The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS ORDERED BY LORD

BROUGHAM.

TO WI BISHOP Ol lAINDOW.
MY LORD,—As a dissenter from the doctrine and
discipline of the establishment, I have taken before a
magistrate the oaths prescribed by 62 George 3 ; yes-
terday I preached fir Mr. Binney at the Weigh
House Chapel, and received the Lord's Supper with
the members of that church ; and I am ready to
do any other proper and lawful act which your
lordship may suggest by which I may publicly
declare my dissent. I had intended to be silent
for some time, but the progress of Mr. Bon-
verie's bill has changed my intention, because
as that bill will doubtless pass through the House of
Lords without material alterations, and I am unable
to avail myself of it, I wish to ascertain as soon as
possible whether its effect will be to nentenee me to
imprisonment for preaching the gospel.
Had the act simply declared that the needing cler-
gyman is of all offices and emoluments with-
in
the setent, and incapable of them for the
tlme to oome, I should have thoroughly proved
it. Had it further enacted that eachap seceder,
upon proof of his sectesioo should be de-
posed from the ministry, I might have thought
that the legislature was intruding into matters
beyond its competence, when it ordered bishops to
depose ministers of Christ, and that this afforded new
proof of the bondage of the church to the state in
spiritual things, but I should Dave submitted cheer-
fully to its enactments. But this bill makes me a
party to my own deposition from the ministry. I
am to certify to your lordship my avowal of dissent,
upon which you are ordered to "depose me from
holy orders," and then I am to be free from all puns
and penalties. To avail myself of this act is to
purchase exemption from legal penalties by con-
eentiog to my deposition from the smutty ;
it is to avow, not that I have ceased to be
a minister of the establishment, but that I have
ceased to be a minister of Christ. Were deposi-
tion from orders merely an act of exclusion from the
body of the established clergy, I should willingly con-
sult to it; but as it is en act which declares me to be
no longer a minister ofwish Christ, I cannot do so ; be-
cause with every to pay due respect to the
legislature, I cannot purchase exemption from any
penalties y a lie.
When I was ordained, I was required to declare my
belief that I was inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost
to take upon me this office and ministration," that ,
I was " called according to the rill of ourand Lord
Jesus Christ to the ministry of the church." Those
who lightly enact the deposition of a minister may
think that this declaration is a farce but in my case,
I.at least, it was a solemn declaration of the truth.
That call of Christ, determined by the influence of the ,
I Holy Spirit in the heart, with other suitable qaaliti.
cations, seems to me the substance of ordination :
and the recognition of this call by a bishop is
one among several modes in which the call of
the church is added to the call of God. As I
believed then I believe now, that I have been
called to the ministry by Christ, and no praiser,
church, or parliament, can either exonerate me hem
the obligations of the ministry, or deprive me of its
privileges ; and if I should say, u this bill invites
me, that I have ceased to be an ordained minister of
Christ, I should lie.
Although I attach no especial value to episcopal'
ordination, yet it Lvalid ; and I can no more be a I
layman, than a presbyterian or congregational minis- I
ter is so. Whatever, therefore, parliament may
enact, I can neither cease to be a minister nor cease to
preach ; and if the law requires it, I would rather
suffer any length of imprisonment for preaching
the gospel than purchase an exemption from trouble
by either declaring that I am no minister, es by
°easing to preach.
I shall take the liberty of sending this letter to two
or three newspapers, because I wish the character of
the "relief" afforded to seceding clergymen, by the
bill now paining through Parliament, to be known.
I remain, my dear Lord,
Your Lordship's faithful servant,
Horsley, May 7. BAPTIST W. NOEL.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND MR.
KORTIMBRI3 CHAPEL

TO vas 1111 TOIL or TIM EXPRIOS.
STl4—The Bishop of London has again been show-
ing forth his bigotry: A sermon was to have been
preached last evening in the Rev. T. Mortimer's
chapel, Gray's-inn-lane, in aid of the London Mis-
sionary Society, a society with which the church of
England has been connected since its tomation. The
bishop his thought proper to prohibit the preaching
of the lemon, because he says it will have a tendency
to increase dissent. Now, is the neighbourhood
of
my residence there was a sort of fair on Sunday last,
at which persons of bad character were assembled,
besides, several children were not at their accustomed
plans in the Sunday school.. Now, sir, if the bishop
were endeavouring to put down such nuisances,
instead of persecuting Christine in their endeavours
to do good, I think he would be fulfilling his mission
much better. I em afraid that some of the dig.
nitaries of the church are snaking rods for their own
I am. &c.,
A CHURCHMAN, BUT NO BIGOT.
May 8.

oaDinev,—B7 aka lad. 'pintail and tempo._
aunt aseerabled, that them bs laid beton this home :
•Bears of OW shah capital of every railway is the United
the capital autheri to be yawed by their
SW Namur% - also, the walsber of shares lamed aril
afptadl to soak , eamaittessom or orlon poems-
entsieted with the sompasy ; ales, •Marrant d< sash shiett;
else, amber of Mane reserved, OW what-perpme,
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Wt.. asap Mimed by sash railway be the MIMI
Hingdom as loan or es the steastry of disk
idebestaree, or otherwise ; slat whim sash dalatian/ wadi
timed ; also, date of sot of parliserein soimisedoly wadi boas
ordebestares ; also, meant of mob debases* ; alma rate of
ler
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of raisin; mosey ; seam tam ter =dew;
lowl 'snit; ; ales, 1100liableild at ethic ram pad low the
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os the eassriky attlebeantree, or otherwise; aloe, met deem
stmetios Mak railway sad each base& railway, aseloolos
r of land prams parlissommy ezpoasve, sad law Maws ;
also, law ohm," sad analog • whether tared or mak
also, in perehaers et head. sad
lbw espeame sad shergartrom the
P•rprleer7the ; Moo, parliamentary expenses • ale% es-
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from Ma Grebe el ponies et doe. railway silo,
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railway, sedisolver of the Mama maid to the de
holders wed others ; also, mole by arid* the Used dividends
whisk have been paid to the wrier/ shersksidlis was meow
lased; also, tae lamas male by ark /Away ems-
ptry to any other railway or penes, to wham amt whoa,
Lat what mho of inenst, and whoa sepia; also,
I mossals e/ eabselpiles paid -ail area .to haploid, sad'
Imarantem ohm er aimed w ha oiessfef espial or isleask
IV any raUway meopeny or pmesent. say other railway sem-,
peay or person ; wimps paid or alms or semi apes, sad /or
ihat parposs ; of alas thell6ses ware takes; sod, alai
the date of any act of pallier* tee the poems ratans
Titles of every railway wwwfway -to oatevoibe to or heti
shares or Waren la say ether newsy ertnary, sad to skis
went. lowa Gamow Szeer Lumens,
Dep. Cler. Parliasseat.• •

NUMEROUS FIXES.

Between 11 o'clock on Friday night and 50u tr.,
morning, the various engines of the London Fire Brig._
and the West of England were ended to no less than six
fires id the metropolis, the . last two being the stout
serious. About two o'clock, as the police constable on duty
in Wyss t-strut, Gowen-street-Mad, was passing opposite to
the house of Mr. Cooper' leather cutter, he observed an
unusual glare of light in the first-floor, and being satisfied
it proceeded from fire, he sprang his rattle, end proceeded
to awaken the inmates. TIM latter, with great diEsulty,
were aronsed, sad sll of them succeeded in effecting their
escape, except an elderly female, who lived In the first floor,
The poor artiathre, ft appears, was not is her senses, and wet
ill in bed ; and by tome moms, it is supposed, set the place on
fire. Bat for the speedy arrival of the Farriagdon and
Wititammestrost engines, she must have perished in the
flames. The firemen, however, succeeded in pra her
out. Ohs was immediately removed to Bartholomewse 's
Hospital, but with very little hopes of her re-
covery. A plentiful supcesiyof water being obtained, the
In was subdued. The engross had hardly returned to Risk
vs stations, when were called to the pronsintr
Olistr.illantilloss, piano-forto maker, Upper Chenieomews,
Tolitesthomsourt-road. The fire when first discovered was
raging at the end of the premises next to Huntly-street
Although a plentiful supply of water was obtained, and dis-
charged on the burning mass by no lass than six engines,
the damn were not subdued until nearly the whole of the
valuable stork was destroyed. Thu losses in the four other
Wes were not of groat magnitude, although they were
attended with some very morrow* escapes of this inmates.
DESTRUOTITE FIRE AT THE TiIORRLEY COAL
1 WHARY.-13stireen Sand 4 o'clock today Bowl:A •
fire broke out at the Thoraley Coal Company's in
Broad-strut, Rateliff, ar d from inquiries instituted there is
every for believing that it wu the work of en is-
. The promises were direst asagnitudo,w=
frontage in Breadetrut, and 'standing to tha
They were fitted up with steam maohtnary for the prep= id
lilting and discharging coals from the vessels in Use steer.
That part in which the fines were first puniest IRIS
I nearly 140 fed long, and was divided into two eompartmeals ;
the lower being used as stores, in which 600 mess of coals were
deposited ; the other was occupied as the sack warehouse,
and at the time upwards of 2,000 sacks were therein. Os
the western side of this property, and separated only by a
narrow court five or six feet wide, stood the ex-
tensive distillery belonging to Messrs. Goldie. Se-
vend mauls were lyiog at the mouth of the wharf.
The lower floating engine from Rotherhithe wee di spat:had
to the spot, and also numerous land engines. The fire, how-
ever, had in the interim extended to the brig Adventure, of
Newcastle, Captain R .binson, which was lying alongside of
the wharf. People were employed in removing the ships
lying near the one on fire, and the gong on board the float
was sounded for assistance. The first object was to extinguish
the flames about the vessel. The Immense quantity of water
thrown upon the vessel soon extinguished the fire, when the
whole force was brought to beer ppen the flames in the
store-roodm, bat it was dot until the upper part *as burned
Kiddiegi aititOttheUnlodwOre.r—rniafthlippeto:ltAnudeaskirl,l rend""dertag assisthattanth"oe,
bed Ids beg broken, he was removed to the hospital.
iespesting the origin oftbe disaster tbe mate belonging to
ON of the vessels lying near stated that whilst looking out of
his vessel he perceived a glimmering light in the stores,
which afterwards increased to a flame. lie then shouted
Out " Fire," when he saw a man on the top of the lilting
utscline, who cried out and asked him what ho was making
each • noise about. The are told him that the place was
co fire, when he made use of a foul expression, and said
there was no necewity to be in such a hurry about it. The
party then came down, and he noticed that he was jailed by
two or three other persons. The total less is thus officially
'reported : The building toed as eat storm, and sack lofts
1 ever, with 2,000 sacks destroyed and 600 tons of coals da-
maged by fire. Wood frame and steam lifting'gear on wharf,
damaged by ditto. The brig Adventure, Capt. E. Robin-
son, part of deck, bulwarks, marts, and rigging seriously
damaged by fire. No. 28, Broad street, lir. Robinson,
smith, and of shed and roof burned off. No. 24, In the same
street, Mr. W. °oldie, distiller, side windows considerably
damaged by Ere, and glass brokers. The buildings of the
Thoreau Company were insured in insured.
Sun flre-otace, but
-cortunatelv tits contests were net

THE GRAND REVIEW of the household brigade, with
the Scotch Fusilier Guards frees Chichester, e 23rd or
Royal Welsh Flailing from Winchester, and the olst
Highlanders, from Port month, will take place in Hyde
Park on her Majesty's birthday, Thursday, the 24th lest.
The whole of the troops will be under the command of Lord
Frederick Fitulaream. The 23rd Fusiliers will then pre-
ttied to Dever to rel eve the 50th, ordered to Canterbury to
relieve the 17th, ordered to Inland.—Narita Telegraph.
THE MURDER NEAR BROCELEEBY.—The jury in
this ease concluded their labours oa Monday lest. Some att•
ditional evidence having been given the coroner said the
time had arrived when the jury should give a verdict. They
should be very careful how they weighed the matter on their
minds, for although the evidence might amount to a strong
ease of suspicion, that would not justify them in sending the
prisoner, Charles Overton, for trial. It was true he woe
found a few days before the murder in a state of the moat ab-,
jut poverty, and after the commissioa of the murder in the
possession of gold. One sovereign be sheeted at Mr. Tuck's}
and another sovereign at Mr. Tonga's. When interrogated
gent the possession of the money by Hr. Potten, he told one
tale one day and a different tale the next. Tools were found
in his poressaion belonging to another man and these he heel
probably stoles from the hedge the night mw,
the murder.
The changing of the sovereign and having possession of the
tools were matters of saspision ; but there wee no blood
found : the prisoner had not even been traced on the road
leading to the place when the unfortunate woman lay. Some
one else might have murdered the deceased, and the prisoner
might have passed by soon after and robbed her. He (the
soloner) thought there was not a tittle of evidence by which
the jury could be justified in sending the prisoner for trial ea
the capital offence ; and before they did this they must have
sulkient evidence. They had bette ve sa open verdict.—
The jury_shortly returned • verdict "That the deceased, Ca.
thanes Farrow was murdered by some person or persons
unknown."—Tin prisoner was examined at the Justice-room
at Wnwby, and was corissaitted for trial on a charge of steal.
ing a fir-bill and an axe.
DEATH PROM ExCESSIVE DRINKING IN CAM-
BUIDO2.—On Turaday, an inquest was held at Cambridge,
on • man, sassed Shearing, a prior. P. Hurley stated that
both deceased and himself wenspavion, and that on Saturday
last they were *twat, with four others, in Gerud'e,Hostel-
lane. Some gentlemen were looking out of one of the back
windows of Trinity College, and one of them threw a loaf
to the pinion, who then asked for something is drink.
Shearing was one of than that asked, and the gownemen let
dawn a ishke of wineby a line, which was thrown up to them
I be. beim. The first bottle was broken in its descent, but
' edam smeseeded to the number of nine in all. A bottle of
cream pew& was lowered, but was not drunk. Then was •
pint:ef brandy, of which the deceased drank nearly one.
half. He drank out of all the bottles. He got very tipsy.
Souse eounMen came up towards the close, and they bad
some of the think. The (townsmen then, shut the window,
and on the parlors calling far more drink, they refused to
give any. Shearing attempted to walk, but on leaving the
wall by which he mornsbeen supporting himself, he fell down.
He died on Mondg. Verdict, 0 Died from exces-
sive drinking."
BlenloCB ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH BENT RAlL-
wror.—On Saturday last • serious accident took plain en the
line of the North Rent Railway, whereby several men re•
ceived very extensive injuries, and one of them, named
Oeorge Brown, is not expected to ISITTive. It appears that
emne time put • large numb*: of workmen have that
*imaged in forming a tunnel, near the White Horse Inn,
Charlton, Rent, and on Saturday morning, skeet 11 o'clock
several of the labourers were at work at the nit end of the
tunnel, when an immense body of earth fell upon them,
burying them beneath its weight. An alarm was hatently
raised, and the men were soon released front slew
ation, lnitnot before tlm Wen shockingwidens
of
them so much mutilated that very faint Wend.
he glema
his life. This man, whose name is G. Brown, had boat kip
fractured, his arm also wee broken, and be received verions
contusions on the upper part of his pence. A Innen was
called to the unfortunate men, and those who were ability
injured were removed to their hoses, bat the poor maa
Brown was taken to Gay's Hospital, where he now lies in a
very preeariess etalittion.