Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

ELECTION OF MAYOR FOR LIVERPOOL. I Mr Morris, a Conservative, was yesterday unani- mously elected Mayor. FLI,NT.-Edward Lewis, Esq., of Bryn-edwin, was cleeted Mayor yesterday.

THE LIVERPOOL CUP.—FRIDAY. I JBeeswing A Moulsey 2 I Sandal 3 Sandal 18 ran. 3

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET. FBIDAT. I This morning's market was fairly attended, and wheat brought fully as much money. Flour a dull sale, at late rates. Oats sold in retail. Oatmeal met a fair inquiry at the prices of last market. Beans fully as dear. Indian corn advanced 9d to Is per quarter, and a large business is reported. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Wheat trade firm at last week's prices. Fine barley fully as dear. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Little business doing. Prices as on Monday.

THE BANK RATE. I The Bank of England rate of discount was reduced on Thursday to 4 per cent. It had been at 4 £ per cent. since September 27th. ALBERT BURY, Stock and Share Broker Temple Row, Wrexham. Want of space compels us to omit Mr Bury's usual share list.

:=r- WREXHAM ALE. CWRW DA AM BYTH. SEFYDLEDIG ER'S IIANER CA25TIIF. ROWLAND & SON, the original Brewers of the jLt far-famed WREXHAM ALES, have always on band a large STOCK of their splendid ALE and BITTER BEER to suit Innkeepers and private families, and which they are prepared to supply at a moment's notice, and on the most reasonable terms. NAG'S HEAD BREWERY, WREXHAM. 1231 OFFICES 39, MOUNT-STREET.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths. So Notice of Birth, Marriage, or Death can be inserted unless authenticated by the name and address of the sender. The words No cards," or any addition to the simple announcement of a marriage or death, subjects it to the payment of one shilling as an advertisement. BIRTHS. HUMPHREYS—On the 1st inst., at Lower Berse, the wife of Mr Humphreys, of a daughter. JONES—On the 22nd ult., the wife of Mr John Jones, Weaver, Dee Mill Place, Llangollen, of a daughter. JONES—On the 27th ult., the wife of Mr T. Jones, Llan- fynydd, of a daughter. PEA tie u—On the 2nd inst., the wife of Mr George Pearce, Llangollen, of a daughter. WRIGHTOa the 8th inst., at Belle Vue, the wife of Mr I Wm. Wright, Compositor, of a son. MARRIAGES. D A VIES- RICHAltDS-On the 1st inst., at Llanllwchaiarn Church, near Newtown, by the Rev. F. H. Thompson, vicar, Mr Arthur Davies, of 43, Upper Victoria-road, Holloway, London, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Wm. Richards, grocer, Penygloddfa, Newtown. WATTS—ISAAC—On the 3Uth ult., at Sydney, New South Wales, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Sydney, as- sisted by the Rev. Canon Attwood, the Honorable John Watts, M.L.A., minister of works, of Eton Va!e, Darling Downs, Queensland, to Caroline Sophia, widow of the Honorable Frederick Neville Isaac, late of Gowrie, Darling Downs, Queensland, and third daughter of Arundell Francis Sparkes, Esq., of St. John's, Bridgnorth. YOUXG-JAy-On the 5th inst,, at Worficld, Salop, by the Rev. C. F. Broadbent, vicar, Henry James Young, M.D., of Bridgnorth, son of the late Captain Wm. Young. Bengal Artillery, to Ellen Martha, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Jay, Esq., of Dauesford, in this county. DEATHS. BREEzE-On the 3rd inst., agefl 78, Miss Breeze, late of the Post Office, Nlacliyn leth. FLETCHEU—On the 2nd inst., at Dee Bank, Chester, James Vernon Fletcher, Major (retired), late H. M. 14th Regiment, and formerly a Captain in H.M. 1st Regiment (The Royals), aged 76. KENT—On the 2nd inst., aged 70, at Edgbaston, Bir- mingham, the Rev. Mauoah Kent, Baptist minister, formerly of Shrewsbury, where he resided for thirty years. Moss—On the 7th inst., at Erddig Road, Ann, widow of Mr Benjamin Moss, tailor, aged 53 years. MATHIAS-On the 4th inst., at the Moss, Broughton, Mr Edward Mathias, aged 72 years. PEARCE-On the 4th inst., aged 4 Mr Richard Pearce, landlord of the Feathers Inn, Albion Hill, Oswestry. ROBERTS—On the 6th inst., aged 54, Mrs Roberts, book- seller and stationer, Bridge-street, Llangollen. ROBERTS—On the 3rd inst, at Eyton, Bangor, Isacoed, aged 40, Mr William Roberts. STEVENS—On the 5th inst., at Hope-street, Ellen, daughter of Mr James Stevens, confectioner, aged 8 months. WILLIAMS—On the 8th inst., at Brymbo, Jane Williams, in childbirth.

PORK! PORK PORK !—Fresh Pork, Pickled Pork, Pork Sausages, Pork Pics, Boiled Pork, Hams and Flitches for private salting, and every article in the Pork trade supplied daily at WALLIS'S BACON SHOP 26, Hope-street, Wrexham. 1495 A SLIGHT COLD," COUGHS.—Few are aware of the importance of checking a cough or slight cold" in its first stage that which in the beginning would yield to a mild remedy, if neglected, soon attacks the lungs. llDroii-it's Bronchial Troches" give sure and almost immediate relief. The Troches" have proved their efficacy by a test of many years, and have received tes- timonials from eminent men who have used them.- Sold by all Chemists, at Is. lid. per box.-See adver- tisement in another column. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—BOWEL COM- PLAINTS, DIARUHCEA. When these diseases prevail, simmediate recourse should be had to this ointment which should be well rubbed two or three times a day upon the abdomen, and the intestinal irritation will gradually subside. All inflammation will be subtliied, and relaxation safely restrained. This treatment, asssisted by judicious doses of Holloway's Pills, is applicable to all forms of diarrhoea and dysentery, attended by heart- sickness, griping, flatulence, and other distressing and dangerous symptoms. After rubbing in the ointment, a flannel binder should be worn, and the patient should be restricted to a farinaceous diet for a few days, till the urgency of the disease has been diminished by the per- severing employment of these remedies. 27 CASE OF RAPE AT BOLTO-i.-Oll Monday last, a man named Peter Howcroft, of notorously bad character, was charged before the borough magistrates of Bolton with committing a rape upon the person of a young girl named Jane Wood, only sixteen years of age, a factory operative refidin>> at Bedford, near Leigh, a few miles from Bolton. In her evidence the girl stated that she was single, and was a factory worker. On Friday, the 26th ultimo, she went to Bolton to look for work, walk- ing the distance, about eight miles, and reached the town about ten o'clock in the forenoon. She made in- quiries as to employment, and at twelve o'clock at noon was going up Derby-street, leaving Bolton and going back to Leigh. She saw a number of men, in the em- ploy of the corporation, repairing the road, amongst whom was the prisoner, and they were leaving off work for dinner. The prisoner accosted the girl, and said, Have yon been seeking work?" and she said she had. He then made inquiries as to her age, where she came from, and whether she was not tired. He then said, "I dara say yon are hungry, if you will come to our house I will give you something to eat." The girl accepted his proffered kindness, and she went him along several back streets, the names of which the girl could not give. He then asked her to wait in the street a few moments and he would take her to his mother's. Pri- soner went home, got his dinner hastily, and brought out of the house some bacon and bread. In about five minutes he came back to the girl, who unsuspectingly went with him, as he said, towards his mother's house. He took her up a lane outside the town, and at a quiet place he gave her the bread and bacon out of his pocket, and she sat down on the grass to eat it. Whilst so engaged the villain seized hold of the girl and threw her wholly on the ground. She screamed und struggled as best she could. He stopped her noise by putting his hand over her mouth, and being a strong man and she a weak girl she was unable to continue the resistance for any length of time, and the ruffian accomplished his purpose and committed the offence. When the girl could get up she said to the prisoner, I I I thought you were taking me to your mother's for pity." She was then crying bitterly, and he tried to coax her by giving her some money. She went along the road and told the first woman she met. Afterwards she told the men who were working on the road where she first saw the pri- soner, and then she went straight to the police office and gave information of the occurrence. The prisoner went to his work, but finding the affair was known he changed his clothes, shaved his moustache, and left the town, and was not apprehended until Friday week, when a policeman found him at St. Helen's. He had previously been sent to prison for an indecent assault, and was now committed to the next Manchester assizes for trial. PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES. We beg to inform SOLICITORS AND PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS, that the FRIDATS EDITION OF THE ADVERTISER allows more time for the preparation of PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES than any other Newspaper published in FLINTSHIRE OR DENBIGHSHIRE. The dates of publication being November 16th, 23rd, and 30th. The Advertiser is a Registered County Newspaper for Flintshire and Denbighshire. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. PATERFAMILIAS has forgotten to give us his name. DRymiao.-Members of Parliament are NOT paid for sitting on committees of the house. S.p —We will look over our file for the papers you re- quire. RUABON.—When London time is 12 noon it is four minutes past seven a.m. at New York. ERRATUM.—In Mr Napier's letter on the mathematical problem, paragraph two, line seven, the words "multiply the product so found by 19 959-960ths," should be "multiply the product so found by 960 times 19 959-960ths. MR. JOHN LLOYD AND COL. IBIDDULPI-r.-We have received another letter from Mr John Lloyd, on this subject, and several from parties on the other side, but sufficient for public interest has already appeared, and as the letters are of a personal character, we decline inserting them. THE PROSECUTION OF GOVERNOR EYRE.—We must decline inserting the letter on this subject; the tone of it is too declamatory to prove of any aid to the cause it advocates. Beside, the charges against Gov. Eyre have been tried before a learned and impartial judge. Sir Henry Storks, whose appointment satisfied all parties at the time, and Mr Eyre condemned and punished. We think, therefore, a second prosecution uncalled for. CENSOR.—We are obliged to you for a copy of the ballad, which is beneath criticism, and not worth the time and trouble you have taken in demolishing it. Your long and censorious letter, however, containing so much that is personal and so little argumentative matter, is totally unsuited to our columns, and calculated to do harm rather than good to the Liberal cause. REFORM.—Mr John Bright first sat in Parliament as member for the city of Durham, which place he con- tested against Loid Dungannon, in July, 1863. The last-named gentleman was declared elected, but was unseated for bribery, on petition, and Mr Bright took the seat. On the dissolution in 1847, he was retnrned for Manchester, and continued, to represent that borough until 1857, when he was defeated on the question of his vote on the Chinese war.

THE Election of Mayor in our Borough yesterday renders it necessary that we should add our tribute of praise to the retiring Mayor, on the manner in which he has fulfilled the duties of his office. And in doing so we would fully and hearbily endorse the encomiums so worthily passed in the Council Chamber yesterday, and by the Borough Justices on Monday. When a few weeks ago we advocated Mr Overton's re-election, we did so believing that it would meet with the general approbation of the inhabitants of the town. Of this we have received ample evidence, and had lie been disposed to retain the office for another year, his re-election would have been equally popular on both sides the house." This it appears is not to be, and Mr. Alderman Walker is unanimously chosen to fill the civic chair for the current year. Mr. Overton's conduct on the bench and in the Council Chamber has been noted and admired by our readers, it is therefore un- necessary further to allude to It; and his courtesy and accessibility to parties called to transact public business with him,. has been unvariable. During the past year of office the various orders in council in con- nection with the Cattle Plague have entailed considerable extra labour upon our Mayor. The necessary investigations for issuing of ö certificates for the daily removal of stock through the Borough for some months oc- cupied much of his time and attention. This service was rendered by Mr. Overton with as much attention to the business of cattle dealers and farmers as though it was his own, and for this attention to work, which, as the phrase goes, does not shew, we gladly render him the thanks of the town and district. That Mr. Overton has won for him- self the good opinion of rich and poor is very clear, and his generous and unosten- tatious gift of a new fever ward to the Infirmary will entitle him to a lasting position in our giatitude. A word we think is due to Mrs. Overton while her husband was pre- paring plans, &c., for the fever wards, she was also busy collecting a fund for furnishing them, which fund, we believe, has reached a very considerable sum. This praiseworthy conduct on the part of Mrs. Overton entitles that lady to the gratitude and thanks of the community at large. The circumstance of Mr. Walker, one of the most enterprizing tradesmen in Wrexham being unanimously chosen to succeed Mr. Overton in the civic chair, shews the high esteem in which that gentleman is held, and we have no doubt when his year of office expires, we shall be able to speak in the same complimentary terms of his official career as we have now done of that of his predecessor.

"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." So spake one well ac- quainted with the human heart, and though times and circumstances have greatly changed since the wise man penned his proverbs, human nature is still much the same. The prohibition of any practice, however harmless in itself, is sure to excite first curiosity and then a morbid desire to gratify that feeling by setting the re- strictions at defiance. But it is seldom, if ever, except, perhaps, for fiscal purposes, that pur- suits or habits purely innocent fall within the limits of legal restraint. Only on the ground of public necessity and morality could such an interference with the liberty of the subject be at all justified. The general well-being of the community is acknowledged to be the great object of all good government, and the law has clearly a right to lay its ban upon all customs, pastimes, or occupations productive of results prejudicial to the public weal. On this ground many reprehen sible practices have been abolished, and amongst them the once popular system < lotteries. So serious were the evils and wide spread the ruin caused by this species of gambling that the law had to be invoked for its suppression. Lotteries were declared to be "public nuisances," and a penalty of five hun- dred pounds was imposed upon anybody open- ing one, with a further penalty of twenty pounds upon any person playing, throwing, or drawing at them. A special act was, however, passed, legalising Art Union lotteries. These are societies formed solely for the purpose of dis- seminating Works of Art, as paintings, en- gravings, statues, photographs, &c., and each subscriber, in addition to any chance he may have of obtaining a valuable prize, must, we believe, receive in kind the amount of his subscription, otherwise the proceedings are illegal. Taking advantage of this par- ticular relaxation of the law, we find the old principle of lotteries rapidly developing itself. I Under the guise—often a very flimsy and ridiculous one-of the Art Union principle, lotteries for all kinds of objects and purposes are openly concocted, having no reference what- ever to "Art" not even in name. To say nothing of organs, or pianofortes, or houses, by what possible stretch of the imagination can "plots of building land" be associated with Art or the principle of the Art Union ? The idea is preposterous To speak plainly, such lotteries possess nothing in common with Art Unions. They are simply expedients for dis- posing of goods at a higher price than they would otherwise realise, and we emphatically warn our readers to have nothing to do with them. They are highly immoral in then- tendency, and are undoubtedly contrary to law, all the parties engaged in them are acting illegally and laying themselves open to severe penalties. No person investing money in them can recover it, or the value of it; nor can agents who have received money for tickets be compelled to refund it to the principals by whom they are engaged. From beginning to end the proceedings are beyond the pale of the law, and no legal redress can consequently be obtained for damages sustained in connection with them. We have no reason to think these illegal practices are done wittingly. In most cases, no doubt, both promoters and supporters err through ignorance, but their conduct, though less culpable, is none the less illegal. It is ,high time, however, that these irregularities I should be checked, if we do not wish to see a revival of the evils from which we have escaped, and we have, therefore, spoken thus plainly on the subject. If public opinion fail to stop the vicious lotteries, then the law must be set in motion to put down what will soon be, if al- lowed much longer to remain unchecked, a serious "public nuisance." Already in some parts of the country the police have judiciously interfered and nipped the evil in the bud, and we believe our own legal officials will be pre- pared to follow the same good example when once their attention has been called to the open violation of the law.

The interest involved in the question of ritualism by the recent discussions in the Times and other daily journals, will no doubt bear its legitimate fruits, and in the end the cause of truth and religion will be benefited. The present effect of this prominence to a subject which so seldom forms the staple of newspaper articles, is to fill those churches wherever an extreme attention is paid to practices which distinguish the high church party in this country. Hence St. Alban's, Holborn, and other churches are crowded weekly by thous- ands desirous of seeing for themselves those observances which are characterised by the moderate'' church party as a return to popish practices, and still more severely reprobated by evangelical dissenters. The question of Ritualism will, however, be regarded by the more thoughtful of observers in relation to its chief object—worship, and its effect thereon. If worship of the Supreme Being be a dutv inculcated upon human beings, the authority inculcating such duty should be taken as to the mode by which acceptable worship may be rendered. The authority invested in the Bench of Bishops, in Convocation, in Ecclesias- tical Courts or the Book of Common Pravcr, is not accepted as the ultimate appeal even among churchmen on this vexed question, much leis by dissenters. Nor can it ever be accepted as such, because the relationships which spring out of Divine Worship are of such a personal and illimitable character, that whatever theory a man holds on the subject, his innate consciousness irresistibly leads his mind to a higher tribunal, and the still small voice within asks what is the will of God in the case. The gorgeous Ritualism of the Mosaic religion no doubt typified a state of relationship to God during a period of time, preliminary to the advent of another period of higher spiritual privileges. The observances thereunder are announced by divine authority down to the minutest details. The order of Priesthood, the times and seasons of worship and sacrifice, the robes and decorations of the officiating priests, are all described with the greatest exactitude. The whole tenor of both old and new testaments points to the fulfil- ment of that dispensation, and the inauguration of a new one by Christ and his apostles, and it is equally evident to the Biblical student that the genius of the new era is totally different that it is in fact of a higher character and c'onfers greater privileges. 'I he old one is termed a dispensation of law—the new one of spirit. Under the Mosaic religion the tribe of Levi was the consecrated priest- hood—under the christian religion all are equally priests. No order of distinction between one christian and another is laid down in the New Testament-all are brothers- Christ only is the head. The Jews had an idea that acceptable worship could only be renderecl in the temple at Jerusalem. The Samaritans believed in Mount Gerizim I as the authorized place of worship. Our Saviour however in calling attention to the christian era, then dawning, said the time had arrived when neither of those sacred spots would be the exclusive seat of worship, but, wherever true worshippers existed. He an- nounced at the same time the spiritual charac- ter of God and the necessity of worship being in harmony with that character. Taking the conduct of the first churches as detailed by the historian Luke, and with the insight afforded into their operations by the Epistles, we think it is manifest that none of the ritualism of the Mosaic religion was allowed to be incorporated with their worship, which appears to have been of the simplest form and most general character. No order of Priesthood, no wearing of vest- ments, no intoning of prayers and waving of incense, is to be found in the New Testament as auxiliaries to worship. The whole tenor of the books on which the authenticity of the christian religion rests is opposed to such ob- servances, as tending to the establishment of the form of religion without developing its power. The question will probably occur to the reader— in what does worship consist, and how can it be most acceptably rendered ? We think it consists in prayer, praise, teaching and living. These four things embrace the direct and reflex action of worshippers, and the ques- tion for us is how these may be most acceptably rendered. The christian code with regard to living is not called into question in the present discussion, nor is much stress laid upon the question of teaching only so far as to claim exclusive privileges to certain orders of clergy, whereas it is unquestionably the duty and privilege of every christian to teach the prin- ciples of his religion without let or hindrance. The chief interest now centres in how and by whom shall prayer and praise be offered up We believe that the manner and matter of both these actions will be best rendered by attention to that which tends most to develope the higher spiritual life in the worshipper. Where a gorgeous ritualism is performed by a priest- hood clothed in fantastic vestments and arro- gating to itself the exclusive right to conduct — I)e the service, the chief end of worsen \n; be !<? sight of by the majority of wu?uii,?. The form t-Llzes the s 'f? and worship itself loses its direct object i?d reflex blessings. The reverent and devout </»;aracter of worship necessitates an attention to <\ Ufv and order, and this is compatible with the simple unaffected worship of the spirit the christian without the intervention ol a per- forming priesthood or a magnificent ritualism.

According to the Siiwlay Gazette, a well-informed journal, Mr Disraeli liii,; -placed the heads oi a new Reform Bill befoiv his col- leagues. It is said to include house-hold suffrage in the large towns, an dES franchise ia the smaller boroughs, and a in the counties. The Chancellor of the Kxchequer, we are told, likewise contemplates "a laJ'l; ex- tension of borough boundaries, and an exclusion from the county roll of voters in respect of freehold property in borough" IVobably this announcement is only one of the many rumours always so rife respecting topics of such great interest, and, may be, like its predecessors summarily disposed of in the next number of the journal from which we gather the informa- tion—or it may be a "feeler" thrown out to test the temper of the country. Whatever it proves to be, it will not be amiss to examine what of reform and what of mere change this seemingly liberal programme contains. The arguments in its favor will no doubt be 1st —By multiplying the votes in the larger con- stituencies by giving household suffrage, a greater number of the working classes will be enfranchised than would have been under Mr G ladstone's bill, and the tendency to resort to bribery will be checked by making such means of carrying an election too expensive. lld- A slight reduction in the qualification in small boroughs will increase the number of voters from the better class of working men, but will exclude those who would be likely to abuse their privilege by selling their vote to the highest bidder, in constituencies where it would be comparatively easy to buy all the votes, even if every householder was enfranchised. Mrd— The standard at which the county qualification is fixed, if it is to be a rental one, is but little higher than the defeated bill of last session, and the extra number of votes which a £14 qualification would give would be very small in proportion rents in agricultural districts generally making a sudden fall from about a £ 20 farmer—tenant to a E7 cottaLrer. itli- We have here another bait for the boroughs' and Mr Bright's support, in "a large extension of the borough boundaries." Large constitu- encies, that are to possess household suffrage, will thus be still further increased, and small boroughs, presumedly, translated into large ones having a claim to the same privilege. So far this, at first sight, looks well, but a little consideration convinces us that it is a most excellent self-compensating measure, and al- though apparently not to be encumbered with the fanciful vagaries that characterised Mr Disraeli's last attempt at Parliamentan lie- form, it is, if anything, a still more "kilful juggle. By the "sop'' of a household suffrage under a "limited liability act," it makes beiieve to be more favorable to the representation of the masses than wag the Hus'eli-Giad-?one biii. whi!e in rcaiity owing to the provision confining the qualification to large towns which, as a rule already return Liberal members, the result can be no better, or as the Tories and Addullamites think, no worse than at present, should the number of voters be increased ad infinitum. The change in smaller boroughs will not add one working man in 50 to the I.. tl '1" d voters' lists, even supposing the Tories do forget that during the past session they fought for a ratal and not a rental basis, as in these places wages are lower and ordinary living equally as dear as in the great centres of in- dustry, consequently to make his income cover his expenditure the working man has to inhabit a dwelling at a lower rent than £ 8 a year. If a ratal basis is to be taken the qualification will not be altered at all. The boundaries, too, of small boroughs most frequently extend, at present, far beyond their inhabited precincts. The balance in them will therefore be so very slightly disturbed as not to interfere with the good old privilege of the landlords sending whom they like to Parliament. The method of treating the county qualification seems the most truly Liberal and honest. A large num- her of votes will be made, especially in country towns that have no borough franchise, and so admit all shades of political opinions. But mark the compensating clause: "A large ex- tension of borough boundaries, and the exclu- sion of voters in respect of freeholds in boroughs." The first of these strikes from the county roll the class composed of gentlemen, merchants, tradesmen, and others, who have their place of business in some borough, and are already on the borough voters' list, but having also suburban residences just beyond t he borough limits, either do now, or would under the new qualification possess a vote for the county, and who, with the freeholders disenfranchised by the clause that follows, form the most independent and conscientious voters. The county repre- sentation would thus be left almost entirely in the hands of tenant-farmers and shopkeepers in small towns, whose livelihood and position depend chiefly on the good-will of the landed proprietors and gentry of the neighbourhood, whom they dare not offend. Brief as our review of the matter has necessarily been from the scanty details presented, it is evident that a knowledge of the method in which the re-dis- tribution of seats is to be treated is more im- portant under the foregoing scheme than it was in Mr Gladstone's. Without representation in Parliament is to be apportioned equitably, ac- cording to the number of qualified voters in a district, we cannot see what reform all these changes will effect, as although the number of voters may be increased by several thousands, the Parliamentary results will be just the same as at present-the very thing the Tories anJ Adullamites want.

The following subject was brought on for discussion at the last weekly meeting of the Oxford Union Debating Society :—" That the habitual use of slang terms is un- worthy of an educated Englishman." An amendment was moved to the effect" That the habitual use of slang terms is prejudicial." The amendment was lost without a division, and the original motion was rejected on the votes of the members being taken, the numbers being, for the motion, eleven against, twenty-three, majority against the motion, twelve. The question for debate on- Thursday last was That in the opinion of this house Mr Bright is a reProach to the country that gave him birth." Judgment was given on Tuesday by the Master of the Rolls in the action brought by Bishop Colenso against Mr Gladstone and others, as trustees of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, to recover the amount of the salary which has been withheld since Dr. Colenso's gi depoel- tion" by the Bishop of Capetown." It will be remembered that the assumed jurisdiction of Dr. Gray over the bishopric of Natal was declared to be illegal, but not- withstanding this declaration the committee of the Colonial Bishoprics Fund resolved not to pay the sum which had, up to that time, been paid to the Bishop of Natal. The Master of the Rolls, on Tuesday, gave judg- ment in nil respects for Dr. Colenso. His decision, he said, had nothing to do with the question of faith and morals, which had not been raised but Dr. Colenso had been consecrated as Bishop of Natal by the Archbishop of Ca-iierhiiry, and, as he still remained so, he was clearly entitled to the salary.