The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

THE GORHAM CASE.

TO TEE EDITOR OP THR EXPRESS.
Sts,—Pending the iucisiry before the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council, it may not be amisi to get
all the information we can touching the important doctrine
now under discussion in the case ^ Gorham v. the Bishop of
Exeter." With thin view I would sibeowd that the following
questions should be esbmitted by the Quei n, u the acknow-
ledged head of the church, or her Prime Minister, to each
and every of the bishops of the United Kingdom for their
opinion
State—What is the naming of the word regeneration,
both literally and grammatically, as derived from the root of
the original language in which it was written ?
What is the doctrine of regeneration, as taught by the
Church of England by law established, and proved from the
Scriptures themselves?
What is your own individual opinion of baptismal regene-
ration ?

Were Christ and his apostles regenerate ? sad if so, when,
and in what manner were they made so ?
Are we regen. rated in the same manner as Christ ?
By what means and in what manner is spiritual regenera-
tion communicated—through what sense ?
When, where, and how does it take place, as proved from
the original scsipturet ?
Is there any difference between the efficacy of circumcision
and that of betrism, and what ? If none, does not the rea-
soning applicable to onz apply equally to the other?
how do you prove whether a person is regenerate or riot ?
It may be said that this doctrine is one of belief, but, since
all b lief niu,t rest upon some fact, upon what (.ct do you
rest this belief, and how do you prove the connexion between
caw, and effect ?

Siam the d utrine of baptismal rrrnerivion is made the
grounds of salvation of every one born into the world, it
surely must be of the last importance that the public should
bays rigt.t views 'lip. cting it; and, if answers to the sblve
questions (or others to the tame purport) could be obtained
from the bishops, and published for the bent fit of mankind,
it curt ly would be a great advantage, and I doubt not would
be duly appreciated by society nt large.
I remain, sir, &c.,
AN INQUIRER AFTER TRUTH.

Dee. 31.

FRUITS OF THE GAME LAWS.

POACIIING.—A scandalous outraze bas been com-
mitted on the domain cf Sir W. F. Middleton, Aar•., Shrub-
land Park In the midd:e of the night, a gunk of from ten
to fifteen armed poachers precteded to tne gamekeeper's
lodge. Here they discharged some guns under the window,
uttering ferocious threats, after which they entered the
preserves, and from the constant and prolong•d ,UCCISIVON of
reports, no doubt re maies thst a I rte quantity of game wu
kaki and stolen. It is supposed, a• in the case of soles
Pt ultry, the whole of the game was r. moved in some vehicle
provided for the purpcs,, and s nt cff :o a &steal market.
The gamekeepers and watchers wire deterred from pursuit
01 the 'Plains, and very properly sn, fcr had they
intar-
fared, the probability is, that bloodshed would have been
the result, as the genet, from their laniru ,ge, appeared to In-
clude s ,me of the or st determined desperadoes in the neigh-
bourhood.—Bury Post.
POACHING AFFRAY AT HOLKHAM —A desperate affray
took place on Tuesday morning 1•s•, ab oit f:ur o'.lork, in a
wood opposite t►e Parsonage-house of the Rev. J. W. Met-
hod, at Wight's°, between the ganstk.t pars of the Earl of
Leicostir and a gang of eight or ten poachers, who were
armed with guns aid stay..s. Two of the keepers were
seriously injured, and one of item new lies in a dangerous
stye. Four of the olf,nders are now in Walsingham bride-
well, wain. g eamin►tion, and the police are on the
tract of the others, all of whom are pretty we:l known.
Mr. Methold says, hearing an unusual noise, be went to his
window, and looked out, and that he could distinctly hear
'he blows which were struck, and even same part of the
conversation of the psrty, although the wood is at a consi-
derable dwaoce from his house.— Lpoi Advertiser.

DEATH FROM BC RN ING.—Ou Saturday morning a
young woman namAl Eiza Sneeshy was burnt to death
under the :e110.0.,a circumstances The deceased was
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serv.nt in the faerii:y of Mr. Rim:wood, of Dom! terrace,
Konninkiton.er is, snclon the niornirg ir. titais•na she wag

standici with Pne of her nvest-r'su o.U:trete ne,r the
k,tcuen grate, when by some accident Ihr drew caught
tire. As son as the flames were extinguished she was
taken to the Westminster limpiral, where she expired

shortly after her admission. An inquest was held last
evening by Mr. Bedford, when the above facts having been
detailed in the evidence, the jury returced a verdict of
" Accidental death."
BURGLART IN LINCOLNSIIIRE.—On Friday morn-
ing la.t, between two and three o'clock, a daring
burglary was committed at Horkstow, near Barton, upon
the premises of Mrs. Robinson, the widow of a late vicar
of that place. Tne villains effected their entrance by
taking out entire the window of the pantry, which having
accomplished thi y bad few obstacles to hinder them from
gaining admittance into other puts of the house. Mrs.
itibILSOD, who has attained the advanced a,.e of 91 years,

occupies one of the ground floor rooms of the cottage is, her
sleeping apartment, in which also her servant-maid passes
the night, that she may be in readiness, whenever needed,
to attend upon her mistress. Happily the old lady slept
throughout the night unconscious of danger, but the young
women displayed great presence of mind and courage
on the 0CC0.14011, for, hearing the thieves ransacking the
drawers and cupboards in the adjoining parlour, and
afterwards cone and try to open the door of the room
in which she and the mistress were, she feigned to be
soundly asleep by snoring loudly. This artifice seems to
have bad the desired effect, for the men intmeoiately left the
door, and went up stairs in searah of further booty. Upon.
this the girl cautiously opened the window, and, jumping
out, ran over the way to the house of Miss Espener's fore-
man, where she succeeded in, calling up the terming men-
servants, without the robbers being aware of her proceed-
' logs. But we are sorry to add that her new auxiliaries did
not display the same energy and courage which this intrepid
female hal done. For although, when they arrived at the
Icottage, they beard the thieves oa the other side of toe
I house, they made no attempt to rapture them, but allowed
them to escape at their leisure with the plunder they had
collected. Toe missing articles consist merely of three silver
teaspoons, one silver caddy spoon, and two plated candle-
sticks together with a small boa containing some papers and
trinkets of trifling salve.—lfuil Packet.
A FaßMElen FRIENII.—A correspondent says:
" At the recent vent audit of the Duke of Marlborough, the
tenantry looked for an abahement, and some of them appled
for one. 'I he application. was met by a refusal, and an inti-
mation that prate tion was coining beck Some of the
fermi rs were so annoyed at the result of the application that
they intimated their displeasure at it. His grace, who is one
lof the stlimyled farmer's frauds, is not satisfied with one
feat for his land, but lets the shooting by public advertise-
ment, and thus obtains a second rental, His grace's popu-
larity may be estimated from the fact that at the annual
public dinner to commemorate his birthday, which was held
at Woodstock a few days since, there were but seven persona
present, viz , two lawyees, two butchers, two grocers, and
oas farmer "
VISIT OF TUE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TO ICELAND.
—Dr. Daubecee, Protestor of Chemistry at Oxford, states in
the Guardian of yesterday, that a steamer is to start from
Leith abort two months before the next meeting of the
British Association, for the purpose of carrying out a scien-
tific expedition to explore the geology of Iceland. It is
arranged that the voyagers shall return in time to roman-
afeate the result of their observations and disco • 'o the
congress in Edinburgh.
'rim AMERICAN PRESS.—The ent•rpriee and libe-
ral ty of the New York press am, we apprehend, unequalled
ia my ether eity in. the world, except, perhaps, the city of
London. Among the late enterprises of the pre.e for pro-
curing early forums news was the establishment of a weekly
e sprees between this city and St. John, New Brunswick, a
distance by land of nearly 300 miles, which was rue from
February to November at a rate of *mid, over most of the
route, of '.early 20 miles per hour. From St. John the news
has been regulaely telegraphed to New York, some 600 miles
further, at en additional expense of 1001., making the total
weekly *lvens,' for a single despatch of 3,000 words
nearly 20'..11. The completion of the telegraph to this
city Trllden the contiauance of the horse express unnecee-
earY, l'.ut the telegraph tolls are still to he paid, and they
amorist, for 3,000 words, which the press contract to receive,
to r. very heavy sum, say 5,0001. to 6,0001. per year. A goad
d':al has been said, and not a little opposition exists, in this
community, against grouting the exclusive use of the wires
for the transmission of the foreign news despatch to the
New York press, and as the merits of the case do not op-
' pear to be fully comprehended by the public we propose
to give what we believe to be a correct statement of the
matter. The New York Associated Frew embraces all the
leading papers in that eity, and the committee appointed by
the different publishers also represent, in this foreign news
business, the morning papers of Boston, the principal papers,
of Philidelphia, and all intermediate cities to New Orle
The leading object the committee of the press pre.ese to
have in view is to place the principal commercial "-A. be.
fere the whole public in advance of its receipt '.er
purposes; and their arrangements for g 'specula the
tive
benefit of their enterprise ere the .noel Anuabtl.ni°
devieed.—RoNcir Ste