The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-17 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH CHURCH UNION.

The annual meeting was held yesterday at the
Freemasons' Tavern, the Hon. C. L. WOOD, President of
the society, in the chair. There was a moderately full
attendance, including the Earl of Limerick, Lord Eliot,
M.P., Lord H. Scott, M.P., Sir R Lechmere, M.P., Sir C.
Young, Messrs. T. Gambier Perry, R. E. E. Warburton,
.I. J. Beavan, Revs. Dr. Piney, W. Bright, P. G. Medd,
M. W. Mayow, Maokonochie, and a considerable
number of ladies. After the transaction of the formal
opening business, the President, in reply to a question,
stated that the council had under consideration the Duke
of Buckingham's despatch in reference to the proposed
consecration of a new Bishop of Natal. He then, as
the successor of the late President, Colin Lindsay,
proceeded to read his inaugural address, in which
he pointed out the dangers which threatened the church,
and drew a comparison between the state of the church
now and the period which preceded the French revolu-
tion, remarking that the religious troubles by which
the church suffered were not confined to England,
but were part of the great 'draggle between re-
ligion and anti-religion going on throughout the
world. The society contended for ritual for the
reason which was cited against it—that it was the
means the church had from ancient times to employ to
demonstrate to her children the presence of Christ in the
Sacrament, and to protect their faith in that mysterious
rite. Be denounced Dr. Colenso as one who denied the
faith be professed to teach, observing that the see he
filled was insulted by his presence. This reference to the
Speculating on the future, he said it might be that they
night have to choose between endowments without saved
or a ereed`without endowments ; or possibly by a gradual
leavening process, the church would again assert her
rights.- The, however, was very certain, that the future
could bring them nothing which, if used aright, would
not be turned into a blessing on themselves and their
cause; for neither prosecutions nor parliaments could
prevail against those who bad God on their side.
The Hon. and Rev. Mr. DOTTOLLD moved the thanks of
the meeting to the president for his address, and that it be
printed and circulated.
This was seconded by Lord De Cameo, and having
been put by Dr. PINEY, who warmly eulogised its true
theology, was carried unanimously.
The annual report, admen; from which have been pub-
billed, was next presented ; and Lord Error moved ire
• Senator :Km seconded thb motion, and expressed a
doubt whether if a similar church council had existed in
Ireland they would have ever heard of the proposal for
disendowintthe Irish established church.
The Rev. Dr. Lax proposed an amendment to the pa-
ragraph in the rert referring to political matters, his
complaint apparently being that the council was biassed
by political news, and suseessfully endeavoured to pre-
vent those holding conservative opinions from being
elected.

My. Q. MIIRSAY seconded the amendment:
A long and animated discussion followed, in the course
of which it was strongly denied that politics had anything
to do with the election of members to the council, and
Lord H. Scott as a conservative quoted a statement of the
late president's to the effect that there was no ground for
retying that the council was packed for the purpose of ex-
cluding the liberal party.
Mr. T. G. PAPS; 111 • long speech, in which he de-
nounced the second report of the Ritual Commission as
contradictory and outrageous, moved :
That this union, while expressing its absolute repudiation of
any desire to tome imseconemed ceremonial upon unwilling eon.
=a, and its wish to meet in a spirit of oonediation and
II any suggestions arising from the comedic:nous objections
of others, with treat cow= the recommendations
et the mai of her 's Commissioners us Ritanl cs
embodied in ir second
The Rev. J. Sincriam seconded this, and in an addrem of
even greater length and muck learning contended fur the
legality. of the highest ritualistic practices, and
the principle dower by the commimioneis thaTribi,4
usagnshould supersede the law of the church.
•
The rginiluirtion was agreed to.
. Dr. Pe who was loudly cheered, moved a protest
against the seixdarisatios of the ecclesiastical revenues of
Ireland, and the diversion of religious endowments to
other than religions purposes. lie justified the soc!,:tjatr
interfering in • chunk wets steering clear of ' I
ponce.
Mx. TALBOT seconded the motion.
The Dean of Misrimmact, in reference to the first de.
epatch of the Duke of Ruchingham, said it had been acted
upon by the government there, and the milSary had been
called upon to see that the instructions conned in the
despatch were.carried out.
Mr. H. Xuroecaux submitted an amendment, so as to.
make the resolution read :—" That this union desires to
record its protest against the disestabliehment of the Irish
church; and further', 4ist the secularisation of the eocle-
dastical revenues of
Several other gentlemen having recommended its with-
drawal, Mr. Kingemill ultimately weeded, and
The original resolution was carried.
A resolution reeommending every possible exertion to
raise funds for the awe of Martin e. Mackonochie, and for
defending the decision of the Arches Court before the
Privy Council, was also agreed to, and after thanks had
been voted to the Dean of and the Rev. Thou.
W. Liddell for Raiz ragman an the 1 the com-
memoration, and eerie other Mennen§ ha been dis-
posed of, the proceedings were brought to a having
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COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Juin 16.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
soma fr. =MOM (coupe) Runtime melee). .
This was a suit, ordered by the Overt of Chaawy, for
nullity, on the ground of undue publication of bona&
The petitioner wee a minor and an orphan ; the respondent
woe the governor of his sister ; and he had married her at •
the registrar's office, Oxford. The ground of the petition •
was the au reason of some of the Christian names of the
parties, and other miadescriptions.
Sir J. Wilde thought the misdeseriptiona immaterial,
the names of the parties having been those by which they
had been generally known. But even if they had been of
more importance, there was no evidence to show that the
wife was a consenting party to them. The marriage must
therefore be pronounced to be valid.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

All Areei, an Italian, residing at No. 7, St. Paul's-
crescent, St. Paul's-road, Camden New To who had
been apprehended on a warrant, was brought before Mr.
Alderman Hale, on a charge of sending threatening lettere
to Mr. Basil Melu, a Greek merchant, carrying on buei-
nese at No. 19, Old Broad-street, City.
Mr. Cecil Coward appeared in support of the charge.
The prosecutor stat that the defendant used to publish
• trade list of ships arriving with floating cargoes at Fal-
mouth and Qamistowd. and had, in consequence of
an assault committed upon a Mr. Dombustdi, who
published a Millar bet, been imprisoned for a
term which expired in February, 1567. Since then
the prosecutor had received several letters from him in re-
ference to subscribing to his hat, and making a claim for
compmsation in consequence of his subscriptions falling
off ; and he believed from the tenor of these letters that
the prisoner would do him some bodily injury. In October
last he received a letter in the prisoner's handwriting,
telling him "to make the sign of the crest,"
which he believed was intended as a warning
that his life was in danger of being taken,
and that he was to prepare himself for death,
the expression quoted having that signification in Italian.
Sever 4 similar letters to this were also sent to other Greek
gentlemen in the City, and on- Thursday last, he was in-
formed, the prisoner went to Mr. Rail s shop, in Oxford-
street, and ordered twenty-five belle for a pistol, and
that he left the pistol in order that they might be made
the proper size. He believed it was the intention of the
prisoner to shoot him and a number of other Greek gen-
tlemen, and he therefore made this complaint in order to
save himself from injury.
The prisoner was remanded until to-day (Wednesday).
It "nil be remembered that on Saturday a respectably-
dressed young woman was brought to this court, who had
beui sent from Antwerp under the pretence that she was
wanted for a situation as barmaid. A slip of paper was
given to the captain of the Dolphin, in which she was
brought to this country, stating that her expenses would
be paid on her arrival in London, but as no one came to
receive her, the captain took her to the offices of the
General Steam Navigation Company, from whence she
was taken to the Mansion-house. There she was interro-
gated by the Lord Mayor, through an interpreter, and it
was evident she had been entrapped and sent to this
country for an immoral purpose. She produced a letter
commencing "Dear Madame,' and signed "Eni. Ste-
rne," in which the writer stated that the girl's clothes
would be sent over by the next vessel, the Giraffe, if
required, under the charge of a man with a large black
beard,.
and that on receipt of the "commission' another
' very pretty girl ' would be sent. The letter was not
addreeee4l, but on the slip of paper given to the captain
were the words "Mies Page, 22, Somerset-street.'
Some time afterwards, a porter employed at the
wharf at which the Dolphin had arrived came
to the Mansion-hones and inquired about the
young woman, dating that he had been sent for her by a
' foreign lady " at 72, Somerset-street, Portman-square,
whose address he had obtained from the steward of the
vessel. The young woman, however, was detained, and,
at her own request, has since been sent back to Antwerp.
The Lord Mayor thought it right to make inquiries as to
the character of the house in Somerset-street, and Detec-
tive Hancock, the officer employed for that purpose, has
reported to his lordship that its character is precisely what
it was suspected to be.