The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-10 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

Ir was not to be expected that at any meeting of
the clergy convened tediums@ Church matters the
subject of the notorious Conscience Clause should Tan Carers PLAGUE 00)nrusitow.—Meeking• of
be omitted. Accordingly, at the Church Congress the Cattle
yesterdayPlagu Commiasiou we_relield on Satur-
which has just been held at Norwich, it formed a 2, y ;te.
prominent topic of discussion ; nor need it excite were present : viz., on Saturday, Earl Spencer, Lord
surprise, considering the presence sf Archdeacon Crembourne, Mr. Lowe, Dr. Lyon Playfair Dr.
Dr.cmos, that a good deal of warmth of Bence Jones, Dr. Quain Dr. Parkes, Mr. 'Wor-
feeling was exhibited. There were, however, mald, Mr. Spooner •on 'Monday, Earl Spencer,
Lord Craubourne, hir. Lowe, Dr. Lyon Plsyfair,
others of the clergy present, and amongst them
Mr. C. S. Read, Dr. Quoin, Dr. Parkes, Mr.
Archdeacon ALLEN, than whom no man has had M'Clean, Mr. Wormald, Mr. Ceeley, and Mr.
greater experience in schools and education. It Spooner. The secretary, Mr. Montague Her-
was natural to expect, therefore, that this card, via also present.
gentleman would have taken the oppor- The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town
tunity of correcting the min-statements „sterde from roman.
and smoothing the asperities which on this The Right Hoe. T. Milner Gibson arrived in
occasion characterised the speech of his brother town yesterday from a miss is his yacht.
Archdeacon. Unfortunately this expectation has The Duke of Rutland arrived • few days back at
been disappointed, and, unleaa we misunderstand Belvoir Castle from his smit, Localism° Lodge, Derbyshire,
Archdeacon ALLEN, he has now joined the ranks of where his groom end Wends hese had 410011 t at spell Walla
those who oppose the policy of the Privy Council shooturfa
The Earl and Countess of Duuraven have during
on the subject of the Conscience Clause.
the hat week been entertaining the Duchess of St. Albans
It seems that the Archdeacon was about to
and;ndy DiansoroßeauclerHk,oeVlsoo.
Khinnt Cilehton, Lord sad
address the meeting in defence of the Conscience Chet '
Load (Bend
Clause. But the Rev. W. B. Cariax, of Dray- Beelike, no., at Adore Mance, DeWitt.
MAN read two questions sent in writing to Mr. Lord and Lady Alfred Churchill have left Ely.-
Lnroarr in the present year, with Mr. LLN- than, Nrh, wiorleag, on a visit to Ns. Bads,. fd,p.. end
GEN'S replies, to the effect that the Mrs. Bagley, at Eynsham Hall, Who'''.
Committee of Council would interpret the Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands paid •
Conscience Clause as stopping a clergyman from visit yesterday to Wellington College, Sandhurst. Her
(1) teaching the Apostles' Creed, (2) giving in- Majesty was accompanied by Lay Froaklio•
struction on a passage of Scripture reed. " I felt," Yesterday considerable interest was evinced in
Colchester by the visit of the Duke of Cambridge, meo-
ws Mr. Auxter "that Mr. LINORN% replies
comider.in•Cbief, to inspect the anises and review the
" cut the ground from under my feet, and that I
caialrY y. The town was gaily decanted with
" could no longer defend the Conscience Clause." stpssaladbmidel.tr ~,,d the bob, of St. Pam,. rang oat a
it is to be hoped that the authorities at the merry peel, ',bite the streets were heed with essay bee.
Privy Council will lose no time in publishing deeds of spectators, who saluted his royal highness with
the letter which was addressed to the rounds of cheers.
Rev. IV, CarieN. No doubt Archdeacon ALLEN " Argus," who has been visiting the Caledonian
only stat" Hunt, says that the great Scottish chiefs look with • cold
es what ho calls " the effect
of Mr. Ltsoves' reply. If the Archdeacon thinks eye on their native turf, preferring that of Epsom and
eh, who used to run • klOlll6
that under the Conscience Clause a Unitarian, or A": 4. " lye Deb a B"deul
a Jew, or even a Presbyterian, ought not to be 7e isimsowcaadevotedbialtri'atmliwe iweLefnrwigmesuen.dtlyia hrildnetinet miles to
entitled to withdraw his child during the teaching cover, and the same distance back after hunting. The
of the Apostles' Creed, or even during the reading Disko of Sutherland is all for shooting, yachting, and faros ;
of the New Testament, he has grievously mieun- and his Grace of Richmond contente himself with Good.
derstood the nature of a Conscience Clause. But wood. The head of the house of Roxburgh, is a devoted
disciple of the geode art, sod the bolder of the domain of
indeed the words of the Archdeacon imply much
Insole.
Duke
se
ofasdatimadliooshiig a .'; so sign. Them may be •
but
of
more than this. For the effect, as stated by
him, of Mr. Lismerr's reply ia, that under Eglintmi, who coos gave promise of treading In bin ;ether's
the Conscience Clause • clergyman is prevented footsteps by ridoss some amateur races at Ayr, has trained
Irons teaching any of the scholars in • National off, and it is said the young Marquis of Queensberry will not
School the Apostles' Creed, or from instructing keep • stud. Therefore, as too., no undercrop coming
them on a passage of Scripture. Now it is di es, I fear, noires the present stewards of the Caledossian
cult, or rather it is impossible, to be_ Hunt make • long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all
together,. and appeal to those whose patronage tea aloce
lieve that this can be the correct interpreta- make !wog &she:amble, the turf in Scotland will never
titan of Mr. LENORE% letter. Such an inter- get beyond a eertein positios, or be relished by the natives
pretation is not only inconsistent with the nature as much se their other sporta and pastimes."
of the Conscience Clause, but it is inconsistent with Lord R. Grosvenor states that he has never held
letters published last year, and signed by Mr. any shares or had say interest in the Confer:orate Loan.
LINGEN himself. On January 4, 1864, Mr. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo_
LINGLE wrote that "the clause is not intended slat-office from the Goveriors of Heligolend!aod Gibraltar.'
"to exempt children to whom it is applicable Despatches were sent to Governors of the Cape of Good
"from any religious instruction which their Hope. N,a141',_,. as.l.,' Helens'
An me..es,Leg discussion on the question of
" parents are willing they should receive ;"
clearly implying that the ordinary religious in- 'O churches his takenf
the
Protestant
Epkien place in thealChurch Dr:i,f North ounm
Carolina.
struction is not affected by the clause, and that Resolutions were offered to adopt propermeasuresfor
any clergyman is entitled, notwithstanding such "elevating the coloured nee, so far as it anywise within
clause, to instruct the children of Church people the sphere of aotioenta of the Churc
and Sabbath sch," to establhools, toish, for th
seek
for coloured catechists' sod Sunday school teachers, to du-
England. cite
lecolourshde young men for the ministry to their own
Let us understand what a Conscience Clause is,
Pao
ver
and upon what principle the Committee of Council
provision
pin
madet by eachpor State, sad ta
bfaorvealewhteraniening of cotileelbredle,
insist upon it in certain cases. The object of a children to such degree as the condition of affairs may
Conscience Clause is not to prevent the clergyman justly." The bishop aid a majority of the convention
from giving religious instruction in a National were not ready to adopt this resolution, and accordiogly it
School. The object is to protect the rights of was resolved to postpone action upon it until din l
conscientious Dissenters, by giving the dissenting meeting of the convention, a year hence, commending, in
the meanwhile, "the lutenist* of the coloured population
parent • right to withdraw his child from any to the benevolence
ti
sod wisdom
o
iedifomof thef diocese."
instruction instruction which he may consider of a religious A marvellous
character. The Privy Council hold that a parent
Ph. is supplied by th.e rail way statistics". recent progress
seal o 'int
is entitled to determine the religions creed of his holiday, known as the Doorga Pooja, begins on the 25th of
child. If the parent belongs to the Church of September, and Juts about a fortnight. On the 15th of
England he is entitled to have his child educated August the great Jumna.bridge, sear Allahabad, was
in the doctrine of the Church of England. If he °pipped to the through traffic, reducing the delay between
be a Roman Catholic, he is entitled to have his child Calcutta and Delhi by two hours. The East Indio Railwey
Company offered holldsy makers return ticket available for
brought up in the doctrines of Roman Catholiciem.
three wfoserksubetween the
121
4o cattals—Enangdliali.ozad Mossule.
In this the Privy Council are directly at variance wooed, end
with Archdeacon DEN teuN and his friends. They tweservants at 21. 2a. • head, besides luggage. The dra
hold that the clergy are entitled to determine the both wars is 2,040 miles ! Moreover, the superstitious
religious creed of the children, and that the right libido° is tempted to visit his holy hail. Rebores, by the
of the Church must be allowed to override that of offer of • third-class ticket for 11. 4c, a distance both ways
the parent. It is of course needless to argue this of 1,0131 miles.
A Vienna letter of the sth, in the Indlpendance,
question, for it is one which the law of England
set's :—",TflrtmEmtneas has gone
Hereditary
Deihl to spend the
and the common sense of the laity have concluThe -
!lively settled. rue sole question of importance h:Peeleemarris arrived there ee.from Vienna, to. take part. leo:shoo:17
concerns the mode in which the Committee of eseursioo, to which he has been invited by the Emperor.g
Council enforces this vital principle; and it will be Lord Lyons has reached this city from Loodon. He hums.
found that the Committee has adopted the only diately paid • visit to Lord Bloomfield, who has been
and also to the Ottoman ambassador, Haider
mode in which it can possibly be done. The sin- seriously ill.
Effendi. He will leave in a few days for Coestantioople."
gular thing is that a man so experienced and so
Captain Wirtz, of Andersonville notoriety, has
sensible as Archdeacon ALLEN should have failed to
understand so simple a matter, or should have put bi:ab::B".ss flath/wor.ee°2 Pitaretederawwineta,rabinlertiPtss"s2blishihed
dbou
so obvious • misinterpretation on Mr. Lttionie s
' - captain is • native of Zurich, where twenty years ago be.
letter, held a small appointment In the Merchant/ Hall. In April,
The Committee of Council says, "We cannot 1847, he was sentenced to four years in the House of Om-
" grant public money to erect • school where one rectioo, having been convicted OD the charge of forgery and
" only can be maintained, and where a part of "'lbw-LW:nit. 21.1"°, however, discharged ',live his Me-
teor,* had only run a year, being a sickly person and having
" the labouring population oonsists of Dissenters—
/11er. meet be a 1 suffered fromo illienesdefoin prison. Ashrt time previous to
" except upon one condition."
Conscience Clause, the effect of which will be to divoeea Wald. wife. having
a laaviaam3Y
I
enable dissenting parents to withdraw their chil- A Texas letter-writer says :—" Any man in this
dram from the religious instruction. Upon what stagwho does not owe 400 bead of cattle and 70 or 100
principle I Because to build a school large enough 1 horses and nudes, Is worse than worthless. Beef sells
for the whole population without a Conscience I here at IS seats per pound, horses and mules from 15 dol.
Clans* leaves Dissenters aerated to a violation of 1 her to 35 dollar* for round 1°414 aid are within 250 grilse
their religious rights. To build • school to ;of • good market. As far as the eye eau nook is every
accommodate Church people only, leaves the ! direction, sto,:k.amaTabsefarwboasleyou kinestyorgo,th:Phesicellstri h ant:
Dissenters without education. If, therefore, •be supplied here, sad there ',odd sot be say apperesem..—
tin Dissenters are to have the benefit of the deems.;

VIENNA, Ocr. 10. 1
Rear Admiral Baron von VitlllersdorffUrbair,
in assuming his functions as Ministur of Commerce,
addressed the staff of his, ministry in a speech,
laying particular stress on the necessityfor unity
of action. The minister further said :—" It is
necessary for Austria that all commerce should be
free, and that labour should receive • better re-
muneration. AU obstacles which oppose tho free
development of material interests ought therefore
to be removed. The centre of our action does not
lie in our offices alone, we must seek it in the
world beyond."
The Oesterreichische Zeihtag says :—" The con-
clusion of the new loan may be regarded as an
accomplished fact."

THE STATE OF SIEGE IN POLAND.
WAIWAW, OCT. 9.

The commissioners of Justice at Warsaw have
received a communication from Herr von Trapow,
the Minister of Police, announcing that the state
of siege in the kingdom of Poland will be raised at
the opening of the new year.
The commissioners are therefore instructed to
6z legal punishments for those offeucex which are
brought before the police tribunals for adjudi-
cation.

AMERICA.
(Per the City of Beet" vff Crookhavea.)
NEW YORE. Sin. 30. Woninva.
The Alabama Convention hM repudiated the

whole Confederate debt.
The South Carolina Convention has adjourned
after repealing the secession ordinance and passing
a resolution ►bolishing slavery.
The South Carolina Convention have adjourned,
after repealing the secession ordinance, abolishing
slavery, giving the election of governor and presi-
dential elections to the people, unanimously en-
dorsing the administration, and directing a com-
mission to submit a code to the legislature for the

protection of the negroes.
The election of members to the legislature is
fixed for the 18th October, James L. Orr has been
nominated governor. The members for Congress
•

will be elected in November.
Resolutions were passed declaring that the people
having been defeated by political majorities, as
well as by the sword, it was not wise to
continue the contest, and they therefore resolved
that the Union was the paramount consideration
of the people. The sovereignty resides in the people,
the Federal government being its authorised repre-
sentative within the constitution. The late war arose
from an apprehension on the part of the weaker sec.
tieo of future oppression, and in abelief in the consti-
tutional right of secession. The war, therefore, not
having been strictly in the nature of a rebellion,
the Convention suggests to the President not to
enforce the penalties legally affixed to rebellion.
The Alabama Convention has declared void all
debts created by the State in aid of the rebellion,
and has forbidden the legislature to ratify the same,
or to provide for its payment or for the payment of
any portion of the debts contracted by the Confede-
rate government, its agents, or its authority.
The Convention has decided to submit the
constitutional amendment abolishing slavery to the
popular vote.
The New York Herald says that the cotton and
corn crops in Mississippi are a failure, and that the
people will have to draw rations from other states
for another year. The railroads remain unrepaired,
the whole country is devastated, Dud the people
are idle and thriftless.
According to the same paper President Johnson
will shortly relieve Kentucky from martial law.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention
has endorsed President Johnson's policy, and pro-
mised him support.
Captain Hall has written from the arctic regions
under the date of December, 1864, stating that ho
had information from the natives leading him to
believe there may yet be throe survivors of Frank-
lin's expedition, including Crozier, who succeeded
Franklin on his death.
003IIKERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK. Sxrr. 30, Holum:.
Money easy. Gold, 144. Exctange on London,
1571 ; on Paris, 3.57 i. Stocks dull. New York
Centrals, 95 ; Illinois, 129 ; Erie, 88 ; 5-20 United
States Bonds, 107 g. Cotton slightly firmer ; mid-
dling upland, 45. Flour advancing. Wheat steady.
Corn firmer. Provisions quiet. Coffee steady.
Sugar buoyant. Molasses steady. Petroleum good
inquiry ; crude, 40 ; refined, 63 to 65.
LATEST NEWS.
NEW YORK, Sart. 30, soon.
The State Department has requested all persons
who have suffered losses by the rebels, or their
cruisers, or by raids, to send in claims to the depart-
ment,which will be presented to the British govern-
ment for settlement.

NEW YORK, Sam 30, Nabs.

At the first board to-day, New York Centrals
were quoted 951 ; Illinois, 1281 ; Erie, 881 ; 5-20
Bonds, 1071.