The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-08 00:00:00

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.
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The official returns of the emigration front Liver-
, pool for the month endMg Out. 31 have jest been claw
*led by the government 111111igraiion damn at that pert,
and frotu these statistics it aware Mat durieg
under
of October last 17 ships "ender the act," i.e., r the
' supervision of the government emigration ofilials, took
their departure from the port of Liverpool for the United
Stake, havi on 256 cabin pamengers and 4839
8,524 being adults, 803 of when we Sneish,
?2t,46711,0h, 260 Scotch, and 167 other countries, Germany
immecially. MOM 'germ, when compered with the returnfur September, which month then sailed fur the United
States 264 cabin and 4,497 steerage, show • decrease of
564 paasseiges—eight (labia sad 556 steerage. The Canadian
royal mail ;
steamakips forded to Meatreal sad Qilebeet32o
ervors nod "sheet oldie ad mean the act, carnal
tha United Meese. During the mine period two
ships, " under, the ad," of sairegate tamp of 3,781
tons, sailed for VkAoria illeiheonsa Giesirmg, Adelaide,
kale berate oo board 83 oehia isamegere sad 409 sesnage,
of whom 5671 were MAIM. There were she 36
learried in two "short Aim" Of tide messier thee
247 English, 213 Irish, 81 Broecb, and 40 Woodark. other
loountries. The emigration to New South Wake has not
been so brialc, and only one ship bee kit the poet for New
South Wales. Bhe was 1,340 tone lesakes, sad teels out
481 souls, of whom 302 tome adults. Of Vas onaher lit
were English, 148 Irish, and 50 Amish. The pamPipar
trellis to East India from Liveried hes never lossao:atot
sive in millet' weasels, and during the month of
soli one vessel, of 1,371 toes, wm despatched, carry*
slily three puseogers, all of whom were Irish. Dunes
lleitesuber Mare were 39 cabin and 140 steerage_pmaingsre
enveyed to Canada in ships under the act ; to Victoria; 07
giblet mad 697 demi* ; the United litotes 964 cabin and
W;1114••19•r•Irt- wskutli pond total of 370 cabin aod 5,324
passeefors, all of which were conveyed in 29 obi;
sag nip weeds nonage of 34379 tons. The
the Vatted Stable and Camds were ccaveyed =sir
in 19 ships-14 of which were under the American
sod 5 under the British tag. In October three "short ahlps"
sailed fur South Awake with 14 pugenien, mat to
the West ladles with 6, one to Akira with 60, and our to
China with 4 making a total of 6 ships and 84
In October, 1959, the passengers emigrating from=
numbered 8,292, whtie in the tame month of the present ,
you the return only Mows 7,029, leaving a falling off front
last_ year of 1,963 souls. In October of the present yam
5,300 passengers sailed in ships " under the act," while
1,799 were carried fn " short ships "—vessels not coming
under the minimum* of the government emigration
*SA&

SOYA L GIIOSILAPILIIUL SOCIRIT. —At the evening
inseling on Monday sestet Bariington-house, Piccadilly, the
following papers will be read :1. Australia—Proposed explo.
ratios in North Western Australia, under Mr. F.
R. 03=1
F. 0.8., he. 2. Afrkes—Letters from the East
is=a under Captabs J. H. Spells, F.R.G.8., 100.
MAN TO TUN STRAIT RAILWAY IN BIS-
KNONIAIL—at large and influential portion of the open-
Dimity of Birlosehead and the neighbourhood at. = '
Is opposition to the street railway arum as at
existing at Birkenhead. Yost of them gentlemen an
greetly interested is the prosperity of the Cheshire side of
the river, and were in favour of giving Mr. Train's system
a fair trial ; but Ending, after some experience, that the
rails as at present laid down are not, only highly inconve.
tint to the trace, but positively dangerous, sepeoislly at
irdw=they have Asti the oommisaimers of
on the subject, in the hope that it may
not be requisite to te e stronger measures to obviate
Illes MS. A deputation, cooMMag of the Rev. A.
liana, Seenuid Stitt, S. /BAR, %MMus Ledward,
Mireard Horan, waited upon the cottonnatouere on
morniog to present a petition, of which • copy is
as :—" To the Chairman of the Ocemissioners of
—Mir,—We the underarmd ishshiteate of
littrinitiod, etingitess, Onion, and the
whilst anxious to promote the pnwpwity eif*sit=,
sod unwilling to ewes any masseurs likely to beech' the
tormaniainy at dmileo to mimes our decided objection
ha the et the nubile highway to street ten-
sity& • seirider Unit th• etron railway, se et prment
46.8111V1711.41/ lIMINWOIN foe Winos, earriages, carts
LW, of eungs. and we think it manifestly un-
just we ihuility he deprival ut the use of the
pale meek ?his fa the peweliral alai of As mill as at
preseell Bid bows is therleints, which we are compelled to
geoid ff we world wiroger danger end Way. You us
ditshilont aware of the nosuutten wisidento that have tang
Ow, and, as we are constainly liable to • raftnition ei
them e• leng is the cense exists, w• rennuctinily eill upon
the ellinikieboolll to tate Ow sitenwee7 steps
_to abets the
anionst, or to restore the Waste of Wambold is the pat-
pen for which they were orightally constractod."—Lseer-
pod Mercury.

THE DJSHOP OP OXFORD ON CHURCH RATER
1 41,1) tilt REVISION OP THE LITURGY'.
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1 ~... r:.: WOODSTOCK, Wilmathay.
I . tlyilliabop of Oxfam& this aftersoms %met the
amid oilihi division el his diocese, and delimeird, to them.
rids charge. lie commented by adverting to what
*Mowed in the diocese daring the last three years,
first midis'
_lends in which the clergy wen maw.
I= . istenstia He had ordained lei: prime arid
a/ ' A 33 priests and 153 deacons in the '
atoll, 'period, In the MOM ilisperlasilv
*jaw pinhe of the candidate" there lie#_been
' ania=tifilidectory . improvement ; and he did not
babas tle lag the admirable effects of the train*
let bees strongly isenifeekid, to rem,
4"niraffeliti=t those who bad taw. imp.,
foie en Ifor holy tedium Armed
.much that we bight:ea this. eubjest there we ob.
' dui spot. The MOW efialla elewell wilh the NOUS
Oita of intellect who rim themselves n the Christian
ministry was warifter thee it was forty years ago. There
, were many inimencesmhica Waled to piano that lament-
able result, and u.t....4 to lower the *endue' of the
Loglish clergy• raiment:ly au to theological learning, and ,
gehereßy as to -dings. Ening the last these
seem he had held elefulleldpilli at 217 please in hedieepia,
laant
„an income pf Id on the tame previous years. The
num rof man oMdthrtin presented to him dewing the
dine yeses mar Veit, sap el femilm euelidates 1#1,231,_ ,
making a told ed 14,747-i-showleg an of 1,301
melee and 910 females, or aloha portage of 2,161 upon the'
former , corrt=zimipidet riblei.-:=4.00m vetY
meemierillet ' da alssereira
lis the sundae of othelidatse. The pork cif lad=
bulldog and Chunk restoration is the diocese bad not
dead AWL Ma &UMW! of now churebes wan lb; two had.
bees rebuilt, and 39 ratoired ; 10 houses .had
elec./aim rebuilt ; niakinp a. tbtal since the orth MIAM-
I big Satiety gave its rod to the work ef '4O Aurelia'
kith 10 rebuilt, and , 110 restored, Affording in-
creased accommodation .fur 27,177 persons., The
number of parsonage-houses built bad been 37.
Be win seeable to state the total somber cl °ornamenting
&alas that perircl,• and be entreated the clergy to keep
_se.
I exact list of all who during the year had attended the Holy
Centimudon in their respective parishes. He eontemend
that he abeekl bear with great pale elan increased average
lof the number of celebeatioas among them. If within'the
1 borders of the diocese of Oxford everything was peaceable,
'there were threatening elands in the distance, aid waft
them they would naturally imperil bin. to mention the at-
tack which was go pertinaciouly continued on church rates,
and his suggestions as to the mode in which it
should be met. In one respect • great change
bed paned over the question sines Ea last addressed them.
Then the plea for abolition was that the dissenters from
the established church ought to be set free from as impost
which winghteously vexed. their comminme. The plea
was cue which it was very diflicult to maintain ar-
gunient, but ft was one' which awarded to Rs i~pesw
mein, and was ceriala •to be 7•11 j admitted. Bat this
plea had now bees abasidomed, end in AI Plea. ease put the
open allegation that the exiitases of an ashablialial church
was injuriota tethe malm, and that Aura Moe must be
athadad beware Nary
_formed . liip llg sad. mut emailahle
outpost of the established ellen& The elect epos parlia-
meet and the country in dispoiliut of ibis altered plea had
beam • little rethislcalits, and Welt hereto in the altered
numbers a the recent division. Indeed, the change had.
been so great as to justify him in asserting that
the country bad not yet fairly. spoken emceeing
the maintenance of the principle ' Involved is a
church rate. Under such circumstames they (the clew)
believed that the question cowered praemlatetly the
lay members of the thumb, and upon the when the
beet way in which the great principle of au established
church could be maintained was that which was involved
in the present system of church rates. They should
be well contented to do 'lathing more than express their
desire that parliament and the country might not anode°
this declaration of the national faith, and wait patiently
without themselves proposing any scheme for alteration, or
any declaration of their reind opal' the matter, lest they
should seek to precipitant by a doubtful solution, the set-
tlement of so great a qmii. Semester's of mono( tenable
had begun to cloud orer•that happy concert is the week
of national ethication whisk bpd been so micassafully carried
on for so many/era This bi krusted_ MVO be a,.Z
diesipited, sad' be would actakent hismei by
advising -every friend of education to study
himself the subject of school rates and their bearing as
laid dowu in the charge of Archdeacon Plinth&
He would now call the attention of his clergy to a most
momentous question—the threatened alteration in the law
of marriage. The moral effects upon the nation of an al-
terndee in the taw of divorce had jestinsdand Intoned to
Paittfustroere absehately the wea)iliP of three who
the e . But more serious dangers to our domestic *.
rity wood he caused by an alteration of the law which
would amnion unities which the church of Bugled had
always declared to be contrary to the law of God sad inces-
tuous, and in which declaration she had followed the deci-
sions of the whole catholic Arndt from the baptising.
Having reviewed the argunthate cm the saltiest, his lordship
said that should the state acknowledge, the menisci al it
person with a deceased wife's stater to he legal, the fay of
the state and the law of the thumb must amennsily be at
mann. lee by her emoutial coustitatios , the
church could make uo such 'heretics In her'
laws—to her incest Most remain incest, whatever the slate
might donee.. The law of the elcarnii ecsi.theinw of the
gate would then be bispeleedy at wee" sad the least
evil that could result would be, that the etate, thandaang
its mown religious groped, emit for the future ham every
spiritual body townie their own rules and,coaditious as to
the celebration of the religious rite of marriage, and for the
future provide simply for the due ratification of • civil sem
tract between any of its subject& Against such an altera-
tion of the law he would beseech every man by every
lawful means earnestly end resolutely to protest. Another
cloud hanging over the future was the threatened revision
of the BM* of Common Payer. This revision had
bean resisted riot only by himself but by every one
of his right rev. brethren who had in hie pine
the in parlia-
ment 'Own on the subject. It was urged that genera
tuadtmey et all trainee productions ic the *warm of UM/
was to require revision and corroctioe, and this ease
strengthened by the declaration of many sound charclumen
that the Liturgy miebt be a niended, and certain specific amend-
meets had been pointed out. But then arose a yew nit of
cooditiona--the fit time for the alteration, the fit heads Serf
inakiag the alteration, the model after which the
change
should be fashioned, the amount of Food that Yod
effected as set agaiust the evil that might be owed. AN
theme points must be settled before any step could be taken
in the way of alteration. Behind the modern revisioaista
who deified to render matters leas °near& and to
bright diem, were!men who had other objeets and rt.
farad &dam— and who would effect mob a cleaning of the
Both Of 1301111111)011 Prayer as would C 111•1160 out of the ministry
of the olnych all who differed from their own views of the
truth. That was the avowed intention of some. There
was no disguise or concealment of their intentions. The
mem of nay such attempt on the Preys, Book would un-
questionably lead to a disruplie• whisk would break up our
maim& shard. Some person edvecated MLitt as
the ground that it would make the church of more
comprehensive ; but they seemed to overlook fadt,
t4t the oonspritheasion was ell en. the side, sad
that It warn doubtful whether a change which might
gather some in would mot drive many more out.
The alteration of the liturgy after it bed WI (*avocation
would still have to struggle clause by clause Sayegh both
houses of parliament, where with many true and wise friends
It would have to run the puntlet of injudicious patronage
and crafty Ind spiteful foes. Any change thee begun
meld net lis deal ; every CODOSOriaI would lady forms the
Merfor a new attack as the part o f soma one who was
it of the °accession, and the clamour for change would
never rest while anything was left to change. It was their
duty, therefore, to resist innocent alterations, bemuse the
risks Washing abases would far outweigh any small advan-
Ups that might accrue from it, There were Di" of se-
cid danger suflicieut to induce them to drop all minor diffe-
rences, and combine together in defence of the faith deli-
vered to the saints, because they lived in a time when per-
sons were beard to declare that belief In the atonement was
a misoonosptios, that the miraclestuarnited in scripture were
parts of a system of naturalism which It was the duty. of re-
morealem eritleismto unveil and discover, tba t the i magnetise
had ailed itself to the &fee:Mona tdproduce • belief in thii
and that they might be simply brought down to • rational
aaturalism by such expressions as this, which the rightt rev.
bishop quoted—" The description of the parse ci the Red
Sea is the latitude of ," when the history of the
Bible had bees ex ' away by treating it as • Ivead,
when it was attempted to deprive it of it, supernatural cha-
racter by t into a history. of past events, whoa
they were taught men might sign the articles of the
church althaegh In their own opinion they differed trots
them, surely* was time for all true churchmen to thin
legratiele In defames of Holy Scripture a. • the only inspired
171•1411011-40 ke aside even all suspicions of division is
NOM MOWS i but whilst they disputed about the lesser
pf Shelley,
their th might be robbed unawares of the
tine r medial= of ey faith.
The Aug, was listened to throughout with peat at..,.
Wm, sad appeared to produce considerable effect amongst
Hie oletE, Peettst•

WHIZZ To BUT • WATCH.—" The pm:4W
utility of • good watch, the beetle at reguladly II ~Mee
sad Ye ellevelame of tie 14.........ia =l..i..are
Owe proved booed a doe Tie ,1
it 4 esemai=..fTeltas=te rifaais abed,. avast be
velar" el
roZes arttricWlstempalrezleouieriktitali
welshes ee eeplull el verb,' prim,
al lith alllneLeilliMel rliftl_pos et
mie el fenny lc wateli sew
1 leede. liiie pod I. an parts of lam glebe. —Mkt,.
Ilaeleare.

Rreltismrrkrrme or WENT firraireE.—The death -
of hie Grace the Doke of Richmond hiving caused a money
in the ret renestatiop of West Soase by the elevation of
the Earl March to the • idate for the vacant
sit; Mx. alter B. Barttelot, ofHiMen, yesterday issued
an addresste the electors, in which he states, ' that al-
though diSdent of my own qualifications for so hosourable
• politico, I feel bound to respond to the wishes of my
friends and neighbours. My political principles are so we
kin to you that lan lenity mute you lam a con-
gaieties, in moody attached to the reformed church of
this retie' ltr. liridot is strongly supported by the
leading onervaties in enpollleg district.
BRTDIIIIOITATION or ,t(ivicANTLN.7Breinely hod
the no of the eoa envied in Romanic* elections died
tioravwleu It Mons loom to a select few in Newcastle
Ms. Ong. 'Hadley had accepted an appointment as
Cagghold Footman Ocimminioner, which would render one
of the ens for the borough vacant, and necessitate a fresh
election. The fame bf r. Oarstsirs, with praiseworthy
in
seal sad -Amity. oinmeneed imPoiltely to move in the
intermit al their candhiste, end they have convened meet-
ing to discuss the sips to hie taken order to replace Mr.
Ridley by • rereentative of advanced principles. Other
Mheve bee ineedissied-eameopt them,
int, Sir Jobe Lawrence, Mr. Somerset Dumont,
Mr. Joe. Cowen, sea., and MT. P. A. Taylor—but the
only mblio mensal is Hat made by the supporters of
Mr. Carstaire. The advanced tibiae of the &womb are
clearly entitled to a Aare in the representation, and if
they 11. moo • good and mound wen. and mad their retorts,
they will tight • perhaps a anosossful battle
NeLecturk Owonide.
Tea BALLOT Recline—The weekly meeting of
the sawed:m*o.Bmin.. was held at the olio, 5,
&M b% MI tellepAßT alre Bev. W. H. Bomar in the
chair. Whiteimpri, Mr. Bontems, Mr. M. E. Marsden,
Mr. Elk Mr. Dairen he., were present. Reports of pro-
eeedinp Unite renew to the ballot at the elections for
Booboo, Darned/4 Beading, and Wick, were laid before
the oommittee, and directions were also given a to the
coming elections for West Sussex and South None. It wee
reseied that noetlegs on the ballot should he held at
Stratford and Wan/Mow. A letter was read Ikon Mr.
Berkeley, M.P. Wakeman of the society), pointing out that
inn smcobses of alYsswt who vans far He hal/ot is
eselitesd any-
thin reen
on ly
titteglijicie. Cliestrinittee6 agreed te
way the
••media-
tiro, urging the Mended the ballot to Wks admits's of all
meetings between members of parliement and their omit-
tneets to ascertain whether the opterf such members
on the question of the ballot have e any change.
It was resolved that steps be taken to information ea
I. the various Methods sad other societies and institutions
and public rod other companies in which the allot is used
as a means of taking votes.
PROZOOATION ON CONVOCATION. Yesterday
looming the convocation of the prelates and clergy of the
=s of Oant=zerafea formally
the
prorogued by, Dr.
wr
atinellsite Prins HariloDyks, the rejsctenewt::
Fri-
day am. pursuant to a royal writ to that effect. Prior
taytkij of convocation for the despatch of business
none he directed to the chapter of the cash/deal
ohank of Eidisbary, directing them to elect a representa-
tive in the room of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Samuel Welde-
rs.% who Ma been appointed to the Bishopric of Oarliele,
and who will ha onserstad on Sunday next in York
Miner. The choice of the chapter will in all probability
fall upon the Hon. and Rev. Douglas Gordon, M.A., of
Trinity College, Omahridge, recto, of Great Simulate
Hearth son of the Earl of Abertleind, who has been ap-
pointed by the crown to be Bishop Waldegreve's successor
in the rilutawly.
Tim LONDON Coma AND KATINO-110Call
KNowzie BNNAvoLANT AaIIOCIATIoN. At the usual
monthly meeting of the committee of the above association,
held at He Freensaims Tavern, Great Queen-street,
sn's-inn-fields, on Monday evening last, Mr. Richard
Loekyer, president, in the chair,jit was unanimously agreed,
oo the motion of Mr. Harding, seconded by Mr. Rooks,
that the men ball for the beasts of the funds of tie
association take place at the above tavern on Thateday, the
3rd Jenne next. The chairman congratulated the com-
'Mtn on the continual accession of
.new members, there
Wag fourteen moos ~their led meeting, and he Rooked
them for rendering snob mince as they had. He could
see no reason why the present ear should not be as emcees.
tel as the last. At the s the chairmen brought for-
ward the business of the arlionmed meeting on the house duty.,
He could output regret the lukewarmly., that was exhibited
in the trade generally. He bad sent a number of circular ,to
members ad the trade, and ant half of them were now pre-
wit to help them in the came. He was very often taunted,
when senveasing for set totectibers for the association, for
=itheinertot,...thextirl the tra
semi fde. Now
orward. fit:leviers
he did not wish to throw cold water on those who had so
kindly ease forward to oda, and he would do all that be
eon to get redrew from this =PM tax. He would now
live it in their heads to make any suggestion they thought
it. Mr. Benin] and Mr. Hay spoke much on the subject,
and although the tax did pot affect them, they would reader
all the assireance in their power to help their brother trades-
men. They thought the best way would be to adjourn for
• short period, and then all • public meeting of the whole
of the toads ease more, and then petition parliament, which
was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned. Early in the
course of the meeting cheques were drawn for the pen-
sioners, Mess in number.
biLluerou PILILUARMoNIC HALL —A new build-
lag of rather imposing exterior was opened yesterday eves-
sag under the above in High-street, Islington, ran to
the turnpike, for musical entertaiements similar to them
which hams already been so soot:end ia Weitou's-hall.
The interior, which es of considerable rant, has been bead.
sanely demoted and plentifully supplied with all the luxu-
ries and couvenienoos usudprietcries of this description.
The inaugural tiates. tiv • ed over by Mr. Reggio', the
brewer, and was much enlivened bye musical 'election well
performed by the frosprof the new eetabliahment Amongst
the very numerous poi assembled there was but one
opinion as to the images of the architects and decorators,
Messrs. Finch, Holland, end Jones, and the arrangetuenta
for ventilation were also highly commended. We noosed
anionet the arrammeate several novelties whisk served
to indicate the progress which establishment. like the Is-
lington Mmde-hall are gradually making towards ultimate
sompleinem. Oa both aides of the amid hall, billiard
' rooms and Aegean bowling alleys have been matted, mod
within, • semloirde of handsome private boxes will enable
lilies to enjoy the excelled mein enialaments.
Amami the troupe we were glad to recognise Mr. George
Tedder, Miss Grosvenor, and several other popular fa-
mantes.

fisystoo-sours—The boys educated in the
Yorkshire Society's School is the Westminster-road,
attended by the treasurer, Robert Hutchinson, Eaq., and
the secretary and head-master, Mr. W. Myers, visited the
Manolen•housto yesterday by invitation from the L.ed
Mayor, sad after viewing the Egyptian-hall, the saloons,
kc., were regaled with bum, Ike., provided for the occa-
eke. Their healthy and iatelligent appearance gave much
to all amembled. At the request of his lord.
tirrkettys played several airs on their fifes and drums.
DANOZIVAIN Rites PRIWIRCE.—AY the Mena
skein tag, of Southampton, was passing through Stokes Bay
ww4lO•4lV, between 11 and 12 o'clock a.m., for Portsmouth,
some erri were practising on shore in Stokes Bay, when
Me tall pinned through both sides of the boat as it hang
a the davits, and fell on the veneers deck; and at the
lame moment another ball pared between two persons
standing almost close to each other on deck, and passed over
those's&