The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

THE CHURCH INsmuTroN.—The Archbishop of
Canterbury presided yesterday at St. James's-hall, at a
meeting of the members of the Church Institution,
which was established a few years since, under the
auspices of the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl Nelson,
the Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Lyttelton, Sir Bounden
Palmer, M.P., Lord Cranborne, M.P., Mr. Beresford
Hope, M.l'., Mr. Cubitt, M.P., and other gentlemen, for
the purpose of protecting the church from attacks ad
His grace was supported by the Archbishop of Armagh, the
Deans of Durham and Emley,Archdeacons Bickersteth(Pro-
locutor of the Lower House of Convocation), Denison, Moore,
the Earl of Courtown, the Right Hon. J. Napier, Sir F.
Heygate, Bart., M.P., Sir J. M. Sturge, Bart., Sir J.
Gibbons, Bart., Mr. G. Selater Booth, M.P., r. F. S.
Powell, M.P., Mr. G. Ward Hunt, M.P., Mr. Lefroy, M.P.,
and a large number of other gentlemen. The Archbishop
of Canterbury expressed his cordial concurrence with the
objects of the institution, and strong testimony was borne
to the efficiency of its operations in Ireland, especially in
resisting the efforts which were at present being made to
disestablish the church there The archbishops and bishops
had given their cordial sanction to the introduction of the
Church Institution into theirrespective dioceses,andduring
the past year its organisation in Ireland had rapidly ex-
tended. Reference was also made to the efforts of the in-
stitution in connexion with the conscience clause, the
Abolition of Oaths Bill, church rates, the Oxford Tests
Abolition Bill, the Lahore Bishops Bill, end other political
and ecclesiastical measures. At this juncture, it was said
there was a necessity for churchmen to be on their guard,
and prepared for a heavier renewal of the contest than had
ever yet been attempted. A new parliament had just as-
sembled, comprising many untried men, and not a few
avowed enemies to the church. Resolutions approving the
necessity of increased operations on the part of the Church
Institution were adopted. In the evening the members
dined together at St. James's-hall, under the presidency
of the Right Hon. Joseph Napier, late Lord Chancellor of

Ireland.
REPRESENTATION OP CAMBRIDGE.—The writ em-
powering the mayor to proceed to an election of a gentle.
man to fill the vacant seat for the borough in parliament
arrived in Cambridge yesterday afternoon, and it was forth-
with announced that the conservatives were ready with
their candidate, in the person of Mr. John Eldon Gorst,
barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, of St. John's Col-
lege. Mr. Gorst was third wrangler in 1857, and after-
wards Fellow of St. John's. He will address a meeting
of his supporters this evening at the old gathering place of
the conservatives, the Lion Hotel. Mr. Gorst num.:caul-
fully contested Hastings at the last general election, when
the numbers were—Hon. G.W. Leslie (liberal),749 ; Robert-
son (conservative), 737 ; F. North (liberal), 725 ; Gorst (con-
servative), 591. On Tuesday morning, Colonel Torrens,
one of the late candidates in the liberal interest, arrived,
and was engaged all day in consultation with sundry of the
liberal electors as to the expediency of offering himself as a
candidate on the present occasion.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 18.—A numerous meeting
of the inhabitants of Freemantle (just outside the limits
of the borough of Southampton) was held at the Nelson
Inn, Fourpost, on Monday evening, in favour of the
Reform Bill now before parliament. Mr. Ashby proposed,
and Mr. Coffin seconded, the following resolution, which
was carried unanimously :—" That this meeting has
wxtehed with interest and peat satisfaction the debate
upon the second reading of the bill for the amendment of
the representation of the people, and hereby expresses its
earnest hope that the measure will be carried by a
triumphant majority in the Howe of Commons."