The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-23 00:00:00

THE IRISH CHURCH QUESTION.

The Second Edition of yesterday's Arprest contained
a description of the extiaordinary proceedings at the
Guildhall meeting. The Laity News account says:
After Mr. Harcourt's address Mr. Crawford, 1t.1'., Mr.
Goeeben,M. P., Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Samuel Mar-
ley, Mr. Vernon Harcourt and the more important oppo-
nents of the established church on the platform retired.
The roughs in the body of the hall, seeing that they were
virtually masters of the situation, yelled with delight, and
receiving the cue from their "captains," frantically
cheered for Mr. Disraeli. An individual named M'Clure,
who was one of • knot of clamorous on the
jam
?temen
platform, stepped forward and • vote of
thanks to the Lord Mayor. Theboisterous cheer-
ing which the proposition evoked from the
roughs was succeeded by hooting, gron ' g, and
hissing on their part, when Mr. J. J. Merriman moved
a vote of censure on the Lord Mayor. He attempted to
address the meeting from the spot previously occupied by
M'Clure, when he was seized by the collar and nearly
strangled in the presence of four or five policemen, b 7
whom his piteous appeal, " Help me, I shall be killed ! '
was altogether disregarded. Three or four able-bodied
friends, however, rescued him from his unenviable posi-
tion, whereupon, undeterred by the effects of rough
handling, he jumped on to the reporters' table and asked
for separately and obtained from the section of the meet-
ing representing unpaid respectability cheers for Mr.
Gladstone, Mr. Bright, Mr. Mill, and Ireland. Mr.
Merriman, several members of the Reform League, and
others then took their departure, and the hall was left to
the uncontested possession of M Clure, Pitman, the roughs,
and a dozen policemen.
While the meeting within the hull was being held, those
who failed to obtain admission were addressed from the
top of a "four-wheeler," by Messrs. Weston, Cremer, and
Oiborne, of the Reform League, whose sentiments were
pretty generally applauded.
The disgruoeful means by which free discussion at the
meeting was prevented were fully exposed when the hall
had been cleared. Ragged, besotted looking scoundrels
from St. Giles's, Westminster, and the neighbourhood of
Drury-lane, assembled in knots near the Guildhall, and
were soon joined by persons of a better class, who either
in the open street or at the adjacent public-houses, paid
them sums varying from 2a. 6d. to ls. 6d. In several in-
stances they quarrelled about the money, and the police
bad to be appealed to for the purpose of preserving order.
Our reporter ascertained from one of the hirelings that he
and thirty or forty others had been employed by an indi-
vidual residing in Wood-street, Westminster, and he also
ascertained the name of a man living in Drury-court who
was "captain "of a gang of fourteen. The pay of the
"alongshore-men"—who were, of course, considered im-
portant personages when compared with the gaol-birds
who accompanied them—was 4s. for the day.

DEPARTURE OF TILE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD.-
The Lkhop of Lichfield will leave England for Now Zea-
land on the 2nd of July, and having made such arrange-
ments as may be possible for the appointment of his suc-
cessor there, will return to England in about six months.
lie has introduced to his clergy of the diocese of Lichfield
the Right Rev. Dr. Trower, lute Bishop
.of Gibraltar, by
wliran the see of Lichfield will be admmustered during MX
abm lace.

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF TWO BROTHERS.—The
family of Lieutenant-Colonel Erule Money-Kyrlo, residing
near Hereford, have been thrown into the deepest
affliction by the death of the gallant colonel's two
1/1111M SS WHY—John, aged 16, and Stouehouse, aged 12.
They went, with another lad named With, into the River
I.ugg, below Lugg Mills. Only John could swim. After
being in the water some time, John and With got out
and began dressing. On looking for Stouehouse they
could not see him at first, but in a few seconds they saw
I.iin rise to the surface of the water. John at once
plunged in to his rescue, but when he got to him Stone-
house caught hold of John, and they struggled together.
With, seeing both were in danger, run to the mill for
assistance, and when Mr. Wheeler and his men arrived
both the young gentlemen had sunk, and it was fully an
hcur before their bodies were recovered.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT A PUINTIXO-OFFICE.- -
Mr. W. Payne, City Coroner, received information
yesterday of the death, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
of Albert Edward Ladd, aged 12 years. The deceased
was a folder at Waterlow's printing-office, London-wall.
On Friday afternoon last he was directed to move sonvi
reams of paper off a lift that is used for carrying goods
from floor to fluor of the building, and is worked by steam.
Before di ceased had been at work a few hours at this part
of the office, loud screams for help were heard by tho
workmen, and upon several persons running to the spot,
the deceased was found crushed tightly between the flap
of the steam lift and the ground floor. Ile was soon ex-
tricated, and stated before his death ho had touched
the roves of the lift, and set the machine in motion, and
the flap came down upon him. Ho was much injured
atent the head and body, and soon expired.
TIIE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT TILE VOLUNTEER
Ittcrt w.— Yesterday morning Mr. H. A. Martin, coroner for
the led... ugh, held an inquest at the Windsor police-station,
it the dy of Mr. JohnDIIIIII. a private in the D tympany
of the London Rifle Brigade, who dropped dead trim thi
tanks of that et nee as it war marching through Park-
street after the review on Saturday evening, as reported
yesterday. It appeared from the evidence that the cause
of death was (watt disease, accelerated b over exertion,
and a verdict to that effect was accordingly returned.