The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-19 00:00:00

THE PAN-ANGLICAN SYNOD.

It has already been stated that the Pan-Anglican I
Synod will be formally opened at Lambeth Palace on Toes-
day next, when the Holy Communion will be administered,
and a sermon preached by Dr. Vermont, President of the ,
American House of Bishops. Three days will be occupied
in the deliberations, and on Friday, the gith inst., a''
conversazione will be given by the Society far the Propa-
gation of the Gospel, for the reception of the bishops front
the United States and the colonies who are now in Eng-
land. On Saturday morning, the?.Bth inst., there will be
a special service in one of the London churches in con-
nexion with the conference. The Archbishop of Canter-
bury is entertaining several of the American and colonial
bishops at Addingtompark. The Bishop of London is also
entertaining several of them at London-house and Fulham
Palace. On Sunday morning next, the Bishop of Montreal
will preach at Curzon chapel, Mayfair, of which ho was
formerly incumbent ; the Bishop of Cape-town at St.
Mark's, North Audley-street ; the Bishop of Oriole River,
Free State, at St. Andrew's, Wells-street ; the Bishop of
Nova Scotia at St. Gabriel's, Pimlico ; the Bishop of New
Zealand at St. Gabriel's, Pimlico (evenitif) ; the Bishop of
Graham's-town at Holy Trinity church, blosne-street ; the
Bishop of Antigua, at St. Hiles'n.in-the•Fields ; the Bishop
of Quebec, at St. Thomas's, Stamford-hill ; the Bishop of
Ontario, at St. Ann's, Ranger-lene ; the Bishop of Christ
Church, at St. George's, Bloomsbury ; the Bishop of
Huron, at St. Pancras elarch ; the Bishop of Alabama,
at St. Peter's, Belsize-park ; the Bishop of Indians, at
Harrow-on-the-Hill; the Bishop of Rhode Island, at ,
Trinity Church, Upper Tooting ; theßiahop of Niagara, at
St. Mary's, Putney ; the Bishop of lowa, at St. Ann's,
Efighgate-riee ; and Bishop Smith (late of Victoria), at
Quebec Chapel.

Long before half-past 12 o'clock yeeterday, when the
doors were thrown open, peoplo began to assemble in Gres-
bam-street, and a serious impediment to the traffic was
threatened.

The Right Rev. Dr. Twells, bishop of the Orange Free
State, was the preacher. He selected for his text the 16th
verse of the 90th Psalm. He said that the diocese the
claims of which he bad to submit to them that day was
one which was beyond the jurisdiction of England. At
present the church of England had but • few missionary
bishops to build up the limits of the empire, two of them
being himself and Bishop Tozer, who was present, who
ware consecrated together four years and a half ago in !
Westminster Abbey. The Orange Free State, once a part
of the Cape colony, and consequently included in the dio-
eese of Cape Town, was now a republic inhabited chiefly by I
Dutch farmers, who employed Is large number of Klan
as household servants and farm labourers, but seemed to
take no care for their conversion to Christianity, allowing
them to live on, untaught, in their heathen ignorance.
The number of these Kaffirs was supposed to be about
20,000. In the towns there were also many English
families, whose number was continually increasing, so
as to promise in a short time to equal that of the Dutch
inhabitants. It was a very poor country, and just as he
arrived there it had suffered from a severe drought, for
rain came there very irregularly. It was his lot to take
with him three clergy and two lay catechists. They had
established schools, and had 60 or 70 Kathy children con-
fided to them, on the distinct understanding that they
should be brought up as Christians and in due time bap-
tised. A missionary college bad been formed, in which
students may receive a training for holy orders and for
mission work, and where various branches of knowledge
may be pursued, and yet the study hallowed by religion, as
it was of old in the universities. The studeuts would have
to study half the day for the work of the ministry, and to
work during the remainder for their subsistence. The
whole diocese including the Trans Vnal State and Basuto
Land, covered an area at least four times as large as Eng-
land, and contained a European population of nearly
40,000, while the native! numbered probably N 49,000.
Amongst those there were six clergy now at work, and,
two more were expected to join shortly. There were also
two trained English schoolmasters. In the way of church
buildings, they had their cathedral consecrated end in
daily use ; the church at Philippolis, built and ready for
consecration ; a mission-house and chapel of their own,
at Smithfield ; a school-house, at Bloemfontein ; a small
mission-house and chapel, at Thaba'nchu ; a mission-house,
at Potchefstroom, and the foundation of a small church
laid there, and a church site secured at Fauresznith. In I
aid of the extension of these objects the bishop male an
earnest appeal. Tho offerings were received by Bishop,
Tozer.

At the eight o'clock service matters caine to a crisis, and
there was as much crowding and struggling as at a theatre.
Many hundreds of persons were disappointed, as the pies-
sure during the remaining nights of the week will in all
probability be still greater than it has hitherto been. It
might he worth consideration whaher or not another
church or two in the neighbourhood might not be opened
for the benefit of those who come long distances and find
they have loot their labour. In the procession which
moved along the church to the altar last night there were
I;2 choristers, 21 clergymen, and one bishop, the Right
Res. Dr. W. G. Tozer bishop of Central Africa. The
prayers were intoned by the Rev. Mr. Lyne (Father
Ignatius), Mr. Denton's curate at Bt. Bartholomew's
(Cripplegate), the first lesson by the Rev. William Baird,
M.A., vicar of Dymoke (a gentleman who has been
favourably known by his solf.denying exertions amongst
the London poor), and the second by the Rev. Mr.
Cowie, the rector. Bishop Tozer preached, selecting for his
teat the 2nd verse of the 47th Psalm, " That thy way
may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all
nations." He described with considerable minuteness
the peculiarities of his strange diocese, and ridiculed the
assumptions of the apostles of modern civilisation, who
recommended clearing the way by their own promotes, so
that the niissionaries might have a sort of royal road to
walk in. Those who preceded them in this great work,
he remarked, were uncivilized, and it might happen that
those who followed them would be of opinion that they
were uncivilized also. Ha made an earnest appeal to
the vast congregation to assist Lim in dispersing the
darkness of that vast and dreary wilderness in which he
laboured.

The rector said the preachers for the following day
(Thursday) would stand thus :—Fieven o'clock, a.m. the
Bishop of Arkansas; and one o'clock, p.m., the Bishop
of Block Island ; eight o'clock, p.m., the Bishop of
lowa. At the eight o'clock, p.m., service. the Venerable
Bishop of Vermont would be present, and although he
would not be able to preach he would give them his
bleating.

FRAUDS UPON BRITISH SUBJECTS AT WARSAW.—
The following despatch has been received at the Foreign-
office from her Majesty's Consul-General at Warsaw, dated
Sept. 3, 1867 :—" Lieutenant-Colonel Mansfield to Lord
Stauley.—Warsaw, Sept. 3, 1867.—My Lord,—l have the
honour to draw your lordship's attention to the extensive
frauds of which British subjects have for some time been
the victims at the hands of manufacturers in the Kingdom
of Poland. Scarcely a fortnight elapses without my
receiving an application for assistance and protection from'
agents of firms in Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Belfmt,
&c. Owing to the cordial co-oper►tion of the authorities,
I have been instrumental in enabling several firms to
recover considerable sums ; but in the majority of cases I I
regret to state that many firms have been at a great loss,
through fraudulent bankruptcies and evasions of liabilities
upon the part of manufacturers in this country. At the
beginning favourable terms are offered ; but at the expira-
tion of a year or so, there is the almost invariable question
of alleged inability to meet their engagements, or devices
to break faith. I venture to suggest to your lordship that
the publication of this communication in London and com-
mercial newspapers might be of service, with a view to put
British firms on their guard against embarking in enter-
prises in this country without an adequate acquaintance
of the parties concerned.—l have, &c. (Signed) C. E.
MANSFIELD."

FRIGHTFUL DEATH ON THE TRENT VALLEY
RAILWAT.—On Monday evening an inquest was held at
Bulkington, a village lying between Rugby and Nuneaton,
on the body of • man named Thomas Kelsey, who met
with af.ightfal death on the preceding Saturday. The
deceased was landlord of a public-house at a place called
Barnacle, but for some time past he has been employed as
• labourer anon the Midland Railway, near to Hinckley.
Having some miles to walk, it seems to have been his in-
variable custom to leave home at about 4 o'clock in the
morning, and to proceed along the Trout Valley Railway
to the Nuneaton Station, previous to travelling by train
to the scene of his labours, in company with a number
of other men who are employed at the same place. On
Saturday morning the unfortunate man left home as
usual, taking with him his coffee tin, and
A basket containing his provisions for the day.
Having got to the top of the embankment and commenced
his journey lie was speedily overtaken by • goods train,'
which was travelling at a high rate of speed. and beforehe
had time to save himself, ho was knocked down, and
literally cut to pieces, his body being strewn in fragments
all about the line. In the glimmering light of the early
morning the driver of the engine did not perceive the
accident, and proceeded onward in ignorance of what had
taken place. On reaching Stafford, however; it was found
that *waistcoat, and other articles of clothing belonging
to the deceased, were suspended in front of the engine,
the pockets of the former ountainin • knife and 20. in
copper; and in the meantime, • way labourer, named
Joseph Jeffcoat, who bad occasion to pass along the line,
observed the remains of the unfortunate man scattered
about in all directions. Identification would have been
impossible had it not been for the deceased's wearing
apparel, which was recognised by his relatives.