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persuade their lordships, but they would not, be hoped, tarn
adeaf ear to one of our meted philoeophersand oratomwho,
although he bad booed away, yet lived and spoke among
us by the imperishable works of his genius. It was in the
veer 1773 that Mr. Burke, speaking on the Dissenter? Relief
Bill, made We of the following remarkable language :—" I
would respect all conscience--all conscience that is really
such, and which, perhaps, its very tenderness proves to be
sincere. I wish to ms the established church of Faglehd
great and powerful. I wish to see her foundatioes laid low
and deep, that the nay crush the great powers of rebel-
lions darkness: I would have her bead raised up to
that heaven to whieh she melded+ us. I would have
her open wide her hospitable gates by a noble
and liberal comprehension. I would have her give a lesson
of to maakied, that a vexed and wandering gene-
ra
nfion:night be taught to seek for repose and toleration in
the maternal bosom of Christianity, and not in the harlot
lap of infidelity and indifference. Nothing boa driven people
more into that house of seduction than the mutual hatred
of Christian congregation'. The hon. gentleman would
have us fight this confederacy of the powers of darkness
with the rink arm of the thumb of Enetaad—wonld ham
us fight not only against infidelity. but fight, at the setae
time, with all other denominations except our owe. In the
moment we make a front against the common enemy we
have to combat with all those who are the natural friends
of our cause. Strong as we me we are not equal to this.
The cause of the church of England is included in that of
religion, not that of religion in the church of England."
With a grateful sense of their lordships' kindness and pa-
tience, he begged nowt* move the second reading of the bill.

LORD EBURY'S BILL TO. &MIND TIIII .So siwtrgh hundred* fi maw who should base /me tic
Maned eniaineet, and that it did drive them oat. They
ACT OF UNIFORMITY. ' l WSW :alen by lamentable experience, that it had kept out
thetralids'of pious men of a like stamp ever ewe. They
The following is a fuller and more exact report toyer that it had Greeted a permanent noeconformise loath-
than has yet appeared of Lord Ebury's speech in the House Wier which was taking gman tio proportions. But where
of Lords oe Tuesday evening: were thezer discover any az nantages which the Act of Uni-
Lordf eonfereed upon us! Had it, even within oar own
EMIRS said that the question he was about to raise ; =„l,pakassuedwift omib,k,..y, o,,,,,,,,aniformity?
was one of considerable importance, and the state of the Sail it Is ear way eaefdbated to the piety, the wisdom,
house proved that the public regarded its solution with io- . the lewriem, the veednlseas of the clergy, or the extenere
tercet. Under these circumstances he regretted that the 111____
______Wir lam tetwa WAWA I H• liate.„.,ectlin vain,..._,for aa
subject had not fallen into abler hand' ; but it was not his nw'w•wwwwwww• it* k"ww, they mun°°' a"." 1b
deb'--b lade:posed our claw to an imputation not only,
fault ; be had endeavoured to induce others whose opinion cre= from bomaturankits, bet also from their omit
would bavebeen received with more consideration, aspesially d making a law= declaration Wore God sod
members of the episcopal bench, to take it up, but *dee la . Het iieretwe in a " non-natural sense," sad with mental
vain. All that remained for hies, therefore, ems to, en- reimire,._ end he would say more'-that, in reference to
cleave= to perform the task to the best of his ability, red. 'um telhalaelaraw subeertinion, gloms, bad been put forth,
at the outwit, to beg, at their lordships' hands, a patent modes al interpretatioe resorted to, by men of every party
and indulgent consideration. Having alluded to ski right is the aimed', which were they introduced into the
rev. bench, bench, he thought he ought to say that, whilst he felt ueticaniof Private lii' would Pat an end to all oenfideitee
sure that the opinions of that right rev. body would weigh , i
Dainma
w was ead Man. What+ then, were
their the arguments
hips
much with their leviable', yet, in truth, thb question was width ere to be brought forward toinduce lorda
rather a lay question than a clerical one. For as the right .to oder this bill? What WKS it that had inflamed the sal
rev. prelate whopreoided over this diocese bad truly °bowed oe)tis noble friend, the noble viscount opposite, to such a
in a room= "The ecclesiastical authorities were not Poen as to have brought him to the conviction, even
to blame for the provisions of the act of 1662, which was Miran, he (Lord Ebury had opened his mouth, that
simply and solely the work of parliament, and parliament the bill he proposed should be cast out at most
"lone was responsible for it." He would consmeoce by es. . With some industry he had collected that, in the opinion
tiering why it was that he bad adopted the present roosts . all aaaa Pomona, the ultimo' church was in such • state of
of og after the very small share of sower which weskits"' and peril that them subjects ought not even to be
bed at a motion which he made two years ago el a breeched at an I. parliament, whiW other; sot sharing this
dimription eo far dna= that it included the question sow oplaioelramhail easjared up some phantom of danger to
listen the hones. Their lordship would rensemletrt this test, after surfing for a couple of con-
Am that occasion, 11•1114ffid.ld IfitWely terms whtch fordll , N* withdrawn. "We tumid have been no Ponies,"
sweeptance in that house in 1687, an address for a rdyal the) mid" "to Rik eamotment, but we dread the effect of
commission (the only method known to the constitution for I abandoning it :" and lastly, there are some who think that The anniversary resitivaii.. ... _
was established In 1860 for the relief of farmers, their •---7 _-
such a purpose) to 011111i011 and' report upon the chan • this test is 'heady security a layman has for the orthodoxy
.of his minister. He would apply himself to these object. widows and orphant, was celebrated yestoday waning at am Innia ikelina.
which were demanded, aod which the Oro of two centuries
bed, is the opinion of many, rendered necessaz, in the ; ion* in the order in which he had stated them. First, be ,„„,,,, ___,,,„.Am
the London Tavern, treat ; the Duke of RIM It is nwbable that like ItsSeill 1;16.-6:11-1 l'
About 1 of the Meals and 'reporters ..be.. ---
nt.., ninon., and formarriee of our netioe church, : was sure that their lordships would agree with him that our ot"7:"th'eFe'h=ty ...owed apes the wow", ..,, ____ . coma...
iiidang also the Act of Uniformity of Charles U. He ' national cherch, so far from being in • stated "salmon th. permit were e... 1...-V .
was opposed, on that occasion, by all the principal . and peril, was never in a greater state of activity and se • -
speakers, but one, not upon the ground that no change was 1 vigor; and that all she wanted was to be freed from some
necessary, baton the grow:AG:at his motion was too extensive of those trammels which were the only things that pre-
and indefinite, and that it cootem.plated the revision of some I vented her be in reality what she Waa in name, the
portion of our formularies involving disputed doctrine which church of the nation. Then, as to the danger to be &Pre-
would be dangerous to the peace of the church. The most ' beaded if we abandon as an evil practice this embalm-
reverend the primate, whose absence they all regretted, I tics' parport system. Those who urge that it has
candidly avowed his preference generally for the alterations • been in *alai*" • couple of motorise, yet
I. adirdt it to be evil, for they say that they would has bees
made in over Prayer-book by the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the United States. The right rev. prelate the no parties to such an enactment if it did not exist already.
Bishop of London went further, and said that had he
the Are such persons apprehensive that an alteration would let
Ebury) confined himself tothe terms of entecriptieened the it a flood of heretical teachers-socicians, universalist", end
rubrics he thought the result of the motion would have others! He prayed them to calm their fears. This bill in
been different. The noble lord f(Lord Lyttelton) who took no way altered OM did it interfere with the standards of
a great and most intelligent interest in these subjects our =arch. Should any minister, after this bill pored,
strongly repudiated the notion of finality. Such being the teach false doctrine, he must be tried by the same rules
case he had thought himself justified in tekiug further and judged by the same tribunals as before. Besides that,
counsel on this matter ; and detailing to the views of those if any one placed any conddeooe in the value of these sub.
distinguished persons, he bad one prepared his measures in acriptions (and he, Lord Ebury, was not one who did)
conforruity, he hoped, with their tastes. Of two bills there were enough left to randy the most exacting mind.
which he had laid beforetheir lordship' this session, the Independent of Mete of character and examination, every •
object of one was to give the officiating m
inister, in certain one previous to ordination must subscribe to the Thirty-nine , • o
defined cues, • discretion in the performance of divine Articles in the tarsus of the 13th Elizabeth, and must then
eeo meaty owing to the exertieer
worship which the rubric at present prevented his seer. subscribe to the three articles of the 38th canon ;the first lof ; T-"itlemse imihn i...-----
cisiog. On the bill (the Public Worship Bill) he should of which was the oath of supremacy ; the second, an affirm- - -•g
Dot offer any obeervations, as it was indeed for the present ation that the Book of Common Prayer containeth nothing
virtually withdrawn • bat he would proceed as Miedy as be contrary to the Word of Grid, that it may be law-
could to endeavour to persuade their lordship favourably fully used, and that he will use the same and
to receive the measure which stood for second reading that none other in his public ministrations ; and the
evening-being a bill for the relaxation of the teems of third, another form of subscription to the Thirty-nine
subscription imposed by the act of 1662. lie could not sa- Articles. Then, on being admitted to a benefice, he bad
tisfactorily perforce the dut he had undertaken without again todeclare his conformity to the Liturgy and his assent
entering a little into the history of that well-known but
for the third time to the Thirty-nine Articles. Surely in all
not much understood act. It was neither the first, nor the those subscriptions there was sufficient (if such defences
second, nor the third act of uniformity which bad been were of any real value) to keep oat everything except a wolf
by parliament. nor was it the only one now in farce; in sheep's clothing, against which, as Dr. Vaughan truly
=lotted a hundred years previously (1 Elia.) being in observed, nothing would avail. And these facts he would
also reoommesd to the third class of objectors-those who
full vigour, with all than tremendous penalties with which
the legislature of those days was wont to enforce its met. thought that without this stringent subscription the laity
ikons. Even should his present bill fail, he would say it would not have sufficient security. To these be might
would be as well that these two acts of uniformity should further observe that a great many livings were solely en-
be reviewed, with the object:of making them somewhat more trusted t° cumtiii+ and that some remained curates all their
intelligible than they were at present, and bringing them lives. No one ever heard that such rev. gentlemen were
into harmony with the more temperate legislation particularly heterodox, and yet they did not make this de-
al the present times. Two acts of uniformity suc- claration at all. Happily they were not without a very
needed each other in two years in the reign valuable example which might safely guide them in this
Edward VI. They were repealed by Mary. Then matter, and which he hoped would entirely allay any
came the act of Elizabeth to which he had alluded, and alarms which might be felt upon the subject. In a
lastly that of Charles 11., which it was the object of the church which ?waived orders from us, which WWI our
present measure to amend. It was quite true that all these Prayer-book (only sensibly revised, as he had the happiness
acts passed equally under the name of acts of uniformity. to think, in unison with the most rev. the primate), which
They all declared that • particular book of common prayer is in full communion with us, and one of whose bishops
and no other should be uniformly used in public worship, was at this moment doing episcopal duty in Paris for the
and with such portion of the act of 1662, the bill their lord. Bishop of Loodoce-he referred to the protestant episcopal
ships were now asked to consider in no way interfered. But ebnl albs Imbed States-so such subscription was re-
there were essential differences between tee act of 1662 end quilted as that which be sought to abolish. When our
all its predecessors, inasmuch as, not satisfied with en- North American colonies separated from Greet Britain, and
it made that
joining the use of the altered Prayer-book, their church had to reconsider their whole position, after
book a " test," and prescribed two different forms of sub. very much deliberation and careful consideration, they
scription, one of a general nature, the other a form of abso- abotisbed the whole of their former code of subscriptions.
lute and unconditional assent, not to the use only, bat to and substituted in lieu of them this very simple and sensible
everything contained in and prescribed by the Prayer-book, form, which was very like • form proposed by Lord Not-
in short to every line and letter which belonged to ire Even tiogbein and Tillotson at the end ~f the seventeenth century,
after all the allowances, the most ample that could be made but an improvement even upon that :-" I do believe the
for the temper of thosetimes, it wasdifficult to uodentaud the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the
state of public opinion which could have witnessed with com- Word of God, and to contain all things necessary
placency if not with applause the insertion of such provisions. to salvation ; and I do sincerely engage to con-
'am the tide should have set strongly against the rep- form to the doctrines and worship of the pro.
cides, against the independents, against the violent section testantziecopal church established in the United States."
of Cromwell's army, was natural enough ; but that all this He he their lordships would consider that be had este-
vengeance should have been discharged upon the puritans, 'dishedhis position, that there was nothing to fear front the
who were strongly attached to the Established Church, who abrogation of this test, whilst there was mach of good to be
had always belonged to it, who had remonstrated bravely hoped for (remit ; and that the churchof England snuffer too ,
against the trial and condemnation of the King, who bed strong to fear any such discussions as these. He was un-
twisted the impositions of the covenant, and, above all, who willing to trespass on their time unnecessarily' but, at the
bad been foremost in promoting the restoration of 'Detailed same time, he must not leave hie case incomplete. Some per
did appear difficult to account for. They mast sons bad imagined, doubtless from not knowing the fact,
not, however, be too hasty in casting indiscriminate censure that this test had not been productive of so mach evil as
upon those who framed this Act of Uniformity. It was had been said. He (Lord Ebert') did not like to troublethe The second public dinner of this institution,
easy enough to judge their conduct by the light they had house with too much documentary evidence, but he could
necessitous
was established in...16:38 for the relief
. of. Poor_
.6.eacd
attorneys, whetters, and proctors in an„_____
now to guide them •it was certain easy to put themselves in assure their lordship that he had received numerous letters
their places, and to'feel quite that they should have from clergymen giving very touching accounts of their having and Wales, their wives, widows, and families, was be yes:
acted differently. At that time, it was to be recollected, been compelled to give up their cures, where they were terday, at the Albion Hotel, Alderegate-street, when Lod
the true principles of religious liberty had scarcely dawned otherwise happy and useful, oe account of the stringency of CHUM'"? ID
we over an Gres
Mr. of 250 gentle-
even upon protestant communities, and when they found these terms of subscription. The y had told him of others
men. His lordship wes supported by Mr. Bristow the net —_
who, within their knowledge, had gone through the awe
traces of this intolerant spirit Mill upon the statute Solicitor to the Admiralty), Mr. Russell (Solicitor
book, above all, when they saw that this most dig- ordeal-of'
many *boon the same account were compelled to Palatine of Durham) Mr. Ssooedary POW!
to the County , , TIM NATIOFAL BENEVOLM4T INerrittriete-The
estrous enactment still remained =repealed, they abandon their cherished desire of dedicating themselves kith" the Hoe. Major Thesiger, Mr. Jollitfe (of the Chancery jubilee festival of this association took ebbe' last evening,
should feel thankful that their lot had been cast in happier service of the ministry -0(4'611 more, who are dissenters the), Mr. Maugbam (secretary of the Law Institute), he. at the Freemasons' Tavern, under very favourable auspices.
times, and should endeavour, as far as they could, to undo who long to join the establishment, having no essential Mr. James Anderton (trustee and chairman of the board of This excellent charity was established to pant relief, by
some of those miebiefs which past legislation bad entailed. differences with her. Of such document" he bad selected directors) coeueied the vice chair. life-pensions varying from 20/. to 301. per annum, to aged
The effect of the Act of Uniformity was quite as severe the following, which he thought were worthy of their lord- In proposing the toast of the evening the CHAIDNIN said dietreesed condors of the upper and midrib classes of =-
upon puritan ministers as the authors of it could have de- ships' attention :-Extract of a letter from the Rev. J. -When the report of your promediugs was first placed in defy, who have attained the age of 60 years and upwards.
shed ; but it had another effect, which in their blindness Crompton, a dissenting minister, of Browudale, Norwich:- my hands, considering what an important and extensive At Christmas last there were 252 pensioeers upon its books.
they could not foresee, and which fearfully verified the "lam • dissenting minister, much against my wish. My body the solicitors of England are, and what au epee field, The amount annually disbursed in pensions reaches nearly
Roman poet's maxim : forefathers were ejected in 1662, and I remained excluded therefore, is left for the unsuccessful struggles of life, sad 8,5001., and the total number of aged preen for whom it
THIS THAMES FaBANICIIINT.-Yesterday the committee " Nec fez eat Manor ulla for the same reasons for which they resigned large living,. the varied fortunes of professional men, I certainly was bas made permanent provision is 1,064, the gross ount the-
Formerly I was connected (as I was bred) with the unitarian struck with some surprise that this admirable smociattoe Waited to them exceeding 184,4001. The lialtob
„math of
re-assembled at 12 o'clock. Mr. Cowper in the chair. Pre- Quain necis artifices arta perke sea." body, but was obliged to relinquish the pulpit of one of the should have been of such recent origin. (Hear, hear.) I Bristol presided, and was supported by Earl Mauve=
sent : Lord R. Montagu, Sir W. Jolliffe, Sir J. Pexton, Mr. It struck SO deadly • blow to the church that for some old preshyterien chapels founded by the compeers of my thought that the necessity for it mm{ have long been kite North, M.P., Rev. Dr. Vivian, Rev. Dmiel MOO% Mr.
Urquhart, Lord 11. Vane. Colonel Knox, Sir J. V. Shelley, century and a half her arm was literally palsied, and to forefathers, because could not preach the Demise, Degey and as I knew what the feelings of the profession were, 1 Henry PowealleOesprin Shea. Mr. John Proper, Rev. Dr.
Mr. Err
SeYmer. Sir M. Pete, aod Mr. Garnett, who re- this hour she bad not recovered front it. The injury in- livefdocen,
doetriees of the sect that has got possession of many should have anticipated that the moment • proposal for such Stebbeig, Rev. J. V. Porch ; Messrs. T. Mime, F. Bennoch,
maned in deliberation until 2 o'clock, when, on the flirted on their non-oonforming brethren was a mere nothing of those places. Willingly would I have rejoined the as establishment was made it would immediately be to. R. W. Mom, Ste. The Chairman, in propersg "Prosperity
admission of the public, the chairman said with la that inflicted on their church and country. To use
the church to which all my sympathies inclined Inis, and from Waded to, end that its growth would be that of manhood to the National Benevolent Institaticie," referred to its
committee had come to the resolution that with language of Archdeacon Hare, "So terribly is the sit, of our which I have no doctrinist difference, but I could not in • tair (Hear.) It has been wisely ordained by Providence founder, Mr. Peter HerM, who had achieved a prominent
a view to provide the greatest amountforefathers who framed tbe Act of Uniformity visited upon • assent to all and evethin as required." that of us should be, attached to what has been called place among public benefactors despite diaeoarapng dr
hef to the most crowded thoroughfares in the vicinity England to this day ; nor OM any human foresight diacera Extract from a charge of the Venerable the Archdeacon of the " platoon of society' to which we belong. From that cumatances. He was • miniature pewter, who. observing
of Westminster-bridge, and also to avoid unloose• how or when those evils are likely to terminate. From Northampton, delivered May 5, 1862 :-`• What may be remits that esprit de corps which gives union sad strength there was no charity in existence adapted to alleviate the
DWI outlay On work% and compensation on the part of the that day we date the origin of that constuted the effects of an alteration it, the terms of subeception it is to bodies of men in • nation. Benevolence is a duty of us misfortunes to which aged persons of education and re-
public, it is desirable that the roadway on the river em- dissent and schism which ia the peculiar o
not given me to foresee, For myself, I would, not unwii. '. all ; but general benevolence, without specific ohdiect, is spectability are exposed, devoted his attention to supplying
thnkinent shall terminate at or near Whitehall stairs, and brium and calamity of our church. The age which tingly, admit any good man into the ministry who would likely to ' run to wade," or to " water the mitt: the need. The most important epoch in his career es a
from thence be diverted towards Farlia.nentetreet, in the enacted this rigid ecelegaatical uniformity was addicted, as suloCribe to the Thirty.nine Articles, and declare that he The object opens a channel into which benevolent minds philanthropist was on June 27, 1812, when an address
direction supested by nr. Fennethorne. Mr. Burke, Q.C., might be imagined, to thepracticeof uniforrnalising &lithium. approved of the Liturgy more the. of soy other hoot, of m turn their streams with advantage. There is a was delivered by him in the town minion of the first Earl
on behalf of the Promoters of the measure, objected to the It tried to uniformalise men', heads by dressing them out in public prayers, and that he would co.ent to use it and no common and vulgar maxim, that " charity begins at 11110Vell, which resulted in • committee of romagerniset
decision of the committee. It took them by surpr full-bottomed wigs ;it tried to uoiformalise trete by cutting other in the public services of the church, Nor would evil home," and from necessity it must be so : for wi in oar being appointed, nod the present inititution AIRS originated.
There had been DO Plan hy Mr. Fennethorne in evidence, and them into regular shapes. it could not bear the free growth follow in these times, I think, if the declaration we ere now domestic circle we find the first object of interest and of Its progress bad been gradual, and it was now sought to
thet had Lido° oPPortunityof bringing forward rebuttiog eel- and luxuriance of nature. Yet 'wen woes, if they have life required to melte, ' I will conform to the Liturgy of the duty, and you know how tbernese is characterniod " who extend it, =guineas. That such assistance was required
dance. Thecommitteehavingovernded the olii_ection. the case disregard their set of uniformity, sod branch forth accord. Church of England and Ireland were the only one ;we oars net (or his own house. There is nothing vicious in was patent from the fact that there were upwards of 130
of the opposition for the City of London Gem Works Company ing to their kinds, so that the shears have constant work to should not then have to regret the departure of so many the maxim • it is only in the application of it, when deserving candidates now wait' og for relief. In the course
was opened by Mr. Hope Scott, Mr. Richards, and Mr. clip their excreicences. None submit quietly except the good men from the established church. . . . To this chant indulges in domestic habits, and never roams of an eloquent appeal this noble lord =praised his regret
Miller. They allege that the proposed embankment will dead." Even the episcopal bench was unable to escape Class, that of political dimenters, the really conscientious aMoed ,• but when it comes out to seek for objects, it is at the absence of the president, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
seriously interfere with their works and the manufacture of from the rage for uniformity thus described by the mace- nonconformista do not belong, and of these there is a very generally first attracted by relations which exist in society, who was unable to stated. The subecriptioss announced by
gas, which now aliments to nearly 500 million of cubic feet able archdeacon. Formerly trey wore • kindled cap, with considerable body who do not disapprove of the doe.- and which produce oomething like a corporate feeling the secretary (F. Libretto) amounted to upwards of 4,300 f.
per annum ; the quantity of coal brought by lighters along- which the portraits of Jeremy Taylor and other worthies trines of oar church, and who have been ie. amongst its members. Reflecting on this subject I love The musical arrangements were seder the 'atendence
side, and carbonised, being upwards of 50,000 teas during of that age td made us female, ; and those who hid the treed front joining our communion only by some felt that the members of your profession have Peculiar dams of Mr. James Coward, assisted by Mr. King, Mr.
the same period. That for these purposes they re- misfortune to lie us old as himself would recollect that Cu- stringent portions of the Act of 'Uniformity." upon Your consideration and regard. Yon areproPerly con' Cummings, Mr. Theodore Distin, and the Mine,. Wells.
quire all the facilities that the river (rootage now affords riOUS had-piece, the episcopal wig, which formerly made it Extract from speech of Mr. K. Bag. M.P., hi Meuse of Mitered by the public to be =atheism, of wealth, of imPort' Mr. Harker officiated as toastmaster.
them, and the proposed embankment will materially inter- so difficult to distinguish one right reverend prelate front Gammons, on Mr. Bouverie's Clergy Belief Bill, April li, anoe, of intelligence; and if the poor and sorrowing members Mthrreitv RESERVE FUND.-An amount of the
fete with their tablishment and trade, upon which a another, but which the innovatious of the present age had so 1862 :-.• Though not himself a member of the established of your profession meet with no regard from you, is it likely Military Reserve Fund fur the year, frost the Ist of April,
million hail been expended. Mr, Welean the engineer for far affected that, however uniform might be tbe votes of church, be recognised ita great importance, and would be that they will be cared for by any other tiersons on..
It is not 1861, to the 31.1 of March, 1862, bas been resod. In the
the promoters, was examined to show hat they had offered the bench, there was no other visible uniformity. the bat man to impair its stability. He hoped that the for that vulgar prejudice to the occupation which is tome items of expenditure it appears that 112,Z34/. 10a. have
to the City Gas Company two arches under the embank- It was not very easy to discover what could be said in favour select committee would inquire not only how clergymen exprered in WWII then felt in heart ; but it is upon fair been paid in purchasing the =megrims of 61 officers upon
meet, 8 feet high, in front of the works but this had been of the continence of such au enactment at the present were to be permitted to leave the church, but how the and legitimate ground that any objection to relieve the half-pay who desired to sell, •` thereby saving 7,Binit 10. 2d.
objected to by the Metropolitan Board: of Works, who day. He (Lord Ebary) bad made search in histories. hie- obstacles h' h w ic now prevented many valuable young men members of this profilist
'on week' be felt by the public. a year tii=he half-pay vote." A sum of 44,1411. was
deemed that arches of .1 feet would be sufficient. Mc Phinn, griPhies, soyrge tracts, to find, he would not say from entering ita service could best be removed. The latter They would ny they are sufficient of themselves to relieve „„td to of cavalry on retirement tram that branch of
Q.C. for the Metropolitan Board of Works, rid this was an eulogy, but vindication of the act ; sad all in vain. of these queetions was much more important than the their own members and if they neglect them it must be r: • •
the DOITOO, in consequence of the reduction in the pncee
so ; and Mr. Mann, the City Gas Company's engineer, and Nothiag was tobe met with but one univerral condemnation. former. Hundreds and even Ormond' of young men were became the nece•alioue member is not a paper object of formerly paid for cavalry • •
commissions. The whole expen.
Mr. Hawkesley, having given evidence as to
nit" inadequacy, In most cases the propounder of a measure, however confi- • excluded from the ministry of the established church , regard- You, therefore, by refusing t° "'last those who diture for the year reached a total of 187,7911. ; leaving •
the committee adtourned until Fridey to enable the parties dent in the superiority of his own &memoir, was obliged because the oath and the other requirements were so have aclaim upon you cot only shut your own doors against Lamce il, bead of 53,8501.
to come to an arrangement. to arm hinuielf beforehand to meet well-known objections, stringent that they could not conscientiously sub. them, but you stop them avenues to relief which would es
ArESPATCI Or AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAILS.
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN AT NEW which might be urged against him ; but here it was next to scribe them." He had now brought his cam to a close. He othorwioo us oPeo. You have hr wows, woolutord Yew y
- intently the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
YORE. - LIVERPOOL WEDDLISDAT. - The Etna, whiched to it in the rata.
imporible to anticipate a reply, whilst the arguments in had endeavored not to leave oat anything essential to it, reePaaribilikr. sod you have rennin= . Com ,v's steamer City of Washington was despatched
arrived off Queemtown at eight o'clock on Tuesday night, condemnation of the Act of Ueiformity, drawn (rem every and at the same time to avoid overlanog it with extraneous blishirsent of this =societies)• iou have planted ;it is fromPni .
1 for New York, shin
ton
for the United
ban brought intelligence of the safe arrival at New York of rum' that history,
philosopby, aod the genius of our nth- matter. Hhowever, • n bow • Your duty
H. was, painfully °MISCH . 1131. to water, and to take care for the increase,
ou will Beat= together with a large number of puesegess, cargo,
the steamship Great Emden), after a very rapid afforded, were so overwhelming that it was difficult to perfect had been his performance of his task. Would that And you will remember what the fruits are that y
he. Toelay the Qoebee and Montreal Royal Mail steamer
It will be remembered that the big ship left Milfonr= IwC how to make a selection. Although the present pro- Ihe had the abilities and halloo= of many he saw before gather. You will have the satisfaction probably of feeling
North Ameri will be d felted from the Mersey for
late at nighton the 7th May, and according to the advice, by 1 was made by him ea the first night of this SelinOn I and around him. Then he could not have failed to impress that you have boun sup many a broken heart torn in the
Chsebee, with mails for Canada and the United States.
ri ooke d in vain for petition against •If he consulted immense • • • unsuccessful conflicts of life, and that you have dried the
any
the Etna she reached New York early on the morning of ,Oa Saterelay the Cussed Royal Mail steamer Africa will be
the 17th; thus (computing the time of her departure for '''
Jinn lie found hat
the omens of the two great ; which they were shout to arrive. The vote they were tear of mast' a widow and many an orphan. To the young ..
departed from the Mersey for Boatels, with maus for the
and arrival at New Work) she node the voyage out in vim Fair anal the Giairilion, I
. in the church, the Record about to give would decide whether they would promote of the profession mat
entering upon their
- - carer, cued ti lied and Norte Ame •
days and five hours, which is one of the quickest voyage, en which did not often agree, had both spoken favourably 1 thet best of all things, religious uoity, or whether UHT that buoyancy, and of confidence which in iteelf is almost a
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record. The Great Eastern will leave New York for this of his propose' ; hi truth, th s matter exactly resemd , would *retinue to foment that worst of all evils and an earnest of success. I should be sorry to say anything
the case of the passport system, of which, when it was abo- ' reshot of all hind ces the spread of the aos= which would check their generous reinitiate • but I would WIEDNEaDAY, MAT 28. -Admire= cm Payment, 2,187;
port on Saturday next, the 31st instant, and if she makes an ,tehed ,he T. „ „ 4,,„4„ oheerred t e ran to y, h row;td
equally favourable run home she may Le expected in the '. " "" -°w*PaCr ' ' - ' hat we igious disoonl. Would they assist in enlarging t e entreat tam for a moment to pease and er bow pm- ditto, by season tickets, 789 ; total, 2.976.
Mersey oe the evening of Morley, the 9th June, or the fol. never know the folly of a d habit till we get rid of it, to lengthening the cords and strengthening the carious are all the blessings which we enjoy in this life, DR- Dg JO/lOM'S LIGHT-BEOWN COD LIVER OIL.
'owing morning. We nuderstiOd that it is the intention and find how easily we get on without it. 1t was the pecu- stakes of our national church-or would they eon. how a sudden stroke of illness, an unexpete I turn of -fa testifying to Ur enlivened restorative properties of *like
el the oi toteto cave her thrown open for visitor. si o fierily of the passport *yearn, that whilst it wrought an iin venue to wall her within the narrow limit,' to fortune-g may be the withdrawing of the helping hand vslaabie oil in eases of newer debilltletrer.../g. Deltas, dletrist
after her arrival es ible-probably the next day, so that (laity of mischief which was never contemplated, it proved which, by illetarred legislation, she bad been hitherto which has supported the doubtful and uncertain step medical Aker at Bury as. Edmonds, • "The effects et
Dr de rough's Oil are sure and most remadishis, emsclaily to
the gnat ...here who visit thin town loving whit.. utterl useless for the •object it was presumed to have in confined ! Would they maintain in all its deformity an on the commencement of their career-may throw upon prat • eroteredown state of braids and
week may heave's opportunity of inspecting the ship, view." And so with the Act of Uniformity. They knew act which had no defender, or would they expunge from them the necessity for that aid which we are wow called precedes and favours tubercular=s=thaeXteeh=
, that this test was intended to make a 'chum SO the church their statute book a provision which was the suggeatioe of upon to provide for those whose career has not been one ofarmy WWI' sort." Sold only in =rim nee mi.. sea stir
LOnDOW a . _EWER AL Chtrirtm COMPANY (LIMITED,. of Christ in this country, and that it was eminently sue- intolerance and persecution., and the offspring of the worst IMMO. Those members of the profession who through a art es., h de .1 h' agent", =ear, rd, and Oa., IT,
y Dr . one Gegen
-Mac receipts, week ending May 25, 13,2121. lle. yodel. They knew that it was intended to drive out of period of our parliamentary history! His voice might fail to long and honourable coarse of life have attained a high and wan', Landon, and chentata•-ladverthenseist..l
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Widen vikesitation In saying there Is no member of society by
whom theta:an 'Muni be found piefal—whetitsrauch person hold
the relation of parent, preceptor, or alerraman:
Undo*: Mean. Corshill ; and J. Allen, Warwick-lane.

AaitrarantitAL BENIVOLIUM la
The anniversary festival of ibis institution, nits.
was established in 1860 for' the relief d brasses, emir
widows and orphans, was celebrated yedesday maims at
the London Tavern, Bishopepteatreet ; the Duke of Baca-
Min) presiding. About 150 of the friends and sapportea
of the charity assembled up°n the mission ; sad mum*
those present weee Colonel A. N. Hood, Messrs. A/dsrmen
Mechi, C. Wren Hoskyra, F. Hobbs, Jobs Clayden, A. H.
Hall, John Baldwin, W. M. Blunt, George Mamma R.
Garrett, Thomas Emira, Julia Collins, S. Sidney, A. H.
Jhneon, J. H. 'Taunton, H. Pound,. C. Basin, and J. Dr 06•14
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing • Prosperity to the Api-
culture] Benevolent Inetitatioo," observed that it was
sufficient for him to state that the objects
of the society was to provide pensions to bona Ilde
farmers, their widows and unmarried orphan daughters,
and to maintain and educate the orphan childree
of farmers, to Mitre the toast meeting with the reception
which such an institution most at all times commend.
Speaking as he did to practical farmers, to men who had
passed the greater part of their lives in the pursuit of agri-
culture, it would seem almost presumptuous as it would
be untmerary for him to dilate at any great length upon
the necessity which existed for an institution of this cha-
racter, and he could only express his surprise that in a
country so eminently agricultural as Great Britain an
institution for the relief of farmers in distress should not
have been established till the year 1880. It was also •
matter of astonishment that the establishment of such an
institution was mainly owing to the exertions
of a gentleman who however seams he bad shown
himself in the cause of agriculture had spent
the earlier portion of his life in the pursuit of
commerce. (Hear, hear.) He need hardly remind his
hearers of the many vicissitudes which this branch of science,
for • science it had become, was liable to. He need hardly
tell them of the losses which might come suddenly upon
the best farmer, and reduce him from comparative affluence
to comparative poverty. Seasons of unparalleled severity
might come upon them when they were least reedy end
fitted to receive them. They might buy the most sepia.
sive instruments, they might procure the moat highly-bred
oarthonea, and they might have their work does by steam,
but all the most approved appliances within their reach
would not avail at all times and in all seasons.
Therefore he said that such an institution as the
present must be a blessing to the whole agricultural
community. And when he spoke of the agricultural
community of this country, be could not forget that
the agricultural class had been at all times one of the most
respectable dames in this great empire, and one of the
strongest and firmest links in the chain of society, of which
this country was so remarkable a specimen. If it were
possible that they could blot out the agricultural class the
empire would sink into nothiegnees, and be believed there
were few who would deny that this society was a Nosing to
the country. (Hear, hear.) To the few who might think
that there was no nexesity for sash a society he need only
point to the fact that there were no less than sixty
epplr-
cants for psestras at the January election this year. Since
the histitatioa was founded, in 1860, they had had upwards
of 2,000 subscribers upon their list, awl the society pos.
seemed at this time an amount of 2,000/. in consols and
3,0001. in the Three per Cents., makiug in all a fund of
5,0001.
The BRCHLIART (Mr. Chu. ShaR)&111101DIONI subscriptions
to the amount of 2,065/.
Colonel HOOD proposed " The Health of his Grace the
Duke of Richmond, President of the Society," to which
The CHAIRMAN briefly responded.
Amongst the remaining toasts were—" The Royal Agri-
cultural Societies of England, Ireland, and Scotland," pro-
posed by Mr. Alderman Mmi, sod " Soccess to Arta,
Manufactures, and Commove," proposed by Mr. W. M.
BLURTON.
The proceedings of the evening were agreeably diversified
by • musical entertainment, uuder the direction of Mr.
George Potreo. who was assisted bv Miss B•saford, Mira
Poole, Mr. L. Thomas, and Mr. J. L. Hatton. Mr. Higgs
officiated as toastmaster.

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MUSIC.

MR. AND MADAME GOLDSCHMIDTS ORATORIO
PERFORMANCIOL

The second of the series of performances of sacred
music, given by Mr. and Madame Goldschmidt for cha-
ritable purposes, took place at Exeter-hall last night. It
was in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Consumption
and Diseases of the Chest at Brompton—an institution, if
we remember rightly, which has already derived great
benefit from Madams Goldschmidt's benevolent exer-
tion. The performance of last evening consisted of
The Creation, the most beautiful, if not the grandest of
Oratorios ; a work whose very beauty has been disadvan-
tageous to it in the estimation of some modern critics, who
opine that, because it is simple, melodious, and easily
understood—because it is beautiful, in short, it cannot be
sublime. And indeed, if, as Burke has it, obscurity is an
element of the sublime, these critics may probably be in
the right ; for no great musical work that we have ever
heard is so uniformly clear and comprehensive as The
Creation. But believing, as we do, that the works
of nature may create ideas of power and gran-
deur when viewed under the brightest sunshine
as when shrouded in clouds and darkness, we cannot feel
that the sunshine, of which Haydn's masterpiece is fuller
than any other musical work in existence, derogates in the
least from its sublimity. It is a hymn to the goodness se
well as the power of the Great Creator ; and it is in this,
as it seems tons, that its exquisite and divine beauty consists.
It was worthily performed on this occasion. Mr. and
Madame Goldschmidt did all that could be prompted by
respect for the genius of the great master. They
provided a complete and excellent instrumental or-
chestra and a powerful chorus ; the solo performers,
in addition to Madame Goldschmidt, were Mr. Sims Beeves
and Signor BeUetti ; and the performance was conducted by
Mr. Goldschmidt with great care and ability. Madame
Goldschmidt sang magnificently. We have not for years
beard her superb voice to so much advantage. It betrayed
no sign of fatigue or over-exertion ; on the contrary, it was
fresh, clear, and flexible ; rising easily to the highest regions
of the scale, and demanding no effort in the execution
of the most florid divisions which abound in the
two great airs, " With verdure clad," and "On
mighty pens;" and sustaining the fine holding note
at the beginning of " The marvellous work," with
a body of tone not to be surpassed in richness. As to her
greatness of style and beauty of expression, these are quali-
ties over which time has no power, and are at this day
remarkable as ever. We need scarcely add that she was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Sims Reeves nag
as he usually does in this oratorio, that is, very finely,
though we have heard his voice in better order. In his
principal air, " With native worth and honour clad," he pro-
duced a great effect, and was applauded accordingly. Bel-
lettes performance, from beginning to end, was perfect in
voice, style, and expression. Though a foreigner, this
accomplished artist, in English oratorio singing, has no
superior.
• • •

The hall was crowded to excess in every part, and the
heat was suffocating. Cannot something be done by way of
improving the ventilation''
The third of these fine performances, on Wednesday next,
is to consist of Elijah, and is to be for the benefit of the
Royal Society of Musicians and the Royal Society of Female
Musicians ; two excellent institutions, and well deserving of
support.