The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-05 00:00:00

THE RITUAL COMMISSION.

The lirst blue-book of the commissioners was
timed this morning. It contains the report already printed
yd the evidence of the witnesses, who were eighteen in
somber. They were the Rev. D. Wilson, vicar of Isling-
ton; the lire. C. T. Le Ger, of St. Matthias, Stoke
-owin;ton ; the Rev. C. White, of St. Rarnabas,
bilao ; the lire. B. Webb, of St. Andrew's, Wells-street;
Dean of Carlisle (Dr. Close), the Dean of York, the
Rev..). E. Kemp°, of St. James's, Piccadilly ; the Rev. G.
liagee, vicar of Wymering ; Mr. John Deverill (a
F.rkborier who object, to the reverend gentleman's views),
tb, Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, of Frame; the Rev. E. Clay,
st. Margaret's, Brighton (a non-ritualist); Mr. Ford (an
!.loyi: of the Church Association),the Rev. Hyde Beadon
um:dist), Mr. Spills: (churchwarden of St. Alban's, Hob
Iprit ; Mr. John Martin (the party proceeding against Mr.
hi wLenochie), Mr. H. R. Droop (a parishioner of Mr.
xin.siford, of St. Thomas's, Stamford-hill), and the
A. Wagner, of St. P►ul's, Brighton. Besides these,
b re is a written paper by the Rev. E. T. Richards, in
..rer to Mr. Deverill. The report and evidence ea
1y 117 folio pages, but there are 11 ap.
'Aces, which fill 43 more. These include the
dress of 24 prelates in IS.II ; a long extract
root the pastoral letter of the Bishop of Exeter of the
oe year; an address presented to the Bishop of Win.
be.ter from 177 parishioners of Wymering against Mr.
; document, relating to Christ Church, Clapham,
.1 St. Michael's, Brighton ; documents also relating to
recently discovered sealed copy of the Prayer-book ;
he recent Real Presence declaration of the Bishop elect
I Pietermaritzburg and twenty other clergymen ; ex-
t. from the Bishop of Vermont's remarkable work
Ritualism, and the declaration of twenty American
ishops in the contrary sense; the memorial of the
'nglish Church Union to the Primate; the "case and
.inions " of Sir Ronndell Palmer, Lord Cairns, and other
ed gentlemen; the counter "ease and opinions" of
he English Church Union, and the report of the Lower
ouse of Convocation, with the resolutions of both
houses thereon.

ILORD
.12EDESDALE:,_AIE. BRASSEY, AND THE

RSAY BASTIAN RAILWAY IiOARL.
The Times publishes a reply from Lord Rodesdale
to the letter of Mr. Armory, which appeared in the Srprem
of Tuesday last, relating to the dispute about the Dunmow
line. "A railway," says his lordship, "is generally un-
&Mood to be a contractor's line when a contractor under-
takes to construct it, taking the capital of the company
meTheleir.)..liniswoaitrol and
line . fisonduirantlii,e money for thelnworcki,
arrangements the work is generally agreedr to le executedsu
at a scale of prices from 30 to 40 per cent. above what the
actual cost price would be if the company found the money
to pay for it. Mr. ltrassey says that he was applied to by
Kr. Bidder, an active director of the Great Eastern
Company, to undertake the construction of the
Duiimow line, but he omits to notice the important
point to which I directed attention, that the
Great Eastern had no authority to enter into the
agreement on which he founds his claim. He must have
known that such was the case, and that it was an illegal
engagement, sot worth the paper on which it was written ;
and yet he did not call on the company to take the neces-
sary steps to make it legal and binding, though he re-
quired them to obtain power to guarantee the shares of
the Dunmow Company, which made those shares valuable
to him. He says that he had no knowledge of the act of
De% I think that in the multitude of his engagements
be must have forgotten something which occurred more
than two years ago. That act could not have been passed
without the assent of the Dunmow Company having been
given at a meeting called for the purpose. He miniits
that he is the only shareholder in the company
besides the Great Eastern, and he must have
received the requisite notice. If by some under-
band proceeding the directors of the Great Eastern
Company contrived in some incomprehensible manner to
keep him in ignorance, and provided Wee evidence to
satisfy the standing orders requirements, I should be justi.
lel in saying that they swindled him. If they did nut do
so, be must have received notice of the bill, though he may
hare omitted to attend to it, and has forgotten it. Yr.
Brainy contends that, as the coat of the work done at the
e of prices under the illegal agreement exceeded by
MOO/. the 80,0001. allowed under the act of 1865, Le as
titled to receive that additional sum, and the more so as
tra works were ordered by the Great Eastern Company,
d executed under their engineer. The Great Eastern
no authority to order any work on the Dunmow line,
Id he was the Duninow Company who could alone deter.
is what should be done, and who did it, and the engineer
• Great Eastern was also the engineer of the Di/meow
-v, and must be held to have ordered what was done
ADO in that capacity. Mr. Brassey's position may
an unfortunate one, though probably the 80,0001. from
;rest Eastern and the 40,000/. Dunmow debentures
the got afford fair payment for the actual cost of the
be executed. But whatever los, he may have sus-
must be attributed to his own imprudenNi end neg.
The question as between himself and the Great
a Company must be determined by the final and
.01111,1) arrangement confirmed by parliament under the
dm% agreed to by that company and by the Dun-
'mammy. He is the Dunmow Company, and he can-
:Witte the arrangement so come to, and set up
it a claim founded on an illegal agreement made
San two years before. and which, even if it had been
would have been supersedid by the Act of 1805."

Reronm LEAunr..—At the meeting of the
of the Reform League, held last evening at the
No. 8, Adelphi-terrace, the chairman (Mr. Cooper)
Attention to the electoral statistics sent by Mr. Ac-
.o the Daily Nernst, end said that the facts and figures
shown should be attentively perused and considered
working classes. Those to whom the franchise had
long denied had now, as it appeared from the infor-
iven by Mr. Aclund, a potential influence in poll.
Men, and the power of the ►ristocracy was at pre-
, a great extent, and would before long be entirely
ed. He thought it was exceedingly desirable that
ieland's tables should be published in pamphlet form.
Mantle introduced the subject of the proposed Reform
.iquet, and stated that the following resolution
mitre to by the executive:—" That as the passing
dorm Bill was mainly due to the exertions of the
League, it is essential that the League should
any banquet held to express the national gratifica-
Resolved, therefore, that without any disrespect to
we recommend the council to proceed with the

. League banquet, which the executive council and
legates some time since unanimously resolved to hold."
e resolution was adopted.
'HZ SORTERS IN THE GENERAL POST-OTTRIZ.—
eeting of the sorters was held is the General Post-
on Tuesday evening last to take into consideration
ended scale just issued, by order of the Lords of the
After an animated discussion it was unani-
,reed to decline the proffered boon, and to memo.
ie Pastlnaster•General for a more equitable distri-
f their labours and increase in their remuneration.
is mentioned that the sorters were at liberty to
or decline the new scale, some idea may be formed
opinion entertained of it by its promoters.—The
tn.

IMPORTANT TO CAPTAINS, SHIPOWNERS, AND
[was.— A case of considerable importance to captains,
owners, and sailors, care before the Liverpool magis-
yesterday. Mr. Tyndall, solicitor to the Board of
preferred a charge against Captain Jonathan Peters,
lest India and Pacific Company's screw steamer
rican, of having violated the 4th part of the 207th
ion of *he Merchant Shipping Act, by leaving behind at
-on a seaman named. Dublin, without previously
1g the sanction, in writing, endorsed on the ship's
mt, of the British consul at that port. The
f under the act is 1001 or imprisonment for a period
. exceeding 6 months. In reply to the charge Captain
WO said that on the 9th June, when the American was
he eve of departure from Curacoa, Dublin left the ship.
following day was Sunday, when no businese was done
le consulate, and next morning, steam being up, and
captain unable to remain without considerable loss to
owners, he sailed without obtaining the consular en.
lenient. The fact of Dublin having deserted was
wed upon the ship's books at Colon, the next port,
I' a consultation, the bench accepted Captain Peters'
lunation, and inflicted the nominal fine of Is.
:XTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT TO THE NEW BRION-
LANDING STAGE.—The steamer Galileo, whilst being
out of the Mersey on Tuesday evening, bound for
fiver Plate, ran foul of the New Brighton landing
and the shock, together with the action of a rapidly
`ride. caused the stage to drift from its moorings,
.apped the hinges of the iron bridge which connects
Sec with the stage. The bridge, weighing eight tons,
with a tremendous crash into the sea, and affairs were
,rue time most critical, the passengers by the ferry
steamer herself being in a position of considerable
r. The connection between the stage and the bridge
lag at length been broken the bridge sank. Measures
taken to prevent the further drifting of the stage,
the Steiner was towed off to an anchorage. Foeta-
l)* no lives were lost, and the Galileo has sustained
'" injury. The repair of the stage and the refitting of
idge will be the most expensive part of the disaster.
meantime a wooden bridge is being erected to
anodate the passenger traffic, which at this period of
fear is very great.
Sc RECENT EXTRAORDINARY WILL CASE.—
,Irceeedinp in the Court of Probate in the matter of
Anil others T. Tebbitt and others have by no means
to a settlement. It will be remembered that the ease
ten days at the hearing in April and May last, and
1 the Pith ult. Sir James Wilde gave a most elaborate
et in favour of the defendants, arid refusing pro•
he will propounded by Dr. Smith. Against that
the plaintiff, have now resolved to appeal to the
of lords, and that of course throws the whole
"Cr till after Easter of next year.

t ,F. Xxtreme. Bea,
D. W. :1:so
317—. V....... W. L 110
~......_ !—I.--
Metre 129.4667 B.&W. 3 N.F. cb 1
Aberdeen r.63 It 8. 6 8. b 0.01 3
Leith
Arkansan 26.6758 8. 8 D. rb 10.40 4
fireencartle 22.49 66 W.S. W. 6 &W. re 0.23 -
Valentin.
Roche's Point 29.67 62 W.S.W. 4 &W. ro 0.75. 4
trx 29.75 82 8. 1 S.X. co 0.4 1
.:di 29.62 60 &S.W. 8 8.8. W. oe (kw -
Pennutot 119.84 CO W.B.W. 7 S.W. re 0.151 4
Brea •10.92 61 S.W. 7 LW. rio 0.36. 6
Lorleut 20.9604 KW. i 16 LW. or 0.16 4
Rochefort.— 30.08 64 B.W. • 2 &W. c 0.12 2
Plymouth
Weymouth
Portsmouth 2989 61 W. 6 W.B.W. re 035 2
[nodal -
Vannouth 211.841 61 I.W. 2 B.&W. re —I 2
Scarborough. 29.7758 &KW. 1 8. .cb —1 1
Shields 29.74 68 &W. 2 &W. Icb 2
Helder — I - - - -

etre works we
d executed
l• no authori
d he was the
• • •what shot
the Great X
s • pany, and
that line in
an unfortun
e Great East
'eh he got al
orks be steel
'fled must be
• nce. The e
tern Comps
• elusive arras
t of 18411, ag
• w Company,
of repudiate t
last it • cla
re than two
would ha
THE REPOI
• Heil of the
.ces, No. 14,
ed attentior
dl to the Da
• us shown she
•y the working
n so long de
. time given b
• - matters, .
,t to a great
• unified. He
r. Aeland's t
7 r. Mantle int
I ' e barque
lust been noire
of the Reform :
Reform League
- initiate any hat
tun. Resolve,
others, we race
Reform League
:delegates some
The resolution
THE SORTI
meeting of I
• ~ce on Tuesd
he amended al
reasury. All
••• °oily agreed
Ilse the Post
• ution of their
*hen it is me
ept or deeli
• f the opinion
usineta.
II PORTANI
stcoas.—A c
ipownera, an
• tea yesterda
ride. prefers
f West Ind
••erican, of I
Lion of •Ise I
uremia a se
tabling the
• •ment, of
ashy under
•f not exceedi
'et•irs said tin
the eve of d
e following
t the comicial
.e captain ur
is owner., he
(element. '
tired upon I
t•r a consul
lanation, a
EXTRAORR
, LANDINC
ed out of
River Plat
, and the
tag tide. on
I'l4l,lva tl
pier with I
ell with a tre
or some time
...I the stessil
ewer. The ,
, lug at leng
m taken to
•d the prem.°,
my no live
tt••, injury.
' ;midge will
the mainti
• mmodste i
• e_year is rev
THE Three
e. proceedin
•'.th and oth
to a sett)
'6l ten day
ton the 641
','lament in I
t• of the wil
non the pl
oure of Lm
- over til