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BY THE HALF PREMIUM .PLAN only one-half el the first
seven years' premium is required, the other half being payable at
at the convenience of the assured ; thus allowing a Policy to be
continued for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be
dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured,
seven years hence, when loss of health may prevent him floe•
effecting a new Assurance, to continue a Policy at a rate of premium
applicable to an age 'seven years younger. The Half-premium plan
of Assurance, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons
to retain to their own use the one-half of the premiums for the
first seven years, at 5/. per cent. interest. Thus, suppose the or-
dinary premium for an assurance of 5001. to be 10/., the first pay-
ment by the half-premium plan will be five guineas, being the one-
half of the 101., and interest for the retained half; and, if death
should occur in the first year, the sum of 5001. would be paid less the
51. retained. The assured may thus have the use for the first year
of Si.; fbr the second, of la ; and so on till the end of the
seventh year, when the retained sums, amounting to 351., may either
be repaid, or retained at 51, per cent. interest until death, when the
351. wound be subtracted from the 5001. then payable by the Company.
TO ASSURE ONE EU PIED POUNDS ON HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM,
Age. .s. d. Age. X. a. d.
15 - - - 016 1 40 - - 111 5
- 018 0 45 - - 1.16 6
25 - 1 0 7 50 - - 2 8 9
30 - 1 3 6 54 - • - 212 5
Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of ex-
pense, by the Manager and Agents.

ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager.
AGENTS.
- Tyrrell, Win., Merchant
Roberts, C. H., Surveyor
Lipscombe, L., Solicitor
- Davis, W., Postmaster
- Crosse, M., Civil Engineer
- Sill, IL, Solicitor
- Broadley, J., Wine Merchant
Salmon, W., Solicitor •
- Nicholson, R. T., Publisher
• Brown, S., Tea-dealer
- - Harris, C., Solicitor
- - Kennett, W., Solicitor
- Jones, J. Manufacturer
- Griffiths, E., Postmaster
- Kentgen, C., Merchant
- - Mitchell, C. C., Solicitor
- - Deacon, F., Solicitor
- G. Emerson and Son, Merchants
- - Boyd, Wm., Brewer , . •
- Cutler, F., Merchant
Maybery and Williams, Solicitors
- - Coates and Lefebure, Merchants
- Williams, T. W., Auctioneer
- Pascoe, T., Draper
- Hodgson, T. H., Solicitor
- Davey, J., Land Agent
- Box, W. 8., Solicitor
- Roberts, John, Land Agent
- Whitehead, T., Accountant
- Dimmed:, J., Printseller
- Adney, F., Solicitor
- Kempton, J., Bookseller
- Robinson, J., Agent
Prowse, J., Draper
- Johnson, W., Merchant
- Hart, W., jun., Merchant
- Pike, W. and 1., Wine Merchants
- Taylor, W. 1., Druggist
- Lanham, Hy., Agent
- Brothers, J., Chemist
- Carrington, R. F. and W., Publishers
- Froud, J., Chemist
- Hamilton, J. B. and H., Booksellers
- Rankine, W., Merchant
- Byles, M., Solicitor
- Davis, S., Merchant
- Darling, J., Bookseller
- Cooley, C. E., Land Agent
- Salle, T., Bookseller
- Veitch, James, Attorney
- Kernaghan, T., Merchant
- Stone,. R., Surveyor
- Wright, A., Grocer
Fisher, T. 8., Draper
Needham, J., Bookseller
- Powis, J., Harmer-street
- Costello, J., Wine-merchant
- Queripel, E., jan., Solicitor
- Erskine, H., Merchant
- Lovell, G. W., Academy
- 'Robertson, C., Banker
- Elphick, G. W., Conveyancer
• Reynolds, W., Auctioneer
- Faxon, F., Plumber
- Roberts, R., Banker
- Burgess, J., Ironmonger
- Dutcil, L., Merchant
- Harrison, G.; Postmaster
- Bettye, T. H., Solicitor
- Hewitt, T. F., Merchant
- Allen, 0. L., Grocer, -
- Garlicic,.M,P., SOllcitOr
- Mills, W. P., Surgeon
- Quiggin, J., Bookseller
• Prentice, B. M., Banker
s Saundefs, H.,Solicitor.
- Jellard, P., olicitor
- Jones, R. L., Merchant
- Griffith, J., Appraiser
- Parry, T., Chemist
- • Dawber, W., Merchant
- Compton, N., Architect '
- Davidson, .1„ and Elliston, E., Merchants
- Cassells' W. 0., Merchant .
- Cowan,, 3. Agent
O'Connor, M. H., Merchant
- Kidd, H. IL, Academy

Abingdon -
Aberf)orth - -
Alresford - -
Aberystwith -
Athy - -
Ashby de la &Itch
Bath - - -
Bury St. Edmund's
Berwick -
Brentwood -
Bristol - -
Brighton -
Broseley
Bishop's Castle
Bremen -
Bruton - -
Bridgewater -
Belfast -
Ballinasloe -
Bordeaux -
Brecon - -
Cork - -
Chelmsford -
Chichester -
Carlisle -
Canterbury -
Cirencester -
Corwen -
Chatham -
Cambridge -
Chard
Chertsey -
Church Stretton -
Chtidleigh -
Carlow -
Cape Town - -
Dublin - -
Darlington -
Dorking - -
Deal - -
Devonport - -
Dorchester - •
Drogheda - •
Donegal -
Dawlish - •
Enniscorthy •
Epsom - -
Ellesmere -
Exeter - •
Edinburgh - -
Enniskillen -
Ernsworth - •
Gosport - •
Greenwich - •
Gloucester - •
Gravesend - -
Galway -
Guernsey - -
Greenock - -
Gainsborongh -
Iloniton -
Horsham -
Haverfordwest -
Hampstead -
Holyhead -
Hastings -
Havre
Ilindon
Muldensfield
Hull
Hitchen -
Halifax -
Ipswich -
Isle of Man -
Kilkenny -
Kidderminster
Kingsbridge
Limerick -
Lewei - -
Ltunpeter -
Lincoln -
Leeds •- -
Liverpool -
Leith - -
Loughrea -
Listovrel
Lostwithiel

Lynn - - - Edwards, H., Solicitor
Leicester - - Trull, J., Surgeon
Mahlon - - - Digby, G. W., Solicitor
Manchester - - - Langston, E., Sharebroker
Maidstone - - - Bartlett, S., Silversmith
Mußinger - - - Fitzgerald, J. Brewer
Morpeth - - - Wilkinson, S., Stationer
Moffatt - - - Reid, T., Solicitor
Midhurst - - - Wardroper, E., Solicitor
Newmarket - - Simpson, A., Bookseller
Newtown - - - Richards, J., Draper
Norwich - - - Long, E. S. D., Solicitor
Newbury - - Ryott, R. A., Chemist
Newcastle Warburton and Co., Sharebrokers
Newcastle Emlyn - Jones, W., Printer
Northampton - Pywell, H., Solicitor
Newington - - Browne, J. 0., Surveyor
Newport (I. Wight) - Wray and Son, Merchants
Newport (Monmenths.) Long, S. H., Auctioneer
Oswestry - - - Price, W., BOokseller
Oakhampton - - Townshend, J., Stationer
Oxford - - Whitby, F., Accountant
Pwlhelt - - Pugh, Hugh, Banker
Penzance - - - Britten, A. K., Banker
Portmadoe - - - Lloyd, R., Banker
Petersfield - - Duplock, G., Bookseller
Plymouth - - Saunders, W., Ship Agent
Paris - - Daly, M.,, Banler
Poole - - Aldridge and Crahb, Merchants

.Reading -
Rochford • -
Rochdale - -
Sheffield - -
St. Coiemb - -
St. Austle - -
Southampton -
Stroud - -
Shaftesbury
Sligo - • -
Scarborough •
Stourbrid,go
Salisbury - -
Sherbonte - -
Somerton -
Tewkesbury -
Thornbury - -
Tunbridge - -
Tunbridge Wells -
Torquay -
Truro -
Totnes - •
Tenby - •
Taunton .
Tralee -
Teignmoutk -
Woolwich
Worcester •
Welshpool -
Wincanton -
Westerham -
Wigton, N.B.
Winchester• -
Yarmouth
Yarm

- Hubbard, W., Accountant
- Green, J., Surgeon
Molesworth, J., Solicitor
- Mitchell, S., Accountant
- Nankivell, J., Draper
- Andrew, J., Printer
- Hunter, D., Merchant
- Kearscy, W. W., Solicitor
- Brettell, W., Printer
- Boyle, J., Merchant
- Merry, W., Academy
- Crompton, W. M., Solicitor
- Fulford, G., Draper
- Vicary, J., Printer
- Walton, V. 8., Auctioneer
- Thomas, J. Solicitor
- T. H. Harris, Agent
- Stenning and Carrell, Solicitors
- Delves, J., House Agent
- Jacobs, A., Jeweller
- Braithwaite, F., Solicitor
Williams, W., Currier
- Walkington, J., Chemist
- Joyce, J., Chemist
• Benner, A., Solicitor
- neater, T., Collector
- Cassells, W. G., Banker
- Holden, M., Solicitor
- Edwards, E., Draper
• - Caines, R., Banker
- - Palmer, C., Academy
- - Carson, W., Town Clerk
. Faithfull, E. C., Solicitor
- • Cobb, J., solicitor
• - Foggitt, J., Bookseller

Yeovil - CrOaei, G., Ironmonger
York - - • Watson, G. H., 84,110t0n

GREAT SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
rats'', DIVISION from DUBLIN to CASHEL,
?Vitas BRANCH to ATHY and CARLOW.
Length, 123 Statute Mlles.
Capital, One Million Sterling, in 20,000 Shares at 501. each.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription.
Deposit, V. 10s. per Share.
Future calls not to exceed 21. 10s. per Share, at intervals of not
less than Three Months, until after the commencement of the works,
the progress of which will regulate the amount of the subsequent calls.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
PETER PURCELL, Esq., Chairman.
The Earl of Devon John Ennis, Esq. •
Lord Monteagle Peter Eckersley, Esq.
Edward Divett, Esq., M.P. R. R. Guinness, Esq.
James Hartley, Esq. Thomas Hutton, Esq.
Edward Can, Esq. William Haughton, Esq.
Simeon H. Hardy, Esq. Thomas Mooney, Esq:
Sir Edward Borough, Bart. Edward M'Donnell, Esq.
Sir-John Burke, Bart. James Perry, Esq.
Sir Thomas Butler, Bart. Sir David Roche, Bart, M-P-
Alderman Joieph Boyce: David Henry Sherrard, Esq.
Richard Cane, Esq. , Richard Williams, Esq.
George Carr, Esq.
ENGINERR—John Alaenelll,-L.L.D., F.R.S.
SoLicrroas—Btutington, Son, and Co., Dublin; and Fladgate,
Young, and Jackson, London.
SacaßTAar—William Taylor, Esq., Office, 4, College-green.
Dutuart BANREss—The Bank of Ireland.
ENGLIsii BAXXERs—GIyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co, 67, Lombard-
street, London; The Manchester and Salford. Bank, Manchester;
The Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool.
The traffic which exists between Dublin and.the south and south-
western districts of Ireland, fully justifies the construction of a main
trunk line of railway from Dublin to Cashel, with a branch to Athy
and Carlow: From this main trunk the country is most favourable
for branches to Clonmel, Limerick, and Galway, and of being exten-
ded to Cork, as pointed out in the Report of Mr. Macneill.-
The country to be traversed is singularly favourable for the con-
struction of a railway, and, with a slight variation, is the line recom-
mended by the Government Commissioners in their Report, present-
ing no difficulties or obstacles of any kind, and requiring but little
Cutting or-embanking, which enables the Engineer to pledge himself
that the cost will not exceed 1,300,0001. for the entire work, including
stations, carrying establishment, Sco.. complete, being at the rate of
11,0001. par mile.
From Mr. Macneill's great professional experience, and from the
successful and economical manner in which -he has just brought the
14 üblln and Drogheda Railway works to a completion within his es-
timate, the Committee has every confidence that the calculations fur-
nished by him for the present work will\be found sufficient. It is
fortunate that the nature of the country through which the line is to
be made is such, that, in the event of the atmospheric principle of
transit being found nom experience to be preferable to that of loco-
motive engines, it may be applied to this Railway without any in-
convenience or disadvantage, as no deeper cuttings or embankments
would he required fhr the locomotive, than would be prudent or desir-
able for the atmospheric principle.
The traffic is probably not exceeded on any line of equal extent in
the United Kingdom at present unoccupied by a railway, and holds
out very great inducements for the investment of capital. The re-
turns on which the calculation of trafile is founded, are taken from
those published by the Railway Commissioners, and which, by a
subsequent inquiry, are found to be considerably underrated.
Give a yearly income of • £182,000
. ' Yr= phicli deduct maintenance and
Atifking at 40 per cent........... 73,000

Leaving a profit of . • £109,000 per.ann.
Which, on a capital of One Afillion' and a loan of £300,000, would
give a dividend of 9} per cent. It le to be observed, that any amount
obtained by loan from Government, thereby lessening the extent of
cnpitallo be called up, must necessarily be attended by an increase
of diefidend to the subscribers.

Application for shares to be made to the Secretary, at the office,
*v No. 4, College-groen, and to Messrs. Richard W ams and Sons,
Dublin; to Yessrs,Jobn 14'11ton. and Sol), Man ; Mr. James
Pearson, Birmingham ; and to Mr. George Kin , tary to the
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, 62, Moorgate-street,
London.

WEST LONDON RAILWAY.
At a General and Special General Meeting of the Share-
holders of the West London Railway Company, held at the Com-
pany's offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, in the City of London, on Wed-
nesday, the 6th day of March, 1844, it was unanimously resolved :-
1. That this General and Special General Meeting of the Share-
holders of the West London Railway Company, called and sum-
moutd in pursuance of the provislons of the Company's Act of. In-
corpOration, do resolve that the Directors of the said Comaany shall
proceed in the next session, of Parliament to apply for an Act or Acts
of Parliament, authorising the said West London Railway Company
to extend the West London Railway from its present 'terminus, at or
near to the Kensington Canal-basin, to, at, or near to Knightsbridge,
in the county of Middlesex, by such line and such direction and with
such Terminus as the said Directors shall determine upon and think
most expedient,. and that the said Directors shall take all the neces-
sary steps Air the'purpose.
2. That the Directors shall in the meantime, until such Act or
Acts of Parliament be obtained, make such purchases of land and
other property,•and enter into such contracts for works and other
purposes, and cause such works, excavations, embankments, and
other things to be carried on• and completed, as they shall think
proper for, the purpose of making and completing such extension
railway.

3. That a capital or sum of 129,200/. shall be raised for such ex-
tension, divided into 6,460 shares, of 201. each, to be called ". West
London* Rallway.Knightsbridge Extension Shares."
. 4. That the Directors be authorised, when they shall have ob-
tained Parliamentary power for the purpose, to issue such shares,
and in the meantime to issue such certificates or scrip receipts in
lieu thereof, as they shall think fit. •
5. That the said sum of 20/. per share shall be paid as follows,viz.
a deposit of 2/. per share at such time and place as the Directors
shall appoint, and the remaining 181. per share in calls of such
amount and at such times as the Directore shall from time to time
require. Each call, however, not to exceed 31. per share, and to be
payable- at intervals brunt less than three' calendar months from
each Other, and not leSs than tiventl-one days' notice of every such
eaLl to be given by advertisement in, at the least,. two London
niiwspapers.
6. That interest, after the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, be paid
on such deposits and calls from the respective` thfles of thesame
being paid to the time of the said extension line being opened for
public traffic, such interest to be payable on the sth July and the
sth January in each year.

7, The preference dividends to be payable to the first-class pre-
ference and Thames extensioriShareholders shall not be postponed or
prejudicially affected, :bid shall continue to have the priority assured
to them by the former resolutions of the Pioprietary.
8. The Knightsbridge extension Shareholders shall, from the time
of the completion of their extensionline, have (subject to the pre-
ference given to the Shareholders referred to In 'clause 7) a preference
rental dividend of 1/. per share, to be payable out of the
profits of the whole line of railway belonging to the Company, as
:
well original as extended, with priority over the second class pre-
ference and original shares of the Company; and that, suillect to
such dividends, and tosuch preference as aforesaid, any
surplus profit
there may be in the current year shall be divided equally amongst
all the Shareholders, whether leihleris of original, first or second class
preference, or. Thames or Knightsbridge extension shares, in propor-
tion to the number of their respectiVe shares, the holder of each ex-
tension share being in the division 6f such surplus profit entitled to
the same dividend as the holder of an original share.
9. As the capital proposed to be raised far exceeds the estimated
cost of the site and works-of the proposed extension line, And Is in-
tended to provide also a fund for the purshaae ofland, and ether va-
luable property, which the Directors-have reason to believe the Com-
pany will be requiredito buy, and which, if so bought, may be resold
without injury to the undertaking, such excess of property, if so pur-
• chased, shall, with all convenient spehd, be resold, and the proceeds
applied in the purchase and extinction of Knightsbridge extension
shares, in manner mentioned in clnitie 10, next following; and If the
-
Company be not required to purchase more land than is actually
wanted for the site of the line and terminus, then the surplus capital
arising from calls Shall in like matuit• be applied in the purchase and
extinction of shard in manner after Mentioned.
10. When and so often as there shall be, either from the resale of
land and property, or otherwise, at before mentioned, an excess.of
capital to the amount of 4,000/. at the least, the Directors shall (hav-
ing previously obtained the consent of a General Meeting of Share-
holders), cause advertisements-to Isd inserted" in two London news-
papers, informing the holders of Knightsbridge extension shares that
a sum, to be specified in such advertisement, is applicable to the pur-
chase of Knightsbridge extension shares, and calling on such Share-
holders* to send in tenders of the ldwest price at which they may be
disposed to tell their shares, and the Directors shall accept the lowest
tenders, and apply the money mentioned in the advertisement in
the purchase of shares so far as such money will extend, and, from
the time Of such purchase, the shares so to be bought shall be extin-
guished, and merged in the undertaking ; and this operation shall be
repeated as often as there shall be funds in the hands of the Directors
available for the'purpoSe.
11. A portion of the shares mentioned in the third reselution to be
fixed by the Directors shall be set apart for the present Shareholders
of the Company, and the remaining shares shall be offered to the
public.
12. That by notice, in at least two of the London newspapers, each
icamPParscPsilijaaltled be to
required,him' shall be appro-
priated and that the same
registered Proprietor of shares shall be required to give notice, in
writing, to the Directors, of his intention to take and become the
nPorwoprslheatererso,
or
fthesharesare
as
many s
to such of the Proprietors as shall, on or before the 16th day
of March instant, give notice in writing to the Directors, at the
Company's otlices, Abchurch-lane, London, of the Intention to take
up such new shares.
ofto bethem
13. That every Proprietor not duly paying, on or befbre the day to
be named by the Directors, such deposit of V. for each new share, or
neglecting, by himself or his assigns, to sign the Parliamentary under-
takings when required to do so, which Rill 'he prepared for the signa-
ture of the Proprietors engaging to pay the above remaining instal-
ments, shall be deemed and taken to have rejected his proportion of
such new shares, or of so many of them in respect of which he shall
have refused or neglected to pay such deposit punctually, or to sign
such Parliamentary undertakings as aforesaid ; and the Directors are
empowered and directed by this Meeting either to distribute and
appropriate such of the said shares upon which the said deposit shall
not have been duly paid, or in respect of which the-Parliamentary
undertakings have not orirequest been signed, or which shall not have
been duly applied for, amongst those Proprietors of the Company
who shall in such form as the Directors May require have expressed
their willingness to take and purchase a larger number of such skares
than the proportion to be appropriated to them, or to offer the same
to the public, as the said Directors shall think fit ; and in making such
further distribution or offer the Directors shall fix such terms of
im-
mediate payment of the deposit as they shall think fit.
14. That in case any holder of such scrip or new shares aforesaid
shall neglect to pay punctually any one of the said instalments on any
of his shares, at the respective times hereinbefore mentioned or re-
feared to, he shall be charged with interest at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum npon.the instalment or instalments in arrear until duly
paid ; and furthermore, so long also as and during the time such in-
stalment orinstalments shall be in arrear and remain unpaid on any
of his shares, the instalments he shall have paid to the Company on
all the shares held by him shall cease to carry interest, and no inte-
rest shall accrue or become due thereon until his arrears of calls on
each and every share held by him shall have been duly paid and sa-
tisfied; and further, that in the event of any instalment being in ar-
rear and unpaid for the space of two months from the time appointed
for payment, the said Directors shall be authorised to declare the
share or shares forfeited on which such instalment shall be in arrear,
land-the same shall-immediately oq such declaration being -passed by
the Board of Directors become and be absolutely forfeited.
15. That this Meeting do authorise anda empower the Directors to
carry out the foregoing reeolutionS by all' proper legal instruments.

GL OBE. —The Rev. Herbert Marsh—whose course
Of scandalous immorality has excited a very painful
sensation in all quarters where clerical consistency is
regarded as essential to the purposes for which the
Christian ministry was instituted, and the Church
exists—is not likely to escape the consequences of his
conduct. Had the law been powerless to punish such
conduct by protracted suspension, or absolute depriva-
tion, the scandal would have passed from the indivi-
dual to the body. The Church must have received
deep, if not incurable, injury, both in character and
efficiency, by this serious defect of discipline within
her pale.. Had this habitual frequenter of houses of
infamy—this intimate associate and paramour of
the "dress girls" of these establishments of vice—who
in prosecuting one of them for extorting large sums
of money from his purse, by threats of exposing his
Conduct to the public eyo, was compelled to become
the herald of his own shame, the narrator of his own
gross and continued immoralities—we say, had the
Bishop of Peterborough's exposition of the state of
discipline in the Church been established as the
actual state of the law, and the Rector of 13arnack
and Prebendary of Peterborough remained unaf-
fected in his clerical office, and in the receipt of the
revenues of his valuable ecclesiastical preferments,
every friend of the Church of England would have
mourned the inefficiency of her discipline, while her
enemies would have exulted over her humiliating posi-
tion, and Infidels would have triumphed in her dis-
grace. This, happily, is not the case. A reference to
the report of what took place last evening in the House
of Lords in this painful ease, will show that the Church
Discipline Act is not quite so incompetent to deal with
such delinquencies as the Bishop of Peterborough had
supposed. Lord Campbell clearly showed that though
the Act barred proceedings against Mr. Marsh, on
account of the time which had elapsed—in this
respect the Act may be designated " a statute of
limitations"—yet that the Bishop is not tied up
from instituting . proceedings to remove from the
Church so unworthy a minister, though -the
offences he has committed were perpetrated out
of the diocese in which his living is situated.
It is matter of regret that the means of reaching
cases of disgraceful conduct in clergymen—notwith-
standing the improvement effected by the Church
Discipline Act—are still very inferior to the laws and
regulations for the same purpose, by which the other
institutions of the country are protected from the con-
sequences of having persons unworthy of their profes-
sion fastened upon them. In the army or navy, a
charge against an officer is immediately placed in a
course of investigation. A court-martial is directed
to be held. " Conduct unworthy the character of an
officer and a gentleman," if proved against the indi-
vidual thus accused, is necessarily followed by "dis-
missal from the service." If the case be marked by
circumstances of aggravation, he is declared "hereby
incapable' of again serving her Majesty in any
military 'or' civil capacity." Why might not the
" Commission of Inquiry, which the Church Disci-
pline Act empowers the Bishop to issue, have
authority to pronounce upon the case-s-not merely
to the extent of determining that there is
sufficient ground for proceeding against the
party, but upon the facts stated—the finding
being subject to the revision of the Archbishop, who
might, in serious cases, summon to his assistance
two or three Bishops, by whom the whole proceed-
ings might be reviewed, and the finding of the
Commission of Inquiry upon the facts either
confirmed or modified. Surely, conduct un-
worthy of the character of a clergyman and a
Christian, ought to be dealt with as promptly, and
the party proved to have committed it be deprived
of his spiritual functions as entirely, as " con-
duct unworthy of the character of an officer and a
gentleman," certainly incurs dismissal from the army
or navy ! So strict was the practice of the early
Church with reference to the morals of its clergy, that
a minister once deprived of office for any gross
scandal—although, upon affording proofs of peni-
tence, he might be received back to its communion—
was -never restored to his clerical functions. The
discipline might be severe ; but it was salutary.
Though individuals betrayed into vicious indul-
gence might suffer deeply—in some instances,
perhaps, tco deeply—for their faults, yet the
effect was benefiCial. The Church was thus pre-
served from the reproach which immorality in its
ministers never failS to occasion. The offending
member was cut off, that the whole body might avoid
the Scandal and contamination of his retention. With
one more remark we shall dismiss this unwelcome sub-
ject. The Bishop of Peterborough's explanation of,
and apology for, his non-interference in the case of
Mr. Marsh, when first brought before him, will be
read with regret. His Lordship was made acquainted
with the circumstances—if not to the full extent, yet
to a sufficient extent to show that great profligacy had
been committed by a clergyman of his diocese and a
dignitary in his Cathedral church. He appears, how-
ever, to have been rather influenced by feelings of
sympathy for the mother of the offender, than sti-
mulated by duty to investigate the scandal. A tre-
mulous apprehension of the consequences to the re-
latives, should he be compelled to exert himself in the
matter, restrained him from performing his duty to
the Church of which he is, an overseer. The respon-
sibility of acting in such a case ought to be removed
from an individual, however elevated, and transferred
to a number of persons, on whom should devolve
the duty of acting promptly and efficiently in
such matters. If the law be capable of reaching Mr.
Marsh's case, we presume, after what took place last
night, that it will be immediately enforced—in mercy
both to him and the Church of which he has proved
himself unworthy. If it be defective, and thus
suffer• him to escape, a very strong case for increased
powers is supplied. The necessity of a more vigorous
discipline could not be more clearly established.
If there ever was a time when flagrant misconduct
in clergymen could be allowed to pass unvisited with
the severest censures from those who are constituted
the guardians of its purity, that time has passed
away. The only security of the Church, as a na-
tional institution, is found in the estimation in
which it is held for character and efficiency by the
nation ; and those are its best friends who labour to
preserve it from whatever tends to lower it in public
opinion.

STANDARD.--The unhappy case of Mr. Marsh
was again noticed in the House of Lords last night.
Lord Campbell expressed an opinion that the Bishop
of Peterborough was mistaken in supposing that he
could not take cognisance of the offences of his clergy,
if committed beyond the limits of his diocese. The
Noble and Learned Lord, however, did not dispute
the other objection to a proceeding against Marsh—
the lapse of time ; this objection must, therefore,
be considered as insurmountable. The Bishop of
Peterborough thanked Lord Campbell for the infor-
mation he had communicated, and wasted an eloquent
and complete vindication upon his own conduct,
which needs none. It is now quite too evident
that the Bishop has no power of remov-
ing Marsh from the Church, let his Lord-
ship exert himself as he may ; but here another ques-