The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-06 00:00:00

THE MOVEMENT FUR MORE BISHOPS.

It is observed by the Daily News that it is at the very
time when bishops are adding to the church's embarrass-
ments that a small and active party in the church is agi-
tating for an increase of the episcopate, the demand taking
a different form according to circumstances. A sub-diet.
'ion of dioceses would not give us a younger and more
Active race of bishops, and the appointment of suffragans
is open to serious objections. Instead of this it would be
better to make such a distribution of episcopal revenues
as would provide a decent retiring fund fora bishop nolonger
able to perform the duties of his office, so as to allow of his
replacement by a more vigorous successor. Those duties
would, however, be made much easier if some of them
were devolved, ss they might be, on the archdeacons.
It is in the parish churches of dioceses in which the bishops
display the greatest personal activity of superintendence
that unprote-tant doctrines and practices most prevail.
There are many things which the church of England
wants—more, and more suitable, candidates for orders,
more curates, more means of increasing their remunera-
tion, an augmentation of poor benefices, and the like, all
tending to increase the efficiency of the working parochial
clergy--and when something has been done to supply these
requirements it will be time to speak of making more
bishops.

the dant.

WINDSOR CASTLE, MARCH 5.

The Queen, Kith tho Princess Louise and
Princess Beatrice, drove out yesterday afternoon in
carriage and four.

Her Majesty walked and drove this morning, accom-
panied by the Princess Christian.

The Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice rode in the
Home-park, and Prince Leopold drove, attended by Mr.
Legg.
Prince Christi= left the Castle last evening for the
Continent, on a visit to his parents, having received
intelligence of the alarming illness of his mother, the
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg. His Royal
Highness was attended by Lieutenant-Colonel George
Gordon, who accompanied him to Calais. His Royal
Highness is expected to return in about a fortnight or
three weeks.

The Marquis of Boennont and Mr. and Lady Charlotte
Russell arrived at the Castle yesterday.
Lady Charlotte Russell and the Marquis of Bowmont
had the honour of dining with the Queen and tho royal
family in the evening.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel
Heppe], bunted with her Majesty's stag bounds near
Stoke, yesterday.
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council, consisting of the Lord President,
the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Granville, the Right Hoe.
Spencer Walpole, and the Right Hon. Sir Georg.. Grey,
eat yesterday at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall. Mr
Harrison attended the committee.

A Committee of tho Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho-
nourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-
Wilco, on matters relating to the cattle plague. The Lords
present were—The Lord President, the Right Hon. H.
Corry, and the Right Hon. Stephen. Cave. Mr. Harrison
and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the committee.

A deputation introduced by the Marquis of Dowiuhire,
and consisting of the Earl of Dartrey, the Earl of Hills-
borough, Lord Lifford, Lord Cremorne, H.P., Lord John
Hay, Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Lord Edwin Hill
Trevor. M.P., Hon. Maior Knox, M.P., Viscount Hamil-
ton, M.P., Lord Claude John Hamilton, M.P., Sir W.
Verner, M.P., Captain Dawson, M.P., Sir F. W. Hey-
gate, Bart., M.P., Sir H. H. Bruce, Bart., M.P., Sir J.
E. Tennent, Bart., Mr. Vance, M.P., Mr. J. Innis, M.P.,
Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., Admiral Seymour, M.P., Mr.
Edw. O'Neill, M.P., 111 r. J. T. Hamilton, M.P., Mr.
Charles Lanyon, M.P., Mr. S. G. Getty, M.P., Hon.
Colonel Cole, 111. P., Mr. J. Archdall, M.P., Mr. B. Guin-
ness, 11. P., Colonel Adair, Rev. D. Wilson, D.D. (mode-
rator of Irish General Assembly), Rev. John Rogers (ex.
moderator), Rev. Henry Henderson, Rev. N. M. Brown,
Rev. Dr. Bryson, Rev. Robert Black, and Rev. Charles I.
Morel, h.. 3 an interview with the Earl of Derby, at his
official residence in Downing-street, yesterday.
A deputation introduced by Mr. 11.vrow, M.P., Mr,
Briscoe, M.P., Mr. C. D. Surtees, M.l'., and Mr. Pease,
M.P., and consisting of Mr. Richard B. Gibbs, Dr. Charles
J. Pearce, Dr. Epps, Dr. Spencer T. Hall, Mr. John
Skelton,ll M.R.C.S., Dr. Caplin, Captain C. U. Tucker,
Mr. Charles Rose (Dorking), Mr. Job Caudwell, Mr. J.
Morison, Mr. F. W. Crick (Bedford), Mr. G. Brown (Plum-
stead), Mr. Moore, Mr. Wb idden, Mr. Stephens, Mr. D. Kil-
patrick, Mr. Horsnall, Mr. Thus. Bourne, Mr. nethewin
and Mr. Bain, had nu interview with the Lord President
of the Council, the Right Hon. H. Cony, and the Right
Hon. Stephen Cave, at the Privy Council-office, yesterday,
on the subject of the vaccination laws.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Bahamas.

Tim Cot:RT.—This afternoon, at 3 o'clock, her
Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Ifighneues the
Primus Christian, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice,
and Prince Leopold and Prince Henry of Prussia, will
leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace by special
train on the Great Western Railway. Her Majesty, with
the royal family, will return to Windsor Castle on Satur-
day next.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Lord
Suffield, Lord Royston, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, and
suite, honoured the perforinancts at the Adslphi Theatre
last evening.

The Princess of \Vales is going on very favoura-
bly towards recovery.

The Duke of Rutland will entertain a distin-
guished company towards the end of the month, at Belvoir
Castle, for the Croxton Park races.

The Duke of Bum!ouch has left Montagu Rouse,
Whitehall, to join the duchess and family at Bowhill,
Sel-
kirkahire.

The Earl and Countess do Grey, who have been
spending a few days at Brighton, return to town either to-
day or to-morrow for the season,

Tho Earl and Countess of Wilton intend to re-
main at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, till the first
week in the ensuing month, when they come to town for
the season.

The Earl of Lauderdale, the tieobrman is in-
formed, will be the new Scottish repreoentatire peer, in
the room of the late Lord Grsy.

Wo understand that his Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury has fixed Tuesday, the 18th of Juno, for the
first annual meeting on behalf of the Curates• Augmenta-
tion Fund. _

—A meeting of the Oaths Inquiry Commissioners
was held yesterday ; present, Duke of Riclunontl.
Bishop of Oxford, Lord Lyveden, Sir W. Stirling Maxwell,
Bart., Right Hon. Russell Gurney, QC., M.P. Right Hon. Hon. Robert Lowe, MP., Mr. A. M. Dunlop, M.P., Mr.
IL W. O'Reilly, 14. P., Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's,
and the secretary of the commission.
A meeting of the Schools Inquiry Commission
was held on Tuesday. Present—Lord Taunton, the chair-
man; Lord Lyttelton, Rev. Dr. Temple, Mr. Forster,
M.P., and Dr. Storrar. The Secretary, Mr. Roby, attended
the meeting.
Fonsmx-orrtca, MARCH 2.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Mr. James Stuart Day ay consul
in the Isle of Wight, to reside at Cowes, fur his Majesty
the King of the Netherlands.—Caufte.