The Express.
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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1851.

lected to the paid.; any more votes at that hour, the house
resumed, and the thai man reported progress.
The house went into committee on a resolution on the
Merchant Seamen's Fund Deficiency, which was agreed to.
The Unlawful Oahe (Ireland) Rill went through com-
mittee, and was reported to the house.
The Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill ; the Private Lunatics'
Asylum (Irebuul) Bsli ; and the Turnpike Acts Continu-
ance Bills severally passed through committee.
The Woods and Forests Bill was considered, as amended.
The Marriages (India) Bill passed through committee.
The Ecclesiastical Residences (Ireland) Bill, as amended,
was considered, as was also the Churches and Chapels (Ire-
land) Bill.
On the motion of Mr. Srarroun it was agreed to pre-
sent an address fur copy of warrant under her Majesty's
dim manual, authorising the commissioners for the Exhi-
bstion of 1851 to enter upon a piece of ground in Hyde
Park, and to erect buildings thereupon for purposes of
the Exhibition: and of deed of covenant from the Com-
missioners for the exhibition of 1851 to the Queen's most
Excellent Majesty, to observe and perform certain terms and
conditions mentioned in the said warrant, and to reinstate
and yield up the site granted for the purposes of snch
Exhibition.
On the motion of Lord StYKOVII, leave was given to
bring in the following bills :—Bill to amend the art for
resting the construction and the use of buildings in the
metropolis and its neighbourhood.
The house adjourned at 1 o'clock.

aid and assistance in points of ecclesiastical detail,
in doctrinal pursuits, the sovereign will give convo-
cation power to frame canons. But when the head
of the church does not wish for, or require such assis-
tance in governing the subordinate ecclesiastical cor-
poration of the country, the church has no just
ground of complaint against the sovereign for not
resorting to what, in the opinion of the crown,
is not necessary. That, we take it, is the
true constitutional relation between the crown
and convocation ; and the analogy of the Romiah
church fully supports it : for in it councils do not as-
semble of their own mere motion, and cannot delibe-
rate except on subjects referred to them. The church
being an inferior body, can have no parliament of its
own; otherwise we might be subjected to the pre-
tensions, if not of conflicting allegiance, of divided
authority. It is a mistake, therefore, to suppose that
the sovereign of this country, in silencing convoca-
tion, acts unconstitutionally or arbitrarily ; on the
contrary, to silence convocation when it is not de-
' sirable it should speak, is to act in the best spirit
of the British constitution, and on the only theory
on which the church is, in this country, an endurable
institution.

perhaps, Is. Bd. a week for their children, would net reject ,Of rallneedens Mae, hear.) He had been mtimithal to
such an opportunity. At the same time, he thought the ; hese the bras osniismasa say that these pens= would ass ,
evil might be greatly mitigated by the establibmsat of bo abmobsd by Om moms of oespeoymat, fur la theses.
night schools, where boys_ above 12 years of sips adghtl,bs mad Irma =sa of the- malt of mud sad in-
attend ; atootrilsortwishimum at man libraries la tbs. , tailisstral Ho soposand Hat las, tor one,
schools, w their habit at smolil=lrzt; I, looks& Ida as slam viva say sumaat at Cbeistioa educe-
(Hear, hear.) grant unprissil a 1, tins, he abaravor seisms ams Hem this beads of any
which was rpm Iso ths tarpon art tads.. somten. ' puma la they of the areummat sr ask ho Mt orated
The school at Nether Hal bed wit a esaiimable ma; a 1 that las pseple of Ids would an omisest
very able graft less pima over it ; the andsr soder train- to bays say system of salasalisa that
Aug at pressed was ad large, but there was essay remiss to was not bawd upon rdillials- lawssula Au bill' .11161111111111
'believe it would morsear. They could not do too musk lad expromod the bops that so of the groat ea bad
either as menden of that house, or es individuals, to ins. Wham Miss given he meal bosses would beneeteethilm!
prove the training and to honour the situation of the edissi. rootilstoiL lie dooms& sash a coarse to be most 'unfair and
master. (Hear, Dear.) No class of men was mar maluot sa scowest of that circumstance which wall err
ploys,' more usefully to the whole country ; and It stesagly asthma by the noble lord when he observed EMI
was sometimes exceedingly painful to see what mall diadem Is this poor station of life were obliged is be tam I
stipends were received by men qualified to tome oat 'Claud at so early an age that they could not receive
sciences of various kinds, and to go through the palatal oduestio* of high qualit7. It was known that that oblige,
work of education in its most important branches. (Hear, tire arose from the necessities of the parents; for when
hear.) There were several votes with respect to the same imenwere only earning 7s. or 81. a week, eves the Rats
or similar subjects. The second was for education in Ire- their children could earn was something tw'ee't the
land. lie wished not to enter into any disputed (mem aggregate support of the whole family. Under time dr.
tions, but would only state that the education given at the euntatances, it was certainly not te be expected that a very
training school at Dublin was of a very superior character. high quality of education could le obtained by these poor
'Whenever he had been there, he had been much struck children ; but money was not grudged le give another
with the quickness of the pupils, and the correctness of tion of the community as high MI isimenhan MI weld be
memory which they exhibited. The small sums given to afforded, and the whole of this port oldie pasts =
agricultural schools there were of very great use. That for the education of persons who would not be
vote was proposed to be increased ; it exceeded by 14,0001. for teachers in poor and remote rural districts, beene they
the same vote of 1349, and by %OWL that of last year. The could not afford to pay them. From that part of use yea
next was fur schools of design. The head school in London they would derive little benefit, sod he, therefore, tbeellbt
had 460 pupils ; the branch schools connected with it con- it was unfair and unjust that the other part of the peat
tamed no less than 3,000 pupils. A good deal of progress should be curtailed, which was the only amts
had been made, and there was now a great desire to obtain the rural districts were able to enjoy. (Hear, bmw.)
the instructiou of this school. It was proposed that the If the house wished to increase education, they men weft,
prises of the school of design should also be distributed to neglect the rural districts, and in the annual accounts they
the schools in the couutry, and that they should be ought to show bow the actual sum expended during be,
enabled to teach drawing in those schools. A sum of preceding year had been disbursed. Ile wished every .
nearly the same amount was proposed fproposor the Uni- facility to be given to the education of every religious dee '
virility of London; and 15 as ,000 i. wed for the nomination.
Museum of Economic Geology. This institution had been Mr. W. J. FOX explained—lie had not entertained say
lately opened, and it was one of great practical use. (Hear, apprehensions with reference to masters who had boss
hair.) All who had visited it must have been pleased with high' y trained in a moral and intellectual manner, but le
what they had seen there of the productions of this country, feared that the menial wages paid to such men would eme
and with the arrangement of the specimens; he believed it their tempers, and disappoint their hopes. lie had heard
would prove highly useful. As to the results of our mining the noble lord's statement with the highest satisfaction, bull
operations, he could nut but think that to bring science to he had not interpreted it as holding out any promise that a
bear on them would prove highly beneficial. The next system of secular education would be established by goserfro
vote was to aid in diffusing the means of interpreting mewl- ment in the country. (Hear, hear.) 1
form inacriptione—a matter of very great importance. The After a few worsts from Mr. Rice,
parties engaged iu this weak were unable to go on with Mr. GLADSTONE expressed his general concurrence
their publication and complete it without the aid of parlim in the views expressed by the hon. member for Oxford
ment ;he had assured them that the house might be relied (Mr. Henley). Ile heartily rejoiced to know that the
on to vote the moderate nine that was required fur so into- question of English education had ever been happily die-
resting an object. 'There was soother small sum for the cussed in that house in a spirit of calmness, and with an
College of Surgeon.. The whole amount to be voted this intention of mitigating the difficulties which surrounded
year in them estimates was 431,9201., and, including another the case. (Hear.) Ile would just allude to the unhappy _
stem, the total might be reckoned about 450,000/. Ile be- divisions which existed upon a certain point with the corn-
lieved there was no part of the votes which came before mince of council upon education. Looking at the matter To revive convocation, as Lord REDEADALE pro-
the house of greater utility to the public, and be was in a practical point of view, if it were true that one-seventh ~.„ would be the deadliest boon ever bestowed on
sure the house would be disposed to concur in the votes or one-sixth of the school applications which hail been made
now proposed. (Hear, hear.) It was gratifying to observe to the Committee of l'rivy Council were excluaed because the. church of England.; for it
.would render the
how much this vote had been increased within the last of their adherence to MS condition, then, although he position of the church incompatible with its subor-
twenty years. The vote of 20,0001. in 1533 had now got up might regret that adherence, stilthe must equally regret tion to the state, on which its stability as an
to hlO, years.
and the whole estimate had increased in ucarly the adherence of the committee to their particular views. establishment or a corporation depends ; it would
as great a proportion. (Hear.) At any rate he must express his sanguine hope that, render it injurious to the peace and tranquillity of
Mr. W. J. FOX said the plan of training teachers was if there existed so serious a limitation to this necessary
one marked by much wisdom. The object of the committee work arising out of a cause so slight, the wisdom and con- means of Ns uc Daly it can
the country, by 1 husefully
appeared to be rather to improve the quality than increase dilatory temper of the government would discover the pursue its great ends; it would make it hurtful to
the quantity of education—a most desirable object ; for the means for remedying and removing so serious an evil prior the interests of true religion, by substituting the
quantity ot education in this country was out of all proper_ to the next session. (Hear, hear.) He would now take polemics of Christianity for the propagation of the
Lon to the quality. It had been supposed that this system the liberty of referring to a particular rumour—a rumour great scheme of human redemption. And, in the
might in progress of time become a substitute fur a national injurious to the character of the committee—which had
system ; but as it was now evident that voluntary effort obtained currency at the annual meeting of the National Presc nee of a change SO great in the position of a
could not accomplish this, he thought some altcratiou would Society; and he made it known there, in order that church and in the repose of the country, it would
be necessary in the distribution of the grant. lie would if there was no foundation for it, a contradiction become the duty of the state to abate, as an ecclesi-
suggest that the 55,0001. granted for school buildiags should might be given at once, or such an explanation as might astical nuisance, that great organisation, the founda-
be decreased. There was already school-room for more completely alter its character. It was said that in lions of which our forefathers dug for so deeply, and
than twice the pupils who attended,—• result of the case of a particular school its founders proposed
th. e structure of which they raised so comprehen-
the system of rivalry amongst the different sects. to provide by their deed that the schoolmaster and school-
In 181'J there were ffil schools, in which stipends mistress should be communicants of the established church, efvely.
were allotted to teachers, and they were nimble of and that, because such a proposal had been given, the Lord REDESDALE is not then a sagacious politician
accommodating 133,000 pupils,but only 76,000 attended. founders were excluded from any participation in the or a good friend of the church; "he loves not wisely
In the ten years from 1540 to 1850 there had been 2,606 grant (Hear.) lie believed the rumour must be sub- but too well," when he seeks to have all the raging
schools assisted with building ground, at a cost of 454,4101. stantially groundless, but still it was deserving of ex-
and stormy winds of theological strife, of (edemas-
The capacity of these imbecile was sufficient to the accom- Planation. .0
modatiou of 549,493, whilst the average attendance was Mr. SLANEY said that whilst he respected the views 'of tical theories, and of sacerdotal pretensions, that now
loti,taiu children. That great overbuilding showed that, at the right hon. gentleman in respect to the matters in con- find comparative safety in the unlicensed freedom
least in that department, the liberality of the committee troversy between the National Society and the Committee and irresponsible area of the universal sky, pent up
should be checked, and means taken to till the schools. of Council, he entertained different ones himself on the in the Jerusalem Chamber of Westminster Abbey.
(Hear, hear.) in his opinion there was also too much ex- point. The great difficulty in regard to education appeared
As
.with the roof of that venerable and glorious
elusiveness in the bestowal of these educational votes. to him to be how to give the rural classes instruction. Ile
There was growing up in Loudon a class of schools highly approved of the school system adopted by Mr. fabric, RO. with the church generally ; it would be
called Petular—for the reason that they did not impart Dawes in the West of England. rent and burst and torn to -bits by the fury of the
religious instruction of any kind, leaving that to the clergy Mr. CAREW suggested that the inspectors should be conflicting elements. "In quietness and in con-
of Use various persuasions—and the success of these schools permitted to recommend deserving pupils for situations in fidenco shall be her strength for ever."
had been very remarkable. They were so popular that the dockyards, as a means of stimulating education. There is, however, a captivating sound about ,
they were self-supporting, and the description of education Lord J. RUSSELL said he wished to make a few remarks
was far superior to that which was to be found in many in courquence of the observations of the hon. member the word convocation, irresistible to the young,
of the schools under grant. Ile could not see why sue for Oxford. The hon. member for Oldham having and eager, and determined priesthood of England.
schools should not receive further aid, with a view to raise expressed a hope that he had not given up all intention of All of its associations are apparently of freedom, of
their standard of education still higher, as the noble lord a national system of education, ho (Lord J. Russell) re- the exercise of independent thought, of the unro-
lled admitted that quality in education was preferable to plied that he was far from giving up all hope of seeing such strained use of the limbs, as it were, of the great CO.
quantity. (flesa, hear.) Another class of schools which a system carried out. But in what fell from him he said clesiastical institution, untrammelled by the mate.-
was shut out from the grant—though by reason nothing which should lead the hon. member for Oxford • • e _i B thin
of their own exclusiveness—was that class exclu- to the conclusion that he would adopt the peculiar system thous of etatutes or the decisions et royalty. Rut tam
sively religious ; though Ito did not see why they Proposed by the hon. member for Oldham. (Hear, hear.) tie delusion with some ; an illusion with others.
Mould not participate ES the liberality of the donation. Be stated on a former occasion that he objected to that Such an opinion, such a picture, such a phantasms,
Again, there were the ragged schools, in which no objec- system, and he now repeated that he entirely differed from goria is not, and cannot be, a correct appreciation of 1
non of conscience prevailed, and to the inmates of which it. (Hear, hear.) His own opinion was that there
in
the state stood in SW) parentis. These schools should be were two essential requisitesion
any plan for a natal the church of England. For it has no elainis or pre-
the
aided because they aimed at mitigating and eradicating system of education that might be proposed to the house. tensions, or rights like these ; it is, or it ought to be, a '
some of the worm evils in society. (Hear, hear.) In Lan- The first was, that instructive instruction should be as- modest, obedient, humble, and subordinate establish-
eashire and Cheshire the mechanic.' institutes had pro- perste from religious instruction—(hear, hear)—and the ment, aiming only at utility over and success with
greased most rapidly, and the effect was quite visible in the other was, that no child should be compelled to attend to a individuals ; having no ambitious designs of rivalling
educational statistics of the country. Tnese schools should religious instruction to which his parents objected. (Hear,
also be waisted. Lastly, there were the schools of the Jews hear.) the state in authoritdy of exercislit power over con-
Both these conditions were necessary, in his •
in London, where the children were taught not only En- opinion, to any system of national education, and the great science,. of deciding ogniaticauy a u con-
Bah literature, but also to read their owe language ; yet they difficulty was to reconcile the two. (Hear, hear.) The hon. troversies, and of narrowing down all opinions into
were not eligible to these donations, though they applied, but gentleman was followed by the right hon. gentleman the one compressed and formal shape. The theory and
wererefuseeL Nowia Ms °pinkie there wmnot aproper reason member for the University of Oxford, who made some re- actual position of the church in England has always
assigned fur refusing donations to any of these schools. He marks with regard to the national society and the been a corporation created by and inferior and sub-
hoped the present stele of thing, was merely provisional t committee of council. Now, the committee of edu-
and that it would finally result in an extended system of us- baton carried on all the correspondence with the ord' t the •and h tie
ma cto state ; such are ie relations
tonal education. (Hear, hear.) national society, with a view, if possible, of coming now existing between the protestant church of
Lord J. RUSSELL beg to say that I look forward to to an agreement on all the points of difference between England and the English crown. As the lord mayor,
the establishment of a system of national education— them. Now, with regard to one of these points, it was all aldermen, and burgesses of London, are by charter
(cheers)—and I think what we are doing at present tends along insisted on by the committee of council that there
in that direction. (Hear, hear.) should be lay members in the committee of management ; a corporation under the crown for municipal pur-
Mr. ENYAItT thanked the noble lord for that assurance ; but it was conceded to the National Society that they should churchof England is '
poses, so the
and he trusted to see before long the education of the maims be members of the church of England. One point re- Prescription under the crown for ecclesiastical and
placed in its proper position. Heretofore they had their maimed with regard to secular educution. The committee spiritual purposes; and the former might just as
army and navy reports and estimates; but he trusted they of council were not prepared to concede that a secular cdu- reasonably and just as loyally claim the exercise of
were now arrived at a period when educational reports and cation should be placed entirely at the disposal and under the coequal powers and authority with the crown in the
estimates would take their proper position. (Hear, hear) direction of clerical persons only, and that where the clergy-
Mr. W. MILES thought that Christianity and the Bible man differed from all the lay member', and an appeal to the c Ys as
it •• the latter aim at ' d d t • 'this
Mr. in epen en action in
should be the foundation of any system of education that bishop was supported by him, that decision should not country generally.
might be established. Mere mundane education was not govern the conduct of the school. (Hear, hear.) That From the earliest to the present times, the go-
sufficient, as the hon. member for Oldham supposed, was thought to be an unreasonable demand, and a condi- vcrnment of the church, whether Roman or pro-
to enable youth on entering the world to contend lion that would be likely to lead to injurious consequences
successfully against the evil principles of society. (Heat.) if adopted. He would not say what others might have felt .
tortoni in 1 li' in this
oe sne, country, the power of
Ile lamented, as much as any man, that the children of the at that, but he would not deny that he himself entertained controlling decisions in ecclesiastical causes, of pro-
working classes could not be brought to attend school above a jealousy of the too great increase of clerical power, who- nouncing upon such causes through persons sueh as
the age of 12 years. The poverty of tbo parents which ther in the established church or in the members it might think fit to employ, and of setting aside
rendered the earnings of these poor children of, perhaps, of any other church—(cheers)—and for that reason, when it deemed proper the decision of its own asses-
as. or 4s. a-week, necessary to the support of the family, amongst others, he for one felt an objection
could only he deplored.dadvisers, has been
to that course. Ile could not believe that the effect of that core an
.n of England And this is not a prei
Mr. HUME was sorrythatthehmamemberkedinterfered decision of the committee of council was to alienate the the cross . ogit-
with the very harmonious discussion that bad Went:Judea. clergy of the Established church generally, or to deprive the tire that was seized on by the rude grasp of rai-
l( the hon.gentleman hail considered more, would sehciels in connexion with the National Society from the trary power, or has been wielded for tyrannical
have addressed himself to the subject with more calomel benefit of the grant, for on looking to the proportion of the en ;
as it is based on the widest views of human
and coolness. What would he do in Hindostan with his gust applied fur, he found that the church of England, •
notions of education ? (Oh.) Yes, education was carried and, as connected with it, the Natioaal Society, had nearle P° Ti
he and lies been exercised for the best in-
on Cher there without the addition which the hon. gentleman 79 per cent. of the whole sum, that the British and Foreign Wrests of human society. For, without such
required. Ile (Mr. IL) approved of the increase of expert- schools had had 9 per cent., the Wesleyan schools 11 per security for the obedience and subordination
dilute in this vote provided it was properly applied, and he cent., and the Roman catholies less than 4 per cent. ahel of the ecclesiastical power, we should liars
thought that during the last few mouths great improve- schools connected with the church of England had there- two rival and conflicting elements and principles and
Inuits had taken place in the application of the money. fore by far the largest portion of the grant. (Meer, hear.) institutions
Nothing had pleased him MOM than the emulation which llt was proposed indeed at a meeting that the National ofgovernment; the unity ofthe
state
the system had produced. He had seen schools in which a Society should break off all connexion with the committee would be destroyed, the regality of the crown
miraculous change, he might almost say, had takers ,of council; but that proposition was rejected by the good' would be limited, and the spirit of the laity would
place. Great effect had been produced upon the pa- I setae of the meeting. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentle- be obnoxious to the control of the spirituality. It is
rents. He had known a wheal of a village in which . man put a question with respect to a particular rule, which only by such a progression of an established church
none of the parents of the children going to ' said that the muter* and mistresses should be members of from and i
can be ke t ints out of the state that an ecclesiastical
place in any
esiastical este-
the school could read or write. But emulation had . the church of England. (Several Members—" Communi-
greatly extended, and was even reaching into poor villages ' mien.") The terms of union, as laid down in the fourth blishment pproper
where them were no wealthy residents to advance money clause, was that the masters and mistresses should be country. Without it the alternative is the essential
for education. A large number of villages in this country members of the church of England ; and the president of principles of popery, or the substitution of volun-
were without the means of procuring those schools to which the council said, in reply to the communication made to tm,,s• m.
these grants were made, but unless there was a school in him, that they had already the terms which the National •/ --' . .
every Tatar, the population could not be brought up cm- Society laid down before them, and that it wes better to These principles are the sheet-anchor of the church
ditably. la some places there were more schools than , keep to those terms which the National Society itself laid lof England. But they are exactly what Lord REDE4.
were necessary, but he hoped that eventually all classes ; down. There was no objection to the particular term that DALE and his friends contest and deny. They claim
would unite in that harmony which he remembered used I they should be "communicants," except that it was not i for the church a separate, an anterior, or an inde-
to exist. The govemmeat must determine that no Indivi- 'in the terms of union which the National Society itself 11HIS DAY.
dual should be employed in the public service agreed to. (Hear, hear.) li in terms) exist-
pendent (for they are s ppery . their
unless ho could read and write. If that were Mr. HENLEY said that if that were the only cause, it , enee. They regard it as an institution which did
OLD COURT.
made a rule, he believed it would excite a desire , was strange that the committee of council didnot follow ihe I exist, which would continue to exist, distinct from
in the people to see their children educated, and it ought i National Society altogether. I the state, even if the connexion were terminated; , .
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Ihroas vas RN:COMAS.
to be a rule in every department, from the labourers in the I Mr. GLADSTONE expressed a hope, that if the ease .was indicted for feloniously
dockyards. He hoped the noble lord would be able to , stood as he understood it from the esplanation of the noble ' thy hold it to have rights, pretensions, authority,
setzirvii Pt. labia ,
ti ennt'nx dwelling-boars of Charles Wood, with
unite all parties in an attempt to provide every man with , lord, the committee of council would reconsider their de- an chi over conscience and doctrines which the latent 7 . him.
nt to injure
n act of
instruction that would be useful to him. Education was cision, and on this ground, that the noble lord had entirely state can only limit or interfere wee..
clothed lib
hMr. Gi rd Prosecuted; Mr. T. Spicer was counsel for
everywhere wanted. Juries, for example, were wanted ! misconceived the sense of the terms of union with the tyranny and they look on ere we
ast e_prisoner. _ _
have been
.
even in the villages, and he had seen in them with much ° National Society—(hear, hear)—the meaning of which was, lin sacerdotal functions immediate) y denved, through The facts of this ease have been recently given in
sorrow instances of ten out of twelve jurymen not being that they would have nothing to do with the grant, nuked .andthe police reports. It appeared that the rosecutor
b •of ' pacv from what has
3 means gases) ,
able to read or write• the masters and mistresses were communicants of the Church , been null
was a printer, residing at rents) e, and at the
sir J. TYRELL asked the noble lord to explain upon of England. (Hear, hear.)- Ti. these merely
I termed the apostolate. .or arc 7 time of the occurrence the prisoner hail been in his sea-
sir
what principle it was that so small a sum as 150,0001. was In reply to Mr. Mites, I speculative views, the beau ideal of a church vice about six weeks ; and a few days before, her master
granted for the purposes of educatien in Great Britain, the Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not present when , indulged in by Oxford dreamers, an iyuis pilaus poi- had complained of her permitting her brother to come into
population of which was 20 million', and so large a e
re he the committee of council had come to the decision in the I sued by weak women and silly men. They are to a the house while the family were absent, and had insisted
134,5604. was granted for education in Ireland, where the , particular case referred to, but at the next meeting of Privy i an ineren,,in,. that she should not do so again, and the prisoner appeared
, large portion, to, it is to be feared,
population was only six millions and a half; and when it Council he would inquire into the facts. (Hear.). very angry at what he said. The fire in question took
was known that not above half of that population availed The vote was then agreed to. I number of the clergy, great and living
,truths; for place on the evening of the 29th June, and it appeared
all their
l r i
on of so offered. It would be worth On the vote of 134,360/. for national education in Ireland, ; the attainment of which here in practice that the prosecutor and his wife had gone out to
the eves
o e
the co aeration of the noble lord whether he could not Sir L. O'Botsx and Mr. PLVMPTHS complained that the j powers are exerted, all their faculties arc bent, all church, and a lodger had also gone out, and the house was
apportion the grant to the number of persons who were to best clergymen in Ireland were passed over because the,' ' their zeal is roused and devoted; and in this cause left in the charge of the prisoner. Very soon after the pri-
receive education. were not supporters of the national system of education. they are bomb-groof against reason and logic. Of ware had been left, the house was discovered to be fire,
on
Mr. HENLEY said that the noble lord had that night, Mr. HAMILTON said he would bring that subject for- a. s _ ..,_ . a• • for and • person named Lloyd knocked at the door and no an-
for the first time, announced that he now hoped to esta- want as an independent question. this party, LO itaDgeDALE is a ninutu-pleee , it ewer being returned, he got in at the window, and on
blish a system of national education. That had
ace- The vote was then agreed to. I convocation in a cry. Convocation is not, however, proceeding up stairs he found that the front attic was
tainly followed upon a rather extraordinary state- The following votes were also agreed to : I all they want ;it Is only the shadow of what they on fire. He obtained some water, and succeeded in extin-
meat by the hon. member for Oldham ; because 15,0851. for the School of Design. aim at. guishing this fire, and it was soon afterwards discovered
that hon. gentleman had said he felt great alp-
-2,0001. for the Salaries and Allowances of Certain Pro- that another portion of the house we, on fire; but, by
Convocation is a constitutional word, and conveys
prehension' concerning the number of pupil teachers tessera in Cambridge and Oxford. the assisiance of the firemen and police, this was also ex-
who were likely to be turned out highly educated persons, 2,9'201. for the Lniversity of London.
i
an institutional idea ; but, like all such language and tinguished, but it appeared that property to the value of
and who were not likely to be absorbed in the existing 7,610/. for Scotch Universities. thoughts, it may be very much misused and abused. 801. was destroyed. The eskience against the prisoner!
means of employment. The hon. gentleman said he looked 300/. for the Royal Irish Academy. being the only •r-
In theory the church has a convocation; but in law Principally consisted of the fact of her ix
forward with much apprehension at the prospect of such • 3001. for the Royal Hiberniao School. this convocation can speak only when the head of son in the house that she had given no alarm, and that she
number of highly educated persons being without adequate 8,2061. for the Royal Dublin Society. t extinguishthe 6 d also
rendered no asentance to re • an
employment. Abet hearing that, and afterwards the state- 2,0001. for the Belfast Seminarts that church authorises it to speak under the broad statements of a suspicious character that were made by her
Waal of the noble lord, that he was about to introduce says- 1,6201. for the Queen's University in Ireland. seal of England. It is an institution that may be re- to the polies constable on the night of the tire.
tea of national education, the house ought to hear upon 1,7001. for the National Gallery.
sorted to by I.lle sovereign ; but it is not, and never Mr. Spicer, on behalf of the prisoner, urged that the ovi-
what foundation of principle those persons thus turned 15,8231. for tho Geological Survey of Great Britain and was, ono that must be used by them in deuce at met made out a case of suspicion, and that the
pon the country were to be guarded so as to be safe memben Ireland. matters and things ecclesiastical. It is a per- prisoner was entatled to an acquittal.
ofu society. For his own part he (Mr. lien- 2,421/. for the Magnetic Observatories abroad. The Recorder having summed up, the jury returned •
ley) could not regard with alarm, provided a 10,01:101. for the National Gallery in Edinburgh.
missive not an inevitable or compulsory council. i verdict of Guilty.
proper religious foundatioa were laid, any amount Mr. W. WILLIAM and Mr. BitOrnaatex having oh- When ihe eovereign, as head of the church, wants its t She was sentenced to be transported for seven years.

PAIRS—.On Lord bane's Spirit Bill, Mr. Baldock for,
with Colonel Anson against. Mr. Peto paired with Mr.
Alderman Thompson on Lord Naas's motion. Sir H. It.
Davie paired in favour of Mr. H. Berkeley's motion for
the Ballot, with Sir W. Codrington against; Mr. Alderman
Humphery for, with Mr. H. Wynn against on Mr.
Mr. Berkeley's motion fur the Ballot.

For, to what end is it now sought to revive con-
vocation ? No one can doubt that it is to narrow '
and restrict the comprehension of the church of
England, to limit and confine its terms of com-
munion, to drive out of its pale all who will not bow
the knee to the Baal of saeramentalism and sneer-
dotalism. But, such being the designs of the convo-
cationalists, with what decency can they ask the sove-
reign to assist them therein ? On Wednesday Queen
VICTORIA assured her faithful Commons of her royal
desire to increase the church accommodation of the
country; three days after she is to be addressed to
close the doors of the church on one-half its members
at least. How can a church last thus driven from
pillar to post ?
Last year we had the Bishop of LONDON attempt-
ing to establish a Church Court. This year we have
Lord REDESDALti endeavouring to bestow a voice on
convocation. And all because the QUEEN, as head
of the church, has sanctioned its great principle of
comprehension, one of its chiefest glories. In deliver-
ing the opinion of the judicial committee on the
Gorham case, Lord LANGDALE used these remark-
able words:
This court, constituted for the purpose of advising her
Majesty In matters which come within its competency, has
no authority or jurisdiction to settle questions of faith, or to
determine what ought in any particular to be the doctrine
of the church of England ; its duty extends only to the con-
sideration of that which is by law established to be the doe-
that of the church of England upon the true and legal
construction of her articles and formularies. It appears that
opinions which we cannot, in any essential particular, dis-
tinguish from those entertained by Mr. Gorham, have been
propounded and maintained without censure or reproach by
many eminent and illustrious prelates and divines who have
adorned the church from the tune when the articles were first
established. The mere fact that such opinions have been pro-
pounded and maintained by persons so eminent and re-
spected, as well as by very many others, appears to us suffi-
ciently to prove th►t the liberty which was left by the ar-
ticles and formularies has been actually enjoyed and
exercised by the members and ministers of the church of
England.
And that liberty it is which it is now attempted,
by means of church courts, diocesan synods, and
convocations, to overthrow and obliterate. Its over-
throw would bring down retributive justice on the
church; for without such liberty it could not last
twelve months in this country.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 12.

ON Wednesday last, a sullen and sottish brute,
named WILLIAM BAILEY, was placed at the bar of the
Worship-street Police-court, accused of an unmanly
outrage upon a respectable-looking woman, who
has the misfortune to be his wife, and to have borne
him four children.
On Tuesday morning, he had asked her for money
to get drunk with, and receiving a refusal, had set
his dog upon her, the creature biting her in the
thigh. At twelve o'clock the human brute returned
with a broker and assistant, to whom he proposed to
sell his bedding. The wife snatched the pillows
from him, and thereupon he deliberately proceeded
to the yard, unchained the dog, and hounded it upon
her. The animal flew at her neck, and fixed its
fangs in her breast. The surgeon who dressed her
wounds declares that in addition to the lacerations
from the dog's teeth, there was a serious contu-
sion on the woman's bosom, apparently from a
heavy blow.
The magistrate, after due utterance of horror
and disgust, expressed his regret that he could only
sentence the savage and cowardly miscreant to pay
a fine of SL, or be imprisoned, in default of payment,
for two months in the House of Correction!
It is not often that we feel disposed to call in
question the soundness of Mr. ARNOLD'S decisions,
but in the present case we must dissent from his
judgment. The Act 14 &13 Victoria, cap. 19, de-
dares that if any person " shall unlawfully and mali-
ciously inflict upon any other person, either with or
without any weapon or instrument, grievous bodily
harm," the offender " shall be guilty of a misde-
meanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable,
at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned,
with or without hard labour, for any term not
exceeding three years." It seems to us that Mr.
BAILEY was exactly the corpus rile upon which
the experiment of the new law would have most
appropriately been tried; and that Mr. ARNOLD
would have done well had he committed him for trial
under it.
It is a mere mockery of justice to inflict a fine of
51., with the alternative of two months' confine-
ment, upon a miscreant capable of such a savage
outrage as we have described on the mother of his
children. Drunk or sober, he is said to spend half
his time in the company of the ferocious animal
which he made the instrument of his cowardly and
brutal vindictiveness. When first refused the money
he asked for, the fellow swore he would sell his fur-
niture, and that " ho and his dog would drink the
value between them." Two months seclusion from
the converse of his kind can have little terror for a
nature so bestialised; or, if it have, it will merely
give hfm time to brood over his malice, till it matures
lisle some purpose of greater atrocity.
1 We have read somewhere that it was customary
in old times, in Russia, at marriage feasts, for the
tither of the bride to put a cudgel in the hands of
the new-made husband, and exhort him not to spare
it whenever she displeased him. Could we believe
1 that the law of England really is as it was laid
down by Mr. ARNOLD, we must come to the conclu-
sion that it favoured more what Petruchio calls "the
awful rule and right supremacy" of husbands than
wen the customs of Russia in its iadest state. At
hest, we have nowhere rend of any tender Russian
lama presenting a fierce mastiff to the husband
of Ida child to hound upon her when she excited
his ire.