The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-04 00:00:00

jintilAto LABOURERS AND ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS. . CHARGE AGAINST AN EX-MANAGRR OF A
--W-- I . JOINT STOCK BANK.
The subject of discussion at yesterday evening's —es—
MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS, meeting of the United Social Science sad Lew Anita& At the Mansion House yesterday, Mr. John
The following programme of last night's concert meat Societies was the legislative measures necessary for Vernon Rfebads, described on the charge tart RI 'wri-
the improvement of the dwellings of the working classes. ding at No. 7, Comptoteplece, Cul
is interesting from its presenting two specimens of a com-
poser who bag been the subject of much misconception and 1 The chair was occupied by Mr, HAWES. equate, of no
with stealing • oath-book the property of the director of
Mr. DAVIY in' traduced the "on Waboß paper in ""Robert"dPs°%kman.was bought up
ijamtmelleayea"bu2ere foe Lord Mayor
most unjust depreciation : I which be explained the details of a measure, prepared by
1 a joint committee of this so*ty and the Society of the Universal Besides e owpmesem gemmed), lately
PART L
an:red:Si:
LhoßiCe.ratineamr, Op.
ww. 18, No. 4,4...,
and Pistil
WH -
Beethoven. i Arts, and which would have been introduced to parliament carrying on business in Clammed
last session but for a technical difficulty. Mr. Childers' Mr. A. Pulbrook, of Threads- eeedkeeereees" appeared to
Song, "On a faded violet," Mr. Santley .
Abendlied, for violoncello, with pianoforte ae- I bill, which obtained legislative sanction, was useful as far prosecute, and Mr. Wontaer, sta., Mimosa ca the part
commitment, Signor Matti
Song, "The Sri King," Mr. ,sudsy Schubert. i object they had in View from the sheens, of any power of Mr. Pulbrook briefly stated that the prisoner had been
Sonata, In IS minor, for pianoforte alone, Mr 1 compulsory purchase, and the bill proposed by Mx. Tor- the manager of the Universal Banking Corporation
Charles Halle
PART 11, . protection of the labouring classes in the heads of the the Court of Chancery• and under the erase of the court
Trio, In D minor, for pianoforte, violin, and via vestries—the eery bodies against whom they had need to this prosecution charging the prisoner with stealing a cash-
tomtit°. Mr. Charles Halle, Herr Wilhelnij, Ibe protected.. The primary objects were the destruction book belonging to the company had been instituted by
and Signor Pistil Schumann' of the present homes of fever and Melees, and the ere-
Mr. Smart, the official liquidator. To-day he (Mr. Pup
gong, "if doughty deeds my lady pisses;' Mr.
y
Sentle
Quartet. In D minor, MM. Wilhelmj, L Hies, character, and those objects could not be attained unless Lord Mayor sufficient evidence to justify a remand to a
H. Magrove, and Signor Platt!
for the acquisition of land. The causes of the present state gr. Frederick B. Smart was then sworn, and proved
puleorypowers y.
future don
The trio performed List night, for the fuel time of things were exceptional, and exceptional and stringent thatGreshamhe was an.firestaccountant
at the Monday Popular Concerts, is the first of o carrying on his business at No.
legislation was demanded to remove the evil. The re- 38, , and that be had been appointed .by
three similar works by Schumann. It has many quirementa of the case would not be met by entrusting the Court of Chancery official liquidator of the Universal
seating the ratepayer. The society's bill proposed that the present preeeeetion under an order of the court made
of his characteristic beauties, with some of his equally the compulsory powers to bodies consisting of and repre- Banking Corporation (Limited), and that belied instituted
characteristic defects. The first movement is fall
upon application from any municipal corporation or build- on an affidavit he had made in the matter. The witness
of a gloomy grandeur, with passages of vigorous
energy that few other pianoforte writers have surpassed. ; ing
for hmnumatiPmbi replaitatiremittnger ptatitlecertainatial, anhrila nwniasnesere"fitet soserProdubadeed beenbotitthttereensgerurdsr "ofdthibee benranvrthenewitness-n-
The scherzo has much quaintness and animation. The I the neighbourhood, the Home Secretary might, midst coo- ' had repeatedly applied to kiss for the books el Ike bask,
uwer of compulsory purchase. The corporation of ,as official liquidator, about the 17th or 18th July last, and
slow movement contains some passages of dreamy fancy, I dittos' specified in the clauses, grant a certificate giving ; and especially for he Bash-book, soon after his appointment
but has a general character of vagueness and laborious
had amis.*. powers under a private act, but the ; he was told that the provisional liquidator, lfr. Hutton,
effort. The best portion of the whole trio is the finale, in , framers of this measure relied, not so much upon the : had taken possession of the books, but that if he (witness)
verpooll
which the interest is sustained throughout with masterly public spirit of municipal bodies as upon the enterprise ' wanted the ash-bock he had better apply to Mr. Stripk-
power. Breadth of style, brilliant passage writing, and of builders, the action of trustees of such charities as that land, who had been the cashier of the bank, for it.
ing societies of working men founded upon the co-opera- . said he had never yet seen the cash-book. The affidavit
grandeur of climax, are all to be found here. The passage i established by Mr. Peabody, and the formation of build- ; In his cross-examination by Mr. Wontner, the witness
of eight bars of chords in minima (near the dens) is as 1 tiqullimp:inciple. Overcrowding was in his opinon a , which he had made, end upon which the order for the pro-
geand as it is characteristic of Schumann. To condemn
in-
altogether (as it has been too much the fashion) such a 1 dwellings,ndandirsehnotuldfrobg: dtletilatt withirnvidingsome gemnePrarliw act 1 fsemormtaktinon"dwhicbr he "hadmed, receivedb fb:nn ainademan "newwork by such a writer on account of some incidental ; applicable to all dwellings, and containing provisions . Mills, who had been &servant of the company. He (witness)
detects, is isfinaeboupitetureas philbeclosputealpessrhailtm in:ldannbe to similar to those which applied to lodging houses. I had never offered Mills 20e,i3T any other rum of money,
! billMr..Bsoos suggested the amalgamation of Mr. Torras` ;if he could get the ash-boob, but Mills came to his °Rice
alittle out of drawing, or the perspective not quite true.with that of the sensation, and that a conference on Wednesday or Thursday last, and on the information
'should take place with that view' before the meeting of he gave him he (witness) made the affidavit upon which
The trio was very finely played, and so well received as parliament. . the prosecution had been ordered by tbe Court of Chan-
to justify farther productions from the same sources The ' Mr. DIMMER ROGERS considered that the difficulty of eery. Mills had been in charge of the premises of the
" Abendlied," an adaptation of one of Schubert's .. Lie. I carrying out a measure of this kind was increased by the bank by his (witnees's) permission because after the stop-
wan tof some sort of freehold tenure in part of a house, , page he did not like to turn him and his family out.
der," pleased so much as to be re-demanded. Signor such as that which was customary in Scotland. . When Mills left witness did not tell him to go to the
Piatti gave it with true vocal expression. Mr. Halle's I Mr. A. KINNAIRD, M.P., said he had attended the de- prisoner to get employment.
solo performance exhibited to advantage that finished monstration that morning in Lord Raneleghe grounds, Richard Mills was next called, and on being examined
neatness of mechanism for which he is so remarkable. i and one of the speakers looked forward to the passing of a by Mr. Puibrook stated that he had been porter in the
The sonata, however, is too minute in its effects for per- reform bill as a means of obtaining improved dwellings for service of the Universal Banking Corporation from the
In answer to Mr, G. W. Hastings,
formanee in so large a room as St. James's-hall. Mr. the working clew'. I 23rd September, 1865, up to the 11th or 12th October
• last. The prisoner was manager of the bank, which
Santley gave a splendid reading of Schubert's fine dechs- ele. Keteelue expressed an opinion that the present ' stopped payment on the 11th
or 12th of lad June.
mastery song (encored), the elaborate and difficult piano- moment was most favourable for approaching the Home- It was his (witness's) duty to put away the
forte accompaniment energetically played by Th.. office on the subject, as next session the attention of par- books every evening in the strong room, and to
lament would in all probability be mainly directed to . bring them out in the morning. About three weeks
Benedict—but we do not like its transposition social questions. I before the stoppage of the bank be remembered
into the key of E minor. The songs of Signor The discussion was continued by Mr. Robinson, Mr. W. ; a dispute about the account of a customer, when the
Piatti and Mr. Sullivan (the latter the third encore of the H. Smith, Dr. Parkhurst the Rev. B. Lambert, and others, ' pass-book showed the payment by him of a cheque into
evening) were the same as those given at the previous con• and at its close a resolution was passed directing that the ' the bulk of which there was DO entry in the cash-book,
paper should be printed.
oert. The string quartets of Beethoven and Haydn were I and he recollected that the prisoner came out of his pre
vete room, and taking the cash-book in a great flurry from
admirably played—Herr WiThelmj having established his I Mr. Shickland, the cashier, carried it away with him' to
sated Mr. Wright to not as appo
position as a first-rate concertante player, in addition to The members of the Royal Institute of British I his private room, and
being a great soloist. Architects held a meeting last night at their house, in cashier in the place of Mr. Strickland. Witness did pot
Condititetreet, Hanover.square, under the presidency of I see any more of the cash-book until the week before the
Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., to hear Professor Kerr read a bank stopped, when the prisoner called him into his
paper, "On the problem of providing dwellings for the . room, and at his request he borrowed a black bag from
;one of the clerks, and into it the prisoner placed the cash-
poor." The professor distributed his subject into five
chapters, in the first of which be dealt with efforts that • book, and with it, at the prisoner's desire, he (witness)
have already been made to provide improved dwellings for , packed a coat and waistcoat, two pairs of boots, and some
the industrial classes, and arrived at the conclusion that letters and papers, and the prisoner took the bag epd its
the problem involved in the matter yet sought a solution. I contents away with him when lie left the office, about 6
' The model dwellings for the labouring poor had been so , o'clock the sameevening. He(witnesslhad not seen the cash-
_ __ elaborately constructed as to make the rents beyond the . book since that evening. Mr. Hutton had been appointed
ADELPHI. reach of the class for whose benefit they had been ' provisional liquidator, and he had the books brought up
erected. lord Stanley, at a meeting held a few , from the strong room, with the exception of the cash-
A little musical drama called The Baronet Abroad, ! years ago at the Mansion-house, showed that ; book. On that occasion he heard Mr. Hutton ask the
which was first produced a season or two ago at the St. , the labouring classes could not afford to pay ; prisoner whether he bad any of the books, papers, or bills
James's Theatre, was revived at this house last night as a
ss. a week rent, while seine yearn ago the Society of Arts I of exchange, or money belonging to the company, sue he
appointed a committee to consider the subject, and last I replied that be had not.
•
prelude to A Sister's Penance. The piece was originally year they published a very instructive report on the sub- ;In his cross-examination by Mr. Wontner, the witness
constructed chiefly to display the vocal abilities of Miss jeet, but it did not prove a solution of the problem. He I said that the provisional liquidator, Mr. Hutton, had
Roden, who still plays the principal character. The little 6.d therefore ventured to take the question in hand. It ' asked him thout the cash.book • but he told eh% Hutton
I naturally divided itself into two branches, viz., dwellings ' that he knew nothing_about it:because the prisoner lad
drama is full of popular and operatic airs, which find an
for the poor in the country, and houses for the poor in told him to say so. lie told a lie in that respect. Tbere
axomplished executant in this lady. towns. Beyond remarking that in rural cottages build ' were great inquiries about the book, but still he (lateen)
more economical materials than bricks would be found the remained silent. Mr. Smart never told him to go to the
end desired, he did not touch upon the first, but confined , prisoner to get employment, and he never said so, either
&parting intelligence. himself wholly to the second of these branches. The •to the prisoner or anybody else. Ile did tell him that ho
labouring class, he observed, consisted of two sections— had been burieled out of the bank, and the prisoner re-
the ..._.....---- superior and the inferior, both of which be de. I plied that he would stick to him, and he would make it all
TATTERSALL'S. —MONDAY. , fined. The first lived in the floors of houses with , right for him. Witness then went into the prisoner's ser-
Although the attendance to-day was not very numerous, closed front doors ; and the second in single ; vice at Vernon, Torrens and Company's, at 48, Greal
there was a fair amount of lousiness tranacted, and rooms of houses whose (room were constantly wide I street, where be had been employed up to that
several horses were backed for the Derby with unwonted open or on the jar. It had been ascertained i morning. On Thursday
_night last be went., in mom-
spirit for the time of the year. The Rake met with sub- by a ;house-to-bowie visitation in the parish of St. George's pony with a young lad named George Cluck (who
etantial support at Bto 1, and at the finish these odds that 63) per cent. occupied but one room, anal subsequent ' had been employed at the bank up to the private
were not obtainable, although industriously sought. investigation went to show that the dogma of the Earl of . house of the prisoner near Canonbury-square. Cluck te-
Plaudit was also in great request, tlOO to 100 being taken Shaftesbury, that the labourer with a family required a 1 umined outaide and he went iu, and when he saw the pri-
several times, and there is every appearance of these two dwelling consisting of three compartments, was a mistake. , soner he did not tell him that lie had been offered 20/. to
colts racing neck and neck in the quotations for some time Making that the basis of operation, coupled with the make a statement against hint, hut be did mention that he
to come. D'Estournel, who has been quiet lately, again costly and elaborate but unnecessary internal fittings, ; had heard Mr. Smart and one of the directors. Mr.
brought out his friends to-da al,OOO to 80 was RC- sufficiently accounted for the dwellings not being tenanted I lbsekereth, say that they would give 'M. if they could get
cepted about him kindly. Hermits s backed by a well- by the industrious poor, but a class above then:. He pro- possession of the cash-book. Ile never mid to the prienier
known commissioner at 1,400 to 100, and some smaller posed to solve the problem by erecting a description of • that if he could get the book he could get a situation worth
investments on the same terms were effected. The four tenement, a section of which he explained in detail, in 30e. per week. lie believed he had been discharged by
favourites were in short individually firm while an offer which the single room plan should be largely adopted at • ' thought Smart, Mr. Sorell, and Mr. llackeretio, because they
was made to back them collectively at' 2,000 to 1,000. ' rental of 35. per week. In the seventeenth century single ' ha knew something about the missing cash-book.
The second division, consisting of Dragon, The Palmer, room residences for the poor was the rule. It was still Since be bed been employed at the prisoner's firm of
Master Butterfly, and Grand Cross, were each supported in the rule in Scotland and continental countries, and , Vernon, Torrens and Co., he bad dune nothing but tell lies
turn, and about the two former there was some spirited his plan, he contended, would be open to no ob- . for the prisoner. After his interview with the prisoner at
wagering, andanevident desire toget on. Anew outsider— . jection on the score of delicacy,. and could be • his house the lad Cluck was called in. and he told the pri-
m Amburgh—was imported into the market, the gentle. carried out so as to yield a minimum return for menet that he money a devil of a mess with his tailor, and
an who executed the commiesion getting all his money the outlay of 9 per cent. per annum. The section which wanted som off what wad owing him for wages.
on at 100 to 1. This horse is in Joseph Dawson's steble,exhibited was that of a building, with yard, water They were not ordered out of his house by the prisoner,
so that notwithstanding the great favouritism awarded to . closets, balcony terraces, workshops, and stairs, to be used . nor did he tell them to do their best or their worst as they
the stable companion, the " lion tamer" promises to figure in common, which would accommodate tenants at 35., \ might think lit.
prominently in future quotations. Speculation on the 3s. Gd., es., and Gs. per week, and if the problem were ills-In reply to Dlr. Pulbrook,
Two Thousand Guineas makes as yet no sign, an offer of cussed without reference to sentiments of philanthropy The witness said that the prisoner was the Vernon of
9t02 on the field failing to meet with a response. Neither or charity, or a desire to cut the knot by the assistance of ; the firm of Verncrn, Tanen', and Co., and that a Mr.
have we to record to-day any double event bete for the , state aid, but only from a matter of fact business point ' Stillwell was the Torreon of that firm.
two greet three-year-old races. The following are the 'of view, its solution would be found to he easy enough. I Detective-officer Robert Packnian was neet sworn, anal
quotations : IHe was convinced the plan he proposed would satisfy the proved that, under the instructions of Mr. Smart, he. took
poor, I •the • the charge.
desires of the and give the capitalist as liberal a the wisoner into custody at his residence about ten o clock
retnrn for his expenditure as he could ever get in the open on Saturday night last. He old ?leaser
P
Imarket. The discussion on the paper, the reading and ex- ' and the prisoner at once replied that he did not know
placation of which extended over two hours, it was agreed anything about the eash-book, and that he might search
should be adjourned for a fortnight. , the house, but would not find it there. The prisoner
• added that if he wanted the cash-book be had best apply
I to ?dr. Strickland, the cashier, for it, as he would be most
UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. I likely to find it there.
Mr. l'ulbrook said that was all the evidence at present,
The annual soiree of the London Auxiliary of
and asked for a remand.
this association, the object of which is to procure the Mr. Wontner contended that there was not a tittle of
enactment of a permissive bill for the local suppression of evidence to justify a remand, or to keep this charge -
the public sale of intoxicating beverages, was held last even- ing over thelead of the gentleman for whore he ap
ing at the Whittington Club, Arundel-street, Strand; Mr. It was clear that failing in obtaining money from t e pri.
W. Gilbert in the chair About 200 persons sat down to teal goner, the witness Mills had at once given information to
after which the Rev. James Clark of Salford moved, an Mr. Smart, on whose affidavit the order for this proeecu-
Dr. E. Moore seconded the first resolution, namely, tion had been obtained. No person who bad beard the
" That the increasing favour with which the policy of the
, evidence of Mills could doubt that he went to obtain
Alliance is regarded by all classes, and the growing Pen' - money by intimidation, and had adroitly kept within the
tical influence which it wields, are signs of progrees law so as to avoid being handed over to a police-c
calling for devout thankfulness and warm congratulation, for the attempt to obtain money by threats and menaces.
together with multiplied exertions and enlarged liberality The same might be said of the lad Cluck, who, however,
on the part of all its friends." The annual report the prosecution had not ventured to call as a witness.
was next read, from which it appeared that the year's in Such being the ease he (Mr. Wontner) felt satisfied the
come of the branch bad been clout 400/. Mr. J. Arthur, Lord Mayor would hesitate before he granted a remand.
F.H.G.S., then moved, and Mr. E. Pearson emended:— Mr. Wontner was proceeding with further thservations on
" That rejoicing in the diffusion of a prohibitory sentiment the case as presented on the part of the prosecution, when
in our North American and Australian colonies, we now The Lord Mayor interposed, and remarked that it was
extend a cordial greeting to Hon. S. L. Tilley, Prime Mi- quite unnecessary that Mr. Wontner should trouble hill
mater
who is distinguished for his services in aid of the and attentively to the evidence which bad been adduced,
le,eislative suppreasion of the liquor traffic." lair. Tilley, and be could not discover anything to support this charge.
self further. He (the Lord Mayor) had attend carefully
Dieter of New Brunswick, as a fellow-citizen and colonial
who was received with enthusiastic cheering, observed that There had been a dispute about the account of a customer
for effecting the union of British North America. he re.
ni.thet,dheelego aoutesid
have taken charge of the cash-book to trace out that
gra:Atli:a:lf:et
garde,' his connexion with the Alliance with equal pride matter, and his doing so could not be construed. into a
of the bank, and the accused, as manager, might properly
felony. He repeated that he had come to the conclusion
not help looking on the old country as !lee home, and the that the charge bad not been supported by the evidence,
experience of New Brunswick had strikingly proved the and the prisoner must therefore be discharged.
practical benefit of a prohibitory policy. In England, it Mr. Richards then left the court accompanied by a large
had been stated, the philanthropic exertions of 33 years body of friends.
........._......_.......
ivalen:edforhislik"gieetvieryn asothernecelpof
had only reduced the consumption of lotoxieating liquors, _____ . ___
of crime and pauperism, by one per MDR.; whereas in New
The trades of Dumfries are proposing to have a
Brunswick, peopled by the same race, the amount of
•n favour of reform. Saturday, the 22nd
intoxicating liquors annually consumed, of crime demonstration 1
of f
and pauperism, was not what it was inst. has been fixed upon by the committee who hare
one-fith
thirty years ago. (Cheers.) But he felt '
with the arrangements as the day on which
bound to say that , been entrusted
the success of prohibition had not been secured by such it should be held.
exertions as were indicated by the receipt of 4001. a year ' SOCIETY OF ARTS.—At the meeting of this
from a city with three millions of people. (Heir, hear.) , society tomorrow evening, a paper on "The Trade in
It was not, however, money that they chiefly owed Foreign Cattle" will be read by Mr. John Irwin. Mr.
their victory. The fact! to
was there was not one woman in • Clare Sewell p...ad, M.P., will preside.
thirty in the colony who was not either a teetotaller or a : THE
BASK CHARTER A. —A special meeting
well-wisher to the cause. They bad also formed the ebb- I
• of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was held yester-
dren into a cold water army ; and they had the support of 'day for the discussion of the following proposed resolution
three.fourths of the clergy, as well sofa large portion ot .
"That this chamber do memorialise her llajesty's goiern-
the press- (Cheers.) At the conc of Mr. Tillets
I meat, praying that an inquiry be instituted into the causes
aosech, the Rev. J. Cl. Oregon (late missiontry in t e .
of the recent commercial and financial crisis, and the
Bast Indies). moved the third resolution :—• That the •
working of the Bank Charter Ace" The meeting orige
fearful and universal obstruction offered by
the liquor ' sated in the publication of a pamphlet letter, addressed by
traffic to the spread of civilisation and Christianity, t
a I Mr. J. B. Smith. 31. P., to the President of the Chamber.
home and abroad. ought to stimulate all lovers of man.
I
The letter was entitled, "An Inquiry into the Caws of
kind to earnest efforts in aid of the United Kingdom) 1
Money Panica, and of the frequent fluctuations in the rate
Alliance." This was seconded by Mr. Edward Roper, of
Rev. of discount," and has been some weeks in circulation. A
the Church MiudonarY College, and "Needed by the lie- • , long discussion took place, iia which the President (Mr. M.
G. W. Were.. A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman , goes), Mr. H. Ashworth, Mr. J. Bannerman, Mr. Ferguson,
concluded the bushier of the evening. I Mr. Wood, Mr. Hugh Mason (Ashton-under-Lyne), Mr.
Barley, M.P., Mr. Edward Ashworth, Mr. Robinson (of
' Burnley), Mr. W. Langton, Mr. 0. Heywood, Mr. Platt
sassedM.P., and others took part, and the motion sassed
DCIS. cos.

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The rumours current here that Signor Vegezzi
had refused to go on a mission to Rome, and that
the mission had been offered to another diplomatist,
are semi-officially denied. Signor Vegezzi is under-
stood to have raised some slight objections, which
will not, however, prevent his accepting the mis-
sion. The rumour that the Pope had expressed a
wish to see him is confirmed.

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THE ASSASSIN ANION OF PRESIDENT

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The Giontale di Napoli publishes intelligence
from Alexandria (Egypt) announcing that Suratt,
the American who was charged with being one of
the accomplices in the assassination of President
Lincoln, has been arrested in that city. The arrest,
it is stated, was effected in consequence of informa-
tion transmitted to the Egyptian authorities by
the Prefect of Police of Naples.

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The semi-official North German Gazette of this
evening, commenting upon the statements of cer-
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movements of troops in Galicia, says :—" These
statements, and the semi-official denials which
they have received, we can only rank in the same
category with the contradictory reports circulated
by the Austrian press last spring on the subject of
the concentration of troops in Bohemia—reports
which were only discontinued when the observance
of the strictest secrecy respecting the movements
of the imperial army was imposed as a patriotic
duty upon all the public journals."
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statement that the King of Prussia had written to
the Pope offering him an asylum in Prussia, or
the assistance of Prussian troops to maintain his
position in Rome.

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THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.

Mr. W. G. Cusins has accepted the office of
conductor of the Philharmonic Concerts, in the room of
Professor Sterna&le Bennett, who has resigned.

BERLIN, DEC. 3.

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In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
Herr Becker and some other members brought in a
resolution requesting the government to submit a
bill to the Chambers without delay proposing the
incorporation of Lauenburg, or else to add para-
graphs to that effect to the bill for the incorpora-
tion of the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein.

Drama.

SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, Dm 3.

The session of the Federal Assembly was opened
to-day. The President of the National Council in
his opening speech referred to the uncertainty
which surrounds the political situation in Europe,
and recommended to the consideration of the de-
puties the question of national armament as the
most important subject of the session.

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THE BISHOP OF OXFORD'S CHARGE.

The Bishop of Oxford held his triennial visita-
tion yesterday morning in the cathedral at Oxford. The
attendance of the clergy was very large. After • short
service and the ceremony of calling over the names had
been gone through,
His lordship, seated in the episcopal chair, commenced
the reading of his charge, which occupied upwards of
three hours in the delivery. Having spoken in grati-
fying terms of the state of his diocese, and referred
to some minor matters, his lordship said there
were two important matters which seemed to him
to demand notice. The development of ritual in public
worship income of our churches, and the attempts which
were being made to restore the unity of Christendom.
He classed these two together because they both sprung
frorn!the same source. If he were asked what practical steps
the present crisis required he would say, first, that the
remedy could not be found in legislation on the part of
convucation and parliament. Such legislation would be
premature, and therefore dangerous. Legislation, if
attempted atall, must of course address itself to a parti-
cular rubric. If it simply repealed the enactment it would
by the very act of such repeal stir up many sleeping
embers into a wide-spread blaze, for it was an
enactment which connected the ceremonies of the
church with the ceremonials of Christian antiquity.
But besides that consideration, he would ask were the
times prepared for convocation and the parliament to
enact by canon and statute a new table of rules for all the
ornaments and ceremonials of the church' Every one
must deprecate a step so certain to be productive of evil in
its discussion, and so likely to end in violenoe and schism.
A new, sharply defined, statutable rule, would indeed
make havoc with the church's liberty on every side. Legal
and legislative measures, then, must be set aside. Bas
counsel was that in every instance the parties inclined to
make alterations should lay their case before their bishop,
and act absolutely on his directions. He, no doubt,
would consider well the special circumstances of each
church, the difficulties of siodoning that to which the
congregation had become attached, and he would ender:
your to meet the difficulties by a just and comprehen-
sive settlement of the questions entrusted to him. In
urging this counsel be spoke with the more confidence be-
cause before the pawing of the Act of Uniformede
was no question that the bishop of each diocese the
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of each diocese. Peace, he believed, was
would
still
if his his advice ware followed, and the clew
take this godly conversation with their bishop. Every care
ought to be taken that ritual was not oonisary to law—
that it did not visibly tend to promote false doctrine or
corrupt practice—that it was not condemned by the living
authority of the church—and that it ought to be the ex-
pression in outward things of the advanoas of the church's
inward life.

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