The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-09 00:00:00

CONVOCETION OP TEI PROVINCE OP

OAlfriantair.

Both houses of convocation assembled at West-
minster yesterday mortal jirle despatch of bushier.
The Archbishop of Canter presided in the upper home.
A deputation from the lower waited up
toon their lord-
ship and brought up two gravamens on the pre-
vious day in the lower house, and also brought up a repre-
sentation from the lower house on the subject of mission-
ary bishops. The deputation having retired their lordships
sat with closed doom for some hours, and at length agreed
to the following resolution : " That this house having heard
with thankfulness to God of the prospect of a mission being
led by the Venerable Archdeacon Mackenzie into Southern
Africa, desire to express their deep interest therein, and
their hops that the Bishop of Cape Town and his campy°.
Thetas may be able and see fit to admit the head of this
mission into the episcopal order before he he sent forth to
the beethen." The house, after transuding some further
busies adjourned until the 28th of August.
The lower house met again yesterday in the Jerusalem
Chamber, the Dean of Bristol presiding as prolocutor.—
The Rev. Dr. Self presented a petition signed by Colin
Lindsay, on behalf of himself and others representing the
Raffish Church Union, oomplainiug of certain portions of
the bill to make better provision for the union of contigu-
ous benefices which the bishop might allow ; any church
other than the parish church to be set apart fur foreigners
whose services might not be according to the rites of the
Church of England.—Sir H. Thompson proposed that the
letter of the Archbishop of Canterbury confirming the pro-
locutor in his refusal to receive the deputation from the
northern province, should be referred to the committee of
privilege, which was agreed to.—Mr. JOYCE had a gravamen
to present, signed by 13 members of that home, that it
WAS proposed to grant the use el certain churches to ooa-
rogations described se foreign protestants, and requesting
that au address might be presented to the bishop praying
them to resist such a scheme.---Canon Selwyn wished to
present a gravamen on the subject of divorce and matri-
monial causes which was post on the previous day on
the understanding that it should be taken at the earliest
time poesible.—The Prolocutor put the question whether
the gravamen should be sent uto the committee of gra-
, vamps, which was negatived, and the motion that the
house should proceed to its consideration with a view to its
adoption as so orgies/ea den', was also rrieeted.—Canon
Selwyn gave notice of his intention upon a fixture 0069AiiMI
to move an addition to the standing orders, to allow of a
ppaavarnsn being at once made an Grace/us cirri without
if the house should unanimously decide so to de.
—The house then proceeded to the consideration of form
Aof special service, prepared by the joint committee of
the two houses, with the uneudiuenta made by the upper
house.—The Prolocutor announced that be had received
• message from the upper house with regard to minions to
Centel Africa.—AreMeseen Bickersteth moved a mole-
thin expressing the gratification withwhich the message bad
been received by the lower house, which was unanimously
adopted, and the house was then prorogued until the 28th
of Aufftlit

ROYAL VICTOMA THILATILL—Thin (Saturday)
evening a performance will take place at the above theatre
for the brined' of Mr. H. Wes, •• well-known and respected
member el the proinott which (in addition to
Mr. J. H. Madura' asd ether estertudemetts),
the "Alamo ' have saseested to tasks their Ant
appearance is asp Meseta, is Lomb, mad wilier, their dr
lineation cd Amorists and miry life.
Mr. Humphrey Brown, ot British Bank notoriety,
died on Wednesday last, at hlr twidence is little Soak-
street, Westminster.

WOOLWIM Jams E. .'
Trig Leer.—ln accordant* withj om orders
the officers and men of the Depot/Myr* liteiyal Artillery,
with the whole of the priminNallhO had Ineneesdned in the
cells for various offences, weird to the shlinignetiool, at
6 o'clock this morning, to witness the indiction of 50 lashes
ruilrymegiijolliffe, a private of the 3rd Battalion of the
Corps. The prisoner had been tried by a gar-
rison coart-martial, held at the Royal Artillery mesa-room,
and presided over by Lisen.-thlonel Robinson, C. 8., the
officer of the 2nd battalion Military Train
ErThe evidence proved that while in confinement for
absent without lame, the prisoner refused to perform
the usual drill, alleging that his foot' was disabled. A re.
grata! surgeon found this statement to be false, and the
inert found the primmer guilty of insubordination, and
sentenced him to fifty lashes. The approaches to the
riding school were guarded by a number of non-commissioned
officers, and at six o'clock the prisoner's sentence having
been read over he wesstripped, and his hands and feet bound
to the triangle, en assistant-surgeon from the hospital bein
present to watch the punishment, the full amount o'
which was administered by two stout drummers. During
the first few strokes of the cat the prisoner exhibited his
intense suffering by the most frightful contortions, but gab-
sequently notwithstsading the laceration he received the
physical pain appeared gradually to become leas, and when
ausvoylui
the last lash was. yen he shouted ont " Domino," amidst
roan at laulater the soldiers preeent. The prisoner
meth, to the hospital to lis placed under medi-

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umnaritry INTELLIGENCE.

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G REEL —The Portion prize , given unkindly to
such reeident itsimraltaite as doll make the heat lemals•
Bon of a proposal pimp trots the works of say stiodard
Wish poet into Ors verse. his this day been adjudged
to heavy Yates Thompeas, Tisk College.
Subject: !laminar. The Vivre Martyr.
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Unmoved, by Mars—"
To the words
" Better Indeed than you een fancy yours."
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