The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

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V- • Marqui. of PLANRICARDE gave notice that on
Thor:cloy next he would move as address to her Msjcsty,
with rev/et to so official document which bac• pub-
imbed in Europe, sod which appeared to him likely to
exercise an im,xirtant infl.sonce on the aspect of politicol
affAirs oa th • co.it.nent of Europe.
rEitsosAL EXPLANATION OF TUE BISHOP OF

RA LISBURY.

The Bishop of SALISBURY row and said—l am cure,
my lords, it is not necessary for me to ask of your lordships
on the pet sent oc:as.oa that measure of indulgence which
your lordships are always ready to extend to those who de-
sire to vindicate their personal character from imputations
cast upon it in r.apect of their conduct in any public caps-
city—a desire which every member of your lordship' house
may nvhtly feel, assumesi a character of even sacred duty ,
in one holding such an eifico as I have been called on to till,
and who feels, if he be index' ..:posed to the charges
brought ',alert him—that religion itself is 'rounded in his
person, and shares in the dishonour which saathre to its
minister. My lords, the charge which has ly:ea publicly
brought against me, in • journal:of grvat circulation, is that
of " selfish mad venation of funds dedicated to the highest
purpose.," and of " receiving and retaining " a large sum
of money sonic than that which was rightfully my due.
I hope to be able to show your lordships that there is net
any ground fir these charges. The right rev. prelate then
enured Mt s • long argumentative statement, which he
eumm-il u i i i the following terms. It has been my object to
show—first, that the commissioners to my correspondence
with whom th.w chcrges relate were a body of whom I
was not one; t'sat they were principally leymen of high
sleben, and that they were all persons with whom I had
nut any special relations whatever of friendship or intito icy.
Tnat for the dmisioa they came to they alarm were trespass
bible ; whit: I, in • position of controversy with them,
presented to them such arguments and ecnsiderationa as I
was rightly entitled to do. That if the melt was different
both from their expectations and my own, this is mainly to
be ascribed to that improved management for which it was
the object of the law to give occasion. I have proved this
in respect of the copyltulcls by Mr. Caswall'e Istter. I
have proved it in rmaect of the leaseholds by Mr. Botha-
ton's. I have asserted what, hail it been fiction, I could
have proved, that I have not selfishly perverted from sacred
purposes the fund, I not wrongfully but rightfully retained.
I have admitted, nevertheless, that the law which made
such imputations possible, was in itself Mu: ; and I have
proved my sense of this by taking the earliest opportunity
of placing myself under the Lew regulations in this respect.l
At the age of 50 I have resigned voluntarily an income
which has averaged to me for II years, 0,7371. a year, and
which I could Washy and equitably have retained ; and
have accepted is lieu thereof the fixed income of 5,0301.,
'girlish the law has assigned to my successors. This, my
lords, is my case. I thank you from my heart for the op-
portunity you have given me of stating it ; and I leave it,
I hope not with presumption, but with the confidence of
tenacious integrity, is your lordships' hands. (Loud
cheers) The right rev. prelate cmcluded by moving fur
a copy of his letter to the reclesie.tical commissioners.
The Bishop of ST. ASAPH said the argum. nts of his
right rev. friend were fuunded on the assumption that the
Aw applicable to the case was bad, and that it was not its
administration of which he complained. In his (the Bishop
of St. Ampler) own came, for the first four years after en-
tering on his see he had been a swat sufferer. A large
portion of his income had been takew away by the com-
missioners, and although he had tried to get it back, he
bad sever been able to do so. (" Hear," and a laugh.)
The motion was then agreed to.
BIQUBSTRATION OF THE LIVING OF CAM.

BERWELL.
Lord BERBERS ;initiated a petition of which he had
given notice from 3,560 householders of Camberwell, coma.
plainieg of the evils they are suffering from the law of
sequestration for debt, as applied to benefices, and
praying a remedy far the same. lie stated that
the living of Camberwell was formerly possessed
by the Rev. J. B.ftm who contracted debts, as
was shown when be sprawl before the Insolvent Court
is 1831, assemating to 6 ARIL The tousequeucc had bee*
that the liviag was smeesteated and was without an incum-
bent, the only spirited adaheratise being that of some
sureties att•elitti to the flaccid districts, who received a
very small stipend. Be stigmatised this as a very discredit-
Mile state of things, and expremetra strong hope that some
remedy would be applied to so crying an evil.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that the right
_rev. prelate in whose diocese the parish in questim was
situate had already that evening, with reference to this pe-
tition, tap:reed his opinion that it would be a great boon
to the church sad the clergy if some remedy was applied to
the end to which the Winos referred. That, however,
could not be done without an 'stirs alterrion in the law
relating to church property. Be hoped, however, that
cases of this sort were merely exceptional. With regard to
the parish in question it should be remembered that it was
divided into ten distracts, each of which was provided with
clergymen.

fllll IRISH CONSTABULARY.-ILLICIT DM-

TILLATION.

Lord MONTRAOLL pennsat to rodeo, moved the ap-
pointment of a Meet esmoditee to amide: the conse-
quences of 'stealing the limedine d Mho insastabsltry is
Ireland to thenppemelem or prevention et illicit distilla-
tion. He did not desire to throw any difficulty in the way
of the collection t•f this revenue; but he believed the 'dole-
lien of the system proposed by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer would cause great mischief.
The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that
be would net offer any objection to tho appointment of the
committee on the ground that as there was a great variety
of opinion on this subject, the appointment of a committee
:nicht lead to the satisfactory settlement of the dispute.
ThelEarl of DONOUGHMORE was glad that the noble
earl consented to the appointment of a committee.
The committee was then agreed to : name' to be gives
at the wit meeting of the house.