The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY

Religions ma might well stand aghast as the idea
of the preearionnees of what they bed apposed to
be net way es Inning so the henna seed, lint at tint
wan d& ehareater *it every admire in Irarivr-
lea" every development of whin% won* eon
sow light epee it, sad extend its Rya : bed tka
antegeniste of the filth west she ink, whet is the
ruse of a religion wild eon be Wend or lest
demob a eerreetion et bean la one if the trona.
tines of its mar* P amid anything more dins-
sing to Christinder be it by the grommet
maw I, More BMW is their principles are the
may smog the siomp(gense more, soon lees, learned)
who believe that the non perfect the mediae
through whisk the trade Is oneviryed, the better it
will he,. Bach a view is the moot reverent
in regard to religion, and incomparably the
most just and genial in regard to the Bible rack?*
of the nation. Its oppromesh would see the matter
thee at coos, If they wool look away frees holm
. _

and conceive the use at lay other ;stns. Take
Protestant London. No desk the Swedish version
of the Scriptures men have some NMI is it, as
then never was a transktioa without. What would
the speaker, whom we have quoted above, think of
the Christian character of the Swedish people it he
was told that the Protestaat ohmmeter of their
national mind and institutions would be fatally
shakes by such alterations In the Swedish version
of the Bade as the improved seholarehip al the age
showe to be asormery for the removal of errors I'
Any one of us would say at ones that a religion so
held is imply a supentition, and that therefore the
Swedish people men either be wiser than they are
reported, or their religion, se held, would be n•
gnat for to them. One would indeed wonder how
any maa can have read the New Testament at an
who dose sot an what Mawr himself thought of
bid in the letter rather than in the spirit of a
raffia&
These unihithfal Protestants are, however, equally
at Ault in their fasts sad in their reasoning. Either
the soneniess needed ere serious or they are
trifling. The deepest and demand scholars insist
most es/meetly on the serionness of the corrections
required. It is alleged, es the other hand, that
they are very few and vary trilling. If the ernes
an serious, who will in to plead for their conti-
nuance? If few end telling, who is the danger of
correcting them? The offset of any one text of
doubtful authenticity being preserved is, that
half-learned or unlearned persona, with the conceit
and rashness al aballownem end ignorance, suppose
whatever they do not It in the New Testament to
be an interpolation. The clergy are little aware
how many " interpolaticem " are suppond behind
their backs; and the few divines who do obtain
intercourse with the popular mind are anxious to do
away with all such talk by removing the charge of
interpolation altogether. They my the same about
the arbitrary headings of the chapters. If the igno-
rant take them for scripture, that is dreadful i and if
they know those headings not to be scripture, eon-
fusion and perplexity are introduced. The strongest
opponents of a new version do not object to the cor-
rection of errors, end the explanation of additions ;
but they recommend that the clergy should qualify
themselves to set these things right from the pulpit,
from Sunday to Sunday. Now this is a proceeding
that we would not venture upon. It is com-
mitting the interpretation of the Scripting to
thousends of different minds, varying through the
entire scale of sagacity end leaning. It is inform-
ing the people that our menu is a faulty oar,
without putting a more faithful one into their pos.
series. It is tacking them in church that what
they reed at home is not to be relied on without the
help el the priest,- a somewhat popish preeseding
fee a Protestant clergy. How an any man help
ening that it would be the sesiffer, the shorter, the
more reverent way to give the people a Bible to
which they may commit themselves without mis-
giving, as the fathers of the Reformation intended
when they gave the Wiens of Protestant Europe the
Scriptures, each in their own tongue ? Those who
would commit to every clergyman the bulk of making
his own version, seem indeed never to have under-
stood that the thing asked lbr is a reviles of the
Secipttuee by a body et seholen and divines, serape-
lonely sad solemnly selected and authorised for the
pertarmanee cif a great national work. They mew
that the old version is to be thrown aside, and every-
body who likes invited to make a new one. Their
own propmal amounts to sessititling like this. The
an they protest avian, if there were any chance
el its being adopted, would he far mare entices,
reverent, elaborate and compreheasive.

Ir Mr. BiLLENDIN Xl.l cannot be got to do
something towards consolidating the laws now co
the statate-book some measures aught at keel to be
taloa kr the purpose of preventing tardier cow
fears. If all the statutes were cousolidated
to-marrow, some dranite system most be adopted
for the ?stare, far it would not do to allow
soother thaw of legiekativ• enactments to
areamiate during some Ally years, and then to
undertake soother omealidation. Some general
principles most be laid down by canpeteot authority,
aosordiag to which Bill presented to Parakeet
we Is be drawn. These principies most be rigidly
adhered to, and for that purpose ai themes pyramid
by any member et either Home pram be folly eon-
shamed, and, if nereesary, re-dawn by the Govern-
ment drafbanan. In short, to put the matter
shortly, a form or dewing Aces el Parliament most
be settled, the winos of hgielativ• expression met
be aoxiemly studied, sad a wilcol of legislative
expressioo must be formed. For this purpose there
ought to be ems Marius! responsible fir the
mode in whisk Acts of Parliament are Loused,
and he ought to be entitled to select such
indium se he may judge most competent.
If so& a plat as this were adopted, and commenced
fortiogh, it is obvious that the arm of statutes now
on the mutate-book might be vastly reduced in num-
ber, and, in bet: the work of consolidation might be
gradually and almost imperceptibly accomplished.
holdall of dealing with any sallied of legielatioa
partially, the drafbessn might deal with the whole
Naiad, and might called together in one Act all
the Alta rehab% to the seine motto. Bat, for this
purpson es we have shandy said, woes general prin-
ciple' met be laid down by competent authority, to
which the anthem& should be required to adhere.

- Governorate hays mad; soh magnifisest
premises et Law Reform es the pessent. The videos
at air Iticsratu Bryn= are worthy of Imo legal
Paredies. Let his domed to seibbmary and prac-
tise' mitten. If the prisciplea Epos which the
exist* statutes me to be sessolidded have been
Nettled, let these be stabil, end let the ?stare Acts of
the Legislature be bowed in aoserainee with sueh
priseiplos. If this. principles have not been settled,
then let some be now laid down at coos, so that we
say be erred tram this chastie oft" of legislation,
which is augmented every se don. Thank we are
doomed All to mar ander the inertia of Yr.
BELLENDIN Boa, we may perhaps hope to do ems.
thing towards extricating m bus our present dill-
/whim, by at owe laying down some principles appli-
cable to future legislation. Unless anon's' art
is Node to introduce nosesthing like principle hale the
method of drawing Act. et Periimeent—nalso the

science et legislative expreenon is carefully studied,
it is ingemible to eastemplete without anxiety the
hie el English kw. It is obvious that se time
amens, and the ekes et estiety siting's, we inset
depend more and mare upset written kw. Va-
lets that written kw le framed upon saes defi-
nite petucipk, the inteepastem met abandon
mientlite knowheige et their rakish. for
mere gummork. Jurisprudence nowt be standmied
for the study of words, sad the fudges must be con-
tent to interpret the intentions of the Legislature,
not by studying the fendsmental peintiples el juris-
prudence, but by obscure sive and marks, me you
would interpret the daises end intentions of a dumb
Peol,lo-

LONDON, Bawarros, AND Boom Comm Itm-
was.—Tbe Heard of Directors al this railway having
bed tbe setemate p
the feedesitbaset bbf-year submitted le
ne early tbe
persist of a dlobbai
asit at the eemblisbil desk of the sinspasy,
=Mai the telml dillimed der As year lON swab
to pse amit.
tbe court.

WINDIIOII, Us. 16.
The Dueller of Cambridge sal Priam§ Mary
waived yesterday shiessea, rad Abed with his Mealy IR
the maim. Essi sad Countess et eirshwhesy, Viseseat
and Viecroweises lierriacks, also arrived at the Celtic

The bead d Um able-sem Gum& played dialog Um
dinar.
Her IdaMet?a privsee tad adierwerd• peraingell tbe
°mamma amelgealrelbarimaWiadeof OtieNletiat
Chaos, " gem" • •
aelecelaa, "A maws Taw'
Ti. Qua, meompezded by His Pziamm Royal 4Pria-
mei Mary et Cambridge, milked la Ham
mantling.

PrhlC; Albert, with the Coast of Thai/Am welt eat
shod*.
The Aachen at Cambridge Thad the Arhus et Lot et
hawse.

Tito ant of a atria of emstle plenum:a at dr Coeds
took plow tads ovaiab no pip salooloal gas die oats•
mks was Shatialat's etaisity, "TM Saul he Ihmisl,"
awl Ito puts Inn Clod aototalog to tie thilloelap pea
fit.

Mr Taw Tab. ....... Mr. Beimla W.S..
llbellow Salim Mr. nark Maws.
lb astmaisllaililis Mr. Derbitsaa.
=eft
&Who Mr. Aland
Mr. Oessee.
Crabtree
Rowley
Mona
Contra
Lleakr
Many.
RA'
Jay !meat Mr. laresel.
lady daesswelre !!.reef
Lady Tamale f Mrs..k. Pala
1 Wasiger.
lady thestrwsll Mr..
Mr.. Carlow Mn. =alp.
Maria
Lady Towles Maid KW Lassa Oakes.
Disseica
A. .at Director Mr. Gump Mara.
The
Chinamne.es arms* sad the seamy psesSed by Mr.
Theses

Saw OW eight o'clock the Qum am Prince Albert
entered the theatre In St. Georp'e•hell, entoanunied by the
Praeo of Wake, the Primers Royal, and the elder potion
of tie we* children, the Duchene of Cambridge sad the
Princess Mary, the Gent se Pugs,., Y. Van de Weyer,
the Widen Yield, the Rawl end Cosiness of SUR/shun,
Viewed end Vieteuetese &minks, end the Wise awl
genders= to ettedrce.

The perdirmanai oommawal.
Tiot hitowlag bad the labour of nosivhig Iwltstions :
Me Primers Amelia of Habash's' Sebillingemst, lady
Foamy Hamad, Lady Wstinput sad the Hrs. Mho Cann-
dish, the Wits Mornay, tho Hem A. sad Lady Hamlet
Vans., the Right Hon. H. and Lady May Labsielaw the
Hight Hon. W. 0. Hilt., Miss Hayter, Sir Wiliam sad
Lady bliddliton, Lient.-oeneral Sir W. mod Lady Colder
tan, Miss Codriagtos, and Mir Maria Codringste, Majoe-
Omani aad Ma. Cranfard, Um Provost of Etas Mr.
Rksado, Mr. and Mr.. A. 0. Robans, Miss lobar*
Mos. Mato two Mims Male, Colossi Farb., mu-
sandhi , Lient.-Colowl Hogg, and Mindenant
Vlsanat Ihwaiscourt (Id Life Ovoids) ; Ids''.-Colosel
Cotes, commanding ahem, Lieut.-Cohost lad Burghers'',
ad Captain ad Adjutant Fremantle (hal Battalion Cold-
AMMO Cade) ; Lady Carotin end Miss Barringtos, Lady
Mary Had, Hos Mir Amlwast, lady Emily Sayssoar, the
Hos. Mts. they, Mr. Edward Hamiltos, Colossi the Ho.
C. B. mid Mn. and Mies Phipps ; Mr., Mn. sad Mim
Same, Captain Hos D. aid Lady Elisabeth de Roe, the
Dew of Window sad Hon. Mn. Wellesley, Mr. (Boyar, mid
Mr. Gibbs

It will be men front the Court Circular that the
Ilan sad Comers al Iliottostoory went purer et the per-
ibreraos ri The &Asa for tiooodiol r Window Coals, het
eviniag—this berg the eassierest which revered his
lenhidp der tildes the chair at the merry held et the
Tresseaseed Heil for the sepreselna et the silo aria
His ewe the Duke of Rewards bee been
erertelabs dais the here week, the Wrenn distr.
grand WWII* et hie irk amis. Hai, as Work-
elpi-alatanea.Liell sod lallrlNkr, 0. &Mr Feljrabe,
INN awl lady SKr Nana; hHe. sad Mrs. Bridges=
Ogee, Vinous, awl Vigestaira Other, Mr. sad Kee.
Illmetela, Sir Themes sod Lady Whir sod the Misss
Whir, Kr. sad Mrs. diterbege, Mesa& Km Y. Bering,
Mr. Erns Riddell, Kr. Breathy, Kr. at. Leger, Mr. Mas-
ons, lb. Dostow, Capt. Mere, red Mr. Rawer. The
Lease Mara, Lead Rebset Chan" the Pad ot Limo*
Lady is.. arra. Lard gdwerd Chairs, Lord Albert
Chris, elapses& the homily dude by whieh the aebie dike
we eerreadel.

ihr• Archibald sad lady Alias have received .t
Pail Neese &Hag the last for days the tollesdes
dletlegsidiel visitors to wet Be Rdward Behar
LyttonThe Laid PTIMON; the led et ilea,
iael rad lady Warta Maw arm; is. turb.l
babas /hoods.,/hoods.,Mr Jobs sad Lady Matilde z
lady Meoisseld lockhert sal Mite Lockhart, Calmat
cad Moo. Campbell, of aldpers; Mks Lyon, Mr least'
Casaphell, Colonel Pole, the Rev. Dr. JUL/of, Colossi
Ran, Predroar Bleskiara, Mr. Cayley, M.P., Mr. Mee"
M.P., Mr. Gleelsed Bell, MeJor Aldridge, Mr. 'lterhar-
Wry. Kr. Many, Div Donald, MeJor Findlay, Mr. Tamer,
Mr. Sam% to., to. Sir Edward ass fe Gbagew
Widaadey, sad, ecemprdei by the Lard Proved, the
Sena& tad Major Mina, wished the Merae. Idardeedll‘
J. and W. Campbell's, Wyb. sad L 4byd'a venhoulat,.l
and ems caber of the hap retehlielimate to lowa.

Her Excelketcy the Cowden Persigsr tree per*
earned ot doettitrt 7obirda7 model ei Alban-Pio
Hoer The ammtete .ad the I. went pepeetkeg
wen*. Dr. !sere is is sieveireet yea tt, rewelets.
Lord sad Lady Moome, with di* sway, s
prig the Thew et Pee, la the imik et Amos, w is,
meat et lie tredebys bra&
The Marquis and lleseldessee et Exeter we
tettrimbleg • whet ids at Ilesitaby News, ow etas,
ked.

The Manlike/ft Dowsgar Tawnirod ham re-
onand hen her ha seam Islinsellen.
Lord Burghley los takes a brim in Chealerstreet,
Gresamerihee, hr the antic NORM
Mr. and Indy Charlotte Wabon Tsybe have taken
the imam Oreevemer-attere, itrrearly the madame of
the Ye Idaromi AlLehory.
Ths phoniest wataring-plaoe, Boarnamantk. in fall
et Adam nonsegenho minianto no the Threaten Cor-
ley ad hosay, Lodz A. Cud, lady C. Hassillia.nah.
Dodoes, Ly Wilhone, Has. Wm MemOntolah, Hem.
Wee. Hebhomse med hally, eta Fadostek mad lady Pala-
gar, Lady Hamm ma lamily, Hs haw Char., Mohr end
lbs. Vary Odemel sad Ma.. bre*" Kr. eat Mas.Terlos,
Osmond oat Ma. haes, Hem. H. Illsooy, he.
Baran Alderson, 'Monk prevented from attend-
ing LaieiiY hike, wee yeelaky, gen hoary, Mae&
to be pregradmer hivemahly.
The Earl at EOM.= has present ad the Curios af
Inas with • pair et ending Mm., With fives • Week et
smile rate takes ban Sebastopol.

Oa Tuesday, Geaseal Windless, the bens at the
Itelea, entree et Wreasaree, ea • vilt w lie tretherder.
by, the Itse. J. G. Dettefeed.