The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-24 00:00:00

THE GORHAM CASE.

A general meeting of dissentients to the decision in
scase was held in St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre, yester-
day, for the purpose of adopting-Ist, A Protest against
the Judgment in the Gorham Cale; 23, A Petition to
the Queen;. 3d, An Address to the Archbishops and
Bishops; 4th, An Address to the Scotch Bishops; and
sth, an Appeal to the Clergy and Laity of England. J.
G. Hubbard, Esq., was called to the chair.
On the platform we observed the Bishop of Bath and
Wells, Lord Nelson, Archdeacon Wilberforce, B. Hope,
Esq., M.P., Rev. W. Sewell, J. R. Kenyon, Esq., Dr.
Todd, Rev. Sir C. Anderson, Bart., Rev. W. Patinan, F.
H. Dickenson, Esq., formerly M.P. for Somersetshire,
Archdeacon Manning, Lord Fielding, &c.
The body of the hall was crowded with clergymen and
laymen entertaining similar views upon the question at
issue.

Resolutions were then proposed in furtherance of the
objects of the meeting. The first set forth, that as the
meeting held that " original sin is remitted to all infants
by spiritual regeneration, through the application of
the merits of our Saviour. in and by the Sacrament
of Baptism," and that as they individually " acknow-
ledged one baptism for the remission of sins," they
therefore solemnly repudiate and protest against
the judgment of the Judicial Committee of her Ma-
jesty's Privy Council, and do appeal to a free and
lawful Synod of the Church of England; because that
judgment sanctioned in an hypothetical sense the
plain declarations of the Church, suggests contra-
dictory interpretations of her doctrines, and requires
institution to a benefice of a priest who professes doc-
trine utterly inconsistent with the sacramental character
of baptism and subversive of a fundamental article of
faith. And because in this decision the Judicial Com-
mittee had exercised a jurisdiction which they did not
possess, and 'which never was nor would be confided to
them by the Church.
The prayer of the petition to her Majeity was—
" That all questions touching the doctrine of the Church
of England, arising on appeal, or in your Majesty's Tempo-
ral Courts, may hereafter be referred to the Spirituality
of the Church of England. And that your Majesty will be
please to remove the impediments which now obstruct
the exercise •of the ancient synodical functions of the
Church, in order to the determination of the aforesaid
question of doctrine, as well as of other matters affecting
her welfare, to the salvation of souls, and the glory of
her divine Head."
The third resolution, which was an address to the
archbishops and bishops. concluded as follows :—" May
it please you, Most Reverend and Right Reverend
Fathers, to express your humble desire to the Crown
for that license which in all such emergencies it is
virtually (if not expressly) pledged to grant, via.,—
That the Church in synod assembled may have free-
dom to judge matters of doctrine and discipline. Or,
if suo'a license cannot now be obtained, may it please
you so to declare your mind and intention as to secure
us for the present against that utter denial of sacramen-
tal grace, which we too plainly see to be permitted by
the said decision."
The next resolution embraced a vote of thanks to the
Bishops of the Church of Scotland, and assured their
Lordships "that the Church of England will never,
either by her deliberate assent or by her passive acqui-
escence. sanction the heretical doctrine involvcd in this
judgment." -

The concluding resolution was as follows:—." That
we solemnly and earnestly appeal to our brethren of
the Church of England, in this and other lands, f r
their sympathy and sissi dance—entreating their con-
sideration of ,the facts set forth In the protest, petition,
and addresses adopted by this meeting, and beseeching
them deliberately to weigh and examine the grievous
dangers to which the.maiotenaoce of our faith is exposed
through the recent judgment of the Judicial Committee
of her Majesty's Privy Council, convinc-d that a calm
investigation of the subject will assure them not only
of the reality of our apprehensions, but of our right
to the redress 11,6 seek; and we urgently implore
them to join usin protesting against the wrong and vio-
lence threatened to our Church. and in vindicating her
doctrinal teaching from the suspicion and reproach which
have been cast: upon it, and. to co-operate with us in
a faithful and persevering effort to secure for her,
through the restoration of her ancient and inalienable
privilege of judgment in spiritual raatters, the power of
maintaining the essential verities committed to her as a
wallah of Christ's Holy Catholic CI latch."

This and the preceding resolutions having been una-
nimously agreed to, the proceedings, which lasted for a
considerable time, terminated.

SOCIETY OF ARTS,

A public meeting. of this society took place yesterday
at John-street, Adelphi, for the distribution of priz s;
Lord Colborne, vice•president of the society, in the
chair. _ _ _

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day,
made a few preliminary observations congratulating the
society on its present prosperous condition.
The address of the Council was then read, which
stated that the season which had just reached its close
was the most prosperous the society had enjoyed for
many years. A very large increase in the number of
subscribing members had occurred. While from 1845
to 1849 the number of members had averaged
105, in the present session no fewer than
250 had joined. It was known that the project
of their first great National Exhibition, upon being
submitted by their president, his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, was deemed by the Government to merit being
made a national undertaking. This society had resigned
the work of its realization to a Royal Commission
formed for that purpose under his Royal Highness, by
whom the idea was now being carried out, even on a
larger scale than the society had originally meditated.
Teis society had contributed in its several localities no
less a sum than 6,1871., in addition to a further sum of
1,1011 12s. paid into the hands of the treasurers at the
society's house. A great source of gratification and
congratulation was the signal success which had attended
the Exhibition of Ancient and Mediaeval Art which had
lately closed.
The following prizes were then awarded•by the Noble
Ch sirman :
In the Section of Trade and Manuractures:-1. To
Messrs. Rutford and Finch, for their porcelain bath in
one piece, the gold Isis medal.
In the Section of Fine Arts and Manufactures:—To
Messrs. Campbell, Harrison, and Lloyd, for Oleic figursd
silks for dresses, the gold Isis medal; to Messrs. John
Crossley and Sons, for their printed carpets, the gold
Isis medal; to Messrs. E. Henry and Sons, for their em-
broidered garment fabrics, the gold his medal; to
Messrs. Keith and Co., for their silk furniture damasks,
the gold Isis medal; to Messrs. Lambert and Bury, for
their tamboured lace, the gold Isis medal; to-Messrs.
Reckless and Hickling, for their machine-made lace, the
gold Isis medal; and ve Messrs. Swaiuson and Danny s,
for their sweet pea chintz, the geld Isis medal. Silver
medals were also given to Messrs. George Bacchus and
Sons, for table glass; to Messrs. Cornell, Lyell, and Web-
ster, for their ribands; to Messrs. Keith, Shoobridge,
and Co., for their printed shawl; to James Coulson, for
damask; to Miss Stanley, for her Norwich hand-made
lace; to Messrs Stone and Kemp, for their silk damasks;
to T. W. Wallis, for his specimens of carving in wood ;
to E. Webb, for his horse-hair damask ; to Messrs. J.
and W. Wilson, for their carpets. The Isis silver medal
was given to Messrs. R. S. Cox and Co., for their
seven-inch ribands, and to George Cook for his speci-
mens of carving in wood. Several honorary testimonials
were also awarded. A silver medal was also given to
Messrs. Mackair and Co., for their coating for electric
telegraph wires.
In the section of Mechanics gold medals were awarded
to IL Bessemer for his sugar-cane press ; to C. W.
Siemens, civil engineer, for his rm generative condenser ;
to George Heaton, for his plan for preventing oscillation
in locomotives, and to W. 11. Smith, civil engineer,
for his flexible breakwater and lighthousee. Several
silver medals and honorary testimonials were then
awarded to parties for various inventions in mechanics
and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the
Noble Chairman.

INVERNESS MACKINTOSH

TATS BILL.

The inquiry of the Lords' Oommittee on this Bill
was resumed again yesterday ; the Earl of Shaftes-
bury in the chair. Evidence, on the part of the pro-
miters of the Bill was proceeded with.
Mr. Shaw, a trustee of the Mackintosh fund, and a
director of the Inverness Academy, said' the number of
boys educated on the fund, in 1846, was about
fifteen or. sixteen, but that number had now been
reduced to ten, in consequence of the rents of
the Mackintosh property having fallen con-
siderably within the last few years, owing to the failure
of the potato crop and other circumstances. The net
income for 1849 was about 677 L, and be did not think
that the annual income it, prospective would be more than
6001. He had opposed the resolution which was
agreed to by a majority of the trustees, for the purpose
of applying to Parliament for a Bill allowing them to
divert a portion of the Mackintosh fund for the general
purposes of the Inverness Academy. The general
feeling in Inverness was against the present Bill, be-
cause they thought that the fund was not more
than sufficient for the education of boys belong-
inn to the clan of Mackintosh. Those who had been
educated at the school were distinguished for their in-
telligence and assiduity, and he had never heard any
complaint by any of the parents or guardians of the
scholars, or inhabitants of the toms, with respect to its
management.
Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS—He had consented
to the appropriation of a portion of the fund
for the establishment of a college at Inver-
ness, on condition that the Government consented
to make an appropriate endowment, but he objected to
a diversion of any part of it for the general benefit of
the academy in question. By having an university they
would be enabled to carry out that part of the will of
Captain Mackintosh which provided that certain of the
scholars should be sent to an university, wiluut in•
curring the expense of sending them to a college at a
distance. In tne event of his proposition being adopted,
he intended that the Mackintosh boys should be educated
at a school attached to the college.
Mr. W. Welch Forbes said he had been a medical
practitioner fx twenty-two years, at Inverness, a mem-
ber of the town council for twelve years, and a magis-
trate in 1844, and in that latter capacity he became a
trustee of the Mackintosh fund, and a director
of the Inverness Academy. He entered the academy as
a scholar in 1818, and received the greatest portion of
his education at it. The amount and quality of the edu-
cation supplied was then of a superior description, and
was equally good if not better now. The school
was equal to any other similar institution with
which he was acquainted in the north of Scot-
land. The teachers were superior to those
who taught some branches of learning when be was a
scholar. The instruction given was quite sufficient for
the better class of people in the town, and would fit
them for any one of the universitie!. Several persons
who had been educated at the school had distinguished
themselves in their respective professions and
callings, and he was satisfied that the mode of
education pursued would have the effect of marrying out
the wish of the testator, viz., to raise the character of
his declining clan.
Cross-examined by Sergeant BELLASIS—He never
promulgated any plan of his own for appropriating any
portion of the Mackintosh fund for other purposes, ex-
cept what was the legitimate wish of the testator, and
he opposed the Bill because he belived it would be a
violation of the trust which bad been reposed in the
trustees by Captain Mackintosh.
Mr. James lanes Mackintosh, medical officer of
St. Olaves' Union, Southwark. who had been educated
as a bursar at the Inverness Academy, and afterwards
sent to Edinburgh University at the expense of the fund,
bore testimony to the efficient system of education
adopted at the school during the time he belonged to it.
The Committee adjourned, at half-past three o'clock,
until twelve to-day, when Mr. Andrews will be heard
on the part of the opponents.