice withdrawing, put off her bridal dress and assumed
the habit. The other sisters then trimmed her in turn
saying, "Bless thee, Sister —." Then followed deep
obeisances to the Lady Superior, and to " Father --
who had coodocted the service. It wannow weekend
that the novice bad been married to the church, sod there-
fore the whole party adjourned to a wedding breakfast
provided with the orthodox wedding cake, and wasting
only is the rather easeatial constituent of a bridegroom.
The bridal part seemed very merry, though we doubt
who her the Father" would he so were the bishop of
London aware of these proceedings of a clergy man of the
church cd Battiest— Western Aliniap News of this day.

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for
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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20.

Tim Bishop of OXFORD, in his Charge at Aylee-
bury last week, made certain declarations which
ought not to be overlooked or soon forgotten by any
class of Englishmen, and least of all by those who
value the religious freedom and independence
secured to us by the Reformation. In the first
place, the Bishop laid down in the broadest and
most absolute manner the doctrine that the
authority of the Anglican Church is superior
to that of the Bible. "We should be
" unable," said the Bishop, "to maintain the
" Divine authority of the Scriptures is we gave up
" the Divine authority of the Church. The two
" are absolute correlatives. In the Church's
" sense of the word we could have no Bible if we
" had no Church ; for the Church wee its witness
" and keeper. The Church teas, and must be, before
" the Bible. It must receive the Bible, it must
" propound the Bible to each separate soul as the
" Word of GOD." From this, of course, it fol-
lows, that where the Church is not, the Bible can
never be rightly received. The volume we
call the Word of GOD may be sent to distant lands
and widely circulated ; its great truths may be ac-
cepted in earnest faith, and, ss was the case in
Madagascar, a body of devoted converts may arise
prepared, if need be, to seal their attachment to
the Christian faith with their blood. But, accord-
ing to the Bishop of OXFORD, those devoted oon-
verb would, in the Chnrch's sense of the
word, have had no Bible, and could not
therefore have received the Word of GOD.
Nay, half the Christians in this country would
be in precisely the same predicament. Any
detailed exposure of the suicidal weakness, the in.
trinsic absurdity, indeed, of such a docta:no, is
altogether needless at this time of day. But, re-
membering the Bishop's official position, it is
important to remark that the superiority of the
Church to the Bible he inculcates is not Protestant
teaching. It is not even the belief of the great body
of Christians belonging to the communion of which
Bishop WILBRRFORCE is still a member. It is re-
jected as a preposterous assumption by Christians
of all other churches in these realms except the
one great Church that, for its own ends, first
usurped authority over the Word el GOD, and en-
trance into which has in recent times been facili-
tated for so many eminent Englishmen by the in-
culcation of the very doctrine now openly taught
by the Bishop of OXFORD. The Bishop's dogma
ia, in fact, a purely Popish one, a fundamental
principle of the Roans!) system, and one which it
is the bout and glory of the Refocused Churches
to have overthrown. This is a matter of some im-
portance, considering that the Bishop is ministir
of a State Church for the action and
influence of winch every citizen is respon-
sible in his measure. A layman or per.
son without official responsibility may, if he '
pleases, go shout the country teaching pare Popery.
But a Bishop of the English Establishment holds
a trust from the nation.

The question, however, raised by the Bishop of
°LORD'S Charge, to which we wish chiefly to call
attention, hi neither theological nor ecclesiastical,
but is a question of political justice and of social
peeve, of common fairness and common decency.
Bishop Wasearoace thought proper in his official
capacity to stigmatise Christians not belonging
to his Church as a public evil and nuissnm.
In a formal Charge to the clergy of his diocese
he enumerates as the special hindrances the
clergy had to contend with, bad cottages, beer-
shops, sod " the presence of Dissent in their
" parishes." The number of Separatists, the
Bishop added, might not be large, but they tended
to weaken the efforts of the clergy, and to disturb
the naiads of their flocks. The Biahop also com-
plained bitterly of another evil arising from
Dissent, the associating of clergymen with dis-
senters in works of general usefulness and com-
mon religious effort. " In some pm ia of the din-
" cam a hindrance had been experienced, owing to
" the intrusion of neighbouring clergy associating
" with Dissenters in holding religious meetings."
This practice the Bishop denounced in no very
measured terms as a breach of implied contracts,
as the violation of a Divine command, and as
" tending to dishonour the common ministry."
Some of the Bishop of Otroan's associates on the
episcopal bench must share these heavy denuncia-
tions with the offending clergy of his diocese, for,
only a week or two ago, the Bishop of Licurtm.n
publicly stated that he was glad to be associated
with Dissenters in works of piety and usefulness.
But we have not referred to the matter for the
sake of reading the Bishop of OXFORD a
lecture on charity or any other Chris-
tian virtue, which would be futile enough.
He may construe as be likes his private religious
duties, and be as exclusive and intolerant as he
pleases in his individual capacity. But he cannot
be allowed the same freedom, the same license in
the discharge of his public duties.
The Bishop of OXFORD is a State functionary.
He was selected by the minister of the day, and
appointed by the QUEEN. The State gives him
honours and influence, wealth and rank, and a
seat in the House of Lords. He is a creature of
the State and of the law, and his public conduct is
prescribed by his official character and position. He
has to discharge with appropriate dignity certain
ecclesiastical functions in connexion with the State
Church, and to interest himself in works of piety
and usefulness. But it is no part of his duty to
attack the Churches and Christians of the country
not in communion with the Establishment. He
cannot do this, indeed, without the plainest viola-
tion of the first duties and decencies
of his position. Half of the whole reli-

gioua community of the country worship outside
the pale of the Establishment ; but tsfl ooistributa
to its support. They do so on thOmderstandiik
that its existence is compatele *Oh •the fuh-
est religious freedom. In a' State where the
right and duty of private judgment is honestly