The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-05 00:00:00

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FRANCE A.ND PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, OCT. 4.
The semi-official Prooinzial Correspowienz of to-
day admits that the meeting of Count Bismarck
and the Emperor Napoleou at Biarritz, considering
the great importance which both attach to the
Franco-Prussian &Winos, caouot remain without
political importance and effect. It maintains,
however, most positively that all assertions in re-
ference to particular political views or negotiations
with which the journey of Couut Bismarck has been
associated are incorrect and without foundation.

AMERICA.
807.1TFIAILPTON, OCT. 4.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship America, from New York on the 23rd ult.,
has arrived with 296 passengers for this port,
Barre, and Bremen, 45 bags of mails, and 81,250
dole. in specie for France and England, and 6,090
for Bremen.
On the 23rd, off Sandy Hook, she spoke the
German ship St. Bernard and the American ship
American Eagle, both bound for New York ; on the
25th the English ship William Yeo, and the
American ship rartolus, bound west ; and on the
28th the barque Eureka, of New Brunswick. News
anticipated.

THE CHURCH CONGRESS.

NOBWIft, Ocr. 4.
At the evening meeting in St. Atidretie-ball, the Bishop
of Norwich smith presides. The Bishop ce Osfeed, who
had arrived by railway from Colchester is the Qouile of
the af armee*, was loudly cheered on =Meg his appear-
woe cis the platform.
The Veasrabis Madame RANDALL reed. a paper on
the "Court of Pisa! Appeel," in which be exemined the
question whether the ormatitution of the present court was
so ensatideatery as to require assedeesst ; sod, secondly,
referred to inch of the various schemes proposed fur its
amendment as appeared to Lien worthy of consideration.
The venerable Archdeacon defined an established cherub
to be such a church as the elate looked upon ae the delgt-
sitory of *Quad doctrine, soda the religious body with
which she wished all the mufti to be in communion.
But it most be remembwed tab the tetanal eau*,
although part of the political system of tarrate, was not
a creature of the state, nor did the state make the church's
doctrine. As matters, however, at present stood, pa ap-
peal in an eassiastioal cause was a &weer from
one lay judge to several ley judges, although • judge of
an ecclesiastical court must be presumed to amens great
koala', of the data& sod law of the &viols. It was
provided that each arobbishopi ad Whops as were mew.
ben of the Privy Cattail should be members of the Judicial
Committee for Ecclesiastical Purposes; but as all bishops
did not excel alike in respect to t. eulogies' herniate it
might be desirable that certain bishops should be chosen
by their brethren for the particular function of theological
advisers of the sovereign ; that tbs two archbishops should
be a officio monthlies of the commiaaioe, sad that the others
should be elected fire from the province of Caeterbury,
and three from the province of York. The bishops might
sit either as a separate board of retinae or as assessors of
the Judas' Committee, with power to ',ilea, bat not to
vote, The working of the Court of Appeal could never be
satisfactory unless the opinions of all the members, when
there was any difference among them, were delivered
publicly, as they now were in our other high
courts of justice, for the Judicial Committee was
• court of justice, and it was an absurd tittle°
to regard it as part of the private council at ad-
vice of the sovereign. The judgments of the Privy
Council, although binding upon an inferior court, ought
not to be conclusively binding. upon the Privy Commit
itself ; otherwise a decision might virtually create a new
article of faith, widen old diviaiou, and mate new ones in
the church universal. The power of making new articles
and new doctrines was one which ought never to he exer-
cised without the most careful deliberation, although the
church of Eogleed had sever professed to put forth any
complete or conclusive code of doctrine, that which might
be concluded and proved by the Scriptures being her rule
as to what might be taught ea neesseary to salvatios.
The common law of the church was embodied in the New
Testament, and it was unchangeable • it was made for all
time, and circumstances must bend to it, not it to
them. Should, then, five or six lay and term
or four clerical judges fasten upon the church
for all time the reepoosibility of any judgment! It must
be remembered that we could sot make • perfect court,
that the best and wisest judges were imperfect, and that
if any new doctrine were defined, not only our own church
sad its branches is the colonises, but every breech of the
church universal would have as interest in asking by
what authority had the doctrine been made ?
Sir R. Mullion followed, with a paper on the same
subject.
Sir W. Joon, who wee easeesea 4.deliver • " prepared
seldom " read what was actually a third essay.
The Rev. X. Facute strongly condemned the meant
system.
Mr. A. J. B. Bataan° Born said the question wee one
of great difficulty
,but great interest, not merely to the
church of Englaud also to the universal church, of
which the church
England was • brooch. It was not a
question which we ought to feverishly desire to see settled
by • government over which a noble viscount presided, or
over which • noble earl might preside ' • it was not • ques-
tion of ministries, but • question of church principles; and
if we attempted to force it on. we should only fora on
ruin awl oonfwdon to the cherish of England. l'be questa*
which had to be decided by the mart of appeal were set
merely matters of abstract canon law, but of esthetic faith.
There might be differences as to what views the church
held of that catholic faith. One side held one view ad one
soother, and were we yet in that Win, impartial frame of
mind is which we could came forward and apply • remedy?
Had we sot better welt till some ccoolusion should be
attained which would give the church splint she wasted—
some tribunal in which the bias of the judges would not be
suspected before they met, in which decisions shad& be
given according to the eternal principles of equity' -
The Right Hoe. J. Narixa reed a few observatines in
which he expressed his dimwit from any proposition for ex-
cluding the bishops from the committee. He could not
agree with each • system. as it would interfere with the
union of the church and the state, and many eminent pre-
lates who might give valuable aid by their experience sod
learning would be shut out. The protection of the rights
of the church should be • pert of the policy of the state, and
be thought that every prelate who was a member of the
Privy Council should be &member of the Judicial Committee.
Mr. OH at.gr, Q.C. said a bishop from his habits and
integrity of mind might Bed it difficult to say, " I decided
such end sash was the doctrine of the chetah of England.
I think such and such is not the doetries of the Bible."
But • lawyer might say it—(load langhter)--basethe a
lawyer from hie habits of theeght (cold distinguish between
that which ought to be the doctrine of the church of Etg-
lead, and that which actually was her doctrine. After
some further observations from the learned gentleman, and
• short explanation from Sir B. Phil limore (who observed
that he 'tithed the suggestion to which be had referred to
be regarded is the light of • succession only, although he
thought it worthy of coosideratioe),
The discussion closed, no vote being token on the question
in accordance with the usual resales of the warms.
Among the various proceedings of haat going oe daring
the coarse week, although not cossetted with the eon.
greas itself, is so exhibition at the Masonic-hell of vest-
ments actually is me is the church el England as wall as
other objects of general theca intwest, both Gooiest and
=dere.
The congress set seals in St. Andrew's-MD' this moor
leg, the Bishop of Natant presiding. The Very Rev.
the Dean of Bly reed an interesting paper a °ahead ad
Ttialar bodies, and how te inesaie their unefelnene.
he Rev. B. SITMOI3I followed with a owed paper.
The Valera% Archaean* Lord Arthur Elerrey. 11r. A.
J. B. Berederd Mope, /LP., the Very Rev. the Dom of
Caterimey. the Bev. Oases Heavilike ad the Bari of
Harmwhy catineed the Aiseessaa.
The Right Bev. PUNTIMINT thaw preowned the hero•
diction, and the eseries &dimmed.