The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-01 00:00:00

OOLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.

TO THE ZDITOII OF m weal.

THE BEdi

Sin,—Your oorrespondent in Wigan, reporting
on the colliery explosion, states that barometrical obser-
vation' were regalarty taken and entered in a book. May
I ask, now that the suds set of atmospheric disturbances
in connection with exploions is being discussed, what
those barometricel observations were taken for, where
the barometer was placed, and, above all, was the Tomei-
lotion of the mine at all connected or controlled by the
of the atmosphere as indicated by the barometer P
ge:airlosions are influenced by atmospheric disturbances
(and this Is what we wish to arrive at), then the ventila-
tion ought to be varied accordingly. If I mistake not,
barometrical observations were said to have been taken at
the Oaks Colliteies; but what use was made of them
never transpired. It would really be of great use to
scientific investigations (and this is the reason why I
trouble you) if an authentic copy of hew daily readings of
the barometer taken at the ky Cery, along with
the register of the amount of air caging through the same
days, were published ; we should then have something to
start with, and probably the question might by these
means be set at rest, or followed up in a more systematic
manner.—l am, te., HY. NEORETFI.
103, Hatton-garden, Nov. 30.

The clergy of Liverpool yesterday met at the
Town-hall, when arrangements were made for the holding
of the next Church Congress in that town.
TILE RESIDENCE OF THE NEW AIICTIBISITOF OF
CANTl2l3l7ll7.—While the public are discussing the neces-
city of the new Archbishop of Canterbury being provided
with a residence us his diocese, Dr. Tait has, in fact,
secured one. Several months ago he purchased the Stone-
house, in the pariah of St. Peter's, in the Isle of Thanet,
where, when his episcopal duties would allow, he has
resided with his family. The Stone-house is not far from
Ramsgate and Broadstain, and is accessible by railway
not only from Canterbury, but from Dover, Ashford,
Faversham, Deal, and very many of the other large towns
of East Kent.

ARCHBISHOP MAirrrrNo's JOITHKEY.—Wo are
informed that his Grace the Arohbiehop will hold a ieoep
tion next Tneeday, December 1, and that about the 10th
of December his grace will leave England for Dom.—
/hike.

RITUALISM IN IxDlA.—The following, whioh
we take from a lladrevirer, is a "decision" by the
Blow on rof Maim referred to Id on le the Goer
dew el hie resent to Mangalore : • Having *on-
side,* the matters submitted to me with reference to the
faraftere and ornaments in the church at this station,
deoide—That the reredoe,_ or black board with white pil-
lars and triple arch, and the raper altar be not restored ;
that the Lord's table be 'moved forward, so that the win-
dows beaded it ean be opened the light complained of as
under the table ear easily be stopped by a
dab behind the table; that the cross made of
cloth ant lace for the table cloth be ret=
that the word, Holy, Holy, Holy,' in brassletters,
with the action of the woe —' la the Lord of Hosts;
so as to eemalste the sentence formed in Isaiah vi., 3
be over the central east window. That the
oreimes table, whisk was let into the math wall, and the
amilledick holism white were oa iheamantunion rails,
beset replaced. That the tame =magma L H. &be
plead on the front pemel of the pulpit ; and that the
crmbreastelightly tenni so that the premier shall face the
corner. That the readiegimkeitibiteeheir he in
theemspoilioninwhickUr.Bartielt pissed Asa, and that
the lesion be lied into the gaud slap oleos to white it
was. That the three hanging lamps mar the pulpit sad
reefing desk he raised, so Sal Ise one hem the
commien rails shall be in anz risk a/ *pima
the onkel lamp; nor the paWter imam
that neer to the pulpit ; sad that all three be ea the camel
level. That the I tat be removed to the the
so that the eseigregatlon can ocaveninell4 whams the
administration of the rite of baptism This ar
sant will that the elate on both Ma=
aura ieuld all be thrown back by shoat eiglitesa
lashes. I meant to add that, if at any time there
Audi be a lake to improve the ch would Irit
the Is
works:—The erection, In
he plain
mom
central east
wiadow, of • window of stained
neat and appropriate pattern • the
tS, e
chair of
the reading desk, *bar, and el the
gni" ell gime and *pit el- • Hibbs aseireetiom,
eteregewilling with the realkig and far the
stalk ma malb sad of the Lord's tab eavpit, or
patters in ebumete ler the epees within the memannien
raßasimlfearftr, Nov. 7.
Bourn Unarerest Mussum.—Vilitars claim
the week maw Ls. !1, 19!8 :—Oa Mali* Towalay,
ea_4Batrviegjoes,_fran II era. M 1,11•0-

1, Lawn-terrace, Nov. 30 1666.
Bev. Sir,—In reply tc your letter of Nov. 26 I can
only say that if your wadeaiidreseed to me on Bowie,
last, aftw I bad recorded say vote, did not imply • dm.
Weal from my aloe, the a* conclusion I can eases to is
that your use of leaguese is so peculiar and ambiguous
that it will be best for me not to run the risk of an
further misunderstandings. In self-defence, therefore, I
must withdraw from my snoe, and from all further
tact with you.—l ant, rev. sir, your obedient servant.
N. VADOW.
I admit that, fa oomplissoo with Mr. Bsteke's and his
curate's very urgent repeats, alined amounting to ems.
mends, that I should vote for the conservative siendidalas,
I hastily and reluctantly mid that I would sot vats at ail,
or at any rate would not vote against them. Bet MS at
the time this promise was not acolyte!; for Yr. Beebe
said, " No, you must not do that," or words toast Meet
Bo that even then I did net oceisider such ea misompistel
premise biading; sad still can did I amidst I was
released from this hasitattag mad unsecepted promise by
the subsequent language of Yr. Beaks, whimßea, be enamel
that I takeaded to vote by asking whom I lad resolved Is
eats hr. thengkta• gmei4 bees MSS S aIaININ le
canvass are N he considered I was pledged sot is vets at
an.—l an, de. N. VAUGEAN.
1, lAws.tonloo, Bkokboae, Nov. 30.

PIERAPI.

(Prom the Nemiehester Examiner.)

The creation of the new peerage is; a Reiter
which may be regarded iemp fns then one point ei Alm
No one, of coarse, will Wee lira Diana • puree V
the ukases for it and bet kolas& Mae to give it to
It MN do ao bans to any sae Out a vary estimable mid
=Missies= shoal beedisiby say name time she
limn to key seal abseil Alain the amount el mill
presiding* whisk a °mast seam. It is soduthe co
wry!
unusual thing for a Premier thus le foss the fonalain of
honour on his own wife; led whatever we may
think of the good taste et h as we eased
tend to say that pads is
_by 11. Bet
there is a mare wield die to the gabled. If
it is to be understood that Ma. Disraeli's peerage ems-
sates, not from the Prime Wake" but from the Bove-
and is intended as a epode' mark of favour to the
husband rather then to the wife, this we must say that is
this set Mr. Daniel* has bees guilty of a grave &bad of
judgment, if not of • mush mere serious siesta. Be hes
already, on more than one occasion, sinned griseenely
wind his duty as a oonstitudtual minister, by
the name and even the opinions of the Sovereign=
arena of political conflict No ass eon forget theamennee
in which, at the close of • celebrated speseb—send
influences that are best paused over with a mare itiusion—
he insinuated that the Queen held very strmrg views, and
might even takedecisiveaction,insupport of the Inshchurek,
Neither can we overlook the way m which he forced bee
Majesty into an appearance of taking sides, by offering to
her alternative instead of positive advice, when it Mouse
aquestion whether the present gcnernmsat should dis-
Salve or rutin. He has, in fact, dehlerately teied to
shelter hirpmselfoses, under the royal robe, and to make sae, for
party pu of the essial ' influence which
may be derived from the and
opinions and predi-
lections of his "oakum. fiat Wag the esse, it is not
unnatural we shouldrd with swegicion an act
which is certainly of being mimspensustedi
end which has been at a time idiom midwives-
Imitation is most certain to fallow. We seed hardly
say that we do not ourselves suspect bee Majesty
o! taking sides on the Irish sauveh, or any other
.t
qnedion. Her °pikers are, of worse, se
becomes • constitutional stsesseb—end an
eminently constitutional a ausuch es she has proved
herself—those of the minister who for the time
pOSESIIIOII the confidence of bee faithful Comesime. Dan
is notorious that people wakening to be well iidemend
are going about, both in Loudon and einewhiret essieriag
in the most positive manner that her Melody is not thus
neutral; that she regards Mr. Disraeli and his policy
with warm favour, while, on the other hand, Mr. Olad-
atone and his policy are said to inspire her with the utmost
aversion. It measy to see what a handle these mischievous
persons will make of the new viscountess, and bow son-
, idently theyJ will cite her entrance into the British peer-
=. a n of their slanderous and scandalous
We hope—we cannot go so far as to say that we
belisve—Mr. Disraeli did not foresee this consequence
when he advised her Majesty to confer a favour upon his
wife. If be did, all we can say is that be has
committed one of the most serious derelictions of duty of
which a minister in his position could be capable. It is
the bounden duty of such a man to guard the Sovereign
from the fainted suspicion of overstepping the bounds
which limit her constitutional action ; and no words of
condemnation would be too strong for a statesman who
practised on the good nature of a gracious Queen in order
to arm himself and his followers with an additional
weapon for a political flOt. Let it be thoroughly under-
stood that her Majesty Ma nothing to do with the new
creation, or that she has no further concern in it than so
far as it is a
°manifestation of We kindly feelings towards

Km Disraeli, and neither we nor any one utter a
word of objection. But we cannot too strongly protest
against any attempt to give it the colour of a politu..al set
on the part ef her Majesty.

PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GIADSTONE.—
Since the close of the election for South-west Lancashire
a wish has been frequently expressed by the working men
and other inhabitants of this division of the county that a
fund should be raised for the purpose of presenting a sub-
stantial testimonial to the Right Hon. William Ewart
Gladstone, M.P., as an acknowledgment of the eminent
services which he has rendered to the country, and also
as an expression of the high esteem in which he is held by
all classes of the people. At the urgent request of a
number of the working men of South-west Lancashire,
and those who have ruiscsl themselves from the
position of working men, the proprietors of the
.I.in-spool Mercury have consented to become treasurers
of such a fund, and will now be happy to receive subscrip-
tions of one penny and upwards.— twerps,/ lifererry.
THE RETURN OF SIR SYDNEY WATERLOW.--..
Our London correspondent intimates that an awkward
mischance threatens to annul—for a time at least —the
effect of the strenuous, praiseworthy, and succesdul
exertions made by the liberals of Dumfriesshire for the
return of Sir S. Waterlow. There is a well-known rule
which prohibits a government contractor from becoming
a member of the House of Conunons. In deference to it,
Sir 8. Y. Pete had to resign his seat when making the
Balaklava Railway. Other instances of the stringency
with which it is mforeed are plentiful. It is said that Sir
8. Watetlow is exposed to its operation. If en it
is probable that his contract is only some
affair which he had forgotten, for we real=
he is prepared to get out of it. The question is whether
by doing so before he comes forward to take the oaths and
his seat he will be in time F and the answer which any
committee would give, should it be rained, must be
No." The Act (22 George 111., e. 15), is particularly
explicit. It declare* a contractor incapable of being
elected, as well as of sitting or voting—though it is only
as regards the latter that
_penalties are imposed. These
are severe. An offender is liable to forfeit 500 i. for every
day on which he ma sit or vote, to any person who may
sue for the same. The new member will of course hike
care to avoid this liability: but we fear he will not be
permitted to take his seat without challenge.—North
British Nail.

Trim CLERGY AND ME LTBERAL DEFEAT 111
Soars 811110PIZIRE.—If we ere asked to account for the
result we my at once that it was brought about maialy by
the clergy, who have been indefatigable in their subW
operations upon the minds of the residentews the mat
districts. They have been not so much ratifying Hr.
More, as misrepresenting the character and aim of Mr.
ir GladstorW • Irish church policy. In cae.parisit a clergy-
man, finding that numbers of his parishioners bad pro-
mised to vote for Mr. More, went about telling them that
they were going
_to vote for
retteem=e, for the
Queen to be beheaded, and chwEfuenv
to be burnt for their faith. In another I=4
another clergyman, who Ms a
adopted the ear stierrieershass art,
eseeseeek
in winning the sympathy of ftr&bserese Ma weak-
headed liberals. On -th•-day decker DNS
.derkal_
gentlemen were most active. -/n Penleibrea seetlegelerf
were between 30 and 40 of them Into mleM lean IN.
booth. At Church Mastics oar rarrespwrinse
I/0 less than 16, most of whore nista=itirde or it en.
tend the saie, spied eat lire snit pliable,.
meld Mien np to the oommttee-namw..643lAllee
otraillot the boob of Mr. Mors those el
Harbert and Woad OoeheM.
nalnee at the mean ads which wareiiralcith
WWI" by the " inteeme" el *god
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