The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-03 00:00:00

THE IRISH CHURCH AGITATION.

LEEDS.—A rest meeting was held in the Leeds
Town-hall last night, ea/led by the liberals, to support Mr.
Gladstone's resolutions. The church party mustered tin-
smelly strong, and much interrupted Mr. T. B. Baines end
Mr. Joseph }Lupton, who moved the following resolution :
That this meeting is of opinion that the protestan;* estab-
lishment in Ireland, beinge the church of a small minority
of the population, is a evens injustice to the people
of that country ;is culated to excite the strongest
feelings of resentment and disaffection, and is a perma-
nent and formidable danger to the maintenance of the
Union ; it therefore rejoices to see the effort made by
Mr. Gladstone to obtain justice for Ireland, and to
cement the union of the kingdoms, by moving resolu-
tions with a view to the disestablishment of the Irish
" church." Mr. S. Hey, surgeon, moved an amendment
that Mr. Gladstone's resolutions were unjust, unconsti-
tutional, and inopportune. The Rev. J. Hood seconded
it. There were other speakers on both aides, but the
original motion was carried by a tremendous majority,
in suppoit of Mr. Gladstone's policy.
BRADFORD. —A meeting was held last night in
St. George's-hall, Bradford, at which Mr. E. Miall and
others spoke on the Irish church question. The following
resolutions were enthusLudically passed :—" 1. That this
I meeting, believing that the withdrawal of all state en- I
dewments of all religions bodies in Ireland will be the
first step towards securing in that country peace, prospe-
rity, and union, rejoices at the determination of the
leader of the liberal party in parliament to give an oppor-
tunity for the expression of that opinion,. by calling upon
the House of Commons to affirm that ` it Is necessary that
the established church of Ireland should owns to exist as
an establishment, due regard being had to all personal
interests, and to all individual rights of property,' and to
adopt those immediate measures which are required for
that purpose. And that a petition to the Hoses of Com-
mons, m accordance with this resolution, be signed by the
chairman on behalf of this meeting, and sent to %V. E.
Forster, Esq., for presentation ; and that M. W. Thomp•
son, Esq., "be requested to support its prayer." 2.
" That this meeting begs to thanklMr. Miall for his vary able
address this evening, and for his long and consistent *deo-
akcy of the principles of religious liberty and equality,
and congratulates him that at length one of the great
questions on which he has been the instructor of the
people has so ripened in public opinion, that our great
statesmen now hail it es the matter most pressing for un-
mediate action."

Norr►rortax.—We understand that a petition
has been gent from Nottingham, signed by more than
2,000 persons, against the Irish church. It will be pre-
sented by Mr. Bernal Osborne. There was a large working
men's meeting in this town on Tuesday night against the
Irish church.
AB/IRDEEN.—A public meeting has been held in
this city in favour of the dieendowment of the Irish
church. Mr. R. Urquhart occupied the chair. The
meeting was addressed by Mr. Bruce, Mr. Rosa, Rev. G.
M'Arthnr, Councillor Gordon, and others, and it was
resolved to petition 'pima the continuance of the Irish
establishment.

LEICESTER.—Mr. 1111111011 J 0111319 addressed 2,000
persons hat night in the Temppeeranee•hall on the Irish
church question. A petition in favour of Mr. Gladstone'.
resolutions was unanimously adopted.

PRESENTATION TO THE HARTLEY INSTITUTE,
SOUTHAMPTON.—Some very valuable anatomical and phy-
siologicel models, moulded in wax, have been presented to
the Hartley Institute at Southampton. The oallection
consists of upwards of fifty models of various parts of the
body in men and the lower anima/a, and, irrespective of
its pecuniary value, which is considerable, possesses high
merits from the extreme care and accuracy with which
the models have been , and which on this account
are admirably adapt or use, both in teaching the
sciences of anatomy and physiology to studeate, and also
conveying to the general public an idea of the struc-
tural arrangement el theenunal body. The donor is Mr.
W. F. Cooke, who also made the models, to illustrate the
lectures of hia father, who was professor of anatomy
at the Durham 'University. Mr. Fothemill Cooke was
originally destined for the medical profession ; but while
studying at Heidelberg he weeso struck with the experi-
ments of Oersted as to the effect of the galvanic current on
the magnetic needle, and its application to telegraphic
purposes online of reflood, that he gave up everything
to aim out the idea, which bad taken thestrougest h
upon Um ; and he succeeded. After a while he became
associated with Sir Charles Wheatstone. It is to Mr.
Cooke, in reality, that we owe the electric telegraph as a
working scheme. Mr. Cooke shows, in the execution of
the models we now notice, that he was • man of early
scientific tendencies,H and is an honour to our protonion
that he is so oenneeted with one of the meet important
discoveries of the cgs.—Lesca.
INDIAN FINANCE-1807-68.—ne telegrams re-
cently received from India report that the result of the
year 1887.88 will be a earplug of income over expendnere
of 800,0001. The budget of the government of India for
that year, when the neeemeary correction had bees made
therein by the Secretor of State, showed • probable 66811
of 1,827,0001. There is so great a datelines Wawa •
deficit of 1,827,0001. and • surplus et 800,0001. that, show
considering the sources of rename from which any ha-
proveroent on the estimate could reasonably be Datil
paced, and the heads of expenditure in which any saving
could be effected, we ere ridnetantly ohliged to era-
fess our belief that the statement brought -by the tele-
gram can hardly be correct. The only source el
revenue in which we ban heard of improve-
ment is the opium. The price of that ankle hes
undoubtedly increased, bat if we allow • million se the pro-
bable improvenest ea this account, we shall probably have
over-estimated it. Welmow of no heads of charge in whin
it would be reasonable to anticipate a eating, sad, them
fore, according to our view, a deficit of 800,0001. I more
likely to be the renal* than a surplus of that amount.
The question is so important in its bearing on the pro-
spects of the miming year, sad on the needy ter the
adoption of an ineeme-tax or some other far insiddretis-
creasing the income of the goveramenjahat finantal
on statement of Mr. Massey, introd OW for
188849, will naturally be Inked for men
than usual, and we ma hardly venture to hops=
will dispel the doubts which we bare expremsd se to the
0011•81Mille of our last information—Alker Miss Mau,
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