The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-17 00:00:00

CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGTMAN.—At the I%lart,
leboue yestry on Saturday Mr. Nicholay esimplained on ge-
half of Mr. Bauer. of Oxford-street, that the Bey. Mr.
Bacon, curate of All Souls church, had refused to afford I
religious eonsolation to a dying woman %Iwo asked so to
do. lu defences"( the elergymau it was urged that the sick
person who wished fur Christian consolation lived out of his I
district, and that itwasoontrary to rule and to the orders or
the Bishop of Loudon for any clergyman to officiate out of '
his own district unless at the solicitation of the pastor of
such district. Several gentlemen addressed the vestry on
the subject.said ths had • chureh
eetablishment, and they had a right to that establishment.
(Hear.) The rateyays rs were much indebted to Mr.
Piieholay for haviiw brought this subject forward—(hear,
bear)—aud it was a must serious grievance that the wife of a
ratepayer could not have religious consolation on her death-
bed. In this instance the dying woman was compelled to
have the assistance of a person not qualified to give her that
eptritual consolation she required, or hare none at all.
(Hear.) They had heard a vast deal about districts, and it
appears*" that this preveding, had occurred from carrying
out certain rules laid down by the bishop. (No, no.)—The
Itev Mr. Baring By the heptarehy.—Mr. Hume: Bother
the heptarrhy. (laughter. and •• Ilear, hear.") At all
events. it appeared that the rev. gentleman said it was the
law. if that be the C• 01.., then a committee of inquiry was
necessary. to see how the law really stood, and to obtain re-
dress elsewhere. Ile hoped there was no desire on the
pan of the rev. gentleman to shrink from inquiry. It was
not Mr. Baring that was blamed, but the stem and, if it
nes the system. then he (Mr. Hume) woul syd
say; that there
sever was a time in the annals of that country when the
ebundi of England was more called on than the present to
amend their system. (Hear.) A gfiIIVIIICT had been proved,
and there ought to he no grievance without a remedy.
Be again said that they did aid blame individuals,
but the system, and he would declare that a system
which tolerated that which bad come out in this ilia-
CVlsoblOn was neither Christian, charitable, nor humane,
and was more worthy of the character of a barbarous state
than of a great, civilised nation. He (Mr. Hume) did not
intesfen- much in the administration of religious affairs, but
be must say that this was the first time that he had ever
heard a Isishop. or any sine else, laying down rules pro-
bffiiting clergymen from attending to afford consolation in
the hour of death. Ile cared not of what religion a man
was; hr would contena that because he lived across the
of Osfonlatnst he ought not to he left in his dying
hour without thA religious consolation being afforded `him
hr a minister of that nligion which he professed, and not
by another in whose teaching he had no confidence. If it
was the system. it was time something was dune to alter the
system. 'let the vestry show by an inquiry, and an appeal
to parliament, that whilst they weft anxious to support the
church, they were equally anxious to sweep swap its
abuse.. Mr. Nieholay morel for a committee to investigate
the =Afire ; but upon the proposission being put to the vote,
it was lost by a niajority of eight. Mr. Whitmore then gave
notice that on Saturday neat be would move, That a com-
mittee he appointee' to consider the nature and results of the
present divtraon of the parish into ecclesiastical districts,, and
report the sane to the entry."

AnctlBl-410e Oe l OAK UN EDlXATlON.—Yesterday
morning the Arc hhishop of York preached at All Saints'
Gordon.square. in tehali of the Day and Sunday National
Schools, Norumer-market, Tottenkam-cuart-road. The
text selected by his grace was ° Wiadom and tumuli*.
shall be thestability of thy times, and strengthof salvation."
There wee a time,lie said, when the policy of educating the
people at large was questioned. but now the only difficulty
was, bow they could be the most efficiently educated.
Education was the safest rampart of civilised society; it
not only tended to raise the individual character of
the people. but it made them more intelligent artisans
and enlightened citizens; and more, it had reference to the
life to come. Religious education founded upon Scripture
was the only lasting foundation, and to deny it would be as
unreasonable as to deny them the light of the sun. It had
been said that education made the people discontented
with their station in life, and such might be the result of
an improper system, but what he desired to WC aas not a
slavish and ignorant submission to the government and
clergy, such as existed among some of the nations on the
continent, but an enlightened contentment which resulted
from conviction and such as would result from an improved
system of education. AU the good results that had been
linked for from the spread of education had nut been re-
alised. nor did he expect it in this age, owing to the defi-
ciency of education en the parents of the rising generation.
His grace concluded by making an earnest appeal on be-
half of the schools of the district, where SOO children re-
ceived instruction and a limited number were clothed. The
amount collected sas 361. Ids.

Tn! FATAL EXPLOSION OF NAPIER AT SALFORD.
—On Friday afternoon an inquest was held upon the body
of Mr. J. W. Modems, who was killed on the same day by
an explosion of naptha which took place at a chemical ma-
nufiulery in Sprinfield-lane, Silfurd. The main facts con-
nected with the melancholy occurrence appeared in Satur-
day's Express. Mr. Stephen Whitt, the proprietor of
the manufactory, accounted for the occurrence of the acci-
dent by stating while the oil, consisting of naptha, pare-
phene, and other kite oils, were in process of distillation, the
paraphene, being a hard waxy substance, passing over into
the condenser with the naptha, had congealed or solidified
in the worm, and no vent being given for the other con-
densed vapours, a very high pressure must have been caused
in the body of the baler, and that ultimately the lead pipe
or condenser burst ; at the same time a syphon had been
formed by means of the neck of the still, and the contents
of the boiler must have been syphoned out, and received
into the one tub, sod have overflowed into the fireplace,
thence taking fire, and causing the accident. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental death."