The Express.
London, England, 1860-08-16 00:00:00

PROFESSIONAL SINGING IN CHURCHES.

We (Leeds Mercury) have reaaon to know that
the foll Mg affiter has eddreamel by the
of • its es inineweet, in COMPIMANICOI7II/M7
(Reacted to en advertiereent
attLe re-opening services of • church in
die diocese* on Renclay lacrt,- a Miss-W— had been en-
gaged to Mel select Ore of music :
The Palace, Ripon, Aug. 9, 1809
" My deer Mr,—My attention hes been called to the
'l, am of none* ia which the sermons to be preached at the
riimpei,m of church, on Sunday last, the sth instant,
were puMicly anneunesd. I shade particularly to the ad-
vortinensot that a.prefessimal singer, Miss W— had beset
e to sing select please of music during the service. I
mob an assouncement as thin highly objectionable,
nor era I r ofrain from ma ,rinng my strong roval of it.
The church of God is not the place to which crowds of
pm.ons ought to be attracted to hear professional singing.
lerformarems of thin kiwi belong to other places altogether,
end it is a profanation of •church to convert it into a place
of attraction for the lovers of fine music to attend for the
polemic, of hearing select pieces of music by eminent minima
I,:rforniers. 1 delieit is good musk. I often hear in the
churches of the diocese congregational singing which is
&array equalled in any other portion of the kingdom ; but
the Went for music aid the love of singing whni are no
y !culler to the West Riding only under it the less neon-
wiry to inveke any foreign ail in the conduct of this portion
of our public worship. I object to all si • In churches la
wbicb the ,ongregattou in general cannot take part, end,
ahove.all, I object to the announcement of any musical
performers by way of inducement to the public to attend a
particular service. The eminence or skill of the performer
only makes such so annouucement more objectionable. 1
Inert, tbomfore, that I shall not again have the pain of °b-
on f Mg say notice similar to the one which has made it my
ditty to write this letter. I am aware that you have been
suffering of late fmm severe Mum, and on this account it
h wore than probable that you were not emmulnd upon the
form of advertieenient, and are entirely free from any
blame in the matter. At the same time, you are the only
persoo with whom I can ollideßy communiente upon
the subject,. because in point of law the incumbent of
soy pariah is the only responsible person for the mode
in which divine service o conducted in the church which he
serves. I will thank you, therefore, in future to use your
au, hority to prevent any repetition of the circumstance to
which this letter refers. I doubt not you entirely agree
with me in the belief that to attempt to swell a congrqp-
Coo by an advertisement of nrofeenonal singing may suc-
ceed to attract a crowd Writhes, butt it is • course wholly
turvorthy of a minister of Quin, and very ill adapted to
pommel* the glory of GM or the marital edificaties of the
pe?ple.—l am, my dear sir, very faithfully y?en,
The Rev. ' R. Farm
e
" the lereunba el
The friends of religion, of whatever denomination, us
under obligation to the Bishop of Ripw for the above
end well-timed letter. 111. • exposes ii
its true light a practice which might have become more
general. and which is utterly opposed to the sprit of pure
Chnstindte.

etc ABS brink.warrONAL TmsO.EASE 00M-
e..La.t-4 emaaiday weal., di. clerk■ to the. liiitalpielbsa
district of the Electric and International Taimpaph Ossa-
pew dined together at Clayton's Hotel, Doctors'-esnunonm
I a the a widabie shame of H. Weave_r, , £.q., the Londen
tmairger, the chair was taken by C. V. Boys, Esq., supenn-
tritdest of the intelligamce department. Sweaty-Ewe flab(
peataat tasmiscr that could be reissued from duty) Int
In propomec the health of the guess, thschairma
silkelisd to t • warm interest Ulm by her Majesty in the
lishapaph, and the fact was motioned that the
Misawere now ertended to Balmoral, and enahiedtteeff
Jody to communicate direct with the ststropstis at
The halals of the chnirman (the Hon.

any 1110/00111_
R. (AAmmon) and of the.Sireetors were ine-arly re-
mired. With reference to the company it wee
renortid that 13 years ago they commenced by work.
hog o Rugby, whilst at this moment their wires extended
to the farthest parts of the kingdom, and mamagowere
deli, end at Liverpool and more distant towns wtihtaethree
minutes, and by means of the submarine telegraph inatan-
nuncios communication with the principal cities of the con-
tim-ut had waned to be a novelty—the progress was extra-
ordinary, and there was no doubt it would be continued,
and that the company would maintain its proud position.
The health of the cficers of the company and other toasts
followed. "The Heakh of the Ladies," coupled with
an Alusion to the fact that a portion of the female staff of
the company (which now numbers 200) had, with their
superintendent, volunteered to remain on duty beyond the
usual boars, in order that many of the clerks might attend,
was received with great applause. The musical arrange-
ments were under the direction of Mr. Frederick Kingsbury.
REWARDS FOR SAVIIIO Lire AT Sir.—Thu fol-
loradrewards for saving life at sea have recently been
by her Majesty's government and the Beard of
Trade :—To Captain James Ducat, of the screw steamer
Veen de (lama, of Olsagow, a telescope, in testimony of
Lie humanity and services to the crew of the brigantine
Bree.o, of London, discovered in a sinking condition on the
28th •rf May last. To Mr. Thomas Livingstone, mate of the
screw steamer Veen de Dania, a quadrant ; and to Malcolm
M` Lean, boatswain, Edward Lirmptone, Allan M'Leae,
and William Scurffo, seamen, the sum of H. 6s. each; fa
acknowledgment of their worthy conduct in manning
the bo.et of the said .swat and rescuing the crew of the
Breese, of London. To Hermann Kroger, muter of the
Pinkenwarder Ming smack Dolphin, and to T. P. C.
Bush, arrAer el the mooed Hamburg Light Ship, the sum
of 3f. each, to senior rendered in savmg the survivors of
the error of the Jenny Lind, gunk by collision with the
Norwegian brig Dorothea, at the mouth of the Elbe, on the
Zird ult. To Jan E. Wieser, Jan D. Dokter, Job Dirks
View, Jacob Jan Barker, Cornelis Yuacks Visser, and
Lake Jams Hanger, forming the crew of a Netherland
lifeboat, a silver medal each for their services in awing five
of the mew of the fishing sloop Elmer, of London, wrecked
off the Islamic( Auckland during a heavy storm on the lath
May lest ; end to Chevalier Daniel Wigbold Crommelin van
Heechervn, burgomaster of the mid island, a gold medal,
for his services in directing the garage operations on the
above omission. His Imperial Highness the Emperor of the
French has awarded to Richard Hayes, Richard May, and
JIM* May, meters in the British merchant serves,
Robert Martin, a coast-guard officer, James Smith, Robert
Thorn, and Joseph Blend, seamen, a silver medal each, for
services rendered to the Amphitrite, of Dunkirk, wrecked
on tLa Falmouth wart in November last ; to Mr. Thomas
Small, French vice-consul at Lowestoft, a first-clam gold
seesisli for serviota rendered to the crew of the French
NMI Jenne Mathikla, lost at ea on the 31st October last ;
to Mr. Hamm, master'eassidant of her Majesty's ship
Windy, a gold medal, for union in directing the wring of
the ere* of the newel Mane, of Vannes (dote not given);
to Mr. Oontanche, a sever medal, for assistance rendered to
the Clumps, of St. Maw when wrecked in the Bay of St.
Hell es ma the 15th Aprik, 1859.
AORIOTILTURAL lIMEMITB IN THE NETHER-
LANDS. —At the Royal Venereal Agricultural Union, held.
at the Hogue in May last, it was resolved that an interna-
tional oespetiron for steam ploughs and corn-reaping
machines should take pees, end by the aasitance of his
Majesty's ambemedors at the differed courts, the. matter
was made fully known to the manufacturers of speulnual
machinery. The competition took place at the Wilheheimit
Manh, Goes, neer Amsterdam, on the 9th instant. Fagg
reaping machines, by the
= followi4tamakers, were bled t
Meson. Cuthbert and Co., of Yoekshire,L........
Alisine.
and Key, of London (11. ; Mr.
don Mood's machine) ; end am by Dr. /116ffia
Alan. After • full trial the awed, by the jedpa ens en
follows—PlM prim, 900 florins to Mmes. BerriFkaill lay ;
sexed Erin, gold
multi to Mr. Cuthbert; tided pd., •
fiver pedal Is Frank rawer Wei
damaged early in the trial was withdrawn. British meow
Gnaws have spin carried off the palm.
Nsw POIMOTTICI Acr.—On the lot October an
act of parliament will come into operation with respect to
the army and navy coshing the officers and men to receive
their re-directed keen free of the ria.direeted rates of
restage whilst acteelly employed in her Majesty's service.
The Treasury is empowered by maTO26 to direct the private I
letters to be delivered free of the foreign postage chargeable
in respect of re-direction.
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EOM 0111 COMMONS.—WiratiRDAY, AVG. lb.
(Continued from yesterday's Ezpresc)
SUPPLY.
21,4171., metropolitan polio. courts—Agreed to.
131,8601., metropolitan police.
Sir G. BOWYER suggested that persona appointed as
superintendents and inspectors of police Mould undergo
• previous examination. They had an instance of the
inferior intellect and attainments of the inspectors of police
in the case of Whictier, the person employed to investigate
the Said murder. That man arrested a young lady on a
alteirP of sander, merely on account of a mislaid night.
dram Yurther, and what was worse, Metaled that he should
los ready to prove the animus of the young lady against
the pondered child.
Bir G. C. LEWIS appealed to the hon. baronet to refrain
Thum this line of argumeut. It was equally difficult for
hire Mir G. C. Lewis) to speak or to be silent on such a
OWL Due discretion bad been exercised. He was in
L7l"ion of all the fae* but he did sot think he should
j .ftuditiled in disclosing them to the committee.
Bar G. BOWYER wad that after all that had been done,
the authorities weed obliged to discharge the young lady,
whom he behooved to be entirely innocent. He merely men.
timed the case to show how cautions they should be in se-
lecting men who could exercise such power over the for-
tunes and eves the Bees of the Queen's subjects.
Lord FEbtalOY *vessel his frail madame. in the
etaglillailits,-*-421#4.41°.t 1'44V:0 any motion
Alidennait ILALOKONS bore teetteeney le the efficiency
and good conduct of the metropolitan relies
Mir O. C. LEWIS defended the character of the police,
whom he believed to be generally popular and trusted.
Ally one who knew the continental poises must contrast
ems very favourably with any of those -bodies. The officers
of the metropolitan police were generally speaking
temaritably active, salmis, and intelligent. The
Issonnahle Immeet recommended an examination by
the Civil Service Commissioners, but certainly
it would be carrying that system to en extraordinary ex-
tent to apply it to the ow of police inspectors. The hon.
baronet attempted to prove his case by alleging that the
officer who bad been sent down to inquire into the Road
murder had misconducted himself, b( bringing an innocent
person before the magistrates kW Sir G. C. Lewis) did
not wish to go into the details of tat case, but he as-
serted in the most positive way that there were no grounds
for imputing misconduct to the officers of police. There
were circumstances in the case of that young lady which, in
• coma peculiar mystery and horror, fully justified the officer
in asking the magistrates to pronounce an opinion on the
question. He tools upon himself to my, from his knowledge
of the facts, that the officer wee *tilled in the course
he tool, and that the hon. baronet had no grounds for his
attack.
After some further conversation the vote was agree' to.
2,200 f. part of a sum of 3,500/. for the Queen's Prison.
—Agreed to.
Several votes connected with the administration of justice
in Scotland were agreed to without discussion.
64,6341., criminal prosecutions in Ireland.
After a question by Mr. VANCE, this vote was agreed to.
The following Irish votes went agreed to without discus-
sion i-2,4001., Court of Chancery; 2,750 L, Queen's Bench ;
2,4311., Common Pleas; L1,4(101., Rxthemier ; 2001.. Taoism
officers ; 5,13321., salaries of registrars ; 6,000/., manor courts
compensation ; 2,6781., registrar of lodgments; 7,692/.,
Court of Bankruptcy ; 5,508/., Court of Probate.
11,351/. Landed Estates Court, Ireland.
After a short dimension this vote wee agreed to.
707,5611. Irish onstahodary.
After some coo Te
Mr. WCANNorlr= to the employment of the coo.
'tabular" fee revenue
Mr. CARDWELL = the police, and said that the
revenue bad been ash better collected under the new
syytem.
Mr. BRADY complained of the restrictions to which the
Irish constabulary were obliged to submit with reference to
marriage, and hoped that inquiries would be instituted into
the subject previous to next session.
Lori FERMOY objected to the resent appointment of
Colonel Wood. The vote was speed to.
2,7171., Four Courts, Manholes (Ireland) ; 17,7071.,
prima and convict inspection (United Kingdom) ; 402,0211.,
prison and convict establishments at home ; 129,357/.,
maintenance of prisoners is county gaols sad of convicts;
20,671/., transportation of convicts ; 173,87/1., convict sta.
blishmeste in the colonies. The above votes were 'greed to.
The house resealed.

Txmcw:Air (IRELAND) BILL.
The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to.
JEW DISABILITIES.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBiI mewed that the Jews Act Awed-
sent Act of the present swim be read : That the resolution
of the 24th day of January, 1860, be read—" That any per-
son professing the Jewish religion may henceforth, in taking
the oath prescribed in as adt peened in the '22nd year of her
Majesty to entitle him to sit and vote in this house, omit the
wade and I make this desieratiou upon the true faith of a
Chrinien " That the used resolution be a standing
order of this bones : That the standing order of the 14th
day of April, 1860, be rod—" That, on the meeting of a
new parliament, no resolution in pursuance of the act of
the 21st and 22nd years of Victoria, chapter 49, which shall
have the effect of admitting a niemberpmfeming the Jewish
religion to be sworn at the table, be taken into considera-
tion before 12 of the clock on the fourth day appointed for
taking the oaths required by law :" That the said standing
order be repealed. The hon. member, when making the
motion, congratulated the house on the removal of the last
shred of persecution and intolerance from the statute book.
Be believed that so long as the great constituencies of Eng-
land retained their independence, there need be no apprehen-
sion of a return to the old system.
The motion was nosaimoally agreed to.
On the motion of Sir G. C. Lewis,
The Local Government Act Amendment Bill was brought
in and read a first and second time.
The house adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock.