The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-10 00:00:00

THE 29TH CANON.

The Bishop of CHICHESTER moved that his grace
the President be requested to communicate to the
President of the Convocation of the Province of
York the form of canon adopted by the Convo4m-
tion of the Province of Canterbury.
The Bishop of OXFORD seconded the motion',
which was unanimously agreed to.

THE " ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."
The Bishop of CHICHESTER moved that the re-
port of the Lower House on the subject of the
volume entitled " Essays and Reviews" be read.
Mr. F. H. DYKE, the registrar, read the resolu-
tion which had been proposed by Archdeacqn Deni-
son, and seconded by the Rev. Dr. M'Caul, proctor
for the clergy of the Archdeaconry of London, to the
effect that in the opinion of the Lower House there
were sufficient grounds for proceeding to a synodi-
cal judgment upon the book.
The Bishop of CHICHESTER said that upon that
resolution a question would rrise whether the Upper
House would enter upon the subject of adopting
that or any similar resolution with regard to the
" Essays and Reviews." Their lordships were iin a
different position from the members of the Lo wer
House, inasmuch as they were under the preside, acY
of his Grace the Archbishop, who, with the Bis hop
of London, might under certain circumstances, be
called upon to act in a judicial capacity, arising out
of a suit which the Bishop of Salisbury had th ought
it right to institute against the Rev. Dr. Rowland
Williams, vicar of Broad• Chalk, in the diocese of
Salisbury, one of the authors of " Essays and : Re-
views," It was possible that the case might go on
to be heard hereafter before the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council, and that the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Bishop of London might be
called upon to sit as judges on. that comm=ittee•
Assuming that possibility, the Archbishop and the
Bishop of London might feel some difficulty in dis-
cussing and pronouncing judgment in convocation.
upon a volume which they might thereafter have
judicially to consider. If_ that should be the fe el-

mg of the Archbishop and the Bishop of London,
the other bishops would have to discuss thia volume
in their absence, and thus much of ale weight
which would otherwise attach to their decision
would be lost. He would, therefore, propose the
following resolution :—" That his Grace the
President be requested to communicate to. the
Lower House that this house having taken
into consideration the communication of the
Lower House, touching a book entitled
' Essays and Reviews,' have resolved that,
whereas, since this house formerly considered this
question, a suit has been commenced against one of
the writers for his contribution thereto, and whereas
his grace the President, and the other members of
this synod who are Privy Councillors, may in the
course of the appeal upon it have to decide in the
said suit judicially, and whereas it appears to this
house inexpedient either to proceed with the con'
sideration and discussion in the absence of his grace
the President, and such other bishops as may be
members of the Privy Council, or to embarrass t hens
hereafter as sitting as judges, by their having joined
in a synodical judgment of the book—it is expedi-
ent to adjourn the further consideration of the sub-
ject pending the course of the suit."
The Bishop of ST. ASAPH said he was fully aware
that this question was surrounded with diffieultiesr
but he could not help thinking that the scheme pro'
posed by the Bishop of Chichester was more free
from difficulties than any other; ands feeling this►
he gladly seconded the motion. The difficulties
must be so obvious to all the right rev. prelates pre-
sent that he need not state them. Their lordships
were placed in a totally different position from that
they occupied when the subject was last under dis-
cussion, in consequence of the proceedings which
had been taken by the Bishop of Salisbury against
the Rev. Dr. Rowland Williams, a beneficed clfargr
man of his diocese, and the writer of one Qf the
Essays. Until that matter was settled he thought
their lordships ought not in Convocation to proceed'
further with the matter.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY put the mole-
tion, and it was carried nem. dis.
Their lordships then adjourned.

THE LOWER -HOUSE.
The members of the Lower House assembled is
the Jerusalem Chamber, under the presidency f
the Ven. Edward Bickersteth, M.A., Archdeacon °'
Buckingham.

SISTERS OF MERCY.
The Rev. R. SEYMOUR proposed—" That tb,is
house do agree to present to his Grace the Arc'''
bishop and to the Upper House a respectful atiareSS,
praying their lordships to deliberate and agree on
certain rules by which women whose hearts Go d
moved to devote themselves exclusively to w orkS of
piety and charity may be associated together on
terms and conditions distinctly known as those
which the Church of England has sanctioned and
prescribed." After some lengthened remarks fr01:1;
Mr. Seymour in support of the motion the debt"'
was adjourned.
The PROLOCUTOR then announced that lie bed
received from his Grace the Archbishop the sct,ed%
of prorogation, in virtue of which Convocatin
would stand adjourned until the 13th of Aug-mt. t
The house then adjourned at ten minutes Pas
six o'clock.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERO

Yesterday a crowded public meeting of
owners and masters and officers connected with the
mercantile marine, was held in the London ',Caverl3'
Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of cmisilderiill
the regulations issued by the Government, under
which masters and mates of merchant vessels may
be enrolled as officers of the Royal Naval Re servej
as also to consider how the owners, masters,, and
officers of the merchant service can most effect,nalli,
assist the Government in procuring the numl 3er 01
seamen required to complete the Royal Naval
Reserve force.

Mr. W. S. LINDSAY, M.P., having been unani-
mously voted to the chair, stated that some two °,l
three years ago a -Royal commission was appointe
to consider the best means of mannbag tpet
navy from the mercantile marine, ar th%
marine, and that commission recommended
there should be raised from the merchant service !
reserve of 30,000 men, and while in some respect:
he differed from the finding of the commission (9
he and others considered that the seamen to ue
raised ought to be got at through the channel 0f
their own officers), he was glad to find that the
Government of the day had taken up that view of
Itthe matter, and were now endeavouring to carrYl,
out. The regulations of the Government were, OA"
they proposed to raise 400 masters and mates fr°l,
the merchant service, the first class of whom sholl'a
rank with, but after,first lieutenants, and the seen°
class with, but after, second or sub-lieutenants;
and if he were allowed to offer any opinion 02,,
that subject, he would say, that as officers in 0,1;
volunteer land force were permitted to rank NviL,
officers in the army, he would have officers in the
naval reserve force, taken from the merchant set;
viee, to rank with officers of equal rank in the
navy. (Cheers.) Besides the force of 400 officero
which it was proposed to raise from the merchant
service, there was also proposed to be raised 30,000
seamen, and he must say that he felt surprised hol;
up to the present time, only five or six thousand
i'
that number had been raised. He could attribute
it to no other cause than that the great majority Oi
the seamen were not aware of the terms proposed
by the Government, which he considered inos,
liberal.
Captain HIGHT then moved the following resole'
tion :—" That this meeting considers it not oulf
desirable, but a matter of national importance to
raieseti
aer cpermanente marine that 400 competent officers can easily be raised from
h
and
the Royal Navy Reserlel
provided that Government will
place them oil f-
tmanl naval
officers
for reserve, is of opirti°!
,
proper footing in respect to the public service? -11
had no doubt but that the required number °
efficient would be speedily available,
tahveayilacobulel,,,Pr°c;
videdtheoffireco°.eurs wiatioonus
Were
eept. without themselves loweredfeeling A AC"
as regarde
their own service. (Hear, hear.) Masters acell9
toured to command large ships and large numbe..
ceofnmsiednerNevdoualdnnoint
fleikrieorto
officer
placedcerin uthnede r what
naN,yta ll,,vgf
where was the man who had commanded a ship °
over 500 tons on foreign voyages for three year 1;
who would submit to have himself placed under
sublieutenant ? (Loud cheers.)
Captain PRICE seconded the resolution, whit
on being put from the chair, was unanimOUStl
adopted.
Captain CONGALTON nest moved the second ref
solution, which was—" That this meeting ig
opinion that the rank of lieutenants and sub-lieuteci
nants offered by the Government will be aecepte
by the masters and mates of merchant vessels, pro,
vided that rating shall imply equality with the
responding ranks in the Royal Navy, and that tnv,.
officers of the reserve shall not be called upon tu
serve under any officers of inferior rank to that 0f
commanders in the Royal Navy."
The motion was put from the chair and agreed t°t;
Other resolutions were also agreed to, and
proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thank'
to the chairman.