The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTABT PARTY AND THE OZNELAL

The executive of the " Society foe the Liberation
of Religion Sam amt. Petrone. red Control " have reseed
• document detailing the = taken by them during the
nicest the gains and
lams onepart=eli therjergidwria2sethe They say :
"8. seen as keenest election Wear mete* en Odra.
to the electors el the United Lied*" aceosapaided by a
paper of hdbreestha ler ahetels, go published- sad area-
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on octahedral gam dueled pest seeskas wee deal-
bated lbe halos ley aid It is keowa did pod
melee he searelethey the also of tie diatom'. llesitlead
Cpeele were h.wrd se teleatimessis la the
hersab ha* the side se the slestion, amiss rec-
ited le the en %abed earynhey.
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be this tineelien Ise tense far inisonimehish-
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dewiest this els* hewn* of cetereseeehes-
the: ledllhart sail 1 Iditaisti assitiatei wen amenielad,
by then
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with they thee whose
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amid steel d . sad to. t
sad eraistibeabie Caliber w
were hwtaAsad who pew, haserelble to pennedesi mod
segelaeatd
.a may Wooer were dismissed, eta; allied at
the 111
',We have 1114• fir those who have premised in shiest.
ter seats at Plymouth, Norwich. Betriessar,lllsed-
From., Falkirk, Reigate, Eery, Oteeil Yee-
ttl4 Cerdlina, art, the City et lealise, sad others,
taw towns sad laseosche af sad Wades ;
In the counties, Glanteipashles,flash Aurhain. Syr,
Cambridgeshire, South Essex, West Smeey, West Hint,
and others—gill of which were formerly in the posses
area of our opponent.. We have lost, as boroughs, Bono.,
Oulklford, Leeds, Maidstone, Aberdeen, Cambridge, /Web-
' dale, and others ; and, as mantis., Lancashire North, and
North.
147 careful waived, of the returns of the new parliaro
hose England, Wales, end Scotland, not including Ireland,
gives of former members who have been re-elected about
Arty who might be relied on fur their vote. on all our reli-
gious liberty questions. The new member. amount to 168.
Of these, according to present knowledge it may ressionably
be expected that, in their ackeisatical politics, am compared
with their 30 will be found to be looses; 66
gains, and 2 exchanges of members ecikaisstically similar
making, ma the result of this election, the prole. la clear gain
of 36 votes ((exclusive of Ireland) to the religion. liberty party perhaasent.
` Whilst • genera survey thus plainly indicates that oar
rause has made euteeantial proper since the last election,
there is • initialler end personal eared which cannot be
belicenreno beted
separate atiztln=ct, many of r mono. which an
late Howe of Commons who were etiepiellooll on our be•
half are not found on the fiat of the new priasierre. This
how of such faithful friends will moults inooevadsoin for
• time, at heart in our parliamentary proceeding., and la a
KAM; diminution to the joy with which we welcome= in-
creased number of edharents. The work which has been so
well began cannot be arrested in its prosiest,. The additions
and omissions in the new leaideaue alike furnish to thole
who digern the signs of the times the assurance of the
accelerated progress of genuine religious freedom."