The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-24 00:00:00

ZCOLESZASTICAL DISCIPLINE.

The Select Committee of the House of Lords appoTofeci
to consider the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill and the Clergi
Discipline and Ecclesiastical Courts Bill have met and
sidered the provisions of the bills together, and be°
directed the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill to bo re:
ported with some amendments. The committee aro of
opinion that it is not expedient to proceed further with t;
Clergy Discipline and Ecclesiastical Courts Bill (the Earl °I
Shaftesbury's). The Primate was the chairman of the seled
Committee. The following amendment was incorporeterct
in the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, on the motion of 14
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Cairns:—" Suits against clerks for offences against the le" f
ecclesiastical shall be commenced either by the Bishop
his own motion, or by three members of the Church, being'
inhabitant householders of the diocese: Provided aliveYt
that in tho case of a charge of teaching or ragintellu,inr;
unsound doctrine, a written statement of the partiowest
on which such charge is founded shall, in th° fi.r
place, be laid before the bishop, who may, if he shall 0104
that such statement does not contain sufficient prfo4 facli
ground for proceeding, refuse his assent to the institution °I
the suit, subject, however, to an appeal against such r0f°6.151
to the Archbishop; and the appellant may appear before tl7l
Archbishop either in person or by counsel on his behalf i¢
support of the appeal."

A boat accident of more than usually aerie
character happ en ed on Thursday at Glasgow. A pleasure pr',l
crossing the Clyde was upset, and eight persons drowned'
Henry Ford, late of Eccles, was charged at gall'
chester on Thursday with attempting to obtain money frorr trIA
North-Western Railway Company by false pretences. sh.
prisoner represented himself to have received personallrl;
jury by the celebrated railway accident at Abergele, °.//
through his solicitor claimed of the company compel:o4°l;
to the amount of £4,000. Inquiries were made, the result
which satisfied the company that the claimant was rot 14
passenger by the train, and had not sustained any
on their line. The stipendiary magistrate said there
sufficient prima fade evidence to convict the prisoner, 1/11..°'
on the application of the counsel for the prosecution,

remanded. 13,
The Inconstant, the first of our swift unarnioure
cruisers yet completed, was tried on Thursday on the nielroj
sautrebod
thmilfeull atrowSetrokeasndßayh,alfandpowreeralizwotic:P7o:
far above those yet attained by any war ship belong fog el
our own any other European navy. At full VI/
7,300 horse-power and making, 0,311
her speed was IGi knots, her engineys.doveloping
overrovolotiot:
per minute. At half power tho speed was about 131 I°l° t,'
tho horse-power 3,500, and the revolutions nearly 0 rea
minut'. She is thus nearly 2 knots faster at full P°'/-
about 7l
than any of our lion-clads.
Weekly Register attaches great The
a recent article in the Church News, entitled "The C°111;..
of the Vatican," and believes that " a real union Bo
tween many members of the English communion
facts
the Catholic Church is not far off• r-rw° or 6
are very clear, that a large portion of ille,:thel
advanced Anglicans wish for union with Rome, 9 ow
there is a wider gulf between such and other
twee,
hers of their own Church than there le be" VP
the first and Rome." The Register concludes :---
_.....,3,
inipOrtance t.:;
Council of the Vatican is no doubt destined to doi:s".'or
things, and one of these will be, by Eorn° raolitboli°
other, to bring into communion with the rfoly twit
Roman and Apostolic Church many who are rioW 111
14444 Lar gaga) catholic than Protestants,"