The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVSNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1865

Zealand Bishops "to fill tip vacancies in their ors , Daily Ikea, many of the woe absurd/Mee of
" order by the consecration of persons elected in Ile', asi b°"eheldwi,........
" conformity with the regulations of the General illegi gigs of f""o6'3f." &he"
eeperstition that the clef
each t°tlt't*enqatleseXl's NatlllteradlV
" Synod, without letters patent, and without royal
1 "mandate ." linear* Collages for the primes of enceeregioe the study
iof natural philosophy, is singslarly appropriate to the
IWe are unwilling to suppose that so reasonable needs of her own sex aid her own time. Several
Ia prayer can meet with opposition from any things have happened lately to rouse an interest in female
1 quarter whatsoever, or that the State can fora eduestioe. The Middle-clue Schools Inquiry Commis-
moment wish to hold in bondage any body of re- lidoeu is tuld•°4°°d to have entered heartily 'Pot its
investigating tiiangwawbal
..,t. the
the Claw'
.echoodleit arei.
blkev.din,
ligioniate who, disclaiming all arrogation of any the middle
temporal privilege or superiority, simply ask to be . well . bal.', that soma of rho
go:B.nmrs ai chriat.a
let alone and allowed to do their own work in their Hospital will act upon Mr. Hare's view, that girls have
own way. But we fear that it is useless to SWIMS a claim upon the funda rodele as that of the boys.
that no such opposition will be offered. On the con- At e meeting at the Mansion House, held to consider
trary, it is pretty safe to predict that in two war- i the proposal of the Rev. William Rogers about • middle.
ring sections of the Church of England the petition
of the New Zealand Bishops will excite an extreme' °54
and jealous dislike. 'There are some
will argue that the petitioners are High Churchmen, class school for London, Mr. D. Rogers intimated an
bet's It
Itthawtotwhde eolith:erne shoaled
i,
gtit.
ctf comprehend girls as.
ffw el luasa
persona who ' notice bad been taken of this auggestriLlat tthemetime, both
! for the charaeter of the discussion and the neefulness of the
and therefore that the interests of the Evangelical', meeting ; for it is impossible that proposals on behalf of the
party in New Zealand require that no additional . daughters of clerks, shopkeepers, and the higher order of
authority should be conceded to their theological'
opponents. There are others who will contend I
that the petitioners are adverse to the development ; wataaarTf
of free thought, and therefore that the independ- !artisans should not be brought forward sooner or later.
It is not only that a sound plain education is eminently
for girls in that rank of life, but that some of the
undo proposed to be applied to a school or schools were
bequeathed by women, and for women, as distinctly as in
1 ewe of the individual clergy will be impaired by 1 the OW of Christ's Hospital. As to the 1,200 f. a year left
vesting any enlarged powers in the hands of for the protection of orthodoxy, for instance, it was meant
the episcopal body. To both classes of objectors to burn female heretics as well as their husbands or
one and the same answer may be
It is no part of the duty of the State to maintain
purity of doctrine or to promote freedom of boys
thought. The State, as such, has no means of IC
- - s.
determining whether the Evangelical or the High
given. heathen. A claim should be made at once for • share of
I every grant, from say fund not strictly limited to meree or
for establishing a girla' City of London school or
FOREIGN TOPICS.
Church party are the moat orthodox; it has no The Daily News thinks it tolerably certain that the
power to decide whether the rules of this or that Deli= constituencies have sent to the parliament at Flo-
voluntary corporation tend or do not tend to seen-
ring liberty of opinion. All that it has to do, in I alewhotheare
its relation to ecclesiastical bodies,
that there be perfect freedom of association, and I rein,
mace • singularly independent majority, whose support
r any
gobavebrlnmserlitht moos
thean ymotmitionocann
toal. 1 its ouwatai
is to take eat* i questions and Yyet systematically "shrink from sup-
without desiring factiously to change it.
that in each separate organization the rules which I The ministry Wall Is not, in the
heart strict s
. most
the
each member accepts by the act of joining it shall i ministry of a party ;as liberal, at ,as
protect him. If these rules are bad—if they tend to advanced party, and looking to the same goal, it is °oa-
th° promotion of erroneous beliefs,or fetter the spread nervinii alive by neosesity, and by the instinct of responsi-
The fent is that the two
.fundninental questious
of enlightened opinion
—that is the concern, not of of. ItaliatY
politics—Rome and Venice—are for all parties
II the State, but of the particular community which in the Chamber, except an almost imperceptible clerical
agreed to them of the first instance, and now faction—and for all governments that can be
formalfrmal out
consents to be bound by them. The State will of those partiee—pure and simple questions end
secure a man just what he has bargained for ;if he opportunity. The Daily News cannot join some not un-
friendly critics who have foetid fault with the too
wants more than that, he must make a fresh
sanguine tone of King Victor Emmanuel's late speech,
compact with his co-religioniata, or seek refuge in
It is no business of a king addressing a parliament to he
some more congenial association. dispirited, nor is there anything in the kingdom to justify
despondency. Who can doubt of the future of a nation
1 which in its very cradle wrestles with spiritual serpents,
and calmly dares to solve, for the benefit of all mankind—
,sad to solve at Rome Itself —that question of questions.
the separation of church sad state ?
The semi-official announcement that the Prussian go-
THE REFORM uerrisc AT BRADFORD. vernment does not intend to effect any reduction of its
The Daily News thinks it natural and appro. ; military force* the Post observes, entirely gratuitous.
prier,* that the report of the first reform meeting under , Prussia must modify her policy before she am venture to
the new ministry should come from Bradford, a town I reduce her army. No government can for long carry
which is entitled to the civic distinction of baying never , things with • high hand abroad if its fouadation at home
despaired of reform. As we beer in it what the bulk of the be insecure. Prussia, in the meantime, prevents the Tadao-
liberal party throughout the country think, the meeting lion of armament. in Europe.
has so interest to all, perticularly to the parliament which Although affairs bore a threatening aspect when the last
is two months more will meet for actual business. It was advice' left Valparaiso, the Post hopes that the ardour of
a wise course to abstain from defining the measure of reform Admiral Pared& will be so for tempered with discretion that
required. leaving the responsibility with goverament, and no such fatal mistake will be committal as would demand
the Daily News hopes other parts of the country will the inter ,sullen of the maritime powers of Europe.
imitate the example. Government will feel itself at once The Star insists that if Governor Eyre has put Mr. Got-
most strengthened and most enceursged by being thus left don to the death without sufficient cause and without legal
free. It is made clear by this meeting that in the opinion ' trial, the government of her Majesty cannot leave the law
of liberals the framing of • thorough measure of reform by to be vindicated at the bawds of private prosecutors. The
Earl Russell will be specially fitting, and will attract the' Attorney-General is the only proper prceecator, and the
warm support of the country ; and that further postpone. Star has little doubt of the course which Lord Rowell will
meet of the question by the present ministry would be pursue if subsequent information does not completely alter
received with the greatest disappointment and dissatis- . the aspect of the case.
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OUR CONTEMPORARIES•

(THIS DAY.)

'bA EST INTNALIGENOL

(uruTia's Taxamit.)

HUNGARY.
PESTH, Nov. * tyrant:G.
The elections to the Reichsrath for the inner
town of Peeth took place to-day, when Herr Desk
was returned as member. Upon the result of the
polling being made known, be delivered a speech to
the electors in which he expressed his opinion that
the Reichsrath would be able to solve the highest
and most urgent questions of the day, and to esta-
blish the basis for a better future; " but," con-
tinued Herr Desk, "we must not entertain too
sanguine hopes, although at the same time we
should not give way to despondency."