The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-23 00:00:00

'ERLiL PAR LI kMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FhIDt, Nov. 22.

is the House of Lonrn, y esti rday. Lord Ponr-
maw presented a petition, sinned by .;,OUO inhabi-
tants of the diocese of Salisbury, complaining of
doctrines enunciated in the charge recently de-
livered by the Bishop of Salisbury, and more espe-
cially of the powers which he assumed for ordained
ministers and the doctrines relating to the sacra-
ment. These doctrines, he said, had excited
great apprehension in the diocese, and they were
such as had never before been declared by a bishop
of the church of England.
The Bishop of SALISBURV was ,::cite willing to go
into his charge paragraph by parmgraph, and was
glad of the opportunity to explain the false im-
pression, which had been raised. With respect to
doctrinal scatters, ceremonies, c 7ifc.sion,6;:c., he
was prepared to adhere to and rca..iert all that he
had stated in his charge ; but there were some
other points on which he wished to explain him-
self. He had encouraged no innovations, either in
tie cathedral or in any part of the diocese.
Although a very high churchman, he was nothing
more ; and lie considered that that party him
done a great deal to resist the encroachments of the
church of Rome, and place the church of England
in its present position. He vindicated himself
from the charges which had been brought against
him, and said he believed there was room in the
church of England for both high and low if they
would exercise a little forbearance with each other.
He had nothing to retract in his charge, and lie
should act up to his principles, believing that they
were in accordance with the doctrinesof the church
of England.

The Bishop of ST. Dsetiis expressed an opinion
that additional and cheap ecclesiastical courts
would wily tend to interminable religious disputes.
Lord Puterm.ts deeply regrated the declaration
of the Bishop of Salisbury, which he said would
greatly increase the alarm and anxiety already felt
in his diocese.

The Bishop of LONDON deprecated all discussions
of this kind, but said he thought it ,vould be well
to harnimuse the
.proceedings of ecclesiastical
courts with the requirements of the ago. It was
not likely that the Bishop of Salisbury would
readily change his matured opiniims, but he could
hear witness to the impartiality with which he had
always acted towards all classes in his diocese.

The petition was ordered to lic on the table,
and the house adjourned at twenty minutes past
6 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—F:IDAY, Nov. 22.

Ix the liouss of COU3IONA the Earl of MAYO
stated, in reply to a question from Mr. Maguire,
that the question of granting a charter for the
Catholic University of Ireland was still under the
consideration of the government, and that when
parliament met at the ordinary time he would be
able to state the decision they had come to.

Mr. HOST gave notice, on behalf of the Secretary
for India, of his intention on Tuesday next to move
a resolution to the effect that the ordinary pay of
the troops employed in the Abyssinian expedition
and the cost of the vessels which have been drawn
from India, shall continue to be a charge upon the
revenue of that country, but that the coat of re-
placing them shall be defrayed out of the money to
be voted by parliament.
Mr. AVILTON called attention to the prospectus
of a company which has been formed for the pur-
pose of snaking an international railway across the
State of Honduras, which states that it is to be
made under a guarantee from the I:ritish govern-
ment.

Lord Sr tNLEY said there was no new guarantee
by the British government. It was evident that
the treaty referred to was the treaty of August 27,
1850, by which it was stipulated that if an inter-
national road were made across the State of Hon-
duras, her Majesty would protect the same from
seizure or unjust confiscation.
Sir C. O'Lootti.zN obtained leave to bring in a
bill to amend the law of libel.

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MT. BUNT obtained leave to bring in a bill to
confirm a provisional order under the Drainage
and Improvement of Land (Ireland) Act.
Thu house adjourned at 23 minutes to 6 o'clock.

COMMUNWATION BETWEEN RAILWAY
PASSENGERS AND GUARDS

The adjourned conference, referred to in anticipa-
tion in the Express of the 15th, has been held between
the Duke of Richmond, President of the Loan' of Trade,
and the managers, superintendents, and ocher officers of
the principal railway companies, its objectbeing to deter-
mine by auiicable discussion the system of intercemmu-
motion in trains most likely to prove efficient, and in all
respects must satisfactory to the public and to the emu-
minks. The Duke of Richmond was attended by his
secretary. Mr. l'eel, and other officers. Colonel Tolland.
ILE., awl Captain Tyler, R.E., railway inspectors, were
also present. Among the railway officers present were Mr.
Seymour Clarke, of the Great Northam ; Mr. Grierson, of
the Great Western ; Mr. C. W. Eboill and Mr. J. P.
Knight, of the South Eastern ; Mr. Moseley of
the Great Eastern ; Mr. Needham, of the Midland ; Cap-
tain O'Brien, of the North Eastern; Mr. Dawson,
of the clearing-house,&e. No decision upon any point can
be finally arrived at of course until parliament deals
with the subject, but it is expected that the government
bill will impose upon the railway companies the duty of
providing means of communication between passengers
and !third and between guards and driven in certain
trains, if not all, and further, it is expected that the
system recommended by the }bard of Trade will be by
electric current, and not on the lem costly,
but also leas efficient system, of lines or rods
paring under or over the carriages, in use on
the North Eastern line. Mr. Walker, electrical engineer
of the South Eastern, elaborated a system which has been
in operation successfully foe some time past in the mail
trains of that cowpony. Mr. Preece, electrician of the
South Western, has also fitted the trains of that company
with appiratus which has been fully and satisfactorily
kited by daily IMO on that line. Mr. Martin, of the London
and North Western, and Mr. Spagnoletti, of the Great
Western, have also their distinctive systems, but neither
of then. are in actual operation, although they have both
been successfully tested. It has been arranged that
trains are to be fitted with the apparatus of
Mr. Martin and Mr. Spagnoletti, and that each
of the four varieties is to be kept in use till
the end of the year, after which detailed reports concern-
ing their working will be sent in to the Board of Trade
by the companies officers, and by Colonel Tolland, whom,
attention is specially directed to the subject. The action
of the goverument in this matter is in pursuance of the
report of a select committee which held a sitting—its only
sitting—ma the 30th July, 11100, and reported " that it is
highly desirable that there should be a communication
between the jessengers and guards on railways, but in
consequence of the late period of the session they
suggest that the bill for this object should be
postponed till the next session of parliament,
and hope that in the meantime the railway companies
will nee their best exertions to carry out the suggested
communication between guards and passengers." A bill,
based upon the report, was pressed forward to committee
by Mr. Sheridan, member for Dudley, List session. It
contained very stringent provisions, and bad it
w..uld have been received by the companies in a passed
slis
spirit, which is likely to be obviated by tL e conciliatory
policy adopted by the Board of Trade, and the more hope.
fullssessure likely to be introduced.

t3IIOIATION TO JAMAICA MOM TEE SOUTHIEN
STATES OP ALER:CA.—The committee appointed to tusks
inanity and obtain information reepectingthe introduction
of immigrants into this island from the .t.notbern States of
Americo, reported as follows :—" That all the information
they have been able to obtain on this subject being of a
vague and indefinite character, they are unable to arrive
at each facts as would warrant them to report, with any
degree of cert...iaty, upon the probable movements of
those persons who are represented as being desirous of
leaving the Southern States of America in search of new
homes in other countries • and they cannot, at the present
time, recommend the Legislative Council to make any
grant as a suinidy for the purpose sought."—liingMon
Morning Journal Oct. 21.
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Snot:ZINO DEATH.—EarIy yesterday morning,
while some people savilresing near au excavation in l'ar.
Mament.belds, Liv , they observed a wan lying at
Ike bottom. The 7 Wall raised to the level ground as
gooses possible, but life wait found to be extinct, the head
and skull of the deceased being severely fractured. On
flis person of the deceased (Mr. Gowland) being searched,
a gold watch and 30U1. were found in his pockets. There
were no marks of foul play on the body of the deceased, and
it is believed that the deceased, who is well known at all
the principal seaports in the kingdom, missed his way in
the dark, and fell into the quarry.
ilnavrn RISTORED BY Du BARRY'S FOOD TO THZ
tttoaat a, to Ives, lungs, and liver of old and young CIVIC( dye-
petals d.,.1.g,t10n„ constipation, Wartime, skin hesawle,
murales, hysteria, palpitation, el^eple.eness, debLity. wasting.
cough, aati.ma, fevers, eonsamptdos. low spirits. GO,OOO annul!
aorta what had rosined all reelltiree. including that of his
Names the Pups—Tina at It ; llh . N. 9d ;
Silk, 10a.—Da Barry and Cu., 77. Etertntdlnadrant, ;
also at GI, Graceehurch-street t &IA ISO, Uslatd-
alma , and all /MOMS and ebaidsts.--4Ativertimatasatj