The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1859.

KELTINO OF CONVOCATION.

Yesterday morning both Houses of Convocation
assembled at Westminster for the resumption of business.
In the Upper House the Archbishop of CANTEKUVRV
presided. The Bilhope of London, Winchester, Lichfield,
Llandeff, Oxford, Lincoln, Saliabury, end Oloncentre and
Bristol wave present.
TheArchbashop of CANTrancar said hebad hada petition
forwsrded to him for presentation from the Tithe Redemp-
tion trust, but it wee not properly signed by the members,
and be therefore could not present it. MI bad, however,
one from the Rev. W. W. Male, • gentleman connected
with that trust, which was in prover form. As it set forth
the tame views es those contained in the first named petition,
he wool! read it. It stated that on account of the impro-
priation of tithes in several parishes in England and Wales,
serious inconvenience is felt, and too often scandal occasioned,
by.the claims, whether reel or imaginary, which hopropriators
set up in reference to the chancels of churches, and preyed
tir:,:! the matter might be taken into consideration, with a
view to .ktain rules in amendment of the present law for the
due reparation and conservation of chancels of churches.
The Bishop of SALISBURY said that, in connexim with
this petition, he was very anxious to exprees his regret that
many assorts were parsing into the hands of diatenters.
Tithes were being sold, and with them the rights of the
chews!. He much regretted this, becauee he thought it very
desirable that the chancels should be in the bands of the
vicars of perishes. He felt this so strongly that he refused
to give up the estates of his see to the Ecclesiastical Com-
mlesioners. He bad also refused to excbauge any property
unless it was made chargeable with en amount adequate to
rtes sosteutation of the chancel. The Bishop of Salisbury
paid that by the existing law the lesser was responsible for
tbe chaaml, end he waa liable to the parishioners for it, but
of wirer he might by agreement throw the burden upon the
lame.

The petition wu wend to lie on the table.
The Bishop of LINCOLN moved the appointment of a com-
mittee to consider the laws of plinony, of which he proposed
that the Bishops of London, Winchester, Oxford, Lichfield,
Llandaff, Lincoln, end Salisbury should be members.
The Bishop of OXPORD mead it wee a most important
quontion, in which the church's troth wee deeply involved.
The motion was unanisionely agreed to.
The Bishop of OXPORD moved the following resolution :
"Tba his grecs the Preeident be requested to &boot the
Lower House to appoint three members of that house to act
with certain members of this house as a joint committee to
pewit the drafts of such occasional services es may seem
needful to carry out the report of a committee on the services
of the church received by Convocation on the 20th of June,
1854, and to report these deltas toCcavocation, that Convoca-
tion may conelder whether it is expedient to addrete her
Majesty thereon."
The resolution wu agreed to.
The Bishops of London, Winchester, St. David's, Chichi's-
bar, Lleadaff, Lincoln, and. Salisbury, were appointed the
counetttee.

The subject of miesionary bishop', introduced on Wed-
nesday by the Bishop of Oxford, was again discussed, and the
following resolutioe, propoeod by his lordship, unani-
mously adopted That his grace the President be
requmted to direct the Lower House to appoint
• committee to consider and report oa the expediency of
placing bishops at the head of mieskas of the Church of
Ragland to the heathen In countries external to her Ma-
kers dominions; the mode in which It should be drcided
when it is expedient to send forth wok a bishop, and the
Ms" which should govern his appointment, and his relations
to those of the native churches to the mother church, and
what guarantem can be suggested for maintaining between
them the unity of filth and discipline."
Their lordships then adjourned.
The Lower House met In the Jerusalem-chamber at 12
o'clock. Several gravamina wen again presented by mem-
ber' against the New Divorce Act,
The Very Ran. the Hasa of Batsrot, the Prolocutor, read
the address to the crown which had been agreed upon nod
sent down by the Upper House on the previous day. A
long discussion arose reepeeting one of the paragraphs
having referenos to the shortening of the services of the
church is the Book of Common Prayer MOW members
taking up the "object earnestly on both sides.
Archdeacon Hata reminded the house of dreamt crowds
who assembled at the evening services at Bt. Paul's last
winter in proof that people bore every amount of Inconve-
nience to attend, although the service occupied at least an
hoar, whilst the sermon we. generally of 45 minutes' du-
ration._

-lb; Rev. Canon WOODOLTI wu in favour of the SR-
vice being in full lasith. He looked upon the shortening of
it as a mere excuse 'for long preaching. (Laughter.)
Archckacon DINISON was spinet the. shortening of the
melee, fur be never baud say complaint either from dm
working or middle theme of what they ooneklered undue
lee Rev. Canon WORDSWORTH was foe the retention of
the Litany before the sermoe, Instead of going through the
whole service on metals occasion*.

Several other speakers baring addressed the house, the
quastien was put as to whether the paragraph should stand,
and was answered in the affirmative.
Archdeacon HALE then moved an amendment to the
edot that any further inteeterance with the Book of Com-
mon Prayer would tend to create far greater evils then those
sought to be remedied, as the allowance of the performance
of the litany as a eepartte service bad taken sway the argu-
ment for shortening the Book of Common Prayer.
Archdeacon DENBUN complained that the bishops should
have sent paragraphs down for the Lower Hones to dissent
from.

Archdeacon HALE expreaned himself as being anzions to
have three' distinct terrines for the Sunday.
The Dean of ELT proposed as an amendment to the ad-
dreee—that am the litany bad been permitted to be used se a
meg:orate aerates the necessity for any revision of the Prayer
Book had teen ;accord.

The question wee then pat, and the Dean of Ely's addition
was Inserted by the rote of the house. The remaining pct.
*as of %headdress were posed without opposition.
Archdeacon DENISON protested strongly against the Di-
vorce and Matrimonial Caner Act, l&4, end against the
admission of Jews fold parliament. He accordingly moved
the addition of psragtapha to the address on the subject.
They were, however, negatived. He then moved the addi-
tion of the following paragreph Furthermore, we desire
humbly to convey to your Majesty the expression of our
greet alarm last by the sucrose of any of the attempts now in
, Frogmen for the extinction or the impairing of the church
' rate the principle of the establishment of the church by law
be destroyed, sad the poor of the church be robbed of the
ioheritance which they have for so many centuries enjoyed
of free access, without east, to their perish church."
A discussion tf some duration ensued. Bevezal members
wished to modify the terms of the paragraph, but Arch-
deacon Denison, in his reply, stated that he would have no
half-measures in the matter. He would not have cue finger
laid upon church rate,. He would not permit any man to
touch them in say way whatever.
After ogee dispersion& s modified form proposed by Canon
Wordsworth wee adopted.
The address es mewled was ordered to Mt prepared and
returned to the Upper House.
The home taro mil stinted.