The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-03 00:00:00

CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS AT LAMBETHI

PALACE.

Yesterday, the ceremony of consecrating the newly
appoint d bishops of Norwien, flanc'eff, gnu Madras—tne
Rev. Dr. Linda, the 11_1r. Dr. 011ivaut, a.. 4 the Rev. T.
Dealtry—was raptured in the chapel of Lambeth Palace
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, emiand by the Bishop of
Loudon, the Itshop of Here ore, the Bishop of Carlisle, the
Bishop of Manchester, and other dignitaries of the church
Amongst the various person pnsent were her John Datum,
the Yin, General, So Chain Young (Garter King ac.
Areas). the Rev. Daniel Wilson, RD. the cv. Robert
Men. Mit P. H. Dyke, the Queen's Proctor, Dr. Sheppard,
Dr. Twit., Dr. Harding, Mr. James B stber, the Queen'.
A.pparitor Geatrl, and many other ',gel functionaries. The
ceremony commenced at 11 o'clock. Tire Lid Primate
having taken his seat on the throne, and the several bishops
appointed to officiate hem; placed on his right hand,
- Prayers were read by the Rev. Jobs Thome', son-in-law
of the archbishop, and one of his Grace's cluiplains, and the
imam el the Rev. Mr. Elliott, another of the chaplains.
Immediately sitar the oonclusion of the prayers preceding
the Litany, the Rev. 8,. Boult.ee, 8.D., debverad a sermon
appropr.ata to the occasion' taking his test trim the 10th
chapter of the Gispel of St. Mark, and part of the 43rd and
4th verges :—" Whosoever wilt be great among you shall
be your n.inister, and whcsoever of you shall be the diner.,
shall Le servant of all." The rev. gentleman concluded a
eery impressive disc-curse by pray log that this solemn occa-
sion might point out to all the imponaut duties they were
about to engage in. He prayed tad the teachings suggested
by his test might be impressed upon all in this COO IA tr. Lion
of lathers in the church, sod that the newly elected prelates
In their several capacities might receive from on high ea-
easy in their holy Olin, and tint they might hod cheeriul
submission to wholesome discipline.
At the conclusion of this pertot the ceremony, the Are:

bishop of Casiterbitsy peorAeded to the altar, accompanied
by toe attendant bishops, and the ac: of consecration was
commenced by the Lord remits reading the collect for the
occasion. The Bishop of liereturd then read the epistle
from the 20th corrar of the Acts, 17th verse, and the
Bishop of Mancheater delivered the gospel from the 21st
chapter of St. John, 15th verse. The Nicene Creed having
beet. read, the Bis►ops of Lincoln and Carlisle left the al.at
end immediately returned witu the prelates elect, when.
they presented to the Arc►bishop with Moo werde :
Met reverend (attar in Goa, we present unto you these
godly and well-beloved men, to be oidatned and consecrated

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The Archbishop then demanded the Queen's meadate for
consecration, which was prtducecl and t 1.4111 by Mr. F. H.
Dyke. Tae oaths of supremacy and the decree to the Arch.
bishop having been administered to the sew prelates rupee.
tively, the Litary was read; and immediately alerwards
the Lord Primate addressed the usual questions to tt.e hew
bishops, who remained kneeling ou:siue the altar. This
part of the ceremeny over, the new prelates returned to the
vestry ro.rc, when they were robed by lir. Ede, the
Queen's robermaker. After this they returned to the cha-
pel, and resumed their pierce in trent of the altar.
'1 he Archbishop then read the hymn, tommrncing,
" Cense, Hely Ghost, our souls inspire," at the am of w liteli
his Orac.. offered up • prayer.
The " impositi.iu of hands" was then gone through, end
the Lord Primate presented to each of the sew b..hope a
bible, with the usual exhortation.
The commanion armor was next proceeded with, the
bishops-elect parts
ot the holy secrameht Wm the hands
of the Lord Ptimate.
The ceremony occupied upwards of three hours.

STRIKE OF ENGINE-DRIVERS ON THE
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.

The engine-drivers on the Batt Lancashire Rail-
way have tor nearly two months past been in dispute with
the directors or the company about grievances which they
allege to ester, some of which are certainly of a very novel
character, and it is expected that after this evening they will
net return to the company's service. It appears that
about the middle of October they forwarded •
memorial to the manager of the line, not only 0011.,
plsiniug of grievances as to hours of labour and amount
of remuneration—both very legitimate subjects—bat
in which they expressed their dissatisfaction with theta onduct
of Mr. Boyle, superintendent of the line, and demded his
dismissal. They also demanded that all orders for the en-
gine-del should be given by the ommotive superin-
tendent, and that they should not be under the control of the
ether principal servants of the company. Tile memorial
wee accompanied by separate written notices, signed by all
the driven and stokers, stating that unless its condition.
were complied with, they would leave their situations at the
end of the week. The manager promised to lay the memo-
rial before the directors, and to inquire as to the prac-
tice In these matters on other railways. Oa the
fontanels Wednesday he met • deputation of the
oughts-drivers, when a conference took place, the result
of which was a concession to some extent of their demands,
with which they declared themselves satisfied. It may b,
lareqsafely augured, however, that the dismissal of Mr.
le, the inspector, was hardly amongst these concostions.
Se wetly, however, the men have sent another memo-
reiterating thole demand for Mr. Boyle's dismissal, and
acquiring also that each engine-driver should be allowed to
be the judge on arriving at any station whether he could
take more carriages with his train. The manager, how-
ever, declined to present such a memorial as this to ue
directors, and the matter stood over to the 19th Nov., when
the following memorial was presented :
" To the Directors of the East Lancashireßailway Company.
" Gentlemen,—Wa, the engine-men sad firemen sow
under your employ, do humbly preeent this memorial to
kind consideration. We are extremely sorry to be com-
pelled to assume what to you may appear to be a dictatorial
position. But, gentlemen, we have several times laid before
you our opinion, as to the total unfitness of Mr. Boyle, as •
man to whom power or authority can be entrusted to; he
neither does use it, nor seemingly can he be made to under-
stand how to use it, as a man of common sense ; thus we
are compelled to make our stand against him. We cannot
understand how he is still showed to go about the line,
falsifying, calumniating, and misrepresenting men of far
more exp:rience and knowledge than he possesses. Gentle-
men, we have humbly and respectfully memorialised your
honourable board on this matter before; we do so again,
from • full conviction that your line can never be worked in
that creditable, economical, and amicable manner that it is
your humble memorialists' with it should be so long as Mr.
Boyle is upon it therefore we humbly beg you will re-
move him.
" 2nd. That the body of enginemen and firemen do feel
that they have been very unjustly treated by the manage-
meet of your line, as it was agreed by the directors to a
deputation of the men, that they (the directors) would do
a many things for the men ; but they have not done so.,For
issuance, the amount to be paid to the engine-men, as wages,
Wnot been paid according to sgreentent. Also the agree-
ment aa to nuleage, and number of hours to make • day,
have not been observed ; on the contrary, they have refused
pay the men their wages earned according to that agree-
ment The directors also promised to work the line with
due regard to the convenience of the men, in respect to
making as little overtime as possible; instead of this, men
have been discharged; thus, the men who are still in your
employ have to make mere overtime than at the time in the
agreement.
" 3rd. Experienced and competent men have been die
chtned, while young man have neon kept on. We pray you
to fellow the practise of other companies in this respect ;
that In to discharge ;or suspend the youngest hands first,
whenever there is to be a reduction of men.
" 4th. BODletilllef, when running trains we receive orders
Cram parties calling themselves directors s r to the speed we
go. One will tell us he hat to be at such a place in
peak a time, and that we must get him there in hat t time.;
be is, he says, a director. We strive to obey him, as ar as a
in era power to do so with safety. Perhaps at the next
hays eta.
den another will inform us that if we go at the rate
come from the last station he will report us, he being a
We
reeler, so that we cannot tell when we are doing right.
prey the to be disallowed.
" 6th. We pray for an answer to this memorial on or be
fare Friday next, ea upon that answer will depend our fur-
ther measures. We trust, gentlemen, you will endeavour to
make an amicable arrangement, otherwise it will be our
painful duty to give in our resignations as servants toour
your
elm we remain, your humble an ever
dutiful servants,
'Tan ExOlniennie AND FIZININ ON TUC EAST
LANCAII3II.II RAILWAY.
" Novenae 19, 1849."
Novel and extraordinary as these demands were felt by
the directors to be, they felt the awkwardness of their gni-
tion if the men should strike, and they tried to conciliate
them, after expressing their regret that the subject should
hen again been opened, by promising a complete revision of
the regulations of the locomotive department at Chastities,
and change its management. This offer the men rejected,
and on the Saturday following they gave notice to leave in a
week. The notice aspires to-night, when about 70 ezIP11••
drivers and firemen are expected to quit the service of the
company. It Is said the directors propose to redoes the
number of trains on the line and to endeavour to train
g new
men te the duties. Of course great loss, es well as
danger will result from the experiment, but the art ead
mystery of engine-driving me said to be of easy sersiaitios.