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THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. I
THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. I GREAT MEETING AT WILLIS'S ROOMS. A cit/t'iUwT was held ,t Willis's Rooms, St. Jam.s. "quare, yesterday, for the purpose of reemVing a rI!mbt:on from the Irish Church Conference a.?l th Presbyterian Churoh in Ireland, to members of the Houo of Lords. Thv deputation was composed of ti?? Earl of Oarnuk. Lord James Bater, Sir .Edward (Tr?igan, Mr. R. Hamilton, Mr, Mncrorie, Ir. Hans Hamilton Wood- Mr. J. Nor- wood, LL.D., lIIr. Staples, Mr. Steward Bkuker, Kev. Dr. R?i,h?t. &-c. :Re¡¡ie'e the D.k? of 1,tl?i,.d, K.G., pr,s;;12d, nd Skmonir the invited guests, most of whom were present, were the Duke of Abereorn, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Arehbisho.) of Dublin, the Bishop of Ripoii. the Bishop of Turin, tUaEiAop of Dcn-y, the of Hamilton, the Earl of Hautingdon. the E;arl of Hurrowby. the of Cardek. the Earl of Erne, the Earl of Courtouu, the Earl of Inn¡;il]en. the Earl of EIU(}n!. the Ear! of Bandon. Lord C,cl><J<ter. Lord Medesdaie, Viscount Templeion, Lord I'itV.valiW, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lard John Manners, M.P., Lord C. J. Hamilton, Lord Ratidonnell, L?r(i Henry Thl" Lor,I O'Neill, Lord CasUemaine, Lord Doneraile, the Rivh.L Hon. Sir J. Pakiogton, M.P.; the Right Hon. H. L. Corry. ::II.P. Major Winsor Parker, SI.P.; Alr. AVhitK< re, il.P.: Viscount Criehton, M.P.; Mr. Vance, 31.P.; Jir. Ai'kwright, M.P.; Mr. Lefroy, M.P.; Mr. Xeowii. M.P.: Mr. G. K. Hornby, M.P.; Mr. C. N. _N'tWill-gate, ;111' Mr. E. W. Verner, M.P.; Sir Wait,, Farouhar, the Hon. E. () ejll, M.P.; Captain Arcluloll, M.P.; Sir A. C. Weldon, Alder- man ?'i r P?. C. P?ler, the Dean of Ripen, Sir Thomas Batcson, M.P.; Sir James Strive, M.P.; Mr. R. Dim"lale. M.P.; Mr. W. Charley, M.P. Colonel H. D. Barnard, :1.1' Mr. John Chubb the Rev. John Cam- ming. D.D.; the Hon. Colonel Stuart Knox, M.P.; Sir F. -Heyg.ite, il.P. Mr. J. M. Holt, M.P.; Colonel Kniakt; Mr, G. C. Jfacrorie Mi*. J. C. Cohl1110uu. The was of an excellent character and admirably served. Grace before the dfytntr was said by the Bishop of Tumn, aud after by the Bishop of Derry, Luncheon having concluded, The CHAIRMAN said Ladies and Gentlemen,—I r: to propose the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen (che0r,a health that is always received with enthusiasm T>y Engi !um>ii and by Irishmen alike—(hear, hear)-:m more particularly proposed upon the present occasion be-I cause it is time -f danger and of difficulty, when the hm.t is sad and the evc is di.-a time when we look to the Government for counsel and support. (Hear, hear.) I Government for counsel and support. (Hear, bear.) I terms than it was proposed by my brother. L?-,l J.din -M it-'ri, at a meeting some time since in Derbyshire The h,?,dth of Her MOot G1'aious Majesty the quen-the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland—(cheers)—Defender of the faith—(load cheers)—who of all persons and of all e&u6es, ecclesiastical as well as civil, is in her dominions ""l1prem. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk ..¡tà much enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN Ladies and gentlemen, I have now to propose the health of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family. (Cheers.) Their Royal Highnesses have visited Ireland,—(hear, hear)—and I ven- ture to say :hat they have brought back with them a living recollection of the beauties of Ireland, and of the warm. generous, amI kindly reception that was accorded to them by every cla33 in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) On the other land, I venture to say that the people of Ireland retain a grateful remembrance cf the graciousness and kindness of the Prince and Princess of Wales. (Cheers.) The toast having been duly honoured, The noble Duke again rose and said: Ladies and gentle- men, I now rise to propose the next toast on the list, that of Church and State." (Loud cheers.) This is an old. fashioned toa,t, and perhaps by many in these days it may be thought to be a remnant of the past to be laitI up in some dark room, only to be regarded as a relic of days that ar gone by. (Cries of .,o, no.") I am of a different opinion. (Cheers.) I consider that this toast of Church and State means the national feeling and tit" national will to maintain our Protestant Constitution. (Renewed cheering.) It means, on the one hand, that the State shall receive the support of relilion it means that 110 act of the State, •whether it he legislative or whether it be executive, shall be performed that shall not have the sanction of religion. (Cheers.) It means, on the other hand, that the Church of England and Ireland shall receive the support of the State, ,nd by ??. receiving it h, people of this country ?ill be :I;1 \oh:eji:1 ttI P:'i¡(¡ tfI:WI ;:l'r: tected. (Cheers.) But, ladies and gentlemen, a Bill has "been introduced into the House of Commons, and has already passed that House, which destroys one portion of our Protestant Church. (Hear, hear.) It destroys the Protestant in Ireland, in the vain hope that by so doing the union between the two countries may be maintained, and th Church of England Illay still be preserved in its in- tegrity. I believe that that is impossible. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) This Bill is now brought up to the House of Lords, and I believe that an overwhelming majority-(loud cheers)-of that Honse entertain these views, and that they Relieve it to be a most unprineipletl and unjust measure. :But then we are told that the House of Commons has passed it .and therefore the House,of Lords can have no voice in the matter. Against that I enter my protest. (Loud cheers.) I am coniident that the protestant people of Eng. land and Ireland will support the House of Lords. (Cheers.) 1 eonte,¡¡1 that as a constituent part of the eOl18titution, the Hoti? of Lords has not only a right, but that it is their imperative duty to maintain the constitution of the country conp what may. (Loud cheers.) But there is another point that I wish to impress upon you, and that is that by this Bill, the constitution of the House of.Lords is to be altered. It is proposed to take away from that House its indepi-n- denee and all its most useful members, the Irish Bishops. Now will any reasonable 1ll.1II say that the House of Lords has not a ri^ht to give its opinion as to whether or not they think that is a constitution: a right, or an expedient measure. (Cheers.) I have had several telegrams handed to me ,;n:e I entered UJi, room. which shows the feeling of the people on the subject. One is from "Wakefield, in Yorkshire, and it says that ?everal meetings are uireany fixed for next week in support of the Church. Another from the Pontefract Protestant Union says that lit » m.eting held last night the proceedings were most euthu. siastic, and that the resolutiou ag-aiust the Bill was carried almost unanimously. Two letters, one from Manchester, says :—" Th., meeting to he heid on Saturday promises to lie a great success," and the writer has no doubt that the number present will be equal to the great Belfast gather- ing. Another from Liverpool says that it is the hope of a Large number there that the House of Lords will throw out the Bill: the excitement is getting tremendous. There will lie a splendid meeting of working men on Friday—(cheers) —there will be another on Saturday. Many Protestant Liberals are now dead against the Bill. (Cheers.) Well, then, I propose, with the greatest possible pleasure, the toast of "Tho. Church and State." (Cheers.) Iam sure it will be received with the cordial recognition of this meet- ing, and that the united Church of England and Ireland will regard the supremacy of the Queen as the only security for the maintenance of civil and religious liberty. The toast was dririk with loud cheers. The Archbi-Uop of AR:IAC.H. Lord Primate of Ireland, resj.c :,j,¡¡. 11" said My lord duke, it would lie quite 1l) r. luoiis if I were to attempt to expatiate before 31lch a company H,c-\ is here assembled un tbe mutual h:l1t;fits con. ferred by the union of the Church and the State. If t,to State protects our property and gives us -for the other land derives great hendis from an elueated awl in. Btructed people. (Cheers.) Ii we refer this question to Ireland by the way of experiment, I can point with satis. faction and with pride to the industry, to the loyalty, to the manufactures, and to the wealth of Ubter-(cheers)- ttnd compare that province with the other provinces of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) The benefit of the union of Church aud State we have long enjoyed, but it appears now that we are in danger of boing deprived of it. But we must consider if the union between the Church of Ireland and the Crown is dissolved, there will still remain a union of Church and State, not British, but a State "which has it-i responsibilities in a country where its opera- tions are adverse to British feelings, and whose interests sirin many respects, directly opposed to the religious free- dom of the people. (Cheers.) I have no doubt, my lords un,.1 gentlt,me11, that the Irish Protestants in the difficult position in which they will be placed, will acquit themselves like men. In fact, this Bill has already had a good effect, for it has brought together the laity and the clergy of the Church in a closcr union than has ever existed before. I may speak, as II churchman, of the adverse circum- stances in which we have learned the steadfastness, the determination, awl the energy of the Protestant laity of J*ng.and. No duty can devolve on them for weal or woo buz i am convinced they will faithfully and steadily perform, «nd it has had another good effect. A large body of i i\>te$tants in Ireland do not belong to our communion, but the" > adverse circumstances have altered their minds in the strongest possible manner, and they now believe that they ntund upon the platform of an united Protestantism. jUieers.) The Prcshyterjans of Belfast are as energetic as the Church Protestant" of Ubtel' in coming fonurd to tleL'.wl oIur i,ii(I our reii, ?!? (to??. (Cheers ) I think I am speakmg for aU who know anything about Irdanrl m this room, that we are all com'ineed ami know wdl th'lt en'ry step that Protestantism in Ireland recedes Iti he Roman Catholic interest in that country will advance (Hear, hear.) When we recollect that there is no organisation so perfect in the world its that of the Church of Rome, extenoling over the length and breadth of the land, using means which we !.houhl not perhaps think altogether proper, we cannot but look with great appre- hensions to what may bo the result of this measure. (Cheers.) But we depend this much upon ourselves, that ive will resist the effects of this Bill to the utmost of our power; and if the Church of Rome is determined to crush 11'1. it will find a people earnest, determined, and faithful to the last. (Loud cheers.) In response to numerous calls, The Bishop of DElm, rose and said: For the first time in the history of England, I think I may say that this great toast of "Union between Church and State is proposed to us lit a period when it would be something like a personal insult to propose it in the presence of the Prime Minister of E:ig!and. (Cheers). I hope I may therefore, for a few In¡nnt, trespass upon your time to say a few words upon the especial aspects of the connection between Church and State. In regard to its beneficial aspect religiously, I am (lnite sure, before an audience like the present, it is neces. sary to say very little, but I do regret to say that at the present moment there seems to be abroad amongst persons, for whom in many respects I entertain great esteem some unreasonable doubts upon this great question. Not long figo, I was present at a very large and interesting gathering, where there were a number of young men from our universi- tiesiandmany destined forthe ministry of theUnited Churches of England and Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Now, in that audience, when sentiments were uttered reflecting upon the connection of Church an-1 .Siatc, they wereireceiv'jd with an applause which to me was extremely painful, f .nd distressing, (Hear, hew.) I for one cannet imagine how any faithful church- man could catertain such view. those. Look at the history of the past, and ",lnt was the result of the efforts of those who in day. gone by, wore for a church separated from the State. After half a c jntury those men languished and died out. (Cheers.) What do we learn from America on this subjœt. I should he -the last man in the world to say one word of (ii-p-l-age, of that great people, 1).t w ?j old not forget that at this moment there are voices of Ulster com;.ng across the Atlantic, telling us in language which cannot be mistaken, that this bill for disestablishment and disetidowmeni of the Irish Church is one of sacrilege and of socialism. (Loud cheers.) But I do m5, that the experience of America proves this emphatically, that even under the most favourable circum- stances moribund spiritual ideas necessarily become law in the afcwospiiere of a suciety where the Church is ttctlUtUy severed from the State. I do Kot wish to enter into details on the subject, but if any-person is curious upon it he may read some numbers of the lateot Xørth American reviews, and ascertain the views of some of the most distinguished Amaricau bishops. Perhaps he will also remember the fact that in the New England States the average of divorces is one out of 19 among" the whole community. And when it is said that there is no neoessary connection between the Church and its support from the State, I tarn to that groat old book which we all revere-thia New Testament— and I find.it was not State endowments it was not a state of wealth into whose golden depths no parliamentary plummet has ever sounded; it was not spiritual peerage which was oue of those things whio" ate out the fair core of the church of Asia Minor, and drew down the rebuke of the great head of the church. There is DO necessary con- ncction between voluntaryism and vitality, nor between death in the Church and connection with the State. (Cheers.) But we may well dwell on this occasion upon the political barrier ut this most solemn crisis, when "the connection between Church and State seems to yield to the aggressive spirit of the Church øf Rome. The Church of Rome has lately made great advances—not in Ireland—it has ..t gained one "i.gf, inch in Ireland— ( cheers ) —and as typical of this great fact I may remind E,igli?bi?. that the ablest book by the only man of really great mind in the Roman Church, won over from your reformed Clitireli-I mean John Henry Newmaii-lias been best answered by a man whom we of the calumniated Church won from the Church of Itome-I mean William Archer Butler, (Cheers.) But the Church of Rome has of late years been gaining in England. Its archbishops listened with pleasant and smil- ing faces to the speeches in the House of Commons, and well they might, for your streets are lin-jd with the liveries of the servants of that church, I say then that by disestablishing and disendowing the Irish-Church, you are in fact establishing the Church of Rome in Ireland. (Cheers). That of course is denied by the Liberal press, but when those newspapers have been off their guard, they have admitted it upon more than one occasion, appealing pa- thetically to the Roman Catholic priesthood to keep their people in order, at least, until the present Bill has been passed, and reminding them that they will now obtain all that they could expect from the most revolutionary Government, find that henceforward they would wield the chief ecclesias- tical power in Ireland. It was said by Hallam, the historian, that it was doubtful whether the religious zeal and the organised and united phalanx of the Church of Rome could be successfully deposed, except by ??t.bli,h?,l or at least by confederate churches. (Cheers.) Before I sit down, I must say one word more. I see so many faces from Ulster around me that I cannot help feeling happy. There is an organ of public opinion often found in ladies' drawing-rooms (laughter), which, in the column next to its fashionabls news, tells the Ulster deputation that the best plan they can follow is to go home whilst they can go in peace. I confess 1 do not know the meaning of those ominous words. I believe that my worthy friends will go home in peace, so far as a good conscience is concerned, and that when they do go home they will be )Illby o¡o tell their friends that a million and a half of members of the Church of England and of Presbyterians were united as one man-(cheers)-that the Peers of England are pre- pared, come what may, to do their duty—(cheers)—nnd that there are millions of hearts in England from which prayers go up to the throne of the Giver of all grace in unison with others, and that those words Church and State go up to the throne of everlasting God from millions of human hearts, not in the accents which men shout them over their cups, but in the accents in which they breath them in their prayers. (Cheers.) The DEAN OF RIPON, who was loudly called for by the meeting, then addressed the assemblage. He said This duty has been forced upon me, as your grace WIll have per- ceived, but I think it is desirable to show, in the few words which I shall address to you that we are indebted to the Societv of the Jesuits for the advanced doctrines of liberalism and the supremacy of the people. In the dark ages of Europe, the generally received doctrine was the supremacy of the Pope over all civil governments. At the time of the Reformation, one part of Europe alone awoke out of the solemn superstition and slavery, and the opinions of men were brought to the test of the revealed word of God. The language of the Apostles set forth the doctrine of the supremacy of the Crown. They called upon all the members of the Christian Church to obey the King as supreme. Thus there are three supremacies set before us -the supremacy of the People, the supremacy of the Pope, and the supremacy of the Crown. Which are we to have ? It is impossible to reconcile the doctrine brought forth at the Reformation with the doctrine maintained during the mttliwval ages. If the civil ruler was a ruler upon an ordinance of God, as the Apostle declared, upon wha pre- tence was it that any bishop should claim a superior authority and claim a right to rule over the civil ruler. If, indeed, it should be proved that the civil ruler was not a Divine ordinance, but that the ecclesiastical ruler was, then there might be some plea for a superior authority on the part of the bishop, and here it was that the Society of Bishops, then newly formed, came to the rescue of the Popedom. (Hear, hear.) They saw that something must be done. The civil ruler was an actual fact before men's eyes. It must be a fact in the theory, but it must have a subordinate place if the supreme authority of the bishop was to hold its place. (Hear, hear.) A subor- dinate place they gave it. The Jesuits maintained, in the most decisive language, that the civil ruler was not a Divine appointment, but altogether a human contrivance-that the ruler, probably by successful military contrivance, or upon a voluntary compact with the people, had been chosen. This was their doctrine, but if that be the case, they choose to forget that all the secondary instrumentalities were over- ruled by God. Milton told thom-" Quasi Deus non ita negat populum ut quasi Deus vult regnum tradat populo. (Chc?ers. ) Then it is remarkable that these two opinions -the one that the civil rnler was merely a human contri- vance, and the other that the civil ruler was of Divine ordinance, came into collision at the time of the Reforma- tion. The Jesuit doctrine was most skilfully contrived to meet the exigencies of the case, and to suit "the natural infidelity of the human heart. Men ip this world, without faith in God, and looking to the outward facts of history, and limiting their notions of those facts,declared that the civil ruler was a mere human compact. We cannot regard it in that light. We look higher, but this has caught the men of this generation in the snares of the Jesuit. (Hear, hear.) They are caught in the notion that, beennse the civil ruler is a human contract, there is no Divine rule at all except that of the priest. Some even reject the rule of the priest, and say that if there be a God he has fashioned the earth nmlleît it toman's management. Others, recog- nising the existence of a visible head, having no faith in the invisible, how to the supremacy of the Pope, and now it is most remarkable that these two extremes-the wildest and most atheistical on the one siae, and the most slavish ultra-mon- tane doctrines on the other-combine in this, that the State and Church have no connection one with the other, and combine in saying that the civil ruler is not an ordinance of God, and has nothing to do with the laws of God. I believe that our true wisdom lies in a recurrence to the high political principles of the Reformation. '(Cheers.) Our controversy with Rome has hitherto been chiefly theological. Now we have a political controversy before us, and to assert our supremacy. My own opinion is that Englishman have been left in ignorance of these matters. (Hear, hear.) For years past we have been living on as if Rome had nothing to do with us. Our young men have not been taught what she is. In our great schools, Harrow, Eton, Westminster, and Hugby, our young men have been left in tott ignorance of what Rome is. They have gone to the Universities. Oxford and Cambridge have not taught it, although I believe that Dublin has to some degree. (Cheers.) What is the consequence? Our young men have gone into Parliament in ignorance of what Popery is, and when a clergyman of the Church of England, true to his vows and the Articles of the Church, has stootl up in the pulpit and tol(1 the people what the Church of Rome is, they say they don't believe him, nnd add, "There's a bigot. What a narrow-minded bigot who cannot rest content to teach, but must rail at his fellow subjects." (Hear, hear.) At the same time, my lord, in some parts of England we have per- severed in the faee of obloquy. (Cheers.) We have persevered in Lancashire, in Manchester, and in Liverpool, and you seo the fruits. I would to God the clergy of the Church of England would be true to their ordination vows. (Cheers.) And let me remind you that the canons of our Church require that if apreacher in aparislibe not competent to meet the Popery recreants, he shall appeal to his )?ishop, li' the Bishop has no competent r, to sen d the B1t ;iIlII:¡:Iîf. nIdP::s.)erloetto;: to that if the clergy of the Church of England had been true to themselves, and if the Bishops had been true to their orders, we should have had no such Bill as is now before us. (Loud cheers.) SIR JOHN PAKINOTON I have been requested, ladies and gentlemen, to propose the next toast, a toast easy in old time, but not so easy now. I rise to invite you to drink a toast at all times important, and now of paramount im- portance. I mean that of The House of Lords." (Loud Cheers.) But perhaps before I refer more directly to the House of Lords, I hope I may be permitted in a very few words, to express my cordial sympathy with those Irish gentlemen who have now come amongst us (cheers), to en- deavour to resist the deep injury, which it is endeavoured to inflict upon them, and also to express my deep respect for the zealand the energy with which they have since they came here pleaded their cause. (Cheers.) It has just been said by the right rev. prelate that those Irish gentle- man will go home in peace. Let me add my belief that that they will go home with the conviction that they have not come amongst us in vain. (LotHl cheers.) The zeal, the ability, the firmness, the eloquence with which they have fulfilled their duty, has intensified and strengthened that deep disapprobation of the iniquitous measure now before Parliament, which has been manifested by a large portion of the people in this metropolis and in the country; and, with every respect, I may emphatically say no fair and honest reason for pressing it has ye? been advanced. Im- portant as is the Irish question, it is one not limited to the Irish Charch. I believe the dy is not far àist:: gPtesttï:h td dile iPrtst! religion of the Protestant kingdom must give way t9 the power and 4he inroads of the Church, of Rome. Gentle- men, this Question is now in the hands of the House of Lords, an.l it is not the only question in their hande. Connected with this great question of religion there is a Constitutional o-iestion scarcely less important. Are the proceedings of the House of Commons to he without check from the Upper Chamber i Is the Hov.<se of Lords to exist oolyto sanction and register the dccreG.i and the desires of the House of Commons, however they may tend, whatever their violence may be? Gentlemen, in various parts of the metropolis, in almost every town of England, meetings are now luing held, and petitions are being drawn up as a proof what the opinion of the people really is; and on the other hand I have no recollection of having £ hear-d j or read of a single meeting or a single petition which would go to prove that any large portion of the people are really in favour of this iniquitous measure or of the attack now made upon the Protestant Church. In the concluding part of the speech of Mr. Gladstone on the third reading of Ptv he Bill, he referred to the House of Lords in terms which think can only be described as it menace. (Cheers.) TheLibe- rals of the country, too, have endeavoured, with short-sighted zeal, to lay down the principle that the House of Commons is to be supreme, an,1 that the House of Lords must not dare to exercisa its powers as an independent branch of the Legislature. I believe and I hope—rather let me speak for you all-we. believe and we hope that the House of Lords will do their duty. (Loud cheers.) They are threatened to-day with a coup d'etat. My belief is that the House of Lords are not to be deterred by such threats, and they will not fiincli from the course which their conviction of right and wrong compels them to take. (Renewed cheering.) I think they will feel that, as regards the blow which is aimed at the Constitution of the country, it will not be a very material question whether the House of Lords is deterred by fear from doing that which they believe to be right, or whether, after having acted honestly and independently, a coup d'etat is resorted to. Gentlemen, I for one have no fear on that subject. We have now at the head of affairs a statesman who was one of the foremost advocates of the union between Church and State. He is now the foremost assailant of that principle, and he would be a bold man who would venture to prophesy what may be the conduct at any moment, or under other circumstances, of that im- pulsive and dangerous politician. (Hear, hear.) It is my belief, that looking at the temper of the people and the mag- nitude of the question, and the altitude on which it now stands he will not venture to resort to a coxp d'etat, and that if he did make such a desperate attempt, the people of England will not support him. Gentlemen, I will detain you no longer. I will only repeat that I earnestly hope the House of Lords will do their duty, and I now wish you to drink their health, thus closing the few words I have said by adding most emphatically my earnest hope that God may guide the counsels of that noble House in this crisis of their history. (Cheers.) The Duke of ABEKCORN, on behalf of the House of Lords, said-I beg to retnrn you our sincere thanks for the cordial manner in which you have received the toast con- nected with their names. I believe there never was a time when the House of Lords stood more in need of support from all who wish well to the constitution, and for the maintenance of the integrity of religion. If I might venture to define the position of the House of Peers, I would say that it owes its high place in public estimation to its being the true exponent of the real and matured wishes of the country. I say the matured wishes of the country, for I believe that the integrity and usefulness of the House of Lords depends, first, upon its being able to interpose between ill-considered legislation and the final passing of a measure which, during a time of temporary excitement in the pub- lic mind, has acquired undue impulse; and, secondly, for the assimilation of its views to the well-confirmed views of the nation, for when the temporary excitement has passed away, and the question is considered impartially with reference iv\tteh¡o;t:irl of the whole community, I be- lieve that the course which the House of Lords wnf adop? as indicated by my noble friend the chairman, in the rejec- tion of this rash and ill-considered measure, will meet with the national approval. (Cheers.) I trust the course they will take may be in accordance with these views, and that it will be a courSJ which will not lessen them in the esteem of their fellow-countrymen, who have hitherto relied with confidence upon their sound discretion and judgment. I must express the great satisfaction with which I have witnessed the manner in which the Irish deputation has been received, and the eloquent expression of their views and the high patriotic motives which have induced so many gentle- men, regardless of all personal trouble and expense, to hring their powerful support to the House of Lords. On their behalf, I thank you again for the flattering manner in which you have received the toast. (Cheers.) Mr. J. C. COUJUHOUN proposed the House of Commons. Lord JOHN MANNERS responded. He referred to the respect which existed for the settled institutions of the country. He recalled our great and glorious deeds, and expresse d his conviction that when this bill was found not to be the deliberate conviction of the country the cause of justice and religion would triumph. The Irish Church Bill meant the divorce of the State in one third of the empire from religion; confiscation of the patrimony of the Church; and the alienation to secular uses of property solemnly dedicated to Almighty God. Their reception of this toast must be regarded as an act of Christian charity. It must be remembered that the ex- isting House of Commons was elected under peculiar cir- cumstances, something like a million of voters exercising, for the first time, the privilege of voting. They were Ihardly endowed with the privilege before called upon to exercise it, and yet in how many of the greatest constituenees was manifested that strong and healthy Conservative feeling which justified them in say- ing that on the all-important question of Church and State the mind and heart of the nation was with them and not with their opponents. Never, since 1846, had he noticed such a union of sentiment, such thorough cohesion, such mutual 'confidence in the minority of the House of Com- mons. Undismayed, undaunted by repeated defeats, the minority in the final division actually reduced the ministe- rial majority, and had preserved the temper, firmness, and discipline which was the sure earnest of future triumphs. This is not the occasion, nor was he the person to presume ;hisott:e¡¡ï:! ass?mbly to whose arbitrament this gigantic issue was now transferred, but if, speak- ing as a member of the House of Commons, speaking for the House of Commons, and, Above all, speak- ing for the commons of the United Kingdom, whose opi- nions he represented, he ventured, weighing well his words, and speaking under a sense of deep responsibility, to express his earnest wish, his anxious prayer, that they might be given time for further thought, deeper reflection, more mature consideration, and that the fair and stately and religious fabric of Church and State, which had outlived dynasties and survived rebellions, revolution, and invasions, should not be scattered by the vote, however large or how- ever often repeated, by a single Parliament. (Cheers.) The other speakers were Mr. R. HAMILTON and Mr. MACKORIE, members of the deputation, Dr. CUMMING and Mr. NEWDEOATE, M.P. The proceedings throughout were of the most enthusiastic character. The general feeling of the metropolis, including man reekonerl as Liberals, is a thorough approval of what is called thcplujky and conscientious course of the House of Lords.
LIVERPOOL ON THE IRISH CHURCH.
LIVERPOOL ON THE IRISH CHURCH. I (EY TELEGRAPH). Last night an enthusiastic open air meeting of the Liver- pool Orange Body, was held in the open space in front of St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Not less than fifty thousand persons were present. Mr. Ball, the Grand Master of the Liverpool order presided. No party flags were displayed, and the meeting passed off with great success. Speeches were made by persons not identified with the Orange body meluding Dissenting ministers, who condemned the conduct of Mr. Gladstone, and charged him with breaking pledges, made when stumping South Lancashire-propositions were adopted calling upon the House of Lords to reject the Bill, The crowd was very orderly.
THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST…
THE CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A CHIEF CONSTABLE. Major Frederick Beswick, the late Chief Constable of Birkenhead, was indicted at the Old Bailey yesterday mor. I nmg for forging and uttering a power of attorney for the transfer of a sum of ?M, in Consols. Mr. Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Poland, conducted the prosecution on behalf of the Bank of England, and Mr. Metcalfe defended. The facts of the case have already been reported at con- siderable length, and it will be remembered that the defen. dant, a retired officer of the army, was a co-trustee with a 111'. Ilaxted, of Gibraltar, in reference to a sum of upwards of ^1,000 Three per Cent. Consolidated Stock. In the beginning of the present year he appeared to have been considerably pressed for money, and the supposition on the part of the prosecution was that he desired to relieve'himself from his liabilities by appro- priating part of the trust fund, no doubt intending to repay it. He accordingly went to his bankers and directed them to prepare a power of attorney for a sum of .£431, saying that Mr. Maxted intended proceeding to California, and would call at Liverpool on his way and sign the document. The power of attorney was accordingly prepared, and the defendant returned it, apparently properly signed by him- self and Mr. Maxted, but on the usual notices being sent out by the Bank of England the forgery was discovered and the prisoner arrested, The defence was that he had been imposed on by a person who personated Mr. Maxted, and that he had no intention to defraud. At the close of the case for the prosecution the court adjourned until to-day.
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NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.-The Liberal Association have determined to support Mr. Charles Seely (defeated at the general election) as their candidate; and in the case of a second vacancy arising, through the retirement of Colonel Wright, they will support Mr. Bernal Osborne. The breach has not been healed, apparently, for overtures have been made by the Independents" to Mr. Digby Seymour, with what result remains to be seen. Mr. Markham has positively declined to stand in the Conservative interest, and it is considered doubtful if another Conservative can be returned. THE EARL OF LIMERICK AND THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. The Earl of Limerick, like Earl Nelson, repudiates the great love for Free Churches which has been attributed to him. He declares, in a letter to the Herald, that what- ever his opinion may be as to the difficulties arising from a connection between the Church of a :it a:t:rS:t: in Ireland, he does not regard as undesirable in all instances the connection between Church and State. The Earl also corrects the statement contained in all the reports, that the meeting refused to hear any speakers but men of mark who challenged the policy of resistance. He says that every peer present, who desired it, had the opportunity of ex. pressing his opinion on the subject before the meeting.
.FRANCE.I
FRANCE. PARIS. JpKsO. At a Councilof Ministers held thiti morning, whieh lasted a considerable time, it was decided that the Chamber should be convoked for a short legislative session, for the verification of the powers of the Deputies. A decree has accordingly been issued to-day, fixing the opening of the Chambers for the 28th inst.
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THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. FAKLFCS, JUNE II, EVENING. FINISTEBRE.—Second Circumscription.—M. de Keratry (Opposition), is elected.
THE ELECTORAL DISTURBANCES…
THE ELECTORAL DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE. THREATENING DEMONSTRATIONS. PARIS, JUNE 9. RN Tranquillity prevailed in Paris yesterday evening until about half-past eleven o'clock. At that hour considerable crowds assembled on the Boulevard Montmartre, and commenced singing the "Marseil- laise," and shouting Vive Rochefort," Vive La Lanterne." The crriwd having assumed a menacing attitude, the sergents-de-ville proceeded to establish order, and in this they were successful without the intervention of the Garde de Paris, which arrived on the scene about 12.45 a.m. The demonstration was all over by this morning. At the same time a large band of people assembled in Belle Ville, and after destroy- ing many street lamps and shop fronts in that quarter, they marched down the Boulevard du Temple. All the shops were closed, on their line of march, and the people in the streets retired as quickly as possible. The mob attacked a police van, wounding the man in charge and the driver, and then marched in the direction of the Bastille. On their way thither they were stopped by some sergents-de- ville, and dispersed after 13 arrests had been made. At 2 a.m. order was restored. PARIS, JUNE 9, EVENING. The semi-official P— euple of this evening pub- lishes an article on the elections, by its chief editor, M. Clement Duvernois, in which the writer says" It is requisite that the Govern- ment should show itself equal to the march of public opinion. In order to do so, it is necessary hrst, to accept resolutely the Left Centre as a part of the institutions of the country, and secondly, to make the majority a participator in the initiation of great acts, thus causing it to stand out in relief as much as possible before the country. NANTES, JUNE 9. Some rather serious disturbances took place here yesterday evening, in consequence of the working men declaring their refusal to recognise the majority obtained by M. Gaudin through the votes of the country electors. The shops of the gunsmiths were ransacked by the crowd, and several fights occurred, the disorder lasting until three o'clock this morning. The troops showed great moderation, and the number of persons wounded is small. Reinforcements have been sent from Tours by rail to the garrison of Nantes, which has been on foot for the last 48 hours.
I PRUSSIA.I
I PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JUNE 9. T In to-day s sitting of the Customs Parliament, the Commercial and Customs Treaties with Swit- zerland and the Commercial Treaty with Japan were passed. The King will start on his visit to Hanover and Bremen on the 13th inst.
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(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) AMERICA. WASHINGTON, JUNE 9. The Government has sent a special commis- sioner to St. Domingo to investigate the report upon the political and general condition of the Dominican Republic. President Grant leaves here to-day on a visit to New York and Boston. The Attorney-General for Indiana has decided that the ratification of the suffrage amendment by the Republicans in the Legislature of that State without a quorum was valid, the Democrats having resigned in order to defeat the amendment. The Conservative Republicans of Mississippi have called a special convention for the 22nd instant. The Nova Scotian House of Assembly, by 27 against 7 votes, has rejected the resolution in reference to the annexation of their province to the Dominion of Canada. It is considered probable, however, that the question will be reconsidered.
EXPLOSION AT A LONDON THEATRE.
EXPLOSION AT A LONDON THEATRE. Some alarm was occasioned at St. James's Theatre, Lon- don, on Tuesday evening, owing to an explosion of gas occurring in the saloon situate at the back of the pit. It seems that about twenty minutes to eight o'clock the ::i:e:.boM;swTilt!tti:d at eilht tJ:t: :d proceed (to unlock the door, having a candle in her hand with which to light the gas. The moment the door was opened a loud explosion took place, the force of which knocked her down. A gas-man belonging to the theatre, who was immediately behind her, was also thrown down, and his head was cut severely. Several of the actors and actresses behind the femes, preparing for the performance, were so alarmed at the report that they lost no time in leaving the house by waf of the stage door in Angel-court. Mrs. Tillott was taken to the Charing-cross Hospital, whereit was found she was suffering more from shock to the nerves than anything else. It is thought that the gas burners in the saloon could not have been turned off on Monday night, from the lights having been extin- ihe:Ibdbinngnf:dfft: fl:af:,vhï good dif glass was broken, and some window frames were damaged, but with the exception of some slight injury to tho stone- work at the entrance to the pit, but little other mischief was done.
IEXTRAORDINARY MISTAKE IN…
EXTRAORDINARY MISTAKE IN THE SEX OF A CHILD. A case of a very singular character was heard before the Bristol magistrates, Messrs. F. Terrell and T. Canning, yesterday. Daniel Williams was brought up under a war- rant charging him with having neglected a bastardy order, his indebtedness being about 16s. Mr. Clements, from the office of Mr. Clifton, appeared for the defence, and raised an objection to the effect that the order made on defendant was to contribute 2s. per week to the support of the bastard male child of Jane Vulture, and the child she now produced and swore to as the one for which the order was made was a female. The warrant under which the defendant was apprehended was also made out for arrears for a bastard male child. Mr. Williams produced the original information upon which the defendant was first summoned, and showed that the woman, Vulture, then swore that the defendant was the father of her bastard male child, which was born on the 9th of November, 1866. At the hearing of tho summons the woman also swore that the child was a male, and the hearing being adjourned she swore the same thing at the second hearing. Mr. Williams said the information and the two statements made on oath were signed by her after being read over to her. In answer t. this, the woman denied that she used the word" male" in reference to the child, and said she always stated that it was a female. She further denied that the statement was read over to her before she signed it, and she contended that the mistake was made by the clerk who took the infor- mation and the depositions. The defendant had been paying 2s. per week towards the child's maintainance for upwards of two years. Mr. Bird, the magistrate's clerk said the eh ad no alternative t to dismiss the The de- fendant was summoned for arrears due for the mainten- ance of a moJe bastard child, and the woman had just sworn that the female child in court was the one in respect of which the money was due.—The Bench dismissed the case.
SANGUINARY DUEL BETWEEN YOUTHS.I
SANGUINARY DUEL BETWEEN YOUTHS. I A Florence correspondent writes as followsThe bar- barous features accompanying the practice of the duel in this country have been frequently E:h ith:ok:l; the press. We have now a fresh case in point. Four youths, natives of Faenza, in consequence of a quarrel which is as old as last Carnival, met some days ago in a field at a short distance from the city, after having dined together, says the account, with every appearance of cordiality and good fel- lowship. Each was pitted against his respective adversary, the conditions of the fight being that af ter discharging their pistols the parties should continue the combat with their knives. In both cases the pistols were fired off without effect, and the second act of the drama began. Ono pair of com- batants fought with great fury, and in a few minutes both men were on the ground, one with fiye wounds, and the other with seven. A fortunate accident put an end to the second encounter, for one of the knives, coming in contact with a button or some other hard substance, was broken in two, and the horrid spectacle of their friends weltering in blood seems to have suggested other thoughts than that of continuing the conflict. A medical man, called to the spot, gave small hopes of the recovery of the two wounded
SWANSEA COUNTY COURT.—YESTERDAY.
SWANSEA COUNTY COURT.—YESTERDAY. Before Judge FALCONEB, .rB@L?? r. i.E^Erro.—mis ,,$ aa ?ction for the recovery of £3 8s., for t'oods sold ami delivered. i: plaintiff, Benjamin P{'gh', for whom Mr. Clifton appeared, isa builder carrying on Im3Ïncs3 in Swansea. The <1efenù- ant, James Benetto, is a tailor and outfitter, living at L.Pldore for whom iir. Simons appeared.—Mr. Pegier said that in October last he sold the defendant a quantity of timber sawn boards, for doors. There were 412 feet in all; and it was agreed between them that the price of 250 feet of lmlf-inch board was to be Id. a foot for 0,11 in fourteen days, but if act paid in that time en additional hall penny per foot was to be paid.-The defendant dis- puted this arrangement, and the action was brought to recover the balance alleged to be due.—Mr. Simons con- tended that no such prcposterous arrangement w, ..Ie as to pay 50 per cent. for credit; and the timber, moreov? was defective in quality.—Judgment for plaintiff. I T JURY CASE., JJR.WIB AND ;ON V. HARRIS AND ANOTHER,-This was a special jury case. The piaiutiifs are grocers carrying on business in Watter-street, Swansea, and the defendants are shipwrights and proprietors of a dry dock. The action was brought to recover a sum of money, alleged to be due, from damage sustained by the defendants by the closing of a sewage outlet near their premises, by which goods on the plaintiffs' premises were more or less destroyed. The case had heen heard in a former court as against the Swansea Board of Health, who it was said were liable, but the action was withdrawn. The present case was not gone into yester- day, it being adjourned till the next Court for the produc- tion of evidence on the part of the Board of Health authorities. THE MORDECAI CLAIMS. JONE3 v. UUTLIFFE.—Mr. Clifton applied for an ad. journment of this case on behalf of the defendant, for whom .ppclamd. The action, he said, was brought to recover the sum of X15 for rent of a house known as the Anchor Inn, situate on the Strand, kept by the defendant. He produced an affidavit made by the defendant to the effect that there was a dispute as to the ownership of the house. Mr. Oaskom had applied for the rent, who had applied as receiver for the Court of Chancery and there was also p claimant in the person of one John Mordecai, who alleged tha he was Ijeir-at-law of Thomas Popkin, Esq., and put UI a elaim to ownership. Defendant believed that the plain- tiff had no legal claim to the rent, and asked for an ad- journment, in order that the requisite evidence might be forthcoming. Mr. Smith, for the plaintiff, opposed the application, and called John Jones, brother of the plaintiff, as well as the plain- tiff, Thomas Jones, the former of whom made the agreement under which the Anchor Inn was let to the defendant, and the latter had already received rent for the house to the amount of altogether. With regard to the claim pending on the part of John Mordecai, that was a claim made against nobody knew who-a&nst all Swansea, in fact, including the Corporation, the Duke of Beaufort, and everybody else. (Laughter.) There could be no ssible doubt as to the right of the plaintiff to the rent, and urged that there was no necessity to ad j ourn the case, the de- tendant having had ample time to get all the evidence necess!ry in the matter The defendant, Cutliffe, was called and said he had not got the papers in reference to the present case. He sent them away last week, but not before he had received the summons. They were sent for, and he sent them up. He would not tell whether he owed the money. He took the house from John Jones, and paid rent to Thomas Jones. He would not swear that the agreement was not made by Thomas Jones. Mr. Smith: What day was it you sent those papers away? f Witness (hesitating): They were sent away the first of the week. Mr. Smith: What day? Witness (evasively): They were sent away to Mr. Olave. Mr. Smith What has he to do with the case ? Witness (confusedly) He was acting in the case for Mr. Mordecai. Mr. Smith: Oh! I thought so. His Honour: What had Mr. Olave to do with it ? Witness: He is the acting solicitor for Mr. Mordecai. Mr. Smith: Were the papers sent to him before or after you received the summons? Witness: I have nothing to say more. Mr. Smith: But I want you to say more. Were they sent before or after? Witness (after considerable hesitation): Before-last mo.d. ?k MMaénilih.Let me caution you. The witness repeated his statement, and was sharply re- buk ed by his Honour for the way in which he had given his evidence. He ought not, he said, to come into court to do anything but what was right, and lie had evidently been trying to help a Mr. Olave, who had nothing to do with the case, and might, for all he knew, be doing what was wrong. Mr. Smith: The question is whether a man should be permitted to come into the witness-box and swear in this reckless way. His Honour: It is dreadful. The case was adjourned till next court. I r< EXTRAORDINARY CASE. I  JUNM V. WAKEFIELD AND BURT.— In this cse Mr. l,f:ton appeared for the defendants, who were in partnership in Swansea at the time of the alleged trans- :it:s: ;rr Simmons t:t o:flfllfe r: tiffs, William Jones, of the Great Western Hotel, and J. P. Clark, brewer, who were the holders of the bills of exchange on which their respective claims were based. The action, in the matter of the plaintiff Clark, was brought to recover the sum of X50, being the balance of principal and interest .due b, the defendants to the plaintiff on their four joint promissory notes, given in favour of one E. H. Smith, for X15 each, respectively dated the 18th day of May, 1860, ;ab¡:t: t:dellheohs and :Ia:: :8: a}pri::rytt:lldaW;:l statement :— To amount of four promissory notes, d.1-21 May 18,1860, for X15, to interest at £ 5 per cent, per annum from date of'note, upon the respective balances due, amounting in all to eight years the r??pee ti,. =, no 'amountin ?rI it By cash on and eleven months, R88 Is. 9d. Credit: By cash on account, £ 7 10s. in 1861, and X4 1,09. in April, 1863, leaving a balance of X76. The plaintiff abandoned the excess, over C50, and sued for that amount. Further action was also brought bv William Jones, of the Great Western Hotel, against the defendants, to recover the sum of being the balance of principal and interest due by the defendants to the plaintiff on their joint promisso' note, given in favour of E. iHig:Ûh for tlli=hor¡df May, 1860, and interest, amounting to £ 19 13s. 10d., being at the rate of Z per cent, per annum from date of note, being two years and eleven months on XSO, and six years on £45, in all eight years and eleven months. Credit by cash received was given, amounting to XIO, on April 30th, 1860, but the plaintiff, as in the last case, abandoned the excess, and sued for the sum of £ 50. Mr. Clifton gave a history of the circumstances under which th:.e:s:J'ef;:ideebein of a most extraord i nary character. Defendants had, some years ,ofudt¡::f.yta:he:uhfb:f;1p=:¡; w'í:ich bankruptcy was subsequently annulled. It was now sought to recover a bill of exchange, on which dividends had actually been paid and received from the estate to the drawer, E. H. Smith. He contended that plaintiff had no legal claim. Mr. Simons was heard in reply, but eventually threw up the case, observing that he had thought it right to tell the plaintiffs that they must be represented by another soli- citor. His Honour: Then the case is struck out. LEEDER V. HARRIS.—Mr. Field, for the defendant, made application for this caseto be adjourned. The action was brought by Mr. Leeder, an auctioneer residing at Swansea, for the sum of £50, and involved a question of the validity of a bill of sale. The case was adjourned. DEMURRAGE.—JONES v. GILLESPIE AND SCOTT.—This was an action on demurrage, in which Capt. Jones, master of the ship Margaret, sued the defendants, who are shippers of coal, for the sum of t6, for demurrage, being at the rate of £ 1 per da for six days. Witnesses were heard on both i; 1:Ii:c:x :sve;s:v::rrot;edpl:it3 for the amo.Æt claimed. HARRIS V. SIMONS.—This was a judgment summons, where the plaintiff, at a previous court, obtained judgment against the defendant, a solicitor, residing at Merthyr, for £24 3s. 6d.-His Honour made an order of committal for sixteen day ROWLANDS v, GEE.—The plaintiff in this case is a tailor and outfitter, residing in Castle-street, Swansea, and the defendant the carpenter on board the vessel Merthyr. It appeared that an assistant in the service of the plaintiff went on board and took an order from the defendant for a suit of black, such order being given conditionally that the clothes were to be made provided the defendant's wife was found not to have made provision for him in this respect It was subsequently found that provision had been made, ;(ihesdfd::leuih en;t day to the plaintiff to tell him not to go on with the suit, which, however, was finished in due course, and the claim sent in for the amount alleged to be due.—His Honour gave judgment for the defendant, and commented upon the practice of "crimping" adopted by £ 20 fF8' whereby they made themselves liable to a penalty of X20 for each offence.
BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.…
BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. I WEDNESDAY. I T (Before Mr. COMMISSIONER HILL.) I njsj. WILLIAMS. jun., Abergavenny, victualler, &c.- Mr. J. Inskip appeared for the bankrupt, and said he was authorised by Mr. H. Brittain, who was instructed by the official assignee, to state that there was no opposition. The bankrupt passed his last examination and obtained his order of discharge. RE ISAAC SALTER, Averbury, farmer.—Mr. J. Inskip, who appeared for the bankrupt, said he was sorry to state that his client had not filed his accounts but for a considerable time he had been under medical treatment. Mr. Otter, who represented the assignees, said he had no objection to an adjournment. The sitting was adjourned to the 27th of July.
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MB, KWBT WASON AND A POLICE MAGISTRATE.—Mr Rigby Wason appeared in the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, and applied for a rule calling upon Mr Tvr- whitt, one of the metropolitan police magistrates, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue against him to compel him to take Mr. Wason's recognisances to prose. cute a charge for conspiracy against Earl Eussell, Lord Chelmsford, and the Lord Chief Baron, relative to the charge of falsehood preferred by Mr. Wason against the Lord Chief Baron, in connection with the Ipswich election, which took place about 35 years since. Mr. Wason read a printed document, setting forth minutely all the circum stances in connection with his chup against the Lord hft:;o:=d what h.!ls d=r: ?rencetoitthe readme occupied nearly an hour and [a h&. -Rule refused.
j CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS _'i-;-…
CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS _'i- I VACANCIES. I APPOINTMENTS. F i-e?!:s;)c.pof?)n('.??M:-hnscoUat3dth" p ■' fI Everwi H:trr:«son. M.A..o!Chri6t's Colle, <' t r e ctor of Kaunington, to the rectory of BUu. ,j, ) l¡?;' ,('Ui7.t:iei'ílfJ;I't; I and t.io Kev. Thomas Dasautoy Smith. M.A.. o; "I, ?oit"?. Cambridge, curate ct'B?hop'itokp :c, S ?'?''< vacant by the preferment ù; Ü ?.. is E- Hamsson, M.A. The Bishop of Salisbury has instituted the v  G: Kell, AI,A., 8.8sociation secretary of the Cb, i Aid S.?i?ty, to the rectory of Mappow?r. IV. t,   ?-- ? H. Allen, o. ? ?.J? :? Mr. G. W. Digb,. The Bishop of Chichester has instituted tl-e L\ \v;r,: ™™ Esdaile Richardson, M.A., of Trinity Co) ?< ? ,?? to the rectory of St. John's So.uho?r Y?w ? '?? ?' ?iuat;onofMr.H.P.Crotts The Bishop of Chester has instituted the R.? Wad!! ;tca: &tubbs, M.A., of Trinity CoUege. Du?t? ,r vicar of Bocester, Staffordshire, to the vicar ;e of -t i S* E?' Liverpool, vacant by the preferment <:t)? R?. t P Hunt' ¥'Av ad the Rev. Thomas W?th,?. E& Swift, M.A., to the vicarage of Everton. B The Bishop of Rochester has instituted the Rv. Jal B Hughes Owen, M.A., late mMter in Aylesbury Gramme EB School, to the vicarage of Long Marston. M The Bishop of Winchester has instituted the E v. Ch" Eddy, M.A.. Fellow of Queen's College, Qxfmd, to id vicarage of Bramley, near Basingstoke. ip VACANCIES. a A CMpiMncy at the (.Iamb* by the death of fie Rev .1 ■ Weatherston, M.A.; patron, the Secretary of St te for th? ■I Colonies. The curacy of Clapham, with title at the Bh h >p of W ?- t Chester's ordination; patron, the Rev. Bradlev 'hot m The en?seyof St. Silas, Penton-street, Lo: ,crth ? .6130 a year patron, the Rev. J. Wilkinson. B The curacy of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey; w0rh .EHO a I year; patron, the Rev. F. P. Phillips. it The curacy of St. Edward's, Romford; we; Lh £ 1°0 a J year; patron, the Rev. E. Fox, M.A. The curacy of Shirenewton, near Chepstow; IL orth .£8! a year and a house; patron, the Rev. C. R. Hall The curacy of a mission district in Masbrough. York- shire; wdrth JS120 a year; patron, the Rev. H. M. White. The pnnapalship of an English college, Tiunevellv,  Solthh e & patrons, the Church Missionary Coliege. H The curacy of Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire, with title t of the Bishop of Lincoln's ordination; patron, the Rev. F); A. Hughes. The curacy of All Saints' Church, Paddington (diocese of London); worth X140 a year; patron, the lev. E. H. Steventon. The curacy of Christ Church, Milton, Gravesend; worth £ 100 a year; patron, the Rev. F. A. Marsh. fi Tly,^ of Banbury; worth CI20 a year, patron, the Re,. J.  The curacy of Holy Trinity Church, DirHngtan worth 1 ?100 a year, with title at the Bishop of Durham s next or- I! dination patron, the Rev. A. H. Hughes.
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A CLERGYMAN IN THE CENTRAL I CRIMINAL COURT. At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. 1 Baron Pigott, George Murvin D'Arcy Irvine, a clergyman residing at Wandsworth, plead guilty to boarding and f:d1: a lunatic in contravention O:YLa The case was an exceptional one. About eleven years ago a lady came to live with the defendant and was treated with every kindness as a member of the family, and since that time Mr. Irvine had received from her friends a sum of j £ 200 a year. She was not then a lunatic in any way. In September last, however, sl,c, "Imped out of window, and suffered severe injuries, aiv from that time she had undoubtedly been of unsound mind. Medical gentlemen were called in. but the lady could not be removed. The payment wa, then changed to a weekly one of eight guineas, and in April, when she was in a condition to be removed, arrange- ments were made to convey her to a lunatic asylum. Irat when the lady heard of this she made her escape from the house. The defendant was a considerable loser by tb, transaction. The learned judge said the better way w°t!" be for the defendant to enter into his own recognizances t,) come up for judgment at next session, if called upon.
THROWING VITRIOL ON A GIRL.
THROWING VITRIOL ON A GIRL. A sad affair happened in a worsted mill at Wakefield on Monday afternoon. A girl named Hannah Chadwick, who resides at Eastmoor, nl :n'G:ohÑft\ F:u:ovdt BraM-!ane?nd, are both employed at Messrs. FaHon and Shaw a worsted miU, in Back-lane. During dmner-hour a quarrel arose between them, and the girl threw a quantity of water upon the lad. Soon afterwards they re-commenced work, but in a short time the engine was stopped for a strap to be pnt on. During this interval of leisure the lad appears to have determined to have his revenge on the girl. He went into the dyehouse, and, seizing a quart jug almost filled with vitrol, he went to the girl and threw it over her. She was dreadfully burnt about the breast and neck, and now lies in a dangerous state. The lad was taken into custody.
THE GREAT CONVENT CASE.'
THE GREAT CONVENT CASE. The convent case, Saurin ?. Star, Kennedy, and othem came before Mr. Buckley, the chief derkat Vice-ChaneeUor Malin's chambers yesterday, on an application on the part of the pwutiff for the pDrt oiuction and inspection of docu- ments. The application was that the documents be pro- d:at j;:u.&todef:n;:c: at that place on the ground that the documents were in London, and a rule was e4dl'' n for a new trial in the d øcli:e The gl:efl!l-,rk said he had supposed the convent was the place where the documents were depo- sited. As the papers were in London he would make an order for their production in town, and if this were 011- jected to, application might be made to the Vice-Chan- cellor.
I OXFORD COMMEMORATION WEEK.
I OXFORD COMMEMORATION WEEK. Great numbers of visitors arrived in Oxford on Saturday, and the entertainments in the city have become more nu- merous each day. The members of Oriel College gave an :ur theatrical rf:r::=o S;lld ïi: at the Clarendon Hotel, when "Still Waters Run Deep" and Pop the Question" were very creditably per- formed. n g, uniday the University sermons, morning and afternoon, the choral services at the Cathedral n: Chapels of Magdalen and New constituted the principal attractions. The parade in the Broad Walk, which nsed to be an essential part of the Show Sunday, is becoming gradually deserted by the Sh::t:Jco:ï undergraduates and their friends. Monday was the chitf day for picnics by water to Nuncham or by road to Blenheim, while bl or those?who staved in J:: r:: 4: Philanthropic Society of Oxford provided a very pleasatt concert in the Sheldonian Theatre at two in the afternoon. At six o'clock there was the grand procession of boats which, to uncritical eyes, is the prettiest sight of the week, and which would be still more delightful if there were fewer scratch" oars among the crews. The m?onic ball at the ::Ric: US' tY:ee Jd ht°:llvi:i: far into the morning. At Oriel College, too, there was a ball, in which dancing was kept np to an early hour. On Tuesday a very success f ul S,ower-show was held in the beautiful gardens of Trinity College. The Exeter men gave a musical soiree in the hall of their eoUe?e. The members of Christ Church gave their "annual beg in the Corn Exchange, and similar entertainments were provided at University and Queen's Colleges.
CARDIFF.
CARDIFF. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.—The anniversary services in connection with Tredegarville Chapel, Roath, were con- tinued yesterday. Divine service was held in the chapel at en In the evening a very interesting lecture was delivered on "America," by the Rev. J. P. Chown, of Bradford. Tne chair was taken by the Rev. A. Tilly. The attendance was large, and the br was frequenth 1W1:: while giving a very graphic description of social life the tig?. WHOLESALE RonBzRy.-Yosterday a robbery of a very extensive character was found to have taken place at No. 14, Windsor-place. The house had been closed for a few days, and on the return of the family yesterday a large quantity of wearing apparel was found to have been taken away in their absence. Fourteen or fifteen waistcoats several silk dresses, a new scarlet opera cloak, four or five dress coats, and several pairs of trousers, and other articles of dress, had been removect,
NEWPORT.
NEWPORT. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. — Mr. Evans, veterinary snrgcc?, met with a sad disaster abut eight o'clock on Tlle'y evening. He had ridden down Cross-street, and was aboit to cross over the canal bridge, near the Ebbw Vale wharf, hb:hr::e adtk:.ehfmt;¡t=du:¿ on the ground. He was picked up bleeding profusely from a wound in the thigh, and after securing a cab he wi?i co: veyed home, where prompt assistance was obtained. [ vee:c:mÜ'N'Áo::g;as of "Samson "and "JuJ.s Maccaboeua was given on Tuesday evening by t!.i. society, at the Baptist Chapel school-room. There was » good attendance, and the society evinced marked pro,-re,?. Mr. Bryant conducted the proceedmgs; and Mr. A. Jon," presided at the harmonium, and Miss Pritchard at tie pianoforte.
HAVERFORDWEST.
HAVERFORDWEST. CASTLEMARTII! YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—This repimeit will assemble for its annual training at Haverfordwest (It F rl*d next, the 11th June. On the afternoon of t)?t <hy the Haverfordwest troop will muster in St. Thoma?'f preei, and from thence proceed to the Narberth road, to meet tie Narberth and Castlemartin troops. The commandant -if the regiment, Major Baron de Rutzen, has, unfortunately been in ill health, but is so far recovered that it is hop«d he will take command during the training. We are ijk- formed that a large field in the neighbourhood of Will*" bush has been secured as a training ground. Printed and Published by ABEL NADIN, of No. 2, Nelsos Terrace, Canton, at the Printing Offices, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1869.