The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

THE OORHAM CASE.

The Rev. 0. A. Denisoo, ALA, vicar offset Brent,
has treed two protease, Pei& Saving been read iu the vestry
of the puha choral, la the presence of the churl' war
ores ems other withers*, sad copies delivered to the church-
eludes, were transmitted to the bishop so Banda, last.
Tao tint, alter assertion that" A. a.v.rs.l sharer alone
by the cemearsioa sad cramead of its Divine
r,71::: the power of dairies is arum' of doctrine; and
subject touts seine, the church of England aloe* presses,
wrath its sphere, the power of interesting and deolering
the intention of such di nutrias se the traversal church has
barbed ; sad that a power to interpret formularies of the
count' by a Baal judicial sentence, the synods of the choral
net nese, la practioe,adinitted to declare the donnas of the
chunk bream is effect a power to (Wave and mate sun
iaterpretatioas binding upon the otiaroh," ordure thus:
" 1, Berge Anthoey Desire, clerk, M.A., vicar of Bast
Brent is the rusty rowan, sad duress of Bath and
Welk: of
do homey sot., myMOteliil protest against the state
of the law whine empowers the Judicial emir' as of the
Privy Council to take cognisance of metres of doctriae, and
against the ware of that power by the said Judicial Cuen
suttee is seem particulate... • sad 1 do hereby pledge myself
to UN all lawful moans war; my iamb to prevent the co—
retrace of sash state of the law, sad of the power claimed
and eaeirsesed leader the same."

Tii7icosistdoeu-sment, hay's'', smarted that Mr. Gorham
'glee formally cleated we embolic faith Ia respect of the
holy soereawat of barium," roe on :
Acid whereto the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council has, is the ease ut Gorham e. the Bishop of it ions,
reversed the judgement ut this Chuieh Coot, and has pr..
ocuulead, by flow roomer the said Biome Cornelius o,s•
ha to to St to be institutijil by the bishop to • bounties with
core of souls;—

"Bach mousses if neccuarils false, and gives public legal
' sanction to the teaching of false doctrine."
It asocludes with the following words
"And whereas it has become necessary, in consequence of
such sentence, that the Church of Ea land should fres her-
self from say participation in the guilt thereof by proceed-
ing, without delay, to make some further formal declaration"
ta respect of toe auly aacraessat of bap ism
I, George Anthony Destine, clerk. Ac , do hereby enter
my solemn protest igaiost the said sentence 01 the Judicial
Committee of the *ivy Council, and do warn all the
Christi= people of this parish to beware of allowing them-
selves to be sieved or is-fluent:lNi thereby in the host Jegree ;
lied I do also hereby pledge myself to use all lawful mesas
within my reach to assist in obtaining, without daisy, son 4
further UMW declaration, by a lawful synod of the Contra
of Enclaad, as to what is, and what is n at, the doctrine of
the Church of England in respect of the holy sacrament of
baptism."
The Woolens Luminary publishes an address from
the Ven. Archdeacon Begikolomew, to the clergy of :he
arehdeacenzy of Barnstable, in which he says:
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in their
recent judgment, atErnsed the principle with which we are
all familiar, that they had no jeriedicion or authority to
settle matters of faith, or to determine what ought, in any
particular, to be the doctrine of the church of England.'
But, professing to be guided by this principle, they, never-
theless, judged it to be within their province to ascertain the
true meaning and effect of the Articles, formularies, and
rubrics of the church of England, and thereby to determine
and define what is, or is not, the doctrine she holds; or
rather to assert that, in their opinion, the church of England
hie in hipline no certain doctrine at all. In cooties to this
&reclusion, the Judicial Committee have virtually exercised
that authority in controversies of faith which the church of
England, in her Articles, declares to be vested in the church
alone. To me, and, I doubt not, to many of yourselves, their
jedgmmt has, alter this manner, been unsatisfsctory."
Having avowed his adhesion to what he believes to be the
true doctrine of baptism, the yes. archdiocese ends thus:—
' With agrees respect for these who may differ from me in the
°pinkies I hold on sacramental grace, bat with a deep feel-
ing that at such a time, and under such circumstances, I am
bound to beer open witness to the truth, I entreat you
to c :nadir within your respective deaneries what measures
soeuld be taken for the declaration of our faith, and for
praying her gracious Majesty that the coin, which may
be constituted to take cognisance of matters of faith and
doctrine, may be so constituted in accordance with the prin.
ciple ' that authority in controversies of faith' is vested in
the church alone."
The address is dated MoreharJ, Marsh 12.

THE EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT
HOUNSLOW.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—THIS DAY.
This day Mr. Wakley, the coroner for the Western
Division of Middlesex, and a jury of householders, trembled
at the powder mills for the purree of inquiring into the
circumstances connected with ths deaths of Joseph Perry.
James Bookmarker, and George Goddard, three of the un-
fortunate prays who lost their lives by the ells:mins on
the afternoon 01 Monday last. The coroner in charging the
jury, said the fragments of the bodies which had been shown
to theta were supposed to be are belonging to the other
persons who had loot their lives, but as there was very little
doubt that the cause of death was the ease in each case, it
would not be remarry to include those who could not be
identified in the Inquisition.
Several witnesses were then examined, namely, Mr.
Ashby, Use manager of the works; Mr. Lambourn, a clerk;
Mr. Curtis, one of the (inn ; and come CI the workmen—all
of whom differed in opinion r to the cause of the
accident ; some were of opinion that it was ccca'ioned by
Gluier going in to his work without changing his clothes,
whilst others were of *pinion that it was caused by 5313111
foreign substance getting into the dust-hors—no one, how-
ever, being able to form a pcsitive opinion.
Mr. Wehley suggested t►at it would be better to return
an open verdict, and afters short consultation the jury re-
turned the following verdict :—That the dowsed received
aortal injuries on various pans of their bodies from the
explosion of a certain quantity of gunpowder, and then and
there died, but that there was no evidence ►efore the jury
to show by what means the said gunpowder exploded.

ST. GILES AND ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.

Oar readers are aware that the churchwardens of
them united parishes have taken upon them to refuse com-
pliance with tequbitions permuted to them is the terms of
the HO:thous, ket, requesting them to take the steps it
prescribes with a view to ascertain the sense of the rate-
payers ea the question whether it should he adopted by the
parish. The only expluation that has yet appeared of this
extraordinary retina to obey a law of the land is contained
in what purports to be a report of a committee of ratepayers
appointed to oppose the introduction of the act. It ie u
follows :

On the 28th February two requisitions, with reference
to Hobhouse's Act, were delivered to the churchwardens,
the one requiring the churchwardens of St. Giles,
to ascertain and determine the adoption or non adoption
of the act in that pariah, asnarately and apart from
Bt. George, Bloomsbury ; the other in like manner requir-
ing a similar proceeding within Bt. George, Bloomsbury.
The course thus requited to be taken was obviously ineon-
'intent with the tenor and objects of the statute; in proof 6f
which it may be stated that some years sine", in St. John's,
Westminster, eine of two parishes constituted similarly to
oar own, Hobbonse's Act was introduced, but in a short
time, when the lawfulness of what had been dose came to be
tested, it was found that the rates could not be enforced, and
after much confusion and expense Robhouse's Act visa
thrown wide, and the former mune of affairs under the
local act remised. The churchwardens, upon the receipt of
the requisHons, intimated to the requisionisfa their doubt of
the legality of demanding a separate proceeding in each of
the two joint parishes apart from and independently
of ,the other. This communication was made in order
to afford the requisitionists an opportunity of present-
ing another requisition free at least from this objec-
tion, and a letter to that effect from the churchwardens to
the honorary secretary of the nquisidosists was d. limed
to that gentleman previously to a public meeting, which was
held by the advocates of the act on that evening. Oa the
mine day the churchwerdens submitted the requisitions to
two 'eminent counsel, Mr. Peacock, Q.C., and Mr. Tom-
linson, and as soon as the engagements of thew gentlemen
permitted, their opinion upon them was given as fellows :
"We are of opinion that the churchwardens are not
legally bound to comply with either of the requisitions &byre
copied, and that they ought not to do so, on account of the
difficulty which such compliance might occasion in the
making and collection of the poor-rates, and maintenance of
the poor of the united perishes. B. PIACOCK.
" Temple, March 1, 1850." T. TO/IL/MON,
Under these circumstances, the churchwarden', as advised
by their counsel, abstained from the publication of notices
requiring the rata-payers to vote for or against the adoption
of the act, whicet would have been futile, and void of legal
effect, while it might have led to serious parochial incon-
venience..

So far as we can understand this not very espliait &nu-
meat, the sole ground of refusal is, that there were two
reqstsitions instead of owe. The allegation that the adoption
of Hobbs:suite's Am might have led to "serious parochial
inconvealences," is not in the point. That is mere* the
private opinion of the chunffiwardena and their learned
counsel, end affirds no reason for refusing to obey a positive
statute. Snit there were inceaviseierees experienoed in the
ease of St. John's, Westminster, la teee7 peeethie; for there
only one of two united parishes appears to have been placid
antler Hobhout.'s Act. Bat, in the ease of St. Giles
and St. George, it was proposed to place both
parishes under that act, whieh would have pre-
vented the occurrence of ally difficulty. That the
application of one of two united parishes was complied with
seems to indicate that the churghwardens felt it necessary to
do so, and tells against, not for, the explanation of the law
assumed by the magnate. of St. Giles and St. (home.
The estepayen of these parishes we resolved not to ac-
quit/fee tamely in this pettifogging attempt to defeat them
on a point of form. They are to hold a public meeting this

steam se take tke eoedust of their skarehwardens intoeoesiderstkw, aad the gowns! irapr,s.icas is that doss gen-
tlowaa will bi eallid apoa is a asset of law to wigs Skein
seas IN for disobeying an set of parliwnent

THE PRICE OF WHEAT IN EUROPE. THE
PAST A TEST FOR THE FUTURE.

_ article upon a question just now of
the g • itot interest is abridged from the Econoiniie
Whataver permanent redaction in the priess of grain may
tike place in this (nanny is consequenee of improvements
of cultivation cad its extension to lands now waste, will ass
be regarded as • disadvantage to egrieulture, but the sm-
eary. The real question welch disturbs the 'nerds of Wee
interested in that pursuit, is, how tar pekes ars likely to be
peressuently radioed by imports from abroad, and the ex-
tent to which this country is likely to be supplied by foreign
a iuntries Aa account showing the Importations of wheat
and fl ter from each onatry of the world in 1849, was pub-
liehed in the Economist. Tae total quantity imported was
4,835,400 quarters, but in addition to this unpr eadented
quantity, there was • stock on hand on the Ist of Jan. of
wheat and finer, Imported no doubt with a view to the
seing of our ports on the lot of Feb., of no less than
816,000 quarters, making an entire sup; ly of foreign wheat
in the year of no less than 6,660,400 quartets, of which
5,634,000 quarters have been entered for consumption. Let
us shanty examine from what countries and natter what cir-
cumstan
we ces this large quantity of wheat was Aka, imported.
They re— Ws.
Fusee
Pru 1
de
8,734
Hafted MI.
Bemis 600375
The Hasse Towns, and adjesent ports 498,,983
Belem. 368,098
Holland 308,482
Let us shortly re snider in detail the circumstances under
whisk these importations have taken place turn each coun-
try, in order to form as opinion how tar they are likely to
continue at preernt prices.
1, France —The first aad most remarkable feature which
is observable in these returns is that France, which for
essay years past has teuilly been an importing
and not an exporting country, and where the
average price of wheat has tepidly been so much
above that which has ruled in our markets faring the past
year, should all at ones have become the largest exporter of
Europe. According to a table extracted from the French
Custom-house returns, it appears that in the ten years 1839
to 1848, the gamely of wheat and flour imputed into
France was 12,200,000 quarters, of which 6,700,000 quartets
were re-exported, leavieg a balance for home consumption of
6,500,000 quarters, or at the rite of 650,000 quarters an-
nually of foreign wheat, which has been toned needful to
complete this quantity required for the coosumplon of the
country over and above the produce of France. As a sourer
of permanent and ordinary supply, therefore, this fact alone
would not induce us to look to France. And we an
the leas inclined to de en, when we coal ler the very
backward state of ageiculture in that couetry, and the
extremely small produce of the land, which appears to
have been stationary for nearly sixty yarn. In 1790, when
Arthur Young visited Fraser, he gave the average produce
of wheat as 16 to 16 bushels to the sere. Shortly before the
late revolution Louie Philippe employed Mil. Ruhichon
sad Moonier to make • careful agricultural survey of
Freese. According to their account it appears that the
average produce of wheat per acre does not even now exceed
16 bushels, a yield not more than one half of the average of
wheat land in England. Whatever social Whet the minute
subdivision of land in France may have had, it is plain that
in an economical and agricultural point of view it has been
most prejudicial. While the average produce of wheat in
E•ilaad has advanced from 18 bushels per acre to at least
32 basket., that of France has remained nearly stationary.
With regard to the price of wheat in Franca, a great sad
sadden change seems to have taken place immediately after
the late revolution, which, though in the first place
pethaps ceased by that event, wens to have continued
ander some more poen] reason, which we are informed '
is the succession of three of the largest harvests,
is 1857,1848, and 1649, ever known in France ; aided also
by • reduction of consumption, and even more by the de-
infection of private credit, which has injured the interne-
diets dealers, and which has induced all parties to keep
smaller storks. For ten team prior to 1848, the average
price of wheat in the whole of France was 51e. 2d, tor qr.
In 1848 it fell to 395, 9d., and in 1849 to 335. 9d. The fol.
lowing are the exact particulars, extracted from the French
returns, converted into English money per imperial quarter,
at the rate 01 25 franca to the pound surliest :
Average pries of wheat in the whale of France for 12 !
years, 1838 to 1849: Per Quarter.
s. d.
1838
1839 46 963 0
1840 6l 6
1841 43 3
1842 46 9
1843 49 5
1844 47 3
1846 47 3
1848 67 6
1847 69 7

Thi following

Average tea yam.. SI

1848 39 9
1849 33 9
Thus we find that for ten years preceding the late roule-
ttes, the average price of wheat in Francis had been 51s. 2d.
the imperial quarter • for eleven years, including the first
after the revolution, 60s. Id.: and for twelve years, includ•
leg the eztraordicary year of 1849, it was 48s. 94.
2. Belgium.—Turning to Belgium, the next nearest
country which has contributed largely to our supplies dur-
ing the lest year, we find the average prices of past yea
rsfully as high. Is Belgium, no rube, agriculture ;is in •
much more advanced state than la France, but the popula-
tion is much more dense, and its ',caution is not saucily
equal to its consumption. Indeed se much has Belgium be.
come dependent upon foreign imports of late years, that
their corn law, made in imitation of one law of 1828, and
which was for the last four years suspended by usual bills,
has just been repealed altogether, and • small registration
duty of 11. per hectolitre has been substituted in its plate.
According to an official return from the Belgian government,
the average price of v heat in the whole of that country for
the last eleven years was as follows:
Average prices of Wheat Belgium In 11 year, converted
into English mosey and imperial quarters, at the rate of
28f. to the pound sterling, and 3 hectolitres to the quarter:
Per Quarter.
a. d.
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848

Average Mt yam
The kat New lasses.— 38 3

3. Shipping Port..—Nest, turning t.o.so"cleof the chief
shipping pens in the West and North of Europe, we find
the average prices in each of the last ten yeah to have been
as follows:

__ .. _ .
Hamburg. Lubeck,
Amsterdam, in Nov. in Nor. Dantsie,
Der Is.m qr. per 6. Im p. qr. per Imp. qr. per I
1. mp. qr.
d. d 6 s. d.
1610
1641 ..... 60
1642
1643
1844
1845
1646
1817
1846
45
__ _

. ..
MD
Aver.oflOyeers SD 6
The apparent high average at Dantsie being no doubt
ceased be the superior quality of the wheat shipped from
that port.
4. Prussia.—But perhaps the most Important end the
most interesting country, in relation to the supply of wheat
to this country, is Prussia, not alone on account of the
ettent of its produce, but also became the quality is of a
description which better suits this market than any other.
We have lying before us an official return from the Prus-
sian government of the average prices for a omits of years
of the different descriptions of grain In each of the seven
Flunks provinces, to which we :track the greatest int-
portsnes from the well known OM and accuracy with
which those accounts are k-pt. From thaw tables we ar-
rive at the &arming results as Ms merges price in each
province in the 10 years : Per quarter.
s. d.
Prussia Proper . 36 0
Posen 36 7
Pomerania
Silesia

Saxon, .
Westphalia
ithsuuds Provinces 44 6

Average for the vltole
Frcm the same returns we dud that the overage price few
the whole of Venetia in each of the years in question wan li
/chows:— Per quarter.
a. d.
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1846
1846
1847
1848
Average

Oohs* for Consols for Acct.
1/Issay. Marsha.
DM&
Highest' Lowes t
. ,
Peke. Peke. Peke.
Yekvary 44..-----
..... :41
Ne
lit .
16 94 944 95 49
941
19 ...»..«....«.....« l5 • 94 93 94
19........ 95 9, 95
MI 93 95 9
11.......».»...» 93 95 , 93 93
11... .............
21 951 93 95 95
23.... ...... 951 944 954 94
29 95 91 95 94
2a27 •
:33 fli4 :33 :44
......«....».
March I 93 91 93 95
5...„---. 9l 94 95 95
4 ... 95 91 95
5 ... 93 01 g ,
I • ls 93 96 93
1....--.. 95 96 95
6......—........--. IS 93 96 95
111 — ilSi 9; 93
11 los 96 06
:a " 931

A decree has been issued by the President of the
French republic, ander date the Ist inst., bearing re-
ference to the commercial treaty concluded with
Belgiam in November of last year. Article 1 of the
decree promises that so long an the treaty agreed
upon between Franco and Belgium, on the 17th No-
vember, 1849, remains in force, Belgian vessels
coming with carpus from Belgian ports, or in ballast
from any foreign port whatever, shall enjoy in French
ports the same rrivileges u are accorded to national
vessels makir .g the same voyages, aireguds the im-
portation of ell kinds of products as well as pilot dues,
port dues, q• oarantine dues, and all other duties affect-
ing naviw.ion, with the single exception of tonnage
dues. Art . 2 fixes the tonnage dues payable in France
by Belgir .n vessels coming direct from Belgian ports
with ear goes, or from any port without cargo, at
1 franc 10c. per ton on entry, and the same
rate or • clearance, inclusive of the usual 10 per cent.
addit; onal on all duties. This rate of duty will be
heir l upon the tonnage according to the method of
merisurement in use in Belgium. By Article
3, Belgian vessels arriving and departing in
brAllast, are exempted from all description of tonnage
.and clearance dues, as are also Belgian 'easels with
cargo, which may have occasion to enter, or may bo
forced into any French port, and shall leave the same
without having engaged in any commercial operation.
But, in the two cases mentioned in this article Bel-
gian vessels entering a French port from the British
possessions in Europe, unless driven in by stress of
weather, shall pay the same rate as French vessels,
vim, sine franc per ton each voyage, exclu.ive of the
10 pr r cent, additional. Art. 4 provides that the vari-
au customs and other regulations not affected by the
krregoing provisions, will continue in operation with
regard to Belgian vessels and their cargoes, and cape-
' cially those regulations which have reference to the
coasting trade, and the importation of products over
the land frontiers.
Riga advice. of the 4th mention that an extraordi-
nug degree of excitement prevailed in the flax mar-
ket, In Which article a great deal of business had been
done at advanced prices. The supplies during the
week had been considerable, being estimated at
10,000 berk ; but as the thaw had begun to render the
winter roads impassable, a falling off in the arrivals and
All highs? prices ass communes were expe oted. Hemp

had also been in fair demand, and a trifling rise in
price had been established. In linseed for crushing
MOMS business bad been done, and prices were firm
at 8 R. for Mormbansky and 74 It. for Stepp. In grain
there was nothing doing on the snot, but speculators
had been baying wheat, rye, and barley to some ex-
tent in the interior, and there was every appearance
of the market being upheld. Exchange on Lotdon,
381 d. for 3 month-.

DUBLIN lITOCICL—Mascn 12.
114 per Cent.t. Conseletor
bbsk
rto
Beak Nockfor opanibe
7‘
201
Wicklow MN. (3L peld) 13
Dublin and Rail New Nara, Thirds
Waterford and
IEXCHANOI66 AND 810C1171 ABROAD.
Haantose, Mawr 9.—Hantb. 71wenowd-a-llalf per Cants., 881
bllle, ase Newry; Labe* Loa. 111/8, MI Nita, PS weary; Honore.
ries nye par Omni , IN INK Nil wry ; Pried= Mee par Cents.,
1941, IN kale • Ramis Ma per orb.. 1•4 bins ; Inelink UN,
TlOB bliebaltilo Uls.lBlCeml Co. Trig a.Csatip., 813
erl. 788196, 70 1 1901101=4Frwr Pr OEN. 7019 IN* 991 i
Ali
Opoolla Nee pa NI BM ; Utak Three per
OWN, NI lib, NJ rim, ; Aside. f[ per Cents., 1064 bias,ll=
Wawa IL—Belgian Flab : Loan, 1640, Five per Cents.,
119;
er
CN Ditto, 1643, 979; D, I Nt; Ditto, 1814, Pour-and-a-
fiff PI OWN+ PN, Heft of i 0 Ns (117. I row Pr Ceuta-, 1001 ; Ditto,
NA Nee p 96/ ; Your per Cents., 83;
Eadompe oslowles, 33.474.
AIIVVIIIIINA Mum 13. .81esea as lasdash 26.471.
Mame Issaa.l4acs 7. No tairestlens.