The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-04 00:00:00

THE GORHAM. CASE.

TO TRII LORD 1/11101. OF RINTIR.
Right Reverend Father,—Taking it for granted
that you expect the clergy of your dines' will to the utmost
of their power follow your example in all things, I have
eonsidered Itsy duty now to address you and ma my supe-
rior, not property acquainted with the duties of your high
station and the responsibilities attached to it, to reprove, to
correct, to admonish, and to lean and give you understand-
ing reepeeing those duties and those responsibilities.
I should have considered it right in the first instant*,
with every sentiment of respect and humility, to have waited
oaiou personally, to have submitted to you my doubts and
difficulust, and is the true spirit of our holy religion, by
mutual friendly communion, have endeavoured to quiet my
scruples, and calm my apprehensions. This I should have
considered my duty to you as my superior ; but this would
have been so contrary to your precepts and example, that I
am forced to the necessity of thus publicly condemning your
sentiments and conduct in every particular, to denounce,
them in the face of the well!, to put forced and unfavoura-
ble ormetruetions in every possible way, and to abuse sad
vilify you to the utmost stretch of my imagination. This is
what you have done with your Metropolitan, and I must
follow your example.
You have quoted in your own way from the archbishop's
writings. Were Ito do the same from yours, what could I
not lay before you to make a bishop blush ? But you have
laboured in vain. Oar ordination does not oblige us, nor do
we by that proles the belief, you would force upon us. The
only mention of the subject in the Articles, to which we all
subscribe, is in the 27th, and is es follows: "The baptism of
young children h in anywise to be retained in the church, as
most agreeable with the institution of Christ." These ar.
tittles were composed by much wiser an: more Christian
heads than yours, my lord, and the 6th article says, " Holy
Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation, so
that whatsoever is not read therein, and may be
proved thereby, is not to be required of any
mut that it should be believed as an article of
the faith, or be thought necessary to salva.ion." And I
defy you to find a seatence in the Holy Scrirtuse that
determine, the effect of infant baptism. Nor does oar rubric
aflinn say necessity for our belief in its effect Al in any wise
necessary to the child's salvation. Had you wished to have
convinced the archbishop, and to bricg forward fairly and in-
telligibly before the church what you profess to be FO arxious
about, you might in the space of oce page have laid before
them all that the Scripture, and the Prayer-book contain on
the subject ; but that did not suit your purpose. Your aim
has evidently been to confuse acd confound the subject, and
for that purpose you have spun out full ninety times more
than was necessary, words of insolent abuse, alike dogeaceful
to yourself, and unworthy the high character of the object
of your insult.
I now wish to direct your attention to certain parts of the
Book of Common Prayer, to which you have declared your
" unfeigned assent and consents;" but which, in your anxiety
to establish what is ancertain, you have either overlooked or
disregarded.
The 37th Article says : " The Queen's Msjesty bath the
chief power in this realm over all estates, whether they be
ecclesiastical or civil; and she shall rule all estates and
degrees committed to her charge by God, whether they be
ecclesi,stical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword
the stubborn and evil doers." When you "assented and
urasented " to this article, was it unfeigned ?—end have you
ever contemplated the pewee of the " evil sword ? "
The prayer tor the whole state of Christ's Church contains
one beresching the Almighty to inspire the church with the
spirit of truth, unity, and concord, and to defend especially
Victoria our
,Queen, that under her .we may be godly and
quietly governed; and in the Litany to be delivered from all
sedition, heresy, and schism. Your attempt in the
exposure you have made of yourself is certainly
calculated to promote heresy and schism, as well as to disturb
unity and concord ; and the attack upon the Queen's an.
premary appears a little beyond sedition : rebellion would
be more applicable. It reminds us of Sacheverell's sermon
at St. Paul's, of which 40,000 copies were sold as fast as
they scald be printed, calculated to produce another high-
church riot. You have laid a tax aeon curiosity. Your
publisher understands what the commodity will fetch. As
I for the information it contains, or the good it will do, too
odd sixpence would have been ample; but whatever the
aim, we shall hope the proceeds will be disposed of in
charity.
Unhappily when a point of religion is contested there are
numbers of enthuriserual acd weak-minded people, who
without thought or reflection on the consequences, engage in
the contest. This has been the case is the present instance.
Your noise has aroused spirits of this description, who are
adding to your clamour, and greatly injuring the interests of
the church you profess so much anxiety for.
You have attempted an additional article to the church's
creed, and your attempt is abortive. While I profess my
own belief in the certain salvation of the child, I most un•
hesitatingly declare I can Clad no warrant for it either in the
scriptures or the rubric. My belief will not make that
salvation more certain, neither will the doubts of others make
it lees. You have no power or right to control either.
I will now turn to St. Paul, whose authority, I tract, may
be considered equal to that of a Bishop of Exeter's. His
solemn injunctions to his Christian converts are as follows:
" Let every s earl be subject to the higher powers; the powers
that be are ordained of God; whosoever, therefore, n-
tisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God, and they
that resin shall receive to themselves damnation."
" A bishop must be blameless, of good behaviour, apt to
teach, not a brawler !"
. .

Wien we read these injunctions to the church, we feel
astonished at your lordship's bang seated on the reverend
bench.

In this publication you have set all rale and decency at
defiance. Your only aim appears to be notoriety and martyr-
dom, It is the fervent prayer of every loyal subject and
true friend of the church that your wishes may be Indulged,
and that our graeious Queen will convince you that " she
bolds not the sword in vain," but will apply it la a way that
shall be fully admonitory to yourself, and a proper wanting
to all future Bishops of .Exeter. You have lived a ble of
contention, and to your last hour you will continue in it.
A VICAR IN YOUR DIOCESE.

THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OP 1851.
Yesterday a numerous and inguentia meeting of the fobs
bitants of Windsor and Eton took place in the Guildhall of
Windsor, for the purpose of taking steps to co-operate with
her Majesty's Commissioners in the promotion of the exhi-
bition of the works of Industry of all nations, The mayor
was in the chair, end the vicar, Rev. Dr. Rawtrey (Head
Master of Eton College), Rev. J. Cookeeley, &e., took
part in the prat:sodium. Resolutions expressive of approval
of the intended exhiblilen were adopted, and several of the
principal residents of the two towns having been constituted
as a cJuantittee' the meeting broke up. The subscriptions
announced by tit) mayor amounted to between 2001. and
3001.

--;i'NE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANT.—A correspondenoe
between t►e lion. H. H. Sibley, delegate from Mineeota to
Congress, and the lion. J. M. Clayton, Secretary of State,
relative to the trade in spiritous liquors carried on with the
Indians on the north-western frontier of the territory by the
Hudson's Bay Company, has been published. Mr. Sibley
complains that this British company sells liquors to the
Indians who hunt In the United States territory. He asks
that the matter be brought to the notice of the British
government. Mr. Clayton replies, under date of Decem-
ber 11, three days 'Ler the date of Mr. Sibley's letter, that
the United States minister in London has been instructed
to address a remonstrance to the British government on the
subject. —Americas Paper, quoted by the Toronto Globe,
Feb. 28. _

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SECOND PURCHASE OF LAND BY THE NATIONAL
FILIZMOLD LAND infollned, *lt Ulla
moiety has secured for its members the power to appropriate
another freehold agate, constants of about 15 acres of excel-
lent building ground adjoining the town of Kingston-upon-
Thames, at a shed distance from the river and within easy
reaoh of Mimosa Perk. The surrounainr land is well
covered, sad reoldroome are in good demand. The estate
almost adjoins the shuroh, sad hes a oonsiderable frontage
on the high road to London ; and it is calculated that this
purchase will be the means of adding nearly 100 more votes
to the register for But Surrey. This looks like real progress
in the work of self-enfranchisement. If this operation be
repeated (ea we undentand it is likely to be) about ones a
month, no tailgate, will be long able to resist the just sad
growing demand for electoral reform.
ABOLITION OF PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.—A pre-
liminary meeting was held on Monday the Ist Menai, at
Cambridge, bythe opponents of the panishmeat of death, to
take into coNsideration the expediency of convening a public
meeting for the purpose of petitioning the mown I. spare
the lives of Loess and Mary Reader. Both of these un-
happy wretches appear very penitent, and devote most of the
day to prayer.

THR STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERY
DISTRICTS.

WOLTIMMUITTON. WZDIKIIIDAT EVINIWO.
With the pima outlines of the operation of the truck
Irk= is teapast Oahe alantrY, est tha agitation that is
jest now pipe an lte iss abolition, you hare been
sob oreardneed. Withlhedillseities in the way of • 'in
tM objest la view, you have probably little idea; the poor
see has to sestaad stalest ',my species of power coupled
with abatises astlAtalay esdi Islimaisatiot on the part of
thssobleoreledlopseselardeehtaiaing redress. In illa.tra-
tioe of dris, Isbell andessurtesarrate the procesdiap to-day
beim the reese at &dr elks in dill unfit. T here were •
t mazy de Is ham' to-day on lafonnatioes for
iahiapemsM of Truk Ale, and others under the act of
48 (ha. 111., litershies shams on bankers for a lees amount
thaw 90s a sole by which*. Truck Act is evaded, bat
whisk is in itself Illegal, it Wag is fact the toasty systems
be soother shape. la *Metes to your lastructions, I ease
hers specially to hear theme ads, and the manner in which
tbey were shelved shows the asesedty there is for some
alteratioa la the presort seethed of coodecting astaty jattice
baldness.

It most be understood that the Track Act expressly pro-
hibit' the ironmasters, being smaaistratio, or any other
persons being magistrates who are in any way connected
with them, from sitting to adjudicate fa eases where =for-
=otiose are laid under this act; the necessity fur this pro.
hibition will of course be apparent, the iromnasters them-
selves being the mast scandalous oftenden under this statute.
Whilst, however, there is this prohibition against the per-
petration of injustice, there is scarcely any provision whit-
e's, by which the suffering parties may obtain justice, as
will presently be shown. The act prescribes that informa-
tions are not to be heard before less than two magis-
trates; now in this district, large and populous as
It is, there is a single stipendiary to, and
three-fourths of the remaining county magistrates being
disqualified from sitting, couplet with a tolerably good
understanding, on the part of the other section, that It
would be inconvenient for them to attend when tack cases
are likely to oome on, there is no means whatever by which
the poor miners—sufferer, to an enormous extent—can
obtain redress. They club their monies together, incur con-
siderable expense io getting up the informations to bring
before the magistrate", and, on the day of the justices meet-
ing, get only the atlafection of being toll that their cue
cannot be heard—that, in fact, in this densely po-
pulated district two qualified magistrates cannot be
induced to attend. Altogether, the proceedings to-day were
of so extraordinary a character, that I shall, in order to
make them better understood, narrate them u they occurred.
The magistrates present were John Leigh, Esq. (etipen.
diary), and Mr. John Barker, front:outer. There were two
sets of information to come before the court : the first being
for the ions of illegal cheques—that is, for a less value than
20s. each—by Messrs. Cresswell and Bon, of Tipton ; and the
second for infringement of the Truck Act, by some other
party. The first charge Mr. Barker could properly tit and
adjudicate upon ; en the second set of informations he was
disqualified. The sequel will, however, I think, show that
this gentleman was present with another view.
Ikkito•L Cnrclusa.—Mr. Duignan, so!icitor (addressing
the bench), said—l appear to support informations laid
against Messrs. Cromwell and Son, of Tipton, under the at;
of 43 Geo. 111., for issuing cheques to their workmen on
bankers for a less amount than Ws.
Mr. Barker (magistrate)-ob, they must be put off; Mr.
Bolton, who is for the defendants, can't be here today.
Mr. laigruin—But I d. übt whether the application for
adjournment is made in good faith ; the defendants, finding
that Mr. Balton had a main:twos to go to thoncester mains,
retained hint in order that the cases might not be brought on
to-day.
Mr. Barker (interropting)--We can't hear you on the
point; the cues must stead over.
Mr. Duignan—But it is important that I should be heard.
We have a great number of cues, and the act of parliament
expressly provides that they shall be adjudicated upon within
twenty days from the time of their being laid. If we go on
adjourning they will fall to the ground, and my clients, who
are complaining of a great wrong, will have to pay all the
expenses, beside, an absolute denial of justice.
Mr. Barker—We have a letter from Mr. Bolton to say
that he cannot attend, therefore it's of no use arguing the
matter. The cases most stand over.
Mr. Duignan—l say that Otis application is not made in
good faith; that it ought not to be entertained here, inas-
much as the ground on which it is made would no; be suffi-
cient to get a trial postponed in a superior court.
Magistrate—l hope you don't mean to ineiauste that Mr.
Bolton has said what is untrue. The cases must stand over.
Call on something else.
And the cues were adjourned ; and the poor men who
hod clubbed their money and summoned their witnesses, and
fee.; their attorney, had to submit to all this delay because an
attorney was out of the way.
INFRINOZMENT OF FRS TRUCK Acv.—ln this use the
intorenation was under the act of 1 & 2 William IV., o. 117,
kaowa as the Truck Act.

Mr: iltnoncisTl747l3lrminghant (addressing the bench)
said—l shall be glad to know what is to be done in this case
—in fact there are nine or ten of them.
Mr. Lcigh (magistrate)—There is only one magistrate
present, therefore they cannot be besrd. They must be
postrined.
Mr. Edmonds—l think there ought to be some better ar-
rangement when such cases are coming on. I never re-
member a postponement to suit the c3rvenience of 012 prose.
cutors of these offences.

Magistrate—The parties concerned should look up magis-
trates to attend in these cases ; I shag not interfere strain ;
I have several times before tried to get together a sufficient
bench.

Mr. Edmonds—l say that properly qualifitd magistrates
are bound to attend; they have undertaken duties, and
ought to perform them; nay, more sir, it is a scandalous
thing that lustier is defeated by their non-attendance; and if
we have the same difficulty in future, I will apply to the
S<cretary of State on the subject. But, sir, there must be
something grievously wrong somewhere, for the defendant's
solicitor yesterday presumed to write to my witnesses and
inform them that this case would not be called on today ; I
my that that is a gross contempt of this court.
The Magistrate did not reply to this, but ordered the cue
to be postponed. The following is a copy of the letter which
the defendant's solicitor address. d to toe complainant's wit-
nesses the day pin to the mazistrates' meeting:
have written to Mr. Leigh (stipendiary magis-
trate), to postpone all the truck cases in which I am con-
cerned, as I am obliged to go to Gloucester Assizes; Mrs.
handing (defendant) will therefore not attend. I shall let
Mr. Edmonds know.—l am, &c., THOMAS BOLTON.
The foregoing will show the difficulty in which tilese poor
miners are placed ; the object seems to be to weary them out
by procrastination and heavy law expenses ; their only hope
of redress is by the aid of the press and the intervention of
the Lord Chancellor.

BREWERS' AND DISTILLERS' CLERKS ANNUITY
Fr/SD 90cisTY.—A meeting of the members and committee
of management of the above institution, founded in 1840,
for granting annuities to the widows and orphans of mem-
bers was held on Tuesday, at the New Corn Exchange
Coffee-house, Mark•lane, City, for the transaction of gentral
business, Mr. F. Earle, president, in the chair. The annual
statement was of a moot satisfactory character, the an-
nuitants at present on the funds consisting of eight widows
And twelve children. The capital of the society invested
with the commissioners for vie reduction of the national
debt was 4,217/. 14s. 9d. ; in the hands of Main. Barelsy,
Perkins, and Co., 5001; and Mresra. Truman, Hanbury, and
Co., 5001. The balanocsheet Allured the receipt. from all
sources, including last year's balance of 981. 50. 7d., at
5121. lfie. Ild. The expenditure, including 1961. 7s. 61.
paid to annuitants, left a balance in hand of 2331.8 e. 9d.
The report concluded by expressing a hope that many more
members might be induced to join the society, thereby
milting provision for their widows and children.

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REMOVAL OF GOODS COASTWISE UNDER BOND.—
The revenue authorities having considered the operation of
an experimental measure recently ordered, viz. that all
goods in packages, with the exccptiou of tobacco, wines, and
epirito, and goods removed coastwise under bond, should be
racorded short on the debit side of the warehousekeeper's
resister, and the details of the delivery marked off in the
landing books, according to • new form, and reserving for
consideration whether any sufficient 1,1101111 exist for exempt-
ing goods removed coastwise from the operation of the system,
and whether any alteration of the books in ufe may be de-
sirable—the authorities have directed that the regulations
established by the order alluded to be continued, and ex-
tended to all dry goods, except tobacco, removed coastwise
under bond, subject to the following modification, viz.: In
instances when it is specified in the entry that the duty
ogle goods removed coastwise is to be paid upon
the dispatch weight (an examination sufficient to test
the description of the articles being made previously
to their being re-warehoused) and the gross, tare, and net
weight of each entry be recorded by the officers in the
official landing books; and in all cases of the removal of
dry goods (tobacco excepted) under bond, in which the
number of packages dots not exceed 30, the examination—
re-weighing when necessary—and the locker's receipt be
shown on the dispatch, thereby dispensing with a laudingbock,
boik, the spesifio weight of each package being recorded is
the warehouse registers to govern the deliveries. The am
thoritin, howrnr, leave it to the discretion of the principal
warehouse officers at the several outports to enter the par-
titulars of all dry goods, except tobacco, more fully into the
registers than is bereinbefers directed, if they shall find such
practice more convenient and more conducive to accuracy
and dispatch, the object being, by these regulations, to lessen
labour and afford the readiest reference and facility to
business.

DID Till RESULT JUSTIFY Trill MEANS ?—Dow.
adorable interest was excited on the Wait Cliff, Brighton,
on Saturday morning by the hazardous, and, as it fortu-
nately resulted, successful endeavours of the customs Mikan
to obtain possession of some tubs of contraband spirits seen
floating at sea. The wind blowing strongly inland, and
there being a surf swill as Is oocasionally witnessed on the
beach, it became • matter of great difficulty to launch •
boat. The Coast Guard, who were present with their galley,
declined to make the attempt. Mr. Ansel', the principal
officer of customs, by promise of reward, induce-I •
crew from the beach to scoompony him, awl Gibbs, one of
his boatmen, succeeded in getting a boat through the
breakers, and after much difficulty obtained possession of
four tubs of spirits of brandy. In returning to shore the
grew had a very narrow escape from drowning. Fortunately,
owing to good seamanship, the only inconvenience was a
good dubbing b a sea making a eleu breach over them.—
Brig
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Noawmax Ice.—The vessel Flora, which has
arrived in the river iron Larpeborig hu brought 450 tons
weight of ice, consigned to order. This is tha third or worth
arrival of a similar nature which has taken place dating the
past week hos Norway.