The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-03 00:00:00

311DDLEFICX.

Viscount Enfield, M.P., addresied his con-
HitM
ids for the fir. t time since the close of tho suieiiou at
the Hampstead Heath Hotel last evening. The chair
was talon by Mr. LE Br ZION. who claimed for the noble
vv count eleven years of consistent and able representation
la the Rouse of Commons.

A gentleman wished to know whether Viscount Enfield
wood agree to any incuiure oileulated to put down
ritualism. (Cheers.)
Lord Ea=Gs Laid he felt as strongly upon the
Metter point as any one. and had watched with great pain
and regret the spread of ritualism, and if he did not
actually pledge himself to support a measure like that de-
raibed, it was only on the ground that it might be pro-
posed by rime fanatics in the house whom he would not
same. (Laughter.) If, however, a measure were brought
in by the government with the approval of the bishops,
to put a stop to these ntualistic performances, he
would gladly support it. (Loud cheers.) He quoted the
touching confession of faith made by the late Bishop of
Fets rhw ough on his death-bed, and as a humble member
of tie church of England, begged to adopt it as his own.
(Cheers.) The words "blind subservience" he might
tare mid inadvi-edly ; he merely want that ho claimed
the privilege of private opinion, but had no hesitation in
toying ti at in all vital questions affecting the political,
educatioual, and commercial iuteresto of the
atintly, he ',timid give his complete, hearty, and loyal
Brno. tto Mr. Gladstone. (Loud cheers.) Ile would not
vote for the disestablishment of the English church should
such an uoldoly thing be prolsr.ed, In reply
to en elector. who wasle:d to know why Mr
Latouthe:e, the otter candidate for Middlesex,
was not present, and who /Sid he would raiser give •
joint than a separate vote, the noble lord said Mr. La-
b-where sad himself were perfeetly good friends, and he
beeped his supporters would ho also the supporters of his
Eon. eolkague. The fact was, each had his own way of
conducting an election, but there was no rivalry Lunt no
distnion. (Loud cheers.)

lib mad vote of confidence (meondcd by thu Rev. IT.
Mallen, a church of England clergyman) Nra4 unani-
mously carried amidst general cheering. A vote of
thanks to the chairman co: cludedthe proceedings.

Last evening Mr. Labouchere, ono of the liberal
eandidates for Middlesex, addressed a meeting of the
eketcrs at the Beliool-room, Old Brentford. The meeting
was numerously attended. Mr. Casanorraa having been
called to the chair,
Mr. LABOECIMItE Paid he trusted that during, the time
he had rat in parliament none of his votes had been con-
trary to the assurances which he gave when he was
first elected two years ago. And be was induced to sap-
pnee that this was the case because PO liberal had come
foram d to oppose lam and Lord Enfield. He we,
strongly in favour of the disestablithinent and disendow-
Malt Of the Irish church. He said so when he was first
elected, and be should have said en at any time the
last ten years. He was glad that the matter
had been taken up by the leader of the
liberal party, and he hoped it would be brought to
a satisfactory conclusion in the next session of parliament.
Ile thought an established church was good in a country
wLere there was an absolute majority who, though they
Haight not all be in favour of the doctrines of the chureh,
yet were favourably disposed towards it. and which was
Nee not the church of the rich, but of the poor. That be
tlionght was the care in England, but it was not so in
Irelead. In Ireland the great mu of the people were
Mamma catholic*. The protestanb were an infinitesimal
minority. He thought that the protestant church in
Ireland-sinned against every principle of an established
thumb. It was said by those who were in favour of that
thumb, that a natiix.si church was in the nature of a corpo-
ration, and that its funds belonged to the corporation. Now
what was true in England most be true in other countries.
A molulimi had recently taken place in Rpaia. Ia that