The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-07 00:00:00

MANNING TSB RAY I.

A large limber of volunteers ht the Royal Navy
have been forwarded from the Crocodile
:Ili of the Tower, to the Fhprd, flagship, atrectil
, daring the premed week, and the men will be
entered for service weboard the Gergon, Jackal', Firebrand,
and other vessels recently to orteamiesion. Some exeltemeat
was caused on the rivzjiesterday from the
II •of the Dryad and steam vessels,
to the Woolwich frame eclat Company, sod w
were actively engaged in giving tied effect to the
QOM./ proclamation. Emit yr was gaily decked out
with the national standard, end heating of all colours from
fore to aft. A band of mudeime patented the national
anthem, " Rule Britannia," " Cheer, Bove, cheer," dm., as
the stealers slowly proceeded op and down the river, and
the war smartly attired in blue jackets, white troment, and
straw hats, with blue streamers at totems',, appealed to the
waterless sad others engaged in riverside occupations to
accept her Majesty's liberal bounty and serve seder the hag
of Old Blighted. The result was highly selifsetory, as
numerous volunteers were plead on board the Crocodile
in the afternoon. As a further inducement to enter
the naval service, the following Admiralty notices
were yesterday posted at the various dockyarde
sad public establishments Bounty to British Seamen
who ma eater the Royal Navy." Seamen who may enter
In aOOO with the royal proclamation, and entitled to
resin the bounty, may, if they- choose make _ provision for
the payment of their debts, or for the benefit of their wimp
and families to the extent of me half of the bounty payable
by the proclamation, twenty-one days from the date of each
eautera's entry. The man is to sign a form sanctioning such
perms; to he appoved by the naval officer of the rendezvous
er sky by whacks is entered, and the amount will be paid
fras the office of the accountent.pmend of the navy tame-
Mateft Y hamar dm. Seams will thus be able to clear of
their date sad leave their families lenamedistaly peovided fes.
eel es my alletmente they New with tat nide male him
frees their pay the month of they join the navy, sad se
Way tea now receive from the playmate? of the ship a poetion
of desk pay monthly, they win see that every ears is taken
to peed their female from want, and that they an them-
selves est free from debt and anxiety.
Several able seamen have during the lest few days been
sateted foe the navy from the Sal/ors' Home, Well-street,
Lendardooke. The large intero3urro which this institution
he. had with merchant seamen (100,000 of whom hare been
received as headers during the lea 21 years) bee induced
the directors to address the following letter to the Secretary
of the Admiralty on the above impetant subject • " Sires
I am desired by the directors of the Sailors' Home to
repeat yog will inform the Lords Cornmimioners of
the Adadralti that the iprocleastions for granting boun-
ties to semen have been received here from the
Gareral of haw teed s, that every publitity
Wilerbe saes, sad every earistence rendered by this
initialise he aterrytes rut that important notice. I am
father hiked to state that daring the Rain= war an
oaks was appropriated In the flaws' Home for officers id he,
M's sklpe meameadtate with salon, adthe it will
be appropriated he that purpose if required. The
meat me imam to seise t the desirability of
establishing temporary heath offices in connexion with her
Modesty's Pip Crocodile at the following places :—Tooley-
street, Borough, Waggles, Ratchffekipway. Limehouse„
Poplar, and Gravesend, ad under stumble officers,
' Etc, tat make known to 'amen all the advant-
ages of the navy. I as WOO desired respectfully to add,
that to the opinion of the directors, the employment of one
or two email atomise, with a suitable ataff, to connennicate
with the colliers at the diffract stations in the Thames, as
well sa the ships from foreign ports (when the wind changes),
elating on board circulars, mocha:Mime, fro., might be at.
d with the beet advantages, sad they are fortified in
ibis opinion by the rentenabmace the* when the Britannia
was preparing for the fag of Sir James Dundee, a young
lieutenant from that ship, by patient ezertlons, succeeded in
entering emend hundreds of merchant seamen in the port of
London.—l em, do., Geo. Fiance, Secretary.—The
Secretary of the Admiralty.
Cases grown, R.N., the Resistrar.Graeral of
Seamen, accompanied by Mr. Tribe, • gentleman con-
irwith 114 pa dertment, paid a visit to Liver-
peterday to C 51100 Ti measured for proonrlng sailors
or the am at the p resent ones. Captain Brown and Mr.
Tribe anal upon the officials of the Bailor.' Horne, Local
lambs 1111121111, Custom-home, the principal shipowners, and
the eras d the heal newspapers, sad aothited their influ-
ence imaidell•B the feminism& to procure mews for the
may, OD that the nation might be promptly placed in a si-
tuate whittle mania relieve the country from at feu,
Attendee woe called to the prochmatioa recentlyy
bead by the Qom, offering a bounty of IW. and other ad-
=hesives entering the navy, ad to the neoseetty
Noes ee use their best efforts to aisle the authorities
in ey preparing for active service • numerous
and elltdat fleet The remarks of Caplan Brown
and Mr. Tribe were coed's' 11, respeadad tot and
every disposition shown to Feeder them assistance
in their period.: efforts. Captain Brown aad Mr.
Tribe will leave Liverpool fee Glasgow and other ports
to-day, but they will shortly rams to I.iverprol to attend •
public meeting of seamen, which It wee thought advimble to
delay for a few days, sa so few tailors are at present in port,
owing to the unusual continuance of the metal, winds.

THE BISHOP OP OXFOID AND HIS CLERGY.

The Bishop of Oxford has just issued a reply to
the remonstrance which wee made to him a short time back
against certain Rooranieing practises in his diocese. His
lordship denies the existence I. any great extent of "distrust
and diseatiefaotion" as stated in the document, and refers to
the address presented to him slimed by a number of rural
denim, and said to express the sentiments of doe-sixths of his
clergy, in proof of the absence of such dtmatisfactimi. His
lordship then mooted. to nodes the five innovations com-
plained of by the remonstrant& In referents to the "pro-
melons" alluded to, he denies that they had anything of a
Rornieh tendency in them, any more then the walking every
year of the children of th:different London schools in proces-
sion to St. Paul's Cathedral. Thema/ma in those promesions
bad bemused without the previous knowledge of his lordship,
and 'mended indisoretion which -would not, at his desire, be
again repeated. He expresses Lis disapproval in general marmot
all needless end unsettling changes in our churches sad
modes of vombip, and though he could not condemn (18 un-
kohl) any award ornaments already in uses he re-
' grate their introduction when it wounds the feelings or arms
the prejudices of his docks. Is awitheince to the nee of the
eras, his lordship says that to places material cross before
1 the eyes of the worshippers as me an object of
erioratice or worship would. in hieopinion be se culpable
se macioersgemeat to idolatry as it could be in the opinion
of those complaining. The whole question was, whether,
under the safeguards provided by the church of England,
and without atiribeting any sanctity or superstitious value
to it, the cross might not he ecupliyed both es sign and as
a material symbol, reminding us of our redemption and of
our profession without the slightest risk of such • danger.
The church of England retained that limited use Lath of the
sign
woulddi material emblem, which alone be justitiod ; for
he not in the matter ga one inch beyond what the
inter albs church of England law allows, or the spirit of
church of England doctrine suggests. In reference to the
use of the stone altars, he says they are distinctly condemned
by our ecclesiastical law, and none have been erected with
his knowledge sod consent. As to their removal by him, he
states that his remonstrant. have the same power for the
purpose. as he possessor, by having recourse to the Poole-
Auteuil Court. Having touched upon some minor matters,
his lordship concludes by expreestoghia deliberate conviction
that whilst we suffer much from the 'Unapt' made by a few,
mostly inexperienced young earn, to introduce among
us nomad ornanamits or ritual observancee, we suffer
quite as much from • querulous suspicious temper, leading
others to whisper ilnitllleli,ll/ and to stir tip strife, to the
grievous breach of Christian chirpy,

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the Rev. J. hi. Bellew gars the fret of • series of readioge
tine, tee British poets in the above hall. The reading in-
cluded eatiacts front Milton, Pope, Scott, Byron, Teonyson,
Htod, and others. The hell was will iiikd in every part,
sad the audience thoroughly enjoyed the rich and varied.
atertahrouot provided for them. Mr. Bellow has long been
known as one of the be at readers and speakers of which
Ike church can boast. lie hu evidentlydose what very few
demonise, or indeed public speakers of say tied, eves do,
studied elocution 6A an art. Rig netarally floe voice
having thus been diligently cultivated, It is always
a pleasure to hear him era. The readings on
Thursday evening were very ebective, almost too Whorls%
indeed. Mr. Bellew ens, if at all, in bens souiseimes more
dramatic than the kind of verse as wet as while of the sub-
ject
for this purpose.. and that the balance e. well as the
proceeds et a second reading, would be handed ever to the
society
DRINKING FOUNTAINS ion ST. JANES, WEST
MIXSTI6I.—At a meeting of the vestry of 8.. James, Welt.
Wester, held yesterday, the Rev. J. C. Kemp in the chairs
a coduuntication was received from Samuel Gursey, Req., us
select the advantages of public drioking.fountains . were
stated, and the co-operates of the fairy with the seeocustion
for prometing their erection was invited. The Hon. F.
llyng moved • resolution to the effort that the vestry propora
to Hulk's Dunking Fountain Asemiation to pay teethe snr.
ply of water to the fountains erected by the essoolatios. *r.
BUM sominded the resolution, and Dr. Uneasier, the medical
dicer of health. urged the neceesity of such public &rioting-
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LONDON, SATITADAT, MAY 7.

MaXT senteries hare passed seam the most memo.
ruble of warnings was attired against " hypocrites."
That dangeroes elms seems to hare been thea
found chiefly amongst those who were appointed
to teach or to bear rule over the people. Its mem.
berm arm described as dealers in fine sentiments and
traffickers in great truths t we are told that they
pealed fee patriots by their pretentious handling of
the one, and for mints by their dexterous um of the
other. But we know how little trust was in reality
to he reposed in them: how blind they were ee
guides. how false as eounsellon. Time hes rolled
far onward in its course since then, and society has
in names and circumstances mach changed but we
haws still amongst us false-tongued pharisees and
unscrupulous scribes, of whom we have as sea need
as sear to beware.

In domestic and in foreign policy wears in danger
of being fooled at the present moment by the osten.
tations professions that are made on all hands of
aslant to the people's wishes. We want Parliamen-
tary Reform at home, and the obsemace of strict
neutrality abroad ; and strange bony, our principal
danger of being battled in both arisen from the pre-
tended unanimity that is said to prevail in their
favour. There is not a boroughmonger or a tenant-
driver in the United Kingdom that ha. not "gone in"
for Reform at the hustings this time. Every-
body would have it believed that he is for
everything that the nation waste—that h,
for everything reasonable and rights bat
what is reasonable and what is right we are always
told in • parenthesis is merely smatter of detail, "to
be decided in committee." Then, as to foreign
affair., nobody wishes for war; armed neutrality
is all that anybody asks or pretends to look
forward to. We hear men saying:—Let ten
not pretend to diemen future contingencies which
none can foresee. Let us arm to the teeth,
wait for events, lock up first principles in a bolt
and trust to Lord MA LMESLI RT. New Ps
all this unanimity of sentiment we recognise not
only much that is useful and good, bat much also
that is hollow and dangerous. It ie too soots to loath
us to believe implicitly that everyone is now sin-
cerely in favour of Reform. Of the 300 gentlemen
mho voted smooth ago for the second reading of Lord
DIZJIT'S sham Reform Bill, nine-tenths will re-enter
the sew House of Commons; while, instead of the
remainder, it is now evident that the Ministerial
ranks will be reinforced by no inconsiderable con-
Regent, many of wham are more than suspected of
owing their seats to the favour of the Colton Club.
If Minister., between this and the meeting of Par-
liament,
should prepare a simple and honest measure
embodying the opinions which the majority of both
the old and new House profess to entertain, there is
no doubt that they could with ease obtain its enact•
meet, and thus honourably retrieve their past errors.
But should they fail to do so, it will then become
the duty of the Oppositica to take the reins out of
their heads, and propose such a Bill as the
country at large desires to see passed into a
law. Then will come the test of hustings sincerity :
then we shall know who are genuine and true men,
and who are hypocrites—mere wearers of a mask
and actors of a part. We wish that we could look
forward with confidence to the application of such a
test. By the great majority of the Liberal party we
hate no doubt indeed of its being well sustained.
But we recollect how many nominal Whigs voted
in the late minority, meet of whom are again
hie ly to find their wily to Westminster, and
we knew the efforts that are making in cer-
tain quarters to get up a repetition of the
scene enacted in 1f54, when prearranged appeals
were made from eifferent parts of the House to
Lord Jour RUSSi LI., in order to induce
him to postpone the question of Reform
sine the on account of the Illusion war. In
as evil hour for himself and his party Died 100
then yielded. That he believed he was acting fee
the best we never had a doubt ; but neither did we
ever doubt that in doing so he gravely erred. Be
that, however, as it may, no man can be twit*
hammed by the same men and the same mean.. The
same men,weeay it advisedly, are caballing together
now. Now, a. then, they are ready to play into
Tory hands for a common purpose. They fear the
forms!lon of a Reform Government, and they
will mole heave. and earth to bamboozle
or bully Lord Joust Ri mete. and other earnest
men into deferring the one great question
of the thy, say until tees year. The pretended
imminency of a general European war will be
made the stalking-home for this proceeding;
the foolish Tories will perhaps be duped into
fancying that in its success lies their security, not
perceiving that, were the mara-avre to succeed, the
meet will assuredly be one for the'r ignominious
overthrow. Them is for the Tories bat one escape
from Ministerial extinction, and that is, that they
should bring in a thoreoghly popular Bill of their
owe, in accordance with the vote of the late Home
of Commons and the pledge. gives by the inijority
of the new one. If they have not the emerge or
wisdom for this, the next best thing they can do is
frankly and loyally to allow such a measure to be
earned ley the Liberal Opposition, an armed neu-
trality of pain. being estaoliehed until it hampered
of. Either cetera/ would eheckinate the anti-Reform
cabal who.. wiles and stratagem. we shall devote
enemiees specially to watch and mar.

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We
►aswaaid, however, th. 4 tLere is hypocrisy
wit► regard to foreign its as well as domestics,
against which we must be upon our guard. It is
all very well to talk of the country being prepared at
6U points; it is stilt better that the eountri should
astnally be so. The duty is paramount, the ueoes-
silty plain. Come what will we must be sure that
England is put in a °podia= of pre•emineat and
unassailable power. But let no man demi,' him-
self as to the danger we thereby incur, noises the
new Parliament should promptly and peremptorily
put its absolute veto upon the misapplisetion of Use
gigantic farms we are prepaiing to sail forth. It
will sever do to leave the determination of the
part we may hereafter take to such a man
as Lord MALSIOnVer, with each diplomatic
advisers and abettors as Lords COWLIA,NoakaisT,

and A. Lorne. We know tee well beforehand
where we should one fine staining fled ourselves if
anything like • diacrition to depart from the present
line of neutrality were tacitly conceded to them.
The nation is ready to arm, and to bear the cost of
arming, which will be heavy, in order to nstain its
dignity anquetioned aid intact, and in order that it
may at the right moment, with all the force of a fin
people's will, interpose between conflicting despot',
sad mecum from their rival talons the bleeding prey.
This is a great and noble purpose, worthy a great
and noble people ; but it is one which, to be realised,
mast be played out with loyal and inflexible single.
seas of aim, and which would be wholly bellied if,
ender any circumstances, the weight of England's
isithence were lent even temporarily to either party
In the quarrel. Secret diplomacy may shills
and °Lange, do and gado, form alliances and break
them. But the part which the English people de-
sire to act towards Italy I neither • French nor an
Another' part ander nay pretence or any circuits-
steams, but simply and heasetly as English one.'
They expect their new Parliament, therefore, to say
eat to the world what lima* mashy's heart ; and
to repudiate beforehand in teems sot to be mistaken
all complicity la Miasmatic oesepromise or dynastic
ambition.

It will be eon by a letter we publish to-day that
Mr. Prazonna Corr, taking a deep interest in
the welfare of the tenantry on the estates of Lord
13110.11L0W, has felt the necessity of expreeeing to
them his personal sense of the importance of voting
for a Conservative candidata at the Grantham elec-
tion. Although the bargees of that town are
doubtless prepared to listen with candour to what-
ever considerations any neighbour eminent for pat-

trial wisdom can suggest for their guidanoi, it
is sot 'probable that they would have invited
the opinion of Mr. Cert. Indeed, they would
not hare been very saceessfal if they bed;
for even when he COWS forward spontaneously
wit's • reenameadatice he cannot tell the people
why they should take his advise; his reference to
0 the circumstances tinder which the dissolution takes
" place, and the serious consequences which may
" happen to the country from the present state of
" political parties," being as empty and meaningless
as if it had been cut out of one of Count BuoL's
despatches. Lord BRow•Low, however, is a minor,
lid Mr. CC'S?, his uncle, is his trustee, in other words,
dr eating landlord of the Baowxtovr tenants. His
" personal sense," therefore, needs no extraneous
support from reason. Arguments may be shallow
or unsound, but a command is something solid and
✓eliable. When Mr. CUST has intimated his willies
he has done all that the case requires, and the
show of moral persuasion which he makes at the OCUI.

meneensent of his letter must be regarded as a sag_
asaissous cosesseioa to the realel susceptibilities of
Wotan, whom is courtesy he considers independent.
" I have the confident hope that you will support the
Conservative candidates at the ensuing election"
—that is the essential part of the letter, that is
all that he wishes to intimate—all that it concerto
the ilarmatow tenants to know. We marvel that a
gentleman who had made up his mind to write this
letter should have dragged in the names of two
eminent persona who are at a distance from the
scene, and cannot be aware of the figure is which I
their relative exhibits them to the world. Mr. CUNT
tells the tenant,, "I hear from Lord Baowwww
"and Lady Mastro; ALFORD, from Italy,
"strongly urging the opinions I here desire
"to express." Lord Hermiston' Is an ingenuous
young nobleman who we are sure would not pre-
sume to seed fives Italy a precocious but uninformed
judgment as the grave and intricate questions
new Wore the country, ird to impose it upon a
number of men who most bo his IMAM/ ; while
gallantry might have taught Mr. COST not to place a
lady, estimable no doubt in every private relation, it
the false position of a political meddler. The Tories
of Grantham, finding that they had no chance against
the Liberal candidate, the Hoe. F. I. Tottanumm,
declined a cowed, so that Mr. Cue? has contrived
to gain for biomef and friends all the discredit and
none of the profit of attempted mersioo.