The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

CONVOCATION.

The two houses of the Convocation of the clergy
of the province of Canterbury amicable& train yesterday. In
the Upper Home, mom other pani®a premented, was one
by the Bishop of London, from a large body of claw and
laity, who prayed that home to take steps to bring the
clergy and laity into more intimate with each
other, for the general benefit of the eLmab, by the revival of
rarideconal synods throughout the province. The Bishop,
without committing himself to an particular mode
of action, spoke strongly of the ty of effect-
ing the co-operation of the laity with the elazi
The Archbishop of Canterbury said he might mention
synodical meetings, ouch as those prayed for la the petitions,
had taken place more than once in the moat important part
of his diocese--namely. Kent. Those meetings had been
conducted very serviceably, the persons who bad root the
cl the churchwardens of the different parishes, bat
note with others. In Kent a greet number of the
gentry were churchwardens in their dawdles parishes, and
[t was not, therefore, necessary that the laity should be e-
lected merely from the churchwardens. The genteel plan
was for the archdeacon to select a °errata number of &ro-
man as the clerical part of the amembly, mid they, with the
laymen, formed themselves into a synod. They had consi-
dered matters of great importance, and the meettags had
been reported to him as being of a most harmo-
nious and cordial character, giving greet promise of me-
fulness. These mmeeestinnnggse took plaos every mix months.
Their lordahipe afterwards agreed to a report in favour of
the adoption of a system of reoognieed resignation of their
beldam by incumbents who are no longer able to give their
fall energise to the WOOL of the ministry, end to whom
pensions should be maligned from the Innelloa for their
natural lives. To effect this a careful and thorough revision
of the various enactments relating to simony wouldbe needed.
The prolocutor of the Lower House having been again sum-
moned, Convocation was formally prorogued by a schedule
read by Mr. Bart Dyke, her Majesty's proctor, until August
next.—la the Lower Home no business of impatience was
transacted. A proposal to establish theological colleges,
@operate from the universities, and in connexion with
cathedra/a, was negatived.

The Rev. Jamie Anderson hen resigned the oflioe
at preether of Lincoln's-fan. The office bin the gift of the
sixty barbers who compose the corporation. The candi-
dates at the lest elation were Kr. Randall, motor of Brigid,
and now Arehdemon of Berkshire, Archdrixer
and Mr. Anderson, who catered It by a mesh majority of
votes, =lady by the inter= of the Queen Dowager.
The Leader thinks it would have been no more
then decent "if Lord Clersadon. when Y. Lam Rollin
was publicly attacked in the Howe of Lords, had Warmed
Count Waleweld that this statism= had card to take his
trial before • British jury. M. Ledrn Boffin has been
rated by spies in the imperial pay, who have sonata him
to join in plots of aserainathm, but he has smiled than
her his house, although upon the sat ocoasioa, should
Lord Palmenaca's bill become law, he might give into
custody the agent of the Frisch secret police, die him bdore
• court, and hand him over to pond servitude. Probably,
the writ& might mike a clean braid of it, and contribute
towards a history of the prowler by which Prance has
been governed since isia."
The Nord of Brussels reduces the report of
flohanlyre ambition le Evade to its roper psorertker.
That chided& to dm me•gmeed, although a ormlieratie

poetics at the plats al TeholOhnia has bee; thawed by the
littrigas of the seantrames, end is occupied by Brim
columns. Mare, socompanied by the monstrance, who
odd cling to his hangar, bee retired to the inanithia r-
ants beyond the above phda.
PIESENT FROM PIM= FREDERICK WILLIAM.—
We have Jut ern a aeries gold snuff-box, proniated be
Ur. B. T. Way, the seporioneadeat of the BoWe-lisitan
railway at Dover, by Prime Preariek WM= of Prods,
sad nweird by Xr. Way thireggit dr Pranks
from the Ores ountry of his Boyd &se:
of the war destga sad berg brood-
fatly orhoirofaa ell sides, while wen the beaches of
rare sad thagetrorole richale %V is porosted
bgri 1= as s tolgia ei Ide Boyd s sere el the
gad attrition with width arrow bird bent
ia Yr. Way's iligarrogat WWI 2111 Inbar
hose 6i ti Royal Hieni has pored W'o Dever.—Dever
Cheswick.
The Conspiracy Bill of Lard Palmerston moms
likely to meet with delorminect redden°, la Werldlnsid.
• *Me resting is aided for Monday ~keg art, at the
Fronarese Tarr, to which have bola lathed arra'
nfinsathd gentlersea sad el the serian who arid *plan
this etterapt to rider hides distation. We bear
of nusereas goat to be add fa therm ports of
the omentry to pethier apdast the bld.
DTA= or Lotto SIIIMIXT.—We regret to an-
aounce the death al Lord ilaidazussammhithrord
Himnes-
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who wee fa lieltralynor lrk'wr the en of M. John
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elide Mir 4a4ow. la lie ha was appalled Lord Ideate-
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