The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-13 00:00:00

GREAT PUSEYITE MEETING AT FREE-

MASONS' HALL.

The following are the resolutions and addresses to
be moved to-morrow at Ms meeting :

I. That it to the opinion of this meeting that the recent
duicg aggrission of the Pops is to be attributed, in • great
measure, to the crippled state of the church of England, the
direct consequence of the long continued suppression of her
synodal functions; that the church of liogland can deal
with this aggression only in her corporate capacity, that M
to may, in her national synod, which the 139 It canon de-
clares to be " the true Church of England byrepresen'ation"
and that, :therefore, the present emergency constitutes an
additional plea for urging the revival of her synodal tune
dons, upon the basis of the ousting provincial convocations
of Canterbury anti York.
11. That the following address be presented to her
Majesty:
_ . . .

TOber Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the grace of
God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland Queen, defender of the faith.
May it please your Majesty,—We, your Mak sty's faithful
subjects, clergy and laity of the Church of England, desire
to approte-h your Majesty with the assurance of our sincere
loyalty to the throne and devoted attachment to your Ma-
jesty'. sacred person, more especially at this time, when the
ategrevaton of a forei.n potentate upon the dignity of your
Majesty's crown, and upon the independence of your king.
dom (committed under colour of a pretended spiritual au
tbority over all Christendom), cells for an express declare-
ion dour unshaken fidelity to your Majesty and .o our an-
cient constitution in church and state.
We desire meet humbly to represent to your Majesty that
if the Courch of England had enjoyed the full and free
exercise of the right which, while essentially inherent in
every branch of the church catholic, is al•o an integral part
of the British constitution—the right to deliberate in her
own synodal aesemblies upon the best means of expacding
her action, commensurately with the wants of the people,
and of adaptin, her system to the altered circumstances of
the times—the church would not have fallen so far short U
she unhappily has done, of the due performance of her office
as the church of the nation; the corrupt and idolatrous
church of Items would not have found equal opportunities
of 'vending her schismatical operations in this realm, as
well as in other parts of your Majesty's dominions, nor
would deviations or every kind from the primitive faith and
practice of the church of England, have obtained so 41.:
tenaive a footing, to the offence of many, and to the grief of
her faithful members.

That, for all the evils by which the church of England is ,
at this time btu; bath from within and from without, mainly
in consequence of the long con.inued suppression of her
synodal action, there is no legal and constitutional remedy, ,
except the revival of her proper authority in synod or con- ,
vocathn, by the exercise of the power, with which the con- ,
stitution invests your Majesty, to summon the synodal as, ,
semblies of the church, and to 'sue to them your royal
license to deliberate upon, ..nd to do all such things as shall
c'ncern the settled continuance of her doctrine and disci
pline.
That the eight CO to deliberate, and to provide for the
good government and extension of the church—a right
appertaining to the church catholic, by virtue of her di•
steely appointed constitution, exercised by the church in
I this kingdom from the most ancient times, express-
ly confirmed to her by Magna Charts, which 'shit
that " the Church of England shall be tree;" acted upon at
the period of the Reformation, and for a long time after,—is
even now not taken away, but only suppressed ;by an arbi
teary proceeding of the civil government, commenced above
one hundred and thirty years ago, and suffered to continue to
the present time.
That at your Majesty's coronation a solemn pledge was
given that your Majesty would " preserve unto the bishops
and clergy of this realm, and to the church committed to
their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law de or
shall appertain unto them, or any of them ;" of which
rights and privileges the right to meet in convocation and
to take measures for promoting the welfare of the Church
of England, and extending her usefulness, is the most import-
sat and the most precious.
That the efficiency of the Church of England, the divinely
appointed tea.ber of this Batton, which hes ever inculcated
principles of loyalty and obedience to your Maiesty, as to her
who is ordained to role over these realms by the King of
kids' and Lord of lords, is one of the best safeguards of peace
and quietness among your fdejeety's subjects, and of the star
bility of your Majesty's throne.
Upon which considerations we most humbly pray that, in
the exercise of the power v. sted iii your royal person, and
agreeably to the solemn pledge given at your coronation,
sour Majesty will be graciously pleased to issue your royal
license to: the Convocations of Canterbury and York,
on their next assembling, according to custom, at
the commencement of the session of parliament,
in order that, upon their advice, and with your Majesty's
assent, such steps may be taken as shall be best calculated,
not only to vindicate the c►urch of England from the recent
aggression of the See of Itome, but to provide for the sup-
pression within the church of unsound doctrine of every
deutiptior, by reason of which the church is grievously
vided, as well as for the development of her internal
resources in such wise u may best enable her to do her
proper work in promoting the salvation of souls, and in dis-
pellieg the mists of ignorance, error, and superstition by the
bright beams of Christ's H ..y Limpet.
And we, your Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects will
ever pray.
Here follow resolutions and addresses in a similar strain
to the episcopate and " to the Lower Monica( Comes:ion at
Canterbury," whatever that may be.

We are enabled to state that the fellowirir amendment
to the address will be proposed by the Rev. J. E. Cox,
ricer of St. Helen'e, Bishopagate, and seconded by James
J. Cummins, Ftq :
Tnat it is not estentiel to the fres action of the church of
England that synods or convocation should be permitted to
' meet periodically to deliberate and decide, ILI ii the right of
continual action were inherent in these ecclesiutical bodies

by the constitution of the re►lm.
" That the independent action of ecclesiastical synods or
convocation, without control of the crown and the legisla-
tive authority, is not sanctioned by the laws of England.
"That it is the prerogative of the crown to convene
both Houses of Convocation, and to allow them to'
deliberate upon such matters as by royal authority may
be committed to them (when occasion may arise), bat
that it is equally the right of the crown, for the peace
of the church, and the preservation of the truth of
Christ's gospel, and the spiritual liberties of the whole body
of the church, that convocation should not be permitted to
become the arena of party discussions, as they have hereto-
fore been, and as they would undoubtedly again become, to
the great injury of our holy religion, were such assemblies
allowed to meet from time to time, and deliber►te as an
ecclesiastical parliament.
"That in the present agitated state of the church it could
not conduce to peace, unity, or concord, were the houses of
convocation to be permitted to discuss any question of the
faith or discipline of the church of England, as already
settled by her articles and formularies."

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 11.—APPOINTMENTS.—Clsrks
J. B. Juno's, to the Ho9tm.
Gunner James Akaster, to the Spy.
Carpenter D. Jones, to the Excellent.
Carpenter Wm. Beer, to the Leander.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12.—The funeral of Sir Henry
Blackwood, late Capt.:is of the Vengeance, 84, at tt it port,
took place 7esterday, with all the solemnities need to en
officer of hie rank. _ _ _ _

Vs ooLwlca, JAN. 11.—The Banshee and the
Candoc, steam vessels of 350 horse power, fitting for the
Mediterranean station, have been ordered to be made ready
for sea with the greatest despatch, and as there are altoge-
ther about 380 workmen employed, including engineers,
shipwrights, and others, on these remade, they will soon be
completed, and proceed to their new station, to *erre as mall
Steam-packets.
OFFICERS von PROMOTION.—The following circu-
lar on this subject has just been issued :—" Horse Guards,
Jan. 3, 1861.—Numerous instances having occurred in
which the recommendations of officers for promotion have
been transmitted to the Military Secretary without the
certificate required by the circular letter of the oth Jane last,
commending officers are reminded that no such recom-
mendation can, henceforth, be entertained or taken into
consideration, without it is accompanied by the prescribed
certificate as to the professional qualifications of the candi-
date for promotion, end informed that say future neglect on
this head will not only be visited with an expression of the
Commander in-Chief's displeasure, but occasion unnecessary
delay in the promotion proposed. —By command, O.
BROWN, A G."
Moan NINEVEH &cum:atm—A letter has been
received from Mr. Laysrd, dated Bagdad, Nov. 20, 1850. in
which, speaking of the sculptures he is sending to the Uni-
versity of Oxford, he mays, " Thascalptares unfortunately
were on the same raft with one of the lions, which was

wrecked between this place and• Borrab, and above ■
month elapsing ►efore their recovery, they were too late
for the vessel by which I had hoped to forward them to
Eogland. They have since, therefore, remained at Bar•
rah with the rest of the antiquities; bat I hope to ship
them next month, and it is probable they may be with
you in the spring." Mr. Layerd also regrets that " the
sculptures which ought to have been shipped two years
ago ere still lying on the beach at Banish, and have suf-
fered irreparable injury." He further says, " I have now
.aerted Nineveh for the time for Babylon, bat have not
actually commenced excavations, being without the neces-
sary documents from the Porte, and the country around
Bagdad being in an unexampled state of coofusioa and dis-
order. In fact, scarcely any one can leave the gates without
a good chance of having his throat cut, or making a tri-
%alpha re-entry 4 his AIM"

THE BURGLARY NEAR UCKFIELI
EXAMINATION OF Tfili BURULAIis.

On Saturday, six of the to who are alleged
to have committed the daring burglary at Dowland. house, the
residence of the Mims Farce...tube, near Utkfial, were
examined at Tunbridge. The prisooers, who were hand-
cuffed together and heavily ironed, were placed at the bar.
Tory gave their names as J. Hamilton, John dmith, James
Smit:., T. Morgan, W. Hillycr, and J. Carter. E!izsbeth
Oiliest was also charged on suspicion of having some of
the stolen property in her possession. A medical certi-
ficate wee mended to the bench stating that the MOM
Farncombe were indisposed, and therefore mold not attend
to give evidence.
Thomas Wcod was the first witness called and ermined—
lam butler to the Misses Ferocombe, of Downland House,
about a quarter of a mile from Uckfield. On Thursday
morning, the 2nd inst., abJut half-pest 3 o'ct ek, I was
alarmed by hearing some persons tiling my bedroom door.
My room is at the back of the hones at the tip of the steps
teaming from the *culler,. I challenged them , and said,
Who's there," end not receiving any answer, I jumped out
of bed and seized my gun. Almost at the same moment the

men (five) rushed into my room by bursting in the door, and
on teeing me one said, " Hers is the —." I Bee the man
who made that remark now before me ; it is the prisoner
Morgan. 1 recognise the prisoner Cuter as being one of the
tire men. I den't perticukrly recognise any of the ethers,;
they all had masks on. Morgan had • red mask over his
taco, and Carter a white one and • woman's straw

Domini ea hie head. The others had make on
ohs wore a black one. The black mask produced is
similar to the black .mask which one of the men wore.
On their entering the room, Morgan struck at me with a
pistol. He bit me on the shoulder, and said, " D—n your
eyes be still, and don't make a noise." lie ordered me to
get back into bed. The others were threatening me. I
iaw one of them take my watch from the table close to the
bed, and also a gold watch key. Carter said, " Where are
your keys ?" I hesitated, and he said, " Where are your
tr.disera ?" I hurled them to him, when he said, " Oet out
of bed and get them," and threw them at my head. He got
the keys, and 71. 6d., which was in my pocket. He went
to my writing desk, and I noticed another breaking open
a box. 1 said, " Don't break the box open, you have got
the key there." He replied, "We don't come to unlock
locks, we have a different way of doing it." lie then
threatened to blow out my brains if 1 did not remain silent.
At that time I heard the alarm bell ringing in one of the
upper apartments; two of the men instantly ran up stairs to
situate it. It was ringing its the serrante room. A third
man went outside the door to keep watch. Alter a
short pause one of the men came back, and 'eked
me where a door close to my room led. I informed
him that it led to a dressing room attached to one of the
ladies' apartments They broke open the door, and shortly
afterwards I heard the ladies (Mists Farncombe) scream.
I instantly appealed to Carter not to allow his companions to
ill-treat the ladies in any way. Carter lett me for a few
minutes. While he was with me I had some conversation
, with him, and I observed that he looked something like a
woman with the bonnet on. There was a good deal 01 talking
between them, and I recollect their voices and general
hil C e appearance.
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" Show me where the plate is." He dragged me down Stairs.
asked him to allow me to put oar my snots. He answered,
" I don's wear any shoes, and why should you 1" He led
me into the kitchen, and when I got there I heard the
rattling of plate. Others of the gang had already got
into the pantry. 1 said, " You might as well
let me go back; your companions have found the
plate, I hear." He dragged me up to the pantry
door, and I there saw two men. They had made
a hole through the door. One of the men was hold-
ing out an apron while the other was tilling it with
plate. The apron produced is the same they were using,
it is mine. One of the men held up two plated decaht« r
stands and asked me whether they were silver. I said,
"Judge for yourselves." • The same party who led me
down, and who I cannot recognise to he one of the prisoners,
then took me back to my bedroom, leaving Carter with me
tor about half en hour. Four of the men then came to me.
Ode addressed me and said, B your eyes, if you mute
from the bed, or make any noise, or anyone in tne house,
we will Slow their b— brains out." Carter had my gun
under hit arm, and a pistol in one band and a lighted candle
in the other. The men ordered him tt keep watch over me
fur an hour, and one 'of them spoke to Carter and said, " You
keep that gun and brace, and if anyone moves for an hour
anu • halt blow their brains out." Carter replied, "If they
do, d— my eye., I'll pop them " They then lett my
room, Carter and all, and I saw no more of them at the
time. I only saw five. I beard them below as if quarrelling
and complaining ef some of them not being ready to leave. The
clock struck 5 just as I heard the lot of them. Io the course
of ten minutes 1 got up sod hastened to the police station at
Uckfield. I found that 1 bad been robbed of tire coats, a
pair of cloth boots, an apron, six silver spoons, a silver watch
and chain, and a gold watch chain a Chinese box, the lid of
which was filled in with precious stoats; a corneltan seal set
in gold, with the letters "T. W." engraved upon it; •
sword, abut 201. in mosey, and a 51. note upon the Old
Lewes bank. The coats were safe on the over night. The
black checked coat, tt.e drab jacket and coat, and the watt r.
proof coat, which were found upon the prisoners, are my
property. There is soother coat misalog. The witness here
proceeded to detail the articles belonging to fdiaees Fern-
comb., which had been carried off by the burglars. Three
hams, a cheese, and several loaves of bread were missed from
the kitchen.
The burglars eff,cted an entrance by cutting the dairy
window, which is a kind of lattice, out, or rather to one
side. They then forced a window that led from the dairy
into the cellar, and by breaking in the latter, obtained
an entrance into the interior of the house. Carter
called me by name, and I noticed that he bad my
coat on, and I remarked that it did not appear to fit him.
He said he should go away with it whether it did or
not. lam sure the prisoner Carter is the same man. 1
have seen him before. 1 think he has been at work in the

neighbourhood.
Frances Carey, housemaid to the Misses Farncombe, was
neat examined. The first 1 heard of the burglary was the
bursting in of Wood's door. That was about half-past 3
o'clock in the morning of the 2nd. I slept in the room over
his. I jumped out of bid, and, opening the window, rang
the alarm bell. The doer of my room wee instantly burst
open, end • man, wearing • red mark, with a hi avy
bludgeon in his hand, entered. Another man wearing
• white mask was behind him. He asked me, " Why
1 rang the bell ? " 1 said, " I should not ring
it again," and then put it down. lie then de-
manded our money (mine and my fellow- ***** nt's)
I gave him my purse, and he took my silver watch from the
bed. I saw them at the drawers, and take some money
belonging to my fellow servant. I saw the man with •
white meek take up my umbrella and give it to him with
the red mask. The umbrella produced is the same. The
pace and pink handkerchiefs exhibited are the property of the
Misses Faracombes. The cloth, marked " F 66," belonged to
the kitchen. The checked apron is mine, it was safe in the
cellar on the previous night. Part of a cheese produced
much resembles in colour that takea away
William Honey, a shoemaker, said—About four o'clock
on Thursday afternoon, the 2nd, 1 saw two men come out of
the Crown Inn, at Oroombridge, and go towards the Ash-
nrst road. One of the men, whom I believe to be John
Smith, h,d a bundle and an umbrella under his arm. They
went towards • 'haw of Mr. Ramseleres, and when they re.
turned they had neither the bundle nor umbrella with
them. About five o'clock I went to the Crown, and saw the
two Smiths and Hamilton in the room. f noticed a small
bundle near the door, but it was not the one I bad seen in
their possession before. Heard John Smith say to Hamil-
ton, "How foolish it was for them to quarrel amongst
tnemselvee. I went again to the house at 9, and saw Hamilton
and James Smith. Hamilton had on a striped coat and
white apron, end he stated that he was a carpenter. Heard
him say that he had lost a sovereign, sad that he had given
John Smith in charge for robbing him of it. In consequence
of information I received I accompanied Peddles ,me up the
Ashurst road on the following morning, and under the edge
of • 'haw I found • bundle and an umbrella. They appeared
to be the same as 1 saw John Smith carrying on the previous
afternoon. We then proceeded to
Hamilton on suspicion of being concerned in a burglary_at
Holly*, when we found that they had run away. We
followed them, and after • chase of three miles we came up
with them.
Rebecca Smith, of Groombridge, deposed to being
is the tap room of the Crown whilst the two Smiths
and Hamilton were there. When they came first they bad
two bundles and an umbrella. They cooked some ham
and then a quarrel took place between them. The Smiths
went out taking with them the large bundle and the um
broils. They bad not them with them when they returned.
Had seen the umbrella and bundle that were found in the
skew, they resembled those which Smith had taken out.
They bad no ham after they returned.
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Had cotillion to remonstrate with them as to their owes
behaviour. In the course of the eveeieg Hamilton wished
me to take the elder Smith for stealing a sovereign. I did
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left the taproom. It contained some ham and cheese. I
then went alter the other Smith and Hamilton, indurated
them. Found upon Hamilton a 61. note on the old Lewes
bank, two pins (identified sa belonging to the Mime Fars-
combee), • steel tobacco box, and. limiter box. Upon Smith
I (send a large knife (similar to a shoemaker's ripping knife),
19s. 4d. in money, a piece of candle about two inches is
length, and an old bag.
Mr. William Morton, superintendent of the Tunbridge
Wells police, was then examined. On Friday, the 3rd inst.,
I found James Hamilton and James Smith in custody at my
station oa a charge of burglary. I further searched them.
In Hamilton's cost pocket I found this mask (it was rudely
formed of a piece of black cotton, with small white spots
upon it, its length and width being more than sufficient to
conceal the face of the wearer.) I asked him, "Where did
you get %hie ?" He said, " I have lad it a long time. I had
it to take bees." I took possession of it. I searched him
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"When did you get this from ? " He answered, " I found
it about a month ago." I asked Hamilton where he got the
apron which he was seen wearing ? He replied, "My uncle
gave as it about time days ago ; hie name it Wilson, and